Tuesday, October, 15, 1996 • Vol. XXX No. 37 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S • fACULTY SENATE Malloy tackles campus issues in Senate address By RUSSELL WILLIAMS abuse. Assistant News Editor While citing the rise of Notre Dame's under­ graduate program in national surveys in recent l!nilf~rating many of the popular coneerns years, particularly the renowned U.S. News and n~garding lifn at Notre Dame, University President World report survey, Malloy said, "We shouldn't Father Edward Malloy made his annual address to exaggerate the significance of how our peers see the Faculty Senate last night at the Center for us." lie emphasized the importance of recruiting Continuing 1\ducation. new faculty and improving the graduate programs Malloy gave a comprehensive at the University. and informativn presentation, In the past six years, there has which was followed by a question been an additional $44 million and answnr snssion with faculty 'We are making added to endowment for financial nwmhnrs from the senate. The almost no aid, including $5 million for grad­ highlight of that question and uate scholarships, and $1.5 million answnr session was the contin­ progress in the hiring for law school scholarships. "Our tJPd qunstions regarding the hir­ of underrepresented long term strategy continues to be ing of a nnw professor in the the­ minorities, and we are to build up endowment for finan­ ology dt~parlmnnl, and the al'fir­ cial aid," said Malloy in reference mative action policy of the quickly slipping below to the increase in financial aid Univnrsity which includes Holy 50 percent in the hiring funding. Cross priests along with women, Malloy lauded the improvements historical minorities, 'and of Catholics. We have made to the School of Architecture Catholics. good reason to pursue building, the new London program In his opening statement, facilitate off Trafalger Square in Malloy said, "There are a lot of our affirmative action London, and the success of indicators as to why we should be goals.' University institutes like the pleased." Center for Philosophy of Religion. Among thn reasons for opti­ Malloy said the new London facili­ mism dtml by Malloy include the Faher Edward Malloy ty was a result of the convergence d1wnlopnwnt of a new center for of available space, good location, tnaching and learning at Notre Dame, the and funding. improvemnnl of tho University's academic reputa­ In light of the increasing concern on campus tion nationwidn, continued steady funding for regarding alcohol abuse and "binge drinking" by graduatn programs, and the ongoing improvement students, Malloy emphasized the need to tackle of thn physical appearance of University building the issue. "I have a high regard for our stu­ facilities. dents ... , and it would be non-responsible, in my Expressing a bright outlook for the future, judgment, not to bring to our common attention Malloy focused on serious topics such as the Notre what I consider clear evidence that our students Dame affirmative action policy in hiring faculty, consume alcohol, particularly in the category of The Observer/Kevin Dalum diversifying the students and student alcohol University President Father Edward Malloy delivered his annual see MALLOY I page 4 address to the Faculty Senate last night. • ELECTION '96 Appleby: Consider faith in vote By ALEX ORR his talk, "The Catholic Social Tradition and News Writer the Catholic Vote," given as the culm.ination of the weekly lecture series "The 1996 For most American Catholics, the letters Elections and the Common Good." CST connote nothing at all. Even the mean­ Pope Leo XIII initiated the CST with his ing behind the initials, the Catholic Social 1891 encyclical on the condition of labor, Tradition, will likely illicit little more in them "Rerum Novarum." This work came out as than a vague impression of Christian ser­ a stance against the often opulent and vice, or centuries of almsgiving parishioners. destructive excesses of laissez faire capital­ But a wealth of information pertaining to ism, and both the atheism and denial of pri­ Catholic identity, particularly in the political vate property of socialism. sphere, is contained in this body of doc­ "Socialism denies individual rights, and is trines, the first of which was formulated well out of sync with the defined natural ordllr over a century ago. that allows the individual the expression of Scott Appleby, Director of the Cushwa his own creation in God's image through Center and associate professor in the work and the support of himself and his department of History explained the history family," explained Appleby on the papal and modern import of this often-overlooked The Observer/Kevin Dalum teaching of the Catholic Church last night in Scott Appleby discussed the Catholic Social Tradition with regard to Election '96. see ELECTION I page 4 8 Seniors agree with GMAC survey • SEcURITY .EAT By MICHELLE KRUPA whether those plans .mvolve hvmg). will. be higher.. I guess Security warns students A•sistanr News Editor entering the work force or I'm just .an optimistic person, f I t t th ft pursuing post-graduate edu- but I went to Notre Dame and . 