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o cr The Observer 1 8 4 2 -1 9 9 2 @----------- SE SOUlCENTt NNIAl T he O bserver Saint MarvS College NOTRE DAME - INDIANA VOL XXIV NO. 117 Wednesday, March 25, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY’S S. Korean governing party concedes defeat SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — told jubilant supporters. President Roh Tae-woo’s con With more than 90 percent of servative party acknowledged the votes counted for National Wednesday that it suffered a Assembly elections, the Demo surprise defeat in South Korea’s cratic Liberals led in 113 of the general elections and failed to 237 single-member districts, six retain majority control of seats short of a majority, KBS parliament. Television said. The election reflected strains To form a government, Rob’s in the government’s traditional party is likely to try to merge alliance with big business, with an opposition group or en which has been resisting efforts tice independent candidates to increase public control over into its fold, as it did after the one of the world’s fastest- last general election, in 1988. growing economies. The powerful founder of The results indicated lower Hyundai, who formed a party than expected support for the just one month ago and cam ruling party as it prepares for paigned to stop government the presidential election this fall meddling in business, won 24 to replace Roh, whose single seats. five-year term ends next “We watched the election re February. sults with shock and disap pointment, but we will humbly Candidates of the main oppo accept the people’s will,” said sition group led in 77 districts Kim Yoon-hwan, secretary gen and a month-old party founded eral of the ruling Democratic by maverick millionaire Chung Liberal Party. Ju-yung had 24 winners, KBS Although the voting comes said. Independent candidates during negotiations with Com led in 22 districts, and a candi munist North Korea on nuclear date from a minor political weapons inspections and even party won one seat. tual unification, it was not ex pected to affect South Korea’s Election officials said 72 per approach to the talks. cent of 29 million eligible voters But it could lead to more cast ballots. pressure on the government to The Observer/R.Belanger speed up political reforms. The Tuesday’s vote came nine Fun with engineering results were a “complete de months after the ruling party feat” for the government, op easily won nationwide munici Engineering students learn new and exiting things with computers in the Cushing Hall Engineering Lab. position leader Kim Dae-jung pal elections. Ciccone projects the future of journalism in the 90s By BECKY BARNES dential candidate Bill Clinton, ness. We cannot compete with more specific sections, such as with both parents working, a News Writer who chose to explain his actions CNN,” said Ciccone. sports or entertainment, which journalist can not simply leave through the television program “The most important thing we readers can choose to subscribe for six days on a moment’s no “60 Minutes,” rather than talk have to do is tell you a story,” to. “We’re going to have to tice. Because of this state of the Richard Ciccone, managing to the “New York Times,” as he said. He sees the have a very concise product, family, he sees a “stationary editor of the “Chicago Tribune”, would have been done in the disappearance of the classic, and it’s going to have to be very future for journalists.” projected that journalism in the past. inverted pyramid story, which readable,” he continued. He continued that journalism, next decade will return to Television, especially cable, tells the most important infor Ciccone also cited the chang like everything else, “has be smaller publications with more has taken over roles previously mation in the headline and de ing nature of the American come a business.” Since the focused reporting in a lecture played by newspapers, said Cic creases in importance as the family as another reason for the owners of most large newspa titled “Journalism in the 90s.” cone, and they will take on even story continues, by the begin shift in journalism. He was pers are Fortune 500 compa Ciccone, who is an ND g rad u larger roles as the decade ends. ning of the next century. surprised to see that in a news nies, employees often go ate, cited the changing nature Although American culture Ciccone forecasts a return to meeting during the beginning of through “scads of training of American culture as the root may be dominated by television, a smaller publication directed the campaign year, they did not courses,” said Ciccone. In these of the change in journalism. Ciccone still