---------- - ., THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 42: ISSUE 9 .: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 2007 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM NDd • • g habits under scrutiny NDFCU's South Bend Common Council member cites scammer alcohol abuse as a reason for new ordinance posed ordinance, Council identified By KAITLYNN RIELY member AI "Buddy" Kirsits - ' Assisranr News Ediror discussed a printout of a 1 :~:; ~;~ ·~ Chicago man arrested, Powerpoint presentation .·~ ',• The "red zone," the term showing statistics on drinking for the mental and physical and hospital visits. The pres­ could see prison time state of someone with a blood entation listed general statis­ alcohol content at or above tics about college drinking By MARCELA BERRIOS 0.25, is not uncharted territo­ from the National Institute on Associate News Editor ry for some Notre Dame stu­ Alcohol Abuse and data about 2006 dents - a point that a South medical services provided to Police in Fullerton, Calif., Bend Common Council mem­ intoxicated patients at St. released the name of the man ber has made while pushing Joseph Regional Medical arrested Tuesday in connec­ for the passage of a new ordi­ Center in South Bend. tion to the Notre Dame nance to curtail student par­ But determining the actual Federal Credit Union (NDFCU} ties. number of Notre Dame stu­ e-mail scam and said he could At a meeting of the South dents who are taken to the face years in prison if convict­ Bend Community Relations ed of online fraud. Committee to discuss the pro- see LECTURE/ page 6 Source: Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center JULIE GRISANTI/Observer graphic Francisc A. Wonerth, 32, was arrested Tuesdav at 1 a.m. after a Fullerton ·police officer ran a check on Wonerth's Illinois license 1 plate and discovered the vehi­ College Grants enable research abroad cle he was driving had been reported stolen in Chicago in lage, Nindye, where she . have taken advantage of August 2006, officials said . plans for ByJENN METZ held interviews. Her thesis opportunities to do researeh Sgt. Linda King of the Assistant News Editor advisor and director of the funded by grants from insti­ Fullerton Police Department Notre Dame Millennium tutions like the Kellogg said Thursday that officers at Africa moved to the fore­ Development Initiative, Institute and UHOP, said the scene were inspecting the conference front of Notre Dame's atten­ Father Bob D('Wd, was also Holly Rivers, program man­ vehicle when they discovered tion last year during the in Uganda at the time. ager for the Kellogg 18 American Express gift Science, religion to be Notre Dame Forum and Rogers also received Institute for International cards with a magnetic strip again when University UROP funding for a one­ Studies. recoded with the debit card topic of 2009 meeting President Father John month trip to Kampala, the Students can receive up to information stolen online. Jenkins visited Uganda in capital of Uganda, in the $4,000 in the nine research On Aug. 31, many members January. This summer, sen­ summer of 2006, where she grants the Institute offers to of the credit union received a By MANDl STIRONE ior Jenna Rogers got to see conducteJ the initial juniors for summer wave of e-mails that -redirect­ News Writer the country for herself with research for her thesis. research abroad, Rivers ed them to a mock-up of the the help of research grants. Her thesis would not have said, with special emphasis NDFCU Web site and prompt­ The John Templeton Rogers, a political science been possible, Rogers said, placed in developing coun­ ed them to enter sensitive Foundation recently awarded and politics, philosophy and without the grant-funded tries. account information and pass­ Saint Mary's a grant of economics (PPE) major, trips to Africa. "For a frugal student, this words. $95,905 for its Center for received funding from both "I conducted 92 inter­ should cover the costs of NDFCU President Leo Spirituality, which will use the the Kellogg Institute and views this summer, which transportation, living, etc.," Ditchcreek said Tuesday more money for a new project to the Undergraduate were the basis of my the­ she said. than 60 customers had given discuss the interface between Re.search Opportunity sis," she said. These grants are very out their personal information science and religion. Program (UROP) to spend "Just applying for the competitive, Rivers said. to the Web site, but only five Sister Kathleen Dolphin, seven weeks in Uganda. grants was really helpful - She said the Kellogg accounts had reported suspi­ director of the Center for She conducted research it helped to