Scholastic Takes a Look at the » Defining Beauty by Brigid Sweeney 30 Iattitudes Surrounding Campus Drinking and the Administrative Response

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" , THE ELEVE TH OF " TOBER " " FYC: Community Composition =m 0 ! TABLE OF CONTENTS" " by Mike Borgia and Jennifer Osterhage " g _ . . " i CBL FYC program allows freshmen to reach ". » I Thriving" on Challenge by Kimberly Blackwell 7 r· .outt6 th.~ commu.nity while fulfilling their " i composition requirement. .

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I COVER: Scholastic takes a look at the » Defining Beauty by Brigid Sweeney 30 Iattitudes surrounding campus drinking and the administrative response. " i » I A Labor of Love by Kathleen Corte 32 \ " .' i Structurally Flawed": "'" 22 From the Editor i Iby Gerard Meskill" " " ".. "" " .' 2 Out of Bounds 29 ND Notebook 4 Week in Distortion 34 :. c"ommentary: A criticallo~k at the current BCS" Campus Watch 21 Calendar 35 " ranking system with suggestions tor improve- Splinters 27 Final Word 36 . ment.

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i Vol. 143, No. 04 • 11 OCT 2001 SCHOLaSTIC ", Editor in Chief i Michael P. Griffin i ·Managing Editor IMatthew Barr i Associate Editor , Jessica L. Daues IExecutive Editor Sarah Chiidress I News I Matthew C. Ziegler, editor ! Jeffrey Drocco, assistant IKatie Freddoso, assistant . Campus Life : Jacklyn D. Kiefer, editor I Kristin A. Kramer, assistant i Back to Normal ; Sports I Gerard J. Meskiii, editor s time ran out on the Notre Dame-Pittsburgh game, a roar from above i David Murray, assistant Astole my attention from the game. I had been down on the field along I Entertainment the ND sideline taking photos for the magazine. When the sound came, my Kathleen Corte, editor ! Carrie E. Sweeney, assistant fingers became clumsy, slipping off the camera's controls. I looked sky II Departments ward and saw a commercial plane skirt the north side of the stadium. Ad I ICristin E. Fenzel, editor mittedly, it was not so close that it was a real danger, but it was a bit too i Design Crissy Manary, editor low to leave me at ease. And, for an instant, my nerves tingled with terror. I Katie Browning, assistant But then the plane passed the stadium, continuing to its destination. Notre I Jessica A. Chamberlain, assistant 'I Nick Daiiey Dame Stadium was intact. But my mind was left imagining a plane plow Eric Doversberger i Nicole Kenney ing through the concrete of the stadium, the press box tumbling on top of i . I Photography crumbled stands. Until last month the thought would have been incompre I !Katherine A. Foster, editor

hensible. Now, who knows? Once an impossibility, such destruction isn't 'I ! Graphic Arts automatically rejected by my mind as ridiculous. Luckily, this was only an ! ! Michael M. delaRosa, editor imagined genocide. i Copy i Adam M. Aroian, editor But this looming uneasiness has persisted since the second week of Sep IIJennifer L. Wahoske, assistant look for I Cecilia Hadley ISSUE 5 tember - and more so, since the first air strikes this past Sunday. Every ISoquel Harding on time I return to my dorm room, I stride toward my computer; as I pass the i Kristin Steckbeck NOV1 I IDistribution couch, my backpack slides from my arm. I "wake" my computer from sleep i i Felisia Johns, manager mode, and silently click the blue Internet Explorer "e" on the toolbar. Then / ! Advertising the Internet address flows unabatedly from my fingers: www.cnn.com. Each 1Jessica B. Potish, manager Join the adventure that never ends. i Kyle Zuaro, assistant time, my foot repeatedly taps the floor during the few-second interval be I I ! Online tween my little finger striking the Enter key and the appearance of the fa i, F. Brian Scofield, manager miliar logo. IIJamie L. Moran, assistant I perform my newly adopted routine stoically and purposefully. For the I i Marketing d Kristen D'Arcy, manager past few days, it's been news of the strikes against Afghanistan. All day this past Tuesday, it's been about the U.N.-affiliated workers who were Disce Quasi Semper Victurus ANSWER ~ killed when one of our missiles allegedly missed its target. A report of ci Vive Quasi Cras Maritllrus vilian death was bound to come eventually; it came sooner, rather than . THECALL . W later. I wearily await another report: one of revenge against the United States .Published biweekly at the University of Notre Dame for the destruction caused abroad. With Bush's prophecy that "it is likely ni and printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN, I I' 46556. The entire contents of Scholastic magazine Is the American campaign against terrorism will be lengthy," I worry about Copyright © 2001. AJI rights reserved. No contents of I Ithis magazine, either In whole or In part, may be the inevitability - whether it be sooner or later - of such an attack. I reproduced In any manner without written consent of I the publisher. Scholastic magazine does not assume They tell us, though, to live our lives. And in that spirit, this is the first !liabiiity for unsolicited manuscripts or material. AJI issue of Scholastic this year in which the cover has not been related to I correspondence should be sent to Scholastic I Imagazine, LaFortune Student Center, Notre Dame, IN tragedy. Despite possible charges of triviality at a time of war, we decided i 46556. To be pubJlshed in the next Issue, letters must ! be received by 5:00 p.m. Monday before the issue. AJI to continue living and to get back to Scholastic's normal style. Matthew letters must Include the writer's name, address and Ziegler explores changes to the alcohol policy, particularly in comparison I Iphone number. AJlletters must be signed. Names will I be withheld upon request in certain instances. to the national trends of on-~ampus drinking. Many citations last weekend i Scholastic reserves the right to edit letters for space. ) Katie Freddoso Is the official office belJlgerent. for student tailgaters speak .of the university's desire to further enforce its II Requests for corrections made more than 21 days after regulations. Check out his report on page 14. i pubJlcatlon cannot be guaranteed.The subscription rate i Iis $35 per year. Avaiiable back issues are $2.50 per And despite uneasiness, let us look upward I I copy; please specify volume and number, or date. WiPfii i:tJ. 'Copies of the annual footbaJl review are avaJlable at $5 www.nd.edu/ ~vocation i : per copy. Advertising rates available on request. The I opinions expressed In Scholastic magazine are not i necessarily those of the University of Notre Dame or l.J the student body. Michael P. Griffin, Editor

2 SCHOLASTICFROM THE EDITOR Vol. 143, No. 04 • 11 OCT 2001 SCHOLaSTIC ", Editor in Chief i Michael P. Griffin i ·Managing Editor IMatthew Barr i Associate Editor , Jessica L. Daues IExecutive Editor Sarah Chiidress I News I Matthew C. Ziegler, editor ! Jeffrey Drocco, assistant IKatie Freddoso, assistant . Campus Life : Jacklyn D. Kiefer, editor I Kristin A. Kramer, assistant i Back to Normal ; Sports I Gerard J. Meskiii, editor s time ran out on the Notre Dame-Pittsburgh game, a roar from above i David Murray, assistant Astole my attention from the game. I had been down on the field along I Entertainment the ND sideline taking photos for the magazine. When the sound came, my Kathleen Corte, editor ! Carrie E. Sweeney, assistant fingers became clumsy, slipping off the camera's controls. I looked sky II Departments ward and saw a commercial plane skirt the north side of the stadium. Ad I ICristin E. Fenzel, editor mittedly, it was not so close that it was a real danger, but it was a bit too i Design Crissy Manary, editor low to leave me at ease. And, for an instant, my nerves tingled with terror. I Katie Browning, assistant But then the plane passed the stadium, continuing to its destination. Notre I Jessica A. Chamberlain, assistant 'I Nick Daiiey Dame Stadium was intact. But my mind was left imagining a plane plow Eric Doversberger i Nicole Kenney ing through the concrete of the stadium, the press box tumbling on top of i . I Photography crumbled stands. Until last month the thought would have been incompre I !Katherine A. Foster, editor hensible. Now, who knows? Once an impossibility, such destruction isn't 'I ! Graphic Arts automatically rejected by my mind as ridiculous. Luckily, this was only an ! ! Michael M. delaRosa, editor imagined genocide. i Copy i Adam M. Aroian, editor But this looming uneasiness has persisted since the second week of Sep IIJennifer L. Wahoske, assistant look for I Cecilia Hadley ISSUE 5 tember - and more so, since the first air strikes this past Sunday. Every ISoquel Harding on time I return to my dorm room, I stride toward my computer; as I pass the i Kristin Steckbeck NOV1 I IDistribution couch, my backpack slides from my arm. I "wake" my computer from sleep i i Felisia Johns, manager mode, and silently click the blue Internet Explorer "e" on the toolbar. Then / ! Advertising the Internet address flows unabatedly from my fingers: www.cnn.com. Each 1Jessica B. Potish, manager Join the adventure that never ends. i Kyle Zuaro, assistant time, my foot repeatedly taps the floor during the few-second interval be I I ! Online tween my little finger striking the Enter key and the appearance of the fa i, F. Brian Scofield, manager miliar logo. IIJamie L. Moran, assistant I perform my newly adopted routine stoically and purposefully. For the I i Marketing d Kristen D'Arcy, manager past few days, it's been news of the strikes against Afghanistan. All day this past Tuesday, it's been about the U.N.-affiliated workers who were Disce Quasi Semper Victurus ANSWER ~ killed when one of our missiles allegedly missed its target. A report of ci Vive Quasi Cras Maritllrus vilian death was bound to come eventually; it came sooner, rather than . THECALL . W later. I wearily await another report: one of revenge against the United States .Published biweekly at the University of Notre Dame for the destruction caused abroad. With Bush's prophecy that "it is likely ni and printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN, I I' 46556. The entire contents of Scholastic magazine Is the American campaign against terrorism will be lengthy," I worry about Copyright © 2001. AJI rights reserved. No contents of I Ithis magazine, either In whole or In part, may be the inevitability - whether it be sooner or later - of such an attack. I reproduced In any manner without written consent of I the publisher. Scholastic magazine does not assume They tell us, though, to live our lives. And in that spirit, this is the first !liabiiity for unsolicited manuscripts or material. AJI issue of Scholastic this year in which the cover has not been related to I correspondence should be sent to Scholastic I Imagazine, LaFortune Student Center, Notre Dame, IN tragedy. Despite possible charges of triviality at a time of war, we decided i 46556. To be pubJlshed in the next Issue, letters must ! be received by 5:00 p.m. Monday before the issue. AJI to continue living and to get back to Scholastic's normal style. Matthew letters must Include the writer's name, address and Ziegler explores changes to the alcohol policy, particularly in comparison I Iphone number. AJlletters must be signed. Names will I be withheld upon request in certain instances. to the national trends of on-~ampus drinking. Many citations last weekend i Scholastic reserves the right to edit letters for space. ) Katie Freddoso Is the official office belJlgerent. for student tailgaters speak .of the university's desire to further enforce its II Requests for corrections made more than 21 days after regulations. Check out his report on page 14. i pubJlcatlon cannot be guaranteed.The subscription rate i Iis $35 per year. Avaiiable back issues are $2.50 per And despite uneasiness, let us look upward I I copy; please specify volume and number, or date. WiPfii i:tJ. 'Copies of the annual footbaJl review are avaJlable at $5 www.nd.edu/ ~vocation i : per copy. Advertising rates available on request. The I opinions expressed In Scholastic magazine are not i necessarily those of the University of Notre Dame or l.J the student body. Michael P. Griffin, Editor

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"Even Helen Keller could see the difference." , 37 Years Ago Il What's for Dinner? - biology professor, emphasizing that students should be ) able to see the difference between two figures !; A Match Made in Stepan I Campus vegans take action to enhance dining-hall options n October of 1964, Notre Dame hosted ANDREAMANKA contains animal by-products, and no la them in the test kitchen," Tampe says. Ian "IBM Dance" at Stepan Center. Those beling system is in place to indicate which "Then, hopefully, there will be one vegan "I wouldn't let Bob Davie coach a video game." in attendance waited nervously to meet their It isn't easy being a vegan - a person who foods are vegan-friendly and which are entree at every meal." She also said that - student overheard in Morrissey Manor dates, which had been chosen by a computer. doesn't eat meat, poultry, fish, egg or dairy not. Ingredient lists for dining-hall offer Kalili will work on labeling all the foods ) The matches were based on questionnaires products - especially in an avidly car ings are not available on the food services' that are suitable for vegan consumption. filled out in advance by Notre Dame students nivorous environment such as Notre Web site, food.nd.edu. Hopefully, vegan Domers soon will be and students from other colleges. Unfortu Dame, where Burger King, chicken nug But there is light at the end of the vegan able to leave the dining hall with a stom nateIy, the computer took much longer than gets and beef stir-fry make up the typical tunnel. A group called ND for Animals has ach full of nutritious, vegan vittles. 0 Tourist: "Is 8t. Mary's the girl half of Notre Dame?" anticipated to produce the matches, so only a student diet. Strict vegetarians outside of been working with .. Tour Guide: "Ask a Notre Dame girl." fraction of them were ready when the dance the Notre Dame bubble typically have a food services to get ) started. Columnists in the October 9, 1964 is variety of natural-food stores from which a vegan selection at sue of Notre Dame Scholastic deemed the to purchase their daily meals. But the only every meal. Junior event a disaster, proposing it be renamed the option besides fast food for a vegan Lewis resident "Infinitely Botched-up Machine Dance." stranded on campus might be the dining Carolyn Tampe, "I vow to get up and shower tomorrow before class instead As it turned out, however, the computer halls. head of ND for of just Febreze-ing my hair." actually got one right. A recent Ann Landers Browsing through the dining hall selec Animals, has been ) - student overheard in a female dorm column included a letter from a woman who tion, a vegan finds very few meat-, egg . in contact with was a student at Rosary College in Illinois and dairy-less options. To prevent inad Reginald Kalili, the in 1964. She showed up at the dance, but vertent animal-by-product consumption, assistant director of thanks to all the confusion, she never met a vegan is limited to salad (without dress food-services ad "Make poetry into a drinking game? That's gotta be kinda her match and went to a party instead. A ing), pasta (often sauce-less, because ministration, to tough." week later, she got a letter from her match many marinaras contain beef stock), veg remedy this prob ) - student overheard outside Riley Hall asking why she hadn't waited for him. She etables (not including collard greens, lem. "We're going wrote back, and a month later they met in which are made with ham hock) and to send him recipes, person. They've been married for over 35 bread. As of now, a vegan can't be sure and he said that years. .0 whether anything besides these foods FILE PHOTO they would put - Cristin Fenzel

Who hasn't experienced the satisfaction of too. hype, the enthusiasm. something similar to it this year? Barbara: Why? Ten Questions knowing that $8 of your meal plan just got Barbara: Every once in awhile you come Barbara: We're not allowed to. They told Vona: She means for young girls, not for with your favorite senior citizens, the ... you a nice paper bag with five items in it What's your favorite Grab 'n' Go item? across a pain in the fanny .... us we had to take it down because it looked us. -.. "--.. ~--.---.----.--~--~~------o ..• --- .. -.---.----.--_.,., from Grab 'n' Go? But perhaps you can't VOila: I like fruit. Vona: Like tharone yesterday.... too tacky. Barbara: Oh .... I like to play matchmaker, _nl·nGFfA-S'N'-GO-l ------,-----,--" put a price ollfriendly service, always pro Barbara: I like the desserts. Barbara: But w~ really love you kids. Vona: Lots of kids liked it, and they ask us you know, like, "Boy, have I got a girl for vided by two of our favorite Grab 'n' Go about it, but we can't complain. We wish we you!" LADIES workers, Barbara Quigg alld Vona Salzar. What's your least favorite? What don't you like about working here? could do it. Since Scholastic is so comfortably en Barbara: I could do without those veggie Barbara: I hate the computer; it never It must get pretty stressful in here during sconced in the basement of South Dining sticks. works right when you need it to. How did you start working here? peak hours. How do you make sure that Hall, we thought we'd see what the Grab 'n' VOila: I don't think there's anything I don't Valla: It's a union computer - it works Barbara: My husband works here, and he you don't crack under pressure? Go ladies were up to. like .... Oh, wait, Dolly Bars and brownies when it feels like it! heard they needed help, so I started five years Barbara: We are such a team! Everyone -they're a pain 'in the butt because they're ago. knows what to do, so things always run smoothly. Vona First things first - Do you mind being really hard to cut. Do you have a theme song down here? Vona: I was looking for part-time work a Valla: That's what a team is about. Or like Salzar called a "Grab 'n' Go Lady"? (Iem Vona: "Who Let the Dogs Out?" year ago but couldn't work at night or on the when someone asks her something, I answer and Barbara: I like being called a "Grab 'n' Go What do you like about working here? weekends, and they hired me! for her. Sh,e gets so mad at me. Barbara Lady." Both: Oh, the kids! Last year we saw a pretty friendly SOH Barbara: My little Sir Echo .... Of course, Quigg Vona: She really prefers to be called a "Sexy Barbara: They're great! Grab 'n' Go with all the pictures of students Is this a good place to meet guys? . I usually have to do allthe work. 0 (right) Senior Citizen," but "Grab 'n' Go Lady" works, Vona: Everything that comes with them, the on the wall. Can we look forward to seeing Vona: I think so! - Kristin Kramer

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~ Judgment Calls THE CD REVIEW Ifj Opinions and observations WIDESPREAD PANIC Don't Tell the Band BOB DAVIE LABEL: Widespread Records . So long, farewell, auf RELEASE DATE: 09 JUNE 2001 wiedersehen, goodbye.

