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Volume 53, Issue 75 | Monday, january 28, 2019 | ndsmcobserver.com
University professor emeritus dies Observer Staff Report
Joseph A. Buttigieg, William R. Kenan Jr. professor emeritus of English and retired director of the Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program at Notre Dame, died at 71 on Sunday, son Pete Buttigieg announced in a Facebook post. “As a friend, colleague, thinker, and educator, he touched countless lives, and we hope to find a way to honor his impact later on in the spring,” Buttigieg — mayor of South Bend — said in the post. “Meanwhile we are left with memories of his powerful intellect, his extensive legacy, his personal warmth and his deeply felt love for Mom, me, and all those close
to him.” Buttigieg arrived at Notre Dame in 1980. In addition to teaching English, he served as director of the Hesburgh-Yusko program, a “merit-based scholarship and leadership development initiative,” from its start in 2010 to 2017, the University said in a press release Sunday. He was also a fellow at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and directed the Stamps Scholars Program, a national merit scholarship program. “Joe was a superb scholar, an inspirational teacher and a pioneering leader as the inaugural director of the f ledgling Hesburgh-Yusko
Scholars Program,” University President Fr. John Jenkins said in the release. “We join with his many, many family and friends in mourning his passing. We will miss him at Notre Dame. God rest his soul.” According to the release, Buttigieg received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Malta, and a second bachelor’s degree from Heythrop College in London. He later earned his doctorate from the State University of New York at Binghamton. His research specializations included “modern literature, critical theory and the relationship between culture and politics,” the release said. He penned several
Panel discusses presence of whiteness at University By THOMAS MURPHY Assistant News Editor
A six-member panel convened Friday in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies for an event entitled “Confronting W hiteness at Notre Dame: Power, Identit y and Exclusion.” Hosted by the Mediation
Program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the panel was moderated by Dav id Anderson Hooker, an associate professor of the practice of conf lict transformation and peacebuilding, and included Christina Brooks, officer of diversit y and inclusion for the Cit y of South Bend; Emmanuel
articles and a book on James Joyce titled, “A Portrait of the Artist in Different Perspective.” In 1989, Buttigieg helped found International Gramsci Society, where he served as president. According to the release, the Italian minister of culture later selected him to help develop the national edition of Gramsci’s writings. Buttigieg held seats on the editorial and advisory boards of several journals and was a member of “boundary 2,” a literature and culture publication. He is succeeded by his wife, Anne Montgomery, who taught at the University for 29 years, and his son, Pete.
Student injured after fall Observer Staff Report
An 18-year-old freshman is in critical condition from head trauma after falling in a stairwell in Sorin College early Sunday morning, according to a media advisory issued by the University. At about 2 a.m., the Notre Dame Fire Department arrived to administer medical attention to the student, according to the advisory. He was then transported to Memorial Hospital by the South Bend Fire Department. The advisory said the cause of the fall is under investigation by Notre Dame Security Police.
Event explores Holocaust media
Cannady, a former Notre Dame administrator and third-year Ph.D. student in Sociolog y; Jefferson Ballew IV, a citizen of the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi, the Native A merican tribe that originally inhabited the area; Iris Outlaw, director of multicultural student see WHITENESS PAGE 3
SMC receives clock for 175th anniversary By Maria Leontaras Associate Saint Mary’s Editor
The family of a Saint Mar y’s alumna recently gifted the College w ith a royal blue clock in honor of the institution’s 175th anniversar y. “This clock and seating area commemorate the 175th anniversar y of Saint Mar y’s College,” the clock’s inscription reads. “It honors
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our founders, the Sisters of the Holy Cross, whose v ision to educate young women formed the beginning of this outstanding Catholic women’s college. Gift of the Frank L. Dunham family.” The timepiece is located near the Angela Athletic and Wellness Complex to commemorate “our 175th anniversar y in an enduring way,” v ice president for College relations Shari
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Rodriguez said in an email. “The clock is one of several gifts in honor of the 175th, and the generosit y of our communit y is part of what has kept Saint Mar y’s strong for 175 years,” she said. “We continue to respond to the needs of our communit y for more gathering space, which is part of what the gift of the clock see CLOCK PAGE 4
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Photo courtesy of Eric Schmalz
Volunteers explore newspaper archives to discover how local papers reported early stages of the Holocaust at memorial research sprint. By JOE ANDREWS News Writer
Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries, in conjunction with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “History Unfolded” project, hosted ”The Holocaust in American Catholic
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Newspapers and Beyond,” a research sprint and panel discussion in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday. During the research sprint, volunteers scoured through see RESEARCH PAGE 4
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