Volume 53, Issue 37 | tuesday, october 9, 2018 | ndsmcobserver.com
Campus salon continues family tradition University Hair Stylists owner reflects on history, expansion of salon in 39 years at Notre Dame By MARIAH RUSH News Writer
Cutting hair ran in the family for Zak Emmons, who has been the owner of University Hair Stylists in the basement of LaFortune Student Center for the last decade. University Hair Stylists, in some form, has been around for about 39 years and was originally owned by Emmons’ father, Jeff Emmons, who opened the salon in 1979. Jeff Emmons, who is currently described by his son as being “by and large mostly retired” from working at the salon, happened upon the Notre Dame position when he was cutting the hair of a couple Notre Dame faculty who
were trying to find someone to open a salon alongside the existing barbershop in Badin Hall that would cater to both men and women. “Years before I was born, he got his cosmetolog y license and was doing hair at a place off campus and happened to cut a couple of gentlemen’s hair who were working in the administration here,” Emmons said. “ ... They were like, ‘Hey Jeff, I’m thinking about opening up like a salon, like, you know, the barbershop or salon. We’re interviewing potential proprietors, and you should throw your hat in the ring.’ So he did, and he had the see SALON PAGE 3
SMC community discusses sex abuse scandal By SARA SCHLECHT News Writer
Members of the Saint Mary’s community had the opportunity to gather for a discussion of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church on Tuesday in the student center. Jess Kimmet, campus minister for music, said the scandal offered an opportunity for individuals to ref lect on their relationship with the Church. “I think the whole crisis is a great opportunity to remind ourselves as laypeople that we are also the Church and have responsibility for that,” she said. “What that means for each of us is going to look different based on our different calls in life.” Campus Ministry’s priestFr. Steve Newton said he thinks many students might wonder why such abuse has been occurring in the Church.
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“I would have to say — and this is opinion, this is not scientific by any stretch — that it has to do with two things: the retention of power by the clerical state and the admission into the clerical state people with very poor psychosexual development,” he said. Additionally, Newton said the structure of the Church played a role in abuse. “When you read some of the statements that the victims heard from their abusers about how it was ok because they were a priest … It’s just sickening to see how they abused the power,” he said. “My tendency is to say that [the victims of abuse] didn’t believe it [was OK], but it certainly confused the victims. I can’t say for certain they didn’t believe it.” Newton said there are various theories as to why priests behave in an abusive see ABUSE PAGE 4
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Photo courtesy of Zak Emmons
University Hair Stylists, originally located in Badin Hall, moved to LaFortune Student Center’s basement in the mid 1980s. Zak Emmons, the current owner of the salon, bought it from his father a decade ago.
Rally offers support to sexual assault survivors By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer
On Oct. 5, the Saint Mary’s community participated in Believe Survivors—Rally of Support, an event held to show support for survivors of sexual assault and harassment in the wake of the Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process. The event
concluded a week of events that included a screening of the movie “Anita” and an information session on issues related to Supreme Court nominations. Jamie Wagman, professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, read a statement written by English literature professor Laura Haig wood, who could not attend the rally. The statement urged
the tri-campus community to promote cultural change and encourage “boys and girls to bond equally and respectfully with one another.” Junior Genesis Vasquez was one of the student organizers of the rally. She said she wished the event would have had an even see RALLY PAGE 4
Museum of Biodiversity showcases samples Unknown to many of the students who walk past every day, behind the glass doors of the Museum of Biodiversity lies one of the largest repositories of biological specimens in Indiana. The museum, located on the first floor of Jordan Hall of Science, maintains the Department of Biological
Sciences’ vast collection of insects, plants, fossils, mammals and other specimens. Collected over its 150-year history, the collection now stores roughly two-thirds of the one million specimens. Founded by Notre Dame founder Fr. Edward Sorin, the museum’s collection was first exhibited at the University’s first graduation ceremonies in 1844. When most of this original collection, kept in the
Main Building, was destroyed by fire in 1879, Sorin commissioned Fr. John Zahm to rebuild the collections. Much of the museum’s current collection of skeletal remains was purchased by Zahm and delivered to the University in 1897. The museum’s herbarium has grown to contain over 280,000 plant specimens and actively
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