Irish Guard W-On't Tnarch Saturday Declined to Comment on the Sus by MEGHANNE DOWNES Pension
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Friday, October 11, 2002 Scene THE reVIews• FTT play page 18 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXVII NO. 34 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Irish Guard w-on't tnarch Saturday declined to comment on the sus By MEGHANNE DOWNES pension. Messages left by The Assistant News Editor Observer with band director Kenneth Dye were not returned. The legendary Irish Guard will "I suppose the unit has to take not be on the Notre Dame side some responsibility for their per lines at Saturday's game against formance," associate vice presi Pittsburgh after University offi dent for news and information cials who watched footage of last Matt Storin said. Saturday's Notre Dame-Stanford This is not the first time mem game were upset with what they bers of the Guard have been sus called lackluster behavior by the pended for misconduct. Guard. Following a 1986 game against ESPN's SportsCenter and NBC Penn State, the Guard was dis- ran footage of banded for s o m e alcohol con Guardsman "At this point the plan is sumption and sleeping on the to not have them on the misconduct sidelines dur field. We were a little while in uni ing Notre form. And in Dame's 31-7 concerned with their 1992, the victory over behavior.·· University dis Stanford. David banded the Moss, assistant David Moss Guard after vice president receiving for Student Notre Dame official reports of alco- Affairs, did not hol violations say what specific behavior and improper orientation activi caused University oflicials to sus ties. In both instances, the pend the Guard, but he did say Guard did not appear at football the video clips played a role in games for the rest of the season Notre Dame's decision but returned the next year. "At this point the plan is to not The Guard, originally founded have them on the field," said as the Irish Pipers in 1949, con Moss. "We were a little con sisted of a group of bagpipers. In cerned with their behavior." 1951, the Guard was created to No decision was made regard protect the band on their pre ing whether the Guard will be football game march to the Notre present at the remaining home Dame Stadium. The Guard is a football games against Rutgers fixture at Notre Dame football and Boston College. Moss said games and is known for cheering the University, along with the on the sidelines, marching with CHRISTINA REITANO/The Observer University Band office, will con the band and performing the Members of the Irish Guard stand at attention In the end zone before last Saturday's Notre tinue to investigate the matter Irish jig after the Irish score. Dame-Stanford game. The Guard will not be on the sidelines at this weekend's game after tele following this weekend's game. vision crews captured some Guardsmen sleeping during the game. A member of the Irish Guard Conta<:t Meghanne Downes contacted by The Observer at [email protected] Student lives up to the challenge LaFortune changes to • Professor inspires student to start an be completed in Nov. online business is to draw students into By CALLIE WHELAN LaFortune," said Mary By JIM GAFFEY News Writer Edgington, assistant director of News Writer facilities and Student Activities. When students return from "Hopefully in the end, it'll be fall break they will be wel much better for studying, eat Inspired by professor David comed with a new addition to ing and socializing." Hayes' Introduction · to the basement of LaFortune Sbarro hopes to open Nov. 4 Entrepreneurship class, Student Center. for a "practice mode" trial, Joseph Shepherd, 2001 Notre The newly renovated base during which students will be graduate, started his own ment will be complete with the invited in for free samples of business by selling his own opening of Sbarro, a pizza and pizza. It will open officially for campus photography online. pasta eatery on Monday, Nov. business Nov. 5. During the spring semester 4. Sbarro will occupy the space Professor Hayes is famous for Students such as sophomore where Allegro was formerly his "$20 challenge," in which Maggie Novario are lauding located. To fulfill students' late students are charged with the the renovations. night pizza cravings, it will be task of growing $20 worth of "[In the current conditions, open until 2 a.m. Sundays capital into at least $150 by the basement is]not very wel through Wednesdays and four the end of the semester. coming, and the poor light a.m. Thursday through When presented with the PHOTO courtesy of Joseph Shepherd quality makes it an insufficient Saturdays. $20 challenge, "everyone in Joseph Shepherd won the "$20 challenge" by selling this space for studying or socializ Like other food venues on the class