The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45: Issue 37 Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Ndsmcobserver.com Community remembers fifth-year student Murphy loses battle with leukemia; loved ones recall his ‘amazing energy,’ love for University family By SARAH MERVOSH Managing Editor Xavier Murphy, a fifth-year student and former resident of Zahm Hall, died Tuesday after a short battle with cancer. He was 22. Z a h m Rector C o r r y C o l o n n a said he and Mur- phy both j o i n e d Z a h m in 2007 and got Xavier Murphy to know each other well during Mur- phy’s four years in the dorm. “He had an amazing energy about him, always so positive. He greeted everyone with a big smile,” Colonna said. “He was soft-spoken but confident and always respectful. He had a sensitivity about him that at- tracted others to him.” PAT COVENEY/The Observer Students and residents of Zahm Hall form the “Zahm X” in honor of Xavier Murphy, 22, at the Grotto on Tuesday night. Murphy, a see MURPHY/page 5 fifth-year student and former resident of Zahm, died Tuesday after a one-month battle with cancer. SMC holds ND builds fourth accelerator Business first year competition discussion offers prize By BRIDGET FEENEY By NICOLE TOCZAUER News Writer News Writer Saint Mary’s College’s Com- The search is on for the next mon Experience program con- great idea. cluded for the semester Tues- Now in its 12th year, the Mc- day night with a short film and Closkey Business Plan Compe- a student-led panel discussion, tition invites students, alumni both of which focused on diver- and faculty to submit both prof- sity and the problem of stereo- it and nonprofit business ven- typing other cultures. tures, competing for a grand The Common Experience, a prize of $20,000. component of the Cross Cur- ASHLEY DACY/The Observer Laura Hollis, director of the rents Program, is designed to Construction of Notre Dame’s fourth nuclear accelerator continues on the Niewland Hall of Gigot Center for Entrepreneur- educate and mentor first year Science. The accelerator is expected to be completed by early March. ial Studies, said the competi- students at the College, spot- tion is on the lookout for unique lighting issues crucial to the By EMMA RUSS ing to improve Notre Dame’s When the accelerator is com- ventures, especially those first-year experience. News Writer research facilities, Philippe plete, about 15 undergraduate geared toward addressing so- Susan Vanek, associate dean Collon, associate professor of students will have the opportu- cial issues. of advising, said the Cross Cur- Not many universities can physics, said. nity to take part in nuclear re- “There are no impediments rents Program helps first years boast having a nuclear accel- “The project is unique in search each year, Collon said. and any reason not to enter isn’t navigate the educational and erator right at the center of that it is the first nuclear ac- Collon said the accelerator good enough as far as I’m con- social landscapes of the College. campus. celerator on a college cam- will reproduce nuclear reac- cerned,” Hollis said. “If you’ve “The goal and purpose of But when work is complete pus that the National Science tions that take place in the ever said somebody ‘oughta’ Common Experience is to intro- in the spring, the Niewland Foundation has agreed to fund sun and the stars by colliding make something, you have an duce students to the importance Hall of Science will house the in about 20 or 30 years,” he particles at extremely high ve- idea. What’s there to risk?” of their education,” Vanek said. University’s fourth and largest said. locities with a fixed object. He She said the best way to ap- “Liberal arts and diversity are nuclear accelerator, providing Collon said Notre Dame is compared the process to tak- proach the competition, or any the cornerstone of a first rate students with the chance to providing half of the funding ing apart a clock. business venture, is to consider college education.” engage in nuclear research. for the project, while the other “You take it apart to see what what problems exist and create The new accelerator is part half comes from the National see COLLEGE/page 6 of a $5 million project aim- Science Foundation. see NUCLEAR/page 5 see BUSINESS/page 5 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Council discusses sexual assault page 4 u Viewpoint page 8 u Umphrey’s McGee comes to Fever page 10 u Men’s soccer prepares for Marquette page 20 page 2 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u DAY-TO-DAY Wednesday, October 12, 2011 QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WOULD YOU DARE TO DO IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT FAIL? www.ndsmcobserver.com P.O. 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