.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 41: ISSUE 59 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER30, 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Three female presidents discuss leadership Abroad Former student body officers, Shappell speak of experiences as women, leaders at Notre Dame program and Leadership at NO" lecture. woman would become student dent body president," Shappell BySONIARAO Norton, Bishop and Shappell body president." said. News Writer each took a turn to speak about For Norton, it would be a But after viewing the poster. their experiences as student long process to decide whether which was displayed in front of thrives The spirit of Rosie the Riveter body president, addressing tri­ or not to run, but in doing so the panelists during the event, filled the Oak Room of South umphs, inspirations. difficulties she assumed a groundbreaking Shappell said she "knew it was Dining Hall Wednesday night as and lessons learned from the role, which allowed her to time for female leadership at the three women who have perspective of a female leader "[plant] the right seeds so that Notre Dame to become less of ND ranked sixth in been Notre Dame student body at Notre Dame. trees could grow later." an exception and more of an president gathered to discuss Norton identified Father Her influence spread both to expectation." · annual mobility report female leadership issues at the Hesburgh as a key figure in her Bishop, who became president Each of the women acknowl­ University. path to becoming Notre Dame's during the following term, and edged that being student body By MEG HAN WONS Alumnae Brooke Norton frrst female student body presi­ Shappell, who realized her goal president was a demanding, (2001-2002), Libby Bishop dent. of student body president after stressful job with its own prob­ News Writer (2002-2003) and current stu­ "To [Father Hesburgh] it looking at a poster of Rosie the lems. dent body president Lizzi seemed like Our Lady's Riveter - a gift from Norton to Bishop's election came in This year's Institute of Shappell were the feature University should be a place for the student government office. conjunction with the adminis- International Education's guests at the Gender Relations women," she said. "He felt it "Coming to Notre Dame I had annual report, "Open Doors", Center's "We Can Do It! Women would only be complete when a no intention of becoming stu- see WOMEN/page 6 showed Notre Dame has the sixth largest percentage of students participating in study abroad programs among American research universi­ ties. The report - comprised of Zahm identity faces future change data collected through 2004- 2005 on student participation in international study -- con­ dorm, I see that every day." cludes that about 58 percent By MADDIE HANNA It hasn't taken long for fresh­ of Notre Dame students par­ News Writer men to notice a gap between ticipate in study abroad pro­ the "old" Zahm - which lives grams at some point during Editor's note: This is the sec­ on in word-of-mouth primarily their academic careers. ond story in a two-part series within the dorm's walls - and Julia Douthwaite, assistant examining changes to resi­ the "new" Zahm, a hall that provost for international stud­ dence life within Zahm Hall seems to have shed much of its ies at Notre Dame, said she and what those changes mean more infamous past. was happy with Notre Dame's to the campus community. To Zahm rector Father Dan sixth place finish, but thinks Parrish, the dorm should be "a there is still room to improve. When freshman Brad place where the heart grows as She suggested there are Monroe pulled up to Zahm in well as the mind." undiscovered opportunities for August, unloading boxes and "Because that's what a Holy meaningful student academic belongings, he didn't really Cross education is all about," and cultural experiences in know what to expect - not of he said. "You don't just come the international community. college, but of his dorm. here to check into an apart­ "We would like to be number Zahm, after all, was a place ment, or a frat house, or what­ one," she said. "but we are where "crazy, lewd and ever - you come here to be certainly holding our own." obscene acts" supposedly hap­ part of a Christian community. "I would like to see 80 per­ pened on a regular basis. And in so many ways, when we cent of our students go abroad ''I'd heard Zahm had a bad started this in 2003, we real­ - either for a semester, year reputation over the years, but ized that every part of the or during the summer," everyone just emphasized the Zahm community needed to be Douthwaite said. "I think stu­ fellowship," he said. "It hasn't rehabbed and cared for.... dents need to be abroad for a really lived up to the expecta­ "I think there's a much minimum of six weeks for the Zahm Hall residents impersonate DaVinci's "Vitruvian Man" tions as far as doing crazy while wearing the Zahm mascot, lgnats the Moose. stuff. but the closeness of the see ZAHM/page 6 see ABROAD/page 4 STUDENT SENATE Broden addresses state Shappell praises TC's policy death penalty laws By KAITLYNN RIELY Notre Dame, offered insight from News Writer NDASK lecturer is the his experience in the legislature as fifth in series of six well as from his membership in A suggested ease between the Indiana Assessment Team of student-community relations the American Bar Association's By STEVE KERINS Death Penalty Moratorium was the focus a "very produc­ News Writer tive" meeting between Turtle Implementation Project. Creek Apartments community Broden said the Moratorium manager Francis Schmuhl, Indiana compares well to other Implementation Project began in Senate Community Relations states in its application of the 2001 following an ABA resolution Chair Josh Pasquesi and death penalty, but legislators, calling for a review of capital pun­ Student Body President Lizzi judges and lawyers must remain ishment in policy and practice in Shappell, Pasquesi reported at diligent said Indiana State Senator each of' the 38 states with a death Wednesday's Senate meeting. Joe Broden Wednesday. penalty. Indiana's report is expect­ The meeting focused on Broden, who represents the ed to be finalized early next year. Turtle Creek's approach to the cities of South Bend and "The American Bar Association eviction clause of South Bend's Mishawaka in the State Senate, recognized ... that there are differ­ disorderly house ordinance spoke at the fifth of a series of six ent methods of imposing the death and their relationship with the LAURIE HUNT/The Observer lectures in the Notre Dame Against penalty," he said. Indiana Excise police, he said. Chief executive officer Liz Brown, left, student body president State Killing (NDASK) Fall Lecture These methods can vary Uzzi Shappell and student body vice president Bill Andrichik go Series. see SENATE/page 4 over notes during Wednesday's Senate meeting. Broden, a 1987 grad~ate of see NDASK/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Thursday, November 30, 2006 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO WHILE PROCRASTINATING? Insider NFL rankings This column is dedicated to Bill McGarry. It's official. The 2005/2006 Super Bowl Champion is not going to repeat Caitlin Ivester Liz Lefebvre Dan Allen Jillian Pearson Michelle Anderson Nick Kraft this season. Some have sophomore sophomore senior sophomore freshman sophomore PE said that the Greg Arbogast Badin O'Neill Farley Regina Stanford Steelers wouldn't "Get some "Watching "Mario Kart.·· "YouTube." "Facebook, all "Playing an repeat from Sports Writer the beginning shoes." videos on the way." obscure game when Ben YouTube." on Yahoo called Roethlisberger nearly died in a motor­ cycle accident. Others jumped on the 'Sheep's Head."' bandwagon when the Pittsburgh quar­ terback needed an emergency appen­ dectomy before the first game of tlre season. Me? I knew it wasn't Pittsburgh or Roethlisberger's year when he tried to toss his wristband into the stands after Sunday's game against Baltimore and it was intercepted. 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