Story by Joanne Davidson Photo courtesy of Widespread Panic

THE MARCHING BAND ith fans ranging from college journey. Their new album most likely will A reason to go to home football t W kids to Al Gore, Widespread become one of thesefavorite things. games even if we are 1-3. Panic's music is as diverse as the fans Although it is generally classified as a who follow it. Straight from their South Southern-influenced jam band, Wide ern rock roots in Athens, Ga., Widespread spread Panic strives to defy any labels. In ICEES IN THE HUDDLE Panic returns with its ninth album, Don't pushing these borders on musical catego t Too cool! This particular addition Tell the Band. Replete with Southern hos ries, however, the band pitality, Don't Tell the Band demonstrates loses some of its original to the Huddle couldn't be more If you like Widespread Panic's range and versatility, characteristics. Instead of welcome. Quicker than some cheese . /1 / .: while also capturing some of the spirit /1 . milkshakes and yummy, too! sticking to its trademarks of with your :1 \_".f ;, .// .~...... typically only seen in its legendary live unmistakable rhythm and Allman shows. inspired vocals, the band at Brothers The album gets off to a kick-start with tempts to traverse too wide Band ... J.. ... FISHER "F" the raucous ditty "Little Lily," which a variety of musical genres. I-~ It's back, and Fisher is no longer might make the listeners think they have Their attempt at diversity You'll/ove ..... just a nondescript cinder-block accidentally put in the wrong album. and experimentation is ad Widespread building. Now, it's a nondescript It is an adventurous tune that gives the mirable, but the album Panic. cinder-block building with a big, album an edgy start. The Latin-influenced seems scattered at tiines. ugly "F" on it. "Cas a de Grillo" is another pleasant sur The last song of the album proclaims, "Just prise on what basically is a rock 'n' ro,ll let the music play," and that it does, but album. sometimes it's in too many directions. GREETING With the lyrically oriented song, Although Don't Tell the Band might Scully (left) and BURGER-LOVER BURGERS Beauchamp "Down," Widespread Panic returns to its seem as though it was haphazardly thrown t They're newl They're improved! (center) meet Southern rock roots but also incorporates They taste the way hamburgers together, the majority of the songs are Pope John Paul "',1 should! . a mellower, folksy sound. Band members catchy, fun and ultimately enjoyable. Toss II. ,--_._----- ... --..-.---- ...... invite the listener to "take along a few of it in, smile and count down the days until your favorite things, because you're go Widespread Panic's Halloween show in ing to need them" on this epic musical Chicago. D THRIVING ON CHALLENGE DomeLights Oh, the shame. Here's what dining-hall managers estimate was "borrowed" from each dining hall I during the first three weeks of this semester: The executive vice president is a teacher, scholar, COMPILED BY CRISTIN FENZEL Source: Barry Bowles, general manager, North Dining Hall administrator and priest - and loves every minute of it

North South KIMBERLYBL.ACKWELL man who occupies the office, however, is refreshingly Dinner plates 40 192 approachable and down-to-Earth. The Rev. Timothy R. Bowls (brown salad bowls and blue soup bowls) 776 600 alk into the fourth-floor offices of the presi Scully, executive vice president of the university, is a Plastic tumblers 714 1296 dent and executive vice president of the uni cheerful Irish priest and scholar hailing from Winnetka, Knives W 520 900 . versity, and one immediately is struck by Ill. Forks 700 1200 the soft carpet, the immense reception desk and the The youngest offour children, Scully attended Catho ..spoons 288 1200 polished furnishings. Around the corner to the right, a lic grade school and a Jesuit highschool, Loyola Acad Coffee cups 80 o/a- spacious room features a low-slung coffee table sur emy. He discerned his calling to the priesthood early. "I Trays 75 ola rounded by comfortable chairs and a couch, framed remember I told my mom and dad I wanted to be a priest Chairs 2 nla pictures of the pope and the president on the tables and when I was in eighth grade," he says. "I must have de Decorative plants 2 ola bookshelves, a huge desk and lots of windows. The cided sometime before' that, though, because as long as

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• information.not available ) " 6 SCHQLASTICNOTEBOOK SCHOLASTICCAMPUS LIFE 7 I can remember that's what I wanted." Scully school." Not wanting to pursue economics see the church taking a leading role in de sition in March 2000, he wasn't com entered the seminary while at Notre Dame. any further, Scully eventually was sent to fending human rights," Scully says. "I re pletely ready for the transition. "Really, He received a bachelor's degree in econom Chile for a year. The experience proved piv ally became interested in what happens to very little has prepared me for this," he ics in 1976 and master's of divinity in 1979. otal. "I was sure I was going to hate it - I human rights when democratic institutions says. His characteristic enthusiasm for He was ordained a Holy Cross priest in didn't even speak Spanish," he says. ~'But I collapse, what happens in emergent democ learning the job was evident from the 1981, and he never has regretted the choice. ended up loving it." In Chile, after briefly racies." start, however. ''I'm learning a ton," he "I absolutely love being a priest!" he says. attending a language school, Scully did de Scully reluctantly returned from Chile in says. "I just roll up my sleeves and get 'Tm just so grateful for the gift of being a velopment research for the United Nations. 1983 and went west to the University of out there - visiting the steam tunnels and priest - it really is a ball." He moved to a poor district and eventually California, Berkeley, where he earned his the food-processing building, going to the But Scully wasn't quite as sure about began teaching first grade at a local school, master's and doctoral degrees in political dining halls, climbing on construction what else he should do with his life. "At St. George's. The time he spent here, teach science. It might seem strange that a prod sites, you name it." first I thought I wanted to be a priest-law ing and observing the unstable political situ uct of predominantly conservative Notre By all accounts, he has been extremely yer," he says. "But Father [William] Lewers, ation facing the country, led to his passion. Dame and the seminary would feel at home successful in his endeavors. In fact, with my mentor, said lawyers were a dime a for studying democracies, especially those at Berkeley, but Scully says otherwise. "Ac his reputation as a scholar and teacher, his dozen. He wanted me to go to graduate of Latin America. "I was deeply edified to tually, you'd be surprised - the graduate administrative experience and his char school is so square!" he says. "And it was ismatic personality, Scully is seen by gorgeous. I love the [San Francisco] Bay many as a potential future president of the area." So much, in fact, that when he was university. Does he want the job? He dis asked to join the faculty at Notre Dame, he misses the question gracefully. "I Worthy of an X-File? .[. hesitated. "I was a bit ambivalent," he ad wouldn't look for it," he says. "What I mits. "I'd spent 10 years away - after Chile most enjoy in my life is being a priest, Scully has achieved so much personally and on campus, it's spooky and California, did I want to come back to teaching, living in Fisher, going to Latin . ;;

Notre Dame?" In the end he decided he did, .: . - . '. America .... I don't even think about [be A sampling of activities that Scully has been involved in or done person and he returned in 1989 as a professor in "I jU$t rollup':rhy sleeves arid get outthere -'visit ing president]." ally over the years: the government department. Of course, the job is filled at the mo Scully still is teaching and enjoying it (his ingthest~alJl tunnelsan'dthefoo9-prqcessing .'. ment. But if a vacancy ever arises, Scully Service Initiatives. Scully founded the Alliance for Catholic Education current class is "Leadership and Social building, going to thef'dini ng halls~ climbing on . might have a unique advantage: The pope program and the Holy Cross Associates. Change"), but he has moved far beyond the :; ',Gonstructicm sites,you name it." .. likes him. "Ah, yes - that's a funny story, confines of the classroom over the past de . if' actually," he says sheepishly. He doesn't H : . Study abroad. Scully oversaw the introduction of the new programs in cade. Indeed, it would probably be easier like to tell it - but obliges when pressed: , . REV. TIM()THY SCULLY Santiago, Chile and in Monterrey and Puebla, Mexico. He directed the moves to ask in what he hasn 'f been involved over When then-executive vice president the the last 10 years. He has written two books, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTOFNOTRE DAME Rev. William Beauchamp, Malloy and j into historic Newman House for the Irish Studies program in Dublin, Ireland one with fellow government professor Scott Scully went to Rome several years ago, and into the beautifully renovated classroom building on Trafalgar Square I Mainwaring. He oversaw the development they discussed how they would greet Pope for the London program. Hewants to found a new program in Rome. The I of the University Writing Center, the Of John Paul II when they met him. Scully I number of students studying abroad doubled under his tenure. fice for Students with Disabilities and the said he would kiss the pope's ring, but the Kaneb Center for 'reaching and Learning. ment with the ACE teachers has been the place the Morris Inn. "The first site, by the others said that was old fashioned and that Scholarship. Twice a Fulbright scholar, Scully has also received grants He created the Holy Cross Associates, most meaningful ministry," Scully says. new bookstore, is not a very interesting shaking hands would be the most appro I from the Social Science Research Council, the Woodrow Wilson Interna which places volunteers with the "They're among the best people we've got place," he says, noting that a cemetery would priate thing to do. When they held their I tional Center for Scholars and the Ford Foundation. He has authored or congregation's ministries to the poor in the at ND. It's sometimes a mystery to me why be the main view for one wing of the build audience, Malloy and Beauchamp were coauthored two books about transitions to democracy in Latin America. United States and Chile. Succeeding the so many wonderful people would choose to ing. On the other hand, he says that putting introduced - "Father Edward Malloy, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, he chairs the ad forego the other careers they could have had the new hotel on the Security Building'S University of Notre Dame, in America" International Studies. Scully founded the Institute for Latino Studies. He visory council for the Kellogg Institute for to teach. I really believe it is the moving current site is a much more appealing pros - and the pope nodded and shook their elevated the level of scholarship in the Keough program in Irish Studies International Studies. He helped with the work of the Holy Spirit." pect. "From a third-floor perspective there, hands. Then Scully stepped up and asked if restructuring of the financial-aid process and Nanovic program in European Studies. He is chair of the advisory council you can see unfolding in front of you the he might have permission to kiss the his ring. and the undergraduate admissions office. As whole history of the university," he says "He grabbed my shoulders and gave me for the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. cully is a visible figure around campus, vice president and senior associate provost Swhether walking through the halls of enthusiastically. "Besides, I've had my eye that big Polish smile and said, in English, (the job he assumed in 1994), Scully ,also Fisher (where he chose to live because the on that old Security Building for a long time. 'You are good man!'" Scully says, laugh 1 Teaching. As a professor of government, Scully has won the Sheedy was responsible for greatly expanding and Rev. Richard Warner, a friend and mentor, I think it has to go." Decision made. ing. "So I turned to Father Beauchamp .. 1 Award for Excellence in Teaching (1993) and the O'Malley Undergraduate improving the university'S study-abroad pro lives there as well) or chatting with deans Scully has many other responsibilities after we left and said, 'You know, the Teaching Award (1994). grams. on the quad. Recently, however, he was spot as executive vice president, including the Holy Father says I'm a good man and af . The program Scully may be most proud ted in a more unusual place: checking out oversight of business and human re ter all, he's infallible .... ' " Student Assistance. Scully helped establish the Office for Students with of, however, is the Alliance for Catholic the view from atop a 45-foot cherry picker sources for 3,900 employees and the man Whatever the case, Scully is both well-re Disabilities and the University Writing Center. Education, which he founded in 1994 with near D6. "It was a blustery day, but I really agement of the endowment. The $3 bil spected and well-liked, and, by all accounts, the Rev. Sean McGraw. This service pro liked the view," he says with a grin. It turns lion endowment is the 18th largest in the he is extremely competent at his job. While (Source: University of Notre Dame) gram places 80 graduates in 100 underprivi out that was the point: In his capacity as co country. It might seem like a daunting iist, the papal pronouncement may not be infal leged Cathol.ic schools throughout the South ordinator of campus construction, Scully has and Scully admits that when the Rev. Ed lible'- Scully would be the first to say so -

.. ~ . .., for two years. At the end, students receive been trying to find the best place on campus ward Malloy, the university'S president, it seems clear that the university does indeed master's degrees in education. "My involve- to site a new hotel, which is proposed to re- asked him to move up from his former po- have second in co~m'~nd "a good man." D

8 SCHOLASTICCAMPUS LIFE E?CHOLASTICCAMPUS LIFE 9 I can remember that's what I wanted." Scully school." Not wanting to pursue economics see the church taking a leading role in de sition in March 2000, he wasn't com entered the seminary while at Notre Dame. any further, Scully eventually was sent to fending human rights," Scully says. "I re pletely ready for the transition. "Really, He received a bachelor's degree in econom Chile for a year. The experience proved piv ally became interested in what happens to very little has prepared me for this," he ics in 1976 and master's of divinity in 1979. otal. "I was sure I was going to hate it - I human rights when democratic institutions says. His characteristic enthusiasm for He was ordained a Holy Cross priest in didn't even speak Spanish," he says. ~'But I collapse, what happens in emergent democ learning the job was evident from the 1981, and he never has regretted the choice. ended up loving it." In Chile, after briefly racies." start, however. ''I'm learning a ton," he "I absolutely love being a priest!" he says. attending a language school, Scully did de Scully reluctantly returned from Chile in says. "I just roll up my sleeves and get 'Tm just so grateful for the gift of being a velopment research for the United Nations. 1983 and went west to the University of out there - visiting the steam tunnels and priest - it really is a ball." He moved to a poor district and eventually California, Berkeley, where he earned his the food-processing building, going to the But Scully wasn't quite as sure about began teaching first grade at a local school, master's and doctoral degrees in political dining halls, climbing on construction what else he should do with his life. "At St. George's. The time he spent here, teach science. It might seem strange that a prod sites, you name it." first I thought I wanted to be a priest-law ing and observing the unstable political situ uct of predominantly conservative Notre By all accounts, he has been extremely yer," he says. "But Father [William] Lewers, ation facing the country, led to his passion. Dame and the seminary would feel at home successful in his endeavors. In fact, with my mentor, said lawyers were a dime a for studying democracies, especially those at Berkeley, but Scully says otherwise. "Ac his reputation as a scholar and teacher, his dozen. He wanted me to go to graduate of Latin America. "I was deeply edified to tually, you'd be surprised - the graduate administrative experience and his char school is so square!" he says. "And it was ismatic personality, Scully is seen by gorgeous. I love the [San Francisco] Bay many as a potential future president of the area." So much, in fact, that when he was university. Does he want the job? He dis asked to join the faculty at Notre Dame, he misses the question gracefully. "I Worthy of an X-File? .[. hesitated. "I was a bit ambivalent," he ad wouldn't look for it," he says. "What I mits. "I'd spent 10 years away - after Chile most enjoy in my life is being a priest, Scully has achieved so much personally and on campus, it's spooky and California, did I want to come back to teaching, living in Fisher, going to Latin . ;;

