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~--------------------------------------------------------~--------------------~---- Bring on the Eagles Tragedy at Texas A&M Senior strong safety A 'Jani Sanders and the A bonfire collapsed early Thursday morning. Friday Irish hope to salvage their season Saturday killing I I. against the No. 25 B.C. Eagles. Get the Low- News+ page 3 down on both teams in the Insider. NOVEMBER 19, Irish Insider 1999 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXIII NO. 56 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Remembering HEADIN' TO MANHAnAN the 'ND Ten' Thirty years ago this week, students were punished for protesting recruiting visits that disruptive students would By ERICA THESING be given 15 minutes to disperse. Assodate News Editor Failure to cooperate would rnsult in suspension. In an eight­ On an autumn aflernoon 30 pagn letter to the community, y1mrs ago, studPnts gathernd in llesburgh said studnnts who thn Main Building to protest on­ protested more than 15 minutes campus r11cruitment by the eould face expulsion or arrest. C11ntral lnttdligence Agen1~y Undeterred, student leaders l(:li\1 and I low <:twmical. plannnd the 1969 protnsl'i. Bdon~ thn sun set lmhind the Aeeording to Mark Mahoney, Goldnn llomP. policP in riot gear '71. the Student Senate passed a descnndnd on resolution thn building. In asking following "These protests were recruiters to hours, fivr stu­ about us as individuals participate in dPnts wnrn confronting the a q ucstion­ suspnndml, five and-answer wPm nxp11llnd University and session prior and tlw roln of administration about its to on-cam­ a Catholic uni­ moral pretensions." pus inter­ vnrsily during views for wartimP was students to !im·t~nly debat­ Mark Mahoney '71 gather infor­ nd from tlw student protester mation on LaFortune the compa- Student CentPr nies' prac­ to tho St. .Jos11ph Sup1wior Court. tiees. This would only oecur Tlw Nov. 18. I %9, protest of when a sufficient number of stu­ the CIA and Dow interviews dent.<> petitioned for it. WPrP not the first at Notre But the University refused to Dame. Concerned with Dow's arrange that forum, Mahoney production of Napalm used in said. As a result, the students Vi1~tnam and with the CIA's gathered outside the interview intnrvnntions in Chile, University rooms in the Main Building, studnnl-; prnparPd a large-scale demanding a forum with Dow demonstration during snveral and the CIA days of intorvinws in 1968. "These protests were about us , In Fnbruary 1969, then­ as individuals confronting the Univnrsity president Father University and administration Coach Matt Doherty and the men's basketball team are on the move again after they Tlwodore lleshurgh rnsponded about its moral pretensions," defeated Siena College 107-96 Thursday in the second round of the Preseason NIT. Read to the campus activism with the about the game on page 36. "I !i minute rult\" 11xplaining see NO TEN/page 4 Offenheiser: Debt relief is essential to developing world America seeks to find sustain­ At the samn time. these trou­ By LAURA SELLINGER able solutions to the global issue bled nations arc unable to News Writer \of poverty," Offenheiser said. receive additional loans to pay Debt is also a serious problem off their debts. Beeausc the debl-; Debt relief and world hunger plaguing many third-world remain unpaid, they also face a were tied together as students developing countries today, he harsher punishment - the shared "A Simple Meal" with said. inability to participate in global­ Oxfam America president Ray "After unscrupulous political ization and advanecment. Offenheiser on Thursday night. leaders have died or been over­ "This was the preoccupation Students gathered in the thrown, many developing coun­ which concerned Oxfam Amr.rica Center for Social Concerns with tries discover they have enor­ because it had economic and Oll'enheisnr, a 1971 Notre Dame mous debt burdens to repay," moral issues," Offenheiser said. graduate. for a meal of beans Olfenheiser said. "Something needed to be done to and rice and a discussion of glob­ As a result, he said, the coun­ assist these countries but thn al poverty. Offenheiser leads tries are forced to pay off their question was what." Oxl'am America, an international debts, and continue to pay them, Currnntly, representatives non-profit organization that pro­ regardless of expenses for agri­ from Oxfam Amnrka. religious motes progress and growth culture, education, health and leaders and debt rPlief support­ around the globe. other public services. Beeause ers have be1111 working hard to MARY CALASHfThe Observer "We are a development organi­ these public services become vir­ establish a debt relief program. zation with a human rights per­ tually extinct, the citizens of ;\ key victory was achieved in th11 spective. From a social and ceo­ "This is a social battle to which we all must be committed to these countries are subjeetnd to get