/ ^ X THE bserver OThe Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys OLUME 41 : ISSUE 10 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER4, 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Police arrest 2, cite 86 at parties Suspect Three-hour Turtle Creek raid Friday still in results in 96 tickets By MADDIE HANNA and custody MARY KATE MALONE News Writers Student identifies man In the first major bust this fall, police arrested two Notre after alleged assault Dame students and cited 86 others at Turtle Creek Apartments Friday night after By MARY KATE MALONE receiving an anonymous com­ News Editor plaint about a party advertised on the Internet, police said The Mishawaka man arrest­ Sunday. DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer ed in connection with the Indiana State Excise, St. Joseph County and Walkerton police busted two parties at Turtle alleged Aug. 23 assault of a see BUST/page 6 Creek Apartments Friday night after receiving an anonymous complaint. junior Notre Dame student is being held at the St. Joseph County jail and will likely face formal charges by Tuesday, police said Sunday. The St. Joseph County Close score fails to faze Irish faithful Prosecutor’s office has 72 hours to dictate and file formal charges against Bruce Smith, 24, said Capt. Phil Trent, South ty of Irish faithful found a Bend police public information By JOE PIARULLI way to get tickets. officer. The filing deadline was News Writer “There was a really good extended until Tuesday presence of Notre Dame fans, because of the holiday week­ The car ride to Atlanta old and young,” she said. end. takes almost 12 hours and Wasikowski, who attended Police think Smith is con­ spans nearly 700 miles. Gas Notre Dame’s opening game nected to the alleged assault of costs go into triple digits, against Pitt last year, said a female student that occurred game tickets are hard to this year’s game was very dif­ at Turtle Creek Apartments come by and the Georgia ferent. Aug. 23. The student, 21, said Tech fans have a less than “We really missed the band she was held at knifepoint by a stellar reputation. On top of [this year], because we man who gained access to her that, the Irish put up only 14 weren’t anywhere near the apartment by posing as a points in an unexceptional leprechaun or the cheerlead­ Comcast cable worker. win. Was it really worth the ers,” she said. “Last year we The student, who transferred trip? didn’t know w hat to expect — to Notre Dame this year from “Definitely,” senior Kathryn Notre Dame wasn’t ranked Clemson University, said she Schuessler said. very high — and we just went was able to pull away from the Schuessler and 10 of her in there and destroyed man’s grasp and was not friends, including senior them .” injured during the incident. Laurie Wasikowski, took In a contest in which the When police presented her three cars to Atlanta to watch Irish did not score until the with a photo line-up of six pos­ Notre Dame’s first victory of last seconds of the first half, sible suspects last week, she the season over the Georgia “destroyed” is probably not tried to identify the man who DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer Tech Yellow Jackets. how Georgia Tech — or any­ assaulted her, Trent said. Georgia Tech fans drastically outnumbered Notre Dame The group got tickets one — feels. “She didn’t hesitate one students at Saturday’s game, but the Irish went on to through a friend’s father, and manage a 14-10 victory. according to Schuessler, plen­ see TECH/page 4 see ASSAULT/page 4 Wireless Internet now working in all residence halls The physical installation of Internet access in all of the New system sometimes wireless was finished on the residence halls on campus, slowed by downloads July 19, University Program Guthrie said. Manager for Strategic The decision to include Initiatives Planning and wireless Internet access Programs Robert Guthrie within residence halls was By EMMA DRISCOLL said. the result of “a trend of a News Writer Lewis Hall, Farley Hall, greater percentage of stu­ Pasquerilla East and dents coming in [to Notre Accessing the Internet at Pasquerilla West were the Dame] with laptops,” Latimer Notre Dame just got a little last dorms to receive wire­ said, noting that most laptops easier, thanks to the comple­ less. made within the last four tion of the wireless Internet Each of these three dorms years contain wireless net­ installation project within all either required additional work cards. residences halls. construction to install wire­ “We were getting data The project allows students less or were previously under points from