THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 40: ISSUE 116 TUESDAY. APRIL 4. 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Saint Mary's searches for new VPs Duerson Incandela, Tiefenthaler engage with students, faculty, administrators in forums sentenced pate in two open forums today give College President Carol Ann College in Milwaukee, WIS. for battery By KELLY MEEHAN and Thursday, as well as closed Mooney significant shaping The vacancies left by Timm and Saint Mary's Edirqr sessions specifically for faculty power over the school's future. White's departure will be filled members. The search began when White prior to the start of the 2006-07 Former ND trustee, As two of the top three Saint The candidate visits are part of announced on Jan. 28 that he school year, said Mooney, who Mary's administrators prepare to a broader was leaving hopes to name the vice president football captain fined step down from their positions search to fill the College to and dean of faculty before the this spring - marking a new era the vacancies head Wabash conclusion of the spring semester. at the College - students and soon to be left College in Although the specifics regard­ By MARY KATE MALONE faculty have the opportunity to in the heart of Crawford­ ing the search for the vice presi­ News Editor meet two candidates vying for the the adminis­ sville, Ind. dent of student affairs have yet to position of vice president and tration by T h i s be publicly released, Mooney, the Former Irish football cap­ dean of faculty at open forums current Vice announce­ search committee chair, said she tain Dave Duerson, who this week. President and ment occur­ plans to fill the position before resigned from the University Saint Mary's religious studies Dean of red only days August. Board of Trustees last professor Joe lncandela and Faculty Pat White Timm after Timm Despite being faced with the February, was sentenced Dean of the Faculty at Colgate White and announced challenge of hiring two head Monday on a misdemeanor University Jill Tiefenthaler, a Vice President of Student Affairs she would leave Saint Mary's to charge of Saint Mary's alumna, will partici- Linda Timm - a gap that will serve as president of Mount Mary see SEARCH/page 8 domestic battery that took place I a s t February on 1 the Notre Jenkins chats with students Fireside' Dame cam­ pus. St. Joseph C o u n t y Duerson University president Superior Court Magistrate Richard discusses first year McCormick ordered Duerson, 45, to pay a fine of $950 plus court costs in addition to a· By MAUREEN MULLEN $50 state-required fee. He News Writer will not face any jail time or probation. When U.S. President Franklin Duerson was charged with Delano Roosevelt held "fireside two counts of battery and two chats" during the Great counts of domestic battery in Depression, a living room radio February 2005 after he was the closest the nation pushed his wife, Alicia, out could get to its leader. the door and into a wall out­ With University President side their hotel room at the Father John Jenkins, however, Morris Inn, police said. The a lireside chat is an intimate, couple, from Highland Park. face-to-face affair. Ill., was on campus for the Jenkins spoke with students winter Board of Trustees Monday evening in the meeting. Coleman Morse lounge as part On Jan. 17, Duerson plead­ of the Studnnt Union Board's ed guilty to the domestic bat­ series. "l;ireside Chats." In the tery charge in exchange for casual setting of armchairs and the dismissal of three other couches - complete with a University President Father John Jenkins speaks to students about his time at Notre Dame during a see FIRESIDE/page 8 Fireside Chat sponsored by the Student Union Board in the Coleman Morse lounge Monday night. see FINE/page 4 Runners prepare for Holy Half COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES 383 entries are students, By KATIE PERRY however Notre Dame fac­ Leaders urge further Assistant News Editor ulty and staff members - as well as other local run­ Nearly 400 runners will ning aficionados - will input from members participate in the second also lace up their sneakers annual Holy Half for Sunday's race. Shappell. The Student Union Marathon this Sunday in a Proceeds from the Holy By KATHLEEN MCDONNELL race spanning 13.1 miles Constitution defines the group Half's $12 entry fee will News Writer as "the venue for leaders of - that's 52.4 laps around benefit Catholic Charities' a regulation track, more student organizations to meet Operation Helping Hands and advise the student body than 192 treks across in New Orleans - a group Only three days into their Notre Dame's famed foot­ new positions, members of the president." that provides