n r iuesaay, February 11,2003 Onion comic gets laughs O bserver page 8 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXVII NO. 92 h t t p://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Hallahan, Ebersol move forward Record By MEGHANNE DOWNES number Associate News Editor Election Results The tickets of Charlie Ebcrsol-Lauren Meagher and applies Pat Hallahan-Jcremy Lao received the two highest per­ centages in Monday’s student By HELENA PAYNE government election and moved on to Thursday’s run-off News Editor election. The Office of Hallahan-Lao received 27.6 Hallahan Ebersol percent of the vote and Undergraduate Admissions Ebersol-Meagher received 20.6 received a record total of percent of the 4,055. The two over 12,000 applications for tickets will square off in a fall 2003 enrollment. debate Wednesday. “One thing we do know Hallahan said he and Lao for sure is that we have had intend to continue campaigning more students visit this and will concentrate on the year,” said Bob Mundy, dorms. director of admissions oper­ “[The debate] will be a much a tio n s . “T h a t’s a g r e a t more conducive setting to get­ incentive for them to ting our message across and it apply.” will allow us to showcase our An estimated 12,040 strengths," Hallahan said. applications makes this Ebersol and Meagher, who ■ A b sta in 117 i&Updike 13 0 year’s number of applica­ # E b e rso l 8 3 6 iB o t t 656 tions a 23 percent jump received only 50 more votes # R ail 18 SiHa 1 1 ahanl 1 2 0 than third-place ticket Joe 8 Mu t o 786 88 g a g n e t 3 9 2 from 2002 — 19 percent Muto-Mimi Matkowski, said more than the previous high they were excited they made of 10,052 in 2000. Due to the run-off and looked forward towards gaining their voter the volume of applications, to the debate, where they want support because their tickets • the Office does not yet have to differentiate themselves were similar to his. the final total. The regular from HallahamLao. The other tickets, Muto- admission deadline was LISA VELTE/The Observer Ebersol said he was Matkowski, Bott-Kirsh, Ryan Jan. 9. Presidential candidate Pat Hallahan and his running mate impressed by the voter turnout Gagnet-John McCarthy, Drew Mundy said an increase in Jeremy Lao review Monday's election results. Their ticket will for Mike Bott-Mike Kirsh and Updike-Eric Tarnowski and this summer’s prospective Joe Muto-Matkowski, adding participate In a run-off election Thursday against Charlie Ebersol and Lauren Meagher. that he intends to work see ELECTION/page 9 see ADMISSION/page 9 Bishop responds Trustees stand firm on dance ban tions: ment as watered-down and pushed to resignations By JASON McFARLEY ♦ that the University give each hall the student body president to demand News Writer $1,000 for dances in 2003-04 contin­ that in-hall dances be reinstated. gent on the agreement that halls let At a Feb. 3 emergency meeting, By MEGHANNE DOWNES Notre Dame trustees weighed rein­ school officials review their dance Senate passed a resolution directing Associate News Editor stating in-hall dances but will keep budgets to see where and how the Bishop to include in her report a the ban in place for at least another money is spent; request that dances be brought back Student Body President Libby Bishop said the res­ year, said Student Body President ♦ that student life adm inistrators for a one-year probationary period. ignation of her chief of staff Pat Hallahan came after Libby Bishop, who delivered a report devise a plan to maximize availability Bishop, though, left the Senate pro­ she questioned his trust and ability to accurately on the displaced dances and campus of out-of-dorm dance venues, espe­ posal out of her report and has exe­ represent the views of her office. social life at the cially the most pop­ cuted a pocket veto of sorts by refus­ Hallahan, a candidate for student body president, b o a rd ’s w inter ular locations; ing for the past week to sign it into said Thursday he resigned solely due to differences meeting last week. “Although Senate’s rea- ♦ and that officials adoption. with Bishop, particularly on the dance issue. Bishop In the meantime, songing was ...in keep­ work with Food Meanwhile, Hallahan, now running said Hallahan’s decision to make his resignation a Bishop said, Services to lower for student body president, claimed public issue disappointed her because his resigna­ ing with student opinion. trustees will make costs and increase he resigned as Bishop’s top policy tion was a result of several factors, including the I felt I’d get more out of three recommenda­ food options for adviser last week over his difference amount of time he dedicated to her office this tions to the Office of the report if I left their dances that are of opinion with her on the dance semester and his decision to speak out against her Student Affairs to required to be issue. Erin LaRuffa, Bishop’s director view at last week’s Senate meeting about hall dance demand out of it.” improve the cur­ catered. of public relations, resigned Monday policy. rent state of Before the after publicly criticizing the report. At a Feb. 3 Senate meeting, Hallahan provided dances. Libby Bishop report, trustees Throughout the upheaval, Bishop information that Bishop had not provided to sena­ Bishop, in a 90- Student Body President had considered a has maintained that the report was tors regarding the University’s stance to not recon­ minute interview return to in-hall strong and that she should ultimately sider restoring in-hall dances within the next two to with The Observer, dances but decided have final say in a document coming three years and made suggestions as to what course spoke about her Thursday presenta­ against it. out of her office. of action the Senate could take to voice its opinion tion to the board and answered criti­ “They seriously thought about “Although Senate’s reasoning was on in-hall dances. cisms by student government col­ putting the dances back in the halls very much in keeping with student Senate passed a resolution directing Bishop to leagues that her report took a weak but wanted to invest in the current opinion, I felt I’d get more out of the include a proposal to reinstate in-hall dances for a stand on the dance issue. system for at least another year,” she report if I left their demand out of it,” probationary period of one year following The report, “An Update on Hall said. “They thought it was tough to Bishop said. She pointed out that Hallahan’s comments. Dances and an Overview of Social evaluate [the dance ban’s] success most of the board had read online in Bishop said Sunday that his comments, which Life at Notre Dame,” characterized after just [two] semesters.” The Observer about the Senate con­ were the opposite of what she said her office was student reaction to the outlaw of in­ Bishop’s nine-page report, in fact, troversy and several trustees asked trying to accomplish, made her question whether he dorm dances as mostly negative and did not urge trustees to lift the ban, her about the uproar. understood his role of chief of staff. “It wasn’t just called on administrators to provide and the omission caused fallout that “With this report, I think I took a his public disagreement but the tone of his comment more money and support for plan­ Bishop is still dealing with. more realistic approach about what — unsupportive would be an understatement and it ning dances outside the residence She flew to the Naples, Fla., meet­ was going to happen,” she said. “Had was unsupportive of the office’s strategy,” she said. halls. ing amid concerns by fellow student I been antagonistic, I don’t think I Hallahan said Sunday his comments at the Feb. 3 Following her hourlong session leaders that the report conceded too would have been as successful with Senate meeting were not said in an unsupportive with the board’s Student Affairs sub­ much to administrators. Student sen­ these resolutions. The reality is this is tone and that he made the comments as a point of committee, Bishop said, trustees ators and Bishop’s former chief of see BISHOP/page 4 immediately adopted three resolu­ staff, Pat Hallahan, blasted the docu­ see TRUSTEES/page 8 page 2 The Observer ♦ WHAT S UP Tuesday, February 11, 2003 I n s id e C o lu m n W h a t ’s I n s id e CAMPUS WORLD & BUSINESS SCENE Thanks, snow NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SPORTS removers Police say Bush claims Energy costs I spy ... 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