- ~ ------------------- Who wants to be a millionaire? Happy Trails! Scene takes a look at the wide variety of Have a safe and relaxing Spring Break. Friday money-focused game shows currently on the The Observer resumes publication air, from "Millionaire" to "Greed." Tuesday, March 21, 2000. MARCH 10, Scene + pages 10-11 2000 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXIII NO. 101 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU College Dems, GOP FANNING THE FLAMES OF HOPE register student voters Maureen Jones. "When the By HELENA RAYAM opportunity presented itself, I News Writer took it." Jones, along with most Notre In a bipartisan effort to pro­ Dame students, falls under the mote voter rPgistration, the age demographic that has his­ College Democrats and torically had the worst voter Hepublieans eo-sponsored turnout at elections. Since the tlwir first voting registration 26th Amendment granted 18- drivP this week. year-olds were granted the "We want to get more voter right to vote in 1971, the voter awareness," said Lisa percentages have remained Demidovieh, a College low among 18- to 24-year-olds. ()pmoerat and the drive's eo­ Voter turnout was highest in rhair. this age group for the 1972 The representatives from election, the first congressional both dubs passed out flyers election after the amendment informing votPrs of presiden­ passed, according to the U.S. tial eandidatns and also pro­ Census Bureau. 58.9 percent of vidPd rPgistration forms for eligible young voters regis­ studPnts. tercel and 49.6 percent of those "We just want to make it registered voters actually more accessible," Demidovich made the trip to the polls. said. The trend since the 1970s Students who walked by the has been that young voters go booth eommnnted on the con­ to the polls in far greater num­ venience that the registration ber in presidential election drivP provided for them. years than in ofT-years. TONY FLOYDfThe Observer "I've been wanting to regis­ The self-styled "Matt Doherty Fan Club" barbecues outside Dillon before the basketball tPr at homP." said freshman see VOTERS/page 6 game. The Irish lost 61-58 in after a late rally fell short. See the back page for full coverage. SMC remodels 'plain' Regina, adds doubles, quads is the room configuration is not By COURTNEY BOYLE desirable to students," Dennis News Writer said. "It's unattractive to students Regina Hall and there has been water leaking (below) was As Saint Mary's students pack in through the windows." built in the up in May to go home, construc­ Freshman Candi McElligott 1960s and fea­ tion workers will unpack to start agreed with Dennis about the tures mainly sin­ gle rooms and the Regina Hall renovation. dorm's unattractiveness. attached furni- After renovations, the building "Regina is a very quiet, plain ture. Saint consisting primarily of single building," she said. "There aren't Mary's will rooms will be remodeled for sin­ any pretty aspects of this hall, remodel the gles, doubles and some quads. like there are in Le Mans and dorm this sum­ When the renovations are com­ Holy Cross. They have the high mer, adding plete, the furniture - now ceilings and the genuine antique­ sprinklers, attached to the walls - will be ness to them. I don't think that improving light­ movable. Regina fits in with the pretty ing and recon­ figuring the There will be sprinklers and atmosphere of this campus," rooms. better lighting. All of this should Front desk worker Marg The chapel make Regina a more pleasant McDonnell, however, has worked (right) will not home. in all the residence halls and said be changed. "''m very excited, thrilled about she likes Regina the best. it. It has gone very well so far. "I absolutely love this dorm. It's NELLIE WILLIAMS/ The Observer We're going to have a nice pro­ cozier and there is a tremendous ject," said Keith Dennis, vice amount of closeness with the president of finance and adminis­ girls," McDonnell said. "Because tration. this is mostly singles, [they] will Renovations ware planned to come down and congregate in the continue over the summer lobby more - I don't know why months and will be completed in anyone wouldn't want to live in time for the fall semester. this hall." Built in the 1960s, Regina Hall Students who live in Regina is unique compared to other resi­ acknowledge the sense of com­ dence halls on campus because it munity. served as a convent until the mid- "It is more of a family atmos­ 1970s. It was at this time that the phere," said Regina resident advi­ college purchased the building sor Abby Stahoviak. "Many more for the congregation and made it women leave their doors open, into a dorm. Because of its