Senate Fails to Pass Proposal Ndofficer Group Votes Down Resolution Charged to Change Structure, Authority with Battery
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----------------------------------------~--------------------------------------------------------------· , THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 38: ISSUE 35 MONDAY. OCTOBER 13,2003 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Student Senate fails to pass proposal NDofficer Group votes down resolution charged to change structure, authority with battery ing and supported by By MAUREEN REYNOLDS Hallahan. By MEGHANNE DOWNES Associate News Editor At Sunday's meeting, News Editor Hallahan said that he A proposal to change the believed senators should dis Elkhart County sheriffs arrested structure and authority of cuss that issue at a later a Notre Dame security officer student government failed to time. Wednesday for assaulting his pass at Sunday's Student "I think we should address seven-week-old baby and charged Senate meeting. [the budget] later because it him with battery Senators voting against the won't even come up until after he admit proposal, which failed 14-9 March, and there are a lot of ted to the abus to gain the necessary two issues to discuss already," he ing the child, a thirds approval, cited con said. local newspaper cerns over changes in The long-term goal of this reported. authority on certain budget resolution, said Hallahan, Timothy Clark, ing issues. was to form a Council of a 32-year-old The resolution, introduced Representatives from the security officer by Student body president Executive Cabinet, which who has been Pat Hallahan, would have would represent every com employed by the Clark altered the structure of the mittee in student govern University since Executive Cabinet, which ment. Currently, the September 2001, is on paid represents all student gov Executive Cabinet represents administrative leave until "his sit ernment groups except the all the committees except the uation becomes clearer," Senate, to include four sena Senate. University spokesman Matt Storin tors and allow the student Senators agreed on the said. body vice president to vote need for a single committee, According to the Elkhart Truth, on resolutions. but disagreed about the Observer file photo police said Clark admitted The proposal would also extent of power to be grant Student body president Pat Hallahan speaks about campus Wednesday that he .dropped, transfer powers of budget ed to it. Their main problem policy. His proposal to change student government failed. shook and spanked Samuel Clark, approval and constitutional concerned the amendment who was born on Aug. 19, some amendments to the calling for the power to time between Sept. 29 and Oct. 6. Executive Cabinet and amend the constitution to be The Truth reported that the require the student body Hallahan still optimistic despite failure given to the Executive abuse investigation began after president to present all Cabinet before the Council of Timothy Clark and his wife, Executive Cabinet-approved Representatives is formed. wouldn't affect the report Elizabeth, took their son to St. constitutional changes to "[The Council of By MAUREEN REYNOLDS he is scheduled to present Joseph Regional Medical Center Senate before signing them Representatives] does not yet Associate News Editor to the University's Board of Oct. 6 because he was vomiting. into effect. exist," said Amy Chambers, Trustees on Thursday. After examining the baby, hospital Prior to the vote, senators off-campus senator, during Despite the failure of his Hallahan had said before officials notified Child Protective passed changes to the pro the meeting. "If we want to proposal to reorganize stu Senate's action Sunday that Services of a potential abuse case, posal, including the number make big changes, we should dent government, Student his report would address who then forwarded the case to of senators allowed sit on the form the group first, and body president Pat student government issues police. Police did not indicate Executive Cabinet and then give them the power [to Hallahan said he remains in some manner. whether Elizabeth Clark took part requiring the student body amend the Constitution.]" optimistic about the future "I think we're progress in or was aware of the abuse. president to report to Senate Hallahan disagreed, saying of this resolution. ing on this, and I don't Medical reports obtained by the on all constitutional changes "If we say we want to wait "It's very disappointing," think it will affect [the Truth said the baby's injuries approved by the Executive and see, we will be saying said Hallahan after the report] too much. included a fractured skull and Cabinet before signing those 'We don't trust you,' and that meeting. "It was clear that Hopefully by Wednesday broken wrist, rib, leg and facial changes into effect. will create an immediate the majority of Senators we'll get something done, bone. The baby was hospitalized Senators