Y Thursday Performance Of"They Dance Really Slow in Between Israel and Palestine Was Shaken by Grenade Jackson." Attacks in Israel Yesterday
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• Scene previews theatre students' upcoming • The fragile peace agreement formed Tuesday Thursday performance of"They Dance Really Slow In between Israel and Palestine was shaken by grenade Jackson." attacks in Israel yesterday. OCTOBER1, Scene • 14-15 World & Nation • 5 1998 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXII NO. 29 WWW. N D.EDU/- OBSERVER Provost's Office opens tenure system inquiry Hy DEREK BETCHER Assistant News Editor '("'tudents filling out the TCEs need to know that the forms are J\s tlw acad1)mie world debatns tlw plaen of tenun) J a big part of the process. These things are, in fact, important in higlwr nducation, Notm Damn qui1)tly proparns to considnr tho issun as wnll. about deciding a persons continuation on the faculty. ' Tlw Provost's Ol'lic1) rocently began an informal inVI'Stigation of tfW state of l.lw tenure system Carol Mooney. associate provost nalionwidn, and thn Faculty Sonato's acadnmic: affairs committPn has plan)d thn tnnurn issun· at the top or its agnnda fill' tlw coming ;u:ademic yoar. 9-STEP PROCESS FOR GAIN lNG FACULTY "Tiwrn is no thought lwrP or doing away with the Tenure: what tlmure systnm, although wn do havn faculty not on TENURE till) tenure track," said assoeiatn provost. Carol Mooney of the Provost's Ollice. 1 Candidates submit applications it is, how DPimtP ftwlnd by an incrnasn or non-tnnurn track rantlty on campuses across t.hn nation can bn simpli liPd into two positions. Supporters or the tPnurn sys 2 Field experts review scholarship samples it's granted tf'lll notn that it protncts academie frnodom by granting fWrmarwnt Pmploynwnt to carefully sdnct Pd rawlty. Crities argup that tho Wnurn systmn pro Departmental Committee on Applications and Promotions By DEREK BETCHER lf't:L'i unproductive farulty mnmbPrs from dismissal 3 (CAP) prepares report Assistant News Editor and ;u:countability. (;rowing Pmploynwnt of non-tnnun) track faculty Notre Dame's tenure system, one has intPilSifiPd tho most I"I)I:IHJI round or dnbatn. 4 CAP makes recommendation on tenure offer of the most important processes to Tlwsn individuals, lalwiPd pro~ssional spncialists in the quality of academic instruction Notn) Damn's nomnndaturn, arP faculty members on camp_us, affects studonts daily, dndat·nd ineligiblo to apply for I>Prnuuwnt tnnuro 5 Departmental chairperson make~ -recommendation albeit indirectly. positions. In soml) eaSI)S, thnsn individuals do not This process shapes the Notre hold tlw rPquisitP Ph.D. dngrtlPS to Sllnk tmnu·n. In Damo faculty by granting penna otlwr rasPs, tlwy lack nitlwr tho pnrsonal dnsire or 6 Dean of College makes recommendation nont appointments to qualified fac tlw Uniwrsity's invitation to partidpatP in tnnurn ulty members. This permanence is designed to protect the academic trark Pmploynwnt. 23-member Provost's advisory Committee (PAC) evaluates Non-tnnum tra,·k farulty an• nmployPd at Notrn 7 freedoms of tenured faculty. Damn and PngagP in a varinty of dutins. including file Students come into direct con tact with the tenure process only undPrgradwttP instruclitm. Provost reviews the PAC decision and makes a "!\ lot do not tnach," Moorwy notnd. "Tiwy are 8 through the biannual complntion PVPrything from high-IPwl lab tPchnidans to clinical recommendation of teacher-course evaluation forms faculty in thP law school to CPntnr for Social (TCEsl. The most. substantive University President makes a final decision on whether to 9 see TENURE I page 4 sec DEBATE I page 4 offer a tenure appointment to the applicant The Obsetver/Mal1< DeBoy ~~~hers s~~.!?,?,~,~~y~.!~~~~~~~~~~,~~" ~~~sD~~~~~~ A.S~i;tant Nt·w; Editor wn'rn talking about ... we honestly of faculty; you'm counting on them to havn 110 dun." do the research." requi· re penalty llespite concerns over a lack of It was acknowlndged, however, that This move comes two weeks aftor llw J\eademie Council debatn would the senate eallod for the issue to be d1)tailnd information on tlw issun, !.he Associated Press Student Senatn passnd a resolution dnlvP deeply into tho legal and reli- placed on the council's agenda for its last night urging thn J\cadnmie gious irnplieations of adding sexual Oct. 8 meeting. Last night's resolution The date wlwn a former boostnr became a Council to approve tlw addition of orinntation to the elausn. Some s1ma- is the original version of that bill and Notre Dame represontative under NCJ\J\ tors saw this as rnason to support the eame to the lloor with little warning sexual oriPntation to tlw University's guidelines is critical in determining wh1~ther m1)asum despitn tho objections raised. as snnaturs hoped to craft a statement nondiscrimination dausn. the football program fac1~s pnnalties, an NCM in the wake of the announce Tlw body votPd 18-h-2 to oflicial said Wednesday. approvn tlw mnasun1, which ment on Monday that the coun NCAA director of eni'orcnmnnt Chuck Smrt, was oppos11d on stwnral dl would take up the issue. who would not discuss details of the ease, said 'WE CANNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST grounds, inducting a lack or any potential violations bnf'orn such a date information about thn ramilka PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR SEXUAL ORI- In othnr senate news: involving Kimberly Dunbar would not be the tions or surh a ITIOVP. Most • Mmnbers approvod a letter ENTATION. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.' school's responsibility. nwmlwrs prnsnnt supportPd thn weleoming former U.S. Senator "Tho institution is only responsible f'or aetivi; Bill Bradley to Notre Dame rPsolution as a statPtlll'llt of ty of individuals who are its representatives or support for I'C(llal rights for SUSIIN Ronmn:~· despite objections over his coaches, so if something happened prior to an homosPxwtls, howevl'r. l'Ccord of votes supporting abor J>,\N(;/JO/!N 1/!t/.1. SI:~VA'/'OI! tion rights. individual bncomiug a reprnsentative, thon the "WP rannot discriminatn institution is not responsible for that," he said. "We· realize that true educa against pnopln basnd on tlwir Dunbar, 29, has alleged that she gave a f'or sPxual orinntation," said Pangborn "Wn'ro not making thn dncision, tion can only occur when one is mnr Notre Dame player $5,000 to pay ofT an oxposed to a variety of opiniops and snnalor Susan Hobm·ts. "That's what wn'rn just showing that wn support agent who threatened to reveal their contact. ideas and appreciate the experience I his is all about." it," said O'Neill senator Kevin Slw also told school officials she paid f'or the that you bring to campus," reads the "Jt. snnms likl' common snnsn," Shannon. relatives of several players to attend games, letter. agrned Lnwis snnator Sophin Fortin, Director of' Studnnt Activities Joe among othnr things. The statement had undergono revi till~ c;mHlnr Helations (:om mittne chair Cassidy warned the senators against She was sentenced to four years in prison who originally 1:o-wrotn thn resolution acting despite a lack of information sions from its original version which Monday for embezzling more than $1.2 million and rnlying on morn senior bodies, criticized Bradley's stanen on abor and prestml.nd it to thn sonatn. from h1~r former employer, some of which she tion, and some present wanted that Othnr snnators urged thnir col such as tho J\eademic Council, to used to purchase gifts and trips for at least a leaguns to hold ofT until morn could be undnrtake dntailnd examination of criticism to remain. dozen current and former Notre Dame play "We don't oppose Bradley's being IIHtrned about tlw issun, noting that a issuns. ors. body of theologians and lngal exports "ITo be an oiTective studnnt voice! here, but we would like to see some School spokesman Dennis Moore wouldn't opposition to his voting record on worn consultod when the University you'vn got to have erildibility. Tlw discuss the details of the allegations regarding considtJrtHI this move in 1997. only way to have credibility is to do abortion," said Catriona Wilke, co- contact between a former player and an agent. "We havcm't lookod into this thor tho research and talk to your eon oughly," said Zahm senator Spencer stituonts," said Cassidy. "You've just see SENATE I page 4 see DUNBAR I page 4 ,-- page 2 The Observer· INSIDE Thursday, October 1, 1998 • INSIOE COLUMN Long Week utside the Dome Compiled from U-Wire reports It's been a long day in a long week ... long, long, long. Washington receives grant for multiple sclerosis research If that's not a "hook", then I don't know what is. Speaking of long though, I'll tell you SEATfLE, Wash. improving the care for patients. This one thing that won't be A $3.5 million grant awarded to the grant will allow us to greatly expand long today- the intro Chris Kusek UW Medical Center earlier this month our research into the optimum meth to this inside column. Assistant Viewpoint will help establish the nation's first ods of treating people with MS," he Long week, but only Editor Multiple Sclerosis Research and said. half complete. Training Center. In recent years. the UW's MS clinic What I wanted to The UW currently treats MS patients has tested new drugs for controlling speak about today is speech, or lack thereof. in the MS clinic. The MS clinic· and the the flare-ups of MS. I was talking to someone recently who MS Research and Training Center both Studies done at the UW have pin seemed to be upset about the Viewpoint r,ol will be administered by the Depart pointed depression as the most com umn titled "Year of the Woman: The Further ment of Rehabilitation Medicine.