Locked Doors Heighten Donn Security Project by CLAIRE HEININGER News Writer 1\S Move-In Weekend Drew to a Close and the Steady Flow of Underw-Ay Futons
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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marj's VOLUME 38: ISSUE 7 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2003 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Housing Locked doors heighten donn security project By CLAIRE HEININGER News Writer 1\s move-in weekend drew to a close and the steady flow of underw-ay futons. fridges and 24-packs of blue Powerade entering Developers plan to Notre Dame residence halls dwindled, many students were start off-campus surprised to find their dorms locked last Tuesday. complex this year According to a new directive from the Office of Hesidence By MIKE CHAMBLISS Life and Housing. all entrance News Writer doors to both male and female dorms must remain locked 24 /\ new housing development is hours a day, with a student lD being planned for the residen necessary for access. tial area directly east of Notre Unlike previous years. stu Danw's campus. dent residents and nonresi Dev1dopers Dan Foley and dents do not have to enter Nicholas Tyszka. who boast five their birth date when opening Notn~ Dame degrees between a door before parietals; after tlwm. plan to build a subdivi hours, however, the code is sion of upscale duplex villas and required and only dorm resi single-family homes called dents may enter. "Irish Crossings." The final change applies to The development. contingent students visiting residence on a Sept. lJ St. Joseph County halls that are not their own. Council vote. is slated to be Previously, students could located on an 8.2-acre lot enter through any door before between Burdette Street and parietals with a quick swipe of ANDY KE:NNN I he Ubserver Willis /\venue. Between 30 and their lD card. This year, visit- A student swipes his ID card to unlock the door to a residence hall on Tuesday. A new 60 units would be constructed campus-wide policy designed to ensure dorm security at all hours of the day was on the lot, ranging in price from see DOORS/page 6 Implemented last week. $189,000 to $300,000. The lot was last the site of a prior attempt to build an exclu sive tailgating park by develop er Kay Pangraze of Go Park Enterprises. Due to strong Hours added to SMC/ND shuttle schedule objections from community members. many of whom profit service on the weekends, leaving that adding hours on Friday and accommodate our students," from game-day parking busi By ANGELA SAOUD the shuttle running nearly 30 Saturday was most important." Timm said. ness, the tailgate area proposal News Writer hours less than it did last year. Shuttles will now run until 2 In the event that Saint Mary's was voted down by St. Joseph Both Notre a.m. on students need transportation County Council. Saint Mary's refused to com Dame and "My concern is that our Saturday and after shuttles stop running, they Foley and Tyszka claim that promise safety for schedule reor Saint Mary's students use the shuttle Sunday morn may call Saint Mary's security every horne in their design ganization of the shuttle between will continue ings. from the Grotto. Timrn and other would be owner occupied, thus the College and Notre Dame, to share the often on the weekends." During shuttle school officials are considering helping prevent deterioration or taking on the sole financial bur cost of shut schedule reor moving the call location to a the possibility of turning into den of extra weekend hours. tle operation, Linda Tlmm ganization, more secure area with better student rental property. Tyszka Earlier this semester, Linda but Saint Timm received lighting. anticipates that the develop Tirnm, Saint Mary's vice presi Mary's will vice president for student affairs several parent Regardless, Timrn advised that ment. estimated at a total value dent of Student Affairs, received solely cover phone calls "students should try their best to of $12 million. will be horne to an e-mail detailing cuts in the the cost of regarding stu- get back during the time the many Notre Dame faculty mem budget allowance for shuttle the additional hours it requested. dents' safety. shuttles are running." bers. administrators and alum- services. The new plan sched "My concern is that our stu "It was comforting to be able uled shuttles until 10 p.m. dents use the shuttle often on the to tell parents that we were Contact Angela Saoud at sec HOUSING/page 6 Monday through Friday with no weekends," Timm said. "We felt already looking for ways to [email protected] necessary. the change will