All that NAZZ Boxers battle on The battle of the bands takes place tonight at The women’s boxing team captains respond to Friday Senior Bar. Read more about what the allegations of judging biases during this year’s performers have to offer inside. Bengal Bouts. MARCH 23, Scene ♦ page 14 -16 Viewpoint ♦ page 13 2 0 0 1 O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL XXXIV NO. 108 H T T P : / / 0 BSE RV ER.N D .ED U Mass, tree-planting ceremony honor Murphy’s memory Murphy, of Lakewood, Ohio, that the community remember By JASON McFARLEY was diagnosed with leukemia M urphy now. He called News Editor last March. He underw ent a Murphy’s death “a defining bone marrow transplant in the moment in the lives of many,” Conor Murphy would have sum m er but didn’t return to and called on gatherers to rec­ turned 21 on Tuesday. A small campus in August. By late- ognize the need for each other plaque in front of a freshly January, Murphy had devel­ and God. planted tree on North Quad oped pneumonia, to which he “Recall how greatly blessed relates that eventually succumbed. you were to have known him. 1 fact. At Tuesday's Mass, Father Let his life charge you to live In neat Jim Lies, Murphy’s former rec­ yours with courage and faith,” block le t­ tor, praised Murphy as a Lies said. tering, it model of courage and faith. The Mass followed the brief reads sim ­ “Conor showed tremendous tree dedication Tuesday. ply: “In bravery and trust in God dur­ Against the backdrop of stu­ memory of ing his battle with leukemia, dents reading or playing fris- Conor and that touched something in bee on North Quad on the E l M u r p h y . all of us,” said Lies, who warm afternoon, about 60 M arch 20, Murphy remained in close contact with people attended the ceremony 1980 to Murphy’s family throughout on the Zahm Hall lawn. January 31, 2001.” Murphy’s.final days. “In some Community members sang The Notre Dame community sense, we gathered here to and prayed in honor of honored Murphy, a University thank Conor for that, to thank Murphy and then lined up to junior who died of complica­ God for the gift that Conor was sprinkle holy water on the tions of leukemia, with an inti­ to us.” leafless tree. mate tree-planting ceremony Never was Murphy’s faith The services for Murphy on Thursday, just minutes before and strength of character Tuesday didn’t represent the a larger turnout remembered more evident than when he first time the community has him at a memorial mass at the was diagnosed with the dis­ showed its support for him. Basilica of the Sacred Heart. ease, Lies said. Following word of his declin­ The Mass brought together He said after learning of his ing health, on Jan. 30 several Murphy’s family, friends and illness, Murphy first’s step was hundred students attended a other well-wishers who gath­ to see a priest in confession. Mass in the Zahm Hall chapel. ered to celebrate the former Murphy then contacted Lies After his death, the Zahm Hall resident’s life and and asked him to light a can­ University provided trans­ contributions. dle for him in the Grotto. portation for students to his “It's hard to know what to Lies said Murphy also funeral in Ohio. say when a good person dies showed a profound maturity At Murphy’s urging, last young,” University President when he was concerned about March more than 600 people Father Edward Malloy said to breaking the news to his joined the National Marrow a crowd of several hundred friends. Donor Program at a drive held that included Murphy’s par­ “It amazed me how much on campus. ents and two sisters and filled courage he showed and how Murphy was the second PETER RICHARDSONZThe Observer This tree, planted on North Quad in honor of Conor Murphy, a nearly all of the church’s much he thought about others member of the Class of 2002 pews. “And yet we are sure first,” Lies said. to die of complications from Notre Dame junior who died of complications of leukemia Jan. that Conor has been welcomed In light of Murphy’s 21st cancer this year. Brionne 31, was marked with a memorial plaque during a gathering into the loving, consoling arms birthday and the season of Clary, also a leukemia victim, before a memorial mass Thursday evening. of God.” Lent, Lies said it was fitting died Sept. 21. SMC hires non-unionized workers Cardenas named among ♦ South Bend business reps of the proposal and opened up bidding again. The new proposal not only entertained the bid of non- influential