Inauguration Ushers in Eldred Era by SHANA'e TATE News Writer
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Tuesday, October 7, 1997 • Vol. XXXI No. 32 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Inauguration ushers in Eldred Era By SHANA'E TATE News Writer Students, !'acuity, stan·. distin guished gunsts and n~pn·snnta tives of' surrounding communi 'President ties gatlwrPd at O'l.aughlin A u d i t o r i u ,,~n~~... I"!P!W-..., yest1~rday to-.,_, :W·IIIc' •11 Eldred has celebrate not • Eldred only the inauguration Inauguration charmed of' Marilou special section Eldred. but pp. 4-5 the young also to celP- L_____ __j brate Saint Mary's history and the journey into the next mil and old. We lennium. The inauguration lwgan with a welconw by tlw College's know that vicp-pn~sid1mt and dean of' stu d!~nts. Dorothy Feigl. who briPily recapped llw history of' she will Saint Mary's. Mary u;u Corno, chairman of' the Board of' Trust Pes. l'ollowNI absorb the with tlw installation of' l:ldred. The Observer/ Manuela Hernandez Eldn~d <H~C.PptPd thP n•sponsi• Mary Lou Garno (right), chair of the Board of Trustees, applauds the newly inaugurated Marilou Eldred. spirit of the bility to !Pad tlw CoiiPge in all asp nets. Caldwell, president of' the sharing of long tradition and community." Student body pr<'sid<'nl Nikki Alummw Association Board of similarities between the schools. In the continuation of greet College that Milos extendPd tlw gr!'!~ling Directors. "President Eldred has He said the College's "'neigh ings, the mayors of Elkhart, !'rom tlw stu(h~nts. "On bdutll' of' charmed the young and the old. bors to the south' will always be Mishawaka and South Bend the students. I W<'it·onw you as We know that she will absorb there to help." proclaimed Oct. 6 as Saint lives in all of wn look forward to your lnader tlw spirit of the College that lives Father Edward Malloy, presi- Mary's College Day. They ship ... slw said. in all of us," she said. dent of Notre Dame, spoke believe that there is a strong us. ' Milos addPd that t-:ldn·d will The nr.xt two speak- c..\~ y 's . about the sharing of tra- "relationship between the com lw "promoting an atmosplwrn of' Prs wen~ thr, presi- . .;. ;:;>----......_,~~~) / clition and history munity." individual atli•ntion and pio dnnts of' Saint - / . :\."' between the two From another point of view, IWering r.hangt•." Mary's two SPES UN~1~ I'\c.· *'schools. He .com- Anita Pampusch, president of Susan Shouvlin Hnpresnnting tlw pan•nls of' neighboring _. \-. mentedthat1fone the Bush Foundation and a pro Saint Mary's. Coll!•!•n and .Jamns and lloly Cross / · 1 L school ever had to fessional colleague of Eldred's, Caldwell, Hyan, chair-c.ouplt• of' l'ar!'nts a f f i I i a t e d . J / • 'struggle to survive, spoke about having the "inside Council. focus!'CI on tlw passion. s e h o o I s . ·: ! - the other was track" on Eldred. The two president of the love. and rnspPrt Eldn~d has Brotlll'r Hichard ,_, / ;·~ there." worked together at the College already d1wnlop1~d by this insti Gilman, president ,.... {0., ,/ · Malloy stressed the of Saint Catherine's. Pampusch .Alumnae tution. They and tlw council are of II o ly .1: "·---.. :~..• _ ... _../'...;. importance for "priests, was the president when Eldred both very i~xrill'd to work with College, began 4. Mr." brothers and sisters to be served as vice president. She Association Eldn~d. "God bl1~ss and guide describing Saint Mary's as one." "We are in this described Eldred as a "sympa you into this institution." said new president as full of "wit, together," he stated. thetic listener, problem solver Board o the eoupln. passion, vision and charm." Malloy ended by addressing and organizer. She said that Anotlwr lwarti'Pit gr!'Pting was Gilman put an enormous Eldred saying. "welcome to the Directors givPn by Susan Shouvlin amount o!' t)mphasis on the territory and welcome to the see CEREMONY I page 4 • SECURITY BEAT Electric safety switch causes Work closes Edison power outage across campus Observer Staff Report one-lane tral'!'ic will be in of'fr.et throughout the clay By MICHELLE KRUPA The default setting and what our denly enveloped in darkness dur Off-campus students today while crews lay the Associate News Editor consultants said to set it at was ing morning classes. should anticipatP clnlays in base coat. On Wednesday, not in sync," he continued. "I was in 101 DeBartolo, and all getting to campus this that portion of' Edison will Students and staff' were left "Luckily, there were people work- of a sudden the lights went out, week because of construc be closed