I O B S E R V E R Wednesday, March 27, 1996 • Vol. XXVII No. 113 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S ■ Cam pus Life C ouncil Runoff to decide Class of ‘97 leaders Council Ellsworth (Treasurer), were McNally, Wheby penalized by the Board of Governance Elections Saint Mary’s Class Elections to represent Committee for handing out advises their 8 1/2” x 11” platform, a Class of 1999 Class of 1998 peers in 1996-’97violation of the Election Poster By CAROLINE BLUM Policies. O’Hara After the reduction, the ticket Wheby Krunk Saim Mary’s Editor ________________________ .66% By BILL CONNOLLY earned 49 percent of the votes. 30% Assistant News Editor _____________________ The turbulence of student “The violation did m ake a Abstain government at Saint Mary’s difference,’’Elections Commissioner Emily Ruffner 33% Abstain The Campus Life Council might drag out just a little bit 11% McNally said. "It didn’t force the ticket sent an advisory letter in sup­ longer. 54% port of the Ad Hoc Committee While the sophomore and to lose, but it forced them into a runoff.” Class of 1997 on Gay and Lesbian Needs junior classes elected their report to Pa- The Anne Korte (President), class officers Tuesday, the Abstain, t r i c i a Carolyn Deppisch (Vice- 5% Class of 1997 must revisit the O’Hara, Vice polls on Thursday for a runoff. President), Courtney McEvers * Pokorny and Krunk lost President of Although only two tickets ran (Secretary), and Mia Pavlik 1 Pokorny* 15% of their votes due to Student for senior class office, neither (Treasurer) ticket received 38 49% election violations. Affairs on captured the required 50 percent of the vote, and 5 per­ cent of the class abstained. Monday. percenf plus one vote to win O’H ara is Sixty-eight percent of the again apply in the runoff elec­ that’s important to us. It’s too the election. The missing num­ scheduled to junior class voted. tion on Thursday, according to bad that people who knew the O’Hara bers were not caused by a make a deci­ “I’m pleased with the voter Ruffner. However, in order to rules didn’t respect them. And large abstain vote, however, sion on the turnout, and I think people will win in a runoff election, a tick­ it’s also unfortunate that peo­ but by an election violation committee’s report by the first make sure they vote again on et only needs the greater ple were persuaded by style that resulted in a 15 percent week of April. The CLC pre­ Thursday,” Ruffner said. amount of raw votes. and not substance.” reduction of the Jolie Pokorny sented her with the letter to “When you have such a high “We will carry our strength Korte’s ticket will continue to ticket’s votes. advise her on the Council’s percentage of voter turnout, arid confidence into Thursday’s focus their campaign on The Pokorny (President) tick­ beliefs in the matter before she then you know that the class election,” Korte explained. women and their careers, et including Laura l.oh (Vice- makes her decision. really has in mind who they “We know that we are the best based on their slogan, “Women President), Karyn Connolly The CLC had a closed-door, (Secretary), and Katie want to represent them.” candidates for our class. We The 15 percent penalty will played fair and honest, and see ELECTIONS / page 4 see CLC / page 4 SMC forum explores Ivins urges female leadership meaning of feminism Columnist lauds By MAUREEN HURLEY plays into the identity of Saint S.iim M ,iry\ News Editor Mary’s as a women’s college. efforts of South “The simplest definition I can Plagued by stereotypes and think of for feminism is that it Bend women labels, feminism is largely has to do with the commitment By MEGAN McGRATH termed as “the F word,” ac­ to advance the cause of women News W riter_______________________________ cording to a Saint Mary’s forum and equality,” said religious presented by the Women’s studies professor Phyllis Nationally syndicated colum­ Center last night. Kaminski, who served as coor­ nist Molly Ivins encouraged The forum, moderated by dinator of the women’s studies women to get more involved in Karen Murphy, explored the program at Saint Mary’s for the political process and to meaning of feminism on the three years. fight sexism with humor during The Observer/Jamie Heisler Saint Mary’s campus, and In light of this definition, many her keynote address at the Graduate Student and Gender Studies Coordinator Marie Kramb (L), kicked off the campus-wide question why there is such a YWCA’s Tribute to Women and Notre Dame senior Lauren Aimonette (R) pose with nationally syn­ “Week of the Woman.” reluctance for women to associ­ Awards Luncheon Tuesday at dicated columnist Molly Ivins. Topics discussed covered a ate themselves with