the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 77 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011 ndsmcobserver.com Unrest continues in Egypt; ND students evacuate Professor discusses the Notre Dame students future of Egyptian moved to safe haven government; ‘result of in Istanbul from 30 years of harsh rule’ university in Cairo By SAM STRYKER Observer Staff Report News Writer Twelve Notre Dame stu- The current political turmoil dents were evacuated from in Egypt is a result of 30 years Cairo to Istanbul Monday of harsh rule under President night, according to a Hosni Mubarak, according to University press release. Emad Shahin, professor of reli- The students, who were gion, conflict and peacebuilding participating in a Notre at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute. Dame study abroad program “What is going on is a popu- at the American University in lar uprising that is aspiring to Cairo (AUC), were among change Mubarak’s regime that many American citizens has been in power for the past evacuated on charter flights AP An anti-government protester holds a banner in Tharir square in downtown Cairo Monday. Opposition groups see EGYPT/page 5 have called for a million people to take the streets today in protest against President Hosni Mubarak. see UPDATE/page 5 Legacy Square condos Winter storm to strike area not open to students Observer Staff Report The City of South Bend is preparing for the winter storm expected Tuesday and Wednesday and anticipates issuing a Snow Emergency in the next two days, according to a Monday media advisory. One to two inches of snow could accumulate during the day Tuesday in St. Joseph County, with an additional 11 to 12 inches Tuesday JAMES DOAN/The Observer night, according to the A bulldozer covered in snow sits next to the site of the Legacy National Weather Service. DAN JACOBS/The Observer Square condiminiums, which will not be open to students. “In anticipation of the next Jordan Hall of Science sits covered in snow. Another 14 inches round of heavy snow and is predicted to hit campus by Wednesday. planned. ice, the city’s Snow-Control By AMANDA GRAY According to student body Team met this morning with sory stated. residents to plan ahead, News Writer president Catherine Soler, the Police, Fire and South Bend University spokesman exercise caution while driv- condominiums will be finished Community School Dennis Brown said Notre ing, clear sidewalks as While the controversial and marketed to owner-occu- Corporation to finalize, in Dame makes daily weather- quickly as possible and Legacy Square condominium pants, not for lease to students. advance, strategies to deal related closure decisions avoid driving on all main project will continue, its future “The concern [of the commu- with the winter storm around 5 a.m. thoroughfares once snow occupants will not be Notre expected over the next few South Bend Mayor Stephen Dame students, as originally see LEGACY/page 6 days,” the City’s media advi- Luecke asked all South Bend see WEATHER/page 6 DeBartolo Hall home to ‘experimental’ classroom active learning environment. Cichos of OIT’s Technology Learning Spaces division, the controlling what appears on By CHRISTIAN MYERS Several divisions within the Enhanced Learning Spaces goal is for the room to be as each screen, multiple sets of News Writer Office of Information division designed the room flexible as possible and to keyboards and mice, and a Technology (OIT), the Office of based on recommendations encourage active learning. document camera. A new experimental class- the Registrar, Academic Space from the various groups and “The idea of active learning The computers and screens room, B011 DeBartolo Hall, is Management, the University similar classrooms at schools is that students need to be can be connected in any way redefining the classroom Council of Academic like the Massachusetts participants, not simply peo- — one computer screen can experience, and yes, anyone Technology (UCAT) and the Institute of Technology, the ple who receive information,” be displayed on all viewing can write on the walls. Kaneb Center for Teaching University of Minnesota and Burchett said. screens, each viewing screen Room B011 is the result of and Learning collaborated in the University of Michigan. The room features multiple can display a different com- multiple groups on campus the design and funding of According to Brian viewing screens, eight puter screen, or any arrange- working together to create an B011. Burchett, manager of OIT’s Macintosh computers, a innovative, imaginative and Jason Railton and Tim Technology Enhanced touch-screen control panel for see DEBARTOLO/page 6 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER St. Liam’s prepares for flu page 3 N Roller derby roughs up South Bend page 10 N Women’s basketball faces Syracuse page 20 N Viewpoint page 8 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Tuesday, February 1, 2011 THE OBSERVER QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF I GAVE YOU AN ELEPHANT, WHERE WOULD YOU HIDE IT? P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Matt Gamber MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Madeline Buckley Patrick Sala ASST. MANAGING EDITOR: Sam Werner ASST. 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