THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 44: ISSUE 21 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER22, 2009 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Tournament raises funds for Africa NDalmnni Irish men's soccer team hosts 'Lose the Shoes' games to help Grassroot program speak about "We want to get it started By LAURA MYERS this year, and hopefully do it News Writer every year," Scullion said. real estate "Like Bookstore Basketball, No shoes? No problem. we want to make it part of This weekend Notre Dame Notre Dame tradition." business will become the latest school Each participant must to host Lose the Shoes, a 3- donate at least $10, though on-3 barefoot soccer tourna­ more donations are wel­ By MADELINE BUCKLEY ment to benefit Grassroot come. News Editor Soccer. Prizes will be awarded to The tournament - organ­ the winning team as well as ized by the Irish men's soc­ to the team that raises the Notre Dame's Entrepreneurship cer coach Bobby Clark and most money and to the team Society has hosted speakers MBA student Luke Scullion that scores the most points that have graced the cover of - will feature 32 teams of in a single game. Scullion Forbes Magazine. But co-pres­ three players each. The said the prizes are not final ident Michael Streit wanted to teams will play soccer but may include basketball feature something a little clos­ Saturday afternoon on South tickets and Grassroots gear. er to home this year. Quad, and the championship Scullion said other So when a group of recent alumni who started a business Observer File Photo will be played Sunday dur­ fundraisers will be held Irish men's soccer coach, Bobby Clark, far right, stts on the sidelines ing halftime of Notre Dame's in South Bend contacted Streit during a game. He helped organize the 'lose the Shoes' games. game against Cincinnati. see SHOES/page 4 about speaking to the Society, he saw an opportunity. The 2001 Notre Dame grad­ uates founded Rent Like a Champion, which restores run­ down houses surrounding GRC launches poster campaign campus and rents the homes to students and visitors during home football weekends. Week-long effort to raise awareness of eating disorders, help improve students' self esteem "I think this is an interesting case. These Notre Dame guys are accompanied by phrases The posters will be "We hope to alleviate some of are true entrepreneurs, taking By MEGAN HEMLER emphasizing what their bod­ unveiled all over campus on the pressure to maintain a land lording and trying to do it News Writer ies can do other than just Oct. 1 to kick off "Body Image 'perfect' body." a little differently," Streit said. their appearance. and Eating Disorders The photo shoot with volun­ "This is cool because it's very Notre Dame students may "With the publicity sur­ Awareness Week 2009" at teers took place Sunday real and a little more close to soon be seeing their friends, rounding the "Thin" exhibit Notre Dame from Oct. 1-8. afternoon. Twelve models home." classmates and themselves in at the Snite, we wanted to The goal of the campaign as participated, and the Gender Streit said he is expecting a whole new way. The circulate examples of positive well as the overall event is to Issues Committee created the about 140 students to attend Gender Issues Committee of body image," Robyn Grant, raise awareness of body positive captions for the the talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday student government is co-director of the Gender image and eating disorder posters. Model Aidan night in room 155 of DeBartolo launching the "Love Thee Issues Committee, said. "Most issues. Gillespie said the photo shoot Hall. Notre Dame, Love Thyself" advertising is not truly repre­ Along with the poster cam­ "was a fun experience. I can't Co-founder of the company poster campaign, which is co­ sentative of the average paign, a screening of the wait to see my leg on a poster Jordan Curnes said he, along sponsored by the Counseling human body." movie "Mean Girls," a Mass somewhere in O'Shaugnessy." with two college friends, Center, The Gender Relations Grant also said that the and Coffee House Open Mic Grant hopes the posters bought a house in foreclosure Center (GRC), Feminist Voice goal of the campaign is to Night are all among the will help improve self esteem in 2005 and spread the word and the Snite Museum. "dissociate emotions with events planned for that week. on campus. to family and friends that they The campaign posters fea­ physical appearance, and "Both women and men at "Everyone came away with had a space available during ture pictures of body parts of reclaim the body as a tool the University struggle with anonymous volunteers that that does amazing