Accused Rapist May Return to Campus

--------------------. PARTLY Finally! Monday CLOUDY Notre Dame football fans react to the team's win Saturday against Pittsburgh, the first victory of the season. OCTOBERS, HIGH 62° News+ page 3 2001 LOW45° THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXV NO. 30 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Accused rapist may return to campus Pienovi said that Rego was expelled ment on the situation. Bill Kirk and eral policy on upholding bans on stu • Former N D football from school and banned from campus Father Mark Poorman, assistant vice dents. player could visit despite for raping her. The reasons for Rego's president of Residence Life and vice He stated that if a banned student alleged 1998 ban transfer to West Virginia nor the president of Residence Life, respective charged with sexual assault were to details of his disci ly, did not return several phone calls come on campus and security was plinary action were seeking comment. made aware of the situation the stu By MYRA McGRIFF revealed in 1998. Athletic director Kevin White's office dent would be asked to leave. Saint Mary's Editor West Virginia declined to comment and referred He made a distinction for a student sports information questions to the General Counsel banned coming to campus as a group Former Notre Dame taUback Cooper director Shelly Poe Office. General Counsel referred all rather than an individual. Rego is scheduled to return to campus confirmed that questions to Denny Moore, director of "As an individual, security would ask this weekend as a member of the West Rego is scheduled Public Relations. them to leave ... As a group, that is Virginia football team despite being to play for the Moore confirmed that the University some thing different, something we banned from campus in 1998. Mountaineers, has been in contact with West Virginia haven't been confronted with," Moore According to Notre Dame alumna Saturday. Rego but Notre Dame is not at liberty to dis said. Kori Pienovi and an August 2001 e "As far as I know cuss its own position stating that the All banned individuals pose a threat, mail from a senior Residence Life and there isn't any issue about it," Poe said University is "protected from discus regardless of group affiliation, accord Housing administrator to Pienovi, Rego Friday. sion under federal law." ing to Pienovi. was banned from campus as part of a Calls to Rego's listed number in West Disciplinary proceedings are consid "If they knowingly let a rapist on disciplinary decision in 1998. Virginia were not returned Sunday ered private parts of students educa campus then they are knowingly · The administrator did not deny writ night. tional record by federal law. ing the e-mail. Notre Dame officials had no com- Moore did discuss Notre Dame's gen- see REGO/page 7 • U.S., British air strikes hit Afghan targets as Bush promises victory in war on terrorism - Associated Press WASHINGTON American and British forces unleashed punishing air strikes Sunday against military targets and Osama bin Laden's training camps inside Afghanistan, aim ing at terrorists blamed for the Sept. 11 attacks that murdered thousands in New York and Washington. "We will not waver, we will not tire," said President Bush, speaking from the White House as Tomahawk cruise missiles and bombs found targets halfway around the globe. "We will not falter and we will not fail." The opening of a sustained campaign dubbed "Enduring Freedom," the assault was accompanied by airdrops of thousands of vitamin-enriched food rations for needy civilians -- and by a ground-based AFP Photo attack by Afghan opposition An F1 A-18C Hornet Is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson Sunday In preparation for strikes against al Qaeda forces against the ruling terrorist training camps and Tallban military Installations In Afghanistan. Taliban. In a chilling threat, bin Laden air strikes focused on areas sus Junior Steve Kelly from working in the World Trade Center vowed defiantly that "neither + Students express pected to be terrorist training Massachusetts said he learned on the day of the bombings. America nor the people who live mixed reactions to camps were in response to the ter about both the terrorists attacks on Although he escaped, Kelly said in it will dream of security rorist attacks on Sept. 11 at the Sept. 11 and the U.S. retaliation by knowing somebody who was before we live it in Palestine, U.S. counterattack World Trade Center and the fellow students in his donn and has directly affected by the bombings and not before all the infidel Pentagon. On the Notre Dame cam been uneasy about the circum has sharpened the impact of the armies leave thela:nd of By HELENA PAYNE pus, far from the attacks, many stu stances. terrorism conflict on his life. Muhammad." That was an Assistant News Editor dents have responded to the recent "I think something else is going to ''I'm amazed at how large the apparent reference to Israel events with various levels of emo happen," said Kelly. 