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Editor in Chief n.. Ryan Greenberg i Managing Editor I Sean Dudley Executive Editor Jim Ryan " News Kelly Faehnle Campus Life "In the discernment of God's call, we are a Lauren Wilcox. editor Katie Solan, assistant Sports brotherhood at the service of the universal Christopher Meskill. editor , Entertainment Nick Kolman-Mandie, editor chuIch under the pastoral direction of the Pope." Beth Murphy, assistant On The Road Again I Departments ---Constitutions of Holy Cross, V.S1 Mike Healy, editor he first time I remember it happening was just after first grade. It hap 1 T I Design pens to everyone eventually, but I wasn't expecting it. The Air Force had t Nick Abrams, editor j Nell Ryan relocated my parents from WIesbaden, Germany to San Antonio, Texas. So • David Redenbaugh everything went into boxes and suitcases, we said our goodbyes to friends, Photography Phil Hall, editor and we were off. Brenna Mannion, assistant I was apprehensive about going to a new place with a new school and new Graphic Design friends. My dad tried to comfort me with a watertight argument: I really liked Christine Graham, editor Copy myoId school, Hainerberg Elementary, so I was sure to like my new school, II Mo Ertel, chief . to. JenniferWadkins.assistant Harmony Hills, because it had not one, but two H's. I wasn't convinced. [ Anna Schmall Things worked out, though. I said, "Let's be friends," to some neighbor f"' Darlene Luebbert .hood kids, which, at that age, is as good as brotherhood. My new teacher . J Distribution Mrs. Goodenough (no kidding) was just that. After almost no time at all, things had returned to your typical, idylic childhood bliss where life's biggest concern is whether your tree fort is cool enough (it was)...... I~iE::~, Then we moved again. ... Advisor ~ Robert Franken '69 look for Moving can be tough, even for little kids, and Scholastic's Kelly Faehnle ~EXT ISSUEexamines the stories of four professors who moved from their homelands Disce Quasi Se11lpCl- Victtll7lS THE FALL for more serious reasons. One left to escape Communist Russia, another VlVe Quosi CI'OS Moritl/rtls to leave behind Sbuth African Apartheid rule, one to find opportunities unavailable to women in Senegal, and the last to teach about the Troubles . Published biweekly at the University of Notre Dame era in his homeland, Northern Ireland. Now all of these professors are at '.... and printed atAve f!aria Press, Notre Dame,IN.46556. ~, The entire contents of Scholastic magazine is copyright Notre Dame, teaching history from a special perspective: personal experi .' 2004 University of Notre Dame.AII rights reserved. No " contents of this magazine, either in whole or in part, may ence. To hear apart of their story, move yourself to page 9. (j be reproduced in any manner without written consent : of the publisher. Scholastic magazine does not assume ".' liability for unsolicited manuscripts' or material.AII : correspondence should be sent to Scholastic magazine, Dan Parrish, C.S.C. and Michael Wurtz, C.S.C. ... laFortune Student Center. Notre Dame,lN 46556.To . be published in the next issue, letters must be received Ordination Class of 2004 Until NextTime by 5:00 p.m. Monday before the issue. And they rode off into the sunset.Allletters must include the writer's name, ' address and phone, nu~ber.Allletters must be signed. his is the last Scholastic of the school year. WIpe the tear from your face Names will be withheld upon request in certain instances. T- we'll always have the Gipper. WIth so few days left in the semester, Scholastic reserves the right to edit letters for space. Requests for corrections made more than 21 days after now seems like a good time to hit the books hard to make up for a semester ", publlca~on cannot be guaranteed.The subscription rate Is $35 per year.Avaliable back Issues are $2.50 per copy; of slacking. Don't worry - I hear all the smart kids are doing it, too. In please specify volume and number, or date. Copies of the any event, good luck with those tests. Seniors, best wishes for whatever life annual football review are available at $5 per copy.Adver tlslng rates available on reques~ The opinions expressed brings you come graduation. As for the rest of you, enjoy the summer. Let's In Scholastic magazine are·not necessarily those of the do this school thing again nextfall, OK? Unlvorslty of Notre Dame or the student body.

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\ ------.,. . - - --~------Team No. 347'5 Real Name 4 Years Ago 1A sense of history ... I Alumnus compiles an on-line list of censored Bookstore team names or all the students soon to be RYANGREENBERG criteria is more clear, but still somewhat placement name is "I Don't Know What's Fgraduating from this institution, subjective. Names are rejected if they Worse ... That Our Name Was Censored Notre Dame must indeed seem a or some teams in Bookstore Basket have offensive, ethnic, racial, heterosex or That The Bookstore Committee Knew "You!1ev~r knowwhoyou~regoI~gt(:u·lm.intoin.the men) room. very different place from the one they ball, a name is all they've got. ist or sexually-explicit material. Using What We Were Talking About." Other '. Yesterday it was ~.two"inchccickr6ach,Tod~yit was.Mike Brey:' encountered four years ago as freshmen. F . . . . . ";'o\ierheard staff member Alumnus Dan Delgado under- names of the university teams failed to submit an Here are some excerpts from the 2000 stands, and when the number of censored or its community without alternate name; 20 teams freshman summer issue, the very first team names peaked at 110 last year, he permission or "anything - down from 110 last Scholastic the class of 2004 ever got their decided to do something about it. your mother would deem year - are known simply hands on: "I acquired a team list and contacted disrespectful" are also by their team number. "If you're in my Communion line, you're going to get Communion. each team captain asking what their re no-no's. Delgado hopes to com Spread the word to all the infidels:' . ''After witnessing a 5-7 football season that - priest, discussing the intricacies of sin and receving the Eucharist jected name was," Delgado says. Within a Delgado hopes that. pile a list of rejected names included losses to rivals such as Purdue and day, 85 percent of the captains responded. people will try to push i again next year. He says, Boston College, many Irish fans were ready Delgado compiled a list of the rejected the limits of the process: : "I'm not a vehement pro to hang up their shamrocks." names and posted them on his website "I'd like to see a team ponent of free speech. with commentary. name like 'JanetJackson's I'm just doing this for UWe're going toget:money from people who have money." "The men's basketball team [had] wins Delgado, who has seen more than 300 Breast' get through. f;:"".,C#"({J~(,.'.,j,:al:i laughs." . . .: .. ,: - philosophy professor over several top 10 teams [ ...] and posted a Bookstore games, was concerned by stu Would it be censored? e~~~fi1s~~t~~ Until this year's list winning record, making an appearance in the dent activities' inconsistency in censor Or would it be revealed, is posted online, we'll National Invitation Tozwnament." ing. In 2002, the team name "Baller, I then condemned and just have to kick back Just Met Her" was okayed, but the same later described as a 'team and watch the matchup "It was a bizarre, controv~rsial year for name was rejected in 2003. "When I name malfunction?'" ~~~ between two clean-cut "The tests are graded and I've got good news: Everybody passed. Of student elections at both Notre Dame and saw the censored names last year versus When team names were rejected this ' teams like "Fruity Booty" and "Ralph course, some people p'assed other people:' '.. '. '. St. Mary's." . - theology professor commenting o~ class exams some of the ones that got through, I year, the respective teams had the option Nader and the Other 4 Guys Voting For just didn't understand their criteria," to submit ali. alternate name - which was llim~ D What a difference four years make, eh? says Delgado. not the case last year. Some teams are . To see Dan Delgado's list, visit http:// This year, the Bookstore Committee's .making the best of the situation; o~e re- www.verminnet.com/news/news032.html -Mike Healy

The acting university sacristan this year, Then the 10:00 a.m. on Easter Sunday. person to have said Mass at the Basilica? Ten Questions John Zack is in charge ofthe building, staff, What's your favorite part about decorating Actually all the Sunday Masses are large What's the oldest thing in the Basilica? Fr. Hesburgh.Just because of his status in with the man who buys the bread and wine security and church services at the Basilica the Basilica? on Easter Sunday. And obviously after The relics [... ] back in the reliquary. That the world of academics and of peace. His ofthe Sacred Heart. He also oversees the "When it's done. "When everything gets football games at 5 p.m. would have to be the olde;st thing. peace institute speaks for itself. John upkeep and supplying ofdorm chapels across in place, like, [Holy] Saturday afternoon campus. During Easter weekend, he and when we finally get every single last detail How do you hang the large ribbons from Whose relics are under the main altar? Who plays the songs on the church bells? Zack only a handful offull-time, part-time and done. That would be my favorite time. the ceiling? St. Marcellus and his companions, I be Dr. Gail Walton records those. She's the di student staffmembers were able to convert We have two guys up in the attic. We lieve. I don't ,know the history. rector ofliturgical music here at the Basilica the atmosphere ofthe Basilica from bleak What is your favorite service to prepare have wires up in the attic and two cranks and the head of the Liturgical Choir. Making the church for and participate in? up there. They lower the wires down and What's your favorite artistic aspect ofthe look good to vibrant in just one day (or three, ifyou count like Jesus). On Monday, Scholastic The Easter Vigil, I guess really for the we hook up the bunting [... ] and then they Basilica? What is the most important part of your spoke with Mr. Zack about his work. emotions involved more than for the work crank it up. It's quite the process. I'd have to say the stained glass itself, the job? involved. whole collection. I can look at a window Making sure people feel comfortable and What are the best and worst parts about What's your favorite dorm chapel? for the thirtieth time and see something welcome coming into the Basilica for your job? What services draw the biggest crowds? Alumni. It's just a beautiful chapel, very well different. They change so much with the services, and making sure everything is The best part is just dealing with all the The biggest service we would have is decorated. I like St. Ed's, too, and Dillon. light coming from behind them. provided for. people and the workers here. The worst about 2600 people. I would say Good All of them are nice, but those three I would part is the hours. Friday is probably our largest crowd. have to say would be my top three; Who do you feel is the most important - Sean Dzidley

4 SCHOLASTICNOTEBOOK 15 APRIL 2004 15 APRIL 2004 SCHOLASTICNOTEBOOK 5 Team No. 347'5 Real Name 4 Years Ago 1A sense of history ... I Alumnus compiles an on-line list of censored Bookstore team names or all the students soon to be RYANGREENBERG criteria is more clear, but still somewhat placement name is "I Don't Know What's Fgraduating from this institution, subjective. Names are rejected if they Worse ... That Our Name Was Censored Notre Dame must indeed seem a or some teams in Bookstore Basket have offensive, ethnic, racial, heterosex or That The Bookstore Committee Knew "You!1ev~r knowwhoyou~regoI~gt(:u·lm.intoin.the men) room. very different place from the one they ball, a name is all they've got. ist or sexually-explicit material. Using What We Were Talking About." Other '. Yesterday it was ~.two"inchccickr6ach,Tod~yit was.Mike Brey:' encountered four years ago as freshmen. F . . . . . ";'o\ierheard staff member Alumnus Dan Delgado under- names of the university teams failed to submit an Here are some excerpts from the 2000 stands, and when the number of censored or its community without alternate name; 20 teams freshman summer issue, the very first team names peaked at 110 last year, he permission or "anything - down from 110 last Scholastic the class of 2004 ever got their decided to do something about it. your mother would deem year - are known simply hands on: "I acquired a team list and contacted disrespectful" are also by their team number. "If you're in my Communion line, you're going to get Communion. each team captain asking what their re no-no's. Delgado hopes to com Spread the word to all the infidels:' . ''After witnessing a 5-7 football season that - priest, discussing the intricacies of sin and receving the Eucharist jected name was," Delgado says. Within a Delgado hopes that. pile a list of rejected names included losses to rivals such as Purdue and day, 85 percent of the captains responded. people will try to push i again next year. He says, Boston College, many Irish fans were ready Delgado compiled a list of the rejected the limits of the process: : "I'm not a vehement pro to hang up their shamrocks." names and posted them on his website "I'd like to see a team ponent of free speech. with commentary. name like 'JanetJackson's I'm just doing this for UWe're going toget:money from people who have money." "The men's basketball team [had] wins Delgado, who has seen more than 300 Breast' get through. f;:"".,C#"({J~(,.'.,j,:al:i laughs." . . .: .. ,: - philosophy professor over several top 10 teams [ ...] and posted a Bookstore games, was concerned by stu Would it be censored? e~~~fi1s~~t~~ Until this year's list winning record, making an appearance in the dent activities' inconsistency in censor Or would it be revealed, is posted online, we'll National Invitation Tozwnament." ing. In 2002, the team name "Baller, I then condemned and just have to kick back Just Met Her" was okayed, but the same later described as a 'team and watch the matchup "It was a bizarre, controv~rsial year for name was rejected in 2003. "When I name malfunction?'" ~~~ between two clean-cut "The tests are graded and I've got good news: Everybody passed. Of student elections at both Notre Dame and saw the censored names last year versus When team names were rejected this ' teams like "Fruity Booty" and "Ralph course, some people p'assed other people:' '.. '. '. St. Mary's." . - theology professor commenting o~ class exams some of the ones that got through, I year, the respective teams had the option Nader and the Other 4 Guys Voting For just didn't understand their criteria," to submit ali. alternate name - which was llim~ D What a difference four years make, eh? says Delgado. not the case last year. Some teams are . To see Dan Delgado's list, visit http:// This year, the Bookstore Committee's .making the best of the situation; o~e re- www.verminnet.com/news/news032.html -Mike Healy

