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the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 99 Wednesday,TUESDAY, FEBRUARY August 23, 27, 2010 2004 ndsmcobserver.com Green Summit uncovers ‘footprint of food’ Chef: Notre Dame makes a difference with marine stewardship seafood “At Notre Dame, we decided community who attended the By CARLY LANDON we do want to make a differ- event were especially inter- News Writer ence and lead the way with ested in knowing where their marine stewardship foods,” food came from and knowing The food that you eat can Miller said, “Now over 25 what they were putting in be the greatest source of percent of seafood purchases their bodies. nourishment or the slowest are marine stewardship “I really liked the aware- form of poison, members of approved.” ness in the dining halls about the Notre Dame community Senior Connor Kobeski gave sustainability and healthy discussed at yesterday’s the prayer, asking that we eating but it’s a lot harder liv- Green Summit. “show respect for the food ing off campus, especially This year’s Green Summit, that is our life-giving food” because you can’t go to the titled “The Footprint of and remember to give food to store every day or every two Food,” was the third annual the hungry “not just one day days even as a college kid so event presented by the Office but every day.” you have to settle for frozen,” of Sustainability. Discussions about sustain- senior Timothy Thayer, one of Green Summit III opened ability took place between the participants, said. with welcoming remarks from participants, with attendees “Healthy choices are diffi- Executive Vice President John moving between four tables cult,” sophomore Connor Affleck-Graves, followed by a at which they spent 15 min- Skelly said. “Take Whole keynote address by Executive utes each discussing new top- Foods, or as my dad calls it Chef Don Miller. ics. The four topics discussed ‘Whole Salary.’ It might sell “An important thing to gain were seafood, food and cli- the best foods for you, but it’s from today is awareness of mate change, food waste and also the most expensive.” what is happening,” Miller local food. During the discus- At each table, discussion said in his keynote address sions, a different course of a leaders also had handouts for yesterday. sustainable, low-carbon emis- participants ranging from SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer Miller focused on seafood sions food was served at each recipe cards for healthy Executive Chef Don Miller discusses sustainable eating practices and sustainability within table. with guests at the Green Summit in the Joyce Center Monday. marine life in his speech. Members of the Notre Dame see GREEN/page 3 Tickets run for Class CouncilsOlympics offer students u Brett Rocheleau, Kevin ‘Domecoming,’ a homecoming By MEGAN DOYLE Doherty, Kathleen Kehl, dance for the sophomore class needed break from class News Writer Patrick Adams similar to those held at other Experience with student gov- colleges,” Rocheleau said. Seven tickets have been ernment at Notre Dame sets Some of the major plans Favorite sports to watch include skiing, skating approved to run for Class Brett Rocheleau’s ticket apart incorporated in their platform Council. For Senior Class also include class trips to draws fans to high-profile from the others in the running By MEGAN DOYLE Council, two tickets have been for Sophomore Class Council, he Chicago and Cedar Point amuse- events such as speed skating News Writer approved, Junior Class Council, said. ment park as well as a campus- and downhill skiing. two tickets, and Sophomore Rocheleau, currently the wide poker tournament. “The Winter Olympics are Class Council, three tickets. treasurer for Freshman Class Rocheleau said he hopes to see While students face aca- more exciting because so The elections will take place Council, is running alongside the sophomore class hand out demic challenges on Notre many of the sports have a online from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Kevin Doherty, Kathleen Kehl free energy drinks during finals Dame’s campus in South chance of death,” sophomore today. and Patrick Adams to represent week. Bend, their minds are easily Steph Lowe said. “You really the Class of 2013 next year. distracted by the athletic get a sense of the passion Sophomore Class Council “Our biggest event would be see COUNCILS/page 4 challenges of the Winter and the competition because Olympics taking place now in these athletes put their life Vancouver, British Columbia. on the line for their sport.” Freshman Peter Kerrian Freshman Ally Scalo main- paired engineering work ly follows pairs ice skating with online recaps of curling and downhill skiing. She