Thursday, February 20, 2003 Scene THE checks out movies• page 15 The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXVII NO. 99 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Prosecutor offers 2 options to Boat Club settlement," said Bauer. Though Bauer didn't know the "Obviously that's been going on for offered to other South Bend bars, By TERESA FRALISH Bauer said the two options pro­ exact details, he estimated The sometime and the word got out." such as Bridget McGuire's Filling Assisran! News Ediror vided to The Boat Club are either Boat Club would have about three If the owners of The Boat Oub do Station and Finnigan's, in the wake having their liquor permit revoked weeks to make a decision on the not agree with Bauer's proposal, of police raids that yielded dozens A'i a result of a late January raid or paying a $5,000 fine and selling two options. The prosecutor noted they will have the option to appeal of underage citations. that led to 231 citations, The Boat their permit. "The permit would be that owners of The Boat Club the settlement. "In South Bend I have done the Club must either lose its liquor held by the ATC for up to two would likely make the argument "If we can't reach an agreement, same thing on at least two cases. licCIJSe or sell the bar to new own­ years," Bauer said. In the second that the bar was checkillg identifi­ the case would have to be tried," All involved substantial and inordi­ ers, said Indiana Alcohol and option, the bar could remain open cation, but Bauer said that would Bauer explained. "There is no way nate numbers of minors on the Tobacco Commission prosecutor but could not be run by anyone not be likely to change the pro­ that I can summarily pull the per­ premises," Bauer said. ''I'm trying Fred Bauer. connected to the current owners. posed settlement. mit." to be consistent." "I received the report last week The Boat Club owner Mike "You don't get that number of The prosecutor said that the set­ [from the Indiana State Excise McNeff did not return Observer kids in one place if they know that tlement offered to The Boat Oub is Contact Teresa Fralish at Police) and sent them a proposed phone calls. they [can't get) in there," he said. similar to the ones that have been tfralish@ndedu Women boxers debut at the Bengal Bouts ND women will open the Bengal Bouts for the first time written by Skiba and fellow co­ By KATE NAGENGAST president Laura Young that made News Wriler public sparring possible for women this year. For the first time in more than Young told The Observer in 70 years of Notre Dame boxing previous interviews that although history, women are ready to rum­ the idea of public matches for ble. women had seemed implausible Beginning this weekend, 12 to previous club presidents, their Notre Dame women will enter the proposal for this year met little ring in six exhibition boxing opposition. matches at the Joyce Center Skiba agreed and said that past Fieldhouse. They will spar in captains had felt it would be three unscored contests before "pushing their luck" for the the men's quarterfinal Bengal women to request University Bouts Sunday afternoon and resources for public fights. three more before the semifmals This year, however, Rich Wednesday evening. Although O'Leary, director of intramurals the women's boxing club was and club sports for the Athletic founded in 1997, this will be the Department, said he was looking first time women spar in public at forward to the women's exhibi­ Notre Dame. tion matches. "The club is fairly new and in "I think we're anxious to see the beginning it took awhile to the progress the women have establish a club before you could made in our boxing club," he throw the girls in front of people," said. said Shelley Skiba, co-president Each of the 12 contenders was of the club and a four-year mem­ chosen from among more than LISA VEL TE!The Observer ber. "But I've always wanted to 100 members of the women's Shelley Skiba, left, spars with Lauren Conti In preparation for the upcoming debut of the women do this." boxers at Bengal Bouts 2003. It was a proposal to RecSports see WOMEN/page 6 Group organizes ND backs UM adnlission policy • ND files a brief in Heartland petition favor of affirmative ther discriminated against her. action policy By CAITLIN EARLY Rosario, who is 21, said she was News Writer ultimately denied access to the bar that night. By HELENA PAYNE In an effort to generate support As citizens of a U.S. common­ News Wriler from a