The Observer VOL. XXIII NO. 113 THURSDAY , MARCH 21, 1991 HHHRHfl | SUFR may demonstrate to prod administration By KATE MANUEL demonstration depends upon fairs on January 21. poor competitiveness in attract­ concerns discussed in the Board News Writer the University giving its ap­ The statement called again ing minority faculty should be of Trustees Report on Cultural proval through the Office of for “the institution of an official noted. They should compete for Diversity. The University’s continued Student Affairs. harassment and discrimination scholars like they do for ath­ “We’re experiencing deliber­ refusal to commit to cultural SUFR members said they policy.” Although there is such a letes,” said Villegas. “The few ate bureaucratic difficulties in diversity and the disrespect were unable to comment upon proposal under discussion, ethnic Americans we have hiring a needed assistant to manifested by its refusal to ad­ what other “further action ” Villegas said, “the proposal leave; there’s no excuse for minority affairs, ” Villegas said. dress minority concerns, they might take, because doing lacks specific penalties for that.” “We feel our candidate (for as­ prompted Students United for so might compromise their ef­ violations.” Collins cited the example of sistant to the Director of Mi­ Respect (SUFR) to hold a press fectiveness. Because the University was Princeton as a university which nority Affairs) was scrutinized conference on Wednesday, At the press conference, Pe­ able to get the new band and has been successful in recruit­ excessively. members said. dro Villegas read a prepared ROTC buildings constructed so ing minority faculty and said, “We (SUFR and the committee SUFR has planned “further statement, and Villegas, quickly, Villegas questioned the “ We don’t see the lack of faculty preparing the Board of Trustees action,” including a possible Azikiwe Chandler, and Corey University’s commitment to as an excuse.” report) are different. SUFR and NAACP-sponsored demonstra­ Collins answered questions. build a m ulti cultural center. SUFR members feel the need the committee are distinct tion on March 22, to encourage The statement reiterated The scarcity of minority fac­ to take “further action ” because entities that share a common the Administration’s addressing SUFR’s initial demands and ulty does not excuse the Uni­ the University has refused to goal.” he added. minority concerns and to make discussed progress in meeting versity for failing to hire minor­ address the minority concerns the student body more aware of those demands, which SUFR ity professors, said SUFR presented earlier by the BCAC Chandler said, “We realize at SUFR and its goals. presented to Patricia O’Hara, members. and other organizations and are this point that we need con­ The occurrence of Friday’s Vice President of Student Af­ “ We believe the U niversity’s addressing only those minority frontation.” Expert: pornography has negative effect on behavior By KATE MANUEL tive behavior to normative be­ News Writer havior, ” he said. Osanka feels this Pornography negatively ef­ “masturbatory conditioning ” fects behavior, sexual and has led the subjects whom he otherwise, by causing viewer has studied into patterns of addiction and by creating a rape, murder, child abuse, and need in the viewer to imitate exploitive sexual behavior. the pornographic behavior, said He said that one should ad­ Frank Osanka, president of Be­ dress the issue of pornography havioral Consultants and au­ by asking what is right about it, thor of the Source Book on not what is wrong with it. “It’s a Pornography. shorter list,” he said. Pornography viewers experi­ At best, pornography could be ence a four-fold process of ad­ said to be free enterprise, a diction, escalation, desensitiza­ source of employment for tion, and acting out, until women, a form of entertain­ “eventually pornography be­ ment for a certain segment of I comes more important than the population, and a potential people,” he said. psychological therapy, Osanka The Observer/ J. T. Rock According to Osanka, mas­ said. Springtime sensations turbation personalizes the ex­ “At some point, really in the perience of viewing pornogra­ 60 s and 70 s, very liberal ther­ Walsh residents balance eggs Thursday night during the point of the vernal equinox, the time of the phy, “ It’s no longer an objective apists used pornography in year when the sun moves northward crossing the celestial equator, the imaginary line around the sky experience and the themes of sexual therapy, but they don’t directly above the earth's equator. