/ ^ V THE O b s e r v e r \pc&s The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys 4 OLUME 39 : ISSUE 85 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Duerson resigns from Board of Trustees Former N D football captain is 1983 graduate often spoke charged with assaulting wife publicly about Irish program By CLAIRE HFININGER By HEATHER VAN HOEGARDEN News Editor News Writer Former Notre Dame football captain and Dave Duerson, the former Irish football All- two-time All-American Dave Duerson was American who recently resigned from the Board charged Monday with assaulting his wife of Trustees, leaves a legacy of pointed public early Thursday morning at The Morris Inn, comments about events surrounding the Notre the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office said Dame football program. in a statement. Duerson, a trustee since Duerson, who was charged with two counts of 2001, voluntarily resigned his post Friday battery and two counts of domestic battery and is also expected to resign as president of Monday after allegedly assaulting his wife the Monogram Club, a two-year appointment Photo courtesy of und.com Thursday, had been a University trustee since Dave Duerson, right, presents an Honorary Monogram at a Monogram Club see DUERSON/page 6 meeting. Duerson Is expected to resign as president of the Monogram Club. sec VOCAL/page 9 Baron, Leito tickets advance to runoffStudents 51 percent of students Student Body Presidential Election Results see profs cast votes; one ticket incurs a violation 4,816 students (51% of the student body) participated. B aron & 113 voters (2.7%) abstained. as liberal S happell A runoff election between Baron and Leito w ill take place on Thursday. By AM AN D A MICHAELS L e ito & By MICHAEL BUSK ........... Assistant News Editor Bongiovanni News W riter Brede & Judicial council president Ram anan W h ite & Editor's Note: This is the Brin Anderson announced pri­ second in a three-part series Powers H ealy & 0 vately to the candidates for stu­ exploring the role of partisan Costa 1 dent body president that the M a rra & politics in classes at Notre tickets of Dave Barop-Lizzi Dame. Shappell and James Leito- 620 votes H a rig Jordan Bongiovanni would 505 votes With the prevailing trend advance to Thursday’s runoff 419 votes 2.9% in academia leaning to the election at a meeting 10:15 122 votes left, as many students and p.m. Monday. professors noted, Notre With 1,333 votes, or 31.8 per­ Dame’s always Catholic and cent of the total, junior Baron often conservative tone can and sophomore Shappell edged sometimes lead to tension out juniors Leito and within departments and even Bongiovanni, who had 1,074 between professors and their votes, or 25.6 percent. students. Abstentions made up 2.6 per­ Last semester, philosophy cent of votes. A total of 4,186 professor Kenneth Sayre Notre Dame students voted, taught a class called constituting a 51 percent Environmental Philosophy. turnout rate — 8.5 percent Subjects discussed included higher than last year’s election. Western consumerism, global “We’re very pleased with the warming, Alaskan oil-drilling turnout results,” Anderson and other controversial sub­ said. “We worked very hard to jects. Sayre said that garner more support from stu­ although he generally keeps dents by holding debates in a his political views in the more accessible place, passing background in his more con­ out flyers, reminding students ventional philosophy classes, to vote and setting up a voting this class soon developed a booth in LaFortune.” different tone. Though the polls closed at 8 “It’s good not to let your p.m. Monday, a reported cam­ own views enter into the dis­ paign violation forced the CLAIRE KELLEY/The Observer cussion, if you can have.any The student body presidential and vice presidential tickets of James Lelto-Jordan Bongiovanni, left, control over it,” said Sayre. sec RUNOFF/page 9 and Dave Baron-Llzzl Shappell learned Monday night that they will advance to the runoff election. “I began the course with the point of view of keeping my own political views complete­ Losing tickets disappointed with outcome; decline to endorse remaining candidates ly in the background. As time went on, that became less Of the non-advancing tick­ Zahm. Brede-Ramanan also Ramanan said that neither and less possible.” By MADDIE HANNA ets, Brede-Ramanan came in won Carroll and Fisher and he nor Brede had thought Sayre said that since many News