Holy Cross to Become 4-Year Institution

Tuesday, April29, 2003 Carter THE commits to play for Irish page 24 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's HTTP://OBSERVER.N D.EDU Holy Cross to become 4-year institution ment of about 500 students, chose By TERESA FRALISH to initiate the new four-year pro As<uciatc News Ediwr gram as part of its mission as a lib eral arts college and hopes that the Holy Cross Colh~ge's bachelor of school can develop new ties with arts degree program is set to debut Notre Dame and Saint Mary's, said this fall. a change that will transform Mangan. the school from a two-year junior The College was founded in 1966 college to a four-year academic insti and previously offered students an tution. associate degree with a focus on "lloly Cross will still provide the transferring to a four-year institu associate of arts degree to serve stu tion. dents who want to transfer to other Mangan said the College would institutions, but the baccalaureate complete the admissions process program now furthers our founding for the new program over the sum as a lilwral arts college," said mer and final admission numbers William Mangan. the College's vice would be calculated then. Accepted president for academic affairs. "We students, who have already arc now working with prospective received an associate degree, have students who are thinking about until May 1 to accept the College's eoming to Holy Cross College offer. expressly for the baccalaureate pro The degree program is fully Beginning next fall, Holy Cross College will offer a four-year baccalaureate pro gram," he said. gram. The campus currently accomodates 500 students seeking their associate The College. with a current enroll- see HOLY CROSS/page 4 degrees. The associate degree program will continue as well. CAMPUS LIFE COUNCIL Lay rectors more prevalent in hall staff New parietals and sisters currently fill 19. Two of participate in the spiritual life of both By KEVIN ALLEN the lay rectors are in male dorms men's and women's halls, even if News Writer and six are in female dorms. Those they do not live there. She also point two men's dorms have priests in res ed out that no hall is a closed com proposal fails According to the Office of idence, but four of the six women's munity and that all dorms invite non Hesidence Life and Housing, spiritual dorms do not have any clergy mem resident priests into the hall to say development is one of the keystones bers who live in the halls. Mass and to help with other spiritual By JOE TROMBELLO to life in Notre Dame's residence This disparity between men's and affairs. halls. Therefore, one would think News Writer women's dorms is partly due to the Lenz also noted the monumental that the Office would make a top pri fact that there are more priests than contributions of laity on campus. ority of placing clergy members in sisters on campus. But Lenz also both inside and outside the halls. Members of the Campus Life Council met halls as rectors. cites University tradition and a lack "There are a lot more trained lay Monday for the final time this academic year to But not every dorm on campus has of available apartments in the dorms people to address the spiritual needs discuss a Senate resolution for the extension of rectors and other hall residents who as other reasons. of people than ever before." said parietal hours. are clerics. Sister Jean Lenz, assis "There was never a custom from Lenz. She specifically mentioned the Siegfried flail Senator Hick llarris presented tant vice president of Student Affairs, the time women came to Notre Dame accomplishments of Campus the resolution, which called for the extension of said that does not mean that spiritual for a chaplain to live in the women's Ministry, which is made up of clerics parietals until 1 a.m. on weekdays to provide life in those halls suffers, or that fill halls," said Lenz. "That hasn't been a and laypersons and organizes students with additional time for group study. ing rector positions with clergy mem continual practice." retreats, the RCIA program, musical After much debate, the resolution failed 9-7; bers is even a goal for the Office. Newer halls, such as McGlinn and training and other services. resolutions require a 2/3 majority to pass as a "It is a goal to find people who Welsh Family, have the available "Campus Ministry offers so much recommendation to Father Mark Poorman, vice have a good pastoral background," apartments for chaplains, she said. support to the spiritual life of cam president of Student Affairs. Lenz said. "We look at that very Both of those halls have priests that pus," Lenz said. llarris said that most students worked on carefully." live in the dorms. homework from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. and that the Out of the 27 rector positions