Irish Belles Spend a Night out Sr. Helen Prejean to Lecture at ND
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I T T iVIUitydj;ay, ripApril ill zz7,2003 MJUJ Band rocks Notre O bserver Dame The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXVII NO. A lb HTTP://OBSERVER. ND.EDU Accepted students P utting o u t fir es visit SMC campus able to them next year.” By EMILY BRAMMER Afternoon events included News Writer two sessions of open houses sponsored by Student Many accepted students con Activities and Academic firmed their decisions to Affairs. Faculty and staff in the attend Saint Mary’s next fall as academic departments spoke they toured campus and met with interested students, and with faculty and administers all student life offices such as Sunday on Accepted Student Campus Ministry, Residence Day. Life and other clubs and orga After Mass in Angela nizations presented students Athletic Facility, Saint Mary’s with information. President Marilou Eldred for “This is the first year that we mally welcomed the students have expanded [Accepted along with Director of Student Day] for more student A d m is s io n in v o lv e Mary Pat ment,” Nolan and “Accepted students need said Board of to have that chance to Nolan. Governance “The ses President Kim come hack one more time sions are Jensen. to confirm their now set “A ccepted up more students need decisions.” like to have that S tu d e n t chance to Mary Pat Nolan Activities come back one director of admission Night, giv more time to ing them confirm their the oppor decisions,” said Nolan. “And tunity to actually go around they’re very excited to see and talk to representatives of where they’re going to be for academic departments and the next four years.” student life activities.” Saint Mary’s students gave About 155 families from 21 the potential students a tour of states traveled to attend the campus which included a trip day’s events. through the new Student Accepted student Gemma Center and Noble Family Edwardo currently attends Dining Hall. Vincentian Academy in “Students were really Pittsburgh. She applied to CHIP MARKS/The Observer amazed with the new facility,” Saint Mary’s because she was Sophomore Zahm Hall resident Andrew Hoyt extinguishes a fire at the annual fireman bar- said Jensen. “They’re excited beque held In front of LaFortune student center Sunday. It Is this type of event that increas to know that it will be avail see ACCEPTED/page 4 es fire awareness and prevention on campus. Irish Belles spend a night out Sr. Helen Prejean theme of “spa night” by allow Funnell raised $64 Friday ♦ ND, SMC women ing students to sample a vari night. bond at ‘spa night’ ety of their products. “[Irish Belles Night Out] went to lecture at ND at LaFortune Saint Mary’s freshmen Anna really well and we got some Bauer and Anna Hickner won good feedback,” Brown said. ♦ University of the poor.” gift certificates for a free hair “I think students are interested In 1981, Prejean moved By ANNELIESE WOOLFORD cut at Atria in doing it sponsors death with a small group of other Saint Mary’s Editor and Michael again.” sisters to the St. Thomas and Co. “The purpose of the event penalty speaker Friday built housing project in New Saint Mary’s and Notre salons. was to bring the two on the success Orleans, where she began Dame women found common Special to The Observer Included groups of women of last year’s teaching high school ground Friday night at the sec Friday were Irish Belles Sister Helen Prejean, dropouts. The following ond annual Irish Belles Night perfor together to work through Night Out, death penalty abolitionist year, at the request of a Out. m ances by headed by the stereotypes, because and author of the book friend, she began a corre The freshman and sopho Notre Dame former sopho there’s been animosity “Dead Man Walking,” will spondence with Elmo more class boards from both senior Zack more class deliver a talk and partici Patrick Sonnier, a 27-year- schools organized the event. Burkhart there in the past. ” board and Saint pate in a book signing old death row resident “The purpose of the event and fre s h Mary’s student beginning at 7:30 p.m. convicted in the brutal was to bring the two groups of m an Tom body president Sarah Brown today in 101 DeBartolo murder of a teenage cou women together to work S c h r e c k , Elizabeth SMC student body vice president Hall. ple. As the date for through stereotypes, because regular per Jablonski-Diehl. Sponsored by the Notre Sonnier’s execution there’s been animosity