-------- ------------------------------- ---------- ------~------------------------, THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 40: ISSUE 132 TUESDAY, MAY 2. 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Groups wage campus labor debates Distler CLAP members will Campus rally part avvarded try to conduct sit-in of May Day event top honor By KAREN LANGLEY By RYAN SYDLIK A•sociate News Editor News Writer Double major chosen Almost two weP.ks after As May Day rallies broke out as 2006 valedictorian Executive Vice President John across the nation Monday to Affleck-Graves issued a state­ raise awareness about immi­ ment firmly backing current gration rights and fair By MAUREEN MULLEN University wage policies, on incomes, nearly 100 students, News Writer Monday members of the workers and professors staged Campus Labor Action Project their own demonstration at During the week of spring ICLAP) reiterated their Clarke Memorial Fountain - break - while most students demands- a $12.10 per bringing the national debate to enjoyed a vacation from academic hour wage l'or campus work­ a local level. rigor - senior Catherine Distler ers and the formation of a The "America Needs a spent every free moment writing task force to address campus Raise" rally was planned to her valedicto­ labor conditions. address workers' rights both ry address. Their statement. made "here on campus and around As one of Monday morning at a press the world," sophomore Joseph more than a conference in front of Murphy said. dozen exem­ LaFortune, also called for LAURIE HUNTtThe Observer The rally came after a morn- plary seniors Members of the Campus Labor Action Project rally for fair wages for nominated to see CLAP/page 4 campus workers at a press conference Monday outside Lafortune. see MAY DAY/page 3 give the class of 2006 com­ mencement speech, Distler Distler said she and the others selected were given Catnpuses attract students over sununer break three and a half weeks to write and submit a valedictory address. On April 24, Distler learned her housing. speech was chosen as the May 21 By KATIE KOHLER Notre Dame junior Kyle graduation ceremony address. News Writer Miller said he worked on "I was thrilled to find out, but campus last year as a hall it's also a very humbling experi­ South Bend's appeal sky­ manager for the Office of ence because with the honor rockets once you remove the Residence Life and Housing comes the realization that so school factor - at least in and is planning on doing the many people were instrumental," the eyes of the Notre Dame same this year. He lived in Distler said. "I wouldn't be here if and Saint Mary's students Pasquerilla East, which it wasn't for friends and profes­ preparing to spend their housed graduate students sors who helped along the way. summers working on cam­ primarily for the Ernst & I'm incredibly grateful to them." pus at various opportunities Young program, a weekly Distler, a double major in offered through their program sponsored by the anthropology and pre-profession­ respective school. Center for Continuing al studies, will graduate with a Students have taken jobs Education (CCE). 3.94 overall GPA and a 4.0 major doing anything from service "It was a fun and interest­ GPA. She recently decided to projects to volunteering as ing job," Miller said. "The attend Johns Hopkins University tour guides this summer. social life was a little more for medical school following grad­ Most of the summer employ­ relaxed, but there is plenty uation. Distler said she wants to ees will live on campus in to do as far as going to the study medicine because it is "the reserved dorms provided by movies, baseball games and pragmatic and compassionate KERRY O'CONNORiThe Observer their school. Not all students other things. Most of the practice of medicine that can Prospective students tour campus in April. Some students pay room and board, howev­ stay on campus over the summer and work as tour guides. er, as some jobs include see SUMMER/page 4 see DISTLER/page 3 CAMPUS LIFE COUNCIL Antennas to go up over sutntner Packets to w-arn new Cell phone reception students of penalties should be improved By PETER NINNEMAN News Writer of the Task Force on Social By KAITLYNN RIELY Concerns - was amended Beginning next year, students News Writer before it could pass with the will not have to worry about not council's support. Campus Life Council (CLC) being able to make a cellular Kozlow and Nguyen pre­ call on the day of a home foot­ members passed a resolu­ sented a design for an insert ball game or searching their tion Monday supporting the that warns freshmen the dorm room for a miraculous addition of cautionary infor­ Office of