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It’s a cloudy day at The Beach Cleaning up the rubble Leonardo DiCaprio’s new film has been Vice president Al Gore visited the victims of the Thursday deemed a flop, and critics claim the movie is a tornado that struck Georgia earlier this week. zero compared to Titanic. FEBRUARY 17, Scene ♦ page 14 WorldNation ♦ page 5 2 0 0 0 O B SER V ER The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOLXXXIII NO. 85 HTTP://OBS ERVER.ND.EDU Eating disorders plague college students Colleagues more willing to confront remember By NELLIE WILLIAMS her with their concerns News W riter and worries. There is a Eating disorders and you.. wide spectrum of lesser- Average number of students seen per year Even in a place where many stu known eating disorders McCormick dents feel at home, it is still easy to at SMC's Counseling and Career that still may be prob Development Center who can be diagnosed find students who are struggling with lematic. with an eating disorder: By TIM LOGAN an eating disorder. “People with eating News Editor “Over the last 10 years, the average disorders have issues ^ number of students seen per year [at with control,” said a Saint Mary's| who can be diagnosed Saint Mary’s Health gam#*****##***** Theology professor Father Richard with an eating disorder is 26.8," said Service nurse, Cindy McCormick died Saturday in Michigan Kristina Pendley, assistant director of Horton-Cavanaugh. “It and will be buried today in Toledo, Ohio, Counseling and Career Development is probably very threat but he lives on in the minds of his at Saint Mary’s. ening for them to come Patients of The Eating Disorder Recovery friends and col Anorexia Nervosa, bulimia nervosa and get help ... [it forces Center in Mishawaka that are college leagues here at and binge-eating disorders all can them to relinquish] students : Notre Dame. result in serious consequences if not some of the control.” Father Richard treated. Physical effects include According to Horton- McBrien, a theology dehydration, gastrointestinal prob Cavanaugh, if students 6 6 % professor and close lems, osteoporosis or heart attacks. at Saint Mary’s come friend of However, many suffering students on seeking help at Health Percentage of students on college campuses McCormick’s, campus do not seek help. Services, they would be naitonwide that have some sort of eating remembered the “There is an enormous amount of supported by a group of disorder: professor as a genial shame," said Valerie Staples who physicians and medical man who reached McCormick works with The Eating Disorder assistants, as well as out to those around Recovery Center in Mishawaka. “I111 referred to the counsel him. complicates coming forward.” ing center. 5 -1 0 % “He had an extraordinary capacity to In their program, when a person “There are also some JOSE CUELLARZThe Observer establish warm, friendly relationships arrives, the center recommends really excellent pro with people,” McBrien said. either individual or group therapy. “1 grams within the com McCormick, who taught at Notre also have almost 99 percent of [those munity,” Horton-Cavanaugh said. ing the semester. Dame for 14 years, was also a renowned in therapy I see a dietitian,” said Jane Navari, a professional special One of the reasons students do not scholar, generally considered one of the Staples. ist in the department of pre-profes often take the first step in realizing world’s experts in moral theology. He There is also a support group, open sional studies at Notre Dame, the problem is because of the social specialized in medical ethics. to anyone who is struggling with an believes that eating disorders are environment on campus. University president emeritus Father eating disorder. very common on campus. “Campuses almost normalize it. Theodore Hesburgh had high praise. “Two-thirds of my practice is col “1 think it’s a lot more common a Students see a lot of other people “He was the best moral theologian in lege students,” Staples said. "I cer problem than we know about. It can obsessing about their weight and the world, bar none,” Hesburgh said. tainly think that’s just a small portion go undiagnosed for a long time,” said watching what they eat. We’re social “He was also a very balanced man.” [of those who need help].” Navari. ized to be obsessed with weight and Hesburgh noted that McCormick was Many students seem unwilling to Navari teaches an Introduction to food,” said Staples. neither a liberal nor a conservative in seek help. Staples noted that when Common Medical Illnesses to fresh “There is also a feeling of low self most of his teachings, but was certainly she gives lectures on college campus men. Eating disorders is a very worth when asking for help,” she willing to stand up for his beliefs. es about eating disorders, students important issue to his students, and continued. “It is extremely difficult “He went down the middle,” Hesburgh rarely ask questions during the lec his classes discuss it many times dur- said, “But he had courage, and when he ture. Afterwards, however, they are see DISORDERS/page 4 disagreed with something, he wasn’t afraid to say so.” His views on sexual ethics were some times the subject of controversy, and stood at odds with conservative Catholic S t u d e n t S enate leaders. McCormick was an ardent supporter of Father Charles Curran, a moral the ologian whose teachings on sexual Senators criticize recent Observer cartoon ethics issues led to a Vatican censure in 1986. But, McBrien said, McCormick was By LAURA ROMPF more than simply an intellectual. Assistant News Editor “He was a famous theologian, but he was also a down to earth guy,” he said. Last night’s Student Senate meeting The two worked together since 1986, called attention to the cartoon that ran when McBrien, then chair of the theolo in the Tuesday edition of The Observer. gy department, hired McCormick at The cartoon displayed a faculty mem Notre Dame. They soon became close ber pointing out to business majors that friends. the commencement speaker Kofi Annan “I can’t say enough good things about was in fact the U.N. Secretary-General him,” McBrien said. “He was a great and not a rap artist. man, both as a Jesuit priest and a the “1 want to speak to you all about this ologian and as a human being, and I will because the issue must be addressed,” miss him very much as a close friend.” said Dillon senator Brendan Dowdall. His touch was not limited to fellow “The cartoon message was the same as priests and theologians, however. saying that Madeline Albright is Sociology professor Maureen Hallinan Secretary of State and not really a remembered McCormick as a friend, housewife. That would be sexism and and came to know him when they both this is racism. It may have been intend arrived at Notre Dame at around the ed as a simple insult to business majors, same time. but it used racial remarks as humor. I “He was a gracious gentleman who just think we must address the underly seemed comfortable in his humanity, ing messages involved.” who faced his disability after his stroke Michael Fierro, assistant chief of staff, with enormous courage and a great PETE RICHARDSON/The Observer agreed with Dowdall. sense of humor and who always put oth- James Jesse speaks to Student Senate Wednesday about the election of a new treasurer and the Student Union Spending Review. see SEN ATE/page 4 see THEOLOGY/page 6 page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Thursday, February 17, 2000 I n s id e C o l u m n T h is W eek at N o tr e D a m e /S a in t M a r y ’s T hursday Friday S aturday Sunday Thanks, ♦ Program: Natural ♦ Performance: “The ♦ Performance: The Notre ♦ Event: Junior Parents Family Planning hosts a Tempest” 7:30 p.m. Dame Jazz Band concert Weekend Coach D program on Ovulation and Hesburgh Center for for JPW at 2:30 p.m. in I would like to thank Coach Matt Doherty and Sypto-Thermal Methods at International Studies Washington Hall. 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