THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 39: ISSUE 119 THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM 3,478 admitted &om first-rate pool U.S. sees 956 minority students AL.)t\.USSl\ )NS STArt~ l'tCS effect of invited to class of2009 Number of Total Applicants: late pope By JULIE BENDER Class of 2008 Class of 2009 News Wri1cr 11,483 IIJI(> Notrn Damn will bn slightly By MARY KATE MALONE NewsWri1er srnartnr romn nnrollmnnt Limn Total Number Accepted: this August. Thn prospndivn studonts for Class of 2008 ~lass of 200<> PopP .John Paul II W<L'i noth­ ing less than an international tlw <:lass of 200 1)- with tho J,359 3,478 strongost applicant pool in globetrotter. When he visilPd tm·rns of aeadmn ies to dato - tho Unil.nd States filr t.hn first havn rnenivnd their ar.enptanee time in 1979, Amnri1~ans Number of Minority Applicants: gr·antml him unprecodnntnd ll'l.tt~rs and am eurn~ntly decid­ ing wlwthnr or not Notre Damn Class of2008 Class of 2009 celebrity status l'or a rPiigious figurP. f)pspite his enormous is tlw plan~ they want to spmul 1,879 2Jl28 the rwxt !'our years of' their lives. popularity, the U.S. Church "The applicant pool was dear­ and the popP have had a mm­ ly strongnr than nvnr in torms of Number of Minority Applicant~ plicatml relationship f'rom the b11ginning. collogn prop courses, grades, Accepted: rank-in-class and Lost scorns," Under .John Paul II, tho said Dan Saracino, direetor of Class of 2008 Class of 2009 Church saw an increase in tlw numbor of' Catholics on a admissions at Notre Damn. 885 9~6 Statistics provo Saracino's global lev1~l. a reinvigoration KERRY O'CONNORffhe Observer of Catholic conservatism and An admissions office tour guide shows a group of prospective a nnw appreciation for thn see 2009/page 4 Notre Dame students around campus, pointing out notable sights. youth of' the world. But l.hn lato popn also loaves behind him a struggling Church in the United States, a church SENATE that dashed with the Vatkan over John Paul ll's finn con­ trol of' ehurch leadership and n'lf'usal to compromise with American Catholics seeking a Baron, Shappell lead fledgling representatives morn dmnoeratic approach. Some ehurch exports, such served as a "day of' iritrodue­ as law prof'nssor Cathleen By MADDIE HANNA tion." as old committee chairs Kavnny. attribute the t11nsion Associa1e News Ediwr described past achievements betwenn tlw Unit1~d States Student government veterans and new committee chairs pro­ and tlw Vatican to a natural took nedgling senators under posed future goals, providing rosult of the eoexistnnen of' information to new senators their wings at Wednesday two h ugnly pownrf'ul global night's Senate meeting, intro­ who then deeided what com­ institutions. ducing them to parliamentary mittees they would like to join. "Thorn's always going to be procedure and the various com­ Outgoing senator Vijay tension hntwnen l.lw mittees. Hamanan said tho Aeadt1mic American Chureh and the "The entire meeting was a Affairs committee focused on univt1rsal Chun~h because ltlw learning experience f'or them," eourse registration, teaehor United Stat1~sl is tlw only course ovaluations, DAHTing student body viee president mnpirP lnft in tho world," shn Lizzi Shappell said. and the College Headership said. "The Vatican is a bout Student body president Dave Program. lneoming committen earing for Uw whole world chair Chris Harris said whiln ho and that's going to ereate ttm­ Baron agreed, saying the meet­ ing laid the groundwork for the has 10 to 12 projeets in mind, sion in tnrms of the pnrspnc­ the College Hnadership year. tive of our nation." "Things could get going Program is the "number one Thn U.S. Church. though priority." lquickllrl this year than last unitml in its mourning of' the year," Baron said. Baron noted Outgoing chair of' the popn, is struggling with intnr­ the nnw senators' enorgotie Diversity Al'f'airs eommitteo nal problems. attitude and willingness to ask Nick Coleman noted last ynar's In 2002, t.hn snxual abusn Student body president Dave Baron and student body vice president questions as reasons why. Lizzi Shappell preside over their first meeting with senators. Shappell said the meeting . see SENATE/page 6 see CHURCH/page 6 Women gather to envision future for Catholic Church cameras present, and at the of'f'ieial af'f'iliation with the so." vocations to tlw pri11sthood, Discussion e11sues at end of the night there would Catholic Common Ground When she asked herself spocif'ically the ordnr of Saint Mary's College be no smoke, gray or white, lnitiativn, a