/ ^ V THE O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 3 9 : ISSUE 114 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Seniors, administrators still divided over dome do it. We realize this is a dis­ was not released to students By MARY KATE MALONE appointm ent to the senior earlier. News Writer class,” Affleck-Graves said. “I ’ll take the blame for it,” Senior opposition has he said. “Honestly, I did not Though his office in the grown since the process anticipate the huge reaction Main Building is located just began on March 7. from the class. Other times a few floors below the statue “When I came back from the Dome has been re-gilded of Mary and his name carries spring break and they had the students have not been so with it the title of executive already started, I felt the upset.” vice president, John Affleck- administration pulled a fast In the last few weeks, stu­ Graves sat at his desk one. They could have polled dent government has stepped Tuesday afternoon and said student voices to gauge the in to try and stop the gilding that he can do nothing to impact before beginning the process. Senior class presi­ remove the scaffolding sur­ process,” senior Rob Van dent Darrell Scott told mem­ rounding the golden dome, Gorder said. bers of the Council of despite the intense backlash Affleck-Graves apologized Representatives at their of the senior class. for the lack of communication m eeting March 21 that he CLAIRE KELLEY/The Observer “If there was any way to do and admitted that it was his Scaffolding surrounding the golden dome grew to reach the height the process faster, we would mistake that the information see DOME/page 4 of the Virgin Mary statue during the Easter weekend. Students add on-campus jobs to daily studiesCollege University employs offers Iraq 3,611 in various posts support By LISA SCHULTZ News Writer Students at Notre Dame are services known for their hard work and dedication in the classroom. However, the University also By COLLEEN K1ELTY recognizes them as hard work­ News Writer ers outside of class — in on- *. ' campus jobs ranging from sec­ While their family, friends and retary to sandwich artist. loved ones are serving in Iraq, Joyce Yates, the assistant stu­ members of the Saint Mary’s dent employment coordinator community join together to offer for the Office of Student support to one another each Employment, said from the week in a group for students interest shown on the who have loved ones in the mili­ University Job Board, Notre tary. Dame students seem anxious to The support group is co-spon­ work. CLAIRE KELLEY/The Observer sored by Saint Mary’s Counseling “As soon as we post a new Sophomore Adam Cummins works the cash register in The Huddle Tuesday. Students fill and Career Development and position |on the board|, it ’s thousands of on-campus positions at the University. Campus Ministry, and it provides gone,” she said. students with a place to come to The online resource has been share stories and have conversa­ in use for about three years Campus employment factors into financial aid packages offered tions with those experiencing and is touted as the best place similar situations. to start looking for an on-cam- receive some form of financial to work — it’s not a guarantee of The need for such a group was By MADD1E HANNA pus job. aid, the average amount is money,” Russo said. “If you don’t brought to the attention of For some students, employ­ Associate News Editor $23,000, with $2,300 being work, you don’t get paid.” Campus Ministry and Counseling ment is a necessity, a reason granted as the maximum typical This means that students who and Career Development by stu­ campus jobs are highly sought. The opportunity to work is fre­ offer to work. are given the opportunity to dents and faculty. Both the spon­ Sophomore Molly Kealy has quently presented to Notre Dame To earn the $2,300, Russo said work in their financial aid offers sors of the group and faculty three jobs under work-study. students as part of a financial aid a student receiving the basic pay must seek out employment members knew of students who Kealy, an Alumni Association offer, said Joe Russo, director of rate would have to work about themselves when they get to have a loved one serving in the employee, serves as the assis- Financial Aid. 12 hours a week, 15 weeks a campus, but Russo said that stu- military. Russo said that for the nearly semester. For some students, it is a fami­ see JOBS/page 6 6,400 undergraduates who do “However, it’s an opportunity see AID/page 6 ly member. Others know friends from home who are serving in the armed forces. “We’ve all had a few students who have friends or family serv­ ing in different capacities,” said Dillon summer-long remodeling underway Judy Fean, director of Campus Ministry. power-washing the exterior The group began meeting on By KATE ANTONACCI of the building, Dillon rector March 15 and continues to meet Associate News Editor Father Paul Doyle said. every Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the “This is loud work. The Campus Ministry room in the men have been very under­ Dillon Hall began a new Student Center at Saint standing. I tried to give the makeover on March 3, a Mary’s College. men an explanation before process that will take “While our numbers have been each step of this process,” through the summer to com­ low, the responses we have Doyle said. “As of tonight or plete, but will leave the received are appreciative,” said tomorrow night they will men’s dorm with new win­ Gina Christiana of The have power-washed all of Counseling and Career dows, updated bathrooms Dillon Hall except the court­ and a laundry room. Development Center. yard facing Alumni. Noise is For the past few weeks, The group has received e- over with for the men of mails from students studying CLAIRE KELLEY/The Observer crews have been pulling out Tarps protect bushes outside of Dillon Hall while the building loose mortar between the undergoes construction Tuesday. bricks and stones, while also see DILLON/page I see SUP PO RI7page6 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 I n s id e C o l u m n Question of the Day: H o w a r e you enjoying the w a r m w e a th e r ? Dome letdown Acting on emotion rarely results in a positive outcome. Since the adminis­ tration’s letter reiterating the regilding and repairs to the Dome wouldn’t halt Christian Brown John Mulvahill Matt Schulte Rebecca Jakubisin Teresa Kolf Thomas Thuruthiyil for graduation, emotions have run sophomore freshm an senior freshm an sophomore employee high for a number O’Neill Carroll Dillon Le Mans McGlinn South Dining Hall of seniors, includ­ ing myself. Letting it sink in “Getting ready “Running “Starting up “I prayed the “I ’m walking “Jogging and during the past fo r the around spring practice rosary while slower to class. running around week, I’ve come to what bothers me bookstore barefoot ." fo r Walsh laying out. ” campus. I like the most with the tournament. ” football. ” the green scaffolding that leaves on the will continue to surround the Matt Lozar trees. ” University’s land­ mark on arguably our most impor­ Senior Staff tant day at Notre W riter Dame. It has to deal with disappointment stemming from the way this situation has been han­ I n B r ie f dled by the administration. My problem goes further than sneak­ ing the beginning of this project past students who were on spring break The Notre Dame softball team when the last thing on our mind was will face off against Valparaiso Notre Dame. in a double header today at 4 My disappointment comes from the p.m. and 8 at Ivy Field. administration not showing it’s doing everything possible to put the seniors The fourth annual girl’s first. McDonald’s All American high I refuse to drink the Kool-Aid being school basketball game will handed out by the administration take place tonight at 5 p.m. in insisting the schedule for this project the Joyce Center. can’t be changed. I understand the repairs and regilding need to be done, Co-director of the Center for that’s indisputable. Economic and Policy Research But why can’t the schedule be Dean Baker will speak tonight in changed? a lecture titled “Social Security: Tell the senior class the project’s cost The Phony Crisis.” It will begin increases too much if overtime or at 7 p.m. in 126 DeBartolo Hall. working on weekends are unrealistic, making finances the major issue. Philip Sakimoto, former act­ Provide a detailed schedule showing ing director of NASA’s Space why six months are necessary if the and Science Education and South Bend weather dictates each and Public Outreach program, will every day. Explain how having a gold­ give a lecture entitled “The en Dome is more important for that Universe and Everything In It” Michigan State game on Sept. 17 or tonight at 8 p.m. in 102 University President-elect Father John DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer DeBartolo Hall. The talk is Jenkins’ inauguration rather than Members of Navy ROTC presented the colors at the Notre Dame baseball game sponsored by the department of graduation weekend, if that is the Tuesday at Eck Stadium.