---------------- . .. THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 41: ISSUE 18 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Experts debate universal health concerns A thunderous round of applause "He was hungry, as he put it. Large audience greets greeted Farmer, the first to take I Other! physicians might have said academic forum panel the stage. Focusing on the results he had a consumptive disease, but made possible by the United we knew better; we listened to Nations Millennium Project, him ... In the corporal works of By EILEEN DUFFY Farmer laid a fine foundation for mercy, there is a radical notion Assistant News Editor Sachs, the director of that initia­ that we ought to treat hunger tive. with food," Farmer said. "We fed The overwhelming global health Farmer said "vertical funding" him and gave him antiretrovirals crisis might not be as complicated - that is, money designated for a and [tuberculosis] medicine. as most Americans - Notre specific area, like AIDS - can and "Now look at him." Dame students included - think, must be used to treat other dis­ A gasp was audible as a said three distinguished panelist<; eases like malaria and tuberculo­ Rwandan man with an almost at the University's academic sis, since the diseases often coin­ Santa Claus-like belly appeared forum in the Joyce Center cide. on the projector, grinning at the Thursday. Farmer, the director of nonprof­ audience. Gwen Ifill of "Washington it international healthcare organi­ Sachs bowed to Farmer when Week" and "The NewsHour with zation Partners in Health, and his he stepped onstage, then steered Jim Lehrer" moderated as colleagues recently applied that the discussion in a more serious humanitarian Dr. Paul Farmer, very thinking to an HIV-positive, direction. Pummeling the audi­ economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs and tuberculosis-afflicted Rwandan ence with statistics - a result of TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer Ugandan Dr. Miriam Opwonya man who, in the photograph his self-professed "economist's University President Father John Jenkins speaks in front of panelists educated the audience, then prod­ Farmer flashed, looked like a and students Thursday as part of the annual Notre Dame Forum. ded it to take action. skeleton. see FORUM/page 9 Jordan Hall officially dedicated Suspicious package Jenkins blesses new $70 million science building during cerenzony found to be harmless By ADRIENNE RUFFNER University spokesman Don News Writer Bomb squad probes Wycliff said Thursday night. in response to concern "In this case, it was a false An official dedication of the alarm, but better safe than Jordan Hall of Science drew sorry," he said. members of the University By MADDIE HANNA Police taped off a large area community Thursday in a cel­ News Writer around Galvin as dedication ebration of Notre Dame's com­ ceremonies to honor the new mitment to scientific inquiry. A package delivered to the Jordan Hall of Science pro­ "May it become a center Galvin Life Science Center gressed just across now-closed where our students discover Thursday afternoon initially Juniper Road. the truth," University generated suspicion of a bomb Suckow received the "small President Father John Jenkins threat, but a several-hour package" at his office in Galvin said as he blessed the building police investigation determined "around 2:30 or 3" Thursday with holy water before a the box was harmless, a afternoon, Wycliff said. He said crowd of benefactors and offi­ University official said. he had "no idea who actually cials. The box - a package deliv­ delivered" the package - a He prayed that students ered to Director of the box with no return address, would use their scientific CHRISTIAN SAGARDIA/The Observer Freimann Life Science Center "excessive postage" with no knowledge to strengthen their University President Father John Jenkins, right, speaks at the Mark Suckow - actually con­ cancelled stamps and, accord- Jordan Hall dedication alongside Senior Executive Assistant tained "promotional materials see JORDAN/page 10 Father Jim McDonald Thursday. for a scientific company," see SCARE/ page 10 ND graduate reflects Roemer tackles U.S. security issues Much progress needed, on Carroll mission member of the 9/11 Marine Corps sniper platoon Com1nission warns By STEVE KERINS commander during an eight­ News Writer month tour of duty in Iraq. "I was on a ROTC scholarship By MEGHAN WONS Many students at Notre Dame while I was at Notre Dame from News Writer hope to earn a place in the public the Marines, so right after I grad­ eye after they graduate. For Jake uated I [went] into my training," The U.S. isn't as safe as it Cusack, a 2004 graduate, high­ Cusack said, noting that three of needs to be - and lawmakers profile attention came in the his housemates during his senior aren't doing enough, a former form of an international news year are also currently in the U.S. Representative and member story - the Jill Carroll kidnap­ military. He was deployed to Iraq of the 9/11 Commission said ping. at the beginning of this year. Thursday. After Carroll, a freelance "[I was] in charge of 18 Tim Roemer, current president reporter for the Christian Science snipers," he said, "and so we did of the Center for National Policy, Monitor, was kidnapped in recon and surveillance and then spoke on "Safeguarding Baghdad on Jan. 7, Cusack target acquisition, actual sniper America: National Security in the helped bring those responsible to missions." 