Wednesday~ February 19, 2003 Top- notch THE musical quartets perform page 10 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXVII NO. 98 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Officials progress with Sharon investigation Cheaper Corby Street. investigation into Sharon's considered past instances books fuel By TERESA FRALISH Rex Rakow, director of death, although Rakow said where the University had Assistant News Editor Notre Dame Security Police, he expected to provide them offered transportation to the said that it was not possible to with information concerning funerals of other Notre Dame SMCleaders One week after police iden­ establish an exact date or the missing persons case that students. tified Chad Sharon's body as time of death for Sharon NDSP had been investigating. Notre Dame officials have By SHANNON NELLIGAN the one found Feb. 12 in the based on the autopsy results, University officials have also also planned a memorial Mass News Writer St. Joseph River, officials are but estimated that Sharon finalized plans for funeral and for Sharon to take place moving forward with the died "probably within a week memorial arrangements for Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. in the Increased student concern police or so" after his Dec. 12 disap­ Sharon. Funeral services for Basilica. Storin said the over the exorbitant price of investiga­ pearance. "You can make the Fisher freshman will be Sharon family would be avail­ textbooks and their medial tion and some pretty wide guesses [in held Saturday at Bible able to talk with students and buy back value has prompted funeral this case]," said Rakow. Presbyterian Church in others before the Mass at 4 student leaders to research a n d Rakow said members of his Merrill, Wis., near Sharon's p.m. in the Lady Chapel of the new methods of book memorial department had not yet met hometown of Pelican Lake, Basilica and that Sharon's exchange. arrange­ with the St. Joseph County Wis. Visitation hours will take parents hope that those who According to Student Body ments for Metro Homicide Police, but place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. knew their son personally will Vice President Elizabeth Sharon. expected that such a meeting and be immediately followed come forward as well as oth­ Jablonski-Diehl, the commit­ Sharon's Sharon would take place within a by a memorial service. ers who wish to express their tee has been formed in con­ body was week or two when the The University will provide sympathy. junction with the Student discovered Homicide Police began to transportation for students "[The Sharons] are very Academic Council. The under the Angela Bridge by closely investigate Sharon's who want to attend the funer­ taken with the family aspect research on book values was construction workers on Feb. death. al, said Matt Storin, University of Notre Dame," said Starin. extended from the investiga­ 12. Autopsy results indicated "They're waiting for blood spokesman. Buses are sched­ "It's open to any student who tion of senior comprehensives that the cause of death was tests to come back to assess uled to leave from the library would like to express their undertaken by student gov­ drowning. The Fisher Hall what might have been in his circle at 11:45 p.m. on Friday. condolences." ernment earlier this year. freshman had been unac­ system," said Rakow. In making the decision to pro­ "SAC used to be involved counted for since he was last The Metro Homicide Police vide such services for stu­ Contact Teresa Fralish at with student buy back," 12 [email protected] seen Dec. at a party on will be responsible for the dents, Storin said officials Jablonski-Diehl said. "It used to provide a place for stu­ dents to drop ofT their books and catalogue them for sale." MUSICAL NOTES The Technology Department, with help from Mary Pauline Moran, student technology commissioner, is planning a new method for book returns that could involve a permanent place to sell books among the entire college community. "It is hoped that this place will be established on the Virtual Village by the end of this semester to early next year," Jablonski-Diehl said. The environmental commu­ nity at Saint Mary's is also backing the setup of the vir­ tual selling place. They believe that this will decrease the amount of paper products used for making posters on campus. Sandy Vanderwerven, bookstore manager, was not · aware of this new student ini­ tiative. When asked about the stu­ dent complaints that book prices are too high and buy back v:tlue too low Vanderwerven said that the bookstore prices books at the NELLIE WILLIAMSfThe Observer national norm. While Lafortune and Hesburgh Library are crowded with students studying notes for class, Notre Dame junior Elise Brown studies "We try to buy back books her violin notes. Playing "Caprice" by Paganlnl on her violin