Thursday, December 4, 1997 • Vol. XXXI No. 64 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S • STUDENT SENATE Senators question Lingenfelser about petition By HEATHER MACKE~ZIE to the senate in last night's A~sistant News Editor meeting. ''I'm holding off because I Members of the Student want to have the full support of Senate finally had a chance to the students and want the sen­ question Jeremy Lingenfelser ate to know that the students about the validity of his petition overwhelmingly support this," of recall in their meeting last Lingenfelser said. "I was hoping night. to have the senate take indepen­ Lingenfelscr spoke about his dent action on impeachment. I petition and then answered want the senate to hear the peo­ direct questions from members ple and impeach the president." of the senate on topics ranging Many members of the senate, from his reasons for drafting the however, do not feel that the stu­ • prtition to the number of signa­ dent body has enough informa­ tures he has already gathered in tion to make an intelligent deci­ favor of recalling student body sion about whether or not to president Matt Griffin. remove Griffin from office. The "Most of the accusations in the fact that Lingenfelser uses the petition have been considered Gipper, an anonymous feature in and dealt with by the [Student Members of the Student Senate questioned student Jeremy Lingenfelser about his petition to recall student Scholastic Magazine, as a source Senate] Ethics Committee," said body president Matt Griffin yesterday. A.J. Boyd, pictured second from left, clarified his stand on the issue. was also a reason for skepticism. Ethics Committee member Pat and has a clean slate. Why are dent body." ing the stuqents." "My impression is that most Coyle. questioning Lingenfelser you still pushing for the removal "You arc missing the will of Although Lingenfelser said students don't know much about on the rationale behind the peti­ of the president if he has shown the students," Lingenfelser told that he "had the 15 percent" of the situation beyond what the tion. "Most of the problems of he has corrected his ways?" the senate. "Students are over- student signatures on the peti- Gipper says," said Lauren real substance occurred at the Lingenfelser responded by whelmingly unsatisfied and you tion that are required for a Herring, senator from beginning of the year. Since reiterating that he had a "large are not doing a sufficient job recall election to be held, he did Cavanaugh Hall. "I don't think then, [Griffin] has been talked to amount of support from the stu- because you are not represent- not formally present the petition see SENATE I page 4 r l· I Christmas around the globe ~ ; Esteemed professor I ; :... i dies during holiday By KRISTI KUTSCH Sporleder. "There is no ques­ News Wrirer tion about that." "He had a particular pres­ Brian Crumlish was a profes­ ence about himself, and it was sor, architect and friend, but a pleasant opportunity to be he was also an inspiration. able to work with him," Crumlish, age 69, died of a Sporleder added. heart attack Thomas Smith, professor and Nov. 27, on chair of the architecture Thanksgiving department, recounted a simi­ Day. He lar relationship with Crumlish. served the "He was a master of the tech­ Notre Dame nical aspect of architecture," community Smith said. "He respected his for 33 years, students as they co-taught with arriving at him." the School of Crumlish Crumlish was regarded as an Architecture esteemed professor as well as a in 1964. successful architect. At the As a professor in the School time of his death, he was of Architecture, he taught stu­ engaged in a partnership with dents in all five levels of the his son, Brendan, at the archi­ program. The classes he taught tecture firm of Crumlish and were Design Thesis, Acoustics Crumlish in South Bend. and Illumination, Building Crumlish also helped to Technology and Architectural design the Queen of Peace Sketching. Church and Bible Church in Donald Sporleder, professor Mishawaka, the St. Pius Church in the School of Architecture, in Granger, the College of The Observer/Jeff Hsu knew Crumlish well. The two Architecture complex at Ball any campus locations are embracing the Christmas spirit these last two weeks of school. Here, were childhood friends, as well State University, as well as ren­ Mthe globe in the Hurley Building, which houses among others the offices of Residence Life and as partners in an architecture ovations to the University Club Student Affairs, has been dressed up for the holidays. firm for 25 years. "He inspired many," said see CRUMLISH I page 4 • SECURITY BEAT Security tries to find solutions to remedy damage By MICHELLE