Tuesday, February 27, 1996• Vol. XXVII No. 93 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Hammonds ticket claims Class of '97 election receive more than 50 pereent Run-off stands of the votes cast. This was NOTRE DAME difficult, considering there despite last were six tickets running in this ELECTIONS nu:e. Weiss requested the recount minute recount after hnr ticket finished in third By RUSSELL WILLIAMS place with 218 votes. After the News Wri1rr recount, her ticket had 231 votes. She insisted that her re­ lltHtding into Monday's elec­ qut~st was not an instance of tions to dt~termine student body "sour grapes." She said, "Our class oflicers and stml!mt stma­ candidate for treasurer, Brian tors, all one could predict was Lacomb. is a Fisher resident that Mark Leen and Joseph and we received very few votes l.ang would win Senate seats, in that dorm. We requested as l.enn and Lang ran unop­ the recount simply because we posml in Districts Three and suspeeted a mistake." Weiss Four. respeetively. and her running mates were As expncted, contests for correet. sophomon~ and junior dass of­ "We were notified of a possi­ fices will be determined ble discrepancy, and the consti­ Wednesday, when a run-off tution requires a recount if two vote will take place. Peter Ce­ candidates are within ten votes saro, Mieheln Costello, James of each other. To avoid a con­ Farrnll. and Erin llf~rlihy will flict we did the t'ecount," said squan~ off against Jay DeCoons, Student Government Vice Kann1 llilh, Jon lland, and President Dennis McCarthy. Dan Mullnn in the raee for The recount did not change the sophomorn class offien. participants in the run-off, This was thn tightest racn, though. and a reeount was donn late In the junior class race, the Monday night at thn requnst of ticket of Matt Griffen, Anne Kearney eandidate Dmuwtte Weiss. The Freedy. Beth Nolan, and Leon Ct~saro ticket garnered 242 Stronsky will oppose Hick 6°/o votes vNsus the 24<) votes for Duda. Becca Dalton, Sean • Run-offs for the Sophomore and Junior the l>eCoons tieknt. To avoid Lynch, and Stacy McNulty. Munson llw run-off. the winner must Class will be held Wednesday February 28. see ELECTI 0 N I page 4 Survey to evaluate use of computers, networks By MATTHEW LOUGHRAN thors of the survtly, said he News Writer hoped the poll would bring about positive change in the Two student-run organiza­ clusters and computing in gen­ tions grew closer to the culmi­ eral. nation of an effort to bring "There are really two goals about change in the world of with this survey," Squyms said. on-campus computing on Feb. "First, we want to learn about 19. Student Government's De­ the general computing trends partment of Intellectual Life of students on campus. Sec­ and the Graduate Student ond, we want to lind out how Union's Graduate Computer satisfied students are with the Committee, with the support of level of service." the Office for Information The groups decided ncar the Technologies, released an end of 19<)5 to circulate a sur­ extensive survey to the student vey, but it took until now to put The Observer/Brian Hardy body asking questions about it together. computer and network usage "Different writing problems Spreading holiday cheer by students. and questions had to be Jeff Squyres, the chairman of worked out over the last few Christopher Mullins and Jessica Ward signed students up for the X-Mas in April program yesterday. the Graduate Computer Sign-ups will continue today in the Hesburgh Library from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Committee and one of the au- see SURVEY I page 4 Statistics show rising number of female smokers Editors Note: This is the final In light of this fact, in a lung cancer than the nonsmok­ However, smokers on campus part of a thrPe part series recent Observer poll, 67 per­ Tobacco er. cite various reasons for starting exploring the use of tobacco at eent of Saint Mary's women The American Cancer Society the habit, and reasons why they ."iaint Mary's College. surveyed stated that they have Its If states that many students do plan to continue smoking. tried smoking, with 38 percent quit after college, noting a According to the American By MAUREEN HURLEY and dBclaring themselves as regular trend that education level af­ Lung Association, most women LORI ALLEN smokers. fects smoking rates. According begin smoking in social situa­ Saini M•ry's News Edium llowever, 44 percent of those - to statistics, this is shown by a tions or for social reasons. The death rate for women who say they are not regular has gone up 452 percent over consistent decrease in smoking "I just like smoking. My old boyfriend smoked, and so did