synthesize my Institute has partnered with cious transactions during Spirituality, and Ed Ackerly, ·for her senior thesis in the thoughts about my project." the Kroc Institute for Labor Day weekend. director for Business and Notre Dame Millennium Many Notre Dame under­ Foundation Relations. worked Development Initiative vii- graduates, like Rogers, see UROP/page 6 see NDFCU/page 6 together with other adminis­ trators to write the proposal for the grant. "We had to write a very, very detailed proposal," Dolphin said. Several meetings last fall North Dining Hall turns the music on gathered ideas from interest­ ed faculty members to include in the proposal, she said. The By KATIE PERALTA of like in a restaurant, where money will fund "The Quest News Writer music is also common." Project: Women Exploring the Patterson began the trial Science/Hnligion Interface." run by turning on WAOH 95.3, "The professors have a high While South Dining Hall has a local hard rock station. sense of ownership in it," she long had music playing in the "I had some complaints that said. serving area. North Dining it was too much early in the The Quest Project has two Hall just started playing morning," Patterson said. major goals - to learn more music quietly on the north So he later switched to about the "important ques­ side of the dining room as Sunny 1 01.5, a loeal station tions facing us" and "to well as in the serving area that plays a variety of more organize a conference at where students fill their trays. relaxed songs, from oldies to which the findings are to be North Dining Hall pop to country. presented," Dolphin said. Operations Manager Dan The music is only audible in Plans are still tentative Patterson said the dining hall the north sit!e of the dining since the grant was awardeq has had a sound system for hall, Patterson said, and is to the Center less than three years, but he just recently tu rued off complete Iy in weeks ago, she said. She does decided to turn the radio back Dining Room A, a room isolat­ know. however, that there will on to see how students like ed from the bustle of the main be book discussion groups, the music. dining room. students working with profes- "A little music adds to the Patterson hoped to eventu- JENNIFER KANG/The Observer ambiance of the dining Senior Nick Ransom, left, and junior John Bray, center, eat at South see GRANT /page 6 room," Patterson said. "Sort see NDH/page 6 Dining Hall, where music plays over speakers in the serving area. page 2 The Observer + PAGE 2 Friday, September 7, 2007 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST JOB ON CAMPUS? Minor league madness Have you evnr been to a minor league baseball game? It probably lasted two and a half to three hours. Now think back. Did you Ben Winter Jessica Rodriguez Cinthya Mabee Alfredo Morales Cari Pick ever see those people in khakis with freshman senior sophomore sophomore freshman radios stuck in Cavanaugh Cavanaugh Zahm their ears? Well. Samantha Alumni Welsh Family those people are Leonard the front office ..My dream job "The card "Being a barista ..Welcome to ..South Dining staff. swiper for at Starbucks ... Edy's, would The typical Sports Wzre is to be the card Hall, because workday for a Editor swiper at The checking out especially you like an the managers front office staff Rock.,, basketballs. ,, during finals Ultimate are the best.,. member, in pro- week.,, Shake?" fessional baseball, is 14 to 16 hours. Now imagine having 10 games in a row. It can get pretty ridiculous. I have spent the past two summers in this crazy environment and am not sure how I survived. It seems simple to prepare for a minor league baseball game, especially if you are not playing in it, but that is not the case at all. IN BRIEF There are usually only 10 to 15 people running the behind-the-scenes opera­ Fitness Class sign ups will tion, along with four to six interns. take place today in The Rolfs Everyone in the office knows how to Athletic Center beginning at sell a ticket, and then there are tasks 7:30 a.m. Be sure to bring you only find in minor league baseball, your ND id & cash/check. such as washing a giant bird costume. Schedule is subject to change. There is constant media presence, with Class space is limited. phone calls from radio stations, press releases for the next promotion and There will be a welcome commercials shot in the stadium. back picnic for all students Along with the regular 4,000 fans, today from 4 to 6 p.m. The there are the group picnics and birth­ event is sponsored by days, where somehow 500 people are Multicultural Student Programs fed in just half an hour by a stafl' of five and Services. The picnic will be or six.