Chicken Soup for the College Soul Ban on gay ads draws criticism Scene reviews the latest installment in the popular series of Grad student responds to the University's policy on Monday self-help books. See what advice the experts have gay advertising, calling for a faculty stance for your first year away from home. on the issue. AUGUST 30, page 11 page 10 1999 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXIII NO.5 HTTP:// OBSERVER.N D.EDU CONSTRUCTION New student center takes shape at old bookstore vending machines, beveragos and pro­ By MAUREEN SMITHE packaged sandwiches," Lyphout said. News Writer Kevin Hoonoy, assistant doan of First Yoar of Studies, (lagerly anticipatP.s tlw A nnw building on South Quad, in the movn from buildings ClllTently bP.hind tho former location of the Hammes Notre Main Building. Damn Bookstore, will house First Year of "We're looking forward to it bncaHS(1 it Studies, Student Academic Services, is in such an ideal location," he said. Campus Ministry and a satellite office of The new First Year of Studies officos the Center for Social Concerns. will hold tutoring dassrooms and a writ­ Tho $14 million projo(:t, expected to bn ing contor. complete in early 20(l1, was designed by "Now we will have both advising and Stecker, LeBau, Arneill and McManus, the the Loarning Hnsourcns Centnr on the same firm that designed the Eck Center. same floor," Hoonoy said. The building, to be named the Coleman­ .John Dillon, dirnctor of Campus Morse Center, will maintain the collegiate Ministry, also looks forward to tlw movP.. Gothie architecture, present throughout llis main offices aro curnmtly on the first most of the campus, with architectural floor of Badin II all. features similar to the Eck Center. "Hight now wn arn spn~ad out all ovm "We're very excited about it," said campus," he said. "It will he lwndicial to .Jarnos Lyphout, vice president of Business have all of our offices urHler one roof." Operations. "We feel it will be a very Construction crews "will be working beautiful building, especially considering normally five days a wonk, most lihly its prominent location on campus." starting at sevnn in tlw morning," Lyphoul According to Lyphout, the inside of the said. Wintnr will not offer a brnak from building will be just as attractive as its the work. outside. Somo students IHLVI1 to keep an open, "The inside will be modern. functional pationt mind during tho early- and often space," accented with carpeting and wood ERNESTO LACAYO/The Observer noisy- eonstruetion. finishing, he said. "It's not that bad, except the- seven The building will include 24-hour stu­ Construction crews work on layin~ the foundation of the new Coleman­ o'clock wake-up isn't so great," said first- Morse center. The facility, which Will house Campus Ministry and the First dent space with limited food services. Year of Studies, is being built at the site of the old bookstore. "There will be convenience-type foods, see CENTER/page 4 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS NO launches new Web site • Redesigned Web site events all over campus. "All major public events on campus to feature campus can be accessed through the calendar events, activities bocausn multiple groups all over cam­ pus can input tlwir separate activi­ --------------- tins," hn said. "We are hoping to By LAURA ROMPF make this the main resource for Nrw,Writt·r what's happening on campus." Tlw nnw Web pagn targets six main lhPrP's a nnw style at www.rul.edu, groups that arn tho most prominent and it rdlncts tlw spirit of Notre sito visitors. l>anw. arrording to University Web "We broke up the page into five administrator Tom Monaghan. areas: pnrspoetivn students, eurrnnt "Most would admit that tho old sitn students, faculty and staff. alumni, llt'f'dnd improving," lw parents and visi­ said. "Our goal was to tors," he said. (:!'Pale a sitP that rnllni~t­ "We are hoping to make "We emphasized nd tlw institution." Web eontont rel­ llw complntn rndnsign this the main resource for evant more to took about 4 1/2 months. what's happening on these groups "Hight ai'U1r Christmas, campus. rathnr than the ronstrut'lion bPgan on organization till' rww silo, and a W(H'k staff." al'tPr graduation. tho nnw Tom Monaghan Hn nxplained pag(1 was turnml on." he University Web administrator this is the l'irst said. phase in improv­ Monaghan explained ing Notre Dame's that this method allowml administra­ Wnb page, and that feedback from tors to pinpoint bugs in tho page students shows the new site is fulfill­ bel'orn dasses rnsumed in the fall. ing its purpose. The pagn has S(Wnral changes. "It's a nice change," said sophomore "One main elnment installed is a Marc Nuno. "The 'popular