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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 43: ISSUE 127 WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22,2009 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ND to award eight honoraty degrees Jew-elry sold Recipents who 'made significant contributions to our nation' to be honored at Commencement to benefit uation ceremony. By MADELINE BUCKLEY "We seek to honor people News Editor who have made significant local charity contributions to our nation," Notre Dame will award University spokesman Dennis seven honorary degrees in Brown said of the recipients. By ALICIA SMITH addition to the honorary doc Chief Justice of the Indiana NewsWrirer tor of laws degree that will be Supreme Court Randall T. given to President Barack Shepard will receive a doctor Seven local artisans gathered Obama, the University of laws. Shepard has served in the Student Center Atrium announced Monday. as chief justice since 1987, Tuesday to sell their handcrafted The recipients are "distin and his leadership has led to jewelry for Rebuilding Together, guished figures in academia, "dramatic improvements, a project to rebuild area homes. business, athletics, engineer including successfully break "Just Jewelry for a Just Cause" ing, law and philanthropy," ing down the language barri News and was a fundraising campaign put according to a press release. ers in the courts, creating an Clockwise from top left, Steve Beering, Myles Brand, Fritz on by Saint Mary's Office for Civic The eight degrees will be Duda, Patrick Finneran, President Barack Obama, Cindy and Social Engagement (OCSE). awarded at the May 17 grad- see DEGREES/page 6 Parseghian, Don Michael Randel and Randall T. Shepard. The money raised will be put towards a project that OCSE has sponsored for the past four years. "The event is being held to raise money for our sponsorship Panel: Recession presents opportunity of a house during the Rebuilding Together project," Carrie Call, director of OSCE, said. Professors discuss impact of economic troubles on international community Rebuilding Together brings members of the South Bend com the Obama administration has munity together to help rehabili By MOLLY MADDEN taken on the approach that this tate local homes, Call said. NewsWrirer crisis is a challenge that they "Rebuilding Together is an can turn into an opportunity," annual event during which a Professors Alexandra Pries, a professor of economics, selection of homes in a South Guisinger, Nelson Mark and said. "In a time like this, the Bend neighborhood are rehabili Mike Pries discussed the chal government can do things that tated. Homes are chosen through lenges and the opportunities they would not normally do if an application process and the that the economic crisis has times were good." homeowners must be elderly placed before President Obama Pries said, in the current and/or disabled and/or low during "Facing the Obama recession, two tools the govern income," she said. "Saint Mary's Administration: Economic ment uses are spending and has sponsored a house for the Policy," the fourth installment in lowering taxes because both past four years. The volunteer a lecture series sponsored by Pi actions should stimulate work day is this coming Sigma Alpha, the political sci demand. Pries voiced his con Satur~~Y· April 25 from 8 a.m. to ence honors society. cerns over the recent stimulus 3p.m. The talk centered on what package of $800 billion, half of According to the R~building aspects of the economic crisis which was tax cuts. Together Web site the program the new administration have ''I'm not too optimistic that this takes place two Saturdays each any control over changing, and policy is going to turn out the year and repairs about 25 the portions of the recovery way we want them to. homes. VANESSA GEMPISfThe Observer process are out of the presi Temporary tax cuts are not According to the Web site, Professor Alexandra Guisinger addresses students during a panel dent's hands. entitled 'Facing the Obama Administration: Economic Policy' Tuesday. "In dealing with the economy, see OBAMAJpage 3 see JEWELRYI page 4 Senior seeking funds Team sends three to Nationals for internship in India ND/SMC equestrians leave for major competition today asked to sit on the Notre Dame By ALICIA SMITH By IRENA ZAJICKOVA Law School's Human Trafficking NewsWrirer News Wrirer Panel. She also researched human trafficking during her Next yf'ar, current Notre Dame semester abroad in Uganda. After accumulating points senior Katie Dunn hopes to work Dunn hopes to turn her throughout the year, three in India as part of a prosecution research into action by working members of the University of team that fights cases of child as an intern for the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's forced prostitution. International Justice Mission