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WINDY Featured Flicks Thursday Scene examines the year’s most successful movies and predicts their HIGH 44° chances for Oscar victory. FEBRUARY 14, LOW 33° Scene ♦ page 14-15 2 0 0 2 O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL. XXXV NO. 89 HTTP://OBSERVER.N D.EDU S t u d e n t S e n a te One vote prevents raised activity fee Life Council for further consid By ERIN LaRUFFA eration. Associate News Editor The senate originally dis cussed the resolution at its The Student Senate rejected meeting on Feb. 6, but sena by a vote of 14 to 13 a resolu tors tabled the motion so that tion to increase the student they could get feedback from activities fee. their hall councils. The vote between the 26 “I talked it over with my senators dorm, and most of the guys ... ended in a See Also would rather increase it on a 13-13 tie. “Leaders probe [year by year] basis,” said The tie Fisher senator Greg Celio. He meant that Food Services on added that the students he dis student body campus dining” cussed the resolution with vice presi would also prefer to see cam d e n t B rian page 8 pus organizations allocated less money so that a club who chairs the senate, had to would have to improve its pro vote. In voting against the res gramming in order to receive olution, Moscona said that he more funds. wanted a senate committee to Cavanaugh senator Lindsay look into the issue further to Zika agreed, explaining that settle questions several sena students at her hall council tors had raised. The senate had a similar reaction as can then revote on the resolu Fisher Hall council members tion, or an amended version of did. it. “They felt that this school The resolution called for an too often raises money to solve initial increase of $10, which problems,” Zika said. would bring the fee to $75 for Off-campus senator Matthew liom vc i ic/ine uoserver the 2002-2003 school year. Smith added that he could not Members of the Student Senate met Wednesday to vote on a resolution that would have The resolution would also support raising the fee when raised the fee for student activities. In a close 14-13 vote the resolution was defeated. have called for the fee to the University refused to fund increase by $5 every two years a group like OUTReachND. activities fee needed to go up when you’re constantly slip Romero agreed that passing until it reached $100. If the However, the Financial so that campus groups could ping backward,” said Hagan. the resolution was important. senate had passed the resolu Management Board’s Audra maintain their level of pro “Every year, the student activ “Seventy-five percent of us will tion, it would not have gone Hagan, who submitted the res gramming. ities fee becomes less and less into effect but instead would olution to the senate, stressed “People are always asking us able to provide for us.” have moved onto the Campus that because of inflation, the to do better. It’s to do better Student Union secretary Tai see FEES/page 6 RCLC celebrates first year A ssoc, sports editor -and Communication, and Council and the University’s m oves up in staff ranks By MEGFiAN MARTIN chair of the Center’s Center for Social Concerns to News Writer Oversight Committee. “create a community learn ing center ... for the commu journalists.” Initiated by the By JEFF BALTRUZAK nity.” As Assistant Managing Editor, Renalda Robinson would University’s Office of the London Correspondent President, Nanni’s former After six months of listen Soukup is responsible for working be proud. in conjunction with the Managing It has only been a year, but department, the planning ing and learning, the com committee’s primary goal, as mittee, consisting of stu Andrew Soukup has been named Editor on staff recruitment and hir the community center in the The Observer’s 2002-2003 ing and developing the mission of Northeast Neighborhood that noted by current RCLC direc dents, faculty, administra tor Jay Caponigro, was to tors, and community leaders, Assistant Managing Editor and will The Observer’s seven editorial bears her name has already direct editorial policy with The departments. He also will work done much to foster the kind “weave together what would put its refined plan into action. Intended to be a bea Observer’s top closely with the Sports Department of neighborhood advocacy be a strong center” for the con for the local neighbor two editors, on training, writing, editing and that this matriarch of the neighborhood community at the location of a vacant hood and not an advertise incoming design. community worked so hard University-owned building. ment for the University, Editor in Chief Soukup, a sophomore Knott Hall for. According to Nanni, it was Nanni said, “We felt that it Jason resident, is currently the paper’s First opened in February important that the University was critical to the neighbor McFarley and Associate Sports Editor. He began of 2001, the Robinson not look beyond its neigh hood to the south of us [that Managing work for The Observer in fall 2000 Community Learning Center bors’ needs or “treat them we create a place] where we Editor Kate as a sports writer and has worked was intended to be a place with a benign neglect.” could address their needs, N a g e n g a s t as copy editor and production a n n o u n c e d assistant in the department. He has “where the neighboring After securing support but also show their Soukup community and university from a number of local and strengths.” Wednesday. been a beat writer for football, community could come University departments, the With that in mind, the The appoint m en’s basketball, track and field together and break down the planning committee worked Center was launched with a ment is effective March 18. and women’s swimming. barriers that separate us ... with community members to number of programs that “It’s an honor to be one of the A Holland, Mich., native, Soukup to put names and faces to gain insight into how best to have only gained momentum paper’s top editors and receive the is a government major with a con issues that we would other fulfill the needs at hand. over the course of the year, chance to help shape The centration in the Journalism, wise have talked about as Nanni said the project was such as exercise classes, an Observer’s future success,” Soukup Ethics and Democracy program. social problems,” said Lou a collaborative effort, com after-school program for said. “I look forward to working Nanni, the University’s Vice bining a partnership with with Jason and Kate and this very Contact Jeff Baltruzak at President of Public Affairs the Northeast Neighborhood see RCLC/page 6 talented, dedicated staff of student [email protected]. page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Thursday, February 14, 2002 I n s id e C o l u m n T h is W e e k o n C a m p u s Thursday Friday S aturday Sunday H ere w e go again ♦ Film: “Partisan Bias in ♦ Event: Booktalk and ♦ Concert: ND Jazz Bands, ♦ Lecture: “How to Listen Policy Convergence: signing, “The Future of Band Building, 2 p.m. to Bartok’s Sonata for Dorothy’s romp through the poppies was noth ing compared to walking past my hall’s front desk Privatization Choices in Our Past,” Father Robert ♦ Event: Recital, Claude Piano,” Ethan Haimo, this morning. As the flower trucks arrived, work Latin America,” Maria Pelton, Hammes Notre Cymerman, visiting Carey Auditorium, 2 p.m. ers brought bouquets in by the truckload. I stood there motionless as I witnessed the massive Victoria Murillo, C-103 Dame Bookstore, 3 p.m. pianist, Annenberg effort. Even Glenda the good Hesburgh Center, 4:15 p.m. ♦ Workshop: “2000 Dance Auditorium, Snite Museum Witch couldn’t revive me. I was in awe, but luckily, I was Spectrum,” O’Laughlin of Art, 8 p.m. ready. Last year I was in shock Auditorium, 7 p.m. when I left my room and saw the stacks of gifts at my front desk. Never before had I seen such an array of colors, Be y o n d C a m p u s Compiled from U-Wire reports plush and pollen all in one place. It was a war zone. I Kelly Hager was surrounded. There were lilies, daisies, roses. There Texas A&M top 20 admission plan denounced were teddy bears, kittens, goldfish. There were girls Copy Editor COLLEGE STATION, Texas universities cannot use race as a fac standing in line to claim their David Rogers, a former plaintiff in tor in admissions or financial aid. goodies. There were girls the landmark federal court case The case was filed on the basis that standing and watching the Hopwood v. Texas that eliminated qualified applicants to University of other girls. And, there were girls standing in affirmative action in college admis Texas Law School were denied front of the delivery board, searching for their sions, spoke out against Texas A&M admittance because of racial prefer name. There were so many, gifts and girls, that University’s proposed top 20 percent ence, allowing admission of less the desk workers had made signs of the alphabet admissions plan Tuesday.

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