/ ^ V THE O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys OLUME 42 : ISSUE 14 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Club 23 attempts to rebound after shooting Students wary of patronizing South Bend bar where two seniors were shot and wounded Aug. 21; attendance remains low night that seniors Matthew threatening injuries, was shot By MARY KATE MALONE Collins and Mitchell Depree in the abdomen and leg. News W riter were shot outside the bar’s Depree was also shot in the front door while they were leg. They have recovered and Club 23, the popular South w a itin g fo r a ride. are attending class, but did Bend bar where two Notre Hussein had gone outside to not want to comment. Dame students were shot and speak with Collins and Depree Now, nearly four weeks wounded Aug. 21, has been five minutes before they were after the incident, South Bend making a slow comeback shot, he said, to make sure police are still searching for after facing dwindling popu­ they weren’t violating the the shooter, and many Notre larity in the shooting’s after- open-container law. The boys Dame students are wary m ath. told Hussein they were wait­ about returning to the former The bar’s longtime owner, ing for a ride, and Hussein, Monday night hotspot. Mahmoud Hussein, fears that satisfied, went back inside. “Clearly the shootings have Notre Dame students are Soon afterwards, Hussein changed people’s opinions,” “boycotting” the club, located heard the windows rattle. said off-campus senior Dan at 744 N. Notre Dame Ave., “We went outside and both Ott, who has been trying to because they no longer feel kids were on the ground,” recruit students to join him at safe in the neighborhood. Hussein recalled. He moved Club 23 on Mondays. “The last few Mondays have Collins and Depree inside the “People don’t feel comfort- DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer been bad,” said Hussein, who entrance and called 911. Mahmoud Hussein, owner of Club 23, fills a pitcher of beer Wednesday. was working at Club 23 the Collins, who sustained life- see CLUB 23/page 6 The nightclub has seen lower attendence since the shooting Aug. 21. Facebook, way to 'meet7 new roommate NFL ad Some freshmen ask fo r roommate change features based on summer profile impressions B. 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Wt a ? summer, they received a purely the result of ip safe p w h 3* sl or .ars&rd >su few unusual phone calls Facebook’s growing pop­ Former Notre Dame quar­ — parents who, after ularity, Kachmarik said. terback Brady Quinn appears seeing the Facebook “It’s been going on for prominently in a new NFL profile of their child’s eight or nine years,” he & S e a n tt b y r^ m a * advertising campaign future roommate, want­ said. “Even before designed to show a warm and ed the selection Facebook, judgments friendly side of football play­ changed. would be made based on ers. “We receive two or web pages or e-mails. In The campaign features five three such calls every the old days it was players, including two of year,” said Scott phone calls.” DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer Quinn’s current teammates Incoming freshmen can ‘friend’ new roommates on Facebook and Kachmarik, associate on the Cleveland Browns. director for the Office of see SERVICE/page 6 see personal profiles, before even meeting in person. According to NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, the ads were designed to show aspects of players that fans don’t neces­ sarily see at games. Quinn was selected, McCarthy said, Vodafone chairman gives China perspectivebecause he was well-spoken and a good role model. Quinn focused on academ­ Bond sees bright economic future fo r country he has ics during his 30-second appearance in the commer­ lived, worked in; says growth won't threaten U.S. cial. He mentioned his degree in finance and said he Bond first traveled to China plans to attend law school. By JOSEPH McMAHON when he was 21 to take a job as an He also mentioned the aca­ News W riter international manager at HSBC demic rigor he found at Notre Holdings, one of the largest bank­ Dame. China, a country he has lived and ing and financial services organi­ “I studied every hour of worked in most of his adult life, zations in the world. He said he fell every day,” Quinn said with a w ill develop an economy the size of in love with the people and the cul­ smile on the commercial. the United States, predicted Sir ture. “That’s how it works in Notre John Bond, chairman of the His interaction with the people Dam e.” Vodafone Group, the world’s and his time in the country, he McCarthy said Notre Dame largest mobile telecommunications said, support his view that the was included in the ad company. country’s economic growth will because the University Bond spoke about China to a continue. appeals to a diverse national mixed group of undergraduates, “China is in the middle of a audience and is generally MBAs, professors and entrepre­ steady period of growth, much like held “in high esteem, aca­ neurs from the South Bend area the 40-year period seen by Japan demically and athletically.” WU YUE/The Observer Thursday in the Jordan Auditorium after the end of World War II,” he Notre Dame is the only Vodafone chairman Sir John Bond speaks of the Mendoza College of Thursday in the Mendoza College of Business. Business. see CHINA/page 6 see QUINN/page 8 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Friday, September 14, 2007 I n s id e C o l u m n Question of the Day: W h at a r e your predictions fo r th e N D -M ic h ig a n g a m e ? The love of the game When I was a kid I hated football. There are seriously no words to describe how much I disliked it. I was never really a big sports fan, but football Jessica Shott Lauren Lassus Laura Cronmiller Chris Green Jake Beaulieu was just awful. 1 thought it was a Vanessa Gempis freshman junior junior sophomore grad student Saint Mary’s Holy Cross Holy Cross Sorin off campus one who watched it “I think it w ill “ND is going to “Hopefully one “If we can get “It w ill be an was out of his or her mind. My dad is a huge football fan, and when be close, but ND win the of them w ill the offense ugly first half 1 was a kid, 1 would always tell him how w ill p u ll turnaround of win, and clicking we can fo r ND but the dumb I thought football was and laugh at through ." the season and hopefully ND win, because tide w ill change him for liking such a stupid sport. He would always try to convince my lit­ the biggest had a heart to Michigan has in the yrd quar­ tle sister and me that football was awe­ upset in heart with shown they ter, and we w ill some. There were even times when he’d Michigan Charlie and will have no come back in be able to convince us to watch a few games with him. Whenever that hap­ history. ” be inspired." defense. ” the 4 th fo r an pened, my sister and 1 came up with a exciting game. ” couple of little things to keep us amused. The first was the “root-against-whoev- er-daddy-Ls-cheering-for” game. It was fun because it annoyed my dad, but after I n B r ief a while we stopped because we didn’t know what was going on, and we got Thomas Malone will give a bored. speech entitled “ The Future o f The second game was much more Work” today from 12 p.m. to entertaining. My sister and I would pick 1:15 in the Jordan Auditorium out a player from each team and of the Mendoza College of throughout the course of the game, we Business. would count how many times our players got hit. Whoever’s player got hit the most Actors from the London won the game. This definitely made foot­ Stage will present “Macbeth” ball more diverting, but I still didn’t like at 7:30 p.m. tonight at football. Washington Hall. Tickets can All that changed last year. be purchased by calling (574) When I got here, I still didn’t like foot­ 631-2800. ball. I didn’t hate it as much as when I was younger but I still couldn’t stand it. I The DeBartolo Performing went to the first game watch of the year Arts Center will show the on North Quad because I didn’t really movie “Sunshine” tonight at 7 have anything else to do.