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--------------~-~ - Tuesday, March 1, 1994 • Vol. XXVI No. 100 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Student senate, class election headed for runoff Roemer will By KATIE MURPHY over three percent of the votes News Writer cast. run for As a result of yesterday's The following elections will elections for class offices and not go to a runoff. Student Senate positions, two third term sophomore class office and off­ In the junior class election, By JOHN LUCAS campus co-president tickets George Fischer of Fisher, Matt will participate in a runoff this Schindler of Morrissey, Missy Associate News Editor Wednesday. Deckard of Pasquerilla West, and Dominic Amorosa of Zahm Stressing initiatives toward In the sophomore class elec­ helping children and improving tions, John Kmetz of Fisher, won over 53 percent of the electorate with 522 votes. the structure of the family, Brian Klausner of Planner, An­ Democratic drea Smith of Siegfried, and Finishing with nearly 4 7 per­ congressman Deborah Hellmuth of ·Pas­ and Notre querilla East captured 336 cent, the ticket of John Giovacco of Planner, Jason Dame alum­ votes, over 30 percent of the nus Tim 1112 votes cast. They will run Laurie of Cavanaugh, Melanie Sissel of Pangborn, and Nicole Roemer tomorrow against Bob Ryan of recently Morrissey, Janine Van Lancker Bohn of Siegfried received 446 votes. announced of Siegfried, Katie Flynn of his candidacy Farley, and Pat Abell of Morris­ • Kmetz 30.22% l.illillf1ilTI Poll ac k 7 .46°' 10 Running unopposed for senior for re-election Tim Roemer sey. The Ryan ticket won 312 to the House votes, approximately 28 per­ II Ahuja 18.97% 0 Ryan 28.06% class office, Joe Bergan of Dillon, Colleen Campbell of Far­ of Representatives. cent of the votes. • Carlstrom "My highest policy priority as 15.29% ley, Pat Grogan of Grace, and Jane Daly of Lyons won 543 a member of Congress is in­ Finishing with nearly 19 per­ vesting in America's youngest cent of the sophomore class of­ OFF-CAMPUS CO-PRESIDENTS votBs, or over 77 percent of the electorate. generation, because helping fice votes, the ticket of Ranika our youngest generation reach Ahuja of Badin, Ted Mahan of their potential will mean a bet­ In the race for South Quad Sorin, Jillian Pagliocca of Knott, ter America for every genera­ and Mike Burgdorf of Stanford senator, Brian Foley of Fisher received 380 votes, or over 52 tion," he said in announcing his won 211 votes. Nicole Carl­ candidacy on February 17. percent of the votes cast. Brian strom and Lisa Lienhard of After establishing a task McCarthy of Alumni won just Walsh, and Ryan Furmick and force on education during his over 4 7 percent Qf the elec­ Eric Strong of Grace captured current term, Roemer plans on torate with 342 votes. over 15 percent of the elec­ continuing working for the bet­ torate with 170 votes. The tick­ Walsh freshman Amy Jagodzinski ran unopposed for terment of children, with a spe­ et of Cavanaugh residents Matt cial focus on keeping children Pollack, Jeremy Murtaugh, God Quad Senator. She re­ ceived 290 votes, or over 84 in school. Jerry Spartz, and Marni Ryan "Look closely at most of those percent of the electorate. of Pangborn won almost 7 and Americans bringing violence to a half percent of the electorate, our schools and streets and you or 83 votes. 0 Neidlinger 27.57% II Donius 15.89% In the North Quad senate election, Zahm junior Sean Sul­ will find children who are dropouts," he said . The seven-ticket race for off­ • Clay 16.36% I] O'Driscoll 13.79% livan won over 77 percent of the electorate with 495 votes. Maintaining the structure of campus co-presidents was ex­ Anderson 16.12% [] Nation 7.01% the family and continuing to in­ tremely close this year, accord­ II Farley freshman Shannon Lennard received 142 votes, or crease education is one of the ing to Andrew Alfers, judicial ISJ Kickham 3.27% most important ways to curb approximately 22 percent. coordinator. crime and violence, he said. "I focus on children . Sara Skalicky, a Knott junior, "If the results differ by ten because I ran for Congress captured 530 votes and over 65 votes or less, we have to re­ 16.36 percent of the electorate. Parry captured almost 14 per­ three years ago to be a part of count the votes," said Alfers. Close behind were Dana An­ cent of the electorate with 59 percent of the electorate in the shaping our nation's future," Nikole Reidlinger and Matt derson and Brian Deeley, who votes. Finishing with 30 votes, Mod Quad senator election. he said. "Tomorrow, when Reh won over 27 percent of the received 69 votes and 16.12 or about 7 percent of the elec­ Freshman Tom Mattzie re­ hundreds of American young­ ceived nearly 35 percent of the electorate with 118 votes. To­ percent of the votes. Molly Do­ torate, was the