THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY V OLUME 48, ISSUE 71 | TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM N otre Dame honors Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer service pays Panelists share tribute to King’s experiences as mission and legacy black students By MADISON JAROS By KAYLA MULLEN N ews Writer A ssociate News Editor “ Let peace begin with me.” I n honor of Martin Luther Those were the words that King, Jr. Day, the Office of echoed throughout the ro- the President, the President’s tunda of the Main Building Oversight Committee on Diversity on Monday as Notre Dame and Inclusion and the Division of honored the legacy of Dr. Student Affairs co-sponsored a Martin Luther King, Jr. panel discussion and dinner titled through prayer. “Exploring Our History and Our Students, faculty and mem- Future: 70 Years of Black Student bers of the South Bend com- and Alumni Experience at Notre munity sat together under Dame” at Legends on Monday the Dome as they prayed and night. sang traditional hymns, in- The panel was moderated by cluding We Shall Overcome 1969 alumnus Don Wycliff, edi- and Let There Be Peace on tor of the book ‘Black Domers: Earth. Seventy Years at Notre Dame,’ and Martin Luther King, Jr. ANNMARIE SOLLER | The Observer panelists included alumni University President Fr. John Jenkins speaks during Monday’s prayer service. A photo of University see PRAYER PAGE 5 President Emeritus Fr. Theodore “Ted” Hesburgh and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. hangs behind him. see PANEL PAGE 4 M oreau Day events to SMC votes on new celebrate Holy Cross founder SGA constitution By OWEN LANE French culture club, have Fr. Peter McCormick, direc- By KIERA JOHNSEN on separate documents. … [The N ews Writer worked in tandem to organize tor of Campus Ministry, said N ews Writer new constitution is] not just one events to celebrate the Feast he hopes the Moreau Day ac- giant 27-page document that The Notre Dame commu- Day. Campus Ministry has tivities will have a noticeable S aint Mary’s College Student tries to include everything. It nity will celebrate Moreau organized a “selfie competi- impact to campus. Government Association (SGA) is a lot less redundant and it is Day today. Moreau Day marks tion” for students through- “I think it’s an opportunity revised its constitution in order a lot more clear and concise, the Feast Day of Blessed Basil out Moreau Day. Students for us to be reminded of what to create a clearer, more concise breaking down all of that extra Moreau, the founder of the will compete to win $100 in our heritage is and who we document, which was voted fluff and just making it a shorter Congregation of the Holy Domer Dollars by taking as are,” McCormick said. “When on by the Saint Mary’s student document.” Cross, who died Jan. 20th, many selfies with Holy Cross I think about any great insti- body at the end of last week. Kelly Gutrich, senior and SGA 1873. religious as they can and tution, one wants to know Results of the vote have not vice president of internal affairs, Campus Ministry and Le sending them to @ndministry yet been announced. McKenna said SGA made the decision to Cercle Français, Notre Dame’s on Twitter and Instagram. see MOREAU PAGE 4 Schuster, senior and SGA presi- rewrite the constitution after re- dent, said the document will vising various portions last year. pass if 25 percent of the Saint “We wanted the constitu- Mary’s student body votes on tion to read fluidly as an overall it and a two-thirds majority of governing document for SGA those voters approve it. and all student organizations,” “As of now, voting is set to end Gutrich said. “All organizations tomorrow evening, but if we will be following the same set of don’t have 25 percent participa- rules and criteria, everyone will tion we may extend the vote,” abide by the same rules coming, she said. especially in regards to elec- Schuster said the revisions tions and funding.” condense the original 27-page She said the new constitu- constitution to three pages and tion does not include any ma- clarifies its purpose. jor changes from the previous “The original document iteration. was very long and incohesive,” “The document reiterates a Schuster said.“It was a 27-page majority of the same core document that had extra bylaws KERI O’MARA | The Observer for organizations that were all see CONSTITUTION PAGE 4 NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 7 SCENE PAGE 8 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 16 FOOTBALL PAGE 16 2 THE OBSERVER | TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? 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