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If THE SPECTATOR SEATTLE—j—U M I V E R S IT V honors Nearly 1,000 attend Quadstock SU math VigilSOA dead professor AMYBARANSKI Editor retires after pringtime rain ran like tears 45 years Cwsmthe whitecrosses thatspeck- led the Union Green earlier this week. The Seattle sky joined the Katie Ching Seattle University community in mourningthe deaths of the El Sal- Editor-in-Chief vadorianpeople. Dr. Andre Yandl never took a Approximately25peopleplanted class in the English language. To the crosses in the green after a learn the language,he sat through candlelightvigilintheChapelofSt. fiveperiodsofEnglishclassesaday Ignatuis,dedicated to the mothers at ahigh schoolinWenatchee. By during of those whodisappeared 1965, Yandl, a native French conflicts inElSalvador. speakerof Algeria,had earnedhis Another, more demon- graphic Mastersand Ph.D. inmathematics stration was held yesterday to re- from theUniversity of Washington member thedead.Studentspoured and had beguna teachingcareerat themselves to reinact blood over Seattle University that wouldspan thedeathsof the El Salvadorians. fivedecades. Students like senior Kerry ThisJune, Yandlwillretire from Donoghueattended thecandlelight SU, but hopes to continue to visit vigil toremember the dead. Save Ferriscloses Quadstock with the sounds ofska. campus at least once a week. He "Peoplecame afterchurch inthe willoffer freetutoringtostudentsin wind to pray for people we don't math, he jokes. For decades,stu- groupLongDistancerolled evenknow.Thatrightthereispow- AMY JENNIGES afternoon. hip-hop dentshaverecognizedYandl'schar- Students whopaid$5 on a truck to entertain students erful, and makes it worthwhile," ManagingEditor inadvance in acteristic shortsleevedress shirtsas $7 at treated to the betweensets. Donoghue remarked. or the door were he strides down the fourth floorof University of Nuffsed, the band that Thebeergardenopenedataround Activists link graduates of the QuadstockhitSeattle sounds Barman between class, his office off a week's at s of p.m., studentsover21quickly School ofthe Americas to the dis- Friday night, capping took firstplace SEAC Battle 5 and and visits to the McNulty Col- Thereggae queuefor theirfree (with appearance and murders of hun- worth of events around campus. the Bands last quarter. joinedthe legium. Hisfingersarestained with dreds of civilians in El Salvador. Over 1000peopleattended thecon- groupplayedfor about anhour,and admission)bottomless glassofbeer. cert, whichwaswelcomedbybeau- then thefocus wasredirected tothe The SOA is a U.S. government See on See Yandlon page2 funded school, located in Ft. tiful sunny weather. south end of the Quad, where the Quadstock page Benning, Ga., that strives to teach Save Ferris headlined and was democratic idealsandmilitarytrain- precededbyPinehurstKids,Shawn ingtothe nationsofLatinAmerica. Johnson and the Foundation and But anti-SOA activists say that Nuffsed. Mayor on campus the schooldoesanything but foster "Quadstock was asuccess," said democratic principles. LisaPascuzzi,President of SEAC, In 1998 the Guatemalan Arch- theorganizationthatputQuadstock diocese Human Rights Office together. named graduates of the SOA in a With the help of over 50 volun- report that linked the soldiers to a teers, SEAC succeeded inrocking genocide campaign aimedat civil- the campus. ians. "It was a good end to a good Everyspringactivists oncampus year,"Pascuzzisaid. gatherto remember those civilians The Quad was nearly full with andtogainsupportfromothercom- studentsandtheirguestsbythe time munity members to shut down the Save Ferris hit the stage at the end SOA. of the evening.But that wasn't the students, staff and faculty casefor the entirenight. When the tianypassionate abouttheconroversal doors opened at 4 p.m., students issuebecauseithits close tohome. trickled inslowly. Nineteen graduates of the SOA Thisyear's Quadstock was dif- were alsoinvolvedinthemurderof ferent thanthose inrecentmemory, six Jesuit priests and three lay with an admission fee and no free womenin 1989. food, due to the fact that the RHA Seemore SOAcoverageonpage all-hall barbeque will be held later this quarterinsteadofonQuadstock Index Sports 12-13 News 2-3 ASSU 14 along Opinion 4-5 15 FatherWilliamJ. Sullivan.SJ(rif>ht)andFatherStephenSundbor?>,SJ.