----------------- VOL. XXIII NO. 111 MONDAY , MARCH 26, 1990 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE D ~ME AND SAINT MARY'S ND faculty members named to Chile posts By MONICA YANT Assistant News Editor A current faculty member and a former visiting professor are helping develop Chile's democ­ racy since being sworn into the cabinet of President Patricio Aylwin March 11. Alejandro Foxley was named Chile's Minister of Finance, and Rene Cortazar has become Min­ ister of Labor and Social Wel­ fare. Alywin is Chile's first Alejandro Foxley democratically elected president Bartell attended the inaugu­ in almost 20 years. ration at the im•.itation of Pres­ Foxley has the overall re­ ident Aylwin. sponsibility of maintaining a Foxley's "challenge is to come sound budget, low inflation, up with policies that all will and meeting the economic ex­ find acceptable," Bartell said. pectations of a country coming Foxley faces limitations in off of 17 years of an oppressive trying to improve Chile's eco­ The Observer/John H. Cluver military dictatorship under Au­ nomic situation, such as the March for Romero gusto Pinochet, said Father size of the nation's budget cou- On Saturday, a march was held to observe the tenth anniversary of Archbishop Romero, who was mur­ Ernest Bartell, executive direc­ dered in El Salvador. The memorial march was led by Notre Dame senior Pete Morgan. tor of the Kellogg Institute. see CHILE I page 6 Sister to be first African American to receive ND medal Special to The Observer she has maintained a gruelling students in Catholic primary and sometimes we do things schedule of lectures and singing and elementary schools and mine." As if to illustrate, she SistP.r Thea Bowman, the performances designed to raise Catholic colleges and universi­ led the bishops in singing "We prominent Gospel singer and awareness and appreciation of ties. The foundation board is Shall Overcome," persuading PvangPlist. will become the first black Catholic culture. chaired by Archbishop Eugene them to stand up and link their African Ammican to receive the A consultant for the Catholic Marino of Atlanta and Father arms as they did so. At the con­ University of Notre Dame's diocese of Jackson, Miss., she Malloy is a member. clusion of this unusual presen­ Lantare Medal. the oldest and helped organize the 1987 Na­ Last June, speaking to the na­ tation, the meeting's host, most prestigious honor given to tional Black Catholic Congress, tion's Catholic bishops during Archbishop Theodore McCar­ American Catholics. an event celebrating the contri­ their spring meeting at Seton rick of Newark, described Sis­ "In multiple ministries of butions of America's black Hall University, Sister Bowman, ter Bowman' s address as "a word, song, and suffering Sis­ Catholics to their Church. That the daughter of a Methodist fa­ moment of grace for us." ter Bowman has shown Church same year she was the subject ther and an Episcopalian and world alike a face of Christ of a profile on the CBS televi­ mother, said her conversion to The Laetare (pronounced both black and female," Father sion program "60 Minutes," Sr. Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A. Catholicsim at the age of 12 Lay-tah-ray) Medal is so named Malloy said. "In honoring her, whose host, Mike Wallace, addition to several articles on was nurtured by a Catholic edu­ because its recipient is an­ we celebrate not only her wit­ dubbed her "the African-robed black spirituality and ecumeni­ cation and contact with nounced each year on Laetare ness but also the cultural priest." cal relations, articles on the Catholic priests and nuns. She Sunday, the fourth Sunday in wealth of the Catholic Church in Born in Canton, Miss., and writings of St. Thomas More. encouraged the bishops to a Lent on the Church calendar. our land." the granddaughter of a slave, She is also a member of the wider and deeper consultation "Laetare," the Latin word for' Afflicted by cancer since Sister Bowman has read, spo­ faculty of Institute of Black with blacks and to a greater "rejoice," is the first word in 1985. the 51-year-old Sister ken and sung before hundreds Catholic Studies at Xavier Uni­ openness to African American the entrance antiphon of Mass Bowman, a member of the of gatherings nationwide as versity in New Orleans. culture in Catholic liturgy. on that Sunday, which antici­ Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual well as in Nigeria, Kenya and Admirers of her work have "See," she explained, "y'all pates the celebration of Easter. Adoration, is confined to a Canada. She holds a doctoral established a Sister Thea Bow­ are always talking about what wheelchair and undergoes degree in rhetoric and litera­ man Educational Foundation to you got to do to be a