relief servic­ Student body vice president ball field or the length of es to people who have Council of Representatives 138,336 LaFortune quar­ (COR) focused on establishing Bill Andrichik echoed incurred heavy losses in Shappell's call for input. ter dogs. the wake of Hurricane goals for the upcoming year at "We have four times as the group's meeting Monday "[COR] is especially useful Katrina, namely the elder­ for groups like CCC (Club many entries this year ly and uninsured. night. than we did last year," Student body president Lizzi Coordination Council) and Coverick said the event HPC (Hall Presidents Council), race coordinator Kathleen has already raised approx­ Shappell urged COR members Coverick said. "I think that to bring issues to her atten­ typical programming bodies," imately $1,300- in addi­ Andrichik said. "This gives ND kids love a challenge tion to the heart rates of tion as they settle into their - and this race definitely roles. you your policy voice." those training for the Judicial Council president JESSICA LEE!fhe Observer gives them something to physically demanding "We set the agenda for Freshman Ricky Chapman builds go after." COR," Shappell said. stamina by running around the lake . Coverick said most of the see RUN/page 4 COR serves as a cabinet for see COR/page 3 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, April4, 2006 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHATS THE FARTHEST YOU'VE EVER RUN? Rallying Cry Anwrkans, those of my gen1~ration any­ way, have never been big on public dmnonstration. Even when we have some­ Christina Hill Szymon Ryzner Kerry McGuire Missy Reidy Katie Rehberger Jaime Luna thing to gnt worknd up about we gennrally nmmin mute. junior freshman freshman freshman freshman freshman Our unwillingrwss Megan O'Neil Walsh Morrissey Welsh Family Welsh Family Welsh Family Keough to participate in protests stands in Senior Staff "Probably I o "I would walk "To the dining "Schfourteen- "I don 't run. I "I don't run. I stark contrast with Writer youth around the miles. because I sao miles. and I hall." teen. It was power walk." fly." globe. Just look at the Fnmeh university did cross- would walk sao glorious. .. students who camped out for days at a time in opposition to labor laws during the country in high more ... last month. They faend riot police and their school,· but it doctors in order to make themselves was horrible.,, heard. Studying in Spain in the spring of 2003 I remember well the tremendous public outpouring of 1-,rrinf li>llowing th1~ March 11 terrorist attack in the Madrid train station. Millions of Spaniards took to the streel'i, joined by members of the royal family, waving banners and vocali;ring their oppo­ sition to violimee. IN BRIEF Sueh massive demonstrations never seem to happen state-sid1~. however. Yolanda Martinez-San I suppose this is why I was so heartened Miguel, graduate chair for i<L'it weekend to see images of hundrnd'i of Spanish, will give a lecture thousands of Angelenos gath1m~d in down­ titled "Travesias: Imagining town Los Angeles protesting immigration the Hispanic Caribbean from legislation currently making its way the Diaspora" today at 5 p.m. through Congress. The rally was li>llowed in 200 McKenna Hall. The lec­ by a week during whieh teenagers suc­ ture is part of the Spring 2006 cessfully organized and stagnd school Hispanic Caribbean Lecture walkouts via the Internet and word or Series "Encuentro Caribefio: mouth. Puerto Rico isla l'rontera" Some might lind such protnsl'i threaten­ sponsored by the Institute for ing or disruptive. Indeed thny are disrup­ Latino Studies. tivn - one group of student'> attempted to dosn a freeway by running up <Ul onramp. Father Willy Raymond, Aftnr a few days, Mayor Antonio national director of Catholic Villaraigosa had to risk alienating his production company Family llisp<mic ba'in and tdl student'> to go back Theater Productions, will give toda'is. a lecture titled "Young But that's the point. Catholic Hollywood" today at No barrage of' phone call'i and no letter 7:30 p.m. in 127 Hayes-Healy writing campaign eould ever have the Hall. It is part of the Center ellPet of such demonstrations. If the old for Ethics and Culture's saying stands true Congress received a Spring Catholic Series 500,000,000-word letter on March 26 - "Hollywood: Mission Field or 1,000 words for each of the estimated JESSICA LEE!The Observer Mission Impossible?" 500,000 protesters who became the pic­ Sophomore Nicholas Mclees, president of Notre Dame's Swing Club, dips his turns that day. partner, freshman Kaitlin Jensen, during a meeting of the Swing Club Monday The Annual Archbishop Pro-immigrant demonstrators' ell'orts night at the Rockne Memorial.