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performed live by St. Paul and the Martyrs with cinematographic and lighting effects March 22 and 23,1990 8:00 p.m. Washington Hall Tickets go on sale March 5, 1990 at the La Fortune Intonnatlon Desk for $3. All procedes to benefit st. Hedwig's Outreach Center and The South Bend YWCA Women's Shelter. Program will Include songs from the Pink Floyd album as well as other selections. SCH LASTIC NOTRE DAME'S STUDENT MAGAZINE COVER Lady Killers The women's fencing team has dominated in the Midwest 14 and is now a top contender for the NCAAs Chris Fillio Rebels with a Cause A full team at the NCAA tournament could spell national 17 championship for DeCicco's swordsmen Chris Fillio NEWS ANALYSIS Reflections on Eastern Europe 6 Author shares his views on the radical changes sweeping this vital region of the world by Derik Weldon FEATURES Notre Dame's Only Fraternity Pictllre oj J/inillll (II S'ltrt' [)ml/t', I!llfi, "r UII/I,'I1 1'. (,'/l1Imnl.\' 8 The Knights of Columbus focus on charity, service, and Catholicity as the SCHOLASTIC NEEDS YOU chapter bounces back from adversity by Scott Brutocao Computer Matchmaking "Domer Dating" raises money for the Model United Nations 12 Club by Frank Barletta SCHOLASTIC IS now accepting applications for the following positions: Managing Editor Photography Editor Sports Editor Systems Manager News Editor Graphic Arts Manager Features Editor Business Manager Copy Editor Advertising Manager Departments Editor Advertising Design Manager Saint Mary's Editor Layout Manager Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday, February 23. Any Notre Dame or Saint Mary's undergraduate may apply. Contact Mike Wieber for information at the SCHOLASTIC office, 3rd floor LaFortune, 239-7569 or 239-5029. MARCH 8, 1990 1 , ~, . - . - / ',( -- - , ' . ' " " . -, ", '," ,', - ",:,' . ", ~ . " " '" • - • - - - - - -, , ~~~'L_~~~~' ~_' ~ SCH LASTIC NOTRE DAME'S STUDENT MAGAZINE COVER Lady Killers The women's fencing team has dominated in the Midwest 14 and is now a top contender for the NCAAs Chris Fillio Rebels with a Cause A full team at the NCAA tournament could spell national 17 championship for DeCicco's swordsmen Chris Fillio NEWS ANALYSIS Reflections on Eastern Europe 6 Author shares his views on the radical changes sweeping this vital region of the world by Derik Weldon FEATURES Notre Dame's Only Fraternity Pictllre oj J/inillll (II S'ltrt' [)ml/t', I!llfi, "r UII/I,'I1 1'. (,'/l1Imnl.\' 8 The Knights of Columbus focus on charity, service, and Catholicity as the SCHOLASTIC NEEDS YOU chapter bounces back from adversity by Scott Brutocao Computer Matchmaking "Domer Dating" raises money for the Model United Nations 12 Club by Frank Barletta SCHOLASTIC IS now accepting applications for the following positions: Managing Editor Photography Editor Sports Editor Systems Manager News Editor Graphic Arts Manager Features Editor Business Manager Copy Editor Advertising Manager Departments Editor Advertising Design Manager Saint Mary's Editor Layout Manager Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday, February 23. Any Notre Dame or Saint Mary's undergraduate may apply. Contact Mike Wieber for information at the SCHOLASTIC office, 3rd floor LaFortune, 239-7569 or 239-5029. MARCH 8, 1990 1 , ~, . - . - / ',( -- - , ' . ' " " . -, ", '," ,', - ",:,' . ", ~ . " " '" • - • - - - - - -, , ~~~'L_~~~~' ~_' ~ '2 LETTERS ON OTHER CAMPUSES Flying Eagles Volunteer Service to Safe Walk I Heard It Through Dear Editor: In your article "Safety First" printed in the 1 March issue of Scholastic, you made reference to "a handful of volunteers who work one night a The Grapevine week on a rotating schedule." I presume that this was a reference to the Flying Eagles, a service! fel lowship organization on the Notre Dame campus consisting of Eagle Scouts. We are more than a handful of volunteers. The flying Eagles provides There's plenty of cause for alarm at Holy Cross College (Worc EDITED BY CHRIS FILLIO five escorts every Wednesday night to SafeWalk ester, MA). The security notebook in The Crusader reported that six who volunteer three hours of their time as service f you think paying professional athletes millions of dollars to alarms were activated over a ten-day period in early February, to the ND community. Fifteen volunteers work I playa game is ludicrous, then listen up! Dr. Mario Perez-Reyes, including five fIre alarms, three in one hall alone, two in the same on a rotating basis, each scheduled for one week professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina night. None of the alarms were warranted due to pranks, vandalism, out of every three. I am not sure just how much in Chapel Hill's med school, was surprised by the incredible number of or trash can fIres. One door alarm was set off when it was propped formation you were given, but I think that these volunteers for his experiment involving video