Student Senate Allocates $1000 for Independent Teacher Evaluations
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Shuttle - page 3 VOL XVIII, NO. the independent student newspaper serving noire dame and saint man 's TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1983 Associated Press supporting the Christian Phalangists against the Druse in the fighting. The BEIRUT, Lebanon — U.S. naval Druse sect is an offshoot of Islam. guns hammered away at Druse ar French Foreign Minister Claude tillery positions in Lebanon’s central Cheysson, whose government has mountains yesterday, and for the troops in the multinational force in first time a U.S. spokesman said the Beirut, also criticized American firing was in support of the Lebanese military intervention in the civil army’s defense of Souk el-Gharb. war. He said he did not believe that The government’s Radio Beirut the U.S. action, particularly the Navy reported that fighting raged into the shelling, “is the best method to night in the mountain town achieve” a settlement. overlooking the Lebanese capital. The destroyer John Rodgers and An army communique said a the guided missile cruiser Virginia Lebanese Bulldog reconnaissance fired repeated barrages in the morn plane crashed near the Druse moun ing and again in the afternoon as the tain town of Aley “and the fate of the U.S.-trained Lebanese Army’s 8th two pilots is still unknown. ” Brigade fought with Druse and It was the third tim e in the 16 days Palestinian guerrillas attacking Souk of renewed civil war that U.S. ships el-Gharb, the mountaintop town have opened fire and the first time nine miles southeast of Beirut that since Syria warned Sunday that its overlooks the U.S. Marine base at the troops in Lebanon would fire back if Beirut airport. attacked by American ground, air or Photo by Scott Bower sea forces. "The naval gunfire support was This tree located near the was struck by lightning during the storm early Druse spokesmen in Beirut conducted on military targets Knights of Columbus building on the South Quad yesterday morning, splitting it in half. claimed the American shells landed threatening the Lebanese armed in about five towns around Souk el- forces defending Souk el-Gharb,” Gharb and an undetermined num said U.S. Embassy spokesman John ber of civilians were killed. But U.S. Stewart. “Successful Lebanese officials insisted the guns were firing armed forces defense of the area is at military positions. vital to the safety of U.S. personnel, Israeli Druse leaders protested to including the U.S. multinational U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis in Tel forces, other U.S. military and the Aviv, claim ing W ashington was U.S. diplomatic corps personnel.” Memories of Vietnam Student Senate allocates $1000 for linger on for soldiers independent teacher evaluations in El Salvador uprising By ELIZABETH FLOR tion,” has allocated $1,000 to the effective, Riley feels that they will Associated Press snapped to a reporter. “I did the best News Staff cause. The resolution says that open doors to more faculty coopera I could.” “teacher evaluations would be very tion in the future. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Like many of his fellow officers, On a questionnaire distributed touseful to students in the important The Student Senate also approved — They labor today in the cool this tough, crew-cut 30-year faculty, “approximately 60 to 65 process of course selection.” the final members of the Judicial green shadows of Central American veteran, who is training hundreds of percent w rote they didn’t w ant us to Riley believes that those faculty Review Board. “Their job is to act as volcanoes. But for these hardened Salvadorans as commandant of a U.S. see teacher/course evaluations at against the idea have no direct an appeals board beyond Dean American soldiers, struggling Army school in Panama, is more all,” said Bob Riley at last night’s Stu reasons for opposition. In fact, he Roemer,” said Bob Gleason, Judicial against yet another guerrilla upris confident about the chances for dent Senate meeting. hopes that the evaluations will aid Chairman. The Student Government ing, the memories linger of rice success this time — if U.S. support Riley, Student Senator for District teachers because students will takeBoard of Commissioners selected a paddies, jungle trails and debacle remains firm. mix of “outstanding members of the 2 said he randomly sent about 100 them more seriously. half a w orld away. The senior adviser, who for questionnaires to teachers. The Student Government is uncertain faculty and administration.” “We’re going to do it right this security reasons cannot be iden questionnaire had five possible op how it will summarize the evalua Brian Callaghan, Student Body time, ” says a senior U.S. military ad tified. spent