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For the first time in its two-year history, the in stadium Student Senate last night rejected a Student Union appointment. By T IM LOGAN Garrett Skiba, a sophomore on The Shirt Assistant News Editor committee, had been nominated to replace John Maus as coordinator of The Shirt project. Senators considered responses to the Amid concerns that the nomination process behavior of students at half-time of was not open enough, Skiba failed to garner Saturday's football game at their meet­ the two-thirds vote needed for approval. ing last night. The Senate must vote to approve many Actions which members suggested appointed Student Union officials and normally ranged from notifying students of doth so with unanimous consent. Last night, potential consequences to drafting a however, there were concerns that other can­ letter asking their classmates to stop didates were not fully considered. throwing inappropriate and dangerous All this came about after junior Michael objects. While senators disagreed on Seeley addressed the senate to complain that what specifically to do, it was generally his interest in applying for the coordinator agreed that some action had to be position was ignored and that he was given taken. conflicting information by different people “1 think a lot of students are upset involved in the process. and we have to do something about it," “ I came to student government looking to get said Dillon senator Jason Linster. involved," Seeley said. ‘‘In this case f was The Observer/Mike Harris Visitors to last night’s Student Senate meeting observed the senate’s proce­ see PROJECTILE / page 4 see SENATE / page 4 dures and took notes. Saint Mary’s senior Chicago reflects on obstacles

By SARAH MAGNESS spective of making the Creator a woman. crowned Miss Indiana News W riter______This project was not only the work of Chicago, but of many women. Females in the Yarlagadda looks back on By MEGHAN DONAHUE F eminist artist Judy Chicago provided an United States, New Zealand and Canada News W riter______how it all started and recalled overview of her 35-year career and offered worked together with needlework to make her early days as a child want­ some explanations of her work during her lec­ Chicago’s design three-dimensional. ing to be in a pageant. Once a young dreamer prac­ ture Wednesday night at Saint Mary’s Carroll “The power of art transcends many barriers, "I didn’t think my parents ticing how to walk in her Auditorium. including geography,” said Chicago. would let me ever try, but once mother’s high heels, Pratima Both artist and author, Chicago talked about Chicago also emphasized her view of femi­ Yarlagadda is now a woman they understood it was my some of the obstacles that impeded her nism. dream they were wonderful,” with a Miss progress. “Feminism is a philosophy," according to Indiana USA said Yarlagadda. “1 felt stifled by the art system,” said Chicago, “ that is also the understanding of the At every competition, her title. Chicago, who also noted that she lived in a structure of power on the planet.” mother, younger sister and Yarlagadda pre-feminist movement society that could not Chicago’s “Power Play” series examines and never thought boyfriend are with her. imagine an artist and a woman as one person. critiques how men deal with nature and their she would see “ My dad gets too nervous for Chicago’s ideas of what art should be were abundance of power in the world. Through me to come with us. Still he’s the day when always broader than “Power Play,” Chicago w ith me in sp irit,” she said. her family, the ideas of the elitist said she is declaring friends and Yarlagadda said she could a rt world, she said. an end to men's quest not believe she won when her fans flashed Y a rla g a d d a Chicago said she EMINISM IS A PHILOS­ for power and rule. name was announced. smiles as well remained true to her The “Holocaust “It was an unexplainable OPHY THAT IS ALSO as cameras in honor of her vision as she intro­ f : Project" continues moment, but it was one that accomplishments. duced a theme of THE UNDERSTANDING OF her themes of power my family relished with me,” But after long hours of train­ female identity in her usage, she said. Its she said. THE STRUCTURE OF POWER ing and dedication, art. Such identity is images reveal what Yarlagadda knew she was Despite all this fame, evident in her works, ON THE PLANET.’ consequences result understood when she was Yarlagadda still has her head “ Pasadena Lifesavers" when power is mis­ crowned Miss Indiana at last on straight and is concentrat­ and “Fresno Fans." used. weekend’s pageant. ing on the next goal. In Already breaking J u d y C h ic a g o With the assistance February, she leaves for the Win or lose, she wants the conventional themes of FEMINIST, ARTIST of many other arti­ Miss USA pageant in Branson, people to see more than just a art, Chicago experi­ sans, she said, the tiara, sash and gown. Mo. enced with art medias, eight-year work chal­ “There's lots to do when "All I want from the audi­ such as using fireworks, and portrayed “in- lenges viewers to rethink some themes in his­ you’re training for a competi­ ence is for them to see the per­ your-face images” of male violence against tory of western civilization. tion,” said Yarlagadda. son 1 am. What I say and pre­ women and menstruation. “Can the Holocaust teach us about our­ “Although shopping is fun, 1 sent is not a show," said Chicago challenged the absence of women selves?" Chicago asked. Yarlagadda. spend hours on wardrobes and with an active role through one of her main She said she believes that learning about the fittings, portraits and talking Yarlagadda is a 22-year-old works, “The Dinner Party.” Part of the motiva­ Holocaust is futile if people do not process and senior communications major to the public." tion of the 39 place-setting piece reverts to apply its lessons. She said there is not really at Saint Mary’s College. She Chicago’s college years at UCLA when a pro­ “Resolutions — a Stitch in Time” is plans to attend law school and any pressure from other peo­ fessor speaking of women’s contributions to Chicago's latest work. She described it as play­ ple — it usually stems more wants to eventually have a history said, “They made none.” ful, combining painting and needlework. It will supportive, loving family just from her personal perfection­ The six-year project reveals the history of be released in the early part of 2000 and will like the one her parents pro­ ism than anything else. western civilization in a woman’s perspective. be housed at New York’s American Craft vided for her in Shipshewana, Although she said she did not Chicago fused imagery and creative painting Museum. Ind. know if she would win the title, skills on china to honor women’s lives and Chicago ended her lecture with slide images So, why communication? Yarlagadda said it felt good. their contributions to history. of the w orld, as she sees it now and a vision of "No m atter what you do, you “Nothing is ever a done deal, “Birth Project,” a five year task, is another how it could be in the future. but with God, 1 hope and pray may look the part, but what example Chicago used to explain her quest to “1 have tried to contribute to make a better good is it if you can’t talk?" make women’s absence turn into a presence. world. Ultimately, one must decide to choose she noted. see PAGEANT / page 4 She retells the story of creation with the per­ life,” Chicago said. page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Thursday, November 5, 1998