(notpictured) Classifieds community,accompaniedMayorPaulSchell(left)on A&E 6-7, 11 Personals 15 withother prominantmembers ofthe a walk-thoughtour campusonTuesday.Schell 'svisit tocampus waspartofathree-hour Backpage of Features 8-10 Cartoons neighborhoodtourofFirstHill.Themayorrequestedtostarthis touratSeattleUniversity. 2 News SOA: blood drips from students in memory of the dead JAMILA JOHNSON would remain vibrantinthe minds silence. peoplepretendedlike theycouldn't StaffReporter of the SUcommunity. Senior journalism major Joshua see us, said snide remarks like, With thecrossesinhand,the fig- Russert acted as a mock soldier 'Whata wasteoftime!' and'Ohhh, Eighteen bodies could be seen ures proceeded from the Chapel dressedinmilitary fatigues. deadpeople! The Armyis protect- laying motionless on the Union ingyourlives,'althoughsomewere Greenyesterday atnoon. supportive.But itsparks dialogue, Members of the Seattle Univer- andthatisalwaysgood,"Donoghue sity community went out at noon, said. yesterday, amid heavy winds and Yesterday'sdemonstration drew at thenoiseofthecrowd theoutdoor onlookers withgenuine interest in Josh Russert, a seniorjournalism car show,tocompletethemainevent what had to be said. There were major,plays agraduateoftheSOA. oftheSchooloftheAmericas aware- many who looked only for a sec- ness week. ond,then turnedand walked away. Senior English major Kerry The eventkept itsmomentumby Donoghue, an organizer of SOA thebodies thatwouldintermittently awareness week, showedmuch en- pull themselvesupfrom theground thusiasm towards the main event, a and shareareflection theyhad dur- "die-in." ingthe silence. "It is a dramatic statement that Theirreflections movedonlook- drawsattention to the cause,and is ers to takein the scene. a sacrifice for the livinginremem- The "die-in" was not the only brance ofthedead,"Donoghuesaid. eventheld for SOA week.OnSun- Studentslaidinsilence ontheUnion seeingthingsbrings day night a vigil was held for the Greenfor anhour. home for people." Father JamesNolle, SJ, lays asavictimofthemassacres inElSalvador. mothers of the disappeared. Ap- The "die-in"began infront ofthe proximately 25peopleattended the ("Sometimeslapel of St. Ignatius, as the bells and traveled around to the far side He poured a blood substitute, vigil. lied noon. of the Union Green. made ofcomsyrupandfood color- OnMonday,smoothies weresold The figures in white shirts and At that point, the procession ing,onparticipants,baptizingtheir toreplenish fundsusedby the trips black pantssomberlypulledcrosses which had been walking two by backs, crosses and the grass they toFt. Benning,Ga.and Washing- out of the soil,still moist from the twoseparatedandspreadoutacross laid on. tonD.C. rain the nightbefore. the grass to bow their heads for a Before the "die-in" started, This was done so that nextyear Those crosses represented the prayerand the final wordsofOscar Russert explained that he hid the people can continue to protestthe people who died at the hands of Romero,the ArchbishopofElSal- U.S. Armylogoonhisuniform out SOA with the same freedoms and graduatesof the SOA. vador. of respect for those whochose to libertiesas this year. Lindsay Hatzenbuehler, a junior Thiseventwasdesignatedtomake After theprayer,the "die-in"be- enterthe army. Thesmoothie sale will also hap- biology"major, recoversfrom the it so the memoryof those victims gan. Bodies fell to the wetlawn in "Lasttimewedidasimilarthing, pen today on theUnionGreen. "die-in protestoftheSOA. Yandl: mathprofessor calculatesfuture minus SU From pageone ent of the ASSU Outstanding who probably learn on the com- ing in chemistry, took a calculus a recentinterview. the felt tip markers he useson the Teacher Award. puter,but for most of the people, class" from Yandl. "Iwent tospend mysummer va- overheadprojectorduringclass.AH HisworkatSUhasalsoincluded havingthat one personwhomakes Hewassoclearinhis explana- cations with one of my aunts and ofhis studentshaveheardhis stories the publication of six textbooks. them want to learn, is essential," tions. Even ifpeople kept asking uncle,andIhad twocousins about about his passion for racquetball. He is currently the same ques- my age. During the summer they But most of all, Yandl has been working on a tions,hekepton used toread novels,and Itookmy knownasa professor whose office seventh book, trying to answer math book, and Iwould