the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 132 Monday, April 26, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com The Church’s Crisis Faculty and students Notre Dame’s past reflect on clerical shows University not sexual abuse scandals immune to problems By MADELINE BUCKLEY and By JOHN TIERNEY SARAH MERVOSH News Writer News Writers Notre Dame was once at the Since sexual abuse scandals center of the national priest within the Catholic Church abuse scandals. were brought to the public eye, Fr. James Burtchaell, former- it has been more difficult for ly a professor of theology and Fr. Kevin Russeau, director of provost, on resigned his profes- Old College, to go out in public. sorship on Dec. 2, 1991, in the “Most places I go I’m dressed wake of sexual misconduct in a robe and collar. People charges, The Observer report- know I’m a priest,” Russeau ed. said. “You kind of have a sense “At the request of the that people are watching you University, he agreed in April differently. 1991 to resign from the faculty “You get this sense that at the end of his current sab- maybe you’re doing something batical leave in the summer of wrong even if you are just buy- 1992,” Fr. Carl Ebey, former ing a gallon of milk for dinner.” provincial superior of the The scandal exploded in the Congregation of the Holy Cross United States between 2001- said in a statement reported in 2003, largely propelled by The the Dec. 3, 1991, issue of The Boston Globe, whose reporting New York Times. on the subject earned the One of Burtchaell’s alleged paper a Pulitzer Prize. victims, John Michael Vore, Lawrence Cunningham, a said the priest was his spiritual theology professor and former advisor, The Observer reported head of the department, said in its Dec. 9, 1991, issue. the “big story” was that “I experienced a violation Church officials hid signs of when I was with him — a viola- abuse for years. tion of trust, of the confidence I “Bishops would hear about had in him,” Vore said at the these situations and remove time. AP In this April 4 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI, right, hugs Cardinal Angelo Sodano during Easter Mass at see FACULTY/page 8 the Vatican. Sodano has taken the lead role in praising the pope’s handling of the abuse scandal. see UNIVERSITY/page 9 21st annual Shirt revealed ND water initiative By TONY RIVERA News Writer ends with showing As the veil from the top of By SAM STRYKER resources to do so,” she said. “Not only was it our goal to Hammes Notre Dame News Writer Bookstore fell Friday afternoon help fix wells, but also to edu- to reveal the new design for the cate the campus.” 2010 Shirt Project, head foot- With this Saturday’s showing Throughout the course of the ball coach Brian Kelly stood in of the documentary film “One year, various service organiza- front of the large crowd of stu- Water,” student government’s tions have put on a number of dents with one message to give: Global Water Initiative culmi- events to both raise awareness “We are the Fighting Irish!” nated a year-long series of of the issue and collect funds to As the crowd cheered back, events and fundraisers aimed be donated to the non-profit this classic football phrase was towards addressing the world’s Water Project, the partner now the theme to the 21st- clean water crisis. organization to Notre Dame’s Anniversary edition of The According to the Global Water Global Water Initiative. In total, Shirt Project. Initiative’s final report, 2.5 bil- at least $4,464 will be donated With a kelly green backdrop, lion people all over the world to the Water Project, which pro- the phrase is featured on The live without adequate sanita- vides sustainable, safe water by Shirt’s front in blue letters tion. In addition, one in six per- fixing broken wells in the while an image of Notre Dame sons on earth lives without African nation of Sierra Leone. Stadium’s student section is access to potable water. Rachel Roseberry, co-director shown on the back. “Rally sons Former student body vice of the Global Water Initiative of Notre Dame,” the opening president Cynthia Weber along with Justin Pham, said line of the Notre Dame fight believes the project achieved a that the program, the first of its song, is written above the lot in its year of existence. kind for Notre Dame, was a image. Underneath the image is “I think that it was successful great achievement for the cam- the song’s final phrase, on two fronts: raising aware- pus. “Onward to victory.” PAT COVENEY/The Observer