-----------------------------~-- ---- --~ THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 40: ISSUE 53 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11.2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM \. Crime and '"··lJ _j :\. A six-part series on discipline at Notre Dame (j- Notre Dame rules, regulations stir discontent h'ditor's Note: In order to offer so strong it colors a student's ingly large number of students an honest, candid portrayal of entire Notre Dame experienee. that does not always triekle up discipline at Notre Dame. The "This isn't the Notre Dame to the Main Building, where Ohser11er granted anonymity to that the alumni talk about," said administrators are quick to several sources who will appear a male snnior who wished to praise Notre Dame's residential in this series. The Observer felt remain anonymous. "I don't community and the support - if it was essential to include these want to say it's absolutely terri­ also eonstraint- it provides sources' perspectives in a fair, ble. undergraduates. well-rounded report, hut they "But had I not gone abroad, "I think that students. gener­ would only speak on the condi­ done Bengal Bouts or met peo­ ally speaking, respect I the tion of anonymity because they pln at work. I would have said, University's rules], and they feared repercussions from the 'I wish I went to another understand them, and they University. sehool."' ehoose to live on campus ... Notre Dame's rules and regu­ We're ehoek full. We don't have lations - explieitly outlined in any space in the residence By MADDIE HANNA duLac, the University's oflieial halls," Kirk said. "I think that Associate News Editor handbook - are simultaneously students like campus life. They eontentious to some students enjoy being on campus in the and foreign to others, whose residenee hall, in part because There's dysfunetion in the only experiences with diseipline there's a sense of order and dis­ Notre Dame family. are second-hand stories spread cipline." A buzzing undereurrent of by word of mouth. Many students do support frustration and confusion "There's urban legends, or Notre Dame's unique residential regarding the University's disei­ lore, that goes around campus," system - a focal point in plinary proeedures nows from Associate Vice President of Admissions Office brochures student to student, puzzling Student Affairs Bill Kirk said. and a campus tour must-men- administrators. There's also disillusionment, Sometimes the resentment is a sentiment shared by a surpris- see DISCIPLINE/page 9 University reduces Pangborn rector is one of a kind seats for students First black female dorm leader refers to experience as 'history in the making' By KATE ANTONACCI NO will allot 3,000 spots at final two pep rallies Associate News Editor Kuukua Yomckpe answered two ealls when she took the job as rector of Pangborn Hall - a call back into working ministry with college students, and a liter­ al eall from Sister Jean Lenz, assistant viee president of student all'airs, urging her to complete a rector applica­ tion. Yompke had been working as an editor for Chase Manhattan and was "quite happy" with the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. nature of the job. On the recommendation of a I Photo friend who had attended Observer Students attend a 2002 football pep rally In the Joyce Center. New Pangborn rector Kuukua Yomekpe, originally from Ghana, is the ticketing rules allow for 3,000 student seats at today's event. see RECTOR/ page 6 first black female to hold a rector position at the University. from the 10,000 seats available By KATIE PERRY in the Joyce Center for the rally. A-.istant News Editor Problems arose after the esti­ mated number of students J>uc to the recent dedine in proved to be a gross overesti­ student attondance, today's foot­ mate of the actual student Irish-Navy ties run deep ball pep rally will guarantee attendance. Consequently, some designated seating for approxi­ Irish fans were turned away One look around Notre Dame's ed between the thme pownrhous­ mately 3,000 students- just dflspite sections left vacant by By KATIE STUHLDREHER campus will reveal its deep ties to es during the Knute Rockne era. half of was allotted for students students who opted not to News Writer the U.S. Navy. A pair of Navy-Notre Dame at thn last pep rally. attend. The Rockne See Also football tickets is buried in the Thn nnw pep rally ticket dis­ Student body vice president Saturday's home football game Memorial cornerstone of the Hockne tribution system. which debuted Lizzi Shappell said the decision against the U.S. Naval Academy bears the "Campus Memorial. and the campus power Nov. 