/ ^ V THE bserver OThe Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 40 : ISSUE 97 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Council to consider amending ordinance Student leaders present suggestions to South Bend Common Council addressed the strained relation­ there have been no [second] viola­ By MADDIE HANNA ship between the Notre Dame and tions.” Associate News Editor South Bend communities and That fact supports student gov­ explained how student govern­ ernment's position that this aspect South Bend Common Council ment has addressed the issue, the of the ordinance amendment is members said they would consid­ core of the presentation was much unnecessary, Guzman said, in that er changes to the city’s Public more controversial, centered on it lines both landlords and tenants Nuisance Ordinance after listening perceived problems with the after a first offense but drops the to a carefully crafted statement on South Bend Public Nuisance landlord’s fines if he or she evicts community relations delivered by Ordinance. the tenant w ithin 30 days. six Notre Dame student govern­ The ordinance was amended on “We feel the spirit of the law and ment representatives at Monday July 25, 2005 to allow the City to enforcement of the law have been night’s Council meeting. send tenants a notice to abate inconsistent,” he said. “1 was extremely pleased with after one violation instead of the Judicial Council president James the outcome,” student body presi­ previous three. Leito mentioned an editorial writ­ dent Dave Baron said after the Senate Community Relations ten by the South Bend Tribune meeting. “That was exactly what I committee chair Nick Guzman this summer that supported the was looking for when I said 11 said while six students received ordinance and described it as an hoped Council members would be I notices to abate and were evicted effective tool to teach students JESSICA LEE/The Observer engaging us further.” last semester, “of all the other Judicial Council president James Leito addresses members While student representatives notices to abate sent to students, see COUNCIL/page 6 of the South Bend Common Council Monday night. ND law 2007, 2008 Class Councils decided student to Class of 2009 election w ill face DUI advance to run-off Thursday By EM M A DRISCOLL News W riter charges Candidates in the 2006-07 Glass Council Elections expressed varying degrees of excitement, disappointment and prolonged Police say driver anticipation while hearing election results admitted to drinking, 9 p.m. Monday in the Club Resource Center of LaFortune. refused BAC test The Sheldon Dules-A.J. Cedeno- Stephanie Pelligra-Katie McGuckin ticket for senior Class Council gathered 488 votes By KAREN LANGLEY to defeat the opposing Liz Kozlow-Alex Assistant News Editor French-Laura KeUy-Danny Chisholm ticket (407 votes). A second-year Notre Dame law While Dutes, the senior class president­ student was arrested and charged elect, could not quite get the words togeth­ with operating a vehicle while er to express his excitement, McGuckin — intoxicated resulting in injury Dutes running mate and senior class treas­ after a Feb. 19 accident in which urer-elect — said the victors are excited to a Notre Dame senior was injured, put “ambitious goals and plans’” into officials said. motion. Jon Schoenwetter, 30, was driv­ Their plans include designated senior ing the car that hit Brian Cardile, PAMELA LOCK/The Observer service projects, a Christmas dinner in the Senior class president-elect Sheldon Dutes, left, vice president-elect AJ. Cedeno, center, and see ACCIDENT/page 3 treasurer-elect Katie McGucken examine the voting breakdowns Monday night in LaFortune. see ELECTIONS/page 4 Dorm debate focuses C a m p u s L if e C o u n c il on academic freedomSocial, academic life split examined opened with his or her general Members explore distinction between scholarly, student activities By KATHLEEN McDONNELL thoughts before engaging audi­ News Writer ence members in a debate. By MARY KATE MALONE O’Brien spoke of Notre Dame’s Academic freedom and the role legal right as an institution to Assisstant News Editor it plays in a Catholic university make autonomous decisions. She The issue of academic freedom was the topic of discussion cited as example a Supreme Court at Notre Dame deepened its pres­ Monday as students and faculty Case that struck down a federal ence in University discussion