Senior Bar: the Place to Be Or Not?
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----·---~------------------ B150 YEARS~ r:F tr. I (J- lllllib.; ~ . c ~;ltf' j ztr. - . ); -- t-1 ~ • SAINT z MARY'S' ( I' I I I l, I >t"'" Friday, September 23, 1994 • Vol. XXVI No. 20 ~NOTRE DAME·IN ~ TI IE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Senior Bar: The place to be or not? Haiti's By NANCY DUNN News Writer future Have you ever wondered about the Alumni-Senior Club? Who owns it? Who discussed goes there? What goes on there? By EDWARD IMBUS How can it go from being News Writer swamped on home football weekends to being practically Three of Notre Dame's top deserted many other nights? professors spoke last night on Why are people drawn to a the complicated issue of the fu place as graduates that few ·ture of Haiti and its new rela visited during their under tionship with the United graduate careers? The Alumni-Senior Club is •More on Haiti see pg.3 owned by the University and operated under the Student States. Activities Department of Father Ernest Bartell, execu Student Affairs, according to tive director of the Kellogg Mary Edgington, Assistant Institute and professor of eco Director of Facilities for the nomics joined Professor of Student Activities Office. Government Michael Francis Although owned by the and Raimo Vayrynen, director University, the club still pays of the Kroc Institute to form a rent. In the last couple of panel discussion "Haiti at the years, rent has increased "sig Crossroads: Poverty, nificantly," said General Democracy, and Intervention." Manager Larry Briggs. The United States was According to Briggs, the tempted, as strong countries money to build the club was can be, to "straighten things supposed to be donated. The out" if weaker neighbor gift fell through, but the nations fall into turmoil. Such University decided to go was the case with Haiti, said ahead with the construction. Francis. The rent serves as a repay The Observer/John Bingham Charging that the Clinton Alumni-Senior Bar general manager Larry Briggs and student manager Rebecca Benson anxiously await Administration had not pre ment for the money it had to ed the Thursday night crowd. Senior Mike Bohmer is also a student manager at the bar. lay out, said Briggs. sented a clear policy on Haiti, Briggs, a graduate student, spring. The three then hire a the club. Benson is in charge club with a fairly "hands-off' Francis said that some officials was hired by Student staff of sixteen bartenders. of rentals and promotions approach by putting opera- within the White House were Activities to run the club. He, Notre Dame Seniors while Bohmer handles inven- tiona! responsibilities in the identifiably interventionists, along with some direction Rebecca Benson and Mike tory control. hands of the managers, said especially when human rights from Student Activities, hires Bohmer, this year's student While Student Activities is violations have been recorded. two student managers each managers, are responsible for ultimately responsible for the the day to day operation of club, it tries to operate the See BAR I page 4 see 1-WTI I page 4 Professor digs deep for answers Friday September 23 3:00pm Social Gathering, Morris Inn Patio 4:45pm Glee Club Open Rehearsal, Crowley Hall 6:45pm Band Step Off for Pep Rally, Band Building 7:00pm Pep Rally, JACC 7:30pm Women's Soccer (vs Indiana), Alumni Field 8:00pm Volleyball (vs Loyola Marymont), JACC Saturlay, September 24 9:00am Alumni Hospitality Center, JACC gates 2&3 9:30am Alcoholics Anonymous, CSC 10:30 am Pom Pom Squad Performance, JACC 10:30 am Cheerleading Performance, Bookstore 11:00 am Cheerleading Performance, JACC 11:00 am Glee Club Concert, Jacc North Dome 12:00 pm Marching Band Step Off, Main Building The Observer/John Bingham 1:10pm Band Performance, Staduim Assistant Anthropology Professor Susan Guise Sheridan discussed her summer trip to the Sudan at 1:35pm Notre Dame vs Purdue, Stadium last night's anthropology lecture. post game Alumni Hospitality Center, JACC 3D min Mass, Basilica post game By ANALISE TAYLOR tern of females outliving their Sheridan says the results of 45min Mass, Crypt News Writer male counterparts regardless the study are consistent with post game of the indicator of health," male-female populations today. 7:30pm Volleyball (ND vs Rice), JACC Arena Exhuming and examining Sheridan said. "We still see a pattern of bodies from the past are not During the summer, Sheridan women outliving men around everyone's idea of an exciting and co-author Dr. Dennis Van the world," Sheridan said. Sunday, September 15 summer, but for Assistant Gerven, studied more than 200 The lab work, however, did Anthropology Professor Susan Nubian mummies between 500 not reveal why this is so, she 8:00,10:00, Mass, Basilica Guise Sheridan it was a key to and 1500 years old. continued. & 11:45 am the future. The mummies were found in "We have yet to understand 1:00pm Men's Soccer (vs LaSalle), Alumni Field This summer, Sheridan stud 1979 as part of an archeologi why, but it is probably a genet 2:00pm Violin/Piano Recital, Annenburg Auditorium ied mummies from the Sudan cal exhibition along the Nile ic component," she said. 7:15pm Sunday Vespers, Basilica with a team of researchers. River in Sudan. The University "I'm not sure we're (women) Her goal: to understand why of Colorado acquired them disease resilient," she said, but females tend to outlive males. from the Sudanese government women outlive men regardless "We found a recurring pat- on permanent loan. see MUMMIES I page 4 page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, Septmeber 23, 1994 • INSIDE COLUMN • WORlD AT A GLANCE What Retin-A Dollar mixed in quiet trading; trade, interest rates cited NEW YORK.---------------------. approaches. The dollar closed mixed against Money-laundering convictions mJ convictions The $60 billion a year U.S. trade can never key CUrrencieS in unusually quiet Justice Department figures for money-laundering 0 •-fendants deficit with Japan hurts the dollar convictions and defendants: uo &:\ _ • • , _ trading Thursday, as persistent 1 571 1 546 by generating a steady stream of 1 600 U.S.-Japan trade concerns and • -·fr."@r-l:d ~ - Japanese-held dollars that must conquer 1 400 uncertainty about American interest ' ~~'Jt);~ ~ be exchanged for yen. rates dampened the market. ::: . ... President Clinton, in a meeting I draft myself for the 857 same mission every Gold prices rose on domestic 800 Thursday with Japanese Foreign morning of the year. markets but fell in Europe. On New 600 , •• •• ·-~ :Jlb"'"··· Minister Yohei Kono, again Certainly it is not a plea York's Commodity Exchange. gold 400 {"""'\ warned of trade sanctions in the for current delivery rose $1.30 to 200 "·· '------J ' ;[] absence of an agreement. Officials surable activity. but if I 0 I settle at $395.40 per troy ounce. -;;; ~ said Kono . and . U.S. Trade did not do it, I would be 1987 1990 1991 1992 1993 giving in to the thick, Republic National Bank quoted gold Representative Mtckey Kantor I dark attackers. at $395.10, up $1.20, at 4 p.m. APIA rom made little progress in a two-hour ~ They never relent and, EDT. meeting on Wednesday. I therefore, every day I The currency market's sluggish tone was set in "There isn't much going on at all, and the market is I must retake control of Tom Lillig Europe. where the dollar ended mixed and little changed, lacking conviction. 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