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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 43: ISSUE 15 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15.2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ELECTION 2008 51int Mary's Thin line debate and advocacy recruiting Do election politics have a place in the classroom? foreigners Day. ByJENN METZ In a classroom setting, there's a News Editor thin line between academic dis College welcomes 5 cussion of certain platforms and Editor's Note: This is the first outright advocacy for a certain international first years installment of a series examining partisan belief. The political the place of politics in the class views of professors may influence room. the readings they assign, the By MANDl STIRONE manner in which they teach their Assistant News Editor This semester, many courses at courses, and the direction of dis Notre Dame, in many different cussion in the class. While pro This year's first year class has disciplines, share one topic of dis fessors have certain freedoms, five international students, an cussion - the 2008 presidential too much emphasis on strong increase from last year's class, election. political beliefs may make stu which had one international stu The Democratic and dents, who might not share in dent, said Vice President for Republican national conventions those beliefs, uncomfortable in Enrollment Management Dan dominated the media for the first class. Meyer. two weeks of the semester and A question arises; then, that That makes this year's class of became grounds for discussion in could cause debate in its own AP international students a "substan the academic setting. The elec right: Should political discussion Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks with tial increase," he said. tion will continue its presence in Republican presidential candidate John McCain at a Sept. 1l. memorial In addition, five of the 460 first the classroom even after Election see POLITICS/page 4 observance at Ground Zero Thursday in New York City. year students are United States cit izens who were educated over seas, Meyer said. The international students come from China, Myanmar, Guatamala, Rain soaks Students celebrate vvin over UM Iraq and Vietnam, Meyer said, and the students who are U.S. citizens were educated in Bolivia, Kuwait, quarter. that," senior Michael Korea, Italy and Switzerland. cainpuses, By JOSEPH McMAHON "The first quarter was the Wodarcyk said. Two of the international students Assistant News Editor best quarter of football I've Horan said he was happy to had difficult times getting to the seen from the Irish in a while," stand in the rain to watch the United States, he said. sets record Many students said they freshman Joey Horan said. Irish victory despite a cold. The student from Iraq was couldn't have been happier Freshman Reggie Henke "I was sick, and the rain did "actually a refugee or displaced with Notre Dame's 35-17 win agreed, adding he could see n't help, but it was still great," student," Meyer said. Before com By ROBERT SINGER over Michigan on Saturday, the fan's excitement bubbling he said. ing to school she was living in a over after the game. As a senior, Woodarcyk said refugee camp, he said. News Writer especially after many analysts predicted an Irish loss. "Afterwards there were peo he was happy to see the team The Burmese student "came "We got our respect back," ple sliding around in the mud defeat its rivals during his last over after the devastation over No official provisiOns have said sophomore Emily and you could tell the fans season as a member of the stu there," he said. been made for the construc Hutchens, referencing Irish couldn't have been more dent body. "We didn't even think she'd get tion of an ark, but the rain linebacker Maurice Crum's happy," he said. "We've only "It was a really fun game out of the country," Meyer said. fall flooding Notre Dame speech during the pep rally been here a month and to with a lot of big plays, especial The increase in international campus has been of record Friday. experience a win over ly considering last year's sea students is part of College proportions. After suffering through a 3-9 Michigan was awesome." son and the rough game last President Dr. Carol Ann Mooney's According to the National campaign last year and watch Just before halftime, it start week," he said. Strategic Plan for Saint Mary's, Weather Service, South Bend ing the team only beat San ed to rain, but most fans However, while he was cer called "The Path to Leadership was drenched by a record Diego State by eight last week, remained to watch the game. tainly happy with the win,. 