, -------------c-----------------------------.1 Thursday, November 14,2002 Scene's THE gonna get you sucka pagt!s 1.4-15 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL. XXXVII NO. 57 . HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU New Sbarro opens today SMC bars suspended officer frotn catnpus By CALLIE WHELAN Nc:ws Writer can't even visit my daughter [on By SARAH NESTOR campus]." After numerous delays due to Saint Mary's Editor construction and logistics issues, Rathert, whose daughter is a freshman at Saint Mary's, claims the new Sbarro pizza restaurant Saint Mary's security officer that Kelly imposed the trespass­ will open for business today at Belinda Rathert remains on sus­ 10 a.m. in the LaFortune base­ ing order because of an alleged pension but is now also prohibit­ incident in which Rathert made a ment. ed from entering the campus. threatening remark about the Construction on the new facili­ Rathert, ty began in July of this past sum­ College. who was "I thought we were having an mer and was originally sched­ suspended intelligent conversation about uled to be completed by Nov. 4. Nov. 7, has "We had a delay with the pizza workplace violence," said been with Rathert. "All I was talking about ovens," said Dave Prentkowski, the College was that Saint Mary's docs not director of food services at the for three University. have training for workplace vio­ years. lence." In addition to minor delays The secu­ with equipment, space concerns According to Melanie Engler, a rity officer spokeswoman for the College, prompted managers to make received a Belinda Rathert "Ms. Rathert contacted Director changes in the size of the LAUREN FORBt:SIThe Observer letter of Human Resources Debbie Kelly counter and a reorganization of A Sbarro employee tosses pizza dough for practice in prepa­ Tuesday from Debbie Kelly, Saint and Ms. Rathert requested an some equipment and facilities, ration for the restaurant's grand opening today. Mary's director of human according to Prentkowski. extension of [the] deadline for resources, confirming the information. Debbie Kelly did Now that construction issues the last two days preparing the dents a near-by late night dining College's "suspension and notice grant that extension." have been resolved, Sbarro full menu in practice mode to option for those customers who of absolute prohibition from cam­ Rathert said she contacted employees have been rushing to prepare for today's opening. may be located far away on cam­ pus." Kelly Tuesday to inform her that prepare for opening day. With Some lucky students at pus from the 24-hour Recker's Rathert claims that Kelly sus­ all communications would be the Subway restaurant upstairs LaFortune were even welcomed restaurant, managers said. pended her because her college conducted through her lawyer in LaFortune netting one of the inside the new facility to taste Managers also expect that the transcripts were missing from and that she would not be meet­ highest revenues among Subway sample pizzas. new restaurant will eventually Rathert's personnel file. Rathert franchises in the country. offi­ The new pizza restaurant's offer students on-campus pizza ing with her lawyer until Priday. was originally told she had until Rathert said she would turn her cials expect that the new restau­ menu boasts Italian favorites delivery. Wednesday to turn in a copy of transcripts over to her lawyer rant will also be very busy, such as pan pizza, breadsticks, "Pizza delivery will begin in her transcripts along with two let­ according to Jim Labella. general pasta and hero sandwiches. January when we have perfected who would then contact Saint ters of accreditation from Indiana Mary's. manager of The lluddlc and the Starting today, Sbarro will be the pizza recipes," Labella said. University Southeast, where "I gave them a set of transcripts new Sbarro. open until 4 a.m. Thursday Rathert says she graduated in when they hired me," Rathert "The ovens each make 14 piz­ through Saturday nights, and 1989. said. 'They suspend me for vio- zas every four minutes," he said. unti12 a.m. during the rest of the Contact Callie Whelan at "How am I supposed to turn in Sbarro employees have spent week. These hours will offer stu- [email protected] my transcripts?" Rathert said. "I see OFFICER/page 6 Students discuss parietals and housing • Campus group • New student gathers to share group organizes concerns conversation By MEGHANNE DOWNES By HELENA PAYNE Assistant News Editor News Editor Studenl<> gathered Wednesday A group of six Notre evening to discuss the much­ Dame students that unoffi­ debated topic of parictals and cially call themselves "The weiglwd in with their feelings on Parietals Question" wants the subject. to start a dialogue about "We wanted to foster discussion gender relations and the and dialogue