/ ^ \ THE bserver OThe Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 40 : ISSUE 15 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Students celebrate Notre Dame's 17-10 win over Michigan Fans travel to Ann Arbor to watch the Irish defeat the Wolverines off a season since Knute Rockne quickly our defense improved By JENNY NAMES in 1918. compared to last season and last News Writer More than 111,000 fans in the game. I’m excited to see what Big House witnessed the historic happens when the whole team The usually deafening Big victory. Tickets were hard to clicks at once against a tough House was mostly silent come by for Notre Dame fans opponent.” Saturday. who wanted to travel to the Sophomore Tim Goldsmith, Mostly silent, that is, except for game, but senior Eric Staron, who watched the game at Notre the patches of hardcore Irish like hundreds of his peers, made Dame, said he was impressed fans sprinkled throughout it to Ann Arbor to cheer on the with Weis’ coaching tactics. Michigan Stadium — cheering Irish. “Our opening drive went well,” on Notre Dame in a win for the “It was fun to hear the Goldsmith said. “[Weis] really record books as Irish head coach Michigan stadium go silent and held his own. He put pressure on Charlie Weis became the first only hear the Notre Dame fans the team rather than on him- TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer Notre Dame coach to win two cheering,” Staron said. “I was Frustrated Michigan fans watch Notre Dame fans celebrate an back-to-back road games to start really surprised, though, at how see GAME/page 4 Irish touchdown during Saturday’s gam e at Ann Arbor. ND, SMC offer hurricane aid and analysis CSC hosts disaster Professor's simulations rel ief academic foru m " used for storm models By KATE ANTONACCI P 0 By KAREN LANGLEY Associate News Editor IN* News Writer While the country — Notre Since Hurricane Katrina struck Dame included — was stunned the southeastern United States by the devastation Hurricane two weeks ago, Notre Dame stu­ Katrina left behind, the dents have joined audiences University community was quick around the globe in prayer and to act by jumping headlong into fundraising for the storm’s victims the aid and relief efforts. — but most students are unaware The Center for Social Concerns that a member of the Notre Dame (CSC) did its part by organizing a faculty is deeply involved in efforts full day of events to both aid the to prevent future storms from efforts and educate the commu­ causing such destruction. nity about the issue. As part of For more than 15 years, profes­ Hurricane Katrina Response sor Joannes Westerink of the Day, th e CSC h o sted an Loyola University New Orleans students socialize during an orientation and reception at the department of civil engineering Academic Forum for Disaster Loyola University Chicago campus after being relocated by Hurricane Katrina. and geological sciences has devel­ Relief Friday in the CSC Coffee oped the ocean circulation models House. that allow engineers to design The event, moderated by Bill Saint Mary's allozvs students displaced by storm to attend College structures dependent on water Purcell, associate director for conditions, such as New Orleans’ Catholic Social Tradition and By MEGAN O ’NEIL and opened its enrollment Aug. 30, flooding the city. system of levees. P ractice at the CSC, featu red Saint Mary’s Editor to undergraduates dis­ Two such students, fresh­ “We have been working with four speakers: Justin Poche, a placed by the disaster. man Julie Prior and junior the Corps of Engineers Now doctoral candidate in history, While colleges across the College officials said they Vivian Mary Coney, had Orleans District for eight years,” psychologist Len Hickman, eco­ country busied themselves had developed an emer­ enrolled as of Friday. Westerink said. “Everyone in nomics professor Jennifer collecting money and sup­ gency admissions policy to “It was a decision southern Louisiana is using the Warlick and Stephanie Williams plies to benefit Hurricane assist students who were reached by the president’s model.” of the local chapter of the Red Katrina victims last week, left without a school to cabinet,” said Dan Meyer, The New Orleans District used Saint Mary’s took its attend after levees protect­ see FORUM/page 4 response one step further ing New Orleans gave way see DISPLACED/page 8 see MODEL/page 6 Notre Dame community remembers Sept. 11 attacks Father Warner, who led the “It was an amazing thing to By MADDIE HANNA opening and closing prayers, see the sorrow,” he said. Associate News Editor shared the story of his visit to But the ceremony was not Ground Zero