the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 93 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com Tuition to top $50K in total next year Students’ University announces education costs to go up for 2010-11 by smallest percentage since 1960 feelings on was about $10,368, totaling By MADELINE BUCKLEY $48,845. News Editor In a letter to parents of stu- dents returning next year, Valentine’s Notre Dame has increased University President Fr. John tuition by 3.8 percent for the Jenkins wrote that the 2010-11 academic year — University is aware of the Day vary totaling $50,785 when includ- financial burden of paying ing room and board — mark- tuition and the struggling ing the lowest percentage economy and its effect on By MOLLY MADDEN increase since 1960, accord- Notre Dame families. News Writer ing to a University press “[Notre Dame] employs a fis- release. cally conservative approach to Valentine’s Day is a national The tuition is set at $39,919. investments and spending to holiday that traditionally cele- Room and board will average make the best use of all our brates love and romance. At $10,866 for the year. resources,” he said in the let- Notre Dame, students’ views The University raised tuition ter. about the day of love vary, from by 4.4 percent for the 2009-10 Jenkins said the administra- those cynical about the holi- academic year, yielding a cost day’s appeal to those who cele- of $38,477. Room and board see TUITION/page 6 MARY CECILIA MITSCH | Observer Graphic brate it as an expression of any kind of love. “I think Valentine’s Day is an invention of Hallmark,” sopho- more Jimmy Long said. “I’m Pink Zone fundraiser exceeds goal single but I wouldn’t take a girl- friend out that night in protest.” Other students who are in Proceeds from women’s basketball DePaul matchup to benefit breast cancer research, awareness committed relationships at the University have issues with the By NORA KENNEY cheerleaders also followed goals of the holiday as well and suit, wearing pink shirts that tend to view the day as unim- News Writer said “Fighting Irish Fighting portant. Cancer”. It seems that even the Notre “Valentine’s Day is supposed During halftime, more than Dame women’s basketball to be about showing how we 100 breast team celebrated Valentine’s feel about someone else,” soph- cancer sur- Day — and not just by playing omore Kathleen McKiernan vivors from See Also with a lot of heart. As DePaul said. “But we do that everyday.” the South Irish top took to the court yesterday, it Her boyfriend of seven Bend com- was met by an Irish team clad DePaul 90-66 months, Tony Schlehuber, munity pro- not in their traditional blue agreed. ceeded onto page 24 and gold, but in light pink. “Why do we need a special the court Yesterday’s matchup was day for something we should do before a the second annual Pink Zone all the time?” he said. crowd that was at first hushed game, which raises money for Seniors Steve Meehan and in silence, then moved to a breast cancer research and Rachel Davidson have been dat- standing ovation. awareness. ing for three years and they Donna Ancil is from South Fans gathered in the Purcell agree that some of the luster of Bend and has been a survivor Valentine’s Day has somewhat SARAH O’CONNOR/The Observer Pavilion for the sold-out game Cancer survivors from the South Bend community receive applause were loud, excited and clad in from women’s basketball fans at the Pink Zone game Sunday. pink as well. The Band and see PINK/page 6 see VALENTINE/page 3 Edith Stein event spurs discussion College celebrates Conference addresses slew of controversial topics in lectures, panels sophomore weekend By CARLY LANDON News Writer fortable we are here, nothing By ALICIA SMITH can replace our bonds with News Writer our families.” The Edith Stein Project, Parents were invited to visit sponsored by the Identity Following a long tradition of campus and spend time with Project of Notre Dame and their daughters in a variety of held in McKenna Hall, hosting a weekend celebrating the bond between students scheduled campus events. returned this weekend for its “Sophomore Parents’ fifth year and addressed a and their parents, Saint Mary’s College held its annual Weekend is a valuable experi- number of divisive yet perti- ence that I would recommend nent topics to college-aged Sophomore Parents’ Weekend Friday and Saturday. to every student,” sophomore audiences. Kami Umbaugh said. “It really This years program, titled “As