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Volume 51, Issue 83 | thursday, february 9, 2017 | ndsmcobserver.com
Election results postponed Judicial Council finds Fonseca-Narimatsu ticket in violation of Constitution Observer Staff Report
The Election Committee of the Judicial Council announced Wednesday in a press release it will not release the student government election results pending an appeal of allegations of campaign spending misconduct against the FonsecaNarimatsu ticket. According to the press release, the Judicial Council found juniors Rohit Fonseca and and Daniela Narimatsu “in violation of Section 17.2(e) and 17.2(f ) of the Student Union Constitution” over the course of their campaign for student body president and vice president. see ELECTION PAGE 3
Observer Staff Report
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Student body presidential candidates Rohit Fonseca and Becca Blais shake hands at the end of the student government debate held on Monday evening in the Carey Auditorium of Hesburgh Library.
SMC hosts exhibit By GABY JANSEN News Writer
Regin Igloria’s “Pending Travel” art showcase has moved to Saint Mary’s College. The showcase reception took place Wednesday night with the visiting artist interacting with students. The exhibit taking place at Saint Mary’s Moreau Art Galleries is composed of mainly three-dimensional pieces made of materials
taken from everyday life, including sushi grass, bicycle parts and coffee dispensers. Other pieces included were mixed media sketchbooks. Igloria said his art is about movement of the psychological and physical spaces in life, which he combines to portray the human condition. “All of the work that I’ve done has been about see EXHIBIT PAGE 4
Campus Ministry features groups By ALEXANDRA MUCK News Writer
Notre Dame’s Campus Ministry program is one of the largest in the country, so its staff is always preparing events and meetings for students on campus to further their faith. “Campus Ministry is committed to cultivating the faith of all Notre Dame
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Two rapes reported
students,” Tami Schmitz, associate director of student ministry, said in an email. “Campus Ministry ministers faithfully and fervently to all students, regardless of denomination, faith tradition or level of education.” Some of the programs Campus Ministry sponsors include musical groups and see MINISTRY PAGE 3
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Two rapes were reported to campus administrators Tuesday, according to Wednesday’s Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) crime log. One of the alleged rapes occurred Friday in a “East side women’s residence hall”; the other allegedly occurred Sept. 24 in a “Northwest men’s residence hall.” As of press time, students have not received an email alert from NDSP regarding see RAPES PAGE 4
The Observer announces new department editors Observer Staff Report
Five new and two returning department heads will complete The Observer’s 2017-2018 Editorial Board, incoming Editor-in-Chief Ben Padanilam announced Wednesday night. The new department editors will join Padanilam, incoming Managing Editor Katie Galioto, and Assistant Managing Editors Marek Mazurek, Rachel O’Grady and Megan Valley in running the paper’s editorial operations. Juniors Chris Collins, Adam Ramos and Martha Reilly and sophomores Courtney Becker, Mary Freeman, Elizabeth Greason and Lauren Weldon will take over their respective departments March 19. Collins hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has been working in the Photo department since his freshman year. Collins will now run the department for a second stint, after previously having done so in the fall before
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leaving to study abroad in Dublin this semester. He is junior pursuing a degree in marketing with a supplemental major in applied and computational mathematics and statistics. Chris’ favorite thing to photograph is football, specifically games played during a hurricane. Ramos, a native of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, will assume the role of Scene Editor after returning in the fall from his semester abroad in Santiago, Chile. A Scene contributor since his freshman year, he is currently pursuing a degree in international economics with a minor in the program of philosophy, religion and literature. Reilly, the incoming Saint Mary’s Editor, began writing for The Observer her freshman year and has covered topics such as student government and energy conservation. She is pursuing degrees in English literature and political science. She is from Libertyville, Illinois, but currently resides in Le
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Mans Hall. Becker, a resident of Pasquerilla West Hall, will head the News department. She began her work with The Observer in fall 2015 and has since covered a variety of topics, including the student government entrepreneurship and innovation initiative and the Football Friday features. Becker hails from New York City and is pursuing a degree in film, television and theatre. Freeman will be taking on the position of Viewpoint Editor. She began working for The Observer this fall as a copy editor for the department and is a current member of the Walsh community living in Pangborn Hall. Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, Freeman is a program of liberal studies major and secondary education minor. Greason has been writing for The Observer since her freshman year and will take over as Sports Editor. She see EDITORS PAGE 3
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