Senate Demands Student Rights

• Thursday, April3, 1997 • Vol. XXX No. 116 E INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S •FAcuLrvSENATE Urban Plunge plans Senate demands student rights . By SEAN SMITH program expansion News Writer By MICHAEL LEWIS Executive task force co News Writer chair Stephen Ponzillo said After a brief debate last night, the task force consists of the Faculty Senate overwhelm One of Notre Dame's most dorm representatives who ingly voted to pass a resolution successful social justice pro put up signs and help pro strongly urging the Office of grams, the Urban Plunge, is mote the event. The execu Student Affairs to publish a stu prepared to announce the tive task force has a little dent bill of rights in the next names of those on next more of a time commitment edition of du Lac. year's task forces. and has more responsibility, The resolution was proposed This includes both what is according to Ponzillo. by the Senate's Student Affairs called "the executive task Ponzillo wants to increase and presented to the committee force" and. "the task force." the number of students in the members of the .Senate by corn program to 400. Last year mittel' member Valerie Sayers. The members of both of these groups there were "\Ne [the Student Affairs com participate in around mittee] strongly urge the Senate the Plunge 200, but the to puss this resolution." Sayers and organize total has said. and publicize been as The goal of the resolution, as the event. The high as 280 stated in the document, is for naming of the or 290, he "the benefit of students, faculty new task force said. and administration !so that they members will "We usu may! understand clearly student be at 7 p.m. ally aver rights in the context of universi AnneWerring age a little ty regulations r-egarding all this Sunday in The Observer/Brat Hogan the Center for over 200," areas of student life." As chairperson, Father Richard McBrien opened the Faculty Senate he said. He The resolution reads, "Be it S o c i a I meeting concerning the student bill of rights. Concerns. planned on therefore resolved that the that year. Finally in 1993, the Many members of the Senate "The Urban Plunge gives us catering to Core classes, Faculty Senate Academic five remaining rights were all expressed their opinions that it freshmen and seniors to Council requires the Office of the opportunity to see people together stricken from du Lac. was crucia! for th~ resolution t_o increase the participation. Student Affairs to write, in com who live in poverty in a new Twice, in the past seven be passed Immediately, as revi and d·ifferent light," task He also said the program plete collaboration with repre months, has Patricia O'Hara, sion of du Lac is scheduled for would target students in the sentatives from the Student force member Anne Werring vice president of the Office of this summer. After the sum said. "We get to see them as business school and pre-med Union, rectors and faculty, an Student Affairs, denied requests mer, another revision is not people and not just stereo program where there has not explicit student bill of rights to amend du Lac to include a scheduled for another two types." been much involvement in and to publish it in the next edi student bill of rights. years. the past. Common activities Lac." The program includes stu tion of du "We [the Student Affairs com- The Faculty Senate Ad Hoc during the Urban Plunge Notre Dame students have not dents from Notre Dame, rnittee] think that a student bill Nominating Committee is also Saint Mary's, and Holy Cross. experience include serving always been without a bill of of rights is the right thing to do still in search of senate mem meals at soup kitchens, tour rights. Prior to 1988, 14 rights The participants take their and that it [the bill of rights] is hers wishing to run for senate 48 hour experiences in over ing homeless shelters, and were guaranteed to students in very important for the academic leadership positions. In his speaking with activists and du Lac. That number, however, 70 sites in nearly 50 cities environment of the University," each year during Christmas was cut down to five following Sayers said. see SENATE I page 4 break. see PLUNGE I page 4 ~----------------------------------, Cox wins Fulbright scholarship • STUDENT UNION By SARAH CORKREAN known as the Fulbright Grant, family for a year. Through Saint Marv's News Editor was established in 1946 under daily interaction with her host legislation introduced by the family, Cox was forced to con It is not very often that a stu Late Senator J. William verse in French on a daily dent who studies abroad in Fulbright. basis. France !'or an academic year In conjunction with the "Even if we wanted to isolate has the opportunity to return as Fulbright Program, Cox will