Hesburgh Calls Students to Serve Diversity Top Priority in Pioneering

Wednesday, February 23, 1994 • Vol. XXVI No. 96 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Hesburgh calls students to serve Paluszak tickets wins in By AMY SCHMIDT News Writer class election run-off Representing the paradigm of By LISA WHISLER an altruistic individual, Univer News Writer SAINT MARY'S sity President Emeritus Father SOPHOMORE CLASS Theodore Hesburgh reached Jennifer Paluszak will take into his vast and diverse volun the helm as junior class presi RUNOFF RESULTS teer experience while speaking dent next year at Saint Mary's. on the topic of service in last Paluszak, with the help of night's Saint Edward's Hall fo vice president Erin Shern, sec rum. retary Kari Fantasia, and trea Hesburgh began by retelling surer Paulette Rackowski won the biblical story of the Good 53.7 percent of the class of Samaritan, explaining that as 1996's vote in the run-off elec Christians, we are called to love tions yesterday in the SMC din our neighbors as ourselves. He ing hall. said that this can be a hard job, The elections had resulted because a popular view on vol last week without any of the tickets claiming a majority of unteerism by the army is • Paluszak "never volunteer because it is the class vote. Amidst confu more work, dangerous, and it is sion over campaign receipts II Petrovic much easier to keep your head and an investigation by the D Abstain down." elections committee, the stu dents continued to campaign Despite this idea, Hesburgh dent government. recognized the importance of for votes. In the tradition of past elections, the candidates "We are excited, and looking volunteerism early in his life. forward to a great year," Fan He admitted that the initial mo went door-to-door in each of the dormitories, and distributed tasia said. tivation came from his friends Losing with 35.2 percent of in the seminary, and this led to flyers outlining their various platforms. the class of '96 vote was the much work in the future. ticket of Kathy Petrovic for Hesburgh said that his most "We are looking forward to a great year," Fantasia said, "We president, Heather McDonald rewarding experience with vol for vice president, Mary Beth unteering was his work on the are eager to go ahead with our plans to improve communica Holzl for secretary, and Amy U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Misch for treasurer. in 1958. In ten years, this group tions on campus." The winning ticket had run "We enjoyed the challenge of set up by the Senate re-wrote The Observer/Dan McKillop campaigning, but we are con laws, 75% of which were on a platform centered almost Father Hesburg lectured on "How volunteerism has enriched my life" to entirely around the theme of fident that Jen Paluszak's ticket passed in Congress. students last night iR the first floor T.V. lounge of Saint Edward's Hall. will do well." "This work was satisfying be better communication. received over $300 million from importance of volunteering at While campaigning, they Petrovic's ticket had planned cause I love this country," he on delegating responsibility to said, "and freedom is not for a the U.S. government and the Notre Dame. He said that ap proposed stepping up the al U.N. to aid Cambodia. proximately 7 5% of the Notre ready existing, yet relatively people outside the class board certain class of people, but for to bring new ideas to student everyone." "We started from scratch," he Dame community is involved in new, e-mail system. They have said, "and saved one million some type of volunteering. proposed using it to record the government. They had wanted Hesburgh also mentioned his to reach students who do not work in other areas of the people who would have died This, he said, is what makes minutes of each junior class without this volunteer effort." Notre Dame, and even our board meeting. In the past, usually have a forum for their world. During the Carter Ad ideas or opinions. ministration he was the Chair Hesburgh also served as a country, different from any class secretaries had been re chaplain in a reformatory for other in the world. sponsible for copying and dis "We are eager to become in man of the Board of the Over volved next year," Petrovic seas Development Council. It juveniles, and was involved in "My hope is that they (Notre tributing the minutes on their the Peace Corps' first volunteer Dame students) will still do it own. Using e-mail would famil added, "losing is not going to was within this position that, stop us." with the help of religious lead group in Chile. 