The independent
To uncover
newspaper serving
the truth
Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s
and report
and holy cross
it accurately
Volume 54, Issue 17 | thursday, september 19, 2019 | ndsmcobserver.com
Police chief mentions CCTV Shibata, Russell discuss residential life policy changes with student senators By JACK JERIT News Writer
In its weekly meeting, the student senate met with Heather Rakoczy Russell, associate vice president for residential life, and Keri Kei Shibata, chief of the Notre Dame Police Department (NDPD), to discuss the new rules implemented this year about residence life card access policy and some potential future safety measures such as police-operated CCTV cameras at the entrance to each dorm. The meeting began with a brief overview from the University leaders about the new policy
and its motivations. In response to a question about how NDPD can keep track of who is entering and exiting a dorm for security purposes, Shibata said the force is looking at installing Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras to monitor dorm entrances and exits. “You guys don’t know this yet, but we are looking at adding CCTV cameras to cover the main entrances and exits of the dorms, not inside the halls throughout, but just covering those entrances so that we would have that ability and the problem of holding open doors and the fact that was occurring long before
this policy was ever in place tells us that there was a gap even before this became the policy,” she said. Shibata said only police would have access to footage. “There will be very strict guidelines about who has access — it will be the police only that have access to that video used for very strict purposes of investigating or if there is something going on following an incident for criminal or safety purposes,” she said. The prospect of CCTV cameras being in the dorm did not sit well with some of the senators who asked more questions about the topic.
Former EU ambassador lectures on diplomacy By AARON PARK News Writer
Former European Union (EU) Ambassador to the United States David O’Sullivan highlighted nationalism, climate change and migration as key issues facing Europe at his Nanovic Forum Lecture, titled “Europe and the United States: Friends and Allies, or Rivals? ” on Wednesday evening. O’Sullivan, who has also formerly served as the former secretary-general of the European Commission, also addressed key ways in which the Europe-U.S. relationship has changed in recent years. “We are going through, in my opinion, a profoundly dangerous moment in the western world in terms of our politics,” O’Sullivan said. “We’re having this on both sides of the Atlantic, and I hope we will find each other at the end of this an unreconstructed believer in the importance of the transatlantic relationship.” The speech was the centerpiece of the 2019 Nanovic
NEWS PAGE 3
Forum Lecture, an annual event held by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies to spotlight issues surrounding European politics. Past invitees to the event include Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the former DirectorGeneral of CERN, and Polish film director Krzysztof Zanussi. O’Sullivan addressed several of the major political issues facing the EU and its relationship with the United States. He singled out the rise of right-wing populist movements in both Europe and the United States as well as the changing demographics of the United States as reasons why the transatlantic relationship between the two entities needs to be discussed and potentially reevaluated. “We need to reinvent this relationship for every generation,” O’Sullivan said. “We need to explain why African-Americans, AsianAmericans and HispanicAmericans have an interest in this relationship even if their ancestors didn’t come from there. It’s very easy if
scene PAGE 5
your ancestors came from Ireland and moved over and backwards and forwards, or from Scotland or Italy. The fact is that we share values and interests which are not dependent on connection of kith and kin and family, but rather on shared value.” O’Sullivan identified climate change and the debate over military spending as critical points of contention between the United States and the EU. “The security and economic implications of climate change are massive,” O’Sullivan said. “Climate-change migration, climate-change poverty, climate-change conf lict over scarce resources and water, desertification. Climate change has the potential to dramatically change the way this planet functions, not just ecologically and not just in terms of changing weather patterns, but actual conf lict and warfare.” Despite the political issues he has previously described, O’Sullivan remarked on the see AMBASSADOR PAGE 4
viewpoint PAGE 6
“If there was a student referendum, and it showed that students were very, very, strongly against the addition of security cameras into the main corridors of our dorms, would you guys not add it?” Daniel Feldmeier asked, a sophomore from Siegfried. “We would listen and try to understand why, but if we strongly believe that this is the right thing to do, then we need to do it whether it’s student opinion that it should be or not,” Shibata said. Russell clarified very quickly that these cameras would not be in main corridors but see CCTV PAGE 4
Rape reported at ND Observer Staff Report
A rape was reported Monday to the Notre Dame Title IX Office, according to the Notre Dame Police Department’s Wednesday crime log. The alleged incident is listed as having occurred “on campus” Sept. 1. Information about sexual assault prevention and resources for survivors of sexual assault are available online from NDPD and from the Title IX office.
Fort Wayne bishop delivers pro-life lecture
MARGARET CICCHIELLO | The Observer
Bishop Kevin Rhoades stands with Bonita Murphy, Saint Mary’s senior and treasurer of Belles for Life, after delivering a lecture. By MARGARET CICCHIELLO News Writer
On Wednesday, Kevin Rhoades, bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, addressed students, members of Belles for Life, faculty and members of the South Bend community at Saint Mary’s in a lecture entitled “To Be Authentically
nd volleyball PAGE 12
Catholic is to be Pro-Life.” This talk was part of a series presented by Belles for Life, a student organization that “promotes the culture of life on campus, especially the life of the unborn,” senior Bonita Murphy, the group’s treasurer, said. In the past, individuals see BISHOP PAGE 3
men’s soccer PAGE 12