ourselves as American students a Fulbright Scholar. spend the year teaching English and speak only English it was Amy Cox, a senior French conversation classes in a almost impossible because we and Iiumanistic Studies double French high school through a had to go home to our French major at Saint Mary's College French government teaching family every night," said Cox. will be taking advantage of that sponsorship that is a division of Cox applied for the scholar opportunity next year. the Fulbright program. ship when a friend who also The Fulbright Scholarship "Hopefully, with the teaching went on the Angers Program program was designed to experience, I will be able to suggested she would be a good increase cultural understand decide if I want to pursue a candidate. When she became ing between the people of the career in teaching or explore one of the 40 applicants accept United States and the people of some other career," said Cox. ed from the pool of 300, Cox other countries. Applicants are Cox is no stranger to the could not believe she was seri chosen on a highly competitive French culture. As a sopho ot~sly considered by the pro basis nationwide and receive more at Saint Mary's, Cox par gram directors, let alone The Observer/Brat Hogan funding for educational. living, ticipated in the Saint Mary's accepted. Newly appointed Student Union Executive Cabinet members met and traveling expenses. The France program where she together for the first time yesterday in 203 LaFortune. Fulbright Scholarship, also studied and lived with a French see FULBRIGHT I page 4 Center prepares to Roast Holtz Sink or swiiD tiiDe Observer Staff Report center by bringing a variety of Dame," he asserted. celebrities to the University, Joining Holtz and master of for new leaders Celebrating his 11-year each saluting Coach Holtz's ceremonies Regis Philbin are esterday afternoon marked the first meeting of the new tenure as career. Jerome Bettis, Derrick Mayes, Student Union's Executive Cabinet. The cabinet will Head Coach "This should benefit Lou as Tony Rice, Barry Alvarez, and Yaddress student government programming for the coming of the Notre well as the center," said Father .Gerry Faust, among others. year. Dame foot Steve Newton, Sorin Hall rector "There are others we're con ball team, Newly created by this spring's reformed student government and coordinator of the Roast. tacting, and we might have a constitution, the cabinet represents a major step towards coor Lou Holtz "It'll be great closure for his few surprises as well," hinted dinating the planning and funding of campus activities. will return to time here." Newton. "We're just jumping in the water and starting to swim," said campus for "It'll take a miracle, nothing The Class of '97 is co-spon student body president Matt Griffin, who chairs the Executive an event in is as boring as an ex-coach," soring the event, which will be Cabinet. his honor Holtz Holtz told Newton recently. held at the Joyce Center arena With 18 official members, the Executive Cabinet includes class sponsored by "Why would anyone come?'' on April 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets presidents, off-campus co-presidents and representatives from the Life Newton feels differently. "I are on sale for $5 at the SUB committees, Hall Presidents' Council and the Club Treatment Center. think the community wants one LaFortune information desk. Coordination Council. "Roast the Coach" is an event last chance to thank Lou for Recorded copies of the Roast designed to raise funds for the everything he's done at Notre will be available from WNDU. page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Thursday, April 3,1997 • INSIDE COLUMN Technology LOS ANGELES the berries had different lot numbers, the Schoolchildren in six states may have agencies said. been exposed to the hepatitis A virus by Those states arc Florida, Illinois, • with an attitude eating contaminated frozen strawber Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, It all started when my laser printer ate my ries that had been shipped as a part of North Carolina, North Dakota and National Merit Scholarship application my a federal school lunch program. Wisconsin. senior year of high school. After writing a So far, the only reported illnesses In Los Angeles, up to 9,000 youngsters wonderfully generic personal statement, I linked to the tainted berries were in and adults may have been exposed. placed the pea-green Michigan, where about 151 students School and health officials determined application in the printer and teachers have been sickened, that fruit cups served last week in eigh and willed the computer apparently after eating strawberries teen Los Angeles public schools may have to do my bidding.

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