Rape Victim Speaks TA for a Course Related to His Or Her Coppedge Is Responsible for Assign by ERIN Laruffa Field of Study
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------------- ~--------------------~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------... Suffering from 90210 withdraw!? Making new traditions Scene reviews this fall's new and Columnist Kevin Huie encourages students to Wednesday returning shows including the new welcome change and diversity on campus . Aaron Spelling drama 'Titans.· Viewpoint • page 12 SEPTEMBER20, Scene • page 14-15 2000 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXIV NO. 20 HTTP:/ /OBSERVER.N D.EDU Stop, drop and roll Members of the Notre Dame and Saint Marys communities reflect on fire safety: How safe are the University and College? he piercing sound of a fire University Fire Chief John Antonucci said. "The University alarm reverberated story by Tthroughout junior Ryan has always been a very proactive Flanagan's room in O'Neill Hall system. We try to move forward MEGDADAY early this year. As Flanagan evac in order to protect students." uated the building for the first fin~ The University had been plan drill of the year, students living on ning to upgrade the tire protection • and alert system for about two the third and fourth floors photos by remained undisturbed until hall years, but last winter, the project staff din~etcd them out of tho became a priority after three stu building. llad there been an actu dents diPd in a residence hall fire PETE RICHARDSON al fire, these students might not at Seton Hall University in New have escaped. Jersey. "They did some work to install "Residence hall fires have been alarms in each room. but on the on the increase," said Antonucci. fourth floor they didn't go off at all "Seton Hall brought to life prob and on the third floor only some lems that exist throughout the went ofL" said Fathei John country." IIerman. rector of O'Neill Hall. Sister Kathleen Beatty, Lyons "The fire department is working Hall rector, agreed. "They really on getting those up and running. I want this place to be top-notch as think we're moving in the right far as fire protection. Seton Hall direction." was a wake-up call for everybody. Hr.forc alarms wore placed in A huge tragedy makes people look each room. the four Golf Quad at their own systems." dorms had an alert system that This summer, not only were the announced to students in a calm. ineffective voice systems in the quiet voice, "There is an emer Golf Quad dorms supplemented gency in the building. Please find with blaring alarms in each room the nearest exit," from alarm above the door. but new tire pro speakers in the hallways. If their tection systems were installed in door was closed or they had the seven residence halls. TV or stereo playing loudly, stu Pangborn, Fisher. Lyons, Howard, dPnts eould not hear the alarm. and Breen-Philips received new "It still worked. but the RA's had alarms and new sprinkler sys to pound on your doors." said tems; Walsh had a new alarm sys Welsh Family llall junior Hache! tem installed and Knott and Willcox. "There were always Siegfried got sprinklers in each instances where people didn't get room. According to Antonucci, by out." the fall of 2001, every dorm on Flanagan agreed. "People who campus will have a sprinkler in haw trouble waking up for class each room. would not have heard them. With Antonucci added that the heat the new ones in the rooms, it's a sensitive sprinklers will deposit lot louder so it shouldn't be a between 20 and 30 gallons of problem." water per minute into the room Notre Dame installed new sprinklers and fire alarms this summer to ensure students' safety on cam "We had an opportunity to pus. Because of recent fires at college campuses around the country, University fire officials are upgrade the system. so we did," see FIRE/page I 0 working hard to prevent tragedy from occurring at Notre Dame. ND classes find a shortage of TAs Rape victim speaks TA for a course related to his or her Coppedge is responsible for assign By ERIN LaRUFFA field of study. Among other things, ing TAs to undergraduate govern Associate News Editor TAs commonly grade papers, ment courses. out to community answer questions and lead small The number of students enrolled Whether there are 50 or 250 stu discussion groups, particularly in in a class is the biggest factor the dents in a lecture class, large cours classes too large for professors to government department uses to By SARAH RYKOWSKI es can seem impersonal. handle the workload on their own. determine whether a class has a TA Saint Mary's News Editor Professors in these classes may Despite the importance graduate and how many TAs each class has, give