Rice Nominated As Secretary of State Can1pus
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
- -------------- --------------------------------------------------. THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 39: ISSUE 56 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18,2004 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Rice nominated as secretary of state Can1pus BOR!'-J: '75 graduate keeps Notre Dame ties strong Nov. 14, 1954, Birmingham, Ala. connects HoMETOWN: Rice, a star pupil at the Birmingham, Ala. By CLAIRE HEININGER University of Denver, "was going EDUCATION: to VoiP News Editor to look at colleges out east - St. Mary's Academy, Denver; Harvard, Yale," Hesburgh said. B.A .. University of Denver; ller legacy lies ahead in the "So I said, 'Well, you can't get M.A., University of Notre Dame; ND makes 5 year deal White House, but Condoleezza there without going by Notre Ph.D., Graduate School of International Studies with SBC for network Rice's roots are at Notre Dame. Dame s~.you've got to [come] see at the University of Denver President Bush's nominee for us first. CAREER HiGHLIGHTS: the next Secretary of State - Rice obliged, touring the cam By AMANDA MICHAELS who earned her master's degree pus with her father - who at Specialist on Soviet and East European affairs. National Associare News Editor from the University, served on the time was the University of Security Council, 1989-91; the Board of Trustees and Denver's president - and with affiliated with Stanford University received an honorary doctorate Hesburgh, who gladly answered since 1981, serving as provost SBC Communications when she delivered the com her questions about Notre from 1993 until June 1999; announced plans Tuesday for a mencement address in 1995 - Dame's political science and national security advisor, multi-million dollar, five-year first visited the school at the urg international studies programs. Jan. 200 I to the present deal with Notre Dame that will ing of University President She never made it out east. HOBBIES: -~. make the campus home to one Emeritus Father Theodore Fitness training, piano, sports of the largest, state-of-the-art llesburgh. see RICE/ page 6 MIKE HARK INS/Observer Graphic Voice over Internet Protocol (VoiP) networks in the country. The VoiP system will replace the current phone network with an Internet-based system that SENATE will link users to advanced fea tures like a single inbox for voice and e-mail messages, "click-to-call" functionality from Group discusses courses, election reforn1 computers and "find me, follow me" call routing options, posal calls for faculiy mem according to an SBC press By AMANDA MICHAELS bers to "communicate a release. Additionally, a "plug Associate News Editor vision of their courses in and-play" service allows for the advance of the DART regis addition of new phones and tration period," according service and location changes. The Student Senate unan to the resolution. This Accessible campus-wide and imously approved two reso would include loading via the internet, the network lutions concerning Teacher information about course makes users reachable outside Course Evaluations and a times, descriptions, goals, the office - a problem with the student discount at the syllabi and evaluation current, Centrex-based system. bookstore and discussed a methods onto a web-based "We're not just replacing third regarding election platform accessible by stu phones, we're outfitting the reform at its last meeting dents. University with a completely for two weeks. The second part allows new network which enables to Three years in the mak students to voice their opin bring together voice and data ing, the resolution on TCEs ion in a questionnaire systems into single network," sets forth a comprehensive handed out at the same SBC representative Sarah Silva outline for a two-pronged time as traditional TCEs, said. CLEMENT SUHENDRA!The Observer system of course evaluation and to view the results of Though a press release from Jeremy Staley, left, and Jeremy Lao present a new course evalu for stude'nts. ation proposal at Student Senate Wednesday. The first part of the pro- see SENATE/pageS see NETWORK/page 3 Catnpus supports 'Gay? Fine By Me' demonstration Students wear orange Thayer speaks about I I I shirts, show solidarity gay, lesbian rights I I By MADDIE HANNA By MADDIE HANNA i News Writer News Writer The color orange, spotted Andy Thayer, founder of the yesterday on students sport Chicago Anti-Bashing Network, ing "Gay? Pine by Me" T spoke about inequality and dis shirts and on a large spray crimination directed at gays and painted closet in front of lesbians members of the South South Dining Ilall, helped pro Bend community Wednesday mote