ness on a fixable issue some- “I think that it is important Irish coach Brian Kelly speaks to the crowd at The Shirt where else in the world and see SHIRT/page 6 unveiling at the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore Friday. also using Notre Dame see WATER/page 9 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER College Donor Recognition Weekend page 3 N Scene year in review page 12 N Blue-Gold Game wrap-up 24 N Viewpoint page 10 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Monday, April 26, 2010 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO DO BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR? Status updates 101 As a second-semester senior, I spend a lot of time surfing Facebook as I attempt to put off what little work my senioritis- Michelle DeLaCruz Erika Hansen John Frantz Justin Schneider Bridgid Hurley Steve Conway friendly schedule gives me. My all-time favorite Facebook activity is looking at sophomore sophomore sophomore junior freshman freshman people’s photo Howard McGlinn Dillon Stanford McCandless Stanford albums — even peo- ple I haven’t spoken to since freshman “Finish my “Use up all my “Study for my “Win Bookstore “Swimming in “Streaking.” year, high school or 20-page paper.” Flex Points.” finals.” Basketball.” the Notre Dame even never. fountain.” My other favorite thing to do is read status updates. It’s like listening to your friends talk about Irena Zajickova their lives without actually wasting time News Writer talking to them. What could be better? Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] Unfortunately, while photo stalking is pretty much always amusing, the news feed or “recently updated statuses” link is full of pitfalls. IN BRIEF Some people overshare, others post obnoxious song lyrics, and still others talk A session of “Peace of Mind: about subjects so boring that if they tried The Art of Mindful Relaxation” to tell me about it in person I’d probably will take place today at 12 p.m. just walk away. in the third-floor conference To help out the status-challenged, I’ve room of St. Liam Hall. compiled a handy list of dos and don’ts. Do: Update your status if something Notre Dame’s Army ROTC and really exciting happens. If you got a job or the American Red Cross are got into law school, by all means, tell all of sponsoring a blood drive, taking Facebook. Especially if you’re like me and place today and Tuesday from 1 no one thought you’d be able to find a p.m. to 7 p.m. in the LaFortune future. What better way to prove all the Ballroom. haters wrong than through your Facebook status? A lecture titled “Imaginary Don’t: Update your status with endless Communities: Indians and detailed lists of the papers and projects Campesinos in Mexican Social you’re saddled with. I’m pretty sure that Thought” will take place everyone else here has a similar work- Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in room C- load. Also, I’m pretty sure that if you were 103 of the Hesburgh Center. really as busy as your status claimed, you’d drop dead of exhaustion. A seminar titled “Building Do: Keep your status short. If I wanted Small Metal Clusters on Oxide to read a novel, I wouldn’t be on Surfaces with Organometallics: Facebook. The Beginnings of a Story” will Don’t: Write about how you’re having PAT COVENEY/The Observer begin at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the worst day ever. There’s a 99 percent Members of the winning “Alexander’s Grill” team pose with a banner following the 131 DeBartolo Hall. chance you’re not, and if you’re in that conclusion of the championship of the Bookstore Basketball 2010 tournament one percent that actually is having a truly Sunday. The seminar “Multiscale horrible day, you should probably get off Modeling of Fracture in Metals” Facebook and start trying to fix your life. will take place Tuesday at 3:30 Do: Post witty quotes from TV shows p.m. in 138 DeBartolo Hall. and/or movies. It’s a nice break from the endless lists of projects and papers every- OFFBEAT The Notre Dame baseball team one else is status-updating about, and will face Toledo on Tuesday night your friends will have fun commenting Vermont farmer finds Lowry says he and police appearance on a San Diego at 6:05 p.m. in Frank Eck with other quotes from the same movie or stolen 116-pound tortoise know who took the animal. morning news show. Stadium. Adult admission is $5. show, so you’ll have the added bonus of ALBANY, Vt. — A 116- But no one has been Carlsbad police Lt.