THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 42: ISSUE 27 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2007 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Police investigate Linebacker larcenies Mooney Numerous auto break-ins occurred in recent months; women's purses and luggage targeted creates Trent said, 19 larcenies have By KAITLYNN RIELY been reported involving vehi­ Assistant News Editor cles outside the Linebacker, council located at 1631 South Bend More than a dozen car Ave. Twelve of the larcenies Fleming to chair panel break-ins have occurred in involved women's purses the parking lot adjacent to being stolen from the car, on multicultural affairs the Linebacker Lounge since Trent said. April - and five of them have "Somebody's there looking happened since late August, in cars, and when they see a By KATIE KOHLER police said Wednesday. purse exposed, they break Saint Mary's Editor Four break-ins were into the car," Trent said. reported over a three-day Laptop computers, cell College President Carol Ann stretch in September. said phones, cash and a piece of Mooney announced last week Capt. Phil Trent, the luggage have also been taken the formation of the spokesman for the South during the break-ins. President's Council on Bend Police Department. One In addition, Trent said, Multicultural Affairs after the car was broken into on Sept. seven larcenies have been recommendation of both the 22, two were broken into on reported inside the bar in the 2005 Diversity Task Force Sept. 23 and another on Sept. last year. The police reports KELLY HIGGINS/The Observer and last year's Chairs' 24. Nineteen larcenies involving viehicles in this parking lot near the Diversity Action Committee. In the past 12 months, see BACKER/page 6 Unebacker have been reported in the past twelve months. The Council, which is expect­ ed to be fully operational by the spring, will meet monthly and report to Mooney twice a year. "We have a long way to go International students utilize resources with fulfilling our diversity goals, but this council will help us work on the overall ISSA provides information on laws, offers help for maintaining immigration status diversity of the College and reevaluate how we approach By ROHAN ANAND The majority are F1 visa certain issues," Mooney said. International Undergraduate and Graduate holders, which is the stan­ The Council will consist of News Writer Students at Notre Dame dard student visa. J1 visa both appointed and elected holders are usually spon­ faculty members, as well as Top 5 Overall Countries Regional Representation With increasing numbers sored either by the student's administrators and students of international undergradu­ country of origin or the U.S. appointed by Mooney. In l. China (181) ate and post-graduate stu­ and are generally short­ total, there will be either 15 2. India (80) dents from Asia, Europe and term. or 16 people on the Council, Latin America, the Most of the J1 visa-holding Mooney said. 3. Korea (76) International Student students at Notre Dame are The membership has not 4. Canada (65) U.S Citizens Services Association (ISSA) post-graduate visiting schol­ been finalized. abroad 3.2% is working to keep those ars or non-degree under­ Student leaders - includ­ 5. Mexico (42) Oceania 1.3% individuals updated on their graduate students pursuing ing the head of the Student Middle East 1.5% legal immigration status an exchange program, Diversity Board, president of while studying in the United according to the ISSA. the Residence Hall States. Though the rules of main­ Association and other mem­ Canada 7.5% Typically, international taining legal status in the bers of student government Information from: Office of Institutional Research 20()6.2001 lnt~mat1onal Student Statistics students possess one of two MATT HUDSON/Observer Graphic types of visas: the F1 or Jl. see IS SA/ page 4 . see COUNCIL/page 6 ND vvelcon1es non-Catholic faiths fACULTY SENATE Eastern Orthodox prayer service held in Coleman-Morse Center Group recommends By KATIE PERALTA News Writer student advisors On a campus where more than 80 percent of the stu­ dent body is Catholic, Notre Both amendments passed By JOSEPH MCMAHON with mild opposition from fac­ Damn's Campus Ministry con­ News Writer tinues to reach out to stu­ ulty members. All the other dents of other faiths. colleges have student mem­ About 13 percent of stu­ The Faculty Senate recom­ bers on their dean review dents are of non-Catholic mended Wednesday adding committees. Christian denominations, student representatives with "We need to have consistent said Brett Perkins, the direc­ votes on the committees that principles across all of the col­ tor of student resources for review the dean of the School