...... COVER PHOTO TABLE OF CONTENTS PHOTO PAGE LESHA NICOLE ZIELINSKI KENNEY v10 " , THE ELEVE TH OF " TOBER " " FYC: Community Composition =m 0 ! TABLE OF CONTENTS" " by Mike Borgia and Jennifer Osterhage " g _ . " i CBL FYC program allows freshmen to reach ". » I Thriving" on Challenge by Kimberly Blackwell 7 r· .outt6 th.~ commu.nity while fulfilling their " i composition requirement. » ! A New Reign by Brendan Ba"rker 26 Sobering Policies 14 "by Matthew Ziegler ' - I COVER: Scholastic takes a look at the » Defining Beauty by Brigid Sweeney 30 Iattitudes surrounding campus drinking and the administrative response. " i » I A Labor of Love by Kathleen Corte 32 \ " .' i Structurally Flawed": "'" 22 From the Editor i Iby Gerard Meskill" " " ".. "" " .' 2 Out of Bounds 29 ND Notebook 4 Week in Distortion 34 :. c"ommentary: A criticallo~k at the current BCS" Campus Watch 21 Calendar 35 " ranking system with suggestions tor improve- Splinters 27 Final Word 36 . ment. i COVER PHOTO TABLE OF CONTENTS PHOTO PAGE LESHA NICOLE ZIELINSKI KENNEY v10 " , THE ELEVE TH OF " TOBER " " FYC: Community Composition =m 0 ! TABLE OF CONTENTS" " by Mike Borgia and Jennifer Osterhage " g _ . " i CBL FYC program allows freshmen to reach ". » I Thriving" on Challenge by Kimberly Blackwell 7 r· .outt6 th.~ commu.nity while fulfilling their " i composition requirement. » ! A New Reign by Brendan Ba"rker 26 Sobering Policies 14 "by Matthew Ziegler ' - I COVER: Scholastic takes a look at the » Defining Beauty by Brigid Sweeney 30 Iattitudes surrounding campus drinking and the administrative response. " i » I A Labor of Love by Kathleen Corte 32 \ " .' i Structurally Flawed": "'" 22 From the Editor i Iby Gerard Meskill" " " ".. "" " .' 2 Out of Bounds 29 ND Notebook 4 Week in Distortion 34 :. c"ommentary: A criticallo~k at the current BCS" Campus Watch 21 Calendar 35 " ranking system with suggestions tor improve- Splinters 27 Final Word 36 . ment. i Vol. 143, No. 04 • 11 OCT 2001 SCHOLaSTIC ", Editor in Chief i Michael P. Griffin i ·Managing Editor IMatthew Barr i Associate Editor , Jessica L. Daues IExecutive Editor Sarah Chiidress I News I Matthew C. Ziegler, editor ! Jeffrey Drocco, assistant IKatie Freddoso, assistant . Campus Life : Jacklyn D. Kiefer, editor I Kristin A. Kramer, assistant i Back to Normal ; Sports I Gerard J. Meskiii, editor s time ran out on the Notre Dame-Pittsburgh game, a roar from above i David Murray, assistant Astole my attention from the game. I had been down on the field along I Entertainment the ND sideline taking photos for the magazine. When the sound came, my Kathleen Corte, editor ! Carrie E. Sweeney, assistant fingers became clumsy, slipping off the camera's controls. I looked sky­ II Departments ward and saw a commercial plane skirt the north side of the stadium. Ad­ I ICristin E. Fenzel, editor mittedly, it was not so close that it was a real danger, but it was a bit too i Design Crissy Manary, editor low to leave me at ease. And, for an instant, my nerves tingled with terror. I Katie Browning, assistant But then the plane passed the stadium, continuing to its destination. Notre I Jessica A. Chamberlain, assistant 'I Nick Daiiey Dame Stadium was intact. But my mind was left imagining a plane plow­ Eric Doversberger i Nicole Kenney ing through the concrete of the stadium, the press box tumbling on top of i . I Photography crumbled stands. Until last month the thought would have been incompre­ I !Katherine A. Foster, editor hensible. Now, who knows? Once an impossibility, such destruction isn't 'I ! Graphic Arts automatically rejected by my mind as ridiculous. Luckily, this was only an ! ! Michael M. delaRosa, editor imagined genocide. i Copy i Adam M. Aroian, editor But this looming uneasiness has persisted since the second week of Sep­ IIJennifer L. Wahoske, assistant look for I Cecilia Hadley ISSUE 5 tember - and more so, since the first air strikes this past Sunday. Every ISoquel Harding on time I return to my dorm room, I stride toward my computer; as I pass the i Kristin Steckbeck NOV1 I IDistribution couch, my backpack slides from my arm. I "wake" my computer from sleep i i Felisia Johns, manager mode, and silently click the blue Internet Explorer "e" on the toolbar. Then / ! Advertising the Internet address flows unabatedly from my fingers: www.cnn.com. Each 1Jessica B. Potish, manager Join the adventure that never ends. i Kyle Zuaro, assistant time, my foot repeatedly taps the floor during the few-second interval be­ I I ! Online tween my little finger striking the Enter key and the appearance of the fa­ i, F. Brian Scofield, manager miliar logo. IIJamie L. Moran, assistant I perform my newly adopted routine stoically and purposefully. For the I i Marketing d Kristen D'Arcy, manager past few days, it's been news of the strikes against Afghanistan. All day this past Tuesday, it's been about the U.N.