~~-- VOL. XXIII NO. 82 WEDNESDAY I JANUARY 30, 1991 · THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S O'Hara, SUFR members compromise after discussion Demand for social space, use of Theodore's to be addressed in upcoming meeting By KATE MANUEL hers of SUFR and Director of O'Hara, "You're going to people are being disrespected. News Writer Student Activities Joe Cassidy, Members upset I page 5 commit to something tonight, Do you understand what I'm to discuss the use of Theodore's today. We want something def­ feeling?" said a SUFH member. After much discussion at and the allotment of social cerns to Cassidy after SUFR inite." Other demands addressed members began pressuring Tuesday's rm~eting between Pa­ space in LaFortune. ·Another SUFR member said, prior to the compromise were tricia O'Hara, Vice President of Several SUFR members ex­ O'Hara to respond to at least "You should be a liaison for us. the formulation of a racial ha­ Student Affairs, and members pressed concern that contacting one of their demands. If you knew how frustrated ... rassment policy, autonomy of of thn group SUFH. a partial Cassidy directly would not be a The compromise came after we are, it wouldn't be that hard the Office of Minority Affairs sufficient solution to their need five of SUFR's nine demands to do for us. We have been very and prerogative of the Director agrnnment was made toward were discussed without solu­ filling one of the nine demands for meeting space. Members respectful, although you have of Minority Student Affairs to that SUFR presentnd to O'Hara said they had not been effective tion. Group members began not respected us. We have been select his own assistants, and leaving the meeting, expressing on January 21. in conveying minority needs to very civil, although you have the proposed multi-cultural O'Hara said that she would Cassidy in the past and that disgust as the arguments con­ not always been civil." center. tinued but no conclusions were act as a liaison for SUFR in they wanted a prompt solution "We've been talking since I've SUFH reiterated its demand reached. setting up a mneting within the to this problem. been here. I'm about to gradu­ for a racial harassment policy Prior to leaving the meeting, n1~xt two wneks between mem- She agreed to assist the stu­ ate and nothing has happened. dents in presenting their con- one SUFR member said to I'm being disrespected and my see SUFR/page 5 Desert Storm launches 2,600 more air sorties on Iraq (AP)-In partly cloudy skies, Operation Desert Storm launched more than 2,600 air sorties Tuesday against Iraq and Kuwait, the U.S. command said, and no coalition war­ planes were reported lost. Bombers focused again on the dug~in Republican Guard, elite units that are the backbone of Iraq's defense of Kuwait. OPERATION Stevens said the attacks had "severely degraded" bridges, DESERT STORM roads and other supply routes to the front, but he conceded, "I can't tell you it's cut off." The war and TV I page 7 The U.S. command reported State of the Union I page 6 that Navy jets again struck ves­ Night scouts I page 7 sels at the Umm Qasr naval Nation's state of mind I base in southernmost Iraq, and page 6 hit two launchers for Iraqi anti­ ship Silkworn missiles. Air attacks also set a petro­ well as factories on the out­ chemical complex ablaze in the skirts of the city," said No or southern port city of Basra, Mohammed, 37, a Sudanese Iran's news agency reported, tailor. He also said he saw at and an anti-Saddam Kurdish least 25 damaged vehicles, in­ resistance group reported cluding a bus, along the desert heavy damage to military tar­ highway west to Jordan. gets in the northern oil city of Kirkuk. "Anyone who now lives any­ Refugees reaching Jordan where in Iraq must be crazy," told of ceaseless air attacks and said a Jordanian woman who drove through Iraq from AP Photo devastation. "There is a lot of destruction Kuwait. "It is really hell, bombs President Bush gestures during a speech before a meeting of religious broadcasters Monday morning in everywhere in Baghdad. I have are falling all the time and Washington. Bush said the war in the Persian Gulf is against the regime of Saddam Hussein and not the seen many houses flattened, as there is fire everywhere." people of Iraq. See State of the union, page 6. Members of the HPC discuss Tuthill will serve as Editor-in-Chief for 1991-92 activities of Gulf Crisis group By MONICA VANT By DAVID KINNEY ing to