the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 99 Thursday, March 3, 2011 ndsmcobserver.com Laptop theft ‘Makes it real’ increases, ‘Loyal Daughters and Sons’ presents Notre Dame students’ true stories of sexual assault NDSP alerts rectors Observer Staff Report Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) received reports of seven laptop thefts from resi- dence halls — mostly girls’ dorms — on campus since the end of January, according to an e-mail sent to rectors Wednesday. NDSP Crime Prevention Officer Keri Kei Shibata sent the e-mail asking rectors to remind students to lock doors and be aware of suspicious activity. “In six of these cases the thefts occurred in female resi- dence halls,” the e-mail stated. THOMAS LA/The Observer “These thefts have primarily occurred in the afternoon said the show gives a face to sex- hours. Some of the thefts have By LAURA McCRYSTAL ual assault and a voice to sur- occurred when a resident was News Editor vivors. in the room sleeping.” “These characters are a per- In the most recent case, For freshman Blair Arbuckle, son at Notre Dame,” she said. NDSP reported a college-aged becoming a cast member of “To put a face to all of these sto- “Loyal Daughters and Sons” ries [shows] people that it does see THEFT/page 3 (LDS) helped her understand the happen at Notre Dame, but that reality of sexual assault at Notre doesn’t mean it has to continue Dame. to happen. There are measures LDS, an annual show written, we can take to start preventing directed and performed by stu- it.” dents, is based on Notre Dame Kiley said she and co-director Grotto to students’ true experiences with Matt Mancini aimed for the per- sexual assault. formances to show solidarity “The play makes it real,” with survivors of rape and sexual Arbuckle said. “And especially assault. close for because these stories are true “I think coming into the show stories from past Notre Dame we took an approach that was students or current Notre Dame never taken before, and that was five days students, it’s just very personal.” more a solidarity with survivors,” This year’s show, made up of Kiley said. “Just to be there for THOMAS LA/The Observer 36 skits, runs tonight, Friday and the person. And I think that’s Student actors perform skits from “Loyal Daughters and what we were kind of going with. Observer Staff Report Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Sons” during a final dress rehearsal Wednesday night. The Carey Auditorium at the We think that’s a more effective show, based on Notre Dame students’ real experiences with Hesburgh Library. Kelsie Kiley, a A long-range maintenance sexual assault, opens tonight. junior and co-director of LDS, see LOYAL/page 6 plan will force the closure of The Grotto of our Lady of Lourdes during spring break, according to a University press release. The University announced Council announces results, sanction Wednesday that the Grotto would be closed at 8 a.m. on March 14 and would reopen at the announcement of Senior 3 p.m. March 18. During the By MELISSA FLANAGAN Class Council results due to a closing, digital scanning tech- News Writer sanction against one of the tick- nology will create a model of ets. Parker King and his running the Grotto. The Junior Class Council and mates Ben German, Alicia Elliot “The model will be used to Sophomore Class Council elec- and Brinya Bjork sent a cam- understand and document for tion results were announced paign e-mail through a residence historical purposes how the Wednesday night, while the hall listserv, according to a Grotto was built and for track- Senior Class Council results will Judicial Council press release. ing future maintenance and be withheld until Thursday night The student body constitution repairs, specifically its period- due to a sanction. prohibits the use of listservs for ic cleaning and tuck-pointing,” Kevin Doherty will serve as campaigning. the press release stated. junior class president and The Election Committee chose The Grotto sustained dam- Nicholas Schilling won the posi- to invalidate eight votes cast for age from a July 26 fire, tion of sophomore class presi- King’s ticket, a number that dent. see GROTTO/page 3 The Judicial Council delayed see ELECTION/page 4 BLAIR CHEMIDLIN | Observer Graphic INSIDE TODAY ’S PAPER Campaign to “end the R-word” collects pledges page 3 N Weekend events calendar page 10 N Hockey: ‘A fresh start’ page 20 N Viewpoint page 8 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Thursday, March 3, 2011 THE OBSERVER QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF YOU THREW A PARTY, WHAT WOULD THE THEME BE? 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