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1 ‘Spy’ new movies A family’s thanks T h i i r c r i a v Check out what reviewers think of films like Steve and Paula Nemeth thank the community m U F o u d y “Spy Kids” and “Someone Like You, ” starring for its support after their daughter Jennifer Ashley Judd and Greg Kinnear. died earlier this semester. APRIL 5, Scene ♦ pages 14-15 Viewpoint ♦ page 13 2 0 0 1 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL XXXIV NO. 117 _________________________________________________________________________________ H TTP://QBSERVER.ND.EDU A long way from home University employees tell how international sanctions kept th Israel from Jordan to fly home Zeit until she obtained a By KATE NAGENGAST from the airport in Tel Aviv, she Palestinian passport and an exit Associate News Editor was held at the border. Israeli visa from the Israeli Ministry, authorities denied her passport Katerina was trapped. To obtain a Joseph Aram an, a captain for and claimed her American citizen Palestinian passport she would Notre Dame Security/Police, sat on ship was invalid. Because Katerina have to travel to Gaza, a war-torn the sofa in his home in South Bend had been a resident of the West area geographically dislocated with his 4-year-old daughter, Bank after 1967, she had violated from the West Bank and sur Sarah. He was sweating. Israeli law by not carrying rounded by Israeli checkpoints. “I’m sorry it’s hot in here,” Palestinian identification at all Katerina pleaded her case at the Joseph said apologetically, gesturtimes. American Embassy and although ing toward the thermostat. “I get The Consular Information Sheet the office could not eliminate her very upset when 1 talk about this for Israel, West Bank and Gaza obligation to obtain the paperwork problem.” that Katerina was given upon her demanded by the Israeli authori The problem Joseph referred to detainment stated, “The ties, the Embassy did connect her began when his wife, Katerina Government of Israel requires all with the Red Cross as a means to Araman, who also works as an on- Palestinian Americans with cur transport the documents to Gaza call monitor for Notre Dame rent or past residency status in the on her behalf. Security/Police, traveled with West Bank or Gaza to obtain a Sarah to the West Bank Jan. 3 to transit permit to enter Israel from Seeking support attend her mother’s funeral and the West Bank or Gaza, including While his wife of 16 years and visit relatives she had not seen for departure via Ben Gurion air their youngest daughter were since she immigrated to the United port [in Tel Aviv] ... [They] may detained in the Middle East, States from the West Bank in not be allowed to enter or exit Joseph spent two anxious and 1977. Katerina expected to return Gaza or the West Bank.” fearful weeks at home doing to South Bend on Feb. 12; howev Forbidden from leaving her er, when she tried to re-enter deceased mother’s home in Bir see ARAMAN/page 4 KATE NAGENGASTThe Observer At left, Joseph Araman points to a photograph of Jerusalem hung in his den to show the area outside the city where he grew up. Above, Katerina Araman and her daughter Sarah returned safely from Israel March 2 after a two-week delay because of their Palestinian origin and Israeli security proce dures. S tud en t S enate Members discuss TCEs in Moscona’s first meeting as VP Committee during the 2000-2001 By ERIN LaRUFFA senate. News Writer “TCEs are the number one way we have of communicating with the After student body vice president faculty and administration how we Brian Moscona was sworn in think they’re doing,” said Dudley, Wednesday night, the new Student who worked on the report with Senate began its work for the 2001- other committee members, includ 2002 school year. Part of that work in g retu r n in g PE se n a to r Nikki involved learning McCord. ab ou t a se n a te S ee Also The committee report, according Diversity senators for to Dudley, states that the box is not Committee report helpful to evaluating teachers and that will be pre 2001-2002 in fact is “detrimental.” sented to the page6 “You’re taking your race and Academic Council making it the issue. Why isn’t your on April 18. The sexual orientation or political belief report recom on there?”said Dudley. mends removing The committee has explored the the question about student ethnicity issue with the University’s from Teacher Course Evaluations Institution Research department, LISA VELTE/ The Observer (TCEs), according to former