--------------------------------.------ -------------- -- ---- -----------------------------, THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 41 : ISSUE 25 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 N DSMCOBSERVER.COM NO to continue using early action SBPD to Princeton and Harvard eliminate early admissions programs, heighten University encourages students to apply when best prepared presence months of sleepless nights ended, his cur­ •47% (1.241] of early applicants By ROHAN ANAND rent roommate, Conor Troy, discovered were admitted News Writer his Early Action application was deferred Excise police will focus to the regular decision pool. on Washington and A few days before Christmas 2005, "I was clearly discouraged at first freshman Chris Holland arrived at his because Notre Dame was my first St. Peter's Streets Louisville home to see that his mom had choice," Troy said. "But I also realized it posted a Notre Dame flag in his front was a big application pool and I was yard. Inside was an official acceptance hopeful for the regular decision results, By KAITLYNN RIELY letter granting him admission to the so I focused on working hard senior year News Writer University's Class of 2010 via the Early and keeping my grades up." Action program. Both Holland and Troy's scenarios point A meeting of the Northeast "I was ecstatic," he said. "Not only to the ambiguity involved in the college­ Neighborhood Council of South •19% were ethnic minorities because Notre Dame was my dream admissions process - and, more specifi­ Bend (NENC) two weeks ago school, but because the whole college cally, the debate sparked by Princeton prompted Notre Dame's Off­ •22% were children of alumni admissions process was finally over." Campus Council to send an e­ Source: Office of Admissions JARRED WAFERfThe Observer Just as Holland's white-knuckled see ACTION/page 4 mail Thursday warning students that police are heightening their presence on Washington and St. Peter's Streets, said Josh Pasquesi, Senate Community Relations committee chair. Ne-w dortn construction remains priority "It has come to our attention that there have been numerous complaints from neighbors on Four dorms still east of Pasquerilla East and part of the University's larger while also providing the space Washington Stand St. Pete's St.," Knott Halls as well as on West plan to expand the campus in and some of the amenities cur­ the e-mail read. "The South Bend waiting for approval, Quad, Lyphout said - are part that direction," Firth said. rent students would like to Police Department is planning on of the University's 1 0-year The idea of new dorms has have," she said. taking an increased presence in locations pending Residential Master Plan, craft­ become an increasingly large As the new halls are con­ the area and Indiana State Excise structed, the University plans ed in 2003 and authorized by part of campus discussion dur­ has been notified that this has trustees. ing the past year. At a Student to uncrowd and renovate the been a problem area." By MAUREEN MULLEN But at this point, some key Senate meeting Feb. 22, 2005, existing halls, decreasing the News Writer Captain Wanda Shock of the specifics of that plan are Executive Vice President John number of students assigned to South Bend Police. Department uncertain. The actual construc­ Affleck-Graves included the a given room and creating (SBPD) spoke to the NENC Sept. The issue of overcrowded tion of each dorm is not yet topic of new dorms while out­ more study and social space 11 in a special presentation on residence halls continues to approved, Lyphout said, and lining the University's exten­ within the halls. the relationship between off-cam­ plague Notre Dame - espe­ Associate Vice President for sive future development plans. The University hopes to offer pus students and South Bend res­ cially with the record size of Student Affairs Ann Firth said While the campus will a greater variety of rooms - idents, said Krystal Hardy, the this year's freshman class - funding has not been resolved. expand, Affleck-Graves told especially for junior and senior student representative on the and the construction of four There's also the question of senators the University's popu­ students - so that students NENC. new dorms remains a top pri­ the precise location of the new lation would not increase. can look forward to having Shock acknowledged that the ority of the University's halls. While Firth said "a num­ The University's goal, Firth progressively better rooms as neighborhood had a history of Residential Master Plan, ber of campus sites are under said Monday, is to preserve the they advance through their noise violations and the police University officials said. consideration," she also point­ best current and traditional undergraduate careers, Firth continued to receive complaints "Nothing