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/ ^ X THE U b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 39 : ISSUE 103 THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM College Students anticipate Bush's visit grants A ir Force One not expected to disrupt focus on spring break flights By MADDIE HANNA local area Assistant News Editor While some students are vying Students collaborate for tickets to President Bush’s speech at the Joyce Center with South Bend Friday, and others are preparing to protest outside, still others are worrying about the prospect of By MEGAN O’NEIL spring break (light delays out of Assistant News Editor South Bend Regional Airport due to the arrival of Air Force One. A few months ago, Elia However, the only delays will Sanchez was just a regular occur during the 15 minutes senior at Saint Mary’s. Now, before Bush’s arrival and the 15 with the help of a grant from minutes after his departure, air the Center for Women’s port executive director John Interrultiiral Leadership Schalliol said. (CWIL), she is putting her The White House issued a Spanish skills to work as the media release Wednesday that student coordinator, anchor included arrival and departure and producer of a local public times for.Air Force One, but television program “Imagen asked news agencies to keep the Latina.” information confidential for CWIL has created a now security reasons. Local television grant opportunity for Saint AP stations WNDU and WSBT, how- Mary's faculty and students Security awaits as President George W. Bush steps out of Air Force One at the Rhein-Main Air like Sanchez, designed to facil Base in Frankfurt, Germany Feb. 23. The plane will carry the president to South Bend Friday. see AlRPORT/page 4 itate projects between the local community and the College. The “bridging college with Roughly 1500 identification cards swiped in five-hour distribution of lottery numbers community grant,” which is co-sponsored by the office of SUB was asked to conduct a lot asked to assist in the ticket distri political beliefs are consistent with civic and social engagement, By KATE ANTONACCI tery Tuesday evening and put bution. Student government offi those of the current administra provides up to $2500 for facul- Associate News Editor together a distribution similar to cers said students took advantage tion. ty-student teams to collaborate the one used for away football of the opportunity to put their "1 was interested in hearing our with a community member or Students lined up outside the games, which usually takes a few name in the lottery. president speak, especially since organization on educational Dooley Room in the LaFortune weeks to plan. Flaherty credited “Both my conservative and liber I’m a Bush supporter. It’d be initiatives. Student Center Wednesday to the hard work of SUB members al friends are trying to get tickets, interesting to sec what he has to Since its birth in 2000, CWIL enter a lottery for the 200 avail for the efficiency of the last-minute which is also positive,” said Nick say,” said junior Johnny Mospan. has awarded dozens of grants able tickets to President Bush’s event. Coleman, Senate Diversity “It’d be cool. Not everyone gets to related to its mission of insti visit to the Joyce Athletic Center “People were actually really Committee Chair. “I could also hear a president speak in person.” gating intercultural engage Complex (JACC) Friday. excited,” said Flaherty. “People notice that the students were dis Bush’s speech about Social ment at Saint Mary’s. The cen “I don’t have an exact number, kind of knew what to expect from appointed that only 200 students Security is open to the greater ter often provides money for but our rough estimate is that a SUB lottery — that they are well- will have the opportunity to see South Bend community, as well as students traveling abroad and around 1500 |identification cards] run and organized.” • President Bush from this lottery.” to Notre Dame, but tickets are faculty research in intercultur- were swiped,” said Jimmy SUB was the organizer of the Many students expressed excite short in supply. Flaherty, Student Union Board event, but Student Government, ment at the chance to see the see CWIL/page 6 (SUB) manager. mainly the Student Senate, was president, whether or not their see LOTTERY/page 4 Death penalty talk gets personal Exonerated inmate , others discuss firsthand experiences in panel the Notre Dame Coalition to was an amazing