the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 124 Wednesday, April 14, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com Lecture examines gay life on campus NDwomen Alumni, students, expert participate in talk as part of StaND Against Hate Week events to analyze he will call us to greater personal By KATIE PERALTA integrity. For gay and lesbian indi- workforce Assistant News Editor viduals, that means recognizing that God made no mistakes.” As a part of Notre Dame’s StaND Field said honesty is a critical ele- By MOLLY MADDEN Against Hate Week, student gov- ment in the understanding process News Writer ernment hosted a talk titled for the gay community. “Homosexuality Under the Dome: “We have to be honest with our- Some might think the world of Past Struggles and Present selves about who we are,” he said. business and corporate heads Solutions” Tuesday night at the “And therefore we have to be hon- still belongs to the men, but the Carey Auditorium at the Hesburgh est with others about who we are.” Undergraduate Women in Library. Field said his experience as a gay Business Club (UWIB) is hoping Notre Dame alumni and student man at Notre Dame was not an to challenge this notion with their members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, easy one. second annual Women’s Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and “Violence at Notre Dame warped Professional Development Questioning) community opened and changed my life profoundly. It Conference. the discussion with personal testi- was an internal violence,” he said. The theme of the conference, monies about their experience with “I was totally closeted here and which will be held on April 17, is discrimination at Notre Dame and nothing in my environment provid- “A New Decade, A New their suggestions as to how to ed a path to self-awareness and Beginning.” improve an environment of inclu- personal integrity.” “The mission of the sion on campus. Social structure, he said, is large- Undergraduate Women in All five speakers reverberated the ly to blame for students remaining Business Club is to foster and same theme in their solutions: closeted. encourage women involvement amending the University’s nondis- “Universities must be open to in business,” senior Katie Curtin, crimination clause to include sexual learning no matter where it can be the conference chair said. “The orientation. found,” he said. “Our beloved conference is meant to advocate Tom Field, a 1954 graduate of University must reclaim its place as empowerment in women.” the Program of Liberal Studies a leader in compassion.” Registration for the conference, (PLS) and former student body Discrimination, furthermore, is which ends today, is open to stu- president, began the talk with a inherently against Catholic teach- dents from all majors, something series of questions invoking the ing, Field said, urging the University committee and UWIB members power of the Holy Spirit. to adopt a non-discrimination say is reflective of the common SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer “How can we tell when the Holy clause. message of the conference. Alumnus of the class of 1954 Tom Field discusses his experi- Spirit speaks to us?” Field said. ence as a gay student at ND Tuesday in the Carey Auditorium. “When the Holy Spirit speaks to us, see STAND/page 6 see WOMEN/page 4 ND fishing club McAdams delivers Last Lecture is making a splash By KRISTEN DURBIN any of the aforementioned tour- naments due to various conflicts News Writer and complications. “We had a lot of member con- While some students spend flicts with the two Steelhead tour- their free time running, relaxing naments this year,” Stimple said. or spending time with friends, “The Icebox tournament pairs us over 40 students are active mem- up with boaters, but there has bers of Notre Dame’s fishing club. been a shortage of boaters due to The club — started about four the economy, so we were unable years ago by Dave Patterson, a to go the past two years.” 2009 alumnus — does not meet The collegiate tournaments regularly but usually participates involve fishing clubs from region- in three tournaments and four to al universities, such as Western five recreational outings per year, Michigan, Indiana and Purdue. SOPHIA ITURBE | Observer Graphic according to sophomore Sam However, Stimple said club offi- Stimple, president of the fishing cers are currently looking for By JOHN TIERNEY “Being at Notre Dame gives stations no longer needed an club. new tournaments to participate you perspective not just as a stu- East Germany expert, McAdams Senior News Writer “In the fall, we do a few low- in next year to provide more dent, but for me as a teacher,” said he “waited for that phone to key outings on the campus lakes opportunities for club