0 ap op compu er e S They may be the optimists, cation. my parents went to small col- but Notrn Dame seniors gen- "I think my standard of liv- leges, so I've had more oppor- By LIZ FORAN computers unattended only for a nrally oxpecttheir standard of ing will be a little bit better tunities here," said Matthew Editor-in-Chief few minutes, the computers wern living to be higher in 20 years because of my Notre Dame Gotsch, a government and ------------- gone when the students returned, than their parents' had been experience. I had more computer applications major, After several thefts of laptop he said. at that time. opportunities and met more said. computers over the past several The laptops have disappeared This hopefulness is shared people here than I might have "Our parents have been able weeks, Notre Dame Security is from a number of locations, by nP.arly two-thirds of 1,000 elsewhere," Thomas to give us things that they had issuing a warning to all students including one from Fitzpatrick college students who partici- Threadgold, a civil engineer- to work very hard for. We during midterms week: Hall, two from the library, one paled in a survey by the ing major, said. have breaks, like scholarships Don't leave your computer alone. from the Joyce Center and two George I I. Gallup International "I have the feeling that com- and being able to go to col­ Eight portable computers have from the Law School library. Institute on behalf of the ing out of Notre Dame or any lege, that were much rarer for been stolen since school began, Two other portable computers Graduate Management reputable university that we, them," Leonarcl Talbot, a bio­ according to Chuck Hurley, assis­ were taken from an unlocked Admission Council (GMAC), meaning the children, will be chemistry major, commented. tant director of Notre Dame room in Flanner Hall. the details of which ran in The making equal if not more than Others are not as sure, but Security. Most of the thefts have "Students should not leave the Observer yesterday. our parents," said John remain confident in the hope occurred when students have left computers unattended," Hurley Many felt that having Bruno, a biology major plan- of attaining a comfortable the computers to use the restroom said. "Take them with you. Almost attended Notre Dame will ben- ning to attend medical school. or get a drink. every one of these thefts could efit their future plans, "Hopefully it {standard of see GMAC I page 6 Although the students left the have been prevented." - -------~ --------~-------- r page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Tuesday, October 15, 1996 • INSIDE COLUMN • WORLD AT A GLANCE A Self Kurdish rebels claim advance on lrbil BAGHDAD, Iraq Talabani, said he was reluctant to A Kurdish faction claimed take on Saddam's powerful mili­ new gains Monday in a push tary. Portrait through northern Iraq, and "We have no plans at present to the U.S. and Iraqi govern­ retake lrbil because it's surround­ When she said, "Your next assignment ments were put in the curi­ ed by Iraqi tanks," Talabani was will be your self-portrait," my reaction was ous position of agreeing on quoted as telling the London-based very common. Then I actually thought · something: The feuding Arabic daily al-Hayat on Sunday. about painting myself, and all of a sudden Kurds should settle their dif­ The rival Kurdistan Democratic the assignment became ferences to keep the conflict Party captured Irbil with the help very scary. There are Jed Peters from spreading. of Saddam's army Aug. 31 and things I'd rather lose Ad Design Manager The American and Iraqi went on to seize virtually the entire sleep over than trying positions did not completely Kurdish region in northern Iraq. to pick the best way to shade blemishes and coincide, however. The White Iraq's assistance prompted the shadow scars. My anxiety was lessened House said both Iraq and United States to retaliate with ! when I was informed that I could represent f Iran should stay out of the cruise missiles. I myself however I wanted. Perfect, I conflict, while Iraq warned Iraq has urged the two Kurdish thought. I'll just come up with some against involvement by Iran. groups to resolve their problems "artsy" symbolism and I won't have to paint r The Patriotic Union of through talks and sternly warned my face. But, the more I thought about it, I Kurdistan.