leges," said Tom Noble, a rep­ Campus Ministry. The of Architecture and the dean resentative from the history remaining two percent come of the Law School. department. "We do not want fro·m other religious baek­ The Senate made the sug­ to create disunity." grounds. gestions to the Academic But Julian Velasco, a mem­ "One of the goals of Council, which is currently in ber of the Law School faculty, Campus Ministry," Perkins the middle of its review of the strongly disagreed. said, "is to offer outlets to all LINDSAY POULIN!The Observer University's Academic Articles, "Adding students to the com- Father Miles Subotic leads students in the Akathist, an something that occurs every see RELIGION/page 4 Eastern Orthodox prayer. He is a graduate of Notre Dame. 10 years. see SENATE/page 6 _j page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Thursday, October 4, 2007 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF YOU WERE IN A BEAUTY PAGEANT, WHAT WOULD YOUR TALENT BE? Insert naine here The art of the name drop is a trkky one, but from what I've seen so tar, Angela Schad Chelsea Moore Devin Preston Heather Markel Julianna Pinnaro Katie Woodward Notre Dame students are more than capable of mastering it-with the hnlp freshman sophomore sophomore freshman sophomore sophomore of a quick crash course. Walsh Welsh Family Alumni Walsh Pangborn Pangborn Thern are, of coursn, certain sit­ Matt Gamber uations in whkh a '7 canjudge "Free-style "Building "/can convert "Waterglasses. " "Dane Cook." well-exncutfld dairy cows. " rapping. igloos." oxygen into namfl drop is Sports Wire carbon dioxide. ,, appropriate. Editor When trying to gain entrance to an exdusive party, f()r example, you shouldn't be shy about telling people you know someone inside. But the way in which you do this L<; critical to the success of your name drop. The primary goal of any name drop­ pnr is much likn that of a poker player: don't gPl caught blulling. And if you do, jump ship <L<; quickly a<; possible. Varying hwels of name dropping exist, IN BRIEF and the diflim~nces bntween them should bn duly not«~d. The Feast of St. Frands Mass Bnginners eonsistently fall into the will be held today at 5:15 p.m. trap of the third-degrne name drop, at Alumni Hall chapel. The whi<:h is about a<; subtle as wearing an Mass is sponsored by the "I know <;olden Tate" T-shirt. Orestes Brownson Council. Perhaps a r«~al-world nxample of a third-degrm~ name drop I hoard during A conference on "Knowledge tlw Michigan StatP ganw will hnlp illus­ and Heligious Identity: lratn. Institutions of Iligher Learning Whm1 Colden (did you catch thn name in Judaism, Christianity, Islam drop? lroeoived a kick -oll'in the lirst and Beyond" will take plaee all half. an ovnr-zna.lous fans in front of me day today at the Ilesburgh exdainwd. "Golden! lin's my boy," not Center Auditorium. rnalizing that silting right bnhind him (note the morP subtle name drop, imply­ The men's and women's swim ing a connection with Golden without teams will take part in the outwardly stating it) W<L<; Goldnn's room­ Dennis Stark Helays at Holfs mate. Aquatie Center at 5 p.m. Considoring wn had nnvnr snen this Friday. Admission is free and kid around, it's a prntty sali~ bPI. that open to the public. (;olden wa<; not, a<; this name-drop­ ping newbie daimnd, his "boy." Filmmaker Leandro Firmino <:aught in tl1n ad. da Ilora will present a sereen­ If you're r.onvinepd you can pull oil' a ing of the film "City of Men" at name drop of this ma!,'IIitude, do your­ QUENTIN STEIGERfThe Observer 10 p.m. at the DeBartolo self a litvor and avoid one of thn tell-tale D.J. Spooky answers questions and signs copies of his COs and books following Performing Arts Center. signs of a third-dngrnn droppnr: unnee­ his performance of "Rebirth of a Nation" Wednesday in the DeBartolo Performing Tickets are $3. nssary Faeebook shout-oul<;. Arts Center lobby. So obvious. Army HOTC will host its Onee you progress pa<;t the blatant, annual Firm Fit Challenge third-degree name drop, you'll reach the Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 tamer, morfl ellcctivc seeond degree. p.m. The triathlon will kiek ofT With less exaggeration of the truth and a OFFBEAT outside Lyons Hall. Proceeds more natural intngration into conversa­ will benefit the Wounded tion, this type of name drop ean be dis­ Man goes fishing, gets chest in some mud, quick­ were sold at an auction Warriors Project. guised to the novice name dropper but L<> stuck in mud sand-type matter," Andrews Friday in California for still rnlatively ea<>y to spot lor a vetPran. DURHAM, N.C. - Add said. $7,000, $4,500 and $4,000, The men's soccer team will Look lilr second-degree name drops to another victim to North Deputies created a walk­ respectively.