Students March in Effort to ‘Take Back the Night’
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The Observer VOL. XXIII NO 44 FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 2, 1990 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Students march in effort to ‘take back the night’ By COLLEEN GANNON for the attacks that have happened on the News Writer Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s campuses. Women United for Justice and Peace, Members of the Notre Dame and Saint the Women’s Concerns Commission of Mary’s community attempted to raise Student Government, the Center for Social community awareness about the fear of Concerns, Campus Alliance for Rape walking at night by participating in Elim ination and the ND/SMC Democratic Thursday night’s campus-wide “Take Socialists of America sponsored the Back the Night March." march. The participants in the second annual candlelight march followed a path starting in front of O’Shaughnessy Hall Vandal damages leading to the Notre Dame end of St. Mary’s Road. In addition to discussion between the participants, five seniors ad CCE, Univ. Club dressed the group along the way. Seniors Lisa Keckler and Alicia Sierra By MEGAN JUNIUS spoke to the group in front of O’Shaughnessy Hall. The purpose of the News Writer walk was “to raise community awareness Three windows at the Center for about the fear women and men have Continuing Education and one window at walking on the campus at night," said the University Club were broken by a Keckler. vandal with part of a traffic barricade late “I hope that this walk can help take Tuesday night, according to Phil Johnson, away the stigma attached to taking assistant director of Security. precautions," said Sierra. Building service employees of the CCE Such incidents as students making jeers heard noises and called Security, Johnson at Safewalk promote this very dangerous said. When Security arrived, the suspect stigma, she added. “ Many students feel was seen running to the central part of discomfort in utilizing the new Safewalk campus. service." According to Johnson, the suspect is Encouraging people to use Safewalk described as a white male of medium and security services is another purpose build. He stands approximately six feet of the walk. “We hope to make these ser tall and has blondish-brown hair. Blood vices more approachable," Keckler said. was found at the scene of the crime. In front of the Administration Building, Security is unaware of any specific injury senior Rita Robinett spoke about not the suspect may have suffered, Johnson blaming the victim. said. “This problem does not stem from the It is unknown whether or not the victims of attacks," said Robinett. "It suspect is a student. stems from the society that allows the at Other Security Beat information The Observer/Marguerite Schropp tacks to happen and from the people who includes the reporting of two separate are the attackers. ” An Appalachian October Break instances at O'Hara-Grace Townhouses. Seniors Erin O’Neill and Mary Sue A group of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's students are shown working at the According to Johnson, one woman Twohy also spoke during the march. At Community Garden Co-Op in Chavies, Kentucky, during October break. The group the march’s final stop by St. Mary’s Road, spent the week siding a house and building a tool shed as part of the Appalachia see VANDAL / page 4 Twohy offered a moment of remembrance program. Visiting prof. speaks on effects of viewing today’s soaps vide a continuous nature that By ANNA MARIE TABOR and newscasts as she read from tation of the complexities of identified interrelated plot News Writer her sabbatical: “TV Doesn't livin g .” multiplicity, melodramatic sub maintains audience appeal. Have to Be Cotton Candy: While soaps are more likely to jects and flat characters that “Thinking and Watching: A visiting professor at Saint Balancing Immediacy and make the lower middle class' grow and change over many Popular Culture and Intellectu Mary’s described the feeling of Reflection." lives ’less drab," they are more years. This seems to be the als," the three-day lecture and distaste she had after watching While many students may ar likely to provide an escape for stereotypical formula that discussion series continues soap operas for six hours every gue otherwise. Monroe recog students. Some critics of soap draws audiences back to know throughout the weekend. day for several weeks. nized the dangers of viewers operas suggest that "people are the outcome, said Monroe. Robert