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Volume 54, Issue 39 | thursday, october 31, 2019 | ndsmcobserver.com
Trunk or Treat for local community Saint Mary’s Resident’s Hall Association invites children in the area to trick-or-treat on campus By M ARIROSE OSBORNE News Writer
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Saint Mary’s students participate in Trunk or Treating put on by the Saint Mary’s Residant Hall Association. The event allowed local children to trick-or-treat at student decorated cars.
Community members discuss ND cemeteries By CIARA HOPKINSON News Writer
Located on the edges of campus, Notre Dame’s two cemeteries go largely unnoticed, serving instead as the backdrop of students’ everyday walks to and from campus. As home to not just one, but two, cemeteries, the University is distinct for this fact among its peers. Both the Cedar Grove Cemetery on Notre Dame Avenue and the Holy Cross Cemetery on St. Mary’s Road have existed as long as the University. “Notre Dame is probably
the only one that actually started a cemetery at the same time they started the university,” Leon Glon, manager of Cedar Grove Cemetery, said. “Basically the cemetery was used to make money and … it was the first Catholic Cemetery in the area. It was kind of a two-fold thing: they needed it to help support the University, but yet they were taking care of the corporal mercy of burying the dead.” While Cedar Grove was a public cemetery maintained by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross
as a source of income for the University, Notre Dame founder Fr. Edward Sorin also established a second cemetery for the Holy Cross community alone, Fr. Austin Collins, religious superior of Corby Hall, said. With a few exceptions, deceased priests and brothers are buried in the next available slot without regard to rank or role. “As you can see from the cemetery, everyone’s equal,” Collins said. “It’s just a little cross, RIP — ‘rest in peace’ — and your name. It is just kind see CEMETERIES PAGE 5
ND to host murder mystery, Halloween events By THERESA OLOHAN News Writer
As the temperature progressively lowers and the perma-cloud begins to make itself comfortable in South Bend once again, students and faculty at Notre Dame alike prepare to celebrate Halloween season in a variety of
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ways. Alicia Bates, assistant director of student programming, said the Student Activities Office has a wide array of Halloween and fallthemed events planned. These events are based off both what has interested students in past years and what reflects the overall mission of the SAO, Bates said.
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“Part of SAO’s mission is to enhance the overall student experience through exposure to and participation in recreational and social opportunities,” Bates said in an email. “These events allow students to maintain existing and create new connections.” see HALLOWEEN PAGE 4
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The Saint Mar y’s Resident’s Hall Association (RHA) hosted Trunk or Treat for the second year in a row on Wednesday, which allow local children an opportunit y to trick-or-treat at student-decorated cars. The rain kept students confined to tables, where they passed out candy for the families of professors and students. Trunk or Treat first came about after dorm trick-ortreating was canceled due
to securit y concerns, senior business major and president of RHA Lucia O’Quinn said in an email. O’Quinn said RHA goes through an extensive planning process to ensure Trunk or Treat stays safe and fun. “The Exec Members start planning for it in mid-August (setting the time, date and renting the space in mid-summer/late spring) and the committee continues to work on it as soon as they have their first meeting in mid-September, as it see TRUNK PAGE 4
BAVO and Feminist United fight catcalling
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Students at Saint Mary’s paint pumpkins at the “Don’t Call Me Pumpkin” event co-sponsored by BAVO and Feminist United. By CALLIE PATRICK News Writer
As Halloween approaches and the end of domestic violence month nears, the Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) hosted Don’t Call Me Pumpkin, an event co-sponsored by Feminist United that encapsulates the two. The event encouraged students to initiate discussions about catcalling while they painted pumpkins. “Don’t Call Me Pumpkin is an event where everyone can come in and have a conversation about catcalling,” senior Anne Nowalk,
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treasurer for Feminist United, said. “That is something that is so important, especially around Halloween when people are wearing costumes. We’re able to open up a dialogue about [catcalling] before Halloween begins while doing something fun that everyone enjoys, which is painting pumpkins.” Senior and student advisory committee (SAC) member Courtney Driscoll said Don’t Call Me Pumpkin is “an event to give awareness for catcalling, which is also known as street see BAVO PAGE 5
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