..--------------------------------------------- ~ ~~ 1 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 38: ISSUE 125 MONDAY, APRIL 19,2004 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Students use -weekend for service Locks of Love yields 118 feet of hair 800 participate in annual "Christmas in Ap~il" By KATE GALES News Writer Despite the warm weather, the Christmas spirit prevailed for around 800 Notre Dame and Saint Mary's students who volunteered to do home improvement in a low-income neighborhood for the service project Christmas in April/Rebuilding Together Saturday. "It turned out to be a great day," said Darrell Paulsen, the faculty adviser for Christmas in ApriVRebuilding Together. "We MATTHEW SMEDBERG!The Observer had more students than we Stylist Colleen Knight helps sophomore Angela Piccione donate expected." her hair In the Locks of Love program In the LaFortune Ballroom. According to Paulsen, a major probllml in the past has 136 participants, who donated been students not showing up By ANNA GELHAUS a total of 1,411 inches of hair,. for the 7 a.m. departure time. News Writer just under 118 feet. Although the 900 students who "I thought 20 [people com­ signed up was down from pre­ The LaFortune Ballroom ing] would be successful," she vious years. the percentage of was transformed into a hair said. "But there were 20 peo­ students who signed up and salon Sunday afternoon as ple lined up before noon. It's actually participated was much members of the Notre Dame absolutely overwhelming." higher. community said goodbye to Stylists from Atria 2 salon "We needed 650 [students to their hair for Locks of Love straightened, cut and pack­ fill the sites]," Paulsen said. and Shaved Heads Against aged ponytails as a line "We had 900 sign up, and we Cancer. wrapped around the ballroom. had 800 show up so that was Locks of Love makes wigs MATTHEW SMEDBERG!The Observer Participants were then given a very, very good. · Saint Mary's students Ashley Enright and Brlanne Bibbs for financially disadvantaged card to come back to the salon "The weather couldn't have clean and repair a ceiling fan during Christmas In April. children with long-term med­ to get a free styling. hurt either," he said. ical hair loss. People can Donators had various rea­ Paulsen also noted that donate 10 or more inches of sons for giving up their long groups such as the Notre Dame "Everyone was very pleased at makeover goes South Bend their hair to be used for the hair. But nearly everyone Fire Department and various what happened." style," said Sara Woolf, a fresh­ wigs; shorter lengths can also agreed they were donating athletic teams participated in On April 3, skilled laborers man who participated in the be donated to help to offset because the hair goes to those the event. Of the 800 students, such as carpenters and electri­ project for the first time. "All costs of the program. Junior in need. around 100 were from Saint cians did preliminary work on the volunteers worked on dif­ Lindsay Schirack said she "It's just a really good Mary's, and faculty and staff the houses. The students and ferent jobs. At our house we wanted to coordinate an on­ cause," freshman Meredith members also worked on-site. other volunteers provided did a lot of painting, yard work campus event for donations to Laux said. "I have a lot of Additionally, Notre Dame unskilled labor such as paint­ and built the family a sand­ Locks of Love and asked the hair and there are little kids Food Services donated meals ing, repairing windows, work­ box." Class of 2005 to sponsor it. who don't have any." for the volunteers. ing on flooring and yard work. The large number of volun- Schirack said she was quite "By all accounts it was a very "The things we did were kind pleased with the turnout of see HAIR/page 6 successful day," Paulsen said. of like extreme home sec CHRISTMAS/page 6 Pub owner cites video evidence Ne-w leprechauns chosen fro111 field of 17 applicants Tape shows police pushing patrons into bar before raid freshman year of high school. By AMANDA MICHAELS Dillon sophomore Kyle patrons' presentation of iden­ News Writer Chamberlin will serve as the By CLAIRE HEININGER tification - to his attorneys to Blue squad Leprechaun at News Editor support his claim that several As the era of Leprechaun soccer, volleyball and of the minors were actually Mike comes to an end, the women's basketball games Videotape evidence of pushed inside by police before famous green suit has been and various community patrons being forced into The his employees could verify passed into the hands of a events. Library Irish Pub during a their proof of legal age. new owner - Leprechaun The selection process start­ police raid early Friday morn­ Hammons "may have a