■ I n s id e C o l u m n Just chuck it O O utside the Dome What do airborne squids, projectile pigs, " V Compiled from U-Wire reports drunken 18th birthdays, warm beer and fresh­ men (or freshwomen) table dancers have .to do with each other? NOW holds midnight vigil for slain doctor In 552 words we’ll DAVIS, Calif. with his wife from synagogue. The have it all sorted out. A frustrated group of community sniper, who was armed with a high- When the first flying members gathered in Central Park powered rifle, shot through fish flew a few weeks ■ on Monday night for a vigil that Slepian’s kitchen window and fatally back, I thought it was honored the work of Dr. Barnett wounded the doctor. Slepian’s four hilarious. In 30'years we Slepian, an obstetrician-gynecolo- sons, ages 7 to 15, were home at the won’t be telling our kids gist who was killed by a sniper last time of the shooting. how we threw marsh­ week because he chose to provide This is the fifth sniper attack on mallows. We’ll be Spencer Stefko women with safe and legal abor­ an abortion provider in New York telling them we threw Associate V iew point tions. and Canada in the last four years octopi and fetal pigs. E ditor The vigil, which was organized by NOW affiliate Rhonda Gruska said. and the first in which the intended Fellow students and the campus chapter of the National “However, the vigil offers the public victim died. A suspect has not yet clothing. Squids and redfish. Rectors and rec- Organization for Women, allowed a chance to speak out and show been named. tresses. Not marshmallows. mourners to express their feelings their support for Dr. Slepian and Several of the speakers at the vigil But when someone gets hurt, it is the job of of anger in a nonviolent way. women.” asked the audience to vote for abor­ the administration to step in and prevent fur­ Holding candles, the group huddled Gruska emphasized that while tion rights candidates in the Nov. 3 ther injury. If they don’t, they’re neglecting together to support one another and everyone is entitled to an opinion, election. According to participants, their duties. listen as participants spoke of their no one has the right to murder. She this offers a way to pass legislation When we projected our projectiles out of the concerns. expressed concern for the growing that w ill ban things such as the senior section, we went a little too far (that’s “The normal reaction after such danger of publicly taking an abor- Internet hit list, which names doc­ what students often do) and the administration an incident is for people to become tion-rights stance. tors who perform abortions. brought the proverbial smack down (as they frightened and not want to talk Slepian, a 52-year-old OB-GYN, Slepian’s name had previously often do). about what has happened, ” co-coor­ was killed at his home in Amherst, been among these, but was crossed This is the natural order of things. It’s the dinator of the vigil and campus N.Y., shortly after returning home off hours after the shooting. way things are supposed to happen (all except the 10 year-old getting hurt). They are the check (and rightfully so) to our youthful exu­ berance. 0 HARVARD UNIVERSITY 0 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY But how does this relate to Bridget’s closing? Simply. We went too far. Researchers release government poll Campus tightens drinking policy Bridget’s was heaven for many underage socialites. When you tell kids from other CAMBRIDGE, Mass. MISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss. schools that such a place existed, they don’t Coinciding with Tuesday’s elections, a group of Mississippi State University offers a creative way to deal even believe you. researchers from Harvard and the University of Chicago with underage drinking and drinking on campus. Fir# time But with the freedom to drink underage recently released a report that seeks to answer what makes drinking offenders caught with alcohol on campus could end comes responsibilities. Many kids drove drunk a government good. The report was prepared for the up a $15 program in which they must spend an hour with and drank to alcohol-poisoning levels. This is National Bureau of Economic Research by Harvard econom­ counselor Deborah Jackson and pass a test. If students have what sealed Bridget’s fate. (And if you think ics professors Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-De- a behavioral refraction and alcohol possession, or are two that Notre Dame had nothing to do with the Silanesand Andrei Shleifer and a professor at the University time drinking offenders, they are put into a $25 program raid, I have a few Rick Mirer rookie collector’s of Chicago, Robert Vishny. It is based on data compiled from called Alcohol and Other Drug Education Program. It meets cards for you.) more than 150 countries. Rafael La Porta is an assistant