-Q&·~M~ e Observer ~imMa~~~~NOTRE DAME•INDIANA VOL. XXIV NO. 123 THURSDAY , APRIL 2, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Senate to consider no-confidence vote Editor's Note: The following is ACULTY PARTICIPATION the first of four articles ad­ N GOVERNANCE dressing the issue of faculty participation in the academic Part 1 of 4 governance of the University. By DAVID KINNEY News Editor • History of debate/ page 5 The Faculty Senate will con- sider a vote of no confidence in Administration of the University University President Father has a deep distrust of all Edward Malloy at its next meaningful participation by meeting April 7, according to faculty in the governance of Professor David O'Connor. Notre Dame." The resolution is the result of The resolution, which months of debate between fac­ O'Connor said has been revised ulty and administration repre­ twice since the March 2 meet­ sentatives over the issue of the ing, also charges that: faculty's role in the governance • faculty initiatives to become of the University, in particular involved in deliberation about in academic issues. academic affairs have been re­ "It would mean that the only jected by the Administration. faculty body that is elected is • structures now in place that sending a message that it no allow for such faculty partici­ longer has academic leader­ pation are "flouted and over­ ship" in the administration, ac­ ruled." cording to Professor Philip • the administration has not Quinn. considered the faculty as a cen­ "I think it would be unfortu­ tral player in fostering the mis­ nate," said Malloy. "I have no sion of the University. desire to have a confrontative The March 2 resolution con­ relationship with the faculty." cludes that "the present admin­ A similar motion was pre­ istration of the University is sented at a meeting of the Fac­ unable to provide the leader­ ulty Senate March 2, but the ship the faculty must have in its body did not vote on the resolu­ efforts to foster academic ex­ The Observer/Sean Farnan tion. cellence." Notre Dame without parietals? The first draft, written by In response, the resolution Students gathered outside the administration building Tuesday night to protest the University parietals O'Connor and Quinn, states that calls for the Senate to go on policy. Participants asked the University to treat them like adults and burned a copy of Dulac. "The 1991-92 school year has see SENATE/page 4 revealed for all to see that the Experts discuss needs, problems of affirmative action By COLLEEN KNIGHT Is Affirmative Action an Ap­ Engineering and Sciences for equity and choice. "We ensure population." News Writer propriate Policy for the 1990s?" twelve years. He is now execu­ an equal opportunity in some­ "Policies have to be The colloquium, a "student­ tive director of the affirmative thing that has heretofore been inclusive," he added, and he The needs. problems, and developed and student-run pro­ action program. closed," he said, by providing suggested that more blacks and consequences of affirmative ac­ gram." is designed to increase Affirmative action in educa­ minorities with financial aid women be hired as assistants. tion policies in education were awareness and understanding tion is "a topic that I have the and letting them choose from While Adams focused on the discussed last night at the Pub­ of public policy issues by bring­ pleasure of working with every 70 universities for their gradu­ need for affirmative action in lic Policy Colloquium of the ing in panelists with diverse day," Adams said. "We work to ate work. the fields of science and engi­ Hesburgh Program in Public backgrounds and outlooks, ac­ increase the number of under­ In addressing the issue of neering, Gary Hunter addressed Service. cording to co-chairperson Chris represented minorities with equity at Notre Dame, Adams the need for affirmative action Experts on affirmative action Parent. Masters and Ph.D. degrees in pointed out the lack of black in the overall university com­ participated in the panel dis­ Howard Adams, the first engineering and science." and female teachers and re­ munity. cussion for the colloquium, en­ panelist, has worked with the Adams added that his pro­ search assistants. He said that, He related his experiences titled "Recovering the Dream: National Consortium for Grad­ gram focuses on two major is­ "When we make policy, we uate Degrees for Minorities in sues of affirmative action, ought to observe the broader see LECTURE/page 4 Police say the intoxication of Local charity rewards Hesburgh By BILL ALBERTINI time, said Burzynski. accident victims unimportant News Writer Not only has the award-win­ By JULIE BARRETT According to reports from ner "got to be a player on our local scene," said Burzynski, Assistant News Editor people who witnessed the acci­ University President