Writer third with 610 votes, White-Powers won Knott. much about their future in of his students who took the White-Powers took fourth “We're obviously disap­ student government, but class were already con­ While disappointed in the with 505 votes, Healy-Costa pointed not to make the noted that he had “a lot to fin­ cerned with the current state outcome of Monday's primary finished fifth with 419 votes runoff, but we’re both happy ish up this term in Senate” of the environment, many presidential elections and fail­ and Harig-Marra brought up with the issues we put on the and that Brede will serve as had more progressive points ing to advance to Thursday's the rear with 122 votes. table and the campaign we Alumni Hall president for the of view. Nonetheless, he runoff, tickets Brede- Dorm loyalty proved to be a ran,” said Vijay Ramanan, rest of the semester. maintained that the class­ Ramanan, White-Powers, factor, demonstrated by the former vice-presidential can­ Alec White and Erik Powers room discussion never llealy-Costa and Harig-Marra fact that Brede-Ramanan won didate, speaking for himself also expressed disappoint- descended to the level of ser- expressed satisfaction with Alumni, White-Powers won and running mate Craig their campaign efforts. Sorin and Healy-Costa won Brede. see ENDORSE/page 4 see POLITICS/page 6 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Tuesday, February 8, 2005 I n s id e C o l u m n Question of the Day: W hat was your favorite super bowl com m ercial a n d w hy? Proud legacy child When sitting down to think of what I could possibly write about for my inside column (yes, ideas for these are harder to come up with than you may think), I Rob Llndley Elizabeth Clifton ‘ Esther Probst Jason Perkins Charlie Doar Tom Le was brought back to last week’s “town­ fre s h m a n sophom ore ju n io r graduate student sophom ore sophom ore ie” column and thought, what about the S o rin S ie g frie d legacies? Keough University Village Le M a n s o ff-cam pu s Yes, I’m one of “them.” Twenty-six years ago, my mom, a jock “The one with “Ced, The “Emerald nuts “Cedric, The “The local one “1 liked the one BP babe who lives for March Madness, and dad, a ROTC M.C. Hammer. Entertainer’s — a ll the Entertainer’s with the guy where the pilot accountancy Tricla de Groot Those pants can designated unicorns will fantasy running to jumpred out of Zahmbie, who _______________ do so much fo r driver dance die if you eat commmercial M enard’s” the plane swears the dorm you." because it them. ” because Ced is becuase it is was different when News W riter he was here (no brings back hilarious. ” something I bun runs back fond would do. ” then, or at least let’s hope not) met via a mutual friend. memories. ” My mom, or so I’m told, acted kind of like a fifth grader does when they like someone. You know, the “ Eeew, Steven de Groot, how could anyone like him?” attitude accompanied by a series of I n B r ie f childish pranks. But, I guess it worked for my dad because last year my par­ ents made the almost 700 mile drive- The Notre Dame men’s bas­ from Atlanta, about half of which is ketball team takes on Boston through Indiana cornfields (which College today at 7 p.m. in the makes the drive seem about twice as Joyce Center Arena. long), to drop their oldest, that’s me, off at Walsh Hall. Four: 7 is sponsoring a show­ My dad proudly boasts that the first ering of “The Passion of the song I learned was the Notre Dame Christ” in honor of Ash Fight Song, the result of a long car ride Wednesday at 9 p.m. in the with a two-year-old and a real love for Coleman Morse lounge. the Irish. We have a “ Play Like a Champion Notre Dame will present its Today” sign at the foot of the basement second annual Queer Film stairs, which my parents give even my Festival beginning Wednesday Purdue friends grief about if they don’t and continuing through hit in on the way down. And yes, the Saturday. The event takes only reason we got cable television place all day in the DeBartolo growing up was so that my dad could Center for the Performing watch Notre Dame football games. Arts and is sponsored by the Notre Dame has been a part of me department of film, television since August of 1985, when at just two and theatre. weeks old my parents moved back to South Bend to live during the school The class of 2008 is holding year, so that my dad could join the “Speed Dating” Thursday Notre Dame Law School class of 1988 from 7 p.m.