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) ' THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OlUME 38: ISSUE 81 MONDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 2004 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Final three election White, Moran win SMC elections By ANNELIESE WOOLFORD tickets approved Saint Mary's Editor Sarah Catherine White and any problems with either Mary Pauline Moran were By MAUREEN REYNOLDS the Office of Student Affairs elected as Saint Mary's 2004- Associate News Editor or the Registrar. 05 student body president and "I was not notified of any vice president Friday. White The remaining three tick­ problems," Mark Healy said. and Moran will take office ets in the student body pres­ "I went almost every day April 1. ident/vice president elec­ that the Student The ticket received 58 per­ tions have received approval Government was open to cent of total votes Thursday, of their petitions to run. The meet with Elliot Poindexter beating out Sarah Brown and tickets of Mark Healy and to see if my petition had Michelle Fitzgerald, whose Mike Healy, Adam Istvan been approved, and he said ticket received 38 percent of and Karla Bell, and Ryan that it wasn't." votes. Four percent accounted Craft and Steve Lynch were Mark Healy said he felt the for abstentions in an election notified last Tuesday of their length of time it took to get where 50 percent of the stu­ approval for the race. the final three petitions dent body voted, a turnout In order to be approved, approved needed to be considered successful by elec­ petitions are first verified by explained. tion officials. Judicial Council president "I think that it's something "I am extremely pleased Elliot Poindexter. Petitions that needs to be looked with the student body's · are then sent to the Office of into," he said. "It seems involvement in this election," Student Affairs and to the peculiar that it would take said elections commissioner Registrar. The candidates so long for the rest of us to Nicole Haeberle. "Fifty per­ must be in good standing be approved, when it didn't cent of the campus voting is with each office. _ take that long for the first well above national averages Petitions were due Jan. ticket to be approved." for colleges and shows that all tion, Haeberle said. and Moran will shadow cur­ 23, but three tickets were The Istvan-Bell petition of the candidates captivated Both White and Moran rent student body president turned in well before the was turned in on Jan. 21, the attention of Saint Mary's agreed, citing a respectful Elizabeth Jablonski-Diehl to deadline. The Charlie Istvan said, and Craft said women." election with tough competi­ better understand what their Ebersol-James Leito ticket, he turned in his petition on Haeberle added that this tion. roles will include. The shad­ which the candidates turned Jan. 23. Neither candidate year's election exemplified the "It's an honor," White said. owing process will consist of in on Jan. 19, was approved said they were notified of strides made by Saint Mary's "We're delighted and thrilled attending both administrative Jan. 20, said Director of any problems in approving student government in recent to see that so much of the stu­ and student government meet­ Student Activities Brian their petitions. years .. Most notably, this elec­ dent body supports us. It's ings and evaluating the lead­ Coughlin. The three other "It's taking forever to go tion marked the first time in exciting to see the school take ership demonstrated by past tickets, however, were not through the approval three years that more than interest in student government administrations. approved until Jan. 27. process, trying to get every­ one ticket ran for the student through the election." The ticket said that their Student body presidential thing in," Istvan said. body presidency. In addition to "It really revitalized things first priority upon taking candidate Mark Healy said When asked about the White-Moran and Brown­ on campus for people to know office is to welcome new he turned in his petition on · a·mount of time it took for Fitzgerald, Shay Jolly and that they have a choice," College president Carol Ann Jan. 20 but was not notified the Healy-Healy and Istvan- Veronica Saabedra rounded Moran said of the competing Mooney on behalf of the stu- of its approval until Jan. 27. out a group of candidates candidates. He said he was unaware of see ELECTION/page 4 going into the primary elec- Before taking office, White see WHITE/page 4 Students seek off-campus housing Lozar named 2004-05 By NICOLE ZOOK Observer editor-in-chief News Writer Many Notre Dame and Saint Observer Staff Report tor, he helped run the sports Mary's students have already department while coordinat­ signed their