Swinging Into Action
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MakiV\9 some V\oJse Kosovo Roundup Friday • 14 collegiate bands will open tonight's • Yugoslavia declared a 14-month attack on ethnic 4 I sr annual Collegiate Albanians has ceased, and that APRIL 9, Jazz l~esrival. Scene • 16 refugees may come home. NeWS • 12 1999 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOl XXXII NO. 119 WWW. ND.EDU/-OBSERVER ND sets '99-'00 tuition increase pus long By lAURA ROMPF low," Sejdinaj stated. "There are a can be spent in order to preserve earn New' Writer combination of things, ineluding the ing power. endowment, annual gift giving and elli "Performance over several years !¥[ distance plan Tlw Univnrsity of Notrn Dame will einnt operations that have helped to must be smooth so not to overspend or inrn~asn undorgraduatn tuition hy 5.4 keep tuition down." underspend in a certain year," Sejdinaj porn~nt for the 1999-2000 aeademie Tuition is Jowor than most schools. In said. yoar. addition, Notre Dame has an approxi- Sejdinaj also pointed out that the may expand "Whnn tlw Univnrsity built the money coming in from the hudgPt for thn coming year, we tuition increase will directly By MATTHEW SMITH n~alized our nxpensns wnrn rnally 'WE HAVE SOUGHT TO help to improve students' edu News Writer growing," said .John Snjdinaj, dirne cation. CUSHION THE tor of finance and hudgnting. "i\s "In overall spending money, Students may soon have alternate campus instructional. studnnt services and IMPACT OF TUITION tuition is the biggest piece of the long-distance opportunities to weigh against construction I)Xpnnsns grow, funds pie, and thus as expenses INCREASES WITH GREATER their Cincinnati Bell Long Distanco option, nHJst inrn1asP and tho majority of increase, so must tuition," he according to Steve Ellis, Notre Dame telecom tlwsP funds romn from tuition." STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSis- said. "The money received from munications manager. In a 1Pttf1r to undiWf.(Taduatn par- TANCE.' the increase will go to many The telecommunications department is Pnts, llniwrsity pn1sidnnt Father places, but the bulk goes to looking into greater calling card availability, l·:dward Malloy wrote: "Wn havn improving the academy and particularly through the Hammes Notro Dame sought to cushion tlw impact of FA711ER EDWARD MALLOY providing a better education." bookstore. tuition incrnasns with gnmtm· stu- Parents' reactions to the NUT!lli DAME l'RES[f)ENT "We're actively working on it," Ellis said. dent financial assistancn. Indeed, tuition increase vary. "No one from administration is stopping the itli'I'Pasns in Univnrsity-adminis "I trust Father Malloy and the Bookstore from going out and getting [dwap tf•rnd scholarship aid in ree1mt years mate $1.8 billion endowment. trustees to charge the amount that is er calling cards] to sell at their store." hav1~ hi'Pn far gnmt11r than the inrreas "Even though the endowment is appropriate, " said Walter Smithe, Since 1985, CBLD has enjoyed a virtual I'S in studnnt costs." large there are several reasons why father of a freshman. "I know that run long-distance monopoly under that Malloy nolt>d that Notrn Dame's tuition still must increase," Sejdinaj ning an institution like Notre Dame is University's bidding policy and telephonn-use tuition still rPJWtins much lowm· than said. "i\ Jot of tho money in the endow extremely expensive and I am sure that rules. olhPr t·omparabln privatn institutions. ment is rnstrictnd by the donor to go to a thoughtful process was used to deter "By law we ean only block you from long ( >n till' samf' noll\ S1*linaj explainml speciJk endeavors, and only a portion mine what the tuition would be. I trust distance plans where you have to dial a 'onn' Notrn l>anw's ability to knnp tuition of tho money can be used." they are charging the correct amount." before you enter your call's area code," Ellis 14•nsdown. Snjdinaj continued to explain that Not all parents agree, however. "Notro l>anw startnd with a low like almost all institutions, Notre Damn see PHONES I page 4 tuition and has lwen abln to knnp it uses a formula based on how much see TUITION I page 4 REINVENTING AN OLD-TIME FAVORITE. NOTRE DAME STUDENTS ARE ... Swinging Into Action By LAURA PETELLE to, and you can't swing paign brought it back to the although they don't have Assistant Managing Editor dance if you're unhappy," airwaves. to," said Davis. ''I'd like to said Barlin. "The music ... is Bands such as Cherry see more people come to his is not your a refreshing change. It has