games and controlled open by a student. When advised that this had activated the alarm the volunteers would at least deserve the mention of substances. A brief in National Lampoon reported that the solicita student defended herself by saying that she was "not letting any the fact that they are volunteer Eagle Scouts. tion offered twenty-five dollars per day for people to play video weirdos in." The report included a warning of severe penalties for games while drinking screwdrivers, smoking marijuana, or taking those caught activating alarms unnecessarily. Sincerely, amphetamines. "The response was immediate," said Perez-Reyes. David F. Michael "This [news] spreads through the grapevine. Good drugs, good President, Flying Eagles money." " This spring marks the fourth semester that students at Brown University have followed the characters of "Thatch," student Jeff Shesol's comic strip which appears in The Brown Daily Herald four times a week. But a story in the same paper reported recently that soon students in as many as 200 colleges and universities nationwide may also have the opportunity to read the popular strip. Beginning next fall, Shesol's work may be nationally syndicated through Gannett Broadcasting and Apple Computer. However, the junior says that if he cannot publish both nationwide and at school, he would most likely opt for the latter. "'Thatch' comes from my Brown experience," said Shesol, "And it would feel really wrong for me to abandon that ;,~I'III:;I;ii~i"~~~,;~ipp¢;\Vithhel~}ip~mrequ~stinceitainiri~timc¢s:"::"'>~ completely and place it in some random context." Shesol further ,"i'~£4bl~~ti{~~serve~rwerig~f'.to •.• reject'letfuis'thataf~·.' added that he uses the school for his subject because "this is an ;~ .... §\l~dqro~§.~~q~PY:tl1e,.,a.W~· of we. QijitedStates.·. 'Sch()las~ic, inherently silly place." :Cf~iW¥glt~~r,<?opyfitti~g;~. graIIlIl1atichl OrspelliIlg 'exT()rS~~: ;Q?!~s.Pi~.·#6df5.:I3~cause,.ofspacelimit3.tions;Sch()lastic.dm~. The best college football team in the nation is not Miami, Notre ~~~~~~~~t:~::la~celO: ... .. .... ....;. Dame or even Florida State, say supporters qf the Shorter College (GA) squad, a team which has not lost a game in six years. Of course, Some of the best journalists at the University of Miami may be that may be due to the fact that they have not played a game in six 'I • ". TlieEditor •.... '. students who submit ads to The Miami Hurricane's classifIeds years. A clip form theNational On-Campus Report stated that despite .•. ··Seholastit .' . section. One such ad was a photo of a man in swim trunks, sunglasses the lack of bodies, the football program at Shorter includes two . 'taF6dfifieCenter and a baseball hat, posed like a Greek discus thrower. The caption coaches, an open air stadium, a weekly radio program, and a home 46556' . read as follows: "Have you seen this man? This is Dick. Dick lives coming weekend every fall. The school's athletic director feels that in Hecht. Dick thinks Hecht is gonna win SportsFest. Don't think like the college shouldn't be deprived of the fun of football just for lack , . Dick. Signed, all the others." Other ads were for "Fun Day '90," yoga of funds. The teams that the Hawks don't play include Nebraska, t Notre Dame and traditional rivals Georgia Tech and Georgia. 0 i classes, and the Hooter Recruiter. Don't ask. 2 SCHOLASTIC MARCH 8, 1990 3 '2 LETTERS ON OTHER CAMPUSES Flying Eagles Volunteer Service to Safe Walk I Heard It Through Dear Editor: In your article "Safety First" printed in the 1 March issue of Scholastic, you made reference to "a handful of volunteers who work one night a The Grapevine week on a rotating schedule." I presume that this was a reference to the Flying Eagles, a service! fel lowship organization on the Notre Dame campus consisting of Eagle Scouts. We are more than a handful of volunteers. The flying Eagles provides There's plenty of cause for alarm at Holy Cross College (Worc EDITED BY CHRIS FILLIO five escorts every Wednesday night to SafeWalk ester, MA). The security notebook in The Crusader reported that six who volunteer three hours of their time as service f you think paying professional athletes millions of dollars to alarms were activated over a ten-day period in early February, to the ND community. Fifteen volunteers work I playa game is ludicrous, then listen up! Dr. Mario Perez-Reyes, including five fIre alarms, three in one hall alone, two in the same on a rotating basis, each scheduled for one week professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina night. None of the alarms were warranted due to pranks, vandalism, out of every three. I am not sure just how much in Chapel Hill's med school, was surprised by the incredible number of or trash can fIres. One door alarm was set off when it was propped formation you were given, but I think that these volunteers for his experiment involving video games and controlled open by a student.