three years in Vietnam, tions, ranging from disclosing the tions and print them for student use. president, described Project SHARE viser here. two working with Vietnamese army evaluations to all students to not Tentatively, the evaluations will as a move to get “all of the dorms El Salvador and Vietnam. units. revealing the evaluations to students start this fall. involved, every Sunday, taking col “There are two lessons in par at all. Student Body Vice-President Peg lections at their Masses.” A commit ticular I think we learned in Viet In a discussion with a department gy Prevoznik hopes that the commit tee of four to five liturgical TUESDAY nam,” he said in an interview here. head who supported sharing the tee will include some faculty and commissioners from the dorms will “First, we’ve got to keep away teacher/course evaluations with department chairmen as we “do not decide each week which organiza from the body count thing.” Exag students, Riley was “warned that want it to be us against them,” she tion will receive the money. Dorms FOCUS gerated reports of guerrilla there might be a lot of adverse reac said. participate on a volunteer basis casualties in Vietnam chipped away tions.” Riley said that they would like to starting the first Sunday of October. at U.S. government credibility. The Senate, passing a resolution to get interested faculty on the com The Student Affairs C om m ittee Linking the two wars draws quick “Second, we now know that small appoint a committee to administer mittee for Students’ Teacher Evaluawill meet this week to plan an rebuttal from the Reagan administra unit operations at night are the way an “independent teacher evalua tions. If the questionnaires are see STUDENT SENATE, page s tion. to go. We weren’t doing that early “There is no comparison with enough in Vietnam. It takes away the Vietnam,” President Reagan said at a guerrillas’ war of movement.” July news conference, “and there’s And that is the way the Salvadoran not going to be anything of that kind army i t s going as it tries to seize the in this.” initiative in the four year-old war. In a key respect, the situations dif Encouraged by Vietnam-seasoned fer greatly: at the war’s height, American advisers, the army has 525,000 American combat troops turned to new tactics to clear an es were in Vietnam. Here, the timated 1,000 guerrillas from the American military presence is central Salvadoran province of San limited to several dozen advisers, Vicente, sending small “hunter ” uni some shuttling in from U.S. bases in ts on nighttime patrols to keep the nearby Panama. insurgents off balance. The guerril But the advisers themselves, the las appear to have pulled back. men closest to the action, repeated “In the past, the operations were ly invoke Vietnam and its lessons as large-scale, with minimal contact. they plot strategy and appeal for a The army would leave an area after a stronger U.S. commitment to El Sal week, and the guerrillas would vador. And they frequently sound come back in,” explained an Army bitter. major, an El Salvador specialist and “Don’t talk to me about why we Vietnam veteran, at U.S. Southern didn’t succeed in Vietnam,” Col. Command headquarters in Panama. Nicholas A. Andreacchio, holder of the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, see EL SALVADOR, page 4 The Observer Tuesday, September 20, 1983 — page 2 In Brief Save the Dome A mail charged with arson in the bombing of a hotel We dreamed too smalt a dream. Tomorrow we will owned by followers of an Indian guru was transferred to a regular begin again and build it bigger, and when it is built, hospital room after being released from custody on bond. Stephen P. we will put a gold dome on top. Father — Edward Sorin Paster, .54, of Los Angeles, who had been held in the hospital’s security ward, suffered injuries to his arms, face and torso in the July It will he one hundred years ago this fall that the Margaret Fosmoe 29 blast at the Hotel Rajneesh in Portland. He is to undergo more scaffolding was removed from around the Dome and Managing Editor surgery, Scot Roskelley, spokesman for the Portland Adventist Medi the structure stood "revealed in all its grandeur,” cal Center, said. A woman who identified herself as his wife, Linda C. according to a Scholastic article of the time. Inside Tuesday Paster, posted bond and delivered a statement t to The Oregonian. Sorin promised Notre Dame a golden dome after his The newspaper reported that the statement was critical of the fol famous "even if it were all gone, 1 would not give up" Colorful stories describing the door to the upper bal lowers of guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. No details were given. — speech in 1879. cony and the Dome itself have become a part of campus His collegues later reneged on the plan, thinking AP folklore.