1Ragtime' Reflects Racial Integration Alito to Leaders Meet for Community
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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 41: ISSUE 97 MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2007 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM 1Ragtime' reflects racial integration Alito to Chandra Johnson, director of Black students involved Cross Cultural Ministry. address in non-athletic events "That's where the stereotype comes in, and I think many challenge stereotypes African-American young men SMCgrads don't realize how much that misconception is entrenched By MARCELA BERRIOS in the Notre Dame community Assistant News Editor and in those who come from By KELLY MEEHAN outside, especially during Saint Mary's Editor While students and profes home football weekends, and sors who see a broad-shoul how the stereotype permeates U.S. Supreme Court Justice dered young black man in the experience of many Samuel Alita will deliver the class may quickly assume he African-American men here." 2007 Saint Mary's com is a football player - a com Johnson, who served as mencement address, College mon Notre Dame stereotype assistant to University officials announced Friday. the gradually increasing President Emeritus Father "It is an involvement of black and Edward Malloy, has worked honor and a minority students in non-ath with minority students on privilege to letic organizations and events interracial issues at Notre welcome a could help change that mind Dame for more than a decade. United set. In the last five years, she S t a t e s "Historically, the exposure said she has witnessed the Supreme for African-American men at presence and leadership of C o u r t Notre Dame has always been Justice to relative to sports," said see RACE/page 8 Saint Mary's College," Alito College President Carol Ann Mooney said in a statement Friday. Leaders meet for community summit Alita was nominated to the Supreme Court by President George W. Bush and was the "strained" relationship sworn in on Jan. 31, 2006, By AARON STEINER between college students and after previously serving as a News Writer community members. judge on the U.S. Court of Held at Notre Dame Appeals for the Third Circuit Student leaders from Notre Downtown, offices for the - a position he was appoint Dame, Saint Mary's, Holy Cross University's community rela ed to by President George H. and Indiana University-South tions department, the meeting Bush in 1990. Bend joined forces with civic drew representatives from Alita has also held many and professional leaders from local organizations including high-profile positions, includ the South Bend-Mishawaka both the South Bend and ing Assistant to Solicitor community Friday to discuss Mishawaka mayor's offices, General Rex E. Lee, Deputy poor communication betweeln Downtown South Bend, Inc. Assistant to Attorney General the groups - a meeting that and the South Bend Common Edwin Meese and U.S. student body president Lizzi Council. Attorney for the District of Shappell said has "never hap The most important objective New Jersey. pened before." achieved - and the summit's Mooney recently worked as To address one of the primary goal - was relation a committee member with Shappell administration's pri ship building, Shappell said. Alita on the Judicial mary goals- improving com "Never before had that vari Conference Advisory munity relations - student ety of student and community Committee on the Federal government members organ constituencies been in the JENNIFER KANG!The Observer Rules of Appellate Procedure ized a Community Summit to Community Relations committee chair Josh Pasquesi, center, pictured encourage discussion about see SUMMIT/page 6 at a recent Senate meeting, was active in organizing the summit. see AUTO/page 6 Black catnpus leaders Mcintosh examines oppression give -wotnen advice White privilege discussed at Diverse Students' Leadership Conference tially been hesitant to meritocracy" to describe the elists who spo-ke about a By MANDl STIRONE By EMMA DRISCOLL specific topic tailored to believe. way whites and males are News Writer News Writer black women, and was fol During her keynote speech raised to beli·eve that they lowed by the opportunity "for the Diverse Students' had earned and deserved Six prominent black for the audience to ask For Peggy Mcintosh, the Leadership Conference, everything they had, some women within the Notre questions. prevalence of racism was not Mcintosh thing she said is not entirely Dame community gathered "I am here to just sort of something she was taught to said she had true. Sunday to discuss issues talk about choices and the see. been taught "[We are] born into the sys relevant to young women of choices that you make," Speaking to 300 partici that "knowl tem that preceded us," she color - health, finances, said Executive Assistant to pants in the edge is said. "We didn't construct spirituality, professions in the President Frances Carroll See Also white" and this. We can't be blamed for higher education, communi Auditorium that she was it." Shavers, a certified yoga "College holds ty involvement and politics instructor who spoke about Saturday, "superior to This system, however, was - in an effort to commemo health and fitness. "Your Mcintosh, second DSLC" her col n't limited to race and can be rate Women's History assistant leagues of applied similarly to gender body is the only one you page3 Month. get." director of color." Mcintosh stereotypes, she said. Shades of Ebony and Shavers emphasized the Wellesley T h e Mcintosh said she first Welsh Family Hall spon importance of thinking College's oppressiveness, she said, is came to understand the sored "Faces of the Ages: about the preservatives Center for ingrained in a person's oppressive system in place at Addressing the Trends and found in food, as well as the Women, highlighted her upbringing through the a conference she chaired Concerns of African quantity and type of food experiences studying white "myth of meritocracy" - about feminism in education. American Women Today" in oppression of blacks - some something she said she expe The men at the conference the Coleman-Morse lounge. thing that she, as an upper rienced. The event featured six pan- '' ·see ADVICE/page 9 class white woman, had ini- Mcintosh uses 1!he "myth of '•· see MCINTOSH/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, March 5, 2007 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS BETTER: LAFORTUNE OR RECKERS? WHY? Selling 111y soul On a chilly, rainy day three Novembers ago, I sold my soul to jour nalism. The University had fired Ty Brad Monroe Casey McGushin Kara Davey Pat Quine Vu Nguyen Will Culligan Willingham, and that afternoon, freshman freshman sophomore freshman freshman freshman those were the Zahm Sarin Pangborn O'Neill Alumni Dillon only words out of anyone's mouth. "LaFortune "LaFortune "LaFortune "Reekers "Reekers "LaFortune My editors, rush ing to cover each because of the because you because of the because Kyle because there because the angle as it broke, freedom one can relax at the all around Cutler works are more pizzas are ,, decided to take a has to run BK lounge." variety. " there. wrecked people bigger.,, chance on an at Reekers. ,, eager freshman. I Maddie Hanna through it hustled out of naked.,, class, excited and nervous and Editor in Chief determined - I naively approached Darius Walker in LaFortune, not thinking the football team had probably been instructed not to comment- and showed up breath less at the Main Building, notebook in IN BRIEF hand. As I forced my numb, uncooperative A blood drive will be held hands to furiously take down quotes, at Saint Mary's Tuesday from praying the words wouldn't be too 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the blurred by rain, I was cold, over Student Center. It is their whelmed and still a little nervous - third annual blood drive and but thrilled. walk-ins are also welcome. Two and a half years later, I'm no longer an anxious-beyond-belief rookie The College Libertarians reporter whose heart would pound will be showing the movie faster than she could scribble. But that "Busted: The Citizen's Guide thrill is still there. It's the feeling that to Surviving Police hits my gut when there's big news to Encounters" at 8 p.m. tackle. It's how my stomach always Tuesday in 144 DeBartolo. gets a little uneasy before an interview, Arter the movie, there will be trying to guess what the person might a question-and-answer ses say. It's when my mind races into an sion regarding civil liberties unfolding story and suddenly sees how with a criminal defense attor to put it together. ney. Most of all, it's why I can't imagine doing anything else with my life. And David Cortright, Kroc that's why taking over as editor in chief Institute Hesearch Fellow and of The Observer is both satisfying and former executive director of nerve-wracking, a reward and a the Committee for a SANE responsibility. Nuclear Policy, will give the It's the greatest feeling when the lecture "The New Nuclear front page of The Observer reaffirms BHIAN f'HICI::/1 he Observer Danger and the Imperative its importance on this campus. It's the Cobra Mansa leads this "Capoelra" group in a routine at Rockne Memorial of Disarmament" Tuesday at Sunday. "Capoeira" is a Brazilian martial art with origins tracing back to the 4:15 p.m. in Room C-103 of worst to see a glaring headline mis 16th century. spelling, to miss a story that would the Hesburgh Center. have meant something to readers, to hear an accusation of misquoting. Angela Ndalianis, an asso Those mistakes are dishearteningly ciate professor of cinema avoidable.