ultimately prove By JOE TROMBELLO "The arrival of the Notre Dame beneficial to all parties and News Writer Federal Credit Union to the base noted that additional services, ment of LaFortune last year such as hours until 7 p.m. on The Notre Dame Federal Credit resulted in duplication of certain Thursday and Friday at both the Union will replace many of the functions performed by both the LaFortune and the Douglas Rd. services offered by the defunct Cashier's Office and the Credit branches, will improve the serv Cashier Services Office, formerly Union, particularly as they per ices offered. located in the Main Building, tained to student banking servic "We're hoping that, after the said associate controller Tom es," Guinan said. "The Credit transition period is complete, Guinan. Union indicated that they would students, faculty and staff will Guinan said University officials also be willing to perform other find that the Credit Union and agreed to close the Cashier's key functions handled by the the University have developed Office at their spring meeting Cashier's Office, namely process plans to not only maintain the and operations ceased June 30. ing departmental deposits and key services formerly provided The decision was made based student tuition payments." by the Cashier's Office, but also on a variety of factors, Guinan "With the Credit Union pro to enhance them," he said. said, although the addition of a cessing such payments, deposits Michael Cruise, vice president Notre Dame Credit Union branch and payments would be placed in of branch operations for the to the LaFortune Student Center the bank a day earlier and Notre Dame Federal Credit ANDY KENNAffhe Observer made the services of the armored pickups at the Cashier's Union, said the credit union is A sign outside of Cashier Services In the Main Cashier's Office - including fee Office would no longer be neces expecting an increase in business Building notifies members of the campus community free cashing of student personal sary," he said. that transactions will now be handled in LaFortune. and work checks - no longer Guinan said that he believes sec SERVICES/page 6 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE BOOM IN THE SQUIRREL POPULATION ON CAMPUS? The perfect day for 21 Almost everyone has a crazy story to tell about their 21st birthday. After years of drinking with an underage label, and having to bug Liz Luther Colleen Traeger John Dee John Abdo Joe Heleck Kyle Lin older friends to Senior Junior Senior Junior Junior Senior go to the store for Off-Campus Keenan Hall Keough Hall Keough Hall Siegfried me, the day that Mike Harkins Walsh Hall had been marked on the calendar Graphics "There will be "More things to ''I'm excited "I like it; I like "Great big gobs "It's mating was finally here: Editor more spicy sea remind me of because I have furry little of greasy, grimy season by the Monday, Sept. 1, 2003. No longer nuggets in the my little sister." I 7 new friends fellows." gopher guts. " radiation was I barred from the bars. It was dining hall. " already." building again. " time to enjoy my freedom in the world of alcoholic beverages. My day started out great. I had to wake up early in the morning to go to class on Labor Day. While admin istrators at Notre Dame and friends from state schools were enjoying their day off, I was in class on my 21st birthday. Perfect. No problem; I could make it through a day of school. All that IN BRIEF mattered was what was to come afterwards. My mom, dad, brother Tryouts for student speakers for and 2-year-old nephew took the this Friday's Pep Rally for the time out to come out to South Bend Washington State game will be and treat me to lunch. It was great held today in the Notre Dame to see the people I'd grown up with Room of LaFortune at 7 p.m. for my 21 years and to share this Questions? Contact Bill at wbon milestone with them. [email protected] or Erinn at When they were gone, it was time [email protected]. to throw down a few with friends. We had been talking about this day Have your chance at tickets for for months, about how much fun it the Michigan away game through would be to all go out to the bar a lottery in the Gold Room of North together. All the friends I'd been Dining Hall today from 3 to 5:30 looking forward to partying with p.m. came by to say "Happy Birthday" - and that they had homework to do "El jardin de Eden" will be pre and would not be able to go out. sented by the Kellogg/ILS film Perfect. series, Looking Out, Looking In: No worries; a couple of my friends Latino and Latin American were cool enough to go out regard Perspectives on today from 7 to 9 less.