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Tuesday, AprilS, 1997 • Vol. XXX No. 119 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S • BoARD or GovERNANCE SMC board formally recognizes 'The Alliance' By LORI ALLEN a founding member of the group. strives to provide a safe environ­ out unbiased information to edu­ apptoved club recognition at Saint Mary's Editor "The student voice will not only ment for those dealing with cate the members of BOG, in Saint Mary's College starting be heard by those present here issues dealing with sexuality. order for them to make an now, and continuing into the In a decision termed "histori­ today, but will resound in the The group aims to provide stu·­ informed decision on the ques­ 1997-98 academic year. cal," Saint Mary's College Board years to come. Tonight we made dents with a physical space with tion of official recognition of The "I feel very confident in the of Governance (BOG) granted history." a safe and welcoming atmos­ Alliance. decision that the women of BOG recognition to a campus sexuali­ Logged in the College history phere to hold discussions on The research team reported have made. I had this confidence ty group last night, after almost a books with official recognition as sexuality. answers to previous questions on even before I knew the result of month of deliberation. a campus organization is The The Alliance first proposed its campus ministry opinion, verifi­ the vote because of the hard "Nothing in my experience at Alliance of Lesbian, Bisexual, constitution at the March 3 BOG cation of club adviser, Catholic work, long hours and research Saint Mary's has made me more Straight and Questioning Women meeting, and was tabled until the documents and the laity of the that was put into making this proud to be a member of a com­ of Saint Mary's College. March 19 meeting. At this meet­ Catholic community. decision. I have the utmost munity that truly pioneers Known by its common name, ing, BOG members formed an The board voted in favor of change," said senior Carol Jones, The Alliance, the organization internal research team to seek The Alliance's constitution and see ALLIANCE I page 6 WVFI will College Democrats plan.to educate Group targets revision of non-discrimination clause as top priority By BRAD PRENDERGAST By DEREK BETCHER Editor-in-Chief Associate News Editor WVFI-AM will announce Wedtiesday Twelve months ago the Office of that it is one step closer to joining the Student Affairs agreed to approach FM radio band, according to a source Notre Dame's officers about considering familiar with the station's push for the revising the University's non-discrimina­ change in frequency status. tion clause to include sexual orientation. According to the source, members of A forum has been scheduled for 7 p.m. the campus radio station met last night tonight in the Center for Social Concerns with Patricia D'Hara, vice presi<Jent of to examine the issue. The College Student Affairs, and learned that their Democrats now plan to spearhead a call application to join the FM band had for action. They say the goal of tonight's received initial approval froin'the forum is to educate the Notre Dame University. ,,... ·+iF · campus. Federal CommunicationS CommiSsion "We're just trying to elicit a response. The Observer/John Daley approval also is required. First, we want to raise both awareness The College Democrats met last night to plan tonight's forum, which will target increased awareness about the non-discrimination clause. Reached by The Observer late<last and discussion around campus," said night, several station members conS!' J.P. Cooney, College Democrats co-presi­ mended that vice president for Student firmed that an announcementwould be tion last April 2. Recently, she reported dent. Affairs Patricia O'Hara raise the ques­ made Wednesday. They couldnot that she has met the recommendation Last Spring, the Ad Hoc Committee on tion of revision to the University's offi­ Gay and Lesbian Student Needs recom- cers. O'Hara accepted the recommenda- see ~l{tpage4 .. see FORUM/ page 6 • CmME BEAT ND announces degree recipients 0-C students witness Special to The Observer German President Roman Herzog, Supreme Court drug bust on front lawn Justice Antonin Scalia, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet By HEATHER COCKS two guns through the car win­ B.ita Dove and former foot­ News Editor dow. ball coach Ara Parseghian Russell Williams, a senior at are among the 12 distin­ A high-speed car chase by Notre Dame, recalled hearing guished national and inter­ the St. Joseph's County Police the sirens at approximately national figures who will Department resulted in the noon, as pursuit of Harris con­ receive honorary degrees at arrest of an armed suspect yes­ tinued toward his house in the the University's 152nd terday outside a block of resi­ 