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Volume 54, Issue 55 | friday, november 22, 2019 | ndsmcobserver.com
Protests against parietals continue Demonstrators gather in Sorin College to call out hate speech, demand an end to University policy By MARY BERNARD and NATALIE WEBER News Writer, Assistant Managing Editor
A few minutes before 11 p.m. Thursday, as rain continued to sprinkle down, 17 students gathered outside Coleman-Morse to prepare for their second demonstration in Sorin College. Some lived on campus, some off. But they were united in a common mission: to rid the University of parietals and end hate speech on campus. “We want this to be peaceful, and we want this to be loving, and unifying, and working towards building community rather than tearing it apart,” senior Anne Jarrett, one of the leaders of End Hate at ND, said.
Senior Savanna Morgan, also a leader of the movement, gathered with students outside, reminding them of demands and procedures for the demonstration. According to the group’s Instagram page, the students want to end parietals, call out hate speech, decolonize academia, decolonize the University’s land and implement diversity training in each dorm. Soon, they headed inside Sorin. One student stayed outside — senior Drew Lischke, where he read aloud from the Communist Manifesto. The students entered the dorm carrying flyers titled “Why Parietals?” “Parietals trap survivors in unsafe situations,” the flyer read. “ ... Parietals institutionalize and
normalize division … Parietals also disproportionately affect marginalized groups … Parietals disproportionately affect the poor.” The students first demonstrated Sunday at Stanford Hall following reports of “biased slurs” being directed at individuals in Stanford and Keenan Halls. Around 30 students remained in Stanford from 2 to around 5 a.m., leaving only after University staff and the Notre Dame Police Department threatened protesters with expulsion. At the peak of the protest Thursday night, there were around 45 students present, roughly half of whom were demonstrators. The rest were Sorin residents. Residents engaged in discussion with protesters and expressed a
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wide variety of opinions regarding parietals. “I didn’t really think about how parietals affected some groups, and I’m very open to what they’re saying,” freshman Michael Harrington, a Sorin resident, said. “... I think [the demonstration] is a good way to inform people of what they’re trying to say.” Sophomore Tony Perez, also a Sorin resident, attended Sunday’s protest. He joined the group in front of Coleman-Morse on Thursday before the students walked to the dorm. After talking with residents and attending the prayer service, Perez said he felt the night produced fruitful dialogue. “I was really proud and excited about the way not only the End
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Inspired by Notre Dame, 13-year-old Zack Gosselin has been organizing charity events and raising money for a variety of causes since he was six years old. Gosselin attended his first Irish game Saturday. By TOM NAATZ Notre Dame News Editor
Notre Dame fan and Bostonarea native Zack Gosselin has raised thousands of dollars for charity over the course of his career. Through a series of charity events, Gosselin has fundraised for a variety of causes across New England. However, at 13 years old, Gosselin is not the average philanthropist. He recognizes he is on the younger side when it comes to organizing charity
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work. From the age of six, Gosselin said he knew he wanted to help people. Now, seven years later, his philanthropy is having a realworld impact. “Since I was six years old, I started wanting to bring value and peace to people and just make people have memories and smile,” Gosselin said. “I’ve always been driven by the smile effect and people who are down and out, just bring them up a little bit. Gosselin said his philanthropic work has benefited a variety of
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different groups and organizations. In addition to supporting two fallen firefighters and a local Boys and Girls Club, his work has contributed to Catie’s Closet, a group working to provide clothing for low-income students, Aaron’s Presents, which helps children carry out charitable endeavors and Operation Stand Down Rhode Island, which supports veterans. In recent years, Gosselin has hosted a skating event to see CHARITY PAGE 5
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College Fulbright grantees share experiences By SARA SCHLECHT
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Hate at ND showed up but the way the Sorin guys really came in,” Perez said. “I didn’t get the chance to talk to everyone but from people I did talk to and from what I saw around, it sounds like they were really listening actively and being open.” Alex Ford — a sophomore who brought a red rosary with her to the protest — said she came to the sit-in mainly for religious reasons. She said she agrees with Catholic teaching that premarital sex is wrong, but is opposed to parietals because she believes it leaves students vulnerable to sexual assault. “I think parietals does not stop anyone who’s having sex from having sex,” she said. “They’re just
Members of the Saint Mary’s community gathered Thursday evening for a panel discussion about Fulbright grants as part of the College’s International Education week. Laura Elder, a global studies professor who specializes in cultural anthropology, has received multiple Fulbright grants and now serves as the College’s Fulbright program advisor. “It’s a program for which all U.S. citizens are eligible, across the board,” Elder said. “All you need is a bachelor’s degree and an idea. You do not have to be an academic scholar. It could be someone who’s interested in the arts, medicine [or] science. What you need is an idea and a place where you’d like to work on that idea.” Elder received a Fulbright Scholar grant to study the intersections of Islam, feminism, culture and the economy in Malaysia in 2015. “As part of this research that
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I was doing — thinking about Islam, feminism and economy — I got to go all around Malaysia and give lectures because Fulbright paid for it,” Elder said. Because of the Fulbright program’s focus on having deep exchanges within a country and its larger surrounding region, Elder was also given the opportunity to visit other places such as Cambodia and Burma. In addition to research and travel, Elder has used her experience in Malaysia to form relationships that could potentially be used to help Saint Mary’s establish more study abroad programs, she said. “I’m [the] Fulbright program advisor,” Elder said. “If you’re interested in these kinds of engagements, we can make them happen.” Eleanor Jones, a Saint Mary’s alumna (’16) and current graduate student in global affairs at Notre Dame, was a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Mongolia from 2017 to 2018. see FULBRIGHT PAGE 5
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