THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 39: ISSUE 101 TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM CAMPUS LIFE COUNCIL Duerson Student Affairs refuses to endorse play law-yer Topic sparks question of CLC influence extends Poorman, vice president for By MADDIE HANNA StudP.nt Affairs, sent a letter to the Assistant News Editor committee stating the Ofl'ice of court date Student Affairs did not endorse the Backlash from The Vagina proelamation or "the activities of Monologues dominated discussion an unrecognized studnnt group." at the Campus Life Council meeting While Poorman said in the letter Former captain will Monday, a topie that sparked ques­ that "the University embraces tho face charges April 28 tions about the group's overall larger goals of thf1 V-Day campaign ability to make an impact on cam­ and calls ev!~ry member of this pus. community to participate in mak­ In response to tho resolution ing our campus a 'rape- and vio­ By CLAIRE HEININGER and HEATHER VAN TIM SULLIVANfThe Observer passed in support of V-Day and lence-free zone,"' he also said The Dillion rector Father Paul Doyle voted against the resolu­ The Vagina Monologues at the Fob. HOEGARDEN tion to endorse The Vagina Monologues. 14 CLC meeting, Father Mark see COUNCIL/page 6 News Writer~ Formnr Notre Dame foot­ ball captain and two-timn All-American Dave Duerson dofP.rred his eourt appear­ ance on Monday for misde- White House: Bush to stop at ND meanor assault charges President's stop is not Students plan to until April 2S. Un iversi ty-spo nso red honor, protest visit Michael Tuszynski or thn By MADDIE HANNA By KATIE PERRY South AssiMalll News Ediror News Writer Bend l'irm William P. Duerson Stanlny & AssociatPS l'n~sidnnt (;porgn W. Bush's President George W. Bush's plans to speak about Social confirmed visit to South Bnnd appeared in St. .Joseph Snl'urity at Notre Damn's has spurred a diverse mixture of County Superior Court .Joyen CPni.Pr Friday, accord­ ehattP.r, ranging !'rom speculation Monday morning to l'ile as ing to a WhitP llousn press on the motivation or tlw trip to I>unrson's private 1:ounsnl. rPIPaSP. the antidpatnd campus response. St. .Joseph County deputy prosecutor Sean Schill said. Notrt~ llamn is not aff'iliated According to a Whito llouse Schill, who rnpresnntnd the wHh the prnsident's visit to news rnloase, Bush is slated to pr·osecutor's of'fiee for lfw campus, University spokos­ speak at Notrn Dame Friday. man Matt Storin said. Given the diversity of opinion initial arraignmnnt. said a "This is not a Notre Danw­ on campus, student political separate defense attorney sponsornd event," Storin said, groups and thoir respective also triml to beconw involved n x pI a in in g that tlw pres i­ members will receive Bush in in the rase Monday but ulti­ mately did not l'ile on !ll~nt's visit would lw similar starkly divnrgent ways. Duerson's behalf. Schill to that of Vic!~ l'n~sident Dick Jan Honderos, co-prnsidnnt ol' doelined to give f'urtlwr Clwnny in Oetobnr 2003 - a the College Hepublicans, said thn businnss transaetion lwtween organization is eagerly anticipat­ details about the altnmpt or the University and the Bush ing Bush's visit to the University. the name of the second attor­ administration. "We are very excited to sno ney. "There was a bit of confu- "Thny'rn basically just AP such an amazing man and leader The White House confirmed George W. Bush's visit to South see BUSH/page 4 Bend Friday. The president will speak about Social Security. see RESPONSE/page 6 see DUERSON/pagc 8 Death penalty series features former Illinois governor George H. Ryan discusses capital punishnwnt Whih1 snrving as Illinois By TRICIA de GROOT (;ennral Assistant in 1977, New' Writt•r Hyan still believed in the death penalty's importancn in the i\s part of' tlrn "Life in tlw criminal justice system, Balanrn Death Penalty although lw did not want to bn PPrspedivns" sPries that tho nxocutimwr. bngan last wonk. former llownvnr. Hyan had a change (;ovPrnor (;«Hlrge II. Hyan of of lwart al'ter lnarning about Illinois addressed tho Notre Anthony Portnr, who spent 16 Damn community Monday years on doath row until hav­ night on "Thn I>Path l'nnalty: !