interesting and insightful lec T As are to undergraduate educa according to Coppedge. When Editor's Note: Kelly and Justin are pseudonymns. tures. but it is difficult - if not tion, academic departments some determining TA assignments, he impossible - for one person to times have a difficult time finding said he tries to equalize the student For Kelly, facing reality was the hardest part to recov answer every question and grade enough of them. to teacher ratio among the different ery. every paper of all the students The government department, for courses. "This is the first time I've sat down and shared my crammed into a lecture hall. example, has been challenged by a However, that ratio can vary from story," Kelly said. "It took me nine months to go in front That's where teaching assistants small pool of potential TAs. year to year depending on the num of people and say, 'I was raped."' - better known as TAs - come in. In recent years, as the number of ber of TAs available, Coppedge Kelly, a junior at Saint Mary's, shared her story of "From a student's perspective, undergraduate government majors said. rape and recovery in a Regina Hall event Tuesday ITAs] can add a personal dimension has increased. the number of grad The reason for the recent short evening. to a course that is a large one," said uate TAs shrank, according to age in government TAs has to do Kelly came to Saint Mary's in 1998, a wide-eyed, naive Dian Murray, associate dean of the Michael Coppedge. As the depart with the fact that the number of freshman. She went to the orientation sessions about C:ollegP of Arts and !.etters. ment's director if graduate studies, A graduate student can become a see T AI page 8 see RAPE/page 4 I page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Wednesday, Seprember 20, 2000 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN MICHIANA Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Older and wiser +Performance: "Smoke + Event: "The Ultimate + lecture: "Eating + Event: 11th Annual on the Mountain." 8 p.m.. Corn Maze," 5 to 10 p.m., Disorders: When Food 22WSBT South Bend Tlw stan• from the woman down thn aisln said nvnrything. and my first instinct was to mtreat Hound Barn Theatre. Barbott Farms and Takes Control." 11 :30 to Women's Show, 10 a.m. likP a sroldNI puppy. But this was no time to back down. 1600 W. Market St., Greenhouse. 1 p.m., Madison Center to 6 p.m .. Century Center. So last w1wkend. as I stood Nappanee. + Performance: "Plain for Children. + Event: Hiver Park Fest -a rasP of soda in na1~h hand - at onP end of the and Fancy," 2 p.m., + lessons: Free tango 2000. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., soft drink aislP. in a local gro Hound Barn Theatre, lessons, 8:15 p.m., 126 30th Street. Mishawaka. cnry storP and a middle-agnd whitP woman stood at thP. Nappanee. W. Marion. South Bend. othnr. I decidrd to act. Whih~ slw rnarhrd for pop on an upp1~r shP-lf'. shP shot mr damaging. suspicious looks, which I cast ofT. all the while OUTSIDE THE DOME Compiled from U-Wire reports pnrusing 2-liter bottiP labnls Jason McFarley and walking her way. Tlw casns still in hand. I University of Minnesota disputes legal issue was within 10 feet of her Assistant whnn she concluded that I News Editor MINNEAPOLIS, Mn. are parents. had pnrhaps overstepped my For most students. living in a res Canney also added family commu boundarins. She lrt th1~ threP. dence hall represents freedom from nication prior to attending the 2-liters shr was still trying to obtain crash to the life with their parents. University is the key to reducing ako floor. grabbnd her purse from the cart parked But in an effort to control drug and hol and drug consumption. not evnn a foot from her and nestled it in her alcohol levels on campus, the She added University of Minnesota arm like a skill!ld n1cniver. University of Minnesota is exploring a Crookston administrators have sup I walked past her. only half-surprised by her parental-notification plan for students ported it on the grounds that parents jarring rnaction to me but nevertheless a little between the ages of 18 and 21 who are an important part of addressing disappointnd and somewhat stung. violate alcohol or illegal drug policies. issues in a student's life and should I rPmembercd feeling the same kind of pain Until a few years ago, universities be considered in the effort to reduce ynars before. I remembered being 13 years old needed a student's signature to consumption by minors. and waking up in the dawning hours of a South release any information to parents Others disagree. Bend summnr morning, the tennis courts at the unless the student's life was clearly The Univnrsity Alcohol, Tobacco nr.ighborhood elnmentary school awaiting me.