multi-cul­ chemotherapy five days a ture from Catholic University of provide financial support and tural church. It means some­ month. Despite this handicap, America and has published, in mentoring programs for black times we do things your way see LAET ARE I page 4 New co-ed laundry facility to be built near Credit Union By ANDREA CAVANAUGH always been a "major consider­ News Writer ation." The cost to students to re­ A new laundry facility will be ceive services from the new fa­ built in the area behind the cilities has not yet been deter­ Notre Dame Credit Union, ac­ mined. Currently, the ideas for cording to Terry Riordan, as­ a new laundry payment system sistant director of the St. remain "hazy," but a new sys­ Michael's Laundry Office. tem will most likely be devised. "We hope to be fully opera­ tional in the fall of 1991," Rior­ Dry cleaning will again be dan said. available for students and fac­ St. Michael's Laundry was de­ ulty at the new laundry facility. stroyed by a fire November 16, Although the causes of the St. 1989. Michael's fire have been Hiordan said that the new fa­ "narrowed down," Riordan cility will provide "optional" doubts that the cause will ever laundry services for both male be determined. He claims that and female students. extra precautions will be taken Hiordan stated that the Uni­ in the building of the new laun­ versity had considered giving dry facility because building women the option of a laundry codes have changed. service before the fire occurred. In spite of the inconveniences When Notre Dame became co­ in reorganizing St. Michael's The Observer/John H. Cluver educational, the University did after the fire, Riordan is confi­ Clean clothes again not offer women laundry ser­ dant of the future of the new St. Michael's laundry, after burning down in November, is scheduled to re-open in the fall of 1991. A new vices because the facilities were facility and the service it will facility is being built behind the Notre Dame Credit Union which will offer services to both male and female not available, but the issue has offer. students. page 2 The Observer Monday, March 26, 1990 INSIDE COLUMN WEATHER Bill of rights Lines show high temperatures. demands Yesterday's high: 45 Yesterday's low: 21 Nation's high: 96 student input (Borrego Springs, Calif.) Nation's low: -10 (Hardin, Mont.) Presently Student Government leaders are working on a bill of students' rights. At first you might Forecast: wonder why you Variable cloudiness and should care about colder today with some such a document, flurries. Highs from 35 to perhaps you think it Kelley Tuthill 40. Clearing and cold won't make a differ- tonight. Lows from 20 to ence anyway. This bill News Editor 25. Mostly sunny and can make a FRONTS: warmer Tuesday. Highs difference and yes, you should care about it. from 40 to 45. This particular bill is vital because it can change DuLac. The dreaded DuLac might • • • COLD• • WARM STATIONARY• • actually include something that students ©1990 Accu-Weather, Inc will see as favorable, something that adds Pressure to students' rights rather than restricts [ill EZ]X them. ® © ~ m 0 HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY The bill was unanimously passed by the Student Senate on March 5. Next the bill i Via Associated Press GraphicsNet must be passed by the Campus Life Council i. _____________________________j (CLC) by a two-thirds majority vote. The CLC is an 18 member body made up of stu­ dents, faculty, rectors and administrators. OF INTEREST When the CLC met last Thursday there Advertising and Alcohol, do they mix? A presen­ Anyone interested in working at the Collegiate was no representative from Student Affairs tation entitled "Calling the Shots," will be conducted on Jazz Festival March 30 and 31 should contact Barb at the present. However, further discussion of the Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Montgomery Theatre. SUB office at 239-7668 or Janice at 283-2956. There will bill will take place on Wednesday, March 28 also be a mandatory meeting Wednesday, March 28 at 9 at 3 p.m. in the Notre Dame Room in p.m. in the SUB office in LaFortune. LaFortune. I challenge both students and a represen­ tative of Student Affairs to be present at the WORLD meeting on Wednesday to show their con­ cern for students' rights at Notre Dame. Efforts in East Germany to form the country's first Estonia's Communist Party voted overwhelmingly **Note: If the bill does pass through the democratic government faltered Sunday because of Sunday to split with Moscow, but agreed to a six-month CLC, Father David Tyson, vice president of mounting charges of past ties between political leaders transition period to avoid antagonizing Soviet authorities Student Affairs, can still veto the bill.