leases for off-campus The Observer General ing a variety of projects. housing next year, said managers Board elected associate sports Lozar's primary responsibili­ oflocal apartment complexes. editor Matt Lozar as the ties included planning and Officials representing tradition­ 2004-05 editor in chief on producing the Irish Insider ally popular off-campus options Saturday. special section used to pre­ confirmed that leasing is pro­ Lozar, a view multiple sports events. ceedingly strongly for 2004-05. junior MIS He is the fourth editor in Tammy Michaelbrink. the proper­ major from chief in the last five years to ty manager at Turtle Creek, said Willoughby come from the sports depart­ many students have chosen to Hills, Ohio ment. renew their leases from this year, who lives in "I have complete confidence wbile the number of new renters Keough in Matt's ability to lead The is about the saine as in previous Hall, joined Observer next year," outgoing years. T h e editor in chief Andrew Soukup "[Students] like it here, and we Observer as Lozar said. "He has a wealth of love to have them," Michaelbrink an interhall great ideas and an excellent said. "Pretty much all of the football reporter during his relationship with the staff." renters here are students, besides freshman year. Since then, he Among the projects Lozar the staff. I live here, and we have has covered a wide variety of hopes to undertake during his on-site maintenance and two sports, including football, tenure include establishing a security officers." men's basketball, softball and recruiting and training system Turtle Creek - drawing 95 Observer F1le Photo the national champion fencing across all departments and percent of its renters from Notre Turtle Creek remains among the most popular off-campus loca­ getting color into the paper tion for students, as 95 percent of renters attend Notre Dame team. Dame and Saint Mary's students "I look forward to the five days a week. or Saint Marys. - maintains a flexible system opportunity to use the experi­ "I was excited to see what I and is still taking applications for ence I've gained with the could do to see The Observer next year, Michaelbrink said. attracts many students, sales per apartment," she said. sports department to improve improve next year," Lozar "We had just started leasing in manager Marianne Loftus-He on Notre Dame junior Kathryn the paper as a whole," Lozar said. "And I'm extremely October," she said. "We don't said. Wendel said the mixed atmos­ said. "It is a tremendous chal­ ~ager to work with a very tal­ like to pressure kids three years "Twenty-five percent are stu­ phere of students and older resi- lenge, but one I am willing to ented staff." in advance to sign to live here." dents, but out of that 25 percent, accept." Lozar officially takes over as Castle Point Apartments also there are three and four students see HOUSING/page 4 As an associate sports edi- editor in chief on March 1. ------------ , page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, February 2, 2004 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE OBSERVER QUESTION Love and OF THE DAY? Hallmark The countdown has begun. As calendars flipped to February this weekend, moans of absolute agony and squeals of delight were heard echoing off of dorms and Domes alike. Dave Dopller Hope Feher Tad Skotnlckl Shauna Dee Matt Silent Jorge Plstonere Saccharin ely­ sweet red and. Amanda Michaels Senior Senior Senior Sophomore Junior Sophomore silver heart deco­ Keenan Lewis Siegfried Cavanaugh Siegfried St. Edward's rations have appeared in the Production most unpre­ Editor "What is your ·:4re you a "Where do you .. Which member ..Do you believe .. Where have all dictable of locales, favorite bug?,, Mexi-CAN or a see yourself in of Son of Glam in a thing the cowboys including the walls M exi-CAN,T? ,, IO weeks?, would you want called love?, gone?, of South Dining Hall- and never has 24-hour fruit salad been more roman­ to date?,, tic. Sinatra is stuck solidly on repeat as couples gear up for candlelight dinners and moonlit walks, and singletons simultaneously loathe and revel in ; their solitude. The ultimate Hallmark holiday is within sight. That's right: Looming just beyond Groundhog Day and nestled snugly IN BRIEF between Washington and lincoln's birthdays is Valentine's Day. Feb. 14- Eat free pizza from the Saint the holiday said to honor the patron Mary's Student Activities saint of lovers, when candy, flowers Board when the Belles face off and kisses are exchanged by the tons against Olivet College in bas­ and the suicide rate rivals that of ketball tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Christmas. the Angela Athletic Center. In Roman times, before St.

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