Scientists embrace their inner geek matches during his study mentioned gold-medal-win- breaks. ning American skier Lindsey “I have learned a lot about Vonn as one of the athletes By IRENA ZAJICKOVA curling because I’ve been that she is following in par- News Writer watching it on my computer ticular. for the past few days,” “The Winter Olympics are For Notre Dame students Kerrian said. “I think I could fun to watch but they are a who love science, the sec- go out to play it and under- lot of random events just ond annual Geek Week is a stand the rules.” thrown together,” Scalo said. can’t-miss series of science- Student favorites tended to “I’m mostly a fan of the and math-related events. include sports less obscure Summer Olympics.” Geek Week, which kicked and more intense than curl- Preferences between the off Monday with a Geek ing. Junior Aryelle Emison Summer and Winter Games Family Feud hosted by watched the United States tended to vary between stu- Notre Dame’s chapter of the hockey team upset the dents’ home environments. American Chemical Society, Canadians in a surprise vic- “I prefer the Summer will continue through Friday tory Sunday. Olympics because I’m from and conclude with the “The game was so intense,” Australia,” senior Xavier “Beauty and the Geek” she said. “Everyone was Burton said. “And we always dance that evening at 8 p.m. really excited.” have more representatives in The intensity of the compe- see GEEK/page 6 BLAIR CHEMIDLIN | Observer Graphic tition in the Winter Games see OLYMPICS/page 6 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Women’s Awareness Week page 3 N Women’s lacrosse page 24 N Students abroad catch ‘Vampire Weekend’ in Berlin page 14 N Viewpoint page 8 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE ATHLETE IN THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS? Don’t worry, be happy What’s a six-letter word for the one thing that permeates every aspect of a col- lege student’s life, perpetually hangs over Mitch Gainer Annie Castner Kaity Veenstra Andrew Ofsonka Mike Wiederecht your head like the overcast weather in South Bend and refuses to disappear after sophomore freshman sophomore sophomore sophomore the trials and tribula- Keenan Pangborn Lyons Keenan Keenan tions of college life Kristin Durbin are a thing of the past? News Wire “That one “Apolo Ohno.” “Lindsey Vonn.” “Nicole “Debbie Stress. Editor Russian chick Joraanstad.” McCormick ... The word itself ... I dig curling’s where sends chills down my spine, and yet the concept it represents accents.” it’s at!” remains an inevitable, integral part of my daily life as a Notre Dame student. Planning my schedule a month in advance and attempting to write papers earlier than the night before they’re due might temporarily relieve my anxieties, but gen- eralized worry follows me around like that Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] friend nobody likes. We all know what stress feels like, and we’ve exhausted a wide variety of stress relief remedies: working out, eating choco- IN BRIEF late, venting about stress to a friend, wast- ing our lives on Facebook, laughing about An exhibit titled “All Art is nothing for an extended period of time Propaganda” will open at 8 and embracing the blessing that is the a.m. today in Room 102 of weekend. Unfortunately, nearly all these Hesburgh Library. methods are temporary cures, lingering just long enough to catch a glimpse of “Expanding the Boundaries: what our lives would be like without Selected Drawings from the stress. Yvonne and Gabriel P. Despite the futile attempts I’ve made at Weisberg Collection” will be simplifying my life, the unyielding stream hosted in the O’Shaughnessy of tests, papers, activities and events that Galleries West of the Snite fill my weeks is oddly comforting, a con- Museum of Art beginning at 10 stant reminder of my (generally) good a.m. today. work ethic and how it got me to where I am. Daily Mass will be held in Throughout high school, I crammed my the Basilica of the Sacred days with almost every imaginable Heart at 11:30 a.m. and 5:15 extracurricular activity, from softball and p.m. today. show choir to band and student govern- ment. Miraculously, I managed to succeed The Kellogg Institute will academically even though I spent the host “Living by the Sword and majority of my time inside the beige brick Dying by the Sword?: walls of my high school. Leadership Transitions in and On the bright side, my daunting sched- out of Dictatorships” today in ule taught me to manage my time by com- SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer Room C103 of the Hesburgh partmentalizing my life into chunks of Chinese dancing tigers perform at the Notre Dame Chinese Friendship Center.