Letters on Politics, Gays, Abortion, SABC
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THE POSTMAN RINGS 13 TIMES 'CABARET' ON FORDHAM STAGE Letters On Politics, Gays, Abortion, SABC. Pages 5,13 Fine Performances, But Not Quite Great.. .Page 8 Volume 4, Number 5 College At Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York March 28-April 10, 1984 Trustees Pick Jesuit Editor budget. "I'm coming as an outsider," said Father O'Hare, who is on the Former CLC Teacher Is Board of Directors at Georgetown. But at least one Lincoln Center Jesuit said that is a good omen for CLC, which has been in existence Fordham's 31st President for oiily 16 of Fordham's 143 years. By W.A. Pbwer "No Patsy, But No Ax To Grind" "I have a feeling that it's going to be very good for this campus," A prize-winning Jesuit journalist -a former adjunct professor at said the Rev. Peter F. O'Brien, associate director of Campus CLC who is now editor-in-chief of America magazine - has been Ministries at Lincoln Center. Nearly all of Fordham's Jesuits reside elected president of Fordham. at Rose Hill, and Father O'Brien said someone from "inside" might The Rev. Joseph Aloysius O'Hare, 53, is the first new Fordham focus too much on the mother campus. president in 12 years. He now lives on West 56th Street at the Describing Father O'Hare as "always very sane," Fath"r O'Brie;) America House Community, but will move to Loyola-Faber Hall described the president-elect as being "no patsy at all - but he has on Fordham's Rose Hill campus when he becomes president July 1. no ax to grind, either." Father O'Hare was recommended by an ll-member search com- Father O'Hare's 15 years of study and teaching in the Philippines mittee at the Trustees meeting March 13. He succeeds the Rev. James and his numerous articles on religion, politics and justice will make C. Finlay, 61, who had one of the longest tenures in Fordham history. him a thoughtful president, O'Brien said. "He has to dea nnhiidv The choice of Father O'Hare is particularly good news for the often with a wide range of issues —Catholic and non-Cathilic. He h Lincoln Center campus. Fordham's administrative braintrust is bas- be good. He brings other experiences to the University" ed at Rose Hill, but Father O'Hare makes no secret of his fondness Father O'Hare studied at Berchmans College in Cebo Ciiy, Philip- for the University's downtown branch. pines, where he earned his M.A. in 1955. (He received his Ph.D. "I'm very partial to Lincoln Center. I've lived on the West Side in Philosophy from Fordham in 1968). He was a professor and ad- for 12 years and I like the neighborhood," said O'Hare, who was ministrator at Ateneo de Manila University for nine years and a stu- born in the Bronx and attended Regis High School. dent in Paris for two. Speaking after a news conference here the day after he was chosen, He stay in the Philippines proved useful when he came to Ameri- Father O'Hare said he is aware that some Lincoln Center people rain 1972. One of his first articles was "Philippine Crisis: Politics feel alienated from Rose Hill, but added, Tm interested in doing and Conscience." o all I can to bridge that." When he becomes President, Father O'Hare will step down as America editor and relinquish his column, but he said he.will oc- From EXCEL Teacher to President casionally submit articles. No stranger to the West Side, Father O'Hare has an office at Tat Ewing Coming To Fordham' /JmeTi'ew.magazine just five minutes from CLC. It is at America— Father O'Hare was relaxed and chipper at a low-key news con- the 75-year-old Jesuit weekly-that Father O'Hare h^s written more ference March 14, held in <he 12th floor faculty dining room. than 30 articles, as well as book reviews and an award-winning col- Trustees vice-chairman Judge William Hughes Mulligan (filling 111,,.- U; Llilh Tampkim umn, "Of Many Things." in for chairman Richard J. Bennett, who was ill), said Father Finlay Calling the Lincoln Center campus "one of the most genial ideas THE REV. JOSEPH A. O'HARE: "I'm coming as an outsider." ]Z leaves Fordham "strong, healthy and well-prepared." Fordham ever had," Father O'Hare recalled that from 1973-75 he was But it was Father O'Hare who commanded the spotlight, flashing and philosophy, until he became America editor-in-chief in 1975. an adjunct professor in the college's EXCEL program while an his quick wit. Nine years later, Father O'Hare is preparing to become president associate editor at America. He taught "The Person," a six-credit After Mulligan read a somewhat dry and long-winded introduc- of Fordham's three campuses, 12,774 students and $65.5 