at members engaged in discussion in sanction forcing any university Monday’s Campus Life Council the basement of Keenan Hall. accepting public funding to allow Meeting, as students, faculty and About 25 students attended to military recruitment on campus. staff squared off on the topic for listen to and interact with Notre Dame has a right to speak nearly 45 minutes. Mendoza College of Business pro­ — or abstain from speaking — at The Council’s discussion came fessor Margot O'Brien, theology its discretion, she said, lawyers in two we.eks after student body professor Herald Ernst and Film, the Supreme Court case argued JESSICA LEE/The Observer Television and Theater chair Peter Student body president Dave Baron and vice president Lizzi Holland. Each faculty member see DEBATE/page 6 Shappell discuss academic freedom at Monday’s CLC meeting. see CLC/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 I n s id e C o l u m n Question of the Day: D id you vote in the class co un cil ele c tio n s, a n d w h y? Don't mess with Tiger Last week, I caught myself watching the Denny’s PBA Tour presented by Geico. That’s when 1 realized how des­ perate things were. The sports world Andrew Smith Aidan Fitzgerald Marc Mejaki Sara Loveless Will Loftus Julie Opet had reached its absolute nadir, little did 1 freshman freshm an freshm an sophomore freshm an sophomore know, March Madness would Greg Arbogast Dillon Knott Knott Howard Dillon PW come to my rescue ---------------- “No, I have not “Yes, I did vote “No, because “Yes, because “Yes.' “Yes, I did, “ For thos^of you Sports Writer voted, to be because it ’s the someone has i t ’s my because I love who don’t know, the Accenture World Golf Championships is perfectly only effective already bought responsibility Sheena. ’’ either the PGA tour’s version of March honest. ” way to voice my my vote. ” as a good Madness or its attempt to get viewers to opinion.” student. ” pay attention to their sport at any time other than the four majors. Both defini­ tions work. Basically, it’s a straight rip-off of the NCAA tournament. Sixty-four golfers, four brackets, six wins gets you the title. Now, of all the matches, I was obviously going to pay the most attention to any involving Tiger Woods. His first round opponent: Stephen I n B r ie f Ames. Now, I didn’t know much about Stephen Ames before this article, so, being an aspiring journalist, I did a little A campus and community con­ research. versation about “Understanding World Banking: Tiger Woods, 1; Juvenile Justice in South Bend” Stephen Ames, 65. 2006 Earnings: w ill take place at 6 p.m. tonight Woods, $918,000; Ames, $14,178. a t Robinson Community Number of ridiculously hot Swedish Learning Centeron Eddy Street. wives: Woods, 1; Ames, 0. I mean, we’re talking about the mis­ Jim Towey, Director of the match of the century here. If we put this White House Office for Faith- into NCAA terms, it would be equivalent Based and Community to Northeast Central Arkansas State A&M Initiatives, w ill speak about vs. Duke. “Compassion for America’s So Ames did what any logical, obvious­ Poor: What Happens When God ly overmatched underdog would have and Government Mix ” todayat done in his situation. He insulted his 4 p.m. in the Hesburgh Center opponent. To directly quote the wise Auditorium. Stephen Ames, “Anything can happen. Especially where [Tiger’s] hitting the The departments of Art, Art ball." History and Design, Film, Did Ames even realize what he was Television and Theatre and saying? Did he forget that he was Music are sponsoring a Mardi matched up with the Tiger Woods, not Gras Celebration of the Visual only the best golfer of his era, but possi­ and Performing Arts tonight bly of all time? To even possibly compre­ from 7 to 9 p.m. in the DPAC’s JESSICA LEE/The Observer hend the magnitude of Ames’s statement, Philbin Studio Theatre. Music Freshman Christa Riggins, left, strums on a guitar in Welsh Family Hall with fellow it was like the coach of the aforemen­ will be provided by the Notre freshman Claire Hubbard. During midterms week, students all over campus — these tioned Northeast Arkansas team saying Dame Brass Band and String girls included — crave respites from studying. he thinks his team will beat Duke Quartet. because J.J. Reddick will be shooting a lot of 3 pointers. T here w ill be a Jazz By this point, I was captivated. 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