Thompson, associate "It was in the pit of my stom “developing real relationships not satisfied with what they're The formula method is what professor of the department of ach, like having eaten only cot with fictional characters." The watching and have to fit their correlates soap operas to news communications, radio and ton candy all day," said Ruth chief audiences of soap operas tastes to what’s available," programs. A series of political television at the State Univer Monroe, professor and chair of are lower middle class people Monroe said. and familiar crises appear on sity of New York-Cortland, the Department of Theatre at who live alone and students. Today's popular soap operas the news every day that prove speaks today at 4 p.m. in Car- Drury College. Monroe argued that TV cre contain several common char we “not only live, but watch Monroe pointed out the simi ators play on our need to know acteristics that Monroe has ourselves live," Monroe stated. see SOAP / page 4 larities between soap operas and give “insufficient represen found through her studies. She Both mediums, she said, pro S c h e d u l e o f E v e n t s Unlucky leprechaun to miss game SMC Father/Daughter Weekend By MONICA YANT rest of the year." really a freakish sort of thing Associate News Editor Tricks such as the that it happened." Friday "helicopter ” and complicated l.iptak was admitted to 9 p.m.-12 a.m.- Casino Night at Angela Athletic Facility Bryan l.iptak will not bo doing llips will have to be put off for a Memorial Hospital of South any pushups this weekend, but while, l.iptak said. Bend and underwent surgery it will not be because the Irish As for pushups, one of the Tuesday morning. His arm is Saturday fail to score a touchdown. Leprechaun's traditional duties, bandaged and being kept ele 8:45 a.m.-Five kilometer run and Nature walk l.iptak is optimistic. He will vated, which he said is “ really l.iptak, better known as the 9 a.m. Tennis and Basketball tournaments Irish Leprechaun, broke his left work something out. he said, uncomfortable." 11 a.m. Speaker: Father Theodore Hesburgh at Carroll arm practicing gymnastics possibly doing one-armed Monday, lie will miss this pushups although “that could He will be released from the Auditorium week's game against Navy, but be really tough. ” hospital this afternoon, but will 12:30-5 p.m. Optional activities said he anticipates perform ing The injury occurred when recover in the Student Health 6-7 p.m.- Cocktail hour at Notre Dame South Dining Mall at the Tennessee game Nov. 10. l.iptak was throwing a back Center through the weekend. 7:30-9 p.m.-Dinner at ND South Dining Hall lie said the injury should not tuck and came out of the move The arm w ill be put in a cast 9:30 p.m.-12 a.m.-Dance at ND South Dining Hall affect his role as a part of the too early. He used his arm to Monday, according to Liptak. The injury may be used to c.heerleading squad. break the fall, and ended up Sunday “ I won’t be able to do every breaking both bones in the arm. l.iptak s advantage, he said. “I 9-10:30 a.m.- Continental Breakfast at Saint Mary’s Clubhouse. thing I planned," he said. "This "I've been doing them (back don’t think it’s going to be much will slow up my goals for the tucks) all year," he said, “so it’s of a problem. ” 10:30 a.m.- Mass at Church of Loretto » page 2 The Observer Friday, November 2 , 1990 I n s id e C o l u m n W e a t h e r Forecast for noon, Friday, Nov. 2. ND ‘humor’ Lines show high temperatures. carries twisted Yesterday’s high: 74 Yesterday’s low: 52 tradition Nation's high: 89 (Gage, Okla. and Childress, The top 10 ty p ic a l ___________________ Texas) ND “jokes” : Nation’s low: 20 1. “Hey man, look (Saranac Lake, N Y.) at all those chicks at F o r e c a s t: the Sundae bar and Partly to mostly sunny, it’s not even Sunday!” windy and warm today with 2. “ I can’t w ait to highs near 80. Tonight's go to IU and get some lows near 40. Cloudy with showers Saturday, with a real women. They’re high near 70 and a low near easy, not like ND 40 chicks. My friend w a s Jeanne BlaSI there last weekend Asst. Production Mgr. and he ” --------------------------------- 3. “No, not her, her left nostril is too fat. FRONTS No, her thighs are too skinny. Now Paulina and those other babes on the wall over there, those are Hot Babes! COLD WARM STATIONARY 4. “ Hey, guess what the most unused item it’11990 Accu-Weather, Inc. in the vending machines in female dorms is? Pressure SLIM -FAST! ® (D FZI 5. “Have you seen the new “No Fat HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT.