Thursday, September 22, 1994 • Vol. XXVI No.l9 TI IE INDFPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAMF AND SAINT MARY'S Dorm room cable possible Acadamic workshops By KATE CRISHAM basically up to the University's we've been told that it could Assistant News Editor discretion," said Herczeg. cost only $300,000 for the ini- to increase success According to Herczog, aca- tial set-up." Notre Dame students want demic reasons will force the Herczog said that it would be By MISSY LIND confidential. their cable television. The ques­ University to install cable in in- up to the University to deter- _N_ew_s_W_ri_re_r ________ The workshops are designed tion is, will the University give dividual rooms in the near fu- mine how to settle the monthly to give students an added feel­ it to them? ture. cable bills. Over the course of this ing of security in their academ­ Student Government will "Sure, it will be great to have "Some networks, such as semester, the Counseling and ic success at Saint Mary's. submit a report to the Board of cable for entertainment pur- CNN and CSpan, give free ac- Career Development Center at "The workshops teach stu­ Trustees on September 29th, poses, but having cable also cess to educational institu- Saint Mary's, located in dents study skill techniques to requesting that the University opens up different academic tions," she said. "The LeMans Hall, will offer students help ensure academic success," install cable television when it options," she said. University has its own options the opportunity to attend a according to Bentley-Lesnak. "For example, within a few about how to do that." series of academic success . The Test-Taking and • see SENATE, page 3 years, students and teachers at According to Herczog, the workshops. Managing Anxiety Workshop Boston College will be able to University also expressed some The workshops began six will be held on Tuesday, mstalls e-mad m all dorm transmit things back and forth concern that cable television in years ago in an effort to aid October 11 or Wednesday, rooms within the next two to each other through cable," each room might break up the students in studying and help October 12. It will teach stu­ years. According to Larissa she said. "This is very interac- 'Notre Dame community'. students to comprehend the dents how to prepare for tests Herczeg, executive coordinator tive education." "They were worried that it importance of studying, accord- and how to relax while taking a of Board of Trustees reports, Herczeg said that Student would end the tradition of ing to Carol Bentley-Lesnak, a test. It will also inform stu­ installing e-mail and cable at Government contacted other watching cable in the lounges," counselor in the Counseling dents how to stop anxious the same time is the most sen- colleges and universities to find she said. "But if Notre Dame and Career Development thoughts such as "I am going to sible and cost-effective action out how they have handled the has to use T.V. as a way of uni- Center. fail," and enforce positive for the University to take. question of cable installation. fying the student body, then we Workshop topics include: thoughts such as "I can do "Since they're already going "Every school we talked to definitely need to search for Time Management, Test- this." to be wiring the rooms for e- either has cable or is in the other options." Taking, Managing Anxeity, The Stress Management mail, it makes sense to install process of installing it," Herczog noted that the stu- Stress Management, Reading, Workshop will be held on cable now, too," said Herczeg. Herczeg said. "Everyone is get- dent surveys which were dis- and Preparing for Finals. Wednesday, November 2 or "It just involves pulling the cox- ting it-from Creighton tributed to the dorms have Along with the specialized Thursday, November 3. At this ial cable wires." University in the middle of shown overwhelming support workshops, an Academic session students will recognize After this, the University Nebraska to Boston College." for cable installation. Support Group will meet every where stress in their lives would then have two options- According to Herczog, last "The students are for it, it is Tuesday from 4-5 p.m. comes from help them to turn either become its own cable year the University rejected a extremely cost-effective, and This group will allow stu- their negative thoughts into company by negotiating with task force proposal recom- we are going to have to do it dents to share their feelings on more positive ones. the individual networks, or go mending cable installation. sooner or later," she said. different classes and gain sup- The Reading Workshop will through a private cable com- "The University rejected it "Why have to go wire the port from fellow students