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Volume 51, Issue 50 | thursday, november 10, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com
Students react to Trump victory Protests, prayer services held at ND, SMC in reaction to results of Tuesday’s presidential election By KATIE GALIOTO
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As results from the election streamed in late Tuesday night, students remained awake, anxiously awaiting the result of the 2016 presidential election. The next morning, campus was charged with emotions as students reflected on the aftermath of a historic event that — for many — marked their first trip to the ballots. By 9 a.m., more than 100 students had gathered outside DeBartolo Hall to protest the election of Donald Trump. Senior Jessica Pedroza said she and a number of other Latino students launched plans for a protest on election night, as a Hillary Clinton victory seemed less and less likely. The goal of the march, she said, was to “stand in solidarity with all of the groups that Trump has attacked.” “We’re not trying to incite violence,” she said. “We’re trying to spread love and support for everyone who’s affected by all of see PROTEST PAGE 4
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Senior Jessica Pedroza leads protesters in front of Main Building on Wednesday afternoon. Students protested the victory of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump across campus.
Follow ing the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, College President Jan Cer velli inv ited the Saint Mar y’s communit y to a prayer ser v ice and Mass for the countr y, both of which were held Wednesday. In an email sent to students Wednesday morning, Cer velli said it is important to reaffirm Saint Mar y’s aims to be a place where all people feel” welcomed, valued, respected and appreciated,” while maintaining “an atmosphere of respect, compassion, understanding and the w illingness to learn from one another.” Cer velli said it is a priv ilege to be a Catholic college and to ser ve as an example of discourse that ser ves the common good. “I want to reaffirm Saint Mar y’s commitment to social see PRAYERS PAGE 3
Core curriculum ND community reflects on changes approved Fr. Zahm’s legacy Notre Dame’s already planned changes to the core curriculum, to start when freshmen step on campus in fall 2018, were approved, according to an email from University President Fr. John Jenkins sent out late Wednesday night. “We are pleased to announce that earlier this week the Academic Council, which includes several student members, unanimously approved a new core curriculum for Notre Dame, reflecting a shared vision for Catholic liberal arts education in the 21st century,” Jenkins said in the email. The changes, which will see students complete a different set of University requirements, are the most significant to the curriculum since the early 1960s, according to the email.
The major changes that will take effect are a reduction in the number of required math and science courses and a modification of the requirements relating to the arts, humanities and social sciences. Currently, an undergraduate student is required to take two courses each in math and science, and a course each in history, social science and the fine arts or literature. Under the changes to the math and science requirements outlined in the report, students will take one class each in “quantitative reasoning” and “science and technology,” and one additional course in either. A student also will choose one course in art, literature or advanced language and culture, one course in history or social science and one integration course or a course in an undetermined “way of knowing.”
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By ALEXANDRA MUCK News Writer
“I regard Father Zahm as the greatest mind produced by the University in its long career, and perhaps the greatest man in all respects developed within the Congregation of the Holy Cross since its foundation,” former University president Fr. John W. Cavanaugh wrote in The Catholic World in 1922. Fr. John Zahm, who died 95 years ago today, was an influential priest, scientist, theologian and explorer. Born in Ohio in 1851, he Zahm graduated from Notre Dame with honors in 1871 and joined the Congregation of the Holy Cross in 1875. At that time, “college” students included those in grade school, and high school as well apprentice students. Zahm,
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however, believed Notre Dame should become a research university, a vision which he pursued later as vice president of Notre Dame. Emeritus professor of history Fr. Tom Blantz, who studies Zahm and Notre Dame’s history, said Zahm’s efforts to realize that vision was perhaps his most remarkable achievement. Zahm was not the easiest to get along with, though, and Morrissey replaced him as vice president of the University, Blantz said. Outside of his contributions to Notre Dame’s administration, Zahm was first and foremost known as a scientist. The author of books such as “Women in Science” and “Sound and Music,” he explored a variety of questions, such as which instrument was closest in sound to the human voice.
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When Charles Darwin introduced his theory of evolution, Zahm wrote “Evolution and Dogma,” attempting to harmonize the theory with the Catholic faith. “He was certainly progressive, championing modern liberal views of trying to harmonize church and state, trying to harmonize science and religion,” Blantz said. John Cavanaugh, writing in 1922, took it further. “It required the courage of a superman for a priest to attack this question with the plainness and freedom of the ancient Fathers,” he wrote. Still, certain Catholic leaders took offense to the work, and the Vatican asked Zahm to take it out of print. He complied, and the see ZAHM PAGE 3
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