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Judgment Calls ENTERTAINMENT FORTNIGHTLY I Opinions and observations f~';~Blbody:'soffi ffi~"tiCit1~'rH~'?':ih;.f;'X:'~:f <:' TH[ STUD[NT ACTIVITI[S Orner SAwns ITS 2004 INDIANA (OLL[6'IAT[ PR(SS ASSO(IATION AWARD WINN[RS: AWESOME IRISH TEAMS ~~:~;;:~~~s:~::t:n~~i~~~~~~~~:'iE ~ O-' ..' The women's lacrosse and men's baseball squads are IRYANGREENE ~ -= magazine - 2004 Literary Magazine of the Year establishing themselves as national Frisbees are flying. Flip-flops are tium claws and leather X-Men outfits for Juggler powerhouses this year. flapping. And those ladybug things are silver bullets, crossbows and trenchcoats, Editor: Kelly Ninneman once again infesting campus. This can as the title character of Vim Helsing. Based Staff - Best single issue, first and second place only mean one thing: Summer is almost extremely loosely on the vampire-hunt Mercy Bachner-Reimer - Best rhymed poem, first place BANDS AT LEGENDS upon us. ing doctor from Bram Stoker's Dracula, Kate Maich - Best free verse poem, first place Legends pulls in a lot of great And with the warmer months comes, Jackman butts heads with the Wolfman, Liz Melly - Best short story, first place talent, but low weekend turnout as ever, Hollywood's annual onslaught Frankenstein's monster and the Count Design staff (Crispin Prebys, Krista Lehmkuhl, Nicole Kenney and Katie may make that harder to do in the of budget-baffling blockbusters ... and himself. Hakenewerth) - Best overall design, first place future. time-wasting disasters. Knowing what Troy, starring just about every attrac Stephanie Hanna - Best hand-drawn illustration, first place Kelly Ninneman - Best short poem, second place to hit and what to miss can be a tricky tive, young male actor on earth, promises Tarrah Krajnak - Best photo illustration, second place business, so here's a look at some of the stunning visuals, expansive plot and, from Katie Boyle - Best short poem, third place movies coming soon what I hear, a war. And in Michael Rampolla - Best free verse poem, third place LATE SEMESTER PROJECTS to a theater near you. The Day After Tomorow, the ackman butts heads Design staff!Ally Klutenkamper - Best cover design, third place Would even spacing of assignments If you're as tired of J world ends. Sounds like Megan Denby - Best hand-drawn illustration, third place just make too much sense for Dawn of the Dead and with the Wolfman, Fran - fun. professors, or do they really enjoy The Passion as you kenstein's monster and For those without an ap- watching us suffer? should be by now, the Count himself. petite for death and destruc- then things are look- tion, The Olsen twins' New Dome yearbook - runner-up, 2004 Division I Yearbook of the Year ing up as early as this York Minute and Mike My- weekend. For the action-hungry among ers' Shrek 2 offer trite, saccharine fluff that Editor: Sally Hosey Staff - Best execution of theme, first place 23 DAYS TILL SUMMER us, grab a helping of The Punisher, based should never have been filmed in the first on the cult-favorite Marvel Comics place. Enjoy. Meaghan Denney - Best album/portrait section, first place The last day of final exams is only Nicole Phillips - Best student life section, first place anti-hero. When an evil mob boss Gohn Other summer highlights include The three weeks away. Get ready for Sally Hosey and Molly Walsh - Best academics section, first place Travolta) kills the family of Frank Castle Stepford Wives, a remake of an awful B the Olympics, wherever the heck Tina Robinson - Best organizations section, first place (Thomas Jane), the latter goes on an all- movie and novel about a town in which they'll be. Jennifer Morgan - Best sports section, second place out war to punish the killers - and any- the men have replaced their wives with Kate Dinardo - Best special section, second place one else who gets in his way. Ignore the home-making robots (no comment), Sally Hosey - Best overall design, second place star's embarrassing surname and enjoy all and I, Robot, which promises to use Will Dan Robinette - Best feature photography, second place; best sports the mob-murdering mayhem. . Smith's "cool factor," as it were, to finally photography, third place STEPAN COURT And then wash that down with a tall, make the work of Isaac Asimov hip and CONSTRUCTION frosty glass of Kill Bill: Vol. 2. The not- with it. Thanks, Hollywood! A classic Bookstore Basketball so-long-awaited second half of Quentin At least there's always Spider-Man 2, site is gone for the sake of a new Tarantino's fourth film, starring Uma the much-anticipated sequel to 2002's building, and they didn't have the Thurman as a bloodthirsty ex-assassin record-breaking hit. This summer has out for revenge, also hits (and slashes, plenty of movies, good and bad, to offer, decency to tear down Stepan hacks, disembowels and decapitates) but nothing beats a spandex-clad teenager Center. theaters this weekend. with spider-powers squaring off against a Scholastic magazine - runner-up, 2004 News Magazine ofthe Year May offers yet more carnage-heavy murderous lunatic with four metal arms. fare. Hugh Jackman trades his adaman- Am I right or am I right? Editor: Matt Killen Sarah Childress - Best editorial or essay, first place Kelly Faehnle - Best in-depth story, first place Tracy Evans - Best entertainment review, first place DomeLights Nick Abrams - Best cover design, first and second place I COMPILED BY MIKE HEALY Source:The University Archives, a calendar and a calculator Ryan Greenberg - Best feature photo, first place; best informational graphic, second place This is the last time Scholastic will be published while this year's seniors remain on campus. While they may seem to have passed by Ryan Greene - Best feature story, second place qUickly for our upperclassmen, the past four years have been loaded with major national events: President Bush was inaugurated, the Christine Armstrong - Best Entertainment review, second place country entered into major armed conflict, and Keifer Sutherland's career saw a resurgence of Travolta-like proportions. That being Joe Muto - Best column, second and third place said, here are some numbers that the outgoing seniors of 2004 can lay claim to for the last four years here: Staff - Best single issue, third place Annie Robinson - Best in-depth story, third place 832 Number of days spent on campus by an average senior over four years 7 Home football losses Jimmy Atkinson - Best sports story, third place 1189 Number of meals eaten at the dining hall, at an average rate of 10 per week 49 Issues of Scholastic indulgently enjoyed over the course of one's college 17 Home football wins education Phil Hall- Best sports photo, third place Mike McNary and Liesl Marx - Best photo essay, third place Matt Killen - Best informational graphic, third place

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6 SCHOlASTiCNOTEBOOK 15 APRIL 2004 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• University Resources for Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Students

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The Standing Committee on Gay and Lesbian Student Needs (Confidential information, education, and resources) • COlltact: Sr. ML. Gude, CSC, 1-5550, or student members (see web site for student contact info.) Office of Campus Ministry (Annual retreat for gay/lesbian/questioning students and their friends; pertinent library resources in 304 Co-Mo; confidential discussion and support) Colttact: Fr. J. Steele, CSC, at [email protected] University Counseling Center (Individual counseling) CO/ltact: Dr. Maureen Lafferty at [email protected]

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For more information, check out our web site: http://www.nd.edu/-scglsn/ "In Senegal, Women ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• HE LEFT Senegal with dreams of living in _her Don't Go to Cafes" own apartment and being free to relax in a cafe. Growing up in Dakar, Senegal, in S western Africa, Ayo Abietou Coly used 11 HE LEFT southern Africa with a wife and three to write and dream about having her own apartment, her own car, a job, the freedom .' children when the Apartheid regime proved too much to do what she wanted - and to do it all alone, if she preferred. For a woman in the for the Catholic bishops running the university where extremely patriarchal Muslim culture of Senegal, however, these sorts of liberties he taught. 11 HE LEFT Russia to get out from behind that Americans tend to take for granted just were not possible. Her road has taken the Iron Curtain. 11 HE LEFT Northern Ireland to Tuesday,.ApriI20: ' .. many turns, but at the young age of 31, 11 :30-5iit Room j 08. LaFrirtune further his education and advance his career, having lived she has realized these dreams. 4:30-7:30·atNorthD.ining .Hall (s~uth 'p()rch)" Coly is an assistant professor in Notre through the worst of the Troubles. 11 Where are they Dame's Department of Romance Lan ~, .' wed'~esday,April:il ::, "', guages & Literatures and a fellow of the / .' 11:30-5 in Roorrii 08 LaFortune , now? DeBartolo, Decio, O'Shaughnessy, the Hesburgh Nanovic Institute for European Studies. In her two and a half years here at Notre Scholastic's Business . 4:30-9:30at,~outh [)iiliriglian:(main lobby) Center ... These are the stories of just a few of the Dame, she has taught various classes in Department ;.,' j: . Thui'~day,.Xpril 22; ,:. French, including several focusing on professors here at Notre Dame who come from foreign French-African literature and culture. is hiring for the , 11 :,30~5< in Room.1 OSlaFortune :' """ ' , if:'~ ~ ./ ',~' " " , ' The distance that Coly has traveled to countries and now are teaching about them. They have following positions: • .'N'~1Ch~i'ge,toundergradliab~S(j~st show ID);" Notre Dame is not merely geographical, An,others~.$5'0;· ...... <.",...... either. Her father, well-educated himself, experienced some of the most troubled times in those anchored her as she grew up, but it was • 20:01/2002 a.nd 20~3 yearbooks W.,m~e '...... • Advertising Coordinator truly her mother who inspired and pushed ~yaila~l~i,n198~aFortune while supplies last." _~ountries, and just hearing about their lives is almost a her along the way. If Coly was not first in • Distribution Manager • ,S~uderits\vho'are ab~oadmay-haveairi,end pick .Up' a <:opy for them; :()r they may come to ·315 '., history lesson in itself. They have all made it part of their her class, this was a "problem." Her moth • Website Development / laFortl,fnenextialt . ,,'...... •. ' . er told her, "As a woman, you do not have • Technical Manager .' : For :rric>re, inforn1atio~;[email protected]· or . life's work to study their respective countries' culture a choice; you cannot fail at school." When :.' phon~1'~7524.· . . ... Coly almost got married at the age of 18 ~ ", ' \" and/or history. And now they are in classrooms, sharing and again at 24, it was her mother telling Call 1-7569 or email [email protected] .'. Thankyo~ande~joy your yearbook! ,.; '.' . her to wait until she had the Ph.D. that for more information. " ', .. all this with students in the American Midwest. had eluded her mother because of familial I i, African and French issues part in those changes. at Oxford, he returned to south American universities, Notre Dame topursue a serious study of history. ,! and was geared toward A professor of Political Science ern Africa and began teaching at was the first to reply, offering him a He was driven not by thoughts of j: , , the African immigrant and fellow of the Kroc Institute for Pius XII College, a small Roman one-year contract for 1962-3. With a career, but rather by a deep and population in Lyons. International Peace Studies, Walshe Catholic university in the coun a family of five to consider, Walshe sincere intereCi- ; n She vividly remembers teaches classes on the politics of try of Lesotho. Lesotho is a small jumped at this chance. early 20th-cent her show about female both tropical and southern Africa. country completely surrounded by At the end of that year, George Russia; he wante circumcision in Africa Besides teaching here for 40-plus South Africa, and the Catholic bish Shuster, then special assistant to the to under when she had numerous years, he remains deeply involved ops of southern Africa had opened president of the university, made a stand what callers, some denouncing in events in southern Africa, though Pius XII there as a non-racist, non deal with Walshe: Notre Dame happened to the practice as inhumane, he is "in exile." Apartheid school where black and would support him in the pursuit the country in some defending its mean "Notre Dame gave me the chance white southern Africans could work of his doctorate on the condition ing and tradition. to pursue my interest in South Af together. Being in this environment that for each year he took to do so, She still had her rica. But South Africa formed me," convinced him of the need for full he would come back and teach at Size: 196,200 sq km dream - and promise he says. He remembers the extraor equality of the races under the law Notre Dame. Walshe accepted the (slightly smaller than - of gaining her Ph.D., dinary wildlife, especially in Zimba and for the black South African ma opportunity and returned to Oxford South Dakota) however, and returned to bwe (then Rhodesia) where he went jority to "take control of their own for his doctorate. When he came Population: 10,580,000 the U.S., where she felt to high school - lions, elephants, destiny." He became very interested back to Notre Dame, he started in and began his study of the black the African Studies program and "On Thursday, September 26, the university system antelope, zebras, buffalo - that 2002, the state ferry running be to be more structured are now rare due to poaching and protest movements. stayed for his obligatory five years. After Walshe had been teach He has been here ever since. tween the Senegalese ports of and more personal. Coly the guerilla wars that have flooded Dakar and Ziguinchor capSized. decided on Penn State ing at Pius XII for a few years, the the area with small firearms. Then Designed to hold a maximum' University and finished Apartheid "We Were Living Behind there were the school days that of 550 passengers, the vessel her doctorate in only went from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., regime the Iron Curtain" in South What made Semion Lyandres carried 1,034 people when it four years instead of the followed by "afternoons in glorious encountered a storm and sank FEMINIST MOVEMENT Ayo Abietou Coly left the usual five or six. Africa leave his native land was not Apart sunshine" playing rugby, cricket, well off the coast of Gambia ... paternalistic society of Senegal for the liberties of the U.S. Having achieved her tennis, squash and field hockey and withdrew heid rule, but a different sort of op support of pressive government: Communist Despite divers' rescue efforts, all educational goal, she could practicing riflery. but 64 died." responsibilities. Colypromised that have returned to Senegal, but one Walshe also remembers being all schools Russia. He speaks matter-of-factly she would get her doctorate. major thing kept her in the U.S.: profoundly touched by the human that the about the evils of this regime that When she graduated high school She had her space. She had gotten ity' decency and patience of the punished people "for being people." at 17, Coly spent a year in South used to independence and the space Africans that he had contact with And he insists that although he is which he was born and educated, Carolina studying to be a journal to be herself, and did not want to - who were mostly servants. While culturally and linguistically Rus why people were leaving, and why ist, but returned to Senegal when give these up. Coly decided ~hat living in South Africa and Rhode Size: 84,400 sq km sian, South Bend is his "home." the 1917 revolution happened in the her family determined that she "was Notre Dame had the best position sia, he knew nothing of the protests (slightly larger than Some 20 years ago, 19-year-old first place. Not unable to study and not behaving properly." The early available to her and, despite caveats against Apartheid: He experienced West Virginia) Lyandres found out about a chance support himself at the same time return did not deter her, however, from advisors and others that it was segregation, but the separation of Population: 5,610,000 for a limited amount of people if he stayed in Israel, he wrote to and after earning a degree at the too conservative a campus for her, the races was just "the way life was" "'The Troubles' were a period - many Jews - to leave the Soviet friends in Boston and Washington, University of Dakar in Senegal, she came to Notre Dame in the fall in the 1930s and '40s. It wasn't until of political and social conflict Union. Suffering political repres D.C., who helped him settle in the she returned to the U.S. to study at of200I. he left for the University of Oxford starting in the late 1960s with civil sion and the lack of basic freedoms, U.S. He soon realized that the only Mount Holyoke College in Massa and had contact with people from rights marches and ending with he weighed his prospects in the way for a serious study of history to chusetts' then worked in Georgia at "The Racist Cocoon of all over the British Commonwealth the Good Friday Agreement of Soviet Union. He decided that he happen would be to become a pro the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center South Africa" - the Caribbean, India, Pakistan 1998. According to BBe reports, could not allow this small window of fessional historian, and that became for Nonviolent Social Change, and Though Peter Walshe also came and other parts of Africa - that he over 3,000 people - mostly ci opportunity to pass. Lyandres had his goal. moved around the deep south of the from Africa, his story differs greatly became aware that there was some vilians - were killed during this , the choice between Israel and the Lyandres reached that goal after , U.S. before returning to Dakar for from Coly's. An English-speaking thjng seriously wrong with ,the race time as the Irish Republican Army U.S. Considering himself a Zionist some undergraduate work at Bos her Master's degree. native of South Africa, he lived on relations in South. Africa. and other paramilitaries battled in at the time - though that "fascina ton University and finishing his Coly then was going to get her the white side of the color barrier So when the first mass protests the streets." tion" didn't last very long, he laughs doctorate at Stanford University. doctorate in Lyons, France, but of Apartheid. He's been at Notre began in South Africa while he was - he chose Israel. It seemed more He then taught at East Carolina she "got into other things" there: Dame since 1962, when Father Hes at Oxford in the 1950s, it was dif attractive to him, an "interesting University in Greenville, N.C., for French fashion, disk jockeying at a burgh was president of the univer ficult to see the unrest in his coun Catholic bishops were running. In challenge," even. six years. Then he became aware night club, and hosting a talk-ra sity and only men could be students. try from the outside, but he found order to.keep their mission schools After about five years of living in of a position at Notre Dame and, .~ " dio show. Coly is especially proud Walshe has seen many changes at it easy to relate to the black South in South Africa open, the bishops Israel and serving in the army to since jobs in Russian history "just :~ ,'- of the radio show, Akody (slang for Notre Dame and in South Africa, African cause. were forced to close Pius XII. Af support himself, he realized that don't exist," Lyandres says it wasn't , "What's Up"), which addressed and he has played at least a small After Walshe finished his degree ter Walshe had contacted several he wanted to go back to school a matter of choice, it was a matter of

