THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 43: ISSUE 26 TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30.2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Panel: Journalism's future unclear ELECTION 2008 Advisory Committee for Gallivan Program says Internet radically changes profession Activists effect of the Internet on print By MADELINE BUCKLEY journalism. call for News Writer The upcoming years will be a period of adjustment for print The Advisory Committee for journalists because of the fast energy the Gallivan Program of information available on the Journalism discussed the web, but newspapers and the changing landscape of Internet are different enough Journalism with students to be maintained on a different leadership Monday, focusing on the stu­ basis, Dwyre said. For exam­ dents' future career options in ple, papers might no longer the industry. print lists of final scores of var­ By JOHN TIERNEY The panelists looked at how ious games, but the papers will News Writer technology has changed the tell the reader why a team traditional form of print jour­ won, he said. nalism and what those changes Dwyre said the next genera­ Strong political leadership is will mean in the future. tion of journalists would be necessary to resolve the prob­ "Newspapers will never quite part of the adjustment process. lems presented by the energy be the same," Bill Dwyre, for­ "You will be part of the sort­ crisis, professor of Chemical Engineering Mark McCready mer sports editor and current ing through process," he said. JESS LEE/The Observer columnist for the Los Angeles Journalists Tom Bettag, left, and Dan LeDuc talk about how said Monday at Pizza, Pop, and Times, said regarding the see PANEL/page 4 recent advances in technology have affected the profession. Politics: Choosing an Energy Policy. "We could have some politi­ cal leadership," McCready said. "It doesn't help if we just have people bickering on party lines, neither of which has half Police make 35 arrests at football game a solution." McCready compared the need for leadership in current NDSP partners with local authorities to crack down on underage drinking at tailgates energy crisis to Britain's need for leadership during World -~ if-f=;;.,_..~ :w county jail," were for public 1 By JOHN-PAUL WITT War II - a void filled by News Writer intoxication outside the stadi­ Winston Churchill. ·.· Ntt'I'Itl~ nit111f I•utt.ltiili ,;~,,,jf~ um. One custodial arrest was "There have been times in made outside the stadium for the past when leaders have 2 1.-.I~I.. ONII~S Thirty-five people were disorderly conduct, one for stood up and said this is what's arrested and taken into cus­ minor consuming alcohol and important. We need that now," :1:1 I•tJJII.. U~ IN'l'OXIt~A'I'ION i\lliU~S'I'S tody on Saturday, according two for provision of false McCready said. to Notre Dame Security/Police information and minor con­ In addition to the need for :1 I~.JI~(;'l'J~)) l"llOII S'l'i\I)JlJ)J .... (NDSP) Assistant Director suming alcohol. In addition, political leadership, McCready ··.I(; ili.. (~OHOI.. f~ITA'I'IONSO~ ~~~ :!Jl David Chapman. there were two felony custo­ said the energy issue will also Arrests were made by dial arrests - one for theft require personal action. NDSP, the Indiana State and another for aggravated "You all can be responsible Excise Police, St. Joseph assault. for your own lives," he said. ' ' ' t t t ~~ i t·t t t t t t t t- County Police and South Bend At the stadium, 25 people "You get what you support." Police. were arrested for public Lourdes Long, founder and Four of the custodial intoxication and transported president of GreeNO, agreed arrests, defined by Chapman to jail. Three people were there is a need for energy '!.l\·t.\~,\~• •• ,_,.,...__. ••••""""•• .. , ..,. ~iilttt~t'••••• .,. v.•.-.·.- .... v.••••• , ..... w.··:•·· ··.w:.r;-·.w;··>",>::>" • •• as when the "person is taken MARY JESSE/The Observer into custody and taken to the see ARRESTS/page 4 see POLITICS/page 6 CAMPUS LIFE COUNCIL SMC Class Gift Roles of nevv task forces discussed holds competition By AARON STEINER News Wrirer Goldsmith said this competition By LIZ HARTER fits into the Oass Gift Campaign's New Campus Life Council Saint Mary's Editor main goal of 100 percent partici­ task force chairs detailed the pation from each class. initial plans Monday for their This week the Saint Mary's "Donor participation of students groups, which focus on new Class Gift Campaign is kicking off is very important in Saint Mary's student introduction, student their philanthropic activities for national rankings and opportunity safety and technology in the year with a competition for financial aid to students," she dorms. between the classes. said. Meg