the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 39 ThUrSDAY, October 15, 2009 ndsmcobserver.com Student enrollment balanced across Colleges Arts and Letters numbers drop in 2009-10; Science, Engineering, Business see increases, changes reflect 2003 strategic plan By SARAH MERVOSH expand. Engineering’s smaller size “There are more under- to the rigidity of schedules News Writer graduate students enrolled and because it is regarded in the Mendoza College of on campus as one of the The College of Arts and Business than the College most difficult areas of Letters noticed a drop in itself thinks desirable, study. enrollment this year, but while the College of “I don’t think it’s any this decrease actually Engineering suffers to a secret that Engineering is marks a success for the degree from under-enroll- very challenging and is in University as it creates ment that is part of a some ways a rather rigid more balanced numbers national pattern,” the plan curriculum, where other among the various colleges said. majors are less challenging, — a priority outlined in the Six years later, the have a more flexible cur- University’s 2003 strategic College of Engineering riculum and still provide a plan. increased its enrollment by Notre Dame degree,” she Less students enrolled in about 15 percent. It noticed said. the College of Arts and an 18 percent increase this Although there was a Letters because more chose year alone, Assistant Dean national trend away from the College of Engineering of Academic Affairs in engineering, Pieronek said and the College of Science, Engineering Catherine Notre Dame faired better two programs that the Pieronek said. ANDREA ARCHER | Observer Graphic University sought to Pieronek attributed see COLLEGES/page 10 ANDREA ARCHER | Observer Graphic Campus anticipates clash with Trojans Student govt. hosts By IRENA ZAJICKOVA News Writer Farmers’ Market The level of football fervor chandise from pumpkins, on campus has been By AMANDA GRAY apples and other fresh pro- unprecedented in anticipa- News Writer duce to breads, homemade tion of the toughest test yet salsa, caramel corn and for the Notre Dame Fighting Student government’s jewelry, all from local busi- Irish against the USC Trojans Social Concerns Committee nesses and farmers,” on Saturday. will be hosting a farmers’ Roseberry said. “You can feel the excite- market on campus on Committee members said ment, from people talking Thursday at the Field the market is being held to about it in the dining halls to House Mall from 3 p.m. to inform students of the local the chalk messages all over 5:30 p.m., Committee chair South Bend Farmers’ the sidewalks,” senior Caitlin Rachel Roseberry said. Market, a place few stu- Harrington said. “Campus is “We are bringing vendors dents visit. buzzing.” from the South Bend “South Bend is home to Observer File Photo Part of the reason students Farmers’ Market to cam- one of the largest indoor Students celebrate a touchdown at the 2005 football game vs. pus. These vendors will be USC. Notre Dame lost 34-31 with seven seconds remaining. see USC/page 6 selling a variety of mer- see MARKET/page 8 STUDENT SENATE So. Cal. pep rally set for Irish Green FLEX program’s By MOLLY MADDEN News Writer goals discussed If Troy fell to a horse, USC stands no chance against the Irish mob that awaits them. aspect,” she said. “Each per- Notre Dame students, alum- By SARAH MERVOSH son in FLEX will be assigned ni and visitors will be out in News Writer and grouped with another full force at the football pep older member in student gov- rally tomorrow night. The Student body vice president ernment who will show them rally, which lasts from 6:30 Cynthia Weber informed sen- things like how to be with p.m. to 7 p.m., will be taking ators of the goals of this administrators, meeting eti- place on Irish Green, the area year’s Freshmen Leadership quette.” just south of the DeBartolo Experience (FLEX) program The other aspects will be Performing Arts Center. at the Student Senate meeting hearing experiences of mem- “Everybody on campus is Wednesday. bers of student government extremely excited and “It’s kind of like your stu- and working on a project, pumped,” student body presi- dent government-student Weber said. dent Grant Schmidt said. “We union crash course,” Weber There will be four commit- really hope to build on this said. tees and each will be assigned excitement and carry it into FLEX will have three main a project, she said. the game on Saturday.” Observer File Photo aspects, Weber said. Students chant during the pep rally