sites' University-wide search engine that aspect is a wonderful addition that indexes over 125,000 Notre Dame gives clear short-cuts to important Pregame hysteria takes over South Dining Hall as students prepare for last Web documents," Monaghan said. information." Saturday's game against Kansas. Mealtime renditions of the Notre Dame Another addition to the site is a Victory March and clleers of dorm superiority filled both dining halls over the weekend. University calendar that highlights see WEB SITE/page 4 ----·------ ---- -- page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Monday, August 30, 1999 Compiled from U-Wire reports INSIDE COLUMN OUTSIDE THE DOME While you Murray State responds to Title IX ranking MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY "We're not passing the buck above the 1996-1997 numbers. Murray State Athletic According to Dennison's figures, were sleeping D.irector E.W. Dennison said the in any way, but the form was Murray's women's intercollegiate athletic department's last-place very confusing." athletics participation should be Early Saturday morning, while all the good showing in the gender proportion­ 32 percent, which would place the Domers were asleep, a menace was let loose ality segment of a recent Chronicle University considerably higher in upon the Notre Dame community. of Higher Education survey was E.W. Dennison the standings. This menace did not come in the form of not a true indicator of the state of Murray State Athletic Director "I believe in women's athletics," marauding Kansas fans defacing the Basilica, the department. Dennison said. packs 'of undergraduates "We're not passing the buck in "We're committed. We've just setting their lofts ablaze or any way, but the form was confus­ inherited a huge problem. We even hordes of drivers try­ ing," Dennison said. "The lady at Murray State last in women's ath­ didn't ask the University for one ing to gain access to our the Chronicle indi­ letic participation among 306 col­ penny. but we've fixed it. It's the pedestrian campus. No, cated it was very confusing. We leges and universities. law, but it's not just the law, it's this was something far counted 140 football players, The main statistic showed that the right thing to do." more insidious. including the ones that did while Murray State's student popu­ Kentucky programs placed low It was a flock of zealous nothing but sit at the fraternity lation was more than 55 percent among the universities' female ath­ Irish fans - Siegfried house and drink beer. Hell, we female, only 18 percent of the var­ letic participation. The freshmen and a few of didn't have 140 players we barely sity intercollegiate athletic partici­ University of Kentucky, which their upperclass leaders- Tim Logan had 100. You're supposed to count pants were women. This was the placed 201st out of 306 reporting running around campus on the day of competition." lowest figure among the 306 sur­ NCAA member schools. was the chanting and yelling in The surv_ey. which covered the veyed programs, which overall highest among the major Kentucky support of their University, 1997-98 academic yeac placed posted a five percent increase state universities. their dorm and their foot- News Editor ball team. These hooligans rose at 5:30 a.m. to cele- brate the beginning of foot- ball season. running from dorm to dorm to Arizona athlete denies theft Wisconsin sees big tuition hike serenade the slumbering students within. Cheers of "Wake up P-Dub,'' "Siegfried UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON Ramblers" and "We are NO" filled the air as Arizona head football coach Dick Tomey last night UW-Madison students and their families accustomed the group moved through campus, leaving lifted a gag order on freshman safety Clay Hardt, to moderate tuition increases may do a double-take woken sleepers in their wake. Most of those allowing the athlete to deny involvement in a reported when they look at this semester's tuition bill. While roused by the pack grumbled and cursed theft case and add that he did not witness any miscon­ students were away for summer break, the UW before rolling over and falling back to sleep. duct among his teammates. But Tomey remained System Board of Regents passed a 9.6 percent tuition One of the more vigilant among them, howev­ silent regarding which players listed as "investigative hike for residents and a 12.7 percent hike for nonresi­ er, called Campus Security to their rescue. leads" were or were not involved in the reported theft dents, leaving students scrambling to find new ways to And to the rescue Campus Security came. of $20 from a CatCard office employee. However, finance their education.