Aidan Project Raises Awareness Over the World and to Draw from Others' Experiences
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---------------------------- ------- THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 41: ISSUE 61 MONDAY, DECEMBER4, 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Notre Datne bound for Bayou, BCS matchup Tovvle Irish to face LSU in The Tigers earned their bid after Southeastern Conference tabbed for the Sugar Bowl (SEC) foe Florida jumped from No. 4 to No. 2 in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Marshall By KEN FOWLER standings and earned a spot News Writer in the BCS National Championship Game against By MEGHAN WONS It will be "local flavor" ver undefeated No. 1 Ohio State. News Writer sus "national flavor" as Notre The SEC champion plays in Dame will face Louisiana the Sugar Bowl annually, Senior Meg Towle's passion State in the Sugar Bowl at the except when it makes the for and dedication to promot Louisiana Superdome Jan. 3, national title game. ing international health as an and Sugar Bowl CEO Paul With its compensatory selec essential foundation for peace Hoolahan lauded the matchup tion and first at-large pick, building will take her to the as "just what the doctor the Sugar Bowl grabbed the United Kingdom next year as ordered" for the struggling local favorites from Baton one of the 43 Marshall New Orleans economy. Rouge and the national pow Scholarship recipients for "If I had written this script, I erhouse from South Bend for 2007. couldn't have written it any the first bowl game in the Towle said she will use her better," Hoolahan said in a Superdome since Hurricane all-expenses paid scholarship teleconference with media Katrina devastated New to pursue a M.S. of humanitar Sunday night. "This is going to Orleans. ian studies at The Liverpool be a tremendous atmos "We have had some chal School of Tropical Medicine, lenges in the past year and a phere." PAMELA LOCK/The Observer associated with the University The Sugar Bowl was widely Rhema McKnight and the Irish are headed to the BCS of Liverpool. expected to select the Irish. see BOWL/ page 6 for a second straight year. "I like how the program at Liverpool is about - 'How do we get public health to work on the ground?"' Towle said. "I think it will be so cool to be there with people from all Aidan Project raises awareness over the world and to draw from others' experiences. It will definitely be an interna Sophomore's battle with cancer inspires event to benefit patients, educate ND community tional learning experience." She expects to complete the M.S. in one year and said the Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 2 old friend had cancer. They "We did the blanket project scholarship allows for some By JENNIFER METZ p.m. Saturday to make fleece started the project - which last year with Circle K," Esber flexibility as to how she will News Writer blankets and hats for a local was sponsored by Circle K, said. "This year we've made use the second year. cancer unit at St. Joseph's Knott Hall and the Class of [the collaboration] bigger, "For now I'm saying I'll Diagnosed with cancer on Memorial Hospital. 2009 - to raise awareness responding to this situation." probably stay on at the Sept. 25, Notre Dame sopho The finished blankets, dis about cancer, especially cancer Koors said organizers put up Liverpool School of Tropical more Aidan Fitzgerald was played on a table at the that affects young people. more than 100 posters in resi Medicine, but I could get there forced to miss the majority of entrance of the ballroom, were "The situation was definitely dence halls and LaFortune to and find some other fabulous the fall semester, but he tied with a tag that read, "The on [Esber's] mind ... he couldn't publicize the event. program," she said. returned to campus this week Aidan Project. This blanket was believe it happened to his "This is the first time I had Towle said she learned she end to take part in an e"vent made with love and with care, roommate," said Jake Teitgen, heard about someone in our had been selected for the created in his name to raise for each who receives one a Circle K member. "We decid age group developing cancer," prestigious award on Nov. 8, awareness about cancer in knows it comes with a prayer." ed we had to do something." Teitgen said. "This project is all the same day she was inter young adults and youth. Sophomore Chris Esber, Teitgen, along with fellow about awareness and preven viewed by a committee in The Aidan Project drew more Fitzgerald's roommate, said he Circle K members Cigi Low and tion." Chicago. than 