Campus Empties As· Spring Break Ne~Rs ND, SMC Travelers Cruise Students to Volunteer on to Sunnier Destinations Week Away from School
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 40: ISSUE 105 FRIDAY, MARCH 10.2006 ~ NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Campus empties as· spring break ne~rs ND, SMC travelers cruise Students to volunteer on to sunnier destinations week away from school By MAUREEN MULLEN By MAUREEN MULLEN News Writer News Writer On the last day before spring While many Notre Dame students break, Notre Dame students are will be spending their spring break packing their bags, jumping in enjoying a sunny beach vacation, oth cars, trains and planes and head ers plan to dedicate their week to ing en masse, it seems, to warm service. weather. Students will take part in a variety Anthony Travel, which arranged of service projects through several spring break plans for over 500 different campus organizations. ND/SMC students, has had an espe The Center for Social Concerns has cially busy past few weeks, said offered students the opportunity to President and CEO John Anthony. participate in the usual seminars The travel agency's leisure man organized annually for the week of ager, Kayleen Carr, said cruises spring break. Twelve students will were popular among upperclass attend the Washington Seminar which men this year. "examines ethical and public policy Mexico is also a common destina issues in science and technology," a tion, and Anthony Travel helped esc press release read. students arrange to spend the GEOFF MATIESONfThe Observer The very popular CSC Appalachia Students board a bus Thursday as they leave for their respective spring break see BREAK/page 6 destinations a day early. see SERVICE/page 6 Students advised to take safety precautions, protect their property while away Mark Kramer,' owner of in February about a program housing [as well as those that leave on lights," he said. By PETER NINNEMAN Kramer Properties, said hous similar to a neighborhood signal the students are on Kramer said for those stu News Writer es are monitored while stu watch - which reportedly no break]." dents who have activated dents are away on break, but students attended except for "If they can blend in with their alarm systems but for While students anticipate not all day. representatives from the the neighborhood, that will get to turn them on over spring break, there are still "We can't watch the houses Student Senate's Committee decrease burglaries," Kramer break, the alarms will be concerns of safety and securi 24 hours a day, but we do try for Community Relations - said. turned on for them. ty looming·over their carefree to keep an eye on the houses with morning, afternoon and He said beer kegs should Brian Ferguson, an off-cam plans. ourselves," he said. evening patrols, one house not be left out, and "outdoor pus senior, dealt with vandal Over winter break, several Kramer said that the best may get three to six visits in a lighting is key." ism issues when his house off-campus student houses thing students can do to help day, Sergeant Lee D. Ross of "We do all the outdoor was broken into over winter were burglarized and vandal keep their property safe is SBPD said. lighting which we've always break. ized. Damage ranged from call the South Bend Police Kramer also emphasized done, but the students need "[This· time,] all my room graffiti to stolen DVDs and Department (SBPD} and ask removing "tell-tale signs on to make sure they lock all mates and I are taking our PlayStation consoles, The them to watch their house. porches and lawns that indi their doors and windows, Observer reported on Jan. 18. At an informational meeting cate that the house is student turn on their alarms and see SAFETY/page 4 NDSP issues surveys to Zahtn Spellings to address Several residents questioned about January incident with Keenan ACE graduates in July By KATIE PERRY will reconvene on Notre Dame's Assistant News Editor By KELLY MEEHAN campus for the ceremony after Assistant News Editor being apart while teaching at Notre Dame Security/Police dis various schools across the tributed a written survey last In its almost 13-year history, nation. Commencement will month to several Zahm Hall resi Notre Dame's Alliance for conclude their participation in dents in order to investigate a Catholic Education (ACE} has the two-year service program Jan. 28 incident involving a proven itself a program worthy that allowed them to serve as group of the dorm's residents of praise from many organiza full-time teachers in under who threw fruit and vomited on tions - and resourced Catholic schools Keenan Hall - a move that left now it can throughout the southern United some respondents both puzzled now add the States. and angered. White House ACE director John Staud said The