every Friday for a month from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Joe Frank The fate was sealed in the fall when a stu­ professor of Economics, and Andrei Shleifer is a professor of Sanderson Center. Third time offenders are suspended for a dent was shot walking home from Bridget’s. economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. "Our ultimate semester. "The alcohol and other drug education program Underage and oversauced, he could have been goal is to understand how some countries came to have tries to stress education of alcohol,” Mike White, dean of stu­ anyone who frequented the Filling Station. good governments,” said Lopez-De-Silanes, assistant profes­ dents, said. "Our goal is to educate rather than punish.” The administration did what they had to do sor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. Parents of the students enrolled in the class are not contact­ to make sure they never would end up on page The study reports that good governments are usually found ed. “We try to treat the students as adults,” said Dave Remy, two of some other school’s newspaper under in countries that are wealthier and Protestant. assistant dean of students. the heading, “Student Shot, Killed, at Notre Dame.” The closing wasn’t the fault of this kid by any stretch of the imagination. He did what 0 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ■ B o s t o n U n iv e r s it y many of the rest of us (including myself) were doing; but it was still a mishandling of respon­ College files suit over t-shirt design Caffeine pill overdose kills student sibility — a manifestation of the atmosphere that correctly caused Bridget’s demise. COLUMBUS, Ohio BOSTON, Mass. But the administration’s threats shouldn’t Ohio State isn’t pleased with a local printing compa­ Caffeine pills proved fatal last week for Jason Allen, a stop us from throwing animals in two week­ ny’s depiction of the phrase “Michigan sucks.” The community college student in North Carolina who swal­ ends, however. We should chuck 'em. All kinds image of a University of Michigan cheerleader perform­ lowed almost 90 pills, the equivalent of about 250 cups of'em. Just remember: Animals have rights ing oral sex on Brutus Buckeye wasn’t the reason, how­ of coffee. While an overdose this severe is rare, many too. Like the right to be marinated. So squeeze ever, that Ohio State officials filed charges against a college students misuse caffeine pills because they con­ some lemon on the animals before throwing local T-shirt designer. It was the production and sale of sider them a harmless way to fight sleep. However, them. That sensitivity toward the animals non-licensed depictions of OSU trademarks. Franklin excessive amounts of caffeine can lead to serious health should keep the animals rights activists at bay County Sheriff deputies arrested Anthony Lukacs of problems, according to Carol Walsh, a doctor and asso­ — or at least confused. Graphic Design Unlimited Tuesday on charges of trade­ ciate professor of pharmacology at Boston University. Beachballs. Inflatable people. Sheep. Yeah, mark counterfeiting, a fourth degree felony under state “Caffeine pills are commonly available, so some people definitely sheep. Sheep, sheep, sheep. And who law. About 600 T-shirts were seized, along with the may not consider them to be very dangerous... Like any says penguins are flightless? Do one a favor tools used to print them. According to OSU officials, the medication, though, an overdose is potentially fatal,” and put him in flight in a few days. If you’ve shirts, which read “Michigan sucks,” include several Walsh said. Most warning labels on caffeine pills say the got it, chuck it, two Saturdays from now. trademark violations. OSU and Michigan football hel­ drug stimulates the central nervous system and can Oh yeah, keep the pennies out of the marsh­ mets, registered trademarks of each university, are cause restlessness, nervousness, gastrointestinal distur­ mallows. Soaring seafood is funny. Cyclopses depicted on the shirts’ fronts. bances and other problems. aren’t, especially if you cause their cyclopsity. Personally, I’m sick of being an average stu­ dent body. As senator for Zahm Hall, I feel a ■ S o u th B e n d W eather______need to be a leader out of the mediocrity of 0 NATIONAL WEATHER throwing dead animals. Any student body can 5 Day South Bend Forecast throw everything but the kitchen sink. So I’m AccuWeather * forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures National weather bringing a kitchen sink. I’m bringing it in parts The AccuWeather® forecast for noon,Thursday, Nov. 5. with a few of my friends, and we’ll assemble it inside. So keep your head up in section 28; but let’s keep it in section 28. H L The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those o f The Observer. Thursday ^ 38 27