who be held on Wednesday, pany. because they were told it would rooms twice? It makes sense to may have the same concerns. November 16 or Thursday, "Which option to take is cost $1 million," she said. "But install cable now." Matters disussed within the workshops are kept strictly see SUCCESS/ page 4 Willke: Pro-choice should be called pro-abortion By ANALISE TAYLOR New Writer Dr. John and Barbara Willke each wear a lapel pin with tiny little feet indicating their commitment to the pro-life movement. These feet, indicative of the babies' lives they hope to save through support counseling and loving care, symbolize 25 years of dedication to the movement. "The largest part (of the movement) is the unknown part," said Barbara Willke. The media does not accurately por­ tray the movement, according to her. The Willkes cited the slaying of Dr. Peter Gunn by radical zealot Paul Hill outside Gunn's abortion clinic as an example of biased reporting. "Pro-life leaders unequivo­ cally condemned Paul Hill's ac­ tions as murder," said John Willke. "Murder outside the door is just as reprehensible as inside the door. His actions were anti-abortion but not pro­ life." "He (Paul Hill) is the antithe­ sis of the pro-life movement," he said. The Wilkes stated abortion, infancide, and euthanasia as their three main focuses. The Observer/Brian Hardy "You cannot give someone Pro-life activists Dr. John and Barbara Wilke were interviewed by Channel 16 News yesterday before giving the right to do wrong," said their lecture entitled "Abortion's Current Controversies: Violence, Cairo, RU 486". Barbara Willke. The Willkes vehemently op­ posed the name of the pro­ "The media typifies us as a Pill," said John Willke. fault." choice movement. goody-two shoes organization," "Abortion is a fall back." The Willkes also discussed in­ "The group should be called Barbara Willke said, but there Abortion is talking about a formation about population pro-abortion," said John are two million couples cleared person having the autonomous growth rates. Willke. "Abortion is a direct, for adoption in this country and right to kill another, said John "The West is depopulating it­ volitional action by one individ­ almost no babies, she contin­ Willke. self at a dramatic level," said ual to another." ued. "More birth control, more John Willke. The Willkes criticized the Contraceptives are not the pregnancy," said Barbara "Abortion is the only moral press, stating that it portrayed answer either, the Willkes said. Willke. "People will say they issue where we can decide who the pro-life movement in a bad "Fifty per cent of the women were using birth control so that commits the crime," said light. coming to the clinics are on the must mean they weren't at Barbara Willke. page2 The Observer • INSIDE Thursday, September 22, 1994 • INSIDE COLUMN • Wmu.o AT A GLANCE Driving will Poverty a national problem few Americans willing to face Four in five working Americans say the condition of the poor and selfishness are serious national problems. But ask them what they never be the consider important in life, and the same numbers say having a beautiful home, a new car and other nice things. These are among the findings • of a new national study on work, money and religion that reveals a same again desire of many Americans to lead simpler, gentler lifestyles even as they fmd themselves caught in the rat race. Religion does appear to help individuals lead more ethical lives in the marketplace, but sociologist Robert Wuthnow also found substantial evidence many people are turn­ While Driving through ing to churches and synagogues more to salve their conscience than South Bend the other day, challenge it. "We live in a materialistic culture, and we want money· I waited impatiently, with and possessions, and very few people have heard a powerful voice my windows down, at a telling them to resist those impulses, or how to resist those impulses," stop signal on Douglas said Wuthnow, who reports the study findings in his new book "God road. Anticipating the and Mammon in America" due out this week from The Free Press. green light, I nervously "The point is the clergy need to be speaking more forthrightly and bold­ started to look around. A ly on these issues." The national Gallup survey of 2,013 working adults heavy set man sat anx­ in 1992 was part of a five-year project Wuthnow directed on Religious iously in a blue Toyota and Economic Beliefs and Values. Ninety-two percent said the condition directly next to my car. JENNIFER of the poor is a serious social problem, while 81 percent said selfishness He confidently tapped his LEWIS is a serious problem. Three-quarters of the respondents said there is pudgy hands on the steer­ Saint Mary's Spon "too much emphasis on money" in America.