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Volume 51, Issue 46 | friday, november 4, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com
Changes planned during NDH renovation Campus Dining to increase flex points, hours of operation as result of spring semester construction By KATIE GALIOTO News Editor
It’s long overdue, director of student dining Scott Kachmarik said. Duct tape attempts to hold together leaky pipes in the basement. The linoleum kitchen floor is cracked and mismatched, a result of halfhearted repairs and renovations over the years. Old equipment — like a hanging rack, used back when the University butchered its own meat — clutters the building, no longer necessary for day-today operations. North Dining Hall hasn’t been renovated in 30 years, Kachmarik said. But that’s all about to change. Campus Dining unveiled a five-phase plan to remodel
North Dining Hall at student senate Sept. 28. Construction on the multi-million dollar project — which will completely gut and refurbish the building — began over fall break. At times during the renovation process, the number of seats in the dining hall will be reduced from 1,300 to 600 — which, Kachmarik said, will undoubtedly affect the campus dining experience. “Some people are saying, ‘North is going to be closed.’ We’re not,” he said. “When classes are in session, we’re going to be open.” But it won’t always be easy. To mitigate the effects of the renovations — the majority of which will happen during the spring semester — Campus see DINING PAGE 3
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North Dining Hall is currently undergoing its first renovations in 30 years. Additions will include a new entrance to accomodate students living on Mod Quad and a lobby area with lounge furniture and TVs.
Former model recalls Catholic conversion By NATALIE WEBER News Writer
Leah Darrow, a former contestant on “America’s Next Top Model,” talked about authentic love and her return to the Catholic Church in Geddes Hall on Thursday. Darrow’s talk was sponsored by the Notre Dame Militia of the Immaculata, the Edith Stein Project and the Notre Dame Right to Life club. After being away from the Catholic Church for 10 years, Darrow said she
re-converted after a life changing experience during a photo shoot. During the shoot, Darrow said she looked into the camera’s f lash and had to take a moment to recover her vision. She said that it was during this moment she felt God tell her she was called to more. “And in this process of blinking … I see myself in my head but I had my hands cupped together at my waist and I just saw myself raise them up all the way,” Darrow said. “And I saw just up above me a shadow y profile of a man’s face and as I had
my hands up, he just bowed his head in disappointment. “And I hear the photographer snapping his fingers saying, ‘Leah, come on. Focus, focus.’ And his voice is almost like this distant echo and in my head and my heart I’m just immediately overwhelmed with this idea of my empty hands and this feeling of disappointment. “In a second, in that same second, I hear five words that changed my life and they just said, ‘I made you for more.’” see DARROW PAGE 4
Adjunct professor dies at 76 Observer Staff Report
F. Richard Ciccone, adjunct American Studies and journalism professor at Notre Dame and former managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, died Wednesday night according to a report from the Chicago Tribune. Ciccone died at age 76 of complications from a malignant tumor in his leg at Evanston Northwestern Hospital, according to his daughter, Cristin Connerty. Ciccone has served as adjunct professor at the University since 1993, and is the author of
including ‘Daley: Power and Presidential Politics,’ ‘Chicago and the American Dream,’ and ‘Royko, A Life in Print.’ Additionally, Ciccone covered a number of gubernatorial, mayoral and presidential campaigns for both the Chicago Tribune and the Associated Press. Prior to serving as managing editor of the Tribune, he served as associate editor from 1995-2001 and as a correspondent for Associated Press from 1961-1975. Born in Sewickley, PA, Ciccone graduated from the University in 1961 and resided in Wilmette, IL for the later part of his life.
Sister of Mercy discusses human trafficking Angela Reed discussed her research with formerly trafficked Filipino women during her lecture, “A Conversation on
Reframing Human Trafficking,” at the Hesburgh Center on Thursday afternoon. Reed — the interim coordinator at Mercy International Association and a Sister of Mercy — said the Philippines’ stance on
prostitution is complicated. “It’s illegal, but a blind eye is turned toward it,” Reed said. “It happens, in pseudonyms. People are employed as guest relations officers, or they have different names. It’s definitely an accepted
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reality in the Philippines.” Furthermore, Reed said only the trafficked women ever face consequences. “In the Philippines, my experience is the prostituted women is arrested for prostituting herself,”
she said. “The customer usually remains anonymous ... that’s an issue of gender discrimination.” In recent years, Reed said she has spent significant time in the see SISTER PAGE 4
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