The O bserver VOL. XXIII NO. 135 THURSDAY , APRIL 25, 1991 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY’S Explorer discusses journeys to ends of the earth By SHANNON RYAN cross the Antarctic and the first During the trip, the group will News Writer Antarctic expedition to forego conduct medical research about motorized vehicles and dog- women’s psychological and Explorer Ann Bancroft will sleds. According to Bancroft, physiological changes under become the first woman in his­ “Not taking the dogs means such extreme conditions. “It tory to reach both the North cutting our (2 million dollar) (the research) is our way of and South Poles on foot upon budget in half.” saying thank you for the sup­ successful completion of the port we have received,” said 1992 American Women’s The women will traverse the Bancroft. “Scientific research Trans-Arctic Expedition (AWE), fifth largest continent on skis on females has been minimal to which she discussed in a while pulling 200 pound sleds date.” lecture Wednesday. of provisions. When the wind is An accompanying slide show at their backs, the group will The women will be monitored depicted the 1986 Steger Inter­ utilize up-ski canopies, for hormonal, lipid and men­ national Expedition to the parachute-like devices that strual cycle changes, variations North Pole, on which Bancroft catch the wind and propel them in immune system functioning served as the photographer for across the ice. The 1700 mile and changes attributed to bio- National Geographic. trek is expected to take four rythmic effects. Attention will months. also be focused on any measur­ “From there (the North Pole), able effects of large doses of it was a very natural progres­ Bancroft, a former physical ultraviolet radiation from the sion for me to want to see the education and special depleted ozone layer of Antarc­ South Pole. ...truly, the fulfill­ education teacher, stresses tica. ment of a childhood dream,” AWE’s educational and she said. “This trip should not environmental commitment. Bancroft’s appearance at the present as many physical “Antarctica is a politically Loftus Center was sponsored by barriers (as the Steger unique, environmental hotbed. The Year of Women, The Saint Expedition); it will be far more It is crucial that we bring back Mary’s Women’s Studies Pro­ a mental than a physical this trip and make it a closer gram and student government, The Observer/John Rock exercise," part of our lives,” she said. the 1USB Women Studies Pro­ Ann Bancroft, a photographer and explorer, spoke Wednesday evening The five-member group will “We need to take what we gram, and the St. Joseph at Loftus Center about her past expedition to the North Pole and about be the first all-female team to learn into the classroom.” County YWCA. her upcoming exploration of Antarctica. U.N. military observers open first posts in southern Iraq SAFWAN. Iraq (AP) — Un­ U.S. soldiers. withdrawal. the estimated 40,000 displaced who commanded Arab forces armed U.N. military observers However, Col. Bill Nash of the “We re not moving out, w e’ve people at camps run by the during the Gulf War, was opened their first posts 3rd Armored Division’s 1st just handing over this spot,” Americans, Saudi Arabia and quoted as saying he informed Wednesday in southern Iraq, Brigade, said roughly 5,000 said Nash, of Hayden, Ariz. the Kuwaiti Red Crescent the United Nations and the U.S. but a U.S. Arm y colonel said troops under his command After the Stars and Stripes Society. military of plans to take the his troops would stay on indefi­ would remain in southern Iraq were lowered, Nash turned to But the Saudi government refugees. nitely to protect Iraqi refugees. to provide security and the U.N. area commander, Lt. Wednesday completed a camp The first refugees could be The U.S. flag was lowered humanitarian aid to thousands Col. Peter Feely, and said: “We that can accommodate up to transferred Sunday from and a blue United Nations flag of Iraqi refugees. Many of the will continue to protect the 30,000 people and said it will Safwan to the Saudi camp, near raised in its place during a Iraqis supported a failed refugees.” accept and shelter all Iraqi the border town of Rafha, brief noontime ceremony in uprising against Saddam The U.N. peacekeepers have refugees, The New York Times which may be expanded to hold 100-degree heat at a check­ Hussein and fear reprisals from no mandate to conduct reported in Thursday editions. 50,000 people, the newspaper point vacated by about a dozen his security forces after U.S. humanitarian operations for Saudi Lt. Gen. Khalid Sultan, reported. Brother Scully is ‘Rector of the Year’ Special to The Observer University of America and pro­ fessed vows in the Xaverian Brother Bonaventure Scully, Brothers in 1951. He holds a rector of Keenan Hall, has been master’s degree in chemistry named Rector of the Year by from the University of Detroit the Hall Presidents Council at and a master’s degree in reli­ Notre Dame. gious education from Loyola Among the most popular res­ University in Chicago. idence hall rectors, Scully has Before becoming Keenan been an enthusiastic supporter Hall’s rector in 1985, Scully of spiritual retreats and social taught science and religion and service projects for Keenan served as counselor, retreat di­ Hall residents. rector, and principal for Xave­ In addition to his assistance Brother Scully rian Catholic high schools in in organizing these and other Massachusetts, Kentucky and hall activities, Scully was re­ Also, largely through Scully’s New York. sponsible for what one student efforts, Keenan Hall boasts a He has also served the recommendation called the small library and the only mu­ Catholic school systems in Den­ transformation of “an aban­ sic room in any campus resi­ ver, Colo, and Memphis, Tenn. doned dungeon of a basement dence hall. “Quite simply,” as superintendent and his reli­ into a bright, well decorated wrote the student, “he has gious order as its provincial and much-used social area made the hall itself a more vocation counselor. In 1971, he with drop-ceilings, piped-in comfortable place to live.” became the first president of music, televisions, pool tables, A native of Baltimore, Md., the National Association of Re­ video games and study space.” Scully graduated from Catholic ligious Brothers. Gorbachev defeats attempt to oust him MOSCOW (AP) — President In the process, he again and a possible cost-of-living Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednes­ demonstrated the political skills wage index — gave him the day quashed an attempt by that brought him from a minor backing to thwart the hard-lin­ hard-line Communists to oust post in the provinces to the top ers. him as party leader, claiming of the party and have allowed Among those at the meeting his departure would create an him to survive six years of was Gorbachev’s chief political “explosive power vacuum" and turbulent reforms. rival, Russian Federation Pres­ lead to dictatorship. The agreement with the re­ ident Boris Yeltsin, whose sup­ Strengthened by a last- publics was reached late Tues­ porters have staged recent ral­ The Observer/ Elizabeth Peterson minute agreement by leaders day after the republic's leaders lies demanding Gorbachev’s Slam! of nine Soviet republics to back were reportedly brought to ouster. Bystanders watch closely as a Notre Dame student "slams one in” his economic “anti-crisis ” plan, Gorbachev’s dacha, or country The hard-line regional party during the An Tostal-sponsored Slam Dunk contest. Twenty-seven Gorbachev outmaneuvered his home, in southwestern Moscow. bosses and other powerful contestants in two separate categories took part in this event critics at a closed meeting of Gorbachev’s concessions to Communists who gathered in Wednesday afternoon behind the bookstore. the party’s 410-member the reformist leaders — includ­ Central Committee. ing dropping an unpopular tax see U S S R. / page 4 page 2 The Observer Thursday, April 25, 1991 INSIDE COLUMN Forecast for noon. Thursday April 25 FORECAST: WEATHER REPORT Lines show high terrier aliires. Warmer today. Highs in upper 60s. A 40 Toying with percent chance of showers tonight. Low of 50. Friday, the idea of high of 70. 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