Task Forces Review Alcohol, Tailgating

RAINY Happy Thanksgiving Tuesday The Observer wishes everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. We will HIGH 37° return Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001. NOVEMBER20, LOW28° 2001 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXV NO. 55 HTTP:/ /OBSERVER.N D.EDU CLC Task forces review alcohol, tailgating been the focus of three task that the task force explore also surfaced amid discussion tion in the past. By JASON McFARLEY forces this semester. ways to emphasize to drink of campus drinking. In partic "There's definitely miscom News Editor The task forces on alcohol ing-age students who buy ular, members expressed con munication here," said Tim use and off-campus living will alcohol for their underage cern about Notre Dame offi Jarotkiewicz, Judicial Council Surveys will help two present a report or resolution peers that they are breaking cials' crackdown this year on president. Campus Life Council task in December based on e-mail the law. Piennette said the student tailgaters. While drinking was a popu forces move toward drafting surveys of students and resi problem seems " I t ' s lar topic Monday, there was reports or resolutions, while dence hall staff. much more "It,s important to know important to no indication that the alcohol another "We want to find ways of rampant this know what task force would change ·the task force grabbing freshmen, finding year than in the what rights a student rights a stu focus of its survey or if the will send ways to keep them away from past. does and does not have. ,, dent does CLC would form a separate its recom less desirable events," Jesse "I don't think and does task force to ad dress issues menda Flores, the Student Senate they have any not have," that came out of members' tions in a representative to the CLC, said idea as to how Matt LaFratta said Matt discussion. letter to about discouraging first-year serious that can Alumni Hall representative LaFratta, The alcohol task force's sur the Office students from underage drink be," Piennette to the Senate another vey will likely poll students of Student ing. said of students senate rep and rectors. Affairs The alcohol task force's sur 21 years of age resentative Two surveys planned by the n e x t Norton vey will also be meant to gen and older. "Until the older to the council. off-campus living task force month. erate ideas to deter students people who supply realize Members said administra will poll students, rectors and CLC members announced from drinking before attend what kind of jeopardy they put tors should have found better resident assistants. their plans at the council's ing dances, especially in resi themselves into, the vicious ways to communicate tailgat One survey will" explore stu regular meeting Monday, as dence halls, Flores said. cycle will continue." ing rules, especially to upper dent housing options, accord- the group appeared close to Sister Piennette, Welsh The subject of the classmen who had tailgated wrapping up work that has Family Hall rector, suggested University's alcohol policies with little University interven- see ALCOHOL/page 4 College celebrates Native American heritage others, outside the cul By SARAH NESTOR ture, can appreciate the News Writer beauty of beading;" Yazel said. Through the use of She has taught at the split-loom jewelry design Detroit Institute of Arts, and traditional materials Krasl Art Center and the Linda Topash-Yazel is Fernwood Nature Center. known as one of the She was recently com- nation's missioned best Native by Central American "! teach others so that Michigan headers. the traditional skills University Beading to create for 10 will not be lost and so tradition years, she that others, outside the al bead f i r s t culture, can appreciate work foe learned t h e the art the beauty of beading. ,, Museum from her of Natural mother Linda Topash-Yazel a n d and now Cultural spends her Native American leader History. t i m e Y a z e I teaching classes in the expresses the cultural art form of creating heritage of her people bracelets and bead who come from the designs. Yazel. led a Potawatomi and Ojibwe beading class Monday heritage, primarily night at Saint Mary's, as through her art design one of several events tak and use of traditional ing place this month in materials such as porcu honor of Native pine quills and small American Heritage glass beads. She also Month. uses buttons and semi Yazel encouraged the precious stones. students to create a "Even though I have beaded key chains. She been doing this for a also allowed the students wbile it can still take me to create their own bead up to several weeks to ed bracelets and designs finish some of my bead and a small dream catch ing projects," Yazel said. LAFFERTYfThe Observer er ornament. Saint Mary's multicultural affairs director Terri Johnson and director of Health Services Cathi "I teach others so that DeCieene make traditional Native American jewelry using beads Monday with Linda Topash-Yazel. The Contact Sarah Nestor at the traditional skills will [email protected]. activity was part of the national Native American Heritage month. not be lost and so that page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Tuesday, November 20, 2001 INSIDE COLUMN QUOTES OF THE WEEK "Obviously, Saint Mary's "/ totally plan on "Diversity and "When Navy again Giving thanks discourages premarital being back here next culture is not this beats Notre Dame, sex, but it's not like we year and continue to intangible idea. It's which will happen, it What does it mean to give thanks? Why do we even celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving? become the pregnancy try and get this something that people will be a special It's a national holiday ... but that doesn't tell us police or the sex police. football team to you go to class with situation for all those much about thanks. We talk We encourage women to improve." every day kids." about how the pilgrims cel ebrated the first Thanksgiving be careful."' encompass." to give thanks for surviving a Bob Davie Rick Lantz rough harsh year. We depict Jerry Madsen assistant head football coach on Joyce Deleon co-chair of Navy interim coach on it as them reaping bountiful director of Residence Ufe not resigning · the diversity division on Navy's loss harvests, with cornucopia overflowing after a year of on pregnancy. culture fest toil. That first Thanksgiving though, they gave thanks more for friendship and Angela Campos BEYOND CAMPUS Compiled from U-Wire reports help they received from the American Indians in the area. They gave the pil- Lab Tech grims food and helped them Brown allows grad students to become unionized survive the harsh East coast winter. They helped bring PROVIDENCE, R.I. mer wound down and as the hear and make the feast that we now consider In an historic decision, the ings wound down of this decision. It Thanksgiving. National Labor Relations Board was not surprising but very pleas So, as we go begin this holiday season take ruled Friday that Brown University's ing." time to look at the things you do, the places graduate student workers are The decision states all graduate you've been and the people you know. employees entitled to unionization students employed as teaching assis Don't just give thanks for the things that you privileges. tants, teaching fellows, proctors and were able to do or the places you were able to NLRB regulations require a secret research assistants in humanities be. Give thanks for those people who have ballot election be held within 30 days and social sciences, including recipi helped you get through your tough times, give to allow graduate students to vote on ents of training grants and medical thanks for those people who have helped you unionization. The date of the election school students who are enrolled in celebrate your glad times. Give thanks for will be established within the next a biomedical Ph.D. program. are those who made you smile or laugh, for those week by officials from the NLRB, entitled to vote. Research assistants people who challenged you to be a better per United Auto Workers and the in the life and physical sciences are son. Give thanks for all the people who love University, according to the ruling of uate employees. not eligible to vote. you. Rosemary Pye, NLRB region one Sheyda Jahanbani, a member of The Graduate School has roughly Give thanks for your family, for your friends, director. the BGEO/UAW, said the decision 1,300 students; about 450 have vot- and for getting home and returning to campus Brown will be the first Ivy League reinforced her faith in the democrat ing rights. · safely. Give thanks for the opportunity to live institution and the second private ic process. This decision is almost identical to and study at Notre Dame. Give thanks for the university in the United States, to "It's a very pleasant victory," she an earlier ruling at New York people who work day in and day out so that we hold a unionization election for grad- said. "We felt strongly as the sum- University. can learn. Give thanks for the next person who says hi to you. There are many places I've been, many peo ple that I know, and many things that I've done. I'm thankful for all of them, because they UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STANFORD UNIVERSITY have helped me grow into a better person.

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