THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY V OLUME 48, ISSUE 118 | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM McAleese talks social issues Students, faculty Former Irish president speaks on time in office, roles of religion and gender in politics in Ireland reflect on By KELLY KONYA S enior News Writer Pieronek’s life A ddressing the topics of gen- By MARGARET HYNDS and who wanted to study with der and religion in the present EMILY McCONVILLE their classmates and other and future trajectory of Ireland, N ews Editor and Associate News Editor engineers would have to go former president of Ireland to another residence hall (of- Mary McAleese joined the Saint L ast Thursday, Catherine ten a male residence hall) and Mary’s community on Tuesday “Cathy” Pieronek, an asso- when the parietals require evening in Carroll Auditorium of ciate dean in the College of women students leaving male Madeleva Hall. Engineering and the director dorms at midnight (despite College president Carol Ann of the women’s engineering whether the homework or Mooney introduced McAleese, program, passed away sud- studying was all finished), who is the second women to denly at the age of 52. this placed a hardship on serve as the president of Ireland According to College of the women engineering stu- and the first to come from the Engineering Dean Peter dents,” he said. Ulster region. Kilpatrick, Pieronek proved “So Cathy, in concert with McAleese was elected in 1997 to be a champion of the others in the College, got [the and served for two terms until women engineers on Notre Office of Residence Life] to 2011, using her time in office to MONICA VILLAGOMEZ MENDEZ | The Observer Dame’s campus, but also on start clustering women en- Former president of Ireland Mary McAleese speaks in Carroll a national level. Students gineers in fewer dorms so see McALEESE PAGE 5 Auditorium of Madeleva Hall at Saint Mary’s College on Tuesday. have recalled her dedication women could develop natu- to the engineers and also to ral study partners in their the school as a campus leader own residence hall. This who sought to continually strategy, and many others, C lub remembers Holocaust improve the University and, has led to a dramatic increase specifically, the College of in both the retention and the By JENNIFER FLANAGAN campus. to honor of Yom HaShoah but this Engineering. numbers and percentages of N ews Writer The service coincides with Yom year wanted to bring Holocaust In an email, Kilpatrick de- women in engineering here at HaShoah, Israel’s official day of remembrance to Notre Dame’s scribed one of Pieronek’s Notre Dame. We are now well W ednesday night at 8 p.m. the commemoration for the approxi- campus. large contributions to the over 30 percent, a remark- Jewish Federation of South Bend mately 6 million Jews and 5 mil- The Grotto, as a place of reflec- women’s engineering pro- able increase in the last 10- will host a Holocaust remem- lion others who died as a result of tion for all religions, seemed the gram that dealt with resi- plus years. Cathy played by brance service at the Grotto to the actions of Nazi Germany and ideal location to host the remem- dence halls. When Pieronek far the dominant role in this mark the 70th anniversary of the its counterparts. This year, Yom brance service, Spoolstra said. joined the engineering facul- transformation.” end of the Holocaust. HaShoah begins the evening of “The Grotto, for those who are ty in 2002, female enrollment Kilpatrick and others re- Trent Spoolstra, a 2013 gradu- April 15 and ends the evening of Catholic, is a place to remember in the college was lower than called her tendency to be ex- ate of Notre Dame who has volun- April 16. Mary and honor Mary and, for it was now, and each women’s tremely direct with students teered with the Jewish Federation Spoolstra said the Jewish those who are not Catholic, is a residence hall only had “one in her role as an advisor. for the past seven months, helped Federation usually hosts events in to two” engineers living in it. to bring the event to Notre Dame’s downtown South Bend every year see HOLOCAUST PAGE 5 “This meant that women see PIERONEK PAGE 3 ‘TBAB’ benefits pediatric cancer research By MATTHEW McKENNA LaFortune. walk in solidarity with those N ews Writer “We have over 15,000 par- losing their hair due to chemo- ticipants in the event, and the therapy, she said. The Bald and the Beautiful event includes three parts,” “There is a minimum dona- (TBAB), a campus event Carroll said. “Firstly, there’s do- tion to have your head shaved hosted by the club of the nating eight inches of your hair and also a minimum donation same name, will place in the to Pantene Beautiful Lengths for a T-shirt,” Carroll said. “The LaFortune Student Center from to make wigs for patients with money raised from that goes Wednesday until Friday this cancer.” to St. Baldrick’s Foundation. week. The annual event raises “Then, you can also purchase So there are three different money for pediatric cancer re- colored hair extensions to sup- parts that go to three different search while raising awareness port someone you know who organizations.” for childhood cancer. has cancer,” she said. “There’s a According to Carroll, TBAB Grace Carroll, senior and different color for each type of began in 2009 when a group of co-chair of The Bald and the cancer. Money raised from that students came together after Beautiful, said the event takes goes to Memorial Hospital.” their friend was diagnosed with EMILY McCONVILLE | The Observer place in the Dooley and Sorin The third part of the event Participants of The Bald and Beautiful shave their heads last year in rooms in the main lounge of involves shaving your head to see TBAB PAGE 5 solidarity with cancer patients going through chemotherapy. NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 7 SCENE PAGE 8 MEN’S LACROSSE PAGE 16 BASEBALL PAGE 16 2 THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com Do you have any strange talents? P .O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Editor-in-Chief Grace Hills Amanda Springstead Greg Hadley Managing Editor Business Manager freshman senior Jack Rooney Alex Jirschele McGlinn Hall Howard Hall Asst. Managing Editor: Mary Green Asst. 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