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/ ^ V THE bserver OThe Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 39: ISSUE 130 FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ND student robbed at gunpoint Leaders said. The man showed a gun and the incident, which occurred “We checked the area down by describe By HEATHER VAN told the student to give him his while several games of the Notre Dame Avenue and alerted HOEGARDEN wallet. Bookstore Basketball Tour South Bend Police,” Hurley said. News Writer “The student gave him his wal nament were being played at the “Nobody matched the description let, and the guy told him to walk nearby Bookstore courts. in that area.” ideal new A Notre Dame student was away,” Hurley said. “The student The suspect, described as a Hurley said there was no one in robbed at gunpoint Thursday turned and looked over his shoul black male in his late 20s to early the area when the incident night outside the Eck Visitors’ der and the guy ran southbound 30s, was estimated to be six feet occurred and that the student Center on campus, Notre Dame on Notre Dame Avenue.” tall and weigh 180 pounds. He was unsure if he could identify provost Security/Police assistant director The student, a senior at the was wearing an unzipped black the suspect if he was asked to. Chuck Hurley said. University, was unharmed. leather jacket with a gray T-shirt NDSP has assigned a detective The student, who was walking Hurley said the student went and a red baseball hat. Hurley to the case, and he will meet with By EILEEN DUFFY east from his dormitory on cam into the ilammes Bookstore, said. the student to develop a compos Assistant News Editor pus, saw a man sitting alone on a which was in the process of clos After the student contacted ite sketch of the suspect, Hurley bench on the north side of the ing up for the night. He called NDSP, officers attempted to find The search committee for the Eck Center about 9 p.m., Hurley NDSP about three minutes after the suspect. see ROBBERY/page 6 new provost, headed by University President-elect Father John Jenkins, has been meeting with various constituencies to find out what qualities they are looking for in Notre Dame’s next NDSP protects Dome from curious climbers academic leader. “Rather than prejudice the issue, we want to find out what Officers fear students others think, ” philosophy profes sor and committee member will scale scaffolding Cornelius Delaney said. Senior faculty members have a great deal to say about their By AMANDA MICHAELS hopes for the new provost — News Writer regarding both his character and his vision for the University. In the latest installment of Character drama surrounding the regilding When faculty members reflect of the Golden Dome, the Notre Dame Security/Police initiated an ed on the qualities a provost ought to possess, they came up all-night guard at the building’s with a variety of responses. base during the last week in a Keith Bradley, chair of the clas move officials said was a response sics department, pointed immedi to reports of students attempting ately to academies when he to climb the scaffolding structure. described his ideal provost. "We’re concerned that, with the “He or she must be an accom warmer weather, people will be plished scholar who can set a intrigued into trying climb scaf standard for the rest of the facul folding. which is a dangerous situ ty, someone with intellectual ation if done during the night, vision for the teaching and particularly if they had been using research enterprise that is the alcohol," NDSP assistant director University,” Bradley said, adding Chuck Hurley said. “This is a safe that the provost ought to be truly ty issue. We’re trying to be proac “inspirational.” tive, and keep people from getting Others were more concerned hurt." with the provost’s public pres Jim l.yphout, Vice President of ence. Dennis Doordan, chair of Business Operations, said that his art, art history and design, said office — which is in charge of the he hopes to see a new academic regilding project — had been CLAIRE KELLEY/The Observer Our Lady of Notre Dame, stripped of her golden coat, watches over the University from her place see DOM E/page 6 atop the Dome. The regilding process began In mid-March and is set to be finished by fall. see PROVOST /page 8 Belles bless new Student Center Parking spots may be By JEN MALL scarce for game day News Writer “It’s an area south of Edison By KATE ANTONACCI A sense of community was and it is owned by the truly the aura on the Saint Associate News Editor University,” assistant director Mary’s campus Thursday as of Notre Dame Security/Police hundreds gathered to dedi Those attending Saturday’s Philip Johnson said. Blue-Gold spring football cate the new Student Center According to the University and Noble game may face more problems Architect’s office, the con Family See Also than just struction on the fields is part n abbing a Dining Hall. See Also of the campus roads project, “ S tu d en t good seat in Among those “ O ffic ia ls wherein Edison Road and a t t e n d i n g Center boasts a the stadium. Route 23 will be widened. A Finding a predict big w ere s tu d o z e n n e w large portion of the existing dents, facul parking spot c r o w d s for Edison will be demolished and ty, staff, sis o f f ic e s ’’ may pose a realigned so a four-lane challenge, s c r im m a g e " ters, alum page 3 north-south road can be cre due to the page 4 nae, donors ated where Edison meets Ivy and the Board of Trustees. construction Road. currently underway on the “The new Student Center is The fields will be relocated soccer fields on Edison Road KELLY HIGGINS/The Observer a wonderful addition to the for the fall football season, previously used for parking on Student Trustee Sarah Brown aids Father Joe Carey in the see CENTER/page 9 football weekends. blessing of the new Student Center at Saint Mary’s Thursday. see PARKING/page 9 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Friday, April 22, 2005 I n s id e C o l u m n Question of the Day: W ould you ever w a n t to clim b the D o m e ? I climbed the Dome I believe I am the only under graduate to climb the scaffolding on the Dome to the top this year. That is, the only student with per mission. Lindsay Till Jenn Heller Nathan Lohmeyer Annelise Succata Tom Raaf First I had to sen io r sophom ore sen io r sen io r sen io r sign my life away. o ff ca m p u s o ff c a m p u s o ff ca m p u s I especially liked o ff ca m p u s L ew is the part that said, “I hereby release, “Yes! With or “Yes, I’d hate “Yes, so I could “Yes — I heard “Of course, acquit and forever discharge the without the for the security stand next to Mary is huge. ” because I heard University... for scaffolding. ” guards to sit Mary and be Mary is made of any and all dam there all night closer to sweet, sweet ages, losses or for nothing. ” Heaven. ” chocolate. ” injuries (INCLUD Claire Kelley ING DEATH)." Our guide was Tony Polotto, sen Photo Editor ior project manag er for the University Architects. Ed Cohen and Matt Cashore from The Notre Dame Magazine had requested this ascent to the top and I was lucky enough to come along with them. I n B r ie f I consider myself mildly acropho- bic (afraid of heights) but the scaf Student Union Board. Saint folding was very stable. With every Mary’s Board of Governance, and few steps up the scaffolding stairs, the class of 2007 will host a six- the people on the ground became hour “Battle of the Bands” at smaller and smaller until finally Legends tonight. The event, part they looked like moving specks. I of the AnTostal festivities, will clung onto the railing with one begin at 6 p.m. hand and clutched my camera with the other. The Bookstore Basketball At rooftop level we began to see Tournament will continue tonight the damage on the Main Building. with the Elite Eight teams bat Paint on the outside was flaking tling for first place. The event away. As I cautiously followed the will take place tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 on the basketball others along the scaffolding walk : way I saw a gold gleam in front of courts outside the Hammes me and picked it up. It was a flake Bookstore. of gold leaf. I suddenly felt like I understood The Film, Television and the fervent obsession with gold Theater department will sponsor that the forty-niners had. As we the play “Arcadia” tonight and got closer to the top I began to Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in pick up as much as I could and put the Decio Theater. Tickets can it in my pocket. Polotto told us that be purchased from the DeBartolo only one bar of gold is used for all Performing Arts Center.