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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45: Issue 62 Thursday, December 1, 2011 Ndsmcobserver.com Candidates compete for nomination Professor By VICTORIA MORENO News Writer dies at 75 Although the 2012 presiden- tial election is still a year away, primary season is in full swing of cancer as GOP candidates battle for the Republican nomination and the chance to defeat incumbent President Barack Obama. Observer Staff Report American Studies Professor Robert Schmuhl said it is nor- Guillermo O’Donnell, profes- mal to see a number of candi- sor emeritus of political sci- dates battle it out early in the ence and senior fellow of Notre election season, as they try to Dame’s Kellogg Institute for In- win their party’s nomination. ternational “The party that doesn’t occu- S t u d i e s , py the White House usually has AP died Tues- several competing candidates Republican presidential candidates pose before the debate at Oakland University in Auburn day in Bue- at the beginning of the primary Hills, Mich. The debate focused on educational issues. nos Aires and caucus season,” Schmuhl after a long said. “That’s nothing new.” to campaign money,” Schmuhl peared at the top of the GOP of his very good debate perfor- battle with Sixteen candidates have of- said. “For some reason, though, radar after he secured the cov- mances,” Muñoz said. “Wheth- cancer. He ficially declared their intent to about three-quarters of Repub- eted endorsement of the New er he can keep that momentum, was 75. run for the Republican nomi- licans remain lukewarm to- Hampshire Union Leader, a however, with increased media O’Donnell nation. The most recent polls ward him. He needs to do well prominent newspaper. scrutiny given his personal j o i n e d O’Donnell show former governor of Mas- in the early states, or he runs Vincent Muñoz, associate baggage is an open question.” N o t r e sachusetts, Mitt Romney, as the the risk of rejection.” professor of Political Science, Rick Perry, governor of Texas, Dame’s faculty in 1982, ac- current GOP favorite. Other candidates continue to attributed Gingrich’s recent fell out of favor recently after cording to a University press “Mitt Romney has the advan- rise and fall in the polls. Most success to his debate skills. poor debate showings. African release. He was the first aca- tage of having run for the nomi- recently, former Speaker of “Gingrich seems to have mo- demic director of the Kellogg nation in 2008 and ready access the House Newt Gingrich ap- mentum right now on account see PRIMARY/page 5 Institute from 1982 until 1997, playing a crucial role in the In- stitute’s development. An internationally renowned scholar, O’Donnell focused his Research portal open to students, faculty studies on Latin American au- thoritarian regimes, the demo- cratic transitions many of them By JESSICA STOLLER- trends in technology, Rowland which technologies will soon larly useful for faculty trying undergo and the relationship CONRAD said. be obsolete, Rowland said. to identify trends in student en- between modernization and News Writer “When we look at a new tech- “We don’t want to invest in a gagement and learning, Row- democracy. nology [for the University], we technology just because it’s be- land said. Scott Mainwaring, profes- The Gartner Research por- want to see who else is using ing hyped or marketed … we “We look at trends. Are stu- sor of political science and tal, an information technology it,” she said. want to use it because it meets a dents bringing desktops to O’Donnell’s successor as di- research tool, is now accessible Gartner uses worldwide business need,” Rowland said. campus? Not so much. Are rector of the Kellogg Institute, to all students, faculty and staff trends to place existing and “We also don’t want to ignore students bringing laptops to said in a written tribute that on Notre Dame’s campus, said emerging technological tools [new technology] just because campus? Yeah kind of, but al- his colleague is known around Peggy Rowland, senior director in one of five phases on a “hype it doesn’t meet our early expec- most every student has a smart the world for his “intellectual of Customer Support Services cycle,” which graphically mea- tations. So [Gartner] helps us phone,” she said. “Students are creativity” and “path-breaking for the Office of Information sures expected popularity and be selectively aggressive, but into instant communication originality.” Technologies (OIT). utility of technologies over not invest in something that ... email is even too slow for “Throughout his career The main function of the por- time. The “hype cycle” pre- may not pan out.” them.” O’Donnell posed great new tal is to provide information on dicts which technologies will The information provided by the pervasiveness of the latest be important in the future and Gartner Research is particu- see RESEARCH/page 5 see O’DONNELL/page 5 Professor discusses human trafficking Leaders address By MARISA IATI winter break safety News Writer To combat human trafficking, By ADRIANA PRATT tanski of the South Bend Police people must first acknowledge Assistant Managing Editor Department (SBPD) said police its existence, anthropology pro- have been working with stu- fessor Carolyn Nordstrom said Keeping students and their dents to prevent crime and have in a lecture Wednesday evening. belongings safe before and had some recent success. Nordstrom warned attendees during winter break are pri- “In the area alone just in the not to think human trafficking orities for student government, past three weeks, midnight pa- only occurs in distant nations. student body president Patrick trol and afternoon patrol actu- “It’s completely global today,” JODI LO/The Observer McCormick said Wednesday at ally have caught two different she said. “This is reality if you’re Anthropology professor Carolyn Nordstrom lectured on the the Community/Campus Advi- guys that we thought had been a kid in a war zone. You’re not importance of combating human trafficking Wednesday. sory Coalition (CCAC) meeting. pretty active in burglaries,” just dodging bullets … you’re “We’re trying to do every- Zultanski said. “We’re doing dodging traffickers.” the Civil War, Nordstrom said. “To say that human traffick- thing we can to make sure stu- what we can to keep them in Modern laws against human But people often incorrectly as- ing is prostitution would be like dents aren’t soft targets,” Mc- jail, finding more cases.” trafficking are built on the anti- sume human trafficking is pros- Cormick said. slavery laws that resulted from titution. see TRAFFICKING/page 5 Detective Sgt. 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