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y ^ X THE O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys OLUME 42 : ISSUE 17 W EDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2 0 0 7 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Officials review staff survey results Filmmaker: 'ND Voice' poll reveals proud faculty, staff border life John Affleck-Graves spoke at By MARCELA BERRIOS the town hall-style meeting, Associate News Editor which will be held again crime-filled today from 2 p.m. to 3:30. The three highest-ranking Burish introduced the Notre Dame officials three-man panel and thanked Noted producer says addressed faculty and staff the University’s employees members Tuesday in an for their hard work, saying factories exploit women effort to inform them and their efforts are not over gather feedback about the looked or taken for granted, By AMANDA JOHNSON University’s direction, devel before giving Jenkins the opments in research initia floor. News Writer tives and employee satisfac Later in the meeting, tion — a tradition that began Affleck-Graves furthered Film and television producer last year to build up a syner Burish’s initial thought, Barbara Martinez Jitner stressed gistic relationship between speaking about the impor Tuesday the dangers female fac the top administration and tance of getting feedback tory workers face in their jobs the rest of the staff. from the staff and faculty to and on the streets in cities along University President Father improve Notre Dame in mul the Mexican- A m e r ic a n John Jenkins, Provost tiple facets. He talked about MARCELA BERRIOS/The Observer border. Thomas Burish and University President Father John Jenkins talks to a school employee M artinez Executive Vice President see FEEDBACK/page 6 in the LaFortune ballroom Tuesday after the town-hall meeting. Jitner spoke to an audi ence in the H e s b u rg h Center A&L leaders promote doctoral studies Auditorium in a speech Martinez Jitner titled Jenkins' speech to faculty addressed low levels of undergrads who go on for advanced degrees “Femicide at our U.S. Border: To be a Woman in Juarez is a Death graduate studies, and centers number must rise.” Arts and Letters Assistant Sentence.” By JOSEPH McMAHON at the College of Arts and Reydams-Schils said the first Dean Vicki Toumayan said a The Multicultural Student News Writer Letters. “We are trying to get step toward increasing the commitment from the faculty Programs and Services and the students, even freshmen, to number is creating interest and graduate students to the Gender Relations Center brought Notre Dame has launched think about Ph.Ds.” among the undergraduates undergraduates is line with the Martinez Jitner, the first Latina several programs to help In his speech, Jenkins said through connections with the University’s mission and its ever nominated for a Golden encourage students get on the only five percent of Notre Dame University’s own graduate stu sense of community. Globe and an Emmy — for her path to a Ph.D. — a goal undergraduates between 1995 dents. “The academic departments work on the PBS series expressed by University and 2004 earned a Ph.D. The “We want graduate students should be supportive and iden “American Family” — to speak of President Father John Jenkins number is low in comparison to to act as intermediaries, to be tify and approach students, her research in Juarez, Mexico. during his speech to the faculty institutions like Harvard, Rice role models for the undergrad even freshmen, who are talent She began working with last week in which he and Princeton — and very low uates, to demonstrate that this ed and may be interested in Amnesty International in 2000 expressed concern over the compared to leading liberal arts option of graduate school is Ph.D. program s,” Toumayan after spending time studying the percentage of undergraduates schools like Harvey Mudd and open,” Reydams-Schils said. said. “It is part of our Catholic effects of the North American going on to earn advanced Swarthmore — Jenkins said in “We are constantly trying to mission to prepare students to Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) degrees. his address to the faculty. improve the quality of our grad become educators and profes on the lives of the Mexican people. “Each department is trying to “Earning a Ph.D. is a road to uate institutions. That being sors. There is a service aspect.” NAFTA, signed in December make students aware earlier of leadership, and we must do a said, [graduate] students will be Toumayan said there are 1992, allows free trade between the option of graduate school,” better job of