Student Affairs Undergoes Resbucturing
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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 41: ISSUE 117 FRIDAY, APRIL 13 2007 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Student Affairs undergoes resbucturing SBPDunits Coughlin promoted to assistant vice president, Poorman reassigns departments to supervisors respond to departments under the tape. The SAO had previous branches, Student Activities By MARCELA BERRIOS Division's umbrella to differ ly fallen under the jurisdic for Programming and Associate News Editor ent supervisors, including tion of Division Assistant Student Activities for traffic block Coughlin. Vice President David Moss, Facilities. Peggy Hnatusko The Division of Student "Brian is a gifted, experi who also supervised the and Ryan Willerton, associ Affairs began restructuring enced and astute adminis Office of Drug and Alcohol ate directors of Student Driver abandons car, its chain of command trator who has Jed the Education (ODAE). Activities, were also promot prompts manhunt Thursday with the Student Activities Office "These changes can be ed Thursday to head the announcement of the promo through a period of substan seen as an acknowledgement Programming and the tion of director of the tial growth over the last six of the SAO's expansion and Facilities divisions, respec By KAITLYNN RIELY Student Activities Office years," Father Mark growth in the last six years tively. Assistant News Editor (SAO) and LaFortune Student Poorman, vice president of and the staff's continued "This model is consistent Center, Brian Coughlin, to Student Affairs, said in a hard work and commit with other student activities the recently created position press release. ment," Coughlin said. ''I'm structures at major universi Several South Bend police units of assistant vice president of Coughlin will continue to excited about the new orga ties across the country, and surrounded an area near the 800 Student Activities. head his office's activities, nizational structure because is the most effective way for block of Sorin Street in South Bend Coughlin's promotion but in hiS new role he will it elevates the SAO to its own us to provide students with late Wednesday night after a driv marked the beginning of a report directly to Poorman, category." the highest quality of pro- er blocked traffic by parking his reorganization that will "freeing up" the department Coughlin will oversee the car near a curb and then ran redistribute the different by reducing bureaucratic red SAO, broken into two see COUGHLIN/page 4 away from the vehicle, SBPD Public Information spokeswoman Teri Lanning said in an e-mail to The Observer Thursday. Notre Dame senior Emily Kane was headed toward a friend's Protester, Saint Mary's debate Iraq war house on Corby Boulevard around 11 p.m. when she saw "three or four" police cars lining Notre Sheehan encourages Panel reflects on role Dame toward Route 23. "The cop from the megaphone nonviolent activism of media, White House told us to go inside," Kane said. "He said they had K-9s looking for someone." By KELLY MEEHAN By KATIE KOHLER Senior Michael Rossmann, who Senior Staff Writer Saint Mary's Editor lives on Corby Boulevard, said he also saw police cars stationed in Hell froze over last weekend, After anti-war activist the area. He said he first saw a anti-war activist Cindy Cindy Sheehan's speech on police car from his window at Sheehan said, as snow fell on campus earlier in the day, about 10:40 p.m. When he went President Bush's ranch in the debate about the legiti outside to walk to Ouh 23, located Crawford, Texas - a place macy of the Iraq War contin at 744 N. Notre Dame Ave., he said where she has spent many of ued last night in the he saw several more squad cars. her days protesting the war in Stapleton Lounge at Saint "I then walked out of my house Iraq. Mary's. at 11 p.m. and tried to walk down "Hell will freeze over when A panel of three Saint Corby, but the nearest police offi our troops can come home," Mary's professors - Linda cer told me to return to my home," she said, calling the unexpect Berdayes, Patrick Pierce and Rossmann said. "A friend and I ed southern snowfall a sign Joseph Miller - spoke to a then walked to Ouh 23 a different from the universe that "we will house full of students and way, but in our short trip there we prevail, and we will be suc faculty members to conclude saw at least 15 police cars in the cessful" in ending the conflict "A Day of Reflection" on the neighborhood, stationed at every in Iraq. war. block." Sheehan, who lost her son, GRETCHEN MOORE!The Observer Sister Kathleen Dolphin Rossmann said cars were sta- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan spoke in the Carroll Auditorium to see SHEEHAN/page 9 Saint Mary's students and South Bend residents Thursday. see PANEL/page 6 see SBPD/page 9 Journalist discusses trade's trends SMC students spend TV correspondent Woodruff stresses role of reporters despite downsizing Easter in Holy City By JOHN-PAUL WITT News Writer in events that commemorated By LIZ HARTER Jesus' death and resurrection Despite a decline in the News Writer with Catholic pilgrims from popularity of print and every corner of the planet in broadcast media, journalists While many Saint Mary's St. Peter's Square. will continue to be necessary students spent Easter at Larsen said she saw Pope - especially in light of the home with their families and Benedict XVI six times during younger generation's civic pets, some of their 55 class the week as she attended involvement - Judy Wood mates studying abroad in Mass and participated in a ruff. senior correspondent Rome instead joined the Pope seven-station Church Walk - on PBS's "The News Hour in Vatican City. a pilgrimage around Rome. with Jim Lehrer," said Saint Mary's has sent stu "[The walk] was between Thursday. dents to a satellite campus in 15 and 20 miles," Larsen Students, journalists and the center of the Italian capi said. "We saw the four major University dignitaries, tal since the Rome program's basilicas of Rome and the including President Emeritus inception in 1970, said Peter three minor ones." Father Theodore Hesburgh, Checca, the program's coun Larsen also attended the filled the Carey Auditorium selor. Mass for the late John Paul in the Hesburgh Library to Sophomore Meghan Larsen II, which took place on April hear her deliver the annual seized the opportunity of 2. She and fellow Saint Senior PBS correspondent Judy Woodruff delivered the annual being in the Eternal City dur see WOODRUFF/page 3 Red Smith journalism lecture Thursday in the Carey Auditorium. ing Holy Week to participate see ROME/page 6 ----··--------------------------------------------~ page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Friday, Aprill3, 2007 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT GAME SHOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON? 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