Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 131, No. 19
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Scholastic Washington Hall Kristine DeGange COVER King David FOR OVER 120 YEARS, A LINK BETWEEN Sophomore tennis sensation David DiLucia rises to new heights Jim Kuser PARENTS AND CAMPUS LIFE 14 Will the Third Time Be the Charm? After two near-misses, Notre Dame's lacrosse team 18 aims for an NCAA bid Pete LaFleur <z:~·~ri~~i~9~~ii~r: . DerikT Weldon .,:;,~~~gWlU~ ~~Wi~?:·· /.... i. Ian Mitchell ..... ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------~--------- Please send ---- years of Scholastic to: Name ~~----------------------------- Address __________________________________________~ City _______________ State _____ Zip ________ Please make checks payable to: Scholastic Magazine LaFortune Student Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 Enclosed is a check for $25.00x years = $ ------- APRIL 26, 1990 1 T SCHOLASTIC Live the Tradition Together NOTRE DAME'S STUDENT MAGAZINE NEWS· Newsbriefs A weekly wrap-up of news on the Notre Dame campus 6 Compiled by Ian Mitchell. Subscribe An Interview with Father Tyson Scholastic speaks with the University of Portland's next 8 president Interview by Scott Brutocao to FEATURES The Fantasticks 11. 'A parable about love' continues its 30-year success at . Scholastic Washington Hall Kristine DeGange COVER King David FOR OVER 120 YEARS, A LINK BETWEEN Sophomore tennis sensation David DiLucia rises to new heights Jim Kuser PARENTS AND CAMPUS LIFE 14 Will the Third Time Be the Charm? After two near-misses, Notre Dame's lacrosse team 18 aims for an NCAA bid Pete LaFleur <z:~·~ri~~i~9~~ii~r: . DerikT Weldon .,:;,~~~gWlU~ ~~Wi~?:·· /.... i. Ian Mitchell ..... ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------~--------- Please send ---- years of Scholastic to: Name ~~----------------------------- Address __________________________________________~ City _______________ State _____ Zip ________ Please make checks payable to: Scholastic Magazine LaFortune Student Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 Enclosed is a check for $25.00x years = $ ------- APRIL 26, 1990 1 rn. LETTERS ON OTHER CAMPUSES Positive, Negative Responses to "The Repercussions of an All-Fop Cistercian Education 'f From Wall Street to Parquet Floor Dear Editor: Dear Editor: This past weekend while I was on campus, I picked up a few copies While I have been at Notre Dame, on and off, for sixty years, this -of Scholastic in the South Dining Hall. I've worked as a marketing is the first time that I have been so strongly moved as to object, in copywriter for a few years, as well as having written some in college, writing, to something in the pages of Scholastic. so I'm always interested in reading the things high school and college I have just read Tim Rogers' juvenile scatology on page 6 (April 19, students write. 1990). I cannot imagine a single reason that might ~ave prompted any , I've seen The Observer for years, as well as a few of the so-called member of your staff to accept this graceless piece of o~scenity for "underground" publications that students write, and, for the most publication. EDITED BY CHRIS FILLIO It's all geek to me. Elise Hancock, editor of Johns Hopkins' part, enjoy reading them just to see what different people think and Magazine, has compiled a list of the most up-to-date slang with ' how they. choose to express it. But I really am writing to you now to James P. D~mehy , oing from the trading floor of Wall Street to the parquet translations for the over-thirty crowd. Hancock said in a story by the offer praise to one of your contributors, Tim Rogers. Professor Emeritus G floor of college basketball is John Griffin, former vice National On-Campus Report that often student slang "doesn 'treflect, I have read three of his articles in "Week IIi Distortion" and thought Department of Chemistry president in municipal bond underwriting of Paine Webber. activity so much as anxiety." Some of the terms included in the list they were excellent. As I started reading his articles, it was immedi As reported in The Wall Street Journal, Griffin resigned his promi are all-nighter, crank-on, geek, get psyched, in the study mode, jam, ately obvious that he is truly a writer, that he has great abilities to nent post in mid-April in order to accept the head coaching position on it, getting a RAM overroad, wariked