Wednesday, March 20, 1996 • Vol. XXVII No. 108 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Matthews offers Alum named Reader's Digest editor By GWENDOLYN NORGLE The magazine, which has more than magazine. military view Associate News Edi10r 100 million readers monthly, contains And although Willcox was un­ stories selected from international, re­ available for comment on what influ­ A member of Notre Dame's class of gional and local sources. These sto­ ence his Notre Damr. education has on peacekeeping 1968, Christopher ries range from hard-hitting reports had on his career, his wife, Emily, Willcox. 49. has from the forefront of medicine, envi­ said "it helped a lot." Willcox went to By EMILY DIXON been named editor­ ronment and human rights to popular Austria through Notre Dame during Nt•w., Wri1er in-chief of "Header's features filled with humor and drama. his sophomore year, and the trip Digest," the world's The magazine has a wide variety of "opened so many doors" for him, she .John Btmson Matthews, a Notre Damn grad­ most widely read articles with universal appeal for peo­ said. It was "really helpful" in uatt~ and an assodate dean at the Marine magazine. ple of all ages and cultures. Willcox's acquisition of a job working Corps Command and Staff College at Quantico, As the sixth edi­ Willcox's career in journalism spans for Hadio Free Europe!Hadio Liberty Virg. discussed issues surrounding the United tor-in-chief in the. a 27 -year period. Executive editor of in Munich, Germany for four years, States Marines' in­ 74-year history of Willcox "Header's Digest" since June of 1994, according to his wife. volvement with peace­ "Header's Digest," Willcox will be replacing Kenneth While at Notre Dame, Willcox was a keeping missions last Willcox will be responsible for direct­ Tomlinson who retired as editor-in­ Liberal Arts major who studied night in the lecture ing global editorial operations of 48 chief of the magazine last month. English. "Reader's Digest is the "Peaeekeeping: The editions of the magazine, which is Over the past four years, Willcox biggr.st and most important franchise Military Point of View." published in 19 languages. llis has assisted in starting four new edi­ in the world - With loyal readers in The lecture foeused responsibilities will also include pro­ tions of "Header's Digest" in eastern virtually every country," Willcox com­ on the problems creat­ viding editorial oversight for the com­ and central Europe as part of the mented on the magazine. "Our chal­ ed due to a confusing pany's special interest magazines and company's global growth strategy. He lenge is to further strengthen the chain of command and editorial content for multimedia and is currently in Bangkok to launch a other issur.s surround­ on-line services. new Thai-language edition of the see WILLCOX/ page 4 ing the United Stales Marine's involvemnnl with peacekeeping missions. Matthews The purpose of peacekeeping missions is to "rreatn an environment through !the Mari1w'sl prnsnnee." Matthews said. l'alroling the arna and displaying the Amnriean flag con­ tribute to stabilizing l.hn govtwnmtml in quos­ lion. "We do not rnnndy bring our equipment, we bring our vahws, too," Matthews said. Unfortunately, the military has adopted a Healpolitik attitude, preoccupying its1df with national inlPrest, power. and self-interost siiH'I' tlw Cold War, according to Matlht\ws, who nncourag1~d a return to the Wilsonian ide a Is eo Ill' 1'1" Ill\ d w i t h mora I it y. h urn ani­ The Observer/Katie Kroener tarianism. optm covenants. and eolltH~tive secu­ Members of the cast of Coppelia engage in one of their final rehearsals rity. before the performance this weekend. Mattlwws noted that even though the aver­ age Anwriran is n~luctant to advoeate U.S. in­ volvemPnt with pnaet~keeping missions, it is Ballerina captures the rnsponsihility of tlw U.S. to do so in many situations. In n~gard to the erisis in Bosnia, Mattlwws said. "I lwlir.ve in my heart we should b1~ involveu." spotligh_t at SMC Aec:ording to Matthews, "peace opnrations By CAROLINE BLUM Schwoyer, a member of the hngin and nnd with tlw chain of command." In Saint Mary's Edi10r Southold Danee Theater, en­ thn ptHtet~knnping mission in Lebanon, for chanted the next generation of ~~ x a 111 p I e . i t s n n m IHI as t h o u g h eve r yo n e She spins. She twirls. She can young girls with h1\r performancn lwlitwnd Llwy were the senior officer in eharg1\. walk on her toes, and balance on in the Nutcracker Ballet. Such an atmosplwrn crnatns a "wnh of confu­ one leg. She epitomizes graeeful­ "I had never