21st Century" to a packed audi­ justice and took part in other sig­ Cusack also played a role in the torium in DeBartolo Hall nificant operations for the mili­ investigation following Carroll's Thursday night. tary. release. She was freed on March CHRISTIAN SAGARDIA/The Observer Roemer focused on three main Cusack, who has been home on President of the Center for National Polley Tim Roemer leave since August, served as a see SNIPER/page 10 discusses U.S. security Thursday in DeBartolo Hall. see ROEMER/page 11 \ ... • • • • a page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Friday, September 15, 2006 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLLEGE MASCOT OTHER THAN THE LEPRECHAUN? Gallivanting abroad I was originally going to share these thoughts via email with family and Candace Dan McGowen friends shortly after arriving home Andrew Winslow Brian Lasky Cedric Joint Ben Mertz Montgomery from my semester abroad in Dublin, senzor senior freshman grad student senior but lack of a deadline has kept them Stanford freshman O'Neill Keough off campus O'Neill confidential until McGlinn now. Tim Sullivan Things I'm .. Washington ..Yellow Jackets .. Wake Forest ..Rose-Hulman ··Nittany Lions thankful for after Husky ... Ty ..Berkeley Bears because they Demon Deacon Fightin' because they're my semester Photographer because rm abroad: Mass in not?" have no sting. , because he has Engineers tame.·· the vernacular. from California a fitted hat. ,, because, come Being lucky enough to attend Mass five and the bear is on, who doesn't consecutive Sundays in five different on our state like engineers?" languages - German, Irish, French, flag., Italian, and English - is something I will never forget. Though it was initial­ ly confusing, I was surprised at how (relatively) easy it was to follow along with the Mass by picking up on cog­ nates and other cues. The standardiza­ tion of the Catholic Mass is quite won­ derful. IN BRIEF Secondly, the European train system, especially those of Switzerland and Tonight's pep rally will be Germany. Think efficiency and preci­ held in Notre Dame Stadium sion. It would be difficult to imagine an and will begin at 6 p.m. easier way to travel. Like the Union Stations in many U.S. Actors from the London Stage cities that saw their prime decades will perform "Hamlet" in ago, the train stations of Europe are Washington Hall at 7:30 p.m. located smack in the city center, and tonight. Tickets are $18 for the one step outside puts you within walk­ general public, $16 for sen­ ing distance of anything {contrast this iors/Notre Dame faculty and with Ryan Air flights that put you a two staff and $12 for students. hour bus ride, price not included with flight, outside of town). The conven­ The traditional marching band ience is multiplied with overnight step-off will be at 4:30 p.m. trains that get you to your destination today in front of the Main well rested with the whole day ahead Building, heading through cam­ of you, and the scenery is second to pus to its practice in the Joyce none. Center parking Jot. Moving on, something I never thought I would be thankful for - Student Union Board will pres­ Notre Dame finals week. Not knowing ent the film "United 93" tonight my finals schedule until less than a at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in 101 month beforehand and having exams DeBartolo Hall. Admission is $3 drag on for more than three weeks and is open to all Notre Dame, St. made me appreciate Notre Dame's Mary's, and Holy Cross student.,, whirlwind schedule. faculty and staff. Next, Dublin's 1998 smoking ban ALLISON AMBROSEfThe Observer which prohibits smoking in pubs. How Notre Dame Security/Police and a South Bend police bomb squad respond to Director Patrick Creadon ('89) great it was to be able to spend a night concerns regarding a suspicious package delivered to Galvin Hall Thursday. will be present for screenings of out and come back not smelling like his film "Wordplay," which wiJI you'd been in a chimney all night. be shown at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. MLB.tv: Don't get me wrong, I'm a tonight in the DeBartolo huge soccer fan.