awareness of gay, les night at the Notre Dame Center bian. bisexual, transgendered for Social Concerns. and queer issues at No'he "If we're going to combat the Dame Thursday. problem of anti-gay violence, we Studfmts were wPicomed to need to go to the root of the "come out of the closet," problem. The question is, what which did not necessarily gives rise to this hatred of gay mean as a gay or lesbian. For people?" Thayer asked. example, onf1 girl came out as In answering that question, "one hungry anal-retontive Thayer blamed the government. accounting major." "If the government says it's "This isn't about a particu okay to dehumanize humans, it lar issue, but showing this sends a message to society at campus is not homophobic, a CLAIRE KELLEY/The Observer large," he said. "The fact of the Graduate student Carl Nebett "comes out of the closet" on South Quad Wednesday to show sup see SHIRTS/page9 port for the "Gay? Fine by Me" campaign at Notre Dame. see SPEAKER/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Thursday, November 18, 2004 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do YOU HAVE A SECRET CRUSH ON ANYONE? ND 111eans hibernating all w-inter Heather Booth Chris Brown Tommy Wang Phil Hicks Justin Rugby Wlwn applying to Notrn Damn, my high school counsnlor onen junior freshman sophomore freshman senior said, "Wnll, it's a bnautif'ul place, McGlinn Keenan Alumni Dillon Alumni just gorgpous- but the wintnrs t.lwrn an~ eold as snot!" Now, "No, but my "There's this "There is this "Yes. she is "No, I don't. " lwsidn thn fact that thn actual Dustin Mennella friend Sarah girl Carrie and girl at my high vicious and she tnmpnrature of' does." she works in school, but I is in the snot n~ally has South Dining don't see her military." nothing to do Photographer with cold win- Hall." anymore. t1~rs, I assumed lw mnant the wnatlwr over here gnts prntty dang eold and went from thoro. This comnHmt, though strangn, did cause me to reflect upon the situation as well as what I would do when wintnr finally did come. Last Friday, departing from my 4 IN BRIEF to 6 p.m. elass to almost cl)mplete darkness I recalled the words of my counselor and rnalized the time for The lecture "Is War dorm room hibernation is almost Rational? The Extent of upon us. Soon, lntnrnet lncture Miscalculation and notes will become essential, and Misperception as Causes of don't forget to restock those vital War," will be given by Daniel food itnrns before it's too late. You Lindley today at 12:30 p.m. in know tlw type - Cheez-its, granola C-103 llesburgh Center. bars, that huge bear shaped tub of animal crackers. nilla waf'nrs ... tlw The Nanovic Institute will present a screnning of the list gons on and 011. Though we may bn confinml to Italian film "I Cento Passi (The our dorm when wintnr hits, there Hundred Steps)" at 7 p.m. and are still plnnty of things to do 10 p.m. tonight in the !wing from rainy Snattle, I am used Browning Cinema. to not s1wing the sun for .weeks at a timn and staving ofT cabin fevnr The Student Union Board will whiln trappnd insidn on particular sponsor a screening of "The ly wnt days. Bourne Supremacy" at 10 Catching up on that list of p.m. Thursday in DeBartolo movins-to-see is a good a1~tivity. Hall. h1r thos1~ who need a bit morn physical activity, hallway soccnr or Malac:hy McCourt will bn in football is always a hit. And who the llammes Notre Dame could f'orgnt- llalo 2 is now out. Bookstore on Friday at 4 p.m. Hngardlnss of the wnathnr, that signing his book "Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland." alonn will keep many students RICHARD FRIEDMANfThe Observer indoors for quite a while and I get Small, floating Chick-fil-A promotion cows dropped from the ceiling of the Joyce the sinking snnsation that GPA's Center Wednesday during a timeout at the Duke-Notre Dame men's basketball Saint Mary's Basketball Tip will SIHIIl be dropping. But not all on· Classic game will be Friday indoor activities have to be elec at 6 p.m. at Angola Athletic tronic. Sometimes a night spnnt Facility against Hanover with a deck of cards, whether the College. gamn is poker or hearts, can be OFFBEAT quito entnrtaining. And we can The Notre Dame men's bas always look to nature for examples Woman sentenced in split year prison term for the report. shown Monday on the ketball team will face off as wnll; lwars hibernatn all winter. personality case armed robbery of the bank in 11 p.m. newscast on WOIO against Harvard Friday at 7 why can't we'! Slnep is dnfinitely a FREEHOLD, N.J. - Nira 2002. TV, showed far away angles p.m. at the Joyee Center Arena. good thing, and I nover seem to be Nevins said only one of her Nevins must serve 15 years of her nude and some doser able to get enough of it.