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NO. 135 The ObserverWEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Students face tuition increase MOST EXPENSIVE UNIVERSITIES By ALICIA REALE benefits for faculty and staff." is the impact of tuition in­ 111992-93 D 1991-92 Associate News Editor Another major factor affect­ creases on parents and stu­ ing the tuition hike is the inter­ dents; on the other is the qual­ Rank School Tuition Rank Undergraduate tuition and est rate on investments which ity of education at the Univer­ fees at Notre Dame will in­ has fallen sharply in the last sity that makes it worth the I New York University I crease $1,160 to $15,810 for few years, according to Mason. cost." the 1993-94 academic year, ac­ "If we had not had these two However, Notre Dame's tu­ !Yale University I cording to Thomas Mason, vice­ major issues there would have ition is still near the bottom president of business affairs. only been a 5.6 percent in­ when compared to peer institu­ I Harvard University I The overall increase for a crease," he said. A salary hike, tions such as Yale University, residential undergraduate stu­ travel and supply expenses, Harvard University, Georgetown !Swarthmore College I dent will total 7.5 percent, health insurance and academic University, College of the Holy down from last year's eight enhancements which the Cross and Boston College. !Tufts University I percent increase in line with a provost solves academic prob­ Future tuition hikes are un­ University plan. "We have come lems with all are principal predictable due to the uncer­ !Johns Ho~kins Univ. I down from percentage items amounting to this 5.6 tainty of interest rates and what I Princeton University increases of the past," said Ma­ percent increase. the federal government will do I son. In a letter to parents of 1993- regarding health insurance, !Williams College "We had hoped, however, to 94 undergraduate students, according to Mason. II come down further than called University President Father In addition, University plans College for in the plan," he said, "but Edward Malloy said, "When our for future tuition hikes are IColb~ could not because of a $1.8 mil­ trustees consider the budget "pending the Colloquy for the • lion mandated charge to fund proposal they perform a Year 2000 plans. Future priori- post-retirement health care balancing act. On the one side see TUITION I page 6 !Notre Dame I Saint Mary's SURV refocusing center's mission of service Hesburgh By MARA DIVIS News Writer marks 50th "Saint Mary's promotes a life year as priest of intellectual vigor, aesthetic appreciation, religious sensibil­ Special to The Observer ity and social responsibil­ ity... the curriculum nurtures A man who has held 15 awareness and compassion for Presidential appointments but a troubled world and challenges has always said his most students to promote human honored title was simply dignity throughout their "priest" will observe the 50th lives ... n anniversary of his ordination These words, taken from next month. Saint Mary's College mission Father Theodore Hesburgh, statement, set forth the sense of president emeritus of the Uni­ service and social responsibility versity of Notre Dame, will the College aims to instill in its mark a half century of ministry students. with a Mass in Sacred Heart Since last year's creation of Basilica at 5:15 p.m. May 6. the Spes Unica Resource and The mass, which is open to the Volunteer Center (S.U.R.V.), the public, will be followed by a student-run center has private dinner at which evaluated its mission and Hesburgh will be honored by worked to make service and the University's Board of volunteering more accessible to Trustees. students' wide interest in vol­ Now 75 years of age, Res­ unteering on campus, according burgh entered the Congrega­ to junior Jennifer Lackey, tion of Holy Cross in 1934 and S.U.H.V. director. Photo Courtesy of S.U.R.V. was ordained nine years later This year, Lackey and her six in Sacred Heart. He returned to commissioners have focused on Senior Julie Marsh and 1992 Graduate Jennifer Torlina {left to right) participate in last year's Christmas in campus in 1945 as an instruc­ see SURV page April. The annual event is just one of many volunteer activities that Spes Unica Volunteer and Resource tor in religion, was appointed 1 6 Center {S.U.R.V.) helps to coordinate for Saint Mary's students. executive vice president in 1949 and assumed the presi­ dency of the University in 1952. His tenure, which stretched Faculty Senate passes Campus Ministry delays to 1987, was the lengthiest of any Notre Dame president, and he was in office longer than any motion to delay Colloquy plan for gay support group of his contemporaries heading By JOHN LUCAS hiring faculty must be cog­ major American institutions of Assistant News Editor nizant of and responsive to By DAVID KINNEY place for homosexual un­ higher learning. His 15 the need for dedicated and Editor-in-Chief dergraduate students," he Presidential appointments The Faculty Senate committed Catholics to pre­ wrote. "It is critical that we be­ began with membership on the passed a motion Tuesday dominate in number among Campus Ministry is delaying a come a compassionate people National Science Board in asking the Board of the faculty," the report plan to offer a pastoral support and a place where discussion 1954, and he is currently serv­ Trustees to delay of the states. group for gays and lesbians on and acceptance are expected ing as a member of the board implementation of the final The statement is vague, campus, according to Father and received." of directors of the United States report of the Colloquy for because it doesn't clearly Richard Warner, director. The pastoral support group Institute of Peace. the Year 2000 because of define whether the word The proposed group has been would attempt to frame the "I am first and foremost a serious flaws that need to predominate means "the in the planning stages since homosexual orientation within priest," he has said on more be addressed before the majority" or "a dominant February and was expected to Christian values, teaching and than one occasion. "Everything draft is released. number," of new faculty he· be unveiled this month. Warner background, according to Fa­ else is secondary." The senate supported its ing hired should be would not give reasons for the ther Tom McDermott, director In a career that bridged reli­ motion with the results of a Catholic, according to delay, and would not set a new of special projects for Campus gious and secular cultures, he faculty survey which Richard Sheehan, chairman timetable for the establishment Ministry. also served four popes in vari­ showed overwhelmingly of the senate. of the group or discuss what McDermott cautioned that the ous capacities, including repre­ that faculty members want In addition to only hiring steps are ahead. group would not be adversarial sentative of the Holy See to the issues in the report from Catholics, the inclusion of The proposal is part of an ef­ or activist, and is not an at­ International Atomic Energy the Committee on Academic the phrase "dedicated and fort to make Campus Ministry a tempt to undermine the Uni­ Agency in Vienna from 1957 to life to be discussed. committed Catholics;~ could place where more students feel versity's stance on homosexu­ 1970. He is perhaps remem· Senate members were force new faculty to welcome, according to Warner. ality or position against recog­ bered most for his 15 years most concerned with the conform to University policy In an advertisement in today's nizing a campus gay and les­ (1957-72) as a member if the wording of the first recom­ ou questions on such as Observer, he said the office bian group. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights mendation of the report of abortion and capital must address the areas of male­ "It's meant to be a ministerial when landmark legislation in the Committee on Academic punishment, he said. female relationships, abortion outreach," he said, "a helping education, housing and Life, which addresses the "There's a virtual 'laundry and homosexuality. of people who live with tensions employment dealt a crippling need to hire more Catholic list' of issues that can detme /) "We have not yet found effec­ in life." blow to racial discrimination. faculty. you as a committed tive ways of going beyond being Campus Ministry consulted a As an educator, he was simply a welcoming pastoral "All who participate in '· .: Hi! ·+<see FACULty/ p~g_e 4 see GROUP/ page 8 see HESBURGH I page 8 page 2 The Observer Wednesday, April 28, 1993 INSIDE COLUMN NATIONAL Weather The Accu-Weather® forecast for noon, Wednesday, April 28. 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