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/ ^ \ THE O bserver The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys OLUME 41 : ISSUE 4 FRIDAY, AUGUST 25,2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Bars, satellites prohibited in dorms Radio club DuLac changes anger, confuse University students who take issue with new restrictions finishes in looking at it you can’t assume By EILEEN DUFFY it’s being used for drinking. 4th place Assistant News Editor “I don’t see how it encour­ ages drinking in the room any Imagine Norm from “Cheers” more than someone who just By MEGHAN WONS sitting in a beanbag. Could Tom has a party in their room with a News Writer Cruise spin bottles “Cocktail”- table.” style behind a futon? Would But bars do just that, accord­ Though many University stu­ seniors still gather at The ing to Keenan rector Father dents are not in tune with ND1U, Oyster ... Coffee Table? Mark Thesing. He described the amateur radio club of Notre Some students think so. bar structures, along with alco­ Dame, a fourth place finish in a The 2006 edition of duLac: A holic signs, as “items that glori­ national competition might soon Guide to Student Life reintro­ fy drinking, especially abusive help the group reach a larger duces a rule — absent since drinking.” And Father Dan audience. 2000-01 — prohibiting from Parrish, rector of Zahm Hall, ND1U nabbed fourth place of dorm rooms “any structure said he believes bar structures 72 schools in the 20th annual which has by its appearance interfere with the goals of the School Club Roundup competi­ the function of serving alcohol.” University. tion sponsored by the Council for However, you can’t judge an “Notre Dame is a Christian the Advancement of Amateur item of furniture by its cover, community and our job is ‘cre­ Radio and the American Radio junior Matt Barcus said. ating citizens for heaven,”’ Relay League (ARRL) in Observer File Photo “[A bar] is something that’s in Parrish said, quoting the February. Television satellite dishes that cluttered campus last spring essence a table,” said Barcus, Not bad for a club that two are no longer allowed under new rules outlined in duLac. who lives in Dillon. “Just by see DULAC/page 8 short years ago didn’t exist. ND1U president Andrew Carter received the good news in the summer, and the results were published in the September edition of “QST,” the official jour­ Hilton Garden Inn to debut at Saint Mary's nal of the ARRL. With a total of five radio oper­ ators participating in the con­ Hotel expected to open Congregation of the Sisters of test, ND1U made contact with 42 the Holy Cross, which owns the states, six Canadian provinces, to public next autumn land surrounding the campus. eight countries and 34 schools. Sister Joy O’Grady, president The club finished behind of the Congregation, said she Arizona State University, By KELLY MEEHAN first discussed the construction University of California Los Saint Mary’s Editor plans with the Congregation on Angeles and Louisiana State Jan. 16, 2006. University. The scenery surrounding She informed the Carter was excited by the Saint Mary’s campus will soon Congregation would be “enter­ club’s performance and said he be altered as plans for the con­ ing into an agreement with the is pleased with the progress struction of a Hilton Garden Holladay Corporation and ND1U has made since he joined Inn immediately northeast of Saint Mary’s College to lease during his freshman year at campus are already underway. land bordered by the current Notre Dame. When Carter first The 100 to 125 room hotel Inn at Saint Mary’s, Madeleva applied, he said Notre Dame’s and 400 to 500 person confer­ Drive, Brother Andre Drive once active amateur radio club ence center — expected to and the Indiana Toll Road to was dormant. open by the start of the 2007 construct a 100-unit Hilton “I knew that if I went to Notre football season — are not Garden Inn Hotel and a 350- O bserver file Dame, I wanted to start up the under the jurisdiction of the Some College students fear the new hotel will not be as College, but rather the see HILTON/page 4 separated from campus as the Inn at Saint Mary’s. see RADIO/page 8 Latinist defends language in talk University welcomes By KIM ABEEL six new hall rectors News Writer Latin is very much alive, said By KATHLEEN McDONNELL available positions. Father Reginald Foster in a News Writer “We were just so fortunate Thursday discussion at Notre to have the folks we have,” Dame that emphasized the While leading the center Lenz said. “Notre Dame importance of continuing to of the Notre Dame commu­ attracts, right? As a group, preserve the language. nity