THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 42: ISSUE 25 MONDAY, OCTOBER l, 2007 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Emergency notifications tested Author Text security system requires student response; Connect-ED will send messages via cell phones celebrated its new mass notification of that or give them the the messages that reach the By MARCELA BERRIOS system - which would serve option to opt out of that. It's campus community. The Associate News Editor to swiftly inform the campus not something the University Office of the Registrar at College of emergencies through e­ chose to do on its own, but informed students via e-mail Notre Dame sent out a mails, text messages and rather something Connect­ Tuesday that those who Talks part of annual wave of text messages to voice mails - mobile phone ED asked us to do because signed up for emergency more than 7 5 percent of stu­ users had to confirm their many of the carriers require alerts on their mobile CWIL colloquium dents Wednesday, asking willingness to receive these it., phones would be receiving a them to confirm their regis­ text messages, as required Connect-ED, the company text message from Connect­ By ASHLEY CHARNLEY tration in the SMS portion of by most carriers. Notre Dame contracted to ED that was actually pro­ News Writer the University's emergency "The majority of cellular serid the text- and voice­ duced by the University. notil'ication system - but [phone] carriers will not based notifications to thou­ The e-mail said the text the future success of this send text messages to mass sands of mobile phones, has message would read: "Univ Encouraging women to chal­ aspect of the initiative is mailing lists without individ­ an online interface where of Notre Dame: You have lenge a male-dominant system contingent on the students' ual confirmation," Steed the Office of the Registrar asked to receive SMS alerts was a key theme in Colleen response rate, said Jay said. "Most carriers will not can upload both the text and from us. You must text reply O'Brien's lecture Friday as Steed, executive assistant to allow companies to create the recorded voicemail mes­ 'Y NDIRISH' to confirm this part of the annual Center for Chief Information Officer mass text message mailings sages it wants to send out. request." Women's InterCultural Gordon Wishon Sunday. lists unless they first provide This service, Steed said, When students opened Leadership (CWIL) colloquium Before the University con­ an option for people to con­ allows the University to keep at Saint Mary's. Her lecture - "Race and ducts a full-scale trial run of firm they want to be a part control over the content of I see TEXT page 6 Desire in Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda's 'Sab'" - dis­ cussed the writings of Cuban activist and author Avellaneda and the prominent themes in Avellaneda's most famous 25th Domer Run works. O'Brien described Avellaneda's life and the recurrent themes of racial and gender opposition in the fields hundreds author's writings. Elaine Meyer-Lee, director of CWIL, began the lecture registration fees and dona­ describing the purpose of the By KATIE STAAK tions will be given toward series. News Writer ovarian cancer awareness. As "The fellows and faculty of Sunday night, no figures present their work and Members of Notre Dame, were available. The run is research for the edification of Saint Mary's and Holy Cross sponsored by RecSports, the cultural history," she said. communities raced Saturday Notre Dame Alumni O'Brien has a Ph.D. in i morning in the 25th annual Association, Chase Financial English and women studies i Domer Hun to raise awareness and Legends. and currently teaches human­ 'I for ovarian cancer. The run, According to the American istic studies at the College. j which is held on a designated Cancer Society, ovarian cancer "[Avellaneda] was not a away football weekend each is the eighth most common woman who liked patriarchy," fall, sponsors various types of cancer in women. One in O'Brien said of the 19th centu­ cancer research, support every 6 7 women in the United ry poet. "She felt woman were I groups and foundations. States will be diagnosed this not subservient to men and Greg Weber, sports camps year. fought for freedom of equality. coordinator for RecSports, The event was established in She was the first woman to j said 336 people pre-registered memory of Barbra Link, an make a bid for a chair in the but others showed up alumna and wife of Notre Royal Academy but was Saturday to participate. The Dame Law School Dean denied the position because race has had over 500 partici­ Emeritus Dave Link. Barbara I she was a woman." pants in years past. Participants in the Domer Run jog past