• Wednesday, September 4, 2002 NCAA creates THE new volleyball position }1age 36 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXVII NO - HTTP://OBSERVER.N D.EDU ND student takes joy ride in pizza delivery car ported him to St. Joseph restrained him on the crashed in to a parked car. Hurley said. By lAUREN BECK County jail, where they ground, police said. "Rally in the Alley was going The student sustained News Writer charged him with motor vehi­ There on nearby minor abrasions to his arm cle theft. w a s "He [the thie.fl hadn't been [at Turtle and forehead. Police said Notre Dame Security/ The student, a 20-year-old damage C r e e k they were not certain if he Police and South Bend police junior from Siegfried Hall, to the driving long when the Papa Apartments] was injured in his crash or apprehended a male Notre stole the car from the Papa car that John's driver came out of the and the while grappling with the Dame student who had stolen John's restaurant located on was not restaurant and saw his car streets were Papa John's employees. a Papa John's delivery vehi­ Indiana 23, Hurley said. "He there ,, narrow The St. Joseph County pros­ cle Friday evening, confirmed hadn't been driving long prior to was gone. there," he ecutor will review the case. Chuck Hurley, associate when the Papa John's driver t h e said. determine the final charges director of NDSP. came out of the restaurant theft, Chuck Hurley Officers and set a court date later this NDSP arrested the student said they week. and saw his car was gone. but the associate director of Notre Dame at 7:48 p.m. on Ivy Road, Two employees saw the car student smelled near Eck Tennis Courts. The and followed it," he said. did not Security/Police alcohol on South Bend Police When the Papa John's know the stu­ Department arrived on the employees stopped the car on what he had hit, said Hurley. dent's breath, but they have s c e n e s h o r t I y a ft e r . h an d - Ivy Road, the student stepped NDSP Director Rex Rakow not charged him with any Contact Lauren Beck at cuffed the student and trans- out of the car and the men suspected the student had alcohol-related violations, [email protected] SMC Security office ACTIVITIES NIGHT implements programs By MElANIE BECKER News Writer New security programs at Saint Mary's- including a Belle alert system, a designated driver program and a modified escort policy­ will be introduced and explained at a security forum tonight at 7 p.m. in O'Laughlin Auditorium. The goal is to bring the student body to a greater awareness of personal safety and security, said Dan Woods, interim security direc­ tor, and Belinda Rathert, College investigator. Working to keep up with the security needs of the 21st century, Saint Mary's security, in conjunction with Linda Timm, vice presi­ dent of student affairs, the South Bend community and Student Activities, spent the summer researching and planning new pro­ grams and policies to increase student security on campus. Security began to reconsider its campus policies, as a result of requests from students. Studies of other colleges and universities were considered when determining how to educate students to be responsible in potentially dangerous situations, said Rathert and Woods. Security has yet to explain the details of the Belle alert system, but plans to describe it in detail at the forum. The designated driver program will allow students who plan to be a sober driver for friends who might be drinking to pick up a bracelet which offers incentives like soda and nachos at some local bars, according to a campus-wide e-mail and information from hall directors. ''I'm very excited about the new programs and that they are taking initiative in our safety. The designated driver bracelets are a won­ derful incentive to go out, have a good time and also be safe," said Carrie Freeman, Saint Mary's junior. According to Rathert and Woods, Saint Mary's will be the pilot col­ lege for several of these new security plans that are taking effect this year. Additionally, the security department has received requests from Indiana and Federal Law Enforcers for material on the programs, in hopes of using them as a model on the state and national levels, Rathert said. The new programs are in effect this school year. Also at the forum, Mauri Linke, deputy prosecutor of South Bend, will explain how sexual assault cases are handled. In addition, Lynn Bradford, from Sex Offense Services (SOS), will speak about student responsibility with regard to themselves and their friends. Alcohol