/ ^ V THE bserver OThe Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys OLUME 43 : ISSUE 10 MONDAY, SEPTEMBERS, 2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ND victory brings mixed reactionsTwo ND Students call first Irish game a 'rollercoaster' students Clausen threw two intercep­ By JOSEPH McMAHON tions and running backs assaulted Assistant News Editor Armando Allen and Robert Hughes each fumbled once in Seniors attacked near Although Notre Dame’s the 21-13 win over the football team kicked off the Aztecs. The Irish scored two Lafayette apartments season Saturday with a victo­ touchdowns in the fourth ry over the San Diego State quarter. Aztecs, the performance did­ But senior Matt Kernan ByJENN METZ n’t sit well with some stu­ said the team looked much News Editor dents. better in the fourth quarter. “I was kind of disappoint­ “It was two completely dif­ Two Notre Dame seniors ed,” sophomore Robert Ward ferent feelings. During the were assaulted while walking said. “I didn’t see a lot that first [half! I was already look­ to an apartment in Lafayette IAN GAVLICK/The O bserver signaled we were different ing forward to basketball sea- Square early Saturday morn­ Students make the “safety” call during Notre Dame’s win than last year.” ing, police said. against San Diego State in Notre Dame Stadium. Quarterback Jimmy see FOOTBALL/page 4 The students, Chris Williams and Mark Koegel, said they were walking along Notre Dame Ave. near Club 23 E lection 2 0 0 8 toward Lafayette apartment com plex on N. Frances St. when they were attacked. Williams, a resident of Candidates invited to speak at University Lafayette, said, he, Koegel and two other students walked past Assistant Vice President for a house near Club 23 that had By KAITLYNN RIELY News and Information Dennis between eight and nine people Associate News Editor Brown said. they did not know on the porch Letters of invitation to the at at about 1:30 a.m. Over the next two months, Obama and McCain cam­ One of the people on the presidential candidates Sen. paigns are being sent early porch, who was described by B arack O bam a (D - 111.) and this week, he said. Williams as a male between 18 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Then-University President and 19 years old, began a con­ will be traversing the country, Father Theodore Ilesburgh versation with him. each making his case that he initiated the tradition of ask­ Williams told The Observer is the best person to lead the ing presidential candidates to Presidential u n d iM i he spoke with the man because nation for the next four years. speak at Notre Dame campus he was “just trying to be But will they pitch their in 1952, Brown said, when he friendly.” Their conversation candidacy in Notre Dame, invited Republican nominee revolved around weekend Ind., prior to Election Day Dwight Eisenhower and plans, and the man asked Nov. 4? Democratic candidate Adlai Williams if he was going to the Notre Dame has invited the Stevenson to speak on cam­ football game, he said. presidential candidates for pus. Both accepted and spoke In the middle of the conver­ the Democratic and at Notre Dame, he said. sation, the man “sucker- Republican tickets to come to The invitation to the presi- punched” Williams in the eye campus every presidential election year since 1952, see ELECTION/page 3 MADELINE NIES/Observer Graphic see ASSAULT/page 4 Abroad participants back at ND Recycling initiatives Students experience 'reverse culture shock' upon return to campusexpand to game day By EMMA DRISCOLL and stadium parking lots, as By MEG MIRSHAK News Writer well as White Fields, a parking News Writer area north of campus for tail­ gaters, she said. Returning to Notre Dame Student volunteers helped GreeND, a student organiza­ after studying abroad can often tailgaters recycle before tion that coordinates environ­ be just as overwhelming and Saturday’s football game mental and energy activities challenging as acclimating to a against San Diego State on campus, initiated the pro­ foreign culture due to the University as a part of an gram in 2007 but mostly cov­ effects of “reverse culture expanded program designed to ered the library lot until this shock.” This fall, over 400 stu­ improve recycling efforts on year, she said. dents returned to campus after campus. “We’re trying to make it studying abroad throughout the The Game Day Recycling really easy for tailgaters to world for either one or two program grew this year under recycle,” Cline said. “We’re semesters. the newly created Office of trying to be more comprehen­ “Reverse culture shock” hap­ Sustainability to reach tail­ sive with it this year.” pens when