--,. Friday, Aprilll, 2003 Legal suit THE could affect Findit page9 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXVII NO. 129 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Students rally to support troops OIT office By TERESA FRALISH recovers Associate News Editor About 150 students gath­ from crash ered at the Notre Dame Stonehenge World War II Memorial Thursday to show By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER their support for American News Writer troops in Iraq for the Pro­ America Rally held Thursday. Engineers from the Office of The rally began with a ren­ Information Technologies imple­ dition of the National Anthem mented a backup mainframe sung by junior Laura Hoffman server Thursday afternoon, end­ and continued with talks by ing a 32-hour server outage that Don Feder, a nationally syn­ crippled administrative and stu­ dicated columnist, and Floyd dent sys- Brown, executive director of tems. See Also the Young America's Deputy "Age, conditions Foundation. The event con­ chief infor- cluded with a reading of the m a t i o n cause server crash" names of all 104 American officer and page6 soldiers who had been killed chief tech­ in the conflict in Iraq. nology Both Feder and Brown officer Dewitt Latimer said the stressed the need for America back-up server was populated to take pride in its military with data from a tape back-up and tradition of democracy that finished at 6:30 a.m. and criticized opponents of Wednesday morning. Because the war. Feder was con­ CHIP MARKS/The Observer the crash occurred at 7 a.m .. he cerned about the polarizing Notre Dame students show their support for troops and American In the pro-American rally does not expect that the crash attitudes that he felt were sponsored Thursday by the College Republicans. The rally, held at the Stonehenge Memorial, caused any data loss. taking hold in America today. attracted about 150 students. The replacement server is "There's a civil war going comparable to the mainframe on in the United States today. much as it's an anti-American sent a party or a president tary action could have. server that crashed and all ser­ It's a war for the soul of our movement. By and large the but a nation, a history [and] a "Far from taking Iraq's vices, including the make-up republic," said Feder. leaders of this movement are heritage," said Feder. "It pro­ wealth when this war is over, registration times from Feder also discussed what ideologues," he said. tects [our] freedom to dis­ we are going to pour our Wednesday and Thursday, will he saw as a distinct strain of Americans must remember sent." wealth into Iraq," Feder said, go forward today. anti-Americanism in many of how U.S. troops protect their Feder also discussed speaking of the expected The process of restoring the the recent anti-war protests. rights to free speech and American motives for becom­ involvement of the United data on the back-up server did "It's a peace movement or democracy, said Feder. ing involved in Iraq and pos­ an anti-war movement as "The flag does not repre- sible consequences that mili- see RALLY I page 4 see CRASH/page 6 Students DAMES OF THE DOME Research help local options homes Increase• + Christmas in By HIMANSHU KOTHARI April project to News Writer occur Saturday The College of Arts and Letters along with the Institute By TERESA FRALISH for Scholarship in Liberal Arts Associate News Editor (ISLA) is finding new ways to bolster undergraduate research This Saturday, over 1,000 in hopes of preparing students Notre Dame and Saint Mary's for Ph.D programs and making students will participate in the Notre Dame more competitive annual spring neighborhood ser­ with other institutions. vice program, Rebuilding An initiative titled Together Now, formerly known Undergraduate Research as Christmas in April, said Jenny Opportunity Program (UROP) Monahan, the coordinator for the has become "a top priority for event and assistant to the vice the college," said Mark Roche, president for student affairs. Dean of the College of Arts and Students will depart Notre Letters. Dame and Saint Mary's at 7 a.m. Along those lines, the College Saturday and head to 25 different of Arts and Letters and ISLA houses in the. Northeast have added summer research Neighborhood of South Bend, stipends under the UROP pro­ where they will help to paint gram. The program will give an homes, clean yards and assist opportunity to undergraduates with other housing maintenance with at least one Arts and projects, said Monahan. Letters major to work on a Many of residents are lower research topic created by them­ income, disabled and elderly ANDY KENNA/The Observer ANDY KENNA/The Observer selves over the summer while