ND Admits 1733 Early

THE O bserver The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 43 : ISSUE 67 THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ND admits 1,733 early University of Notre Dame Admissions office reports second-highest number of applicants in history However, while the University which allows students to fill out a 1 , 7 3 3 students admitted early action By MADELINE BUCKLEY received about 14,000 applications general application that will go to News Writer after the regular action deadline several colleges and universities. r z r z passed about two weeks ago, The Admissions Office will be O O average ACT score The University was unsure if the exceeding last year’s number, the reviewing the regular action appli struggling economy would cause a economy could be a factor in the cations through March, but they decline in the number of appli decrease in applications from two have admitted 1,733 students cants for the Class of 2013, but the years ago, Saracino said. early action, 200 more students average SAT* Office of Undergraduate “Very few schools are reporting than were admitted under early * combined critical re Admissions was pleased to receive record numbers,” he said. action last year, Saracino said. the second-highest number of Saracino said he attributes part “We are using the same stan applications in history, said Dan of the increase in applications dards we used last year, and we Saracino, assistant provost for from last year to the decision to Undergraduate Admissions. use the Common Application, see ADMISSION/page 4 MARY JESSE I Observer Graphic Students Reish, Schmidt plan for end of term packJACC Student gov't bodies prepare topics to cover during Spring semester'over Winter Break to cheer on said . ByJENN METZ Reish told The Observer News Editor COR members also compiled Irish men ideas for what their group Student body president Bob will tackle this semester. He Reish and student body vice said most of the suggestions By LIZ O ’DONNELL president Grant Schmidt have were not part of the duo’s ini News Writer quite the agenda to complete tial campaign. before their term ends April Potential topics of discus With football season now over 1. sion in COR in the upcoming and the winter sports season in Over Winter Break, the two weeks include a possible full force, even more students were at work, making lists of increase in the student activi have shifted their support of what they hope to accomplish ties fee to provide funding for Irish athletics from the field to in their remaining months in a spring concert of lecture the court. office, including more resolu series and a reevaluation of Led by last year’s Big East tions passed in the three stu the football ticket lottery poli Player of the Year, Luke dent government bodies: cies, specifically home game Harangody, the Fighting Irish Campus Life Council (CLC), ticket exchange. men’s basketball team has start Council of Representatives Reish said the student body ed the 2008-2009 season with QUENTIN STENGER/The Observer (COR) and Student Senate. can expect progress updates an impressive 12-4 record. Student body president Bob Reish, left, and vice president “If we get a good majority from the numerous student Grant Schmidt, have a few more initiatives to launch before of those done we’ll consider see BAS KETBALL/page 4 the end of their term in April. ourselves successful,” Reish see REISH/page 6 Fitness classes free for week Activists share stories to Sample period ends Sunday; RecSports online registration starts todaybegin MLK celebration Muhammad, Associate Director of By ALICIA SMITH By KAITLYNN RIELY the South Bend Heritage News W riter Associate News Editor Foundation. Monica Tetzlaff, facilitator and Saint Mary’s College director of the Civil Rights Heritage Pedaling up hills and down, Multicultural Services and Student Center at Indiana University South over straightaways and Programs hosted a discussion Bend (IUSB), led the discussion by through to the finish, 20 stu panel Wednesday in order to begin asking the panelists questions. dents completed the Tour de the celebration of Martin Luther Saint Mary’s Assistant Professor Rock Wednesday. King, Jr. Day. of History, Amanda Littauer, gave a Though snow covered the The panelists’ discussion focused brief presentation about the strug ground outside and tempera on the importance of nonviolent gles of African American women tures stayed in the single dig protest and community organiza who fought for civil rights at the