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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 38: ISSUE 63 THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4, 2003 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Vice President Dennis Moore dies of prostate cancer ing treatment. He had been on founding staff of The Observer. Temple said. "He always did his celebrated a memorial Mass for By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER medical leave for most of this "Denny was an incredibly good job articulately and very loyally, Moore for close associates, Nows Writ« semester. person with a strong faith and and he always did it with the friends and colleagues in the "We had been dreading the was impressively loyal to the University's interest at heart." Main Building Wednesday morn Dennis Moore, associate vice worst for a few weeks. The way University," said Kerry Temple, Before returning to Notre ing and that funeral arrange president for public affairs and things developed in the last day editor of Notre Dame Magazine, Dame, Moore served on the edi ments arc pending. communication at the University, or so was a little surprising," who worked with Moore for the torial staff of The Kiwanis "He will be remembered d i e d said Dennis Brown, associate last 15 years. Magazine, was a senior staff equally for his integrity, compas Wednesday director of public relations and From 1990 to 2002, Moore writer for Consumers Power sion and genuine concern for morning after information. served as director of public rela Company in Jackson, Mich., and others," Malloy said in a state a year-long Moore graduated from Notre tions and was the University's worked as a freelance writer, ment. "In his word and deed, he battle with Dame in 1970 and returned in principal spokesman and media editor and consultant in the lived his life as a faithful servant prostate can- 1988 to join the public relations relations otlicer. United States and Ireland. of God - giving of his time to ccr. staff, where he held the positions "One of the things that Moore is survived by his wife, the poor in our community, lend Moore was of assistant director, associate impressed me most was that, as Doreen, and three grown chil ing an encouraging word to the 55 and died director and director of public a spokesman for the University, dren, Erin, Brendan and Colleen, discouraged, inspiring all with at St. relations. In 2002, he was pro Denny was the front man for who is an assistant rector in whom he interacted." v i n c 0 n t • s Dennis Moore moted to his current position as policies, decisions and situations Pasquerilla East Hall. llospital in associate vice president. While a that were controversial, Brown said that University Contact Scott Brodfuehrer at New York. where he was receiv- student. Moore was on the provocative and unpopular," President Father Edward Malloy [email protected] STUDENT SENATE NDstudy Group holds final meeting of semester abroad toward changes and that these By MAUREEN REYNOLDS changes will be of ultimate Associate News Editor importance in the future. ranks third "The biggest thing we did this The Student Senate held their year ... was creating the By TERESA FRALISH last meeting of the semester Council of Representatives," he Assistant Nows Editor yesterday, marking student said. "The changes out of {the body president Pat Hallahan's Council of Representatives] are A national survey recently final Senate meeting before he going to be amazing. It's going named Notre Dame third in the graduates at the end of the to be looked at five years from percentage of its undergraduates semester. now as a big step for the stu who study abroad. Hallahan offered final dent government." According to a report by the thoughts on the Senate's Student body vice president Institute for International progress thus far and praised Jeremy Lao and chief of staff Education, 50.6 percent of Notre the body for its work. He cited Emily Chin both expressed their Dame students participated in issues such as the proposed excitement at working in their some type of foreign study pro women's resource center and new positions next semester. gram for 2001-2002, the most the examination of RA training ''I'm really looking forward to recent year for which statistics as examples of good responses working with [the Senate] and are complied. These numbers from the Senate to the needs of the whole student government mark an 11 percent increase the student body. on a totally different level," Lao from the previous year. "I think we have made a lot of said. "In this time of political turmoil progress on some issues ... We Lao will become president our Notre Dame students are not have done a lot, I think, to with Hallahan's graduation, flinching from engagement on respond to what students and Chin has been appointed as the international scene," said need," he said. the