Students Foster Awareness of Illnesses
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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45: Issue 31 tuesday, october 4, 2011 Ndsmcobserver.com Students foster awareness of illnesses SMC 5-K Club hosts lectures, fundraisers to educate community about neglected tropical diseases raises funds By DAN BROMBACH News Writer for cancer Bagels, hot coffee and ed- ucational brochures about neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) welcomed students research filing into DeBartolo Hall on Monday morning. ND Fighting NTDs is raising By ANNA BOARINI awareness this week about News Writer diseases that plague unde- veloped countries around the In the spirit of Breast Cancer globe. Awareness Month, the “Belles Club president Emily Con- for Boobies” 5-K walk and run ron said these diseases do Sunday will raise awareness not receive enough attention and money to support women’s because people are not edu- health, senior Holly Dorson- cated about their severity. King said. “When people watch the Dorson-King said over 100 news, they hear about dis- participants already registered eases like AIDS and malaria, for the race, and she expects as not schistosomiasis, and so many as 20 race-day entries. they think that NTDs are ob- “My focus or goal is to raise scure,” Conron said. “Actu- ASHLEY DACY/The Observer awareness and inspire the ally, NTDs affect more people Senior Eli Reichenbach, right, accepts a bagel and a free ticket to view the documentaries “Distant campus to get involved in a than AIDS and malaria com- Places, Forgotten Lives” and “The Hidden Invaders” outside DeBartolo Hall on Monday morning. cause that directly benefits bined.” women’s health through ener- The most common NTDs limbs, has already infected getic enthusiasm and passion,” include leprosy and tracho- more than 120 million peo- Dorson-King said. ma, according to the World ple worldwide, Conron said. The Healthy Mind, Healthy Health Organization. Ap- Treatment is limited in some Body Club will host the race. proximately 1.4 billion people of the areas that need it most. Dorson-King, the club’s trea- in developing countries suffer “The problem is getting surer, said the race fits per- from these illnesses, which these drugs to the people in fectly with the club’s mission could easily be treated in a need,” Conron said. to educate students on how to wealthier country like the The club’s work on campus create a healthy environment. United States. is a reminder of the global “In learning about Healthy “All seven NTDs that we mission to eliminate NTDs, Mind, Healthy Body, I was en- focus on can be treated with Conron said, and Notre Dame ticed to seek collaboration in safe and effective drugs that students can advocate for LAUREN KALINOSKI | Observer Graphic order to host a breast cancer already exist and which cost change. race in October, Breast Cancer about 50 cents per person,” “If the global community are the equivalent of a best students about ways to fight Awareness Month,” Dorson- Conron said. makes NTDs a priority, then buy in global health.” NTDs. King said. Lymphatic filariasis, a there is no reason why we ND Fighting NTDs is put- “Our goal is to try to get She said she was inspired parasitic disease that causes wouldn’t be able to eliminate ting on a series of events and grotesque swelling of the them,” Conrod said. “NTDs lectures this week to educate see NTD/page 4 see CANCER/page 5 ROTC cadets travel Event showcases telescope By REGINA GILMOUR for field training exercise News Writer As darkness fell over cam- By NICOLE MICHELS tional skills, teaching us how to pus Monday night, sopho- News Writer use the wooded terrain to our more Patrick Whalen stared advantage,” Bedard said. at a perfect image of the face While most students spent the The cadets worked on situ- of the moon. weekend relaxing or catching ational training exercises (STX) Whalen joined nearly 100 up on their homework, cadets Saturday. The STX work in- other students for Astrono- in the Notre Dame Army ROTC cluded two hours of training for my Night on the roof of Nieu- battalion traveled to Fort Custer each of five exercises — recon- wland Hall as they gazed in Michigan for an intensive naissance, movement to con- through the recently refur- field training exercise (FTX). tact, knocking out a bunker, bished Napoleon Telescope. Sophomore cadet Pat Bedard improvised explosive devices “I could see a clear image SARAH O’CONNOR/The Observer said the three-day trip gave (IEDs) and ambushes, Bedard of the moon,” Whalen said. Students gaze through the recently refurbished Napoleon ROTC members the chance to said. “It was cool because I could Telescope at Nieuwland Hall on Monday during Astronomy Night. apply their classroom lessons to “During the STX exercises, see all the craters in sharp field situations. the seniors pretended to be the detail.” Main Building, but is now furbished in recent years. “The battalion arrived at Fort enemy,” Bedard said. “It was Physics Professor Peter housed in the Nieuwland Ob- “It used to be in a roll-off Custer on Friday afternoon and definitely a highlight of the Garnavich said the Napo- servatory roof observatory, but it was then did a land navigation ex- weekend to get to shoot them leon Telescope was a gift to Garnavich said the origi- falling apart,” Garnavich ercise, which was basically five with paintballs.” the University from Napo- nal six-inch objective lens said. “We decided we needed hours in the morning finding leon in 1866. The telescope remains on the telescope, points using essential naviga- see ROTC/page 4 was originally located in the but the exterior has been re- see TELESCOPE/page 4 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Juniors host Domecoming Week page 3 u Viewpoint page 6 u Foreign food finds page 8 u Men’s golf: senior spotlight page 16 page 2 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u DAY-TO-DAY Tuesday, October 4, 2011 QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR BODY? 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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