out, wastoid, za, zag a express even ordinary ideas in ways that are entertaining and clever, of St. Joseph University's (philadelphia, Pa.) men's basketball squad. brewsky, wired, stressing, lose it, nuke it, get a grip, chill out, and that he possesses the true spirit of a writer. Specifically, I have Twelve years ago, Griffin played hoops for his alma mater. orgasmic, brain dead (see "wanked out"), and blow off. read "Cheer, cheer for no more home games," "Estrogen," and his most recent article, "Repercussions of an All-Fop Cistercian Educa More trouble in the Bay State. Students at Holy Cross College tion." Each is an excellent example of self-expression, reflection, (Worcester, Ma.) were not resisted in their efforts to protest U.S. humor, and wit. military aid to E1 Salvador by writing chalk slogans and drawings on ' I hope that Tim continues to write "Week In Distortion" and that campus pavement and sidewalks. However, The Crusader, the you continue to publish his work. With so much mediocre writing school's student paper, now reports that these same students may, being "perpetrated" these days by people who are really doing have to pay the cost of cleaning up the chalk markings. One group of nothing more than putting words together, Tim is able to construct students was approached by security guards and interrogated for and communicate ideas using words and sentences to create excellent approximately forty minutes. "I'm willing to pay," said one and entertaining satire. student, ... but I just wish someone would acknowledge that we acted, , Given some of the ideas he develops, I can see that Tim's writing out of consideration for school' grounds, and attempted to incur the might be considered somewhat controversial. But I also believe that Nearly two-thirds of the students at Boston University, which last least damage possible. The paradox I see is that we are Holy Cross, " not many people these days remember how to laugh. By the time we year adopted some of the nation's strictest rules against having yet it seems to me that our grounds-keeping has taken precedence get to be college age, especially if one is intelligent enough to get into overnight guests in dorm rooms, say they have illegally had friends over the cross in this case." Notre Dame, we really ought to be clever enough to be able to discern ! sleep over this year, according to a story by the College Press Service. fact from satire. Tim's writing reminds us how important it is to put Of the four hundred students polled by the school's student The Mystery of the Moss has caused some curiosity and confusion' aside all of our fancy, hi-tech, scientific analysis and pontificating and newspaper, The Daily Free Press, sixty-three percent said they do not at Rice University. The fungus in question was discovered in a: to simply enjoy the world around us. I hope to see more of his work fill out the forms required when they have an overnight guest. Only Renaissance teak box in the Houston campus's founder's room' in the future. Thank you for your time. three percent of those students said the university took disciplinary during a photo session to promote next July's Western economic' action against them. One student said the rule, which prohibits summit, the College Press Service reports. "No one seems to know Stephen Alpert students from entertaining guests of the opposite sex most nights after what it's from," reported Rice spokeswoman Kathie Krause. Inside South Bend 11:00 p.m., would "ban life after eleven." The rule does not give a the box, the discoverers found moss, twigs and leaves that generally clear definition in regards to "entertaining." resembled a large bird's nest. 0 2 SCHOLASTIC APRIL 26,1990 3· rn. LETTERS ON OTHER CAMPUSES Positive, Negative Responses to "The Repercussions of an All-Fop Cistercian Education 'f From Wall Street to Parquet Floor Dear Editor: Dear Editor: This past weekend while I was on campus, I picked up a few copies While I have been at Notre Dame, on and off, for sixty years, this -of Scholastic in the South Dining Hall. I've worked as a marketing is the first time that I have been so strongly moved as to object, in copywriter for a few years, as well as having written some in college, writing, to something in the pages of Scholastic. so I'm always interested in reading the things high school and college I have just read Tim Rogers' juvenile scatology on page 6 (April 19, students write.