sending our stu an additional mentoring other reasons why the number U.S. and Mexico. Analysts have said Gretchen Reydams-Sc.hils, dents to Ph.D. programs,” resource, and they will never associate dean for research, Jenkins said. “That five percent take the place of professors.” see DEGREES/page 4 see BORDER/page 8 Campus, Taco Bell to support Irish Student government Fast-food chain gives launches Web page Weis 'Nacho Day'award for team's struggles Goal is to make administration accessible ernment home page alien By CHRIS KHOREY By KATIE PERALTA ated users, she said, since News Writer News Writer it was “not updated at all, and sort of archaic.” Despite three straight blowout Notre Dame student gov “One of the hallmarks of losses to begin the season, coaches ernment launched a new this new administration is putting them through four-hour Web site Sunday in an to be more accessible to full-pads practices and ESPN effort to facilitate commu students, ” Plamoottil said. mocking them at every turn, Notre nication with students. The actual construction Dame Football players still have Chief executive assistant of the site began when support — from two very different Sheena Plamoottil pro Plamoottil and Braun con sources. duced most of the material tacted junior Adam Lusch, Leaders of The Shirt Project on the new site, which she a computer science engi 2007 and student body President began planning in the neering major, to help Liz Brown are organizing a spring when Liz Brown and them design and build the “green-out” of campus on Maris Braun took over as Web pages. Thursday, while local Taco Bells student body president and “Initially when we were will distribute free nachos on vice president. planning it, the Webmaster Sunday, both in an attempt to gal Plamoottil said building a did not come through,” vanize the Irish. new Web site was long Plamoottil said. “We found The Notre Dame Football team sings the alma mater after overdue. see SUPPORT/page 4 its 38-0 loss to Michigan Saturday. The previous student gov see WEB/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Wednesday, September 19, 2007 In s id e C olu m n Question of the Day: H o w m a n y F acebook friends did you have at N D before you got h ere? On Sparta and Spartans i; This weekend, the Michigan State Football C-, team arrives in South Bend during Notre Dame's darkest hour. They e;ill themselves Chelsea Carey Kyle Mitchell Meg Fitzgerald Kyle Welch Tanner Ryan Marco Rosales Spartans, but as anyone who has seen the critically-acclaimed hit film “300” can tell you, freshm an freshm an freshm an freshm an freshm an freshm an they are not the real deal. Badin Stanford Cavanaugh O’Neill Keenan Stanford No, unlike the green and white doppel- gangers from the north, the real Spartans were a band of brave “Just one. A n d I “Like 150.' “Twenty-ish, “50 or so. About “50 or 51. “Probably 20. ” soldiers, led by defiant Tae Andrews knew him in but they were h alf were Mostly girls. ” King Leonidas, who weathered an Scene Editor real life. ” all from my people I onslaught from thou hometown. ” actually knew. ” sands of invading Persians some time in ancient history. In light of the Irish’s recent struggles, there are many lessons we ran learn from brave Leonidas and the intrepid 300. In light of the team sullering three consecutive blowout losses, there’s the possibility that we, Notre Dame students, could lose faith. That the Notre Dame Victory March could instead turn into a pity parade. We’re made of sterner stock than that. In B r ie f I have never left a home game early, and I don’t plan on it. Just as Spartan King An exhibit, “The Camera and I nonidas refused to kneel to the invading Rainbow: Color in Photography,” Xerxes, we should weather the bad as we will show in the Snite Museum of would cheer the good: standing with unbent Art on today from 10 a.m. to 4 knee, proud and tall. p.m. The exhibit is free and open to We’re known as the Fighting Irish, not the the public. Sitting Down Irish or the Leaving Harly Irish. Even staring death in the eye, Leonidas University President Father refused to show fear, instead shouting to his John Jenkins, Provost Thomas soldiers, “Spartans! Prepare for glory.” Burish and Executive Vice Let this serve as a lesson to us all. Don’t President John Affleck-Graves will think of it as losing; think of it as preparing for brief the University staff on Notre glory. Dame’s status and future at a town Besides, think of this season’s competitive hall meeting today from 2 to 3:30 balance: instead of our typical blowouts of p.m. in Washington Hall. certain teams, we could have some real nail- biters.