the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 128 tuesday, APRIL 20, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com Students give feedback in Improve ND survey Undergraduates call for improvement to ethnic, international diversity ricular activities and campus ate satisfaction rates were By KRISTEN DURBIN environment and services. Each extremely high for the cate- News Writer of these categories included gories of academic experience, subcategories such as campus extracurriculars and sense of If students notice improve- safety, food services, RecSports, community, only 41 percent of ments in campus services and academic advising and cellular survey respondents said they facilities upon arriving to cam- reception, among several oth- were happy with diversity on pus next fall, they can thank ers. campus and international stu- the 51 percent of the under- The results of the survey dent interaction. graduate student body that were recently sent to each serv- “The 96 percent satisfaction responded to the University’s ice-providing unit on campus rate for academic experience ImproveND survey. and student government, Erin was terrific,” Harding said. The Office of Strategic Harding, associate vice presi- “However, the lower satisfac- Planning administered the sur- dent for Strategic Planning, tion rates correspond with the vey in January to undergradu- said. University’s focus on improving ate, law and graduate students “We have asked both the both ethnic and international in order to assess student opin- campus units and student gov- diversity on campus.” ions on campus services. ernment to return their sugges- Harding said she was sur- Overall, 51 percent of under- tions and priorities for which prised to see that 46 percent of graduates, 58 percent of law aspects of campus services respondents had not volun- students and 41 percent of should be changed to the Office teered at all during the first graduate students responded to of Strategic Planning by mid- semester of this school year. the survey, according to survey May,” Harding said. “We will However, she said the wording results. then go through the compila- of the question could have The survey questions per- tion of suggestions and priori- affected the results. tained to three main categories: tize the things to be changed.” BRANDON KEELEAN I Observer Graphic academics, extra- and co-cur- Although overall undergradu- see SURVEY/page 4 AnTostal Students protest HEI, go on hunger strike celebrates end of year By AMANDA GRAY Assistant News Editor With finals around the cor- ner and the end of the year in sight, students can take a much-needed break with AnTostal festivities this week. AnTostal, Gaelic for “festi- val,” is Notre Dame’s annual celebration of the last full week of classes. It began Monday with T-shirts, tie-dye and tzatziki sauce. The decades-old festival started at 11:30 a.m. Monday with a T-shirt giveaway as well as a tie-dye booth outside of PAT COVENEY/The Observer O’Shaughnessy Hall. A Greek Students set up camp outside Main Building Monday, calling for the University to stop investing with HEI Hotels because of its food giveaway took place at 5 alleged poor labor practices. The event kicked off a hunger strike to raise awareness about the issue. p.m. in LaFortune Student Center. ment policy with HEI Hotels. argue that the way in which for,” she said. Sophomore Kevin De La By LIZ O’DONNELL Junior Liz Furman, one of HEI treats its workers is in Furman said the hunger Montaigne, Student Union News Writer the organizers of the protest, direct conflict with Catholic strike was a way to show the Board (SUB) AnTostal pro- said she feels their mission is Social Teaching on workers’ students’ solidarity with the grammer, said he is excited A coalition of students going unnoticed by the rights, including the right to HEI Hotel workers during their about the week’s events. protesting the allegedly poor University and felt it was time dignity, respect, fair wages and fight for justice. “It’s an important tradition treatment of HEI Hotel to make a bigger plea. to organize.” “It is important to me in Notre Dame’s history,” De Workers gathered in front of “We went to a hunger strike Furman said workers at HEI because Notre Dame says to La Montaigne said. “Planning the Main Building Monday to because we’ve done a lot of who have tried to unionize the world that it’s an upstand- fun events at a stressful time of kick off a weeklong hunger things this semester and have faced threats, harassment ing Catholic institution that the year is my way of giving strike. received no response [from the and in some cases, been fired. upholds Catholic values and back.” Dressed in orange jumpsuits University],” she said. “It was The University has