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Lesotho is a small jumped at this chance. early 20th-cent her show about female both tropical and southern Africa. country completely surrounded by At the end of that year, George Russia; he wante circumcision in Africa Besides teaching here for 40-plus South Africa, and the Catholic bish Shuster, then special assistant to the to under when she had numerous years, he remains deeply involved ops of southern Africa had opened president of the university, made a stand what callers, some denouncing in events in southern Africa, though Pius XII there as a non-racist, non deal with Walshe: Notre Dame happened to the practice as inhumane, he is "in exile." Apartheid school where black and would support him in the pursuit the country in some defending its mean "Notre Dame gave me the chance white southern Africans could work of his doctorate on the condition ing and tradition. to pursue my interest in South Af together. Being in this environment that for each year he took to do so, She still had her rica. But South Africa formed me," convinced him of the need for full he would come back and teach at Size: 196,200 sq km dream - and promise he says. He remembers the extraor equality of the races under the law Notre Dame. Walshe accepted the (slightly smaller than - of gaining her Ph.D., dinary wildlife, especially in Zimba and for the black South African ma opportunity and returned to Oxford South Dakota) however, and returned to bwe (then Rhodesia) where he went jority to "take control of their own for his doctorate. When he came Population: 10,580,000 the U.S., where she felt to high school - lions, elephants, destiny." He became very interested back to Notre Dame, he started in and began his study of the black the African Studies program and "On Thursday, September 26, the university system antelope, zebras, buffalo - that 2002, the state ferry running be to be more structured are now rare due to poaching and protest movements. stayed for his obligatory five years. After Walshe had been teach He has been here ever since. tween the Senegalese ports of and more personal. Coly the guerilla wars that have flooded Dakar and Ziguinchor capSized. decided on Penn State ing at Pius XII for a few years, the the area with small firearms. Then Designed to hold a maximum' University and finished Apartheid "We Were Living Behind there were the school days that of 550 passengers, the vessel her doctorate in only went from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., regime the Iron Curtain" in South What made Semion Lyandres carried 1,034 people when it four years instead of the followed by "afternoons in glorious encountered a storm and sank FEMINIST MOVEMENT Ayo Abietou Coly left the usual five or six. Africa leave his native land was not Apart sunshine" playing rugby, cricket, well off the coast of Gambia ... paternalistic society of Senegal for the liberties of the U.S. Having achieved her tennis, squash and field hockey and withdrew heid rule, but a different sort of op support of pressive government: Communist Despite divers' rescue efforts, all educational goal, she could practicing riflery. but 64 died." responsibilities. Colypromised that have returned to Senegal, but one Walshe also remembers being all schools Russia. He speaks matter-of-factly she would get her doctorate. major thing kept her in the U.S.: profoundly touched by the human that the about the evils of this regime that When she graduated high school She had her space. She had gotten ity' decency and patience of the punished people "for being people." at 17, Coly spent a year in South used to independence and the space Africans that he had contact with And he insists that although he is which he was born and educated, Carolina studying to be a journal to be herself, and did not want to - who were mostly servants. While culturally and linguistically Rus why people were leaving, and why ist, but returned to Senegal when give these up. Coly decided ~hat living in South Africa and Rhode Size: 84,400 sq km sian, South Bend is his "home." the 1917 revolution happened in the her family determined that she "was Notre Dame had the best position sia, he knew nothing of the protests (slightly larger than Some 20 years ago, 19-year-old first place. Not unable to study and not behaving properly." The early available to her and, despite caveats against Apartheid: He experienced West Virginia) Lyandres found out about a chance support himself at the same time return did not deter her, however, from advisors and others that it was segregation, but the separation of Population: 5,610,000 for a limited amount of people if he stayed in Israel, he wrote to and after earning a degree at the too conservative a campus for her, the races was just "the way life was" "'The Troubles' were a period - many Jews - to leave the Soviet friends in Boston and Washington, University of Dakar in Senegal, she came to Notre Dame in the fall in the 1930s and '40s. It wasn't until of political and social conflict Union. Suffering political repres D.C., who helped him settle in the she returned to the U.S. to study at of200I. he left for the University of Oxford starting in the late 1960s with civil sion and the lack of basic freedoms, U.S. He soon realized that the only Mount Holyoke College in Massa and had contact with people from rights marches and ending with he weighed his prospects in the way for a serious study of history to chusetts' then worked in Georgia at "The Racist Cocoon of all over the British Commonwealth the Good Friday Agreement of Soviet Union. He decided that he happen would be to become a pro the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center South Africa" - the Caribbean, India, Pakistan 1998. According to BBe reports, could not allow this small window of fessional historian, and that became for Nonviolent Social Change, and Though Peter Walshe also came and other parts of Africa - that he over 3,000 people - mostly ci opportunity to pass. Lyandres had his goal. moved around the deep south of the from Africa, his story differs greatly became aware that there was some vilians - were killed during this , the choice between Israel and the Lyandres reached that goal after , U.S. before returning to Dakar for from Coly's. An English-speaking thjng seriously wrong with ,the race time as the Irish Republican Army U.S. Considering himself a Zionist some undergraduate work at Bos her Master's degree. native of South Africa, he lived on relations in South. Africa. and other paramilitaries battled in at the time - though that "fascina ton University and finishing his Coly then was going to get her the white side of the color barrier So when the first mass protests the streets." tion" didn't last very long, he laughs doctorate at Stanford University. doctorate in Lyons, France, but of Apartheid. He's been at Notre began in South Africa while he was - he chose Israel. It seemed more He then taught at East Carolina she "got into other things" there: Dame since 1962, when Father Hes at Oxford in the 1950s, it was dif attractive to him, an "interesting University in Greenville, N.C., for French fashion, disk jockeying at a burgh was president of the univer ficult to see the unrest in his coun Catholic bishops were running. In challenge," even. six years. Then he became aware night club, and hosting a talk-ra sity and only men could be students. try from the outside, but he found order to.keep their mission schools After about five years of living in of a position at Notre Dame and, .~ " dio show. Coly is especially proud Walshe has seen many changes at it easy to relate to the black South in South Africa open, the bishops Israel and serving in the army to since jobs in Russian history "just :~ ,'- of the radio show, Akody (slang for Notre Dame and in South Africa, African cause. were forced to close Pius XII. Af support himself, he realized that don't exist," Lyandres says it wasn't , "What's Up"), which addressed and he has played at least a small After Walshe finished his degree ter Walshe had contacted several he wanted to go back to school a matter of choice, it was a matter of

