the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 55 Wednesday, November 17, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com Safety issues arise at Irish Row Seniors By AMANDA GRAY DART for News Writer When the gun initially last time touched the back of her head on Oct. 29, she thought people were joking around in the spirit of Halloween. By NICOLE TOCZAUER In reality, she was being News Writer robbed at Irish Row Apartments, located just across Monday and Tuesday the street from the east side of marked that last DART regis- Notre Dame campus. tration period for the Notre “I had the door halfway open Dame’s Class of 2011. to Building Three when two Some seniors worried about guys came up and put a gun to getting into the classes they my head,” she said. needed in order to meet grad- The Notre Dame senior uation requirements, while returned home around 3 a.m., others looked for fun elec- according to the student watch tives to fill their last semester alert issued to Notre Dame by at Notre Dame. The majority, Sgt. Pat Hechlinski of the South though, did not find register- Bend Police Department ing for requirements difficult. (SBPD). The Observer policy is Senior Elaine Coldren said not to release the names of vic- she did not face much compe- tims of crimes. tition for classes for her She had previously been at a upper-level science classes. MATTHEW SAAD/The Observer A South Bend police car idles outside of the Irish Row apartment complex Monday. A Notre see SAFETY/page 5 Dame student was robbed outside Building Three on Oct. 29. see DART/page 3 Students explore Transpo ridership declines off-campus housing mores, I am 40 percent leased By MELISSA FLANAGAN right now and I would again pre- News Writer sume that probably no later than Christmas I will be fully booked.” Many sophomore students are Sophomore Lisa Daul said stu- beginning to think about an issue dents should start thinking about that, to many, is far in the future: living off-campus depending on off-campus housing for senior where he or she wants to live. year. “At first we wanted to live in a With a variety of options such as house, so we started looking at an apartment at Irish Row, a properties earlier this year,” Daul townhouse in Legacy Village or a said. “We heard that the good house through Kramer Properties houses are the first things to go. or one of the other local land- But now we’re leaning toward a lords, students are moving fast in town home in Lafayette [Square], order to secure their top choice of so we figure we have a little more homes. time.” SOFIA ITURBE | Observer Graphic Dave Kohlsaat, one of the own- Mark Kramer, owner of Kramer ers of Legacy Village, said one Properties, which includes and dents per weekend, though.” promotional efforts in order to reason students sign leases so assortment of living options By EMILY SCHRANK LeStrange said her commit- boost ridership each week- early is because of the influx of including houses and Lafayette News Writer tee is working to determine end,” she said. “We want all quality homes that are springing Square, said his statistics reveal the reason for the inconsisten- students to know about the up around Notre Dame. the same information. After a recent decrease in cy. She said they are also service and how it works, “This is our second year at “The houses we have are 80 student use of the free developing new methods of largely because it’s a safe, free Legacy,” Kohlsaat said. “We have percent leased for next year,” Transpo weekend bus service, promotion so the student body and reliable way of getting a very unique product, brand Kramer said. “For Lafayette we’re student government is explor- is more aware of the route. where you want to go on new, fully-furnished, top-line about 40 percent leased for next ing ways to promote the 7A LeStrange said “Whine Friday and Saturday nights.” amenities. When people hear of it, year, so there’s still a lot available, route and encourage rider- Week,” in which students According to LeStrange, 283 they tend to move sooner.” but that’s normal.” ship, Student Senate Off- could air complaints to stu- students rode the Transpo this According to Kohlsaat, Legacy Kramer said 12 of his houses Campus Concerns chair Emily dent government, last week past weekend. Village is completely booked for have already been leased for the LeStrange said. revealed that many members “We revamped the Transpo the 2011-12 school year and he 2012-2013 school year, but “The biggest issue with the of the student body are not 7A wallet card so that it is believes it will soon be full for the Lafayette and the apartments route is inconsistency in rider- familiar with the Transpo sys- easier to read and we included 2012-13 academic year. both won’t be pre-leased until ship,” LeStrange said. “One tem. the updated schedule on the “We were booked almost a year much later. weekend in September, 237 “Whine Week showed us back of the card,” she said. ago, probably by last December 1 “Usually houses are the first people rode Transpo, but the that people don’t know that “We’re still working on getting [for the 2011-12 school year],” next weekend only 23 used it. much about the 7A Route, so Kohlsaat said. “For the sopho- see HOUSING/page 3 We usually average 150 stu- we’re going to increase our see TRANSPO/page 5 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER SMC hosts book fair page 4 N Cult at Club Fever page 8 N Women’s volleyball starts Big East tournament page 16 N Viewpoint page 6 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Wednesday November 17, 2010 THE OBSERVER QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ANIMAL WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO BRING TO HOGWARTS WITH YOU? 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