Play Finding an identity Miss Moby 's Latest album. Play. when it first With .">'aint Mary's preparing to celebrate its Tuesday came out? Scene's review may jusl renew your third Pride Day. The Observer looks at the interest. College's relationship with Notre Dame. SEPTEMBER 19, Scene+ page 13 In Focus 2000 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's HTTP:/ /OBSERVER.ND.EDU FAUCLTY ASSEMBLY SMC frosh Faculty want voice in mission statement change vote in said Patty Sayre, professor of Although many of the faculty everybody, I don't know how • By MOLLY McVOY philosophy and a member. of the attended the meetings, Sayrfl that is happening." pr101ary S.1inr Mary's Editor far.ulty assembly. "To r.hange said it was not dear that the The proposed statement is something Judd and dear to meetings were called in order to shorter than the College's pre­ Tlw Saint Mary's faculty something not write a new snnt statement. Acr.ording to +"Meet the assPmbly railed a special mePt­ lucid and statement. Sr.hultz, the College requested a Candidates" forum unclear is a "To change something ing for this WPdm~sday to dis­ "One prob­ briefer statement after the set for tonight russ till' proposrd rhanges in thr mistakP." lucid and clear to IPm is the College's ar.creditation process. Col!Pge's mission statement. :\ committee role tlw fac­ Schultz believes the new state­ something not lucid and By NICOLE CLERY "An~ you PVCr going to have of one student. ulty had in ment still explains the purpos~ of I 00 JWrnmt of the peopln two faculty unclear is a mistake." this," she the present statement, but in a News Writer happy? or coursP not," said Jotr members and said. "Many briefer liJrm. The results are finally in, yield­ BrPnsp chair of the facultv several mem­ Patty Sayre of us were "We have not changed our assnmbly. "I vvould like, howPV'­ bers of the aware and mission," Schultz said. "Our pur­ ing a tie between both pairs run­ philosophy professor and er. that rvervonP feels that tlwv administration participating pose still is to educate students ning for presidential and vice have been h<:ard." " worked on a member of faculty assembly in discus­ to become women with skills presidential positions in the Tlw mer~ting arose because of new mission sions spon- and wisdom to lead and to act. Saint Mary's freshman class ronrrrns PxpressPd by somP statenwnt for sored by the It's not really destroying any­ elections. Out of the six tickets members of thP faculty during several years. One of the main division of mission. Many of us thing, it's just trying to get a listed on Monday's ballot, presi­ last W~dnrsday's menting. At conr.erns of the faculty assnmbly were unaware that this was part briefer statement. Every depart­ dential candidate Abby Van thP nweting. thr faculty was pre­ was that they felt excluded from of a project to draft a new mis­ ment has to look at it and see Vlerah and vice-presidential SPntPd with a proposed draft of the process that produced sion statement." how their goals and objectives fit candidate Megan Olive as well as thn Colleg(~·s new mission state­ Wednesday's draft. Sr. Roseanne Schultz, chair of in that." Zoe Zelanzy and Madonna Week ment. Several faculty members "There were people that spoke th~ committee responsible for Sayre explained that the short came out on top. Both tickets exprPssed their concerns about at [thol faculty assembly," writing the statement, said every length of the new statement is received 19 percent of the vote, thn draft and about thr process Breese said. "They were con­ effort was made to provide the an additional problem some of mandating a run-off election by which the draft was written, cerned about the process." faculty with an opportunity to the faculty members have with Wednesday. according to Brepse. Open sessions were held last express their opinions. the draft. In the end, 44 percent of the "(t SPPmS WP haVP a lucid and Spring to discuss the College's "Everybody had a voice," "Because it is very short, it has Class of 2004 turned in ballots. rlear mission stal!