right after the entirely about reflection. Sept. 11 was not forgotten at attacks. Political science professor Dan Notre Dame. “I spent about five hours look­ Lindley analyzed the U.S. About 150 students and com­ ing at that rubble, that smoke response to Sept. 11, saying his munity members gathered near and fire ... watching firemen as main goal was to increase dis­ the Clarke Memorial Fountain they looked through debris for cussion on terrorism “to try and Sunday for prayer and reflection remains,” Warner said. “While I help people who died on Sept. on the fourth anniversary of the was there, I would have these 11 and m ake su re they d id n ’t World Trade Center terrorist firemen come up to me with die in vain.” attacks. The event was spon­ dark, sunken eyes and say to Lindley said viewing terrorism sored by the Department of me, ‘This was a friend of mine’s as a form of war offers a per­ Political Science, College brother. Will you pray for him?’” spective many people do not Democrats, College Republicans, For Warner, experiencing the consider. ANN KELLEY/The Observer College Libertarians and Women scene firsthand was essential to “We live in such a luxurious The Glee Club sings at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony held at in Politics. his understanding of the situa­ the Clark Memorial Fountain on Sunday. Director of Campus Ministry tion. see 9-11/page 6 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Monday, September 12, 2005 I n s id e C o l u m n Question of the Day: W hat did you think of the M ichigan GAME? Everyday heroes e For those students from New York City or the Washington D C. area, and those who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, Brock Sheehan Dave Brown Fernando Quijano Matt Amado Matt Williams-Kovacs Joe Murphy 2001, yesterday was a day of mourn­ ing and remembering. I am from nei­ sophomore junior sophomore senior junior sophomore ther of these Sorin Siegfried Carroll Stanford Morrissey Carroll places. I have no Anthony Iannamorelli personal ties with “Good job Notre “My favorite “It was “Football... ?” "Tommy, you ’re “I dun no... but any one of the vic­ tims of 9/11. 1 am Dame!” part was the awesome. We my hero!" / got a nice tan from Fayette Wire Editor qarbaqe on the showed that we there. ” County, Penn., field .” have not only about 45 minutes of winding, tree-lined mountain road offense, but also away from the crash site of Flight 93. defense. ” On that fateful day, America was at first confused, then terrified and angry, and all the while helpless. I am sure that millions of people in the countless small towns across America breathed a sigh of relief, believing they were safe, as they said prayers under their breath for those who were I n B r ie f suffering in the big, far-away cities. As I watched, someone joked that no one would bother to attack southwest­ All Notre Dame faculty are ern Penn. If they thought they would invited to an introductory destroy the United States' main coal ad d ress from Provost Tom and steel supplier, they were about 30 Burish today a t 4 p.m . in years too late. As soon as our quiet DeBartolo 101. chuckles ended, the news broke that Flight 93 had crashed. It had crashed A panel discussion titled “Why close. A feeling of dread moved like a do we need the UN?”will be shock wave from the site to the sur­ held Ttiesday from 4:15 p.m. to rounding villages and towns. Many in 5:30 in the Hesburgh Center for the area thought that this was the International Studies start of a full-scale attack on every Auditorium. The event is spon­ inch of America. It seems silly in hind­ sored by the Joan B. Kroc sight, but we thought that if the small Institute for International Peace town of Shanksville was attacked, Studies. then nowhere was safe. It was not until later that week that the coura­ The Saint Mary’s Student geous truth came out. Governance Associationis host­ The blood spilt on the ground in ing the State of the School Shanksville is unique, set apart even Address, the student body presi­ from that of Gettysburg or the beaches dent’s annual report, on of Normandy. The brave soldiers in Thursday at 7 p.m. in Stapleton those situations were prepared and Lounge. trained for the horrors they would encounter. They awoke those morn­ An exhibit entitled Two Italian ings knowing they might not return to FRANCESCA SETA/The Observer Hardbodies: Sports Cars Clad by their loved ones. The 40 people who ROTC cadets salute the American flag during the National Anthem Friday Scaglietti and Frua will be on overpowered the highjackers and sac­ morning at a Patriot’s Day ceremony at the Hesburgh Library Reflecting Pool.