Garcia's Recovery Exceeds Expectations
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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45: Issue 11 tuesday, september 6, 2011 Ndsmcobserver.com Garcia’s recovery exceeds expectations Senior undergoes multiple surgeries, heals rapidly following fall from third-floor apartment window By MEGAN DOYLE “As I get ready to begin my asked me if I wanted him to News Editor rehabilitation, I want to ex- call my parents. I said some- tend my deepest heartfelt and thing along the lines of ‘That’s Nearly two weeks after his emotional thanks to every sin- okay, I’m going to try and do accident, the Notre Dame se- gle one of you — my family, my this one myself.’ Then only a nior who fell from his third- friends, many who I have yet few seconds after the initial floor apartment window said to meet and the entire Notre shock of my fall subsided, I felt he is making “stellar” prog- Dame family — for lifting me the sharp pain in my leg and ress at Memorial Hospital. in prayer and support,” he thought it would probably be Marcus Garcia, 21, fell said. wise to give them a call.” about 25 feet from his apart- While he did not remember Garcia’s parents arrived in ment window in the Foundry the details of his accident, South Bend that evening from Lofts & Apartments at Eddy Garcia said he worked on their home in Turlock, Calif. Street Commons on Aug. 25 at homework that Thursday eve- His mother, Kimberly Garcia, around 4:30 a.m. An employee ning before making plans to updated his Facebook page at a local bar saw him fall as spend time with friends. during his initial recovery. she was leaving work for the “I don’t remember any- After 12 days in the hospital, evening and called 911. thing from before or after my Garcia said he has undergone In an email interview, Gar- fall except for one quick con- multiple surgeries. cia said he was grateful for versation I had with Fr. Tom “I have had orthopedic sur- Photo courtesy of Marcus Garcia the response from friends and Doyle,” Garcia said. “I believe gery on my right leg … facial family who reached out to him I was either in the ambulance Marcus Garcia, right, poses with roomate, junior Tony Michuda. after the fall. or on the stretcher and he see GARCIA/page 3 Garcia is now allowed to receive visitors at Memorial Hospital. New chair University approves 28 new student clubs By MARISA IATI endowed in News Writer Twenty-eight new student clubs will join over 300 al- Byzantine ready-established groups on campus this fall, said David Mattingly, program coordi- nator for the Student Activi- theology ties Office (SAO). “Notre Dame student in- terests are truly diverse, and Observer Staff Report our thriving club community reflects that,” Mattingly said. As part of University efforts Junior Amanda Bruening to expand its renowned Medi- will oversee the launch of eval Institute, Notre Dame es- Notre Dame’s chapter of the tablished an endowed chair in National Alliance on Mental LAUREN KALINOSKI | Observer Graphic Byzantine Theology this fall, Illness (NAMI-ND). As presi- according to a Friday press re- dent of the chapter, Bruening “Our main objective is to NAMI-ND’s work could have to suicide,” she said. “To say lease. hopes to address the issue of offer support for those stu- been an asset to the student that was painful was an un- The position will focus on the mental disorder in the lives of dents who are fighting men- body last year, when suicides derstatement. It would be in- theology of the Medieval Greek students. NAMI-ND was one tal illness, to raise awareness shocked both the Notre Dame sulting if we did not stand up speaking Church and is named of the groups recently grant- and to end the stigma that and Saint Mary’s campuses. as a community to say, ‘We in honor of Archbishop Deme- ed probationary club status surrounds any discussion of “Last year, in the midst of support you.’” by SAO and the Club Coordi- these issues,” she said. our work to make NAMI-ND a see CHAIR/page 3 nation Council (CCC). Bruening said she believed reality, we lost two students see CLUBS/page 3 NDtv offers student-produced programming By JOHN CAMERON nights about twice a month, I believe, and ‘Office Hours’ is News Writer said senior Brenna Williams, in its eighth.” executive director for the chan- Other NDtv regulars include Just a few channels away nel. “Dining In,” a cooking show from CNN, Fox News and Disney “We have eight shows being hosted by Saint Mary’s seniors sits channel 53 — NDtv — the produced this semester,” Wil- Samantha Tulisiak and Bridget only student-run broadcasting liams said. “We’ve probably Meade, and produced by fellow station serving Notre Dame and had about 20 produced in our Saint Mary’s senior Stephanie Saint Mary’s. history. Our longest running Cherpak. The station broadcasts 24/7 shows are ‘Late Night ND,’ our Cherpak said the show caters and runs almost exclusively sketch comedy show, and ‘Of- to students cooking on a bud- student-produced material, fice Hours,’ our interview show. LAUREN KALINOSKI | Observer Graphic with the exception of movie ‘Late Night’ is in its 14th season, see NDTV/page 4 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER College offers peer mentor program page 3 u Viewpoint page 6 u D. Montayne feature page 9 u Men’s Soccer feature: Ryan Finley page 16 page 2 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u DAY-TO-DAY Tuesday, September 6, 2011 QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE ABOUT THE WORLD? www.ndsmcobserver.com P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Editor-in-Chief Douglas Farmer Managing Editor Business Manager Sarah Mervosh Jeff Liptak Asst. Managing Editor: Adriana Pratt Asst. 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