hispanics rallied at new maintenance unionized companies but also did not make it building’s ground breaking mandatory that all the company’s workers had a said Cardenas. specified benefit package, or pre-qualification. By ALISON HEINZ Cardenas was honored with Under the parameters of this new proposal, Saint News Writer this distinction because of his By MYRA McGRIFF Mary’s signed with the contractor Majority endless pursuit for scholarship Saint Mary’s Editor Builders Incorporated, a non-unionized firm based Sociology professor Gilberto money and improvement of edu­ in South Bend. Cardenas leads a busy life. In cational opportunities for minori­ ty students. As ground breaking began on Saint Mary’s new As a non-unionized company, Majority’s benefit addition to teaching and serving “There’s some real big gaps,” maintenance building, South Bend business repre­ package operates on a merit system rather than a as the director for the Institute said Cardenas in reference to sentatives rallied against Saint Mary’s decision to flat rate. Those who have worked the company the for Latino _______________ minority representation at sci­ contract with non-unionized workers. The longest earn the highest salary. This merit system S t u d i e s , ence, technology, and computer College’s Board of Trustees signed a contract with does not branch out to subcontractors who do C a r d e n a s institutions. “A lot of students the non-union company Majority Builders electrical and plumbing work. Majority has the was recently that get accepted to top institu­ Incorporated Feb. 16, a decision that came after choice to subcontract with union or non-union named one tions opt not to attend because months of deliberation. companies. of the 100 they cannot afford it.” Bidding to find a contractor started last semester “Four out of the eight subcontractors Majority most influ- Cardenas was recruited by and included offers from four unionized compa­ has chosen for the job are unionized,” said Dennis. e n t i a 1 1 Notre Dame to head the Institute nies that Saint Mary’s had worked with in the past. Dennis believes that having unionized sub-con­ Hispanics by for Latino Studies in 1999, which Even though Saint Mary’s had used these union­ tractors on the job, the size of the construction job H is p a n ic Cardenas got off the ground quickly. ized companies in the past, none of their initial and the stability of Majority builders legitimizes the B u s in e s s Cardenas was a graduate student proposals were accepted. decision of Board of Trustees to use a non-union­ m a g a z in e at Notre Dame from 1969-1975 “Four contractors presented proposals that were ized contractor. for the third time. and it was this personal experi­ much higher than the product budget,” said Saint “We do have pre-qualification, we work with “It’s nice to be recognized. I’m ence that convinced him to leave Mary’s financial director Keith Dennis. senior contractors and we only invite people that pleased to be in the company of a similar position at the When the four unacceptably-high bids were we have some knowledge about,” said Dennis. some of the people on the list, but it’s not something I go seeking,” returned, the Board restructured the parameters see WORKERS/page 4 see CARDENAS/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Friday, March 23, 2001 I n s id e C o lu m n T h is W eek in ND/SMC H isto r y Monday, March 17, 1980 Friday, March 25, 1988 Violence hurts Security accused of harrassment Students oppose honor code A sophomore accused Nore Dame security officials of Student support was the biggest problem facing the insti­ When high school kids get angry these days, they no longer vent to their friends or even verbal abuse and harrassment following an altercation tution of an honor code in 1988. “I think most of the stu­ arrange an afterschool fight at the flagpole. at the Main Gate. When the student attempted to dent body here is not for an honor code at all, and many They bring a gun to school and shoot other kids. retrieve his ID card, one of the guards flared up, throw­ teachers seems scornful about it,” said a student who Last year, my main concern every time I stepped into my public high school was ing off his badge and swearing at the student. Another attended a three day conference on honor codes at whether I would make it to first period on time. guard indirectly threatened the student, saying “I’ve Princeton University.