there in formers at Because last Dame Vocation Initiative, approached, she became the past,” said Sarah Brown, t h e year’s event the event is free and open his close friend and spiri Saint Mary’s student body vice AcoustiCafe, and The took place in Saint Mary’s to the public. tual counselor, eventually president. “I think it’s so Undertones, a male a cappella Regina Hall and this year’s A native of Baton Rouge, witnessing his electrocu important to show that we group also from Notre Dame. occurred in LaFortune, Brown La., Prejean has lived and tion. Since then she has have a lot more similarities Tables were set up advocat anticipates it will switch cam worked in Louisiana all accompanied other men to than differences.” ing various charity events in puses from year to year. her life. She joined the the electric chair as a Over 100 students from both which students can partici “We plan to bring it back to Sisters of St. Joseph of counselor and witnessed campuses attended this year’s pate. Jill Funnell, a Saint Saint Mary’s next year to get a Medaille in 1957, when their deaths. Irish Belles Night Out on the Mary’s freshman, sold pink variety of settings,” she said. she was 18, and traces her Prejean related her second floor of LaFortune. breast cancer awareness rib involvement in the issue of experiences with Sonnier In addition to complimentary bons for $1 each to raise capital punishment to her in “Dead Man Walking,” a hairstyling and facials, repre money for her participation in religious community’s for sentatives from Mary Kay May’s Avon Breast Cancer Contact Anneliese Woolford at mal pledge, made public in Cosmetics added to Friday’s Walk. 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Saint Mary’s U.S. may rule Mixed results Always Bookstore ND baseball Their plans go far beyond war on Iraq. w elcom es Iraq for 6 on stock faithful Basketball dismantles They want to multiply military spend accepted months market Red Storm ing, create a “U.S. Space Force” to milita rize outer space and completely control students “cyberspace,” target China, Iran, Syria and Libya for Roughly 155 fam Setting up a new Stocks closed Viewpoint colum Scene looks at Notre Dame ilies from 21 states Iraqi government mixed Friday as nist Mike Notre Dame's 32- swept St. John's in “regime change,” Pat McElwee test and build new traveled to South may take more investor enthusi Marchand remem year tradition of an 11-3, 18-3 dou nuclear weapons, Bend Sunday for than six months asm about U.S. bers e-mail he Bookstore ble header Sunday consider developing Accepted Student once coalition advances in Iraq exchanged with Basketball. in New York. biological weapons, Senior Staff Day at the College. forces take full con was muted by a Dustin Ferrell, the undermine the W riter trol of the country, weak employment 2000 Notre Dame United Nations, according to Bush report. graduate injured in “light and decisively administration offi Operation Iraqi win multiple, simultaneous major theatre cials. Freedom. wars” and maintain American global superiority at all costs in order “to shape a new century favorable to American prin page 1 page 5 page 7 page 10 page 12 page 24 ciples and interests.” Sound like a conspiracy theory? It’s not. The relevant interests have conveniently declared their positions on the Web site of the think-tank, Project for the New W hat ’s G oing D ow n American Century (www.newamerican- W hat’s H appening @ ND century.org). Check it out. Visitor arrested for driving intoxicated Nor are these the rants and ravings of ♦ Film “At the River I Stand” NDSP arrested a visitor for driving while intoxi irrelevant fanatics. This group has defined 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Ilcsburgh Center Auditorium, C-100 cated on State Road 933 Friday morning. the ideology behind the current U.S. for eign policy. The powerful signatories to Cell phone stolen from Alumni Hall the Project’s “Statement of Principles” ♦ Called to Witness Lecture Series A student reported the theft of her cell phone include: President Bush’s brother, Jeb, with Sister Helen Prejean from the basement study lounge of Alumni Hall Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at DeBartolo Hall, Room 101 March 20. The larceny case’s status has been Wolfowitz (Rumsfeld’s deputy secretary) updated to pending, but there are still no suspects. and Lewis Libby (Cheney’s chief of staff) — none of whom was elected by the peo ♦ Divine Mercy Chaplet 6 student vehicles towed ple of the United States.