In Crowley Hall, Elise practices Wednesday, when, like most days, at the highest price possible," she practices for at least two hours. she said. "Prices are deter­ mined according to supply and demand." Vanderwerven said sales at the bookstore have not dropped ofT due to the advent Political science professor discusses reparations of low-cost Internet sites because students find the bookstore convenient and By NATASHA GRANT tions, using historical information something that is both hopeful and unequal. Tillery said blacks should timely. News Writer and current events. worrisome. He said while whites be compensated for missed oppor­ Students are pleased with "The deep ambivalence dis­ generally refuse to make any con­ tunities to better themselves that the possibility of a virtual sell­ Political Science professor Alvin played by most whites about repa­ nection to slavery, "for blacks, it's the government stripped from ing place for used textbooks. Tillery set out to tackle the politics rations stem from what many see obvious that slavery was a crime them and awarded low-status Mary Watrobica, a Saint for redress for black Americans as a tenuous reflective of both historical and whites. Mary's junior, who has never with his talk, "Black link between modern understanding of terror­ Although Tillery said one used Internet sites to obtain Exceptionalism: Why Reparations slavery and ism and genocide." "should never build an academic her textbooks said that the are Just and Good Public Policy," black excep­ Tillery set out to make the case case on what the dictionary says," proposed site is a good idea. part of the student government tionalism in that African Americans should he begun by defining reparation "I have never bought my Last Lecture series. America," receive compensation because of as per the Oxford English books online before, but I In the crowded O'Neill Hall Tillery said. wrongdoing toward them, not nec­ Dictionary and Webster's would consider using the new lounge, Tillery explained his theo­ H e essarily during slavery but during Dictionary. system," said Watrobica. ry of reparations, which he said described the counter-Reconstruction period He also based his presentation did not automatically mean slave this ambiva­ Tillery after slavery had ended and Contact Shannon Nelligan at reparations or monetary repara- lence as blacks were still treated as see TILLERY/page 3 [email protected] L~~~~~~~--------------- page 2 The Observer+ WHAT'S UP Wednesday, February 19, 2003 INSIDE CoLUMN WHAT'S INSIDE War. What is it good CAMPUS WORLD& BUSINESS NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE SPORTS for? Something. Food Services Many killed, Professor gives Readers defend Shakespeare Senior stand­ Imagine if, several months ago, when the United Nations was trying to get inspectors answers with injured in South his Enron view Bishop comes to ND out shines back into Iraq, President Bush had said, survey Korean subway "My good friend Saddam, if you do not allow inspectors into your country, then we fire will ... hold your Joe Lindsley murderous nuclear- tainted hand and Sports Senior Jason snort anthrax while Food Services A fiery inferno Jim Seida Members of the Scene previews Production Fitzpatrick praised we dance around said they will dis- engulfed two sub- explained Enron's Executive Cabinet the Actors for the Editor London Stage. The as "clutch per- your pyre of inno­ tribute a survey to way trains Tuesday accounting prob- and Charlie Ebersol cent Iraqis in a joy- gauge student after a man threw a lems at Thursday's defend Student actors will perform former." ful chorus ofkumbaya." opinion on meal flammable contain- Senate Finance Body President The Tempest this Now, would Mr. Hussein have allowed plans. er on to one of the Committee meet- Libby Bishop's stu- weekend. those inspectors into his country? trains. ing. dent government Yet with the threat of war and the pres­ work. sure of America's military,look at all the concessions, however phony, he has been making of late. Of course, Saddam's sup­ page 7 page 5 page 7 page 9 page 11 page 20 posed conceptions have been superficial, because he believes he can dupe the world. During the wave of protests over the weekend, a few particular occurrences WHAT's GoiNG DowN stand out. One, Saddam was gloating. He was happy, not because he enjoys a rollick­ ing good day of festivities, nor because he is WNDU receives harassing a pacifist. He was happy because he loves phone call waging war on mankind, and he hates it NDSP is investigating a harassing when others try to interfere, and he thinks telephone call complaint received his tricks are succeeding. Tuesday. Two, anti-war protesters in the Middle East were carrying portraits of Sad dam Injured student needs because they wanted to support him in the medical attention face of the evil American dictatorship.