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According to But Smyth is glad to escape Dublin Coly spent three weeks in Senegal that the book had been used by the time, and says that there was a sense BBC reports, over traffic and the economic strains in then, after being away for four years, prisoners around Mandela, part of of incredible relief watching the stat 3,000 people - mostly the schools of the United Kingdom. and was able to attend the national their ongoing educational program: ues of soviet leaders being torn down civilians - were killed He appreciates the resources that funeral. She had been afraid to go It sort of mad e - in much the same fashion as was during this time as the Notre Dame has, and the resulting Irish Republican Army "can do" mentality when it comes to ~::~~:E:;'E~i!~:;;':~~'Y~1'~i~~,,/;;: ~~~~:~~~~~, ~:td;:,Hussein in I and other paramilitaries organizing conferences and intellec .;."'" battled in the streets. tual endeavors. reality of the tragedy. Colywas /. ·.. "H~,£lllidamen:tali ',,~ Under the Dome: . 11 f 1fi h /. '.' t .. "' -- ",~ .." -'- - -' -" -. '." . ,., 1 • Bloody Sunday, re And Smyth does find the whole espeCla ygrate u ort esup- .' .... ' <,{,.;,,)::...... "":'. ~;i:,:"·.·.,'\ mpresslons membered in the U2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish phe song of the same name, nomenon "quite entertaining." Not h~;ts~~~:~~e:~~~~~n~:t~~ /: '9:~~¥-9ff'qYl1' ~;?Ji:~~~~!i,ti~{\·>:\ p;~~s a~t;rt~~o:!~fd U;e!; was one of the major only is there "almost zero connec Dame faculty as she dealt r' ·:is·~tnat:we:alfe5hQtit1i~.ji ,/ \ different from our little events during this time, tion" between the Fighting Irish with the aftermath both V-::'~" ..c---c'fI~~;':'~::;>''''':-::·~:·''7·:;·C,'T7--· microcosm, what do these involving much blood and Ireland, but he says that Irish personally and with the \ 'eertte£~OEthe'worUli' I professors think about the shed and bombing. As journalists have joked that "[Notre . unimaginably difficult Dame] got their Celts mixed up with re~~0: ~:~;oJi~~;~nt time \ .. '·ri:i~h~~,,~~;~~~r~~~~,,~,/.. j ~~;::t:eo:o~oetr~p~::~~ as the events seem to their kilts." The specific reference is and region of Africa, chaos \'·~~":~-':~·-'·--:\%~i::1::,·.f::t-:,~~:~-\,,~?~,:o~~{1 from these outsiders- many people, many of to the Irish Guard, who, Smyth says, reigned in the offices of the '\ .... '.. ..•...... nO.i,lf.'J.'a.·." S~. Q.i,v.rlin. a~/! 'j turned-insiders. them happened while look like "a Walt Disney version of African National Congress. \..... ,--'- .~;T: ~,>-:~:.Y·'-~C',~~·\-i!l'i/ All four note the drive and Smyth was not too far a Scottish regiment in the British Phones didn't work. People ~", ...... itldiViidnals;.~"! work ethic of Notre Dame stu- .' WORLDS APART PeterWalshe's experiences growing up in away, and some he even army." scrambled all over. The noise was "'<~' '7"~'-'--'-"'!. :'-'-::r"""-"-"-' . dents. Colysays that Notre Dame a segregated South Africa have allowed him to educate South witnessed. "But who cares?" he says. "It's deafening. '-..~'. students are extremely receptive, Africans and Notre Dame students alike. But there is more to harmless." In fact, he can appreci It was 1990: Nelson Mandela generous and well-behaved, add- Smyth's life in Ireland . ate that the leprechaun mascot origi recently had been released from James McAdams, ing that, if she ever left, she would pursuing opportunity. For the past than bombs and turmoil. He went nated in the attempt to put a positive prison and the African National director of the Nanovic Institute miss the students the most. Smyth three years, he has been an associate to Trinity College Dublin for his spin on a negative stereotype. Congress (ANC) was rushing to for European Studies appreciates the dutiful attitude of professor of history and a fellow of undergraduate degree and left in put the headquarters - declared Notre Dame students, but he la- both the Kellogg Institute for Inter 1985 to pursue further education Tragedy and Triumphs illegal and abandoned for 30 years merits the American system's way national Studies and the Nanovic in England - not necessarily to get While Smyth was right in the - back on line. Walshe had come life worthwhile." of stretching them too thin, erring Institute for European Studies, and out of Ireland, but rather to go to midst of the turmoil for the worst to Johannesburg, South Africa, and In 1994. the white Apartheid re- on the side of breadth of knowledge. is currently working to improve the the University of Cambridge. After of the Troubles, Coly, Walshe and it was in this office building that he gime stood down, a new constitution And while Walshe has seen many program in Russian history here at spending 10 years in England getting Lyandres were at Notre Dame when agreed to meet up with a man named was put in place, and Nelson Man- improvements in the quality of the Notre Dame. his Ph.D., being a research fellow at some far-reaching events happened Inlade Seke, who had been in prison dela gained presidency by winning student body over his years here, he Cambridge, and teaching at Oxford, in their respective countries. with Mandela. the first non-racist elections in the does wish that current students were "I Was Quite Nearby" he was attracted to Notre Dame by On Thursday, September 26,2002, As they were walking out of the history of South Africa. more concerned with international A colleague ofLyandres in the De the Irish Studies program. the state ferry running between building, Seke told Walshe the rea- And Walshe was here at Notre affairs, as students tended to be in partment of History and a fellow of Smyth has been here teaching the Senegalese ports of Dakar and son for his wanting to meet. In 1971, Dame, applauding wildly. the '60s and '70s. While realizing both the Nanovic Institute and the Irish and British history for eight Ziguinchor capsized. Designed to .r Walshe had published the first aca- The fall of another oppressiv~ that their students may represent a Keough Institute for Irish Studies, years now, but still goes back to hold a maximum of 550 passengers, demicstudyoftheAfricanNational regime came in 1991, two years minority in the student population, t~ ...... Professor Jim Smyth is originally the United Kingdom at least once, the vessel carried 1,034 people when Congress - Nelson Mandela's po- after the fall of the Berlin Wall and Lyandres and Coly both commend from Belfast, Northern Ireland. usually twice per year, especially to . , it encountered a storm and sank well litical organization. The book, The just after a major coup, as Mikhail the genuine intellectual curiosity , While his homeland's "Troubles" Cambridge and Dublin and to the off the coast of Gambia, according Rise of African Nationalism in South Gorbachev ceded power to Boris about the non-Western world.··· had "nothing to do, whatsoever," mountains of Donegal. to BBC news reports. Despite divers' Africa: The ANC, 1912-1952, had Yeltsin, thus ending decades of . While Coly is delighted about the with his reasons for leaving the What does he miss about Ireland? rescue efforts, all but 64 died. been banned in southern Africa. Soviet Communism, the USSR and open-mindedness of Notre Dame stu country, this Catholic Republican's "Draught Guinness," he quips, Coly lost 15 members of her ex Seke wanted Walshe to know that in the Cold War. dents, she has encountered resistance adolescence directly coincided with "which is undrinkable outside the is tended family that day. the early 1980s, the prison authori- "Almost nobody expected that this from some fellow professors, at times the outbreak of that turbul~nt era. land ofIreland." But he really misses And they still are affected deeply ties had permitted the prisoners to monolith one day would fall apart feeling all too aware that she has five "The Troubles" were a period of every facet of life there, from such by the tragedy. One ul.1cle lost his get a copy of the book, and that they like a house of cards - and that's "differences" working against her: political and social conflict starting niceties as listening to BBC Radio wife and five children. 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;; woman. She attributes the occasional We all bring our values to what we and various foreign language de Coming Soon: A Theater N·ear You ! awkwardness to the fact that they may do, and we better make them explicit partments. The institutes have the · not be used to such a close encounter and talk about them." resources and manpower to attract The future home of performing arts at Notre Dame is stacked with 21 st-century features · with diversity. It is also important to try to un professors to Notre Dame who may Coly insists, however, that being derstand the other side of the battle, not consider Notre Dan KATIEBARON is fully trapped, has 10 tiilles the capacity in student-run productions will continue , Muslim is not difficult at Notre however. Walshe gives the example The Kroc Institute, for lighting and has a greatly improved sound to take place in Washington Hall. The , Dame. In fact, she has become more of the Dutch Afrikaaners who domi ample, "is an institut. en you think of the "Notre system, which includes adjustable acoustics Performing Arts Center is not suited for : devoted to practicing her religion, nated the Apartheid regime: While that takes seriously W Dame Experience," what that permit acoustic quality to be altered student performances, as the stages in the · praying and fasting more since com one can write them off as power comes to mind? An outstand from event to event. new facility must be attended to by profes ing here. She says that this is perhaps The building features highly specified sionals due to the costs and dangers of the hungry "demons," it is more impor SOUTH ing education? Action-based spirituality? , the result ofbeing touched by Notre tant to take an empathetic approach Football weekends? The uniU!rsity has long performance rooms, including a main modem technology. However, because pro AFRICA Dame's religious environment. and find out why they were such a provided its students with a wide variety of stage theater, a concert hall, an organ and fessional performances will be moved to the Size: 1,219,912 sq km defensive minority, how even the both academic and extra-curricular oppor chorale hall, a studio theater and a THX Performing Arts Center, student-booking (slightly less than Playing Fair deepest thinkers could promote the tunities to enhance the Notre Dame expe certified cinema. The 200-seat Browning time in Washington Hall should increase twice the size ofTexas) All four professors seem to agree idea of "separate, but equal," and why rience. With the completion of the Marie FamilyTHX Cinema is equal to the best dramatically (pun intended). Population: 42,770,000 on how to approach teaching about it was always separate, but devastat P. DeBartolo Center The Performing Arts "In 1994, the white Apartheid · their native countries: acknowledge ingly unequal and discriminatory. for the Performing Center also will benefit regime stood down, a new that the viewpoint is not - and nei- Smyth and Lyandres agree that Arts, Notre Dame will the general community constitution was put in place, · ther can nor should be - objective; whether one was raised in the cul be able to provide its of Notre Dame and South and Nelson Mandela gained , embrace the fact that it is subjective, ture about which one is speaking or students an even more Bend. Haynes says, "There , presidency by winning the first L· . - ._- • and be fair to the other side. not, true objectivity is unattainable. comprehensive college will be almost continuous .. non-racist elections in the ! .. Walshe believes that part of his Smyth prefers the label "fair-mind experience. opportunities available [for history of South Africa." mission is to teach not only about ed," while Lyandres uses "scholarly" The new addition the community to take ad · Africa but also about the values to describe his treatment of opposing to campus will offer vantage of the Performing involved. He stresses the ethical academic and cultural =====..,. .L ._L,_A;_..:h~L~~_ '-...... '!, .. ::.,...,,"""" ...... e: Arts Center]." sides and views. CONCEPTTO REALITY As its completion approaches, the new DeBartolo Performing Arts issues involved in African politics, Coly adds that it is sometimes in the prospect that religion can be a opportunItIes to stu-Center on the south end of campus looks very similar to this concept drawing. Among these oppor- · especially in the struggles against teresting being an "insider" teach source of peace-building or of vio dents, faculty and the tunities are a number of • racial injustice and the polarization ing about a culture and hearing the lence," Lopez says, adding that this surrounding community. In the words movie theatres in the Midwest; in fact, it performances already booked for next · of rich and poor. He says that teach "outsider" views of students, all of .perspective of peace and religion is .. ofJohn Haynes, the Judd and Mary Lou is only the fourth THX-certified cinema year. The impressive list includes the ing is "not a value-free operation. whom have very different cultural a strong attraction of the institute, , Leighton Director for the Performing in Indiana. Chieftans, the Emerson String Quar and intellectual "baggage." She and therefore Notre Dame. . Arts and Executive Director of the Marie The building is constructed on seven tet, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and insists upon not "taking custody James McAdams, the director of P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing separate foundations to ensure that sound Emanuel Ax, as well as various musical of meaning" just becaus~ she the Nanovic Institute for European Arts, "We are not replacing anything in is not transmitted from one stage to an groups from both Notre Dame and the comes from the country ofstudy: Studies, expresses how valuable these the life of Notre Dame, but merely add other. As Haynes explains, on a given night South Bend community: The South Bend The interpretation taken by the professors are: "As wonderful an edu ing to it." there may be "a loud movie in the cinema Symphony Orchestra has already sched . students can also be quite valid. cational environment as Notre Dame Washington Hall, the current per and a symphony playing in the concert uled a chamber music series for next year. is, we tend to get a pretty rarified view forming arts building, was constructed hall, and one will not disturb the other." Haynes feels this wide range of classical Diversity Support of the world from our isolated cam in the 1880s. The fact that Notre Dame's Although the Performing Arts Center and world music will help to further All four of these professors are pus. Most of us haven't had to deal current main stage was built in the 19th will function primarily as the main stage broaden the Notre Dame experience for fellows of one or more university with the challenges of a tumultuous century illustrates Haynes' belief "that for the Notre Dame campus, its uses will all students. "Whether you're a biology Size: 17,075,200 sq km institutes - but what does that society in our day-to-day lives." He the arts have not received adequate at vary. Haynes asserts that the Perform student, in the School of Architecture ... (approximately twice mean? George Lopez, the director adds, "A fundamental part of our edu tention at Notre Dame." Haynes and ing Arts Center also will serve as a tool or a graduate student, the number of cul the size of the U.S.) of policy studies for and senior fel cation is that we are not the center of many others agree that Notre Dame for enhancing the education of all Notre tural experiences available to you is about Population: 144,530,000 low of the Joan B. Kroc Institute the world, neither as Americans nor has done a wonderful job in other areas, Dame students. In particular, the facil to go up tremendously," he says. for International Peace Studies, as ordinary individuals." . including science, ethics and athletics. ity will serve as the new home to Notre The Performing Arts Center has some "In 1991, two years after the fall explains that the various institutes All in all, these professors are The arts, however, have not benefited Dame's Film, Television and Theatre thing for everyone: For those interested of the Berlin Wall. and just after a supply organizational support and happy to be at Notre Dame. In the from the same amount of attention; this Department. Students will benefit from in film, the Performing Arts Center will major coup, as Mikhail Gorbachev. funding, describing the institutes eyes of each, the advantages heavily lack of attention inspired the creation this move, as they will be able to practice program a new series offilms to play on Fri ceded power to Boris Yeltsin, as "horizontal weaves through a outweigh the disadvantages. And the of the new Performing Arts Center. In and perform on fully rigged, professional day and Saturday nights. The ND Cinema thus ending decades of Soviet vertically organized departmen students, faculty and administration .. May 2004, the Performing Arts Center stages and make use of the dozen state-of series will also relocate to the new center. Communism, the USSR and the tal system," since the institutes of Notre Dame are happy to have will be completed, adding a masterpiece the-art film and video editing bays located Haynes and his colleagues have great Cold War." corroborate and strengthen the them here, embodying a little bit of modern technology to Notre Dame's in the basement. "There is a big difference expectations for the new Performing work done by the Departments of history and current events from campus. between working on 15- to 24-year-old Arts Center. The expected benefits will of History and Political Science outside the American sphere. 0 The new facility is outfitted with profes equipment and working with thoroughly make the university, as Haynes puts it, sional equipment and up-to-date technol modern equipment," Haynes says. "a campus where the arts are not merely ogy. As opposep to Washington Hall, the The equipment housed within the Per available, but become a cherished part of .1 Notre Dame life." 0 1 main stage in the Performing Arts Center forming Arts Center is so modern that 14 SCHOLASTICCOVER STORY ISAPRIL 2004 SCHOLASTICCAMPUS LIFE 15

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------______J _ ~ ______Location, Location, Location Bottom Left: Beer signs mingle with a Morrison poster and plush seating;Top Left:The residents of 459 Zahm recline and grin - it's the Charlie way; Right:The foreboding door belies the room's inviting atmosphere; Center:As if the bar and the decorations are not enough, Let the Good 459 Zahm even has a clear view of the dome.

