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Absurdity pageS MONDAY,APRIL2, 1984 Former law professor wins Laetare Medal Speclal to The Observer Boston, he joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty for five years, John T. Noonan, legal scholar, leaving in 1966 for his present posi author and professor of law at the tion at the University of California, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley. has been awarded Notre Dame's Noonan's research and publica 1984 Laetare Medal, it was an tions have been in the areas of nounced Saturday by Theodore M. Church history, canon law, and Hesburgh, president of the Univer theological development. He was a sity. The medal, the oldest and most consultant to the Papal Commission prestigious award given to American Catholics, had its centenary last year. The 0~/Thom Bradley In announcing the honor, Father Ducks just want to have fun Hesburgh praised the efforts of Two ducks enjoy themselves in the spring weather temperatures and sunshine. A few hardy souls even Noonan, a former member of Notre yesterday outside Stanford-Keenan Halls. Students l»uught out the blankets and laid out on the quad, Dame's Law School faculty, to joined the ducks in taking advantage of the higher maybe trying to re-live a Ft. Lauderdale spring break. address contemporary social issues from a perspective of traditional Christian ethics. "john Noonan's careful scholar ship has produced definitive books Mondale's experience biggest asset on a variety of crucial subjects from usury to the morality of abortion," Editor's note: Tbis is tbe tbird of under Jimmy Carter, Mondale has areas of math, foreign languages, and Hesburgh said. "As a lawyer, a his four articles outlining tbe plat maintained two major concerns. computer science. torian, a theologian, a medievalist, a forms and objectives of tbe can First, he fears too much money is In his defense policy, Mondale classicist and an imaginative legal John Noonan didates wbo will be participating being spent on defense. Secondly, believes there are ten steps educator, he has greatly enriched in the Mock Convention. Americans must follow to both the life of the Catholic Church and on the Family in 1965 and to the insure the nation's security and cut the society in which the Church is a Presidential Commission on Popula By DAVID ROBBINS the defense deficit spending. He in sacrament." tion and the American Future in Noonan was born in Boston on 1970. News Staff sists the nation must strengthen its October 24, 1926. He graduated regular military forces. Smaller na Presently he is an advisor to the from Harvard in 1947 and did his "Walter Mondale is someone you tions should be dealt with as friends United States Catholic Conference. post-graduate studies at Cambridge can trust because he's been in rather than enemies. The govern he has published over fifty articles University. He received master's and there," says Mike Brogioli, campus ment must restore its open commit and essays in a variety of legal, doctoral degrees in philosophy from campaign chairman for Walter Mondale believes America needs to ment to human rights in foreign philosophical and theological jour Catholic University in 1949 and Mondale. be more supportive of its schools policy, and the poorer nations must nals and several books, including 1951, and in 1954 he received his Throughout his career in Wash and invest more money in the be aided through relief and educa- The Scholastic Analysis of Usury, law degree from Harvard, becoming ington, first as a senator from Min modernization and development of Contraception, Power to Dissolve, a member of the bar that same year. nesota and then as vice-president new programs, especially in the see MONDALE page 3 After six years of law practice in see LAETARE page 4 Saint Mary's to investigate Notre Dame football touted current social problems at annual Rockne breakfast By ANNE GALLAGHER portunity for students to increase their under News Staff standing of topics they don't often come in By REBECCA HETLAND fully, coming off the Liberty Bowl win, we contact with here in the Saint Mary's/Notre StaffReporter will have the momentum we need to Current social problems will be explored Dame community." catapult us into a winning year." this week during Social Awareness Week at A display of all programs can be found in the The 53rd annual Knute Rockne The next guest was Tony Nelson, who Saint Mary's. The Social Action Club, an or lobby of the library throughout the week. Memorial Mass and Breakfast was has been a lifelong fan of Rockne and Notre ganization of mainly Sociology majors, Both Overly and Saas agree everyone has celebrated yesterday at South Dining HaiL