MOSTLY Pat McGee Band shines with passionate performance Tuesday SUNNY The band mesmerized their audience Friday night its unique blend of classic rock, country, pop and blues. McGee pleased the crowd by HIGH 38° throwing out Oreos and offering to sign autographs for fans after the concert. A P R IL 23, LOW 30° Scene ♦ page 11 2 0 0 2 O b ser v er The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL. XXXV NO. 129 H T T P ://0 BSE RVER.ND.EDU Investor Buffet to speak Holy Cross nuns advocate peace at Joyce Center today By SARAH NESTOR News Writer speak freely and at times off By JASON McFARLEY Aline Marie Steuer, president the cuff and not worry about of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, News Writer his words immediately going on and Joan Marie Steadman, the news.” Organizers expect a talk Saint Mary’s chair of the Board Buffett, often called “The of Trustees, discussed the today at Notre Dame by world- Oracle of Omaha,” is well- famous businessman Warren importance violence has in known as the world’s most suc­ society, whether at a personal Buffett to attract several thou­ cessful stock market investor. sand people. level or globally, during their He is chairm an and CEO of presentation “A Call to Peace: The talk, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., an A Faith and Hope in the Face of Omaha, Neb.-based firm with Terrorism. ” Conversation holdings in excess of $2 billion. The Holy Cross Sisters were with Warren Buffett’s 90-minute appear­ signatories of a recent docu­ Buffet,” is ance will include a brief open­ ment that explores ways of free and ing statement from the 70- open only to connecting faith to the current year-old entrepreneur followed situation involving the United Notre Dame by a Q-and-A session with the States and Afghanistan. students, audience. Buffet Steadman and Steur have also faculty and Officials expect between staff. It is at written articles for various 1,500 and 2,000 people to publications on how military 11 a.m. in the Joyce Center attend the event, according to arena. budgeting takes away from Hamann. Organizers originally funds for people’s basic social At Buffett’s request, the event considered holding the event in needs. ANGIE OSMANSKl/The Observer also will be closed to all news the 325-seat Jordan “They are women of peace, Aline Marie Steuer, president of the Sisters of Holy Cross, and media, except The Observer, Auditorium but eventually set­ women who have strong voices Joan Marie Steadman, Saint Mary's chair of the Board of and no one may record his tled on the Joyce Center arena, comments. Anyone attending and lead by example,” said Jan Trustees spoke at Saint Mary’s Monday about the violence which holds more than 11,000 Pilarski, director of the Justice the speech must show a Notre people. associated with terrorism. Education Program. Dame identification card at the “We believe there is a lot of tions with each other. Steur order to gain peace.” door. Sisters of the Holy Cross, interest in Mr. Buffet and want administrators, students and then began her lecture on the Steuer recognizes that non­ “[The restrictions are] for the to make sure that everyone different levels of violence that violence means are more diffi­ benefit of the academic atmos­ faculty were gathered for the who wants to attend can discussion bringing a sense of exist, using Gandhi’s definition cult when violence surrounds phere of the event,” said Mary attend,” Hamann said. as a basis. us in our cities and has Hamann, manager of adminis­ community to the discussion. Steadman involved the audi­ “Violence is the killing of become so popular. tration and operations in the human beings, like a plague, “We all have violence in our Mendoza College of Business, ence by allowing everyone to reflect on their own definitions that humanity has inflicted on heart, it is the spirituality of the sponsor of the event. “Mr. Contact Jason McFarley at itself,” Steuer said. “We Buffett w ants to be able to mcfarley. 