new vice president. Julia Douthwaite, assistant Hallahan also praised the Also during the meeting, provost for international studies. Senate for the formation of the Pangborn Senator Kaitlyn "We're particularly delighted in Council of Representatives, Redfield reported that the this continuing trend given which is the first step in a large tampus Life Council unani [University President Father CHUY l:lt::NI fEZ/The Observer restructuring of the student mously passed the Senate's res- Edward Malloy]'s call for a bilin Student body vice president Jeremy Lao and chief of staff Emily government. He said that the gual student body." Chin listen as EJIIot Poindexter addresses senators Wednesday. new council is making progress see SENATE/page 4 Douthwaite cited opportunities for internships and service pro grams at foreign study locations as key reasons for the high inter est in international programs among students. Such broad SMC sponsors religious a-wareness -week ranging opportunities distinguish the Notre Dame's programs from located in the main hallway of the services of different faiths. showing the movie Keeping the other national universities, By KELLY MEEHAN LeMans. The Hall of Religions Free rides will be provided to Faith. according to Douthwaite. Nows Writor features posters that inform stu the Mosque at 12:30 p.m. Friday Today Saint Mary's students The number of students study dents on many different aspects and to the Synagogue at 9:45 will have the opportunity to win ing abroad would likely continue The Saint Mary's Student of various reli- a.m. Saturday at various prizes by being one of to increase, although students Diversity Board is sponsoring its gions. LeMans Circle. the first five to respond correctly majoring in technical subjects ltcligious Awareness Week in an SOB said it is "Religion is an On Tuesday night to an e-mail trivia questionnaire. would always be limited by tight effort to increase the religious presenting the important issue the SDB held a The questions will deal with the course sequencing. awareness on campus. ideas of as many panel discussion first three events of the week. "We would like for every stu The events began Monday and religions as it that people are so about the separa The Religious Awareness dent to have the opportunity to will conclude Sunday with Mass could, but it was passionate about." tion between reli Week's events will conclude with study abroad if it is relevant to at 9 p.m. in Hegina Chapel. unable to include gion and state. a reception after Sunday's 9 p.m. his or her field of study," "Heligion is an important issue information on all This was a slight mass at Regina Chapel. Douthwaite said. that people are so passionate types of religions. Nlla Ahmad change from last "I hope that people gain an Yeshiva University was ranked about," said SDB Heligious The board is cov awareness week chair year's religious awareness about different reli first, with 75 percent of its stu Awarnncss Week chairwoman ering religions on belief information gions and begin to ask questions dents studying abroad, and NilaAhmad. which they could session. This year's rather than have a misunder Georgetown University ranked Ahmad hopes that people will find adequate, inoffensive facts. panel discussion was aimed at standing on certain beliefs," second with 52 percent. Last year be exposed to religions about This weekend SDB will be vis initiating discussion and expla Ahmad said. Notre Dame was ranked first. which they were previously iting Masjid-al-Noor Mosque, nation among students. uninformed when they walk Sinai Synagogue and Regina Last night, SDB provided a Contact Kelly Meehan at Contact Teresa Fralish at through the Hall of Heligions, Chapel in order to experience humorous outlook on religion by kmeehaO 1 @saintmarys.edu [email protected] --------------------- page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Thursday, December 4, 2003 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHEN ARE YOU STARTING YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING? Jesus played basketball Football season is done, and now we, the normal students, have no one to live vicariously through. Yet have no fear! Notre Dame has a hid Andrew Austin Caitlin Kennelly Chris Broughton Deacon Bruno Kate Burmon Nairead Case den gem of a sports team on campus Junior Sophomore Senior Junior Junior Sophomore that you can still O'Neill Welsh Family Pasquerilla West live your life Andrew Borys Siegfried Welsh Family Off-Campus through. And this isn't a "/haven't even "Hopefully this "Christmas "/barely "In about 15 ''I'm not make-believe Ad Design Eve." realized it and minutes." because my sport like hurling, thought about weekend." this is college it." its been friends are basketball ;,.__ the gift God gave to menacing me Jewish." men when He realized the mistake all week." He made when creating vegetarians.