25Th Annual March for Life Creates National Attention

·-~-----·-~--~----- ---~- --- -~ ~- l Monday, January 26, 1998• Vol. XXXI No. 77 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S 25th annual March for Life creates national attention "Notre Dame is the crown jewel of ND/SMC students Catholic education in this country," stated sophomore Josh Guerra, one of the trip's show support for organizers. "As a Catholic institution, it should give its full support to the pro-life movement, a major event of which is the unborn in D. C. March for Life. It is our character and our responsibility." By COLLEEN GAUGHEN The Franciscan University of Stubenville News Writer and Christendom College are two of sev eral institutions which completely shut They came to pray, and they came to down each year to participate in the protest. march. Hundreds of thousands of people gath The combined efforts of Catholic, ered in Washington, D.C., last Thursday Protestant and Jewish groups illustrated to mourn the loss of over 3 7 million the range of religious diversity supporting unborn children. the pro-life movement. Diversity was also It was the 25th anniversary of the annu seen in the wide variety of age groups al March for Life, a movement which represented. began in immediate response to the Jan. "One of the things I'm most impressed 22, 1973, Supreme Court decision to about is the amount of young people legalize the clinical termination of preg involved," said sophomore Jamie Kuhn, nancies. another organizer. "These are people who "The number of people there, from all will be leading our country someday, and over, was overwhelming," said Notre it gives me hope for the future." Dame freshman Sheila McCarthy. An array of religious leaders, congress Representing Notre Dame/Saint Mary's men and special guests spoke at a rally Right to Life, 138 students, including five before the actual march. The March for from Holy Cross College, joined the mass Life began at the Ellipse, the area near es last week in expressing their pro-life the Washington Monument, and ended at Photo courtesy of Heather DeJesus the Supreme Court. Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Right to Life members proudly display their banners and signs beliefs. No Notre Dame priests, faculty, or in the 25th annual March for Life, held in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22. administrators attended the protest. see MARCH/ page 4 Gernes shares poetry Play of the Mind brings nation's women together ver the weekend, Saint in honor of Australia Mary's students, faculty and By KRISTY KA TZMANN "So I went to Australia with Oadministrators joined repre News Writer a title looking for the poem, sentatives from 14 other women's and when I finally found one, colleges in The Play of the Mind Sonia Gernes, English pro it wasn't just a regular poem, Conference entitled "Borders to fessor at Notre Dame, will it was a very long one," Bridge - The Women's College help the Notre Dame Gernes explained. Challenge." Australian Club celebrate Her book is composed of The event began Thursday with Australia three narrative poems: "The dinner, and concluded Sunday with Day today Indian School," "The Mutes a farewell brunch. The purpose of by reading of Sleepy Eye" and "A Breeze the conference was to explore poetry from Called the Fremantle issues facing women and women's her most Doctor." While in Fremantle, colleges in the 1990s. r e c e n t Gernes spent her Sunday The weekends' activities included book. "A afternoons in a building dedi a guest faculty/student develop B r e c z e cated to poetry readings, folk ment professionals session, a host Called the singing and other events. and guest team planning session, sessions on collaboration and lead Fro mantle Gernes Gernes learned that the Doctor," at building had once served as ership, and other discussion tlw UnivPrsity Club at 4:15 an asylum and she began to groups. p.m. imagine Some of the visiting colleges were: G n r n n s fi r s t the stories Smith College, Northampton, conceived the that lived Mass.; Texas Women's University, Denton, Texas; Trinity College, idea for her SECOND THOUGHT behind its book during 'My walls. Washington, D.C.; and Wesleyan her travels to WAS, 'A BREEZE "Because College, Macon, Ga. Fremantle. CALLED THE FREMANTLE DOC- spent Australia. in quite a bit 1993, where TOR, THAT'S KIND OF NICE, of time she taught the KIND OF LIKE A STREETCAR there, that Photos: The Observer/Manuela Hernandez first group of NAMED DESIRE.' I THOUGHT, story of Notre Dame the breeze s t u d e n t s THAT'S A TITLE' echoed in involved in the my mind study abroad and I program. SONIA CERNES began to Originally imagine r r 0 m the women Minnesota and concerned who had been in this building about the heat in Fremantle, at different periods," said Gernes inquired about the Gernes. availability