donn the sion." Matthnws said. A chain of command is ness. Sophomore Maryann Nuteracker befon~ last Christ­ important in tPrms of ranking, but it is equally Schwoyer is a ballerina. mas," Schwoyer said. "I always important for strnarnlinnd ef'fieimH:y. Like most other girls her age, wanted to, and was very excited Otlwrwisn. what Mattlwws ll~rmed "mir.ro­ when Schwoyer was years old to finally have it in my reper­ rnanaglmumt from afar" occurs, jeopardizing 1 0 she pranced around her room toire." tlw livns of military peacnkeepers and the The Observer/Katie Kroener A nativn of Cary, North Car­ obj1H:tivn of tlw mission. Fast approval for Maryann Schwoyer holds an arabesque in pretending to be a sugar plum dress rehearsal, as she prepares for the pro­ fairy. Last December, she olina, Schwoyer eontar.ted the changns as Llw situation dPvnlops is crueial for duction of Coppelia scheduled to take place pranced around an actual stage. in O'Laughlin Auditorium this weekend. But she wasn't pretending. see BALLET/ page 4 see PEACE/ page 4 • ~At ;. "UOt; 'l UNION • HALL PRESIDENTS' COUNCil Election sites, ticket announced Hellmuth, Tobin By MATTI lEW LOUGHRAN tP.r from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today platform around some of the NL"w>Wrill"r and tomorrow. suggestions and problems to lead as co-chairs pointed out by the outgoing Only one ticket is officially By DEBORAH SCHULTZ action and also increase inter­ rn e, running, although write-in can­ presidr.nt, Joe Manak, in his Tlw ti e has eorn once Assislant News Editor action between the dorm co­ again, for graduate students to didatP.s are accepted. The tick­ last presidential message. presidents. Iligh among their coneerns is 1~ast their votes for presidnnt et that is running is Hobert de Deborah Hellmuth and Mike "I would really like to encour­ improvement of' the health cov­ and vice pmsident of the Grad­ llaan for president with Tobin were elected as the 1996- age more dorm interaction. uatn Student Union for the Deborah Coombs for vice presi­ erage that is offered to gradu­ 97 co-chairs of I !all Presidents' This year we had a few pockets ate students. Earlier in the 1~orning year. dnnl. Council at the HPC meeting held of dorms organizing events and De llaan, a fourth year year the Graduate School l·:lndions will lm lwld on Fri­ last night at Lyons llall. doing things together, and I physies studm1t. has served the formed a Medieal Insurance day March 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 The candidates for co-ehair would rnally lik1~ to see morn of Heview Committee to investi­ p. rn., in thre1~ locations acrosfi Craduate Studnnt Council as a were llellmuth, co-president of that," said llellmuth. gate any problems with the campus. Arts and Letters stu­ department representative, Pasquerilla East Hall, Tobin, co­ "I think it would be fun to be health care program. "The dents may votn in the llesburgh Orientation Chair, ECI' Chair president of Zahm Hall and IIPC president and I think we implementation of the Commit­ l.ihrary Concours1~. Sdenee stu­ and, most recently, Par­ Stacey Carel, co-president of should have more group activi­ tee's recommendations will be dnnts in tlw lirst floor lobby of lianwntarian. Coombs. a third Breen-Phillips llall. Currnnt eo­ ties so that we can all get to N in u wl and St:i1~ IH~e II all and year Medieval Institute student, monitored by the GSU, as we chairs Matt Schlatter and know eaeh other better," said l~nginnnring students in has served as a department need to follow up carnfully to Kristin Beary's last meeting will Tobin. track the progress of im­ Cushing II all of Engi1wering. representative and the chair of be April 2, after which llellmuth In other IIPC news, Peter Ce­ provements to our health care t·:arly voting is allowed in tim the Women's Hesouree Com­ and Tobin will take over. saro, elass of 1999 president. (;raduate Student Union Offke milll~e for the past year. The aim of both Hellmuth and at 21'J LaFortune Student Cen- The two have based their see GSU/ page 4 Tobin is to increase dorm inter- see H PC/ page 4 page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Wednesday, March 20, 1996 Bookstore Negotiators conclude 40 hours of nonstop talks in GM strike DAYTON, Ohio Negotiators trying to end a two-plant Strike strike that has shut down much of General The strike at two General Motors Dreams Motors Corp. went back to the bargaining Corp. brake plants has idled workers table today after a rest break from a ses­ around North America. Locations and employees: The hang-over recovery sion that lasted 40 hours.