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Volume 46, Issue 22 | wednesday, september 19, 2012 | ndsmcobserver.com
Lecture commemorates Constitution Day By CAROLYN HUTYRA News Writer
Students and faculty gathered Monday to commemorate Constitution Day with “The Health Care Decision and the Lost Generation of Child Labor Reform,” a lecture given by Barry Cushman, the John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law at Notre Dame. The talk focused on the decision of the Supreme Court made in the case of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, more commonly known as the case involving the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(ACA). “The particular provision of the Act that was challenged was the so-called ‘individual mandate,’ which will require persons without health insurance to acquire ‘minimum essential coverage’ by 2014, or else make a ‘shared responsibility payment’ to the Internal Revenue Service,” Cushman said. The main question rested on whether the individual mandate could be considered an exercise of Congress’ Commerce Power. Cushman said the majority of the Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate was not see CONSTITUTION PAGE 5
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Barry Cushman, the John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law, speaks about the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Monday in the Oak Room in South Dining Hall.
Institute for Advanced Study awarded grant
most i mpressive fou ndat ions i n t h is cou nt r y,” Hosle sa id. “T hei r pa ra meters for t he t y pe of resea rch
specia l i zat ion we’re seei ng so much academ ia,” he sa id. “At t he sa me t i me [t he associate director Institute for Advanced Study
we wa nt to foster is ver y si m i la r to t he Inst it ute for Adva nced St udy, so it was a nat u ra l cooperat ion bet ween what we wa nt to do a nd what t hey wa nt to do.” T he fou ndat ion chose Not re Da me’s i nst it ute for its h istor y of interd iscipl i na r y resea rch, Hosle sa id. “[T he i nst it ute] is t he r ig ht avenue to foster a t y pe of resea rch t hat is bot h more interd iscipl i na r y a nd acts aga inst t he tendenc y of more a nd more li m ited
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T he Not re Da me Inst it ute for Adva nced St udy has won $1.58 m i l l ion f rom t he Joh n Templeton Fou ndat ion to host schola rs i nterested i n t he “big quest ions” of ph i losophy, t heolog y a nd science. Vit tor io Hosle, professor a nd t he Pau l K i mba l l Cha i r of A r ts a nd Letters, sa id t he Templeton g ra nt a l ig ns w it h t he i nst it ute’s met hodolog y
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of resea rch. “T he Templeton Fou ndat ion is one of t he
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i nst it ute] t r ies to add ress big quest ions, t he a nswers to wh ich Si r Joh n Templeton ded icated h is l ife.”
Hosle sa id t he fel lows at t he i nst it ute a re pleased w it h t he g ra nt because it w i l l a l low t hem to i ncrease t he ca l iber of schola rs broug ht to resea rch on ca mpus. “A l l t he quest ions have a big-quest ion nor mat ive d i mension, wh ich wou ld belong to ph i losophy or t heolog y,” he sa id. “[T he fou ndat ion] wa nts t hese quest ions to be add ressed see TEMPLETON PAGE 3
Renovations ‘go DPAC to host Indiana debate green’ in Madeleva Notre Dame will host the second of three debates between three candidates competing to become the next governor of Indiana on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Timothy Sexton, associate vice president for Public Affairs, said this gubernatorial debate is one of two formal debates between the candidates in the northern half of the state. “All three of the
candidates were actually from the southern part of the state, so two [of the three] debates are going to occur in the northern part — one in Fort Wayne and one here at Notre Dame,” Sexton said. “Part of the goal is to get the candidates known here in the northern part.” Sexton said although the date selected by the Indiana Debate Commission is over Notre Dame’s fall break, he believes the event will generate a great turnout. The debate will complement political events also being held on campus and
build the current interest generated by the Forum and the upcoming presidential election. “It fits in perfectly with the Forum,” Sexton said. “The fact that we were chosen this year is just wonderful because it does correlate so closely with the Forum; it’s a great opportunity to see the process in action.” Sexton said the debate will build the already-strong relationship between Notre Dame and the governor’s office of Indiana.
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By HAYLEY MILLER News Writer
In an age of environmental awareness, Saint Mar y’s has been making efforts to create an environment a l l y f r iend l y c a mpu s t h r ou g h t h i s y e a r ’s ne w renov at ion s. Madele v a h a s s er v e d a s a c l a s sr o om a nd off ic e bu i ld i ng for s t udent s, f ac u lt y a nd s t a f f of S a i nt Ma r y ’s si nc e t he 19 6 0 s. W it h t he pr epa r at ion
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a nd h a rd w or k of Bi l l Ha mbl i ng , d i re c tor of f ac i l it ie s at t he C ol le ge, h i s m a i nten a nc e te a m a nd A r kos D e sig n of M i s h aw a k a , Madele v a w i l l s how of f it s ne w lo ok by ne x t s u m mer. T he pr oje c t w a s f u nde d by a b ond i s s ue d t h r ou g h t he c it y of S out h Bend a nd w i l l not a f fe c t op erat i ng c a pit a l, s o it w i l l see MADELEVA PAGE 5
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