Poorman. After a short dorms about the topic of Spike Associate News Editor News Writer prayer service, the group hopes Lee's presentation on Feb. 2. to hold an all-night prayer vigil. "The topic of the lecture is cul­ Kelley Tuthill has been A women's dorm and a men's tural diversity," said Harris, named Editor-in-Chief of The Some members of the Hall dorm will be encouraged to emphasizing that while racial Observer for 1991-92 by a Presidents' Council (HPC) send at least two representa­ tensions may be addressed, majority vote of the general voicod concerns regarding ac­ tives to the Grotto during a they will not be the primary fo­ board. tivities planned by the Gulf Cri­ specific time in order to pass on cus. Tuthill is a junior American sis Action group for this Friday. a candle, she continued. According to Harris, the SUB Studies major with a concen­ The group has put together a Some HPC members raised Is working to make the presen­ tration in Gender Studies. She candlelight procession and concerns that the service and tation a positive event support­ is from Hingham. Mass. prayer vigil in remembrance of vigil might lose support because ing racial diversity, rather than "The next year promises to the United States troops fighting because of a misinterpretation another factor fostering racial be an exciting one, with Notre in the gulf. according to Marci of the group's stance on the war tensions. Dame's celebration of its Poorman, a Gulf Crisis group issue. • Kelly Fitzpatrick announced Sesquicentennial, the 20th an­ Kelley Tuthill member. "Our group stands for peace, that SUB and Travelmore are niversary of women at ND, and The program commemorates against the war," explained sponsoring a Spring Break trip The Observer's 25th anniver­ for her news feature on the National Day for Student Poorman in explanation of the to Panama City Beach, Florida. sary. I look forward to guiding Chinese students at ND. Activism. "It's an event that we group's beliefs. "Everyone says The $199 fee covers the bus The Observer through what "Among other things, l am want to be non-partisan, that we're against the war, (so) trip and seven night's lodging; a I'm sure will be a special committed to fulfilling our goal whether you support the war or we don't support our troops. We $50 deposit s due Feb. 8. year." of truly being a newspaper not," Poorman said. really do." •Cavanaugh Hall President . Tuthill previously served as that serves both ND and Saint The procession begins at 6:30 In other business: Mike Carpin announced the Ca­ News Editor, Assistant News Mary's," she said. "I will seek p.m. on Feb. 1 at the flagpole •Scott Harris of the Student vanaugh presentation of the Editor, and News Copy Editor. the involvement of Saint on the Notre Dame campus and Union Board (SUB) encouraged play "While the Lights Were As a Senior Staff Reporter, she Mary's students in all will end at the Grotto, accord- hall presidents to inform the Out," in Washington Hall. won a national award last year departments of the paper." -------~-~~---~ - .,.,...,,.,....,.......&1\ ,......,T -.~ .... - \ page 2 The Observer Wednesday, January 30, 1991 INSIDE COLUMN Mostly cloudy today with early ---~;.v 1 morning flurries. I hereby enter Highs from the middle to upper I 20s. Partly cloudy and cold tonight. my name 1n Lows from the lower to mid teens. Partly sunny and ·the NFL draft cold Thursday. Highs in the middle 20's It is with great pain TEMPERATURES: and a heavy heart that I H L announce today my in­ 50 43 tentions to forgo my se­ 56 48 46 30 nior year of eligibility 72 68 and enter my name in 24 18 68 35 the pool for the NFL 16 0 draft. 35 19 80 60 After examining closely John O'Brien 68 57 all sides of the issue, I Managing Editor ilnianapotis 32 17 hav!:' decided to beat the London 37 34 Los Angeles 63 46 Feb. 1 deadline and take Madrid 50 30 my risks with this year's draft. Miami Beach 81 73 Moscow 10 10 It is true that I have not played football at New York 50 36 Notre Dame, but I have been in close counsel Paris 34 30 the past few days with Football Coach Lou Philadelphia 52 28 Rome 52 28 Holtz. After hearing o"f my decision, Holtz StLouis 49 23 issued the following statement: -San Ffancisco 64 42 "While I have never actually heard of John South Bend 35 14 O'Brien, I support fully his decision to enter the draft. Though I'm not really sure what he's done for the University of Notre Dame, I'm sure someone will miss him." Frankly, I was touched.