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Volume 56, Issue 63 | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2022 | ndsmcobserver.com

Outgoing executives express gratitude ‘The strength of your team is your strength’: Njomo, Bisner and Basden reflect on time in office By BELLA LAUFENBERG Associate News Editor

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story was publised online on April 4. Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner were elected in early 2021 to serve as Notre Dame’s student body president and vice president, respectively, for the 2021-2022 term. Along with Alix Basden, their chief of staff, the three said they started their term not really knowing what they had gotten themselves into. By the end, they said they gained an appreciation for their school and each other and have shared an incredible experience that they are immensely grateful for.

“The most immersive, intense lab you will ever be a part of” On April 1, 2021, Njomo, Bisner and Basden started their term. They had a big win early on. The University announced that MLK day would now be observed with a full day off for students, faculty and staff. Basden explained a lot of the work surrounding the observance of MLK day had been done before the beginning of their term by 2020-2021 Johnson Family Hall senator Eliza Smith. She said that Cassidy Ferrell, director of student empowerment, adopted the resolution when the Njomo-Bisner administration

Courtesy of Allan Njomo

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Matthew Bisner, Alix Basden and Allan Njomo (from left) ended their respective terms as student body vice president, chief of staff and student body president on April 1 when the new administration took over.

Muslims observe Ramadan

Annual lecture addresses sexual abuse in Church By EMMA DUFFY News Writer

Rev. Hans Zollner delivered this year’s annual Keeley Vatican Lecture Tuesday night at the Eck Visitor Center. The annual lecture seeks to deepen “Notre Dame’s connection to the Holy See by bringing distinguished representatives from the Vatican to Notre Dame to explore

MAGGIE KLAERS | The Observer

By ISA SHEIKH Associate News Editor

On Friday night, t he beginning of t he mont h of Ramadan was announced based on t he sighting of t he new moon. Earlier in t he day, professor Ma han Mirza emphasized t he spiritua l importance of t he mont h in a sermon delivered during Friday prayers to Muslim members of t he Notre Dame communit y. Ramadan, t he nint h

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mont h of t he Islamic lunar ca lendar, is marked by daily fasting from water and food. The fasts last from sunrise to sunset, which means t hat for tri-campus students, t he f irst fast lasted approx imately 14 hours and 20 minutes. The fasting period w ill gradua lly increase to about 15 hours and 45 minutes at t he end of t he mont h. Mirza, t he executive director of t he A nsari Institute see RAMADAN PAGE 4

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questions involving Notre Dame’s Catholic mission.” The topic of his lecture was the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church. Zollner is a German Jesuit Priest, a theologian and a licensed psychotherapist who focuses on the prevention and healing of childhood sexual abuse. He’s also a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Zollner argued that the problem of sexual abuse is prevalent in the Church, plaguing countries all around the globe. “It is so very uncomfortable, but true, because we don’t realize how much of the trauma of victims of abuse is present in our minds,” Zollner said. see LECTURE PAGE 4

College alumnae detail their FBI experience By ROSE ANDROWICH News Writer

The Saint Mar y’s College Sociolog y Club hosted graduates Isabella Speedon ’18 and Fav i Cruz ’19 Tuesday night to speak about their experience w ithin the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Speedon and Cruz offered students w ith sociolog y

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majors and minors tips on to pursue a career w ith the FBI. Speedon, who is part of the Bureau’s inter v iew council for San Diego, offered adv ice on what students should pay attention to. “The biggest thing that I’ve noticed would be to pay attention to leadership and initiative because that’s

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something I’ll admit our office really lacks right now,” she said. The FBI pays attention to a variet y of other factors but students’ majors isn’t one of them, according to Speedon. Being a criminal justice major isn’t necessar y, but you have to have some background see FBI PAGE 4

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