seems a daunting task the new rectors just seem so “Latin is not dead and it to many people, six new rec­ happy to be here.” never will be,” he said. “If it tors are embracing the An applicant must have a does die, it is no one’s fault but opportunity this fall. master’s degree in his or our own.” Denise McOsker of Lyons, her respective field and Foster’s passion is spreading Sister Denise Lyon of Badin, experience working with the joy of Latin, and he will Linda Cirillo of Lewis, Mark young people. He or she teach Latin to just about any­ DeMott of Keough, Breyan must also agree to stay one who wants to learn it. The Tornifolio of Pasquerilla three years if hired. While Rome-based priest prefers to East and Father Ralph Haag only two are clergy mem­ be called “R eggie” and is of St. Edward’s Hall join the bers, all are from places known to students and schol­ 21 returning rectors this where the pastoral dimen­ ars around the world as one of academic year. sion is very important, Lenz the most dynamic and most Sister Jean Lenz, assistant said. gifted Latinists of his time. vice president of Student McOsker comes to Lyons Throughout his talk, which after eight years of teaching JENNIFER KANG/The Observer Affairs, is enthusiastic about Father Reginald Foster stresses the importance of the Latin the new rectors. Fifty-five language to an audience of more than 200 people Thursday. see LATIN/page 9 hopefuls applied for the six see RECTORS/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Friday, August 25, 2006 Inside C olumn Question of the Day: W ho w o u ld you lik e to s e e p e r f o r m a t th e s h o w ? Off-campus growing pains Matthew Baca Ryan Cleary Nicole Koors John Dalhoff Jay Branham Christine Morris sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore In the few days since freshman Fisher Stanford Pangborn Alumni Alumni Off-campus orientation, it seems as if all of Notre Dame has been full of advice for our newest students. “Guns n ’ Roses "Charlie Weis.' “Snow Patrol. “The Village “Spice Girls. ” This week, as freshmen attend and The People. ” their first col­ Darkness. ” lege classes and Steve Kerins begin to social- ----------------------- ize with people they barely News Writer know, our com­ munity stands ready to help them adjust to life away from family and friends. That is one of Notre Dame’s greatest strengths. As it turns out, though, life is full of adjustments — and it isn’t just freshmen who occasionally feel the In B rief weight of change. Tonight at 8 p.m., The Show Two weeks ago I moved into my 2006 presents artists Third Eye first apartment, and since then I’ve Blind and Common in concert had the chance to rediscover that in the Joyce Center Fieldhouse. intense feeling of newness. I’ve The performance is limited to also learned a great deal about Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and independence. Holy Cross students with valid I’ve learned that it is possible to student IDs. Tickets are $10. dangerously undercook a variety of foods — from salmon steaks to Multicultural Student chicken chunks — in the Programs and Services will microwave. I don’t know whether hold their annual W elcom e it’s possible to undercook these Back Picnic today from 4 p.m. foods in the oven or on the stove, to 6 p.m. at Fieldhouse Mall. because I only know how to use a The event will include free food, microwave. music and perfomances by I’ve learned to keep the screen FASO Voices, Hawaii Club and door shut in the evening, after First Class Ladies Steppers. swatting at obscenely large insects with a sofa cushion the size of a The Suite Museum of Art will kiddie pool earned me a small showcase Mexican migration to crowd of onlookers in the parking the U.S. through a multimedia lot. exhibit that includes Chicano And I’ve learned that the fumes and Mexican visual arts begin­ of the sinister blue liquid I use to ning Sunday, Sept. 3 in the clean my toilet will always make ALLISON AMBROSE/The Observer museum’s O’Shaughnessy me want to take a brief nap on the Career Center assistant director Rose Kopec, left, and sophomore Notre Dame Galleries, Mestrovic Studio bathroom floor as soon as I open student Aisa Rocha meet at the Arts and Letters Fall Kick-Off at Leighton Gallery and the entrance atri­ the cap, and that a wadded-up Concert Hall in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Thursday. um. bathmat makes a poor pillow. Somehow, though, despite these The sixth annual Saturday small-time tribulations, I’ve also Scholar Series will feature six discovered a new strength in lectures and a performance by myself.

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