Mayor ’88 Commencement Speaker by SUSAN MARHEFKA Dame Minority Policies, Mal Cluding the 1956 Montgomery, Demonstrators in the South
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Clouds crowd ACCENT: Cheap Trick is back! Wednesday with a 50 percent chance of rain or snow. High 5 35 to 40. Cloudy Wednesday night with a 50 percent chance VIEWPOINT: Grades not set in stone of snow. VOL. XXI, NO. 102 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1988 the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Sdint Mary’s AtlantaMayor ’88 commencement speaker By SUSAN MARHEFKA Dame minority policies, Mal cluding the 1956 Montgomery, demonstrators in the South. candidates for honorary Staff Reporter loy said. Alabama bus boycott and a He became executive vice degrees as well as the com Conklin cited Young’s “ex voter education and registra president following King’s asmencement speaker. The trus Atlanta Mayor Andrew cellent record in political tion project in New York City sassination in 1968. tees then meet and approve the Young will be the Notre Dame rights” and his “successful po selections, based on various commencement speaker on litical career” as among his After resigning from the con criteria including who the pre May 15, said Richard Conklin, varied accomplishments. ference in 1970, Young served vious speakers have been and director of public relations and Young was nominated by as chairman of the Atlanta who represents the Univer information for the University. President Carter to be the Community Relations Com sity’s policies. He will be the second black American ambassador to the mission for two years. He also Reactions to the announce commencement speaker at United Nations, a post which served in the U.S. House of ment have been very good, ac Notre Dame after Vernon Jor he held from 1977-79. Representatives. cording to Fitzgibbon. dan addressed the class of 1976, The commencement speaker “There has been a great according to University ar He was elected mayor of At is chosen each year after the response from the students . chives. lanta in 1982 and again in 1986. senior class makes their sug because he is a public figure The announcement was Young was born in New Or gestions, said Amy Treder, and he is known as a m an of made at “a propitious leans and graduated from senior class treasurer. Those high values and someone to be time. when new minority en Howard University in 1951. He nominations are then submit respected,” said Fitzgibbon. rollment policies are being continued his studies at the ted to Father Malloy. “He takes words and turns enacted," said Conklin. Hartford Theological Semi The development office and them into action. He is a role nary and was ordained a min Mayor Andrew Young Father Hesburgh’s office also model, which is what we were Father Edward Malloy ister in the United Church of give their input, added Seniorlooking for.” agrees. “He is a major spokes Christ, serving as pastor in Al organizing nonviolent protest Class President Diane Fitzgib- “Pm very pleased with the man for the black community" abama and Georgia churches. with Martin Luther King, Jr. bon. selection. He is a man of action and his selection is a step Active in the civil rights Young joined the Southern According to Father Malloy, ... he has challenged a lot of toward efforts to respond to the movement, he was involved Christian Leadership Confer University groups, faculty, stu establishments and the results recently announced Notre with numerous projects, in ence in 1961, aiding King anddents and trustees nominateare there,” Fitzgibbon added. Campus violence studied by Senate By ERIC M. BERGAMO the problem after he saw Mr. Senior Staff Reporter and Mrs. Howard Clery on “Hour Magazine” discussing A resolution calling for the the murder of their daughter establishment of a legislative Jeanne in April 1986 while she study committee to review the was a freshman at Lehigh Uni problem of campus violence at versity in Pennsylvania. Indiana universities was The girl was awakened passed by the Indiana Senateduring the night by a male stu last week, according to State dent who was stealing valu Senator Joseph Corcoran (R ables from her room, Corcoran Seymour), sponsor of the explained. The student then resolution. raped and killed the girl. The resolution now goes to The student was convicted of the legislative council, com murder and is appealing a prised of members from both death sentence in the case, Cor houses of the Indiana General coran said. Assembly, who will decide if Lehigh officials refused to the committee should be estab tell the Clerys the cause of their lished, he said. daughter’s death for two days, The committee, if approved, he said, adding that Lehigh will collect statistics on violent released the cause only after crime at Indiana colleges andHoward Cleary had received examine the role of campus