on Lenz said the priests on campus Contact Kevin Allen at current parietal time of midnight hindered stu campus, Holy Cross priests. brothers are very attentive to and actively allen.61 @nd.edu dents' ability to work collaboratively on pro jects and presentations. llarris also stressed the importance of the preservation of quiet hours, which would remain at midnight. in order to keep the noise in the dorms at a reasonable level. Harris said that quiet hours are currently not strictly Local hotels filling up fast for graduation observed in most dorms. "Along with the discussion on the issue of give priority to people who have Commencement as the University parietal extension. we'll put the focus back on By HIMANSHU KOTHARI already spent a night at the hotel. gives the hotel a guest list for the quiet hours," he said. News Writer "If they stayed for [Junior Parents weekend of graduation. Hectors expressed concern at the strain that Weekend] of 2003, then they would Other hotels still have vacancy for an additional hour of parietals would put on With graduation only three weeks be placed in a lottery for rooms the the weekend. residence hall stafT such as resident assistants away, hotels in the South Bend and next year," said Jane Bella, manager The Boulevard Inn and Bistro is and rectors. Mishawaka area are reporting full of Jamison Inn, which is adjacent to offering family packages and has "We have to be aware of the staff," said occupancy for that weekend. While the University campus. rooms starting at $145 plus tax for a Brother Jerome Meyer, Knott Hall rector. this is not true for all hotels, most While giving priority to parents "city-wide" suite and $165 plus tax "They do a lot that people are not aware of ... are optimistic that the housing the who stayed during JPW is something for a suite facing the harbor. they arc dealing with emotional, psychological University provides on-campus will new for the Jamison, the Inn at Saint A more expensive option is the and family problems [faced by hall residents]. I not be enough. Mary's makes this a mandatory con Marriott in downtown South Bend. sec a value to parietals from a staff point of "We still have 20 rooms available, dition. "Rooms are $299 plus taxes and view." but we usually sell out and this time, "In order to get a room for gradua are non-refundable, non-returnable Students commented that if parietals were to too. we will probably sell out before tion, [the customer] must stay for and non cancelable and the rate be extended, future RAs would realize the time graduation, but we are still taking JPW as well," said Ryan Holman, must be fully prepaid with a credit commitment before applying for the job. reservations," said Kathy Hoban, guest service representative. card for the duration of stay," said "That is just something that people go into manager at the Holiday Inn in South Another hotel that has reported Allison Merrick, manager at the the job knowing if it's on the job description," Bend. full occupancy is the all-suite Marriott. said Trip Foley, former student body vice presi The Holiday Inn is offering a rate Comfort Suites. The hotel did not A cheaper option is also available dent. of $159.95 plus tax for its double offer any discounts for graduation at the Days Inn, which has close to Although students cited statistics from a 2001 rooms, with a mandatory minimum but honors A.A.H.P discounts, said 30 doubles available and is offering survey in which 80 percent of over 3,000 stu of two nights stay. Trish Stewart, manager of the a flat rate of$140 plus taxes. dents surveyed responded favorably to the Among the hotels that were Comfort Suite. extension of parietals, rectors questioned already booked to capacity, the Inn The Morris Inn does not offer Contact Himanshu Kothari at at Saint Mary's and the Jamison Inn rooms to the public during kothari.l @nd.edu see PARIETALS/page 4 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------, page 2 The Observer+ WHAT'S UP Tuesday, April29, 2003 INSIDE COLUMN WHAT'S INSIDE CAMPUS WORLD& BUSINESS Freshmen NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE SPORTS lessons SMC board Tests cast Regulators Figuring out Radiohead's Curtin comes I slouch in my seat in Calculus, discusses doubt on announce how to say new album clean gazing absentmindedly at the plan for new possible record goodbye leaked to abstract streaks of dry-erase that mean so much to the roomful of stu apartments chemical settlement Internet dents around me and think about weapons how badly I want Claire Heininger to get out of my Ten Wall Street Viewpoint Rumors of a Former Notre favorite place in Saint Mary's A metal drum Board of found in northern investment firms columnist Joanna secret version of Dame offensive the world.

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