--------- ---- --- ------------------ -- ------------ l 1 THE j The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 39: ISSUE 28 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER30, 2004 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Three Kerry advisor advocates labor unions arrested at Trbovich criticizes media pigeonholing, says the union vote could be decisive tailgates By PAUL SPADAFORA News Wtiter Students taken to On the eve of the first pres­ idential debate, Notre Dame jail before game welcomed Marco Trbovich, director of labor policy for the Kerry-Edwards cam­ By CLAIRE HEININGER paign, Wednesday for his lec­ News Editor ture on the significance of unions in the 2004 race. Two Notre Dame students The lecture, titled "The were arrested and taken into Power of Labor in custody Saturday after 11eeing Presidential Politics," acted from police during a bust at as an explanation and analy­ Turtle Creek Apartments, and a sis of labor union involve­ third student was arrested and ment in the upcoming presi­ taknn into custody after an dential election. Trbovich incident in Blue Lot South. also focused on the impact The joint task force of the voters in the labor union Indiana State Excise Police, St. will have on the Democratic Joseph County Police. South vote in November. Bnnd Police and Notre Dame Trbovich emphasized that Security/Police issued a total of for the election, unions are TIM SULLIVAN!The Observer 2(> citations on and off campus Marco Trbovich, director of labor policy for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign, speaks before the football game see LABOR/page 6 Wednesday. Trbovich emphasized labor unions as key to the 2004 elections. against Washington, NDSP director Hex Hakow said. Excise Police said sophomore Christopher McEntee, 19. and sophomore Eric Better, 19, an Observer writer and production Diversity training takes hold at Notre Dame editor. were arrested at 11:20 a.m. at a tailgate party in Turtle Creek. Student Affairs, departments, groups develop initiatives to raise preparation and awareness Lt. Greg Deitchley, spokesman for the District 1 "When you have one duct first-time diversity Through Student Affairs, By TERESA FRALISH department responsible for training for peer advisors in Moss has helped run a diver­ excise office, said officers Associate News Editor approached the party after all diversity programs, then First Year of Studies. sity training program for all noticing its noise level escalat­ people start to think this is Fleming previously served as freshmen students. ing out of control, including In tandem with Notre not their responsibility," said a University admissions For the first two years, the students yelling obscenities in Dame's effort to improve its David Moss, assistant vice counselor and focused on program was conducted in slurred speech. reputation on student diver­ president for Student Affairs. minority student recruit­ the residence halls but was "We didn't go there with the sity, offices and departments "Everyone is saying we own ment. incorporated into the fresh­ intention of arresting anybody," across campus have increas­ this [issue]." "I think Notre Dame is men health class in 2001. ingly initiated diversity train­ "It's hard to have a manda­ he said. Though some University much more multi-cultural now," she said. But as police approached, ing programs for their staffs offices, such as Institutional tory meeting in the residence In the training, Fleming halls," Moss said. "We decid­ McEntee and Retter took off - from student peer advi­ Equity and Multicultural running in opposite directions, sors to LaFortune building Students Programs and said she asks senior peer ed to move it into the aca­ demic realm." and officers pursued McEntee managers. Services, play a significant advisors to reflect on their The current program through the apartment and But rather than a single role in promoting diversity, own opinions and how they down Vaness Street until he office overseeing all pro­ most diversity training pro­ might affect their views. spends two class periods stopped near Ivy Road, grams, individual depart­ grams are sponsored, "As a counselor, I try to educating freshmen on diversity issues through the Deitchley said. ments and offices have tend­ planned and implemented by point out that they need to help of student trainers, who "We told [McEntee! to get on ed to develop their own departments themselves. address any biases they have," she said. "I point out participate in a concurrent the ground so we could hand- unique programs - an This fall, freshman advisor approach administrators and Notre Dame graduate that they could be misinter­ see ARRESTS/page 8 praise. Christy Fleming helped con- preted." see_DIVERSITY/page 4 STUDENT SENATE Group approves off-campus safety as BOT report topic SafeBus, NDSP proposals to be heard by trustees next week cussed at past Council of detail, saying it will also inte­ By AMANDA MICHAELS