se assistance from the Pennsylva curity forces, Corcoran noted. nia State Police. Friendly exchange The Observer/SusyHemandez The committee will also see Corcoran wrote to the Clerys if colleges are willing to release and was asked to appear on the Tina Donahue and Janet McNeil, both Saint Mary’s students, exchange pleasantries outside the dining crime statistics to prospective “Sally Jessy Raphael” show hall. The spring like weather they enjoyed Tuesday is quuickly fading and rain and snow are expected freshmen, he said. which aired Jan. 26. today. Nationwide statistics on The day the program was campus violence are “pretty taped a story about the Clerys terrifying,” Corcoran said. and their daughter’s murder Dukakis, Bush lead in Vermont “The average girl attending appeared in USA Today, Cor college, 25 percent of them coran said. Associated Press Vermont in 1984, was running mary took place on Town stand a chance of being raped Since his appearance on the dead last. Meeting Day when Vermont’s program, Corcoran has MONTPELIER, Vt. -George Dole was flush with endorse sometime during the four year 328,466 voters decided town received “a tremendous Bush, bidding to extend his winments in his effort to challenge period of college attendance. budgets, road repairs and a amount of mail from around ning streak in New England, the vice president in his That’s worse chances than host of other local issues. the country from people who led Bob Dole Tuesday night in Yankee backyard. Pat would happen in the average With 43 percent of Vermont’s are very much interested in the the Vermont Republican Robertson and Rep. Jack Kemp neighborhood,” Corcoran said. precincts reporting, Bush had subject.” presidential primary. Michael put up little effort and lagged “Colleges in this country cer 6,042 votes for 49 percent, com Corcoran said he hopes to Dukakis defeated four other far behind the GOP front- tainly should be at least as safe pared to Dole at 4,998 and 41 start work as “close to July 1 Democrats in the low-key, low- runners. percent. Robertson, whose sup as the neighborhoods from as possible” if the committee stakes tuneup for Super Tues The elections were “beauty- porters said they were focusing which young people come from is approved. day. contest ” primaries. Vermont’s on the April caucuses, had 5 and university officials should Corcoran would not spec In the state with the fewest national convention delegatespercent and Kemp had just 3.4 do everything humanly pos ulate what kind of legislation blacks in the nation, Jesse Jack won’t be apportioned until next percent. sible. to provide for safe, se would be recommended by the son ran a strong second to the month in party caucuses, and Bush had established his cure circumstances for stu committee. Massachusetts governor, as he the candidates have practi standing in New England withdents while they are attending did last weekend in Maine.cally ignored the state to con college,” he added. Gary Hart, the big winner in centrate on the South. The pri see PRIMARY, page 4 Corcoran became aware of see SENATE, page 5 page 2 The Observer Wednesday, March 2, 1988 In Brief Could College of Sports fix U.S. jock shortage? John Kozak, professor of chemistry, has been named The evidence seems clear: the United States head of the department of chemistry by Francis Castellino, has a definite jock deficit, and we’ve got to do dean of the College of Science. Kozak, who joined the something about it. Chris faculty at the University in 1968, replaces Thomas Fehlner, If you’ve watched the Olympics over the past who will return to teaching and research.-The Observer several weeks, you m ay have wondered if ABC Julka was doing a travel-guide special on the lights and wonders of Calgary. If the Winter Olympics Assistant News Editor proved anything, it was that it is definitely an international competition. Of Interest Jim McKay got “up close and personal” with so many medalists from the Eastern Bloc that he might as well have been a correspondent for The Juggler, an art and literary magazine, will accept Tass. And I hate to say it, but about the only submissions for the spring 1988 issue only through the end Americans you saw were usually crying, lying of this week. Bring submissions to the English office, third on the ice or drinking Bud in the stands. floor of O’Shaughnessy Hall. -The Observer Apparently, this is the worst we’ve done since 1936. We’ve never really dominated the Winter Olympics, of course. Still, the experts are Irish Pub Night at Theodore’s featuring Irish music saying that we probably aren’t going to look by members of “Paddy’s Racket” will be tonight. The that spectacular this summer either. America members of the group are David Jones, National Hammer is starting to look like a nation which rejoices Dulcimer Champion; Dan Gellert, player in the national in its wimpiness.