Newly-Proposed Increase Attracts Support Rising Student Activities Fee Consistent Trend Over the Past 10 Years
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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 40: ISSUE 35 MONDAY, OCTOBER to, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Newly-proposed increase attracts support Rising student activities fee consistent trend over the past 10 years 2004 Univ11rsity Faetbook. This The current inflation rate, By MADDIE HANNA was a $15 increase from the cited by the U.S. Department Associate News Editor previous $65 fee. In 1998, the of Labor as 3.0 percent, has fen increased from $55 to $65. increased steadily since the While the Studnnt Senate's The Academic Affairs com 1.6 percent rate in 2002. The proposod $15 in<~rease in mittee presented this data rate has been a factor driving Notre Damn's alongside statistics tracking past fee increases, which have student activ- the annual tuition percentage always faced debate. ities I'IH1 to increase and annual inl1ation In 2002, Senate rejected a implement See Also rate at last Wednesday's fee increase that proposed an tlw College "CCC distributes Sunate meeting to explain why initial $10 increase accompa Hnadorship an increase in the student nied by five subsequent yearly Program pro club funding" adivities fee is necessary. $5 raises. After facing back vok11d dnbat11 page3 "It is important to note that lash about the need to help last week, 1'1111 inf1ation has picked up in the cash-strapped clubs, Senate increases past four years," the commit approved the one-time $15 havo been teo's conclusion said. "lnf1ation increase, which went through fairly standard procedure dur has decreased the buying the Campus Life Council and ing tlw past 10 years. power of student groups and Vice President of Student The current $SO fen was set organizations by about $8 Senate members discuss the proposed $15 fee Increase, which during 2002, according to the since 2002." see FEES/page 6 would cover the College Readership program for the University. Sotne colleges outpace others in research SMC to Hdilor:'> Nole: This is the second some studnnl<; are limdnd through arlidt• in a lwo part series exam l~u~ulty grant-;. ining the presence and future qf "We strongly encourage stu offer nevv undergraduate research within dents, espeeially students who d(fferenl colleges al Notre Dame. think they are going on to gradu ate school, to do research," he programs By JOE TROMBELLO said. News Wrircr Assistant professor of physics Philippe Collon said about 25 per eent of physics majors are College introduces WhiiP undergraduate research "involved in one form or another two abroad options in some of Notr11 Dame's coll11ges is in active undergraduate research." widesprnad or growing, it is still Wayne said the college is talking diflkult for undergraduates to be about developing a new position to By LISA GALLAGHER involved in faculty rnsearch in coordinate all of the research News Writer some areas of the University, opportunities available to under administrators said. graduates, perhaps through a database. lie also said the depart Saint Mary's students with an ment does not have "a continuing iteh to travel have two new Science means of support" to fund stu opportunities to do so this year Undergraduate involvement in dents who attfmd conferences or - li1r elass c:rndit. rnsnan:h is mlativnly eommon in presnnt their work. In addition to the 15 smnestPr, thn Collnge of Science, according Wayne said he and other mem smnnstnr-brnak, ynar and surn to <L<;sodatl1 dnan MitehPII Wayne. bers of the eollege are very sup mnr study abroad programs WaynP said a numb11r of student-; portive of University President aln~ady being of'f'nrnd at thP si1-,>11 up fi1r rPseareh crndit and are Father John .Jenkins' emphasis on Junior Greg Naylor works on his research project. College, students can now involv11d in some capacity in f'aeul University President Father John Jenkins wants to choose eithm the Comparative ty laboratories. Wayne also said see RESEARCH/page 4 increase undergraduate involvement In research. Wornnn's Studies in Europe - provided by Antioch College in Ohio - or Business Internships in thn Europoan Union. "Saint Mary's is very gradually and thoughtfully expanding He's 111oney: Vaughn and company fill Stepan study abroad options to bnst moot the needs and interests of our stuclenL-;," said Elaine Meyer Comedy show sells out, entertains students Len, dirnctor of International and Intercultural Learning at thn Centnr fi1r Women's lntnreultural first guest of the night, pro Leadership (CWIL). By JOE PIARULLI ducer Peter Billingsley. News Writer Astrid Ilenry, coordinator and Billingsley played Halphin assistant professor fi1r Womnn's Parker in the 1983 film "A Studies at tlw ColiPgn and tlw The Stepan Center was Christmas