■ T o d a y 's S taff Friday £Q 42 29 T.S. MITCH News Scene Saturday 45 37 Anne Marie Mattingly Sarah Dylag © 1998 AccuWeather, Inc. STATIONARY Noreen Gillespie Graphics Maggy Tinnuci Cristin Manaray Sunday - a . s i 40 High Low Showers Rain T-»torm» Flurrleq Snow ______Ice_____Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Via Associated Press Sports Production NATIONAL SUMMARY: Mike Connolly Noah Amstadter Showers, a few thunderstorms and a gusty wind will continue for central and southern Florida today as Monday S 3 50 40 Mitch wanders out to sea. Cold air, meanwhile, will continue to chill much of the eastern two-thirds of the Viewpoint nation. In fact, highs will only be in the 30 and 40s from the Dakotas to New England. Showers are in Lab Tech store for the Northwest while the Southwest remains sunny and warm. E d d ie H u ll Meg Kroener JL. Atlanta 45 56 Cleveland 27 44 Minneapolis 21 36 Baltimore 28 52 Dallas 43 57 New York 34 49 The Observer (USPS 599 2-4000) is published Monday through Friday Boston 32 39 Denver 24 49 Salem 30 50 except during exam and vacation periods. The Observer is a member of Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Chicago 28 45 Miami 75 79 Santa Fe 30 53 the Associated Press. A ll re p rod u ction rights are reserved. Via Associated Press GraphicsNet Thursday, November 5, 1998 The Observer • CAMPUS NEWS page 3 DeBecker: Women should trust intuition more By COLLEEN McCARTHY have to take precautions to protect their important to preventing violence, he However, deBecker said, it is important Assistant News Editor ______safety,” he said. “Women live in a much said. that a person makes it clear he or she is different environment than men as “We have to teach young people that not afraid when in a situation with a pos­ Intuition is a powerful gift, and when prey.” ‘no’ is a complete sentence,” deBecker sibility of violence. people doubt it, they are most likely to be DeBecker offered an example of this said. “Young women especially need to “A young woman who tightens up victims of violence, said Gavin deBecker, intuition and a sit­ know that their is when a man enters the elevator is show­ author of the best-selling novel, “The Gift uation when the no reason to be ing she is vulnerable,” he said. “ If she of Fear.” instinct is ignored. nice when you looks him in the eye and says ‘good Humans have intuition in order to pro­ “We [humans] reject.” evening,’ she is showing she wants to see tect themselves, deBecker explained. deny in a way no OCIETY SAYS WOMEN MUST Many times, men how he responds and that she is not “[Intuition] is knowing why without other animal ‘S RELY ON MEN TO DEFEND refuse to hear afraid.” knowing why,” he said. “It is the best would dream of,” when women say DeBecker also warned women that t h e m. T h is m a y h a v e m a d e sense way for preventing violence. The oppo­ deBecker. the word “ no,” he society sends a message that women site is denial, when people choose not to “If a woman is a MILLION YEARS AGO, BUT IT said. need men to protect and defend them see the threat of violence.” getting into an ele­ “When a man DOESN’T MAKE MUCH SENSE ANY­ and told them to disregard this. Denial is often prevalent when people vator and sees a says ‘no,’ it is the “The result of this patriarchal message sense a threat of violence; they often say man in the eleva­ MORE.’ end of a conversa­ is that women must avoid violence they had a feeling something was not tor and feels fear tion, but when a because they wouldn’t know what to do if right when they walked into an under­ when she sees that women says it, it is they found it,” he said. “Women get more ground parking complex or when they man, she w ill still Ga v in de B ecker the beginning of a protection from alliances with other started dating a certain man, deBecker get in the elevator A uthor, "T h e Gif t of F ear negotiation,” women, yet society says women must said. anyway." deBecker said. rely on men to defend them. This may “ Let me tell you that denial is not just a The example of In order to pre­ have made sense a million years ago, but river in Africa," deBecker said. this woman is based on the tremendous dict violence by trusting one’s intuition, a it doesn’t make much sense anymore.” Women in particular rely more on intu­ reluctance in our society to be rude, he person has to accept there is no mystery DeBecker then addressed the young ition than men and that is why it is said. in human behavior, he said. women in the audience. important they not deny it, he said. “Be rude, it’s okay,” deBecker said. “When we accept that killers look, act “I say that you are the generation to “They rely on intuition more frequently “Predators will exploit politeness.” and dress like we do, we lose the denial,” stop buying in to the myth of in their day to day lives because they Learning how to say the word “no” is deBecker said. defenselessness.”

