THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT MARY’S IT ACCURATELY VOLUME 46, ISSUE 98 | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM HER LOYAL DAUGHTERS Finding common ground First female rector, First female former admin undergraduates describe transition recall fall of 1972 By MEGAN DOYLE By JOHN CAMERON Managing Editor News Editor Editor’s note: This is the next Editor’s note: This is the next installment in a five-day series installment in a five-day series discussing the role of women at discussing the role of women at Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s, Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s, in honor of the 40th anniversary in honor of the 40th anni- of coeducation at the University versary of coeducation at the this year. University this year. As a first-year law student Class of 1976 alumna Diane in 1970, Kathleen Cekanski- Bourke didn’t know what to ex- Farrand was one of 12 women pect when her parents dropped out of 250 in her class, part of her off at Notre Dame in the fall only the third coeducational of 1972. Not only had she en- graduate class in the Law School. rolled at the University sight- Two years later, Cekanski- unseen, but she would be a Farrand was mailing letters to member of the first freshman welcome 119 women of the first class to include women. female undergraduate class into “I was very naïve,” Bourke her care in Badin Hall. In 1972, said. “I was the first person in she was a third-year law student my family to go to college. I kind and the dorm’s first rector in be- of walked in with no precon- ginning days of coeducation. ceived notions and no clue what “I thought some of the chal- this was supposed to be.” lenges that we had probably Bourke arrived on campus would be similar at the under- in the wake of failed discus- graduate level that we had at the sions to merge Notre Dame and Law School level,” Cekanski- Saint Mary’s, which led to the Farrand said. “So I thought I University’s decision to admit could share some of those ex- women directly. Adapting cam- periences and turn them into pus to house female newcomers positives.” did lead to some tension with Cekanski-Farrand earned the the male students, Bourke said. job when she interviewed with Photos courtesy of University Archives “At the beginning it was a then-vice president of student Top left: A woman looks through a broken window at the Rockne Memorial Gym during the early days of little awkward ... especially affairs Fr. Tom Blantz. Blantz, coeducation before female students could use the facility. Top right: A young woman cheers during a among the men who had been football game in the 1972 season. Middle right: Two female students walk across campus in the early see RECTOR PAGE 4 1970s. Bottom: A banner on South Dining Hall welcomes female students to campus in the fall of 1972. see COED PAGE 5 Alumnae offer career advice ND recognizes BY HILLARY MANGIAFORTE alumna. The Career Crossings in 2011, Mieszczak said she real- and REBECCA O’NEIL Office sponsored the discussion. ized she needed to acquaint her- eating disorders News Writers Mieszczak, owner of Soaring self with the modern job search. Winds Marketing and a market- “People were finding work in Four Saint Mary’s alumnae ing manager for Chicago-based an entirely new way,” she said. By KATIE McCARTY of aspects of their life are out of visited their alma mater Monday consulting firm Aptude, recalled “These days, companies use News Writer control, and food is one aspect to talk about professional net- her college years without some technology as a recruiting tool.” that they can control,” Maureen working and social media at a forms of modern communica- Mieszczak explained the im- In observance of National Lafferty, assistant director panel discussion in the Student tion and social media. portance of using potential em- Eating Disorders Awareness of the University Counseling Center. “I didn’t have email when I ployers’ websites to determine Week, the University Center, said. “An eating dis- The panelists were Janelle was in school,” Mieszczak said. if they reflect personal values Counseling Center is promot- order can develop from this Schenher, a 2000 alumna, Angela “I didn’t make one until grad like social responsibility. She ing awareness of the danger- mentality.” The theme of this Rupchok-Shafer, a 2003 alumna, school.” reminded students networking ous effects of the pressure to year’s national campaign to Meaghan Veselik, a 2011 alumna Compelled to reenter the job look perfect. and Corrie Mieszczak, a 1997 hunt after having her first child see SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE 4 “Students can feel like a lot see DISORDERS PAGE 5 RELAY FOR LIFE PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 6 SCENE PAGE 8 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 16 BENGAL BOUTS PAGE 16 2 THE OBSERVER | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com What movie always makes you cry? P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Editor-in-Chief Maureen Gavin Eric Wilde Allan Joseph Managing Editor Business Manager freshman senior Megan Doyle Jeff Liptak Lyons Hall Siegfried Hall Asst. Managing Editor: Andrew Owens Asst. 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