The Observer VOL. XXV. NO. 127 FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S ROTC faces prospect of gays in units Castillo By DAVID KINNEY tops SMC Editor-in-Chief graduates It’s a long way from Camp Le- jeune, N.C., to the University of By BETH REGAN Notre Dame, and Doug DeWitt, Assistant Saint Mary's Editor a ju n io r M arine option ROTC midshipman, knows that better Beatriz Castillo, a French and than anyone. Psychology major with a cur­ DeWitt left his hometown of rent grade point average of 3.9, LaPorte, Ind., after graduating will be the first international from high school and served at student to be named valedicto­ the southern Marine base as a rian of Saint Mary’s College Russian linguist. Three and a since 1979. half years later, he found him­ “I think that it is unusual to self back in his home state in have an international student, the Reserve Officer Training whose native language is not Corps at the Roman Catholic English, to have done so well in university in South Bend, Ind. both English and another for­ The differences between the eign language,” said Teresa two were vast, he said. Marcy, assistant to the vice “Ninety percent of the people president. I knew d id n ’t have a college A Mexican native, Castillo de­ degree,” said DeWitt, raised a veloped her linguistic skills her conservative Catholic. He de­ sophomore year in Angers, scribed the Marines he lived France and last summer at an with as macho, tough, rigorous internship as a curriculum co­ and masculine. In contrast, ordinator for schools in Poland. ROTC students tend to be more She also gives tours at the Snite open-minded about social is­ Museum in Spanish. sues than their enlisted coun­ “I really appreciate all of the terparts. opportunities that Saint Mary’s But Camp Lejeune and Notre has given me to be in touch Dame do have one thing in with so many cultures,” said common. Both of these very dif­ Castillo. “The comparison has ferent cultures could be forced helped me to understand my to accept gays in their units if own Mexican heritage.” President Clinton lifts the 50- Castillo learned about Saint year-old policy banning them Mary’s College from alumnae in from the ranks. her home town of Cuernavaca. Their reactions could be sur­ “I was interested in a liberal prisingly similar. The same arts education and Saint Mary’s spectrum of views found in the has such a high reputation,” regular military is probably re­ commented Castillo. “I have flected in ROTC, said Col. James come to appreciate the value of O’Brien, ranking officer of a women’s college.” Notre Dame's Army ROTC. Academically Castillo has Most agree the effects of the taken full advantage of her lib­ removal of the ban would be far eral arts education at Saint less in ROTC programs than in Mary’s. Entering the College as the regular military. The pro­ an intended Psychology major, gram allows cadets and mid­ she decided to add French after shipmen to spend most of their participating in Notre Dame’s time as students. The only re­ study abroad program in sponsibilities of the more than Angers, France. 600 ROTC students at Notre “I feel that the two majors Dame — almost nine percent of encompass each other,” Castillo undergraduates — are a class said. “The study of the human each semester, drill or lab, and being and behavior gives physical training. insight when interpreting the Although members of the The Observer/Jake Peters cultural values, time periods program are students first and and historical background of cadets and midshipmen second, Amid a national debate over lifting the ban on gays in the military, ROTC programs like the one at Notre w riters.” ROTC is still an arm of the Dame are considering how their units will be affected. Members of Notre Dame’s Navy ROTC unit stand at Castillo has been successful military. “Our problem is that attention during a captain’s inspection in Stepan Center Wednesday. in both of her majors. She was we are a training ground for a Clinton, facing strong oppo­ Current Defense Department classes, but the students said well appreciated even in her military where there is the po­ sition from military brass, did policy contends that excluding officers stopped short of taking freshman year, according to tential for problems,” said Capt. not directly lift the ban on gays, gays from the m ilitary is neces­ a stand for or against the ban. Marcy. James Pattison, ranking Navy but instead temporarily or­ sary to preserve “good order, The officers at Notre Dame “ Beatriz has shown herself to ROTC officer on campus. dered recruiters to stop asking discipline and morale.” have been cautious discussing