feminism. the Century Center in South you could all live in Texas,” the “Women often enter politics broad base of women’s issues, The w om en’s center took a Bend. Houston native said. in the traditional ways, for ranging from stereotypes at­ random survey of 55 women in Ivins, an award-winning The luncheon honored example from the PTA, to the tached to feminism to the his­ the dining hall. Of those sur­ writer for the Fort Worth Star- women and girls who have school board and then to state tory of women’s movement, to veyed, 69 percent said they Telegram and a best-selling been active in the South Bend legislature,” Ivins said. “Think the relationship between femi­ would consider themselves to be author, peppered her address community in the arts, busi­ of it, we can’t possibly do any nism and lest|ian issues. feminist. with humorous stories from her ness, education, health and worse, and it behooves us as Along with addressing these As each of the panelists drew years on the campaign trail and human services and volun- citizens to work for the issues issues, the focus of the panel definitions of feminism similar observations about the struggle teerism, including several we believe in.” centered around how feminism see FORUM / page 6 for women’s rights. members of the Notre Dame Ivins also discussed the divi­ “It would be nice if the path and Saint Mary’s community. sions in our society, tracing to women’s liberation followed Ivins encouraged these women much of it to the phenomenon Moe promotes new one broad, smooth path, but it to consider carrying their ac­ of displaced anger in the politi­ hasn’t. But it could be worse, tivism in the political arena. cal arena. “I think good mothers make “There’s a lot of fear floating good politicians,” Ivins said. around out there: fear about relations with Vietnam “Most of our political problems losing jobs, the falling economy. By VIVIAN GEMBARA Healy Auditorium last night. are variations on the two kids- People feel vulnerable, they’ve News Writer The lecture, entitled “Putting one cookie or three kids in the already been affected by stag­ the War Behind Us,” focused back seat fighting.” nant wages so there’s good rea­ Re-establishment of Vietnam on renewing dialogue with Too often the concerns of son for fear,” Ivins said. relations is contingent on the Vietnam. The lecture series is women are left out of the politi­ Displaced anger occurs when degree of honesty applied in sponsored by the Notre Dame cal debate, Ivins said. She was society lashes out at those who healing the Vietnamese Student Club. troubled that important issues, can’t defend themselves: the w ounds of Moe used the Vietnam War such as health care and educa­ poor, illegal immigrants, wel­ the Vietnam as a prime example of greater tion have been left out of the fare mothers, and in some in­ W ar in the problems with domestic ideol­ recent presidential debate on stances women, according to United ogy and policy-making. The both sides. Ivins. States growth of a political polariza­ “Working mothers are so “1 was in California when according to tion within the US began in busy that they don’t have time they were debating Proposition retired U.S. the early 1900s. It grew sim­ to attend to politics, and at the 187 and 1 was listening to Air Force ply and eventually shaped the same time no one in politics is Governor (Pete) Wilson talk Colonel Moe Vietnam era. addressing their concerns,” about how illegal immigrants T h o m a s The Cold War policy of the Ivins said. were ruining the economy.” Moe. United States was further m a­ The Observer/Jamie Heisler That is why Ivins encouraged Ivins said. “I told him they Moe stressed the current US ligned in relation to Vietnam. Molly Ivins, award-winning colum­ nist and best-selling author, lec­ the women attending the lun­ need to get some nicer domestic perspective in deal­ According to Moe, decision- tures at the meeting of the Young cheon to get more involved in Mexicans in California because ing with Vietnam as part of a W omen’s Christian Association the political process, perhaps guest lecture series at Hayes- see MOE / page 4 y e sterd a y . even running for elected office. see IVINS / page 4 page 2 The Observer • IN S ID E Wednesday, March 27, 1996 0 INSIDE COLUMN Yeah for FBI continues attempts to talk group out of enclave JORDAN, Mont. houses and other buildings on a 960- Anti-government s t a n d o f f After capturing two leaders of the acre wheat farm, “Justus Township” militant anti-government “freemen,” Federal agents try to persuad e remaining and insist they have their own laws and stupid federal agents edged in closer to their fugitives to surrender peacefi illy their own courts.