Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU The peS ctator 4-4-2003 Spectator 2003-04-04 Editors of The pS ectator Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator Recommended Citation Editors of The peS ctator, "Spectator 2003-04-04" (2003). The Spectator. 2195. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/spectator/2195 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. Pl<l MIKIH) Si\\n\ni) U.S.Pom Mil Pmi> Si miii.WA Pirmi-i- No. 2783 Spectator SEATTLEThe UNIVERSITY. WA; AMERICASeattle universityAT responds ■ University community response to war (8, 9) Three Iraq opinion columns debate Pro/Con (14t 15) ■H| Index ASSU 12 Atews 2-5 Classifieds 13 j ♥ "^ *%m" Sports 6-7 Personals 13 ** Features 8-9 Opinion 14-15 jM A&E 10-11 Campus Voice 16| 2 News New Sullivan Scholars for 2004 selected SEANREID agraduatedegreein law. Cu-McinagingEditor "AfterIgot it,Ijust knew what Ka-ching. mynext fouryears wouldbe.Ialso It's a sound most might register feltverycomfortable atSeattleUni- uponhearing they'vebeenawarded versity; it had a very welcoming over$100,000 overfour years. feeling and it's by downtown and For six incomingstudents to Se- all the businesses and theater and attleUniversity,however,thenews Broadway." was met with a sense of relief, as Incontrast, the award is stillen- they realized funding their school teringinthe mindof fellowscholar tuition wouldbe taken out of their Boyle. hands. "Yeah,it'sstillsinkingin,"Boyle The moneycameas partof SU's said. "I was pretty surprised be- SullivanLeadership award, which causethere weresomanyotherkids provides outstanding high school [inthe competition]whoare doing seniors in the fields of service and somuch. Iwantedit bad,butIjust NazirHarb,GabriellaBoyle,David Weidmer, SaraTadesse,Caroline Dennis(notpictured),andShastiConrad leadershipa full scholarship to the kept tellingmyselftoget throughit (notpictured)are the newest SullivanScholars. University. andbe proud youdidit." university most tana Alaska.Next year,admin- scholars, which include a study OnMarch 17,SU announced the Boyle'sfour yearplansaren't so bodies what the and for," McKeon,dean istratorsplantoexpandtheaward to abroador service learning project 2004 SullivanScholarsthatinclude plottedoutcomparedtoWeidner's. stands Michael co-chair of the include applicants from California each student designs themselves four womenandtwomen,andrange She plans to enter as a Pre-major of admissions and leadership committee. andbestow ituponsevenindividu- with approval by Cobb. Winners from AfricanAmerican,Latinoand with a possibility of consideringa Sullivan "Peoplecome tocampus and have als. also joinregular retreats to mingle Asian American descent. pathtowards medicine. exposure to parts The key goal of the Sullivan withotherSullivanscholarsandare "1 have high hopes for this Servingas SU's mostprestigious the best of the university." Award has alwaysbeen toprovide encouragedtoseekleadershiproles group...lbelieve they will make a award, this year'sSullivancompe- students theability to eitheroncampusorinthe surround- significantimpact both on and off tition drew over250 fostertheireducation. ing Seattle community. campus during their time at SU," firstroundapplicants leadership service Hiedemann, who also co-chairs Sullivan program adviser Father from around the and capabilitiesbyremov- theselectionprocesswithMcKeon, Jerry Cobb,SJ,said. Northwest "The Sullivan is a good starting ingthestrain offund- selects each applicant with the as- The winners, four of whomhail To participate in ing their post-gradu- sistanceof16otherfacultyandstaff. from Western Washington,consist theSullivanprogram, it point students because ate years. After thefirstround,30studentsare of Gabriella Boyle of Seattle's high school seniors for "It's a way of at- invited back to SU to give an oral BishopBlanchetHighSchool,Nazir are required to sub- embodies what the university tracting students but presentation in front of selection Harb ofMeadowdale High School mit a leadership re- also a way of provid- committee members, who then in Lynnwood, Sara Tadesse of sume outliningtheir most stands for." ing the scholars op- whittle the group down to 6 win- Seattle's Ballard High School, community service MichaelMcKeon,dean of portunities ners. The original 30, though, are David High andleadershiproles, other than WeidnerofWoodinville working," Bridget all some School, as well as letters of admissions offered form