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- 1 THE / The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 43: ISSUE 51 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12,2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ROTC holds Veterans Day ceremony Holocaust University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh expresses gratitude to armed forces intervievv nation, giving us stability, By KAITLYNN RIELY order and a sense of heroic rescheduled Associate News Editor dedication even at a time of much self-indulgence." White Rose Society On a rainy Veterans Day at Hesburgh, who was presi­ Notre Dame, University dent of Notre Dame for 35 commemorates victims President Emeritus Fr. years, was the guest speaker Theodore Hesburgh told a Tuesday at the Notre Dame By LIZ HARTER standing room only crowd in ROTC Tri-Military Veterans Saint Mary's Editor the auditorium of the library Day Ceremony. The com­ that bears his name that he memoration of those who stands "in awe, respect and have fought in the armed Saint Mary's students, fac­ gratitude to our armed services of the United States, ulty and administrators who forces." an annual event, began at tried to attend yesterday's "Because if we stand high Notre Dame a day earlier. lunchtime showing of senior in the councils of the world Starting Monday at 4:30 Sarah Testa's personal inter­ today," he said, "it's because p.m., alternating members of view with Holocaust survivor Jacob Hennenberg may have we've had the kind of people the Notre Dame ROTC pro- ZHIBIN DAifThe Observer who could stand behind our Members of the ROTC program took part in the ROTC been disappointed that the flag and out in front of our see VETERANS/page 4 Tri-Military Veterans Day Ceremony Tuesday. event was cancelled without any prior warning. The event was supposed to be part of Saint Mary's chap­ ter of the White Rose Priest discusses Catholics and the enviro11111ent Society's commemoration of the 70th anniversary of "It's a recent phenomenon, a the earth." dent." He said people with this Kristallnacht, when over By LIZ HARTER burgeoning movement of envi­ This passage, though, has attitude have the idea that all 20,000 men were sent to Saint Mary's Editor ronmentalism," Pearson said. been further interpreted to things are equal and all have concentration camps. "Christians made up the mean that humans are called the same right. Kristallnacht, or the Night of Even though it may be per­ majority of people in Europe to "cultivate and care" for the The second attitude he pre­ the Broken Glass, is known ceived to be the opposite, so they get a lot of the blame Earth, Pearson said. sented was that humans "are as the event that marked the Catholic's have a responsibility ffor things that occurred in the Pearson laid out six different on a spaceship called Earth beginning of the Holocaust. to respect and be stewards of pastl. But that statement thought processes that people with no help in sight." Testa, the founder and the environment, Father John stretches things a lot." may have to explain why they Pearson said people with president of the Saint Mary's Pearson said during a Pearson said people who say consider themselves and envi­ this attitude think that the chapter, first met Conversation on Catholicism Christians are not friends of ronmentalist. He said the list Earth is a limited, closed sys­ Hennenberg when she was event at Saint Mary's Tuesday. the environment oftentimes he was presenting was not tem and if humans mess up 13 and this past summer he "It is a common statement claim that the book of Genesis exhaustive, but it contained that system they cannot fix it agreed to preserve his per­ that Christians are the enemy and the Creation story found the reasons he could think of so environmentalism is a type sonal story on tape for the of the environment," Pearson within teaches Christians to to be an environmentalist off of self-defense. White Rose Society. said. dominate society because it the top of his head and The third viewpoint he The video of the interview In some ways that is true, he states "Be fruitful and multi­ expressed them in simplified brought up is that humans was supposed to have been said. but Christians should not ply, and fill the earth and sub­ way. "owe it to [their] children, but shown in the Student Center be singled out because they due it; and have dominion over The first idea on his list was maybe [they] shouldn't have lounge Monday and Tuesday; were as unconcerned with the the fish of the sea and over the that "a nematode, a mosquito children." however, Testa said she environment as everyone else birds of the air and over