THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 40: ISSUE 6 TUESDAY, AUGUST 30,2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Hurricane slams into New Orleans GayND llurrieann Katrina had a[rp,ady N 0 students worry demonstrated its violenco by student about loved ones in Thursday - claiming scwnn lives in Florida as a morn Category I path of violent storm storm. honored That samn statnmcmt warnnd of thn storm's ability to obliterate By KATIE PERRY mohiln homes and other "poorly­ Sophomore is one of Ntws Wrilt'r c:onstructnd dwellings." Morn sta­ ble buildings were also labeled as 19 national finalists at-risk areas as the National As thn Big Easy bracnd Monday Wnathnr Snrvien warned residents !ill' Katrina -tho Catngory 4 hur­ By MARY KATE MALONE of' Now Orleans that Katrina also News Writer. riearw purportnd to be tlw most had thP eapadty to eausc~ serious c·atastrophic~ cwnnt to strikn tho damage to even wnll-built struc­ rngion in dneadns - wary Nnw tures. Thnrn's a ccdnbdty of sorts OriPans on Notrn Damn's campus. nativPs of Keeping in touch I In is fnaturc~d in Tinw maga­ N otrc> llanw See Also Senior Brandon Hall - who zinn next month and is tlw and Saint livns within thn New Orleans city subject of a feature~ story in a M a ,. y · s "Weaker Katrina limiL'i -said he h<L'i spoken to his major metropolitan newspa­ I' x p r n s s n d floors New family and friends, but with dilli­ per. gravn eonenrn eulty. Tied up phonn lines have llis namn is Brott .Janecek. Orleans" ftll' [ov!'d OIWS made communication diflicult. he lin's a sophomorn. lin's gay. hack homo. page 5 said. And he just recc~ivml a presti­ Toutnd in a ''l'vn spoken with family and gious - and large - scholar­ National Weather Serviee stato­ friends," he said. "Some are AP ship from The Point Found­ mnnl. IL'i a "potnntially eatastroph­ Marshall Martin, right, passes three-month-old Christopher ation, a national organization i<: and lil'n-thrnatoning" event, see STORM/page 4 Collins to a fire officer during evacuations in. New Orleans. aimed at providing support for stud(ints who havn bnnn mar­ ginalized becausn of their sex­ ual orientation. The scholarship is unprece­ COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES dented at Notre Danw - recently ranked the No. 2 col­ lege in the country in Tho Princtnon Heviow's "Aitnr­ Group introduces new- members, vision native Lifestyles Not an Alternativn" catngory, al'tor two years at No. 1. Baron says COR will operate 'efficiently' .Janecek, along with tho IIJ other gay finalists, was snleet­ The group, which brings By MADDIE HANNA ed from a pool or morn than together the leaders of dif­ 2,000 applicants. Tho applica­ Associate News Editor ferent organizations on tion process was competitive campus, kicked off its year and lengthy, .Janncnk said. Critics of student govern­ by bringing new members lie wrote throe essays. ment. take note. If s-tudent into the discussion. answered questions ovnr tlw body president Dave Baron Senior Katie Crossin was phone and flew to San has it his way, the Council of approved without opposition Francisco to sit. bol'ore the Hepresentatives' keyword as the Mendoza College of Point Foundation's Board of will be "efficiency." Business' Student Hoprn­ Trustees before !)(ling awardnd "COR is the centerpiece of sontative on thn Academic the scholarship in narly May. the student union," Baron Couneil. "Tho scholarship is about told representatives Baron explained that four being an activist." .Janncok Monday. "This is an entirely students. one from each col­ said. ''I'm hnre. I'm gay. And open agenda sort of meet­ lege, form the Aeademic poople are recognizing nw for ing. If you guys don't have Council. One is designated my leadorship and aeadnmic PAMElA LOCKE/The Observer stuff to talk about, we won't as the Academic Delegate achievements and for what Uzzle Shappell, left, and Dave Baron speak to members of the meet." Council of Representatives Monday night. see COR/ page 8 see STUDENT/page 9 New First Year of Studies dean comes from experience Hugh Page, Jr. replaces Eileen Kolman as chief leader of the University's award-winning program for freshman students bnlinvns the position fits his who served as dean since 1990. By JANICE FLYNN personal aspirations as an edu­ llis appointment rounds out the News Writer eator. list of new senior administra­ "I see myself as a scholar, as tors that includes University An J·:piscopal priest. A har­ a teacher and as an adminis­ president and provost. monica playPr and a blues lyri­ trator, and if there is a place Page saw firsthand the signif­ cist. A translator of llebrow within the University where icance of the program - from texts. An assistant mon 's tennis scmior administrators feel that I the advisors' dedication to the coach. A pont, a theologian- and can be of service, then I'm students' potential - during martial arts black boiL more than willing," he said. the summer when he worked And now dean of the First Page came to Notre Dame in with the staff to build student Year of' Studies. 