\ ing his easn ronvaluated and System of .Justice & nvnntua.lly round innoennt and Herond Ii al.i1in '?" relnased. Hy an began t h n f'o r urn by "It arnazod me that you saying that capital punishnwnt could conw so close to tho ulti­ was previously sonwthing hn rnato nightmare, and the sys­ thought about only in thn tem couldn't do anything TIM SULLIVANfThe Observer ahstrad with n~gard to notori­ Former Illinois Governor George H. Ryan speaks alongside panel members about his decision to ous erimns in the news. see RYAN/page 8 place a moratorium on the death penalty, thus exonerating the death row Inmates In his state. page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, March 1, 2005 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF YOU COULD BE A SUPERHERO, WHO WOULD YOU BE AND WHY? Too avvare? Violence against women. Heart disease. Animal righL'i. The death penalty. Eating disorders. These are all perfectly worthy causes and pressing issues in our society. And they have all become jokes to Chris Khorey Notre Dame students Maca rena Lindsay Joe Jost Jorge Villarreal Trish Murphy Julie McElroy because of the rash of lvanissevich Dougherty freshman junior junior sophomore Awareness Weeks Sports Writer freshman freshman Dillon Dillon Pasquerilla Breen-Phillips tlmt hit campus in the East month of February. Pasquerilla Walsh ~ It all started in January as the first West "Captain "I would be ''I'd be the round of Vagina Monologues letters hit the "I would be America, Dunigan.! "Bubbles. She invisible Observer. At that time the debate was does it all: flies, fresh. Students debated the merits of the "Spiderman, Wonder Woman because I'd would have woman so I performance, its relevance to issues of vio­ because it because I like want to work David Brent's shoots fire from could watch lence, the Catholic Church's position, and would be fun the costume. " with Wonder powers. her eyes and men undress. " the position of women at Notre Dame and tQ swing Woman in her speaks rapid in the world. Spanish." However, by the time the Monologues around the sweet outfit." were performed in mid-February, they city." had become at best a joke and at worst an annoyance. V-Day was everywhere. It put up giant posters in O'Shaughnessy, told people to wear red on Valentine's Day (don't we do that anyway?) and brought in Eve Ensler. Unfortunately for Ensler, when IN BRIEF she finally arrived, the campus was in a state of total apathy. Worst, female victims of violence, instead of being helped by usu­ Bud Welch, president of ally charitable Domers, became the topic Murder Victims Families for that no one felt like di'icussing any more. Human RighL'>, will give a presen­ Then came the other issues. tation entitled "Oklahoma City The Queer Film Festival had to deal Bombing: Two Fathers & with a letter from a Bishop denouncing it, Forgiveness" today from 12 p.m. but it created little dialogue among the to 1:15 in the Coleman-Morse student body. lounge. Proponents of heart disease awareness got totally overshadowed because, like V­ Marvin D'Lugo of Clark Day, they decided to have people wear University will hold a seminar (ga'>p!) red on Valentine's Day. Thursday in 207 DeBartolo Hall The week after tl1e Monologues com­ from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30. This sem­ memorated Student Government's Eating inar is in conjunction with the Disorder Awareness Week. No one screening of "La Mala edu­ seemed to notice. caeil)n/Bad Education" at 7 p.m. A symposium on the genocide in Sudan the same evening. wa'i held in Jordan Auditoriwn. Few stu­ dents attended. · Staged readings of "Dead Man A group of animal rights activists plead­ Walking" will take place tonight ed with seniors not to use sheepskins on from 7:30 p.m. to 9:15 in the their diplomas. People laughed. DeBartolo Center for the Finally, a: series oflnetures on the death Performing Arts. Tickets may be penalty have arrived, but by tl1en students purchased at the PAC box office were so burned out and busy with or by telephone at 574-631-2800. midterms that the discussion was muted at best. CHUY BENITEZ/The Observer ProHealth will conduct blood Oh yeah, and it was Black llistory Daniel Liem, left, defeated Kevin Loria in the 160-pound weight class in pressure and body fat screen­ Month too. Monday's preliminary round of the 75th annual Notre Dame Bengal Bouts. ings from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The goal of all of these events was to Wednesday in the Grace Hall promote awareness, but it seems they lobby. The wellness assessments failed. With all the issues jumbled togeth­ are available to all NO faculty and er, all students started to hear was "you're OFFBEAT staff, and no appointment is nec­ a bigot who doesn't understand the prob­ essary. lems of the world." Instead of focusing on Nude man covered in He also was given a judicial Kangeroo remains mystery the problems being presented, studenL'> cheese gets probation deferral, which means if he DODGEVILLE, Wis.