"/ PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS PHPTO MIKE Students rehearse for a performance of The Mandrake. V MCNARY 30 Wir~d ~ CIDltIPOO JD)E!1LrnOO9 ~ WCi1U7 <O>\»tu (CJ]fD~~H(BfDn ~tnu:H@[b) on-air positions available hands-on experience T E TENTH OF a TOBER 2002 . St~dy Your Rules 1 0 . TABl.E OF CONTEI\JT.S by Katie Boyle Last weekend saw the first wave' of SYRs since the university's new· dance » A World Apart by Annie Rohrs 08 policy. What has changed for dance­ goers and what the new ruh:!s m~anfor ' » NO Cribs by Sarah Shaheen 12 .the future~: ..' '.' » A Team of Their Own by Jimmy Atkinson 23 ~:~~k~~!~g~/01 .'., '. ......... '. ..... :14 » Scouting the Competition by Gerard Meskill 26 COVER: Everyorie; kn.ows. about' the' s'mell,hut ;does Sciuth"Send's ethanol » The Man Show by Molly Griffin 30 plarit ~give,Nojre' Dam,El .. m·6f~ fo'Worry" ". about? .. " .. ' ,~;"~<,, .. ,.. ....':, . From the Editor 2 Out of Bounds 29 ND Notebook 4 Calendar 35 ·~~!£ta1a~~La~Ld~·.· 32·· 36 Campus Watch 21 Final Word . and studenfsto findouth6W·thElY'lIma.ke Splinters 24 1 it in the real world. .... '.... '. , " ',' ." ',. .. ," PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS PHPTO MIKE Students rehearse for a performance of The Mandrake. V MCNARY 30 Wir~d ~ CIDltIPOO JD)E!1LrnOO9 ~ WCi1U7 <O>\»tu (CJ]fD~~H(BfDn ~tnu:H@[b) on-air positions available hands-on experience T E TENTH OF a TOBER 2002 . St~dy Your Rules 1 0 . TABl.E OF CONTEI\JT.S by Katie Boyle Last weekend saw the first wave' of SYRs since the university's new· dance » A World Apart by Annie Rohrs 08 policy. What has changed for dance­ goers and what the new ruh:!s m~anfor ' » NO Cribs by Sarah Shaheen 12 .the future~: ..' '.' » A Team of Their Own by Jimmy Atkinson 23 ~:~~k~~!~g~/01 .'., '. ......... '. ..... :14 » Scouting the Competition by Gerard Meskill 26 COVER: Everyorie; kn.ows. about' the' s'mell,hut ;does Sciuth"Send's ethanol » The Man Show by Molly Griffin 30 plarit ~give,Nojre' Dam,El .. m·6f~ fo'Worry" ". about? .. " .. ' ,~;"~<,, .. ,.. ....':, . From the Editor 2 Out of Bounds 29 ND Notebook 4 Calendar 35 ·~~!£ta1a~~La~Ld~·.· 32·· 36 Campus Watch 21 Final Word . and studenfsto findouth6W·thElY'lIma.ke Splinters 24 1 it in the real world. .... '.... '. , " ',' ." ',. .. ," Vol. 144, No. 04' 10 OCT 2002 SCHOLaSTIC Editor In Chief Sarah Childress Managing Editor Jessica L. Daues Executive Editor Cristin E. Fenzel Assistant Managing Editor Annie Robinson Our team at Old College News Mike Borgia Christopher Kelly Campus Life Sean Dudley, editor Carolyn G. LaFave, assistant Do You Smell What I Smell? Sports Gerard J. Meskill, editor Jimmy Atkinson, assistant he stench slammed into me like a brick wall as soon as I stepped outside David Murray, assistant my room into the close, dark hallway. My nostrils recoiled, my face Entertainment T Carrie E. Sweeney; editor scrunched up. But it only took a moment for me to recover. Darting over Tracy Evans, assistant Michael Anderson Robby Davidson Paul Dockery DaveHalm to the laundry basket, I slammed down the lid, cutting off the offending odor. Matt Killen, assistant Taking a deep breath of fresh air, I yelled to my brother to stop dumping his Departments Jennifer Osterhage, editor sweat-soaked clothes in the open laundry hamper. Meghan Gowan, assistant I didn't have to see him to know he was back from track practice - his smell Design Ryan Greenberg, manager preceded him. Eric Doversberger, creative director Kristen Klein Of course, not