Eddie. ed months ago with a series of ing may mean lesser penalties defense" based on that evi­ Keenan sophomore Edward eight different clinics for the bar but will not change dence, Deitchley said, but Lerum was chosen Saturday designed to prepare patrons' citations or punish­ maintained that excise police night as the new Gold squad Leprechaun candidates for ments, police confirmed. were not at fault. Leprechaun mascot, who per­ the rigors of auditions and Lt. Greg Deitchley, Since The Library's premises forms at the football and beyond. Not all clinics were spokesman for the District 1 start where the sidewalk men's basketball games, mandatory, as some trained office of the Indiana State meets the front door - lead­ among other events. students for the possibility of Excise Police. said the video ing to a vestibule where "I feel extremely excited, I joining the cheerleading would have no bearing on the patrons wait before showing don't think I understand yet squad if they were not chosen approximately 27 citations I. D. - excise police deter­ about the commitment and as mascot, and applicants issued to 17 minors, as those mined that all patrons in the everything that goes along were not evaluated during tickets were confirmed based waiting area would be includ­ with being the Leprechaun - this time. on evidence police compiled ed in the sweep. Deitchley CHUY BENITEZ/The Observer it just hasn't sunk it. But it's a Seventeen candidates as patrons exited the scene. said that police will present a Excise Pollee check the Iden­ great opportunity," said stayed for the audition Pub owner Chuck Hammons, case report explaining these tification of a patron during a Lerum, who has wanted to be process - a number that wa~ however, said he will submit bust of The Library Irish Pub Leprechaun since his friends the video - used to track all see LIBRARY/page 8 Friday morning. suggested it during their see SELECTION/page ( -~-~~---- page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, April 19, 2004 INSIDE CoLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: How DID ROOM PICKS WORK OUT FOR YOU? The bust l think that deep down it is the dream of every college student who has turned 21 to be in a bar when it gets busted. Not to see people get in trouble, of course, but just to see what exactly what goes Christina Munoz Tessa O'Connor Josle Patane Mike Tesfay Meagan Fitzpatrick John Burke down without fear Junior of getting into Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore trouble. Cavanaugh Breen-Phillips Breen-Phillips Morrissey McGlinn O'Neill Thursday night, I and many other ''361's gonna be "Stuck with "We got a bad "This time I "Mi casa es tu "Pretty well: I students got to ,, experience this as the place to be!" her. " number so we didn't get cas a. got a double Finnegan's (okay got stuck with a screwed over. ,, with my ,. The Library) got fire hose. girlfriend. " busted for the sec­ Scott ond time in a year. Brodfuehrer The music stopped and people started saying they Managing thought the bar Editor was getting bust­ Emeritus ed. I figured that it was impossible - I thought Excise would be more likely to bust a bar with more underage stu­ IN BRIEF dents (like a certain Finnegan's neigh­ bor on Wednesday nights). Third period registration But as police officers began to swarm begins today on lrishlink and through the bar and there were continues through Wednesday. numerous announcements that no one could hear, the reality of the evening Assistant professor of political began to set in. And it was cool. For science Dan Philpott will moder­ about five minutes. ate a panel of professors, which But then there is everything else includes Charles Rice, Michael associated with the bar bust that has to Baxter and David Campbell, on be dealt with, like the excruciating "Faithful Citizenship:" process of getting out of a busted bar. Catholics and the 2004 This involved a 45-minute wait before Election at 3 p.m. today in the an officer from the Indiana State Police Hesburgh Center Auditorium. reviewed my two forms of identifica­ tion and asked me several questions to Marianne Schulze of the Notre prove my identity. My roommate even Dame Law School will present a got asked what his sign was. lecture on "Restitution After And then there was process of notify­ the Holocaust: the Limits of ing my friends here at The Observer Legal Reparations" at 7 p.m. that the bar was being busted and that tonight in the Law School, room they needed to send a reporter and a 120. photographer. Contrary to popular belief, The Kenneth Roth, the executive Observer is not tipped off before a bar director of Human Rights is busted (and many staffers have the Watch, will address the question Boat Club citations to prove it).