Nobel Prize Kroc broadcasts Nobel speeches Laureate Presentations Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1984 By ANNE MARIE M A T T IN G LY “[Nobel laureates] travel and lecture, but Assistant News Editor usually individually. The idea was to bring “ Reconciliation in Post- them all together to talk about their ideas for Apartlieid South Africa: Through a live satellite broadcast, Notre promoting [peace], ” said Culbertson. Experiences of the Truth Dame students will be able to view a confer­ Participants include, among others, Commission. ” ence of nine Nobel Peace Prize laureates which Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won the prize Today, 2:45 p. m. will be held at the University of Virginia this in 1984 for his work for justice in South Africa; weekend, according to Hal Culbertson, the Dalai Lama of Tibet, who received the 1987 Director of Communications at the Kroc award for his continued advocacy of non-vio­ The Dalai Lama of Tibet, 1989 Institute. lent resistance to the Chinese occupation; and “[The University of Virginia] is broadcasting Jody Williams, the 1997 recipient who earned “ The Need fo r all over North America live via satellite. We're the prize for her work in the International Compassion in Society: re-broadcasting [it]," Culbertson said. “It’s out Campaign to Ban Landmines. there to be received for free.” Each laureate will deliver a 20 minute pre­ 7Y?e C o ff o / TYkff. ’ He said the signal will be received in sentation to be followed by a panel discussion Friday, 3:05 p.m. DeBartolo Hall and sent to the Hesburgh and question and answer period, according to Center for International Studies for viewing. the Web site. The conference, which will focus on “human rights conflict reconciliation,” will feature sev­ Information on the laureates’ presentations Jody Williams, 1 997 ■ eral winners of the prize from as far back as and conference schedules is available through 1976, according to a University of Virginia Web the Kroc Institute or at 'The International site. hltp-J/www.V i r g i n ia , edu/nobel Campaign to Ban Landmines. ” Friday, 2:1 0 p.m. All presentations will be broadcast in room C- 103 of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. Information about additional presentations can be obtained at http:// www.virginia.edu/nobel/ ______

