I y _ Wednesday, October 2,2002 Bart's part of the erver Scene OSS77ze Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXVII NO. 2b HTTP://OBSE RVER.ND.EDU Z l // The Shirt" makes a return to glory Wave of car thefts reported By ANNELIESE WOOLFORD News W riter Four student vehicles were broken into and robbed in the past month while parked in the Angela parking lot at Saint Mary’s, security officials said. Although the break-ins happened on separate dates and at different times of day, HI similarities linked the incidents, said Dan Woods, interim security director at the College. In three of the four cases, the thief dislodged a door lock to gain entry to the vehicle, Woods said. In the fourth incident, the vehicle was left unlocked. Various items reported stolen in all four cases were an empty purse, a purse with con­ tents and car stereos. Woods said security patrols have been monitoring all campus lots more frequently as a result of the recent SOFIA BALLONfThe Observer occurrences. The Shirt has been one of the hot-ticket items in the bookstore this year. The first 44,000 sold out, prompting “The security department is currently in the an additional order of 20,000 to meet demand for the kelly green T-shirt emblazoned with ‘Return to Glory.’ final stages of development of a new escort service for the Saint Mary’s campus,” said ball team and Coach [Tyrone] “ I’ve seen ‘Return to Glory’ pop up Woods. “This will provide additional visibility By JUSTIN KRIVICKAS Willingham for the tremendous suc­ all over the country in reference to in the parking lots as well as another source Assistant News Editor cess they’ve had this season.” Notre Dame football. It’s been in the for reporting suspicious behavior.” About 41,000 shirts were sold last New York Times, Chicago Tribune, a Simple precautions include removing money “The Shirt” has sold out. All year. This year, at the middle of the number of other newspapers and the or other valuables, face plates and car stereos 44,000 have been purchased by stu­ Irish season that figure has already most recent, of course, was the cover whenever possible, said Woods. Security dents, alumni and Irish fans. An been broken. of Sports Illustrated, ” said Elkins. reminds students and faculty to report all sus­ extra 20,000 extra shirts will be pro­ Schuster, who is in charge of The The T-shirt’s kelly green color has picious persons or activities sighted. The duced in order to equal the demand Shirt Project on campus expressed become very popular among students department can be reached by dialing x-5000 for them the rest of the season. strong support for the new campaign. who want the school to adopt a unify­ from any campus phone. An officer will then “It’s amazing seeing The Shirt and The design of The Shirt is decided ing color much how Nebraska fans be dispatched to the area to investigate. the design get such a huge following each year by a contest in which stu­ wear red to produce “a sea of red” in There have been instances of vehicle break- in such a short amount of tim e,” said dents submit their vision to unite the the stands to help support their team. ins in the past at Saint Mary’s, but most turned Shirt designer Carl Elkins. “I never student body and fans behind the On the back of “The Shirt” are out to be isolated events, Woods said. Each thought it would sell out, much less football team. Last year Elkins’ images of a gold helmet, the Four case is examined by a security investigator this fast. We have to give most of the design was chosen, and his slogan Horsemen, Knute Rockne and the who then reports it to local law enforcement credit, though, to Courtney [Schuster, “Return to Glory” has become syn­ former coach’s quote: “We’re gonna agencies. Shirt president! for the remarkable onymous with the Irish season this go, go, go. And we a re n ’t going to work she’s done promoting the pro­ football season as the Irish have Contact Anneliese Woolford at ject and the design, and to the foot­ jumped to a 4-0 start. see SHIRT/page 4 [email protected] This year's Oktoberfest to benefit scholarship race, the walk, area business­ By JAMIE BELCHER es and faculty and staff. News Writer Some staff and students that were not able to run or About 100 people partici­ walk Tuesday still donated pated in Tuesday’s money due to the cause. Oktoberfest at Saint Mary’s. Notre Dame Federal Credit The event included a walk Union made a $1,000 