~ment now." mission and core values. Schultz, said. "If this is news to little content," Sayre said. which according to elections commissioner, Stephanie Pace, "is an excellent turn-out." Prior to the run-off. the candi­ dates will come together for a "Meet the Candidates" forum to answer questions and discuss ACE program example for others their respective platforms 7 p.m. tonight at Haggar Parlor. + Department of and 22 more dioceses will With the slogan. "Keepin' it receive teachers who have Real!" Van Vlerah and Olive Education grants been prepared according to promise class events and a program $500,000 the ACE model. forum for the Class of 2004 to "We were really looking to share their ideas. Van Vlerah said she is looking forward to the By KATE NAGENGAST expand because we have so forum. Assistant News Edior many requests from dioceses all over the country that we "[! am] so excited I couldn't couldn't possibly fulfill." said believe it, but now I'm nervous As the largest teaching Johnstone. "We made a for [the final election on] through servir.e program in commitment that we didn't Wednesday and 'Meet The the countrv. Notre Dame's want ACE to get much big­ Candidates' on Tuesdav," Van Alliance "for Catholic ger than a total enrollment Vlerah said. " Edur.ation (ACE) will serve of 160 because we r.an 't be Zelanzy and Week plan to as a role model for a series true to our 'community pil­ organize a myriad of activities of developing programs. lar' if we exceed that. ranging from a freshman field Notre Dame's Institute for "So it was really a ques­ day to class masses. Neither Educational Initiatives tion of how do we help the Zelanzy, nor Week, was avail­ received three grants to help church by fulfilling needs able for comment at press time. other universities and col­ other than those in the dio­ "Meet The Candidates" is mak­ leges nationwide develop ceses that we serve and the ing its debut during these 2000 teacher education programs answer was that we'll help elections and student body presi­ like ACE. other universities do the dent. Crissie Renner, is hoping it "We asked that [each of same thing," she said. will be a success. She and her the partnering programs I Tony DeSapio, a Notre eleetion staff are "trying to open maintain the three pillars of Dame graduate and a sec­ another door" to the freshman ACE: professional teaching, ond year ACE student in elections. In the past, candidates r.ommunity and spirituality," Memphis, Tenn., said, were elected based on their plat­ said Joyr.e Johnstone, direc­ "We're at the point where forms. "Meet The Candidates" tor of ACE educational out­ we've shown everyone it's a will allow the Class of 2004 the reach. great program but we can chance to talk with the women Founded in 1994, ACE pro­ only serve so many. It's time who want to be in charge. vides understaffed parochial to model the process." In other election news, seven schools with recent college The first grant of $500,000 of the 13 available spots for the graduates r.ommitted to two from the Department of freshman class board were years of serviee as teaehers Education will develop pro­ filled. The board now includes: while they work to complete grams similar to ACE at Jillian Bernas, Becca Doll, Erika an intensive master's degree Providence College, Loyola Kozlowski, Sara Mahoney, Jenny in an education program. Marymount University, McGraw, Sarah McSherrv and ACE serves schools in 13 NELLIE WILLIAMS/The Observer Valparaiso University and Lizzie Siefert. The remaining Anne Pangelian, Saint Mary's Class of 2000, is one of 160 stu­ states and 25 dioceses. As a positions will be filled once a dents involved in the ACE program. ACE will serve as a role result of these three grants, president and vice president are model for developing programs at schools around the country. schools in 11 more states see ACE/page 6 eler.ted. page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Tuesday, September 19, 2000 INSIDE COLUMN QUOTES OF THE WEEK "The Court forbids the "Music is the "He was a great "It's a beautiful ripple 'Yeah, I bit it' people to affirm in universal language." believer in Notre effect going on, and their public capacity Dame- in the you are that stone My best friend and I have a theory: every­ that God is the source Kenneth Dye family.,, that was thrown into one takes their turn falling down or tripping of inalienable rights.,, Notre Dame's band director the water. ,, in public. It's okay to laugh when it happens Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger to someone else because it won't be long before it's your turn. Charles Rice Notre Dame graduate on the Kathleen Andrews, This year I've seen quite Notre Dame law professor death of Father Leonard founder of the Andrews a few stumbles, and each on the issue of abortion Kuberski scholarship on the time I laugh with a sigh of Impact of the Summer relief that it's not me. Service Project program Maybe I should be worried all these falls are building up and it won't be long until I have a big one.