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MIKEBORGIA & JENNIFEROSTERHAGE other nuns in months, but she continued on until she had reached the door. She bade Fabrega n one of Basil Moreau Convent's tiny, ster farewell and even introduced herself to the Iile bedrooms sat Sister Mary Duane, em other freshman volunteers. She would return bittered by a life of tragedy and withdrawn to her room to read again, but she had made a from the only community that she had. "I hate connection - a little light of hope in a dark TEACHERS the baby games that they play," she said, refer and lonely world. AND MENTORS ring to the typical afternoon activities at the Relationships such as this reinforce the goal Not only do home for retired nuns with Alzheimer's disease. that Community-Based Learning First-Year freshmen tutor Originally from Spain, she spent most of her Composition seeks to accomplish: To foster a students at the day reading and reflecting, refusing to associ sense of community between Notre Dame stu Robinson Community ate with her peers or even to leave her room dents and the surrounding area. The program Learning when not absolutely necessary. Then, just when began informally in 1999 when professors Center but they she began to accept her daily misery, a ray of Rebecca Davis, Ed Kelly, April Lidinsky, Chris also are role light forced its way into her dark and secluded tine Venter and Sean O'Brien integrated ser models. life. vice requirements into their composition sec This light entered in the tions. The professors, along with the Univer form of Alejandra Fabrega, sity Writing Program Director, Stuart Greene, course to satisfy the composition requirement. gram does an incredible job of synthesizing the AN AVID a Notre Dame freshman were looking for a way to share the value of Five or six sections of the course meet each social issues you see outside the classroom with AUDIENCE who is attending school in Program community service with their students. semester, and students generally can choose the academic knowledge and discussions you participant the United States for the Kelly, a teacher at Niles High School in Niles, from five to seven sites at which to serve. Each receive during class time, and it gives fresh James Bakes first time. A fellow Span Mich. for 31 years, got involved with commu student spends two to three hours each week at men the chance to pop out of the Notre Dame tutors a child at iard, Fabrega was assigned nity service through the classroom when he a chosen site. bubble and open their eyes to the local con the Robinson to weekly one-on-one ses Community began teaching a course .called "Service Learn Aside from the weekly community-service cerns right at our own doorstep." Learning sions with Sister Mary ing and Literature" 13 years ago. "I have been requirement, the CBL sections differ from their For several hours each week, the students cross Center. Duane. Though resistant at so richly rewarded through my experience with standard counterparts in content and focus. that doorstep and adopt the troubles of the South first, Sister Mary Duane [the elderly] that it made sense to me to imple "The course allows students to consider and ex Bend community as their own, working to achieve opened up when her ears ment such a program there," he says. "While perience issues they read about and to see how social justice. They are displaced from their typi caught the first words of contemplating retirement and looking for mean they play out in society," Venter says. "It's con cal university surroundings and absorbed into Spanish that she had heard ingful ways to spend my time, I learned that sistent with the university'S social-justice com those of the marginalized and the less fortunate. in years. For the next two [Greene] was looking at ways to integrate com mitment." "I feel that the community-based learning aspect hours, she talked about her munity service into the curriculum." Although the courses still contain a great deal of FYC gives us the chance to step outside of our home and her family, fi , At the program's inception, these courses of reading and analysis, they offer participants comfort zone," says freshman Amelia Hoffman, nally able to express the were treated as regular FYC sections, meaning unique writing opportunities. "It is undoubtedly who works at the South Bend Juvenile Correc feelings and memories that that students wer,e placed in them randomly. my favorite class," freshman Andy Callan says. tional Facility. "I normally would never have gone she had hidden for so long Problems ensued, as some of the students en "Discussing writing in a class is one thing, but inside a prison, but instead [would have] labeled to someone who could un rolled felt unfairly burdened by the extra time going out and gaining life experiences and be-. these teens as dysfunctional. But after tutoring derstand. commitment, while others in standard sections ing able to relate them through writing is en and reading with them, I have totally rethought At the end of the session, were upset that they were not given the oppor tirelyanother." my opinion of people in prison. These are regu Sister Mary Duane made tunity to participate. Former .CBL students, like sophomoreKeri lar kids who happened to make' some mistakes. the trek to the front of the The following year, the professors coordi Oxley, have given the program high praise. "I In the classroom we constantly talk about com building with her new nated their efforts with the Center for Social feel the CBL FYC program is an excellent op munity, but we really learn what a community is found friend at her side. She Concerns, and the program gained official rec portunity for freshmen to get involved in vari by forming one with people outside ot'th~ Notre looked a bit apprehensive, ognition from the university. Since then, stu ous service initiatives at the beginning of their Dame campus." . as she had not faced the dents have had the option of enrolling in a CBL Notre Dame experience," he says. "The pro- Andrea Mechenbier, a coordinator at' the

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I Robinson Community Learning Center, notes the value of the students' service within the South Bend community: "It is so important for Spling $10 j-~------.... --.-'-.----'.--'--.--.------.----.---···-----·-.·.·1 I. the children at the [center] to be in one-on-one Initial Deposit relationships with ND students who provide not . . - . Bteak! only academic assistance, but, more impor Offer ends 10/19/2001 tantly, good role models and the presence of I Service ~ITES Cancun someone who truly cares about them and their from $999 MIKEBORGIA i (based on Quad Occupancy) futures." i But students are not merely ministering to the March 2-9 or 9-16 underprivileged - they benefit from these friend Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation - Notre Dame ships as well. The relationships fostered by CBL volunteers assist the elderly through either one-on-one. I FYC demonstrate the idea of community service visits or by helping to coordinate various activities. Puerto Vallarta from $939 as a two-way street, a relationship that enhances I I (based on Triple Occupancy) the lives of both parties involved. Freshman Cara 1 Spicer has experienced this mutually beneficial I South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility....,.. Notre i March 3-10 or 10-17 relationship in her work at Basil Moreau Con Dame CBL FYC participants tutor students in the South i Bend Juvenile Correctional Facilities Education Program, Prices Include: vent. "I love working with elderly people," she which serves a diverse group of adolescents ranging in age '1 says. "You can be yourself and not worry about ./ Motorcoach from your college to the airport from 13 t018 years orage. Many of the students have a" ; what others are thinking, and listening to the sto j (Groups of 6 or more) history qftruancy and have littl.e interest i.1l education. . '. i ries and problems that the nuns have gone through I ./ Non-stop service out of Chicago is rewarding and intriguing." Venter has been I,:: ... I ,/7 nights at a great hotel right on the beach pleased with the students' reaction. "They're get •. Charles Martin Yo lith Center ",.-o·CBL;FYCvolunteers tutor·' ./ Airport/Hotel transfers ting insight into issues they hadn't considered I.....• for the SUCCESS pr()gfa:ITi, which .stands for"Strengthening. , before," she says. "It shows that we're part ofa . Urban ComTunities aild Children through Educational and' broader community, that students are willing to :::'Self-Esteell1~building Shategies.'~·They build.mentoring .' ... gerton's .rela:tiqn~t1ips and participate in cultun3.1 and educational ' ~travel service, inc. Funiel. interact." I "Since 1924" I :··.activitieswithSouthBeHld"areastudents inasafe, positili~ ". Vacations" The service-learning of Notre Dame students I .' enliironmentiemphasizingacadem ic.ach ievement and· .. " .. 1-800-643-4604 www.edgertonstravel.com not only will touch the lives of the individuals . ciJlturalenribhment:.; " involved, but also will foster community spirit '!," ", ,'. '" ,', between the university and the city. "Although I many students do service off campus, few have >';BoysandGirlsClub 'Of SiiJOSE!ph COUrtty~ Volunteers .' I ...... the chance to really reflect on those experiences participate.J~tutoririg;pr()gri:lli1s t9pr9yide homework help· '.:. 'j '," :!. and intellectualize the greater social issues that and ito 'enbOurage thechildremtobecome .self-·(jirected . many citizens of South Bend face," Mechenbier ;.I;-arners;.,·:' . . ...• ';::. ." ..,:I says. "I believe that FYC will help students un . ::': .. :: '<: .... >. :.' ;.:':- . derstand the social and economic situation· of • ;·Robin~on'ComiTiJnitY'Learrii:ngC'ent~r.~Notr~Daine " many South Bend community members while .• stucjentv6ILint~i3rs arehwOlvedwith tutoring in the:~fter- .•. building true relationships and friendships be" ;sChooi program ands9rVingastutorsforstudents.iti the .' ...... •. 1 tween students and residents." : .E.SL prOgrarns;Theqei:1teri~an;edi.Jcational-outreach. effort .. '.: 1 Kelley agrees. "Community is an important ;'ofth,e(miyersJty.tb strehgthen

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ing) was estimated at $29.4 billion annually. By their own statis New York College at Potsdam, suggests that such statistics are ques out that "binge drinking," by its definition and the one that most KATE FOSTER tics, this averages out to approximately $2,800 in violent-crime costs tionable and might be falsely coloring administrative attitudes. He recent studies have used, "does not necessarily mean intoxication." has spent the last 30 years attempting to clean up false impressions But if this is the case, then why does the university study it in such created by heavy and often skewed media attention to college alco depth? Clearly, the concept of intoxication is what du Lac and the » INCREASING THE RISK hol studies. In a report printed in the Journal of Alcohol and Drug administration wishes to address. Education in 1996, Hanson gives his findings from a nationwide According to the Office of Alcohol and Drug Education, "Dr. Ava Preacher comments on drinking and survey at 168 colleges and universities: Wechsler consistently found that alcohol-related problems began sexual assault. • 98 percent of students have never been in trouble with a college to increase significantly at this level of drinking [intoxication]." These problems include public misconduct, such as damaged prop ast February, Dean Ava Preacher was named as the administrator because of drinking-related behavior problems. Luniversity's first resource person for victims of sexual as • 93 percent claim never to have received a lower grade because erty, pulled fire alarms and driving under the influence. Suicide sault. Scholastic interviewed her about her opinions on the drink of excessive drinking. also is mentioned as a possible side effect, although alcohol abuse ing culture at Notre Dame and its correlation to sexual assault. • 93 percent have never gone to class under the influence of a Her first response: "They are hand in hand. There is no ques bout of excessive drinking. tion that alcohol is involved in most rapes, particularly at col • 90 percent have never "damaged property, pulled a false alarm, leges." or engaged in similar inappropriate behavior because of drinking." "We always have looked to curb the Clearly, Preacher would like to see alcohol treated more re In fact, findings that contradict the dismal statistics permeating sponsibly at Notre Dame. But she does not feel that adminis public opinion are available from a variety of reputable sources. abuse of alcohol, [but] this [weekend] trative regulation is the answer: "I think it's a futile effort ... I The National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2000, conducted don't think enforcement will stop students from drinking." If any by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, in con was the first time we've made a thing, she feels, it will serve only to drive alcohol consumption junction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, - and the socializing that accompanies it - off campus. (Al is one such source. Two promising trends were uncovered: First, concerted effort to cite people." though, she asserts, drinking on campus promotes a false sense the number of college students who choose not to drink is at its of security, and probably is no safer than drinking off campus.) highest point in two decades; second, the number of students who Is there an answer? "Change will have to come out of the binge drink (assessed as the number of students who had "binged" student body," Preacher believes. And she thinks that students in the two weeks before taking the survey) has remained constant are beginning to realize the damaging effects that excessive since 1993 at 40 percent. consumption have on the campus· community, particularly as sexual assault becomes increasingly publicized. The University of California Los Angeles's Higher Education might be more a symptom of suicidal depression than vice-versa. Preacher offers some advice in addition to the usual admoni Research Institute reported in 1997 that the proportion of first-year Absence from class is another trend encouraged by "bingeing," as tions not to accept drinks from strangers and to carefully guard students who consume beer was at its lowest level in thirty years. are memory loss and nausea. Probably the most important problem one's beverage. "Use the buddy system," she urges students. Other alcoholic beverages followed similar trends. that is encouraged by this type of behavior, though, is sexual as winding is billed as a "binge" by the popular definition.) Indeed, it Too often, the "I thought they were with you" mentality leads to Even the notorious Wechsler report agrees: Between 1993 and sCiult. (See sidebar: A Conversation on Alcohol with Dean Preacher.) is mostly Protestant northern European countries that have pub a missing friend at the end of the night. 1997 the number of sJudents at American universities who abstain But again, this type of activity revolves around true intoxication, lished almost all of Europe's major studies on alcoholism and alco Furthermore, she warns those who become intimately en from alcohol leapt by 22 percent. not a diluted concept of "bingeing"; thus, it is improper to statisti hol-related social problems in the last few decades; on the contrary, gaged while intoxicated, even if consent is implied or assumed. What is the problem relating these statistics and public opinion? cally associate these misbehaviors with it. Catholic southern European researchers tend to focus on the thera To the males: If the other party is drunk and consent is not A major reason, argues Hanson, is the dubious definition of "binge Notre Dame's treatment of drinking has, for most of its history, peutic effects of alcohol and its cultural importance. She notes, absolutely established, "you may think she has consented, but drinking," a phrase which has been excessively used in the recent been very tolerant. Why would we have harbored these attitudes "People in [southern Catholic] wine drinking cultures generally do the law says she didn't." And she reminds female students that commotion over alcohol use on campuses: for so long if they are as dangerous as we are being told they are? not hold negative views about alcohol, or perceive problems from . "the 'no' c.an't Gome after the fact." While "getting herdru.nk" . . To mostpeopie,.binge drinking brings to mind aself-destructive Ruth Engs is a professor in the department of Applied Health its use, even though they consume two to four times more pure certainly is not "getting her permission," female's must be very and unrestrained drinking bout lasting for at least a couple ofdays Science at Indiana University who specializes in alcohol research. alcohol than northern cultures." American society, influenced by a cautious not to give the wrong impression in a potentially sexual during which time the heavily intoxicated drinker "drops out" by In the mid-1990s she published a report titled "Protestants and history of powerful Protestant temperance movements, continues situation. not working, ignoring responsibilities, squandering money, and Catholics: Drunken Barbarians and Mellow Romans?" that at to scrutinize this largely Catholic mindset. Her final word is equally applicable to both genders: "When engaging in other harmful behaviors such as fighting or risky sex. tempted to explain the historical influences behind the modern rift This might be reasonable, and it is tempting to excuse the abuse alcohol is involved, the lines become so blurred that you may He claims that this idea is consistent with dictionary and literary between Catholics and Protestants in attitudes toward alcohol con of alcohol by recalling our ,cultural heritage. But intoxication leads find yourself in a lot of trouble." definitions; it is also corroborated by Marc Schuckit, editor of The sumption. The conclusions were surprising: If Notre Dame's stu- to serious problems, and our campus has had to deal with them.

