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---------------------------------------------------------- (() SHOWERS U2 ticket lines are chaotic, confusing Friday The Observer feels the University was woefully unprepared for high ticket ~ HIGH 69° demand, resulting in a frustrating afternoon and evening for all involved . SEPTEMBER21, ... LOWS4° Viewpoint + page 18 •••••• •• 2001 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXV NO. 18 HTTP://OBSERVER.N D.EDU Some wait 8 hours for U2 tickets + Students complain between 3 and 4 p.m. to receive entitlement tickets. Those tick distribution process ets allowed students to draw at is chaotic, disorderly 4 p.m. a color-coded ticket that determined their places in one of three selling lines. By JASON MCfARLEY At 6 p.m., security personnel News Ediwr announced the number from which ticket sales in each line As late night fell Thursday on would start. one of the i:)iggest ticket sales But disorderly mobs, not lines, events in Notre Dame history, were typical of Thursday's tick students remained packed in et sales, students said. lines outside the Joyce Center, "There were no lines," said waiting for tickets to an Oct. 10 Saint Mary's junior Liz Stevens. concert by Irish rock band U2. "No one really lined up to get The sales began mid-after entitlement tickets or the lottery noon Thursday with the largest tickets. There were just mobs of student turnout - more than people around the ushers." 4,500, University officials esti Stevens arrived at Gate 10 of mated - for a Joyce Center the Joyce Center around 3 p.m. concert and ended eight hours with five friends. At 9:30 p.m., later amid student confusion there were 500 people ahead of and complaints. Stevens in her assigned ticket "It's utter confusion," said selling line. Notre Dame junior Maria "It's been a nightmare," said Mahon around 6:30 p.m. Steven's friend Erika Borowiak, Thursday, after getting off her also a Saint Mary's junior, seat cell phone with a friend she was ed outside the arena doing buying tickets for. "It's like a homework. "We've just moved packed mob." . from one mob to the next, and "Horrendous! ... there was no we still haven't found all our Students crowded around organization," said Brian friends." ushers Thursday to obtain an McKenna, a Notre Dame sopho The distribution was unneces entitlement ticket and seek more, immediately after buying sarily cumbersome, according two $46 floor tickets to the con to some buyers. guidance on the procedure for cert. Lining up three times proved obtaining U2 tickets. The lack Most student complaints pointless, and students of organization resulted in seemingly stemmed from the shouldn't have had to receive a three-part lottery system used ticket at 3 p.m. just to get a tick chaos and long waits. to distribute about 10,000 tick et at 4 p.m., Mahon said. ets. McKenna drew parallels The system required Notre between the U2 ticket sales • Dame, Saint Mary's and Holy photos by Cross College students to line up see U2/page 6 PETER RICHARDSON Officials plan collection Security increased for MSU game not bringing bottles, cans, alco Rakow said, are used when for terrorist victims By HELENA PAYNE hol, contraband, signs and necessary. Assistant News Ediwr sticks. "We have adequate cover By ERIN LARUFFA both prayer and a monetary In regards to book bags, age," Rakow said. Associate News Editor collection during Saturday's Although comfortable with its Rakow said that they will still After the attacks on the game, according to Father security system, Notre Dame be allowed because some stu World Trade Center and the Richard Warner, director of Security/Police will make some dents come from tests or other Pentagon, as well as the plane At the end of the first quarter Campus Ministry and counselor changes in response to the events. However, they will be crash in Pennsylvania, many of Saturday's football game, to Malloy. recent terror- searched just like any other bag are wary of airplane safety and stadium ushers and student Donations collected on ist attacks for See Also or package. Rakow said that NDSP has tried volunteers will spread through Saturday will be added to Saturday's "We'll look through all [book to curb some potential dangers out Notre Dame Stadium, ask money collected at campus home football "Security cracks bags)," said Rakow. "Our rec of airplanes by making a ing fans to reach into their wal masses this weekend and last game against down on ommendation is don't bring request to the Federal Aviation lets to help victims of Sept. 11 's weekend. Through Basilica and Michigan tailgaters" them." Administration to restrict the terrorist attacks. other campus masses, as well State. In addition to manpower, air space around the