million interdisciplinary course on human understanding through literature tion of the new president. Father O'Hare chuckled thai the usually loquacious Mulligan had reached "true imaginative heights " FORDHAM BASKETBALL SINKS IN PLAYOFFS /P. 14 Continued On i Kitty Genovese Conference Attracts Lawyers, Cops, Psychologists And Editors Daily News editor J.iinex C, Wicghart By Julie Toth about why the 38 neighbors who witnessed the death did not get involved. stranger who may be in trouble... they played out their role in the terrible event that dark night." Penn State's R. Lance Shotland No event this year, except the announcement of On March 13,1964 in the early morning hours Koop said that the issues of the Kitty Genovese the new Fordham president, has sparked as much Kitty Genovese was returning home to her Kew case are of major concern to his office. media coverage of CLC as a three-day conference Gardens apartment from her job as manager of a "I'm not alone in thinking that violence has marking the 20th anniversary of the murder of Kit- Queens tavern. She sensed something was wrong become fired into the agendas of Surgeons General ty Genovese. and started to run for the nearest police call box. of the public health service in this country for the The conference, which got major play in News- She did not make it. The assailant Winston same reasons that smallpox, malaria, and tuber- day, the Daily News, and The New York Times, Moseley stabbed her. As she screamed a neighbor culosis were the big issues for my predecessors in brought together experts in the social sciences, stuck his head out the window and shouted "Leave the previous two centuries," said Koop. "Those in- criminology, law and media to discuss the prob- that girl alone." As she struggled down the street fectious diseases threatened to profoundly disrupt lems of "Bad Samaritanism"-the reluctance of neighbors watched as Moseley looked for his vic- American society then. Violence makes the same some to aid the victims of violence. tim in and out of doorways and finally stabbed her threat against our country today." The varied disciplines often disagree about the to death in the hallway of a nearby apartment Koop said that it was not only important to do issue of crime, but at the conference all came to building. A resident in the building opened his research into these issues but we must also "pre- the conclusion that something should be done door a crack, witnessed what was going on and vent the violence from happening in the first place." about "Bad Samaritanism" whether it be imposing promptly closed it. It was not until 35 minutes later "That's not a job for the criminal justice system laws which would punish bystanders for non-in- that police received a call. alone. .we must look for the help of our schools, tervention or having everyone do some soul search- "They were participants in that event," said religious congregations, social service institu- ing to discover why sometimes we are reluctant to Surgeon General C. Everett Koop in his keynote tions ... most important we must look towards one intervene. address on the first day of the conference," . .By another." The Kitty Genovese case has come to sym- hearing orby actually seeing.. .by hesitating, by deciding not to act.. .by judging right then how The second clay of the conference dealt primarily /'/„./,. Hi IK/I. l\»m bolizc the problem of public apathy and has created responsible they could feel for another person, a Surgeon General C. Kvercll Ko<>|> much discussion among experts, then and now Continued On I^gc 2 » Story, TENURE: For 7 Profs, It's 'Almost As Important As Marriage Page 3 2/The Observer/March 28, 1984 WHENTHEY By Christine Patafio either busines or liberal arts, an M.B.A. from one of the top business schools and four to five years TELL YOU THAT Stephen Munger and Domcnick LaMagna, two • experience in the securities industry market, ac- Merrill Lynch executives, spoke about investment cording to Munger. banking and the process of syndication in a lec- A brief discussion on theprocess of syndication ABORTION ture sponsored by the Economics Club at CLC on was then presented by Domenick LaMagna, an ex- February 28. ecutive in the syndication department at Merrill ISAMAIIER Stephen Munger, an investment banker for Mer- Lynch. rill Lynch, defined the term "investment banking" According to LaMagna, a syndicate is formed JUST BETWEEN and spoke of the different functions an investment when an investment banking company allows other banker participates in. "When I think about invest- investment banking firms to sell a particular ment banking.