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■ W orld N ews B riefs Honduras Residents uphold right to mow topless

NEWPORT, Maine One woman wants to mow her lawn top­ less. Her neighbor doesn’t like it. Solution: Let the voters decide. With a vote Tuesday of 775-283, Newport residents nixed plans for an ordinance to punish women for displaying their breasts in public. Desiree Davis, who is in her 30s, wanted to cut the grass without a shirt. Her neighbor, Mary Thompson, called authorities and complained. Topless lawn mowing, she said, was indecent. Besides, she warned, passing motorists might get dis­ tracted and cause an accident. The law in Maine prohibits the display of genitalia or the committing of sexual acts in public. But Town Manager Kenneth Knight noted that breasts are not genitalia, and lawn mowing not a sexual act. No crime here, he reasoned. So Thompson launched a petition drive to have the town’s Board of Selectmen craft a law to stop topless lawn-mowing women. She rounded up 125 signatures to get the matter on Tuesday’s ballot. Marijuana declared legal for medicinal purposes

Sick people who smoke marijuana for pain AFP Photo relief said yesterday that newly-approved Honduras is not the only country suffering repercussions from Hurricane Mitch. In Nicaragua, the flooded Panamerican Highway measures legalizing the drug for them in is forcing residents to navigate the road on foot and in boats. Alaska, Arizona, Nevada and Washington state are a great comfort. A fifth such propo­ sition in Oregon led by a margin of 55 per­ Hurricane victims desperate for aid cent to 45 percent. That was with 32 percent of precincts reporting in the state where A s s o c i a t e d P r e s s tained winds of 45 mph what the numbers are. mind needs help.” two-thirds of voters cast absentee ballots. yesterday when it was 250 There are places we In neighboring "Most people think it’s the jail that’s the TEGUCIGALPA miles west of Cuba, pro­ haven’t reached yet,” Nicaragua, as many as worst thing they can do to us. Actually, it’s Unable to provide ducing rain and winds to Osorio said. 2,400 were believed dead. living in fear,” said Stormy Ray, an Hondurans such basics as the island Mitch hit the Honduran Rains there last ^week Oregonian who smokes pot to control the gasoline, food and water, In Honduras, the largest coast last week and caused a crater lake atop symptoms of multiple sclerosis. “This will be a government over­ cities have become virtual parked itself there, dump­ the Casitas volcano to such a great weight off so many shoulders.” whelmed by Hurricane islands accessible only by ing several feet of rain break open Friday and Oregonians pushed back another measure to Mitch’s destruction made air. The U.S. Air Force onto the poor nation spill tons of mud onto vil­ recriminalize marijuana; it trailed 67 per­ an urgent appeal for was helping Honduras before moving across the lages along the slopes. cent to 33 percent in early returns. international aid yester­ deliver aid to remote Yucatan Peninsula and Nicaraguan military day. towns, Communications into the Gulf of Mexico. spokesman Capt. Milton Demonstrators protest fuel Across Central America, Minister Tomas Lozano It left behind a stunning Sandoval warned that ______price increases______Hurricane Mitch has killed said. .wake of death and devas­ mines planted by guerril­ an estimated 9,000 people Honduran officials esti­ tation across Central las in the 1980s could sur­ HARARE, Zimbabwe and destroyed roads lead­ mated their country’s America. face in flooded areas. An Police fired tear gas and charged into ing to areas where author­ death toll at 7,000 on yes­ “How do we continue, estimated 100,000 mines crowds of demonstrators yesterday after ten­ ities say thousands were terday, though no one without food, without were left behind. sions over fuel price increases erupted in the still missing. knows how many really sleep?” said Yolanda El Salvador declared Zimbabwean capital of Harare. A revived Mitch was died. Some 11,000 people Marvella Arraya, 35, who three days of national Demonstrators stoned passing cars and expected to hit South o ffic ia lly w ere lis te d as has spent nights outside mourning for the 239 dead erected makeshift barricades, preventing Florida on Thursday as a missing. on a soggy mattress along there. In Guatemala, 194 access to many parts of the city. Industries fast-moving tropical As many as 1 million are the debris-strewn banks of were reported dead and at were closed because workers failed to show storm, bringing four to homeless, said Col. Rene the Choluteca River since least 77,900 had evacuat­ up for duty. Reinforcements of riot police eight inches of rain before Osorio of the national flooding destroyed her ed their homes. At least were seen headed through western Harare, heading toward the emergency committee. fam ily’s home. “I don’t six people were killed in where shop owners barricaded their stores Bahamas. Mitch had sus­ “We really don’t know know what to think. My southern Mexico. and panicked crowds ran from stone-throw­ ing bands of youths. 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IRAQ COBA receives grant U.N. demands arms inspections

for program support Associated Press ances. But U.S. officials said Cohen visited Kuwait, Wednesday they could go Bahrain and Qatar on By LAURA ROMPF University president Edward The Security Council put along with the resolution as Wednesday to seek support News Writer Malloy. the final touches Wednesday drafted. from key Persian Gulf coun­ The new funds will also be on a draft resolution that On Saturday, Iraq tries in the Clinton adminis­ Cargill Inc. recently grant­ used to establish the Cargill demands Iraq cooperate announced it was ending all tration’s latest showdown ed $100,000 toward the sup­ Faculty Program, which will with international arms cooperation with inspectors with Iraqi leader Saddam port of programs in the Notre support the summer research inspectors but threatens no from the U.N. Special Hussein. Dame College of Business of selected business faculty force if Baghdad fails to Commission, which must Deputy U.S. Ambassador Administration. members. Additional money comply. certify that Iraq has Peter Burleigh called the The donation is a compo­ w ill also go to the Cargill The proposed resolution, destroyed its banned resolution “a good, strong nent of the University’s Diversity Scholarships, which which council members weapons before sanctions resolution” because it con­ Generations campaign, which are granted to senior minori­ were expected to adopt imposed after Iraq invaded demns Iraq’s decision to halt has amassed $767 million to ty students in the college’s Thursday, notes the coun­ Kuwait in 1990 were disarmament inspections. date since its inception in accounting and finance cil’s willingness to discuss imposed. “That’s a very important May of 1997. departments. easing economic sanctions The draft condemns Iraq’s development from our point Over the next two years, “We believe this contribu­ against Iraq once Baghdad is decision to cut off the o f view ,” he said. the grant will provide funds tion will help strengthen ties disarmed. inspectors as a “flagrant vio­ Russian ambassador for the O'Hara Lectures in between Cargill and Notre Iraq’s U.N. ambassador, la tio n ” of U.N. resolutions. Sergey Lavrov said the reso­ Business Ethics, a series Dame, “ said Robert Nizar Hamdoon, said While it doesn’t threaten lution does not authorize the which brings business execu­ Lumpkins, Cargill vice chair­ Wednesday that Baghdad any force, it cites past coun­ use of force, however. tives to campus each fall to man and chief financial offi­ might reconsider its decision cil resolutions that threat­ The Security Council has speak on issues affecting cer. Saturday to halt cooperation ened Iraq with the “severest said the sanctions w ill not be their work. “Our association with that with inspectors if council consequences" if it failed to lifted until the U.N. inspec­ “This important grant sup­ O’Hara Lecture Series on gave some indication as to allow inspectors unfettered tors certify that Iraq is free ports business ethics, schol­ Business Ethics is a perfect when sanctions might be access to suspected weapons of nonconventional weapons. arly research and increased fit for our company’s values reduced. sites. Iraq, however, wants a diversity in the student body and beliefs,” added “This is our basic require­ Regardless, the United timetable on when U.N. — three of the University’s Lumpkins, who is also a 1966 ment right now,” he said. States has threatened Iraq sanctions will be lifted principle interests,” said graduate of Notre Dame. The United States has pre­ with force if it doesn’t allow before allowing U.N,. vented the council from giv­ inspectors to do their work. weapons inspections to ing Baghdad explicit assur­ Defense Secretary William resume.

