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the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s ndsmcobserver.com Volume 44 : Issue 87 Tuesday, February 15, 2011 ndsmcobserver.com Revue adjusts content after complaints Campaign By LAURA McCRYSTAL News Editor infractions After the Student Activities Office (SAO) received com- delay results plaints about the content of Thursday and Friday’s Keenan Revue performances, the audience at Saturday By MEGAN DOYLE night’s third and final show Associate News Editor saw an edited version of the Revue. Students cast their votes Keenan residents began Monday for student body making adjustments to the president and vice president, Revue beginning at 5:30 p.m. but they will not learn the Saturday for the 7 p.m. show, results of the election until junior Chase Riddle, the later in the week due to an Revue’s producer, said. These alleged rule violated by one changes included the elimi- of the candidates. nation of seven skits and GRANT TOBIN/The Observer The results of Monday’s edits to several others, Riddle Raymond Gallagher, Brendan Herrmann, Patrick Mines and Zach DuBois perform a skit on election will not be released said. Five of the original 29 dining hall etiquette during this year’s Keenan Revue. until the Student Union com- acts were not changed. pletes its review of the alle- “We feel that Friday night’s contract with Keenan for the gation, Michael Thomas, vice show was the Keenan Revue use of its O’Laughlin president of elections for for 2011 and Saturday night’s Auditorium. Judicial Council, said. show was just our attempt Peggy Hnatusko, director of “The election results will be and SAO’s quick fix for some Student Activities for announced as soon as the of the inconsistencies in Programming, said SAO allegation process is com- Friday night’s show and some received specific complaints plete,” Thomas said. “We are of the problems that were Friday night about some of working to get that process caused,” Riddle said. the show’s content. done as soon as possible.” The Keenan Revue is an “Following the Friday night The Student Body annual comedy show written, production of the Keenan Constitution mandates all directed, produced and per- Revue, a number of com- information about allegations formed by residents of plaints were received on must remain confidential Keenan Hall. The 36th annu- behalf of individual students until the entire process of al Revue was held Thursday, who felt the materials in the reviews and appeals in com- Friday and Saturday night in performance were personal plete, Thomas said. The Stepan Center. The event attacks directed at students name of the candidates in moved to Stepan Center this in the Notre Dame communi- GRANT TOBIN/The Observer question, the type of allega- year, after Saint Mary’s Students gathered in Stepan Center for the Keenan Revue, College’s declined to renew a see REVUE/page 5 which moved this year from Saint Mary’s O’Laughlin Auditorium. see ELECTION/page 4 Observer ND tuition to increase for 2011-12 elects new Observer Staff Report Undergraduate tuition, room and board and student ed board charges will total $52,805 for the 2011-12 school year, according to a University Observer Staff Report press release. Notre Dame tuition will be Eight new editors will join 3.8 percent higher than it was The Observer’s Editorial Board this school year — the first for the 2011-12 year, incoming year tuition and room and Editor-in-Chief Douglas Farmer board costs exceeded $50,000. announced Monday. Tuition also increased 3.8 per- Junior Caitlin Housley, sopho- cent for the 2010-11 school mores Megan Doyle, Sam year, which was the lowest Stryker, Allan Joseph and percentage increase since Brandon Keelean and freshman 1960. Meghan Thomassen will join the Tuition will cost $41,417 for Editorial Board in their new the 2011-12 academic year, positions after Spring Break. according to the press release, Pat Coveney and Maija Gustin, and room and board rates will both juniors, will take their new average $11,388. positions in the fall when they In a letter to parents of cur- return from studying abroad. rent undergraduates about Doyle, a resident of Lyons the tuition increase, University Hall, and Stryker, of Knott Hall, President Fr. John Jenkins see BOARD/page 4 see TUITION/page 4 BRANDON KEELEAN I Observer Graphic INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Notre Dame works to be green page 3 N Viewpoint page 6 N Chicago shopping page 8 N Bengal Bouts kicks off page 16 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Tuesday, February 15, 2011 THE OBSERVER QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ONE WORD WOULD YOU USE TO DESCRIBE YOUR VALENTINE’S DAY? P.O. 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