movement found­ what she would like to soc in Jesuits that dt1eply infhwncn waf'ting from tho bell tower. ed by former Chicago Cardinal the Catholie Church, llenold hnr, is frightening. But students and f'aeulty Joseph Bernardin. said, there were several obvi­ "I'm willing to take on morn By MEGAN O'NEIL talked with energy and some­ Mary llnnold, professor at ous answers including the responsibi I ity as a layperson, Sainr Mary's Ediwr times emotion about issues Hoanokn College and an ordination of women and tho so that the chureh I love ranging from thn ordination of export on Catholic feminism, recognition of single, non-celi­ remains vibrant and visionary While mnmbnrs of thn womnn to homosexuality to told the audience she was a bate women whom, she said. in tho ehanging world." College of Cardinals gatlwred Terri Sehiavo. , "eontradietion" within the the chureh currently ignorns. llenold said. in Vatican City this week to Thn discussion, entitled Church. Other responses, llenold I I ~~ n o I d s a i d tlw C h u r c h hury Pope John Paul II and to "Tiw Chureh Women Want," "I am unapologetically pro­ said, took her by surprise and should oncP again t~rnhracP appoint a rww lnadtw, a group began with opening eomments grnssive and thoroughly will take further thought to its11lf and its history. llenold of' roughly equal size nwt in from two chureh nxpnrts and Catholic," llenold said. "I develop fully. believes t.lw Church has lost J.n Mans llall al Saint Mary's five studnnts and then contin­ ean't imagine over leaving tho "First," llnnold said, "thn somn or il.s identity in l.hn last to discuss hopn for the future tred in small groups. It was ehun~h. although I have come Chureh I want is a church that half of tho C!Hltury, of tlw Catholic Church. part of' an ongoing dialogue at to understand that ol.lwrs are lives." Tlwre were no t1dnvision the collego in relation to its perfectly justifi11d in doing llenold said tho decline in see WOMEN/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Thursday, April 7, 2005 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT OF THE SHIRT, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? l'n1 not offended One hazy night in London, I mis­ takenly boarded bus number 23 without my lovely roommates. When they realized back in Flat 16 Aaron Zielinski Tom Martin Lukas Mendoza Darius Stewart Patrick Welch Andrew Vi that I was missing, they "organ­ junior freshman sophomore sth year sophomore sophomore ized" a makeshift "search party" Christie Boisen Stanford Siegfried St. Ed's off-campus St. Ed's St. Ed's that consisted of them wandering Assistant "Wins and ''A picture of a "Like the shirt "On the front a "Not crappy." "I'd have around in a Scene Editor losses, but no bright gold from last year, picture of pictures of past Strongbow­ 71 , induced stupor, y. dome with a picture of the Waldo and on greats such as asking randoms if anyone had seen scaffolding. " team." the back Montana, Tim , "the Asian." 'Where's Ty?'" Brown, etc. Judging by the offended reaction of passers-by, we apparently find ethnic jokes a bit too funny. l must have the sensitivity of a rhinoceros when it comes to the fine nuances of the diversity debate, since it's okay for people to refer to me as "the Asian," or to make me keep the cups score because "my kind" is "good with numbers," or to tell me that we're only good at Little IN BRIEF League and hot dog eating contests. We're all careful about being Author and historian Mae politically correct, so saying you Ngai of the University of hate Asians in Scholastic is not Chicago will give a seminar received as humorous, and Latin today entitled "Chinese Expressions emcees are perceived Americans and World's as alienating non-Latinos. Is it Fairs." It will begin at 3:30 really the people making good­ p.m. in the Hesburgh Center natured jokes we should worry auditorium and is sponsored about, when we know for a fact by the department of that they are not at all racist? American studies. Please, let's rally our efforts instead against the boorishly igno­ Deborah Yashar, professor rant, like people who try to find out of politics and international what kind of Asian you are by ask­ affairs at Princeton ing, "Where are you from?" If you University, will lecture on really want to know what kind of "Contesting Citizenship in Asian someone is, the effectiveness Latin America: The Rise of of this question is clearly depend­ Indigenous Movements and ent on the assumption that we all the Postliberal Challenge" recently stepped off a plane from today.