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the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 133 TUESDAY, April 27, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com Student Affairs prepares for new leadership Poorman reflects on Doyle ‘humbled’ and ‘excited’ to return to term, expresses gratitude campus, take over as VP for Student Affairs for opportunity to serve By SARAH MERVOSH to make massive changes News Editor when he takes over the posi- By MADELINE BUCKLEY tion, but instead has three News Writer When Fr. Thomas Doyle was simple goals for his new job. a student at Notre Dame, he “I hope [to be] a good stu- dent, a In an administrative posi- didn’t think he was going to pass Calculus — let alone good and tion that requires communi- e f f e c t i v e cating with trustees, return to campus some day to be the vice president for teacher and University officers, faculty, a good alumni and students, Vice Student Affairs. “To think that it’s 25 years priest,” he President for Student Affairs said. Fr. Mark Poorman said the later, I’m back on campus and I’m on the same spiritual jour- D o y l e , core of his job is looking out who gradu- for the individual student’s ney with others that I began in 1985, I’m just anxious to con- ated from experience. Doyle Notre Dame “Sometimes you never know tinue that journey,” Doyle said. “There is just a great privilege and was when you get up in the morn- later ordained in the Basilica ing how your day is going to and opportunity to be back … to try to shape and impact of the Sacred Heart in 1998, unfold because with 11,400 said his experiences at the students, there are a lot of Observer File Photo something that had such a Current Vice President for Student Affairs Fr. Mark Poorman profound role in my own life.” see POORMAN/page 6 speaks at a Men Against Violence event in the spring of 2008. Doyle said he does not plan see DOYLE/page 4 Fall Forum New landlord enters off-campus housing market By AMANDA GRAY AND and last month’s rent and Kramer Properties, said he quality,” Cohen said. to bring SARAH MERVOSH the security deposit and sold 56 homes and Notre For students who have not about two weeks later Dame Apartments in yet signed a lease, the man- News Writers received an e-mail that February 2008 to Gross and agement change could work Kramer was no longer our Cohen Real Estate Investors. to their advantage. Friedman When sophomore Meghan landlord,” Donoghue said. “I Gross and Cohen decided Rent for the homes now Donoghue decided to live off know a lot of people who had to have Campus Apartments, managed under Campus campus her senior year, she signed with Kramer were a national chain managing Apartments is lower than to campus worked with Kramer really confused or upset off-campus housing at when they were managed Properties, a local retail when they heard about the schools across the U.S., man- under Kramer. Cohen said company. A few weeks after switch.” age the homes and apart- the lowering of the rent was By AARON STEINER signing her lease, however, Campus Apartments, a ments for them, president a joint decision between Senior Staff Writer she found out via e-mail that national retail management Michael Cohen said. Gross and Cohen investors a different company would company, recently took over This is the first time the and Campus Apartments. be managing her house. a portion of Kramer company has worked with “There were not many After a year’s hiatus, the Notre “We signed for our house Properties. Campus Apartments, but Dame Forum will return to cam- with Kramer, paid the first Mark Kramer, owner of “they have great, national see HOUSING/page 4 pus this fall, focused on the econ- omy, human development and the role of ethics in rebuilding the global marketplace, the University announced Monday. Community reacts to hunger strike Prominent New York Times colum- By TONY RIVERA nist Thomas News Writer F r i e d m a n has been With the conclusion of a confirmed as week-long, student-led one of the hunger strike against the guest speak- Friedman University’s involvement ers. with HEI Hotels, the The 2010 Forum is titled “The administration affirmed Global Marketplace and the that, after carefully look- Common Good” and is scheduled ing into the alleged poor for Nov. 3. According to a press treatment of the company’s release, the Forum will examine workers, it found no sup- “the inherent demand for an port for the claims and its essential moral framework in the position had not changed. quest for human development.” The student protestors University President Fr. John