Dame since seeing a movie about both designed the week to increase student been very eager to help them with the project. The event, sponsored by the Notre Dame when growing up. Since that day, Nelson, knowledge of such key social issues as rape, "SAGA has been really great," said Overly. Club of the St. Joseph Valley, was attended from Ontario, Canada, researched Rockne, poverty and food waste. "They had clear trash bins made specially, and by almost 200 people. Proceeds from this and became an avid Canadian Notre Dame Throughout the week, a series of lectures, donated S I 00 for film and processing. They and other events such as the Blue-Gold fan. He described Rockne as " ... a people Game will go to the club's scholarship person, the most sincere man for whom fund. my respect has grown and grown over the The morning's activities concentrated years." • Wednesday: A meal, slide show and on the legacy left behind by Rockne, who Schedule of Events sermon will be presented at the Hope helped build Notre Dame's reputation as a Rescue Mission in South Bend from frne institution with an all-American foot • Monday: A tour of Memorial Hospi 6:30-9:30 p.m. ball team. To accomplish this, tributes to his life and character were combined with tal will run from 2:15-3:45, followed updates on the present-day Notre Dame by a speaker and rum presented by •Thursday: Clear plastic waste bins football program. CANCO at 7 p.m. on tfte third floor of will expose the day's wasted food in A special Mass, celebrated by Father Haggar College Center. the dining hall. Pictures will be taken Robert Griffrn C.S.C was preceded the •Tuesday: Films will be shown on of the waste. This will go on all day. At breakfast. rape and life in prison from 7:30- 8:30 7 p.m., in Stapleton Lounge, Kay Hol Later, Tom Panzica, member of the S.J. V. Notre Dame Club, began the speaking p.m. in the Media Center of the land from the Battered Women's Shel portion of the program with introductions Cushwa-Leighton Library. ter will speak. of some of the special guests of the day including Knute Rockne's son, jack, and Moose Krause and Paul Castner, two of films, tours and displays will be available to are very aware already of the waste that goes Rockne's well-remembered players. students on the Saint Mary's and Notre Dame on here." Notre Dame's defensive coach, Joe campuses. Janet Saas, an SAC member, feels The SAC, which stems from the now non Yonto and next year's football tri-captains these activities offer an excellent opportunity existant Sociology Club, is a mandatory re Mike Golic, Joe Johnson, and Larry Wil for students to increase their knowledge of quirement for students in the Social Work liams also spoke representing the Univer these issues. "It is really important to have Methods class. Social Awareness Week was sity's football program today. people come hear the speakers and see the developed as a class project. All the captains showed enthusiam for films. They don't take up much time, and they "This is a good club, and this is a good ac the upcoming 1984 season. Mike Golic, are worth listening to," she said. tivity," noted Saas. "Hopefully, if all goes well defensive lineman, commented, "We still Another SAC member, Karen Overly, this year, Social Awareness Week will be big believe in ourselves as playex:s, and hope- MikeGolic agreed "this week provides an excellent op- ger and even better next year." I I The Observer Monday,April2, 1984- page 2 In Brief Mission of Catholic Worker The Obudsman steering committee and may be changing in N.Y.C. executive hoard for 1984-85 have been named. Henry Sienkiewicz has been named director of Ohud. The remainder of the executive jesus tells us that we must feed the hungry, and shel hoard consists of Dave Stepenitch, programs coordinator; Martha ter those without homes and visit the sick and the Mcli, information officer; Susan McCabe, publicity officer; Robert prisoner. We cannot feel too satisfied with the way we Sienkiewicz, finance officer; Maher Mouasher, elections officer; are doing our work - there is too much of it; we have p 1 M G ' Richard Adam, survey officer; and Mary Connolly, communications more than our share, you might say. Yet we can say, "If au c Inn officer. Susan McCabe, Martha Meli, Henry Sienkiewicz, Dave thafs the way He wants it ... " Stpenitch and Ray Wise comprise the new steering committee. Dorothy Day, The Observer from Loaves and Fishes Despite predictions by some that Catholic Worker, I While New York's municipal shelters take in anyone the lay movement founded by Dorothy Day and Peter who asks admittance, Worker hospitality houses are Maurin, may have outlived its usefulness to the hungry selective, although not elitist.