its, in the basement of Rockne tions. start of the program. Memorial Gym, there was The panelists included Paula Part of the presentation included more spandex than sweaters. Crisostomo, who is portrayed in the a showing of he trailer for the film Angela Gallagher, a pedi movie “The Walkout,” opening in “The Walkout,” based - on atric speech therapist at St. March 2009, Joanne Bland, co- Cristomo’s story. In 1986, she led a Joseph Medical Center in founder and former director of the walkout involving Mexican- South Bend by day, teaches National Voting Rights Museum American students in five East Los three cycling classes at Notre and Institute in Selma, Ala., Lynn Angeles high schools protesting Dame, including the “Cycle N JESSICA LEE/The Observer Coleman, Assistant to the Mayor of their substandard education. Judy Conway leads a ‘Flex-n-tone’ class in the Rolfs Sports South Bend, and Gladys Recreational Center Tuesday. see RECSPORTS/page - see MLK/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Thursday, January 15. 2009 I n s id e C o lu m n Question of the Day:W h a t w a s t h e b e s t t h in g y o u r e c e iv e d f o r C h r is t m a s ? Secret life of an ND teen Look for me Mondays at 8 p.m. and you’ll find me plopped on my futon par taking in my embarrassing, but com Deepali Doddi Eric Fahrenbach Michael Chieffo Richard Roggeveen Tim Ryan pletely necessary guilty pleasure: watch ing “The Secret Life of the American T e e n a g e r.” Second-year law freshman ffeshman senior freshman Here’s a recap for off-campus Knott Siegfried St. Ed’s Keenan those of you who aren’t as unhealth Sarah Mervosh “A guitar. ” “Notre Dame “70-degree “An iPod “Trans-Siberian ily obsessed as I am sunglasses. ” w eather ” Touch. ” Orchestra (That number is News Wire probably smaller Editor tickets." than you think). The show revolves around Amy, a painfully naive high school freshman who gets knocked up one time at band camp. Ben, an equally naive and doubly annoying freshmen, is Amy’s boyfriend turned husband, but not the father of Amy’s baby. Ricky, the school player, is the father of Amy’s baby. He is currently sleeping with the school slut, Adrian while dating Grace, I n B r ie f the ultra-Christian, sworn virgin-until- marriage cheerleader. Oh, the drama. University President “The Secret Life” is complete with hor Emeritus Fr. Theodore M. rendous acting and hard to believe story H e sb u r g h will speak about lines. It is ABC Family’s car accident his friendship with Dr. that I just can’t peel my eyes away from. Martin Luther King and his With the start of the second season (How own experiences in the civil did it make it to season two?), I have rights movement to d ay at 7 made a list of the top five most ridicu p .m . in t h e A n n e n b e r g lous moments: Auditorium of the Snite 5. When Grace’s mentally handicapped Museum of Art. brother calls a prostitute (Stifler’s mom) and he pays her $200 to be his date for This w eek’s SUB Movie, the night. Nothing happens, don’t “Body of Lies,” w ill b e worry... This is only somewhat ridicu sh o w n tonight at 10 p.m an d lous because one of the only scenes with Friday and Satruday at 8 decent acting. p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in 101 4. When Ben confesses his love for DeBartolo Hall. Amy after about two weeks of dating... Oh, and he also pictures her in the hall Josh Dorfman, the founder ways at school after she drops out hop and CEO o f V ivavi will deliv ing it will make her come back... How er a lecture titled “Peering she doesn’t find this freaking creepy is into the Green Future: The bey o n d m e. Trends and Innovations 3. When Ben and his best friend, Forgin an Abundant Society Henry are on the phone with Henry’s in Balance with Nature” girlfriend trying to guess who she fanta TOM LA/The Observer Friday from 10:40 a.m. to sizes about when she flies solo. (They The statues of the late Fr. Ned Joyce and University President Emeritus Fr. 12:10 p.m. in th e J o r d a n think it’s Shia Labeouf. Turns out, it’s Theodore M. Hesburgh weren’t spared from this week’s near constant snow Auditorium of the Mendoza really Henry.) Meanwhile, she’s in the fall. College of Business. car with her mom while she is having this conversation... This was at least T h e Student Activities amusing, but still a ridiculous conversa O ffice w ill h o s t L ate N ig h t tion to be having with your best friend, Ice Skating Friday fro m 9 your girlfriend and her mom.

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