THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 39: ISSUE 110 TUESDAY, MARCH 22,2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ND, SMC review gay-straight organizations BOG approves club Alliance denied for status of SAGA second straight year By KELLY BALE By KATIE PERRY Nt•w.,Writer News Writer !·:motion lloodnd tlw last oflkial In thn latnst chapter of a lllf'Pting of till' 2004-0!i Saint long-standing disagrennwnt, Mary's lloard of (;ovnrnancn as the Student i\ctivitins O!Tire lllf'llliH·rs dPI>atPd and ultimatnly rncently denied Unitnd in ap(li'OVPd thn Straight and c;ay Divnrsity - a proposNl stu­ !\ I I i a 11 ~~ o dent-run gay-straight alliance (S;\(;;\) of - oflkial campus dub rnr.og­ Saint Mary's See Also nition l'or tlw SIH'.ond straight as a n~rog­ "Approval of ynat·. nizPd l'luh. A Man:h ;{ lnttnr from Brian (I()(; Olf'lll­ Straight and Gay Coughlin. dirnetor of Studnnt hPrs, by way Alliance raises Ar.tivities, n~fusnd Unit.Pd in of SPITPl hal­ I>iv~>rsity thn status of a sanc­ questions" lot, votPd 12-:~ tionnd Univ1~rsity studnnt to npprovP page3 organization for tlw 200!i-0(J SA!;;\ as a ;u:ademi1: year. Coughlin quot­ rluh. Tlu•rP WPI'P thrPP nbstPn­ nd last year's rnj1~dion IP!tPr, l.ions. lly n·1~niving rluh status, saying "then as now" hP Si\( ;;\ is allotl('(l an initial $!i0 in b n I i e v e s i n tlw r a t i o n a I n l'undi11g from studont govprn­ bnhind tlw Studnnt A~:tivitins lliPilt. Tlw rluh also gains thn Of'lice decision. ability to advortisP PVPnts on "It rnmains tlw pnrspnrtivn <·arnpus and to liSP campus liu:ili­ of thn Stud nnt AlTai rs Ol'f'i co tiPs. that the dual goals or support­ MomiH'rs ol' tlw Saint Mary's ing gay and lesbian stud<mts I'OIIIIllUIIity atlPIHlPd thn IIIPnt­ and educating the largnr cam­ ing, including onn studPnt who KELLY HIGGINSfThe Observer pus community can best lw Saint Mary's student body president Sarah Catherine White discusses BOG's recognition r sec BOG/page 6 of the Straight and Gay Alliance as a club, a particularly stressful decision for the group. see REJECTION/page 4 COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES Weis gets personal Seniors oppose dome regilding in talk on disabilities The rngilding began March Student body president Class president seeks 7. Since the process is highly Adam Istvan expressnd firm support to halt process eontingnnt on the wnather, its support of Scott's initiative. duration is not known. "It is ridiculous to not start llowevnr. it is enrtain the tho proeess after May 1 l1," By MARY KATE MALONE scaffolding will completnly Istvan said. "I give full sup­ Nt·w,Wriler rovnr tlw dome on graduation port of my office to Darrell." day. Aftnr receiving many e­ !\ s t h P scaffold i 11 g in du~ d Seott said then~ is little time mails from his constituents, rlosnr and dosnr to thn Virgin to waste if thn senior elass Scott delved into the Mary, snnior class president hopes the dome will bn visible University's media archives to I> a r r o II S <: o tl so u g h t a n d eomo graduation. investigate tho details of the ohtainnd thn Couneil of Seott said he plans to last time the dome was mgild­ ll1~pn~snntativns' support of organize an online petition ed, which occurred in 1988. his initiative to halt thn pending the approval of the "I have been looking n~gild i ng procnss of' tho gold­ Office of Student Affairs. lie through Observer and Pn domn at last night's nwnt­ told reprosnntatives he met Scholastic articles and have ing. with two administration oiTi­ eonelusively found that the "I am asking to dnlay thn cials last wnnk and was wait­ last time the dome was regild­ scaff'olding proendun~ until ing for thn support of the ed they waitnd until after FRANCESCA SETA!The Observer aft.nr May 16 !day of gradua­ Council before continuing the Head football coach Charlie Weis speaks about his disabled tion!," Scott said. discussions. sec DOME/page 4 daughter Hannah and the charity he founded In her name. llannah is globally dowlopnwn­ By LISA SCHULTZ tally dnlay1HI. From birth, News Writer llannah has "fitlll'n umiPr a lot of umbrPIIas." Wnis said. includ­ Swamped with over I !iO ing diagnoses of' polycystic kid­ appearancn requests since nny disnasn, autism and p1wva­ accepting his nnw position, Irish sivn dnvPiopnwntal disordPr. head football eoaeh Charlie Wnis Wnis is not reluctant to usl' his made it dear Monday night that. fame