and make people possibility of co-ed living realize there is a need for on campus. change," said sophomore Bill Made up of a mixture of Hinner. one of the discussion's male and female sopho­ organizers. mores, The Parietals The discussion began with the Question plans to facilitate question of why parietals exist at discussions among stu­ Notre Dame. Students said the dents, faculty, rectors and University uses the parietal policy administrators throughout to maintain respect, safety, secu­ the year. rity and privacy within the resi­ "Something is missing dence halls. Monitors are placed here, and we think it's only in women's residence halls healthy gender relations," in order to uphold this level of said sophomore Martha security. Amber Jackson said, "If CHRIS ORENCHUK/The Observer Patzer, one of the members we arc worried about the safety Ava Preacher, assistant Dean of Arts and Letters, talks about parietals with students in the group. and security of women, then Wednesday night in the Coleman-Morse lounge. The Parietals Question there is a greater issue that we emerged during a study need to address." campus, said Martha Patzer, ed out the ridiculousness of this run down my hallway in my paja­ session for an international Many said they have felt the another of the organizers. when she said, "One foot on the mas without feeling comfortable," relations test. The mem­ glaring eyes of rectors and moni­ Many recounted incidents floor or you arc screwed." said Patzer. bers started conversing tors when they have entered a where a monitor would come into Several said the University pro­ Women have been seen wear­ about campus issues and member of the opposite sex's 24-hour space and scold them for vides reasons for parietals that ing their pajamas and walking to decided to form a group hall. The false stigma that men "inappropriate behavior." Ava can easily be disproven. and from the shower in their tow- Rather than be a group are sexual predators creates Preacher, assistant dean in the "The reason for parietals my strained gender relations on this College of Arts and Letters, point- rectress gave me was that I could see PARIETALS/page 8 see GROUP/page 6 • uuu>ud 1 ~uvt:Inoer 1 "!:, L.UUL. page 2 1 ne VCIJCTVtf ,.. ,.,. .a. .a....r. a. .a. - _.. ..... y, ~I I I INSIDE COLUMN WHAT'S INSIDE CAMPUS WORLD& BUSINESS Sharing the NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE SPORTS freshinan• Student Senate Iraq approves Former stock Making it Scene looks Notre Dame discusses new U.N. analyst admits through the at the history mens baseball experience campus water resolution on he lied about U.S. Customs of blaxspoilta­ signs high quality disarmament ratings report bureaucracy tion movies school seniors Hurling a turtleneck into my duffie bag, I realize that I do not even know what clothes to pack for the Nov. 8-9 Senators report Top Iraqi officials Jack Grubman, a New Viewpoint Scene reviewers High school Freshman Retreat that starts in 20 min­ on the staus of bad­ informed U.N. sec­ former Wall Street columnist and discuss blaxpoloia­ seniors Colin Falls utes. I have no idea what I should be smelling water in retary general Kofi tech stock analyst, Notre Dame gradu­ tion films, the and Omari Isreal expecting, what the residence halls Annan yestarday in told officials yester­ ate student Peter "baddest" movie signed with the kind of activities I Joe Trombello that has been letter that they day that he falsified Wicks relates his genre of all, . Irish mens baseball will be participat­ reported by many would agree to stock reports to experiences and team Wednesday. ing in, what kind of students. U.N. weapons improve his profes­ frustrations with people I will soon News Wire inspections. sional image. the American cus­ meet. It is Editor toms system. Freshman Orientation all over again. The walk to the Coleman Morse page 14 Center is a blur as my mind contem­ page 3 page 5 page 7 page 13 page 28 plates all of the things that could go wrong. I enter room 114 to fmd a hand­ ful of girls already seated and settle into a comfortable couch, expecting to pass WHAT's GoiNG DowN the time in isolated silence. Instead, I WHAT'S HAPPENING @ NO am instantly greeted by a flurry of con­ NDSP apprehend suspicious between 12 p.m. and 5:30p.m. The versation and welcoming handshakes. + Lecture with Donald Pope-David person case is pending and there are no sus­ After arriving at Sacred Heart Parish pects. Center, the retreat leaders orchestrate "Sports, Haec and Multi­ NDSP responded to a report of a an icebreaker, then progress to a dis­ Culturalism: A Perspective on suspicious person by the bike racks Notre Dame" outside Building G of University Accident occurs at NDH cussion of the difficulties in transition­ NDSP responded to an occupational ing from high school to Notre Dame.