100 block of N. St. Peter's Commencement exercises dences occupied entirely by Street. May 18. Notre Dame students. "The sirens got really close, Degrees will be conferred "We were getting into our and I heard a huge commotion on the honorees and some Research, ex- cars to go to class, and there outside the house," Williams 1800 undergraduate and 550 football coach. was a huge drug bust happen­ advanced degree candidates ing practically on our front see HARRIS I page 4 beginning at 2 p.m. in the steps," said senior- Gwen .Joyce Center on campus. Norgle. Campus Mark Shields, syndicated Robert Harris was found in columnist and political ana­ possession of over 40 pounds lyst, will be the principal of marijuana, three guns, Commencement speaker and including a .357 Magnum, and also will receive an honorary $1,125 in cash, according to Residence of Suspect degree, and the University police sources. They reported will present the 1997 Laetare that Harris lives on N. St. Louis Medal to Mexican-American Street, another area in which theologian B.ev. Virgil several Notre Dame students Elizondo. are currently located. In addition to Shields, the A chase began in the :«.,.l)l:.,<·':>:'::> honorary degree recipients Roseland area after hotel . ~: are: maids discovered illicit sub­ • David Billington, profes­ stances and firearms in a room -~~ . sor of civil engineering and reserved in Harris' name. The Area of Arrest operations research, suspect fled when police Princeton University, doctor arrived to conduct a search, speeding toward South Bend see RECIPIENTS I page 4 NoT PICTURED: David Billington, Sr. Rosemary Connolly, Mark Shields while discarding the drugs and --- ---- -- --~~--------------------------------------, page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Tuesday, April 8, 1997 • INSIDE COLUMN • WORlD AT A GLANCE Catholic church razed by arsonists in Northern Ireland BELFAST, Northern Ireland Mass. Harper said he cried at the sight of I dare you A rural Roman Catholic church was North Atlantic the smoking ruins. burned to the ground today in the third Ocean "It's just a shell. The sacristy's walls attack on a Catholic church in three days. are still standing but the roof has come Apathy and cowardice. Laura PeteUe The recent series of church burnings in. Behind the altar there's a 'blackened Are these the salient News Copy Editor began two weekends ago when a Baptist cross," Harper said. "The people who did features of the future church in east Belfast was badly dam- this- it was deliberate -have absolute- leaders of our country? aged. Arson attacks were carried out on ly no conscience at all." I'm sick to death of people who don't know Protestant homes the following Tuesday On the Saturday following the attack on or don't care what's going on. Har Homa? How in rural County Tyrone. the Protestant homes, two Catholic does that affect me? Women in the priesthood? Today, the Church of the Immaculate • churches in towns west of Belfast were Let them argue about it. Welfare reform? I Conception, near Tandragee, a predomi- set on fire; one was razed. don't really know anything about it. nantly Protestant town, was already con- The church burnings coincide with the That's the chorus: I don't know and I don't sumed by flame when fire crews arrived approach of the summer "marching sea- care -it has no immediacy to my life. about 3 a.m. Tandragee, 40 miles south- son." Protestant-Catholic relations tradi- But it does: will you care if the U.S. joins a west of Belfast, has strong connections to tionally deteriorate during the parades. war of intervention? If there are no priests the Orange Order, the province's long- For the past 30 weeks, a Protestant available to baptize your child? If you- or dominant Protestant fraternal group. 25 km mob has menaced weekly services at a someone you love- goes on welfare? Then The area's Anglican minister, the Rev. ---------~~~-~w Catholic church in Ballymena, 20 miles what will you do? Brian Harper, arrived at daybreak to comfort Catholic northwest of Belfast, to protest Catholic attempts to block You'll complain. It's what you do best. parishioners who had come expecting to attend 9 a.m. Protestant marches. You'll blame it on someone else. You'll blame it on the politicians - when you never voted in the election. You'll blame it on the Pope. You'll Gore celebrates gradual improvements Breweries come under fire for ads blame it on everybody and anybody but your­ self. BETHESDA, Md. WASHINGTON But you are the one at fault. Because you No deed is too small to earn someone The Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry never cared to inform yourself and you were a pat on the back from Vice President AI into whether two major beer marketers - Miller Brewing too afraid to take an informed stand.

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