50 years from now," Hesburgh iarize every member of the ers from across the world, he He went on to address the said. class with the activities of stu- Diversity top priority in pioneering change at SM C By lAURA FERGUSON partment was created in 1988 to be offered next fall. The class Assistant News Editor to evaluate the progress of in FOCUSING will be called "Old South, New creasing diversity. We have South, Black South, White In the spirit of pioneering reached some important goals ON THE South" and will begin by cover change the Saint Mary's admin since then but we have a long ISSUES ing African-American writers. istration is aiming to increase distance to go. Like a camel in Part 3 of 5 At the annual Honors Convo the cultural diversity on cam the desert we are moving slow cation in April the first award pus by changing the campus ly." for multicultural enrichment climate to accommodate differ The Office of Multicultural Af !urn to aid cultural diversity. will be given to a member of ences in ethnicity. fairs is also planning a series of After receiving a summer the Saint Mary's faculty, admin The College will facilitate the seminars for faculty and admin stipend from the Lily Endow istration or staff. The award is increase by drawing from a istrators, as well as a Trustees ment, Loux developed a litera designed to publicly recognize $150,000 grant from the Lily retreat for the Board of Regents ture course focusing on tradi people who have demonstrated Endowment of Indianapolis. in an attempt to transform the tional and contemporary Chi a strong commitment to cul The grant, titled "Enriching community and modify the cur cana writers. tural diversity at Saint Mary's. the Learning Environment: rent curriculum to reflect a Being offered for the first The recipient will be awarded Toward a Multicultural College" multicultural society. time this term, the idea for this $1,000. will enable Saint Mary's to cre A committee of faculty are class was seeded by Delia Gar The Lily Endowment will also ate an environment that en currently working to determine cia, a Chicana student who help to bring ethnically diverse courages the intellectual, aca a time for these seminars as graduated from Saint Mary's artists in residence. This year, demic and personal growth of well as selecting a speaker and last year. Garcia and Loux felt to complement Loux's Chicana all students, while achieving the material to cover. that students must explore writers class New Mexico poet goal of greater cultural diver The Trustees Retreat will also other cultures. and playwrite, Denise Chavez sity, according to Maricela include a section for the Board "Education is about learning will spend the third week of Ramirez, director of the Office and administrators on multicul stories different from our own," March reading her works, criti of Multicultural Affairs. turalism. Loux said. "The primary goal is cizing other work and giving The grant will enable a team "Through these programs we to seek out other cultural tradi lectures. of outside evaluators will visit should be able to see changes tions because our own are too Chavez is the author of "The Saint Mary's this spring to look in attitudes and behavior on narrow." Last of the Menu Girls" and "This is great literature but it critically at campus diversity campus," Ramirez said. teaches at the University of versity is a process. We and campus culture. Although Beginning next year, faculty is not what we often study. I Houston. love it because it is a real dis want to do our best now to pre the group has yet to be assem grants will be available for re Other Office of Multicultural pare for tomorrow's challenges. bled, results from this study search to implement changes in covery class," Loux added. "No Affairs plans include multicul one is much of an authority so If we do that now we will be will be available later this curriculum. These grants will tural councils in each residence fine in the future," Ramirez spring. be a result from the seminars. everyone must do research on hall, a mentorship program and this literature." said. "We don't know how this pro Ann Loux, associate professor tutoring for multicultural stu Anila Ahmed, an interna- cess of assessment will go," of English has already imple Loux has also received a dents. Ramirez commented. "Our de- mented changes in the curricu- grant to develop a course focus "The process of campus di- ing on southern women writers see SERIES I page 4 r 1 I I I I I I • ' I\' o' I l, I I •, l \I I 1 I\ \I I,\ •, \I', I,' 'I I\ 1' I r '.'; page2 The Observer· INSIDE Wednesday, February 23, 1994 INSIDE COLUMN WORLD AT A GLANCE Will we be able Frequent Fliers must travel even more in order to fly free After three coast-to-coast flights you might think you ~ have enough frequent flier miles for a free ticket.

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