1 Enjoy fall break! PARTLY Friday CLOUDY The Observer staff wishes all students a safe and relaxing fall break. The next issue will be Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2001. OCTOBER19, HIGH 50° 2001 LOW36° THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXV NO. 39 HTTP://OBSERVER.N D.EDU Tailgating Fear in the friendly skies citations Terrorist attacks prompt higher security, lower prices to continue By ANDREW THAGARD News Writer By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER Assistant News Editor Until Sept. 11, Notre Dame sophomore Colleen Cummings Students who chanted "Let us planned to fly home for fall Tailgate!" at last Friday's pep break on Southwest Airlines rally won't get their wish any through Midway Airport in time soon as enforcement of the Chicago. The events of that University's student tailgating day, however, caused her par­ rules will continue this weekend. ents to amend their daughter's Students found in violation of travel plans. Now, the St. Louis rules governing student tailgat­ resident is making the- six-hour ing or Indiana State drinking trip home by car instead. laws will be given an internal "Her [my Mom's] main rea­ University violation notice or a son for doing it was because State of Indiana Uniform Traffic she knew flying would be a Ticket requiring them to appear hassle," Cummings said. "Since before a judge I'm from St. Louis she thought at St. Joseph See Also it would be easier to have my County Court. "Grad students Dad come pick me up instead. I "We have think things would be more always cited for student i enforced alco­ complicated with flying home tailgaiting" so I don't really mind." hol issues on The weeks following the game days, page3 events of Sept. 11 led many but we decid­ Americans, like Cummings, to ed we need forgo air travel, motivated par­ more enforcement ... this is part tially by fear of terrorism and of a whole new initiative to get a added hassles. handle on alcohol," said Director Last month's events had a of the Notre Dame significant impact on the air­ Security/Police Rex Rakow. line industry. The New York According to Jeff Shoup, Times reported a 33.7 percent Director of Residence Life and decrease in traffic in Housing, du Lac states that all September for American students are prohibited from Airlines, the world's largest hosting tailgaters where alcohol carrier. Continental Airlines' is served or participating in stu­ dent hosted tailgaters where traffic for last month fell 31 PETER RICHARDSONfThe Observer percent compared to last year. alcohol is being served. Students Notre Dame student Tom Kelly checks In at the South Bend Airport before flying to Los under 21 are prohibited from Although traffic has Angeles for his cousin's wedding. Last month's terrorist attacks have prompted higher airport increased this month, airlines possessing or consuming alcohol are still feeling the pinch. Over security and far of flying for some students. at any tailgater. DuLac also pro­ 100,000 airline workers lost Five weeks after the attacks, a little bit, but not by much." ence." hibits any student from possess­ ing an open container of alcohol their jobs the week following travel is beginning to return to Seeking Safety The FAA has added on public areas of the campus, the attacks and most major normal and Notre Dame and Despite a slow return to nor­ increased security measures but Shoup said this rule is gener­ airlines continue to fly at a Saint Mary's students should mal activity, students will likely within. the airport as well. ally not enforced for students reduced schedule. not expect any major changes notice changes in security at Travelers are limited to one who are age 21 and older on "For effectively three weeks for flights home, according to South Bend Regional Airport carry-on bag and one personal game weekends. after the 11th we saw an over­ Anthony and John Schalliol, and the Chicago airports. item including, briefcases and "We would almost have to all 40 percent drop in book­ AAE and South Bend Regional "Most of the short-term park­ purses. Only ticketed pass en­ bring in the national guard to ings," said John Anthony, pres­ Airport Director. ing is closed and there are gers will be allowed into the enforce that rule, although some ident and CEO of Anthony "I think traffic is just about police and National Guard in inner concourses, and more Travel, Notre Dame and Saint back to normal," Schalliol said. the driveway," Anthony said. Mary's official travel agency. "The airlines tell us they're off "It's a very noticeable differ- see AIRLINES/ page 6 see TAILGATE/ page 6 Trustees unresponsive to student proposal The plan was part of the Office and a "campus village" of mark for how students and Instead, they drilled the stu­ By