[ Nine Inch Nails Tim es, they are a changin’ % Music critic Chris Yunt takes The CLC discusses its current Tuesday t a look at Trent Reznor’s latest remix, structure and whether it B y Things Falling Apart. needs to be revamped. JANUARY 23, ■ scene ♦ page 12 News ♦ page 3 2 0 0 1 O bserver The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL XXXIV NO. 71____________________________________________________________________________________________________I ITTIV/OBSF.RVI R.N D. E P U Admitting a class of colors Notre Dame and Saint Mary's actively recmit minority students to create a diverse environment and enhance students ’ overall education Editor's note: In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. ♦ Targeting celebrations on campus. minorities early The Observer explores critical for SMC Moving diversity issues in a four- part series. Part one By NOREEN GILLESPIE Toward examines the challenges News Writer and successes of recruit­ the ing minority applicants. As a ju n io r in high school, Adriana Garces Dream ♦ ND identifies, knew she was going to pursues high college. Part I: She just didn’t know Recruiting talent minorities how she was going to get there. By MIKE CONNOLLY As the South Bend News Writer native sat in her classes at Washington High School, With the same vigor it she mulled over several pursues the top high school different plans — she athletes in America, the could move to Texas, and University uses phone calls, try to go to school there, mailing and campus visita­ or attend community col­ tions to lure some of the lege at Indiana University most highly qualified minor­ at South Bend, close to ity students to the Golden home. Dome. Ready to explore her A predominantly white, educational options fur­ private, catholic school in LIZ LANG/The O bserver ther, she found the Saint the Midwest is not necessar­ While no rules are bent to increase the acceptance of minority students to Notre Dame Mary’s Encuentro pro­ ily the first choice for many and Saint Mary’s, efforts are made to recruit a diverse student population. gram, a two-week sum­ minorities who often come from other elite schools. mittee for cultural diversity. can’t be met socially at this mer camp where high- from warmer climates and “[Difficulties in recruiting “I know many minorities school,” the sophomore achieving Latina students lesser financial means. The minorities] lies with minori­ believe before coming to from Dallas continued. have the opportunity to University must overcome ty perceptions of the Notre Dame that this is an The task of convincing live the college experi­ cultural, regional, historical, school,” said Nikki McCord, elitist campus. Some think it qualified minorities to apply ence. Through attending meterological and financial co-chair of the diversity is full of rich people and a begins in the spring of the classes taught by Saint barriers to win the enroll­ committee in the student lot of students might feel applicants’ junior year of M ary’s faculty, living in ment of these students senate and a student mem­ that there are so few against fierce competition ber of the University com­ minorities and their needs see ND/page 9 see STORY/page 7 Saint Mary’s cancels ‘Monologues’ currently playing off-Broadway, dent activities council. By MOLLY McVOY was written by playwright Eve Although the administration Saint Mary’s Editor Ensler. Ensler’s work is per­ supports the idea of generating College president Marilou formed solely by women and discussion, the play would cause Eldred told student organizers of addresses issues of women's sex­ more controversy than healthy “The Vagina Monologues” uality. In particular, the move­ discussion, according to Eldred. Tuesday that the play would not ment to perform the monologues Issues of lesbianism and explicit make a reappearance on Saint on college campuses is part of an discussion of sexuality have Mary’s campus this year. effort that began three years ago caused some to question its The play is part of a nationwide to stop violence against women. appropriateness for a Catholic movement on college campuses Last year’s February produc­ campus. In response to last year's to increase dialogue about tion at Saint Mary’s was spon­ presentation and a subsequent women’s sexuality. sored by the Campus Alliance for letter to the South Bend Tribune In response, the student orga­ Rape Elimination (CARE). After by a former professor, several nizers have called for a speak-out the performance, CARE offered members of the College Parent's on Wednesday evening to discuss counseling. Council expressed concerns to the if the play has a place on the The play generated needed dia­ president about the presentation Saint Mary’s campus and, if so, logue about the issues of women's of themonologues. what place that is. In part, the