I O B S E R V E R Tuesday, August 22, 1995 • Vol. XXVII No. 2 I I IE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S P lan n er’s fu tu re tied to K nott, S iegfried By DAVE TYLER would cease to exist at the close Planner, Siegfried and Knott O ’H a r a l e t t e r te llsNews Editor o f change; residents at midnight, an­ ■ FOR MORE COMPLETE nounced that students would be A letter signed by Vice Presi­ moved into Siegfried and Knott T o w e r s p l i t s i n t o t w o d oCOVERAGE r m AND sREACTION , dent for Student Affairs Patricia Halls on Mod Quad. The resi­ O’Hara informed residents of SEE WEDNESDAY’S EDITION dents from those two facilities W est Q uad gets fem ale halls Planner Hall last night that will be housed in two new their dormitory community of the 1996 academic year. The letter, distributed to see TO W ER / page 8 Electric car Taking care of Business finishes at Indy, in 4th B uilding is pride o f By BRAD PRENDERGAST Associate News Editor By ETHAN HAYWARD Assistant News Editor After a month of problems that left the Irish Racing Team The scaffolding around the Administration stranded on the sidelines, Building is not the only new addition to Notre Dame’s electric race car campus this year. One of this year’s fea­ is up and running again. tures on campus is the new College of The team finished fourth Business Administration. among eight teams last Thurs­ Located just south of DeBartolo Hall, the day at the Electricore Formula facility began operation on May 22. Though Lightning Race in Indianapolis. it still has a few technical glitches, the Rut more important than the building is set to house today’s first classes middle-of-the-pack finish was of the semester. the simple fact that the Irish “We are 90 per cent running,” says Sam were able to finish the race. Gaglio, Assistant Dean of the College of At the Cleveland Electric Business Administration. Formula Classic on July 22, a The new business facility is approximately race that Notre Dame won last the same size as DeBartolo and has a basic year, a warning from the auto H-shaped footprint. It was also designed disconnect, a safety feature and built by the same architecture firm and that regulates the flow of elec­ The Observer/Mike Ruma general contractor as Debartolo, Elley- tricity through the car and The new College of Business is a technical marvel, both inside and out. Beckett and Casteel Construction, respec­ automatically shuts the power tively. down when the flow is too The College of Business Administration high, prevented the team from also has the same media features as competing. / Facts about the DeBartolo Hall and is electronically con­ “The auto disconnect warned nected to the latter building. The new busi­ us that there was a short in / Business Building ness building also houses the campus’ only the car, but when we checked electronic library, a non-paper database of it out after the race, we Seating C apachyM l # of Rooms information from the business school and couldn’t find a short,” said 3 5 0 1 Hesburgh Library, which is accessible via 8 0 2 Tony Mascadri, a senior engi­ 6 0 6 network to all classrooms. neering major. “It might have 5 0 3 The new building is broken down into five 3 0 4 just been a malfunction in the 2 0 2 major areas: Jordan Auditorium, the Kelly auto disconnect.” Building, the McGlinn Building, the Naimoli •The facility also has a computer lab and an Since-retired crew chief Joe electronic media service similar to the one In Building, and the Siegfried Building. Each Finnerty agreed. u se In DeBartolo. see COLLEGE / page 8 see RACING / page 10 ND credit card will benefit academic scholarships By DAVE TYLER an estimated 32,000 people will carry News Editor Notre Dame Visa’s in the next 15 months, and five years from now 80,000 Your answer to the age-old question people will be cardholders. “cash or charge?" will soon help send a Notre Dame will earn anywhere from student to Notre Dame, if you use your $5 to $20 on each card, according to new Notre Dame Visa Card. national averages. Under those projec­ The University of Notre Dame is join­ tions the estimated 80,000 cards may ing forces with First USA Bank of generate between $400,000 and $1.6 Wilmington, Delaware, to sponsor a new million every year for the school. Notre credit card that, when used, will pro­ Dame expects to surpass these esti­ vide money for academic scholarships. mates, which First USA provided as Every time a cardholder uses the minimum projections. Money generated Notre Dame Visa, the