the m~unted TV behind the bar, and the bartender will serve McConnell describes Charlie's as "a bar on the weekends or Times Roll you "Charlie's Special:" 24 ounces of cold Natty Light in a tall at night, but a lounge during the week." Attesting to its multi pilsner glass. functionality, Charlie's has a certairi. coziness created by its plush With much for the wandering eye, Charlie's decor is as much green carpet, two large sofas across the west and south walls, KATIE SOLAN kitschy as it is classic. On the left of the entrance is a large tie and a floor lamp between the two, bathing a well-worn recliner dyed print ofJim Morrison, basking in the eerie glow of a black and Jeff the Plant in soft, white light. ny dutiful Notre Dame bar-hopper begins his Thursday light; on the right is a rustic wood-cut of the Anheuser Busch Jeff the Plant, who proudly guards an autographed poster ~~ight of revelry atLegen?s, lured in by the bar's surpris logo and its graceful, proud eagle. of Carmen Electra, is seen as something of an oracle. Resi ngly potent $2 margantas. However, tucked away at Next is a framed image of a wood-carved, slightly toothy dents maintain thatJeff miraculously came back to life after 459 Zahm lies "the other campus bar" - Good Time Charlie's old man in aJohn Deere cap with a pint in his hand. The cap a near-death experience during the World Series - a sure - complete with a hand-made ,bar-top, a signature. drink and, tion below him reads, "I spent most of my money on beer and prophecy, Tarnowski says, of a triumph for the Cubs next of course, a certified beer master. women - the rest I just wasted." The men of 459 nicknamed season. The idea for Good Time Charlie's, as residents Joe Het the old wooden man Charlie, and he serves as general overseer Although Charlie's always welcomes a good'time, residents tler, Bryan Logan, Matt McConnell, Eric Tarnowski and of the bar. insist that Good Time Charlie's is more than just a site for par Drew Updike term their unique living space, arose from the Although there is an eclectic mix of Zahm pride (a flag ties, fight nights and poker tournaments. "Charlie's is more like need to have "a place where everyone knows your, name," with Zahm's token "z" takes up a large portion of the north an attitude, a state of mind," says Tarnowski. "It's like Jimmy Logan says. wall) and Americana, beer paraphernalia is, of course, 459's Buffet and Margaritaville." . The spacious common room is the heart of Charlie's, the dominant decorating theme. The room features a Jack So the next time you're at Charlie's enjoying a tall,cold . northeastern corner ofwhich featUres a smooth wooden bar-top Daniel's clock, an elegant Miller Lite mirror behind the Natty Light, glance away from the game once in a while to hand-crafted by Tarnowski. Always fully stocked, the bar has bar, a neon Michelob sign and Budweiser beer flags hung behind the bar and take note of the vintage Jimmy Buffet a small fridge snugly fitted behind it, above which is proudly from the ceiling. '. poster. Let Island Jimmy, perhaps the quintessential pt:o HIT THE BOOKS Parents concerned by the amount of beer paraphernalia in this displayed Tarnowski's certificate of mastery from the Budweiser Situated in the room's southwest corner, a rather charming ponent of good-a!' fun, remind you to return often to the Zahm qUint need not worry. The residents are fine, upstanding American boys who, as Beer School (fully accredited, of course). Charlie's good-time state of mind. Just don't forget to tip the this tidy desk attests, devote time to both work and play. Moosehead beer 3-D picture box is displayed and is aptly de Pull up a barstool, grab a coaster, gaze at Sports Center on scribed by one resident as a "moving-light-picture thing." bartender when you're there. . Cl . . . , \. 16 SCHOLASTICCAMPUS LIFE 15 APRIL 2004 15 APRIL 2004 SCHOLASTICCAMPUS LIFE 17 hoy, Gipplings. Jesus is back. the struggle. Neo re-awakens to a strange club? Apparently a young Gippling in A Spring is in the air. Thanks to an reality, and because of a mental short-cir training for his new gig as a bachelorette ad that recently ran in the campus cuit, he pulls the trigger on Morpheus' gun party dancer thought it would be a good daily rag, I hear the sports office at Scho instead of his own - teamwork at its most idea to practice his act by candlelight lastic has been flooded with applications unfortunate. Luckily, Trinity is more clear '" prayer-candle light. Well, after strip for editor. And the Gipp's e-mail box is headed and helps Neo convert his software ping himself down to his boxers in front full of good tips. Speaking of e-mail, does to hardware, so he can finish the mission. of St. Bernadette and all the world, our anyone else find it ridiculous that OIT is The Gipp doesn't really understand what soused stripper swooned, having to be asking us for our help? Many ofyou more all this means, but is sufficiently disturbed awakened by students who had come to astute Gipplings may have noticed a news and can't wait for the sequel. the Grotto to get some praying done. bullet on the WebMail login page that The nerve! After reads: "URGENT: Please help the OIT coming to, strip reclaim disk space ..." I don't know about per boy alertly you, but OIT is near the bottom of the made his way Gipp's list of people to help. Could you to Corby Hall, imagine if other deparments behaved this only to pass out way? "GRAB 'N GO EMERGENCY: there, as well. Please take only one side item today." Good idea, pal! Anyway, on to the good stuff. Minutes later, a priest found our Soviet Takeover protagonist, It looks like the collapse of the Berlin brought him Wall almost 15 years ago may not have to his senses, done away entirely with our comrades to and escorted the East after all. A Gipplingvisiting South him back to his Quad shot these predawn photos one week dorm. On the day morning, immortalizing an act that left way, they recov the Gipp wondering, "Why didn't I think of ered the articles that?" You see, the Gipp always has taken a of clothing that fancy to Communism and all that it has to he had left at the offer. The Gipp suspects that the culprit is Virgin Mary's none other than the vice president for stu feet. And some APS"~ 15 Danielle Rose dent affairs. He's already brought Stalinism say the Gipp Notre Damcgraduatc rdrosillg /rUSCCOlld album. IOpm to campus in practice; propaganda is the has been ir next logical step. For that, the Gipp would reverent at the APrM 16 Bill Bushart ' like to award this distinguished gentleman Grotto. Just Dttrolt comic wlto has worked witlt tire b~tCSt nantcs 1;1 C()ntf'.{/y. l{)pm with the 2004 inaugural Gippie Award. look at this guy! Congratulations! Pac-Man Destroys Fountain PS - the Gipp is unsure' ... isn't strip APrM 17WVFl presents Saturday Looks Good To Me Apparently, Pac-Man, after escaping ping at the Grotto one of those instant Witlssptdalguti!, Whatever You Want JOprn An Unholy Trinity the Gipp's TV screen, dashed through the damnation sins? So two roommates, let's call them Neo Coleman-Morse Center last month and APrn 20 Business Drinking Etiquette .1 : I and Morpheus, are watching The Matrix: mistook the main pipe that routes water Well, Gipplings, unfortunately, that's Reloaded and get a little too into it, want to the granite ball fountain for his ghost the end of this year-long chapter of ing to act it out themselves. N eo brings his nemesis Blinky. No news as to when the Campus Watch. We're all done until APril 21 Theology on Tap girlfriend, "Trinity," to the room, and he water will once again be flowing. the fall. In the meantime, I have to get enters her matrix. While reloading, how back to manipulating the movements of ever, alcohol levels unplug his mind, and he a big yellow ball through a maze of dots. APril 22 Live at Legends -The Very Best of Acoustic Cafe passes out. Morpheus, feeling lonely and Reflections at the Grotto If you can't find me, I'll be at Q*Bert's ready for action, decides that Trinity isn't The Grotto: ateverent place of prayer, conspiring with communist penguins. named Trinity for nothing, so he joins in a mecca for Notre Dame visitors, a strip OK, bye. 1:1 APi'il 23 Swing Night with Bopology

18 SCHOLASTICCAMPUSWATCH 15 APRIL 2004 APi"iI 24 SUB presents Slainte Mhath (TBA)

-- --' --_.------hoy, Gipplings. Jesus is back. the struggle. Neo re-awakens to a strange club? Apparently a young Gippling in A Spring is in the air. Thanks to an reality, and because of a mental short-cir training for his new gig as a bachelorette ad that recently ran in the campus cuit, he pulls the trigger on Morpheus' gun party dancer thought it would be a good daily rag, I hear the sports office at Scho instead of his own - teamwork at its most idea to practice his act by candlelight lastic has been flooded with applications unfortunate. Luckily, Trinity is more clear '" prayer-candle light. Well, after strip for editor. And the Gipp's e-mail box is headed and helps Neo convert his software ping himself down to his boxers in front full of good tips. Speaking of e-mail, does to hardware, so he can finish the mission. of St. Bernadette and all the world, our anyone else find it ridiculous that OIT is The Gipp doesn't really understand what soused stripper swooned, having to be asking us for our help? Many ofyou more all this means, but is sufficiently disturbed awakened by students who had come to astute Gipplings may have noticed a news and can't wait for the sequel. the Grotto to get some praying done. bullet on the WebMail login page that The nerve! After reads: "URGENT: Please help the OIT coming to, strip reclaim disk space ..." I don't know about per boy alertly you, but OIT is near the bottom of the made his way Gipp's list of people to help. Could you to Corby Hall, imagine if other deparments behaved this only to pass out way? "GRAB 'N GO EMERGENCY: there, as well. Please take only one side item today." Good idea, pal! Anyway, on to the good stuff. Minutes later, a priest found our Soviet Takeover protagonist, It looks like the collapse of the Berlin brought him Wall almost 15 years ago may not have to his senses, done away entirely with our comrades to and escorted the East after all. A Gipplingvisiting South him back to his Quad shot these predawn photos one week dorm. On the day morning, immortalizing an act that left way, they recov the Gipp wondering, "Why didn't I think of ered the articles that?" You see, the Gipp always has taken a of clothing that fancy to Communism and all that it has to he had left at the offer. The Gipp suspects that the culprit is Virgin Mary's none other than the vice president for stu feet. And some APS"~ 15 Danielle Rose dent affairs. He's already brought Stalinism say the Gipp Notre Damcgraduatc rdrosillg /rUSCCOlld album. IOpm to campus in practice; propaganda is the has been ir next logical step. For that, the Gipp would reverent at the APrM 16 Bill Bushart ' like to award this distinguished gentleman Grotto. Just Dttrolt comic wlto has worked witlt tire b~tCSt nantcs 1;1 C()ntf'.{/y. l{)pm with the 2004 inaugural Gippie Award. look at this guy! Congratulations! Pac-Man Destroys Fountain PS - the Gipp is unsure' ... isn't strip APrM 17WVFl presents Saturday Looks Good To Me Apparently, Pac-Man, after escaping ping at the Grotto one of those instant Witlssptdalguti!, Whatever You Want JOprn An Unholy Trinity the Gipp's TV screen, dashed through the damnation sins? So two roommates, let's call them Neo Coleman-Morse Center last month and APrn 20 Business Drinking Etiquette .1 : I and Morpheus, are watching The Matrix: mistook the main pipe that routes water Well, Gipplings, unfortunately, that's Reloaded and get a little too into it, want to the granite ball fountain for his ghost the end of this year-long chapter of ing to act it out themselves. N eo brings his nemesis Blinky. No news as to when the Campus Watch. We're all done until APril 21 Theology on Tap girlfriend, "Trinity," to the room, and he water will once again be flowing. the fall. In the meantime, I have to get enters her matrix. While reloading, how back to manipulating the movements of ever, alcohol levels unplug his mind, and he a big yellow ball through a maze of dots. APril 22 Live at Legends -The Very Best of Acoustic Cafe passes out. Morpheus, feeling lonely and Reflections at the Grotto If you can't find me, I'll be at Q*Bert's ready for action, decides that Trinity isn't The Grotto: ateverent place of prayer, conspiring with communist penguins. named Trinity for nothing, so he joins in a mecca for Notre Dame visitors, a strip OK, bye. 1:1 APi'il 23 Swing Night with Bopology

