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Volume 52, Issue 17 | tuesday, september 12, 2017 | ndsmcobserver.com
Service honors 9/11 victims and families Memorial service offers prayers and solidarity for those affected by the terrorist attacks 16 years ago By TOM NAATZ News Writer
On Monday night, community members gathered on South Quad for a memorial service honoring all of those who died in the 9/11 attacks. The service, held on the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attack, took place under the f lagpole and began at the symbolic time of 8:46 p.m., 12 hours after the first plane hit the Twin Towers in New York City in 2001. Former University President Fr. Edward Malloy, who was Notre Dame’s president at the time of the attacks, led the service. “This service will help us remember those who died
and their surviving family members,” he said. After Malloy welcomed attendees to the service, a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) color guard presented the American f lag, before members of the Notre Dame Marching Band played the “Star-Spangled Banner” and “Taps.” The music was followed by a moment of silence for the victims. Malloy then offered a prayer for the deceased, their family members and first responders. He also offered thanksgiving for the worldwide outpouring of support following the attacks. He prayed that no such calamity ever comes to pass see MEMORIAL PAGE 4
Alumna pursues puppetry career By MARIA LEONTARAS News Writer
Though a Saint Mar y’s education stresses the importance of never leaving anyone hanging, 2017 alumna Gnoli Raynor hopes to pull some strings in her dream profession of puppetr y. Her parents began their careers as traveling puppeteers before she was born, she said in an email. “I spent my entire childhood immersed in the art of puppetr y,” Raynor said. “I began helping my mom build puppets when I was 15 and started performing a solo tour when I was 18.” Raynor said she is currently pursuing her passion by studying at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), where she will earn a Master of Fine Arts in wig and makeup design with a concentration in puppetr y and prosthetics. Though the trade has been prominent in her life for years now, Raynor said
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she was not certain she wanted to follow in her parents’ footsteps until her comprehensive Saint Mar y’s theatre classes helped her discover her love for hair and makeup. “The theatre program at [Saint Mar y’s] promotes a liberal arts education — even in theatre — meaning as an undergrad, I had to tr y ever y different aspect of theatre,” Raynor said. “I think that really helped me find what part of theatre I was most passionate about.” Raynor said her first semester at UNCSA has focused on wig preparation, styling and the construction of prosthetics. “I am fully immersed in arts and theatre in this program, and it continues to blow my mind ever y day,” she said. The conser vator y education Raynor is receiving at UNCSA entails eight to 12 hours of class a day and instruction from professors see PUPPETRY PAGE 4
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American flags adorn South Quad as students, faculty and community members gather for a candle-lit prayer service and Grotto procession led by Fr. Malloy, Notre Dame’s president during 9/11.
Formerly undocumented alumnus serves migrants By SELENA PONIO Associate News Editor
Cesar Estrada, a member of the class of 2017, has called a number of places home. Born in Manzanillo, Mexico, Estrada migrated to the U.S. when he was 8 years old and grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He then called Notre Dame his home for four years, graduating after double
majoring in political science and theology and caring a supplementary major in Latino studies. Now, Estrada works just a few paces from the congested intersection of Broadway and Canal in New York City as a trial paralegal in the New York District Attorney’s Office. Having lived in so many regions of the U.S., Estrada at various points in his life could call himself a Southerner, a
Midwesterner and, most recently, a New Englander. As of about a year ago, he officially added another title to his growing list — an American citizen. “I migrated when I was 8 years old, in July of 2003,” Estrada said. “I came here with my mom and my brother, and I had an aunt who was living in the U.S. at the time.” see DACA PAGE 3
Career fair provides Belles with new opportunities By JORDAN COCKRUM News Writer
On Tuesday, Saint Mary’s will host its third-annual Career and Internship Fair, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Center. It is open to all Saint Mary’s, Notre Dame and Holy Cross students, Stacie Jeffirs, director of the Career Crossings Office (CCO), said.
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“We pretty much start planning from the time that the Career Fair gets over with,” Jeffirs said. “Usually within a couple of days to maybe a week after the Career Fair ends we set the date for the next year’s Career Fair.” This planning has paid off, as the Saint Mary’s Career Fair has seen steady growth, Jeffirs said.
“The first year that we had it, we had 25 employers,” Jeffirs said. “Last year, we had 35. And then this year, we have almost 50 that are coming. So each year we are kind of growing it. ... We outgrew our space in Rice Commons so we’ve had to add some tables upstairs in the Student Center.”
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