origi­ which invites others into their nal purpose, the rooms have less room. I find it nice to be wel­ than 100 square feet of floor comed into another person's space and the furniture, including room." bookshelves, desks and closets, is Stahoviak said the renovations built into the walls. "The driver on [the renovations] see REGINA/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Friday, March I 0, 2000 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN NOTRE DAME/SAINT MARY'S HISTORY Basketball takes first step to Final Four GLND/SMC applies for recognition It's all Sunday March 12, 1977 March 6, 1992 The Notre Dame basketball team defeated Houston The Gays and Lesbian of Notre Dame/Saint Mary's about soul 100-77 in the first round of the NCAA tournament, (GLND/SMC) applied for official club recognition. The taking the first step towards their only Final Four group was turned down, as it had been in 1986 and I recently found myself in an interesting appearance. Five days later, on March 17, the Irish several times since then. The club applied for recog­ predicament "Do you believe the soul exists," he questioned me. My answer was an defeated Utah 69-56. breaking a four-year streak of nition because members felt they could better serve unequivocal yes. losses in the tournament's second round. and represent Notre Dame's homosexual community if What followed was a list of questions asked in an they were University-supported. attempt to define and give form to the soul. I was asked if I could sense it through the faculties of Compiled from U-Wire reports taste, touch. sight, smell or OUTSIDE THE DOME sound. I was asked if it is tangible, how it can be detected. if it need be Wisconsin study shows enrollment still rising detectable in order to Amanda Greco exist, how I was so con­ MADISON, Wis. daughters of baby-boomers are vinced of its existence and According to both University of more likely to enroll in college. so on. 1 was at a loss. My Wisconsin-Madison and U.S. "More and more students have only retort was to ask the Assistant Department of Education figures, college-educated parents, so the same questions regarding Scene Editor college enrollment in America has percentage of high school gradu­ thought- my logical been skyrocketing and will most ates going into college will friend believes that likely continue to increase until increase," Beck said. thought exists; but can he prove it? While this 2007. The population trend at UW can served to quiet the interrogator, it did little to Although the exaet motivations be explained by class-size policy truly resolve whether or not the soul exists. behind the rising national enroll­ changes. Each year. the UW Board How do you prove such a thing? I feel ment trend arc unknown, numerous pretty good, and will be for a of Regents decides upon a target strongly that the soul exists- that it must. possibilities exist. A strong econom­ while." enrollment for each of the schools Yet. I cannot give much reason as to why. It ic boom, such as the one the country Another possible cause for the in the UW system. As of late, the is merely something I "know." That does not has been experiencing, can inllu­ trend is the large increase in the Regents have been attempting to suffice. For as resolutely as I "know" it does ence college admission trends, UW 18- to 24-year-old population. slowly increase UW-Madison's exist. someone else may feel he or she sociology professor and population which is expected to grow 16 per­ enrollment. "knows" that it does not. Which is right? expert Halliman Winsborough said. cent between 1995 and 2007. "Each year. we havP an enroll­ To me. the soul is the essence of a person, "When times are really good, and Experts point to numerous social ment target," Beck said. "We're separate from their flesh and biological com­ have been good for a while, it seems changes as possible explanations trying to hit those targets. It's all ponents. It is who and what they are. It is more worthwhile for people to go to for the rise in college enrollment. sort of by design due to the set of what they feel. It influences their morals, how college," Winsborough said. According to Bruee Beck. who spe­ targets that the Regents have. they think and what they believe. I have no "Given the shape of our economy, cializes in policy and planning Around 1995, thPy decided to doubt that there is more to everyone than it looks like things are going to be analysis for UW, the sons and increase enrollment." solely their biological make up. I think there is something that allows for the connections humans can make among one another and the sense of self and solace we can find with­ in.