previously Catholic social teaching on Sophomores and SUB and donning signs, the stu- time to take the campaign to a denied these claims. campus, as well as an ethical Cultural Arts programmers dents sat on a blanket on God much more public level.” “Some of the workers are investment policy,” she said. Meg Larson and Kate Quad facing the Golden Dome According to a press release overworked, underpaid, and “I’m a Christian and I really in an attempt to ask University issued by the students partici- injured. Health care is too see ANTOSTAL/page 6 officials to change their invest- pating in the strike, “Students expensive for employees to pay see HEI/page 6 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER American Indian discrimination page 3 N AnTostal then and now page 10 N Offense prepares for Blue and Gold page 20 N Viewpoint page 8 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF ANTOSTAL? Draft Day Blues Growing up, spring meant many things to me: Little League baseball, another summer quickly approaching, March Andrew Ofsonka Christine Donovan Mike Wiederecht Nick Eastman Stephanie Walz Madness and all its excitement, and the NFL Draft. sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore For 99 percent of Keenan Pangborn Keenan Keenan Pangborn NFL fans, the draft offers hope. The Falcons quickly “Free stuff.” “Brink!” “Free “Free food!” “The ice cream turned around their pancakes.” truck.” franchise when they selected quarterback Matt Ryan (from our little brother out east) with the third overall pick in the Andrew Owens 2008 Draft. The team won seven Sports Wire more games the Editor next season and Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] made the playoffs. On the other end of the spectrum, the ineptitude of some teams each year on draft day simply continues the cycle of IN BRIEF turmoil for a franchise. Selecting quar- terback Tim Couch with the top overall An exhibition titled “All Art pick will set your franchise back a couple is Propagada” will be open years (if that is even possible for the today from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Browns). The exhibition will be pre- Unfortunately, the draft habits of my sented in Hesburgh Library Detroit Lions tend to align with the latter. Special Collections Room Following a nightmarish 5-27 run dur- 102. The event is free and ing the 2001 and 2002 seasons, the Lions open to the public. used their picks, third and second over- all, respectively, to select the dynamic Photographer Caroline duo of Joey Harrington and Charles Chiu’s exhibit “Polaroids as Rogers. There was finally some hope for Chinese Ink Painting” will be football fans in Detroit. Harrington to open today from 10 a.m. until Rogers would someday invoke as many 4 p.m. The exhibit will be memories as Aikman to Irvin does. presented in the Millie and Unfortunately, Rogers’ collarbone did Fritz Kaeser Mestrovic not hold up (nor did his resistance to Gallery of the Snite Museum drugs), and it quickly became apparent of Art. The event is free and that the star Michigan State receiver open to the public. would not produce in the NFL. Although injuries weren’t Harrington’s The Department of problem, “Joey Blue Skies” also failed to Aerospace and Mechanical bring respect to Detroit. During his four Engineering will be presenting seasons quarterbacking the Lions, he a seminar titled “Combustion threw 60 touchdowns compared to 62 SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer Dynamics in Propulsion interceptions. Students swarm South Quad in front of O’Shaugnessy Hall in hopes of receiving a Systems” today at 3:30 p.m. It was not only the 2002 and 2003 free AnTostal T-shirt. The giveaway, presented by the Student Union Board, The seminar will be held in drafts that general manager Matt Millen allowed students to tie dye their T-shirts. DeBartolo Hall Room 138. and the Lions front office failed miser- ably in. Of the nine first-round selections A lecture titled that Lions made from 2002-2009, only “Sustainability: The Key to three are still on the roster: Calvin Today’s Food Revolution” will Johnson (2007), Gosder Cherilus (2008) OFFBEAT begin today at 7:30 p.m. The and Matt Stafford (2009). The likes of event is part of the Food For Roy Williams, Kevin Jones, Mike George Washington tabbed Nov. 2, 1789. college. Grace, Erin, Though Film Series and Williams and Ernie Sims all find them- with late fees at N.Y. library New York Society Library Bobby and Danny Mele Lectures. The lecture will be selves on different rosters, while NEW YORK — If George head librarian Mark will attend Hartwick presented in the Hesburgh Harrington and Rogers are out of the Washington were alive Bartlett says the institution College in Oneonta, N.Y., Center Auditorium.