things." eating disorders," Grant said. see GRC/page 4 see BUSINESS/page 4 Australia program One arrested at MSU game students injured By JOSEPH McMAHON Associate News Editor Observer Staff Report sponding and offering assis­ tance to the families and While Notre Dame fans held Two Notre Dame students will continue to do so, Kirk their breath hoping the Irish studying abroad in an said. would pull out a victory against Australia program were He said the families are Michigan State, six people injured while rock climbing, asking for the prayers of the were arrested and 26 people according to Bill Kirk, asso­ Notre Dame community. were removed from Notre ciate vice president for The University has two Dame Stadium. Hesidence Life. Australia study abroad pro­ According to the director of Kirk said he cannot com­ grams, according to the the Notre Dame Security Police ment further on the injuries Office of International (NDSP) Phillip Johnson, most of without permission from the Study's Web site. the incidents were alcohol­ families of the students. One program is located in related. The Office of International Perth, Australia and the However, one man was Studies, Student Affairs and other is in Fremantle. Both arrested for assaulting three the host university in are semester-long pro­ Australia have been corre- grams. see ARRESTS/page 4 INSIDE TODAY'S PAPER SGA to work on accessiblity page 3 • Interhall opening weekend page 24 • Joel McHale interview page 12 • Viewpoint page 10 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, September 22, 2009 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS YOUR DREAM CAR? The n1eaning of life Taking up the torch from my illus­ trious forebears, I will now endeav­ or to set forth a theory of the mean­ Matt Madonia Katie Buetow Jessica Riese Andy Spangler Tom Haunert ing of life. Unlike them, however, I will reach my conclusion in only sophomore sophomore senior senior senior four hundred Dillon Lewis McGlinn O'Neill Duncan words, proving my superior intellect and defying the "Bullitt's green "An orange "A yellow '76 "It's not about "Anything with strictures of this Mustang Lamborghini Camaro that the car, it's a blonde in the column. fastback. " convertible." transforms into about the man passenger First hypothesis: life is for yourself. Bumblebee. " behind the seat." Model: a single, wheel." free-floating point. Epicurus Joey Kuhn and his follower Lucretius were Assistant proponents of the Scene Editor doctrine that the Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] goal of life is to seek pleasure and to avoid pain. Seeking pleasure does not necessarily mean binge drink­ IN BRIEF ing, stuffing your face with McDonald's, and smackin' hoes Free seasonal flu shots will every night; Lucretius admirably be provided for students, fac­ held knowledge to be the highest ulty and staff, as well as pleasure. Nevertheless, theory fails retirees and their spouses. because it makes for a very cold, Shots can be obtained in the lonesome life. Stephan Center today. Second hypothesis: life is for you Current Notre Dame ID cards and your soul mate. Model: two as well as short sleeves are points attached by a line. Belief cur­ required. Shots will be given rently in vogue in certain circles of from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Hollywood and among writers of books about teenage vampires. A seminar entitled Respectable and much cozier than "Oxidation and Reactivity of the first theory, but many brains Transitional Medical (Ovid, Augustine, Dante, Surfaces" will be held in 129 Shakespeare, among others) have DeBartolo Hall. The seminar pointed out the fallacy of this path. will be held at 3:30 p.m. Theory fails because two hopeless today. lovers become cut off from everyone and everything else, leading to dis­ The College of Science will aster. be having Mass today at 5 Third hypothesis: life is for every­ p.m:Mass will be held in 101 one. Model: triangle. Belief that love Jordan Hall of Science. must extend to all humans as well as God. Christian writers such as St. GRACE KENESEYfThe Observer A meeting will be held for Bonaventure and St. Anselm rea­ Notre Dame students Blair Rashbus and Nathan Trembly take a break and play the Entrepreneurship Society. soned that three is the smallest football- Monday. The meeting is entitled "Rent number of persons possible for a Like a Champion," and will be God who loves us. A one-person God held at 7 p.m. in 155 would be wrapped up in Itself. A DeBartolo Hall today. two-person God would be wrapped up in Its love between the two. A lecture entitled "What When a third person is added, the OFFBEAT Difference Does it Make?" love is opened up to extend out­ will be held at 7 p.m.