individuals who cannot perform Ms. Badin shows off her singing talents for Beth Duran, Ms. Farley, takes her victo­ being supported by the College. such tasks themselves. assistant vice president for student affairs Bill ry walk after being crowned Ms. NO The grants of approximately Kirk as she competed In the O'Neill Hall Ms. Thursday evening In LaFortune see SERVICE/page 6 NO pageant Thursday. Ballroom. see RESEARCH/page 8 page 2 The Observer+ WHAT'S UP Friday, April 11, 2003 INSIDE COLUMN WHAT'S INSIDE CAMPUS WORLD& BUSINESS In defense NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE SPORTS of the war Junior wins U.S., Kurds Carriers to Long-term 17th Annual Doubleheader After some serious, in-depth analysis service award take Kirkuk as ground approach Regatta casts sweep extends of the war in Iraq, I'm come to one for Indiana looters hit Concordes needed for OIT off winning streak conclusion: we're winning big. Baghdad to 14 games It may not seem like such a big sur­ prise now, but ear­ lier, uncertainty was the order of Notre Dame stu­ Iraqi forces back British Airways The University Fisher, the Hall The Notre Dame the day. dent Mary Murphy down as U.S. and and Air France should have of the Year, pre­ baseball team At the outset of will receive the Kurdish troops have decided to replaced its 12- pares for its signa­ defeated Chicago the conflict, anti­ 2003 Richard 1. push into Kirkuk, ground the year-old server to ture event on the State and Bowling war activists Wood Student Iraq Thursday. Concorde jet, avoid the crash that lake. Green m two claimed that the Community known for its quick occurred this week. games Thursday. Bush administra­ Commitment trans-Atlantic tion didn't have the Award today in flights and pricey backing of the pub- Matt Bramantl Muncie. tickets. lie. This week, poll- ster Opinion Dynamics released Wire Editor page 8 page 5 page 7 page 12 page 14 page 28 a survey showing that an over- whelming majority of Americans - 81 percent- support the war in Iraq. WHAT'S GOING DOWN Critics of the war plan said that this would be Vietnam all over again. The shots were varied: supply lines were Suspect charged for LaFortune fraud too long, we didn't have enough troops The prosecutor's office has charged a suspect on the ground, we were overconfident. with criminal conversion and deception in a fraud But American and British troops are case that was reported on Aug. 20 and occurred in sitting pretty in Baghdad, and the LaFortune. regime of dictator Sad dam Hussein has lost its stranglehold on Iraq. Coalition Student sent to St. Joseph Medical Ctr. sources have seized Kirkuk, are negoti­ A student from Pangborn Hall was sent in an ating the surrender of Mosul and are ambulance to St. Joseph Medical Center Tuesday bearing down on Saddam's hometown for treatment of an illness. · ofTikrit. And why are we fighting the war? I Police investigate assault complaint believe the president when he says this NDSP is investigating an assault complaint from war is about protecting Americans and Fisher Hall that was reported Tuesday. liberating Iraqis from a cruel despot with weapons of mass destruction. But Student reports Tuesday bike theft let's look at some of the accusations A student reported to NDSP that her unlocked leveled against Bush by his political bike was stolen from the rack outside the opponents. Coleman-Morse Center on Tuesday between 7:45 "Bush just wants to get Iraq's oil." If and 8:25 p.m. There are no suspects. we wanted to seize oil, we would have conquered Kuwait after the Gulf War. It would have taken about 15 minutes, and gas would cost about 70 cents a gallon. Or, barring that, we could have left Saddam Hussein in power, and -compiled from the NDSP crime blotter negotiated juicy arms-for-oil deals. Hey, it worked for the French. "Iraq doesn't have any prohibited weapons." We've found chemicals. nuclear materials, and gas masks. We even found banned long-range missiles when Iraq shot them into Kuwait. "The war is a racist conquest of dark-skinned people by white Americans." The U.S. has been patrolling the no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq for the last 12 years, WHAT'S COOKING because Saddam Hussein used chemi­ cal weapons on the ethnic minorities there. Thousands of his own people North Dining Hall South Dining Hall Saint Mary's Dining Hall were targeted for extinction, and now Today's Lunch: Pizza, honey-garlic Today's Lunch: Stuffed shells. mush­ Today's Lunch: Assorted sushi bar. they're dancing in the streets. pork chops. white beans with ham, room marinara, bianco pizza, vegetable soba noodle shiitaki mushroom salad, None of these arguments can stand whipped potatoes, collard greens.