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If approved, the Chairman Henry Hyde told GOP summoned to testify after hav­ asked on the call whether any SAG PAULO reforms are expected to save members of his panel ing already given their accounts internal party wrangling would Brazil's president scored a $2.5 billion. Wednesday he presently plans to a grand jury. affect the inquiry. He said it crucial victory Wednesday While the amount is barely to call only prosecutor Kenneth Before the conference call, would not, the officials said. when Congress approved a enough to make a dent in Starr and one other witness at Hyde issued a brief public state­ Hyde, in a written statement, belt-tightening measure in a Brazil’s deficit, it would go impeachment hearings, House ment that Tuesday’s election took note of the election results vote that the government along way toward proving officials said. results would not affect his but publicly stayed on the high hopes will prove it is serious that Brazil's independent- Hyde met with his top investi­ plans for the inquiry. But ground. “The committee contin­ about economic reform. minded Congress is serious gators in his home state of ues to have a clear constitution­ Congress voted 343-125 to about cutting the country’s Illinois, then held a conference al duty to complete its work in a approve the measure, which ballooning budget deficit of call with Judiciary Committee fair and expeditious manner. will set a $1,000 monthly around $65 billion — 7 per­ Republicans in which he laid out 'HE COMMITTEE CON­ This was just as true before the pension coiling for retirees cent of the country’s gross a hearing schedule for an election as it is today. Our duty TINUES TO HAVE A from the social security sys­ domestic product. impeachment inquiry that would has not changed because the tem. Any higher amount The vote helps the govern­ finish by year’s end. CLEAR CONSTITUTIONAL Constitution has not changed, ” must come from private pen­ He told the panel members he ment measure its chances of DUTY TO COMPLETE ITS he said. sion funds. getting Congress to approve planned to call Independent Currently, the hearings would Congress still must vote on fiscal austerity measures Counsel Starr to testify at a WORK IN A FAIR AND EXPEDI­ encompass only allegations of hearing on Nov. 19, according to two related bills in a social unveiled last week, analysts TIOUS MANNER.’ perjury, obstruction of justice security reform package that said. House officials familiar with the and witness tampering related conference call, who spoke only to Clinton’s concealment of his on condition of anonymity. H e n r y H yde sexual relationship with Ms. Hyde also said he plans to call Lewinsky. H ouse J u d ic ia r y Co m m it t e e an expert on the meaning of tes­ However, Starr could soon Ch a r im a n tifying under oath to help the send Congress additional infor­ committee in deciding whether mation on potentially impeach­ President Clinton committed able conduct, possibly on allega­ perjury in his testimony about around Washington, tions by former White House Monica Lewinsky as Starr has Republicans and Democrats aide Kathleen Willey of an alleged, one official said. alike said the GOP’s net loss of improper sexual advance by But the chairman added dur­ five seats in the House sent a Clinton. While the president has ing the call that he was leaving message that voters want the admitted improper conduct with several open dates for other w it­ inquiry wrapped up quickly. Ms. Lewinsky, he has denied nesses to possibly be called if One Judiciary Committee Mrs. Willey’s accusations. members or his investigators member, Rep. Asa Hutchinson, Hutchinson said the commit­ request additional testimony. R-Ark., sounded that sentiment. tee should tell Starr, “We’vg got Democrats have been pressing Hutchinson called on Starr to to conclude this matter. The Hyde to call Starr as they con­ move urgently if he plans to public wants Starr to wrap this tinue to try to make the prose­ send the committee any addi­ matter up as well. It is critically Copland cutor’s conduct an issue in the tional impeachment material. important that if he has any­ panel’s inquiry into a presiden­ a u o h a n The voters “reiterated they want thing, to send it over immediate­ tial affair and alleged coverup. this matter behind us," he ly." eo a d m

