THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 44: ISSUE 3 THURSDAY. AUGUST 27.2009 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM D'Arcy revisits Obama controversy Tw-o dorms Local bishop addresses president's Commencement speech in Aug. 31 magazine article welcon1e By AARON STEINER questions the future of Catholic News Writer universities and notes "the seri­ ousness of the present new rectors The discussion continues. moment." Notre Dame was thrust into a D'Arcy released three state­ By AMANDA GRAY national spotlight last May ments last spring in response News Writer when President Barack Obama the controversy, condemning delivered the Commencement the University's decision, but address on campus, with many also later condemning Howard Hall and Pasquerilla Catholics protesting the invita­ "unseemly" protests. East will be under new man­ tion and the decision to award D'Arcy addresses the role of agement this year. Obama an honorary degree. Catholic universities within the Sr. Lucille D'Amelio is the Local Bishop John D' Arcy, church and the responsibilities new rector at Howard Hall, whose diocese includes the of such institutions in the arti­ while Pasquerilla East is wel­ University, is again speaking cle. coming Sr. Cindy Broderick. out about the controversy, this In questioning the relation­ Prior to Notre Dame, time in an article appearing in ship between institutions like D'Amelio worked as a pastoral the Aug. 31 edition of America Notre Dame and the church, he administrator in Michigan. Magazine, a Jesuit publication. again noted his role as a She is an Amityville In the piece, which was pub­ "teacher" for universities in his AP Dominican from Long Island, lished earlier this week on Local Bishop John D'Arcy speaks out again about Notre Dame's N.Y. Broderick, an Adrian americamagazine.org, D'Arcy see D'ARCY/page 4 Commencement in an Aug. 31 magazine article. Dominican from Michigan, worked the last five years at a high school before coming to Notre Dame. D' Amelio attributes her Eddy Street Collllll.ons nears con1pletion arrival at Notre Dame to divine intervention. "I guess God wanted me By MADELINE BUCKLEY and Real Estate at the here," D'Amelio said. News Ediror University. Another apartment D'Amelio hopes to bring a complex will open in 2010. positive spirit to Howard by Living in an apartment com­ "The University is very excit­ drawing on her past experi­ plex in Eddy Street Commons, ed that after years of collabora­ ence. The cancer survivor has junior Matt LaFleur often jokes tive planning with the city, with a optimistic outlook on life that he is closer to some cam­ local residents and with Kite that she said she hopes to pus buildings than his old Reality, that Eddy Street bring to the girls. dorm, O'Neill Hall. Commons is becoming a reali­ "Move on from toxic situa­ "We have a perfect view of ty," Hakanen said. tions," D'Amelio said. "Life is Hesburgh Library," said Although not in time for the too short to take on negativi­ LaFleur, who lives with two home opener on Sept. 5, ty." roommates. "It's funny to think Hakanen said four retail venues However, she realizes that about it, but we are now closer will be ready for business by living with all of these girls to a lot of things on campus." the second home game: The will not be without challenges. The complex, one of the first Follett Notre Dame Bookstore, "When I have to reprimand buildings in the Commons to Chipotle, Outpost Sports and someone it will be the hardest open on Aug. 15, is fill to about Hot Box Pizza. The Bookstore is challenge," D'Amelio said. 70-7 5 percent of its capacity, tentatively set to open Sept. 19, QUENTIN STENGER!The Observer D'Amelio said she made according to Gregory Hakanen, Four businesses in the Eddy Street Commons development director of Asset Management see COMMONS/page 4 are slated to open by the second home football game. see RECTORS/ page 6 Printers installed Freshmen adjust to campus life in residence halls After a busy orientation weekend, Class of2013 settles in at ND a.m. when I fmish my paper." By MOLLY MADDEN By SARAH MERVOSH Not only can students send their News Writer News Writer papers or class readings to printer release stations in their dorms, After a jam-packed orientation Students no longer have to trek they can also print their pages to weekend that saw less campus­ across campus in the frigid cold or the printers in other dorms. wide events and more dorm­ wait in long lines at Coleman­ "I can go to Knott and print off specific activities than previous Morse. At least