Stadium. "Quite simply, a collection at as from last Sunday's candle "Since last page3 NDSP will use camera surveil "We already had a safety con the game provides 80,000 peo light vigil, Notre Dame has Tuesday, I lance to monitor suspicious or cern [about planes flying over ple with an opportunity to already collected approximate think all inappropriate behavior. Inside the Stadium). We never thought make a donation," said ly $40,000, according to security in this country is the Stadium, Rakow said the that was a very good idea," Jonathan Jorissen, the student Warner, who is helping to changed forever," said director cameras have powerful surveil Rakow said. coordinator of Saturday's col organize the collections. He of NDSP Rex Rakow. lance features. Often planes fly over the lection. "It also demonstrates said that while he originally Rakow said that campus "We can zoom in on any one Stadium to advertise various the solidarity of the Notre hoped to collect $50,000, he police officers will work in person," Rakow said. businesses with the limitation Dame family. I can imagine now believes the community areas where student$ have not Although, this security system that they are not supposed to that it will be a powerful sight will triple or quadruple his ini previously seen them working, is not new, Rakow said the fly directly over the stadium. to see such a large collection." tial expectation. such as areas outside of the cameras will be another way to However, Rakow said there had In response to last week's Collecting money is impor Stadium. safeguard against any prob been many incidents when tragedy, University President tant because it is a "specific The police officers in collabo lems. There are also cameras planes were pushing that limit Father Edward Malloy wanted ration with the 800 ushers will around campus, including in Notre Dame to be involved in see COLLECTION/page 4 enforce the existing rules about some parking lots which, see SECURilY/page 4 --~-----------------------------------------------------~- page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Friday, September 21, 2001 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN NOTRE DAME/SAINT MARY'S HISTORY Decio Hall Dedicated NO, SMC go up in U.S. News rankings Football Rant Monday, Sept. 17, 1984 Tuesda~Sept. 20,1994 In light of all that has happened in the past days. I am actually glad that we have a football Decio Faculty Hall, the gift of University trustee Arthur In the U.S. News and World Heport's annual college game this weekend. What that means is that I Decio was dedicated with a mass at the Basilica. The rankings, both Notre Dame and Saint Mary's improved think it is time to start healing. While I won't for new building enabled 250 faculty members to move out over their last year's ranking. Notre Dame rose from get those who have suffered, the country must of their basement offices in the lies burgh library. 25th to 19th among Best National Universities, while move on and show America is strong. Faculty members were pleased about their new Saint Mary's rose from fourth to first among Best And is there any better way to do that than accommodations. Midwest Universities. complain about football? Of course not. So let me tell you about my beef. I am a senior here at Notre Dame. That means I have been through 19 home football games: six freshman year, seven sophomore year, BEYOND CAMPUS Compiled from U-Wire reports and six junior year. In that time I have seen many foot ball teams come through Notre Dame Stadium. What Arizona students withdraw after attacks Matt Orenchuk sticks out in my mind is the TUCSON, Ariz. Hather, they are advising students to way some fans act when A total of 30 University of Arizona assess their own particular situa they visit Notre Dame. Assistant Web students have dropped their classes tions, and make decisions based on In my mind the contrast Administrator to return home as a result of afteref what they think is best. between Big 12 fans and Big fects of the terrorist attack on Sept. He said that very few of the UAE 10 fans is like night and day. 11, university officials said. students in the United States have I have seen five Big 12 teams Twenty-six of these students, from returned home, and that the high come to South Bend: Kansas, Baylor, Texas the United Arab Emirates, a Middle percentage of UA students with A&M, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Eastern nation of nearly 3 million drawing may be related to In my experience with those fans, they have people, have withdrawn from the Saturday's murder of Balbir Singh been nothing but respectful. Even when university to return to their home Sodhi, a Sikh gas station owner in country, said university spokes Mesa, Ariz.