y ^ X THE O bserver The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys OLUME 40 : ISSUE ??? MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Students pleased with 2006 Shirt D'Arcy I’m surprised by how well the denounces By KAITLYNN RIELY reaction went over.” News Writer The Shirt Project — now in its seventeenth year — raises Notre Dame fans who felt they money for different aspects of ND policy had outgrown the sea of green student life at Notre Dame. This era and were not quite suited for year’s The Shirt is navy blue yellow may now contribute to a with the word “Tradition” in Bishop disapproves of new hue in The Shirt’s recent bold writing on the front. The years — navy blue. back of The Shirt features for­ Jenkins' recent choice A cheering crowd greeted the mer coaches Knute Rockne, Ara unveiling of the 2006 version of Parseghian and Lou Holtz, as The Shirt at the Hammes well as the Four Horseman. By KAREN LANGLEY Bookstore Friday afternoon. The Current head coach Charlie Associate News Editor Shirt Project president Richard Weis also appears on The Shirt Fox said he was excited to see a above a packed Notre Dame sta­ positive response to the navy dium. A Knute Rockne quote, In a visit scheduled months blue color and simple design of “This is the day and you are the before campus controversy DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer The Shirt. team” is written across the bot- about academic freedom would The Shirt Project president Richard Fox speaks at The Shirt’s “I thought the reaction was prompt him to issue a statement unveiling Friday afternoon outside the Hammes Bookstore. going to be good,” Fox said. “But see SHIRT/page 4 of disappointment with the University, Bishop John D’Arcy of the Fort Wayne- South Bend Bush speech writer returns to Notre Dame Diocese spoke Friday to stu­ dents and fac­ challenges of speechwriting By MARCELA BERRIOS ulty at Notre for the President and the role Dame Law News Writer of the media in the portrayal School about D’Arcy of news. a particularly William McGurn left the McGurn said for any given timely topic — the pastoral role halls of the West Wing and the speech, there might be of the bishop and his relationship Oval Office Friday for the approximately 30 people to the Catholic university. Jordan Auditorium of the working to produce an aver­ D’Arcy said the Second Vatican Mendoza College of Business. age of ten drafts. He said focal Council had a strong impact on .Though miles away from and delicate matters such as the role of the bishop within the Washington, the chief speech- the war in Iraq generally Church. writer for the White House — require even more prepara­ “We see an attempt to move a 1980 Notre Dame graduate tion. the bishop from being a CEO and — was hardly disoriented as “We're trying to explain to administrator to a pastor and he returned to his alma mater the American public a very evangelist,” he said. to present his lecture “Future difficult situation and the When asked by a student Government and Public President’s perspective, his about his relationship with the Policy.” voice,” McGurn said. University administration, A former editorial writer at When asked if he had ever D’Arcy connected his pastoral the Wall Street Journal, written a speech outlining role to the recent debates on McGurn first became a part of something contrary to what he academic freedom that have for the Bush administration in believed was correct, McGurn months embroiled Notre Dame’s early 2005, and has since said though there may have campus. become the head of the entire been occasions where his per­ “It is important to recognize speechwriting team in the sonal opinion was different the independence of the White House. from that of the White House University and its academic free­ He spoke to an audience of — he would never promote dom,” D’Arcy said. “But I have students and faculty members anything he did not consider GEOFF MATTESON/The Observer pastoral freedom. I cannot on topic ranging from his White House speechwriter and Notre Dame graduate work in the West Wing, the see WRITER/page 3 William McGurn speaks in the Jordan Auditorium Friday. see D ’ARCY/page 6 Dancers raise record amounts Speaker encourages By MEGAN O ’NEIL Senior StaffWriter careers in social work After nearly 12 hours on agency in S o u th ern their feet, participants in the By ADRIENNE RUFFNER California. Riley Hospital for Children News Writer “In the face of globaliza­ dance marathon were begin­ tion, in the increasingly face­ ning to look weary Saturday Over two dozen students less world of capital, how