Thursday, March 27,2003 Men THE take on 'Cats Insider The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXVII NO. 118 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Marine to STUDENT SENATE undergo Students support in-hall dances surgery By MAUREEN REYNOLDS News Writer • ND alum injured At their last meeting of in Humvee the 2003-04 term, Senate accident in Iraq passed a letter and resolu­ tion regarding the ban on in-hall dances that was By HELENA PAYNE implemented this fall. Senior Staff Writer The letter, addressed to the Campus Life Council, The wife of Marine gradu­ asks that the ban on in­ ate, Dustin Ferrell, said he will hall dances be reexamined undergo further surgery today for a probationary period. after he was injured Saturday The letter states that the in a llumvee accident involv­ Senate "applauds. the ing three others on duty for administration's concern the war in Iraq. behind the I ban on hard Hachacl Ferrell, a 1998 alcohol)." and believes the Saint Mary's graduate. said policy "will help to she has only been able to com­ improve unhealthy con­ municate with her husband on sumption habits," but that the phone by having him "banning of in-hall dances respond to "yes" or "no" ques­ ... should not have been tions by tapping on the phone. necessary until all options Ferrell, a 2000 graduate of had been explored." Notn~ Dame. was flown Senators believe officials Monday night to Germany's should have observed the Landstuhl Hegional Medical effects of the hard-alcohol C1~nter. approximately a 10 ban before taking away hour flight from the Kuwaiti the in-hall dances, the let­ armed forces hospital where ter said. he was brought shortly after Senators were con­ the accident. Hachael Ferrell cerned about the effects of CLAIRE KELLEYfThe said. the ban on campus tradi- Brln Anderson talks to the Senate Wednesday as they discuss possible changes to student football lottery tickets. see MARINE/page 6 see SENATE/page 6 Nader discusses corporate ethics Review unlikely to By JULIA MILLER-LEMON return to SouthQuad News Writer Senate's actions on the reso­ Americans must question cor­ By MAUREEN REYNOLDS lution as well as their opinion porate practices and take action News Writer on the matter. when they believe corporations "I sent it to him because I arc behaving unethically, Ralph After Student Senate passed think in this situation, he's Nader, consumer advocate and a resolution March 19 calling the person to go to," said former 2000 Green Party presi­ for the return of the ROTC Foley, who chairs Senate. dential candidate, said at Presidential Pass in Review to "He's the one who decides Wednesday's lecture titled South Quad, a University about the Pass in Review." "Legislating Corporate Ethics." spokesman said the school is Foley said once the Senate "If you want to make sure that unlikely to take action on the passes a resolution, it is sent these companies behave, you Senate resolution. to the appropriate part of the have to empower the owners Matt Starin, a spokesperson administration for review and and the victims," Nader said. for the University, said the debate. "It's the lack of power of the Campus Life Council must The University does not people who pay the final price approve a Senate resolution take any action or react to that is the root of the fraudu­ before the administration can resolutions passed solely by lence that occurred." act on it. Because Student the Senate, said Starin, but Nader said that corporate Body Vice President Trip may review those resolutions ethics can be synonymous with Foley submitted the resolu­ as it receives them. corporate crime, and that major tion directly to University However, Starin also said corporations arc responsible for President Father Edward that the ROTC department more deaths and disease each Malloy and bypassed CLC, the has already begun planning year than street crimes. resolution will probably not this year's ceremony, which Since 2001. Nader said there be acted upon. could possibly make a loca­ have been 58,000 deaths due to The ceremony honoring tion change for this year diffi­ work-related accidents, 65,000 Ralph Nader spoke at the JACC on Wednesday about business cadets, which includes cult. deaths due to air pollution speeches from University "It is our understanding ethics and corporate culture. caused by major industrial cor­ President Father Edward that the ROTC command has porations, 85,000 fatalities as a porate crime is really a source world today make the need for a Malloy and University already made its plans to result of medical malpractice of violence not recognized by the new type of corporate ethics all President Emeritus Father have the ceremony indoors and 42,000 deaths of highway law. the more necessary, Nader Theodore Hesburgh, was and they're not contemplating workers according to the Nader argued that corporate explained. moved