members. McAdams said. ring and it never rang again.” and the St. Joseph River, and we The fishing club currently The Spirit of Notre Dame is Prior to coming to Notre Dame “Inside, I waited for that mas- also held a fly casting clinic,” enlists 37 dues-paying members transformative for professors in 1992, McAdams taught at sive recognition of my bountiful Stimple said. “We also go to the and several current and former and students alike, professor of Princeton University. The news wisdom and it didn’t happen fall and spring Collegiate club officers. Stimple said club political science James McAdams media frequently consulted him again,” he said. Steelhead tournaments and the dues cover the costs of a club said Tuesday. as an Eastern European expert McAdams said Notre Dame Icebox Bass Tournament in the shirt, necessary equipment, gas, McAdams, who has served as during the collapse of the fall of helped him to regain perspective spring.” hotel accommodations and entry the director of the Nanovic the Berlin Wall in 1989. His tele- and become a better teacher. Although the club aims to fees for tournaments. Institute since 2002, delivered vision presence during this peri- “I began to recognize that attend all three tournaments, this But club members are the third installment of student od allowed his ego to grow too Notre Dame is different,” year was a slow year for the club government’s Last Lecture large, McAdams said. as they were unable to attend see FISHING/page 4 series. When the network television see LECTURE/page 6 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Professor teaches in Iraq page 3 N Glee review page 11 N Three fifth-year seniors to return next year page 20 N Viewpoint page 8 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Wednesday, April 14, 2010 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: TELL A STORY IN SIX WORDS. Logical reasoning The definition of “logic” in my pocket dic- tionary reads, “sound reasoning.” I bring this up, because lately, quite Claire Stephens Claire Kenney Sarah Spieler Jordan Matulis Ryan Lion frankly, I have noticed an absence of logic. The vast majority of us, myself included freshman senior sophomore sophomore freshman more often than not, Pangborn Holy Cross Hall Pasquerilla West Howard Sorin no longer use “sound reasoning.” Emotions, preferences and lack “Some nights, “Once upon a “On “The cow “I woke up. of sleep rob of us of students break time... the end.” Wednesdays we jumped over the Sharpie on our logic. parietals. wear pink. moon.” face.” Upon realizing this, I started making a GASP.” Duh.” concentrated effort at using logic more often when making Douglas Farmer decisions. But it wasn’t Sports enough. Illogical Editor actions around me Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] bred illogical deci- sions by me. Illogical decisions that could have been avoided. During room picks for example, many IN BRIEF people face a decision of two or three rooms that they did not initially want. A A presentation, “Atticus flaw can be found in each room’s résumé. Finch: Not Only Gregory Peck The pick should still be simple: Pick the But Also Southern Gentleman room with the best flaw — for certainly, of and County-Seat Lawyer multiple things, there is always a best. Whose Daughter Is a Whiz- Yet, undoubtedly, a rash room pick will Bang,” will be held tonight be made, regretted only a few hours later from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in and yet lived in for a full year. the Geddes Hall Auditorium. The same logic can be applied to finding The lecture is promoting the somewhere off-campus to live. Sign the One Book, One Michiana proj- lease on the house that meets the most of ect and is open to the public. your needs, not the house that is simply nicest on first glance. A lecture, “Sportswriter is Late DART time? Well, first off, I’m sorry. One Word,” will be held in the Assuredly, you’ll end up one class short Hesburgh Library Carey and only a handful of college seminars Auditorium tonight at 7:30 available. Of the bad seminars, sign up for p.m. Writer and commentator the one that you think you’ll find most Frank Deford will speak as a interesting, because, again, of multiple part of the Red Smith Lecture things, there is always one most interest- in Journalism series. The ing. event is free and open to the Only have time to sleep or to finish your public. paper? Determine which one you can go the longest without. If you slept in this Artist Caroline Chiu will be morning, finish the paper. If the paper isn’t SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer present at an artist talk and due for another week, get some sleep. Not Junior Matt Momont gathers signatures for StaND Against Hate Week’s Day of lecture in the Snite Museum that difficult.