.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 40: ISSUE 100 FRIDAY. MARCH 3. 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Mendoza rejects 'gates,' external transfers Graduate always benn able to transfer extnrnal transfer studnnts - a graduates enrolled in business, By KAREN LANGLEY freely between the colleges, step that greatly increases an she said. keeps ties A<sistant News Editor and that is not about to change. already large student popula­ "There are so many majors But during the past five years, tion. in the University," she said. As increasing numbers of stu­ tlw college has been cutting "We're not obligated to take 'There is no reason all [the stu­ dents have dneidnd to major in back on external transfers," she said. dents] should be in business." withSMC business during tho past sever­ admitting "We should serve Notre Dame In the fall of 2005 there were al ynars, tho Mendoza College transfer stu­ students before external stu­ 1,543 sophomores, juniors and Alumna returns to of Businoss has chosen to dents from dents. seniors enrolled in business, addrnss rising inlnrnsl by keep­ outside the "It's like carrying a 350- down from 1,806 in the fall of campus, shares book ing Nolrn Damn students as its University - pound body on knees designed 2001. priority. While any Notre Dame and in the for 200 pounds. The wear and Two years ago, then­ By MEGAN O'NEIL student in good standing can fall of 2005, tear is eventually seen." University Provost Nathan Saim Mary's Editor choosn to pursun a major in the eollege The College of Business Hatch met with Woo to diseuss business - or any othnr aca­ admitted should definitely not grow larg­ the possibility of enacting gates Woo On May 17, 2003, Nnw York dnmie an~as - at any limn, the zero exter­ er, Woo said. At one point, the to admission in the College, Times bestselling author and Collngn of Businnss is no longer nal transfers. College graduated 30 percent requiring a rising sophomore to Saint Mary's alumna Adriana ac1~npling transfers from other Dean Carolyn Woo of the of University students, though have a 3.0 GPA to enter, said Trigiani delivered a hilarious un ivorsitios. College of Business st:ressed the peer universities typically have eomrneneemcnt address at the Notre Damn students have cumulative ell'ects of accepting 8 to 12 percent of their under- see BUSINESS/page 3 College. Titlnd "Guts, Blind Faith, and Sun Bloek," it had graduates and their families rolling on the LeMans Hall Green. "As of eight o'clock tomor­ Dorms interview RA candidates· row morning lyour parents! would like you to leave tlwm alone ... Your mothers have Current resident assistants, rectors talk to applicants about issues, faith, ambitions asked me to tell you that thnir homes are not storage bins. Please, w lw n you move on, By KAlTLYNN RIELY takn your junk with you," News Writer Trigiani joknd. The scene exemplified the Whnn Paul I lagan was apply­ warm rnlationship Trigiani has ing to bn a residnnt assistant rnaintairu~d with her alma (B/\1 in Zahm llall last ynar, he mater since graduating in knnw part of his job would bn 19Hl and moving on to a dis­ encouraging - or discouraging tinguishod writing earner. - thn dorm's notorious tradi­ "Adri has just bonn vnry, tions. very gnnnrous [with Saint Now, llagan is intnrvinwing Mary's students] and I think prospndivn Zahm HAs, and the she is with hnr readers too," isstw of upholding Zahm's iden­ English dnpartnwnt chair Max tity is a qunslion lw and the Wnstler said. otlwr HAs are posing to the · Af'ter relocating from South applintnts. Bend to Nnw York City, "Wn ask qtwstions about how Trigiani founded an all-fnmaiP llwy fnnl about. our donn cui­ comedy troupe "Thn Outcasts" turn. becausn obviously Zahm and later worknd as a writer has a vnry uniqun or outspoken and producer for television eulture, so lwn talk aboutl how shows such as "The Cosby llwy would want to ehangn it or Show," "A Different World" nurturn it," Hagan said. PHIL HUDELSONfThe Observer and "City Kids." ller 1996 doe- Fisher rector Father Rob Moss, right, talks with junior Ryan Bravo this week. Rectors see SELECTION/page 6 and current RAs have recently been Interviewing RA candidates for next year's positions. see TRIGIANI/pagc 4 Stretch of Douglas Road to close Slovv Webmail access By KArlE PERRY investigated by OIT As.~i.