likewise said their position Jenkins said in a statement that had not changed. the Forum comes after the world The hunger strike began was “shaken” by the current eco- last Monday when students nomic crisis. gathered in front of the Jenkins said the Forum will Main Building wearing orange jumpsuits and PAT COVENEY/The Observer Students sat outside the Main Building last week to protest the University’s investment in HEI see FORUM/page 4 see STRIKE/page 6 Hotels, and 13 students engaged in a week-long hunger strike. INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER College Democrats win Club of the Year page 3 N Disney Distractions page 11 N Baseball takes on Toledo 20 N Viewpoint page 10 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Tuesday, April 27, 2010 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: HEALTH CARE IS... I don’t want to grow up! Remember when you could spend the whole day outside playing in the mud, just rolling around having fun with your Andi Rascon Chris DiBernardo Jon Schommer Matthew Kudija Sean McPherson friends? That is until your mom or dad came out and saw how dirty you had freshman freshman freshman freshman freshman become. Then you Welsh Fam Morrissey Knott Siegfried Dillon were unfortunately subject to the most intense cleaning of “Something “Necessary.” “Caring about “Healthy.” “Another Al your life, generally that the health.” Gore invention.” from the harsh Canadian prime spray of a garden hose, but it was still minister thinks worth it. doesn’t work.” As my friend Sheila and I pen- Mary Claire guin-slid and tack- O’Donnell led my friends into the muddy volley- Assistant ball courts behind Scene Editor Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] St. Mary’s Lake this Sunday at Muddy Sunday, we realized that we were getting that chance again. At age 20, we were able to once again IN BRIEF be kids, reliving our days as eight-year- old tomboys. Furthermore, it was a An exhibition titled “All Art great way to blow off steam before we is Propaganda” will be on dis- had to buckle down and get down to play today from 8 a.m. until 5 business before the beginning of finals. p.m. The exhibit will be held in Although I have loved growing up, I Hesburgh Library’s Special really miss the simplicity of my child- Collection Room 102. The hood years. I miss the mudpies and the exhibit is free and open to the mudfights. I miss the friendly competi- public. tions against the kids in my neighbor- hood. The Kellogg Institute will be It’s by hearkening back to these ideals sponsoring a lecture titled that make the best dorm or university “Imaginary Communities: events. As much fun as it is to jump Indians and Campesinos in around in a bouncy house for a few Mexican Social Thought.” The minutes, it’s these simple, seemingly lecture will be held today at foolish events that bring out hordes of 12:30 p.m. in Hesburgh Center students. Room C-103. It’s why Bookstore Basketball, Muddy Sunday and the Chariot Race are such The American Red Cross and popular events and have droves of stu- Notre Dame’s Army ROTC will dents registering. It’s why I think the be sponsoring a blood drive. Farley Fiasco will become a hit. The event will take place today Bookstore Basketball brings back from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. and those days in elementary school when will be held in the LaFortune recess in the spring meant scrambling SARAH O’CONNOR/The Observer Student Center Ballroom. for the basketball or soccer balls. There T-shirts hang on clotheslines on South Quad Monday as part of The Clothesline were so many pickup games going on Project, a program to address the issue of violence against women. The College of Engineering that spillovers onto the court or field will be presenting a seminar next to you was inevitable. titled “Multiscale Modeling of The Chariot Race reminds me of rac- Fracture in Metals” today at ing bikes down the street, or Razor 3:30 p.m. The event will take scooters when they got popular, hoping place in DeBartolo Hall Room to beat out all the boys, swerving OFFBEAT 138. around angry motorists. It was just you against them, pumping your legs furi- Illinois firefighters rescue center Thursday arrived to Bailey did, calling the The Notre Dame baseball ously, aiming to finally beat them and dog from recliner chair find a nurse’s aide hanging emergency line six times to team will face Toledo tonight win all the pride that went along with NAPERVILLE, Ill. — onto the chair to relieve request a ride from a at 6:05 p.m.

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