sexuality, lesbianism, rape, and “I think the discussion is neces­ speak-out comes in response to the need for women to recognize sary,” Eldred said. “My issue is the College administration's posi­ that their bodies should not be clearly with redoing the play.” tion that the play should not be violated but celebrated, according “We have to be responsible to presented this year. to “Monologues” supporters. all our constituency — students, “The administration’s position “I think what happened last alumni and supporters.” said year after the Monologues was Linda Timm, director of student NELLIE WILLIAM S/The O bserver is that we don't want [The Vagina that people had a healthy discus­ activities. “Voices on the other “Of all the programming I have seen in the last four years at Monologues] performed on this campus again,” said Marilou sion on sexuality,” said senior side of the issue [opposed to the Saint Mary's, there has been nothing that has brought so Julia Malczynski, the women's Monologuesl have seldom been many people out and generates so much discussion,” said Eldred, the College's president. The nationally acclaimed play, studies representative to the stu­ Emily Koelsh, lower left. see CANCELED/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Tuesday, January 23, 2001 I n s id e C o lu m n Q uo tes o f th e W eek "To com e ou t a n d see “We would not have “We’ve been very 7 think peace is to Can you say the Joyce Center full used the stadium if it fortunate all the way respect people, to sit has been my dream was a risk, but there through. There has been together, to speak as vagina? forever since I’ve been are substantial repairs tremendous support for eq u a l here. ” that have to be made ." [Generations]. ” people. That’s right, I’m talking to you. So can you say Notre Dame women's vagina? It seems that at Saint Mary’s, not only can Director of public Executive director of Noah Salameh Ghnaim on we not say the word vagina, but we had better not basketball coach, Muffet talk about our vaginas or anyone else’s either. relations Dennis Moore development, Dan Reagan the Israeli-Palestinian McGraw on the UConn On a campus that has 1,565 students with vagi­ on stadium repairs on “Generations” conflict nas, you might wonder why we win are experiencing this vagina prohibition. Let me explain. Last year, as part of a nation­ wide movement on college campuses to raise awareness O u t s id e th e D o m e Compiled from U-Wire reports about violence against women and generate dialogue about women’s sexuality, the nation­ U.IIlinois students speak up about T.A.’s language ally acclaimed play “The Colleen Vagina Monologues” was presented at Saint Mary’s on McCarthy CHAMPAIGN, 111. Cheelan Bo-Linn, interim head of If understanding an instructor is the same day as at other col­ the division of instructional devel­ harder than understanding class leges. When student organiz­ A sso c ia te opment. material, students have some­ ers wanted to perform the News Editor SPEAK, the test’s older version, where to turn. play this year, it seems that operates on a scale from 20 points alumnae and community University of Illinois policy out­ to 60 points, with 20 being the lines specific procedures for stu­ members put pressure on the appropriateness of lowest possible score. A passing dents with complaints or problems performing the play on a Catholic campus, namely score is 50 or higher. The Test of Saint Mary’s. understanding their instructor’s Spoken English has been used English. My concern is that these individuals protesting since 1996 and has a different Before instructors from foreign the presentation of the “Monologues” at Saint scale. On this test, a passing score countries can teach, they must Mary’s may not realize what it is really all about. is 230 or higher. meet the university’s English lan­ It’s not a smutty, made-for-the-stage porno. University policy also requires guage requirements. The universi­ Rather, it is the culmination of hundreds of inter­ those who pass the English-profi- ty follows the state law that all guage. views by the playwright, Eve Ensler, with old, ciency test to attend both an orien­ instructors at state universities International teaching assistants young, married, single, lesbian, heterosexual, tation for international teaching must be orally proficient in show oral proficiency in English by CEOs, actresses, health workers, and women of assistants and an all-campus ori­ English. According to campus poli­ passing either the Test of Spoken various religious and ethnic backgrounds about entation for teaching assistants, cy, exceptions can be made for English or the Speaking what they think about their vaginas, issues of sex­ participate in two follow-up work­ instructors who teach foreign lan­ Proficiency English Assessment uality, and violations of their bodies.