Residence Life and mation regarding third spot where they get sufficient Housing has the right to use cell phone reception. party Web sites and illegal pictures and language on downloading of files into the Office of Information Web sites like Facebook and Technologies (OIT) chief tech booklets distributed by each MySpace for disciplinary officer Dewitt Latimer said that residence hall to incoming purposes. the "distributed antenna sys­ freshmen. The insert also cautions tem" designed to enhance cell But the original resolution JESSICA LEE!The Observer - introduced by Liz Kozlow Megan Black talks on her cellular phone Monday. OIT said work and Jacques Nguyen, chairs see CLC/page 3 see PHONES/page3 will be done over the summer to improve reception on campus. -~----- page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, May 2, 2006 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR? Catholic Scientology In a recent debate over such important issues as religion and whether or not "Mission Impossible Joel Steiner Elizabeth Elliot Katie Shakour Katie McCullough Erin Greenberg Christina Shakour Ill" will suck, my friend and I ended up discussing the next logical issue: sophomore sophomore freshman sophomore sophomore freshman Catholic Stanford Welsh Family Welsh Family Welsh Family Welsh Family Welsh Family Scientology. I know what you're think­ ing: Catholieism'? "The 1 o person "Late night "Using jazz "The second my "When I got my "Waking my Scientology'? spoon train singing at the hands in lips touched kiss from Katy sister up at Together'? Can at the echo spot in Bookstore her face.,, McCullough.,, 5 a.m. for some such a religion ,, global night front of Bond.,, Basketball.,, water. exist'? Are the two ,, philosophies too commute. far removed from each other'? We Brian Doxtader considered all the evidence and Scene Editor decided that Catholicism and Scientology can, in fact, exist in tandem; nay, they belong togethnr like Brad and Angelina, Derni and Ashton, even Torn and Katin themselves. IN BRIEF And of course, we all know the Biblical implications of the ever­ The Notre Dame softball important silmlt birth. The histori­ team will faee Loyola-Chieago 1 cal and scientific evidence indicates today at 5 p.m. at Ivy Field. a startling yet telling trend. Among those who had silent births: Moses, Notre Dame baseball will David and Jesus. Among those who take on Cleveland State today didn't have silent births: Cain, at 5:05 p.m. in the Frank Eck Goliath and Judas. Coincidence'? I Stadium. think not. Furtlwrmore, a lot of people may The Notre Dame Jazz Band 1 have failed to rnalizn that will hold its Spring Concert Scientology's founder, science l'ic­ today at S p.m. in thP tion writer and all-around guru L. Leighton Concert Hall of the Hon llubbard, may have actually DeBartolo Pnrforming Arts been the StH:ond corning. The signs Center. The public is weleome an~ all then~: a birth in an obscure to this free event, but must place ( Bnthltdwrn for Jesus, Tilden, reserve tickets by calling the Nebraska for llubbard), preaching Tieket Office at (>31-2SOO. in a place that starts with ".J" (.lnrusalnm and Jersey, New). and a Unehained Melodies will h igh-prof'ile arrest (II u bbard for hold their Spring Concert felony fraud). And perhaps above tonight at S p.m. in the all, the most telling sign -you LaFortune Ballroom. t:an't spell "Lord" without 1.. Hon Admission is $2. lluhbard. JEt:iSil-A Ll:oEn he Ubserver Runners are cheered on by an onlooker Monday as they take advantage of Tlwrn is of course the argument The End of The School Year that Catholidsm is a church for the the spring weather by participating in the Clary Murphy Thomas Run. Gospel Bash will take plaee poor and that Scion to logy is a Wednesday at 7 p.m. in chun:h for tlw rich. But that just Washington Hall. The event means they n~presnnt the yin and costs $4 for students and $5 yang of religiosity. And did you for the general public. know that Tom Cruise, the face of OFFBEAT Scientology. once aspired to be a The Saint Mary's music Catholic priest? Obviously tlwre is a Woman claims her husband ther he nor his lawyer ing his burger. department will host a spring connection here- the link botwenn kept her as a slave would speak to the A spokeswoman for TGI­ choral concert Thursday from lwing a Catholic priest and !.wing a CIIICAGO ~ A woman Chicago Sun-Times for an Friday's says a kitchen 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Little Scientologist disciple of Xnnu and suing her wealthy hus­ interview. manager accidentally cut Theater in the Moreau Center the Galactic Confederat:y is thus band for divoree in Anderson has one his finger just before the for tho Arts.