n r mesaay, December 3,2002 Trojans spoil ND's holiday O b s e r v e r Insider The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXV.II NO. 66 HTTPV/OBSERVER.ND.EDU Virus infects 200 Notre Dame students is highly contagious,” said Matt “The overnight census is up,” order to prevent a campus out­ After vomiting begins, Brubaker By COLLEEN GANEY Storin, vice president of according to Pat Brubaker, assis­ break. Lodging several infected said, “The best thing is to give the News Writer Communications at Notre Dame. tant director of University Health patients could have spread it to guts a vacation for two to four The virus thrives in closed com­ Services. students visiting Health Services hours.” An unnamed gastrointestinal munities like a The infir­ for other reasons. During this time, people virus infected over 200 Notre college campus. "If students share air or mary usually “If students share air or share shouldn’t ingest any food or liq­ Dame students in the past 10 It has also has three to spit, the virus is going to get uids, including water. days, according to Notre Dame affected South spit, the virus is going to four overnight passed,” Brubaker said, specifying They should then consume clear Health Services. Bend schools get passed. ” patients suffer­ that drinking glasses, doorknobs liquids. Powerade and Popsicles Symptoms include nausea, vom­ and Channel 16 ing from the and keyboards are convenient are good options, he said, but not iting, a low-grade fever and diar­ employees, disease during modes of transfer. milk or orange juice. rhea, but should not be confused which may Pat Brubaker the week She emphasizes that hand Brubaker said that people with influenza, which is an upper explain their assistant director of before washing is the best way to ward should seek assistance if they respiratory virus marked by coverage of it University Health Services Thanksgiving, off the disease. become dehydrated. coughing and a high fever. Monday night. but this year “Health Services is not alarmed “When you can’t keep up with As with all viruses, time is the The bug usu­ Health Services at all,” said Storin. what you’re putting out, [then] go only remedy, according to Health ally affects the most number of was averaging eight students per Some people can ride out the to the health center,” she said. Services. This virus usually lasts people after winter break, but has night. disease without seeking medical anywhere from 12 to 48 hours. swept through campus early this In fact, the infirmary closed its attention, but they must still be Contact Colleen Ganey at “It’s a fairly normal illness that year. doors from Nov. 25 until today in conscientious. \ [email protected] ND grad commands space shuttle Prof ♦ Mission focused on improving aids UN station's equipment By HELENA PAYNE program News Editor Notre Dame graduate and commander of the space By K1FLIN TURNER shuttle Endeavour Jim Associate News Editor Wetherbee landed Monday after an 11-day mission to This spring, a professor will the international space sta­ travel to a nation ready for tion that orbits 240 miles change and ripe for interna­ above Earth. tional support. Wetherbee, a 1974 alum­ T h e nus, majored in aerospace country of engineering South and has been See Also Africa, with NASA “ Endeavour coming off since 1984 the heels of when he was unlocks from apartheid, selected to be space station” is ready to an astronaut. compete in page 9 “ B u ild in g the global Williams t h e community International is am ong Space Station orbit is an the first in the world to partic­ incredible engineering ipate in a new initiative intro­ [feat]," said NASA spokes­ duced by Kofi Annan, secre­ woman Kylie Moritz. tary-general of the United While leading the Nations. Endeavour mission, Annan is determined to give Wetherbee has worked pri­ South Africa and other coun­ marily with Russian cosmo­ AFP tries the chance to excel in a nauts and U.S. astronauts in The space shuttle Endeavor landed Monday after an 11-day mission to the international global market. With the an international effort to space station. The shuttle was commanded by 1974 Notre Dame graduate Jim Wetherbee. efforts of Father Oliver learn more about the effects Williams, Notre Dame associ­ microgravity on the human ate professor of management, body. with seven members on bers of the Endeavour activity occurring at the spearheading the campaign in “The fact they’re working board to exchange three resi­ installed a new segment, the Space