18 SCHOLASTICCAMPUSWATCH 15 APRIL 2004 APi"iI 24 SUB presents Slainte Mhath (TBA)

-- --' --_.------Senior captainM~redith Simon has'piloted theJri~h women'slacrosse teamto a No. 2 ranking in the nation this seas6n;The midfielderfrom Academic Standards - An Obstacle or an Accomplishment? -,Flemington, NJ, leads Notre Dame in goals and assists this season.This ' Our Calls I Under the Scope by Christopher Meskill- [email protected] .,' , .• comes'asno surprise, since Slm Sunday, the Irish will continue their unacceptable. Obviously, Notre Dame football coach at Notre Dame, recruited a is the only university to rank among the home dominance and will improve football has hit rock bottom, a position talented class comprised of both black and top five schools in the nation for both How do yoti feelyouaidthete~ a~. captaul? 'Ilil{eto~leadby exainple their record to 9-1 at home by from which it is incapable of escaping. white athletes. In the past, Notre Dame the graduation rate of football players , and .wor~ togecli.erWith[Andr~a1 Kirillikto make~sure.that everyone is._ .. ' winning both games of the double The only possible way to ameliorate the ...•... focused on winning a national chal11pionship ... ,.... " " .... header. Look for the Irish to prevent current situation is to compromise the ~-. - .. ~ the Friars' offense from getting off university's standards in a misguided, The only way to ameliorate the current situation the ground. Also expect offense from racist crusade, right? Wrong! is to compromise the university's standards in a Meagan Ruthrauff and Megan Ciolli To most people, this statement is simply ridiculous. Notre Dame has a reputation misguided, racist crusade, right? Wrong! early in the game to give the Irish for being a football school, but above momentum that will carry them How (}o:you pJ(epa~e YOurself for.-aga,me?Every gam~'t:wearth~ all else it is an institution of higher football teams have been led by such re and the number of players bound for through the long day.The Irish will " ,samesoeks andspandc:x. Rig~t beforetliegame; me and a couple of learning. However, Notre Dame's 1956 nowned white players as George Gipp, the NFL. Notre Dame is also one of win with scores of 6-2 and 7-3 . .my teammatesdal,lcein thelOcker room"Afterthat,Ialways eata , Heisman winner, Paul Hornung, sees no Joe Montana and Paul Hornung himself, the only universities to be a top-20 uni CHRISTOPHERMESKILL as well as by outstanding black athletes, versity both in academics and in overall Snickers Marathon bar right before I walkout onto the field.lam prettY SPORTS EDITOR other way to fix the football fiasco than superstitiou~; , " .' .. to undermine the distinguished academic including "Rocket" Ismail,Jerome Bettis' athletics. Our academic and athletic standards of the university. On a Detroit and Julius Jones. traditions should compliment, rather .. W}iatare your plans for life after Notre Dame?Iw6~ldlik:e.tocoach radio station, Hornung said, "[Notre Hornung's comments elicited criti than oppose, each other. KEYTOTHE GAME: , DivisibnTlacrosse. Then I woUld eventUally like to get my teaching Dame has] gotta get the black athlete. We cism from across the coutnry and drew a Notre Dame's balance of academics and Conquering the Mound certificate, teach highschool and coach high school lacrosse. must get the black athlete if we're going response from Notre Dame's administra athletics is one of the things that makes The Irish pitching has been to compete." His solution for "getting the tion. Notre Dame spokesperson Matthew the university unique. Not manyuniversi remarkable so far this season, :Who is your favorite athlete? Bernie WIllIams of the rNew York]Yanke~s black athlete:" Notre Dame must relax its Storincommented that "[the University] ties can offer an athlete the opportunity carrying a 1.73 combined ERA and is definitely my favorite athlete, because he is modest, he is awesome, and academic requirements. strongly disagrees with the thesis of these to play on television every week, to receive holding opponents to a stifling .198 . heisa great'leader. I just think that heis the perfect athlete. First of all, I would like to note that the remarks" and that "[Hornung's remarks] one of the finest educations in the land, batting average. If Heather Booth best way to NOT"get the black athlete" is are generally insensitive and specifically and to walk away with a degree that is (15-4) and Steffany Stenglein (11-7) What is your most memorable moment as a Notre Dame athlete? to insult his race's collective intelligence insulting to our past and current African highly respected by employers. Notre show up with their "An games, the . Sophomore year was the first time we gotinto the NCAA Tournament. We across the airwaves of a city with one of American student-athletes." Dame's academic standards are the most Friars have no prayer against Notre played Ohio State athome and we had a great game. We won and advanced the highest black populations in the na Likely pressured by the university, attractive facet of this university, and a Dame. 'to th~ second round. It was just a great day. ' tion. In addition, Notre Dame's gradu Hornung retracted some of his com return to football glory should not come ation rates for both black athletes and ments. In his latest press conference, at the expense of Notre Dame's tradition white athletes have been largely even, Hornung said that Notre Dame needs of academic excellence. 0

STATZONE Baseball (25-4, 7-1): After losing their on Saturday, April 10. This loss was the only including five of six this week. The Irish this month. On Thursday, April 15, Notre games standing between them and perfection. Christopher Meskill brings you ... home opener on March 23, the No. 4 conference loss for the Irish so far this season, recently swept . Connecticut, Boston Dame will host Illinois-Chicago at Ivy Field. So far; the Irish have defeated powerhouses Fighting Irish baseball team has been in the and they currently are atop the Big East College and Syracuse, each in two-game Game time is 5:00 p.m. such as Stanford, Duke and, most recently, ALL THE STATS zone, winning 12 of their last 13 games. The standings. At noon this Saturday,Aprii 17, the series. Sophomore pitcher Heather Booth Ohio State (all ranked higher than the Irish streak began with a 16-6 win over Detroit Irish will face Georgetown in Bethesda, Md. Women's Lacrosse (10-0, 3-0): With in preseason polls).The Irish have been led by you need to know, and junior pitcher Steffany Stenglein have and continued as the Irish defeated Big East been untouchable during the month of its best start in the program's eight-year senior co-captain Meredith Simon, who has rivals West Virginia, Villanova and Boston Softball (31-11, 6-0): The Fighting Irish March, allowing three runs or less in all but history, the No. 2 Notre Dame women's the most goals and assists for the Irish this College. Notre Dame's lone loss during the have been making up for lost ground one game. Meanwhile, the Irish bats have lacrosse team looks to finish the season with season. Their next match is at I:00 p.m. on stretch was at home against Boston College lately, winning eight' of their last 10 games, been alive, averaging over six runs per game an untainted record. The Irish have only six Saturday,Apr. 17, at No.5 Georgetown. 0

20 SCHOI.ASTICSPORTS 15 APRIL 2004 15 APRIL 2004 SCHOLASTICSPORTS 21 Senior captainM~redith Simon has'piloted theJri~h women'slacrosse teamto a No. 2 ranking in the nation this seas6n;The midfielderfrom Academic Standards - An Obstacle or an Accomplishment? -,Flemington, NJ, leads Notre Dame in goals and assists this season.This ' Our Calls I Under the Scope by Christopher Meskill- [email protected] .,' , .• comes'asno surprise, since Slm Sunday, the Irish will continue their unacceptable. Obviously, Notre Dame football coach at Notre Dame, recruited a is the only university to rank among the home dominance and will improve football has hit rock bottom, a position talented class comprised of both black and top five schools in the nation for both How do yoti feelyouaidthete~ a~. captaul? 'Ilil{eto~leadby exainple their record to 9-1 at home by from which it is incapable of escaping. white athletes. In the past, Notre Dame the graduation rate of football players , and .wor~ togecli.erWith[Andr~a1 Kirillikto make~sure.that everyone is._ .. ' winning both games of the double The only possible way to ameliorate the ...•... focused on winning a national chal11pionship ... ,.... " " .... header. Look for the Irish to prevent current situation is to compromise the ~-. - .. ~ the Friars' offense from getting off university's standards in a misguided, The only way to ameliorate the current situation the ground. Also expect offense from racist crusade, right? Wrong! is to compromise the university's standards in a Meagan Ruthrauff and Megan Ciolli To most people, this statement is simply ridiculous. Notre Dame has a reputation misguided, racist crusade, right? Wrong! early in the game to give the Irish for being a football school, but above momentum that will carry them How (}o:you pJ(epa~e YOurself for.-aga,me?Every gam~'t:wearth~ all else it is an institution of higher football teams have been led by such re and the number of players bound for through the long day.The Irish will " ,samesoeks andspandc:x. Rig~t beforetliegame; me and a couple of learning. However, Notre Dame's 1956 nowned white players as George Gipp, the NFL. Notre Dame is also one of win with scores of 6-2 and 7-3 . .my teammatesdal,lcein thelOcker room"Afterthat,Ialways eata , Heisman winner, Paul Hornung, sees no Joe Montana and Paul Hornung himself, the only universities to be a top-20 uni CHRISTOPHERMESKILL as well as by outstanding black athletes, versity both in academics and in overall Snickers Marathon bar right before I walkout onto the field.lam prettY SPORTS EDITOR other way to fix the football fiasco than superstitiou~; , " .' .. to undermine the distinguished academic including "Rocket" Ismail,Jerome Bettis' athletics. Our academic and athletic standards of the university. On a Detroit and Julius Jones. traditions should compliment, rather .. W}iatare your plans for life after Notre Dame?Iw6~ldlik:e.tocoach radio station, Hornung said, "[Notre Hornung's comments elicited criti than oppose, each other. KEYTOTHE GAME: , DivisibnTlacrosse. Then I woUld eventUally like to get my teaching Dame has] gotta get the black athlete. We cism from across the coutnry and drew a Notre Dame's balance of academics and Conquering the Mound certificate, teach highschool and coach high school lacrosse. must get the black athlete if we're going response from Notre Dame's administra athletics is one of the things that makes The Irish pitching has been to compete." His solution for "getting the tion. Notre Dame spokesperson Matthew the university unique. Not manyuniversi remarkable so far this season, :Who is your favorite athlete? Bernie WIllIams of the rNew York]Yanke~s black athlete:" Notre Dame must relax its Storincommented that "[the University] ties can offer an athlete the opportunity carrying a 1.73 combined ERA and is definitely my favorite athlete, because he is modest, he is awesome, and academic requirements. strongly disagrees with the thesis of these to play on television every week, to receive holding opponents to a stifling .198 . heisa great'leader. I just think that heis the perfect athlete. First of all, I would like to note that the remarks" and that "[Hornung's remarks] one of the finest educations in the land, batting average. If Heather Booth best way to NOT"get the black athlete" is are generally insensitive and specifically and to walk away with a degree that is (15-4) and Steffany Stenglein (11-7) What is your most memorable moment as a Notre Dame athlete? to insult his race's collective intelligence insulting to our past and current African highly respected by employers. Notre show up with their "An games, the . Sophomore year was the first time we gotinto the NCAA Tournament. We across the airwaves of a city with one of American student-athletes." Dame's academic standards are the most Friars have no prayer against Notre played Ohio State athome and we had a great game. We won and advanced the highest black populations in the na Likely pressured by the university, attractive facet of this university, and a Dame. 'to th~ second round. It was just a great day. ' tion. In addition, Notre Dame's gradu Hornung retracted some of his com return to football glory should not come ation rates for both black athletes and ments. In his latest press conference, at the expense of Notre Dame's tradition white athletes have been largely even, Hornung said that Notre Dame needs of academic excellence. 0