every smell I associate with people or events sends me reeling. Curtis Leighton I am energized by the clean, fish-flavored scent that rolls off Lake Michigan in David Redenbaugh Tekla Sauter the summertime, carried on the wind to my nose before my feet ever hit the sand. Photogrephy And there's the rich, saucy aroma of my mom's baked lasagna that lures me to Mike McNary, editor Llesl Marx, assistant the table long before she calls us downstairs to dinner. Tom Hofmann Cory Irwin Aaron Mlchka Kirk Mueller And then, there are the scents of familiarity: Neither good nor bad, I could still Graphic Arts Maryn Necel, editor identify the source blindfolded. There's the stale odor of crushed pretzel crumbs look for and spilled Coke that greets me whenever I slide behind the wheel of our old Copy Cecilia Hadley, chief ISSUE 05 Chevy Lumina. Or the scent of day-old sandwiches and aging fruit mingled with Jenn Belliveau on Claire Hadley OCT 31 sticky tables and chairs that rushes to my nose whenever I pull open the stiff Madeleine Heck doors to South Dining Hall. Kim Thompson Distribution And, the most powerful olfactory reminder that I'm back at Notre Dame: The Mike McNary, manager overwhelming, yeasty smell of ethanol. It's a kind of lesser-known ND legend, Business passed down by word of mouth. The freshmen soon catch on: It's not beer or Mary Ursu, manager bread, it's the ethanol. But the association stops there, as it did for the upper­ Online Jamie L. Moran, manager' classmen. Few, if any, know more than that about the factory that sits just a few Tim O'Malley Charles Rllrer! Matt Vereecke Advisor miles from campus. Scholastic's Mike Borgia has the story of the infamous smell Robert Franken '69 - and the rest of the plant - on page 14. 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Meskill, editor Jimmy Atkinson, assistant he stench slammed into me like a brick wall as soon as I stepped outside David Murray, assistant my room into the close, dark hallway. My nostrils recoiled, my face Entertainment T Carrie E. Sweeney; editor scrunched up. But it only took a moment for me to recover. Darting over Tracy Evans, assistant Michael Anderson Robby Davidson Paul Dockery DaveHalm to the laundry basket, I slammed down the lid, cutting off the offending odor. Matt Killen, assistant Taking a deep breath of fresh air, I yelled to my brother to stop dumping his Departments Jennifer Osterhage, editor sweat-soaked clothes in the open laundry hamper. Meghan Gowan, assistant I didn't have to see him to know he was back from track practice - his smell Design Ryan Greenberg, manager preceded him. Eric Doversberger, creative director Kristen Klein Of course, not every smell I associate with people or events sends me reeling. Curtis Leighton I am energized by the clean, fish-flavored scent that rolls off Lake Michigan in David Redenbaugh Tekla Sauter the summertime, carried on the wind to my nose before my feet ever hit the sand. Photogrephy And there's the rich, saucy aroma of my mom's baked lasagna that lures me to Mike McNary, editor Llesl Marx, assistant the table long before she calls us downstairs to dinner. Tom Hofmann Cory Irwin Aaron Mlchka Kirk Mueller And then, there are the scents of familiarity: Neither good nor bad, I could still Graphic Arts Maryn Necel, editor identify the source blindfolded. There's the stale odor of crushed pretzel crumbs look for and spilled Coke that greets me whenever I slide behind the wheel of our old Copy Cecilia Hadley, chief ISSUE 05 Chevy Lumina.