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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45: Issue 79 Thursday, February 2, 2012 Ndsmcobserver.com Ticket goes unchallenged in campus election Rocheleau, Rose only candidates to submit completed petition; Senate votes to proceed with contest By SAM STRYKER Constitution of the Under- Sophomore class presi- News Editor graduate Student Body. dent Nicholas Schilling, who If the order had passed, Ro- served as Senate Chairman For the first time in re- cheleau and Rose would have pro-tempore as Rocheleau corded history, Notre Dame assumed the positions of stu- was absent from the meeting, will hold a student body dent body president and vice said the group decided it was president and vice president president, respectively, with- in the best interest of the stu- election featuring only one out being elected by the stu- dent body to go forward with approved ticket. dent body. the election. Juniors Brett Rocheleau According to the recom- “The general feel from the and Katie Rose filed the only mendation, the request to Senate was they didn’t want completed official petition by suspend the elections was to deprive the student body the Jan. 27 deadline. If no made to save “financial and from the right to vote,” he write-ins are approved, they human resources that would said. “Also, in case there were will run unopposed in the otherwise be expended in the any write-in candidates they Feb. 8 election. conduction of an election.” wanted to make sure there Tuesday evening, the Stu- The recommendation was was an opportunity for those dent Senate voted against a filed because Rocheleau and candidates to come forward.” recommendation by the Ju- Rose were the only interested Sophomore Cait Ogren, dicial Council to suspend the candidates to file a successful ELISA DECASTRO | The Observer election, as outlined by the official petition. see ELECTIONS/page 5 Belles for Students network at Winter Career Fair By LISA SLOMKA “The fair is a great way Fitness get News Writer to talk to people who have already had internships and Armed with crisp résumés, to get your name out there,” snappy suits and firm hand- Higgins said. “Advertising into shape shakes, hundreds of students doesn’t hire until they have descended on the Joyce Cen- a need. Typically you won’t ter Field House Wednesday to know if you have a job until By CAITLIN HOUSLEY speak with recruiters from July. I want to go into adver- Saint Mary’s Editor 130 companies at the Winter tising though, so I’m looking Career and Internship Fair. at those firms.” The women of Saint Mary’s Students from all colleges Like many other Career gained 134 new BFFs on Mon- and majors were invited to Fair attendees, senior mar- day — Belles for Fitness, that explore summer job oppor- keting major Lindsey Downs is. tunities and career options said she took time to pre- The Belles for Fitness pro- spanning several industries, pare for the fair prior to gram, created in 2008, encour- from accounting and market- speaking with companies ages participants to exercise ing to engineering and health she was interested in. 200 minutes per week over a care. “I researched the differ- five-week period. Senior marketing major ent companies that would Bridgette Van Schoyck Clark, Emma Higgins said the fair be present and what jobs fitness instructor and Belles for provided opportunities for they offered,” Downs said. Fitness director, said the students to network with Senior marketing major ALEX PARTAK/The Observer companies they are interest- Senior Christine Hamma talks to a representative from Target at see FITNESS/page 5 ed in working for. see FAIR/page 4 the Winter Career and Internship Fair in the JACC on Wednesday. Administrators dedicate new London Program building By MEGAN DOYLE the beginning of the build- that eyesore was completely News Editor ing’s second semester as the transformed. new residential space for stu- “There was an incred- First the building housed a dents studying abroad in the ible process of renovating hospital for women and chil- capital of the United King- the building over less than a dren in the early 20th century. dom. year period actually, a major Then it was a gloomy, dilap- Since the building officially renovation project to turn it idated building in the back- opened in August 2011, Lon- into the very efficient and el- ground of a Sherlock Holmes don Program Director Greg egant building that it is now,” film. Kucich said it has been “a Kucich said. “I think you get Now it is home to more than major center for Notre Dame’s the impression when you go 130 Notre Dame students international operations in in there that it looks like a studying abroad in London London.” four-star hotel.” during the spring semester. The building had been The University previously University President Fr. abandoned and was “an eye- rented accommodations for John Jenkins and University sore” when Notre Dame be- its students in London, but administrators officially ded- gan its renovations, Kucich Kucich said owning a unique MEGAN DOYLE/The Observer icated Conway Hall during a said. property was financially ben Juniors Kailey Grant, left, and Dylan Tramontin, right, study in ceremony in London on Fri- When its first residents the common area of their flat in London’s Conway Hall. day. The dedication marked moved into the flats last fall, see CONWAY/page 5 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Students teach RecSports page 3 u Viewpoint page 6 u Super Bowl watch guide page 8 u Cooley heats up men’s basketball page 16 page 2 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u DAY-TO-DAY Thursday, February 2, 2012 QUESTION OF THE DAY: YOU HAVE JUST BEEN CROWNED KING OF THE WORLD. WHAT IS YOUR FIRST ACT? 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. Managing Editor: Chris Masoud Alec Vanthournout Angie DiNinni David Flemming Grace Wessel Kristen Jackson Mark Paluta News Editor: Sam Stryker Viewpoint Editor: Meghan Thomassen sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore Sports Editor: Allan Joseph Dillon Badin Keough Lyons Welsh Fam Dillon Scene Editor: Maija Gustin Saint Mary’s Editor: Caitlin E. 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