Battle of the Bands Ex-slaves to receive $5M Several campus bands prepare to Negotiators decided to allocate F r id a y S f W S compete tonight at Senior Bar. money to compensate Nazi-era slaves and forced laborers. M m M i Scene ♦ pages 20-22 M A R C H 24, News ♦ page 8 2 0 0 0 BSERVER OThe Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint M ary’s VOL XXXIII NO. 107 h t t p ://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Snite exhibit explores color of Mayan traditions palate, but rather, represent By MARIBEL MOREY death, the heavens or even sac­ News W riter rifice. Becom reflects those tradi­ Few Americans would dare tions in his photography. to paint their houses bright “[Becom’s] obsession is blue like the ocean or their color,” said Costa, explaining church a rich red, but the that the photographer accentu­ Maya people ates the beauty within the use colors to Exhibition Mayan’s poverty. r e p r e s e n t Info “It became clear that painted d i f f e r e n t architecture — and specifically ♦ Through May 21 aspects of its colors — was my life’s call­ life. ♦ Tues./Wed. 10 ing, whether 1 photograph, On th e a.m. to 4 p.m. paint or write books about Notre Dame painted color customs, myths, campus, the ♦ Thurs. to Sat. 10 and meaning," Becom said. blue and red a.m. to 5 p.m. Becom uses a silver bleach walls of the process to highlight the rich ♦ Sun. 1 to 5 p.m. Snite colors in the architecture. Museum “Dye structure is a positive- reflect the luminous, rich col­ to-positive process that pro­ ors of this new exhibit, Jeffrey duces prints directly from color Becom Photographs: The Maya transparencies without the and Their Color Cosmos. need for an inter-negative,” “It’s a different world — the said Becom. “During the pro­ tropical and subtropical world cessing ... some o f the dyes is much brighter — It's a much are bleached out to remove more colorful place,” said Steve unwanted areas of color.” Images courtesy of the Snite Museum Moriarty, associate art profes­ In the Mayan tradition, hous­ sor and associate professional es should all resemble each specialist at the Snite. The other to avoid envy from neigh­ exhibit consists of three topics: bors. painted houses, painted “Only in those towns where Rainy season (above) churches and painted tombs. the lure of the outside world “This is the first museum and Boy w ith Iguanas holds sway do customs loosen; exhibit of this photographer’s and Maya might dare personal­ (left) are two of the show,” said Gina Costa, mar­ ize their houses with flamboy­ keting and public affairs spe­ photographs by Jeffrey ant colors,” Becom said. This cialist. She said that students does not hold true for church­ Becom c u rre n tly on could benefit from the exhibit’s es, however. Before the exhibit at the Snite immersion into the very beauty Spanish explorers, Mayan peo­ of vivid colors within a tradi­ ple painted their churches in Museum. Becom's art tional indigenous Mexican soci­ red paint “as a potent symbol work reflects the ety. of blood sacrifice and a prayer “Sometimes we are not for renewal,” Becom continued. importance of color in aware of the very sophisticated Because this practice was con­ the Mayan culture. system [the Maya people] have trary to Catholic beliefs of red of symbolically using colors,” as the devil and sin, the Mayan Costa said. Colors are not just pigments selected from a see BECOM/page 4 Restructured SafeRide starts tonight Callahan calls on are also going to be paid,” Mamak expand into Thursday night and into By LAURA ROMPF said. “We believe that this will help more hours,” Mamak said. “The Church to rethink Assistant News E ditor to make the program much more O’Donoghue/Norton administration accountable than it has been in the along with the coordinator w ill eval­ After months of restructuring, the past.” uate the program after the semester gender issues SafeRide program w ill be up and Mamak said he hopes that to determine whether or not running once again this weekend. SafeRide will changes need to In its efforts to reinstate the late- exceed its past be made. I have By LINDSAY FRANK numbers and night van service, student govern­ 7 hope that we w ill have to full confidence News W riter ment formed an Ad Hoc committee current expecta­ that it is going to to work on the structural problems tions. expand into Thursday run very well. The Catholic Church needs to develop a more with the program. “At