emeritus dent, Elizabeth Joyce and Cara Father Theodore Hesburgh has but he or she also is "always a The fact that the two Saint McCourt were walking on the recently been named the eighth local person." Mary's sophomores were legally shoulder of Ivy Road when recipient of the annual Hospice Past winners of the award intoxicated when struck by a struck by the car, said Feirrel. Helping Hands Award by the have been James Frick, Rev. car while walking on Ivy Road "So even if the students were Hospice of St. Joseph's County, Edmund Joyce, Richard Rosen­ early Sunday morning, intoxicated, they were walking Hospice of St. Joseph thal, Jerry Hammes, Mary Lou February 16, has no bearing on far off the side of the road county,which is a non-profit and Judd Leighton, and Art De­ the actual hit-and-run accident, when hit," he continued. organization giving in-home cio. according to Sgt. Charlie Feir­ Since both women are under care to terminally ill persons, Hesburgh lauded the efforts rell of the St. Joseph County the Indiana state drinking age gives the award yearly to of Hospice, relating stories of Police. of 21, the students are liable someone who has seeing the poor in Calcutta Feirrell said the blood tests "at the most" for charges of "distinguished themself in phi­ Theodore Hesburgh "waiting to die" being given taken from Cara McCourt and minor consumption, according lanthropy, education, or the care by Mother Theresa. Hos­ Elizabeth Joyce immediately to Feirrell. arts" and has helped to improve alone," said Father Hesburgh pice's care is along the same after the accident showed they The police department has the quality of life in the when describing the benefits of lines, he said. "A person ought were publicly intoxicated. In not charged the girls for un­ Michiana area, the state or at the Hospice program. Hospice to die with human care," he the the state of Indiana, the derage drinking and is still the national level, said Hospice is trying to recover the custom continued, which is what makes public intoxication level is .04 looking into the situation before Executive Director Tom of caring for the sick in their Hospice's work so "wonderful." blood/alcohol content or higher, deciding how to handle the Burzynski. final hours. Hesburgh has a personal at­ and the illegal intoxication level case, he added. The award went to Hesburgh Hesburgh has been awarded tachment to Hospice since he for driving is .1 or higher. "We didn't give the students this year because of his obvious 122 honorary degrees, the most has been the testimonial However, Feirrell said, a ticket for underage drinking life-long contributions to chari­ of any person, has held 14 speaker at the last two presen­ "There is no indication that the after the accident because they table causes, said Burzynski. presidential appointments, and tations of the award, and his two students did anything "People don't have to die in has been involved in almost all see HIT & RUN/page 4 see HESBURGH/page 4 unusual because of drinking." the dark, they don't have to die of the major social issues of our page 2 INSIDE COLUMN ) Cloudy and cold with a 40 percent chance of snow. High in the What if gays mid 30s. Friday will be cloudy with highs golfed at Notre in the low 40s. Dame? H L 43 28 Imagine, for a moment,-:;;;;;:::;;;;;­ 68 50 70 46 the following situation: 56 36 A member of our 77 55 39 30 beloved administration, 39 30 preparing for a lecture, is 58 47 thumbing through 56 26 82 71 Leviticus, one of the more 42 31 obscure (and, from a 59 45 54 41 literary viewpoint, one of PAUL PEARSON 57 36 the juiciest) books in the Associate News 39 25 43 27 Bible. Ed't1 47 37 After reading for the or 58 42 umpteenth time about 52 34 manna from heaven, the official happens 61 34 64 50 upon the following verse: "The man who plays 76 54 golf, he shall be unclean in the eyes of the 35 25 Pr9SSure 59 52 Lord." 63 37 Instead of checking if the passage is being H L b~,~~ &S.1 m tzJ fx:xj ~ (f e:J ~ read out of context, he points it out to his HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CL(){!DY superiors. Within the next hour, the Univer­ .· .. ·.··:-: ... sity has a policy that condemns people who ···::;:::::::::::·::· ·.· .... ::::·::::::·. ·::·· ::::::::· :::::::i·:·:· ·.. ::::::· ·.··-:·:·:·:::::-··· enjoy golf. (I know the administration never works this quickly. even on things they agree with, but bear with me.) The consequences are quickly set in stone TODAY AT AGLANCE under the Golden Dome. The ND Golf Team is banned, the golf course is turned into a parking lot and any organization that sup­ WORLD activists chained a car to the railroad tracks that lead to ports the rights of golfers is ruled "contrary to the DuPont plant in this western Dutch city, according to the University's high moral standards" and a Greenpeace statement.