THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY VOLUME 47, ISSUE 22 | WEDNESDAY, SepTEMBER 25, 2013 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ‘A unified front’ Student body presidents and vice presidents from ND and SMC honored during Michigan State game By EMILIE KEFALAS and presenting it to members of News Writer the Irish Guard, who hoisted it onto the flagpole during the na- Notre Dame football brings tional anthem. The names and the Saint Mary’s College and hometowns of the four leaders Notre Dame student bodies to- were also announced, she said. gether each year, and Saturday The four also watched the it brought together the student game from the press box, government executives of both Sullivan said. institutions. “I was just in shock when we Prior to Saturday’s football were walking out. I was like, game, Saint Mary’s student body ‘This is a really surreal expe- president and vice president Kat rience,’” Sullivan said. “I was Sullivan and Maddy Martin were just so excited, and I felt really honored alongside Notre Dame blessed to have that experience, student body president and vice and the fact that Notre Dame re- president Alex Coccia and Nancy ally considered us a part of the Joyce. community. That they allowed The ceremony consisted Saint Mary’s to be involved was Photo courtesy of Alex Coccia of both teams walking the From left: Maddy Martin, Alex Coccia, Nancy Joyce and Kat Sullivan stand behind Notre Dame band mem- American flag across the field see FLAG PAGE 6 bers as they carry the American flag that flew in the stadium during the Saturday’s game. Irish engineers continue ‘Nothing less than service work in Nicaragua a reformation’ By CAROLINA WILSON Each year since Feburary Krug said. “So we already talked By KIERA JOHNSEN Tippet said the modern, tech- News Writer 2008, six engineering students to the community and they’re News Writer nologically driven century forces from the University have com- all thrilled for us to come back.” society to reexamine questions Members of Notre Dame bined their passion for aca- Senior Spencer Ness said the Krista Tippet, Peabody Award- they considered answered. Students Empowering through demics and for social service project includes a team trip dur- winning journalist and broad- “We are reimagining the very Engineering Development in designing and constructing ing fall break to assess the land caster of the radio program nature of authority, of leadership, (NDSEED) are preparing for a bridge for a community in and the community, as well as “On Being”, spoke as this year’s of community,” Tippet said. “We the organization’s seventh year Central America. an eight-week trip during the Christian Culture lecturer at are fundamentally reconsider- of community outreach with Senior and Project Manager summer of 2014. Saint Mary’s on Tuesday in ing how we structure our lives plans to build a bridge in Mata Maria Krug said this year’s lo- “We fundraise for the entire O’Laughlin Auditorium. together. We are in the midst of de Tules, Nicaragua. cation is not far from the bridge project, we design the entire The lecture, titled “Civic nothing less than a reformation, NDSEED is the University’s that was built last year. project, and then we go down Healing and Christian Virtue but this time it’s all of the institu- chapter of a multi-national non- “Mata de Tules is less than a and build it with the in the 21st Century,” focused tions including governmental organization kilometer from the site where on issues of reforming modern called “Bridges to Prosperity,” they built this past summer,” see NDSEED PAGE 5 Christian society. see TIPPET PAGE 5 Michigan State game results in few arrests By ANN MARIE JAKUBOWSKI the stadium. disorderly conduct. Another News Editor “The weekend unfolded very man was arrested for trespass- smoothly,” he said. “We were an- ing,” Johnson said. “It was a Saturday’s football game ticipating it to be a much busier quiet day and everything ran against Michigan State home weekend compared to the smoothly.” University brought a victory for Temple game. The noticeably Indiana State Excise Police of- both the team and the game day cooler weather was a welcome ficers arrested 36 adults and six personnel coordinating the in- change, as we had fewer heat and minors in the area around cam- flux of visitors to campus over humidity-related medical calls.” pus this weekend, according to the weekend. Phil Johnson, chief of police an Excise police report. Director of Game Day for Notre Dame Security Police “The charges of those who Operations Mike Seamon said, (NDSP), said his staff made were arrested included Illegal overall, it was a “very success- two arrests at the stadium on Consumption or Possession of ful” home game weekend with Saturday. an Alcoholic Beverage, Driving EMILY KRUSE | The Observer approximately 100,000 people on “One man was arrested Notre Dame Stadium welcomed 81,000 fans during the home game campus Saturday and 81,000 in for public intoxication and see GAME DAY PAGE 3 versus Michigan State University on Saturday. NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 8 SCENE PAGE 9 FOOTBALL PAGE 20 MEN’S SOCCER PAGE 20 2 THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, SepTEMBER 25, 2013 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com What do you first notice about someone? P.O. 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