of air condition Although the three poems ing in the Australian teach in "A Breeze Called the ing facilities. She found that Fremantle Doctor" pertain to the classrooms were air con different subject matters, ditioned but her apartment they all relate to a real and was not. because of a daily specific time, and deal with breeze called the Fremantle some kind of disability or dif Doctor. ficulty. Gernes will concen "My first thought was, trate today on the last sec 'Yeah, right.' My second tion of her book which deals thought was, 'A breeze called with Australia. the Fremantle Doctor, that's The Notre Dame Australian nice. kind of like a streetcar Club welcomes everyone to named Desire.' I thought, the reading and the recep that's a title. tion following the event. .--------------~--------------------------------~·-------------- ----~ ~-- r page 2 The Observer• INSIDE Monday, January 26, 1998 t •1NSIDE COLUMN The real loser: ~/Outside the Dome "'-y~~\~ Compiled from U-Wire reports The image of Community gathers to show support for UF president GAINESVILLE, Fla. on one man with white hair and the U.S. For a few brief moments Thursday • thick, black glasses who drives an old Prnsidcnt Bill Clinton night, it seemed impossible that any red pickup. was caught with his pants thing could separate University of Chants ol' "llell no, he won't go," down last wr.ek. Florida president John Lombardi were followed by screams of "We l.i tc rail y. from the school and community that love Lombardi" and "We want But whatever (or has loved him for eight years. Lombardi." whonrnvcr) he may have As he stood on top of a chair out "I hope this will give him a little done, talk of resignation side his front door, singing the UF personal resolve and strength to fight or impeachment may be a alma mater with a crowd of almost some of the pressurn (from the Board 2,000, there was no more talk of by student government brought many of Hegents) to resign," Student Sen. little premature. to cheers and several to tears. It was First of' all, Bill Clinton Matthew Loughran racial slurs and no more accusations Avery Dial said. a far more hopeful mood than that of "(The regents) are not playing bully will never resign. llr. is A~sociare News Editor of political maneuvering within the State University System. last week when it became public that anymore now that we've got people fiercely political and, as Lombardi had called new chancellor the program "Biography" on the Arts and There was no more speculation back in our court." about Lombardi's future as UF presi Adam Herbert - the first black to Lombardi kept the athletic Entertainment network said this week, "lie hold the position in Florida - an seems to be at his best when he is battling dent. metaphors going when asked what Instead, there was only Gator spirit "Oreo." he thought of the recent comment back. and counter-punching." All this past "It's like going to a football game," wnek. aidns have rnportnd incredulously that and unwavering support for a man made by regent Steve Uhlf'elder. who in the past week has been called Hep. Bob Casey, H-Gainesville, said chairman of the 14-member panel Clinton has been operating without any as he stood among students, commu appearance of distraction or distress. by many legislators, students, faculty that oversees Florida's public univ11r and friends the best president this nity members,. UF faculty and local sities, that the "ball" of Lombardi's Clinton showed in his early political career and state politicians. and in his handling of earlier scandals that he university - or any in the country - future is "back in his court." has ever had. But this time, the fans in their Lombardi said, "I'm just going to does not let this kind of thing bother him. orange and blue garb were cheering Hichard Nixon, the only president ever to The Thursday night rally organized dribble it awhile." rnsign, did so after learning that the Congress was going to pursue articles of impeachment. • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA The Congress may not bn able to impeach President Clinton. In order for them to pursue USC not a 'wired' campus President questioned by legislature artidns of impeachment. Hepublican leaders of the Congress have to convince enough LOS ANGELES GHAND FOHKS, N.D. Democrats to vote against the president. In USC was omitted from a recent list of the 100 top University of North Dakota president Kendall Bak11r order for that to happen. they have to come "wired" campuses in the nation, which ranks the colleges probably thought he was out of hot water regarding up with solid evidence of' the "high-crimes with the best college computer services and Internet recent UNO deficits as he went before the North Dakota and misdenwanors" necessary for the accessibility.

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