the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45 : Issue 2 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011 ndsmcobserver.com London Students spend summer serving rioting Students travel across the globe to serve in internships and non-profit work causes concern By SARA FELSENSTEIN Associate News Editor Study abroad students depart- ing for London tomorrow will need to be conscious of safety in a way that past students of Notre Dame’s 29-year-old pro- gram have not. Weeks before Notre Dame stu- dents were scheduled to leave for their semesters abroad, vio- lent riots spread through parts of London and Birmingham, raising questions about stu- Photo Courtesy of Sean Hendricks dents’ safety traveling both to Junior Sean Hendricks worked with orphans in South Africa and instituted an internship program for older children. During his eight and within the city. week stay he combined service and travel with his strong love for business. The rioting did not affect the Waterloo or Trafalgar Square Hendricks said seeing the vast areas, where the Notre Dame By NICOLE TOCZAUER socio-economic differences student residence and class- News Writer between the townships of native room building are located, but Xhosa people and the large staffs of the London Program Notre Dame students broke out British homesteads, held by 10 and Office of International of South Bend this summer to percent of the country, was diffi- Studies (OIS) are still taking the work at internships and service cult. projects around the globe, rang- “You see very wealthy Western see LONDON/page 6 ing from semi-rural African town- elements and then tribal African ships to urban New York City. people,” he said. “South Africa is Junior Sean Hendricks traveled very unique in that disparity.” to South Africa through the Like Hendricks, junior Connor Kellogg Institute to work at the Wathen spent the majority of his Open Arms Home for Children summer in Africa. Wathen, a Ex-coach orphanage for nine weeks. Sorin College resident, said each Hendricks started an internship summer the dorm sends one stu- program for the older residents at dent to stay with Holy Cross charged the orphanage, which is home to priests in Uganda through Notre 40 children, allowing them to Dame’s International Summer explore careers with local busi- Service Learning Program with felony nesses. (ISSLP). “They could see the various jobs During his eight weeks in they could have one day, whether Uganda, Wathen taught math, sci- in a dairy farm, factory or mar- ence and physical education at St. By MEGAN DOYLE ket,” he said. “They had no par- Jude’s Primary School. He also News Editor Photo Courtesy of Sean Hendricks ents to teach them about the worked at St. Benedict’s Center, a The St. Joseph County The orphaned children played soccer with Hendricks during the industries that exist there and Prosecutor’s office filed felony day when they had free time. how to enter them.” see SUMMER/page 6 charges Aug. 16 against for- mer Irish assistant football coach Corwin Brown after a seven-hour standoff at his Granger home earlier that SMC selected as ‘Best in the Midwest’ week. Brown was charged with domestic violence, a Class D By ANNA BOARINI president for enrollment felony, and two counts of con- management, said. News Writer finement, according to court The recognition is an documents. The two confine- honor the College has been ment charges are Class C and The Princeton Review once awarded every year since Class B felonies. again named Saint Mary’s the list’s inception nine years St. Joseph County Police College among the “Best in ago. responded to a call from the Midwest,” a list of top Saint Mary’s was one of Melissa Brown, Corwin colleges in the area pub- 153 schools on the “Best in Brown’s wife, about domestic lished over the summer. the Midwest” list, which was violence at the home Aug. 12. “To be recognized for what published in August. The Law enforcement arrived at we do best — educating Midwest region represents the home in early afternoon women, in a rigorous aca- 12 states, and the Princeton and remained outside the res- demic environment, to make Review also lists schools idence for nearly seven hours, a difference in the world — from the Northeast, West is meaningful to the see VIOLENCE/page 8 College,” Mona Bowe, vice see BEST/page 6 LISA HOEYNCK | Observer Graphic INSIDE TODAY ’S PAPER Engineers build bridges page 3 N Viewpoint page 10 N Merchant of Venice page 12 N Dayne Crist named quarterback page 24 page 2 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer N PAGE 2 Wednesday, August 24, 2011 THE OBSERVER QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WAS YOUR SUMMER ANTHEM? P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Douglas Farmer MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Sarah Mervosh Jeff Liptak ASST. MANAGING EDITOR: Adriana Pratt ASST. 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