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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 42: ISSUE 101 FRIDAY. MARCH 14,2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Crawford appointed science dean Student Current Brown dean of engineering brings impressive resume, enthusiasm to University learns nevv tist, an award-winning for the Notre Dame com ship, the College of Science By KARA COYLE teacher, a prolific munity. will see an increase in its News Writer researcher, and a gifted "Greg brings exceptional connections with the other Inedicines administrator," University energy and an entrepre colleges on campus, as well Greg Crawford, current Provost Thomas Burish neurial VISion to the as with the South Bend dean of engineering at said. "In addition to being College of Science," he community. Serazin compiles guide Brown University, will internationally recognized said. "Greg is particularly "Greg loves to build replace Joseph Marino as for his innovative research attracted to the Catholic bridges with other academ to traditional remedies the dean of the College of on liquid-crystal displays, mission and academic ic units, so he is already Science. he has leveraged his ambition of Notre Dame." thinking about establishing By KATE McCLELLAND Crawford knowledge of basic science Before assuming the mutually beneficial collab News Writer w i l I to develop several medical deans position at Brown in orations with the Colleges begin his devices that impact the 2006, Crawford was a of Engineering, Arts and Inspired by an role as detection of infectious dis researcher for the Xerox Letters, and Business as International Summer dean and eases, treatment of rare Palo Alto Research Center, well as Innovation Park Service Learning Program physics diseases and the interac as well as for the Naval an.d the Indiana University (ISSLP) two summers ago, profes tion of medications with Research Laboratory in School of Medicine South senior Nathan Serazin sor this muscular tissue." Washington, D.C. Crawford Bend," said Burish. returned to Ecuador this summer. Burish said Crawford's also co-founded two Burish said Crawford will past summer to conduct " D r . enthusiasm, as well as his biotech companies and quickly become assimilated research and compile a G r e g Greg Crawford attraction to the holds of 15 U.S. patents. in the Notre DaUJ.e commu- handbook detailing the simi Crawford University's Catholic mis According to Burish, larities between traditional is an extraordinary scien- sion, makes him a good fit under Crawford's leader- see DEAN/page 6 remedies and modern medi cines. "It grew out of my own interest in medical anthro pology and biochemistry, but what really inspired me Experts discuss eating disorders at ND was the first hand experi ence that I received from asked Staples, who has worked By KATIE PERALTA talking to people in the at the UCC for about seven 1 News Writer community,' Serazin said. years. During his time in the The audience, organized into ISSLP, Serazin had worked As part of the weeklong "Live small groups, brainstormed a at a village's local hospital as You Are" Health and Body number of body image issues, where patients often Image Conference, two Notre from over exercising at Rolfs requested traditional reme Dame specialists discussed eat Sports Recreation Center to dies as a part of their care. ing disorders and body image jokes about the characteristi Unfortunately, the doctors' on campus in the University cally "unattractive" Notre limited knowledge resulted Counseling Center's portion of Dame women to the perfec in them only prescribing the sympusium Thursday in tionism environment on cam more typical modern solu McKenna Hall. pus - all of which shed light tions for the patient's health Valerie Staples, a counselor on the body image issues, both concerns. and coordinator for Eating in general and specific to Notre Serazin's goal for the fol Disorder Services at the Dame. lowing summer was to com University Counseling Center Such situations, Staples said, pile a handbook for doctors (UCC), and Mindy Wallpy, a are oftentimes hard to pin that would describe the doctoral intern at the UCC, point, since activities such as plants used in traditional addressed campus body issue eating healthily and exercising remedies and how those issues as well as services that seem commonplace on such an same plants are used in the UCC provides to help stu intellectual university campus. modern medicines. dents. "I think in general, people His return trip to Ecuador "What situations here have just want to be healthy," fresh- DUSTIN MENNELLAfThe Observer was funded by a grant from contributed to your view of Valerie Staples, left, and Mindy Wallpy, right, discuss food, weight and body image?" see IMAGE/page 4 body image issues on campus at conference Thursday. see SERAZIN/page 4 Professors exatnine class, race divide SMC students recount By LINDAY SENA News Writer trials of itntnigrants America The Department of By MANDl STIRONE The passage read by Africana Studies discussed News Writer Romo, which translated is the socio-economic divide in means "Here No One Speaks the black community in the Saint Mary's Hispanic Spanish," told of the fifth annual Erskine A. American society, La Mexican-American's prob Peters Fellowship Fuerza, examined the plight lems pertaining to the lan Symposium Thursday of illegal immigrants guage barrier they face. evening in the Eck Visitors . through recounting personal She read about how Cnnter Auditorium. testimonies in its first Spanish is considered a University of Connecticut Immigrant Monologues "dirty language," and one professor Shyla Nunally Thursday as part of its student was told, "if you framed the discussion by Week of Action. .~ant to be an American you providing statistics regard La Fuerza co-president have to speak English." ing the current population, junior Chrissy Romo and Choquehuanca presented educational and economical senior Jeanne the story of the Mexican status of blacks. According Choquehuanca each read immigrant, Chavez. · to 2006 census estimates, from a book of immigrant "Mexico and its poverty blacks make up 13.4 per stories entitled "Stranger in loom over him like an omi cent of the population, con- DAN JACOBSfThe Observer Ones Land" and Romo nous cloud," she said. University of Connecticut professor Shyla Nunally introduces the recounted her grandpar see SYMPOSIUM/page 6 symposium with statistics about current black population. ents' trials when coming to see LA FUERZNpage 6 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Friday, March 14, 2008 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO GET FOOD ON CAMPUS AND WHY? B-Macfor President The Indiana primaries are fast upon us and, as you know, the country is' facing very seriously Chris Boehnen Anne Rinchbaugh Karen Hollingsworth Vanessa Genereli Carolyn Plou grave problems. This is why America needs you to vote B. 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