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Volume 56, Issue 55 | Friday, march 18, 2022 | ndsmcobserver.com
Panelists discuss Ukraine- New museum set Russia war, refugee crisis for fall 2023 By GABBY BEECHERT News Writer
A panel of Notre Dame affiliates touched on themes of resilience, responsibility and restraint while discussing global implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Wednesday afternoon. The panelists covered topics including the current situation in Ukraine, the threat of nuclear war, the refugee crisis and Ukrainian nationalism. The full extent of the conflict, however, cannot be understood
without knowledge of Ukraine’s history, theology doctoral candidate and Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic priest Fr. Andrij Hlabse explained. “Ukrainians are an ancient European people trying to stand up with a free democratic society after being bowed down by Communism,” Hlabse said. “This is still the playing out of that standing back up and trying to establish a free and healthy civil society and democratic political society.” Marianna Kozintseva, a visiting faculty member from the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial
Economics at Singapore Management University, echoed that the resilience of the Ukrainian people is crucial for the future national identity of Ukraine. The country is one with citizens who practice different religions and speak different languages. The unification after the invasion, Kozintseva said, creates a sense of Ukrainian nationalism. Unification and resistance against Putin is important, especially in the context of see CRISIS PAGE 3
Shades of Ebony creates Women’s Month events By EMMA DUFFY News Writer
Women’s History Month is seeing some changes on the Notre Dame campus this year. A club on campus, Shades of Ebony, was founded in 2002 as an outlet for all women, especially women of color, to come together in a safe space.
Each year, the club has put on a Women’s Week to commemorate powerful women. However, this year, the events of Women’s Week have evolved into Women’s Month. This month will be filled with a plethora of events. There are some essential events that occur annually, stretching from the Cifemme Talent show to
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Shades of Ebony vice president Cassidy Ferrell interviewed Nikole Hannah-Jones about her experiences at Notre Dame.
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volunteering in the South Bend community to a formal dinner between students and faculty with catered food. This year, Shades of Ebony will be taking a retreat to a local high school to give a lesson to the female students. “The overall theme of it is motivation and self confidence and just self love, themes along those lines,” Shades of Ebony president Zakiya George said. “After talking to a lot of the faculty of the high school, they mentioned that these were issues that the girls struggled with.” Along with these yearly festivities, the club has been also putting on some new events. One of which is a panel of successful women of color speaking about their experiences. Another is ‘merch madness’ where people will be able to buy Shades of Ebony merchandise. There was also be a fireside chat with Nikole Hannah-Jones. Nikole Hannah-Jones is a well-known alumni of Notre Dame who has made her success as a staff writer for The New York Times and as the founder of “The 1619 Project.” see EBONY PAGE 4
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By MEGAN FAHRNEY News Writer
Since April 2021, passersby w ill have noticed the construction of a new building on the northwest corner of the Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park. This structure, called the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, w ill soon be home to Notre Dame’s expansive art collection. The new museum w ill be constructed in t wo phases. The first phase of construction is anticipated to
be completed in November 2023 and there is not yet an anticipated completion date for phase t wo. The museum w ill be 70,000 square feet after t he first phase and 132,000 square feet after the second phase. The current Snite Museum of Artis 72,000 square feet. Joseph Becherer, director and curator of sculpture at the Snite Museum of Art, said once phase one is complete, the University’s art see MUSEUM PAGE 5
SMC announces symposium Observer Staff Report
In a n ema i l to students Wednesday, t he President’s Committee on Sex ua l Violence a nnounced t he schedu le of its inaug ura l Ra ise Your Voice Sy mposium. The ema i l described t he sy mposium, which w i l l r un f rom Apri l 6-13, as “one
week w it h ma ny events, including g uest spea kers, pa nels on t he latest resea rch on sex ua l v iolence, power f u l art a nd more.” The f irst event, “Sta r t by Believ ing Day” on Apri l 6, “prov ides educat ion on responding to disclosures by sur v ivors see SYMPOSIUM PAGE 5
ND establishes advisory groups Observer Staff Report
Universit y President Fr. John Jenkins announced the creation of seven new theme adv isor y committees and the Universit y’s core goals for the next decade in an email Thursday. Each of the committees corresponds w ith a theme identified by facult y as a priorit y for the coming years through the Moment to See,
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Courage to Act initiative. The committees, created as part of the strategic planning process the Universit y takes part in each decade, w ill evaluate current Universit y efforts around each theme and develop recommendations so the Universit y can make a significant i mpact in that area over the next decade, Jenkins see ADVISORY PAGE 4
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