dona­ and a run. tion and money is s till being Traditionally, money raised counted as it flows in from from Oktoberfest has been area businesses. used to support breast cancer Kachmarik said the high­ awareness, but since the light of the race was senior Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist Caroline Kondratenko’s par­ attacks, the Saint Mary’s ticipation in the race. community found new chari­ “What a great thing it was ties to support. to have this senior participate This year, the money will go in the event that was honor­ to the Suzanne Kondratenko ing the memory of her sister, ” Scholarship fu n d . said Kachmarik. Kondaratenko was a 1996 Each o f the top 25 finishers alumna who died in the ter­ from the walk and from the rorist attacks. race received a T-shirt for “They needed more money completing the race. to get it off the ground so it Kachmarik said it was a great just seemed to be very appro­ day and the event was for a priate,” said Lynn good cause. Kachmarik, Saint Mary’s ath­ “[Suzanne] seems to have letic director. been an incredible young So far this year Oktoberfest woman who left her mark,” has raised an estimated she said. $1,600, some of which will be Last year, money was matched by the Lily donated to the Firefighters Endowment. Fund in New York. LIZ GAYDOS/The Observer The grand to ta l should be announced mid-next week. Many Saint Mary’s students participated in the walk and run held on Tuesday at Saint Mary’s Contact Jamie Belcher at as part of Oktoberfest festivities. The money raised will benefit a scholarship established in Money was collected from the Belc5101 @saintmarys.edu memorial of Suzanne Kondratenko, a 1996 Saint Mary’s alumna who died on Sept. 11. page 2 The Observer ♦ VCTiAT SUP Wednesday, October 2, 2002 I n sid e C o lu m n W h a t 's I n sid e CAMPUS WORLD & BUSINESS SYR brings life VIEW PO INT SCENE SPORTS to weekend NEWS NATION NEWS Notre Dame Hurricane Lili Global Crossing Are you ready “Are you a Holiday status This past weekend, for the first time this year, Notre Dame and Saint. Mary’s celebrates launches its chairman on for the Real Simpson” unclear students had to answer the question - German pride assault trial World? quiz? what are we going to do without foot­ ball? Maybe a chariot The Department Lili was upgrad­ Gary Winnick, Viewpoint Do you know Carlyle Holiday's of German and ed to a category Chairman of the columnist everything there is status to play this race or an SYR Mike Harkins would do the trick? Russian Languages two hurricane as it Board of Directors Jacqueline Browder to know about the Saturday remains On Saturday, and Literatures cut its path across of Global Crossing, tries to calm the Simpson's? day to day. Keough held their Assistant hosted a German Cuba. informed lawmak­ fears of seniors annual Chariot Graphics Editor American Day. ers that he was not who are panicking Races, attracting a guilty of insider about entering the large crowd while trading. real world. offering competition in games such as mud wrestling and, of course, the actu­ al races. All this was done during a time that many students would be sleeping in after a late Friday night, yet its repu­ page 3 page 5 page 7 page 10 page 7 page 24 tation brought students from all over campus to witness or participate in the events. It only was a beginning. Later that night, several dorms held their SYR’s. I attended the Dillon- Alumni Big Red Dawg Dance with my W h a t ’s G o ing D o w n W h a t ’s H a p p e n in g @ beautiful date Alison, and it was defi­ ND nitely the most fun night I have had this Deserted bike found semester. ♦ Student senate: Current Status of Student Services and Learning to NDSP found an abandoned bike at It was interesting to attend the SYR in Talk About Race Retreat podiums, LaFortune, Notre Dame Room, 6 St. Joseph Drive and Douglas Road its new and “ improved” form. For one, p.m . Tuesday. dates were not allowed to enter Dillon Hall until 9 p.m., but it wasn’t a big ♦ Distinguished Lecture: Jo Labanyi, McKenna Hall, Auditorium, 4:30 Knights unable to defend deal. My date arrived just after 9, and to 6:30 p.m. their bikes we proceeded to watch “Van W ilder” The Knights of Keenan hall report­ with a few friends. Another one of the ed that 19 bikes were vandalized at new rules was that everybody attending ♦ Graduate Student Christian Fellowship, Wilson Commons, 10 to 11 the bike rack Monday.