2012," in which she hopes to 6.58 inches of rain on many students were happy to "It was great. Everyone was sophomore Scott Mcintosh said increase international enrollment Saturday, breaking the previ see the Irish take a command in a good mood overall, and I ous mark of 4.69 inches for a ing 21-point lead in the first think the rain contributed to see GAME/page 3 see SMC/page 3 single day, set 40 years ago. Early in the afternoon, Saint Mary's Lake over flowed, sending its waters across the intersection of Holy Cross Drive and St. Howard installs new CFL light bulbs Mary's road and becoming one with St. Joe's Lake. The turn was soon barricaded. The waterway gained force CFL's use 75% less energy than incandescents as it flowed across the grassy stretch overlooked by normal incandescent light Columba Hall. Fish from St. By MADELINE BUCKLEY bulb and they use up to 75 Mary's Lake were- swept up News Writer percent less energy than nor by the current and struggled mal bulbs, Henderson said. to return upstream, maneu Howard Hall will take the "We are really excited vering tree trunks in the first steps to becoming a about taking on new initia process. greener dorm by putting a tives this year," she said. A river. albeit nine inches Compact Fluorescent Light Henderson said she was deep, formed behind the Bulb (CFL) in every room in partly inspired to use CFL statue of Father Sorin on God the hall, Environmental bulbs by AI Gore's "An Quad. The reflecting pool in Commissioner Lauren Inconvenient Truth." In the front of the library over Henderson said. book, Gore states that if every flowed. Miniature ponds General Electric donated U.S. household changed one have sprung up and made 130 energy smart CFL light light bulb to a CFL bulb, it sidewalk travel. if not bulbs to the dorm, Henderson would save enough energy to treacherous. troublesome. said. reduce pollution as much as The most prominent of According to General removing one million cars Electric, their CFL bulbs last Howard Hall Environmental Commissioner Lauren Henderson installs a see RAIN I page 6 up to 10 times longer than a see HOWARD/page 6 Compact Auorescent Light Bulb. r----------------------------------------------------------------------- - page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, September 15, 2008 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: How WET WERE YOU AT SATURDAY'S GAME? Facebook face-lift Faeebook got an update. Personally, I like il. To be honest. there's little I eould do about it if I hated it. And actually, I jumpnd on the band Caroline Green Julie Romano Michael Ryan Matt Fanous Kelly Kraus Pat Sturm wagon a few weeks ago when they began the "trial sophomore sophomore freshman senior freshman sophomore period" before Aaron Steiner McGlinn Breen Philips O'Neill O'Neill McGlinn O'Neill the final switch ()(:r.urn~d. News Writer "Really wet, "Not that wet, I "Super-dee- "Mother nature 'Tm still "I wasn't the But of course. , glanr.ing at my News Feed over the just how I like was layered." duper wet." made me plenty dripping_ wet one, weekend. in between the· "GOOO IRISH! it., wet." ponchos are a wooooOO! IRISII 2-0!" and weather good thing. " related status updates. there are quite a f(lw "so-and-so hates the new far.ebook" or "so-and-so wants the old Faeebook back." People are resisting the change and want the old way back. I .ike every good non-issue that some body wanl<> to protest, there are already multiple Far.ebook groups about il. Seriously, I think I've only ever joined one or two Far.ebook protests, and I don't ever remember hearing that the group achieved it's "five million mem IN BRIEF bers in one week!!" goal, or that they had any efl'er.t whatsoever. Something Mendoza Coll.ege of tells me the guy who believes you can get Business will.be hosting a millions of people to sign up to your peti Berges Lecture: "Values and tion in a few days probably isn't able to Decision Making" from 7 organize actual change. p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday in But I understand the complaints. It's Jordan Auditorium. natural to resist change when the cur rent setup seems to be working fine. A live video interview with Maybe the 'old Facebook' worked for Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize you. But it wasn't perfect. and National Book Award The biggest problem the new version Winning Author will take fixes is the application-obsessed user's place in the Hammes Notre profile page. The new version deans up Dame Bookstore on Tuesday the profile page, moving the clutter to at 8 p.m. The interview will various tabs. You may lind it inconven celebrate the release of his ient to use.