Dudley told the senate, adding, “IR Jennie Flannery speaks at the Student Senate meeting Wednesday night. Members Pangborn senator Kaitlyn Dudley, of the senate discussed Teacher Course Evaluations and swore in new members. who chaired the Diversity see SENATE/page 6 page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Thursday, April 5, 2001 In sid e C o lu m n T h is w e e k at N o t r e D a m e /S aint M a r y ’s Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday A job by any ♦ Lecture: “Liberal ♦ Seminar: “Freud’s Dora ♦ Conference: “The ♦ Event: Notre Dame Education: Seeing and Case,” 12 p.m. Room 117, Waning of Major War,” All Student Exhibition, other nam e is not Believing,” 1:30 p.m. O’Shaughnessy Hall Day. Auditorium, O’Shaughnessy Galleries. McKenna Hall, Auditorium ♦ Film: “Bamboozled,” Hesburgh Center. t h e s a m e ♦ Concert: Moreau Chamber 7p.m. and 9:45 p.m. ♦ Event: “Do you sing, Mr. This spring break my friends and I took a and Saint Mary's Wind Annenberg Auditorium, Twain?” 8 p.m. Welsh road trip to sunny Florida. I had two disposable Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Little Snite Museum of Art Parlor, Haggar College cameras, and on the way down to Florida I took pictures. Not that big of a deal, right? Theatre, Saint Mary’s Center, Saint Mary’s Well, I didn't take just any old picture along the way. I took a picture of a bridge going across the Ohio River in Louisville. I took a picture of the sky OUTSIDE THE Dome Compiled from U-Wire reports line in Nashville, and when we went to New Orleans I made sure I had a picture Faculty strike likely at University of Hawaii of the Louisiana Superdome. My friends HONOLULU and could go on as long as needed, ridiculed me and called me Unless a deal can be hammered Musto said. a big dork. This may be so, out between the state and the Malahoff said that “nobody wants but I don’t think it has Matt Orenchuk University of Hawaii Professional a strike,” but that students and anything to do with me Assem bly by midnight W ednesday administration understand the need taking pictures on the road night, a faculty strike will begin for one. trip. You see, I am a civil Assistant Web Thursday. Musto said that he hopes a settle engineer. That means that Administrator With negotiations between the ment with the state can be reached I think things like buildings state and the University of Hawaii but doubts a deal will be made and bridges are cool. Since Professional Assembly at a stale before April 5. I was a kid these things mate, a strike seems inevitable to Malahoff said the state and the have interested me. On my road trip I was many students and faculty members, UHPA are still trying to find a solu showing a passion for what 1 want to do in life. but Alexander Malahoff, president of tion. And I think that is a pretty cool thing. I have UHPA, remains optimistic. UH Administration has said that found something that I enjoy, and even better it “We’ll proceed [with negotiations] ceedings on Monday and Tuesday students are to report to classes is something that I can have a career in. right down to the last minute,” were “cordial,” but resolved nothing. tomorrow and wait at least 10 min This reminds me of my friend Joe. Last year Malahoff said. “We’ve examined what the situa utes, even in the event of a strike, Joe was a computer science major. He worked The union will meet with a federal tions are on both sides," he said, unless otherwise instructed by pro really hard in his classes, but the stuff didn’t mediator and the state for their third “[and] the sides are listening to each fessors. After that, said Dean Smith, interest Joe. Who knows why Joe was a com consecutive meeting Wednesday at other.” senior vice president and executive puter science major? Maybe it interested him 8:30 a.m. Malahoff said that the pro The strike has no definite end date vice chancellor, students may leave. in high school. Or maybe his parents wanted him to follow that career path. It isn’t impor tant. The point is that by the end of the year Joe had snapped. He decided not to be a com puter science major anymore. Joe decided to C alifornia S tate U niversity S acramento U niv ersity o f M ichigan change his major to music. While music is a lot more interesting to Joe, obviously it isn’t going to pay as well as a computer science degree. Faculty still deadlocked Student sentenced for ebay crime But the point is that Joe finally decided to quit listening to everyone else and follow his pas SACRAMENTO, Calif.