be exceptional in a variety of “In a relatively short period of enlistees about their sexual ori­ The confusion in Washington the issue publicly, making it ways,” said Associate Professor time they will be officers in the entation and directed the Sec­ has registered among those at clear that the comments of the of French Julie Storme. “Her military,” he explained. “They retary of Defense to review the Notre Dame. Since the January cadets and midshipmen are academic skills, linguistic skills, have to be capable of being an policy and submit a draft ex­ order, students have discussed maturity and sophistication of exam ple.” ecutive order by July 15. and debated the issue in their see GAYS / page 4 see CASTILLO / page 4 Surgeon General Novello to address SMC Class of '93 Special to the Observer position. P rio r to her a p p o in tm e n t as Issues. and Youth, w ill receive the As surgeon general, Novello’s surgeon general, her USPHS While at NIH, Novello was honorary doctor of letters de­ Antonia Novello, the Surgeon duties include recommending career was spent with the Na­ detailed to the Senate Commit­ gree. Leckey oversees the ad­ General of the United States, precautions necessary to pro­ tional Institutes of Health (N1H.) tee on Labor and Human Re­ ministrative body serving the will address the 1993 graduat­ tect the public health and As deputy director of the Na­ sources. There, she made ma­ U.S. Catholic bishops’ standing ing class of Saint Mary's at the safety. She serves as a public tional Institute of Children’s jor contributions to the drafting committees on laity, marriage College’s 146th annual com­ advisor on such health matters Health and Human Develop­ and enactment of the Organ and family and women in mencement on May 15. as AIDS, diet and nutrition, ment, her responsibilities in­ Procurement Transplantation church and society. She is also More than 400 seniors will be smoking and health, environ­ cluded the coordination of pe­ Act of 1984 and was successful responsible for youth and young awarded degrees during the mental health hazards and the diatric AIDS research. in drafting warning labels con­ adult ministry. ceremony, which begins at noon importance of immunization In addition to leading a spe­ cerning the health risks of ci­ She has served with public in the Le Mans Hall courtyard. and disease p revention. She cial work group in the reorga­ garette smoking. and private schools and col­ Novello, who will receive an also oversees the 6,400-mem­ nization and revitalization of The College will also present leges, on seminary faculties, in honorary doctor of science de­ ber Public Health Service the USPHS, Novello has chaired two additional honorary de­ broadcasting, as a parish and gree, was sworn in as surgeon Commissioned Corps. the Department of Health and grees: diocesan consultant and as a general of the U.S. Public Novello entered the USPHS in Human Services’ Task Force on Dolores Leckey, executive di­ conference and retreat leader. Health Service (USPHS) in 1990. 1978 after working in the pri­ Pediatric HIV/AIDS and co­ rector of the National Confer­ In 1980 and 1987, Leckey was She is the first woman and the vate practice of pediatrics and chaired the N1H Advisory ence of Catholic Bishops’ Secre­ an official advisor to American first Hispanic to hold the nephrology, a kidney specialty. Committee on Women’s Health tariat for Family, Laity, Women see NOVELLO / page 4 levies JO orlT page 2 The Observer Friday, April 16, 1993 INSIDE COLUMN NATIONAL Weather FORECAST The Accu-Weather® forecast for noon, Friday, April 16. Cloudy and much There is hope for colder today with a 70 Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. percent chance of a better social life showers. Cloudy tonight with lows in the at Saint Mary’s middle 30s. TEMPERATURES C ity H L Anchorage 46 35 There is no social life Atlanta 72 60 Bogota 68 54 at Saint Mary’s. The Cairo 102 73 Saint Mary’s Chicago 44 41 administration is too Cleveland 79 47 Dallas 61 44 strict and in turn limits Detroit 73 45 the possibilities for ndianapolis 68 57 Jerusalem 88 61 students. And most London 57 43 importantly when Jennifer Los Angeles 72 59 concerns are raised, Madrid 63 41 Habrych Minneapolis 48 33 the administration has Saint Mary’s Editor Moscow 37 32 been unwilling to listen Nashville 74 58 to or respond to them. New York 56 50 Paris 57 46 This may have been true in the past, but at FRONTS Philadelphia 77 51 least recently, the administration has been Rome 63 46 Seattle 56 47 responsive to the students, which are the life South Bend 64 46 COLD WARM STATIONARY and blood of the College.