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Volume 51, Issue 3 | wednesday, August 24, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com
Students spend summers serving others Notre Dame Summer Service Learning Program facilitates community involvement at sites across US By LUCAS MASIN-MOYER News Writer
A central tenet of the Holy Cross education each Notre Dame student receives is service to the community. This past summer, many students engaged in a Summer Service Learning Program (SSLP), fulfilling this aspect of the Holy Cross mission by engaging in service across the country and internationally through the Center for Social Concerns. An SSLP is a three-credit theology course where students engage in active service for eight consecutive weeks, according to the Center for Social Concerns website. These
immersions are often sponsored by Notre Dame clubs in the area. Sophomore Brittany Margritz spent her summer working for Habitat for Humanity in Milwaukee. “Before I went to Milwaukee, I spent a week in Haiti doing service there,” Margritz said. “I volunteered with Habitat for Humanity sporadically throughout high school and went on service trips for the past six summers.” Margritz’s responsibilities while working for Habitat for Humanity varied from handson construction projects to see SSLP PAGE 3
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Sophomore Brittany Margritz works on a construction project in Milwaukee over the summer. Margritz volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, part of her SSLP sponsored by the University.
Data indicates Saint Mary’s study abroad lacks diversity By STEPHANIE SNYDER News Writer
Kathryn Mathews and Alice Yang thought there might be a lack of diversity in Saint Mary’s study abroad programs. So they decided to do some research. Mathews, a senior, and Yang, associate director for international education, presented the results of their research concerning the shortage of ethnic diversity in the College’s study abroad programs at the
Association of International Educators conference in May. Each year, Saint Mary’s is asked to submit statistics about students’ study abroad plans to the Institute of International Education (IIE). Yang said the submission is important for the College’s institutional ranking on U.S. News and World Report. This year, the IIE asked the College to break down the data by ethnicity for the first time. “I was shocked by the numbers,” Yang said. “They were
quite low for underrepresented groups.” Mathews, a global studies major, said the College is not alone. “It’s a national trend,” she said. “Institutes all across the U.S. are having low rates of study abroad. Many people want to change that and increase participation rates.” Yang said for the past few years about 50 percent of Saint see DIVERSITY PAGE 4
SMC student named manager By MARTHA REILLY Associate Saint Mary’s Editor
This fall, Saint Mary’s senior Colleen Naumovich will tackle her job as the College’s first senior football manager in the program’s 95-year history. Naumovich said she worked hard to stay on staff throughout the yearly cuts that stop most students from advancing to higher positions. She said many managers join as freshmen, but only 14 are selected to continue
as sophomores. By junior year, that number dwindles to seven. And by senior year, it’s three. “After you make it, you’re under scrutiny the whole time,” Naumovich said. “It was a little intimidating because I always knew there was no guarantee I would make it to the next year, but it also kind of made me savor every moment.” Naumovich said she never took her position for granted see MANAGER PAGE 4
ND Shakespeare Festival stages ‘The Tempest’ By MEGAN VALLEY News Writer
Shipwreck, salvation and the sea are swept into a spectacular in the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival’s (NDSF) “Cirque du Shakespeare” performance of “The Tempest.” Director West Hyler has directed Cirque du Soleil, as well as Shakespearean dramas, musicals, Broadway productions and circuses around the world. “I’m always looking for ways to create productions and to
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take what I’ve learned from other shows and bring it back to a world where you don’t normally get that type of artistry,” he said. “I thought it’d be interesting for ‘The Tempest,’ because it’s set on a magical island, to let that magic really be evoked using acrobatics and more circus techniques.” The production is put on by NDSF’s Professional Company. Hyler said nine of the 21 actors are professionals; the rest of see ‘TEMPEST’ PAGE 4
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Nick Sandys, who plays the magician Prospero in NDSF’s production of “The Tempest,” takes center stage during a performance. The show runs through Aug. 28 at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
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