voted on, but did division [in s_tudent govern are for this resolution .... I and I can report that to for at least three days, and it was not approve, removal of the ment.] Senate has all the think it's going to get [the board]," he said. "I not immediately clear if he clause calling for the power right now. All I'm ask- done." have no doubt that every remains at the St. Joseph Regional Executive Cabinet to approve But at the same time, thing that we've been Medical Center. A spokesperson the budget, a change pre Hallahan said that the sented at Wednesday's meet- see SENATE/page 4 Senate's vote Sunday see HALLAHAN/page 6 see BABY +I page 4 Departments seek alternatives to fund speakers $2.85 to $2.6 million, prompt variety of options to fund the By TERESA FRALISH ing University officials to cut the speech. "This conference was Assistant News Editor academic budget by 7 percent. completely funded by grants Despite these decreases in from internal and external units In spite of significant budget funding, University departments at the University," he said. cuts, Notre Dame organizations have secured contracts from a Other University institutes have still been successful in number of well-known individu said ~arefully planned strate bringing prominent speakers to als, including Nobel laureate gies were needed to bring campus this semester by turn Seamus Heaney, Nigerian prominent speakers to campus. ing to other options, sueh as co President Olusegun Obasanjo Hal Culbertson, associate direc sponsorship or grants, to fund and South African Archbishop tor of the Kroc Institute, which talks from well-known individu Desmond Tutu. Frank McCourt, helped bring Tutu to Notre als. author of the Pulitzer prize Dame, said the Institute began As a result of the decrease in winning book "Angela's Ashes". organizing far in advance. the endowment and the drop in is scheduled to speak at Notre "The conference was part of a the economy, University officials Dame this week. research project," Culbertson made cuts to department and John Cavadini, director of the said. "We're able to do that institute funding across the Institute for Church Life, which through careful planning. board last year. From 2001 to sponsored the talk by Obasanjo, 2002, the endowment fell from said his institute pursued a see SPEAKERS/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, October 13, 2003 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WH4T DID YOU THINK WAS THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT IN SATURDAY'S G4ME? Show me the money According to a recent study by a mutual fund trading group, 50 per cent of American families expect to have about $35,000 saved up to Steve Andres Brian Hambley Jeff Mikrut Mike Healey pay college tuition by the time their first child turns sophomore freshman freshman freshman 18. This means Joe Trombello that most fami Sorin Zahm Zahm Zahm lies can expect to have saved News Production '"The running "'Julius Jones.·· .. The defense "'/ think we ·re between one and Editor two years of col game. I think was great. ,, gonna smoke lege tuition - that was pretty Washington although at some colleges, $35,000 obvious.·· State by about translates into less than a year once room and board are factored 20 points, so the in. final score will From 1992-2002, while inflation be so to 30. ·• rose 28 percent, the average in state cost of attending public schools rose 79 percent. The University of Arizona increased its .. tuition by more than 39 percent this year, and many other public IN BRIEF colleges hiked up their tuition by proportionate eye-popping Head over to Legends for the amounts. Private institutions Monday Night Football Watch imposed similar tuition increases, occuring today from 9 p.m. to raising the price of an education midnight. nearly 75 percent between 1992- 2002, according to a 2002 report Attend a talk by Dana Gioia, from CollegeBoard titled "Trends in director of the National College Pricing." Endowment for the Arts, titled Although student financial aid "Can the NEA Matter? Arts increased more than the cost of Funding in the U.S." The lec college tuition and fees over the ture will be talking place Tues past decade, much of that growth from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the has been through loans, not grants. Hesburgh Library Auditorium. Grants declined from half of all total aid to 39 percent in the past Get your exercise in at the 11 years. Current students gradu Drop-In Floor Hockey today ate from college with an average of from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at $19,000 in debt, according to a Rolf's Sports and Recreation 2002 National Student Loan Survey Center, Court 1. conducted by Nellie Mae, and stu dents must frequently work Hear. graduate student increasing hours to make ends Danielle Svonavec perform meet. songs by composers including All of these statistics point to a Robert Schumann and Franz troubling problem in colJege educa Photo courtesy of Dave Ballintyn Schubert.