Tuesday Faculty Discuss Gradutate Research Funding

Listen up Carnegie or bust . Check out reviews of new work from the Foo Saint Mary's women’s choir will be traveling to Tuesday Fighters, Incubus and David Bowie. Carnegie Hall for a performance later this Scene ♦ page 12-13 month. NOVEMBER 16, News ♦ page 3 1999 O BSERVER The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL XXXI11 NO. 53 HTTr://OBSERVER.ND.EDU The M usic M aker Students for Clean Plates to protest By JACKIE OSTROWSKI News Writer In an effort to create stu dent awareness about the amount of wasted food at Notre Dame and throughout the world, a group called Students for Clean Plates will be sponsoring a dining hall protest on Thursday. Students for Clean Plates will distribute flyers in the dining balls during the week to coincide with the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Ilomelessness Week. The group will host a meal time demonstration to show the student body how much food they waste daily. Students will be asked to scrape their uneaten food into a trash dumpster to remind them that every item they leave on their tray will be EDEN ESSEX/The Observer thrown away. Conducted by Charles Ansbacher, the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra performed pieces by Eric Breton, Asim Horozic and “The dining halls are set up Anton Dvorak at Saint Mary's last night. The event was sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. in a way that makes it very easy to waste food without thinking,” said Rene Mulligan, who coordinated the week’s events with Ramin Skibba. She noted that students could Faculty discuss gradutate research funding use their experience at the Notre Dame demonstration to relate to the situation in the University attitudes towards Castellino outlined three ment,” he said. For example, rest of the world. By MAUREEN SMITHE research,” said Frank steps that should yield commitment to capitalization Just as Notre Dame stu Assistant News Editor Castellino, dean of the College increased research funding. of new faculty and better and dents leave edible, untouched of Science. First, his committee suggested more sufficient office spaces food on their trays, many Because Notre Dame reject Anthony llyder, vice presi that “the overall attitude [of are needed. well-fed Americans, used to ed a proposal to join the Big dent of the Graduate School, the University] must evolve,” “To increase research fund an abundance of everything, 10 last February, the Faculty blames Notre Dame’s faculty he said. “We essentially oper ing we need to hire the best do the same. Senate Forum on Academic for low ate ap a and the brightest — and not “It's im portant to start at Life established a series of e x t e r n a l nine-month overload them,” he said. “We home,” said Mulligan. “It is panel discussions to address grants. Last undergradu m ust institute pro g ram s ... 'Centers and institutes very obvious that we can do the issue of research funding year 62 per ate driven that are necessary for something to make a differ at Notre Dame. The series, cen t of are the way to university — research and scholarship.” ence by not wasting food.” which began five years ago to e x t e r n a l we should Uyder’s committee made a significantly increase This project is the first discuss matters of public con operate as a similar recommendation. grants were research funding. ” major undertaking for the cern, “provides a flexible for g e n e r a t e d 1 2 - m o n t h “The University should pro Students for Clean Plates. mat for discussion,” according by just 40 g r a d u a t e vide the infrastructure funds, The group began in to theology professor and faculty Frank Castellino driven uni but the faculty should seek September as a combination Faculty Senate chair Jean members. versity.” the funding,” Hyder said. dean, College of Science of two other student groups Porter. “Six p e r To improve Finally, Castellino suggested — Students for The discussions evolved in cent of fac the overall the establishment of institutes Environmental Action and the response to Notre Dame’s ulty were responsible for research climate on campus, and centers on campus that World Hunger Coalition — small sum of external Castellino said that attractive will heavily rely on research almost two-thirds of the and has since become its own research funds. Two years awards dollars the University fellowships are needed to faculty. “Centers and insti organization. To recruit ago. Notre Dame’s outside received. The key to generat attract graduate students. tutes are the way to signifi members, Mulligan and grants totaled $30.2 million. ing more external funds lies “We must provide to these cantly increase research Skibba also contacted all In