THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY VOLUME 47, ISSUE 127 | THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ‘Nowhere to run’ Survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide reflect on its legacy, recount personal stories By TORI ROECK 1994 Rwandan genocide against Senior News Writer the Tutsis, in which one million people were killed in 100 days. Editor’s note: This is the first Mugenzi, who was 24 at the installment in a two-part time of the genocide, said he series discussing two South fled with his parents and four Bend families’ experiences with siblings for 80 days from the the 1994 Rwandan genocide, killers. in light of Notre Dame’s “There was nowhere to run commemoration of the 20th because the neighbors knew anniversary of this tragedy to where we were,” he said. take place April 26. “They were home. So we fled. We saw some of them coming, Jean Claude Mugenzi cannot and we managed to flee through lie face down in his bed without banana trees, and we spent sev- thinking of his father and sib- eral nights in a swamp near lings’ murders and his own bul- where we come from. let wound. “We could hear them looting Mugenzi and his wife Anne our property. We could hear Marie Bamukunde, now South Bend residents, survived the see RWANDA PAGE 7 STEPH WULZ | The Observer Zahm claims victory in SMC announces quiz bowl championship master of speech By JESSICA MERDES The St. Edward’s team, com- are proud of that.” News Writer posed of four freshmen, came Zahm’s team consisted of pathology program into the championship match six seniors that had won the The Zahm House quiz bowl undefeated, captain Tommy annual interhall quiz bowl team defeated St. Edward’s Davis said. The members were tournament three times in the Hall 2-0 in a best-of-three se- not discouraged by their loss in past four years. Zahm lost in ries during the interhall cham- the championship, Davis said. the 2013 championship to St. pionship Tuesday evening, “We started at the bottom, Edward’s, which was their only sealing their victory on the last and now we are here,” he said. question of the second round. “No matter what happens, we see QUIZ PAGE 7 Students seek peace at Grotto By MARISA IATI Senior News Writer A man in an electric wheelchair Photo courtesy of Gwen O’Brien rolls up to the Grotto of Our Lady A Saint Mary’s communicative disorders major sits with a pupil. of Lourdes in silence, lights a can- Speech pathologists often rely on phonetics to teach their students. dle and leaves. An elderly woman rests on a By KELLY KONYA accreditation institution, ap- bench, engaged in conversation Saint Mary’s Editor proved the graduation program with a middle-aged companion. earlier this month, director of A couple prays side by side on Saint Mary’s celebrated the media relations Gwen O’Brien the kneeler as two young kids blessing and dedication of the said. The program will begin fidget next to them. Judd Leighton Speech and in the fall of 2015, pending ac- On one of the first sunny after- Language Clinic on Wednesday in creditation from the Council noons after a long winter, Notre Carroll Auditorium. At the event, on Academic Accreditation in Dame’s shrine to the Virgin Mary the College announced that it will Speech-Language Pathology and has come alive. soon offer a master of science in Audiology. For some students, such as ALLISON D’AMBROSIA | The Observer speech pathology. College president Carol Ann Jimmy Summers and Melissa Truitt, members of the class of 2011, The Higher Learning see GROTTO PAGE 6 light a single candle at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. Commission (HLC), an see MASTERS PAGE 5 NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 8 SCENE PAGE 10 BASEBALL PAGE 20 BOOKSTORE BASKETBALL PAGE 20 2 THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com What is your favorite mystical animal? P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Editor-in-Chief Caity Bobber Megan McGarel Ann Marie Jakubowski Managing Editor Business Manager senior sophomore Brian Hartnett Peter Woo off campus Howard Hall Asst. Managing Editor: Isaac Lorton Asst. Managing Editor: Kevin Song “Dragon.” “Dragon.” Asst. 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