WNDU Power Outage Leads to Outdoor Broadcast by DAN CICHALSKI Between the Station’S Parking Lot Assistant Managing Editor and Dorr Road
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■ Fired up after defeating 0 Planning a roadtrip? ‘The Cause & Treatment o f Homosexuality* No. 3 Portland, N D ’s second- Check out Accent’s guide to West Lafayette, ■ Dr. Joseph Nicolosi spoke last night about his belief ranked women’s soccer team including which roads will be closed this prepares for Big East road trip. that homosexuality is a curable “disorder.” p.3 weekend. p. 12 24 X H OBSERVER Friday, September 12, 1997 • Vol. XXXI No. 15 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRF. DAME AND SAINT MARY'S ■ O u t s id e N D i n k ! he group's focus is to enlighten others, to educate on the rights o f hum an persons. ’ Father Richard Friday, regarding Catholic University’s gay/lesbian student group ND’s ‘inclusion’ not unusual at Catholic schools By MICHELLE KRUPA Associate News Editor With the Aug. 27 publication of the “Spirit of Inclusion” letter, University officials took a step toward officially recognizing “the uniqueness of all persons” in the Notre Dame community, including, gays and les bians. But this recent step at Notre Dame is one One of South Bend's most popular that other Catholic universities took long ago, and many have gone so far as to pro late-night clubs turns 35 tect the rights of homosexual students in their non-discrimination policies, which By JAMIE HEISLER “It [the bar] really became Notre Dame has chosen not to do. Managing Editor popular w ith students in ‘88 Some also recognize gay and lesbian stu just after 1 bought out my part dent groups, providing them all rights It’s the kind of place that ners. It hit in just one year,” granted to other student groups, a right the turns people into regulars. said Delinski, who credits her University has denied to GLND/SMC. Whether it’s students looking husband Greg with the Georgetown University in Washington, c ° N T l t t to continue the fun for the increased popularity among D.C., has a non-discrimination policy night or South Bend residents students. “I’m not sure, but I including a clause that specifically protects on their way home from work, think he had something to do the rights of students with regard to sexual the Linebacker Lounge has with it.” orientation. earned its place as an area Greg Delinski, currently a Gay and lesbian groups are also recog landmark over the past 35 captain with the St. Joseph nized as sanctioned student groups and can years. County Police, then worked for hold meetings and events on campus, Affectionately dubbed the Notre Dame Security/Police. according to Matthew Umhofer, assistant ‘Backer, the bar has grown in When he encountered students director of public relations at Georgetown. popularity among Notre Dame he knew that were 21 or older, “We feel that it’s consistent with our her and Saint Mary’s students over he would tell them about his itage as a Catholic university,” Umhofer the past 10 years under the wife’s business. said. “The university demonstrates concern ownership of A1 Delinski. “After that it became popu for the dignity and respect of all people — Delinski has worked at the bar lar with some of the football students, faculty and staff. That, of course, The Observer/Shannon Dunne since 1978, taking over co- players, but it was mainly the includes the gay and lesbian members of The Linebacker Inn, located on S.R. 23 and Edison ownership in 1984. Road, is quiet by day but comes alive after 1 a.m. see BACKER/ page 4 see GROUPS/ page. WNDU power outage leads to outdoor broadcast By DAN CICHALSKI between the station’s parking lot Assistant Managing Editor and Dorr Road. The finished gazebo is part of an outdoor stu A blown fuse caused a power dio that is still under construc outage at the WNDU studios last tion. night, delaying broadcast of the Broadcasters and technicians 5 p.m. news and forcing the sta treated the situation like a live tion outside for the evening remote newscast. A tripod- news. mounted camera and two moni The problem was not fixed tors were set up on the grass before the 10 p.m. newscast, and connected by cables to two keeping the crew outside for the trucks 100 feet away in the late news. parking lot. “The station is dead,” Director “This has happened before,” of Audience Development and Pierce said. “The timing was just Television Programming Lou bad. Everyone was a wreck, but Pierce said during the first they were having a great time. broadcast. “We’re on life support They love challenges.” right now. This is a no-thrills Pierce added that the last time broadcast into