altogether so that without powr.r for about fivr, min- ing, and they were able to reset it said sophomore Heather Yolk. "I tion on portions of Edison the crews can begin apply utes beginning at 9:30 was in my 9:30 Hoad, according lo Phil ing the top coat. a.m. yesterday. --------------------- [class], and the pro- Johnson. assistant director "I think [the construction] The outage occurred 'Adevice was improperly set. The fessor was doing a of Notro Dame would be a major impact after an improperly-set d h computer presenta- Security/Police. on our students," Johnson voltage regulator trig- default setting an W at our con- tion. All of a sudden The s'ection of Edison that said, adding that students gcred a safety mecha- sultants said to set it at was not in sync. there was a pop, and connects .Juniper and Ivy should factor in the delay nism to shut off power to k'l h 1 k' d it was black. Hoads is being re-paved. when travelling to and part of campus. Luc 1 y, t ere were peop e wor mg an "We sat in the dark Johnson said, adding that from campus this week. "On a high voltage line, they were able to reset it immediately.' for about 1 o or 15 -o we have safety devices minutes, and then the a: ,_ Athletic -o that can shut off the lights came back on," Q) Fields a: power." said director of John DeLee she added. "It was Q_ >. Utilities John DeLee. director of Utilities kind of fun." ~0 c ~ ::J "The one that shut it No injuries were (;'0-~'< ""') off' [yesterday) morning--------------------- reported in conjunc- is usr.d to stop voltage tion with the outage, Edison Rd. - - - - going from Notre Dame to places immediately." according to Phil Johnson, assis- ofl'campus," he added. The setting has since been tant director of University lie explained that the safety altered, and DeLee does not Security/Police. problem occurred because a tem- anticipate similar outages. "There were not any incidents "C perature regulator was set to Numerous dorms and class- that I know of. 01' course when a:: keep temperatures at a power room buildings including there's an outage, elevators don't "C 0 facility at 80 degrees. DeBartolo Hall, COBA, Nieuwland work, but [power] was returned s:0 The correct setting should have Science Hall and Hayes-Healy really quickly, so I don't think c been 270 degrees. were left without power. there were any problems," he 2 "A device was improperly se.t. Students found themselves sud- said. The Observer/ Pete Cilella page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Tuesday, October 7, 1997 • INSJDE COLUMN • ViJom.o AT A GLANCE Get away Algerian school bus ambush leaves 17 people dead ALGIERS, Algeria Algerian massacres killed 10 people and injured 20, the !at- Armed men attacked a school bus ~---=::,.,----~-------~---",-~~-·--------.~-~ est bloodshed in a nearly 6-year-old Sunday in a region hard-hit by conflict between Islamic insurgents and from the tube Algeria's Islamic insurgents, killing 16 Algerian security forces, which has schoolchildren and their driver, hospi- killed an estimated 75,000 people. Ever since my room--------- tal sources said. The rockets were reportedly fired mates and I moved into Mary Margaret The bus crashed, rolling onto its side, from the nearby Chrea mountains, used when the driver apparently tried to run as a base for attacks on the isolated vii- our new home on the Nussbaum fourth floor of Howard, Assistant Accem Ediror a roadblock set up by the attackers, !ages of the Mitidja Plain. according to the hospital sources, who An army offensive on a stronghold of we have been trying to spoke on condition of anonymity. the Armed Islamic Group moved into its get hold of our neighbors in Morrissey across the Some of the children died from gun- 11th day Sunday, with tanks and bull- way. It's always good to know your neighbors. shots to the head, the somces said. dozers advancing and helicopters cir- I envisioned a true friendship forming over our The attack took place in Bouinan, cling a village that a general said guer- shared geography. We could run over to snag near Elida, about 30 miles south of rillas had mined and webbed with some Twizzlers, and they could come back to Algiers. The garrison town is in the escape tunnels. work on Calculus. Maybe, I thought, we could heart of a region targeted by the Several Algerian journalists allowed rig up one of those neat tin can and tube phone Armed Islamic Group, a militant orga- access to Oued Allel, 12 miles south of lines and talk about what we had for dinner and nization suspected in repeated, ruth- the capital, said security forces were the state of the universe.