20 SCHOI.ASTICSPORTS 15 APRIL 2004 15 APRIL 2004 SCHOLASTICSPORTS 21 four RBIs against San Diego State, in cluding a two-run homer in his first at-bat of the season. At the Florida Atlantic University's Doubletree Diamond Classic in Boca Raton, Fla., the Irish continued their perfect streak, adding high-scoring victories over Winthrop and Minnesota, as well as a close 3-2 win over No. 12 Florida Atlantic. During the three-game road trip, Sollmann recorded three runs and two RBIs and played flawless defense at second base. At the Alamo City Irish Baseball Clas sic in San Antonio, Texas, the Irish faced Southern Illinois, Texas-San Antonio and Penn State. The Irish took three of four games, defeating Southern Illinois, 12-11, and Penn State, 8-2, but splitting a two-game series with Texas-San Antonio. Sollmann continued to lead his team to victory by scoring seven runs, driving in five RBIs and getting hit by three pitches IT'S AWAYI Sophomore right fielder Craig Cooper makes contact as the Boston College dugout looks on. in the series. The Irish continued to roll at the Irish showed their power, hitting seven Macri tripled twice, and sophomore des Round Rock College Classic in Round home runs, three of which were the work ignated hitter Steve Andres and Brans Rock, Texas, the last of the regular of sophomore designated hitter Matt field both hit home runs, leading to a 15-7 season tournaments on Notre Dame's Bransfield. Macri added two home runs, victory. In the second game, the I~ish schedule. The Irish swept the competi and sophomore shortstop Greg Lopez and edged the Wildcats, 6-5, in 10 innings. tion in this three-game series. In one Sollmann each added one. After losing to Macri and sophomore right fielder Craig of the best pitching matchups of the Central Michigan, the Irish finally came Cooper each had two runs, and Thornton year, the Irish defeated Penn State, 4-2. around in the game against Detroit, with pitched five innings and allowed only two Freshmen pitchers Derik Olvey and Jeff a definitive 16-6 victory. runs. The Irish finished the series with Samardzija combined for a two-hitter, With momentum coming off of the a 13-1 routing of Villanova. All of the and junior third baseman Matt Macri win against Detroit, the Irish marched Irish contributed to the victory with eight Down One but Not Out drove in three RBIs. The Irish finished into Morgantown, W.Va., to open Big players driving in at least one RBI. This the tournament with a 4-2 victory over East play in a three-game series against performance proved that the Irish could Irish baseball continues hot season, despite losing captain Steve Sollmann to injury No. 19 Arizona and a 6-1 win over Texas the West Virginia Mountaineers. In the adjust and win without Sollmann. Tech. Junior pitcher Chris Neisel and series-opening double-header, the Irish The Irish continued to win in Soll CHRISTOPHERMESKILL was sent home to Cincinnati, where he sure and always delivers in big-game situ sophomore pitcher Tom Thornton shut swept the Mountaineers by scores of 5-3 mann's absence as they defeated Chicago is scheduled to have surgery. Now, the ations, in addition to his amazing consis down Arizona and Texas Tech, respec and 4-0, with Thornton shutting out the State, 15-5, lind Valparaiso, 9-3. In the t 19-3, the Irish had everything Irish have to make their way without their tency the past three seasons." Sollmann's tively, as Sollmann had four hits, a run Mountaineers in the second game. On the contest against Chicago State, six players going their way. The Notre Dame A team leader. day-to-day consistency has been pivotal and an RBI in 10 at-bats. next day, the Irish completed their three batted in at least one run, with Edwards baseball team sat atop the Big East In a preseason interview, Irish head to the Irish success both offensively and After opening 11-1 in tournament play, game sweep of the Mountaineers with a and Cooper leading the team with four Conference, was on a five-game winning coach Paul Manieri said, "This is the' defensively. the Irish hit a rough 6-2 victory. Sollmann had RBIs each. Notre Dame also defeated streak, and, most importantly, was solidi deepest team - in terms of quality of To open the 2004 season, the Irish trav patch and split their a productive series with a Valparaiso in a group effort, with seven fying a solid team chemistry. It appeared talent more than simply the quantity of eled to Los Angeles, Calif., to play in the first four matches in triple, a home run and Irish players scoring runs and five driving as though the Irish could overcome any players - that we've had in my 10 years." USC Public Storage College Classic. In the cold, Midwest three RBIs. in runs. In last Saturday's doubleheader obstacle that stood in their way. On Satur However, with Sollmann's injury, ques a soggy series, Notre Dame defeated weather. Despite Following two home against Boston College, the Irish had day, March 3, the Irish faced the first real tions remained unanswered. Will the San Diego State, 7-1, and Southern Cal, solid efforts on of wins against Western trouble in the first game, scoring only test of the team's unity and determination, Irish depth be enough to fill the void at 3-1, before their third game - against fense, the Irish went Michigan and Hillsdale, four runs. However, the Irish returned to when senior team captain Steve Sollmann second base? Can Notre Dame continue Louisville - was rained out. Sollmann's 1-1 against Southern the Irish were set to host form in the second game, winning 6-4. was knocked out of Irish baseball for an this dream season without Sollmann's presence was felt, as he went 2-3 with two Illinois in Carbon Big East rival Villanova Despite the possible problems that indefinite period of time. During the fifth talent and leadership? What will each walks and two runs against San Diego dale, Ill., and 1-1 in for a three-game series. could have arisen from the loss of Soll inning of the series opener against Vil individual player need to do in order to State. He also was involved in a pivotal their first two home However, Sollmann was mann as a player and team leader, the lanova, Sollmann - the starting second compensate for this loss? play that gave the Irish a two-run lead games - against injured in the first game Irish have found success. Their 6-1 re baseman - broke his jaw after colliding Pointing out some of Sollmann's against the No. 20 USC Trojans. Junior Central Michigan of the series, and the Irish cord since Sollmann's injury shows that with Irish sophomore right fielder Cody strengths that will be missed, Manieri first baseman Matt Edwards was another and Detroit. Over this needed to compensate for they do indeed have the depth to continue Rizzo on a shallow pop-up.. Sollmann says, "Steve is tough as nails, loves pres- big performer in that series, driving in four-game stretch,the the loss. In the first game, their dream season. 0 RUN, MATT, RUN Junior third baseman 22 SCHOLASTICS PORTS Matt Macri advances to third base. 15APRIL 2004 15 APRIL 2004 sCHOLAsTICsPORTs 23 four RBIs against San Diego State, in cluding a two-run homer in his first at-bat of the season. At the Florida Atlantic University's Doubletree Diamond Classic in Boca Raton, Fla., the Irish continued their perfect streak, adding high-scoring victories over Winthrop and Minnesota, as well as a close 3-2 win over No. 12 Florida Atlantic. During the three-game road trip, Sollmann recorded three runs and two RBIs and played flawless defense at second base. At the Alamo City Irish Baseball Clas sic in San Antonio, Texas, the Irish faced Southern Illinois, Texas-San Antonio and Penn State. The Irish took three of four games, defeating Southern Illinois, 12-11, and Penn State, 8-2, but splitting a two-game series with Texas-San Antonio. Sollmann continued to lead his team to victory by scoring seven runs, driving in five RBIs and getting hit by three pitches IT'S AWAYI Sophomore right fielder Craig Cooper makes contact as the Boston College dugout looks on. in the series. The Irish continued to roll at the Irish showed their power, hitting seven Macri tripled twice, and sophomore des Round Rock College Classic in Round home runs, three of which were the work ignated hitter Steve Andres and Brans Rock, Texas, the last of the regular of sophomore designated hitter Matt field both hit home runs, leading to a 15-7 season tournaments on Notre Dame's Bransfield. Macri added two home runs, victory. In the second game, the I~ish schedule. The Irish swept the competi and sophomore shortstop Greg Lopez and edged the Wildcats, 6-5, in 10 innings. tion in this three-game series. In one Sollmann each added one. After losing to Macri and sophomore right fielder Craig of the best pitching matchups of the Central Michigan, the Irish finally came Cooper each had two runs, and Thornton year, the Irish defeated Penn State, 4-2. around in the game against Detroit, with pitched five innings and allowed only two Freshmen pitchers Derik Olvey and Jeff a definitive 16-6 victory. runs. The Irish finished the series with Samardzija combined for a two-hitter, With momentum coming off of the a 13-1 routing of Villanova. All of the and junior third baseman Matt Macri win against Detroit, the Irish marched Irish contributed to the victory with eight Down One but Not Out drove in three RBIs. The Irish finished into Morgantown, W.Va., to open Big players driving in at least one RBI. This the tournament with a 4-2 victory over East play in a three-game series against performance proved that the Irish could Irish baseball continues hot season, despite losing captain Steve Sollmann to injury No. 19 Arizona and a 6-1 win over Texas the West Virginia Mountaineers. In the adjust and win without Sollmann. Tech. Junior pitcher Chris Neisel and series-opening double-header, the Irish The Irish continued to win in Soll CHRISTOPHERMESKILL was sent home to Cincinnati, where he sure and always delivers in big-game situ sophomore pitcher Tom Thornton shut swept the Mountaineers by scores of 5-3 mann's absence as they defeated Chicago is scheduled to have surgery. Now, the ations, in addition to his amazing consis down Arizona and Texas Tech, respec and 4-0, with Thornton shutting out the State, 15-5, lind Valparaiso, 9-3. In the t 19-3, the Irish had everything Irish have to make their way without their tency the past three seasons." Sollmann's tively, as Sollmann had four hits, a run Mountaineers in the second game. On the contest against Chicago State, six players going their way. The Notre Dame A team leader. day-to-day consistency has been pivotal and an RBI in 10 at-bats. next day, the Irish completed their three batted in at least one run, with Edwards baseball team sat atop the Big East In a preseason interview, Irish head to the Irish success both offensively and After opening 11-1 in tournament play, game sweep of the Mountaineers with a and Cooper leading the team with four Conference, was on a five-game winning coach Paul Manieri said, "This is the' defensively. the Irish hit a rough 6-2 victory. Sollmann had RBIs each. Notre Dame also defeated streak, and, most importantly, was solidi deepest team - in terms of quality of To open the 2004 season, the Irish trav patch and split their a productive series with a Valparaiso in a group effort, with seven fying a solid team chemistry. It appeared talent more than simply the quantity of eled to Los Angeles, Calif., to play in the first four matches in triple, a home run and Irish players scoring runs and five driving as though the Irish could overcome any players - that we've had in my 10 years." USC Public Storage College Classic. In the cold, Midwest three RBIs. in runs. In last Saturday's doubleheader obstacle that stood in their way. On Satur However, with Sollmann's injury, ques a soggy series, Notre Dame defeated weather. Despite Following two home against Boston College, the Irish had day, March 3, the Irish faced the first real tions remained unanswered. Will the San Diego State, 7-1, and Southern Cal, solid efforts on of wins against Western trouble in the first game, scoring only test of the team's unity and determination, Irish depth be enough to fill the void at 3-1, before their third game - against fense, the Irish went Michigan and Hillsdale, four runs. However, the Irish returned to when senior team captain Steve Sollmann second base? Can Notre Dame continue Louisville - was rained out. Sollmann's 1-1 against Southern the Irish were set to host form in the second game, winning 6-4. was knocked out of Irish baseball for an this dream season without Sollmann's presence was felt, as he went 2-3 with two Illinois in Carbon Big East rival Villanova Despite the possible problems that indefinite period of time. During the fifth talent and leadership? What will each walks and two runs against San Diego dale, Ill., and 1-1 in for a three-game series. could have arisen from the loss of Soll inning of the series opener against Vil individual player need to do in order to State. He also was involved in a pivotal their first two home However, Sollmann was mann as a player and team leader, the lanova, Sollmann - the starting second compensate for this loss? play that gave the Irish a two-run lead games - against injured in the first game Irish have found success. Their 6-1 re baseman - broke his jaw after colliding Pointing out some of Sollmann's against the No. 20 USC Trojans. Junior Central Michigan of the series, and the Irish cord since Sollmann's injury shows that with Irish sophomore right fielder Cody strengths that will be missed, Manieri first baseman Matt Edwards was another and Detroit. Over this needed to compensate for they do indeed have the depth to continue Rizzo on a shallow pop-up.. Sollmann says, "Steve is tough as nails, loves pres- big performer in that series, driving in four-game stretch,the the loss. In the first game, their dream season. 0 RUN, MATT, RUN Junior third baseman 22 SCHOLASTICS PORTS Matt Macri advances to third base. 15APRIL 2004 15 APRIL 2004 sCHOLAsTICsPORTs 23 Student Stand-up .Great Thai Food, and for Peanuts An unofficial comedy group lets young talent get experience and a few laughs For a hole-in-the-wall downtown restaurant, Siam has a big heart and tasty food

BETH MURPHY AND NICKKOLMAN-MANDLE - served, but the food arrives very soon spiciness scale shown in the menu: one NICKKOLMAN-MANDEL after being ordered. star for mild, two for spicy. The Pad Ka he next time you want a special eve- Peanuts playa major role in Thai Prow, labeled spicy, was craving some eer. Jesus. Sex. Politics. Ugly babies. Tning out, for goodness sake, skip cooking, so we recommend ordering kick. The Masaman, with no stars, was BThese were only some of the topics Grape Road. Skip Olive Garden. at least one dish that features them. actually a bit spicier than the PadKa Prow. covered by student comedians who Skip Houlihan's. Siam Thai Restaurant For an appetizer, try the satay - skew- Ask the server for a more accurate guage performed at Legends on April Fool's Day, is the perfect place for a date. No date? ered marinated chicken smothered in a of the spiciness of menu items. and some ofthe same subjects undoubtedly A friend or two will do just as For tea connoisseurs, will resurface at the next comedic event on well. Siam will not disappoint. April 17. Featuring five young comics, the Siam is small, with only The restaurant features April 1 show was a major success and drew about 20 tables, and it is an entire menu devoted to a bigger and more responsive crowd than hardly visible from the road. different types of hot bev- the first show, held in September. Inside, the owners have done erages, especially herbal Leading the student stand-up troupe an impressively subtle job of teas. Try a glass mug of is Peter Wicks. Originally from London, transforming a bland block of Thai herb tea, which Wicks studied at Oxford, and it was there space into a casually elegant smoothly counteracts the that his comedy career took off. After dining room. The only thing mild Thai spices, with less working with the prestigious Cambridge that separates the front door of a temperature shock University-based group called Footlights, from the rest of the room than a cold drink. Wicks relocated to Princeton University, is a small folding partition, For dessert, Siam's home- MAKE 'EM LAUGH Student comics try to tickle a few funny bones at Legends. where he left his mark by forming an in though, so ask to be seated made specialty is "fried formal stand-up group that is now a full clubs who struggle to get people to go to best material," Nardino says. "You have to toward the middle or back banana," a surprisingly fledged student club. Currently studying activities. We go through Legends and have a presence on stage." Bottom line: No f th t t to a oid a tasty treat. They also have at Notre Dame as a graduate student in. have a full crowd every time." practice means no laughs. "You could tell ,. 0 e res auran v TRADITIONAL FOOD, MODERN SETTING The one-room interior of the cheesecake and truffles for draft. restaurant is both elegant and relaxed, good for intimate meals and casual dining. d d' philosophy, Wicks is attempting to work The student comedians are learning as the funniest joke in the world," Nardino The ambiance is contem- the less a venturous mer, his magic once again. they go that there is much more to comedy says,. "but if you tell it wrong, it'll sound porary with an understated Asian flair. unique peanut sauce. If you're allergic but the fried banana is the only dessert "Essentially there's no real 'group', than jumping on stage to tell a few jokes. stupid." It is definitely an ethnic restaurant, but to peanuts, an equally delicious appe- actually prepared in the restaurant underground or otherwise," Wicks says. "You need to have material polished and Mike Bradt, who helps Wicks lead the instead of traditional Thai tunes, you'll tizer is the Siam Combo, which offers a Siam caters both to the couple look- "There's just an e-mail list on my laptop of performable," says Nardino. "Funnypeople group, has a good deal of experience with hear classical piano. Upon entering, din- sampling of Thai egg rolls, fish cakes ing for an ~ ______. ____ ." ______~. people who have told me that they're inter often fail at stand-up." There is a big differ- stand-up and even won a competition in ers are captivated by the sweet, tangy and and fried tofu. inti mat e ( _ Siam . I ested in performing stand-up comedy." ence between being funny with friends and Chicago before attending Notre Dame spicy smells wafting out of the kitchen. Under "Typical Dishes," avoid the eve n i n g On that list are 57 people, although getting up in front ofpeople and generating Law School. Tinted candles burn on tables covered Pad Ka Prow. The promised chicken was and to the out of 5 Wicks says there are only 12-14 active laughs. "You have to really own the crowd Nardino is look .*** with white tablecloths. The silverware scanty, and the heap of vegetables were hun g r Y I Location j participants, many of whom are also and know it so well that you're comfort- ing to follow in is tucked neatly inside folded napkins. rather bland. We recommend theKa Tiam circle of i 211 North Main St' j members of the Notre Dame Humor Art able," he says. Bradt's footsteps Servers wear traditional-looking outfits, Prik Ta - chicken with garlic, onions, f r i end s . I (Downtown South Bend) I ists (RA). One of these dual members is [~i~;;~EF::~fl FreshmanJustin Smith, another student at a club in New and even if the uniforms aren't native peppers, and carrots. The chicken with It's fancy t Prices' 1 senior Joe Nardino, who has performed in comic, admits that he only uses one-third York City. He Bradf. (mbradt@fid,edu).11 to tryout material or . . Thailand attire, they still look sharp. ginger sauce is also very good. enough to i Entrees range from 1 RA shows, as well as in several stand-up of his prepared material and usually prac- hopes to catch participate .ina stcmd- The service is excellent: quick and at- If you prefer noodles, order the Pad dress up i $8.95 to $12.95 i routines. According to Nardino, Wicks rices in front of friends to see what does and the eyes of the tentive (but not overly-so). No bread is Thai, another house specialty. The heap- for, but ~.. . Hours .. 1 "got his hands on the RA listserv and just · "iip:·~brk~hop:;AspeciC1/:.· .' does not work. One of Nardino's friends scouts, who usu ing plate of noodles, shrimp, eggs don't hesi - ~ F' 11 2" 5 '9 said, 'Hey, there will be a stand-up show. .'performancewUi be Held I Mon. -' n: -, ':" ! from home practices his material on his ally frequent and veggies has a curiously sweet tate to go I. .•.... ·Sat,5-9 '. I Ifyou're interested, e-mail me.'" grandmother. "She's dirtier than all ofus," comedic amateur Saturday, AprU.)ZI",tl1e ." '. CareY'Aqdlt9riLimofth'e. .'. flavor that is unexpected and deli- in jeans and i ." I Right now, the stand-up comics are not Nardino laughs. nights. cious. sneakers. r Credit cards ahdlarge res- an official Notre Dame club, and neither Another comic, Jack Kichura, says he For the fu- Hesburg~