results," said Oxfam America president Ray Offenheiser. nomic point of view, Oxfam severe injustices. see DEBT /page I 0 - -----------------------------~-------~--------... page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Friday, November 19, 1999 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN NOTRE DAME/SAINT MARY'S HISTORY Students tear down goalpoast Interhall championship moved from stadium Simply the November 17, 1987 November 18, 1971 Foll~wing the football team's victory over Alabama, The battle between Dillon and Morrissey for the interhall best students stormed the field. Despite attempts by ushers, football title was moved from its originally scheduled state police and security, the students- chanting location in Notre Dame Stadium to Cartier Field. The "take the goalpost"- ripped down the goalpost in the change was necessary becuase the stadium grass had Whenever I return home for vacation or break, there's one question I usually face south endzone. It cost between $1,300 and $1,700 to been aerated and reseeded. Members of both teams when someone finds out I go to Notre Dame: replace. Although a few minor injuries to students and expressed disappointment. It's every kid's dream to play "What's the best Irish football game you've ever seen?" police occurred, no serious injuries were reported. in Notre Dame Stadium, noted one player. Quite a few choices come to mind. There's Jim Sanson's field goal over Texas freshman year, or Compiled from U-Wire reports upsetting 15th-ranked LSU OUTSIDE THE DOME in '97, or defeating defending champion Michigan at the start of Baptists consider cutting ties with Wake Forest '98. But it doesn't take long WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. The convention is "deeply grieved Bill Hart "Wake Forest would have . for me to come up with my The Baptist State Convention of to, in the next year, by the recent decision at the universi­ answer: Notre Dame vs. North Carolina approved a proposal ty in regards to a homosexual union Rutgers, November 1996. to vote next year to end its remaining really repent." at Wait Chapel. This motion is in no That answer usually assistant ties with Wake Forest University way punitive or given in a vindictive sports editor prompts a look of confu­ because of recent conflicts of interest. Bill Boatwright spirit," said the convention's state­ sion. "A 63-6 romp over a If approved, the proposal would end a ment, according to the Winston-Salem winless opponent?" they 165-year-old relationship that began public relations director Journal. say. "Why would THAT be your favorite when the convention founded the uni­ Baptist State Convention "Wake Forest would have to, in the game?'' versity. next year, really repent. They're not Well, in order to understand my reasoning, Despite the vote in support of the convention opposed the sale of beer going to do that. They're going to you'd have to know my grandfather. proposal, president Thomas Hearn have to close the pub and change the Born in 1921, the original William Hart was said that the university would contin­ and wine in Shorty's, the campus cof­ [chapel] policy if they want to get back around for all the Irish national champi­ ue to uphold its Baptist heritage. fee shop, because they felt it contra­ in the fold, so to speak," Bill onships (although if you ask him, he doesn't The convention held its annual dicted their ideals. Boatwright, the director of public remember much about 1924). Despite never meeting at the Lawrence Joel Additionally, some convention mem­ relations for the convention said in going to Notre Dame, he rooted for the Irish Veterans Memorial Coliseum earlier bers are upset about the possibility of the Nov. 17 Chronicle of Higher with all his heart, no pun intended. this week to discuss many concerns, a same-sex union on campus. Education. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that one of them being their relationship Chaplain Ed Christman has said Members of the convention have everything I ever learned about being a with the university. Many Baptists are that he would schedule a same-sex also approved a motion that any con­ sports fan came from him. disturbed by the sale of alcohol on covenant ceremony in Wait Chapel if vention employees who perform But even though he was a diehard Irish fan, campus. it were requested by members of the same-sex covenant ceremonies be he had never seen a Notre Dame football Earlier this year, members of the Wake Forest Baptist Church. fired. game in person, home or away. So, when I offered him the chance to see the Irish play the Scarlet Knights, I didn't have to ask twice. There we were: Three generations of Harts - myself, my father and my grandfather - MIT grad sues over revoked diploma Illinois profs protest sale of notes together in the third-to-last row of the sitting CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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