poisoning, date-rape drugs and sexual assault will be discussed. Security plans to have other activities throughout the year, such as speakers and presentations. "This opens more doors in terms of possibilities which we really want to explore," said Woods. Woods and Rathert encourage the entire student body to attend the forum tonight. Security material will be handed out and door prizes will be available. Several clubs, groups and citizens of the South Bend community have also voiced their concern by making donations and sponsoring the programs. "We can provide security, but you also need to learn to protect yourself," Rathert said. TIFFANY GILLIAM/The Observer Owen McGovern discusses the sophomore road trip with John Glynn while David Esch looks on. Notre Dame and Saint Mary's students were given the opportunity to Investi­ gate what Notre Dame clubs are active on campus at Activities Night Tuesday. Contact Melanie becker at Beck0931 @saintmarys.edu page 2 The Observer+ WHAT'S UP Wednesday, September 4, 2002 INSIDE COLUMN WHAT'S INSIDE CAMPUS WORLD& BUSINESS Sprinkling the SPORTS NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE sidewafks Saint Mary's Iraqi nuclear Hershey's sale Labor Day is Students learn Will It's early September. My dorm room gets new threat seems protested by only for some all about the Willingham be isn't air-conditioned. I don't like any of Intranet site imminent Pennsylvania laborers world of MP3s victim of my summer clothes. So of course all that adds up to one thing- it's really hot. curse? But that's to be expected in the middle of Following many According to the The state is A Notre Dame The world of Indiana at the end complaints of Bush administra­ attempting to block student offers his MP3s is explored A string of for­ of the summer. crowded email tion, Saddam the chocolate com­ opinion on the and a new file ser­ mer Notre Dame Without air-condi­ boxes and difficul­ Hussein's govern­ pany from being merits of determin­ vice, findlt, is made football coaches tioning, except for ties with football ment is close to sold by the charita­ ing who was hon­ available to Notre have lost their sec­ the endless hours I ticket boards, the developing nuclear ble trust that owns ored on labor day. Dame students. ond game after spend in the base­ Information weapons. it. winning their first. ment of South Technology depart­ Will Willingham be Dining Hall where it ment expands its next? is occasionally cold network. enough to anit­ freeze, my room­ mate and I have Katie McVoy both spent several page 3 page 5 page 7 page 17 page 18 page 36 hours in the past Associate few days discussing Sports Editor ways to cool our room or us off. We thought about setting up a small WHAT's GoiNG DowN pool in our room, complete with a blow­ WHAT'S HAPPENING @ ND up palm tree of course, then we remem­ NDSP recovers bikes Credit card found bered our 10 foot by 12 foot room + Institute for Scholarship in the NDSP recovered several bikes that A credit card that was reported wouldn't hold anything much larger than Liberal Arts, 4 to 6 p.m., were reported missing since the missing on August 31 was found and frying pan. McKenna I lall. beginning of the school year. given to NDPD for safekeeping. We also considered drinking frozen drinks 24 hours a day. However, the + Student Senate Meeting, 6 p.m., NDPD issued minor in likelihood that we would ever attend Notre Dame Hoom. ' possession citation class or take care of other responsibilities A student, who was arrested for was so low if we followed that course of minor consumption of alcohol on action that we would both probably drop August 30, was issued a University Open House at Coleman-Morse out of school and end up majoring in + citation. The case is being referred Center, 5 to 8 p.m. "would you like fries with that?" for administrative review. We considered giving up clothing. I don't need to explain why that would be Magazine solicitors a bad idea. apprehended Finally, the fine campuses of Notre Two solicitors who were appre­ Dame and Saint Mary's solved our hended for selling magazine sub­ dilemma for us. The fine institutions scriptions in Siegfried Hall August 30 where we spend our time have their stu­ were issued no trespass warning let­ dents in mind. ters and non contractual interest Thursday night as we left the dorm forms. headed for Heartland on another sultry night in South Bend, we foWld the solu­ tion to our problems. The Saint Mary's grounds crew had been kind of enough Information compiled from the Notre Dame Security/Police blotter.