College equestrian team quali Dunn first b!leamn acquainted (IJM), which investigates and fied for the National with human trallicking during a prosecutes those who deal in Competition which will begin Summnr Service Learning child forced prostitution, as well today. Project in Memphis, Tenn. and as protects the victims. Notre Dame senior Alexandra then worked within the subject Dunn would spend half of her Minnis, Notre Dame junior again during an International time working as an administra Jennifer Gilardi and Saint Summer Service Learning tive assistant for the director of Mary's sophomore Celina Project (ISSLP) in Thailand. the IJM office and the other half Tolson placed high enough at While she was doing follow-up From left, Allie Minnis, Jenn Gilardi, Celina Tolson, and Laura work on her ISSLP, she was see DUNN/page 4 see NATIONALS/page 3 Tiche competed at regionals in March. INSIDE TODAY'S PAPER COR approves new student leadership positions page 3 • Bookstore basketball finals results page 24 • Viewpoint page 10 ------- -----~------- page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Wednesday, April 22, 2009 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF YOU COULD BE ANY CARTOON CHARACTER, WHO WOULD YOU BE AND WHY? God and t football I don't communicate well. I know what you're thinking: "As an avid reader of her inside columns and softball wraps, I've con Alex Robinson Barry Campion Brian Tully Nate Lee Katie Taylor cluded that Laura Myers is intelligent, freshman freshman freshman freshman freshman funny and probably Stanford very pretty." Laura Myers Stanford Stanford Stanford LeMans Well, sorry to dis appoint. Assistant "Speedy "Jerry the 'Tom Pickles "Spongebob 'Twister from In person, I am Sports Editor Gonzalez mouse because because he is Squarepants Rocket Power usually none of ,, those things. While because that's he's old school. " gangster. because he likes because he is my thoughts are both logical and enter my childhood." crabby patties sexy." taining, I cannot express them to other people in any sort of cohesive manner. and a starfish The one person I talk well with is my named Patrick. " best friend Michelle. It all started senior year when we played euchre during study hall. We could literally just make Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] eye contact and know what cards the other person had. It was eerie. I was on the phone with Michelle over Easter break, and I said something about my New Testament class or my IN BRIEF theology major. She said, "Do you feel like the more you learn about Christianity, the more it A lecture called "Obama seems ... " Invitation & Religious I finished her sentence: "ridiculous?" Freedom" will be presented by We couldn't talk for very long but we professor Rick Garnett in the decided that we'd be able to have a good Sorin Room of LaFortune conversation when I got back to Ohio. today at 8 p.m. Curious about When I thought about that, I realized your role as a student at our something about Notre Dame, or maybe Lady's University in the upcom humans in general. ing months? About the role of a It is impossible to have a real ebb Catholic in America today? Join and-flow conversation about religion or in discussions led by several of any other loaded topic. Notre Dame's distinguished fac If you ask any student, he or she came ulty. to ND for two reasons: God and football. Sure, academics might be a reason, but An Indoor Soccer and Ping we all gave up on that a long time ago. Pong RecNight will be held And we talk about football constantly. from 7:30 to 9:30p.m. at Roirs But when, other than in your theology RecSports Center tonight. It is classes, have you really talked about open to student and prizes will God? be given to first and second I bet not very often, because you can't. place winners. People here each have their own experi ences and beliefs. If someone says any Professor Christine Stansell, a thing that goes against those beliefs, the leading historian of American other person is immediately too offend I Women will give a lecture titled ed to continue the conversation. He or Junior Danny McRae, left, hands a yearbook to senior Jane Gayou in the Sorin Room "Matrophobia and the she gets defensive and stops listening to Annex at the Lafortune Student Center on Tuesday, April 21. Yearbooks are being Women's Movement: General a word the other person has to say. Tensions in Feminism, 1968- So, we keep our conversations light. 2008" on Thursday at 4 p.m. at We talk about the weather, "American the Hesburg Center Idol," or the Indians creaming the Auditorium. A Reception will Yankees 22-4. OFFBEAT precede the event at 3 p.m. Here's a challenge. There are tons of intelligent people here with strong con Judge orders defendant's Inmates on hunger strike Leaders cower from 'shoe Harmonia, Notre Dame's only victions on all sorts of topics.