<tam News Editor problem." With plans set and a vrsron By MAUREEN MULLEN orr has discussed and nstablishnd, the University is News Writer implemented both short- and ready to eontinue its quest for long-term solutions, Hussnll developnwnt with the campus While rushing is a way of said. There are a number of roads projed - a proeedure life at Notre Dame, slower­ faetors that aiTeet server per­ that will foree the elosure of than-usual Webmail serviee is formance, and orr is investi­ some heavily traflkked routes frustrating students, faculty gating the best way to pro­ on and around campus next and administrators who rely ceed in addrnssing eom­ W£Wk. daily on the Notre Dame e­ plaints, he said. A portion of Douglas Hoad mail system. Hussell said the Webrnail between .Juniper and Ivy The slowed performance problem is a eomplex issue roads will bn elosnd from arose during the past two to that doesn't have a simple or Monday until early May, three weeks, said Paul straightforward solution. University spoknsman Dennis Russell, Senior Systems Though Webmail problnms Brown said in a stalnment Administrator for the Offiee of have benn the most prnvalnnt, Wednnsday. Information Technologies Hussoll said that all e-mail Part of Bulla Hoad, east of Messaging Serviees team. users havn benn aiToetnd by ~~arnJHIS, and part of Ivy Hoad, Husselr said OIT is working to slower spnnds, ineluding north of Vannss Strnnt, will address the situation. thosn using Outlook l•:xprnss also lw elosnd to motorists PHIL HUDELSONfThe Observer "We arn paying attention to and Eudora Mail. The dillkul- landscaping machinery sits by Douglas Road Thursday, the issue," Hussell said. "We see DOUGLAS/page 6 awaiting the start of construction Or;J traffic routes Monday. arc painfully aware of thn see E-MAIL/page 8 ~~~------------ page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Friday, March 3, 2006 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: HOW HAS THE CONSTRUCTION ON DOUGLAS ROAD AFFECTED YOU? Miracle w-orkers Arthur Ochs Sulzberger wasn't exaggerating when he called it the daily miracle. Joey Brown Bronwyn Fullard Patrick Essien Molly Phister ·Maggie Jesperson The legendary New York Times publisher wasn't talking about col­ freshman sophomore senior sophomore sophomore lege newspapers, Fisher Pasquerilla East St. Ed's LeMans LeMans of course. But his famous remark "It is imposing "It's really "Not really, 7 don't have a "It made it sums up perfectly how The Observer on my Catholic frustrating too much car. So, no." difficult to get manages to appear values." when I drive to responsibility. " to my student on the Notre Dame work." observing. " and Saint Mary's campuses five days a week. Beats me. Claire Even after lead­ Heininger ing the newspaper for a year, I still don't understand Editor in Chief how we did this 140 times, or why nearly 200 students sacrifice chunks IN BRIEF of their GPAs, sleep and social lives for the sake of creating a campus newspaper. Me, I can't really pinpoint one Saint Mary's senior Ashley moment when or one reason why I Peltier will present her senior decided The Observer would domi­ comprehensive play "Angel: A nate my Notre Dame life- that I'd Nightmare in Two Acts" today blow ofT classes for reporting assign­ at 7:30p.m. in the Little Theater ments, instinctively dissect dinner in Moreau Hall. The play is free conversations for story ideas, spend and open to the public. more St. Patrick's Days typing in the basement of South Dining II all than The Irish men's basketball chugging on a College Park balcony. team will bid farewell to seniors Somewhere between Heturn to Glory Saturday, when the team and Monk Moves On, between saying squares off with DePaul in its no to the London Program and yes to final home game of the 2005- the Editorial Board, I fell in love with 2006 season. Tip-oil" is at 4 p.m. journalism, added the news to my at the Joyce Center. extensive list of addictions and resolved to make The Observer shine. The 2nd annual Holy Cross Of course, some just ealled it selling Mission Lecture, 'The Word of my soul. And they have a point- I'm God is not Chained: Images for not so nai've as to think everyone Mission in Cultw·es," will be pre­ commits to this newspaper to the sented Sunday at 7:15 p.m. in same extremes or does it for the the Moreau Seminary same reasons. There are those who Auditorium. do it for the notoriety (Alec and Erik), PHIL HUDELSONfThe Observer for the money (Nick and Sam), or Law student Matt Perez-Staple registers for Howard Hall's sixth annual bone John Carr, Director of the because of their boss's various bribes marrow drive Thursday. Perez-Staple's name will be entered in a computerized reg­ Department of Social Develo­ and guilt-trips (you know who you Istry maintained by the National Marrow Donor Program. pment & World Peace, will speak are). There are those who, frankly, I on "Political Responsibility and expect to stop showing up any day Religion: Faithful Citizenship in now.