sophomores, we have conquered the battle of fresh- is a wonderful time to show “No Man is an Island: your parents your life at Saint Creature, Culture and man year, and most of us would say that we love having Mary’s while also giving stu- Community,” featured a series dents the opportunities to cre- of lectures dedicated to initiat- Saint Mary’s College as our home away from home,” ate memories that will last for ing discussion on human iden- a lifetime.” tity and relationships. Observer file photo Cassie Palmer, sophomore Panelists address a number of controversial topics the class president, said. see STEIN/page 3 annual Edith Stein Project in McKenna Hall last year. “However, no matter how com- see WEEKEND/page 6 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Women’s basketball team tops DePaul page 24 N Bengal Bouts preliminaries page 24 N New York Fashion Week page 13 N Viewpoint page 10 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Monday, February 15, 2010 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE POLAR PLUNGE? Valentine’s bites Anyone who knows me passably well and sees my name and headshot in an Inside Column on the day after Ashley Okonta John Fisher Katie Baglini Raquel Falk Peter Ritchie Sarah Scrafford Valentine’s Day is more than likely expecting to read a bitter diatribe freshman freshman freshman freshman junior freshman about how love is Badin Sorin Howard Badin Stanford Howard dead. Sorry to dis- appoint you. True, the horrible “People are “Ask me again “I’m just trying “It’s pretty “I think I’m “I’m a little bit holiday that took crazy.” afterwords.” not to think ‘cool.’” going to die. frightened.” place yesterday is about it too Instant heart single-handedly killing love. No one much.” attack.” denies this. I’ve decided, however, that the worst Irena Zajickova aspect of Feb. 14 and all it stands for News is its proximity to Production Spring Break. Editor Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] On March 6, 10 of my friends and I will be jetting off to sunny Puerto Rico for a week of frolicking in the ocean, IN BRIEF partaking in assorted alcohol-related debauchery and working on a tan that Mass will be held at 11:30 South Bend will no doubt suck away a.m. and 5:15 p.m. today in within days of our return. the Basilica of the Sacred Obviously, since people wear bathing Heart. suits to the beach, I’ve spent all my time since last semester’s finals week “Casting: Breaking the trying to get in shape. Mold,” a workshop with I’ve been on the treadmill for an hour Keith Byron Kirk will be held a day, tried to tone my arms with the at 6 p.m. today in 101 weights at Rolfs and forced my friends DeBartolo Hall. to sign up for RecSports abs classes with me. “The Souls of Black Girls” Additionally, I’ve been subsisting will be presented in Carroll mainly on chicken noodle soup, raw Auditorium at Saint Mary’s vegetables, small cups of yogurt and College today. The documen- glasses of water. I even tried the Special tary will begin at 7 p.m. K diet for a few days. It worked until I gave in and admitted how hungry I Mardi Gras Hospitality was. Those serving sizes aren’t very Hour will be held in the big. Campus Ministry Resource I think I’ve been doing a pretty good Room in the Student Center job. But Valentine’s Day is ruining all of at Saint Mary’s College my efforts. tomorrow. For the past week or so, I haven’t been able to go anywhere without see- SARAH O’CONNOR/The Observer A children’s storytime ing some sort of unhealthy (and there- Notre Dame students run out of the ice-cold water of St. Joseph Lake for the first reading of “I Love You! A fore extremely tempting) treat. annual Polar Bear Plunge fundraiser for Haiti on Saturday. The event was organized Bushel and a Peck” will be There are bowls of candy everywhere by Badin and Dillon Halls. held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in I turn. People selling Krispy Kremes the Hammes Notre Dame seem to be camping out in Jordan Hall Bookstore. because I see them every time I cut through on my way to Rolfs. Even my “Catholic and Costa Rican: parents, who are normally pretty good OFFBEAT Bishops’ Discourse Over Free about healthy Valentine’s Day gifts, sent Trade” will be held at 12:30 along a donut with the usual assort- Half-mile Valentine made received. She said some have bought some of the p.m. in C103 Hesburgh ment of fruit. out of manure by farmer people might think it’s 10,000 plots for sale in Center tomorrow.