Campus Life Council: Group discusses death
By HELENA PAYNE
News Editor
During its brief meeting Monday, the Campus Life Council focused on remembering deceased freshman Chad Sharon and checking the progress of task forces.
Student Body President Libby Bishop began the meeting with an open forum to come up with ways to remember Sharon, whose body was discovered Wednesday in the St. Joseph River of South Bend.
Pangborn Hall rector Heather Rakoezy suggested passing out ribbons at the campus memorial mass next week.
As members offered ideas, the topic of off-campus safety emerged. Senator Erin Cushing, who used to live near the area where Sharon was last spotted alive, said more students should be encouraged to use the local cab services.
"It's only $2 to get anywhere you want to go," Cushing said.
Becca Davidson, rector of Breen-Phillips Hall, agreed that utilizing cab services could promote student safety.
"If you are going to go out, then you have to figure [cab fare] into the budget," she said.
Student Body Vice President Trip Foley said first-year students should learn about off-campus safety during their orientation weekend. He also suggested providing the first-year students with a map of off-campus locations.
Members also discussed having other awareness campaigns depending on the cause of Sharon's death, which remains unknown.
In Other CLC News:
u Jane Ong, head of the communications task force, announced that the underthedome.nd.edu Web site is up and running.
u Cushing said she will meet today with Laura Flynn of First Year of Studies to discuss the expansion of the peer advisor role.
u Stephen Christ of the leadership task force showed members its poster about freshman leadership opportunities. Members plan to distribute the poster to first-year students before they enroll. Senator Rick Harris, also on the task force, said it is researching programs at Santa Clara University to improve the Notre Dame Leadership Institute.
All News Stories for Tuesday, February 18, 2003