JASON McFARLEY of the President's report on off­ shops and restaurants some­ administrators can. work dents with inquiries about a News Editor campus stu- where south of the Notre Dame togetner to improve the quality proposed safety forum. dent life. See Also campus in South Bend's north­ of life for students and every­ The students in turn Student government officials "It would east-side neighborhood. one in the community." appeared visibly annoyed and presented to a seemingly unin­ take students "GSU presents The Board's student affairs The Board appeared unre­ surprised by the line of ques­ terested Board of Trustees out of resi­ healthcare committee allowed The sponsive to the plan. tioning. One student told the Thursday a plan that proposed dential neigh­ Observer into the McKenna Throughout students' 40- Board that it was straying from construction of a University­ borhoods and problems to Hall conference room on the minute presentation, some the primary focus of the pre­ funded commercial center and increase their Trustees" condition that quotes weren't trustees were noticeably dis­ sentation. off-campus housing complex. connection to attributed to attendees. The recommended safety page4 tracted or engaged in conver­ Student body president campus," a "We should have students sations with each other. forum was, in fact, only a Brooke Norton and more than student pre- working with Notre Dame and In the discussion that fol­ minor part of the student gov­ a dozen students from her senter said about the proposed city officials to develop the pro­ lowed the presentation, the ernment report. Citing office unveiled the plan at the initiative that would build ject," the same student said. trustees asked no questions trustees' annual fall meeting. school sponsored apartments "This could serve as a bench- about the building projects. see TRUSTEES/page 7 page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Friday, October 19, 2001 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN NOTRE DAME/SAINT MARY'S HISTORY Hesburgh delivers final address Professor heads national theology society Take a Walk on Tuesday, October 14, 1986 Friday, October 19, 1 990 Notre Dame's 800 faculty members gave two standing Cha.irman of religious studies at Saint Mary's, Keith Egan, the Wild Side ovations to the man who served as University president was elected national president of the College Theology for more than 3 decades during his last annual faculty Society. The society is comprised of theology and religion Okav, So it's mid-semester now. Classes are becon;ing routine. Students have started to lose address. University president Father Theodore professors from all over North America who are interest­ the spring in their step as the scbool year moves on. Midterms are here and gone. Hesburgh, in his 35th year, held the longest tenure ed in "having better programs to connect theology with So who cares? among active presidents of American universities. contemporary life for their students," Egan said. We like our monotonous lives. We like living from the stress of one class to the next, from one project to the next. We like making things exciting by ragging BEYOND CAMPUS Compiled from U-Wire reports on ourselves and by bog­ ging ourselves down with tons ofjunk, most which U. South Florida student records found in recycling bins has no value whatsoever. Angela Campos Why do we do this to our­ Lab Tech TAMPA, Fla. stack. "They're supposed to be tak­ selves? Why do we live in Social Security numbers are the ing them out with a lock on them." this rut and never try to gateway to a person's identity, and Embry said this is the first time jump out of it? Why must we force ourselves to one that officials say should always this has happened. be things that are not entirely ourselves? be locked. "I can't give an answer because I So, as we venture forth on this wee~-long Though the University of South don't know how they got here," he break, we must consider some of the things Florida, for unknown reasons, left said. we'll be doing. Where will you go? What will the gate open by throwing away doc­ After the interview. Embry you do? Will you relax? Will you work? uments with sensitive student and wheeled the 64-gallon recycling bin Will you continue to treat life as the status university employee information into into the registrar's office. quo and forget to see if anything new is avail­ communal area recycling bins. Senior Patricia Wrenn, whose able? Stacks of reports, some only two name. birth date and Social Security I certainly hope that you're not. years old, filled a recycling bin this number appeared on one of the I'll be one of those people who won't be going month in the Student Services reports, said it was irresponsible for anywhere for break.