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Similar studies abound, many citing the hazards universities face per underage drinker per year. For traffic incidents, the estimate Journal of Studies on Alcohol, and by clinical definitions. dent body wishes to excuse its drinking culture merely "because in allowing underage student drinking. One, publicized by the Cen was $1,840 per drinker per year. Even drowning was listed as a We are faced with, then, an inconsistent use of the term "binge," we're Irish," perhaps we should think again. In fact, according to ter for Science in the Public Interest, a nutrition and alcohol-advo financial burden, with $426 million spent annually. The Center for pervading the public's assessment of collegiate drinking trends. Engs, acceptance of immoderate alcohol consumption is a broadly cacy group based in Washington, showed remarkable financial dam Science in the Public Interest responded to Scholastic's inquiries University President Edward Malloy, according to Office of Alco Catholic phenomenon. Or, more specifically, what many Catholics ages caused by underage drinking, much of which happens on col about the origin of these statistics that this study was "a Depart hol and Drug Education literature, "has publicly stated that as many consider moderate is, in Protestant eyes, often immoderate. (Hence, lege campuses. For instance, the cost of underage alcohol-related ment of Justice sponsored report." as 50 percent of Notre Dame students have been or are binge drink what many Notre Dame students consider to be an evening of un- violent crime (not including traffic incidents, suicides or poison David J. Hanson, a sociology professor at State University of ers." The Office of Alcohol and Drug Education is careful to point ing) was estimated at $29.4 billion annually. By their own statis New York College at Potsdam, suggests that such statistics are ques out that "binge drinking," by its definition and the one that most KATE FOSTER tics, this averages out to approximately $2,800 in violent-crime costs tionable and might be falsely coloring administrative attitudes. He recent studies have used, "does not necessarily mean intoxication." has spent the last 30 years attempting to clean up false impressions But if this is the case, then why does the university study it in such created by heavy and often skewed media attention to college alco depth? Clearly, the concept of intoxication is what du Lac and the » INCREASING THE RISK hol studies. In a report printed in the Journal of Alcohol and Drug administration wishes to address. Education in 1996, Hanson gives his findings from a nationwide According to the Office of Alcohol and Drug Education, "Dr. Ava Preacher comments on drinking and survey at 168 colleges and universities: Wechsler consistently found that alcohol-related problems began sexual assault. • 98 percent of students have never been in trouble with a college to increase significantly at this level of drinking [intoxication]." These problems include public misconduct, such as damaged prop ast February, Dean Ava Preacher was named as the administrator because of drinking-related behavior problems. Luniversity's first resource person for victims of sexual as • 93 percent claim never to have received a lower grade because erty, pulled fire alarms and driving under the influence. Suicide sault. Scholastic interviewed her about her opinions on the drink of excessive drinking. also is mentioned as a possible side effect, although alcohol abuse ing culture at Notre Dame and its correlation to sexual assault. • 93 percent have never gone to class under the influence of a Her first response: "They are hand in hand. There is no ques bout of excessive drinking. tion that alcohol is involved in most rapes, particularly at col • 90 percent have never "damaged property, pulled a false alarm, leges." or engaged in similar inappropriate behavior because of drinking." "We always have looked to curb the Clearly, Preacher would like to see alcohol treated more re In fact, findings that contradict the dismal statistics permeating sponsibly at Notre Dame. But she does not feel that adminis public opinion are available from a variety of reputable sources. abuse of alcohol, [but] this [weekend] trative regulation is the answer: "I think it's a futile effort ... I The National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2000, conducted don't think enforcement will stop students from drinking." If any by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, in con was the first time we've made a thing, she feels, it will serve only to drive alcohol consumption junction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, - and the socializing that accompanies it - off campus. (Al is one such source. Two promising trends were uncovered: First, concerted effort to cite people." though, she asserts, drinking on campus promotes a false sense the number of college students who choose not to drink is at its of security, and probably is no safer than drinking off campus.) highest point in two decades; second, the number of students who Is there an answer? "Change will have to come out of the binge drink (assessed as the number of students who had "binged" student body," Preacher believes. And she thinks that students in the two weeks before taking the survey) has remained constant are beginning to realize the damaging effects that excessive since 1993 at 40 percent. consumption have on the campus· community, particularly as sexual assault becomes increasingly publicized. The University of California Los Angeles's Higher Education might be more a symptom of suicidal depression than vice-versa. Preacher offers some advice in addition to the usual admoni Research Institute reported in 1997 that the proportion of first-year Absence from class is another trend encouraged by "bingeing," as tions not to accept drinks from strangers and to carefully guard students who consume beer was at its lowest level in thirty years. are memory loss and nausea. Probably the most important problem one's beverage. "Use the buddy system," she urges students. Other alcoholic beverages followed similar trends. that is encouraged by this type of behavior, though, is sexual as winding is billed as a "binge" by the popular definition.) Indeed, it Too often, the "I thought they were with you" mentality leads to Even the notorious Wechsler report agrees: Between 1993 and sCiult. (See sidebar: A Conversation on Alcohol with Dean Preacher.) is mostly Protestant northern European countries that have pub a missing friend at the end of the night. 1997 the number of sJudents at American universities who abstain But again, this type of activity revolves around true intoxication, lished almost all of Europe's major studies on alcoholism and alco Furthermore, she warns those who become intimately en from alcohol leapt by 22 percent. not a diluted concept of "bingeing"; thus, it is improper to statisti hol-related social problems in the last few decades; on the contrary, gaged while intoxicated, even if consent is implied or assumed. What is the problem relating these statistics and public opinion? cally associate these misbehaviors with it. Catholic southern European researchers tend to focus on the thera To the males: If the other party is drunk and consent is not A major reason, argues Hanson, is the dubious definition of "binge Notre Dame's treatment of drinking has, for most of its history, peutic effects of alcohol and its cultural importance. She notes, absolutely established, "you may think she has consented, but drinking," a phrase which has been excessively used in the recent been very tolerant. Why would we have harbored these attitudes "People in [southern Catholic] wine drinking cultures generally do the law says she didn't." And she reminds female students that commotion over alcohol use on campuses: for so long if they are as dangerous as we are being told they are? not hold negative views about alcohol, or perceive problems from . "the 'no' c.an't Gome after the fact." While "getting herdru.nk" . . To mostpeopie,.binge drinking brings to mind aself-destructive Ruth Engs is a professor in the department of Applied Health its use, even though they consume two to four times more pure certainly is not "getting her permission," female's must be very and unrestrained drinking bout lasting for at least a couple ofdays Science at Indiana University who specializes in alcohol research. alcohol than northern cultures." American society, influenced by a cautious not to give the wrong impression in a potentially sexual during which time the heavily intoxicated drinker "drops out" by In the mid-1990s she published a report titled "Protestants and history of powerful Protestant temperance movements, continues situation. not working, ignoring responsibilities, squandering money, and Catholics: Drunken Barbarians and Mellow Romans?" that at to scrutinize this largely Catholic mindset. Her final word is equally applicable to both genders: "When engaging in other harmful behaviors such as fighting or risky sex. tempted to explain the historical influences behind the modern rift This might be reasonable, and it is tempting to excuse the abuse alcohol is involved, the lines become so blurred that you may He claims that this idea is consistent with dictionary and literary between Catholics and Protestants in attitudes toward alcohol con of alcohol by recalling our ,cultural heritage. But intoxication leads find yourself in a lot of trouble." definitions; it is also corroborated by Marc Schuckit, editor of The sumption. The conclusions were surprising: If Notre Dame's stu- to serious problems, and our campus has had to deal with them.

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Gina Firth, director of the Office of Alcohol and Drug Educa doors, they can do whatever they want. "Choosing to abuse alcohol have looked to curb the abuse of alcohol." But, he adds, "this tion, admits that rates of alcohol abuse have decreased significantly and get drunk is everyone's business," she says. [weekend] was the first time we've made a concerted effort to at Notre Dame, and she says that the notion that binge drinking is Firth points out, however, that her office is not "the abstinence cite people." More than 60 people were ticketed, either by the rising uncontrollably in campus communities has been "built up by police," and that it does not wish to "bring back Prohibition." But, university or by Indiana law enforcement, at the tailgates be the media, but it simply isn't true." But, she points out, "alcohol she says, "Alcohol abuse isn't consistent with the values and sense fore the Pitt game. Time will tell whether this actually suppresses abuse is a problem regardless of how many people are doing it," of community and health that ND promotes," and for this reason abusive drinking, or if it merely pushes it under the table. and this is at the heart of Notre Dame's effort to reduce it. Even she wishes to cut down on the sense of expectation that surrounds Clearly, the administration is taking alcohol abuse more seri though "binge drinking" has decreased, Firth says, 20 percent of drinking on campus. ously than it has in recent years. This reaction might be based students still do it. "This is a serious community problem, because The Office of Alcohol and Drug Education has taken many steps on misleading statistics, and some of the enforcement that ac everyone is affected by this in one way or another." In other words, in this direction, and Firth believes that it has been quite successful. companies it might be implemented in a questionable fashion. abusive drinking is not a problem exclusive to those who do it - it "We've seen that by simply telling the truth, drinking starts de But it is real - it is in our dorms, at our tailgates, and even in has a damaging community effect. The alcohol policy is often mis creasing." The office has launched what Firth calls a "social norrning our apartments - and it cannot be ignored by students. 0 understood by those who think that, as long as they are behind closed campaign," which aims to publicize statistics on how much drinking actually goes on at Notre Dame to the student body. She says that fresh men particularly seem relieved to hear I t •. » BAR CRAWL GINAFIRTH Director of the Office of and Alcohol Education these numbers, because it helps them realize that they do not have to drink An examination of off-campus drinking policies to make friends or to have a good time. ny successful attempt to curb on-campus drinking must be tablishment, "especially when we're right across the street." It is Unfortunately, Firth also predicts an "Choosing to abuse alcohol and Aaccompanied by an equal effort in the surrounding commu Belmont's policy to confiscate IDs that ar~ clearly forged, but increase in the number of Res Life re nity. Here is a look at some of the reactions of off-campus insti they do not generally contact the police unless the buyer re ferrals this year. Amidst all the posi get drunk is everyone's business." tutions involved in alcohol consumption and enforcement. fuses to back down. Lang says that students do not usually make tive work done by informational cam- Benchwarmer's Sports Lounge: According to Steve Mitchell, trouble for her store: "They just say, 'damn,' and go back to their paigns and increased the owner of Benchwarmer's, last year's notorious police raid room and make a new one." funding for non-alco "didn't hurt us at all." In fact, the bar saw an increase in student South Bend Police Department: Corporal Steve Goen is not holic activities, the patronage'after the bust. Mitchell says that he prefers to tightly aware of any formal link between his department and the Notre university still is regulate underage drinking in his establishment because "if [stu Dame Security-Police Department. i'We go on complaints," he . cracking down on dents] can't get in when they're 20, they'll come more when says. "We don't go down the street looking for parties." But if a abusive drinking. they're 21.;' As a result, two forms of 10 are required for entry, minor is caught drinking at an off-campus event, "he's going to This is a coordinated and in-comers are videotaped. Mitchell says that he has had no be charged with a minor in consumption." If the student is carry effort: from one di problems with violent behavior and that he would not involve the ing a fake 10 as well, he says that charges will be compounded. rection, it hopes to re university if he did. "I'm not their dad," he says. The accused can refuse a Breathalyzer test, but the result is an lieve those who are Boat Club: Mary Henderson, a bartender at the Boat Club, automatic one-year suspension of one's driver's license. "If you unsure of whether or also has noted an increase in student customers since last year's get one [complaint], the guys [officers] will go out and tell them not to drink of the Benchwarmer's raid. She was quick to add, however, that these to calm down," Goen says. "If they are cooperative, chances pressure to do so; students are 21- to 25-year-olds, since she says that minors are are that we'll back off. If we get a second call, chances are from the other, it unable to get past the front door. "There are always under-agers we'll shut it down. We're not going out there a third time." thi3.t try, but they don't get in, because the bouncers don't let South Bend police sometimes call the university to request that plans to forcibly ter them in if their IDs are fake," she says. The campus authorities pick up students who are minate the reckless club requires one form of 10 and has stopped found extremely drunken. "Sometimes this behavior that gives using a scanner, but the bouncers typically quiz causes more problems for the students, but it such a negative im entrants on the information on their IDs. does eliminate paperwork for us," Goen says. age to campus drink Henderson justifies this measure by saying Turtle Creek Apartments: According to a ing. that the club desires to curb underage drink Turtle Creek administrator who declined to Rex Rakow, direc ing. It denies that it relays disciplinary infor be named, the complex is unaffiliated with tor of the Notre Dame mation to the university. the university; thus, it does not look to en Security-Police De Belmont Beverages: Mary Beth Lang, the force university rules. Two police officers usu partment, alludes to a manager of the Edison Road Belmont loca ally are on duty to respond to complaints, but "renewed emphasis tion, complains that the proliferation of sophis students "are paying to live here, and if they this year" on enforce ticated fake IDs makes it increasingly difficult choose to drink, we're not going to do anything ment of the alcohol "to tell the real from the fake." She wants the about it unless it gets out of hand. We're not policy. "We always university to provide an 10 scanner for the es- their mom."-, .

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he Gipper was accidentally reading harassing the woman. Finally, hoping to for an Erica, and was assigned to live amongst T The Observer a few mornings ago outdo the 'too, he dropped his shorts - all a group of the opposite gender. The mistake (he had not quite woken up yet - of them - and made a pubic statement. The was cleared up, unfortunately, when his host he thought it was Common Sense) when he loyal tipster concludes, "Though she was family saw him for the first time and com saw a reference to Bill "Officer Willy" Kirk horrified and temporarily blinded by his plained to the local administration. Nice work, handing out citations at tailgates. First he move, she did say there was definitely no Eric. The Gipp is considering changing his thought, "Isn't that sort of like the attorney tattoo visible." name to "Gipperlina" in the nopes of sliding general giving speeding tickets?" But the thing into a quad in Welsh Family. that really caught the Gipper's attention was Porno for Cab Drivers that, unbeknownst to him, he could get a Res "She's pretty nice-looking. I got some na Some Like It Cold Life sentence for "blatant disrespect for uni ked pictures of her." Thus it was spoken to an To his astonishment, the Gipper received versity policy." unsuspecting tip not one, but two, separate reports of in-fridge Now, the Gipper ster a couple of urination during this last round of tips. All he has made a few en weeks ago. The can respond is, What the hell is wrong with emies on the ad young man was you people? Honestly, Bob Davie's car is not ministration, and taking a taxi back that far of a walk. he's getting wor to campus, having Speaking of good 01' Bob, the Gipp would ried that this catch enjoyed a nice like to commend the Irish for thwarting all could be used dinner in our fair Davie's losing tactics at the Pitt game. When I , I against him next town, when the he tries to destroy us with poorly planned of time he associates conversation fensive plays and awkward public statements, a prominent ad turned to the our boys respond in ways that poor coaching ministrator with driver's girl can't suppress: interceptions and goal-line unsavory lan friend. He chuck strips. The Gipp takes this as sure evidence guage. led a nervous re that there is some real playing talent lying be Of course, sponse to the neath all the on-field embarrassment. But maybe the admin cabbie's remark, worry not, Gipplings; if the Gipper's sources istration is justi and the next thing have any merit, Davie won't be gracing us fied in this assault he knew, a stack with his presence next year. on good times. of Polaroids was After all, tailgat sitting on his lap. Well, tipsters, that's it for this issue. 2001 Indiana Collegiate Press Association SCHOLaSTIC ing does seem to Our friend po Be sure to keep your noses clean, News Magazine of the Year cause some riot litely flipped Don't be publicly obscene.

';, understand campus events even when you're not on campus ous behavior on through the stack Stay away from Willy Kirk " :' . and returned the (At tailgates he's known to lurk) . i.,;" " ;, this campus. . . Consider the Last issue, the Gipper promised to send a signed photos to the Lest he hit you with a fine Michigan State photo to the person who sent in the best tip. Well, proud owner. And blow your tailgating time. the Gipp is going to bend the rules and send it to ®~DOLLAR~. ""'-, ; . game. One avid "She needs to But if you must shout out yourfeelings our old friend Eric (or Erica) of Toledo fame. The - .'. tipster, in an at gain about 10 About his underhanded dealings photo was taken awhile ago, but it brings out the tempt to evade pounds," the Don't implicate yourself and trip - Gipper's best side. 1'--'- """_...:. -- .... - --~~- -::..:. -- L:.. - ---'--"--'---" -'-:-- j the depressing driver concluded . Hide behind yourfrielld, the Gipp. atmosphere in In the valiant words of Gippers past, . 1 PLEASE PLACEMEbt-JYOUR'®.I!J~,",(~{~Jr~1f©*ILlST, ., SENDTHIS FORM.A.ND '1' $35.00 PAYMENTTO: the student section, was waiting in line at Some Like It Hot Tell him to kiss the Gipper's ass. I NAME: . SCHoLASTIC MAGAZINE I the concession stands. A nearby fellow The Gipp would like to tum your attention •. 1. .' . .315LAFORTUNE STUDENT GENTER I was schmoozing a young lady, lifting up to a little morsel from abroad; specifically, . The Gipper wants to hear about your most I ADDRESS: NOTRE DAME, IN 46556 '1 his shirt to reveal a tattoo. Another guy, Spain. During the first few days across the scandalous and questionable experiences with 'I ' obviously stricken with jealousy at all the pond, all the Toledo students are put into Res Life. As always, your identity will be pro ,I attention this boy and his ink were getting, donns together. Apparently one lucky young tected. Send those and all your tips to II barged in on. the conversation and started man by the name of Eric had been mistaken gipper.l @nd.edu. 0

