' THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 38: ISSUE 66 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2003 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Mass Alum donates $6 M to Health Services remembers The current building docs not beautiful old building, one of the Warren, who donated the fund­ By KATIE LAIRD meet fire codes, does not have best-built buildings on campus," ing for the facility, is the president News Wrirer handicap accessibility and lacks Klevasaid. of the Warren Foundation in central air conditioning. In addi­ Health Services will remain Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a mem­ Moore's life University Health Services tion, the water is less than perfect centrally located on campus as ber of the Notre Dame Board of received a $6 million donation due to pipe lining. The new reno­ the University plans to expand Trustees. By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER from Notre Dame alumni William vation calls for the complete Notre Dame's borders in future He also funded the construction News Wrirer Warren to completely renovate restoration of the building, years. of the Warren Golf Course on the University's existing health including new ventilation and The University hopes to begin campus a few years ago. lie was Hundreds filled the care facility and incorporate electrical, plumbing and fire-pro­ construction of the facility in May recently inducted into the Basilica to remember I lealth Services, the Counseling tection systems. 2005, and anticipates its comple­ Oklahoma Hall of Fame, where Dennis Moore at a Mass of Center and the Office of Drug and The anticipated cost of the total tion in August 2006. During this he was recognized for his contri­ Christian Burial Monday. Alcohol Education into one facili­ project is around $9 million, period, students will still be able butions in health care and in Moore, an associate vice ty. Kleva said. The University hopes to receive medical and counseling higher education through schol­ president Ann Klcva, director of Health to raise the remaining $3 million care. arship funds, endowments and of public Services, said she is very eager to from funds for building mainte­ "There is available space in the other programs. affairs at begin the reconstruction. nance and students' health care security building, so we can pro­ "Historically, a lot of the t h e "We hope to become an accred­ services fees. vide health care and provide 24-7 [Warren] foundation has gone to University, ited health care facility. Our care "Construction will be limited care that we have now. We won't health care. Mr. Warren is into d i e d meets the standards, but our because we're going to work with have interrupted care," Kleva Wednesday building does not," she said. the existing building ... it's a said. see HEALTH/page 4 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Dennis Moore New York after a yearlong battle with Amnesty to erect walls outside of dining halls prostate cancer. lie was 55. In his homily, Father Michael Baxter remem­ By DUSTIN VONHANDORF bered Moore as a son of News Wrirer God who was devoted to his family, had an The Notre Dame branch of extremely strong faith and the Amnesty International always served others. social action group will con­ Baxter recalled how struct a wooden wall in front Moore entered Notre Dame of each dining hall today in as a member of the Class response to rising tensions of 1970, but returned to in the Middle East, prompted Chicago in 1968 to care by a wall erected between for his sick mother. He Israelis and Palestinians in spoke about the journey the Middle East. Moore embarked on with AmnestyND did not initial­ his wife, Doreen, and later ly plan to call attention to with their three children the tensions, said its presi­ Erin, Colleen and dent, Teriss Conterato, but Brendan. decided to go ahead with the "lit] took them to Ireland event due to the rising several times, to the Upper media coverage of the CHUY BENITEZ!The Observer Peninsula. to Chicago, lots Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Members of the Notre Dame branch of Amensty International build wooden walls to be placed of stops in between and In addition to the increas­ outside each of the dining halls to raise awarness about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. eventually in 1988 to our ing media coverage, good fortune to Notre Conterato said AmnestyND is security barrier, but it vio­ place." conflict among the Notre Dame to serve in public concerned with the issue late~ so many international The goal of AmnestyND in Dame community. relations," Baxter said. "because of the actions of treaties and is cutting off erecting these structures, "We want to educate peo- both Israel and Palestine. human rights. People can't Conterato said, is to see MASS/page 4 Israel said that the wall is a get to water or the work- increase awareness of the see AMNESTY/page 4 Hallahan ends term as Student Body President these changes to the Student Government an efficient body. ever is the Democratic nominee By MAUREEN REYNOLDS Government that the [Board of "I really hope, with the work we [for President]." Hallahan said. Associate News Editor Trustees] has asked us to make do this year and into next semes­ Aside from this opportunity, and continue to make Student ter, . that five or ten years from Hallahan expressed a desire to Monday marked Student Body Government a voice for students now we'll have an efficient, work in the White !louse one day President Pat Hallahan's last offi­ and more efficient to get what stu­ respected Student Government and possibly even run for political cial day in office; he led the dents want," he said. that can voice student needs to the office. semester's last Campus Life Lao commented on his readi­ administration and get results," he "Ideally. if the Democrats can Council and Council of ness to take over Hallahan's posi­ said. beat [President George W.] Bush, Representatives meetings to end tion and said that he and Emily Hallahan, a political science which I think we're going to do, I his term. Chin, who will assume Lao's major, will graduate at the end of want to go to the White House and Hallahan expressed pride in his vacant vice president position, are this semester and receive his stay involved in politics," he said. administration's work so far and excited to continue Hallahan's diploma in January. However, he "I love politics and public service; I voiced his hopes for the coming work. will return in May to attend the hope to keep doing it. I don't know semester, when current vice presi­ "Pat's done a great job this year, graduation ceremony with the rest if I want to run for oflice. but I dent Jeremy Lao will take over as and I'm sad to see him go, but he of his class. He made this decision want to be involved." student body president. has a great opportunity and I'm to accept a job at the Democratic Hallahan's graduation marks "I think we got a lot started and really excited for him." Lao stated. National Committee as the execu­ the first time a Notre Dame stu­ got some things done," Hallahan "[Emily and I] are excited and tive assistant to Jackson Dunn, the dent body president has done so CHUY BENITEZ!The Observer said. "I think we started a big ready to take on new jobs and get DNC's finance director. in the middle of his term. Student Body President Pat important project with the Council stuff done next semester." "[Dunn], the finance director, is Hallahan presides over a student of Representatives and we did a Hallahan said he hopes future in charge of all the Democratic government meeting. Monday lot of good in the CLC." Student Government officials will Party's major fundraising. We'll be Contact Maureen Reynolds at was his last day In office. "I just hope that we can get continue to make Student working to raise money for who- [email protected] page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, December 9, 2003 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT SHOULD THE ADMINISTRATION GIVE THE STUDENTS FOR CHRISTMAS? ' Confessions of an AIM addict Brian McKenna Catherine Schmidt Dave Witowski Megan Healy Selim Nurudeen Tom Mulcrone I'm coming clean. My parents will be ashamed, I know. It is time, Senior Sophomore Senior Freshman Junior Freshman however, for me to let go of those Siegfried Hall Welsh Family Hall Keenan Hall Lewis Hall Carroll Hall Siegfried Hall conversations that move slower than traffic on a football game weekend, to be ':4 voice." "Renovate the "Jaundice." "Co-ed dorms. " "Extension on "More flu free from those Megan O'Neil art building." parietals. " shots." little yellow smi- ley faces. Hi, my name is Wzre Editor Megan and I'm an AIM-oholic. IN BRIEF Even as I sit here now expressing my desire for rehabilitation, I am chatting away The ND Center for Ethics & with four different friends, darting Culture will present a lecture from Microsoft Word to AIM. At entitled "Subject to Allah this point I have typed about five and/or Science? Ambivalent times as much in those little gray Narratives in Contemporary boxes as I have on this page. Muslim Ethics," in the The sitmition is even worse McKenna Hall auditorium at 4 when I am actually working on p.m. today. something important, like a phi­ losophy paper. I would estimate The Center for Social AIM adds 90 minutes to every five­ Concerns will present an infor­ page paper I write.