Not Just Dry Bones Vitale Provides Scholarship

Friday, November 10, 1995• Vol. XXVII No. 54 TilE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S • fACULTY SENATE Last summer, Notre Dame student Jenny Malloy: Future Richtsmeier assisted Professor Susan Sheridan in the unearthing of ancient looks bright for bones in Israel as part of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. The ND programs remains were st\Jdied By GWENDOLYN NORGLE and for information on the Assistant News Editor cultural profile of the Byzantine civilization. RUSSELL WILLIAMS The program was News Writer founded by Sheridan to provide undergrad University President Father Edward Malloy uates with experience addressed the Faculty Senate Wednesday in the anthropological night, and a number of issues topped his field of study. Photos provided by Jenny discussion. Richtsmeier Malloy responded to a number of questions (, concerning the progress of the Colloquy, the •• selection of the Provost, financial aid, staff salaries, and graduate education that were submitted to him by the Senate prior to the meeting. In his opening remarks to this discussion, Malloy said, "There are reasons to be opti mistic in looking toward our future." Although he pointed out a number of these nmsons for optimism. Malloy described the laek of linanr.ial aid as a significant problem. Not just dry bones "Financial aid looms very, very large to me," he said. "We hope to be able to build our financial aid resources. We have a dual strat Research program allows ND student HJ..'Y to continue as aggressively as we can to solicit funds." to spend summer in Israel studying Malloy mentioned tuition increases as another one of the main financial issues that the remains of a Byzantine culture the University must confront "We have to try to reduce them as much as By DAVE PREISSLER tury population. looking for possible," he said. News Writer answers to many questions: Northwestern University, Malloy noted, has Who Jived there? Did they eat "--''----------'--' a lower tuition than does Notre Dame, and it enny Richtsmeier, a biol well? Were they healthy? said. may serve as a role model for Notre Dame ogy/anthropology major, got to They found that 97 percent of the Sheridan has found the Un- bncause it is run in a "heallhy" way. Jsee a lot of history this past bones they unearthed were male dergraduate Research Opportunity "If we're going to be healthy and competi summer as she traveled to Israel with an unusually high quantity of Program (UROP), which partially tive. we have to struggle to bring our tuition with Susan Sheridan, assistant pro them being children. funded the program, not only helpful increases down as much as possible," he said, fessor of anthropology, to study the "We started pulling the remains for the professors leading th~ pro adding that this will be "a daunting task." remains of an ancient group of out, and they were just enormous! jects, but also important for the stu According to Malloy, the fundraising cam Byzantine monks. Their mission: to They weren't tall. They were just dents. She believes that paign, which may help to Jessen increases in construct a biocultural protile of the eating well. Even their teeth were undergraduate students should tuition. is "well under way" and will be former inhabitants. beautiful - white, with no cavities. begin field research early in their annourH:ed in the Spring of 1997. The two researchers wanted to It doesn't look like they were even examine the health of this fifth cen- sick when they were kids," Sheridan see BONES I page 8 see FACULTY I page 4 Vitale provides scholarship Class allows students Fund to benefit to play stock market those in 'spirit By MELANIE LAFLIN fessor of finance. and Mark News Writer Yusko. the University's assis tant investment officer, began organizations' Dreams are coming true for to use their experiences with By KAREN BELL senior finance majors who have the Student Investment Club as News Writer found that they can invest in a starting point to construct stocks without paying a dime. their theoretical as well as Tlwy'n1 out tlwrn practicing A new course offered by the practical course. c:onw rain, hail or shine; they're College of Business Admnistra "We sat in on a similar class dmlieated. talentnd and integral tion will allow students to at Ohio State and found their to the suceess of Notre Dame invest real money, previously management of endowment sports- but they're not our ath handled by the Student money to be very insightful," letns. Investment Club, in real stocks said Malpass. They are tlw members of our The course's academic as "spirit organizations:" the "What makes this so unique pects include an understanding marching band. the eheerlead is that not only are students of