THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 42: ISSUE 100 THURSDAY. MARCH 13,2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM D'Arcy criticizes Jenkins' decision STUDENT SENATE Bishop again decries president's approval of'Vagina Monologues' performances on campus Group mitting performances of [the permitting performance of 2006, which, among other By BILL BRINK "Monologues"] is not consis­ the play was "not consistent stipulations, said the play conunends News Editor tent with the identity of a with the identity of a Catholic must be discussed within a Catholic university." Catholic context. As he did in 2006, Fort universi­ " ... Because it depicts and An academic panel discus­ University Wayne-South Bend Bishop ty," D'Arcy endorses sinful sexual acts in sion will follow each per­ John D'Arcy has condemned said. direct opposition to Church formance, and at least one University President Father Jenkins teaching, I believe its per­ panel member will discuss Resolution lauds ND's John Jenkins' decision to said in a formance to be pornographic the play's relation to Catholic allow "The Vagina two-page and spiritually harmful," beliefs. environmental efforts Monologues" to be performed statement D'Arcy said. D'Arcy called for the on campus and said he hopes Monday The Eve Ensler play, which University to denounce the Jenkins rethinks his choice. that uni- was performed on campus play. By ClAIRE REISING In a six-page statement versities, D'Arcy for six of the past seven "Otherwise, the University News Writer released Wednesday, D'Arcy including years, has continually gener­ appears to endorse it as in said he "publicly and Notre Dame, are responsible ated controversy at Notre some way good and the The Student Senate applauded respectfully disagree[s]" with for openly discussing contro­ Dame. Jenkins said he would impression is given that the University's increased atten­ Jenkins' decision to allow the versial issues and finding allow performance of the Catholic teaching is one tion to environmental issues in a play, which will be held from academic platforms for those "Monologues" after finding option competing among unanimously passed resolution March 26-28, to be per­ issues and so the play could the student proposal to per­ many," D'Arcy said. at their meeting Wednesday. formed on campus. be performed on campus. form the play consistent with In the past year, Notre Dame "I am convinced that per- D'Arcy disagreed and said guidelines he established in see BISHOP/page 3 raised its grade from a D- to a C on the College Sustainability Report Card, the resolution stat­ ed. According to the Sustainable Endowments Institute's Web site, the College Sustainability Report Tampons sold for charity at SMC Card evaluates the sustainability of United States universities with the nation's top 200 endow­ Students raise funds to purchase feminine hygiene products for African girls who can't afford them ments. The Senate's resolution listed some efforts Notre Dame took to By MANDl STIRONE continue selling them the week, increase campus sustainability, News Writer Borja said. The donations from the sani­ such as decreasing greenhouse tary napkins and tampons sales gas emissions, serving some As part of Women's will be given to Protecting locally grown food products and Appreciation Week (WAW) at Futures, a project that provides strengthening its recycling pro­ Saint Mary's College, students pads to young women in Africa, gram. have the opportunity to pur­ so that women don't miss With these initiatives, the chase sanitary napkins and school because of their periods, University was one of 13 univer­ tampons for a $1 donation to according to the program's Web sities to improve by a full letter charity, Co-chair of WAW, fresh­ site. grade on the report card. man Karen Borja said. The three organizers of the "I thought it was appropriate Senior Adriana Rodriguez, drive decided it was a worth­ to commend them for what freshman Maricruz Cardenas, while endeavor after seeing a they've done and encourage and Borja planned the event television commercial for the them to do more," said Fisher and began selling the pads and program, Borja said. senator Stephen Bant, who tampons Monday at lunch and After deciding to take part in drafted the resolution. Photo courtesy of Protectingfutures.com dinner outside of the Noble the program, Borja, Cardenas The senators also discussed Young African women sing on their way to school in an advertisement Family Dining Hall in the from Tampax's "Protecting Futures" campaign. Student Center Atrium and will see TAMPONS/page 4 see SENATE/page 4 'Live As You Are' focuses on eating disorders Counseling Center offers support, Nurse warns of physiological treatment for men and women effects