University will by the credit cards are will be used receive money towards its academic exclusively for academic scholarships. scholarship funds. Notre Dame will also Lennon says all parties involved bene­ take in a fee for every new Notre Dame fit from the partnership. The university a Visa issued. is paying nothing to participate, but “It’s not a small piece of change,” said receives money for financial aid. First Charles Lennon, executive director of USA gets access to the addresses of the Notre Dame Alumni Association and 94,000 alumni, and univeristy boosters. assistant vice president of university However, Lennon said Notre Dame relations. “It’s money that can help stu­ will not allow the program to be shoddi­ courtesy of Notre Dame Alumni Association dents come to Notre Dame, and 66 per­ ly run. The University will approve all The new Notre Dame Visa Card. cent receive financial aid of some type. marketing materials before they are “We just feel strongly that we should an application of their own. Student The best part is everytime someone uses used. No telemarketing will be used, not be the ones who inundate their mail Alumni Relations Group (S.A.R.G.) rep­ their card, it benefits the University.” and the university will approve all mail­ boxes with applications for credit cards resentatives will have applications in First USA will issue both regular and ing lists. “We tell them who they can that they don’t have any visible signs of each dorrflitory, if students are inter­ “gold" cards, and will market those solicit,” he said. being able to support,” Lennon said. ested in applying. cards towards alumni, supporters and Students will not be the subjects of However, student are not restricted friends of the University. Lennon said any mailing, he said. from applying for the card, if they obtain see CARD / page 8 page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Tuesday, August 22, 1995 ■ In sid e C olumn 0 WORLD AT A GLANCE Islamic militant bombs two Israeli commuter buses The In a leaflet issued in Syria, LEBA JERUSALEM Hamas said: “The Israeli gov­ An Islamic militant, possibly a I SRA E L ernment will pay for the war woman, set off a suicide bomb declared against Islam and opportunities Monday that tore through two Muslims.” Hamas, which opposes crowded Israeli commuter buses [ West ^ j the peace talks, has demanded a headed for Hebrew University. The ISRAEL Bank complete Israeli withdrawal from . are knocking blast shredded one bus into a twist­ Bomb explodes the West Bank and Gaza Strip, ed metal cobweb and killed five on passenger including all settlements, and a b u u bigger role for itself in represent­ The start of the fall people, including an American tourist. ing Palestinians. semester at the University c. of Notre Dame is more The police investigation focused Mediterranean The dead were identified as Joan S e e f Davenny, a Hebrew school teacher significant than the heat on two mutilated and unidentified Je ru sa le m from Woodbridge, Conn., Rivka wave that inevitably bodies. Police Chief Arieh Amit said G a z a the condition of the woman’s body Cohen, a 26-year-old Israeli, and accompanies it, though S tr ip Noam Eizenman, an Israeli police­ nothing may immediately suggested she could have been strike you quite like the holding the TNT bomb. man. Davenny had been gathering Dead Sea material for her class on the histo­ humidity as you step out “I could see body parts ev­ of the A/C and into the i . erywhere,” said Judy Shulewitz, a ry of Israel. sweltering air on cam- Meaghan Smith Cornell University student who was Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin pus. Fortunately, the Associate Viewpoint one of at least three Americans wounded in the explo­ suspended peace talks with the PLO and ordered the heat will subside. And ______ Editor _______ sion. “There was blood all over the place.” West Bank and Gaza Strip sealed, barring Palestinians o nce you can focus on The Muslim militant group Hamas claimed responsibili­ from traveling to Israel. something other than the way you feel like a ty for the blast, which injured more than 100 people dur­ Rabin said the talks would resume after the Israeli vic­ wet ramen noodle in the summer sun, you can ing morning rush hour in Jerusalem and forced the sus­ tims’ funerals which, according to Jewish tradition, must begin to appreciate how fortunate you are to pension of Israel-PLO talks on expanding Palestinian self- be held as quickly as possible. Mrs. Cohen was buried be a part of Notre Dame.