'That makes reaction is here," said Kelly. and Saudi Arabia. He spoke in a Notre Dame students had mixed tional attachment to the conflict, me real nervous." Kelly said he was impressed by videotaped statement prepared reactions to the U.S. military air but with the common goal of The brother of Kelly's best friend see STRIKES/page 4 strikes in Afghanistan Sunday. The reaching peace swiftly. is a secret service agent that was see REACTION/page 4 page 2 The Oburver + INSIDE Monday, October 8, 2001 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS Minestrone Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday + Lecture: "Beyond MTV: + Event: "Colcannon," Irish + Theater: "How the Other + Lecture: "States, Fritos New Resources in Digital band, 7:30p.m., little Half Loves," 7:30p.m., Revolutions, and the Case The other night I was perusing the forum at Video and Animation," Theater Washington Hall of Columbia," Jeff SFM - the building formerly known as SDH - Peter Terry, Noon, Little + Performance: "The +Performance: "A Kiss to Goodwin, 4:15p.m., when I spotted a batch of Fritos sitting inconspic uously at the end of the soup island. Naturally Theater Miami Wind Quintet," Build a Dream On," 7:30 Hesburgh Center thinking "chili Fritos!" I scooped some up and +Film: "25 Watts," 7 p.m. 7:30p.m., Annenberg p.m., Little Theater + Film: "Dr. Strangelove," looked around for the chili. As it turned out, however, there Auditorium, Hesburgh Auditorium, The Snite 7 p.m., Auditorium, wasn't any on this particular night. As to what unforgivable Center Hesburgh Center managerial blunder is respon sible I know not, but let me say, fellow students, that this is less acceptable then the play calling BEYOND CAMPUS Compiled from U-Wire reports on Saturday. As I scooped up · a ladle of minestrone instead, I was reminded of Tom Haight the kitchen scene in the Michigan prepares biochemical defenses movie "Friday" where Ice Assistant ANN ARBOR denature," pathology department Cube lectures his father on Ad Design the mismatched food selec As nightmares of possible biologi chairman Peter Ward said. "It is true tion from which they suffer. Manager cal and chemical terrorist attacks that if terrorist organizations were This column really isn't continue to scare many Americans, able to produce viruses in large quan about what hardships I've recently endured University of Michigan researchers tities, it could be an absolutely devas though, for lo and behold I've actually got some push to develop defense techniques tating event, but it is unlikely that a useful information to share (Hey, I didn't believe against biochemical weapons. group would be able to obtain and it at first either, but there is a first time for every Although researchers said they feel culture the viruses." thing: just ask Bob Davie). the possibility of biological and Ward, whose research involves Notre Dame's student government is on the chemical warfare has been blown out mustard gas and its extensive damag of proportion since the events of Sept. ing effects on the lungs, said he hopes verge of doing something productive this year these issues, but running around say (after such an impressive streak to the contrary) 11, they feel America should be aware his work will lead to an antidote for of the possibilities. ing the sky is falling isn't going to people on the·· battle field and in the by improving the food courts/markets. help." One of the awe-inspiring ideas that I felt was "I think there is a significant risk," general population exposed to the said James Baker, head of the Researchers urge the public to deadly chemical. right up there with "Plan something-or-other understand biochemical warfare From Outer Space" was the addition of music for University Medical School allergy and "It's a very cheap compound to immunology department. "Certainly requires sophisticated delivery mech manufacture, so if a terrorist group dinner. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I have to anisms and labs in which to grow the yell at my friends three seats. down from me now, there are countries that have these decides they want to expose a popula agents, but I don't think the risk is any viruses. tion to something like that, it's not dif what's the addition of Catholic hymns going to "You'd have to spread them across a help? Do you have any real doubt that the different than before Sept. 11. People ficult to make," Ward said. "The trick should prepare appropriately for fairly large geographical area with a is how do you distribute it in the air." University will eventually take it over? large population because they would Even if we would suppose, as they want us to, that the music selection would be left up to us, I really can't say that I'd enjoy listening to Dave Matthews every night.

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