its peak in night and into The basic goal is inclusive sexual ethic, said Sidney Callahan, pro­ “The basic problems that the Ad th e p a s t, to serve as many more hours. ” fessor of psychology at Mercy College, in her lec­ Hoc Committee identified were reli­ SafeRide was students as pos­ ture Thursday night. ability of the program and account­ giving anywhere sible.” The Church should rethink how it deals with ability of the volunteers to drive,” from 50 to 100 Matt Mamak Mamak said issues of gender differences, contraception and said chief of staff Matt Mamak. “The rides per night,” that, overall, he office of the student body president sexual orientation, Callahan said. basic structural change is that the Mamak said. “I hopes most prob­ When discussing issues of gender, she empha­ coordinator of the program is going hope that with lems have been sizes that one could be Christian while disagree­ to bo paid I David Powers], He works good publicity, accountability and solved and that the program will ing with gender stereotypes of women as home­ for both security and student gov­ reliability, we will be able to exceed run smoothly. makers and men as being in the workforce. ernment, but will be paid through these numbers.” “I believe that we have addressed “I became one of the first people to advocate security.” If SafeRide proves popular, he as many problems as humanly pos­ Christian feminism,” she said. “I didn’t find that Other student workers w ill receive continued, the program could be sible. The rest of the semester will there was one specific location for women or for compensation as well. expanded after further evaluation. give us a chance to address any fur­ “Also, the people driving the vans "1 hope that we w ill have to ther problems that arise,” he said. see CALLAHAN/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Friday, March 24, 2000 I n s id e C o l u m n T h is W eek in N o tr e D a m e /S a in t M a r y ’s H is to r y Student seeks to sell Sacred Heart TV royal graces campus with his presence Firing Ideological March 17, 1970 March 22, 1996 In an effort to purchase food and medicine for starving Planner sophomore Rich Kizer became MTV King of the Blanks and injured people, Peter DuBois, a Notre Dame senior, Beach during spring break in Panama City, Fla. “ I wasn’t Ah, gun control. The issue makes otherwise circulated a petition to sell the Basilica of the Sacred cocky. I wasn’t loo serious. I realized that I was a moron. intelligent people sound like complete buffoons. So it’s no surprise that a debate on the issue Heart. He gathered 42 signatures, including one profes­ I just like to have fun,” Kizer said. The new king’s room­ should be prominent at Notre Dame, where intel­ sor. “The altar alone would bring in a sizeable sum and mate took credit for his crown: “In the beginning it was ligence abounds, but common sense is as easy to find as a natural tan in the bricks might be able to be sold as building material just raw talent, but wo molded him into what he is today,” Michiana. and perhaps even as ‘souvenirs,’” Du Bois said. he said. Both extremes in the debate offer ample amuse­ ment. Radical gun lovers claim that the Second Amendment fully grants O u t s id e t h e D o m e Compiled from U-Wire reports them the right to hunt rab­ bits with anti-tank missiles. Anti-gun pundits claim that we need to hold the avail­ Michigan students murdered in Costa Rica ability of guns responsible, Dustin Ferrell ANN ARBOR, Mich. Howell was doing a photography not the evil tendencies of University students from across the project as p a rt o f an Antioch College humans. Assistant country travel the world each year curriculum that requires students to Sadly enough, the tru th is Viewpoint gaining new communication skills and spend five semesters doing co-op closer to your gun-loving Editor cultural experience. But Sunday’s work to fulfill graduation require­ Uncle Rufus up in Montana MICHIGAN murder of a 19-year-old Ann Arbor ments. than the legislation-happy woman and her friend in Costa Rica Eagen had been visiting Howell for gun control zealots, which speaks volumes. As raises questions about student securi­ 15 days in Costa Rica, and her sister much as I hate to side with the guys who wear ty abroad. said she had investigated the area fluorescent Jeff Gordon hats, their stance is, I’m Emily Hagen, who was admitted to before traveling. afraid, more logical.