not to use a print­ there or I can go to Welsh Fam," years, the Class of 2013 can set­ er, that is. Schmidt said. tle into college life. Over the summer, printers were In order to print from a laptop to "I got to meet a lot of different installed in every undergraduate a dorm printer, students must people at a lot of the different residence hall on campus, Student download a new print utility soft­ activities at Domerfest," fresh­ Body President Grant Schmidt ware and configure their comput­ man Tom Temmerman said. said. er to the printer called ResHalls, "Also, the event was so awk­ "It's a huge convenience factor," Senate Campus Technology Chair ward that it was really easy to Schmidt said. "From the stu­ Walker Anderson said. talk to people about the awk­ dent government end, the reason "It downloads itself. You down­ wardness of the whole thing." we did it is because people wanted load your install utility,"Anderson Freshmen Orientation, or them. People thought, hey, I'm said. "If you download this, you Frosh-0, occurs each year and is running late to class. I don't want can print to anything." intended to make the transition IAN GAVLICK!The Observer to wait in this line in DeBartolo. I Notre Dame freshmen move into O'Neill Hall on want to be able to print it off at 3 see PRINTERS/page 4 see FROSH-0/page 4 August 21. INSIDE TODAY'S PAPER New SMC advising system page 3 • "Inglourious Basterds" review page 13 • Clausen returns as QB page 24 • Viewpoint page 10 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Thursday, August 27, 2009 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT SHOULD RYAN HALL'S NICKNAME/MASCOT BE? Wherein The World Is ... By junior year, college is easy. You know where every building is on campus. You know which classes in your major are likely Erin Scott Katie Weber Juliet Jolly Charlotte Seasly to be easy. You know your major (hopefully). After two years at sophomore senior senior sophomore Notre Dame, there is really no Welsh Family off campus Walsh Welsh Family excuse to not be completely together. "Welsh Fam "The Ryan "Ryan Royalty, "Duncan's Dime Still, on the first day of class, I managed to oversleep for my Wannabes." Rhinos." because they Pieces." first class of the year and sit are beautiful down in the like princesses." wrong class- Madefllle Buckley room for my second class of the year. But as a jun- News Editor ior, I know my roommates well enough not to be surprised when Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] the recycling bin is overflowing with diet sodas after two days. I know where to get the best cof­ IN BRIEF fee on campus. (And it's not at Starbucks). Junior year is easy - with one The film "Moon" will be notable exception: It is the year shown today at 6:30 p.m. at nearly everyone interested in the Browning Cinema at The studying abroad leaves campus. DeBartolo Performing Arts According to the Office of Center. Tickets are available Undergraduate admissions, over online at half of the students at Notre performingarts.nd.edu, or by Dame study abroad at some point calling Ticket Office at 574- in their time on campus - a sta­ 631-2800. tistic the University likes to brag about. RecSports will conduct a While impressive, I never con­ Swim Lesson Assessment on sidered how much this percent­ Friday from 6 until 8 p.m. at age, which ranks Notre Dame the the Rockne pool. Make-up third highest of national colleges assessments are scheduled for and universities in sending stu­ Wednesday, Sept. 2 from 6 dents abroad for a semester, until8 p.m. year or summer, affects my life. I opted not to study abroad for The film "Summer Hours" several different reasons, but will be shown on Friday at almost all of my friends with the 6:30 p.m. in the Browning exception of a few, decided to Cinema at The Debartolo study in France, London, Performing Arts Center. Australia and Mexico. Although I Tickets are available online at am mostly excited for them, I am PAT COVENEYffhe Observer performingarts.nd.edu or by also selfishly resentful that my Campus Ministry hosted an open house in the Coleman-Morse lounge on calling 57 4-631-2800. friends are now scattered across Wednesday evening with free food and prize raffles. different continents during the Notre Dame Women's year that everything at Notre Volleyball will play Denver on Dame is now supposed to be easy Friday at 7 p.m. at the Joyce and familiar. Center Fieldhouse. For ticket But without everyone here, the information, call 574-631- dorm doesn't feel the same and OFFBEAT 7356. campus doesn't feel the same.