HEAVY Limit Listservs now to stop e-mail abuse Friday RAIN While the Board of Governance’s idea to limit the campus listserv is a needed step, it should be spared from debate and implemented now. OCTOBERS, H IG H 55° Editorial ♦ page 13 2 0 0 1 LOW 39° O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL. XXXV NO. 29 HTTP://OBSERVER.N D.EDU Stadium expansion a mixed bag damages. Damages not covered • ♦ Repairs, lawsuit by the insurance company were cast a shadow over paid by the University. additional seats and “Loss not recovered by insur­ ance has to be covered by the other new features University,” said Director of Public Relations and Information Dennis Moore. By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER In addition to the flooding, Assistant News Editor problems began to develop in the Stadium after use, including Four years after the expanded cracked concrete, connection Notre Dame Stadium was first failure, failure of railing post opened, work is still being done connections and other significant on the Stadium to repair con­ problems that did not pose a struction defects, and the safety risk to fans inside the University has filed a lawsuit structure. They were problems against the architect and the the University decided to general contractor of the address. Stadium seeking damages for Last year, Notre Dame officials the repairs. hired other contractors to per­ Although the repairs and the form repairs in the Stadium, the lawsuit were not part of the majority of which were complet­ University’s original plan for the ed before this season. It also filed Stadium, the building’s function­ a lawsuit against Ellerbe Becket, ality has not been affected, and the architect, and Casteel University officials have been Construction, the general con­ pleased with the expanded tractor. Stadium. The University is now paying The University became aware for repairs to the Stadium but of problems with the Stadium at expects that a judgement from the first home game of the 1997 the lawsuit will eventually pay season on Sept. 6 against for the repairs. Georgia Tech, when flaws in the David Kirkner, a Notre Dame sewage output system caused a civil engineering and geological flood in the Stadium, the Galvin sciences associate professor, said Life Sciences Center and the that when defects are discovered Computing Center and Math in a new building, the new MARY AIMONOVITCH/The Observer Building. The flooding caused owner normally hires an outside An Irish football walk-on player locks his bike in front of Notre Dame Stadium before practice more than $400,000 in damages. consulting firm to investigate the The University’s property building, discover any additional Thursday. The football team began using the Stadium’s locker room facilities for every practice insurer, St. Paul Fire and Marine problems and generate a list of after the expanded stadium opened Sept. 5. Although the Stadium was undergoing repairs Insurance Company, issued the before the season began, players still had access to the locker room and various other meeting University $371,755.10 for the see STADIUM/page 4 facilities in the Stadium. Fulfilling a lifetime dream a world away from home Her opportunities stem from away. Although they were sep­ By KATIE SEROKA the hard work of a Notre arated by thousands of miles, News Writer Dame graduate and her own the two families kept in touch. Jenalee Aimes grew up in a persistence and faith. Through the years, Aimes world of poverty. Her family in spoke with the Converses the Philippines didn’t have a Poverty at home about typical things like telephone or a computer. In the Philippines, the Aimes school. It was during one of Their house frequently flood­ family frequently had trouble those conversations years later ed. In 1997, technology and finding work. Her father had that Vince Converse asked the luxuries seemed like a dream to travel as far away as Saudi 15-year-old Aimes to attend for the Saint Mary’s freshman. Arabia for employment. Her school "in A rizona, w h ere his “I was just always fascinated mother and aunt waited tables family now lived. with it [the phone] since my at Subic Bay Naval Base which He knew how intelligent she family didn’t have one,” Aimes was located in Aimes home­ was, and that an education in said about the few phone calls town — Olongapo City. the United States would be her parents made at a local It was here that the two more beneficial than one in store. “When I was younger I women met and became the Philippines. didn’t always understand what friends with two Americans, a When Converse worked in they were saying, but I was man whom was serving in the the Philippines he helped edu­ excited anyway.” U.S. Navy at Subic and his wife cate several of his Filipino An even more impossible who lived with him on the workers but even with this dream for a young girl in the base. Vince and P.J. Converse boost they still lived in pover­ Philippines was a higher edu­ would later become Aimes’ ty. Converse hoped that by cation. lifeline to a better education in educating Aimes in America, she could move up economi­ Courtesy of Jenalee Aimes But four years and incredible the United States. journey later, Aimes is a high The Converses remained at cally. On New Year’s Eve 1989, Saint Mary’s freshman Jenalee Aimes, “I have educated most of [my front, center, lived in the Philippines with her parents, her brother school graduate and on track Subic until 1991 when a vol­ to graduate from Saint Mary’s cano eruption closed the base and her cousin. After fighting for a student visa, she was able to in 2005. and the American’s moved see ALMES/page 6 attend high school in Arizona and enroll at Saint Mary’s this year. page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Friday, October 5, 2001 I n s id e C o lu m n T h is W eek in N o tre D a m e /S a in t M a r y ’s H isto r y Soccer team halts North Carolina’s streak Tailgater causes Dillon Hall to forfeit SYR Encountering Monday, October 3, 1994 Thursday, October 3,1985 In a stunning 0-0 tie with North Carolina, the women’s Dillon Hall forfeited one of its SYRs and had to do a com­ Christ soccer team broke the longest winning streak — 92 munity service project as a result of a “private tailgater” Last semester I took “Christianity and World games — in the history of collegiate athletics. During in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sept. 14 which included the Religions”. It focused on open dialogues those 92 games, only five teams managed to stay within hall’s fight song and bright red flag. John Goldrick, between Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. The first paper assignment we had sev­ two goals of North Carolina, and no team had taken associate vice president of residence life, said the matter eral options, one was to discuss prayer in our personal lives. them into overtime. “was not dealt with as an alcohol violation.” I wrote about learning prayers by rote as a child and how I had changed my outlook toward prayer as I grew older. I wrote how I Compiled from U-Wire reports made prayer part of my B eyo nd C a m p u s daily life by thanking God for the smallest of things and asking Him for help LSU women describe Playboy experience when I needed it. I wrote Angela Campos, about the charismatic BATON ROUGE, La. world,” she said. “It's like a fraternity retreat I experienced before Partying at night in Los Angeles or sorority. Once you’re in, you’re in my confirmation — how it with Playboy magazine owner Hugh for life. And, as long as I don’t do changed my outlook on Lab Tech Hefner and catching a ride around them wrong, they will find me work.” being Christian and being Atlanta in a limousine are perks not She said she went to the tryouts for Catholic. every Louisiana State University stu­ the October “Girls of the SEC” issue My confirmation retreat dent will experience. because she wanted to see if she was the spring of my sophomore year in high However, veterinary medicine could make it in the magazine again. school. That was six years ago. It’s ironic senior Colleen has had the opportuni­ “It’s a way to prevent people from “I went to see if it was a fluke that I because, although I helped team confirmation ty for such privileges while modeling calling or getting in touch with you,” had made it in the first two times,” retreats as a junior in high school and. as a for Playboy. she said. she said. “I wanted to see if I could sophomore at Notre Dame helped lead the con­ “The people at Playboy are the best Colleen said she got started with do it again.” firmation retreat at Little Flower Parish, I people that I’ve ever worked for,” she Playboy when a local photographer Colleen went to the shoot and saw hadn’t been a participant on a retreat since my said. “They never make you do any­ sent pictures he shot of her to the two of her best friends, Elise and sophomore year in high school. thing that you don't want to.” magazine.