students have gaters in several campus lots, Cline said tailgaters expectations about returning to said Sarah Cline, a member of responded well to the recy­ campus and come to find that the leadership team for cling program on Saturday, life seems different. GreeND and a Game Day but the amount of items col­ “R everse culture shock is Recycling volunteer on lected was unknown on when you expect that you know Photo Courtesy of CHARLIE VOGELHEIM Saturday. Sunday. From left, students Hayley Mohr, Charlie Vogelheim and Mariel Game Day Recycling volun­ see ABROAD/page 4 Osetinsky pose in Tyrolean clothing in Innsbruck, Austria. teers worked in the library see RECYCLING/page 3 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Monday, September 8, 2008 Inside C olumn Question o f th e D ay: W hat ’s your favorite word? Times, they are a-changin' Upon my return to campus this year, 1 was met with several surprises. While some (an actual mini-quad for the oft neglected West quad) proved beneficial, Sade Murphy Brigitte Githinji Sean Gaffney Belma Torres Michael Baznik others (the new junior sophomore senior senior junior Reckers' menu, Kara King Lyons Lyons our very narrow off-campus off-campus Zahm win over San Viewpoint Diego State) were Editor “Ubiquitous... “Salaam “Florida. ” “Y-E-S Yes! It “Microcosm ... not so welcome. But none upset starts with u' because it opens so many because Dean me more than our housekeepers' deci­ ends with 'q' transcends opportunities. ” Hugh Page says sion to stop supplying trash bags to the means borders. ” it.” dorm. The official party line for this dis­ appearance: The privilege was abused. everywhere. ” Apparently, 18-22-year-old women are just not capable of controlling their klep­ tomania when confronted with mass amounts of trash bags on display. Apparently, we had too much trash. Uses for these trash bags have been varied over the years, although I fail to see where the abuse comes into play. From makeshift ice buckets (for very In B rief bad ankle sprains I'm sure) to dorm prank necessities, each and every one The Student International served a purpose, satisfying some ulti­ Business Council (SIBC) will mate goal in the grand scheme of things. hold its first meeting tonight at Until now. 7 p.m . in the Jordan Now we have to buy our own trash Auditorium in the Mendoza bags. While other dorms have them pro­ School of Business. vided in their room and board, we are expected to somehow either find a way The Provost’s Distinguished off campus or else succumb to the Women’s Lecture, titled “The ridiculous over-pricing that is the Idea of Black Culture, ” is to be Huddle Mart. given by Hortense Spillers, Unless, of course, we resort to thiev­ Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt ery. I have heard numerous reports of Professor of English at my dorm fellows making the treacher­ Vanderbilt University, at 5 p.m. ous journey to neighboring dorms to on Tuesday, Sept. 9in the audi­ procure their trash bags. Other more torium of McKenna Hall. This daring individuals have stolen them event is free. from community bins throughout the dorm, leaving our social spaces without GreenND will hold an infor­ a lined trash receptacle. mal meeting Wednesday, Sept. I have also heard reports of people 10, at 7p.m. in the LaFortune forgoing the bags entirely, risking the Ballroom. overall cleanliness of their room by allowing waste to accumulate sans-bag, Arm y ROTC th rou gh the leaving a layer of semi-liquid perma- IAN GAVLICK /The O bserver American Red Cross will spon­ trash in the bins. No doubt the house­ Hafis Williams, 79, Golden Tate, 23, and Barry Gallup, Jr., 21, sing the Alma Mater with the sor a Blood Drive on Sept. 10 keepers will realize this, but I'm afraid student section at the end of Notre Dame’s 21-31 win over San Diego State Saturday. and 11 in the Grand Ballroom, by the time they do it will be too late. LaFortune Student Center from Perhaps this is just one of many moves 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sign up in the GreeND campaign. If that's the online at www.givelife.org, case, I hope it fails miserably. I can't sponsor code Irish," to sched­ imagine our trash chute has seen any ule an appointment. W alk-ins less action due to this endeavor. And O ffbeat are also accepted but those with before, when trash bags were so readily appointments will be seen first available, we were more likely to discov­ Cries for help turn out to Luna said something that hole-in-one — though it and will take less time. Doners er the aforementioned alternative uses be a bird brought authorities to the doesn’t count because it must be at least 17, weigh a for them.