The troubles continue Drive for life Hundreds of Chechen rebels showing fierce ND sophomore and leukemia patient Conor Murphy Wednesday resistance continue their attacks on Russian pleads for high attendance at today 's bone marrow troops after six months offighting. drive from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at LaFortune. MARCH 29, World Nation • page 5 Viewpoint • page 15 2000 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXIII NO. ttl HTTP://OBSERVER.N D.EDU Former first lady supports Logan Center • Carter uses her "There should be no shame and no embarrassment in • A Saint Mary's influence and own being mentally ill or having a junior and her experiences to aid family member who is mentally ill," Carter said, explaining that 'best buddy' fundraiser the public's generally negative accept honor from perception of mental illness Carter By MICHELLE KRUPA arises because medical profes­ Senior Sratf W rirer sionals' understanding of men­ By MICHELLE KRUPA tal diseases as biologically­ Senior StatfWriter When Fatlwr Ted llesburgh based is not widely known. "We must try to overcome decidPd in thP Parly 1970s to Saint Mary's junior the stigma. myths and miscon­ help I million Cambodians Courtenay Verret attended ceptions," she said. fleeing Pol Pot's vioh~nt regime, Tuesday's Logan Ce-nter Carter, who became an advo­ lw got $60 million from fundraiser to support her cate for President friend Rhea Warner, a 61- mental Jimmy Carter. year-old mentally disabled "There should be no shame health as And he got member of the Logan com­ active hon­ Carter's wife. and no embarassment in munity, who said a prayer orary chair Hosalynn, to fly at the luncheon. being mentally ill ... ,, of the to th ~~ Little did Verret know, President Cambodia­ she and Warner would be Carter's Thailand bor­ Rosalynn Carter honored by the center's Commission der wht' re slw former first lady Board of Trustees and guest on Mental de IivPrPd aid to speaker Rosalynn Carter for llealth. dis­ ailing n~fugpes. the'ir exemplary relation­ cussed the need to support "Hosalynn Carter isn't just a ship, forged through the those who earn for mentally ill lady who'll say siH''ll be on Best Buddies program. patients. your team," llesburgh said "I love her spunk," said "I knew how hard caregiving Tul~sday. "SIH~ didn't just talk Verret of Warner. who she was for my family," said about !aiding Cambodians!. she met last fall when she Carter, whose widowed mother went there... · joined Best Buddies, which cared for four children and her A human rights advocate, the randomly pairs volunteers own aging father. "People who former First Lady is known for with mentally disabled are lonely feel unappreciated. rolling up hnr sleeves to aid the adults. The women meet We must search for those in siek. Tuesday, shP visited the once or twice monthly to our communities who care for Joyc(~ CentPr to help South chat, attend concerts or get mentally ill people. We must Bend's Logan Center raisn Dairy Queen. give caregivers in our commu­ money for mentally ill patients "I like that she's so nic~." and their caregivers. Carter nity a new appreciation." Citing her book, "Helping Warner said of Verret. "I addressnd more than 600 local had two other buddies who business people, volunteers Yourself Help Others: A Book For Caregivers," Carter recom- weren't worth it. They and community members who ANDREW WILSON/The Observer would just come over and attended the Great Logan Former first lady Rosalynn Carter spoke at a fundraising luncheon Nose-On Luncheon. see CARTER/page 4 for the Logan Center Tuesday at the Joyce Center, stressing the importance for public acceptance of the mentally disabled. see VERRET/page 4 BOARD OF GOVERNANCE Groups emphasize importance of environment, diversity tainers. The policy hopes to initi­ ronmental ombudsman to over­ for the tutoring and mentoring softball dugouts, which were By SARAH RYKOWSKI ate student activities that will see the implementation of the pol­ program. Teamwork For painted blue by volunteers before Sainr Mary's News Editor educate people on environmental icy, and to voice concerns about Tomorrow is targeted toward the this week's games. coneeplo; and environmental South Bend community's 8 - 12 "[Painting the dugouts] was big Saint Mary's Board of issues. issues on the year olds. The program, founded for school spirit and involved the Governam~e approved a Student As Saint "We don't have any campus. by students two years ago, pairs a student body," said Johna Environmental Policy Statement Mary's Akmaral college student with a child to Indriolo, who presented the idea at their meeting on Tuesday. begins to formal commitment to Omarova, cur­ work on reading, athletics, and to BOG. Allison Trdan. a senior anthropol­ implement the environment right rent diversity