VOL. XXV. NO. 61 The bserverTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S BOG talks Students look to services for funding on campus By PANCHO LOZANO students turn to scholarship student turn to an independent Business Editor search companies too hastily company in search of scholar­ and do not scrutinize their op­ ships, Russo said. diversity Recent economic troubles tions thoroughly. "Go through the routine, along with the soaring cost of Joseph Russo, director of the exhaust all the standard ap­ By NICOLE MCGRATH education have left parents and Office of Financial Aid for the proaches, and then if you still Saint Mary's Sports Editor prospective college students University, said that students don't fmd anything you can turn with the burden of trying to find should stick to the norm in towards these," added Russo. The Saint Mary's Board of some way to lift the weight of terms of applying for scholar­ Critics of scholarship search Governance (BOG) discussed education costs. ships. companies have stated that bringing a higher level of cul­ One way to ease the burden is computerized databases. "Ninety-five percent of the these services are a fraud and tural diversity to the campus to qualify for a scholarship, and For a fee, students can hire resources to help students come offer nothing for the fee they during Monday's meeting. with that comes the arduous one of the companies to search through the standard routine," charge. The new Minorities, Interna­ task of researching and filling for scholarship opportunities. Russo said. But Russo is hesitant to tional, and Non-Traditional out scholarship applications. The students fill out a Russo said the resources that stereotype all these services as Student Life (MINT) director, Because of all the work in­ questionnaire, and the students need to find scholar­ illegitimate. Marciela Ramirez, will intro­ volved, students often turn to­ company's database matches ships are publicly available, "Most of these places are duce herself to the board at wards scholarship-finding the information with such as public libraries, gov­ right on the margin in terms of next Tuesday's meeting. businesses, independent com­ scholarship opportunities. ernment agencies, and high advertising with logos, so you Ramirez replaced Professor panies that match college stu­ Many college counselors ob­ school and college counselors. see FUNDS I page 4 Patricia Washington at the be­ dents to scholarships listed in ject to these services because Only as a last resort should a ginning of the semester. The Board also spoke on preparing for the upcoming ND receives National Association of Students at Catholic Colleges record level and Universities (NASCCU) conference. The conference will be held on February 4-7 at contributions Notre Dame. "The conference will be cen­ Special to The Observer tered around the issue of cul­ tural diversity," said Saint Cash contributions to the Mary's student body president, University of Notre Dame ex­ Tina Carrara. ceeded $4 7 million in fiscal BOG has been asked to make year 1992, an increase of al­ a $500 contribution to the most $1 million from the previ­ keynote speaker's fee of ous year, according to the an­ $2,500. The speaker will be nual report of the University's Roy Inez, Commissioner of Ra­ Department of Development. cial Inequality in Washington The total, which does not D.C. take into account pledges of Because BOG has a tight bud­ future gifts, included record get, board members suggested levels in foundation and that Joe Cataldo and Mike corporate support, the Annual Schmiedeler, NASSCU coordi­ Fund and the Sorin Society. nators at Notre Dame, be in­ "We're pleased with what we vited to explain how the money raised, especially in light of the will be beneficial to the confer­ sluggish economy, but we know ence. that an institution of our size "We are hoping to send at and quality will need even least six women to the confer­ more in the future," said Daniel ence," said Carrara. Saint Mary Reagan, director of develop­ students wishing to attend must ment. pay a $50 registration fee per Foundation and corporate person. support totaled $22 million, a In old business, BOG and the 15 percent increase over 1991 Saint Mary's Observer staff held and $1.2 million more than the a meeting last Thursday to previous best year of 1988. discuss concerns and positions The Observer/ Tom Zipprich Among U.S. colleges and uni­ between their staffs. According Higher technology versities, Notre Dame continues The Architecture Building is displaying some of the lighting projects which the fifth year students have to rank behind only Harvard and Yale Universities in see BOG I page 4 been working on for their class, Building Technology