/ ^ V THE O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 40 : ISSUE 54 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM C rim e a n d A six-part series on discipline at Notre Dame Changes, unrest mark ND policy history ripped and strewed over the mencement had seniors up in “The party is over” its most controversial aspect. By MADDIE HANNA rotunda, leaving toilet paper arms — the 1984 protests were On April 16, 1984, the “The students do not consider Associate News Editor and distressed administrators in indicators of student unrest that University Committee on the drunkenness an act that their wake. has been present in different Responsible Use of Alcohol — requires disciplinary measures. It was a riot that shook Our Dissatisfaction with residen­ degrees throughout the established in response to a This attitude must change,” lady — literally. tial life is not a modern phe­ decades. November 1982 report on committee chair Father William Two thousand students bran­ nomenon. While the most Policy changes have punctuat­ “Priorities and Commitments Beauchamp said in an April 17, dishing beer cans stormed the recent campus drama has been ed Notre Dame’s history. The for Excellence (PACE) at the 1984 Observer article. “The Main Building on April 18, 1984 not under the Dome but con­ transitions may be smooth or University of Notre Dame” — whole party scene leads to alco­ in a frenzied response to an cerning the Dome itself — the rocky, but the changes and the released a new alcohol policy hol abuse. So we’ve got to elimi- alcohol policy report released decision to begin the regilding emotions evoked are to be report. two days earlier, which they process before last May’s com­ expected. Banning private parties was see CHANGES/page 8 (1974: First edition Wp^WAM^ZOOOstwdcnb I I n n March'll 9. 2002:T"T pSmfcac. published. sU^?U?MMn*BuUdingto jj " Hard alcohol and*- U949:'tWomen can 11 protesuhe(»licy,fciieCTine J [viait NoU?D am e V Oct.* 13* 1983lM m inistfa^i ^ ’hile.tnrowing, toiletpapera Pypea^and 8tudcnt^Ujil^ students in private in !andempt%bccTcSs^^Bg gatore banned*but hard; T i I rooms.until 9,p m _ a dry c a m p u s ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B alcohol allowed , r* *■ »1983:,The.Committ e e ^ ■ 1984: duLac adds a I H W * I ii liiir snunoa arm on alc< hoi changes |)ii i iipHaf 1972YWomen,arc] mHlu^espons^ibk l)sc (Overnight | P f \ U r \ ( admitted to Notre Dame.jUj SglBgn,,,,,,, \p„: !!;a| S panpl^^^mshmiol^ ~ ' 1’arictals extended to policy rrjxirt o^m m cndi^hc^ian Wdni^tY^weekda) private partii tard liquor.oortnan unveils new alcohc bahncd GRAHAM EBETSCH/Observer Graphic Tuskegee Airmen speak 2,000 students attend rally in honor of Veteran's Day Officials allow non-students to sit in empty student seats By RYAN SYDLIK News Writer By MARY KATE MALONE News Writer Three men who broke racial barri­ While students did not completely 1111 ers while fighting against Nazi the 3,000 seats allotted to them at Germany in World War II related Friday’s Navy pep rally, officials allowed their inspiring stories to the Notre non-students to sit in empty student seats Dame community Friday in honor of and fill the Joyce Center with cheering Veteran’s Day. Irish fans. Retired Maj. Gen. Lucius Theus, Despite lowering the student seat allot­ retired Lt. Col, Alexander Jefferson ment from 6,000 at the Tennessee pep and retired Lt. Col Washington rally to 3,000 for the Navy pep rally, there MATTHEW SMEDBERG/The Observer DuBois Ross, who served in the Army were still empty seats in the student sec­ Irish fans cheer at the USC pep rally Air Corps during WWII, drew a tion 10 minutes before it began, hall pres­ Oct. 14 inside Notre Dame Stadium. crowd to the Carey Auditorium of the idents council athletic co-chair Justin Hesburgh Library. The men told of Doyle said. students. their experiences as both blacks and Officials decided to admit non-students “There were individuals who waited in war veterans. into the student section once it became “These airmen broke a lot of barri­ clear that the seats would not be filled by see RALLY/page 4 ers and were not expected to suc­ ceed. However, they were the only fighter escort squadron in Italy to JENNIFER KANG/The Observer have never lost a bomber they An ROTC cadet stands guard next to escorted, a pretty incredible record,” Stonehenge Friday as part of a department chair of aerospace stud­ Veteran’s Day ceremony. ies Col. Michael Zenk said. “We owe Chase at SMC leads to crash them a debt of gratitude not only for Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star. serving their country, but also for Theus explained the reasoning pects weaved through some trees and showing us all how to succeed behind the creation of the Tuskegee By MEGAN O’NEIL passed directly between the library against huge odds. Each of these Airmen. Saint Mary’s Editor and Havican Hall, police said. They three served in the military with dis­ “At that time, it was not possible then proceeded across the library tinction and then served their fellow for an African-American to join the A police pursuit that began as a green and into the parking lot man in the civilian life as well.” Air Corps or learn to fly military air­ routine traffic stop in Mishawaka between the Student Center and Theus was the first African- craft,” he said. “The Tuskegee exper­ concluded with the alleged suspects McCandless Hall before driving to the American support officer and only iment would determine once and for driving straight through Saint Mary’s far southwest corner of campus, the third African-American to be all if African-Americans could fly campus and crashing into a tree where they crashed in a dirt lot appointed general in the U.S. Air military aircraft. behind Loretto Convent Sunday after­ behind the Lorctto Convent — then Force. During his 36-year service, he “From all over our nation, these noon, authorities said. took off into the woods, police said. received the Distinguished Service After entering campus at the Saint Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the see VETERANS/page 6 Mary’s Inn entrance, the alleged sus- see CRASH/page 6 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Monday, November 14, 2005 Inside C olumn Question of the Day: W h at did you th ink of S a tu r d a y 's g a m e ? Curtain calls “Macbeth doth murder sleep.” For the last 10 weeks, this wasn’t just Act II Scene II line 48 of one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. It was a rallying cry for 30 young women — extremely tired young women. Nicole Zook Andrew Linn Lakota Mowrer Glenn Gutierrez Mary Kate McNamara Katie Gibbons Joey Leary Women who woke ________________ sophom ore senior freshm an sophom ore sophom ore freshm an EsessL M orrissey Cavanaugh Knott Welsh Fam Welsh Fam Dillon their senior comps “I bought “There was a “It was good to “One step closer “Maurice “It was nice to or directing finals for hours before head­ Descartes and game?" see a lot of to a BCS bowl." Stovall for see a clean, ing to rehearsals that sometimes ran past midnight. read. ” respect for the Heisman." respectful gam e Sometimes it was yelled, sometimes it future of the between two could be read in away messages and armed forces. ” quality sometimes it was softly sighed as the girl thought of all the homework she didn’t schools. ” have time to do and would have to lose more sleep over. To the cast and crew of Macbeth, the line rang true — we sacrificed sleep. But it didn’t matter, because what we gained from working on the production was worth losing sleep over. We learned to swordfight, became fluent in In B rief Shakespearian language and became comfortable on a stage. We learned tan­ gible things, skills that will be useful later Quinlin Terry, a leading fig­ in our lives. ure in the revival of classical But what we really gained was an architecture, will present the intangible, something that cannot be 2005 Richard H. Driehaus explained. It was the chance to be a part Prize lecture at 7 p.m. today of something bigger than all of us. We in the Snite Museum of Art. spent hours together, onstage and off, The lecture, “Designing and bettering our acting and bettering our­ Building a Sustainable selves with the help of the people around F uture,” is free and open to us. We became a tight band of brothers the public. mirroring the Scottish clans we were por­ traying. An examination of the vari­ And what we came up with was magic. ous aspects of literary art in A five night run of a sold out show, a play the 1960s will be the focus of that turned women into men and brought a two-day lecture series, the dead to life for the audience. “Artworlds of the Sixties,” Somehow 115-pound girls turned into today and Tuesday in fierce medieval warriors and three col­ McKenna Hall beginning at lege students, awkward on stilts behind 4:30 p.m. the scenes, became 8-foot-tall witches onstage. It was certainly an experience Suzan Shown Harjo, a for all of us, one that will never be forgot­ Native American journalist, ten. will speak on Diversity In 30 years, 1 know I won’t remember Tuesday at 7 p.m.