can morning. and faculty members gath­ we make the world a better Then came the announce­ ered in 119 O’Shaughnessy place,” Janis Aparicio said. ment that made it all worth­ Hall where co-founder and “Oftentimes poor people are while — Saint Mary’s had executive director of the Los hidden.” broken the record for the Angeles Alliance for a New Janis-Aparicio encouraged most money raised by any Economy (LAANE) Madeline the crowd to consider a institution’s first dance Janis-Aparicio spoke about career in social work through marathon in the state of the variety of career options the retelling of her own expe­ Indiana. within the field of social riences in the field. The $21,047.42 total work. Social justice careers have roughly doubled to previous Janis-Aparicio rallied for many forms from community record held by Indiana six years to pass the Los and union organization to KRISTY KING/The Observer University at Bloomington. Angeles living wage ordi­ research and legislative advo- Two dance marathon participants play a game of Twister Friday nance prior to co-founding night in the Angela Athletic Facility at Saint Mary’s. see MARATHON/page 4 LAANE, a social justice see SPEAKER/page 6 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Monday, April 24, 2006 In s id e C o l u m n Question of the Day: D id y o u participate in m u d d y S u n d a y? Leaving out a legend ■ The Shirt 2006 was almost one of the best ever. < The 100-plus years of Tradition — The Shirt’s theme — converging with Caroline Green Christian Medeiros Hollywood Healy Megan Marsh Michelle Byrne Phil Mauro the hope of an unforgettable season to freshman sophomore junior freshman freshman sophomore come (my last as Cavanaugh Keenan off-campus Cavanaugh Cavanaugh Keough an undergrad) on Tim Dougherty Pat O’Brien’s timeless prophecy “No.' “I invented “Scien ce “Good times “Absolutely, In Knute Rockne Sports Writer m ud. ” fic tio n !” getting dirty.' I g rilled All-American: “ This is the day burgers. ” and you are the team.” Down right inspirational — it literally gave me chills to think of the possibility of seeing my life’s fulfillment mere months away. But like a loss in next year’s record, it had one fatal blemish, and The Shirt fell short — shockingly so. Frank Leahy’s .864 winning percent­ age is Division I college football’s second highest career mark, behind only Knute Rockne’s .881. His lads’ 39 game In B r ie f unbeaten streak (37-0-2) from 1946- 1950 remains Notre Dame’s longest Environmental specialist ever and ninth in Division I history. No Sister Paula Gonzales will list of all-time college football’s greatest speak in Carroll Auditorium coaches that omitted his name would at Saint Mary's College at 7 be credible, much less a list of great p.m. today Notre Dame coaches. The same goes for any shirt that uses From 11:30 a.m .-2 p.m. the likenesses of Fighting Irish coaches today students are invited to to boast its proud Tradition and refuses tie die free T-shirts on to acknowledge the special place Leahy O’Shag quad as part of the holds in shaping the very Tradition of AnTostal events. Notre Dame an enduring reality for each person who has ever dreamt of Notre Dame softball will those gold helmets shining in the sun. tak e on Purdue at 4 p.m. Unfortunately, The Shirt Committee Wednesday at Ivy Field. didn’t get the memo. Knute Rockne, The Four I lorseman, Notre Dame baseball will Ara Parseghian, Lou Holtz, and Charlie take on Bowling Green at Weis unmistakably deserved to be on 5:05 p.m. Wednesday at The Shirt. Although the committee's Frank Eck Stadium. "system” (see http://theshirt.nd.edu/cur- rent.html) has some truth to it, under The world premire of the The Shirt 2006’s theme of Tradition, opera “Witness” will be at that “system” omitted the absolute most 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday in important reason why those four coach­ O’Laughlin Auditorium. It es belong on The Shirt. Knute had three KATIE RIVARD/The O bserver will run through the weekend of them, Ara two. Lou one, and Weis — Participants of the second annual Eucharistic Procession and Divine Mercy with performances at 7:30 well, according to the committee’s look on as priests ascend the stairs on the Main Building on Friday afternoon p.m. on Friday and Saturday interpretation of Rockne’s immortal following the 11:45 a.m. Basilica of the Sacred Heart Mass. and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. words at the 1928 Army game, this coming fall should be his first. Leahy, on The SMC Irish Dance Club the other hand, led all Notre Dame will perform at 4:30 p.m.