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• , • • ' ...... :.. " • I • • "'!~' r) I • • f ~ r ...... ~ , .,. The Passing of the Torch A new women's interhall basketball champion is crowned COMPILED BY MIKE HEALY ver lunch the other day, I became engaged in a heated leading Team Curb Your Enthusiasm, 11-9. Coach Chris i O argument with a female acquaintance of mine about tens en is very upset by this and gently informs us that we are Iss the unquestioned superiority of male athleticism over "getting beaten by a bunch of girls." Only less calmly and their more attractive counterparts (women). Don't get me with more swearing. Faced with the prospect of our ultimate wrong, I admitted that there are many areas in which women emasculation, we resolve to playa more physical game in the are far superior to men, such as multitasking and making out second half, thus catering to our strengths as athletes and with guys, but in this one facet of our society it would seem concealing our deficiencies as basketball players. that the Y-chromosome is the ultimate trump card. I contended 8:15 p.m. With the second half well underway, Team Curb ATHLETIC thatmyfriendsandlwouldbeabletodefeatanygirls'teamin Your Enthusiasm has jumped out to a commanding 16-14 Blue-Gold Game the upcoming Bookstore Basketball tournament, despite not lead. Inspired by our brilliant coach, we have redoubled our -Saturday, Apr. 24,1:00 p.m. in Notre Dame Stadium. Enjoy having played organized basketball since ------efforts. In the 15 minutes directly follow- a brief return to the football season as the Irish conclude 8th grade. Little did I know what cruel ing halftime, I personally grab roughly 34 spring practice with their annual intrasquad scrimmage. surprises the gods ofBookstore Basketball rebounds, but unfortunately I am able to had in store for my friends and me. Mter convert a mere two of them into points. Fisher Regatta an easy, yet eventful, opening round vic- Furthermore, our newly emboldened style Saturday,Ap~. 24, 11 :00 a.m. at St. Mary's Lake. Come tory over Team Shawn Kemp, we were of play has heightened tension between and watch all the swashbucklin' adventures on the low seas slated to take on The Bares, otherwise the teams, and the McGlinn Courts are as Carroll Hall looks to win for a fifth-straight year. known as the McGlinn interhall basket- quickly becoming a battlefield. ball team, campus champions. 8:17 p.m. Kenton mayor may not have - When we learned of this, we were not just been deliberately struck in the face -TROPICAL afraid, as Team Curb Your Enthusiasm by the McGlinn point guard. Whether (us) consisted of five able-bodied and or not the blow was intentional may never Hawai'i Club Luau strapping young men: Alex "Stingray" be known, but all I can say regarding the Saturday, Apr. 17,6:30 p.m. in the LaFortune Ballroom. Staffieri, Kenton "Dirty V" Villano, matter is even strong men cry, Kenton. Tickets are on sale in the LaFortune box office for $7. Sean "Stingray" Cahill, myself, Mike . Even strong men cry. "Hollywood" Healy, and our intrepid captain, Andy "Mr. 8:21 p.m. Yet another one of my ill-fated lay-ups rims out. I E." Astuno. Focusing our formidable abilities was our coach, haven't missed out on this many easy scores since my last trip MUSICAL E~ik "Stingray" Christensen. So it was on the fated day of through Chicago's red -light district. Thankfully, the rest of the Notre Dame University Band & Brass Ensemble April 7, 2004, that Team Curb Your Enthusiasm was to enter team seems to have escaped their shooting woes, as Kenton and Sunday, Apr. 25, 3:00 p.m. in the Rotunda of the Main a battle with the finest unit of female basketballers this side Staffieri have carried us to a "commanding" 20-16 lead. Building. Come and listen to the spring concert of the of the JACC. The account of the game is as follows: 8:23 p.m. Mr. E. executes a beautiful alley-oop to Cahill, EDITOR'S CHOICE band. Admission is free. 7:15 p.m. We arrive at McGlinn Courts brimming with as Team Curb Your Enthusiasm registers a '21-17 victory. confidence and undaunted by The Bares' flagrant home court This is something of a pyrrhic victory, as we defended our advantage. gender, yet had to play like barbarians in order to do so. SeniorWeek LIBERATING 7:20 p.m. The first basket is scored, a ten-foot jumper by the Even worse, I re-aggravated an Achilles' tendon injury that Sunday May 9 - Sunday,. May 16, all week. giriMr. E. was guarding. Coach Christensen breaks his clipboard I incurred playing football the previous week, leaving me Last Day of Classes in disgust and switches our defensive scheme. As the first half vulnerable and immobile like some type of stuffed bear. Wednesday, Apr. 28, all day. Drag yourself to your last Be sure to say goodbye to - or exact your vengeance progresses, it becomes clear that while we may be bigger, stronger In retrospect, I realize that The Bares were in fact much classes of the year, and get ready for study days and finals. upon ~ your favorite seniors as they prepare to go mit and faster, these girls are clearly more polished basketball players. more skilled basketball players than we were. We were im into the real world and become grown-ups ... or at least They are running a premeditated motion offense and crashing pelled to victory by nothing more than our terrible fear of try to. If you're lucky enough to still be on campus, the offensive boards like cyborgs. Conversely, we can do little losing to girls. Bearing that in mind, we could conceivably the week after finals is a glorious opportunity to enjoy SPIRITUAL more than steal the ball and hope to convert an easy lay-up, but take the tournament, provided that there are no teams con Notre Dame as it should be experienced: sans homework Holocaust Remembrance Day Prayer Service even that is no easy task, as our team misses roughly half of our sisting of guys or girls that are better than us. (that means "without"). The week culminates in Saturday, Apr. 17, 7 :00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., -in Dillon Hall's lay-ups, with me contributing at least four misses. Hollywood Healy's Final Stats: 2 points, 71 rebounds, chapel. All are welcome. 8:00 p.m. The first half comes to a close with The Bares 3 assists, 1 destroyed Achilles' tendon. D graduation, May 16at 2:00 p.m. in theJACC. o u T o F

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• , • • ' ...... :.. " • I • • "'!~' r) I • • f ~ r ...... ~ , .,. Meaning Found by Matt Killen

he past several weeks have been unusually that doesn't sound familiar at all. Tquiet. The chaos and demands of Scholastic Maybe I can find out what my Notre Dame ex having fallen by the wayside, days once perience was like by looking at my writings over packed with meetings and projects are now empty. the last few years. But by this account, my Notre If.s a feeling both wonderful and hollow, having Dame experience is pretty well summed up by an absolutely nothing to do with my time but sit in irrationally frothy, obsessive anger with reality my rocker quietly watching the birds, waiting for television in all its forms. That doesn't seem very someone to put me in an institution somewhere. accurate, either. 'Like any person slowly slipping into senility, the Let's go back to that list idea. Perhaps the blank canvas of the mind finds itself overcome with experience really is nothing more than the occasional bouts of alliteration and reflection. aggregate knowledge learned .since the fall of I'm fairly fearful of the former, but I am notori- 2000, a conglomeration of seemingly random 0usly awful at the latter. thoughts, ideas and memories that the frail As slow as the past few responsibility-free weeks mind retains. The que'stionbecomes: What have been (school work hardly counts), ithas only sticks out the most in my mind.as I think about served to highlight just how quickly it all passed the last four years? I've narrowed down every by in the first place. Nearly four years have passed thing I've learned as a Notre Dame student to since I first stepped foot on this campus as a fresh several more or less comprehensive memories, man. That's about 42 months, 1,248 days, nearly less<;)lls and experiences: 30,000 hours and almost 1.8 million minutes as a • The dining hall scrambled eggs are always too Notre Dame student. Of that time (which admit runny or too hard. tedly includes those all too brief summers), only • Unlike everyone else, I enjoyed my Core about 6% was spent in the classroom. A bunch class. of the remaining percentage I probably spent • The surest sign of a great :professor is when sleeping. she refers to herself in the third person. START HERE. 'What's the point of this, other than the fact • Nobody - who isn't related to the author or [;0 PLACES. that'really, really big numbers look cool and required to by job description - ever reads this If you know business 'important? That the Notre Dame experience .magazine's Editor's Notes (turn:to page 2!). is .about .much more than .the Classes we take. and accounting. you ----_____ 1...-______However, thanks to the - • Give people an inch and they'll take a mile. • If there's one thing that being a political sci can get a job anywhere. I Cohesive narratives a:re illusory. aforementioned inability ence major has taught me, it's th~t Supreme Court Because the skills It's the details that sticJ

28 SCHOLASTICFINAL WORD 15 APRIL 2004 Meaning Found by Matt Killen he past several weeks have been unusually that doesn't sound familiar at all. Tquiet. The chaos and demands of Scholastic Maybe I can find out what my Notre Dame ex having fallen by the wayside, days once perience was like by looking at my writings over packed with meetings and projects are now empty. the last few years. But by this account, my Notre If.s a feeling both wonderful and hollow, having Dame experience is pretty well summed up by an absolutely nothing to do with my time but sit in irrationally frothy, obsessive anger with reality my rocker quietly watching the birds, waiting for television in all its forms. That doesn't seem very someone to put me in an institution somewhere. accurate, either. 'Like any person slowly slipping into senility, the Let's go back to that list idea. Perhaps the blank canvas of the mind finds itself overcome with experience really is nothing more than the occasional bouts of alliteration and reflection. aggregate knowledge learned .since the fall of I'm fairly fearful of the former, but I am notori- 2000, a conglomeration of seemingly random 0usly awful at the latter. thoughts, ideas and memories that the frail As slow as the past few responsibility-free weeks mind retains. The que'stionbecomes: What have been (school work hardly counts), ithas only sticks out the most in my mind.as I think about served to highlight just how quickly it all passed the last four years? I've narrowed down every by in the first place. Nearly four years have passed thing I've learned as a Notre Dame student to since I first stepped foot on this campus as a fresh several more or less comprehensive memories, man. That's about 42 months, 1,248 days, nearly less<;)lls and experiences: 30,000 hours and almost 1.8 million minutes as a • The dining hall scrambled eggs are always too Notre Dame student. Of that time (which admit runny or too hard. tedly includes those all too brief summers), only • Unlike everyone else, I enjoyed my Core about 6% was spent in the classroom. A bunch class. of the remaining percentage I probably spent • The surest sign of a great :professor is when sleeping. she refers to herself in the third person. START HERE. 'What's the point of this, other than the fact • Nobody - who isn't related to the author or [;0 PLACES. that'really, really big numbers look cool and required to by job description - ever reads this If you know business 'important? That the Notre Dame experience .magazine's Editor's Notes (turn:to page 2!). is .about .much more than .the Classes we take. and accounting. you ----_____ 1...-______However, thanks to the - • Give people an inch and they'll take a mile. • If there's one thing that being a political sci can get a job anywhere. I Cohesive narratives a:re illusory. aforementioned inability ence major has taught me, it's th~t Supreme Court Because the skills It's the details that sticJ

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