Story" and is onP dinH~tor of the Wonwn's Studins wild with laughter Saturday of Vaughn's bnst friends. The in Europn option, said studonts night as aetor Vince Vaughn two acted out a scene from who arn nnrollnd in t.lw fall brought four acelaimed an ABC After School Special basnd program will trawl to four comedians and three special they acted in together, in or fiv11 diflimmt eountri11s, study guests to campus for a sold which a young Vaughn eon ing with fnminist scholars and out two-hour "Wild West" fronted Billingsley about activists from nad1. comedy show. steroid abuse. The program, which bngan at Vaughn emceed the event, Sebastian Manisealeo then Antioch Coll11gn in IIJX4, was which began with Ahmed took the stage and generated approved for Saint Mary's in Ahmed, a comedian original big responses with jokes spring 2004 by thn CWII. ly from Egypt who joked ranging from shopping at a International Study Committnn about his difficulties as an lousy store to having a "text and tho Curriculum Committee. Arab American - especially message war." It examinns tho trnncls and ALLISON AMEIRO~lE!Tihe in terms or getting on an air Vaughn's second guest was Comedian VInce Vaughn puts actor Kelr O'Donell In a headlock dur plane. Ing their act In Saturday night's "Wild West" Comedy show. Following Ahmed was the see VAUGHN/page 4 see ABROAD/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, October 10, 2005 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DID YOU DO OVER THE FOOTBALL BYE WEEKEND? Stan caused datnage Students at Notre Dame, particularily during midterms, rarely have enough time to watch the news - so it is not sur Dan Reynolds Jeff Schaal P.J. Duckworth Michael Quisao Ryan Wockenfuss prising the student body is not entirely senior senior, RA aware of the catastrophic effects of senior, RA senior, RA senior, RA Hurricane Stan in Morrissey Morrissey Morrissey Morrissey Morrissey Central America Marcella Berrios the last few days. '7 just went and "I was on duty "I was on duty "I was on duty. "I was on duty The footage of had fun., Guatemala and El Wlre Editor and I busted and I busted and I busted and I busted Salvador, replayed that guy., that guy., that guy.'' that guy., in the news, is reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina except the victims this time around are farmers and villagers, and the homes destroyed were not located along Bourbon Street, but on the Central American countryside. More disastrously, though, these homes were not made of concrete, but rather of mudandday. Hurricane Stan, though not as potent as Katrina, ha<> had an equally devastating eflect, as the infrastructure in these coun IN BRIEF tries is not designed to resist a hurricane. After a week of incessant rain, the An Oktoberfest Run/Walk streets of San Salvador are flooded, partly will be held at Saint Mary's because the city's drainage system dates today to support breast cancer back to 1920, and ha<> not received signif research. Registration begins icant maintenance since. at 4 p.m. in front of the Angela Houses are built irresponsibly, posi Athletic Facility. The race tioned along hills and mountains that begins at 5 p.m. There is a may pose the threat of mudslides. In minimum $5 donation to regis 2001, two earthquakes caused the side of ter for the race and shirts are a hill to collapse, burying an entire neigh also available for $10. borhood. The tragic scene repeated itself in The Straight and Gay 2005, when a mudslide in Guatemala Alliance will sponsor a panel came over the Mayan village of Panabaj discussion focusing on "The like an avalanche. Rescuers are likely to Process of Coming Out" today deelare the site a mass grave, as they at 5:30 p.m. in Dalloway's. expect all1,400 of the village's residents Lesbian and bisexual alumnae to be dead. and current students will dis Mayan Indians place great importance cuss sexual identity and the on the proper burial rituals of their loved campus environment as part of ones, but once again, they are powerless the "National Coming Out Day" in the face of a natural disaster that has festivities. already dainwd their homes and crops. In El Salvador, more than 60,000 peo Welsh Family Hall will honor ple have lost their homes and work. Hispanic Heritage Month today Hurricane Katrina is still fresh in the with a talk on "Immigration memories of Notre Dame students, and KELLY HIGGINSffhe Observer and Social Justice" by though it may feel as if we just con A new interactive art exhibit stands in front of Little Theater in Moreau Hall at Associate Director of Latino tributed to a similar cause, the truth is Saint Mary's. The works feature giant grass and tents for students to walk through. Studies Allert Brown-Gort. that the Guatemalan and Salvadoran The lecture is open to the pub people need as much help -and as lic and will take place at 8 p.m.