200 participants who sat and his friends were "shocked" Nicole Koors, helped Esban on the floor of the LaFortune to find out that their 19-year- organize the Aidan Project. see AlDAN/page 9 see SCHOLAR/page 8 Health Center nears completion Bands con1pete, raise By RYAN SYDLIK money for charities News Writer University Health Services will awareness in the Saint return in January to its former By MANDl STIRONE Mary's and Notre Dame location behind the Main News Writer communities. Building after a year-and-a-half Katius, a pop/punk band absence and $9.5 million of ren Three bands took the from Dayton, Ohio, won the ovations. stage at Saint Mary's contest and the prize - a Throughout the overhaul, Student Center Lounge recording session with Peak Health Services has operated Saturday night to battle for Audio Productions. out of the old Security building, studio time and raise The three bands played to where Notre Dame money. a crowd of about 50 stu Security/Police was located until The Battle of the Bands, dents, mostly from Saint it moved to the recently con organized by the Saint Mary's. structed Hammes Mowbray Mary's Dance Marathon Katius' members were Hall. Committee, was held to mostly high school students, Ann Kleva, director of raise funds for Riley's with one St. Clair University Health Services, Hospital for Children and Community College sopho called the renovations to the for the upcoming Dance more. Katius' connection to Student Health Center building Marathon in the spring. Saint Mary's was through "absolutely phenomenal." Dance Marathon commit one of their member's, who The updated facility will be tee leaders said they were has two sisters at the much easier to navigate than the proud of the event's success. College. Katius impressed old one, Kleva said, and it will The committee's co-presi the judges with their per PAMELA LOCK/The Observer have an improved healthcare dent, Pauline Kistka, said if formance of their original The Student Health Center buildin~ is slated to re-open in they broke even financially, January after $9.5 million of rennovat1ons are completed. see HEALTH/page 6 the event had raised some see BANDS/page 6 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, December 4, 2006 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: How DO YOU THINK NOTRE DAME WILL FARE IN THE SUGAR BOWL? All I want for Christmas What's that? I'm in college so I'm not supposed to love Christmas toys any more? I don't believe you. But, even if I am too Andy Hank Joe Mancuso Kevin Carrier Meghan Chidsey Monica Regnier Patrick Miller old to drool over the best merchandise in junior sophomore junior senior senior junior the Toys 'H' Us catalogue, I've Fran Tolan O'Neill fisher Fisher off campus Breen-Phillips Fisher always said that you can "Notre Dame "Better than "Hopefully "It will be "It will be a "Better than the never be too old Sports Writer JI, LSU 28, Mark May says better than the sweet." piece of cake. " Republicans in to \'.rite a col- unminThe in overtime. " we will, but not Fiesta Bowl." the last Observer ranking the greatest toys ever. well enough to midterm I've always said that. win. election." Anyways, let's get this list started. My list will rank the greatest Christmas toys ever made. Each toy's ranking is in parentheses. Please understand that toys fall under a huge variety of categories and there's no way I'll be able to cover all of your favorites. I'll try my best though. Let's begin with the Christma.c; main stays, the toys that seem to have a per manent place under millions of trees IN BRIEF every year. There are the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls (6). G.l. Joe action figures (5), the Pogo Stick (11), Barbie dolls {8), A memorial mass will be liteBrite (14) and Lego building blocks held today for senior Caitlin (17). Brann in the Basilica of the Of course, there are also the annoying Sacred Heart at 5:15p.m. fad toys that show up tor one December and bring about the worst in parents like Jeff Jackson, the head coach Sinbad and Arnold Schwartzenegger. A of Notre Dame's hockey team, list of ChrLc;tmas toys wouldn't be com will discuss the first pa;t of the plete without these. They include Tickle season and look forward to the Me Elmo (16), the creepy Furby doll (20), remaining games at noon at and the Tamagotchi (15, because who Legends Wednesday. wouldn't want to clean up an electronic animal's poop during the holiday sea The Notre Dame's women's son?). basketball team will play Then we have the toys that every kid Purdue Wednesday at 7 p.m. wants after watching an awesome movie in the Joyce Center.