every or a rat has as much of a right was in the past. living thing that moves upon to live as a Saint Mary's stu- see CATHOLICS/page 4 see ROSE/page 4 Speaker explores civil resistance COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES International Center on Nonviolent Conflict director spoke against violence Group considers new By MOLLY MADDEN off-campus Web site News Writer campus so that it will all be In today's aggressive world, it is By JOSEPH McMAHON in a centralized location," possible to have revolutions with­ News Writer said Nicole O'Connor, the out resulting to violence, said Jack student government DuVall, the founding director of The Council of Parliamentarian and chair of the International Center on Representatives discussed the Task Force on Student Nonviolent Conflict, Tuesday. the creation of a Web site Safety. "It will help students The International Center on centered on life off-campus be aware of everything that Nonviolent Conflict is a nonprofit at their meeting Tuesday. is going on." foundation that promotes the use The Web site, which would Student body president Bob of nonmilitary strategies to estab­ be based off models used by Reish said it is important to lish and defend human rights and Boston College and include elements on the site justice. DuVall gave two talks at Georgetown, would include a that will encourage students the Hesburgh Center for number of resources, possi­ to visit it. International Studies about using bly including a guide to stu­ "I would hate to spin our civil resistance as an alternative dent safety and a list of wheels if this is something to violence. restaurants in South Bend. students aren't going to use," DuVall, who has interacted with The Web site is scheduled to he said. activists from all over the globe, launch sometime in March Off-campus president Billy said that civil resistance, that is and is being funded by the Lyman said the inclusion of using nonviolent means to achieve I Student Activities Office. the University's policies Jack DuVall, director of the International Center on "[The site will contain] see DUVALL/page 3 Nonviolent Conflict, discussed peaceful revolutions Tuesday. anything pertaining to off- see COR/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Wednesday, November 12, 2008 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SCANDALOUS CELEBRITY? Let 'en1 play coach This weekend 60 Notre Dame athletes in the prime of their lives donned the blue and gold and came out ready to fight. Thny Jaeed 'em up with Meghan Corley Shauna DiBari Phil Whelan Avery Ambrose fire in their eyes, gnashed their teeth into their mouth J..,'lllU'ds and shoved their ponytails out of the way. senior senior senior senior No, senior deiP.nsivn tackle off-campus off-campus Carroll off-campus Pat Kuntz hasn't pulled out Dan Murphy his eighth new hair style of "Sarah Palin. "Mary-Kate "Mike Tyson "Paris Hilton. the season, I'm not talking 'Nuff said. " Olsen because because he I want to be her about the football team. Sports Editor BFF.,, Anymw who saw Saturday who doesn,t talks funny.,, night's loss to Boston College loveMK?" should know that. I'm talking about the Irish Women's Boxing Club's annual Baraka Bouts tournament. The literal Fighting Irish spend three hours a day, six days a week working out in a hot, dingy ba<>e­ ment for their seven minutes of glory once a year. WorkouL'i eonsist of thousands of jumping jacks, hundreds of push-ups and sit-ups, and more than a handful of bloody noses. These J..,>irls don't get scholarships. They don't get IN BRIEF thnir fams pla.'itnrnd all over television. They don't get pampnrnd with every possible advantage a col­ Student Government is hosting r lege student could have and they certainly will the first installment in the Last I never make a dime from all their hard work. So Lecture Series today at 8 p.m. why tlw hell do they do it'? in the Coleman-Morse Lounge. Simple - For the love of the sport. For the satis­ Professor of Anthropology faction of a hard day's work and the feeling of James McKenna will deliver the a<~complishment after the light- win or lose. lecture. Charli<' and his boys should take notes. Tim h;sh football temn came out Saturday night Notre Dame campus ministry without an ounee of light in them. Maybe there was will host "If You Come To a a lack of motivation. Maybe a quadruple overtime Fork in the Road ... Take lt. loss the week bnlhre, five straight losses to one of Discernment as a Way of Life" your biggest rivals, and a shot at bowl eliJ..,>ibility as part of the Theology on Tap weren't enough. Maybe not.

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