has been approved ed at the area on the eastern features of residence halls in said. from neighbors about student by our trustees, but we are edge of campus - an area that the new dorms. Of the four "As has been true for the parties. hoping to make an announce­ has recently opened up, thanks proposed dorms, she predicted past few years, some first-year "The last two weeks of August ment in the near future," Vice to the closing of Juniper Road two would be for men and two students are currently housed and the first few weeks of President of Business before the school year began. for women. in study lounges or in very September, we had a lot of wild Operations James Lyphout said Though the closing of Plans for the new dorms aim small rooms, which is obvious­ party complaints," Shock said Friday. ly not an optimum situation," Juniper Road was not directly to incorporate "those elements Monday. The four proposed dorms - related to any single new that promote a strong and which could potentially be built building or residence hall, "it is cohesive community life ... see DORM/page 6 see EXCISE/page 6 Student football ticket Starbucks announces price hike exchange held today By JENNIFER METZ News Writer allow up to 300 students to Starbucks announced By MEG HAN WONS exchange a student ticket for a Thursday that coffee-drinkers News Writer regular ticket. nationwide will have to fork The exchange will take place over an extra nickel for drinks from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at bought at any of their 8,614 With this weekend's fourth­ the Gate 10 Box Office of the locations, including the quarter show in Spartan Joyce Center. LaFortune Student Center shop. Stadium, football tickets in The football ticket exchange is In the first price change since today's student exchange are sponsored by Student 2004, all drinks will cost an likely to sell out -just like Penn Government and the Athletic extra five cents and all pound State and Michigan tickets did - Department and "provides stu­ bags of whole bean coffee will officials said. dents the opportunity to go up by fifty cents, David "Demand for exchange tickets exchange a game ticket from Prentkowski, Director of Food this year is consistent with previ­ their student booklet for a non­ Services, said. ous seasons," said Josh Berlo, student ticket for the same loca­ The increase - which Director of Ticket Operations. tion printed on their booklet," Prentkowski said was "not Today's ticket exchange for­ according to a letter written to unusual" - was necessary to Saturday's Purdue game is the students by the ticket office in cover increasing labor, product CHRIS MASSAD!The Observer third of seven exchanges for the • Junior Chris Weinacht pays at Starbucks in LaFortune Student 2006 football season and will see LOTTERY page 4 see STARBUCKS page 4 Center. The price increase is deterring regular student customers. page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, September 26, 2006 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHICH SONG BEST DESCRIBES YOUR PERSONALITY? Alternate .. histories A fascinating type of entertain­ ment is alternate history. Michelle Carlisle Nisha Sherry Liz Mclaughlin Mike Kaiser Mary Clare McGregor Eric Shappell It is written to address current policies, like New York Magazine's freshman senior sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore counterhistory of a world without McGlinn Pasquerilla West Pangborn Morrissey Pangborn Dillon 9/11. It exists for dark humor Ryan Sydlik '"!Wear My '"! Wish I Was a '"Call On Me' '"Still Tippin' by '"Stacy's Mom' such as in Kevin , '"Crash Into Wilmot's mocku­ News Wzre Sunglasses At Little Bit Taller Me' by Dave becaues that Mike Jones... by Fountains of mentary "C.S.A., Editor Night.' Yup." by Skee Lo Matthews Band video is just like No, seriously. " Wayne. You Confederate because I because 'I wear my life." can ask Mary States of , America." At other times a possi­ appreciate his Clare why. , nothing but I ble future, such as in Tom Clancy's concerns. wear it so well." "Red Storm Rising," becomes alter­ nate history when global realities change. And still at other times, it exists for mere curiosity, such as in the famous "What If' series. However, one aspect that is com­ monplace in all alternate histories is a point of divergence, as this is IN BRIEF what links alternate history to real history. The point of divergence is when the author changes, adds or Kellogg Institute Visiting eliminates a single event from real Fellow Juliet Hooker will history. From this point on is deliver her rescheduled lec­ when the author's imagination ture entitled "The Institutional takes over and the alternate histo­ Design of Multicultural ry begins. Citizenship in Nicaragua: The classic alternate history case Effects on Afro-descendant & is in World War II.