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The most memorable experience of Jerry's Jabber A New Reign , my rowing career was: the varsity Debby King takes over the newly revamped women's golf team eight semifinal race at Central Region The Notre Dame football Championships last spring at Oak team defeated Pittsburgh begin. "It definitely wasn't the best timing," Byrne, "but it was something that wasn't un on Saturday, 24-7. BRENDAN BARKER Ridge, Tenn. It was the greatest and she says, as she was confronted by a multi der our control." Nevertheless, she says the Sophomore OB Carlyle fastest row we ever had as a boat, and eturning to the green with half of tude of tasks when she an'ived in South Bend. team supports King, and that they have full Holiday completed 10 of 13 we qualified for the finals. last year's team cut and a new And while familiarizing herself with the team, confidence in her ability to take the team to passes for 70 yards while R running for 122 yards and a coach hired in August, the Notre settling into a new community and dealing the next level. "We know that she had her rea I enjoy rowing because: rowing is an touchdown. Junior TB Dame women's golf team plays this year on with various coaching responsibilities, King sonsfor doing what she did," Byrne says. "We amazing sport. The connection that Julius Jones ran for 69 an uncertain course. It is a course, however, has leamed of the difficulties that accompany trust her to do what's best for the team." you make on the water is yards and two touchdowns. that Athletic Director Kevin White says will such a brief transitional period, particularly Despite the obstacles facing King in her indescribable .... I love the synergy of Seniors Anthony Weaver steer the team to a higher level. "With Debby with recruiting. "The recruiting period takes introduction to Notre Dame, she remains ex eight unified persons working beyond and Shane Walton and [King] taking over as our full-time coach, plus place during the summer, and the signing pe tremely optimistic about the team and its sophomore Abram Elam physical capabilities to achieve the addition of scholarships and our facilities riod is in November," she says, "so it's been chances in the upcoming season. Senior each had one interception unbelievable results. at the Warren Golf Course, we have now put twice as hard as normal." Kristin McMurtrie fronts a talented group in the game. The Irish take our women's golf program in the position to It did not take long for King to make a sig of golfers, including fellow senior Lauren on West Virginia on My most memorable Notre Dame Saturday at 1 :30 p.m .... compete at the national level." nificant impact on the program: She cut nearly Fuchs; juniors Terri TaibI and Shelby experience outside of rowing was: The women's soccer team With the sudden departure of head coach half the team upon her arrival. She stresses, Strong; and sophomores Byrne, Jeanne my first football game as a Notre split two weekend games in Ross Smith last spring, much of that new di however, that the cuts were a result of the chal Murphy and Rebecca Rogers. Freshmen Dame student. New Jersey. Last Friday, rection will take place under King. She comes lenges of effectively running such a large Karen Lotta and Casey Rotella also are Rutgers became the third to Notre Dame from the University of Mem team. "It was just too many people for one making an impact on the team. Lotta led IfI wasn't on the crew team, I would Big East team to defeat the phis, where she spent six years as head coach person to handle," she says. "I have no assis the team in its first tournament of the year, Irish since Notre Dame be playing: basketball. I always of the women's golf team. She guided the Ti tant, so [nine players]is much more manage the second annual Notre Dame Invitational, joined the conference in thought I would go to college to play gers to Conference USA titles in 1997 and able. It's easier to conduct practice and other finishing ninth with a score of 244 over three 1995. Freshman Carli ball, but then after junior year I 200 1, produced 16 all-conference players (in team affairs." In tournaments, only six golf rounds of play. Byrne and McMurtrie also Lloyd scored twice in the dedicated myself to rowing. opening 10 minutes to put cluding one conference player of the year) and ers are counted in the team standings, and King cracked the top 20, finishing in ties for 10th the Scarlet Knights ahead went to the NCAA tournament in four of her believes that this smaller group will allow her and 16th, respectively. The team placed I started rowing: when I was 16 years en route to a 2-1 victory. last five years. King also received Conference to focus her efforts on individuals. fourth overall and will look to improve upon old, at the end of my sophomore year The Irish rebounded on USA's 1997 Coach of the Year award after While King is confident that this will make their debut as the season unfolds. in high school, for the Saugatuck Sunday, defeating Seton she lead the team to its first-ever Conference the Irish a more competitive squad and will King believes that there are great things in Rowing Club. Hall, 2-1. Freshman F USA title and NCAA appearance. help bring the program to the next level, there store for the Irish this fall. "I'm very excited Candace Chapman netted Despite her success at Memphis, King was were mixed feelings over this . .. , " she says. "Our girls have ,...1\ .. ,.: ..... :., the game-winning goal with My favorite hobbies outside of crew somewhaiapprehensive taking over the team team members saw several of ''c?'''''l!··,i)\_Vl~;~, high GPAs and low golf c, .:, .';, '.' eight minutes left. The Irish on such short notice this slimmer. She was are: climbing and hiking. I've also take on Saint John's on thafs a 'good combination." 0 recently become a big paintball fan. introduced as the new head coach oriAiigust mat~s, we're also all good friends, Alumni Field tomorrow at 7:00 p.m .... The men's . 'monih)jeforetl,leseason waS. lipsettmg;" says ·s·( )phomQre A··· To relax myself before a race: I like soccer team defeated , ~" ~" IRISH to listen to music. I'll put on my Georgetown last Friday, 3- headphones, close my eyes and run our 1. Junior F Erich Braun race in my mind, focusing on the scored twice to seal the victory, which evened strength needed to be victorious. EYES Notre Dame's record at 4- 4-0 .... The senior tennis ,.JAyME,' ',~' The goal of our team this year: is to ':SZEFC·.·· doubles tandem of Casey ON always get faster; every day of training Smith and Javier Taborga counts towards our success in the advanced to the final of the Sophomore Jayme Szefc rows in the stroke seat spring. We are definitely looking and qualifier for the ITA AII American Championships for the varsity Irish women's crew eight boat, expecting to improve our national ranking and earn a team bid for the held at the Lincoln Tennis Center. The six-round which finished No. 16 in the country last year. NCAA championships. Szefc is one of31 rowers returning from last year's event will be held from today until. Sunday .... The strong squad. In the team's first race of the year, If I could be any Disney character, I men's golf team tied for the Milwaukee Crew Classic, she helped lead the would be: Peter Pan, because I would eighth at the Xavier top varsity eight crew to a first-place finish; the be able to fly, and I wouldn't have to Provident Invitational on grow up and could play all day. Tuesday. Senior captain Irish placed three boats in the top five. Steve Ratay finished 4th overall, firing a three-under - David Murray par total of 210. 0

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Nevertheless, she says the Sophomore OB Carlyle fastest row we ever had as a boat, and eturning to the green with half of tude of tasks when she an'ived in South Bend. team supports King, and that they have full Holiday completed 10 of 13 we qualified for the finals. last year's team cut and a new And while familiarizing herself with the team, confidence in her ability to take the team to passes for 70 yards while R running for 122 yards and a coach hired in August, the Notre settling into a new community and dealing the next level. "We know that she had her rea I enjoy rowing because: rowing is an touchdown. Junior TB Dame women's golf team plays this year on with various coaching responsibilities, King sonsfor doing what she did," Byrne says. "We amazing sport. The connection that Julius Jones ran for 69 an uncertain course. It is a course, however, has leamed of the difficulties that accompany trust her to do what's best for the team." you make on the water is yards and two touchdowns. that Athletic Director Kevin White says will such a brief transitional period, particularly Despite the obstacles facing King in her indescribable .... I love the synergy of Seniors Anthony Weaver steer the team to a higher level. "With Debby with recruiting. "The recruiting period takes introduction to Notre Dame, she remains ex eight unified persons working beyond and Shane Walton and [King] taking over as our full-time coach, plus place during the summer, and the signing pe tremely optimistic about the team and its sophomore Abram Elam physical capabilities to achieve the addition of scholarships and our facilities riod is in November," she says, "so it's been chances in the upcoming season. Senior each had one interception unbelievable results. at the Warren Golf Course, we have now put twice as hard as normal." Kristin McMurtrie fronts a talented group in the game. The Irish take our women's golf program in the position to It did not take long for King to make a sig of golfers, including fellow senior Lauren on West Virginia on My most memorable Notre Dame Saturday at 1 :30 p.m .... compete at the national level." nificant impact on the program: She cut nearly Fuchs; juniors Terri TaibI and Shelby experience outside of rowing was: The women's soccer team With the sudden departure of head coach half the team upon her arrival. She stresses, Strong; and sophomores Byrne, Jeanne my first football game as a Notre split two weekend games in Ross Smith last spring, much of that new di however, that the cuts were a result of the chal Murphy and Rebecca Rogers. Freshmen Dame student. New Jersey. Last Friday, rection will take place under King. She comes lenges of effectively running such a large Karen Lotta and Casey Rotella also are Rutgers became the third to Notre Dame from the University of Mem team. "It was just too many people for one making an impact on the team. Lotta led IfI wasn't on the crew team, I would Big East team to defeat the phis, where she spent six years as head coach person to handle," she says. "I have no assis the team in its first tournament of the year, Irish since Notre Dame be playing: basketball. I always of the women's golf team. She guided the Ti tant, so [nine players]is much more manage the second annual Notre Dame Invitational, joined the conference in thought I would go to college to play gers to Conference USA titles in 1997 and able. It's easier to conduct practice and other finishing ninth with a score of 244 over three 1995. Freshman Carli ball, but then after junior year I 200 1, produced 16 all-conference players (in team affairs." In tournaments, only six golf rounds of play. Byrne and McMurtrie also Lloyd scored twice in the dedicated myself to rowing. opening 10 minutes to put cluding one conference player of the year) and ers are counted in the team standings, and King cracked the top 20, finishing in ties for 10th the Scarlet Knights ahead went to the NCAA tournament in four of her believes that this smaller group will allow her and 16th, respectively. The team placed I started rowing: when I was 16 years en route to a 2-1 victory. last five years. King also received Conference to focus her efforts on individuals. fourth overall and will look to improve upon old, at the end of my sophomore year The Irish rebounded on USA's 1997 Coach of the Year award after While King is confident that this will make their debut as the season unfolds. in high school, for the Saugatuck Sunday, defeating Seton she lead the team to its first-ever Conference the Irish a more competitive squad and will King believes that there are great things in Rowing Club. Hall, 2-1. Freshman F USA title and NCAA appearance. help bring the program to the next level, there store for the Irish this fall. "I'm very excited Candace Chapman netted Despite her success at Memphis, King was were mixed feelings over this . .. , " she says. "Our girls have ,...1\ .. ,.: ..... :., the game-winning goal with My favorite hobbies outside of crew somewhaiapprehensive taking over the team team members saw several of ''c?'''''l!··,i)\_Vl~;~, high GPAs and low golf c, .:, .';, '.' eight minutes left. The Irish on such short notice this slimmer. She was are: climbing and hiking. I've also take on Saint John's on thafs a 'good combination." 0 recently become a big paintball fan. introduced as the new head coach oriAiigust mat~s, we're also all good friends, Alumni Field tomorrow at 7:00 p.m .... The men's . 'monih)jeforetl,leseason waS. lipsettmg;" says ·s·( )phomQre A··· To relax myself before a race: I like soccer team defeated , ~" ~" IRISH to listen to music. I'll put on my Georgetown last Friday, 3- headphones, close my eyes and run our 1. Junior F Erich Braun race in my mind, focusing on the scored twice to seal the victory, which evened strength needed to be victorious. EYES Notre Dame's record at 4- 4-0 .... The senior tennis ,.JAyME,' ',~' The goal of our team this year: is to ':SZEFC·.·· doubles tandem of Casey ON always get faster; every day of training Smith and Javier Taborga counts towards our success in the advanced to the final of the Sophomore Jayme Szefc rows in the stroke seat spring. We are definitely looking and qualifier for the ITA AII American Championships for the varsity Irish women's crew eight boat, expecting to improve our national ranking and earn a team bid for the held at the Lincoln Tennis Center. The six-round which finished No. 16 in the country last year. NCAA championships. Szefc is one of31 rowers returning from last year's event will be held from today until. Sunday .... The strong squad. In the team's first race of the year, If I could be any Disney character, I men's golf team tied for the Milwaukee Crew Classic, she helped lead the would be: Peter Pan, because I would eighth at the Xavier top varsity eight crew to a first-place finish; the be able to fly, and I wouldn't have to Provident Invitational on grow up and could play all day. Tuesday. Senior captain Irish placed three boats in the top five. Steve Ratay finished 4th overall, firing a three-under - David Murray par total of 210. 0

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-~---~ --~ - ~.------~ ------~ ------~- --- . . whose frustration of losing had forced him to their first three games this year, an average . . . speak out against the coaching staff. Perhaps ofjust over one touchdown per contest. This it was an alumnus, disappointed that the team lack of offensive production deservedly oversight, no doubt. And oh, if it only ended there. Heated de THE . has started 0-3 for the first time in its history ranked Notre Dame last among Division 1- Cybergriping 101 bate over who will remove the deer follows the announcement. and looking to lay blame for the team's woes. A schools in points per game. Other offen Want some cheese with your whine? Sue's friend asks for help getting the deer out from under his Maybe it was Athletic Director Kevin White, sive numbers weren'tmuch better. The Irish car, and a Meijer employee goes to call the humane society. RANT regretting a decision to re-sign the head coach ranked third-to-Iast in total offense, averag ecently, I came to a shocking realization: I am a serial The manager accuses the friend of purposefully dumping the BY GERARD MESKILL to a five-year extension. ingjust over 200 yards per game. In fact, the Rcomplainer, and no one is safe from me. I gripe exces deer in Meijer's lot and threatens to have him arrested. An 80- However, as is often the case, the truth is only major offensive category in which the sively about homework, professors and lack of sleep. I grumble year-old man! In the meantime, Sue's tea gets cold. She vows far more mind-blowing than any preposter Irish made the top 100 was total rushing to my roommates, yammer about dining-hall food and yawp at never to shop at Meijer again.) ous theory. The speaker of the quote above yards. These numbers simply are horrible my parents for calling before noon on Sunday. I even grouse is none other than Head Coach Bob Davie. by anyone's standards, but when they are about Ragu including way too much sauce and far too little To: Papa John's Pizza After four sub-par Irish football seasons compared to traditional Notre Dame expec pasta in its new microwavable Express product. Of course, there I'm writing to bring your attention to a problem with my and a fifth one off to a horrific start, for once tations, they are sufficient even to make the are things I appreciate - while writing this paragraph, for experience at Papa John's Pizza. Sometime in the early part of it is hard to argue with Davie when he says most placid Irish fan scream with rage. example, I delighted seeing that my thesaurus lists more than this year, I complainted about the misrepresentation of the $1.00 that the team is poorly coached. In his five These many raging Irish fans have no 15 synonyms for "complain" - but for some reason, I usually change. A few days later, I was telephoncalty contacted by [an years as head coach of the Irish, Davie has ticed a general trend in Notre Dame's of fail to acknowledge such small joys. employee], who advise me that Papa John's would sending me \tVb tds:of compiled some less-than-stellar numbers: fense. Notre Dame always runs the ball up· Perhaps it's the cold, or a manifestation of mid-semester a coupon for free pizza .... It never made it to me, so guess the first seven-loss season since 1963, an 0- the middle on first down. Death itself is less anxiety. At any rate, if it's true the more you complain, the what? She lied to me, and wisdorn from. ,. 5 record against Michigan State, three four guaranteed than an Irish rush up the gut on longer God lets you live, I'm rapidly approaching immor Papa John's company ·Scbo/astic's.owri game losing streaks, seven losses by 15 or first and 10. Or first and 15, even. Also, tality of vampire-like proportions. And black capes are so looks to me like a company ."., '-' .. " - '." ". "',' more points, a 3-9 record against Big Ten Notre Dame never passes to its tight ends, last fall. I realized I needed to work on overcoming my of lies. (And their dipping sports exp~tt opponents, zero top-10 finishes and zero nor does it make big passing plays downfield. hyper-negativity ... but how? sauce, the nectar of blas bowl-game victories. In 1999, he also The entire Notre Dame offensive strategy Luckily, thanks to the Internet, kvetching is no longer con phemy!) Coaches Bob Davie and Kevin coached the Irish to their first bowl-less boils down to rushes up the middle, pitches, fined to the lowly suggestion box. Web sites offer complainers Rogers are as predictable in their season in 13 years, a streak that had dated the option and short passes. Such an offen the chance to voice their opinions to virtually any company. To: The Gap offensive strategy as the gray skies of back toLou Holtz's first year as head coach. sive strategy is too simplistic for even high At Planetfeedback.com, they'll help you write up your com I was out today when I a South Bend October. Together, Based on these numbers, it is clear that school ball. At the elite level of Division I plaint, compliment or clever idea. Then, if the company you're noticed a cool breeze. Notre Dame football has taken a mighty fall football, such simplistic, predictable pat writing to is in their database, they'll send it to them for you. I When I glanced down I no they have led their "most talented since Davie took over. However, he cannot terns make our opponent's defenses look decided to log on and complain constructively for once: I let ticed the whole seam [of team" to a 1-3 start. The evidence is be held solely accountable, especially as of . like last year's Baltimore Ravens' and leave Ragu know about the inconvenience inherent in their new con my shirt] was unthreading mounting: It's time for pink slips. late. Since the demoralizing loss against the Irish with very little chance at victory venience food. and my shirt was falling Oregon State in the Fiesta Bowl, the Irish against high-quality opponents. Planetfeedback.com also allows you to browse through the off. I was taking a major offense has been terrible. As head coach, Whether looking at the numbers, the facts letters other users have posted. Interestingly, it was reading exam (out in the cool Davie makes the final decision on all plays, or watching the games themselves, it is these that made my bad attitude begin to fade. I gained per breeze?) and didn't know what to do. I was not even through "The thing that's so disappointing to me is and therefore he cannot be exonerated from clear that Notre Dame football will not spective on my problems and had a good, long laugh. Check with five minutes of the 90 minute essay test. I took the rest of how many plays where there's no blame for the offense. However, he has improve as long as Davie is on the sidelines out this sampling of complaints to establishments frequented the essay with my left hand holding back my shirt. ... All of a chance, just no chance. We look like a admitted - on several occasions - that he and Rogers is calling the plays from the box. by ND students reprinted verbatim and see what I mean (my sudden the shirt slipped down, leaving me in my bare skin. I poorly coached football team. That's hard leaves virtually all of the offensive deci Davie even said himself that this team was occasional comments are included in parentheses): had to go the whole day holding up my shirt. You have no idea for me to swallow and hard for me to say, sions to Kevin Rogers, the offensive coor the most talented he has coached at Notre what an embarrassment this was. but that's what I see." dinator. Since the bane of this year's foot Dame. How could his finest squad turn out the To: Meijer These words were spoken on September 29 ball team has been the lack of offense, it is worst start in the school's history? This is not On the morning of Thursday, July 19, 2001, I went to the To: The Gap after a 24-3 loss at Texas A&M. After seeing ridiculous to blame Davie for Notre Dame's acceptable. Davie and Rogers are good men Meijer on 331, Breman Highway in Mishawaka, Ind. to have Here's the problem: What's up with people and pants these the Irish flattened by the Aggies, both offen performance without portioning off at least with good intentions. However, they are not breakfast with my husband. We met a friend there who eats days? I sit at home many a day wondering to myself as to why sively and defensively, it's easy to imagine an even share for Rogers. the right men for the job at hand. If Notre there every day. He is almost 80 years old and still works at his clothing is so overrated. My eyes tear at the very thought of the kinds of people who might have uttered Prior to the Pittsburgh contest last Satur Dame football is to return to glory, these two insurance office .... He was upset because on the way to denim, so why doesn't the Gap make pants un-cool? You have those words. It could have been a player day, the Irish had scored just 23 points in people must first be dismissed. 0 Meijers, where he meets his friends for breakfast, he had run influence in the world. MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ... Here's over a deer. It was an unavoidable accident. ... He saw a deer how you can help me: Illegalize Pants. (I'm speechless.) 0 that had been hit in his lane but had nowhere to go but run over it. ... It wasn't until he was paged over the intercom system OOB welcomes your complaints about and suggestio1ls for Sparked by the mature play The Irish offense displayed After being beaten 35-0 by that he realized the deer was still under his car. (A common this column! Email them to [email protected]. of Carlyle Holiday, Notre its potential against Pitt, but, rival Virginia Tech, West Dame's offense looked .. it still needs to show -more Virginia comes to town SPORT: FOOTBALL good for the first time all consistency. The defense bloodthirsty. But in this OPPONENT: WEST VIRGINIA year. Holiday continues to will turn in another good· Saturday's war of the WHERE: NOTRE DAME STADIUM make strides as the signal performance against West weak, the Irish manage to WHEN: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, caller, leading the Irish to a Virginia. Notre Dame will ' " overcome the Mountain- 1 :30 PM 28-17 victory over West take advantage of playing at ,eers in a closely fought Virginia on Saturday. home again, winning 19-10. battle, 21-20. - Gerard Meskill . - David Murray - Michael Griffin Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Editor in Chief