to Loftus from South any change in those plans," Department of Transportation. ethics must encompass a vast "No one thought this kind of Quad several years ago as a Starin said. On the other hand, street spectrum of values, including corruption would happen," result of inclement weather. Colonel David Mosinski, crimes punishable by law are honest internal auditing and a Nader said, specifically referring Foley sent the ROTC resolu­ chair of the Department of only responsible for an estimat­ fair treatment of employees. to the corruption evident in the tion to University President Military Science, said the ed 14,000 deaths each year. The heightened levels of greed Father Edward Malloy along Review would benefit from a Nader said he believes that cor- and corruption in the business see NADER! page 4 with a letter explaining the more public outdoor setting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ page 2 The Observer+ WHAT'S UP Thursday, March 27, 2002 INSIDE COLUMN WHAT'S INSIDE CAMPUS WORLD& BUSINESS Think before NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE SPORTS you protest Lecturers Iraqi citizens Student opens Promote Movies score ND softball After hours of coverage of the war in speak about welcome relief new online pacifism not well with loses to Iraq, South Bend's CBS affiliate cut away business confrontation reviewers Northwestern to show a conflict of a different sort - stereotypes convoy the one at home, created by those who oppose the war. In Chicago, anti-war Amy Richards Iraqis cheered the A new website, ROTC senior and Scene gives a The Notre Dam protesters clashed and Jennifer arrival of a food RiddleMelrish.com, Viewpoint colum­ thumbs up to softball team lost with those who Kristin Yemm allows students to nist Andrew "Tears of the Sun" both games of a support of U.S. Baumgardner dis­ convoy that had compete online for DeBerry discusses doubleheader to involvement in the cuss conventional been delayed for and ."~iglet's Big Viewpoint stereotypes at Saint days by a sand­ prizes and a book­ the potential of Mov1e .. the Wildcats war. In Oregon, a pacifism for Wednesday. raucous group Editor Mary's Wednesday. storm, mines and store shopping spree. American culture. burned an fighting in south­ American flag. In San Francisco, protest­ ern Iraq. ers staged a "vomit-in," regurgitating red-dyed milk on the steps of City Hall to show their disgust with the war. Americans who choose to protest the war in these and other ways undeniably page 4 page 5 page 7 page 12 page 14 page 28 have the right to do so. Our First Amendment right to assemble and express an opinion represents the bedrock of our liberty and sets us apart from people in countries like Iraq - WHAT'S GOING DOWN where every move and word are watched and grounds for exile, torture or execu­ Car towed for illegal parking tion. A visitor's vehicle was towed for a parking So when I saw the television coverage violation Tuesday afternoon from Moose and read the newspaper reports of the Krause Circle. thousands of protesters with slogans like "No Blood For Oil," "The Inspections Car hit near Stepan Center Were Working" and "Regime Change in A university employee reported Tuesday that America" and professions of concern for her car was struck March 20 or 21 in lot B16 the Iraqi people, I didn't question their by an unknown vehicle. right to protest. I do, however, question their judgment in doing so. Student taken to Health Center By breaking the law- over 1,500 were NDSP transported a student to the University arrested in San Francisco - they divert Health Center Tuesday for treatment of police attention and cities' anti-terrorism injuries sustained during a fall near the resources. They fail to support the thou­ Information Technology Center. sands of Americans overseas who are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice Juveniles removed from bus to protect America and secure freedom NDSP assisted a Transpo bus driver in for the Iraqi people. removing unruly juveniles from the bus But most of all. they are opposing the Tuesday afternoon. They were identified and removal of a vicious dictator whose released to a parent. crimes against his people should make any civilized person recoil in horror. One Student sustains injury near Rock institutionalized method of torture A student was transported to St. Joseph involves placing human beings feet first Regional Medical Center for treatment of a into an industrial machine meant to sports injury sustained near the Rockne shred plastic. Another method of torture Memorial Tuesday night. that particularly delights Saddam is putting people in swimming pools filled with acid and watching them melt. Saddam, not the U.S. campaign to -complied from the NDSP crime blotter remove him, deserves a "vomit-in." Saddam, not President Bush, poses the greatest threat to the Iraqi people.