Ex Corde Guidelines Propose Bishop Mandates

All that jazz An expensive aftermath Ten universities will be represented as the Engineers estimate that damages from Friday 4 3rd annual Collegiate Jazz Festival comes to Thursday’s earthguake in the Northwest total Notre Dame this weekend. m ore th a n$ 2 billion. MARCH 2, Scene ♦ pages 12-13 World & Nation ♦ page 5 2 0 0 1 O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL XXXIV NO. 99 H TTP://O BS ERVER.ND.EDU Ex cordeguidelines propose bishop mandates ♦ Discussion continues on how to best balance academic freedom, Catholic character at Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s By PAT McELWEE News Writer Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s are schools placed in a rather unique position within the world of American higher education. Not only do they face the daunting task of remaining aca demically viable and competitive, but they are committed to maintaining a Catholic identity within an increasingly secu lar world. The difficulty of reconciling those two goals is amply demonstrated in the current debates over how to do so. The most controversial focus of these debates has been the requirement that all Catholic theology professors obtain a mandate from the local bishop. Professor John Cavadini, chair of Notre Dame’s theology department, agrees with the goal of creating a Catholic and intellectual culture in Catholic universities. However, he believes, mandates are not the right creative force. “You can’t legislate a culture,” said Cavadini. “You can’t legislate people’s hearts. That’s impossible. You can only change a culture by debate, consultation and persuasion.” Mandates were conceived as tools to give bishops some jurisdiction over the Catholic theology taught in Catholic universities in an effort to preserve the Catholic nature of those universities. Perhaps as early as May 3, Catholic theology professors will be required to have a mandate to establish that they teach “in full communion with the Church,” in the language of the papal document, Ex corde Ecclesiae. On one hand, Catholic universities do not want to revert to the dogmatic teachings typical of the Middle Ages. On the other hand, those same universities do not want to go the way of Harvard and Duke — universities founded with a religious mission but almost completely secular now. PETER RICHARDSON/The Observer Notre Dame theology professor Eric Plumer is among those in academia who potentially struggle see EX CORDE/page 4 with Ex corde mandates that Catholic theology professors obtain mandates from local bishops. ‘Chubb Club’ founder offers advice Publicity boosts were going for fast food for lunch foods that they normally wouldn’t ♦ Molnar outlines ways all the time and ordering pizza on a regular basis at home. number of SMC of lifelong healthy eating when we had to work late,” recalls Molnar inquired, “how many piz Molnar. zas are ordered in your dorm?” The defining moment came in She also cited that many students’ By KRISTEN FITZPATRICK RA applicants January 1996 when Molnar saw her favorite high carbohydrate sub News Writer medical chart where her doctor had stance, beer, as another reason why written “morbidly obese”. Molnar some students tend to gain weight By KATIE McVOY For Judy Molnar, the founder of knew then that she had to make the their first year of college. News Writer Rosie O’Donnell’s Chubb Club, her decision to live or to die, and she Molnar stated that one should not struggle with weight began in col chose to live. be trapped into thinking that people It’s that time of year again. They’re sitting lege. Since then, Judy Molnar has lost on television and in the movies are on the edge of their seats, biting their nails, A 1989 gradu good examples of physical appear over a 100 pounds. She has compet hoping they don’t get red tagged, wondering ate of Clemson ed in several Iron Man Triathlons ance. College students try to mirror where their home will be next year. University and what Hollywood looks like, said and several marathons, including No, it’s not spring training, it’s RA selec scholarship vol Molnar, citing recent polls that the Chicago and Walt Disney World tion. leyball athlete Marathons. state students’ number one concern Every year in February and March, Saint is no longer homesickness, but eat for the Tigers, Molnar was born and raised in Mary’s women apply to be resident advisors she was pres South Bend and is the founder and ing disorders. for the next school year. They offer their sured to lower former coach of the Chubb Club, “You’ve been bom barded with time and their support to any woman who her weight for which was featured on the Rosie images of what the perfect woman might live on their floor come August. And her sport, said should look like and it’s somewhere O’Donnell Show. then they wait. Molnar Thursday Molnar Molnar spoke on the life style between Brittany Spears and “The worst part [of the process] is antici in a lecture on changes that occur when one enters Jennifer Lopez. It has become a pating whether or not you got in,” said Cathy beginning healthy lifestyles. college. prize to be skinny.” Canetti, a current applicant. “My coach told me one day that I According to the Molnar, the However, society does not fit this The anticipation won’t go on much longer. had to get my weight down to 155 Freshman-15 has now become the mirror image; 65 percent of The 40 women, who applied to be RAs this pounds. I tried everything, but at freshman 25. She sighted the fact American males are overweight. year, of which only 20 will be selected, will The most important thing stu 6’2”, 1 just couldn’t weigh that.” that the dinning halls offer a wide know Monday whether or not they have been After college, the struggle became dents can do now is establish variety of food and in unlimited selected. harder and the battle was often portions. She also noted that college lost. “The people I worked with students often eat late and consume see M OLNAR/page 4 see RA/page 6 page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Friday, March 2, 2001 Inside C o lum n T his W eek in ND/SMC H istory Going forward, Tuesday, February 24, 1970 Monday, February 23, 1987 SLC OK’s parietal recommendations Scholastic hit with suspension moving on The Student Life Council last night passed a resolution Scholastic, Notre Dame’s student magazine, has been sus calling for the individual determination of parietal hour pended from publication by the Student Activities Office. procedure by each residence hall after consultation Scholastic printed the photo of an artistic work, a man and The end of the year is fast approaching, while with, and the approval of, the Hall Life Board. Fr. women embraced in a sexual act that was originally most seniors feel like they have a long time to graduation, things are happening all too fast in Charles McCarragher, Vice President for Student Affairs, removed from the Juggler magazine. Scholastic will stop The Observer office. Next passed out a five page rationale discussing the adminis publishing permanently rather than allow administrators week will be our last official week. tration’s opposition to the Life Board’s motion. to review the magazine before it's published. After next week we will all have more free time. /Vfter next week, we will be able to go out a lot more, OUTSIDE THE D o m e Compiled from U-Wire reports see our non-Observer friends a lot more, sleep a lot more and do a lot more school work — well maybe Quake impact ripples to Washington State U. not. While I have been for Lila Haughey mulating an extensive plan PULLMAN, Wash. Olympia. She found it was almost of action for the last two The Puget Sound area was rocked impossible to get through. months of my senior year, I Viewpoint by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake The earthquake also shook the still feel somewhat sad. Editor Wednesday, and its ripple effects WSU community in other parts of the After, managing the were felt in more way than one at state. Viewpoint Department for a Washington State University. “I was in the secretary of state’s year, I finally realized what In Pullman, many students spent Upon hearing of the quake, fresh office this morning talking to his per I wanted to accomplish. The past two weeks the day worrying about loved ones. man electrical engineering major sonal assistant [when it happened],” have seemed all too short to do it all. Now I Christina Knapp, a freshman major Chad Caldwell said, “I’m still sur said Clarke Brunkow-Mather, AS WSU know how to go about accomplishing these ing in international business, said she prised. It doesn’t seem real yet, being Legislative affairs director and presi goals. But now is not the time. It is time to let was surprised to finally get through to here in Pullman.” dent of the Washington Student go. her family after countless tries. But real it was. The quake was so Lobby in Olympia. “We felt the shake, It is time to teach those succeeding me all “It was scary because the riots hap powerful, its shock was felt hundreds and Patrick McDonald [his assistant] that I know and to encourage them to do their pened yesterday, and now this,” she of miles away here at WSU.

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