comparison, peer institu in making more faculty students competitive salaries funding,” he said. presidents of campus clubs tions such as Princeton, responsible for generating ... and increased funding," he Julia Douthwaite, associate that might be interested in Northwestern and Cornell part of the support for their said. In addition, his commit dean of the College of Arts such a cause. drew in grants totaling $57 scholarship,” he said. tee suggested changes such as and Letters, discussed the Though Students For Clean million to $189 million. As a affordable family medical need for institute implemen The panel presented recom Plates is a relatively young result, several faculty mem insurance and affordable day tation as well — a suggestion mendations for program organization, Mulligan said its bers formed various commit improvement and stressed the care for graduate students’ that she considers to be a new current campaign against tees which outlined several children. and ongoing initiative at need for increased research food wasting sends a power key recommendations, Secondly, Castellino said Notre Dame that will foster funds. ful message reminding stu appealing to the University’s “We have a goal in which that changes to University grantship. Douthwaite noted dents of the less fortunate administration. infrastructure would increase that in Arts and Letters an programs will exist for the world outside Notre Dame. “The report was generated good of the University. We are research funds. “We must institute has already been “No food should go to waste by an excellent committee ... more program driven than make Notre Dame as attrac when people are hungry.” she heavily interested in fund driven,” Castellino said. tive as possible for recruit see RESEARCH/page 4 said. page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Tuesday, November 16, 1999 I n sid e C o lu m n Q uotes of the W eek “This isn’t a newspaper “Think of it as “We must establish and Bone thugs that just goes to "I’ve faced a lot of Germany’s Woodstock if continue a structured [Malloy]. This is a ignorance here. ” you will, except substantive, respective newspaper for us. ” with deep and ongoing dialogue and basketball Ayana Fakhir significance ." between university pres Chisle Veliky Muslim student idents and bishops. ” Farley senator on practicing her Burkard Prause faith at Notre Dame Ph.D. candidate in physics John D’Arcy Thugs. That’s the only word that can relate on the definition of on the fall of the Berlin Wall what the men’s basketball team looks like in its editorial independence Bishop new uniforms. Thugs. on Ex Corde Ecclesiae Maybe you haven’t seen these hideous new threads that the team is sporting this year, so let me describe them to you. Basically, take a T-shirt, cut the sleeves off OUTSIDE THE D om e Compiled from U-Wire reports and you’ve got what the new uniforms look like. A lot of teams are wearing this style of uniform and all Harvard’s early applicant pool increases the teams that wear them Mike Connolly are a bunch of thugs. The CAMBRIDGE, Mass. “They see the statistics that other non-exclusive early action team that immediately Once they get to campus, Harvard Harvard has a freshman class schools. springs to my mind when I Associate students may not often hand their But high school counselors said the work in early, but a record number of of i,6oo and over 1,000 are change has affected the applicant see these uniforms is Sports Editor Cincinnati. Harvard applicants are trying to get a dmitted early action. They numbers of other early action Now, don’t get me wrong, ahead of the game. do the math. ” schools, such as Brown and Cincinnati is a great basket Harvard received 6,042 early action Georgetown, more than Harvard’s. ball factory. Unfortunately, it’s a horrible bas applications by the November 1 dead Instead, according to Stephen ketball school. Since Bob Huggins became head line, 31.8 percent more than last Stephen Singer Singer, director of college counseling coach 10 years ago, not a single scholarship year. The numbers reflect especially counseling director at Horace Mann School at the Horace Mann School in New player on the men’s basketball team has grad large increases in the number of York City, many students are apply uated. None. 247 wins ... no diplomas women applicants, up 34.6 percent — financial aid William Fitzsimmons. “I ing early because they say they And you thought the Tennessee football team though women still make up slightly think the word is getting out.” believe it will give them a better was dumb. The Volunteers have nothing on the less than half the pool. Applicants Fitzsimmons noted that a recent chance at being admitted.

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