You'v1~ eome a long way, smokers consider themselves the years since women started rates in groups with a higher baby. "social smokers," who only smoking as much as men do. level of edueation. all of his friends and all my Aeeording to health officials, smok11 in bars, at social gather­ Furthermore, lung cancer cur­ "Smoking is disgusting. I friends," said Jill Fenster­ Virginia Slims' slogan reigns ings, or with friends. rently causes more deaths for don't understand why anyone maker. true, as the trend in women On a national scale, the U.S. women than any other cancer, would even start," said Amy Others view it as a habit. "It's just something to do with smoking has moved through Department of llealth and Hu­ according to the American Can­ Johnson. "It smells, it's gross, and you can't breathe." my hands, an oral fixation, I history from a form of social man Services cites 23 percent cer Society. rnhnllion to llll inernasing social of women in America as smok­ Coupled with gender issues, One anonymous smoker said, guess you could say," said Niki Janci. "I never really thought habit. ers, steadily gaining toward the health officials state that start­ "I started to smoke because, Statisties from tlw Amcriean 2H percent of men smoke. ing smoking during high school basically because I was a stupid about the health effects." l.ung Assoeiation of Northern Smoking is becoming a major or college is an added risk fac­ teenager who didn't know any Many misconceptions exist that lure women to smoking. Indiana state that the age when women's health issue, as re­ tor. better at the time. I have no Amerieans begin smoking is search in the past decade has Individuals who start smoking strength to quit now, and I According to Surgeon General getting younger, especially explored this increasing trend between ages 15 and 24 are 10 know I should. Smokers are rightly discriminated against." among females. towards women smoking. to 14 times more likely to die of see SMOKING I page 4 page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Tuesday, February 27, 1996 • ~NSIDE Cou.nvlN • Wmu.o AT A Gut-wE Israel mourns increasing number of bombing victims JERUSALEM Education's With the wounds of two suicide bombings still achingly fresh, Israel had more tragic Israeli terrorism deaths to mourn today: An Arab-American A list of attacks by Muslim militants in Israel since the signing of the first Folly smashed his car into a Jerusalem bus stop, lsrael-PLO peace agreement in September 1993: killing two people before bystanders shot him n Apr. 6, 1994: Palestinian parks car 11 Oct. 19, 1994: Palestinian suicide dead. rigged with explosives next to bus in bomber kills 22 Israelis, wounds Since it began, the Police commanders who rushed to the Alula, in northern Israel. Nine Israelis 48 in bus explosion in Tel Aviv. Republican primary race Bill Connolly killed, 45 wounded. Militant Muslim Hamas claims responsibility. scene with hundreds of officers initially said group Hamas claims responsibility. has focused on the News Copy Editor they were dealing with a terror attack. But 0 Nov. 12, 1994: Palestinian suicide issues of jobs, workers' they later said the driver apparently lost con- n Apr.13, 1994: Palestinian blows bomber on a bicycle in the Gaza rights, and taxes. Left behind is the issue himself up on bus in Hadera in central Strip kills three Israeli soldiers. trot of the car and tried to brake, noting Israel. Six Israelis killed, 25 wounded. Hamas-related group, Islamic Jihad, which provides jobs, improves workers' there were long skid marks on the street. Hamas claims responsibility. claims responsibility. rights. and promotes an understanding of tax­ In addition to the two dead. 22 people were ...,......---..... ation: education. hurt. Police were questioning the two ( 0 13 Dec. 25, 1994: Palestinian blows Damascus himself up on bus in Jerusalem, This issue is the key to improving all of bystanders who had opened fire on the dri­ wounding 121sraells. Hamas claims America's woes. An efficient educational sys­ ver. but it was not immediately known I Golan responsibility. tem leads to a more informed public with citi­ Mediterranean ) 4:--- Heights whether they faced possible criminal 1 11 Jan. 22, 1995: Two Palestinians zens who can better serve their country and charges. ' blow themselves up at the Beit Lid themselves. Yet. all of the key candidates for The incident underscored the raw tension Sea SYRIA / junclion in central Israel, killing 21 the presidency, including President Clinton. A'-\~'J Israelis. Islamic Jihad claims in Israel a day after Muslim militant suicide responsibility. have ignored or only touched on the issue.