The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45: Issue 110
Monday, March 26, 2012
Ndsmcobserver.com
Third Eye Blind rocks Notre Dame Pub sparks Veteran band plays for a sold-out Stepan Center crowd with newcomer Hoodie Allen
scholarly discussion By MARISA IATI Associate News Editor
to [Club] Fever, which was a definite crowd-pleaser,” Keating said. “I’ve talked to several people who had never heard his music before the concert but left as new fans.” Keating said students were enthused by the selection of Third Eye Blind for the annual spring concert.“I thought we
Students and professors can step outside the classroom to discuss intellectual matters in an informal setting through the new Student Pub. Sophomore Neal Ravindra, academic affairs director for student government, said the Dean’s Fellows, the College of Arts and Letters and student government co-sponsor the Student Pub. “It’s kind of founded in the idea of the Oxford University pub model where [authors C.S.] Lewis and [J.R.R.] Tolkien used to go to the pub and talk about their different literary ideas over drinks,” he said. Student body president Pat McCormick said the pub helps foster a “community of learning” on campus, incorporating both faculty and the student body. “This was another opportunity to really advance this effort in a way where we can create a space on cam-
see CONCERT/page 6
see PUB/page 3
COURTNEY ECKERLE/ The Observer
Stephan Jenkins, lead singer of Third Eye Blind, performs for the crowd at Stepan Center Saturday night. Third Eye Blind played after opener Hoodie Allen, treating students to performances of songs from the five albums they have released since 1999. By KRISTEN DURBIN News Editor
Students experienced a blast from the past when Third Eye Blind took the stage Saturday night for the annual Student Union Board (SUB) spring concert at Stepan Center. The band, in its third performance at Notre Dame, played several of its early hits to a
sold-out crowd of nearly 2,000 students, SUB concert programmer Lauren Keating said. “We sold all of the tickets the day they went on sale, which was great,” Keating said. “If you were going to see a band like Third Eye Blind anywhere else, tickets would usually cost somewhere between $40 and $50. When you would usually pay that kind of money for a
show like this, I think $15 is an incredibly reasonable price.” Keating said rapper Hoodie Allen’s opening performance energized the crowd before Third Eye Blind took the stage. “Hoodie Allen … did a great job of engaging with the crowd. He performed a freestyle rap about Notre Dame, and incorporated everything from [men’s basketball coach Mike] Brey
Holy Half runners conquer campus Website tracks usage of campus laundry rooms
By NICOLE MICHELS News Writer
Saturday morning, 1,120 runners toed up to the starting line for the eighth annual Holy Half Marathon and 10k race before most on campus had even eaten breakfast. Sponsored by the Class of 2014, the event raised approximately $30,000 in support of Hope Ministries, the St. Joseph County Public Library and the Literacy Council of North Central Indiana. Student organizer Carolyn Green said the event planning team was pleased with the race’s turnout. “The goal was to make an opportunity for students to interact outside of [normal] campus events … this was a really unique way for doing that,” she said. “Really, it is a physical accomplishment, but it becomes something bigger than yourself, because it’s not only fulfilling something that is a part of the Notre Dame tradition, but we
Inside today’s paper
By CAROLINA WILSON News Writer
DILLON WEISNER/ The Observer
Leprechaun Michael George leads the pack of more than 1,000 runners as they start the Holy Half Marathon on Saturday morning. also raised $30,000 for local charities.” The biggest challenge for race coordinators was overcoming the negative effects of the scorching heat during last
year’s race, Green said. “The administration was kind of reluctant to have the race this year because of all the in-
see MARATHON/page 5
Gone are the days of going to your dorm’s laundry room with an armful of dirty clothes, only to find a room of occupied washers and dryers. Last week, student government and Notre Dame Food Services (NDFS) announced the campus launch of LaundryView, a website that shows the availability of washers and dryers on campus at any given time. Yiting Zheng, chair of Student Senate’s campus technology committee, was a driving force behind the launch of the site at Notre Dame. The program is also available in a mobile version for further convenience. “I hope it will be a useful tool for the students [by] preventing forgotten laundry in
the machines and extra trips down the stairs looking for an open machine,” Zheng said. Zheng said Casey Cockerham, former chair of the campus technology committee, helped make the launch of LaundryView a reality during his term. “[Cockerham] did a little research, talked to student government members from other colleges and decided it was a project we should pursue,” she said. The idea was proposed at one of the committee’s meetings during the 2010-2011 academic year after, learning about a similar system in place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Zheng said. She said Cockerham spoke with David Prentkowski, NDFS director, about the possibility
see LAUNDRY/page 5
Saint Mary’s hosts prospective students page 3 u Women’s basketball to compete in Elite 8 page 24 u Third Eye Blind Review page 12 u Viewpoint page 10