multiple sources to utilize the Internet not construction, prohibiting saying that lack of wireless only from their dorm rooms, immediate installation, was a detriment to residen­ but also in all buildings that Guthrie said. tial life, and adding it would serve “an academic” or “resi­ In October 2005, the Office be beneficial to the students dential” purpose, said Dewitt of Residence Life and in the halls,” Latimer said. Latimer, assistant provost for Housing and the OIT collabo­ Latimer said OIT learned LAURIE HUNT/The Observer the Office of Information rated to make plans for the Sophomores Laura Schwarts, Margie Rosmonowski and Casey Technologies (OIT). installation of wireless see WIRELESS/page 4 McNeill take advantage of wireless access in Cavanaugh Aug. 23. page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Monday, September 4, 2006 Inside C olumn Question of the Day: W h e r e w e r e y o u f o r t h e G e o r g ia T e c h -N o t r e D a m e g a m e ? Wardrobe malfunction Everyone has their own theory on why the Irish barely edged out Georgia lech Maureen Clark Jason McClain Katie Coyne Katie McCann Margaret Kelly Nick Schott this weekend. Fortunately for me, my roommate is a sophomore freshman freshman sophmore freshman junior psych major and analyzed the many pos­ Welsh Family Fisher McGlinn Welsh Family McGlinn O 'A W sibilities of why the game was so close. Katie Kohler As simple as it _________________ 7 was on North “My friends and 7 was with “North Quad — 7 was at “My fellow may sound, she said Quad I were in the Margaret, and dying with the Lafayette at trumpets and I it came down to the News Writer colors. rediscovering basement of after the game I rest of the someone's helped keep the Yes, the colors. my love for Fisher — we went to Keenan, student body apartment and Irish fa n s Let’s dissect the Notre Dame cheered, we got in a big circle during the first my friends and stoked during uniforms from head to toe: The Irish had gold helmets, as did the football. ” cried, we with a lot of I sang the Fight the game on Yellow Jackets. cheered the people and Song1 5 North Quad. ” The Irish had gold pants; the Yellow Irish on to attempted to sing times after the Jackets wore white. We wore white jerseys; they wore gold. victory." the alma mater. ” game. ” Basically, we wore the opposite colors, but the important thing is, they were the same colors. It was even confusing to watch at times because of how close they In B rief were. Being in the stadium with thousands of “Freedom on the Internet people, lights shining down and fans and the E thical screaming, I can't imagine it could have Responsibility of IT been any easier to be playing. Companies in China: A Now for the theory. My roommate, who Panel Discussion” will begin wishes to remain anonymous — for the at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Jordan obvious reason that her theory is genius Auditorium, Mendoza — compared the game to a bullfight College of Business. (bear with me here, I’m getting some­ where). The Office of Multicultural In a typical bullfight, the matador Affairs will present “Which makes the bull attack by waving a red counts more: Race, Gender flag. Similarly, the Fighting Irish are con­ or Class?” on Wednesday ditioned to attack the other team’s colors, from noon to 1 p.m. in a.k.a. the flag. During this game, howev­ Vender Vennet Theatre. er, we were wearing virtually the same colors. No one in his right mind would The 2006 Endowed Fall attack his own players. With the hype Lecture Series will kick off and intensity of the opening game, with “Welcoming the maybe some of our players were getting Stranger: Hospitality in the confused? Christian Tradition” featur­ It makes sense. ing Ana Maria Pineda of With the fast pace of the game, there Santa Clara University at could have been some confusion. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Think about it. JESSICA LEE/The Observer Stapleton Lounge, Le Mans Besides Georgia Tech, most of the Sophomore Nick Simonson impersonates Michael Jackson dancing to “Thriller” Hall. teams we play have uniforms that are not after being hypnotised by hypnotist Rich Aimes Friday at Washington Hall as part of as close to ours, making it easier to focus. the SUB Welcome Back Week events. The 2006 Endowed Fall I mean, white and gold? It may have Lecture Series will host a well been white and off-white. “Special Follow-up Event: A night game plus similar colors plus Immigration Issues: A season opening pressure equals bullfight­ Catholic Common Ground ing syndrome. O ffbeat Conversation” Thursday, at Don’t get me wrong — a win is a win. 3:30 p.m.