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Volume 54, Issue 3 | wednesday, august 28, 2019 | ndsmcobserver.com
Mass ushers in new school year Jenkins leads campus community, honors Ukrainian Archbishop in celebration By SERENA ZACHARIAS News Writer
University President Fr. John Jenkins highlighted the accomplishments of Ukrainian Archbishop Borys Gudziak and the Ukrainian Catholic Church to highlight the mysterious workings of the Holy Spirit in his homily at the annual opening mass of the academic year held Tuesday in the Joyce Center. Jenkins presented the Notre Dame Award to Gudziak in June after traveling to the Ukrainian city of Lviv for the ceremony. Gudziak was a leader of the Lviv Theological Academy in the 1990s, which was expanded to establish the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) that continued to develop over the years. While UCU
is now held in high esteem throughout Ukraine, Jenkins said the Ukrainian Catholic Church — from which UCU emerged — has faced violent struggles in its history under the Soviet Union. “At the end of World War II, under Stalin’s direct order there was a concerted effort to destroy the Ukrainian Catholic Church and integrate it into the Russian Orthodox Church,” Jenkins said. “The KGB killed many priests, and in the case of some they attempted to pressure them by arresting and eventually killing members of their families.” After the Soviet Union fell and Catholics were able to practice their religion freely, Jenkins said Gudziak see MASS PAGE 4
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TOM NAATZ | The Observer
University President Fr. John Jenkins kicks off the beginning of the academic year Tuesday with opening Mass in the Joyce Center.
Dillon Hall residents relocate to Baumer Hall By MARIAH RUSH Associate News Editor
This year, the men of Dillon Hall will have a change of scenery — all 251 residents of Dillon can be found living in the brand new Baumer Hall due a year-long full-scale renovation of their home dorm. Dillon, built in 1931 and last renovated in 2005, may have jumped ahead in the list of
dorms to be renovated, rector Fr. Paul Doyle said. He said Dillon, the largest dorm on campus according to Residential Life, was unable to fit in the typical swing dorm, Pangborn, so the opening of Baumer Hall came at a perfect time. “If we would have gone to Pangborn, we wouldn’t have been able to take freshmen this year,” Doyle, who has
been with Dillon for over 20 years, said. “We would’ve had only upperclassmen.” A group of women are living in Pangborn for this school year and will be moving to the women’s dorm being constructed on the north side of campus when it is completed. Baumer Hall is on the north side of campus, near Ryan Hall see DILLON PAGE 4
Law school professor dies By TOM NAATZ Notre Dame News Editor
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in the print edition of The Observer on June 16. John Copeland Nagle is remembered as a man of faith. As Notre Dame’s John N. Matthews professor of law, Nagle walked in the light of Christ in everything he did — as a “beloved
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teacher, as a prolific scholar and as an exceptionally generous colleague,” former Notre Dame Law School dean Patricia O’Hara said. “He saw that light in all those whom he met, and he reflected that light in all he did — in his scholarship, which examined issues of environmental law, often from an explicitly Christian perspective premised on biblical concepts of stewardship; in his interactions with students and
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HCC names new VP
colleagues, which were marked by warmth, generosity, and humility; and in his role as a loving husband, adoring father and faithful brother,” O’Hara said in an email. Nagle died May 18 following surgery and a brief illness. He was 58 years old. Elizabeth Adams, a 2011 law school graduate, was Nagle’s see NAGLE PAGE 4
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In a Monday press release, Holy Cross announced Notre Dame alumnus John Kuka would serve as the College’s new vice president for advancement and athletics. Kuka previously served as the associate director of athletics at Valparaiso University since 2013 and will take over in his new role on Sept. 9, the release said. According to the release, Kuka will oversee the College’s development efforts and athletics in this new role. Kuka spent 15 years in the field of communications, see HOLY CROSS PAGE 3
College hires BAVO director By MAEVE FILBIN Saint Mary’s News Editor
Saint Mary’s welcomed Liz Coulston as the new Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) coordinator in May, and since then she has been busy establishing herself on campus as a new source of leadership and a reliable resource. “I think it’s important for students to know that I’m here now because the position has been empty for a year and a half, so a lot of people that are new on campus never knew that this position existed,” Coulston said. “So it’s important that people know that I’m here.” Originally from Niles, Michigan, Coulston said she was very familiar with Saint Mary’s and the surrounding community as she was growing up, and said she could see the Golden Dome from her parents’ house. “I love Saint Mary’s,” she said. “I grew up going to their summer camps for fine arts and for sports, so I’ve been familiar with the school for a long time.”
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Coulston studied psychology at Ohio Northern University where she minored in arts administration, entrepreneurship and dance. After graduating, Coulston moved to South Bend and worked at AIDS ministries as a care coordinator for individuals with HIV and AIDS diagnoses. After dancing professionally for two years in Chicago, Coulston found work at the Logan Autism Center in Benton Harbor, Michigan, before earning her masters in social work from Grand Valley State University. Through this graduate program, Coulston completed a year-long internship in crisis advocacy at the YWCA, a resource for individuals who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. When she started job hunting after graduating with her master’s degree in April of this year, Coulston said she wasn’t even aware of BAVO’s existence but was excited to discover Saint Mary’s offered such a resource to its students. She is passionate see BAVO PAGE 3
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