VOL. XXV. NO. 82 The ObserverMONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1993 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S SMC Campaigns begin elections for ND elections By EMILY HAGE are today ... News Writer By CHRISTINA CANNON ···.-n······.-...._ .. _---_ ··.. -.-... __ ..._ .... ·: News Writer . Campaigning for the Feb. 8th . ~. Notre Dame student body presi­ N Elections for the Saint Mary's dent and vice presidential elec­ College student body president tions officially begins today. i:L~e}'IoNs.··.·t·993•·· Candidates are, in alphabetical order: books more efficiently. • Frank Flynn and Nikki "These are four things we Wellmann; know we can do," said Well­ SMC • Stephanie Gallo and Christo­ mann. pher Browning; Future goals for Flynn and ELECTIONS 1993 • Joseph Karian and Samuel Wellmann are to improve un­ Thomas; dergraduate education, and vice president for the •Tom Kovats and Michael increase the availability of 1993-94 academic year are Connelly (running as co-presi­ financial aid, and develop the being held today. dents); social life on campus, said Students who live on-campus •Christopher Murphy and Wellmann. can vote in the dining hall Emily Bloss; and "We feel confidant that we during regular meal times, and •David Reinke and Lara are the strongest team with the off-campus students can vote Dickey necessary experience and from 1 to 3 p.m. in the off­ Flynn, Stanford Hall president original ideas, which are fully campus lounge. and student government special attainable," said Flynn. Running for the positions are projects commissioner, and Gallo, Lyons Hall co­ Mary Beth Wilkinson with Lynn Wellmann, president of Badin president and Hall Presidents' O'Donnell and Melissa Whelan Hall, plan to lobby for summer Council representative on the with Melissa Peters. storage on campus; "The Student Senate, and Browning, Wilkinson and O'Donnell are Guide,"a comprehensive listing Sorin Hall co-president, running on a platform that of courses and teachers includ­ propose improving the includes proposals for a ing results from teachers' internship programs with Notre comprehensive recycling evaluations and the syllabus for Dame alumni, increasing the program. 24 hour access to each course; "The Job Bank," student club budget by 20% computer lab laser printers, filed information concerning through "tight monetary and continued development of employment opportunities policy controls," keeping text Dalloway's coffee house. and . through alumni; and "The Book book costs down, and maintain­ installing new Stairmasters in Fair," an organized service to ing the security presence on the Angela Athletic Facility, help students buy and sell see ELECTIONS I page 4 said Wilkinson and O'Donnell. They also hope to establish an easier CO-EX system for meals between Notre Dame Panel: Women's movement and Saint Mary's and increased student-alumnae should change structures connections through lectures The Observer/Scott Mendenhall and interviews, they said. A flashback in time The Whelan and Peters ticket By ANNIE VENESKY but must try and change the hopes to improve relations with Zahm Hall junior Mike Cash and Lewis Hall sophomore Gillian Comley News Writer way the hierarchy is Holy Cross College through the modeled their polyester and wide-collared shirts on Saturday night as structured," said Mary Yu, a residents and guests brought the 70s back to Notre Dame at the Zahm The women's movement must third year law student and see SMC I page 4 Decade Dance. focus not only on surviving a resident assistant at Notre male-dominated system, but Dame. also on reorganizing existing Karsonya Wise, an M.A. Fifth annual Iceberg Debates begin power structures, concluded student in the Joan B. Kroc panelists in a discussion during Institute for International Peace By COLLEEN KNIGHT dents to increase their aware­ tients in self-administered sui­ Saturday's third annual Day of Studies, also spoke on the News Writer ness of the issues as they im­ cide, whether Notre Dame is Women at the Snite Museum. increasing diversity of the prove their public speaking losing its Catholic character, In the discussion, "How the women's movement in The preliminary rounds of skills. said Listerman. At the and if the United States Women's Movement has comparison to the 1960's. fifth annual Iceberg Debates same time, it encourages intel­ Congress should ratify the affected me in 1992," "Race and class issues have will begin tonight focusing on lectual life in the dorms, she North American Free Trade panelists talked about the now been brought into play in the issue of gays in the military added. Agreement, she said. current women's movement the women's movement. The and feature teams from thirteen The topics for all rounds have The debates will be judged by and their own experiences and original movement dealt dorms, according to been determined by members of faculty members and law stu­ ideas concerning the direction primarily with the needs of chairperson Amy Listerman. student government