Print Edition of The Observer for Wednesday, October 13, 2021

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Volume 56, Issue 22 | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2021 | ndsmcobserver.com

Founder’s Day Mass celebrates tradition University remembers Fr. John Zahm and Holy Cross sisters alongside founders By MAGGIE EASTLAND Associate News Editor

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Students and members of the Notre Dame community filtered into the Basilica of the Sacred Heart as bells tolled in announcement of the 5:15 p.m. Mass celebrating the founders of Notre Dame.

Universit y President Fr. John Jenkins presided over the Mass and gave the homily, accompanied by a framed image of Fr. Edward Sorin, the French-born priest who founded Notre Dame in 1842. “We learn who we are as the Notre Dame communit y by looking at those who went before us,” Jenkins said. Founder’s Day activ ities w ill continue Wednesday w ith a series of lectures focusing on Fr. John Zahm, a Notre Dame alumnus and professor who sought to show that Catholicism was compatible w ith the scientific theor y of evolution.

The Universit y t y pically celebrates Founder’s Day on the Feast of St. Edward, Fr. Sorin’s namesake. The Feast of St. Edward falls on Wednesday this year, so Jenkins and those who attended the opening Founder’s Mass began the festiv ities a day earlier than usual. Jenkins recognized Fr. Zahm’s achievements during the homily, and Sister Damien Marie Sav ino, dean of science and sustainabilit y at Aquinas College, offered a key note speech later Tuesday evening, speaking about the relationship between science and faith see FOUNDERS PAGE 3

Men’s Boxing Club begins season DIANE PARK | The Observer

The monstrous legends of the 1970s By UYEN LE, CHRIS RUSSO, SPENCER KELLY AND CHRISTINA CEFALU From the Archives Researchers

As Halloween approaches, pumpkins are carved, costumes are crafted and ghost stories are circulated. October also always brings an opportunity to explore the tri-campus community’s haunted grounds, with the ghost of Washington Hall and the spirits of Saint Mary’s documented in past autumn editions. This year, our team shifted to hunting monsters. And interestingly, so did Notre Dame in the 1970s. Our archives from the ‘70s are filled with sightings, lectures and theories of scary creatures that usually only exist in nightmares and under our beds. Enjoy

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this week’s spooky edition of From the Archives, as we detail the 1970s’ fascination with monsters and aliens. UFOs sighted across the country and at Notre Dame

Oct. 17, 1973 | Kit Baron | Researched by Chris Russo During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an uptick in UFO sightings. A similar barrage of UFOs were sighted across the country in 1973, with one spotted in the South Bend region. The Observer’s Kit Baron covered the local sightings, but the Oct. 17, 1973 edition also included reports from the United Press International (UPI). The national sightings had varying degrees of consistency.

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Still, Dr. Allemn Hynek of Northwestern University did not question their presence. “Where they are coming from and why they were here is a matter of conjecture,” Hynek said. “But the fact that they were here on this planet is beyond a reasonable doubt.” Many of the UFO sightings were coupled with reports of distorted radio signals, suspicious lights and strange creatures. And on Notre Dame’s campus, three Breen-Phillips residents reportedly caught a glimpse of an “exceptionally fast-moving and brilliant “star” on the evening of Oct. 16, 1973. They said that the object traveled in a circular motion while shifting its see ARCHIVES PAGE 5

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Two fighters compete in the Danhke Ballroom of the Duncan Student Center in the annual Bengal Bouts Tournament in February 2020. By KATHERINE ROSS News Writer

The Notre Dame Men’s Box ing Club had their first practice of the academic year this Monday, kicking off a new and more normal 2021-2022 season. The team w ill train the rest of this fall and into the spring, finishing w ith the annual Bengal Bouts tournament in mid-Februar y.

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Club president, senior A lec Vasquez, said the club has t wo main goals. “One is to have a boxer to become the best boxer they can be,” he said. “The second goal is to raise money for the Holy Cross missions in Bangladesh.” The men’s box ing club has a long histor y on Notre Dame’s campus. The see BOXING PAGE 3

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