Representatives and Senate grate ideas for safety seminars Associate News Editor meetings will play a significant for off-campus students, a pro­ role in the report, Istvan said. posal for members of off-cam­ Student body president Adam "We've heard that 80 percent pus council to sit on neighbor­ Istvan presented his report of students live on campus, but hood group boards and a topic for next week's Board of what we don't hear is that 57 request for Notre Dame Trustees meeting for Student percent of the senior class live Security/Police to make off­ Senate approval at off. so eventually over half of campus security an additional Wednesday's meeting. Notre Dame students will live priority. Istvan said his general focus off campus," Istvan said. "This "Fo'r NDSP, policing ends on would be off-campus safety, in is an indication that we need to campus, but security doesn't," reference both to students who make off-campus safety a pri­ Baron said. "Students living in live in the South Bend commu­ ority." South Bend still fall under the nity and students ':"ho leave Chief executive assistant guidelines of DuLac, so they I Observer campus for entertainment or Dave Baron explained the should be secured by NDSP as Chief of staff Dave Baron, student body vice president Karla Bell other reasons. scope of the report in further and president Adam Istvan review proposals at a meeting Monday. The NO SafeBus initiative dis- see SENATE/page 6 -------------------------------------------------------- ----·-- page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Thursday, September 30, 2004 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN TONIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE? WHY? Debating DaVinci This election year, political discourse in our country is more polarized than ever. Negative ads and attacks on charac­ Katie Popik Katherine Grazlzno Cordell Carter Ill Brian O'Koenen Grant Osborn Mike Merritt ter have replaced logical analysis and junior first-year law sophomore junior sophomore thoughtful discus- junior sion about our Claire Kelley Farley Farley student O'Neill off-campus Siegfried country's future. As political dis- "Bush, because "Kerry. but I "Kerry will win "Bush, because "John Kerry, "Bush. No, cussions take Photo Editor place on campus. he's from wish Bush the debate he's got because I like Kerry. I can't dialogue has also Texas." could." because he is the strategery. " mine with decide. Is Nader taken place concerning the other sub­ more articulate Heinz 57·" going to be ject you aren't supposed to talk about in polite company: religion. On candidate, but there?" Saturday I attended a faculty panel lose the election entitled '"The DaVinci Code': An because Bush is Assessment" that explored the literary, art historical and theological implica­ a better tions of Dan Brown's best-selling novel campaigner. that dropped to No. 2 this week after 77 weeks as No. 1. Professor Hichard McBrien, a polar­ izing figure himself, theologically IN BRIEF examined the hotly debated book and asserted that there is no evidence to The Notre Dame Collegium support the novel's premise that Jesus Musicum will present a con­ was married to Mary Magdalene. cert tonight from 8 to 9 p.m. llowever. he said that if Jesus was at the DeBartolo Performing married it was obviously to Arts Center. Magdalene. lie praised Mary Magdalene as a saint whose impor­ The Student Union Board tance has been historically understat­ will present its weekly ed. AcoustiCafe student perform­ Tlwse arn controversial words. con­ ances from 10 to 11:45 p.m. sidering that "The DaVinci Code'"s tonight in the LaFortune overwhelming success has drawn out­ Student Center. rage from some Catholics who believe it is heretical. anti-Catholic and The Student Union Board absurd. But the novel has also won will sponsor a screening of praisc from other Catholics who have "Harry Potter and the mnbracPd cathartic discussions of Prisoner of Azkaban" at 10 "Tiw l>aVind Code" as a way to con­ p.m. tonight in 101 DeBartolo. front deep-rootnd concerns about the rigid stancos of tho Church hierarchy The Institute for Latino and its anti-feminist reputation, which Studies will present a screen­ has been intensified by the recent ing of the film "The Sixth Vatican letter on feminism. Section" tonight at 7 p.m. in Although "The DaVinci Code"'s the Hesburgh Center auditori­ claims to veracity have been widely um as a part of its Cine de Ia disprovcd by both art historians and Haza film series. Filmmaker theological scholars, important themes TIM SULLIVANfThe Observer Alex Hivera will give a presen­ are raised through its fiction thriller University President Emertus Father Theodore Hesburgh hosts an Impromptu tation during the event. package. Those who stood to ask question and answer session with Siegfried residents Wednesday. questions at the panel on Saturday The film "Outfoxed (Rupert semned to appreciate the opportunity Murdoch's War on to discuss those themes.