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Volume 51, Issue 5 | friday, august 26, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com
ND political clubs gearing up for elections Partisan and nonpartisan groups offer opportunities for campaign work and voter registration By EMILY McCONVILLE Associate News Editor
JOSEPH HAN The Observer
Former professor records piece with Cuban symphony W hen President Obama announced his plan to reestablish diplomatic relations w ith Cuba, allow ing for more Americans to travel to the island, he opened the door to give Jeffrey Jacob a unique opportunit y: to play w ith the Cuban National Sy mphony and record an original piece for piano and orchestra titled “Awakening.” Jacob, a professor emeritus of music at Saint Mar y’s, was selected from 300 submissions to travel to Cuba for a week in April. Jacob said his interest in music stems from his parents, both of whom played the piano. He began piano lessons at five years old and went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the Universit y of Cincinnati, a master’s degree from the Julliard School and a doctorate degree from Johns Hopkins Universit y.
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Saint Mary’s College professor emeritus of music
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Jeffrey Jacob
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Jacob said a U.S.-based recording company, PARMA Recordings, negotiated w ith the Cuban government to allow A merican composers and musicians to come to Cuba. “[PARMA] issued a call for scores,” he said. “I thought, ‘There’s no chance,’ but I had
the score, and I was going to just send it out to orchestras to see if anyone would be interested.” Americans have not been able to travel to Cuba freely since the early 1960s, so the call for scores posed an unique opportunit y for American composers, Jacob said. see CUBA PAGE 4
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As first years settle in and the 2016 campaign season enters its final stages, politicallyminded student groups are helping candidates, organizing events and trying to get the student body informed and excited about the upcoming election. Both student groups connected with major political parties are working with party offices in St. Joseph County and creating volunteer opportunities with local and national campaigns. Senior Andrew Galo, co-president of the College Democrats, said the
group is working with Hillary Clinton’s campaign office in Indianapolis, as well as her national office in Brooklyn. After Activities Night brings a new crop of members, they’ll start making phone calls and knocking on doors on behalf of the Democratic presidential candidate — mostly in Indiana, where Clinton is trailing Republican nominee Donald Trump, whose running mate is Indiana governor Mike Pence —but also in places like swing-state Ohio. Galo said he hopes College Democrats will help “turn Indiana blue.” “A lot of people are excited see ELECTIONS PAGE 3
Right to Life looks to expand campus activities By COURTNEY BECKER News Writer
The leadership of Notre Dame Right to Life — which, w ith over a thousand members, is one of the largest campus organizations — is hard at work spreading the club’s mission throughout the communit y, recruiting new members and planning new events to be held throughout the year. Senior president A ly Cox said the club’s primar y goal for the year is to educate communit y members about what constitutes being prolife, starting w ith a series of panel discussions about pro-life values. “This year, our largest goal for Right to Life is to really concretely teach our club members, primarily, but also all of w ider campus, what it really means to be pro-life and all the issues that go alongside that,” she said. Cox said the club w ill also continue its “You Are Loved” campaign, an event Cox started last year that brought various
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ANNMARIE SOLLER | The Observer
Right to Life members rally on campus last year. Inclement weather prevented them from traveling to Washington D.C. for the March.
organizations such as GreeND and Junior Class Council together through mutual interest. “It was a week-long campaign of working w ith other clubs who do some sort of work involv ing human dignit y. We were highlighting the work they do to the rest of campus and show ing each other that we share
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a common mission of upholding human dignit y,” she said. “It was a really wonderful way to engage w ith people on campus. We kind of looked at [the fact that] all Notre Dame students are passionate about something, and I think that a lot of us have see CLUB PAGE 4
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