The Observer VOL. XXIII NO. 47 W EDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 7, 1990 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY’S Coats wins Senate seat Roemer leads Hiler INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — hopeful he would pull out a In deference to Hill, Coats Republican Dan Coats warded victory from late returns in declined to declare victory but Observer Staff Report off a surprisingly stiff challenge Lake and Vanderburgh said he expected to re tu rn to challenger Tim Roemer. from Democratic challenger counties. the Senate seat he won by Due to a computer error at With 413 of 512 precincts Baron Hill to hold onto the U.S. appointment in 1989. election headquarters in reporting, Roemer had Senate seat he inherited from “All the pundits told me I Elkhart County, the results gained 66,250 votes, or 55 the vice president. couldn’t win this race even up “I promise I’ll be a senator for of the congressional election per cent of the vote. Hiler With 76 percent of the to three or four days ago, but I all people, even those who for Indiana’s Third District had gained 55,281 votes, of precincts reporting, Coats held still had something inside of me didn’t vote for mo,” Coats said. were not available at press 45 per cent of the vote. a 53 percent to 47 percent lead that was telling me 1 was still Gov. Evan Bayh said of Hill: “1 time. over Hill. going to win this race," Hill think he’s come a long long way Hiler had faced strong Hill refused to concede said. “ I still have that inside of against uphill odds, and I think John Filler, R-LaPorte, was challenges during off-year Tuesday night, remaining me.” he’s got a lot to be proud of." attempting to win a sixth election throughout the consecutive term in the U.S. 1980s, winning by 47 votes House of Representatives. in the nation’s closest con­ His opponent was Democrat gressional race in 1986. Morris lecture to appear on local TV Special to The Observer These special broadcasts of Morris’ lecture have been scheduled by Heritage “The Ethics of Everyday Life," Cablevision for the benefit of a lecture by Thomas Morris, the system’s South Bend and associate professor of philoso­ Mishawaka subscribers, who do phy at the University of Notre not receive The Learning Dame and 1990 Professor of the Channel. Year in Indiana, will air Thursday, November 8, at 7 Morris received the state p.m. on Heritage Cablevision’s Professor of the Year award in Channel 31. The program w ill September from the Council for be repeated Sunday, Nov. 18, at Advancement and Support of 10 p.m. Education. Since joining the Morris’ lecture, the October Notre Dame faculty in 1980, he program in the “University has taught as m any as 1,200 Lecture" series produced by the undergraduates a year, served national cable network, The seven years as a director of the Learning Channel (TLC), was National Endowment for the taped Sept. 12 on the N otre Humanities (NEH) summer Dame campus. seminars for school teachers, The program features the and spent three years as a pro­ lecture by Morris to a class of fessor in the National undergraduates, plus an inter­ Elderhostel summer program. view with him concerning his Morris has been awarded personal feelings about philos­ NEH and Howard Foundation ophy and about the teaching research fellowships, and pub­ The Observer/Kevin Weise profession. lished nine books, including Nintendo break University President Father “The Logic o f God Incarnate," Sophomore Bernard Colston chooses a game of Nintendo football as his method of relaxation. Nintendo Edward Malloy opens the pro­ “Philosophy and the Christian will have to substitute for the live version until Nov. 17, when Penn State arrives to face the Irish. gram with a brief profile of the Faith," and “The Bluffer’s Guide University. to Philosophy." Sloan: Catholic universities can support Great Books By COLLEEN GANNON definition of liberal education News Writer includes, “critical awareness, freedom from prejudices, non- dogmatic thinking. ” Catholic higher education can At the core qf the program is sustain a Great Books Program, the seminar, Tie said. At the said Professor Phillip Sloan, the seminar, tutors are “not present chairman of the Program in to provide right answers." Liberal Studies, Tuesday in the The program brought to Intellectual Life Committee Notre Dame “the idea of read­ Forum. ing primary sources by students Instead of simply answering directly in an open seminar at­ with "a resounding yes," to the mosphere, where the teacher question of sustaining a Great was considered a fellow discus­ Books Program in Catholic sant, not a