28 SCHOLASTICSPORTS SCHOLASTICOUT OF BOUNDS 29 . . whose frustration of losing had forced him to their first three games this year, an average . . . speak out against the coaching staff. Perhaps ofjust over one touchdown per contest. This it was an alumnus, disappointed that the team lack of offensive production deservedly oversight, no doubt. And oh, if it only ended there. Heated de THE . has started 0-3 for the first time in its history ranked Notre Dame last among Division 1- Cybergriping 101 bate over who will remove the deer follows the announcement. and looking to lay blame for the team's woes. A schools in points per game. Other offen Want some cheese with your whine? Sue's friend asks for help getting the deer out from under his Maybe it was Athletic Director Kevin White, sive numbers weren'tmuch better. The Irish car, and a Meijer employee goes to call the humane society. RANT regretting a decision to re-sign the head coach ranked third-to-Iast in total offense, averag ecently, I came to a shocking realization: I am a serial The manager accuses the friend of purposefully dumping the BY GERARD MESKILL to a five-year extension. ingjust over 200 yards per game. In fact, the Rcomplainer, and no one is safe from me. I gripe exces deer in Meijer's lot and threatens to have him arrested. An 80- However, as is often the case, the truth is only major offensive category in which the sively about homework, professors and lack of sleep. I grumble year-old man! In the meantime, Sue's tea gets cold. She vows far more mind-blowing than any preposter Irish made the top 100 was total rushing to my roommates, yammer about dining-hall food and yawp at never to shop at Meijer again.) ous theory. The speaker of the quote above yards. These numbers simply are horrible my parents for calling before noon on Sunday. I even grouse is none other than Head Coach Bob Davie. by anyone's standards, but when they are about Ragu including way too much sauce and far too little To: Papa John's Pizza After four sub-par Irish football seasons compared to traditional Notre Dame expec pasta in its new microwavable Express product. Of course, there I'm writing to bring your attention to a problem with my and a fifth one off to a horrific start, for once tations, they are sufficient even to make the are things I appreciate - while writing this paragraph, for experience at Papa John's Pizza. Sometime in the early part of it is hard to argue with Davie when he says most placid Irish fan scream with rage. example, I delighted seeing that my thesaurus lists more than this year, I complainted about the misrepresentation of the $1.00 that the team is poorly coached. In his five These many raging Irish fans have no 15 synonyms for "complain" - but for some reason, I usually change. A few days later, I was telephoncalty contacted by [an years as head coach of the Irish, Davie has ticed a general trend in Notre Dame's of fail to acknowledge such small joys. employee], who advise me that Papa John's would sending me \tVb tds:of compiled some less-than-stellar numbers: fense. Notre Dame always runs the ball up· Perhaps it's the cold, or a manifestation of mid-semester a coupon for free pizza .... It never made it to me, so guess the first seven-loss season since 1963, an 0- the middle on first down. Death itself is less anxiety. At any rate, if it's true the more you complain, the what? She lied to me, and wisdorn from. ,. 5 record against Michigan State, three four guaranteed than an Irish rush up the gut on longer God lets you live, I'm rapidly approaching immor Papa John's company ·Scbo/astic's.owri game losing streaks, seven losses by 15 or first and 10. Or first and 15, even. Also, tality of vampire-like proportions. And black capes are so looks to me like a company ."., '-' .. " - '." ". "',' more points, a 3-9 record against Big Ten Notre Dame never passes to its tight ends, last fall. I realized I needed to work on overcoming my of lies. (And their dipping sports exp~tt opponents, zero top-10 finishes and zero nor does it make big passing plays downfield. hyper-negativity ... but how? sauce, the nectar of blas bowl-game victories. In 1999, he also The entire Notre Dame offensive strategy Luckily, thanks to the Internet, kvetching is no longer con phemy!) Coaches Bob Davie and Kevin coached the Irish to their first bowl-less boils down to rushes up the middle, pitches, fined to the lowly suggestion box. Web sites offer complainers Rogers are as predictable in their season in 13 years, a streak that had dated the option and short passes. Such an offen the chance to voice their opinions to virtually any company. To: The Gap offensive strategy as the gray skies of back toLou Holtz's first year as head coach. sive strategy is too simplistic for even high At Planetfeedback.com, they'll help you write up your com I was out today when I a South Bend October. Together, Based on these numbers, it is clear that school ball. At the elite level of Division I plaint, compliment or clever idea. Then, if the company you're noticed a cool breeze. Notre Dame football has taken a mighty fall football, such simplistic, predictable pat writing to is in their database, they'll send it to them for you. I When I glanced down I no they have led their "most talented since Davie took over. However, he cannot terns make our opponent's defenses look decided to log on and complain constructively for once: I let ticed the whole seam [of team" to a 1-3 start. The evidence is be held solely accountable, especially as of . like last year's Baltimore Ravens' and leave Ragu know about the inconvenience inherent in their new con my shirt] was unthreading mounting: It's time for pink slips. late. Since the demoralizing loss against the Irish with very little chance at victory venience food. and my shirt was falling Oregon State in the Fiesta Bowl, the Irish against high-quality opponents. Planetfeedback.com also allows you to browse through the off. I was taking a major offense has been terrible. As head coach, Whether looking at the numbers, the facts letters other users have posted. Interestingly, it was reading exam (out in the cool Davie makes the final decision on all plays, or watching the games themselves, it is these that made my bad attitude begin to fade. I gained per breeze?) and didn't know what to do. I was not even through "The thing that's so disappointing to me is and therefore he cannot be exonerated from clear that Notre Dame football will not spective on my problems and had a good, long laugh. Check with five minutes of the 90 minute essay test. I took the rest of how many plays where there's no blame for the offense. However, he has improve as long as Davie is on the sidelines out this sampling of complaints to establishments frequented the essay with my left hand holding back my shirt. ... All of a chance, just no chance. We look like a admitted - on several occasions - that he and Rogers is calling the plays from the box. by ND students reprinted verbatim and see what I mean (my sudden the shirt slipped down, leaving me in my bare skin. I poorly coached football team. That's hard leaves virtually all of the offensive deci Davie even said himself that this team was occasional comments are included in parentheses): had to go the whole day holding up my shirt. You have no idea for me to swallow and hard for me to say, sions to Kevin Rogers, the offensive coor the most talented he has coached at Notre what an embarrassment this was. but that's what I see." dinator. Since the bane of this year's foot Dame. How could his finest squad turn out the To: Meijer These words were spoken on September 29 ball team has been the lack of offense, it is worst start in the school's history? This is not On the morning of Thursday, July 19, 2001, I went to the To: The Gap after a 24-3 loss at Texas A&M. After seeing ridiculous to blame Davie for Notre Dame's acceptable. Davie and Rogers are good men Meijer on 331, Breman Highway in Mishawaka, Ind. to have Here's the problem: What's up with people and pants these the Irish flattened by the Aggies, both offen performance without portioning off at least with good intentions. However, they are not breakfast with my husband. We met a friend there who eats days? I sit at home many a day wondering to myself as to why sively and defensively, it's easy to imagine an even share for Rogers. the right men for the job at hand. If Notre there every day. He is almost 80 years old and still works at his clothing is so overrated. My eyes tear at the very thought of the kinds of people who might have uttered Prior to the Pittsburgh contest last Satur Dame football is to return to glory, these two insurance office .... He was upset because on the way to denim, so why doesn't the Gap make pants un-cool? You have those words. It could have been a player day, the Irish had scored just 23 points in people must first be dismissed. 0 Meijers, where he meets his friends for breakfast, he had run influence in the world. MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ... Here's over a deer. It was an unavoidable accident. ... He saw a deer how you can help me: Illegalize Pants. (I'm speechless.) 0 that had been hit in his lane but had nowhere to go but run over it. ... It wasn't until he was paged over the intercom system OOB welcomes your complaints about and suggestio1ls for Sparked by the mature play The Irish offense displayed After being beaten 35-0 by that he realized the deer was still under his car. (A common this column! Email them to [email protected]. of Carlyle Holiday, Notre its potential against Pitt, but, rival Virginia Tech, West Dame's offense looked .. it still needs to show -more Virginia comes to town SPORT: FOOTBALL good for the first time all consistency. The defense bloodthirsty. But in this OPPONENT: WEST VIRGINIA year. Holiday continues to will turn in another good· Saturday's war of the WHERE: NOTRE DAME STADIUM make strides as the signal performance against West weak, the Irish manage to WHEN: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, caller, leading the Irish to a Virginia. Notre Dame will ' " overcome the Mountain- 1 :30 PM 28-17 victory over West take advantage of playing at ,eers in a closely fought Virginia on Saturday. home again, winning 19-10. battle, 21-20. - Gerard Meskill . - David Murray - Michael Griffin Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Editor in Chief

28 SCHOLASTICSPORTS SCHOLASTICOUT OF BOUNDS 29 like this rose, to be pure and beautiful like from it," Rose says. "Everything I had been ation, she hopes to do freelance work, sing each petal.' " praying for for five years was fInally becom ing for Catholic groups and conferences This offering had added significance, ing realized." across the country. since Rose also is Danielle's middle name. In six weeks, 1,500 copies of the CD sold "I want to share music about my faith au Mother Teresa's gift, an act that Rose calls solely through word of mouth. Back on cam journey with people in hopes that it will Notre Dame senior releases Christian folk "miraculous," influenced her stage name. pus, Rose has been selling discs out of her change their lives," she says. "My greatest "When you give a flower, you don't expect backpack to friends. Defining Beauty also prayer and hope is that, with God's grace, anything in return," she explains. "I wanted is available through Amazon.com, Hammes my music will open people's hearts like my name and my ministry to be the same Bookstore and the Huddle Mart. flowers to God." 0 way - a very small expression of love, with Rose plans to continue her musical min out expectations of anything given back." istry as a career. This December, she will Danielle Rose will hold a concert on Fri BRIGIDSWEENEY . with Rose's life and faith. "Music has been hearts. We lack faith and hope, and choose At Notre Dame, Rose finally found a perform at the National Catholic Youth Con day, November 2, at 9:30 p.m. in the first engrained in me ever since I was little," she instead to depend on ourselves. This, though, channel for her vocation. A four-year Folk ference in front of 4,000 people. After gradu- floor lounge of Coleman-Morse. anielle Rose possesses the rare and says. "I remember seeing Isaac Perlman on will ultimately fail." Choir member, she met music producer Gary Oenviable ability to hug strangers in Sesame Street and begging my parents for These observations, illuminated by her Daigle when he came to Notre Dame to ...... _ ...... _ ...... - ""'''-''~''-''''''-''''''-''-'~''-''-'''-''~'-'''-''-'''''''''' - .. ·~·-..- .. · .... ··.. -·I a warm, genuine manner. The same violin lessons." experiences in India, clarified Rose's voca record a CD for the choir. In gratitude for joy and enthusiasm that allow her to con At the age of seven, she finally got her tion. Noting God's overwhelming presence his work, Rose gave him a rough tape of her nect instantly with a stranger also shine lessons. She began entering fiddle contests amid the poverty in India, she came to be music that had been made in a basement dur through in another ability of Rose's - a tal with her father at age nine, started playing lieve that America's paucity of faith was at ing high school. ent for making music - in a way that al the guitar at 14 and formed a band with the root ofthe country's afflictions. Further After touring with the Folk Choir at the be lows her to connect just as easily and quickly friends in high school. As the lead vocalist more, she realized that "God can pour grace ginning of the summer after her sophomore with listeners. who also played guitar and violin, she per through music to heal." year, Rose returned home to Minnesota. Dur This summer, the 21-year-old senior mu formed in local coffee shops in her home She then decided to use music to serve the ing a family dinner one evening in June, the sic and theology double major released her town. spiritually poor. "Religious vocations are so phone rang. Rose recognized the voice of the fIrst CD, Defining Beauty. Her simple, folksy The real turning point in both her spiri beautiful," Rose says. "With the gift of faith, caller, but couldn't quite place it. style follows the tradition of Joni Mitchell, tual and musical life, however, came the we have the responsibility to make that faith It was Daigle, who had come across her Sarah McLachlan and David Wilcox yet still summer. be a living reality. tape in a pile in his office and wanted to help encompasses a diverse range of sounds. She fore her se- "This is her record a professional demo tape. nimbly skips from poignant ballads ("God nior year inA' h b . d . how I feel Months later, when she was back on cam Is") to more upbeat, pop-inspired tunes high school. I\s\ uman ezngs, we are ma e zn compelled," pus for her junior year, Rose received an ("Lullaby for My Savior"), tossing in the Then 17, -eJad:S image, and we become in~ she adds. "I other call, this time from a small publishing strikingly beautiful a cappella hymn "Shel Rose traveled \ \ . want to give to company in Chicago. World Library Publi ter Your Name" for good measure. to India for a' sir'ttments of His beauty, we can people what cations had heard the demo and wanted to Through a compilation of 12 songs, the month to vol- reflect beauty and create beautziful God gave to publish her CD. disc recounts the story of Rose's faith jour unteer with me." "It was totally a gift from God, handed to ney. Her insightful lyrics examine, question Mother things, but it is essentially God. " Though she me quietly when I wasn't expecting any and ultimately affirm her Catholic faith, all Teresa's Mis never actually thing," she says. while avoiding the saccharine cliches so of sionaries of - Danielle Rose met Mother After meeting with the producers in Chi ten associated with Christian pop. Charity. Teresa, Rose's cago during last year's fall break, Rose con Underlined by acoustic guitar, her contem Her experience in India gave Rose new life has been personally and indelibly tinued to work with the company through plative musings show intelligence, sensitiv inspiration and purpose. "It was then that I marked by the nun. On her last birthday, only out the year. She traveled to Louisiana sev ity and an abiding joy for the beauty of life. recognized music as a gift that I really a few days before her death, Mother Teresa eral times, doing everything from helping "As human beings, we are made in GQd's wanted to use to serve God," she says. "I took the frosting rose off of her birthday cake to design the CD booklet to meeting with image, and we become instruments of His so very much· wanted to write songs about and gave it to a nun with whom Rose had copyright lawyers, in addition to producing beauty," Rose says. "We can reflect beauty things bigger than myself." worked, instructing her to pass it along to the music and carrying 21 university cred and create beautiful things, but it is essen The exposure to Mother Teresa, to whom the girl. .its. tially God." Even when struggling with fun Rose has a special devotion, largely influ Tears come to Rose's eyes when she re After months of exhausting work, Defin damental theological questions, as "Bla.ck enced Rose's faith perspective. Mother counts Mother Teresa's words to the nun: ing Beauty came out this past June. Hol~ of Truth" does, this joy never ceases Teresa's talk of spiritual poverty especially "She told the other sister to give the rose to "It was so much a joy that I was hurting to resonate in Rose's music. inspired Rose. "America is a very, very 'Danielle, the girl Who embraced the poor Born Danielle Rose Skorich in Duluth, SIMPLE GIFTS Deeply influenced by her faith, spiritually poor place," she says. "We are a est of the poor and understood them.' She Danielle Rose aims to share God with others Minn., music always has been intertwined country of broken families, of restless said, 'Give her this rose and tell her to be through music.

