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VOL. XXIII NO. 115 MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1991 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY’S Possible sex offense reported to ND Security By MEGAN JUNIUS male, brought her to the cident by searching the area, News Writer ground, and laid forcibly on top however, “nothing of of her, Hurley said. evidentary value was found," A possible sex offense was At this time, a possible sex Hurley said. reported Sunday morning to offense may have occurred, “Security did not have much Notre Dame Security, accord­ however, the witness was too to go on, only one person's de­ ing to Chuck Hurley, assistant far away to clearly see what scription of suspicious behav­ director of Security. was actually taking place, ior," he said, “We checked A witness reported that he Hurley said. South Bend hospitals, the local thought he heard a girl scream The witness described all of police department and the stu­ near the southwest corner of the persons involved in the dent health center, but no re­ St. Joseph Lake at 3:30 a.m. incident as w hite, and one of ports had been made by a pos­ Sunday, Hurley said. the males was approximately sible victim." According to the witness, six feet to six feet, two inches “Currently, we are looking for there was one female and two tall, Hurley said. anyone who may have seen or males involved in the incident. The witness did not report heard anything suspicious at All three involved were of col­ the incident until 8:10 a.m. the time and place the incident lege age. Apparently, one of the Sunday. occurred. Any help would be males managed to grab the fe­ Security responded to the in­ appreciated," Hurley said. Committee starts selection of new dean for Arts and Letters By DAVID KINNEY “the general academic well-be­ • Charles Rosenberg, chair Assistant News Editor ing of the college.” and associate professor of art, He pointed out that the new art history, and design; The selection process to ap­ dean will have to answer a lot • John Van Engen, professor point a new dean to the College of pressing questions, including, of history and director of the of Arts and Letters has been curriculum changes and class­ Medieval Institute; and initiated by University Provost room sizes in the college. • Mark Rahiya, a junior un­ Timothy O’Meara. “The dean is re s p o n sib le,” dergraduate in Arts and Michael Loux, dean of the continued O’Meara, “for main­ Letters. college since 1983, informed taining the character of The O’Meara will chair the com­ The University that he will University and the character of mittee. leave the deanship at the end of the college and, in particular, The committee will soon hold this year and return to the the Catholic identity." a meeting to discuss the general philosophy department. “So what you’re really looking characteristics that the new “One has to look very hard,” for is vision," he said, “the dean must have in its present said O’Meara, “to find the ideal ability to work with people and state of development, O’Meara person that would have the to organize. You must have a lot said. general concerns of the college of saavy about the people and The search for candidates and The University at heart — about the academy." then commences, through the and who can do something The procedure for the selec­ committee, a letter to the fac­ about it." tion of a new dean, as laid out ulty, the President, and a vari­ in the Academic Code, begins ety of other sources. “We’re The dean’s job is a very im­ with the election of a search trying to get suggestions from portant one, according to committee by the College all quarters," he said. O’Meara. Not only must the Council of The University. The committee discusses the dean be concerned with the Last week, O’Meara an­ names of candidates and inter­ academic program, and, indi­ nounced the members of the views some of them until it is rectly, the hiring of good pro­ committee: ready to recommend one or fessors, promotions, and • George Howard, professor possibly two to The University salaries, but “in this day and of psychology; President, O’Meara said. An • Father Richard McBrien, appointment is then made, he N A A C P S G fikS d iv e r s ity The0bsefver/Mar9uerileSchropi: age, he must show particular concern for questions of affir­ chair and Crowley-O’Brien- said. Geofrilyn Walker stands at the steps of the administration building mative action for women and Walter professor of theology; O’M e a ra hopes to have the Friday as the NAACP organization on campus rallied for cultural di­ minorities," he said. • Naomi Meara, chair and new dean in place by the start versity at