-affiliated workers who were Disce Quasi Semper Victurus ANSWER ~ killed when one of our missiles allegedly missed its target. A report of ci­ Vive Quasi Cras Maritllrus vilian death was bound to come eventually; it came sooner, rather than . THECALL . W later. I wearily await another report: one of revenge against the United States .Published biweekly at the University of Notre Dame for the destruction caused abroad. With Bush's prophecy that "it is likely ni and printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN, I I' 46556. The entire contents of Scholastic magazine Is the American campaign against terrorism will be lengthy," I worry about Copyright © 2001. AJI rights reserved. No contents of I Ithis magazine, either In whole or In part, may be the inevitability - whether it be sooner or later - of such an attack. I reproduced In any manner without written consent of I the publisher. Scholastic magazine does not assume They tell us, though, to live our lives. And in that spirit, this is the first !liabiiity for unsolicited manuscripts or material. AJI issue of Scholastic this year in which the cover has not been related to I correspondence should be sent to Scholastic I Imagazine, LaFortune Student Center, Notre Dame, IN tragedy. Despite possible charges of triviality at a time of war, we decided i 46556. To be pubJlshed in the next Issue, letters must ! be received by 5:00 p.m. Monday before the issue. AJI to continue living and to get back to Scholastic's normal style. Matthew letters must Include the writer's name, address and Ziegler explores changes to the alcohol policy, particularly in comparison I Iphone number. AJlletters must be signed. Names will I be withheld upon request in certain instances. to the national trends of on-~ampus drinking. Many citations last weekend i Scholastic reserves the right to edit letters for space. ) Katie Freddoso Is the official office belJlgerent. for student tailgaters speak .of the university's desire to further enforce its II Requests for corrections made more than 21 days after regulations. Check out his report on page 14. i pubJlcatlon cannot be guaranteed.The subscription rate i Iis $35 per year. Avaiiable back issues are $2.50 per And despite uneasiness, let us look upward I I copy; please specify volume and number, or date. WiPfii i:tJ. 'Copies of the annual footbaJl review are avaJlable at $5 www.nd.edu/ ~vocation i : per copy. Advertising rates available on request. The I opinions expressed In Scholastic magazine are not i necessarily those of the University of Notre Dame or l.J the student body. Michael P. Griffin, Editor 2 SCHOLASTICFROM THE EDITOR Vol. 143, No. 04 • 11 OCT 2001 SCHOLaSTIC ", Editor in Chief i Michael P. Griffin i ·Managing Editor IMatthew Barr i Associate Editor , Jessica L. Daues IExecutive Editor Sarah Chiidress I News I Matthew C. Ziegler, editor ! Jeffrey Drocco, assistant IKatie Freddoso, assistant . Campus Life : Jacklyn D. Kiefer, editor I Kristin A. Kramer, assistant i Back to Normal ; Sports I Gerard J. Meskiii, editor s time ran out on the Notre Dame-Pittsburgh game, a roar from above i David Murray, assistant Astole my attention from the game. I had been down on the field along I Entertainment the ND sideline taking photos for the magazine. When the sound came, my Kathleen Corte, editor ! Carrie E. Sweeney, assistant fingers became clumsy, slipping off the camera's controls. I looked sky­ II Departments ward and saw a commercial plane skirt the north side of the stadium. Ad­ I ICristin E. Fenzel, editor mittedly, it was not so close that it was a real danger, but it was a bit too i Design Crissy Manary, editor low to leave me at ease. And, for an instant, my nerves tingled with terror. I Katie Browning, assistant But then the plane passed the stadium, continuing to its destination. Notre I Jessica A. Chamberlain, assistant 'I Nick Daiiey Dame Stadium was intact. But my mind was left imagining a plane plow­ Eric Doversberger i Nicole Kenney ing through the concrete of the stadium, the press box tumbling on top of i . I Photography crumbled stands. Until last month the thought would have been incompre­ I !Katherine A. Foster, editor hensible. Now, who knows? Once an impossibility, such destruction isn't 'I ! Graphic Arts automatically rejected by my mind as ridiculous. Luckily, this was only an ! ! Michael M. delaRosa, editor imagined genocide. i Copy i Adam M. Aroian, editor But this looming uneasiness has persisted since the second week of Sep­ IIJennifer L. Wahoske, assistant look for I Cecilia Hadley ISSUE 5 tember - and more so, since the first air strikes this past Sunday.