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere at this time. pornography change anorma- see PORN / page 4 ND holds business DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) The American officer could be — A U.S. jet fighter Wednesday identified only by his call sign. shot down an Iraqi warplane Whiz. case competition over Saddam Hussein’s President Bush said U.S. By DAVID KINNEY Students are judged by a hometown in the first air attack forces will not hesitate to shoot News Writer prestigious panel on their since the cease-fire in the down any other Iraqi planes analytical ability, the Persian Gulf War. that fly, but added: “ I don’t Graduate students of busi­ soundness of their U.S. o fficia ls said the Ira q i think that will happen.” ness Bill Mountford, Mark recommendations, and their plane was flying in violation of “We’re not resuming hostili­ Manuel, and Pete Fitzgerald written and oral presentation the 3-week-old truce, but they OPERATION ties. We’re not re-engaging, ” represented Notre Dame in a skills. said the engagement did not White House spokesman M arlin DESERT STORM case competition held The five judges presiding signal any new round of fight­ Fitzwater said. “We’re simply between March 17-19 on the this year were Samuel Certo, ing. ■ Kuwaiti government resigns/ proceeding with the cease-fire Notre Dame campus. dean of the graduate school The incident vividly demon­ page 8 as we outlined it to the Iraqis.” Judges declared the Univer­ of business of Rollins strated the American domi­ The air engagement occurred sity of Southern California the University; John Bycraft, nance over Iraq’s skies that ■ Peter Arnett talks/ page 8 less than 100 miles from winner of the competition president and CEO of Jack- helped the allied coalition oust Kirkuk, a key northern city that ■ Fiance’s fate / page 8 ______ over the ND group as well as Post Corp.; Michael Hammes, the defeated Iraqi army from Kurdish rebels claimed was be­ teams from Duke University, president and CEO of Society Kuwait. with Arab states, also reopened ing bombarded by Iraqi aircraft University of Texas, and Bank; Scott Miller, president Now, the focus of fighting has its embassy in Amman, Jordan. Wednesday. Such rebel claims University of Michigan. and CEO of Burkhart shifted inside Iraq, where The U.S. C entral Command could not be verified indepen­ In case competition, the Advertising; and John Waller, Saddam’s forces are trying to said an Air Force F-15C shot dently. teams are given 24 hours to president and CEO of Toefco suppress Kurdish and Shiite down the Iraqi Su-22 jet fighter The United States has told analyze and define the situa­ Engineering. Muslim insurgencies. over Tikrit, the hometown of Iraq not to use its warplanes tion of a real-life business This year's case, according Iraq on Wednesday accused Iraqi President Saddam. The against the insurgents. Lt. Col. facing difficulty. Each team to Fitzgerald, involved Iran — its enemy in an eight- fate of Iraqi pilot was not Virginia Pribyla, a Central must then present their Hughes Supply, Inc., a year war — of inciting the known for certain. Command spokeswoman in recommendations and building contractor that had uprisings. Iran has denied in­ But the wingman on the at­ Riyadh, the Saudi capital, said it answer the questions of a grown beyond its profitability volvement, although its presi­ tacking American plane, inter­ was the first time Iraqi fixed- panel of judges. and faced huge debt. “The dent has urged Saddam to re­ viewed when he returned to wing combat aircraft have The case competition is im ­ team had to determine how to sign. base in central Saudi Arabia, flown since the cease-fire. portant in “preparing them to save the company in a Iran and Saudi Arabia, Iraq’s said the Iraqi pilot was down to Rebel forces repeatedly have analyze and react to a declining economy.” added neighbors and the largest Per­ 100 to 150 feet when he claimed the Iraqi government business case and to prepare O’Rourke. sian Gulf states, announced ejected. "I don’t think he made was using helicopters and war­ suggestions to the directors,” The Notre Dame team Wednesday they were restoring it. The chute never blossomed. planes to attack them. said Professor Jim O’Rourke, determined that the problem diplomatic relations after a ... It crumpled as it hit the Kurdish rebel spokesman faculty advisor to the ND see BUSINESS / page 4 three-year rift. Iran, which has ground,” said the air force team. been moving to mend relations captain from Rockland, Mass. see GULF / page 8 page 2 The Observer Thursday, March 21, 1991 INSIDE COLUMN Forecast for noon, Thursday, March 21 FORECAST: ATHER REPORT Partly cloudy today. Highs in the mid 60s. Cloudy tonight with a Police chance of showers. Friday, highs in the incident raises . • \> V » mid 50s. racia issues TEMPERATURES: City H L Athens 64 50 Coast to coast, the hot Atlanta 74 43 seat has become hotter for Berlin 54 36 Boston 53 41 the nation’s law Chicago 61 32 enforcement figures. Dallas Ft Worth , 70 59 While the brutal beating Denver 59 45 Detroit 57 31 of a motorist by Los Honolulu 75 68 Angeles police officers has Houston 78 56 Indianapolis 64 32 captured national London 55 52 attention, another story Los Angeles 57 49 Monica Yant has surfaced involving an Madrid 68 46 Miami Beach 74 70 incident closer to home.