Z ^ X THE O bserver The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys OLUME 41 : ISSUE 7 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM University plans Eddy Street Commons Tradition' Kite],” he said Tuesday. By KATIE PERRY “That process has not been Shirt sales Assistant News Editor concluded yet.” Hakanen said there is “no Notre Dame is forging particular time frame” for ahead with plans to develop when the University plans to increasing DPAC a retail and residential dis­ reach an agreement with trict just south of campus the developer. and has confirmed talks “We will finish and make Fans embrace year's with a preferred developer an announcement once Edison Rd for the project, University we’ve worked our way design, organizers say officials said Tuesday. through the issues,” he said. Greg Hakanen, director of Last Wednesday, Associate asset management and real Vice President for News and By JO H N MINSER estate development for Information Don Wycliff told News Writer Notre Dame, said the the South Bend Tribune University has selected there were some “stumbling The Shirt, in normal years Indianapolis-based develop­ blocks,” but said the as much a staple of Notre er Kite Realty Group for University hopes to strike a Dame football as tailgates and “exclusive negotiations” in deal with Kite. the Victory March, will flood the Eddy Street Commons Wycliff told The Observer the Stadium this season as project. Tuesday he could not dis­ sales skyrocket far beyond the “It’s not for certain [the cuss specifically what need- norm . y ]= Indicates a shop University is working with “[This year’s Shirt] is trend­ or restaurant see COMMONS/page 4 ing better than any Shirt we’ve sold so far,” said Sally Wiatrowski, director of retails operations at the Bookstore. “Just shy of 80,000 units have Students, alum climb Mount Kilimanjaro been sold.” This rivals even the leg­ endary Return to Glory Shirt Three Domers scale one of world's highest peaks over summer breakof 2002, when more than 100,000 Shirts were sold, she By MEGHAN WONS said. Why so popular? News Writer “There’s a lot of things this year’s Shirt has going for it,” Notre Dame senior Colleen Shirt Project president Mallahan, freshman Kirsten Blazic Richard Fox said. “There’s a and Class of 2003 alum Caitlin very classical element. It’s Blazic all know w hat it feels like to something every Notre Dame stand on top of the world. And fan can relate to.” they have the pictures to prove it. This year’s The Shirt — the Over the summer, all three of back of which reads these ‘climbing Irish’ reached the “Tradition: This is the day and summit of Tanzania’s Mt. you are the team” — was the Kilimanjaro, which at 19,350 feet brainchild of senior Ryan is the highest freestanding moun­ Ricketts, whose design was tain in the world. selected aver almost 25 other Mallahan climbed Kilimanjaro — plans. or “Kill,” in her words — in June “I submitted the design way after taking a yearlong leave of back in the first semester of absence from Notre Dame to last year,” Ricketts said. “It attend the School for International just kind of came full circle. I 1 Training in Uganda in the fall and wanted to show past coaches the University of Cape Town in who had had great success, South Africa in the spring. ' . _ _ L | something well-liked, like a ) courtesy ot Greg Blaslc Originally from Seattle, Mallahan Photo courtesy of Colleen Mallahan Kirsten and Caitlin Blazic reached the 1 9 ,350 Colleen Mallahan, shown here with her foot summit of the mountain. see CLIMBS/page 6 climbing partner, sits at 16,000 feet. see SHIRT/page 4 Students rush to Saint Mary's offers dual degree By KATIE KOHLER grab campus jobs News Writer At two schools where fin­ prime jobs, more often than By MARCELA BERRIOS ishing a degree in four years not, the student does get News W riter is strongly encouraged, a hired. Currently more than 40 five-year engineering degree percent of the entire Notre If that first encounter with program offered between Dame student body is Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame the randomly appointed room­ employed on campus, said mate was not sufficiently was formalized and updated Matt Biergans, senior student nerve-racking, freshmen also after existing for nearly 30 service representative at the had to survive these past few years at the College. Office of Student Financial Saint Mary’s students are days of frantic searching for a Services. able to receive