The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45: Issue 128 tuesday, april 24, 2012 Ndsmcobserver.com SMC group supports AllianceND Columnist Panel addresses formation, success of Saint Mary’s Straight and Gay Alliance writes book By KRISTEN DURBIN News Editor on religion As the University’s decision ap- proaches on whether to approve By MEGHAN THOMASSEN AllianceND as an official student News Writer club, the Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) hosted a panel What’s wrong with American discussion Monday about the Christianity today? Just ask work of the Saint Mary’s College New York Times columnist, Ross Straight and Gay Alliance (SAGA) D o u t h a t , in combating prejudice since its who will recognition in spring 2005. speak on his Sarah Medina Steimer, a 2006 latest book, alumna of the College who served “Bad Reli- as SAGA’s first president, said gion: How lesbian, bisexual, transgender We Became and questioning (LBTQ) issues a Nation of were addressed by a somewhat Heretics,” “underground” group of students Wednesday prior to SAGA’s recognition as an at the Eck official student group. Hall of Law. “Before [SAGA was recog- KARLA MORENO /The Observer D o u t h a t Douthat nized], we would only hear about Panelists, from left to right, Rebecca Jones, Cristina Bueno, Sarah Medina Steimer and Professor said the things on the National Day of Si- Mary Rose D’Angelo discuss the Saint Mary’s Straight and Gay Alliance in Geddes Hall on Monday. book was lence and National Coming Out intended to capture what is oc- Day, when students would draw “There was some worry that Steimer said the student body’s During SAGA’s first year, the curring within American Chris- with sidewalk chalk, wear rib- having a gay-straight alliance support helped the club achieve club worked to increase its vis- tianity. He said he defines “her- bons or present a slip of paper to would turn into a sex club that official recognition. ibility on campus and make esy” in two ways — when one their professors about the day of would promote homosexual be- “We had a lot of student sup- its mission known to the Saint completely departs from faith silence,” Steimer said. havior, which we had to keep in port and not a lot of backlash. Mary’s community, Steimer said. or when one pushes traditional Initially, the College adminis- mind when planning events and There wasn’t much opposition in “We tried to make a name for faith to an extreme. tration did not strongly oppose fundraisers,” she said. “In trying student government either,” she ourselves so people would see “The ultimate goal of the book the recognition of SAGA as an of- to get approved, we were showing said. “We had a lot of support that we were there to promote is to make a theological argument ficial club, Steimer said, though the need for awareness, not try- from the Student Diversity Board, diversity and a safe space for les- about how American religion [has the proposed club’s intentions ing to get a group of women to- which had a position for a SAGA were sometimes misrepresented. gether to start dating each other.” member, so that really helped.” see PANEL/page 3 see BOOK/page 4 Chef honored with award Students build model rocket By DAN BROMBACH to enter the culinary profes- By TORI ROECK News Writer sion by childhood visits to his News Writer grandmother’s house, where In an age of cooking shows he sat for hours watching her Many people dream of be- and celebrity chefs, it can be make strudel, ribbon candy ing astronauts, but for mem- easy to forget the culinary and Austrian delicacies. bers of Notre Dame’s student profession has not always been “Whenever I got bored, I chapter of the American In- respected, let alone glamor- would go back into the kitch- stitute of Aeronautics and ized, by American society. en where my grandma was Astronautics (AIAA), design- But Notre Dame Executive cooking,” Miller said. “She ing rockets is more fun than Chef Donald Miller received was incredible, I was fasci- riding in them. the American Culinary Fed- nated by it. I’m sure that’s Eight aerospace engineer- eration National Chef Profes- what impressed me.” ing majors of all years put sionalism Award this month However, Miller said his their studies into practice in honor of his continued ef- eventual decision to pursue this weekend in the National forts to el- his dream and enter the Culi- Aeronautics and Space Ad- evate the nary Institute of America in- ministration (NASA) Uni- status of furiated his parents. versity Student Launch Ini- chefs in “My folks were incredibly tiative (USLI) in Huntsville, the Unit- upset,” he said. “They just Ala. ed States couldn’t see it, but it was Junior Jim Lampariello through ed- something that I wanted to said the competition in- ucation and do. You get your shot, and you volved designing and testing training. either take it or you let it pass a sophisticated rocket. A lt hough you by.” “It’s a contest sponsored Photo courtesy of Matthew Kudija he did not After working as the execu- by NASA to build a reus- Notre Dame’s USLI team poses with their rocket. The rocket actively Miller tive chef at a series of hotels able, high-powered rocket,” launched to 4,680 ft. in altitude and carried a scientific payload. seek the and resorts, as well as serv- Lampariello said. “The goal award, Mill- ing as a culinary arts instruc- is to reach exactly one mile compete in USLI. [were involved].” er said it was greatly humbling tor at Joliet Junior College in altitude and also to carry “Teams [came from] as far Notre Dame’s team spent to be recognized for fostering in Joliet, Ill., Miller said he scientific payload.” away as Alaska and Hawaii, the last year working on the increased respect for chefs as came to Notre Dame because Lampariello said 55 teams competing against teams project, Lampariello said. working professionals. from colleges around the like MIT and Georgia Tech,” Miller said he was inspired see CHEF/page 5 United States were chosen to he said. “Big name schools see ROCKET/page 4 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER SMC student wins spiritual service award page 3 u Viewpoint page 6 u Quincy’s Cafe review page 8 u Women’s Lacrosse page 16 page 2 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u DAY-TO-DAY Tuesday, April 24, 2012 QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHO WOULD YOU PICK TO PLAY A LEGENDS CONCERT THIS SATURDAY? www.ndsmcobserver.com P.O. 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