Notre Dame’s Campus-Wide Service Week sponsored by Circle-K, co-sponsored by HOBY, Habitat for Humanity, and Recyclin’ Irish

Saturday. November 7 HOBY - 12 - 4:15 -make sack lunches for Center for the Homeless and watch the BC game

Sunday. November 8 Humane Society - time TBA - use those finger painting urges to good use and give this animal haven a fresh coat of paint Habitat for Humanity - BAM - 12:15PM - continue constructing this year's Habitat House - get to wear a tool belt

Monday. November 9 Chapin Street Clinic - time TBA - break out the packing boxes and get the Clinic ready for its big move Holy Cross Living Center - 4 - 6:15 - one on one interaction with special needs adults

Tuesday. November 10 Hope Rescue Mission - 2 - 5:15 - use your painting skills to brighten up this center Center for the Homeless - 3 - 5:15PM - get your hands dirty! - revitalize and improve this shelter

Wednesday. November 11 Dismas House - 3 - 5:15PM - upkeep of this unique house for ex-criminals Boys and Girls Club - 3:15 - 5:30PM - miss recess? - tutor and participate in various games with children

Thursday. November 12 Recyclin' Irish - 4 - 6:45PM - check out ND's recycling system and separate recyclables (hard hats & pizza provided!) Boys and Girls Club - 3:15 - 5:30PM - see above

riday. November 13 Park Clean-Up - 3 - 5:15PM - get into the autumn spirit and help beautify a neighborhood park O Saturday. November 14 Habitat for Hum anity - 8:00AM - 12:00Pm - see above NEN Clean-Up - time TBA - renovate crack houses in South Bend Logan Rec Saturday - 10:00AM - 12:00PM - pass the crayons! - arts and crafts with the disabled

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■ Elections Gingrich accepts responsibility for midterm elections

Associated Press Democratic leader. “They spent statement saying, “ Our duty has business, their concerns, their in public during the day or $110 million more than we did not changed because the children, their families, their returned phone calls. WASHINGTON and they still lost.” Constitution has not changed.” future addressed,” he said. Several Republicans, speaking Blindsided by midterm elec­ Gingrich sidestepped a ques­ Public opinion polls, including Among Republicans, the day on condition of anonymity, said tion setbacks, House tion of whether the House one taken of voters on Election after the elections brought Indiana Rep. David McIntosh’s Republicans talked Wednesday should be called into special Day, showed widespread disap­ unhappy political postmortems, name had surfaced as a poten­ of quickly wrapping up session to consider the proval for congressional han­ even though, as Gingrich point­ tial rival for Gingrich. impeachment proceedings impeachment issue, or wait dling of the impeachment issue. ed out numerous times, the GOP McIntosh’s spokesman declined against President Clinton and until the 106th Congress is As for the election results, will hold control of the House comment, and the congress­ raised the prospect of chal­ sworn in next year. with one race yet to be settled, for three straight terms for the man, who has been an occa­ lenges to Speaker Newt But Rep. David Dreier, R- the likelihood was for first time in seven decades. sional irritant for the leadership Gingrich or other party leaders. Calif, the incoming chairman of Democratic gains of five seats in Aside from Gingrich, none of in the past, did not return a “Look, I’m the the House. That would ,the other top leaders appeared phone call. speaker, so I’ll take leave the GOP w ith a r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , ” paper-thin, six-seat Gingrich said at a E SHOULD PROBA­ majority and mark the morning-after news BLY HAVE AGGRES­ first time since 1934 that conference at home in the party holding the Earn one credit H K k ff Georgia as the names SIVELY PUSHED CUTTING White House had picked while learning in a city...continue the tradition |0 °nI erns of potential chal­ TAXES AND SAVING SOCIAL up House seats in a lengers began to circu­ midterm election. late. “We should prob­ SECURITY MUCH HARDER Democratic Sen. Harry ably have aggressively THAN WE DID THIS YEAR.’ Reid’s victory in a late, pushed cutting taxes long count in Nevada left and saving Social the Senate whe