30 SCHOLASTICENTERTAINMENT SCHOLASTICENTERTAINMENT 31 like this rose, to be pure and beautiful like from it," Rose says. "Everything I had been ation, she hopes to do freelance work, sing each petal.' " praying for for five years was fInally becom ing for Catholic groups and conferences This offering had added significance, ing realized." across the country. since Rose also is Danielle's middle name. In six weeks, 1,500 copies of the CD sold "I want to share music about my faith au Mother Teresa's gift, an act that Rose calls solely through word of mouth. Back on cam journey with people in hopes that it will Notre Dame senior releases Christian folk "miraculous," influenced her stage name. pus, Rose has been selling discs out of her change their lives," she says. "My greatest "When you give a flower, you don't expect backpack to friends. Defining Beauty also prayer and hope is that, with God's grace, anything in return," she explains. "I wanted is available through Amazon.com, Hammes my music will open people's hearts like my name and my ministry to be the same Bookstore and the Huddle Mart. flowers to God." 0 way - a very small expression of love, with Rose plans to continue her musical min out expectations of anything given back." istry as a career. This December, she will Danielle Rose will hold a concert on Fri BRIGIDSWEENEY . with Rose's life and faith. "Music has been hearts. We lack faith and hope, and choose At Notre Dame, Rose finally found a perform at the National Catholic Youth Con day, November 2, at 9:30 p.m. in the first engrained in me ever since I was little," she instead to depend on ourselves. This, though, channel for her vocation. A four-year Folk ference in front of 4,000 people. After gradu- floor lounge of Coleman-Morse. anielle Rose possesses the rare and says. "I remember seeing Isaac Perlman on will ultimately fail." Choir member, she met music producer Gary Oenviable ability to hug strangers in Sesame Street and begging my parents for These observations, illuminated by her Daigle when he came to Notre Dame to ...... _ ...... _ ...... - ""'''-''~''-''''''-''''''-''-'~''-''-'''-''~'-'''-''-'''''''''' - .. ·~·-..- .. · .... ··.. -·I a warm, genuine manner. The same violin lessons." experiences in India, clarified Rose's voca record a CD for the choir. In gratitude for joy and enthusiasm that allow her to con At the age of seven, she finally got her tion. Noting God's overwhelming presence his work, Rose gave him a rough tape of her nect instantly with a stranger also shine lessons. She began entering fiddle contests amid the poverty in India, she came to be music that had been made in a basement dur through in another ability of Rose's - a tal with her father at age nine, started playing lieve that America's paucity of faith was at ing high school. ent for making music - in a way that al the guitar at 14 and formed a band with the root ofthe country's afflictions. Further After touring with the Folk Choir at the be lows her to connect just as easily and quickly friends in high school. As the lead vocalist more, she realized that "God can pour grace ginning of the summer after her sophomore with listeners. who also played guitar and violin, she per through music to heal." year, Rose returned home to Minnesota. Dur This summer, the 21-year-old senior mu formed in local coffee shops in her home She then decided to use music to serve the ing a family dinner one evening in June, the sic and theology double major released her town. spiritually poor. "Religious vocations are so phone rang. Rose recognized the voice of the fIrst CD, Defining Beauty. Her simple, folksy The real turning point in both her spiri beautiful," Rose says. "With the gift of faith, caller, but couldn't quite place it. style follows the tradition of Joni Mitchell, tual and musical life, however, came the we have the responsibility to make that faith It was Daigle, who had come across her Sarah McLachlan and David Wilcox yet still summer. be a living reality. tape in a pile in his office and wanted to help encompasses a diverse range of sounds. She fore her se- "This is her record a professional demo tape. nimbly skips from poignant ballads ("God nior year inA' h b . d . how I feel Months later, when she was back on cam Is") to more upbeat, pop-inspired tunes high school. I\s\ uman ezngs, we are ma e zn compelled," pus for her junior year, Rose received an ("Lullaby for My Savior"), tossing in the Then 17, -eJad:S image, and we become in~ she adds. "I other call, this time from a small publishing strikingly beautiful a cappella hymn "Shel Rose traveled \ \ . want to give to company in Chicago. World Library Publi ter Your Name" for good measure. to India for a' sir'ttments of His beauty, we can people what cations had heard the demo and wanted to Through a compilation of 12 songs, the month to vol- reflect beauty and create beautziful God gave to publish her CD. disc recounts the story of Rose's faith jour unteer with me." "It was totally a gift from God, handed to ney. Her insightful lyrics examine, question Mother things, but it is essentially God. " Though she me quietly when I wasn't expecting any and ultimately affirm her Catholic faith, all Teresa's Mis never actually thing," she says. while avoiding the saccharine cliches so of sionaries of - Danielle Rose met Mother After meeting with the producers in Chi ten associated with Christian pop. Charity. Teresa, Rose's cago during last year's fall break, Rose con Underlined by acoustic guitar, her contem Her experience in India gave Rose new life has been personally and indelibly tinued to work with the company through plative musings show intelligence, sensitiv inspiration and purpose. "It was then that I marked by the nun. On her last birthday, only out the year. She traveled to Louisiana sev ity and an abiding joy for the beauty of life. recognized music as a gift that I really a few days before her death, Mother Teresa eral times, doing everything from helping "As human beings, we are made in GQd's wanted to use to serve God," she says. "I took the frosting rose off of her birthday cake to design the CD booklet to meeting with image, and we become instruments of His so very much· wanted to write songs about and gave it to a nun with whom Rose had copyright lawyers, in addition to producing beauty," Rose says. "We can reflect beauty things bigger than myself." worked, instructing her to pass it along to the music and carrying 21 university cred and create beautiful things, but it is essen The exposure to Mother Teresa, to whom the girl. .its. tially God." Even when struggling with fun Rose has a special devotion, largely influ Tears come to Rose's eyes when she re After months of exhausting work, Defin damental theological questions, as "Bla.ck enced Rose's faith perspective. Mother counts Mother Teresa's words to the nun: ing Beauty came out this past June. Hol~ of Truth" does, this joy never ceases Teresa's talk of spiritual poverty especially "She told the other sister to give the rose to "It was so much a joy that I was hurting to resonate in Rose's music. inspired Rose. "America is a very, very 'Danielle, the girl Who embraced the poor Born Danielle Rose Skorich in Duluth, SIMPLE GIFTS Deeply influenced by her faith, spiritually poor place," she says. "We are a est of the poor and understood them.' She Danielle Rose aims to share God with others Minn., music always has been intertwined country of broken families, of restless said, 'Give her this rose and tell her to be through music.

30 SCHOLASTICENTERTAINMENT SCHOLASTICENTERTAINMENT 31 omething is wrong with this apart dience to see the couples side by side and Hall rarely make use of the side pockets on Frank Foster. "Your mindset has to be to S ment. The walls are alternating seg to realize just how closely their seemingly either side of the stage, but Sinnott decided tally present on what you're doing. I'm not ments of shorter brick panels and opposite existences mirror one another. to employ them to "bring the actors closer thinking about anything but what Frank is taller painted panels. Half of the couch is To successfully draw comparison, how to the audience." doing at that moment." luxurious cream-colored leather, while a ever, the differences between the two On one side of the stage, a small platform But according to Weil, staying focused is drab green blanket, strewn with mismatched couples must be striking and instantly rec holds Bob Phillips's desk. "This space is not the only challenge. "The harder part is throw pillows, drapes the other half. ognizable. Costumes play a large role in intentionally confined to make their house timing," she says. In this fast-paced play, It's not that the characters in Alan separating the Fosters and the Philllipses, feel cramped," Sinnott explains. On the dialogue is one tool that helps move the plot Ayckbourn's play, How the Other Half but with the two living spaces jumbled to other side, however, a larger platform holds between the two couples. Wei 1 adds, "As Loves, are the worst decorators in the world. gether on stage, the burden of creating dis the Fosters' bar. "The two side platforms soon as one scene ends, the audience has to Instead, this half-and-half set mixes the tinctions falls mainly on the scenery and set allow me to make some pretty ready com know where to look." "If you skip a beat, apartments of an upper-class couple and design. The audience needs to know, just parisons," Sinnott says. "For one you see a then it doesn't make sense anymore and the their lower-class counterparts, so that both from looking at the stage, what belongs to boxed-in, confined space, whereas on the audience is lost." couples are on stage at the same time and the Fosters and what belongs to the other side you have this larger space, some Timing plays a part not only in delivery even seem to be sharing the same living Phillipses. thing grand." of lines, but also in movement. "We're all spaces. In his script, Ayckbourn provides a de Sinnott also made another unique deci on stage at the same time," Geary says. "That's one of Ayckbourn's gimmicks," tailed layout of the stage as he envisioned sion in electing to carpet the stage floor, a "When we make movements, we pass liter says Siiri Scott, the director of the it, but scene designer Chris Sinnott, a se choice that initially presented a dilemma ally millimeters from [the Phillipses] and Mainstage Production of the play. Consid nior theater major who has designed scen since the floor is shared space. "The carpet they don't see us." Every action, then, has ered by many to be Britain's greatest living ery for campus productions of Romeo and had to be appropriate for a high-class to be calculated and rehearsed to avoid col playwright, Ayckbourn is famous for his Juliet and I Hate Hamlet, completely disre townhouse and a lower-class apartment," lisions between actors on stage. original and unusual staging techniques. For garded it. "Day one, I took my script and I Sinnott says. He ultimately selected a blue But staging and timing are not the only example, one play performed in London ripped it out and threw it away," he says. carpet that could function in either house aspects that separate How the Other Half called for a real swimming pool onstage. "If you get too involved in looking at that hold. Loves from typical Washington Hall fare. First performed in 1971, How the Other idea, you end up doing somebody else's These two worlds collide directly in some It is the only comedy in this year's Half Loves is one of Ayckbourn's earlier design." furniture arrangements as well. For ex Mainstage lineup and, in general, it is more plays. It tells the story of two couples, the Instead, Sinnott worked with Scott to de ample, the Phillipses' folding table and the lighthearted than many of the plays chosen rich Fosters and the working-class velop a set that would accommodate Scott's Fosters' nice dining-room table fit together for the Mainstage season. "A lot of people Phillipses. Bob Phillips works for Frank plans for the play. Scott already had vague to form a T at which both couples can be have the idea that our theater department Foster and is having an affair with Frank's ideas for each of the living spaces. For the seen eating separate meals in their separate does stodgy, ancient plays that are hard to wife, Fiona. Bob's wife Teresa suspects that Fosters' apartment, Sinnott says, "[Siiri apartments at the same time. This concept sit through, or that we do issue plays, and something is going on, and her curiosity to Scott] was looking for something reminis is extended even further in the play's fa we're there to shock people," Sinnott says. uncover the truth pulls another couple, the cent of Frasier, that quality of the high mous dinner-party scene. "This is none of that." Dettweilers, into the confusion. Bob and life in New York." For the less-fancy Both Teresa and Fiona invite the Instead, Scott describes the playas the Fiona try to hide their affair as their spouses apartment of the Phillipses, Scott's first Dettweilers to dinner at their houses on equivalent of a "date movie," emphasizing attempt to piece together the pieces of the idea came from another TV show, King different nights. However, both of these the show's humor. And while the staging puzzle. The result is a traditional comedy of Queens. With those two basic ideas in dinner scenes occur simultaneously on technique puts an original twist on the show, of errors, full of miscommunication. CONTRASTS Katie Weil and Brendan P. Geary (the Fosters) among original scenery. mind, Sinnott got to work, first design stage. All three couples are seated around Scott is confident that audiences will catch "The characters don't know what's hap ing each apartment separately and then the table at the same time - the Fosters on quickly. "The delineations are pretty pening till the end, which makes it fun for melding them together on stage. in their chairs and the Phillipses in theirs. clear," she says. "You have this really fancy the audience, because they do know," says a a b o r o f The result? Two distinct decorating At the intersection of the two tables, there furniture for one house and not-so-fancy fur senior theater major Katie Weil, who plays styles that reflect the varying economic are two swivel chairs, one in the style of niture for the other house. Fiona Foster. situations of the couples. "Most of the the Fosters and the other in the style of "It's kind of like watching a movie that . While the show primarily is a comedy, it Phillipses' furniture is ad-hoc stuff they the Phillipses, in which the Dettweilers has subtitles," she adds. "It takes the eye simultaneously offers a social commentary. found at garage sales," Sinnott says. "The sit. and the ear a minute to catch up." Cl The "other half' of the title refers not only Fosters', however, is a single unit. They "The Dettweilers swivel back and forth, to the love affair between Bob and Fiona definitely had somebody consult with them going in and out of both conversations," Pelformances of How the Other Half but also t6 the different social worlds t~ on the purchase of each and every item in Sinnott explains. "They are taking part in Loves will be on October 10 to 13 at 7:30 which the two couples belong. "The only their apartment." whichever conversation they're facing." p.m. and on October 14 at 2:30 p.m. in reason to emphasize differences is to em Sinnott's unique decision to extend the Such scenes present unique challenges to Washington Hall. Student tickets are on sale phasize how similar people are," Scott says. set design to the extreme edges of the stage the six actors in the play. "The potential to for $7 and can be purchased at the box of Having the Foster and the Phillips families also helps create distinctions between the get distracted is very high," says Brendan fice in LaFortune Student Center or by call occupy the same living space allows the au- Imported comedy storms two couples. Productions in Washington Geary, a senior theater major who plays ing 1-8128. the mainstage omething is wrong with this apart dience to see the couples side by side and Hall rarely make use of the side pockets on Frank Foster. "Your mindset has to be to S ment. The walls are alternating seg to realize just how closely their seemingly either side of the stage, but Sinnott decided tally present on what you're doing. I'm not ments of shorter brick panels and opposite existences mirror one another. to employ them to "bring the actors closer thinking about anything but what Frank is taller painted panels. Half of the couch is To successfully draw comparison, how to the audience." doing at that moment." luxurious cream-colored leather, while a ever, the differences between the two On one side of the stage, a small platform But according to Weil, staying focused is drab green blanket, strewn with mismatched couples must be striking and instantly rec holds Bob Phillips's desk. "This space is not the only challenge. "The harder part is throw pillows, drapes the other half. ognizable. Costumes play a large role in intentionally confined to make their house timing," she says. In this fast-paced play, It's not that the characters in Alan separating the Fosters and the Philllipses, feel cramped," Sinnott explains. On the dialogue is one tool that helps move the plot Ayckbourn's play, How the Other Half but with the two living spaces jumbled to other side, however, a larger platform holds between the two couples. Wei 1 adds, "As Loves, are the worst decorators in the world. gether on stage, the burden of creating dis the Fosters' bar. "The two side platforms soon as one scene ends, the audience has to Instead, this half-and-half set mixes the tinctions falls mainly on the scenery and set allow me to make some pretty ready com know where to look." "If you skip a beat, apartments of an upper-class couple and design. The audience needs to know, just parisons," Sinnott says. "For one you see a then it doesn't make sense anymore and the their lower-class counterparts, so that both from looking at the stage, what belongs to boxed-in, confined space, whereas on the audience is lost." couples are on stage at the same time and the Fosters and what belongs to the other side you have this larger space, some Timing plays a part not only in delivery even seem to be sharing the same living Phillipses. thing grand." of lines, but also in movement. "We're all spaces. In his script, Ayckbourn provides a de Sinnott also made another unique deci on stage at the same time," Geary says. "That's one of Ayckbourn's gimmicks," tailed layout of the stage as he envisioned sion in electing to carpet the stage floor, a "When we make movements, we pass liter says Siiri Scott, the director of the it, but scene designer Chris Sinnott, a se choice that initially presented a dilemma ally millimeters from [the Phillipses] and Mainstage Production of the play. Consid nior theater major who has designed scen since the floor is shared space. "The carpet they don't see us." Every action, then, has ered by many to be Britain's greatest living ery for campus productions of Romeo and had to be appropriate for a high-class to be calculated and rehearsed to avoid col playwright, Ayckbourn is famous for his Juliet and I Hate Hamlet, completely disre townhouse and a lower-class apartment," lisions between actors on stage. original and unusual staging techniques. For garded it. "Day one, I took my script and I Sinnott says. He ultimately selected a blue But staging and timing are not the only example, one play performed in London ripped it out and threw it away," he says. carpet that could function in either house aspects that separate How the Other Half called for a real swimming pool onstage. "If you get too involved in looking at that hold. Loves from typical Washington Hall fare. First performed in 1971, How the Other idea, you end up doing somebody else's These two worlds collide directly in some It is the only comedy in this year's Half Loves is one of Ayckbourn's earlier design." furniture arrangements as well. For ex Mainstage lineup and, in general, it is more plays. It tells the story of two couples, the Instead, Sinnott worked with Scott to de ample, the Phillipses' folding table and the lighthearted than many of the plays chosen rich Fosters and the working-class velop a set that would accommodate Scott's Fosters' nice dining-room table fit together for the Mainstage season. "A lot of people Phillipses. Bob Phillips works for Frank plans for the play. Scott already had vague to form a T at which both couples can be have the idea that our theater department Foster and is having an affair with Frank's ideas for each of the living spaces. For the seen eating separate meals in their separate does stodgy, ancient plays that are hard to wife, Fiona. Bob's wife Teresa suspects that Fosters' apartment, Sinnott says, "[Siiri apartments at the same time. This concept sit through, or that we do issue plays, and something is going on, and her curiosity to Scott] was looking for something reminis is extended even further in the play's fa we're there to shock people," Sinnott says. uncover the truth pulls another couple, the cent of Frasier, that quality of the high mous dinner-party scene. "This is none of that." Dettweilers, into the confusion. Bob and life in New York." For the less-fancy Both Teresa and Fiona invite the Instead, Scott describes the playas the Fiona try to hide their affair as their spouses apartment of the Phillipses, Scott's first Dettweilers to dinner at their houses on equivalent of a "date movie," emphasizing attempt to piece together the pieces of the idea came from another TV show, King different nights. However, both of these the show's humor. And while the staging puzzle. The result is a traditional comedy of Queens. With those two basic ideas in dinner scenes occur simultaneously on technique puts an original twist on the show, of errors, full of miscommunication. CONTRASTS Katie Weil and Brendan P. Geary (the Fosters) among original scenery. mind, Sinnott got to work, first design stage. All three couples are seated around Scott is confident that audiences will catch "The characters don't know what's hap ing each apartment separately and then the table at the same time - the Fosters on quickly. "The delineations are pretty pening till the end, which makes it fun for melding them together on stage. in their chairs and the Phillipses in theirs. clear," she says. "You have this really fancy the audience, because they do know," says a a b o r o f The result? Two distinct decorating At the intersection of the two tables, there furniture for one house and not-so-fancy fur senior theater major Katie Weil, who plays styles that reflect the varying economic are two swivel chairs, one in the style of niture for the other house. Fiona Foster. situations of the couples. "Most of the the Fosters and the other in the style of "It's kind of like watching a movie that . While the show primarily is a comedy, it Phillipses' furniture is ad-hoc stuff they the Phillipses, in which the Dettweilers has subtitles," she adds. "It takes the eye simultaneously offers a social commentary. found at garage sales," Sinnott says. "The sit. and the ear a minute to catch up." Cl The "other half' of the title refers not only Fosters', however, is a single unit. They "The Dettweilers swivel back and forth, to the love affair between Bob and Fiona definitely had somebody consult with them going in and out of both conversations," Pelformances of How the Other Half but also t6 the different social worlds t~ on the purchase of each and every item in Sinnott explains. "They are taking part in Loves will be on October 10 to 13 at 7:30 which the two couples belong. "The only their apartment." whichever conversation they're facing." p.m. and on October 14 at 2:30 p.m. in reason to emphasize differences is to em Sinnott's unique decision to extend the Such scenes present unique challenges to Washington Hall. Student tickets are on sale phasize how similar people are," Scott says. set design to the extreme edges of the stage the six actors in the play. "The potential to for $7 and can be purchased at the box of Having the Foster and the Phillips families also helps create distinctions between the get distracted is very high," says Brendan fice in LaFortune Student Center or by call occupy the same living space allows the au- Imported comedy storms two couples. Productions in Washington Geary, a senior theater major who plays ing 1-8128. the mainstage Subject: Hygiene