sees a role for towards specific audiences that “have a newsroom full of re courses, “the kind of people Today, “everything is pro newspapers. “What do we give “may contain 10 really well porters clamoring to cover you’d like to teach young jour grammed for television, the you that you need?” he asked. done articles in its main sec politics.” nalists to be skeptical of is the sound bite,” said Ciccone. “Hopefully news.” tion.” In addition to this sec After some investigation, he kind of people we’re training He used the example of presi- “We are out of the news busi- tion, newspapers may offer said he realized that in families them to become.” ND-Australia program begins next fall HPC suggests ways to By BECKY BARNES Letters in the spring. Notre Dame, Indiana has no fi News Writer One Notre Dame faculty nancial or. legal ties to Notre member will accompany the Dame-Australia, there is a ideo improve campus life students each semester and act logical connection between the By EMILY HAGE who asked the HPC what they A group of Notre Dame stu as an academic advisor for two. According to University News Writer did and did not like about stu dents will be heading to the them. Howard Lanser, associ provost Timothy O’Meara, two d en t life. “land down under,” next fall to ate professor of finance and Catholic lay men in Australia Concerning the alcohol policy, begin the first semester of the business economics will advise “became inspired with the idea No parietals, kegs, and coed Fisher president Ed Keener foreign study program at the in the fall and teach managerial of starting a Catholic university housing were the cries from the said that the alcohol policy University of Notre Dame-Aus- economics. Lanser has served in Australia.” They studied Hall Presidents’ Council at last should not be made more strict. tralia. as chair of the finance and many Catholic universities night’s meeting. “It’s an opportunity for students The program has received an business economics depart around the world, and decided Answering the question of to learn about (drinking) in a overwhelming amount of inter ments and cites his administra to model theirs after Notre what Notre Dame should safe environment. People will est from students, according to tive experience as one reason Dame. change to improve campus life get their hands on it anyway.” Isabel Charles, associate he was chosen to accompany The men approached former within legal restrictions, off- he said. provost. “It’s like a new fron the group along with his expe University President Father campus president Chris Sten- Lewis president Allison Wisk tier,” she said. rience in international business. Hesburgh, who passed the idea grin replied, “No parietals and suggested that the campus pro Twenty-five students will take Sonia Gernes, professor of on to current president Father coed dorms. There’s no law vide more 24-hour space, in part in the program each English, will teach a course on Edward Malloy, executive vice against that, is there?” addition to the 24-hour lounge semester next year. The aca literature of the Pacific during president Father E. William Suggestions concerning the in the basement of LaFortune, demic courses will focus pri the spring semester. Gernes Beauchamp, and O’Meara. alcohol policy and housing were which she said is too small. marily on studies of the Pacific taught at a university in New Malloy, Beauchamp and paramount among those given Wisk said that parietals pre Rim area, concentrating on Zealand in 1986 as a Fulbright O’Meara assisted in the devel to Associate Law Professor vent her from being able to Business Administration scholar. opment of the charter for the Matthew Barrett, a member of group study for many of her courses in the fall and Arts and Although the University of see Australia / page 4 the Committee on Student Life, s e e HPC / page 4 page 2 The Observer Wednesday, March 25, 1992 INSIDE COLUMN WEATHER REPORT FORECAST: Pro baseball Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. Cloudy and not as milid today. A 90 perent chance of rain .Thursday will players earn be mild with a chance of rain. their money TEMPERATURES City H L Anchorage 38 28 W h e n I w a s a b o u t 8 Atlanta 62 45 Bogota 75 32 years old, I asked my Boston 39 25 father how much money Cairo 73 52 baseball players made. (I Cleveland 55 35 Dallas 76 52 was considering this as a Denver 54 32 career at the time, Havana 88 70 Indianapolis 54 39 unaware of course, of the Jerusalem 52 39 gender problems that Kiev 50 32 EILEEN would arise.) 1 asked him London 48 51 MCGUIRE Lima 84 72 because I honestly thought Moscow 45 23 Sports Writer baseball players made no Nashville 50 31 New York 49 39 money.