of anorexia, bulimia By MADELINE BUCKLEY By BRIAN MCKENZIE News Writer News Writer Last year, just over one in every 10 stu­ Dr. Mary Rodts, an orthopedic nurse dents to visit the University Counseling practitioner with over 30 years of experi­ Center was treated for an eating disorder, ence, delivered a lecture Wednesday on but today Valerie Staples will present ways the effects of eating disorders on the bones the University can lower that number. and body structure as a part of the "Live Staples, the coordinator for Eating As You Are" health and body image con­ Disorder Services in the Counseling Center, ference ending today at Notre Dame. will speak to faculty and staff today about According to a Harvard study, more than how they can impact the positive body 40 percent of primary school students image of students. wanted to be thinner and most 10-year­ Her department recently ran a program olds had dieted, Rodts said. This weight­ to educate rectors and RAs about recogniz­ consciousness causes three percent of ing and helping students with eating disor­ women and one percent of men to suffer ders and this week the Counseling Center from an eating disorder at some point in worked in conjunction with other depart- ABIGAIL WILKINSffhe Observer their lifetime. Orthopedc nurse practitioner Dr. Mary Rodts spoke We01esday about eating dis­ see STAPLES/page 6 orders in her speech "Physiological effects of eating disorders:' see LECTURE/page 6 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Thursday, March 13, 2008 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do YOU THINK SPRING IS HERE? 9/11 stairs should stay ltecently, a staircase from the World Trade Center in New York was moved 200 feet to make way for construction Erin Rogozinski Hannah Ha Luke Stavole Sarah Angle Xiao Uu of the new Freedom Tower on the site of the former twin towers. senior freshman freshman freshman freshman Stairs aren't usually such a big cause Lyons WelshFam Fisher Howard Stanford for concern, but this case is different. That staircase was the only above­ "Spring started "If it isn't, I'll Tm wearing "The Spring "It is for now. " ground remnant the party, but bring it with shorts and a t- state of mind is of the World Trade winter is crash- flip-flops and shirt, so yeah.'' here, but not Center left stand­ ing after the ing it." neon. the sustained attacks of Sept. warm , 11, 2001. It was temperatures. used by many of the survivors of the attacks to escape the build- Jay Fitzpatrick ings and repre- sen'ts in the most Managing literal sense the IN BRIEF tragedy New York Editor and the United The Notre Dame women's States felt that day. lacrosse team will play The stairs were whittled away and Delaware at 3 p.m. Thursday on removed from their concrete base in Moose Krause Field . order to make moving them possible. They ruinnd what should have been a The film ''I'm Not There," national landmark, just like any other which tells the story of leg­ sito. The USS Arizona still rests in the endary singer Bob Dylan at dif­ wators in Pearl Harbor to remind the ferent stages of his life and with world of the tragedy of that attack. difl'erent actors in the lead role, What makes the stairs different is will be shown at the DeBartolo thoir location. Situated in downtown Performing Arts Center on Manhattan. this staircase was occupy­ tonight at 7 p.m. ing prime real estate that, according to the Powers That Be, needed to be filled George J. Borjas will deliver as soon as possible. So by creating a his lecture entitled "Immigration memorial and building a symbolic and African-American "Freedom Tower," the event could be Employment Opportunities: The romembered b1~tter. Response of Wages, Think about that. Employment, and Incarceration The 9/11 memorial group is getting to Labor Supply Shocks" tonight rid of the a<:tual sitn and rebuilding an at 4:15 in C-103 of the Hesburgh artificial Ground Zero nearby. They are Center. destroying history to make room for progress. There will be Stations of' the What is even more outrageous is the ABIGAIL WILKINS/The Observer Cross on Friday at 7:15 p.m. in attempts to rationalize this decision. Brett Berceau plays catch on South Quad with his friends on Wednesday. The the Basilica of' the Sacred .Jon Daniels. president of the memorial warmer weather coaxed many students out of doors. Heart. Stations will be held each foundation, told the Associated Press Friday during Lent. that, even though the stairs are being moved, they are maintaining "the The Project Pink Fashion essencn of the stairs." Show, a fundraiser for breast What a load of crap. cancer and survivors, will be Those stairs are only different from OFFBEAT held Friday at 8 p.m. in the any other stairs in the entire world for LaFortune Ballroom.