questionnaire, an electron to this presti he is thrilled and believes ACE ic copy of which was obtained by gious list. is fortunate to have Spellings The Observer, asked several Presidential come to Notre Dame. questions - some broad, others cabinet mem "We had obviously wanted to specific - about the incident. ber and try to get more national expo According to a Jan. 28 e-mail Secretary of sure at the highest levels to the sent to the dorm by Zahm rector E d u c a t i 0 n Spellings ACE program," Staud said. Father Dan Parrish, "a group of Margaret Spellings has accept "[Spellings] is someone who is [approximately 10] Zahm men, ed University President Father responsible for all education in wearing red shirts, threw fruit at John Jenkins' invitation to be the country." Keenan Hall and vomited on and the speaker at ACE's 11th Staud said although Spellings near Keenan's southern wall." Courtesy of orlh.nd.edu graduation ceremony on July is primarily responsible for Several students from Zahm Hall, pictured above, said they 15. were approached by NDSP officers with an investigative survey. see ZAHM/page 4 Eighty-eight ACE graduates see ACE/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Friday, March 10, 2006 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR SPRING BREAK? March Madness Madrwss: dnl'ined as tlw quality or condition ol' being insane. Seems like a pretty apt description ol' the t.hree-wnnk rollereoaster ride set to Caitlin Schaefer James Gower AJ Radman Tom Bodart Amelia Kirk Talia Bearce begin with next Thursday's NCAA freshman junior senior senior fifth-year fifth-year basketball off-campus Keenan Zahm Zahm Fischer Grad Fischer Grad games. Greg Arbogast When else does thn entire main ''I'm visiting my "Going home." "Wait out the "Riding horses, "Going to an "Going to St. population either .'iports Writer friends in storms in skiing and island in Louis to visit call in sick or simply take two Florida. " Utah.'' generally Alabama. " family." days ofT so they can plop in front of makin' a the television for :Hl hours ruckus. " straight'! When nlse eould you ever see a grown man red ucnd to tears because llampton just upset Iowa State in ... anything. When else would you ever hear the following 1~xchangn: "Why are you so happy'!" ... "Because T.J. Sorrentine just s1~nt the Vnrmont Catamounts into tlw round ol' 32." IN BRIEF In fact, last year I lwlpnd my high school soccer learn win a playoff clinching ganw tlw sanw night. that Spring break begins March tlw al'ornnwntionnd Vermont team 11 and ends Mard1 19. defeated SyracusP. (;uess which one I was mon~ exrited about'! II' The film "Pride and that's not madness, what is'! Prejudice" will be shown at 7 My point is basically this: Thorn's and 10 p.m. today in the no hotter sporting event in America Browning Cinema at the than Marel1 Madness. DeBartolo Performing Arts In a country <:hock-full of quality Center. Call 1-2SOO fi1r tickets. sporting ent1~rtainnwnt, that's a pn~tty hold statemPnl. I've !ward The eonferenee "Health Care t.hn argunwnts for collegn football's in an Increasingly Health bowl week. the NFL's playoffs and Obsessed Culture" eontinues Major Leagun Baspball's World today and Saturday from S Series. a.m. to 9 p.m. in McKenna Norw ol' these. however, combine II all. the unpredictability. the nxeitemnnt from watching kids with no NBA Dr. Paul Mellugh of Johns futuro tako down tlw big boys (No. llopkins University will deliver 14 WPlwr Stat1~ over No. 3 North the keynote addn1ss for the Carolina, anyone'!), or the sheer conference "Health Care in an joy from prndieting that 1 :{over 4- Increasingly Health-Obsessed sned upset that March Madnnss Culture" tonight from 7:15 to brings to the table. S:15 p.m. in McKenna Hall GEOFF MATIESON/The Observer Audiotorium. McHugh will Put these elements together, and A visitor pauses for reflection at the Grotto Thursday. you have some of the most unfor speak on "How a Psychiatrist gettable moments in sporting histo Approaches the Illusion of ry. Technique in Health Care Who doesn't remember Delivery Today." Valparaiso's Bryce Drew being OFFBEAT mauled by his teammates after his The women's tennis team buzzer-beater sunk Ole Miss? Or Dog survives after fall could not find the dog. Education Director at Zoo will face Western Michigan at the disbelieving look on the into icy channel Officers from the Public World in Panama City 3:30 p.m. today at the Eck Kentucky players' faces after GRAND HAVEN, Mich. Safety Department and Beach, said Tondalayo Tennis Pavilion. Christian Laettner broke their - A dog that was pre the Coast Guard station was depressed since los hearts? sumed drowned after searched, but they also ing her mate two years The film "Nashville" is show What about everybody's then falling into an icy river could not find the animal.