MacCaughey, SUB rep­ The competition, planned by The event also ties into the resentative and chair of the the Class Gift committee, was one Class Gift Campaign's third annu­ Task Force on New Student of many suggestions the group al Karaoke Idol, which will take Introduction, said her group discussed to gain support and place on Thursday, Nov. 6. The will work on various projects recognition of the Campaign, co­ class with the most participation "that we think are really chair Molly Goldsmith said. in the competition by the end of important to integrating new "We decided that a competition the week will win the opportunity students to Notre Dame." between the classes would be the to watch a professor representing One priority is intnrnational perfect way to encourage stu­ the class sing a song during Idol. studnnts. ALLISON AMBROSE!The Observer dents to participate in the cam­ The committee nominated pro- Student body president Bob Reish, left, and vice president Grant paign and have some fun at the see CLC/ page 4 Schmidt listen to the new task force chairs at the meeting Monday. same time," she said. see GIFT/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, September 30, 2008 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT TV SERIES SEASON PREMIERE WERE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT? Mysununer reading In my quest for easy summer rnad­ ing, I trim[ out romance novels. They seared rn e. So I inevitably drirtnd to the Young Patrick Kosciuk Jon Parry Jlohn Maier Caitlin Broglie Jessica Judge Adult corner at my library. Like a good junior senior junior sophomore sophomore lazy reader, I only eonsidered book Keough Keough Welsh Fam Welsh Fam with awesome O'Neill covers. Jordan Gamble "Another Time, "House. because "Man vs. Wild, "Dancing With "Grey's, because "Grey's, because Another Love," by because Bear the icicles scene Vivian Sehurfranz, Scene Writer I missed 13. the Stars, the icicles scene drew me in Who's Amber Grylls is a because Kim made me made me cry. " because or it's again? I guess fraud." Kardashian is laugh." striking paperback tableau: a guy in a it doesn't smoking." Hevolutionary War uniform standing next to snow-capped tombstone (duh, matter now. historical fiction for the win). I grabbed it and cheeked it out and started read­ ing it before it I realized that one of those lame time-traveling-romance novels. The main character isn't even from the Hevolutionary War- she's some gal from 1995 with a penchant for stirrup leggings and saying "must­ n't." IN BRIEF All I really eared about was the his­ tory stufl". honestly. I'm not much into The Journal of Law, Ethics sd-li. Maybe this is a good book if you & Public Policy, in conjunc­ like "The Patriot" in book form with tion with the Hispanic Law the eonveninnt time-traveling mecha­ Students Association, is spon­ nism so you can still have high school soring "Yearning to Breathe and fashion trauma. Free: Immigrants and the So, after becoming exasperated with American Dream," a sympo­ all of Ninnties Gal whining about her sium on immigration Tuesday boyfriend who doesn't take her to Olive at 5 p.m. in the Law School (;ardnn. I skipped ahnad through the courtroom. book to lind the historic~al fun that surely must ensue (based on tho cover, Haiti experts from campus anyway). Wnll, it gets worse. Nineties and abroad will be leading Gal just goes back in time for littln bits: Round Table Discussions on a ball here, some tc~a parties there. I Tuesday, from 7-9 p.m. in never got into it enough to figure out McKenna Hall entitled 'Why how exactly she travels back to thn Haiti?' 1770s with her hottin ghost friend Edward (who's British and has a snxy Th<~ film, 'The Fog of War' a aec~nnt, of course). documentary about the life of I guess what I was really looking for former U.S. Secretary of this summer was the adult version Defense Robert S. McNamara American Girl books. (American Girl is will be shown on Tuesday at a linn of dolls and books eovetnd by 6:30 p.m. in the _Hesburgh every girl under twelve. Think History JESSICA LEE/The Observer Center. The film, directed by Ashley Nashleanas, a senior chemistry major who is blind, makes a slab box In Barbie, only mon1 anatomically cor­ Errol Morris, follows ceramics Monday. rect.) McNamara's life from WWII These books had it all: history, through the Vietnam War. It morals. adventurc1, awesome clothes, won the 2004 Academy Award and even romance. My favorites were and the Independent Spirit tho Felidty ones that took place in Award for Best Documentary 177 4. It's because of Felicity that I'm Feature. obsessed with colonial America and OFFBEAT the reason I picked up this Schurfranz Cathie Black, President of novel in the first place.