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Thursday Saint Mary's Forms Alliance with Ancilla College • Students reflect on their experiences and • Keiko, the killer whale star of 'Free Willy,' began share unforgettable memories of time spent his journey to Iceland, where he will be released in Thursday studying abroad in past years. the near future. SEPTEMBER Scene • 12 News·5 10, 1998 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXII NO. 12 WWW. N D.EDU/- OBSERVER • rae Local authorities emphasize responsibility, exercise stricter control over underage drinking By MICHELLE KRUPA ignore the violations, especially the News Editor liquor law violations. There has to be a orhy's Irish l'uh consequenee for that," he said. "It's not C(ahovc), Turtle Getting together with friends on a that we want to give anyone an arrest Creek apartments (ri~lu), Friday night hardly seems like a crime, record, but to reinforee the law is our and Finni~an's are among but when underage drinking is involved responsibility to the community." the establishments that in those plans, students - those over and The University also expeets students to have changed their alco­ under 21- are in fact breaking the law. abide by those laws while off campus, hol policies this year to More and more students have taken to aceording to director of Student Affairs reduce underage drinking. heading to off-campus establishments Bill Kirk. and homes to quench their cravings for "What we expect from our students is alcohol, but just because they seem to be that they follow all state and local laws. out of the eagle's-eye watch of the The University requires students to abide University administration does not mean by those laws, and a student will be held that no.one is watching. responsible for violating University "[The South Bend police department] restrictions, as well as eity and state must ... insist that you abide by the laws restrictions, if that should occur. Those and ordinances that are in existence sanctions are clearly stated in DuLac," relating to loud parties, underage drink­ Kirk said. ing at house parties and local bar estab­ Hemmerlein cited taverns that are lishments, illegal sales of alcohol, gather­ more lenient in serving underage ing of large groups in residential areas, drinkers and private parties where alco­ public intoxication, disorderly conduct hol or cups are sold to drinkers under 21 and nuisance house violations," said uni­ as places which the department is partic­ form division chief Brent Hemmerlein in ularly trying to keep in check. a letter to all off-campus University stu­ "When people get kegs and sell cups or dents dated Sept. 1. charge cover, that's illegal according to Parties like "kick-offs" and "keggers" excise laws. We also want the bar own­ are not unfamiliar to the police depart­ ers and door people to know that we're ment and will not be ignored, aecording serious about enforcement," he said. "We to llemmerlein. met with bars to get them up to speed on "We hate to be the bad guy, but we underage drinking, and that and the let­ won't ignore [gatherings like those listed ter are statements of what the expecta- above]. The University is asking us not to see DRINKING I page 4 Saint Mary's forms alliance with Ancilla College By M. SHANNON RYAN in the very fabric of the mission this one is mutually beneficial for the link with Saint Mary's, noted that the agreement pro­ Saint Mary's Editor statemenL'i of both colleges." several reasons," Eldred said according to Shustowski. vides an important opportunity Potential transfer students about the agreement, which was "Ancilla has always tried to for students in Indiana to While thn ink dried on Saint must earn their Associate's in the making for about a year. provide the best opportunity for advance to four-year institutions. Mary's first formal articulation degrees from Aneilla with a mini- "The articulation agreement women, even though we are co- Currently, Saint Mary's and agrnement, prnsidnnt Marilou mum 3.0 grade point average. will help students at Ancilla con- ed," he said. "We want to edu- Iloly Cross College are attempt­ Eldrnd personified thn eontract They will transfer into the centrate on their areas of exper- cate our students and show them ing to strengthen their ties by by n~sting hnr pen on a Stapleton Bachelor of Arts programs that they can strive for reaching a similar agreement I.oung11 tabln and embracing the at Saint Mary's with mini- Saint Mary's; they don't within the year. prnsidnnt of J\ndlla College. mal general education 'WE WANT TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS have to strive for second J\neilla will host Saint Mary's Thn agn)t)rnnnt signed yester­ requiremenL'i and prepara- AND SHOW THEM THAT THEY CAN best. If they prove them- representatives at least twice a day afternoon allows qualified tory courses in the major , , selves, Saint Mary's will year and will spread word of the fnmaln graduates of J\neilla, a ama of study left to be ful- STRIVE FOR SAINT MARY S. SAINT MARY S give them the chance to agreement through student­ two-year Catholic eo-educational filled. If the transfers seek WILL GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO SUCCEED.' succeed." assigned advisors. !