200 Students Face Lawsuits for Boat Club Citations Mccain, Matthews

rT " 1 Thursday, April 24,2003 Scene reviews "Phone Booth" p ag e 14 O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXVII NO. 136 HTTPV/OBSERVER.ND.EDU 200 students face lawsuits for Boat Club citations admission to defendant’s busi Superior Court. attorney representing the “ I’m shocked,” said freshman By TERESA FRALISH ness establishment ... [and| the While several Boat Club Millenium Club, did not return Evan Walsh, who was cited in Associate News Editor Plaintiff has sustained damages, employees confirmed that Mike phone calls seeking comment. the raid. “1 think it’s a very poor expenses, losses, costs and attor McNcff, the owner of The Boat University spokesman Dennis case. I don’t see it having any Over 200 Notre Dame and ney fees due to the fraudulent Club at the time of the raid, is Brown said that Notre Dame will success.” Walsh said he would Saint Mary's students are each actions of the Defendant.” still the owner of the bar, the provide some guidance to the also be looking into retaining a being sued for $ it,000 plus court The suits are each being cause stated that the “ P la n tiff... students receiving court sum local attorney. fees for being cited during the brought individually by the operates a restaurant/tavern at mons. In the Jan. 24 raid, 213 Notre Jan. 24 police raid of The Boat Millenium Club, although it is 106 North Hill, South Bend,” “We do plan to refer students, Dame and Saint Mary’s students (Hub. unclear how that organization is which is The Boat Club’s through Student Affairs,, to were cited for the Class C felony A copy of a cause obtained by connected with The Boat Club. address. appropriate resources, primarily “ Minor in a Tavern.” Notre Dame The Observer slated that the The students receiving sum However, neither McNeff nor local attorneys,” Brown said. students also received sanctions "Defendant knowingly made mons were assigned a time for a Boat Club managers returned One student who received a from the Office of Residence I.ifc. false statements ... of their age court hearing and were instruct repeated phone calls seeking court summons said he ques for purposes of inducing Plaintiff ed to appear at the Small Claims comment. tioned the validity of the law Contact Teresa Fralish at to allow Defendant to gain Division of the St. Joseph Mitchell Heppenheimer, the suits. [email protected] ND women faculty LIEGE express tenure concerns E ditor’s note: This is the sec them. We should hire the very ond in a three-part series look best people and give them the ing into the issues that face support to make it happen.” female faculty members at Part of allowing them to Notre Dame. make it happen, Sayers said, is to let tenure-track faculty By M EGHAN M A R TIN know where they stand before News Writer decision time rolls around. The majority of tenure-track faculty, officially deemed In 2001, women made up 42 “teaching and research facul percent of all tenure-track ty,” sign a three-year contract professors at Notre Dame, but when they are hired, with the SARAH LATHROP/The Observer many female professors worry understanding that their per Chris Matthews spoke at Stepan Center Wednesday as part of the college tour for MSNBC's that some figures can be formance w ill be reviewed at “Hardball." Over 1 ,0 0 0 people attended the hour-long live program featuring Arizona Senator deceiving. the end of that period, during John McCain. “We have a lot of women, w hich a decision is made to but what people don’t realize either offer another three-year is that we’re still behind,” contract or terminate the can McCain, Matthews visit campus English professor Valerie didate’s employment. Sayers said, referring to the Tenure decisions are made only 18 percent of female fac after the second three-year “ [Saddam’s| crimes are up there similar to the one in Iran. ulty who hold tenured posi term, when faculty members By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER with the worst in history,” he “ T h a t w ould be a bad o u t tions. submit a tenure packet of News Writer said. come,” McCain said. “ It is a com Sayers, who was initially specified materials to their McCain said the victory in Iraq plicated situation — the people hired as an associate professor respective department’s MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris does not signal an end to the war have never known democracy. 10 years ago and tenured after Committee on Appointments Matthews" was televised live from on terrorism, however. The country’s lines were drawn in two years of teaching at Notre and Promotion, comprised of Notre Dame’s Stepan Center “The war on terrorism will go the sand by a British colonel in a Dame in a practice that is rare the applicant’s peers. The CAP Wednesday and over 1,000 stu on for a long time, as long as tent at the end of World War II.” but possible in the hiring of reviews all materials, includ dents and community members there are Arab men on the streets The Senator also spoke about already-senior faculty, ing outside reviews of attended the show that allowed without jobs [that can be recruit the post-war reconstruction of expressed her relief that she research, TCEs and adminis them to interact with Sen. John ed to hate America],” said Iraq. was initially hired with the trative and committee work, McCain (R-Ariz.), the show’s McCain. “We will have a breeding “ 1 said the war would be quick, understanding that she would called “service.” The CAP sub guest. ground for terrorists.” but I never said the post war peri be quickly promoted to a sequently votes as to whether The hour-long show featured The format of the show allowed od would be easy,” he said. “We tenured status. or not the faculty member McCain's views on foreign policy McCain to respond mostly to need help from every nation in “I haven’t had to go through should be considered for following the U.S. victory in the Matthews’ questions, although Europe and the world.” the agony that my non tenure. war in Iraq. McCain is a former students also had the opportunity McCain minimized the rift the tenured colleagues have gone The results are submitted as Vietnam prisoner of war and sup to ask McCain questions. media has presented between through,” she said. “A univer a recommendation to the ported the war in Iraq. One student asked McCain what Defense Secretary Donald sity like Notre Dame should department chair, and the “ I think the President has done would happen if the Shiite Muslim Rumsfeld and Secretary of State have a commitment to acade same process is continued a great job leading the country, majority was to win an election in mic justice — they should hire through the relevant college’s don’t you all?” McCain asked. Iraq and try to create a theocracy see HARDBALL/page 9 people they feel completely capable of tenure, and support see TENURE/page 6 A c a d e m ic C o u n c il ND Tenure Status 500 Group discusses salary equity Men Tenured Men Or. Track 400 next fall, the proposal, presented meeting, comprise the Salary iisiS Women Tenured By KATE NAGENGAST by the Council’s Faculty Affairs Disclosure Group. Women On Track Senior Staff W riter Subcommittee Salary Disclosure Frecka said the Group was split Group, was debated by Council 2-1 against full disclosure of faculty 300 The University Academic Council members, some of whom suggest salaries and thus decided to exam held its final meeting of the acade ed the that the committee proposal ine the fairness of the processes mic year Wednesday and dis describes is too vaguely defined to the University uses to address 100 cussed establishing a committee to be effective in practice. salary issues instead. The Group’s examine salary equity at Notre Accounting professor Tom proposal recommends that a Dame. Frecka, finance professor John Salary Equity Committee, estab Although the Council tabled its Afileck-Graves and economics pro lished by the Provost’s Advisory '88 '89 '90 ’91 '92 93 ‘94 '95 ‘96 '97 98 *99 *00 01 final decision about whether or not fessor Teresa Ghilarducci, who Year to establish such a committee until was unable to attend Wednesday’s see COUNCIL/page 9 Source: AAT.Tand I PI. US Survci MIKE HARKINS/The Observer page 2 The Observer ♦ WTI AT S UP Thursday, April 24, 2003 I n s id e C o lu m n W h a t ’s I n s id e CAMPUS WORLD & BUSINESS Getting a NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE SPORTS fake ID? 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