of aid from Caroline Dennis of North Hiedemann,associate the university. SalemHighSchool in Salem, Ore. recommendationand professorofbusiness, Hiedemannsaid the process be- NewbergHigh scribe a personal es- andShastiConradof 1989, Award said. comes difficult whenit comesto School inNewberg,Ore. say on an assigned topic during Since the Sullivan hasdrawnoutstanding from Suchopportunitiesfallwithinthe For Weidner, winning the award Sullivan Leaders Day, heldinlate students Washington,Oregon,Idaho,Mon- requirements of existing Sullivan See Scholars onpage 4 was an ecstatic experience to say fa//.DuringthemandatoryLeaders theleast. Day,studentsand their familiesare "FirstItried tocontain myself,and also invited to experienceSU via afterIhungupthephone, there was toursandcampus speakers,making a lot of yelling and screaming and thecompetitionnot onlyahighchal- Love newspapers?Lead one to greatness. mecalling everyoneinmy family," lenge for outstandingstudents but Weidner said. "Then Iwent out to also an effective recruitingtool for Thai food." a university seeking the best and Weidner said the Sullivanaward brightest. Spectator allowedhim to realizehis goalof 'The Sullivan is a goodstarting TheSeattle— ♥— University pursuingpolitical science and later point for students because it em- KeepingWatchSince1933 YOU, Mark Bonidllo,CopyEditor Editor-in-Chief AmyHowell,PhotoEditor _ ~ AbbyLaxa, Photographer Austin. .. .L.Burton,Co-Managing . J Staff, , SethCooper,EditorialArtist Editor,CopyEditor Me anMyers' S.U. Rally ScanReid,Co-ManagingEditor, B Cartoonist Peace ~ _... BonnieLav,'BusinessManager Online.. 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The Spectator "April 3, 2003 News 3 SU and Irish face off at forensics match KIMBURLY ERVIN champion debat- noted as he explained Staff Reporter ers from Ireland: his position."Ihate to The audienceandjudgesseemed ColmCoyne,from be partisan but Ithink at odds in declaring a winner of University Col- the Seattle team ad- Tuesday night's debate featuring lege in Dublin, a dressed the 'is' [of the theIrish nationaldebatechampions politics and eco- current U.N. status] and Seattle University's own de- nomicsmajor,Leo better than the Irish." bate team. Mulrooney, also But whenpushcame The forum hostedbySU inasso- from University to shove, the audience ciation with the Communication College inDublin appeared to have Department,addressedthepertinent who is studying greatly favored thatof issue ofwhethertheUnitedNations pre-law, and the Irish by an over- is irrelevant intoday's society. AlisonMaclatyne, whelming applause. TheSUdebateteam— comprised from Trinity Col- "Ithink theIrish were of Jack Butler, a juniorhumanities legein Dublin,an much more prepared and English major; Craig Lay, a englishmajor. andasmuch as wetried freshman electrical engineering "What we say tocounter-argue, they major, and Jennifer Dinning,ase- here about the alwayshadaresponse," nior humanitiesand creative writ- U.N. is that you AlissaHutton,asopho- ing major— argued that the U.N. haveto workwith more communications has failedtobearelevantleagueof it,"Maclatyneex- major who was in the nations in dealing with countries plained."The ba- audience,explained. thatbreakthedesignatedstandards sis whichtheU.N. "The Irish teams ar- ABBY LAXA / STAFFPHOTOGRAPHER set forthby U.N. charters. works is on con- gumentconsistedof wit StudentsfromboththeSeattleUniversity debateteam(left)andthe Irishdebateteam arguethe merits "The U.S. has thatit can sensus. and humor balanced proven oftheir argumentsat Tuesday's event. act without the U.N., but the U.N. "It'snot fairfor with several telling has not proven thatit can act with- America to go points," Mike out the U.5.,"Dinning stated. around the Bergquist, a junior "If the U.N. cannot act without U.N...and then call itirrelevant. If "cop out"noting that he could go guing that they dida better job of communication major, stated. the U.S. thenit is merely a subsid- itdoesn't work now,it neverwill." back and forth on the topic. The addressing the questionathand. "However, I would have to side iary of theU.S. governmentand is Judging the debate was a tough other two judges,Communication "There is afatal flawinthe U.N. withthe SUdebate team. therefore ineffective." task. Ray Crearand of the Irish Department JeffPhiIpottChair and that gives either one of five coun- "They showed talentintheir de- Thosedebatingfortheotherside Heritage Society of Seattle could