Notre Dame. The dean is responsible for professor of psychology; of the fall semester. Peralez Student Senate campaign STUDENT SENATE CANDIDATES posters pulled down from dorm walls ON-CAMPUS OFF-CAMPUS By PAUL PEARSON Activities before distribution, the posters had been removed. Associate News Editor called the campus organization None of his posters were One representative One co-representative pair Students United for Respect placed in public places, such as Paul Peralez, a candidate for (SUFR) “a special interest O’Shaughnessy Hall or Cushing 1 David Certo Shelley Guilbault-Terry Coyne Student Senate in District 1, group which has denounced Hall, because Peralez believed Paul Peralez said his campaign posters have Notre Dame in the local and it would not convey the right Billy Allen Kristen Harknett-Ellen Lanser been torn down from the walls national media.” They also ac­ message. “The best way to con­ cused SUFR of sending of Pangborn, Morrissey and vey your message is to be as 2 Kristie Shafer Dan Sharkey-Brian Murphy Alumni Halls. “subversive and racist propa­ close to the people as possible," Peralez, a sophomore living ganda" to minority students. he said. Matthew Bomberger in Dillon Hall, said that on Peralez said he had gone Matthew Caito, chairman of Jim Gordon-Brian Murphy Friday morning, he found that through Pangborn, Morrissey the student government 3 Bong Miquiabas all of his campaign posters in and Alumni Thursday night to .Election Committee, said he Jorge Vera Michael Folgia-Tom Allen Pangborn, Morrissey and check if the posters were still had looked at the posters Alumni were either removed or up. He said that the 20 posters before publication and said that 4 Joe Wilson disfavorably altered. He said he he had placed in each of those the posters were fit for Manuel Espino-Michael Penman also received in the mail an en­ halls were still up at that time. publication. “If anything, he velope containing a shredded However, he was told Friday followed the rules as well as, or On-campus students will vote at their dorms version of his poster and a note morning that the posters were better than, any of the other Off-campus students can vote at LaFortune Information desk torn down. containing racial slurs. The Observer/Patrick Midden The posters, which were ap­ He said that he was “shocked see PERALEZ/ page 7 proved by the Office of Student and dumbfounded” to find that page 2 The Observer Monday, March 25, 1991 INSIDE COLUMN WEATHER REPORT Drinking laws Mostly sunny, pleasant with a high of 44 and lows dip­ ping into the 30s. need to be Tuesday, chance of rain and a high of evaluated TEMPERATURES: American society has City H set itself apart from most Athens 72 Atlanta 78 of the rest of the world in Berlin 52 its attitude towards Boston 37 Chicago 54 alcohol consumption and Dallas Ft.Worth 83 drinking laws. The United Denver 70 Detroit 50 States is one of the few Honolulu 81 countries in the world Houston 79 Lisa Eaton Indianapolis 47 that has a drinking age London 50 and takes serious steps to Managing Editor Los Angeles 61 Madrid 59 enforce it, as can be Miami Beach 83 Moscow 46 shown by the recent actions of the S.U.D.S. New Orleans 82 task force. New York 52 Paris 52 I believe that the time has come for the Philadelphia 60 American culture to reevaluate its attitudes Portland, Ore. 56 Rome 78 T T " cold from toward drinking. We live in a society that is Ttiunderatomis St. Louis 68 facing serious problems with alcohol and 1 Warm front San Francisco 55 South Bend 4 4 drug abuse, as w ell as the reality of such “ * Static front Tokyo 64 occurrences as “drinking and driving” and Washington, D C 65 violent personal crimes involving the use of :© 1991/Accu-Weather, Inc: chemical substances. College and high school students alike are going to find a way to drink and drink to excess no matter what the laws, so why do we still have them? They only seem to be adding TODAY AT A GLANCE to the problem by daring students, in a sense, to break the law. In addition to the fact that the laws are WORLD NATIONAL broken more often than they are upheld in this country, they are also fostering an un­ healthy attitude towards responsible alcohol Palestinians deported for knifings________ Lovers linked to husband’s killing __ consumption. In European pubs, alcohol is consumed in a ■JERUSALEM — Israel retaliated Sunday for a new ■MONONGAHELA, Pa. — A man originally believed to social setting where conversation, wave of Arab knife attacks by ordering four Palestinian have killed himself with a shotgun had taped his wife and companionship and just plain fun are the activists deported.

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