the Snite Tho money raised from the see RUN/page 4 Museum Saturday. More than 350 people participated. see POET/page 4 Visionary car designer honored Lecture discusses Exner biographer delivers tribute to accomplishments cosmopolitanism By THERESA CIVANTOS themes throughout the confer­ News Writer Speaker highlights ence for Appiah and fellow keynote speaker Martha Notre Dame hosted a car show idea's components Nussbaum, of the University of Saturday featuring the work of the Chicago. late legendary Chrysler designer By BRIAN McKENZIE Appiah began by outlining the Virgil Exner. News Writer three core tenets of cosmopoli­ Exner was Chrysler's first vice tanism. The first is that there president of styling and worked for Cosmopolitanism, a set of should be a global citizenry but the Studebaker Corporation, which beliefs concerned with providing not a world government. The was based in South Bend. global justice and cultural second is that every world citizen The event, coordinated by Notre acceptance, is a critical aspect of should care about the condition Dame's industrial design program, global citizenry and communica­ of every other citizen. Finally, he included a show at the Stepan Center tion, Kwame Appiah, a keynote stressed the importance of cul­ from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m ..and a 7:30p.m. speaker at the gender studies tural exchange and conversation. lecture at the Snite Museum of Art program's conference said He spoke about how globaliza­ KATE FENLON/The Observer delivered by Peter Grist, author of Friday. tion has affected the "ancient Two of Virgil Exner's car designs are on display outside Genocide, patriotism and world the Snite Museum Saturday. see SHOW/page 4 governments were recurring see GENDER/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, October 1, 2007 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHATS YOUR FAVORITE FORM OF EXERCISE? Pre111ieres please Last May, in the midst of finals and pre-summer angst, we all took the Tom Soler Megan Krizmanich Tori Carpenito Christine Roetzel Anna Franzonello Erin Williams time out of our busy schedules to eozy up on thn coueh with a full bowl of sophomore sophomore freshman freshman grad student sophomore popcorn and engage in our most Knott Pasquerilla West Farley Farley Badin Pasquerilla West beloved 'IV shows' season finales. While some shows left us rather dis­ .. appointed and unimpressed, others (p,ft "Draining cups 12 ounce "Gymnastics, "/love 'ab' "The secret "Dancing, but us with mouths all night long, curls." because /love exercises Twister death only on table open, staring at Madeline Nies son. the risk because they match that tops in six- the sernen in a " mixture of excite­ involved." make me feel takes place mans in Zahm. ment and disbn­ Graphics good about every Sunday lief. Those shows Editor myself" night at the most liknly had some sort of mind-boggling clillhanger Law School." that was nntirnly unexpeeted. It is these shows that we've bmm anxiously awaiting to return this fall. For television lovers, this past week has bnnn the highlight of the fall- tho season premieres of many of our favorite shows (Desperate Housewives, IN BRIEF The Olliee and I leroes. to name a few) as well as the start of several new, There will be an information highly anticipated shows (Dirty Sexy meeting for international Monny, Private Pradice, and Chuek). I internships in Africa, Asia and do admit to taking a fair numbnr of Latine America tonight at 6::{0 "study breaks" this week for the pre­ in the auditorium of the minrs of my favorites. Hesburgh Center for I happnn to bP an avid fan of The International Studies. Oflkn and (;n•y's Anatomy, in partieu­ Internships are available to lar. Undnrstandably so, I was rather freshmen, sophomorns and jun­ eonllktnd wlwn I learnnd that thesn iors. Former reeipients will talk two shows would now be airing simul­ about their experiences and taneously- The Oflice on NBC and answer questions. (;rey's on ABC Thursdays at 9 p.m. For those of you who share in an Craig Cramer will perform in Ollicn obsnssion, you ean understand a faculty organ recital tomor­ my nagnrnnss to lind out where .Jim row at 8 p.m. in Reyes Organ and Pam now stand. And for those and Choral Hall, DeBartolo who ean't get enough (;rey's Anatomy Performing Arts Center. Tickets drama, you can see how essential it are $3 f'or students. was for me to seP how ABC would handle Isaac Washington's departure Them will be a workshop titled from the show, plus w~t an updatt~ on "Interviewing for the Aeademic Dnrnk and Men•dith 's relationship, of Job Market" Wednesday from 4 eoursn. p.m. to 5:15 in 126 D<1Bartolo Clnarly, NBC has made an ag~-,rrnssive IAN GAVLICK!The Observer Hall.