New Testament, Same Message Presidential Politics Are Behind the Year-End Internationally," Pullapilly Gridlock
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THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Awareness to continue past Multicultural Week By CAROLINE BLUM statement by bringing "to Commission must involve mem Affairs Marcela Ramirez's plan The Commission's residence NewsWrirer gether women of different bers from the Saint Mary's stu for a Multicultural Council. hall groups will be led by facili nations, cultures, and races." dent body, faculty, and admin Ramirez, who first encour tators who will meet with their Even though the end of Storme and Derakhashani istration. aged Storme and Derakhashani groups about once a month. Multicultural Week is hope that through their com Presently, the Commission to become involved in the At these meetings the facilita approaching, the effort to con mission the Saint Mary's com contains 50 students and 25-30 Multicultural Commission, is tors will try to provide an tinue cultural awareness at munity will be able to greater members of the faculty and creating a Multicultural Council environment where the mem Saint Mary's has just begun. appreciate the value of other administration. in each residence hall. These bers can share their feelings Last spring, Professors Julie cultures and to explore a better councils will have decision towards their own personal Storme and Mana understanding of their own cul The Commission held its or making power in their resi identities, and build a common Derakhashani received their tural identity and value system. ganizational meeting on dence halls for multicultural ground for all cultural groups. Academic Fellowship permit to September 28, during which events and issues. begin promoting cross-cultural The Multicultural Commission members were put into groups "We are all products of a cul understanding within the Saint is part of a project for the according to residence halls. "I'd like to see multicultural ture - if you don't think about Mary's community. Center of Academic Innovation. This residence hall grouping issues brought up in classrooms your own identity, you won't be Their purpose is to fulfill the Following specific guidelines was planned in accordance and residence halls," Storme words of Saint Mary's mission given by the Center, the with Director of Multicultural said. see CULTURE/ page 4 Congressional casualties pile up as elections near By DAVID ESPO Associated Press WASHINGTON With Republicans swinging the axe, Congress is piling one casualty upon another in a sharply partisan run-up to this fall's elections. A bill to rein in lobbyists became the latest vic tim on Thursday, joining oth ers on health care, campaign spending and the environment. "We're the ones trying to do things," retiring Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell said this week as he maneuvered against a series of year-end Republican fili busters. "And they're the ones trying to prevent it." But Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, anticipating - strong Republican gains on Nov. 8 replied, "The answer is if it's a bad bill, America wants it killed. And we've got a lot of bad bills by people about to lose power." Democrats concede they're likely to lose seats this fall. Republicans stand a chance to win the seven seats necessary to gain control of the Senate and a slimmer opportunity to end 40 years of Democratic rule in the House. The Observer/Cynthia Exconde "Democratic colleagues want to get the hell Saint Mary's History Professor Cyriac Pullapilly, who recently finished editing a gender inclusive version of The New Testament. home" and campaign, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., said this week. Congressional races aside, Democrats say New Testament, same message presidential politics are behind the year-end internationally," Pullapilly gridlock. By DAVE TYLER Assisranr News Editor said. 10,000 copies were "They don't want him (President Clinton) to first pressed, and have any success at all," said Sen. David Pryor, InclUsive L Pullapilly expects a second D-Ark. The "politically correct" NeWS Bible revolution has crossed into Good New l'estatnangtlage printing soon. For their part, Republicans say Clinton mis . s asked . Sotne Ph . ent The ambitious New managed the bill to implement GATT, a global the realm of religion. Phansee f Cross Cultural Some of rh e ·n dom o h•tn when Gard~ees asked Testament seeks to trade accord. By delaying a vote until the end of when rhe J(i Ais ansWer ~ould corne o s realrn remove gender exclusive the session, said Rep. Richard Armey, R-Texas., Publications, Inc., a pub JesUS uld come. f God . The corning' anfd he said lishing house based in God :'The J(infidom a waY Is nor . 'b o God' references from the text. the White House placed the measure into an h Will V•s• le to rh s realrn was. come •n sue ill say Some changes in phrase "unsafe environment." Democrats would be Notre Dame, Indiana, has ir . ,PeoP.Ie say 'L e eye, nor released The New does nboetseen. No o~~{ere it loIs or LookJ Thook! Here ology include "Father" to tempted to oppose it out of deference to orga as ro . J' or • f 0 Testament of the Inclusive ' k here It IS.I<i dom o . ~ closely ; ere it isl' "Heavenly Parent," nized labor's opposition, he said, while Loo ' rhe ng IS w1 h. • ror G 0 d' · Language Bible, a 258- is!'; beca~hin you" Tr •n you: s realrn "Brethren" to "Believers," Republicans would oppose it out of fear of a . hen he 'd page version paraphrased God is wtt · d ro rhe d•sciples "Thsa• to his "Kingdom" to "Realm," backlash from voters who supported Ross Perot ~hen ~Th~ rime will co~d When e day 'II and "Son of Man" to in 1992. from the King James text. disctples will wish yfouhcSon rhe d You long to W• Corne The paraphrase was com h you 0 re H ay~ of the S see one of "Child of Humanity." w en e of rhe days ·ttnor see urnanl[y b on of plied by Chuck Stiles, a see on you w• h Peop(e .1' ur r.ou 'II Believed to be the first "We know darned good and well if it fails it of Man. bu~ll be rhose w o he . I' WI I say L WI nor Minnesotan who describes Is. or 'L k ook! Th . major publication of its will lose because they (the Democrats) didn't . There w• 'Look. over b D • oo 1 H ere himself as a religious It· you h • ur rh0 n r go, and d. ere he isl' kind, this edition of the have the votes and we also know they will say will say t~LoOk, 0 ver er~ As ern F o no f. I · 0 New Testament is not it's Republican gridlock," Armey said. drifter, with the help of rhere!' or looking for Jt. flash: or as the I' r low don't go o~r flashes across illu ·~g across rh •gkh tening without its critics. The With Democratic Sen. Ernest Hollings of South I:Oore than fifty scholars . ·hrenlllg . from rn•nares h e s y rhe I•g d tighrs 1t up will be widespread use of gender Carolina exercising his right to delay a vote for over a five year period. end to the o: e sky frorn o rhe sky an rhe 0 rher, so rhe Son of H her, so will b ne neutral vocabulary has Cyriac Pullapilly, Cross one side rf Man in his daY· 45 days, GATT has been put aside until a lame day" urnaniry . e sparked intense discussion Cultural general editor and rhe Son o :::,::::::=::::::~ •n rhar duck session. The House will vote after among scholars and reli Thanksgiving as well, because Republicans, a Saint Mary's history pro fessor who was once gious leaders. whose votes are essential for passage, demanded "It destroys the whole a delay. ordained an Oriental Rite Catholic priest, said sales Christian notion of Go" of the book are brisk, and The Observer/Robert Bollman Jr. Auxiliary Bishop John Whatever the outcome of the Nov. 8 elections, Sheets of the Fort Wayne- the final few weeks of the session have dev requests for the volume are universities, and churches of several denominations have all astated the legislative agenda Clinton and the coming from a variety of made inquiries, he said. sources. Seminaries, Democratic leaders promoted. "There has been a tremendous interest in the book, even see TESTAMENT I page 4 ------------------------------------------------1 • t 1 1 > o t t 1 I I I I I I I 0 I I I j I I 1 \ I I I I ' • I 1 > I I I I , I I I . 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