in Acoustics and Illumination. matching gifts, generating $2.4 million in 1992. In its 49th year, the Annual Tornadoes rip across North Carolina, killing two Fund raised $11.8 million, an (AP) Tornadoes ripped across in Cheyenne. seven children and the driver Plains "looks like a war zone," increase of 6 percent over 1991 North Carolina early Monday, Other deaths from the unusual were treated at a hospital. All he said. and the ninth consecutive smashing houses and tossing a November thunderstorm system injuries treated by late morning Miller said it appeared that record-breaking year. The fund school bus full of kids off a road included 15 in Mississippi; five were serious, said hospital one tornado touched down in received $52,217 gifts, an 8.5 before a deadly storm system in Georgia; and one each in spokeswoman Diana Gardner. Putnam County "and just percent increase over the headed out to sea. Tennessee, Kentucky and South Near Wilson's Mills, about 20 hugged the ground for about 10 previous year and also a Two people were killed in Carolina. miles southeast of Raleigh, or 15 miles, just cutting a path record. North Carolina, boosting the The first tornadoes had hit Sandra Ward saw a twister pick of destruction all along the The Sorin Society raised a record $5.4 million, $600,000 up a neighbor's mobile home way." death toll to 25 from the bar­ Louisiana and Texas on Satur­ more than last year. The Sorin rage of tornadoes through 11 day, damaging about 300 and smash it into a field across Society includes contributors of states. homes in Houston but causing the road, throwing a couple and "It just got real black and a minimum of $1,000 annually "Several mobile homes are only minor injuries. A northern their baby outside. there was a continuous roar in unrestricted gifts as well as just frames laying in the middle extension of the storm system like thunder for about 30 min­ of the road .... It's pretty exten­ set off tornadoes in Indiana and "It just lifted it up, rolled it in utes," said Putnam County sive," said rescue squad mem­ Ohio. Alabama also was struck. the air and slammed it down," resident Evalyn Maddox. see GRANTS I page 4 ber Ray De Friess of the damage Hundreds of people were in­ Ms. Ward said. The baby, found in Hillsborough, N.C., 30 miles jured. in a field, and its mother were The unseasonable weather northwest of Raleigh. He More than a dozen North hospitalized, she said. was caused by a southern flow estimated 40 to 50 homes were Carolina counties reported Federal and state damage of moist air from the Gulf of destroyed. damage or injuries Monday. assessment teams moved into Mexico sliding under much And in the wake of that Tornadoes caused extensive Mississippi on Monday. colder westerly wind higher in weather system, a new storm power outages, snapped trees, the atmosphere, said Henry built in strength Monday in the blocked roads and delayed the "It was absolute total devas­ Steigerwaldt, a National Rockies. A blizzard closed start of school and work for tation," Gov. Kirk Fordice said Weather Service meteorologist schools and highways in Col­ thousands. after touring hard-hit Rankin in Indianapolis. orado and Wyoming, and In Pasquotank County in the County, where 10 people died. avalanches closed canyon roads state's northeastern corner, a Georgia Gov. Zell Miller toured In the West, a blizzard in Utah, where one ski resort tornado picked up a school bus hard-hit areas Monday and said warning was in effect for parts got 35 inches of snow. Wyoming and carried it 20 to 25 feet, said damage caused Sunday was of Colorado thrpugh Tuesday state government offices closed Sheriff D.M. Sawyer. Twenty- very severe. The town of White morning. \ - __ _j page 2 The Observer Tuesday, November 24, 1992 •. :·:·:=:·:·:=:·:.: ;:::: INSIDE COLUMN FORECAST Give thanks for Cloudy and cool today with a high of 45. Cloudy and warmer Wednesday turkey, stuffing with an 80 percent chance of rain and a and learning high around 50. TEMPERATURES Since this week's Inside Column sarcasm quota City H L has been filled, this Anchorage 46 40 Atlanta 70 47 column is for those of you Bogota 68 46 who, like me, are "stuck" Cairo 68 54 Chicago 43 37 here for Thanksgiving. Cleveland 61 47 For the fourth year in a Dallas 53 39 Detroij 49 44 row, I will be spending Indianapolis 65 43 the Thanksgiving holiday Paul Pearson Jerusalem 57 46 London 59 54 on the Notre Dame Associate News Editor Los Angeles 68 50 campus. Madrid 72 43 Minneapolis 35 28 Am I depressed? No, Moscow 36 30 and I'll explain why. Nashville 73 46 New York 64 59 At the beginning of my freshman year, I knew •• • Paris 63 52 that I would not be going home for WARitl STATIONARY• • Philadelphia 65 62 Rome 63 45 Thanksgiving.