Thesis: Over-cleanliness is rampant. Proof: forthcoming. .' :--1,.---

KEVINLAVELLE ture with a few close chums. After all, when I looked in the mirror it didn't appear that my unwashed hair made me any less attractive than EDITOR'S CHOICE LECTURES here are a lot of people out there who might tell you that usual. I met with mixed reactions: disbelief, wonderment and fIrm o Fri 12 Felipe Aguero, "Memory and T ultra-cleanliness is absolutely necessary for any and all reproach were the most common. But one person in particular forced Justice," 3:00 PM, C-103 Hesburgh Roaches Beware Center. people. I am a nay-sayer. I'm here to tell you to place that me to rethink my stance on hygiene. After a beer or four at a local pub, o Fri 12 Gary Giddins, "Bing Crosby's cologne back in the cabinet, microwave that unbreakable comb, his weekend, SUB whips out the Raid. I again was telling some friends about my wonder of wonders. And T Identities," 4:15 PM, Hesburgh ignite that hair spray, put down the balm and drop the soap. And his reply came: (Incidentally, the Oakland Raiders play Center Auditorium. I'm willing to put my money where my un-brushed mouth is. "Oh yeah? Well I heard this story from a doctor who works in the the Indianapolis Colts on October 14. You o Mon 15 Barbara Packer, "Signing Being very smart myself, I've deduced that for some of you, ER, and he said this old smelly woman would come in all the time and can watch it at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and Off: Religious Indifference in ultra-cleanliness is quite important. Now, I don't mean to be complained of an itchy scalp and then one day when they lifted her carry the theme through to Sunday!) I some America," 4:30 PM, 320 Malloy Hall. sexist, but women are inferior to men. Wait ... (how did my hair up in back a cockroach came out!" how missed Lara Croft: Tomb Raider this oWed 17 Alison Wylie, "Who Owns editor let that through?). Actually, Yikes. Blinded for over a week by my summer, so I called my 13-year-old brother the Past: Ethics Issues in Anthropol ogy," 4:00 PM, 129 DeBartolo Hall. what I meant to say (editor speaking apathy towards hygiene, I had forgot for a review. His verdict? "Final Fantasy: now) is that some people (women) ten an important lesson: Bugs like dirty The Spirits Within was way better." He had tend to take personal hygiene more more positive things to say about Raiders of warm places. And as my premed paIs CINEMA seriously than others (right-minded are certain to assure me, the body is very the Lost Ark: "The part where they open the o Thu 11 Latin Film Series: La boda men-folk). Right. So, reader, barring warm. So, lest we want to become ant Ark and the guy's eyes melt - that was (The Wedding), 7:00 PM, 141 any further lame cracks about the farmers, we must be certain the body is cool." DeBartolo Hall. fairer sex, we shall embark on the not dirty as well. On a more serious note, Professor Felipe o Thu 11 Dr. Strange/ave, 7:00 PM, story of my war against hygiene. Fearful of bugs and feeling the un Aguero, who was a prisoner in Pinochet's Hesburgh Center Auditorium. The battle began on a nondescript bearable weight of society upon my Chile, will be on campus on Friday, o Thu 11 Startup. com, 7:00 PM, Auditorium, Hesburgh Library. Tuesday morning. Of course, I cannot shoulders (quite close to my head re October 12. Professor Aguero currently is claim responsibility for my skirmish fighting his case in court, aided by a team o Thu 11, Fri 12 and Sat 13 Lara ally), I set out to wash my hair. In all Croft: Tomb Raider and Raiders of with cleanliness: I was forced into it. of human-rights lawyers. If you're free honesty, it was not that filthy. The smell, the Lost Ark, Thurs 10:00 PM, Fri Forced by the low and cowardly ac like a good wine, was dynamic and com Friday afternoon, go hear him speak about 7:30 PM and 10:00 PM, Sat 7:30 and tions of an unknown sicko clean-freak plex. The aromas of numerous smoky "Memory and Justice." 10:00 PM, 101 and 155 DeBartolo hall-mate. He stole my shampoo! I bars, of chlorinated pool water (which I Hall. couldn't believe it either. What kind suspect holds some cleansing vaIue) and - Cristin Fenzel o Tue 16 International Film Series: My of lowlife steals another man's sham of the lawn of South Quad mingled in a Best Friend (Germany), 7:00 PM and poo? capital fashion. All this would soon be SPORTS oWed 17 Lacrosse: NO women vs. 9:00 PM, Montgomery Theater. o Tue 16 Latin Film Series: Un Lugar With a sudden thirst for lemonade, washed away. o Thu 11 Hockey: NO vs. Union College, Duquesne, 9:00 AM, Moose Krause I embarked upon an experiment. Find- 7:00 PM, Joyce Center Fieldhouse. Field. en e/ Mundo (A Place in the War/d), Stubbornness, however, is not a trait 7:00 PM, 129 DeBartolo Hall. ing myself shampoo-less, and being o Fri 12 Volleyball: NO vs. Villanova, 4:00 o Sat 20 Football: NO vs. USC, 1 :30 PM, that tends to be present one Tuesday Notre Dame Stadium. too lazy to buy another bottle imme- PM, Joyce Center. morning and suddenly absent 10 days o Fri 12: Soccer: NO women vs. St. diately, I began my Quest Against the Evil Hygiene. It was about later, so I continued my refusal to purchase another bottle of shampoo. John's, 7:00 PM, Alumni Field. THE ARTS time that someone confronted him! He had gone unchallenged for too Instead, I scheduled a haircut with a stylist in Lafortune. I did need o Fri 12 Swimming: NO men vs. o Thu 11-Sat 13 How the Other Half long. a haircut anyway - it had been six weeks. So I marched there at 1:30 - Kalamazoo, 7:00 PM, Rolfs Aquatic Loves, 7:30 PM, Washington Hall. My methods of warfare were simple. No more shampoo for me. on Friday afternoon. The stylist fastened the apron around my neck, Center. o Sun 14 How the Other Half Loves, Zero. The question I posed to myself was, "How bad could it really picked up his scissors and ran the comb through my hair. He paused. I o Sat 13 Football: NO vs. West Virginia, 2:30 PM, Washington Hall. get?" panicked - was there a cockroach? 1 :30 PM, Stadium. o Fri 19 20th Century Music Concert, 8:00 PM, Washington Hall. Day after day my hair grew more ... beautiful? Perhaps. It cer "Uh, why don't we do the shampoo thing?" he suggested. Yeah, o Sun 14 Volleyball: NO vs. Rutgers, 2:00 tainly felt thicker and more "conditioned." Some would call it greasy. why don't we? Moments later my hair was treated to its fIrst shampoo PM, Joyce Center. I preferred "shiny." in a week and a half. As much as I attempt to trump it up with adjectives, I cannot hide I learned very little about myself from this experience. In retro that this was a rather slow and uneventful experiment. The fIrst few spect, perhaps an experiment with unwashed feet is the way to go. . THE WEEKENDER Post your event in Scholastic's Coming Distractions. days flew by with little change. But by day fIve, there was a notice Jesus sure didn't go wrong by it. I did learn a lot about others, how What: Niles Haunted House, The Field of Screams, The Realm of Darkness, Dark TERRORtory Haunted Hayride and Nightmare in 3-D. able difference in my hair. Greasier, yes. -But oh so manageable. Like ever. Why was it that when I exposed my dirty secret, some ran their Get the recognition your event When: 7 to 11 PM Fridays and Saturdays and 7 to 10 PM Sundays, through a Bonsai, it took shape. fingers through my hair and others ran from my hair? The answer is deserves. E-mail your submissions to Of course, by this time, my friends started noticing. "Hey, did you. October 28. clear: Lack of hygiene, besides attracting large bugs, allows you to Where: 855 Mayflower Rd., Niles, Mich. West of U.S. 31. See Web site for Cristin Fenzel at [email protected] by do something to your hair?" Nope. Nothing, actually. separate your true friends from the ones who only like you when directions. Friday, October 19. After a week of abstinence, I decided I might share my bold adven- you're clean. . D Cost: $5 to $7 ;, ". More information: Call (616) 687-FEAR or visit www.haunted.org. All submissions are subject to Scholastic approval.

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34 SCHOLASTICWEEK IN DISTORTION SCHOLASTICCALENDAR 35 Come Out and Play by Casey Buckstaff

o, how many drinks do you think the aver bags on their heads. That's crazy shmack! sage guy consumes on a Friday night?" I We embrace our self-declared "work hard, play pose the question and take a look at the hard" motto. But as is proven by the activities go group of freshman women sitting with me. They ing on here, "play hard" is not equal to "drink a never answer immediately. No, the first few mo lot." Of course, we all like to have a good time at ments I can see each of them mentally return to parties. Dorm parties blast music across the quads their weekend activities. They laugh almost si every weekend, and people make their weekly trek lently, but just enough that a few people might no over to Turtle Creek. But there is so much more to tice. Then come the estimates: ND social life than that. Look around campus and "I'd say around eight." it's clear: We like to play. The paths around the "Probably eight to 10." lakes are worn from sunrise to sunset. The basket "Ten to 15." ball courts and sand volleyball courts are full, rain Dorm after dorm, my PILLARS presentations be or shine. We have concerts from Flipstock to gin with the same question and the same responses. Handel's Messiah that are packed with students. Their faces show some relief when I tell them that The CSC vans always are on the move, shuttling their guesses are over twice as much as the true students throughout South Bend to spend time statistic. As freshmen, the last thing these young within the greater community. People even run women want to do is sit through another manda through the fountains and take trays from the din tory meeting, but I've noticed that after a few min ing; hall to sled down small campus hills. We keep utes, the information starts to sink in and many of busy by doing what we love to do, whatever that may them realize that it will be put to good use. be;, PILLARS is not a group that preaches abstinence We all need to let loose once in awhile because from alcohol. As peer educators, we do not want of all the things that occupy our weekdays. As my to lecture fellow students about the evils of drink- main man, Jimmy Buffett, tells us, "If we weren't ing. We want to inform all crazy, we would go insane." No kidding. I think We embrace our self-declared them ofthings of which that many other college students might call us just they should be aware in that: crazy. This campus becomes a ghost town on "work hard, play hard" motto. order to be safe in Sunday morning as we all head to our favorite study whatever activities spots. For most of the week we pull I8-hour days But ... "play hard" is not equal they choose. Sure, they be2ause of classes, practices and activities. We ride have a great time at bikys to get to class faster and eat Grab 'n' Go in to "drink a lot." their parties, but maybe stead of sitting down for a meal to save time. We they are wondering if try to cram every possible activity into each day, they'll have a more-re knowing there will be a new batch of activities to Casey BuckstaJf is a laxing weekend sometime. "For those of you think consume us the next day. Many of us don't know juniorfrom Mount ing 'When am I going to catch up on sleep?' don't what to do with ourselves when we have 15 min Prospect, Ill. She worry," I tell them, "It's the beginning of the year utes of free time. At that point, we check our e competes on the and things are crazy, but eventually they settle mail, which probably reminds us of something else women's rowing down." we could be doing. We must be crazy. team and is a peer Just wait, I think, just wait until it is the middle So I suppose that we could willingly accept our educator in the Peers of February and there are three feet of snow on the "wild and crazy" title, but I think that we might Inspiring Learning, ground and it is 20 degrees below zero with the want to consider some different aspects of that des Listening and . windchill. When, on a Saturday night, you want to ignation. While "they" might suggest that it stems . Responsibly put on an extra sweatshirt and watch your favorite from raging parties, there is no reason to associate Socializing program. movie, and the last thing you want to do is put on a our generation with negative stereotypes. We can tiny tank top and battle the slush and ice .. think of this' title in much brighter ways. As a gen The proverbial "they" tell us that our generation eration raised to believe that anything is possible, is wilder than our predecessors. Yeah, we are a any goal achievable, we have stepped up to the chal rowdy group, no denying that, but we're college lenge. As students at Notre Dame, we have learned students; it is part of our job to be rowdy. Notre from experience how to mix work and play to best Dame is a wild place to be. Entire dorms bleach fill our time here. Wow, a bunch of motivated, young, ( -\-0 r '( their hair for football pep rallies; other dorms run crazy people with plenty of things to do: Watch out, v . J' through public places wearing nothing but paper c) world. D I t I,··~ .. d 36 SCHOLASTIC FINAL WORD Come Out and Play by Casey Buckstaff