was shocked," framed photo of the Grotto over the Internet. ing." campus, Sbarro will be operat Shepherd said. He thought, To combat the poor lighting ed by University Food Services $20 is hardly enough money hit: sell photography of Notre supplies to turn his artwork quality and dreary atmos and will provide more jobs for for dinner for two, much less Dame's campus. Shepherd into a fmished product. phere, the entire LaFortune student employment. to start a business. already had a stockpile of Shepherd marketed his pho basement lounge will be gutted "We are looking for student But finding a creative low hundreds of shots of the cam tography online during the and freshly painted, carpeted workers who possess some cost business concept was a pus that he had been collect semester-long class, and the and lighted. New booths will be expertise in tossing pizza challenge Shepherd was will ing since freshman year. orders started rolling in - 40 added to appease students' dough," said Dave ing to undertake. After strug From there it only took a trip comfort wishes. gling for a month, inspiration to Hobby Lobby for framing see CHALLENGE/page 4 "The purpose of this project see CHANGES/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ WHAT'S UP Friday, October 11, 2002 INSIDE COLUMN WHAT'S INSIDE CAMPUS WORLD& BUSINESS Looking back, SPORTS NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE remembering Nobel Peace Palestinians FCC rejects Placing public FTT puts on Moonlight what was Prize nominee march in proposed service over "The Madness merger personal Mandrake" kicks off The panoramic picture is nearly tom in spoke at SMC funeral half now, the comers folded and the once procession feelings season glossy sheet wrinkled so that it rises and falls in waves for 30 inches across my Irish mens basket desk. Kathy Kelly Police and milita The Federal Gary Caruso, of Scene reviews Communications Capitol Comments, FTT' s prodcu tion ball kicks off It's three-and-a spoke Thursday men marched in a half years old but Jason McFarley night in hopes of Commission speaks out on of Niccoio season with its first already is fading; bringing the mes funeral procesion blocked a proposed White House Machiavelli's, "The official practice time and poor care sage of the Center for a police colonel $18.8 billion merg Administrations. Mandrake." tonight. have served a dou Editor in Chief for Women's Thursday. er of EchoStar and ble-whammy on the Intercultural Hughes Electronics 1999 picture of my Leadership to the Corp. former classmates and me. Layers of dust table. hide some of the 250 faces underneath; still I find myself easily enough. sitting on the far right in the front row while 11 other rows stretch behind me and up the page 3 page 5 page 7 page 17 page 18 page 36 South Bend Riley High School g)mlllasium bleachers. Emily Hollister is five people over from me. She's sitting cross-legged on the gym WHAT's GOING DowN floor, dressed in jeans and a long-sleeve WHAT'S HAPPENING @ ND white T-shirt, her bright smile plastered Two students injured EmP-loyee tnvolved in on for the occasion. Her mom, one of the + Bonk signing, Khalil Matta, pro A student was injured at Rolfs confrontation class parents, is two rows back, beaming fessor of management, llammes Sports Rec Center Thursday after A University employee was involved the same grin as Emily and with shoul Notre Damn Bookstore, noon. The student was transported in a verbal confrontation at an off ders turned as if gazing down on her 3- 5 p.m. by NDPD to University Heath Services campus location on Wednesday. daughter with parental pride and excite for treatment. Another student also NDPD has closed the case. ment. suffered a sports injury at Stepan Beneath us all , at the very bottom of Field Thursday. This student was the photo and in reverse white type are + Mens swimming v Kalamzoo, transported by ambulance to St. the words: "Riley High School Oass of Holt's Aquatk Center, 7 p.m. Joseph Medical Center for treatment. 1999." The "1999" ends conveniently under Emily, like a numeric cushion she's seated on top of. Employee loses money clip I never paid attention before to that A University employee reported los detail. I never scanned the photo for ing his money clip somewhere on complied from NDSP crime blotter much besides silly facial expressions, bad campus Wednesday between 8 a.m outfits or obscene gestures toward the and 5 p.m. camera. A few months after it was taken, W.HAr.:s~·ffAPPENING @ SMC the class picture found its way into the • :1'. bottom of my closet and became little else SusJ)icious person reported than a snapshot of faces I would soon for + Board of Truste<"'s, Stapleton at Grotto get and names that were already begin Lounge, Haggar College Center, A University employee reported a ning to escape me.