1992 to teach in the theology schedulns. llugh Page, Jr., a poised man department. In 1999, he was "Heading through the files. of varind inturests, steps into appointed the direetor of the you hear the stories that indi­ his lirst year of overseeing the African and African-American vidual first year students tell program that guides freshman Studies program, and in 2002 about their own academic or through their first Notre Dame he became an associate dean personal growth," he said. ar.ademic year. · for undergraduate studies in "They come with such incredi- FRANCESCA SETNTho Observer Page said he feels fortunate the College of Arts and Letters. Hugh Page, Jr. recently became dean of the First Year of to have been chosen and Page replaces Eileen Kolman, see DEAN/page 8 Studies. He has worked at Notre Dame since 1992. page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, August 30, 2005 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ATHLETIC FACILITY DO YOU FREQUENT? Golden senior• year Watching the freshmen as they walked around eampus for tho past week or so - they looked a bit seared the first few days, then a bit morn confident as they Ken Kuo Meghan Paladino Ryan Bravo Bettina Patena Pat Carey Mike Hopkinson settled into campus life over the week­ freshman sophomore junior sophomore freshman freshman end I was reminded less of Nicole Zook Kennan Pangborn Fisher Farley Zahm Zahm how I felt my first few weeks on earn­ Associate "Rolfs.,, 'Tve been to the "South Dining "Rolfs. Fm too "I use the sam·e "North Quad. I pus and more of Rock. No, wait, I Hall.,, lazy to walk facilities as all get a great how while this is a news editor new beginning for live by the anywhere else.,, the BP girls.,, workout some students, it is the beginning of an Rock.,, running from end for the seniors. NDSP.,, As the freshmen are looking forward to an amazing four years here, we just have one precious year of life in our bub­ ble left before we are harshly thrust into the real world. Luckily for us. before we have to face that reality, we are blessed with what I'm told may be the most amazing year of our lives - senior year, a title that should be not only capitalized but capi­ IN BRIEF talized on. Senior year is a magical time, a year full of firsts, last firsts and very lasl<>. Notre Dame's annual For me in particular, senior year Activities Night will take place shines ahead of me like a bright promise. today at 7 p.m. to 9 in the JACC. Why? Because I had a very special birth­ All students are welcome to day this summer that allows me to enter attend. any of South Bend's fine establishments legally. The first of six lectures on This leaves me in a somewhat unusual business ethics this fall at Notre situation ___:__ I'm that senior who has Dame will take place Wednesday never been to the South Bend bars. For at 7 p.m. in the Jordan the past three years, I have been desig~ Auditorium of the Mendoza nated driving those lucky ducks of legal College of Business. It is entitled age to Heartland, Fiddler's, "Business Schools are Partially RumRunners, State and Finnegan's, then to Blame for the Corporate sadly sighing, shifting and heading back Ethics Scandals: Multiple to my dorm. Viewpoints" and will feature I'm even that extremely rare senior several Notre Dame faculty who never got to sail on the legendary members. Boat. Oh, once last year when I took about 15 people there in the back of a NO Cinema will host the criti­ pickup truck, I got up those long stairs cally acclaimed documentary and got a peek inside, but my ship could­ "MurderbaU," about quad rugby n't sail any further. Team USA's bid in the 2004 But I heard the stories. Fantastic tales Paralympics, in the DeBartolo MATTHEW SMEDBERGrThe Observer Performing Arts Centers of a magical senior year - of penny From left to right, Sophie Alexandrou, Emmanuel Sifakis, Luis Montestruque and pitchers, dancing all night, ridiculous Browning Cinema Friday and Alexandria Garripoli relax .at the welcome back picnic for international students Monday. Saturday nights at 7 and 10 p.m. pick-up lines and somewhat shady but Notre Dame has roughly 1,000 international students from more than 100 countries.