turnaround By KAREN LANGLEY Abolish the Death Penalty, and for the Court. The Supreme News Writer senior Michael Poffenberger, a Court took on this issue 15 While the issue of capital anthropology and peace stud years ago, but in 1989 there punishment typically generates ies major. was a sense that the death debate, few discussions involve "It is up to us as concerned penalty was permissible under individuals from as many per speakers to determine how to our constitution,” Dieter said. spectives as did Wednesday act most responsibly within “Even when the death penalty night’s panel entitled “National society,” Poffenberger said. was originally banned in 1972, Debate on the Death Penalty.” The first panel member to it was not because executing A pardoned death row inmate speak was Richard Dieter, the humans was deemed cruel or and the grandson of a brutally executive director of the unusual, hut because I capital murdered woman were among Washington, D C.-based Death punishment I laws at that time those who offered their opin Penalty Information Center. were very arbitrary.” ions on the issue. Dieter stressed the presence of Dieter described the subse The discussion was one of the death penalty in American quent shift in public opinion the culm inating events in a history while referring to away from the death penalty, weeklong series of events Tuesday’s Supreme Court rul attributing this move to the called “Life in the Balance: ing that the Constitution bars establishment of DNA technol Death Penalty Perspectives, ” capital punishment for juve ogy as an accepted means of KERRY O’CONNOR/The Observer and was moderated by law niles. Former death row inmate Madison Hobley, who was pardoned by student Kate Leahy, chair of “What happened yesterday see PANEL/page 6 Illinois Gov. George Ryan in 2 0 0 3 , speaks about his experiences. page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Thursday, March 3, 2005 In sid e C olu m n Question of the Day: If you were on irish idol, what song would you sing, and why? Spring break... serenity? Brendan DuBree Andy Carter Zac Liptak Eric Natke Grisel Ruiz Pat Ryan Unlike a lot of my classmates, I’m sen io r fre sh m a n fr e s h m a n fr e s h m a n sen io r fr e s h m a n not going on vacation for spring S ta n fo rd F isher Z a h m Dillon o ff-ca m p u s K eough break. Sure, a cruise in the Caribbean or spending the day relaxing on a beach in Mexico "That ‘Numa- “‘School’s Out ‘“Call On M e.’ “Hmm... “If I did sing, “'Since U Been would be nice. But Numa-uei’song for the Summer’ We all know ‘Jefferson which I can ’t, I Gone’ because what’s so great Mike Gilloon about a week in a because that because we all why. ” S tarsh ip’ would sing Hamilton Marx tropical paradise dancing fat guy wish it was. ” because it’s som ething is m y idol. ” full ol sand and Snorts Writer is ju st awesome. ” romantic, like sun? Instead of all awesome. ” W hitney that. I’m heading back to my home Houston. ” town of Omaha. That’s right. Instead of travelling to Cabo, I’m spending my spring break "some where in middle America.” And I can’t wait. I can’t wait to hang out with a few of my old friends. But not to party In B r ie f all night long, I just want to relax on the couch in my buddy’s base ment. Watch some Seinfeld re-runs There will be a poetry reading and recall the time our friend entitled “Notes from the Divided Morgan’s pen exploded in his Country” today from 7 p.m. to 8 mouth during sophomore theology in the Hospitality Room of South class. Dining Hall. I can’t wait to pick up a late-night Frosty at Wendy’s and cruise the The Higgins Labor Research street with the windows down as Center is sponsoring a viewing Bob Seger’s voice seeps through the of the film “On the Waterfront” classic rock station on the radio. today at 4 p.m. in C-100 1 can’t wait to stop for lunch at Hesburgh Center. King Kong Gyros, where everyone speaks clear English, except for the The women’s lacrosse team guy taking your order. His Greek face Northwestern today at 4:30 accent is the only thing thicker than p.m. at the Moose Krause Field. the half-pound burgers they serve. I can’t wait to shoot hoops in the As part of Gay, Lesbian, driveway with my sisters, using the Bisexual and Questioning same Notre Dame basketball I got Awareness Week, the film “In when I was 11. The grip is all worn and Out” will be shown today at off and the Leprechaun is gone, but 6 p.m. in the LaFortunc it still works for a game of knock Ballroom.