THE O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 40 : ISSUE 14 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Irish faithful prepare to swarm Big House year. Many of the students who Students could face rushed the field in Notre Dame Stadium after that game waited aggressive crowd in in line for a chance to buy tick­ Ann Arbor Saturday ets at the Student Union Board’s lottery last Friday, and many of those who didn’t snag admission By JOE PIARULLI are still making the three-hour News Writer road trip for game day. “Tickets are always hard to Brandishing Noire Dame flags, come by, especially when Notre tailgate supplies and determina­ Dame is in town,” freshman Pat tion not to let a hostile environ­ Moore said. “Everybody wants ment dampen their spirits, hun­ to see them play.” dreds of students will make the Moore’s family lives near Ann trip to Ann Arbor this weekend Arbor, so he said he would be as the Irish take on Michigan. “killing two birds with one The stage is set for the ranked stone,” by visiting home and football rivals to duke it out in a seeing the Irish “whomp on revenge match many Notre Michigan.” Dame students w ant to see in The Big House — already a person, though few will have the generally unfriendly environ­ privilege. ment for Irish fans — will host a Tickets for this year’s game in massive Michigan crowd ready Ann Arbor were hard to come to get revenge on Notre Dame, by, as the contest is highly antic­ much like two years ago when CLAIRE KELLEY/The Observer ipated after the Irish eked out a Students rush the field after last year’s football win at home against Michigan Sept. 11. surprising upset at home last see BIG HOUSE/page 6 Irish fans hope for a similar celebration in Ann Arbor Saturday. Rules and relationships Free trade Editor's Note: This is the sec­ without people assuming that provokes ond article in a periodic we are more than friends.” series examining gender Doyle is not alone. Students relations at Notre Dame and who echoed her sentiments Saint M ary’s. blamed their frustration largely discussion on the University’s traditional residential rules, but said tran­ By KATE ANTONACCI and sitions from freshman to senior KAREN LANGLEY Scholars to debate year can ease the often tense News Writers campus climate. economic integration For sophomore Brenna Single-sex dorms in Latin America Doyle, the biggest problem with While single-sex dorms have gender relations at Notre Dame always been the rule at Notre By MARCELA BERRIOS and is not romantic relationships. Dame, they stand out at a time JANICE FLYNN when most universities have It’s friendships. News Writers “The strain to make mean­ men and women living togeth­ ingful friendships with mem­ er in the majority of dorms. But bers of the opposite sex is the some students like being differ­ With the free trade agree­ unhealthy aspect of gender ent. ments awaiting ratification in relations on campus,” said “Single-sex dorms add a dif­ Congress and the world watch­ Doyle, a member of the Senate ferent dimension to gender ing, Notre Dame has invited relations that most schools scholars and policymakers TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer Gender Issues Committee. “I Students from Welsh Family, Dillon, St. Ed’s and Morrissey feel like it’s harder to make from around the globe to con­ talk in Reckers Thursday after parietals. friends of the opposite sex see GENDER/page 4 vene Friday and Saturday to discuss the controversial issue of trade integration in Latin America. The conference, titled “The Sequencing of Regional Economic Integration: Issues in Journalist speaks on media duties the Breadth and Depth of Economic Integration in the Americas,” will be held at the the issue of who journalists Mendoza College of Business, By MADDIE HANNA work for, a question he spo n so red by M endoza, the Associate News Editor believed is increasingly polar­ Kellogg Institute for izing the journalistic profes­ International Studies, The Renowned media commenta­ sion. Coca-Cola Company and the tor Ken Auletta once saw New “Perhaps the biggest prob­ Inter-American Development Yorker editor William Shawn lem in journalism is the cult Bank. shell out $80,000 to add eight divide between journalists and In both lecture and discus­ pages to the magazine and corporate owners,” said sion formats, the conference run Auletta’s piece in its Auletta, who explained the will enable scholars and eco­ entirety. differing philosophies of each nomic. specialists to exam ine “I know that will never