the live truck. ” a power loss happened, the news Mark Kelley and the rest of the was broadcast from the parking newsteam broadcast live from a lot. But the gazebo provided a The Observer/Kevin Dalum new gazebo on the grass The WNDU crew films Mark Kelley and Jeff Jeffers from a gazebo next to the station’s parking lot on Dorr see W N D U / page' Road. Two news vans in the background relay the broadcast to viewers’ homes. page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, September 12, 1997 INSIDE COLUMN WORLD AT A GLANCE Time well CDC says AIDS death rate is decreasing ATLANTA first time since the epidemic began in AIDS has lost its place as the No. 1 1981. killer of the nation’s young and mid AIDS deaths “ It’s reassuring,” said Dr. John spent with dle-age adults, bolstering the govern Death from AIDS per Ward, the CDC’s chief of AIDS sur ment’s optimism that the deadly epi 100,000 people between veillance. “ You like to have multiple demic is slowing down. studies saying the same thing before ages 25 and 44 since 1990 your friends The disease is now the second lead you begin to consider what you’re ing cause of death for people between seeing is indeed the truth.” It’s been three 25 and 44, driven by a 26 percent *30 A 36.7 36.9 The AIDS death rate in 1996 fell to Lori Allen weeks that we’ve been drop overall in the rate of AIDS 27.2 11.6 deaths per 100,000 people, Sarah Corkrean 23.3 back, and as upper deaths between 1995 and 1996, the down 26 percent from a rate of 15.6 classmen are settling Saint Mary’s Editors Centers for Disease Control and the previous year, the CDC said. For down into the regular Prevention said Thursday. adults between 25 and 44, the rate mode of getting their work done in order to go Accidents, such as falls and car fell to 27.2 deaths from a rate of 36.9 out to the late night drink specials, freshmen crashes, are the leading cause of in 1995. are starting to see the light at the end of the death for the group that accounts for 1990 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 ’95 ’96 In 1994, when AIDS took over the tunnel getting over different stages of home more than half the nation’s work top spot, the rate was 36.7 in that sickness. force. Cancer is No. 3, the CDC said. age group. Homesickness. To we veteran students, the The drop, included in the CDC’s 1996 report on births Ward tempered the news by noting that thousands of word conjures up memories of seeing mom and deaths, adds to encouraging earlier reports. Last people are still living with AIDS and taking drugs that take and dad crying as they drove back to their year, the actual number of AIDS deaths declined for the a huge toll on the body. regular routines of trying to make a living and providing for you. But now they have to bud Clinton acts to protect rivers Photos ‘too gruesome’ for exhibit get their expenses religiously as a good chunk of it is sent to Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s WASHINGTON NEW YORK each month. Declaring rivers “ the lifeblood of our The National Park Service has rejected photos for the Aside from the reality of having to pay bills nations,” President Clinton launched an Ellis Island museum showing decapitated heads and other for the rest of our lives, right now those effort Thursday to designate 10 water carnage, saying they are “ too gruesome” for visitors. thoughts are very far away. What’s important ways as American Heritage rivers that Armenians, charging censorship, say it’s part of their histo is the next test: scheduling when you can w ill get extra federal attention. A desig ry at the hands of Ottoman Turks. They say the photos are afford to skip class, parties, and spending nation under the program will allow testimony to this century’s first genocide. At issue are 15 time with friends and roommates. communities, through a liaison called a photographs, vintage 1915, showing people being hanged Perhaps most important, and what will be “ river navigator,” to tap existing federal and Turkish soldiers holding up severed heads of executed most memorable in 20 years (isn’t college all resources and expertise in protecting officials. “ These are just facts,” said Margaret Tellalian about making memories) is time spent in the and restoring the waterway. The first designations were Kyrkostas, a Queens College professor who mounted the company of those we care most about. expected to be made early next year. Although local com exhibit on Armenian immigration. “We’re simply trying to Over here at Saint Mary’s, we have a very munities would have to seek the designation for specific tell the story of the Armenians, and that is a part of it.” pronounced bond.