held prior to the football “One of them is a mentoring see SENATE/page 8 see RALLY/page 6 game vs. Nevada on Sept. 4. INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Free Chipotle burritos page 3 N Mythical Matchups round 3 page 16 N Men’s soccer falls to Indiana page 32 N Viewpoint page 14 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Thursday, October 15, 2009 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR FALL BREAK? You should care When asked if his high number of strikeouts bothered him, 1970s New York Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson said, “A Mark Welsh Ming Archbold Charles Johnson Wing Yan Wong Johnny LaBarge Tim LaBarge billion people in China don’t care.” After the last two meetings between sophomore freshman senior sophomore junior senior Notre Dame and USC O’Neill O’Neill O’Neill McGlinn Fisher Fisher have gone the Trojans’ way by a combined score of “Meeting with “Going home to “Going to “Staying here “Watching “Hanging out 76-3, many Irish sup- my parole New Jersey to Appalachia to at school and Clausen lead with my porters might try to officer.” stay with help the poor going in to the Irish to a wonderful borrow Jackson’s quip in hopes of mini- family and people.” Chicago.” victory in cousin Johnny.” mizing embarrass- relax.” Heisman ment. fashion.” They could likely Douglas Farmer add to the list the populations of Assistant Honduras and Sports Editor Colombia, high Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] schoolers in fly-over states such as Kansas and Montana and even a percentage of Notre Dame stu- dents. IN BRIEF But that last group, the students here at Notre Dame, as Eric Prister first said in The Notre Dame Energy this space in Tuesday’s paper, should care, Center is hosting a lecture even if from Honduras or Columbia, o n “Carbon Capture and Kansas or Montana. Sequestration: Progress, If you weren’t dressed in Domer dia- Challenges, a n d pers, one of your better friends on campus Opportunities” today at 4 was, and aren’t we supposed to support p.m. in 129 DeBartolo Hall. the passions of those close to us? Dan Connell, Research and Even if you are too selfish to consider Development Engineer for the guy across the hallway, think of your- CONSOL Energy, Inc., will self. People associate Notre Dame with be speaking. football as much as anything else, if not more so. Do you really want your first X i a o Q i a n g , Editor in interviewer to crack a joke about Charlie Chief of the China Digital Weis’ decisive digestive advantages, and Times and Adjunct you not have anything more than an Professor of Journalism at embarrassed ignorant laugh as a come- University of California, back. Berkeley, is delivering a lec- Oh, you’re going to own your own busi- ture on “The Rise of Online ness right out of school? Fine, be difficult Public Opinion and Its (and unrealistic). As that business owner, Political Impact” today at won’t you hate the big corporations such 4:15 p.m. in Room C-103 of as Wal-Mart and Bank of America? Isn’t it the Hesburgh Center. kind of nice to hate things like that? Yet, some would argue hate is an unhealthy VANESSA GEMPIS/The Observer “It Might Get Loud,” a emotion, but sports is one area that hate The Air Force Color Guard honors the flag during the national anthem before the film about the personal sto- can be channeled with positive results. I soccer game versus Indiana University on Wednesday. ries of electric guitar leg- hate the Boston Red Sox, the Minnesota ends, is showing today at Vikings and USC, and I enjoy saying such. 9:30 p.m. in the Browning When I undoubtedly tank my mid-term C i n e m a o f t h e D e B a r t o l o today, instead of hating my professor or Performing Arts Center. the honors program kid who ruined the curve, I will channel my hate toward Pete OFFBEAT The Football Pep Rally for Carroll and USC. Try it out. You’ll be Saturday’s game will start pleasantly surprised by its effectiveness. Robber loses wallet, then interviewing the victim duct and public intoxica- Friday at 6 p.m. on Irish So let the billion people in China, 50 mil- asks victim to return it when the call came and tion. G r e e n , south of the lion in Honduras and Colombia and two LITTLE ROCK — Police notified North Little Rock Conway police reports DeBartolo Performing Arts thousand in Kansas and Montana remain said a would-be robber police who found the sus- say that when Conway offi- Center. Players and coaches indifferent. was in jail after losing his pect outside the service cer Lloyd Smith arrived on arrive at 6:30 p.m.