4, allowed for a specific made this week to minimize will continue one of the longest­ seal of the anticipates plant still uses two World War II amount of student scats and seating in student sections to running college football rivalries N a v a I era diesnl generators from Navy n~quirPd non-students to wait in 3,000 was based on attendance in the nation, one that began in Academy­ traditional submarines. line to obtain a ticket prior to at the Tennessee pep rally, 1927 and initiated a tradition that along with matchup" Thfl rivalry datos back to 1913, tlw nwnt. The number of avail­ whieh garnered 2.400 students. lives on via annual matehups. that of West when a fortunate opening in abln general seating tickets was "While this [new] number But these two respected institu­ Point - to page3 Army's schedule allowed the Irish ealeulated by subtraeting the tions share mueh more than a eommcmo- estimated number of students see RALLIES/page 8 yearly tbotball game. rate the great rivalries that exist- see HISTORY/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Friday, November 11, 2005 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT HAVE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH RESLIFE BEEN LIKE? Advice you should Ignore• Christine Scacco Mike Hopkinson JJ Lyphout Matt Belton Kevin Marvinac Robbie Bernardin We all have friends and relatives sophomore freshman sophomore sophomore freshman freshman who give bad advice. I've been lucky McGlinn Zahm Keough Keough Siegfried Siegfriend enough to get some horrible advice over the past few years, and this is some of the worst of it. "What's "/ hate ResLife. "ResLife fined "ResLife fined "None, I swear "None to speak "Always expect ResLife?" Wait, if they see me$4oofor me$4oofor ... nope. 0if." the worst case sce­ this will they nario, and then Sam Pandolfo purchasing purchasing you won't ever be ResLife me $6oo worth of $6oo worth of disappointed." again?" Corona with Corona with This is sort of like , , saying, "the glass Advertising this guy. this guy. was half full until Executive you knocked it on the floor and stepped on it." Despite the fact that this statement makes logical sense, this is probably the single most pessimistic quip I've ever come across, next to things I've IN BRIEF heard from ex-girlfriends during the breakup process. If someone tells you Major Jason Frei will be this, they probably hate you. the guest speaker at the "Set really easy goals in life so you Veteran's Day Recognition always feel accomplished." This is a Ceremony will be held today guaranteed recipe for deep, clinical at 4 p.m. at the Clarke depression. It's kind of like writing Memorial Fountain between things you've already done on a to-do list - well, let's be honest, we all do LaFortune Student Center and llesburgh Library. that. But seriously, how can you ever accomplish anything if everything you As part pf the Saturday want to do is easy? Scholar Series, professors H. "Let your life be a study in the path Scott Appleby, Lawrence of least resistance." I actually went Cunningham and Father through a period, circa winter of fresh­ Richard McBrien will speak man year, where this was pretty much at the lecture "A Change at my motto. I slept until four in the after­ the Top: Pope Benedict noon and the only class I went to was XVI." The event will take volleyball- sort of like Matt Leinart place at 9:30 a.m. Saturday but without the added benefit of hang­ in the Snite Museum of Art. ing out with Jessica Simpson. If you come away with anything from this Patrick Toole, vice presi­ article, let it be abhorrence for sloth. dent of business transforma­ "Never confuse your GPA with your tion for IBM's Enterprise on self-worth." I actually agreed with this Demand Transformation and one until I realized that no on hires CLAIRE KELLEY/The Observer Sophomore Beth Jensen of Pasquerilla East embraces Irish quarterback Brady Information, will deliver a people with a 2.6 GPA. So for the per­ talk in the Distinguished son who told me this I ask one thing: Quinn after the football standout announced her as the winner of this year's Miss ND pageant Thursday. Engineering Lecture Series What is someone worth when they are at 12:50 p.m. Monday in the $70,000 in debt, mowing grass for a DeBartolo Hall auditorium. living and living with their parents? While I don't fit this criteria exactly, I OFFBEAT Quinlan Terry, a leading must admit that GPA and self-worth figure in the revival of classi­ may indeed be correlated to some Polite robber hits 29th ball cap and sometimes sun­ he was in jail. cal architecture, will present extent. bank in four months glasses. Randy Logan Hale won the 2005 Richard H.