and an­ dents. According to the rules of the movement. Comparing upper middle class Caucasian Founded during the 1988-89 nounced in advance so partici­ and regulations of the Iceberg the current movement to the women, whereas now, the academic year, the Iceberg De­ pants will have as much time as Debates, the winning team will earlier women's rights needs of African-American bates give undergraduates the they need to prepare for their be the one that "best presents movement of the 1960's, many women are being taken into opportunity to debate current debates, said Listerman. well-structured, value-based ar­ panelists agreed that women consideration," she said. local, national and international Future rounds will discuss guments ... concerning the reso­ must not work simply to survive "The many issues faced by to­ issues, said Listerman. a senior whether Notre Dame should lution." Evidence and persua­ within a male-dominated day's women have resulted in a from Siegfried Hall who has recognize pro-choice student siveness will be the most impor­ society as they may have done diversity of feminist communi­ competed in the debates since groups, if health-care profes­ tant factors in this decision, in the past. ties, not only a black feminist sionals should be prohibited "Women must no longer work her freshman year. see DEBATES I page 4 see WOMEN I page 4 The competition enables stu- from assisting terminally ill pa- for 'equal pay for equal work,' Nation's governers meet to consider universal health care plan WASHINGTON (AP) - The database through which con­ The full association will vote "tort reform" language address­ every legal resident has health nation's governors, saying uni­ sumers could receive informa­ Tuesday on the plan, which will ing medical liability costs. The insurance versal health care is a "moral tion about the cost and quality be presented to Congress and final draft of the plan proposes It goes on to say that imperative," began formal con­ of health care services. President Clinton, who only re­ that Congress set nationwide "universal health care is both a sideration Sunday for their pro­ In addition, the governme.nt cently left the organization's limits on malpractice liability moral imperative and an posal to extend coverage to all ·would expand its support for ranks. The governors will meet and allow states to adopt even invaluable cost containment Americans. primary and preventive health Monday with Clinton to discuss tighter restrictions. tool." The proposal adopted by a care programs, including peri­ health care and other issues. Gov. Lawton Chiles, a Florida The proposal also recom­ committee of the National Gov­ odic health screenings, prenatal Democratic Gov. Evan Bayh of Democrat, warned that the fed­ mends: ernors Association calls for care, well-baby care and child­ Indiana said governors were eral government "ain't gonna • a national health care board guaranteed access to health hood immunizations. motivated by fears that the want this ball" and Congress that includes state and local care for every citizen and "Everybody's looking for a economy and federal budget would prefer that the states representatives. minimum federal standards to broad-based basic framework," deficit will not improve "unless deal with the issue. reduce medical liability costs. said South Carolina Gov. Carroll we deal with health care." Cost containment is a major • federal minimum standards Under its "managed competi­ Campbell, a Republican and Texas Gov. Ann Richards, a focus of the proposal, which for the regulation of health in­ tive" approach, the government member of the committee that Democrat, abandoned an at­ says that costs cannot be surance developed in consulta­ would maintain a national designed the plan. tempt to exclude the so-called controlled "unless and until tion with the states. ... " .. ~ page 2 The Observer Monday, February 1, 1993 INSIDE COLUMN FORECAST uper Bowl Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. Chance of flurries this morning, then partly sunny in the brings more afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Mostly sunny Tuesday in the than ratings upper 30s. You still can remember TEMPERATURES yesterday clearly: beer, lots of food, football. City H L Anchorage 13 12 .the Superbowl party to Atlanta 49 30 end all Superbowl Bogota 70 39 Cairo 64 48 parties. You think that Chicago 41 27 life can not possibly get Cleveland 36 34 much better than this. Dallas 58 34 Many women across Jennifer Habrych Detroit 29 21 Indianapolis 41 31 the country remember Assistant News Editor Jerusalem 50 39 yesterday's events also, London 46 39 Los Angeles 83 53 but their recollections -------­ Madrid 57 37 are much different. Today they are stiff and Minneapolis 14 07 FRONTS: Moscow 16 09 soar and bruised. They wish they had not Nashville 50 25 stepped in front of the television during a New York 35 31 erucial play, or their partner had not lost the •• • Paris 45 39 •COLD • WARM STATIONARY• • © 1993 Accu-Weather, Inc.