nr Monday, February 10,2003 Allen in cinema O b s e r v e r p a g e 1 2 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXVII NO. 91 HTTP://Q BSE RVER.ND.EDU Leaders JACCA t t a c k propose fee hike By MATT BRAMANTI News Writer Student government offi­ cials will propose an increase in Notre Dame’s student activity fee this week. This year’s proposal, however, provides for small annual increases, instead of the larger, more infrequent hikes of the past. The Financial Management Board, a unit of the Student Union Board, will recom­ mend increasing the fee each year by 3/4 the rate of tuition increase. Tuition increases have generally been raised by 5 to 6 p er­ cent per year. This year’s student activity fee was $80, compared to TIM KACMAR/The Observer $65 of last year. The money The sea of green stormed the court In the final second of Notre Dame’s most anticipated men’s basketball game is a key source of funding Sunday as the Irish take a bite out of No. 4 ranked Pitt. for student organizations. Amy O'Connor, chair of the Club Coordination Council, said the plan is necessary to promote the “overall finan­ Women boxers may open Bengal Bouts cial health of the student union.” tion spars to open the men’s proposal was a response to ning and sponsoring the com­ “Most student activities By JESSICA DALSING boxing competition. RecSports the advanced status of many petition. Yet, the issue of are under funded,” N ew W riter and Health management must of the women boxers. women’s involvement as con­ O’Connor said. “Currently, ratify the proposal before the “We wanted to offer the tenders had never been the student union is unable The Women’s Boxing Club is women will be allowed to spar girls something more and we addressed. to meet the demands of the embarking on a new era of in public. felt that they were ready for Young said, “The idea was student body.” competition. Currently, com­ “As of yet, the proposal has it,” Young said. assumed as not [being] plausi­ She said that The Shirt petition between women box­ met no major opposition,” Since 1931, the men’s box­ ble, so [previous team cap­ project generates a signifi­ ers has been limited to unoffi­ Young said. ing club has been entertaining tains] never asked. It is a nat­ cant amount of money for cial sparring, but soon women The women’s boxing club audiences at the Bengal ural progression for the club, student activities, but those boxers may be opening was started in the spring of Bouts, a fundraiser for Holy but it will be a big step.” revenues can be unpre­ Bengal Bouts. 1997 and has grown to over Cross missions in Bangladesh. dictable. “If the market was A proposal by the team’s co­ 100 members. The club has a Throughout the six years of saturated this year, we have presidents, Shelley Skiba and novice season and a veteran the women’s club’s existence, Laura Young, will allow for season ending with two weeks the female members have Contact Jessica Dalsing at see FEE/page 4 six women’s bouts, or exhibi­ of sparring in the ring. The been silent partners in run­ [email protected] Poet reflects on past, hopeful of future emerged from the crowd as familiar homes to an you’re always going to be If Martin Luther King were By KIFLIN TURNER she spoke of her own life’s unknown destination. With lost,” said Giovanni. The alive today, Giovanni Associate News Editor story, as a mother, and about their lives torn apart, they experience should be univer­ announced with confidence her recent bout against can­ managed to hold on to their sally shared she said. that he would have braids. As outspoken today as she cer. own sense of humanity said “I believe in what I call the Commemorating the 30th was in the civil rights era, Giovanni voiced her sup­ Giovanni. 10 percent solution. Every Anniversary of King’s death poet Nikki Giovanni captivat­ port of the Mars probe and “Black Americans were the tenth person should know G iovanni re a d , “This Is a ed her audience Saturday the similarity between the only people on earth taken someone who’s been to Sacred Poem” on the strug­ with edgy journey into space and that somewhere they had no idea space.” Bringing the past and gle of leaders in the black humor of the plight of Africans dur­ where they were going,” she future together with the par­ community. and witty ing the Middle Passage jour­ said. “But they made the allels between the slave “It would be great to have story- ney. decision to be human.” trade and the disorientation Martin’s voice speak for telling. “I know that the trip to The Mars probe would that goes along with space peace,” said Giovanni. For And for Mars has only one prece­ change the way we look at travel, Giovanni brought her those who voice skepticism atten­ dent,” said Giovanni. “The space as well as discovering talk back down to earth in about the future, she advised dants trip to Mars can only be how human beings behave the present day. offered hope and inspiration. expecting understood through Black with no known landmarks, Pointing to the hip-hop cul­ “There is everything to be the a v e r­ Americans.” she said. ture and rap music as a done— the world is opening,” age p oet­ Nikki Giovanni Introducing her poem, “I don’t know anything as movement to bring the youth she said. ry r e a d ­ “Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: important in the 21st century to the forefront in actualizing Infused with political and ing, they were certainly Were Going to Mars,” than going to Mars,” she change, Giovanni revealed a social commentary, amiss. Addressing the audi­ Giovanni described the quali­ said. “W e’re going to Mars tattoo — “Thug Life," as a Giovanni’s anecdotes ranged ence as though everyone ties of traversing without because it gives us a reason testament to her faith in the from protecting social justice were all lifelong friends, she certainty. to change.” power of song. to animal rights. invited them into her heart The psychological trip to The time to explore is now, “[The slaves] decided to Giovanni pointed to the and mind as she would her another planet is much like said Giovanni. fight a war with song,” said blatant hypocrisy of Notre own home. the unnerving distress and “It is very important to Giovanni, much like today’s Dame alumna and U.S. Outpours of laughter and hardship experienced by know your moment. 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