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IOBSERVER Thursday, November 16, 1995 • Vol. X X V II No. 58 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S ■ Residence Hall A ssociation New board members elected temporarily By I’A T T I CARSON members were absent. Saint Mary's Editor The new vice-president Nikki Milos will be acting president Concerned with the recent under RHA constitution, article vacancies in the executive seven, section three, part one board positions of the Resi until Dec, 4, at which time offi dence Hall Association (RHA), cial elections for president will members convened in an be held. emergency meeting midnight “We felt that we had to take yesterday. In order to keep action right away because we with the R1IA constitution, wanted to abide by the Nikki Milos, Karen Murphy and constitution and we didn’t want Patty Corbitt “took it upon Sarah Sullivan to have to take themselves” to be elected as on oven more responsibility the new executive board mem with the recent RHA events,” bers. said Murphy. Milos is acting vice-president, “According to the constitu Murphy is secretary, and Cor tion, the new executive board bitt is treasurer. After a deci members are permanent. sion by 32 voting members of However, we were elected with Photo by Scott Mendenhall RHA, they were elected into the the stipulation that RHA mem Man vs. Machine offices, effective immediately. bers could vote on new execu The results of the vote were 32 tive members along with the Senior Christopher Cooper participated in a “face to face" job interview with Bill Merrigan of Procter & yeas, zero nays, and zero ab Gamble. Cooper was the first Notre Dame student to utilize InterVIEW, the new interactive videoconfer stentions. Thirteen voting see RHA/ page 4 encing network available in the Career and Placement office in the Hesburgh Library. Stadium renovations cause parking relocations campus students would use traveled than to the previous Students face some parking spaces in D2.” parking spaces,” said Johnson. NEW PARKING ALTERATIONS The University has also fo “It was also difficult for stu as affected by the renovation of the Notre l o n g e r cused on safety issues involved dents to back up in that street." Dame Stadium, to be completed in 1997 with parking lot changes. In anticipation of the stadium By KELLY MOORE A crosswalk is scheduled to expansion, the University cre 1 Walking times from News W riter be painted at the corner of ated 760 new spaces this sum Juniper and the service road mer to replace the 748 they The relocation of parking lots behind the stadium so that stu would lose surrounding the sta O Shaughnessy Hall because of the stadium expan dents can cross the street safe dium. 7:13 sion, as well as the loss of ly, said Johnson. The B2/C2 lot - located east of LaFortune Center spaces in the D2 lot to the vans “We are also planning to con Juniper Road and south of 12:03 used by the Center for Social South Dining Hall struct a sidewalk along the fac Bulla Road - increased by 462 12:17 Concerns, has raised some con ulty parking lot side of the ser spaces, for continued and Rockne Memorial cerns among students, es vice road behind the stadium," expanded use by faculty, staff, 13:42 pecially those with cars. added Johnson. and graduate students. Hesburgh Library Some are upset about how W ithin the last two weeks, se The D6 parking lot had 298 6:08 far they have to walk from the curity has put new safety call spaces added for the use of fac off-campus parking lot located boxes near D6, south of the sta ulty, staff and south quadrangle south of the Joyce Center, said dium near the faculty/staff resident students. Faculty Phillip Johnson, director of se parking lot, and south of the As of November 6, the first Parking curity and police. Joyce Center. day of the stadium expansion, Lot 81 Lot C1 “These changes are perma “ Students can also use Safe the B1 faculty/staff parking lot nent, in so far as they meet our -Campus Parking Walk if they want someone to surrounding the stadium closed needs,” said Johnson. But he walk with them to their cars," permanently. added the University is trying said Johnson. The parking area adjacent to Special Events to address student concerns. D2 also recently lost some the Alumni-Senior Club, origi Parking “We are working on two pro spaces to the CSC vans, which nally used by off-campus stu posals right now that would al were originally parked west of dents, is now exclusively for low teaching assistants and the Stepan Center. faculty and staff use. graduate students to use the “We worked with the CSC to The off-campus student park faculty/staff parking