the proeess of establishing nrs. t/111 Irish Guard, the pom bidding in the market, but are and implementing a portfolio pom squad and even the now also learning how to man strategy, a study of the l.11preehaun. Now, thanks to age their investments," said mechanics of trading. and sportscaster and Notre Dame Scott Malpass. Notre Dame's knowledge of current theories Photos courtesy of Dick Vitale parent Diek Vitale, some of Sportscaster Dick Vitale has established a scholarship that will be avail chief investment officer and of market microstructure. them will have a little help in able only to members of Notre Dame's "spirit organizations." assistant professor of finance. "Due to the amount of discus paying for school. The Applied Investment sion and training involved, this Vitalfl has established an en is for those who worked above that Notre Dame has something Management team-taught fall's class could be open to the norm-he noted the hours of unique. dowed academic scholarship at course provides students with only twenty-four senior finance the University, to be known as practice that went into the Having not missed a home the opportunity to blend the majors. Each candidate had to the Dick Vitale Family Spirit bands and cheerleading. football game in the last six theory of investment with the apply and write an essay to be Scholarship. He felt these groups had as years, Vitale has first hand ex practical demands of hands-on considered. The next spring much of a financial need as the perience of the Notre Dame Vitale, a college basketball portfolio management. and summer semesters will be analyst for ABC Sports and recipients of sports scholar Spirit and ''the Lady of the The class seemed to "evolve open to graduate MBA's," said ships. Dome that shines brightly - like ESPN, is funding the scholar over time," as Malpass and his Malpass. ship to assist students with Vitale feels fortunate that the a beacon for the values" he be teaching compatriots, Frank The course began this fall by financial need who are mem job he loves gives him the op lieves are intrinsic to the school Reilly, the Hank Professor of establishing portfolio manage bers of such spirit boosting portunity to travel across Amer and himself. Business Administration, John ment policies and objectives organizations. ica and visit many colleges. Affleck-Graves, associate pro- The scholarship, Vitale said, However, he is still adamant see VITALE I page 4 see STOCKS I page 4 page2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, November 10, 1995 • INSIDE CoLUMN • Wm·li.J.l AT A GLANCE U.S. running out of properly sized astronauts Christianity CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. Too tall. too small, too heavy. too chesty - one by one, America's astronauts are dropping out of the international and military space scene. They may have the right stuff. but they're the wrong size. In the last month, two NASA astronauts have been dis qualified from training for long stays aboard the Russian space do coexist station Mir. One was too tall, the other 1 1/2 inches too short. Tomorrow the United ------- It gets worse. After three years of joint space cooperation. States of America cele- Brandon Williams NASA has just learned that only about half of its 88 astronauts brates Veterans Day. Assistant Viewpoint can meet rigid Russian size requirements for Soyuz spacecraft. Tomorrow we pay trib- Editor the cramped ships that ferry cosmonauts aloft and also serve ute to those men and women who have as Mir's emergency escape craft. fought and died for the ideals that our coun Astronauts must be 5 feet 4 1/2 inches to 6 feet tall. with try is built upon. Tomorrow we celebrate seated height no more than 37 inches; weigh no more than those individuals who have fought around the 187 pounds; and, for Soyuz spacesuits, have chests no smaller world for the values that bind together the than 38 inches and no larger than 44 inches. patchwork quilt that is America. In short. on Of the currently qualified astronauts, up to two-thirds are this day we celebrate our armed forces. training specifically for space shuttle flights and are thus out This Veterans Day is surrounded by a of the running for Mir duty. Not all of the remaining 15 or so somewhat unique atmosphere. Here at Notre are eager to move to Russia for the required year of training Dame, home to one of the best ROTC pro then spend a minimum four months aboard the aging space grams in the nation. there is a group called station. Peacenet agitating for its demise. This is a "Now you take who fits, and who's available, and who wants group with some admirable ideals, from non to go that's available, and who can speak Russian and do all violence to unity.

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