Most Dorms Reject Safe Haven Resolutions

o r The Observer # ------------- Saint MaryS College The Observer NOTRE DAME.INDIANA VOL. XXIV NO. 22 TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 24, 1991 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Most dorms reject safe haven resolutions By PETER LOFTUS Three more dorms—Badin, comfortable where they live." A inatory harrassment policy as . Our statement was more about Assistant News Editor Cavanaugh and Lyons— have in dorm would oppose spelled out in Du Lac. We will discrimination than about vited either Vore or another “discrimination of any of its not tolerate discriminatory homosexuality.” representative to their dorms to residents based on their sexual harrassment based on race, Joe Flanagan, president of Most Notre Dame residence speak before they took any orientation.” sex, religion, sexual orientation, Cavanaugh Hall, said he expects halls have decided against action on the resolution. Zahm Most hall presidents, after or national origin.” Vore to address Cavanaugh passing a “safe haven" resolu also invited Vore to speak be consulting with either their rec Butrus said he thinks Vore Sunday at their bi-weekly hall tion presented by ND’s under fore agreeing on the final tors, hall councils, or both, have would be pleased with forum, after which a decision ground homosexual support wording of their passed resolu determined that a safe haven Stanford’s resolution, passed w ill be made on how to address group. Only three dorms have tion. resolution was not necessary last week, but that “we didn’t the resolution. passed some version of the res “The most important thing is because their dorms have never do it to please him. Hall council Lyons expects Vore to speak olution over the past two weeks. that people are looking at the discriminated in the past. Also, just thought it was the right there also, according to Sarah Those dorms that did not pass issues of gays and lesbians in a section of Du Lac, the ND thing to do.” Fitzpatrick. the resolution cited a lack of the dorms,” said Vore Monday. student policies and regulations Zahm’s hall council voted 5-2 Megan Sullivan, president of necessity to reaffirm existing “As long as issues are ad handbook, specifically prohibits last week in favor of the resolu Badin, said she hopes to have University regulations prohibit dressed, a homosexual resident “intentionally demeaning tion, but will meet later this either Vore or another speaker ing discriminatory harrassment in a dorm might be able to be expression concerning the . week to agree on the final at Badin within the next week. against homosexuals. more open, more confident" in sexual orientation . of the wording of the resolution, ac Most hall presidents empha Three dorms—Siegfried, discussing his or her homosex victim(s)." cording to Zahm Co-president sized that deciding against the Stanford and Zahm—have uality, he added. Stanford’s hall council passed Warrick Muldrow. resolution was not the same as passed resolutions over the past Vore challenged, however, the unanimously a resolution af Siegfried passed the resolu being anti-homosexual, or that two weeks either identical or notion that Du Lac’s policy is firming Du Lac’s policy, but it tion unanimously two weeks their dorm condoned discrimi similar to the model resolution, enough to guard against dis did not use the term “safe ago. In a letter to The Observer, nation of homosexuals. which was sent last month to all crimination of homosexuals. haven" in its text. Siegfried’s rector and assistant “Keenan Hall Council voted hall presidents by Michael Vore, Under the model resolution, According to Greg Butrus, rector said that their resolution on the proposed.safe haven a graduate English student and contained in a memorandum Stanford co-president, the reso “simply restates a reality which resolution and concluded that co-chairman of Gays and from Vore to all hall presidents lution states: “Be it resolved existed before any one group Keenan does not discriminate Lesbians of ND/Saint Mary’s dated August 26, a dorm would that the residents of Stanford politicized it; that is we have (GLND/SMC), which is not affirm “the rights of its gay Hall have read and affirm our never discriminated against recognized by the University. residents to be welcome and commitment to (ND’s) discrim someone because they are gay.. see DORMS / page 5 Bush asks U N. to keep Iraq sanctions UNITED NATIONS (AP) — had urged Bush to set a 48- President Bush told the United hour deadline after which Nations on Monday “we cannot American warplanes would be compromise ” on demands that used to accompany U.N. inspec Iraq destroy its nuclear tors on helicopter flights in weapons capability, lie also Iraq. urged the world body to dis White House press secretary avow its stand