an engineer­ good job on campus. Biergans said more than Many returning students ing degree from Notre Dame 3,000 students from all socio­ in addition to a non-engi­ have also undergone the economic backgrounds opt to neering Saint Mary’s degree process of calling different take campus jobs that range offices, submitting resumes in just five years — a unique from technology consultants and waiting impatiently for example of the close relation­ at OIT’s computer clusters, to KATE FENLON/The Observer ship between the schools. good news from the people in lifeguards under the Athletic charge. Freshman Colleen Murray studies Tuesday at Saint Mary’s in preparation for the dual engineering degree with Notre Dame. Despite the rush for the see JOBS/page 6 see DEGREE/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Wednesday, August 30, 2006 I n s id e C o lu m n Question of the Day:W h a t w o u l d yo u l ik e to s e e in t h e n e w E d d y S t r e e t C o m m o n s ? The Countdown F- Three days, 21 hours, 42 minutes and 45, wait, 44 seconds until the moment I’ve been waiting for ever since the World Cup ended. David Chisum Katie Smith Graham Austin Blair Mancini Ashley Braun Brad Fleming The moment when those gold helmets and blue jerseys freshman senior sophomore senior senior senior will burst out of a Greg Arbogast Dillon Lyons Basil Keough off campus Dillon tunnel in Atlanta, ----- signaling the end of Sports Writer “In-N-Out. Best “The Wand "Whal-A- “Reckers. It’s “The fa m ed “Breffni — i t ’s a the dog days of summer and the burger stand Store because Burger, because funny, you Spanish ta ste o f commencement of the best four months known to man.”Gary needs a what a burger!” know, cause it’sclothing store Ireland. ” of the year — college football season. frien d." already here. ” Zara. It’s a It seems the only thing that can get me more excited for the 2006 season would staple for any be a preseason poll. And not just any fashionista. ” preseason poll, but the preseason edition of Greg Arbogast’s completely biased, largely unresearched and partially cred­ ible College Football Top 10 Plus 1 Rankings. Notre Dame — Did you honestly expect me to put somebody else in the top spot? This isn’t even a biased rank­ v , ' I n B r ie f ing. Quinn, D-Walk, Samardzija, Rhema. T y'H >, Opposing defensive coordinators will be having very sleepless nights this fall. Today is the last day to Florida — There’s a good vibe going make class changes through through this state. Florida won the insidcND. NCAA tournament, the Dolphins are primed to be serious contenders this “Goodie and The Feel year, and Florida hasn’t even been hit by A lr ig h ts ” will perform at a hurricane ... yet. Legends at 10 p.m. Thursday. West Virginia — Steve Slaton ran for The show is free for students. 1,128 yards and 17 touchdowns. Pat White finished with combined totals of C h ic a g o ’s “Howl at the 1,780 yards and 15 touchdowns. Both Moon ” dueling pianosw ill led their school to its first BCS victory in perform at Legends at 10 Mountaineer history. What did you do p.m. Friday. ND, SMC or HCC your freshman year? student ID required for Texas — Back up just one second. adm ission. Vince Young wasn’t the only player on the Longhorns? And you’re saying that “An Inconvenient Truth” he won’t be on the team this year? will be shown at 7 & 10 p.m. French “Football” Team — After T h u r sd a y a n d F rid a y in Zidane’s headbutt against Italy, the Browning Cinema at The French proved they might have learned DeBartolo Performing Arts a little something about American foot­ C enter. Admission is $6 for ball. Who says France is anti-globaliza- general public, $5 for faculty, tion? $4 for seniors and $3 for stu ­ Ohio State — They would be higher, . TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer dents. but I just can’t stand that pompous little Grand M aster Soon Pil Hong breaks a brick during a demonstration at the World Taekwondo Federation Club’s booth at Tuesday night’s Activity Fair in the Joyce Center. vest Jim Tressel wears. I’m already T he Snite Museum of Art praying for a Fiesta Bowl rematch. will showcase Mexican migra­ LSU — Which Tiger team will show up tion to the United States this season? The one which was pasted through a multimedia exhibit in the SEC championship game 34-14 by that includes Chicano and Georgia? Or the one which destroyed Mexican visual arts beginning Miami 40-3 in the Peach Bowl — with O ffbeat Sunday, Sept.