to raisl' awarntwss about the topie of disabilities aware­ disabilitins surh as his daugh­ ness is "a hock of' a lot. morn ter's. Although Hannah has important than fiJotball." made strid1~s. hn said t.IH•n• is "Oncn in a while, Ia rnqunst to still work to bP donn. speak! is something that touches "I promise you as long as I'm our family," Wnis said about his hero, awarmwss will be lwight­ d<~dsion to accnpt a rnquost mwd," Wnis said. from Notre Dame's Best Buddies Aftm· Wnis rnmv<n-ed from a a DUSTIN MENNELLA!The Observer organization to speak as part of "near-death operation" in 2002. From left, SUB manager Jimmy Flaherty, senior class president Darrell Scott and representatives Disabilities Awareness Wonk. Dlhan Fernando and Jordan Bongiovanni debate how to salvage the dome's image for graduation. Weis' nine-yoar-old daughter see WEIS/pagc 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS THE BEST CAMPUS JOB AND WHY? Honk if you like runners As I was running along Juniper Road in the glorious 45-degree weather this past weekend - and no that is not sarcasm -something very Ben O'Connor Brendan Dave Brenner J.J. Rees Rozann Carter Mark Crnich strange happened. Well, strange to senior O'Connor senior freshman senior senior me at least. Alumni senior Dillon Dillon Walsh · Dillon In the middle of Katie Perry track seven on my Keough playlist, a quick "The tray "Preventative "Dining hall "Walsh Hall "Running beep-beep man­ News pusher-inner, "My job. I'm a maintenance item checker.,, football coach, the 7:oo aged to wrestle its Production way within the Editor because it's a cluster consultant. -if it's not because no one pick-me-up, notes of the song. good cardio You're like, 7 can't broke, how expects because of the After realizing the workout., print!' I point to noise was external-R.Kelly's "Ignition hard could it anything from women. (Remix)" was further down on the list the sign that says, b e .?" them." .:...._ I looked elsewhere to find the ori­ 'The printer is gin of the sound. By the time I had down., You're like, identified its source, the large silver 'Oh. ,, vehicle from which it had originated had already long whizzed past me. In a moment of self-consciousness I immediately glanced down at my feet to make sure I hadn't veered onto the road. After quick inspection I had ver­ IN BRIEF ified that I was, indeed, entirely on the sidewalk. So, why the honk? Thomas Reh of the University I asked a friend about this, and he of Washington Department of informed me that it was likely an Biological Structure will conduct a overt and calculated display of mas­ seminar on "Stem Cells and culinity. "It was definitely a guy," he Regeneration: A Bird's Eye said matter-of-factly. "Consider it a View" today from 4 p.m. to 5:15 pick-up line on wheels." in 283 Galvin Life Science I am a firm believer that there are Building. just some things that simply cannot be comprehended across gender Lee Hamilton, vice-chair of the lines. It's a known fact that men teem 9-11 commission and director of with countless inexplicable enigmas. the Woodrow Wilson International However, this may just be the most Center for Scholars, will give a puzzling I've encountered in quite lecture entitled "Fighting some time. Terrorism" today from 4:15p.m. How exactly did this potential suitor to 5:30 on the Decio Mainstage want me to respond to his 50 mile-an­ Theatre in the DeBartolo Center hour advances? Perhaps I should lor the Performing Arts. The lec­ have tossed my iPod into the adjacent ture is sponsored by the Kroc bushes, thrown my arms in the air Institute's Hesburgh Leetures in l and frantically sprinted toward the Ethics and Public Policy. ' bumper of my prospective love's Ford Explorer. Bad he earefully etched his A Stations of the Cross proces­ screen name onto the dust of his rear sion will be held by candlelight window? Or maybo he had hoped I campus-wide tonight from 7 p.m. would be prep11red for such an inci­ to 9:15. The procession will bPgin dent with a pencil and paper, ready DUSTIN MEN NELLA/The Observer at the Grotto, and Reconciliation and eager to record the rapidly-van­ A robin perches in a tree while observing carefree students frolicking on scenic will loll ow at approximately 9:15 ishing license plate - which was now South Quad during the first day of spring. in the Basilica. a good 20 feet in the distance - for future reference.