large cross-section of wealth, Puerto Ricans are U.S. Notre Dame students, faculty and citizens and have all the legal Notre Dame and 37 other pri­ staiT, student organizers of the rights and privileges as those who vate colleges and universities lleartland boycott have started a live in the 50 states. filed a brief this week to the U.S. petition campaign. The group of students protest­ Supreme Court in support of the The group is upset over alleged ing the alleged discrimination will University of Michigan's affmna­ discriminatory remarks made to have tables set up in LaFortune tive action policies. Notre Dame senior Kristine until Friday to make the petition "We have a keen interest in the Hosario on Jan. 30 by a accessible to as many students as Supreme Court case because we Heartland bouncer. Rosario, who possible. strongly feel that we and other is from Puerto Hico, said the "We are using tables to vocalize universities should be allowed to bouncer told her that her identifi­ the information and to raise stu­ consider race as one of a number cation could not be accepted dent awareness," said Shamus of factors in deciding which stu­ because it was not an American Hohn, a student organizer for the dents to admit," said Matt Storin, ID. Rosario also said the bouncer asked her for a passport and fur- see HEARTlAND/page 4 see AFFIRMATIVE/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ WHAT'S UP Thursday, February 20, 2003 INSIDE COLUMN WHAT'S INSIDE CAMPUS WORLD& BUSINESS It could NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE SPORTS be w-orse Senate U.S. convicts Blizzard Carefully Scene checks Swimming approves new first terrorism strains state consider out the latest teams head to For anyone who doesn't know cheif of staff suspect and local bud­ prospect of war movies New York me, I'm quick to vocalize my dislike for South Bend weather. As a gets native Floridian, I feel I've earned Members unani­ Mounir el English Professor "Talk to Her" The Big East that right and it's mously approved Motassadeg Recent harsh Jacqueline Brogan gets a thumbs up swimming champi- a right I make Henry Scott as the received the maxi­ snowstorms in the says the United from reviewers, but onships begin use of pretty new chief of staff mum sentence Northeast hurts States and Iraq "Daredevil" disap­ today in often. Wednesday. Wednesday of 15 state and local bud- must work to end points. Uniondale, N.Y. Freshman year, years. gets already their war of words. for example, I strained from complained my nation wide state way through a budget deficits. blizzard. Last year also provid­ ed me with Andrew opportunities to Thagard voice my dislike page 6 page 5 page 7 page 11 page 15 page 28 of the region's weather with an Wire Editor ice storm and frequent days with wind chills in the zero and WHAT'S GOING DOWN below range. I am, however, one to give credit Employee reports theft from when it's due. If, like me, you've Law School been following the weather reports A university employee reported Tuesday recently, you'll see that Indiana morning the theft of a flower arrangement isn't such a bad place to be right from the second floor of the Law School now. between 4:15a.m. on Sunday and 8:30a.m. Sure we've gotten our share of on Monday. There are no suspects lake-effect snow, painful winds and sunless days but this doesn't even Student reports verbal compare with what the East Coast confrontation is going through right now. A Notre Dane student reported Tuesday It's scary but South Bend's gray, that a verbal altercation with another stu­ snowless skies are looking pretty dent occured on Saturday morning near good for the time being. Fisher Graduate Housing. Take New York City, for example. The city received over 20 inches of NDSP tows student vehicle snow in the past few days from a Police towed a student's vehicle Tuesday blizzard. Washington D.C. tem­ afternoon for a parking violation. porarily closed its Baltimore­ Washington and National airports Bike stolen near Loftus after it got a record 28.2 inches of A Notre Dame student reported that her snow. Likewise, snow from the locked freestanding bike was taken from blizzard pummeled Philadelphia, outside the Loftus Sports Center on Tuesday forcing the city to cancel school. between 3:30p.m. and 5:15p.m. There are And here's one more reason to be no suspects in the case. glad you're not a Boston College Eagle: the city is buried under sev­ -complied from the NDSP crime blotter eral feet of snow.