guide," Sloan said. higher education, Sloan began While claims have been made by tracing three traditions in that Great Books members are liberal education. elitist, Sloan said, “ the origin of The humanistic tradition the seminar was highly not eli­ stressed the enrichment of the tist in its intent.” He further citizen, Sloan said. On the other added, that it was a “boldly hand, according to Sloan, the democratic experiment." In philosophical tradition, as ex­ many respects, the distinction emplified by Plato and Aristotle, between teacher and student is perceived liberal arts as only abolished in the seminar’s at­ preparatory and incomplete in mosphere. themselves. The enlightenment “The program’s students and tradition stressed a liberating faculty are just as likely to be education that frees the mind involved with liberal politics as from prejudices. with conservative," Sloan said. Baker meets Mubarak APPh In modern times, Sloan said, The Great Books program has liberal education combines all U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, left, meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday. three of these traditions. Baker arrived in Egypt from Saudi Arabia where he had talks with King Fahd and the exiled Kuwaiti Emir According to Sloan, a primary see BOOKS / page 7 Jabar Al-Sabah. Later today Baker will meet with the Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichan. page 2 The Observer Wednesday, November 7, 1990 I n s id e C o l u m n W e a t h e r Save your Forecast for noon, Wednesday, Nov. 7. insults; give Lines show high temperatures. us your input I was sitting in class yesterday and my Yesterday’s High: 55 professor was com­ Yesterday’s Low: 39 menting on the gen­ Nation’s High: 86 eral writing skills of (Fort Myers, Fla.) the class, or the lack Nation's Low: 8 thereof. He told the (Sioux Falls, S.D.) class that in order to write well they ought C ollee n Cronin Forecast: to read magazines Mostly cloudy and very and newspapers that Accent Editor cool today with a 30 are written well, ____________________ percent chance of w hich is an excellent idea. He then pro­ showers. The high will be ceeded to qualify that. in the middle 30s. Mostly “The Observer is not a model of good cloudy and cold tonight w ritin g .” with a low in the lower I was appalled that a professor would 30s. Continued cloudy make so callous and rude a remark. and cool tomorrow with a The Observer is a student newspaper—it Pressure 30 percent chance of is run e n tire ly by students. There are no ® ( D E 3 f v q showers and a high in the journalism professors looking over our H IG H LO W SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLU R R IE S SNOW IC E SUNNY PT. C LO U D Y CLOUDY middle 40’s. shoulders. Notre Dame does not have a journalism department; in fact it offers no more than five “journalism ” classes. So it is impossible O f I n t e r e s t for The Observer to limit itself to only em­ ploying journalism students. Anyone who is “Effective Interviewing Workshop” w in Saint Mary’s Pre-Health Professions Club interested in writing can do so, whether be held this evening in the Foster Boon, LaFortune will be holding a meeting Thursday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m. in their major is engineering or American Student Center from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The workshop will Room 286 of the Science Hall. All majors are welcome. studies or anything in between. cover the types of questions typically asked during an Questions, call Melissa 273-9270 or Kim 284-5235. The Observer staff, from the editors down interview. The workshop is open to students of any major. to the reporters, are working with what they have learned on their own. Granted, Young women who would like to come together Make-Up placement Exams for French and some know more than others, but none of to share, pray, and discern whether they’re being called to Spanish will be given on Friday, November 9. For us knows it all. Some of us worked on high a religious life are invited to join a Discernment Group. information, call 239-6886 or stop by the Romance school newspapers, but not all of us. All of For more information call Sisters of Holy Cross Languages Office. us are learning as we go along. membership office M-W-F, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at 284-4466. That is what we are here at Notre Dame Ask for either Sr. Marilyn Zugish, CSC or Sr. Patricia for. That is what we are paying $16,000 a Riley, CSC. Christmas Around the world 90 year for. The CILA Wednesday M eeting w ill be in organizational meeting will be held today at 7:30 p.m.