1 @nd.edu. of violence and non-violence and then sharing their defini- learned to trust the bomb in see PEACE/page 4 Students try for tree hug record B o ard of G o ve r n a n c e the phrase, “Making a world Jennifer Slavick, an NDSEA Group holds final By GEREMY CARNES of difference right here under member, explained how the News Writer the Golden Dome.” Members organization came up with the of NDSEA solicited students on idea for the tree hug. “We “If you can’t hug a tree, their way to the dining hall to were just trying to think up meeting of the year what can you hug?” a student participate in the tree hug. ideas for [Earth Week],” she outside North Dining Hall The students surrounded a said. “Someone came up with asked Monday evening. At tree on North Quad and held the idea, somewhat jokingly, the Board decided to grant least 33 Notre Dame students hands for a moment before to set a record for hugging a By SARAH NESTOR them $600, the maximum proved that rushing for­ tree. We researched it and News Writer amount any individual student they shared ward to hug found out none existed, so we can request. his sentiments “I think Notre Dame the tree. A decided to try it.” Saint Mary’s Board of “I feel like BOG is tuck in this when they students are aware of few m ore While the group is hopeful Governance held its last meet­ cycle of students wanting to d joined in what students that GBWR will accept the some of the bigger ing of the year today as many these wonderful things but the they hope will who w ere record, the record was not the students came to request funds make it BOG’s responsibility i be declared [environmental] issues, passing by main purpose of the tree hug. for conferences and projects. fund them,” said Kriste the world’s but there are smaller joined the “[The tree hug] is just to Megan Gamble requested Matha, student trustee. “I thin largest tree issues to deal with on hug when increase environmental $300 for her senior theatre as BOG we need to make hug. they re a l­ awareness on campus,” comprehensive “The Most statement to the departmen The record- campus. ’’ ized w hat Slavick said. Massive Women Wins” because that if they want to general setting tree was h a p ­ Other participants shared she is expected to cover the opportunities they need to he, hug was a pening. The Slavick’s view that spreading Paul Quinlan cost of the production. The fund them.” kick-off for a final count environmental awareness Board decided to allot her Hayley Dawson also reques series of Earth Environmental Science major for the hug among Notre Dame students is $100. ed funds for the annual Psi Cl Week events was 33 stu­ important and necessary. Alison Ashley and Kristen the National Honor Society designed to dents. “I think Notre Dame stu­ Carrigen, Justice Education Psychology, Midwest convei promote environmental “[The largest tree hug] dents are aware of some of the Club officers, also requested tion that occurs in Chicaj awareness on campus, spon­ doesn’t exist in the Guinness bigger [environmental] issues, funds for two students, Laura each year. sored by Notre Dame Students Book of World Records but there are smaller issues to Porto and Elizabeth Dezenzo, In past years, students ha' for Environmental Action (GBWR) right now,” said Kevin deal with on campus,” said to be participants in the always covered their own cos' (NDSEA). Allen, secretary for NDSEA. Paul Quinlan, an environmen­ “Catholic Social Teaching This year the seven presente At 6 p.m. Monday evening, “W e’ll send it in to [GBWR] tal science major who joined Internship” this summer. They and three non-presente students gathered outside and tell them how it fits into the hug. asked for $1,500 as a group but requested that BOG cover tl North Dining Hall around the [the environmental] section of since it is only for two students NDSEA banner, which bore the book.” see TREE HUG/page 4 see BOG/pagi page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Tuesday, April 23, 2002 I n sid e Co lu m n Q uotes of the W eek “The credit all goes to our “The Duke game was “We'll continue to revisit this players. They came back and Eulogy for a unbelievable. Unfortunately issue until we believe that they fought and they got hits we didn’t come out with a win. students are able to fallen comrade As a team we did the best contribute to policy at when we needed them. ” w e’ve ever done. Defensively, Notre Dame. ’’ Although I only got to know you in one I’ve never been so proud." night, in that time period, we shared each others deepest secrets and hidden aspira­ Pat Hallahan Jen White Paul Mainieri tions. Both of us grew in the wisdom we had student government chief of staff on women's lacrosse player on the loss Irish baseball coach on the 10-9 to offer each other and I the goal of the Bishop-Foley to Duke in triple overtime victory over Central Michigan knew we would be Justin Krivickas administration to give students input friends for life. But that was not meant to be.