healthy living. Student body vice president ogy major and environmental its five-year now. In the next five commissioner The program is looking for two Michelle Nagle expressed her studies minor, submitted the poli­ Campus and founder and reading coordinators, who must appreciation for the painters. cy on behalf of the Environmental Master Plan years we will have a lot first president of be senior elementary education "I think you're a great example Coalition. Trdan pledged her per­ for construc­ of change on campus ... , the Diversity majors. The current coordinators of Saint Mary's pride," Nagle said. sonal and group's support of the tion and ren­ Board, voiced are Katie Kennedy and Erin Long, ovation of her support of both students at Saint Mary's. policy. which she said would last Allison Trdan In other BOG news: after her graduation in the the college, Trdan 's policy, Students who are interested in Saint Mary's senior +RHA's national communica­ spring. the written and pledged that volunteering should contact MoUy tion coordinator position is stiJl "We don't have any formal policy will the Diversity O'Rourke, the current director. open for applicants. commitment to the •~nvironment examine Board would "If you like kids. go, because it's right now," Trdan said. "In the coslo; for each of the proje<:ts and help oversee its tenets until a so much fun," Erin Hall said. HaU, +Groundbreaking ceremony for next five years we will have a lot assess the short and long-term position on the Board becomes a current BOG alumnae commis­ the new Dalloway's and the Saint of change on campus ... [This poli­ costs to the environment. reality. sioner, participated in the pro­ Mary's College Welcome Center cy] will make sure it's a good Trdan next plans to take the "Someone in the Diversity gram her sophomore year. at 1:30 p.m. on March 30. change." policy to faculty and staff,_ and Board will work on it next year," BOG also approved two co­ Trdan's policy. endorsed by then to the administration for Omarova said. sponsorships, one for RHA's con­ +A Health Fair in honor of BOG, advoeates reducing, reusing approval. Ed Foy, a junior at Notre Dame ference at the University of Nurses Week will be held from 3 - and n~cycling all waste materials BOG also discussed a part of and next year's director of Boulder from May 25 - 28, and 7 p.m. in Reignbeaux Lounge, Le on campus and making sure that the policy that would create a Teamwork For Tomorrow, asked the second for partial reimburse­ Mans HaU on March 30. all waste is depositf~d in the con- position on the Board for an envi- for BOG's support and volunteers ment for the paint used on the page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Wednesday, March 29, 2000 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN MICHIANA VVednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sharing my +Art: "A Life in Art," + Music: Borders: Don +Comedy: .Jamie Foxx; 8 + Theater: Pump Boys and works by Margaret Conoscenti in concert; p.m.; Star Plaza Theatre, Dinettes: By Troup(~ sister's identity Iannelli; noon-5 p.m.; New The Carvers; 8 p.m.; Merrillville; (219) 769- America; 8 p.m.; Mendel Moon Gallery, Benton Mishawaka. 6600. Center Mainstage, Lake "Yes, she looks like me. NO- she is not my Harbor; (616) 926-9391. + Music: Student recitals; + Music: .Jazz Combo Michigan College, Benton twin- she is my YOUNGER sister," I have to constantly tell people when Sarah and I are 7:30p.m; Everest-Hohrer Concert; 7 p.m.; Umble Harbor. together. I was blessed, (only now that I am not living Fine Arts Center Audito­ Center, Goshen College; in the house any longer do rium, Bethel College. (219) 535-7572. I think of it that way), with Nellie Williams three younger sisters and one brother. Sarah is the closest to me in age. Saint Mary's This past weekend was Photo Editor OUTSIDE THE DOME Compiled from U-Wire reports the first time she has been able to come to campus to visit me. After seventeen years of sharing a room with her, secrets every night with her, a Yale orders Versity.com to pull notes from Web year of sharing a car with her, and millions of PRINCETON, N.J. "Yale sent Versity.com a at Yale," she said. "Beyond that, we minutes spent fighting with her, I actually A recent controversy at Yale hope this leads to us learning more miss her at college (or maybe it's just her University has brought Versity.com, cease and desist order about their needs." clothes). Either way, I was excited for her to an Internet company that provides objecting to what they Though the Website allows users visit me and to be able to share my life here lecture notes for courses at about were doing.,, to get notes for about 7,000 classes, with her (not to mention, take her to some 150 colleges and universities nation­ it does not offer notes from any parties).