lot near move these spaces. The walk ing lot has moved to the Cl lot the Alumni-Senior bar. Off- to D2 is better lit and more south of the Joyce Center. GLND/SMC debate tops PBS series Abdo undergoes surgery, By KATE GRISHAM mosexuality within Roman on October 6 and 7 to conduct health status uncertain Senior SulT W riter Catholic institutions. interviews with various stu “We had wanted to do a dents and faculty members. By BRAD PRENDERGAST indications that there may be The controversy stemming piece around this time which Among those interviewed were Associate News Editor permanent paralysis, but the from the decision of the Notre examined the issues of religion current GLND/SMC chairper extent of any paralysis is Dante administration to deny and homosexuality,” said sons Blandford and Samantha Amanda Abdo, the Notre uncertain right now.” recognition to the gay and les Ignacio. “The situation at Notre Shannon, former co-chairper Dame senior injured in a car The source added that Abdo’s bian student group GLND/SMC Dame fit right in." son Kelly Smith, Professor accident last weekend, under family members have been will comprise the main segment Ignacio was not even aware Mark Jordon of the Medieval went surgery at St. Joseph grateful for the support shown of a nationally broadcast news that a gay and lesbian student Institute, Sister Regina Coll of Medical Center yesterday after by Notre Dame students. magazine series next month. group existed at the University the Theology Department, and noon, but the success of the “They’ve been very apprecia “ In the Life” is a bi-monthly until he received solicitations Director of Public Relations operation was not yet known as tive of all the kids who have newsmagazine which chroni for a magazine devoted to Dennis Moore. of last evening. stopped by the hospital," the cles issues pertinent to the gay Notre Dame issues last spring. Ignacio admitted that being During a procedure that last source said. “It’s been very dif and lesbian community. It is “ One of the articles this mag an alumnus of the University ed several hours, doctors tried ficult for them.” broadcast on over 70 I’ BS sta azine promised was a piece on provided him with a different to repair damage to Abdo’s Dawn Kasperski, also injured tions nationwide, with over one the GLND/SMC controversy,” he perspective on the issue. spinal cord. Details of the pro in the accident, was listed in million viewers per episode. said. “1 hadn’t even heard of "My experience as a student cedure were not disclosed, but satisfactory condition last night According to executive co- the issue, and didn’t even know definitely changed the issue for a source close to the family said after undergoing surgery on a producer and 1984 Notre Dame about the group, so I decided to me,” he said. “ It was very in the damage was done to the broken arm Tuesday, according alumnus Chuck Ignacio, the get in touch with (GLND/SMC spiring for me to see this hap spine’s C-5 band, located high to hospital personnel. GLND/SMC debate began at the co-chairperson)John pening, because there was a in the back. Kasperski is scheduled to at same time that “In the Life” de Blandford.” “It is a very serious injury,” tend a therapy session tomor “ In the Life ” visited campus the source said. “There are row. cided to devote a series to ho see PBS/ page 4 page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Thursday, November 16, 1995 0 INSIDE COLUMN 0 WORLD AT A GLANCE Three restaurant employees killed during robbery Facing NAPLES, Fla. that the three had been “ brutally The bodies of three people, vic ALA. ; GA. y beaten, bound and put in the tims of an apparent robbery, were freezer.” the rink of found in a walk-in freezer just Atlantic The robber or robbers apparent before dawn Wednesday at a Ocean ly got away w ithout being seen by Cracker Barrel restaurant where vTallahassee4 patrons or employees at nearby they worked. businesses. Housman said it stress The establishment had been ran • i appeared that the criminals fled I Orlando . sacked, but it was not immediately G ulf of on foot about 200 yards across a clear whether anything had been Mexico FLORIDA /, field to where they may have left a 1 have discovered the Maureen Hurley taken and there was no sign of car. Detectives reportedly un perfect spectator sport. Sain[ Maty’s News Editor forced entry, according to Collier covered some bills and rolled coins Forget baseball. ----------------------------- County Sheriff’s Spokesman Miami | at the edge of a field behind the Forget soccer. Forget volleyball. Heck, even Damian Housman.

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