\ certain college in Donaldson. Ind., to more specialized degrees, WILLIAM SHUSTOWSKI, JR. Ancilla and its students number of transfer studenl'i per transfer dirnclly to Saint Mary's they may need additional are not the only ones year has not yet been estab­ with a minimal loss of credits. preparatory courses. Pnc:~mENT, ANCJLLA CoLLEGE who will benefit from the lished, but Shustowski said that "As mission -based Catholic Those who wish to transfer tise so Saint Mary's can then agreement. Saint Mary's is even two each year would be institutions, both Saint Mary's before earning a degree from build on that foundation. Because already considering the various pleasing. and J\ndlla have a strong aOinity Ancilla will be evaluated on an of this, students are better ways it will prosper from the "We've had students eome to for the samn types of students," individual basis. equipped to plot an educational "win-win" deal, including greater Saint Mary's before; that's not said J\neilla president William J\ndlla is comprised of about career path." enrollment. the issue," Shustowski said. 'This Shustowski, .Jr. "There is a natur­ 500 studenL'i, two-thirds of whom Similarities such as both Eldred said that the College will just make it easier for our al lit for our women students, are women. schools' dedication to educating also will prosper due to Ancilla's students to become Saint Mary's both in the aeademk arena and "A strategic alliance such as women attracted Ancilla to form diversified student body. She students." page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Thursday, September 10, I 998 • INSIDE COLUMN Conquering utside the Dome Compiled from U-Wire reports France University of Pittsburgh faculty boycotts Nabisco On a bright Paris morning, our intrepid PITTSBURGH, Penn. putting 350 people out of work. The family set out to conquer the Eiffel Tower, In a show of support for communi­ Pittsburgh plant is the company's old­ armed with nothing but a potent French ty members and workers who will est and smallest operation. vocabulary of three words: jambon (ham). soon lose their jobs, the Faculty Despite the wide margin by which fromage (cheese), Assembly voted yesterday to boycott the measure passed, some members and sandwich (sand- Finn Pressly Nabisco products. of the assembly voiced concerns wich). News Writer "We have an opportunity here not about the boycott's effectiveness. I had always been only to send a message to Nabisco "Unless it's a nationwide boycott, I under the impression and other companies, we also have a don't think it's going to make a differ­ that the Eiffel Tower was strictly a specta­ way to send a signal to members of ence," said Ann Sutherland Harris, a tor sport. One would approach the tower, the community that Pitt cares," said University, its food service contrac­ professor of art history. "Nabisco admire its height and then go eat some Mark Ginsburg, who sponsored the tors. students and faculty to refrain makes a lot of awfully popular prod­ ham and cheese sandwiches. It seems, resolution. "Here's a way we can from buying Nabisco products - gar­ ucts." though, that the Eiffel Tower experience is make a statement about how workers nered 32 votes in favor. Citing con­ Mike Gumpert. Nabisco issues coor­ far more complicated. First, one waits in and families should be treated by cor­ cerns that the Faculty Assembly dinator for the East End line for a few days. all the while being porations." would become an activist group pur­ Neighborhood Forum, said communi­ harassed by gypsy entrepreneurs selling The Faculty Assembly has no suing an array of community causes ty groups fighting the plant closure wind-up birds, laser pointers, postcards authority to enforce a University-wide and the fact that he may teach future hope Pittsburgh will be the first part and possibly cocaine. We had hoped the boycott. Nabisco employees in his classes, of a wider-ranging boycott effort. line would lead us, say, to a restaurant, but The resolution must be approved by engineering professor James Cobb "We hope to use Pittsburgh as a much to our dismay, it led us to the world's Pitt administration. Ginsburg said he was the only member to vote against springboard to other cities," he said.
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