that Zionism is a Marlin Fitzwater said the form of racism. United States was consulting While talking tough about with Security Council members Iraq, Bush set no deadline for on how to proceed, and that a Saddam Hussein to uncondi decision might come in a day or tionally submit to inspection two. "Our plan contains a 48- and destruction of his most hour deadline and a proposal dangerous weapons or face the on how to move after th at” if possibility of renewed military Saddam continues to balk, he iorce. White House press secre said. tary Marlin Fitzwater told re However, another adminis porters that the United States tration official said the 48-hour was discussing a 48-hour plan “may not be relevant ” deadline with other Security anymore as the U.N. faces new The Observer/Tim Parish Council members. problems with Iraq’s denial of Bush said the U.N. should documents to U.N. inspectors. Laugh it up keep economic sanctions Nevertheless, the official Doug Heberle and Emma Beilis can’t stop laughing while rehearsing for the Irish Accent, a comedy clamped on Iraq as long as asserted that the United States improvisational group here at ND. Saddam remains in control. and its allies have the authority He took a strong stance on to use force if necessary against the 1975 Zionism resolution, a Iraq. major source of mistrust be “We have the grounds for ac Iraq takes papers from U.N. team tween Israel and the U.N. tion," the official said, speaking UNITED NATIONS (AP) — own portable copying machines. occupation of the emirate. "To equate Zionism with on condition of anonymity. Iraqi soldiers detained U.N. of The confrontation appeared Baker was at the United racism is to reject Israel itself,” Fitzwater said Saddam’s in ficials for more than 12 hours likely to lead the Security Nations for a speech to the Bush said in his speech to the terference with inspections in a Baghdad building Monday, Council to accept President General Assembly by Bush, who General Assembly of represen “leads us to be more pes then forcibly confiscated docu Bush’s offer to provide troops to said U.N. demands that Iraq tatives from 166 nations. “This simistic” that he will comply ments that apparently show guard the inspectors and destroy its nuclear weapons body cannot claim to seek with U.N. demands. “It doesn’t Iraq has been developing nu warplanes to escort U.N. heli capability could not be com peace and at the same time appear that Saddam recognizes clear weapons. copter searches. No formal promised. challenge Israel’s right to ex the seriousness of the situation. The inspectors found the pa council meeting was immedi Iraq has denied its nuclear ist." The basic problem is he doesn’t pers in a surprise search sev ately scheduled. program is intended to develop "By repealing this resolution want to comply.” eral hours before the U.N. The Gulf War cease-fire re weapons. unconditionally, ” he said, “the Bush reworked his speech at Security Council met to discuss quires Iraq to allow the U.N. Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said United Nations will enhance its Camp David over the weekend Iraqi obstructions to U.N. inspections, and the Security the government was not trying credibility and serve the cause and tinkered with the section searches for hidden weapons Council already was upset over to hide the documents, but in of peace.” on Iraq before leaving the and production facilities. Iraq’s refusal to allow unan sisted that proper receipts be The United States has long White House on Monday — as The inspectors hauled seven nounced helicopter flights to filled out for the papers to pre deplored the resolution but Iraqi soldiers were detaining carloads of papers from an suspected weapons sites. vent false claims from being Bush had postponed a cam U.N. inspectors who were trying Iraqi government building, but “The Security Council resolu made about what is in them. paign to repeal it out of a desire to take nuclear-weapons authorities stopped the team, tions that call for inspections- Its statement was carried by to maintain Arab support for documents from a building in held its members for 12 hours are unconditional," Secretary of the Iraqi News Agency. the effort against Saddam in the Baghdad. and “forcibly” seized the data, State James Baker said. David Kydd, chief spokesman Persian Gulf. “We're not going to do any officials said. “We saw earlier the tragic of the International Atomic The State Department’s as thing before we understand the Rolf Ekeus, head of the U.N. consequences of the failure to Energy Agency in Vienna, sistant secretary for interna facts,” Bush said after his special commission in charge of comply with Security Council Austria, said the papers found tional organizations, John speech.

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