KRUPA Safety. Associare News Ediror "The company analyzed the paint and came up with three or four formu­ After failed attempts to clean red las that they think will take care of the paint off campus buildings from last vandalized areas," Zerr said. Saturday's vandalism, Notre Dame offi­ As for students whose cars were cials have hired a consultant company damaged with the paint, Zerr said that to formulate cleaning solvents in an several have been able to clean their attempt to get the job done. vehicles with hot, soapy water or gaso­ The private company, which was line but recommended that students go hired at the suggestion of University to local body shops if the paint does not insurance advisors, will test three or come off easily. four synthetically-produced chemical "Your best bet is to go to a body cleaners today on areas of Bond Hall shop. Our concern is that if you try to and the statue of the Sacred Heart of remove [the paint] yourself, you might Jesus on Main Quad, according to Bob The Observer/Kevin Dalum Zerr, director of Risk Management and see VANDALS I page 4 In the vandalism that occurred over the weekend, many couches were slashed in LaFortune Student Center. page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Thursday, December 4, 1997 • INSIDE COLUMN Home is where utside the Dome Compiled from U-Wire reports the heart is Michigan law school sued for discriminatory admissions ANN ARBOR, Mich. states that she is still willing to In the midst of finals Lori Allen and formals, we find The law firm challenging the attend the Law School. Saint Mary's Ediror ourselves forming University's undergraduate admis­ The complaint, filed by CIR, names friendships in these last sions policies will file a similar suit university president Lee Bollinger, few weeks of the semester that define what today against the Law School. law dean Jeffrey Lehman, assistant this whole college thing is all about. A Barbara Grutter, who applied to MICHIGAN dean for law school admissions fleeting home away from home. the Law School in December 1996 Dennis Shields, the University Board Home. I'd bet my tuition that each and and was denied admission to this of Regents and the Law School as every one of us could define in 30 seconds fall's first-year class, is suing the defendants in a class-action suit. or less what home means to them. For most university, alleging that the admis­ Lehman said he is confident the of us, home is that four-letter word that sions policies discriminated against a very substantial factor in the school's admissions policy is consti- was always waiting after school with a tall her by giving racial preferences to University of Michigan admissions," tutional. · glass of milk and some chocolate chip cook­ minority students. Greve said. "We do not use quotas," Lehman ies; the place that kept the light on in the "The plan tiff in this case has a very Grutter, 44, graduated from said. "We are fortunate that we have front window after late night basketball compelling case that will hold up in Michigan State university in 1978 far more well-qualified applicants practice, and let us use its closets and cor­ court," Michael Greve, executive with a GPA of 3.81 and LSAT score than we can accept each year." ners for hide-n-seek. director of the Washington D.C.­ of 161. For 11 years, she has run a Of the 3,636 students who applied Home is that place that, when we were based law firm Center for Individual health care information consulting for admission to the Law School's out of school sick, became like our very own Rights, told The Michigan Daily yes­ business. class of 1999, 1,123 were accepted. palace, not to be shared with siblings until terday. The suit claims that Grutter suf­ Minority students comprise 21 per­ at least three o'clock. Home is that place CIR filed the original suit against fered humiliation, emotional dis­ cent of the 1999 law class. that thought we were still pretty after two the university's undergraduate tress, pain and suffering and eco­ Bollinger said the addition of a body waves and a perm in seventh grade, admissions policies in October and nomic damages from not being new lawsuit does not change the and forgave us for decorating its walls with will now represent Grutter. "Race is admitting to the university. It also core public policy issues at stake. posters from "Teen-Beat." When nothing seemed to be going right, home was the place where it would all make sense. • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA • HARVARD UNIVERSITY After three and a half years away from "home," I've finally discovered the real Football star declared ineligible Students vote on union-picked grapes meaning of the word.