Poppin' Daddies, Big Bad meet other people." g r _a n d m o t h e r ' s a good beat." Voodoo Daddy and the Barlin got involved with Tswmg. Scott Davis, a freshman Squirrel Nut Zippers began swing through ballroom Those aren't the big and next year's swing club playing a looser, more ska dance and by dancing in bands of the '40s. These president, agreed. infiuenced version of swing swing elubs in Milwauken, aren't the same moves. The "It's just a fun dance. It's with strong beats, quick Wis. music isn't as technical. got to do with the music, tempos and fun melodies. Davis, on thn otlwr hand, But the idea is the same first of all; the music just The new swing dancing is was rnoro reluctant at first. - energetic men and makes you want to dance," morn of a hodgepodge than "I started back in women jumping and jiving he said. "People just like to it was in the '40s, but the California, back home," he the night away. dance. It's fun." two most popular forms of said. "My friends made me At Notre Dame, the night The swing dance craze swing dancing remain East go." Gradually, he said, hn is Wednesday and the has been building for sever Coast style and the Lindy got into the swing scene. jumpers and jivers belong al years. Swing music began Hop, named for Charles "It was the music and the to the new swing dub, a a revival when CDs first Lindberg's famous "hop" dance itself," he said. "It's a group that was started this came on the market and across the Atlantic. lot of fun; I startml rnneting year by seniors Greg Barlin record labels desperate to But why the popularity at a whole bunch of people." and Ileather Densmore who put discs on shelves raided Notre Dame? In a school Currently, the dub o!Ters felt that Notre Dame lacked their archives. Old swing where "gender relations" - a beginning lesson throe a certain swing culture. albums that had for years or lack thereof- is a legiti weeks in a row, then three "There was no place to been unavailable went into mate seminar topic, swing consecutive weeks of inter swing around here," said wide release. provides welcome co-ed mediate lessons. Through Barlin. Hollywood caught on as contact. this program, the lessons Still, Barlin wanted to well. The movies "Swing "I think the single-sex increase in difficulty and swing. Kids" of 1993 and dorms can make it a strug couples don't have to attend Ile and Densmore, who "Swingers" of 1998 brought gle to have dual-sex every week. began working together in swing dancing into popular events," said Harlin. Every fourth week the the Ballroom Dance Club, consciousness. "Something like swing swing dub hosts a dance in attempted to fill the swing Advertising also cashed in forces people to interact - Stepan Center, which can void. The pair organized a on the swing craze. A Gap you can't swing dance by act both as a catch-up for group of eight student ad featuring swing dancers yourself. It's a healthy those who didn't quite get instructors to lead 15 to 35 twirling in Gap Khakis thing. It's something you the steps and as a chance to dancers each Wednesday in received such a popular can do with a partner. It show oil'. room 401 of the Hockne audience response that has a nice social aspect." Davis would like to Memorial. after Gap pulled it off the "For the most part, peo "The music is fun to listen air, a letter-writing cam- ple come as couples, see SWING I page 6 The Observer/Photo A~ by Anne Marie Mattingly page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, April 9, 1999 •. iNSIDE COLUMN What Would utside the Dome Compiled from U-Wire reports Ra111bo Do? Police close riot-tip form Web site because of tampering As the years have gone by, I've looked back and realized that I have not always had the EAST LANSING, Mich. turned in via the Web site. As of proper guidance I've needed. This feeling Wednesday morning, the site had depressed me at first, and I didn't know The tip form used on the Web site received more than 40,000 hits, he where to find my inspi- to identify participants in the March said. ration in life. Dustin Ferrell 27-28 riot was closed Tuesday Police are investigating whether Fortunately, a voice Assistant Viewpoint evening after police discovered it had names of those who have turned in called out to me while Editor been tampered with. rioters have been released, East watching "First Blood: East Lansing police have nabbed at Lansing police Capt. Louis Muhn Part One." John Rambo was being merciless least six suspects with the aid of tips said. ly.pursued by sheriffs who had obviously not from the site and an e-mail address.