Faculty Grades Administrative Performance by RUSS WILLIAMS References to “About Right.” Leadership Quality of O’Meara

IOBSERVER Thursday, April 11, 1996 • Vol. XXVII No. 121 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Panel readies for Board report By GWENDOLYN NORGLE body,” Patrick said. teaching methods. For exam Associate News Editor As the Center for Social Con ple, in one of her classes, an cerns intern on multicultural outdated 1970’s text that was The contributors to the Stu concerns, Haley said she has a “homophobic, sexist and racist ” dent Government Spring 1996 lot to offer to the report. As the was used, she said. Report to the Board of Trustees lia so n fo r th e CSC and the In addition, as the only are looking forward to the op Office for Multicultural Student African-American in many of portunity to Affairs at Notre Dame, she her classes, Haley said she feels present their works on a number of multicul- she is expected to be the personal lurally related projects. Some of “authority on all African-Amer experiences these include the Martin Luther icans around the world. ” dealing with King, Jr., Planning Committee, Silva, a representative from multicultural- the Learning to Talk About Gays and Lesbians of Notre ism at Notre Race Retreat, and the Cultural Dame and Saint Mary’s College The Observer/Alyson Frick Dame. Diversity Seminar, which is a and a member of the Ad Hoc Peri Arnold, David Leege and Samuel Best discuss the role of “self After one-week learning program fo Committee on Gay and Lesbian presentation" in Election 1996. announcing Patrick cusing on diverse ethnic neigh Student Needs, said that he also s o p h o m o r e borhoods in Chicago. has a unique perspective to of Making of the President... Christine Haley, junior Anthony In the report and in her pre fer to the report: Silva, Jr., senior Cristiane sentation in front of the board, “Multiculturalism doesn’t just Likely and freshman Luisa Haley said she will focus on deal with race, ” he said. “It Profs analyze Dole, Heredia as the report commit both the positives and negatives deals with gender. ” tee members last week, former of her classroom experiences at A sociology major with a con Student Body President Notre Dame. According to Ha centration in gender studies, Jonathan Patrick offered his ley, one positive aspect of class Silva said he agrees with Haley, Clinton campaigns enthusiasm for student gov room settings is that they pro that as the only known gay By KELLY BROOKS other, essentially the candi ernment’s choices. vide opportunities “where male in most of his classes, he “We’ve chosen some incredi stereotypes can be destroyed.” feels he is expected to speak as News Writer dates,” Arnold explained. ’’The stage of ‘96 we see two actors ble people who represent a However, Haley noted, some of wide range of the student her teachers have used biased The 1996 presidential elec or opera singers each having to see TRUSTEE / page 4 tions will be shaped by the self define their narrative.” presentations that Senator Bob The opera is the discussion Dole and President Bill Clinton between the two candidates on Phelps tackles issues off the court form as they try to appeal to the issues. Part of their dia By DAVID FREDDOSO said, when a large part of the drug trade from the electorate, according to logue is the narrative which is News Writer large cities ends up in small towns and exclusive Professor Peri Arnold, composed of the candidate’s neighborhoods whose minority populations are Professor David Leege, and past, character, and diagnosis small or even nonexistent. Professor Samuel Best. of society, he continued. Digger Phelps, the man who coached the In order to find the solution, Phelps said, “we The panel discussion, spon “Senator Dole still has no Fighting Irish to the 1978 NCAA Final Four, was back on campus yesterday. But instead of relating have to understand how this has happened in this sored by Pangborn Hall, narrative, ” he said. “Since the probed the topic, “The State of Union, Bill Clinton has his basketball experiences, Phelps encouraged a country and why.” The main problem, he said, is the perception of hopelessness, particularly Candidates, the Issues, What been reconstructing the third crowd of about fifty students among inner-city minority youths. You Need to Know to Vote.” way [centrist Democrat] and and faculty to take an active The solution, according to Phelps, is to present Arnold concentrated on the for putting together a new self pre role in remedying the social ills of their communities. the young men and women of America’s large mation and the role of each sentation.” “No matter what your beliefs cities with options for the future. He presented candidate’s narrative in secur It is this self-presentation “Weed and Seed” as a model program for imple ing votes. Leege focused on the which will define how well Dole may be, whether you are a menting this solution. “Weed” refers to the weed advantages that Dole campaign and Clinton will fair in the elec Christian or not, you have to feel, find, and give back for ing out of the bad element in a particular neigh possesses at the present time, tions. If Dole presents himself what you have been given as a borhood, while “Seed” refers to the sowing of an while Best countered with in the right manner, he can person to those who have not Phelps image of normalcy among inner-city youth. Clinton’s strengths. ride the wave of Republican been gifted.” As he sees it, the w ar on drugs has to be made Arnold saw the candidates as resurgence into office. Clinton, up of more than just drug prevention programs. functions of demographics and in turn, must reconstruct the Phelps, who recently headed the drug preven Rather, once the dealers in the area have been issues. The problem that can self-presentation of ‘92, which tion program “Weed and Seed” under the Bush administration, spoke primarily about the need uprooted, the youth of the neighborhood must be didates face is constructing a won him the election. educated to view their police, their city, their narrative. He formed his com “Elections are won and lost for community involvement in order to fight schoolwork, and their future career options in an ments around the metaphor of by popular votes in states... America’s drug problem. Right away, he made it clear that no one can be entirely different and more postitive light if they an opera. Candidates just need the right excused from the responsibility for fixing the drug “The opera produces people problem. This is especially true at this point, he on a stage singing to each see ELECTION / page 4 see PHELPS / page 4 F aculty S enate Faculty grades administrative performance By RUSS WILLIAMS references to “About Right.” leadership quality of O’Meara. News Writer certain types of There were When posed the question re faculty mem Teachers Evaluate Leadership three questions garding Malloy's leadership Are you generally pleased with the quality ol Please rate the quality ol Timothy O'M eara's If the results of the recent bers, including leadership in the University's upper Administration? leadership as Provost ol Notre Dame. on the survey quality, 131 respondents rated survey returned by two-fifths of adjunct and Very Pleased 13% Very Pleased 2 7% asking faculty it “Somewhat High,” and 75 Notre Dame’s faculty are any maritime facul Somewhat Pleated 3 1% Somewhat Pleased 28% members to rate rated it “Very High. ” But 153 of indication, faculty support for ty members. N eu tral 14% N eu tral 16% the leadership the respondents expressed dis University President Father Porter said Somewhat Displeased 24% Somewhat Displeased 15% quality exhibited pleasure, with 86 rating Mal Very Displeased 10% Edward Malloy and Executive that it is very Very Displeased 15% by administra loy’s leadership quality Please rate the quality ol Edward Malloy's leadership Please rate the quality of William Beaucham p's Vice President William important for as President ol Notre Dame. leadership as Executive Vice President. tors Malloy, “Somewhat Low, ” and 67 re Beauchamp is not as great as it adjunct faculty Very Pleased 16% Very Pleased 11% Beauchamp, and spondents rating it “Very Low. ” is for outgoing Provost Timothy members to Somewhat Pleased 28% Somewhat Pleased 22% O’Meara. Seventy-five of the respondents O’Meara. have a voice on N eu tral 19% N eu tral 2 1% The respon- answered “Neutral,” and only The results of the survey, the Faculty Somewhat Displeased 18% Somewhat Displeased 18% dents 13 checked off “No Opinion. ” which was approved by the Senate, and Very Displeased 14% Very Displeased 14% overwhelmingly As for Beauchamp, 53 of the Faculty Senate on March 7, that the com showed approval respondents considered the leadership displayed by certain were released at last night’s mittee recommends that there for the work of O’Meara. quality of his leadership to be university administrators. Only Faculty Senate meeting. be two seats on the senate for O’Meara, who is stepping down “Very High,” and 102 rated it 39 percent of the faculty mem The Senate also voted to pass adjunct faculty. as Provost, garnered support “Somewhat high.” Eighty-two bers returned their surveys. a resolution which would give Father Patrick Sullivan from 306 respondents, with 127 answered “Somewhat Low” and When asked if faculty in adjunct faculty members more agreed. “This is a Catholic so rating the quality of his leader 64 respondents answered “Very of a voice in the Faculty Senate.

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