ticket of Thad sters will commit violent morrow they will run against nius and Michael McEvilly won Nation and Steven Sostak. electorate with 284 votes. crimes, is the future." Chad Clay and Brian Harron, 68 votes, or 15.89 percent. Brian Kickham and Jordan The newly elected tickets will take office on April 1. who captured 70 votes, or Timothy O'Driscoll and Patrick Maggio received 14 votes, just see ROEMER I page 4 Professors look for alternatives during teachers' strike By ELIZABETH REGAN Hachen Associate Professor of the school system may not be said. "It is detrimental because Saint Mary's News Editor Sociology at Notre Dame. the best solution. they are destroying the school Joel Cooper, the Assistant corporation in order to save it." Both Notre Dame and Saint Director of Enterprisewide "We must recognize that pub­ If the strike continues, many Mary's professors are taking a Services Development at Notre lic education is a community parents may turn to private stand in the community by Dame, originally decided to service beyond education," he schools in the area. keeping their send his third grader to said. "Some working parents do children at Jefferson Elementary school if not have a choice and have to "Eventually parents will be home since there was a substitute teacher send their children." looking for alternatives that will the South and things looked reasonable. lead to a school system that is B e n d Many professors have been poorer in spirit, poorer in stu­ Teachers' • Upon arriving at Jefferson on teaching their children lessons dents, and poorer in money," Strike began Thursday morning and being at home. Cooper continued. "They are last Thursday. the only adult in sight, Cooper risking the future of the com­ decided to keep his child at "We have structured activities munity." "We support home. such as spelling , reading and the teachers Professor "There was no way that math exercises for our first and Cooper faults the National and don't feel . 'quality education' was going third graders," said David Education Association and ad­ as if we'd be David Hachen on there," he said. "Luckily the Beston, Director of Hesburgh ministration's hostility for the satisfied with the education kids were doing what they nor­ Program of Public Service and strike. going on in the classrooms right mally did on autopilot." Associate Professor in the now," said Saint Mary's Economics Department. "Our "It is up to the people in bar­ Sociology lecturer Henry Borne. Attendance was about 42 per­ sixth grader is keeping himself gaining positions to act like As educators, they seem to cent of normal enrollment on busy." adults and hammer it out," relate closely and support fully Monday and has decreased Cooper said. the South Bend teachers' de­ from 57 percent when the Not only are the children the "There also needs to be pres­ mands. strike began on Thursday. losers in this situation, but the sure from the community "Kids are huddled around community is as well, according because the bottom line is that "Movement by the School watching movies," Borne said, to Cooper. the community is not being Corporation is needed to realize "it's just not worth it." served and the administrators that teachers are worth their Despite the significant de­ "The strike has a negative are playing fast and loose with weight in gold," said David crease in attendance, closing impact on the community," he ·our future." page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Tuesday, March 1, 1994 INSIDE COLUMN WORLD AT A GLANCE Lebanon buries church bombing victims Algerian police officers hijack jet, surrender Students hurt JOUNIEH, Lebanon MADRID Anguished relatives flung themselves on coffins Monday Three Algerian policemen hijacked a domestic flight at a funeral for nine Maronite Catholics that was held at with 131 people aboard Monday and forced it to land in the church where the victims died in a bomb explosion. southern Spain. They surrendered hours later, but were most by strike Thousands of mourners gathered in and outside the denied political asylum. It wasn't clear whether the Notre Dame de la Delivrance, which had been cleared of hijackers were fleeing political violence in Algeria, where Generally when one-------­ debris and blood stains overnight. The dead included a 4- Muslim radicals have targeted soldiers, police, intellectu­ thinks of the word "strike" year-old girl. The bomb exploded during Mass. Across als and foreigners in a two-year campaign against the they think of two parties: the country, Muslims joined Christians in a government­ army-backed regime. The Air Algerie plane was en route the workers and the sanctioned shutdown to show their solidarity against a from Oran, in western Algeria, to Annaba, near the employer(s).

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