Station, Moritz said. South Africa, the project is together gains a lot of experi­ dent crew members who Port Trust, which Moritz In addition to W etherbee’s slated to begin in January ence for both of the nations,” were at the called “the position as a space shuttle 2003. said Moritz. Space Station. b a c k b o n e commander, he is also a cap­ The initiative sprouted from Along with Russia, the U.S. The crew “The fact they’re working of the tain in the U.S. Navy and he Annan’s address at the Davos is working with about 16 rem ain ed in together gains a lot of Space served as the director of World Economic Forum three countries, including repre­ space for eight S t a t i o n . ” Flight Crew Operations year ago resulting in the for­ sentatives from the European days before experience for both of the The Port Directorate, the office where mation of the UN Global Space Agency. returning with nations. ” T ru st has the astronauts reside. Compact composed of nine The Space Station has been seven people. support for According to Moritz, space principles aimed to infuse inhabited for about two years The new solar rays crews will be making trips to humanity into economics. But Kylie Moritz and the most recent crew crew will stay as well as the International Space the plan came full circle this was the sixth that has gone. on board until NASA spokeswoman an air con­ Station for the next 15 years. year when the Notre Dame Wetherbee. who has logged March, Moritz d itio n in g Center for Ethics and more than 1,200 hours in said, adding system. Religious Values in Business, space, completed his sixth that missions are usually five In addition to leading the with Williams sitting as chair Contact Helena Payne at mission Monday. months long. mission, Wetherbee also pro­ [email protected]. The Endeavour left Nov. 23 During the mission, mem­ vided some camera views of see WlLLLAMS/pagc 6 page 2 The Observer ♦ W HAT S UP Tuesday, December 3, 2002 In sid e C olu m n W hat ’s In sid e CAMPUS WORLD & BUSINESS It's Christmas NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE SPORTS SMC’s BOG U.N. weapons Capellas Schill lobbies Music critic: Trojans spoil Well all the signs are here: ice, snow, frozen cars and falling stu­ prepares for inspectors assumes new against Snoop Dogg’s Notre Dame’s dents. It is winter in South Bend. the holidays search missile job as consumerism, latest album Thanksgiving Sitting at home not far away in Indianapolis, I watched the television plant in Iraq WorldCom advocates isn’t shizzlin’ weekend weather guys go CEO simplicity on about how bad the weather in South Bend was Saint Mary's U.N. weapons Michael Capellas Student colum­ Snoop Dogg's Notre Dame fell and talk about Board of Gover­ inspectors combed quietly began work nist Amy Schill latest work, "Paid to the USC Trojans how lucky we nance dedicated over the Karama as WorldCom's lat­ rejects America's Tha Cost to be da on Saturday. The were not to be Monday's meeting ballistic design est CEO. urge to consume, Bo$$," isn't all that, Irish lost 44-13 in there. Yeah, well to planning for the plant on Monday WorldCom recent­ urging a simpler according to The their worst game of not that lucky for holidays. in the fifth day of ly declared bank­ life. Observer music the season. me, I had to come renewed inspec­ ruptcy. critics. tions back. Sarah Nestor While over the break I saw some snow flakes in Saint Mary’s page 3 page 5 page 7 pages 10 pages 12 Insider Indy, none of it Editor stuck around, and on the drive back there wasn’t any snow until I got about a half hour away from the W hat ’s G oing D ow n Bend. It just always surprises that W hat ’s Happening @ ND even though I’m still in Indiana it Car hits fence, sign feels like a different state up here. NDSP responded to a report It’s not that I don’t like winter but that a vehicle hit a warning it’s a lot nicer to be able to just sit in ♦ Lecture. “Organizing, Educating ♦ Ballroom dance lessons, sign and a fence on Angela your room and enjoy a cup of tea, and Advocating.” Bill Fletcher. Sponsored by the Ballroom Dance Blvd on Saturday. There were watching the snow fall through the DeBartolo Hall, room 141, 8 p.m. Club. Bockne Building, 8 p.m. no reported injuries. window. It’s a lot different outside, trying to Intoxicated driver struggle through the cold wind and arrested over icy sidewalks and already my car ♦ Play. “Hamlet.” The Not-so- A visitor was arrested on door froze shut. Luckily, I could get ♦ Alumni Hall Night of Faith.