hap­ camp. the Free Trade Agreement for pen again,” Auletta told those CEOs, Auletta said, want the Americas (FTAA) and other attending Thursday’s Red journalists to abandon their trade agreements in progress. Smith lecture at Notre Dame’s. “elitist” ideas and “give the Jeffrey Bergstrand — a pro­ Ilosburgh Center. “He [Shawn] public more of what it wants,” fessor of finance at Notre believed that we worked for not just what it needs. Dame, Kellogg faculty fellow the readers, not the share­ “In the end, you have to lis- TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer holders.” New Yorker media critic Ken Auletta speaks Thursday Auletta’s lecture focused on see AULETTA/page 6 in Notre Dame’s annual Red Smith lecture. see TRADE/page 3 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Friday, September 9, 2005 In sid e C olum n Question of the Day: H ow do you feel abo u t sing le -s e x d o r m s ? Closing the deal There he is, perched on the edge of some mystic battlefield fogged over by loud music and black lights, waiting to Chris C esca Di Liang Jean Henegan Kai Sun Kory Wilmot Matt Shikany engage his counterpart in the oldest form of battle known to the human race. freshman grad student sophomore grad student junior junior He is armed only Basil Hall off-campus Lewis off-campus Carroll Zahm with liquid courage, Sam Pandolfo shielded by sar­ casm and keen wit, “Top notch, 7 believe there “I’m open to “Our dorms are “Since Carroll is “They don't and clad in the Advertising superb, are more integration — it single sex?” not really on bother me. It’s armor of paper-thin Executive supreme, positive aspects would make our campus, I almost like a confidence waiting to charge. sublime. Go than negative section lingerie believe it should frat, except you Then it happens, Irish!” ones. I parties more be a multi-sex can ! drink. like Moses himself just parted the sea of support it. ” interesting. ” dorm anyway. ” Plus you meet a Domers, and standing there across the lot of friends room is his very own Helen of Troy embracing a silver-clad natural bever­ with common age. interests. ” This is in no way a fair fight. While we mere men are armed to the teeth with weapons that wouldn’t work on a sixth grade bully, ‘Helen’ is her own dark In B r ie f army. Her weapon is intimidation, her strategy aversion, and her source of strength is a stare capable of stopping The Center for Social him dead in his tracks. The real danger Concerns is sponsoring lies in the wing-women she brought with Hurricane Katrina Response her that are only there to make sure he Day today. A Cajun lunch fails in whatever end he’s dumb enough fundraiser will take place from to pursue. 11:30 a.m.-l p.m. Five speak­ I consider myself to be an average ers will participate in an Notre Dame guy who has no problem Academic Forum on Disaster making a few friends at a party, but this Relief from 2-3:30 p.m. A com­ battle seems to be lost from the begin­ munal prayer will take place ning. Fear not my friends, there are from 3:30-4 p.m., and a prayer ways to turn the odds in this battle in our vigil starting at 4 p.m. will run favor. through midnight. All events Step 1: Ask her name, and remember will take place at the CSC. it. Even if things go sour and she jets, you’ll be able to facebook her the next The tri-military branches of day and ask her out sometime. The ROTC will sponsor a Patriot’s worst thing that can happen is to be Day ceremony today at 7 a.m. holding a glass slipper the next morning next to the Hesburgh Library with no clue who it belongs to. Reflecting Pool. The event will Step 2: Show genuine interest in her. feature speaker retired This requires listening skills and Lieutenant Colonel Douglass patience — practice with friends before­ R. Hemphill, a former Notre hand if you need to. Even if it’s hard to Dame professor of Military listen to her babble on about how much Science and current academic she loves “The O.C.,” swallow hard and GEOFF MATTESON/Ttie Observer advisor in the Mendoza College pretend it’s your favorite show. A praying mantis enjoys sunny September skies while perching on a flower In front of Business. The public is invit­ Step 3: Dance with her. I’m not talking of Bond Hall Thursday. ed to attend. about VH1 Enrique Iglesias dancing (although it does work wonders in An exhibit entitled Two Zahm) — I want to see some MTV David Italian Hardbodies: Sports Banner stuff. Cars Clad by Scaglietti and Step 4: Have your buddies entertain O ffbeat Frua will be on display in the her friends.