e O B S E R V E R Tuesday, March 31, 1998 • Vol. XXXI No.,116 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Irish symposium addresses 1798 rebellion 1798 - 1998: The Great Irish Rebellion By BRAD PRENDERGAST tern of sectarian violence that example, 85 magistrates were Senior Staff Writer continues today. headquartered where about Tuesday, March 31 But before discussing the 50,000 United Irishmen lived. S e ssion I I I ((-Hair: Greg Dowd, University of Notre Dame) 9-10:30 a.m. Combining political history, rebellion’s ramifications, several Prior to Curtin’s talk, Thomas Daniel Gahan, University o f Evansville historical portraits and literary scholars yesterday focused on Graham, founder and editor of The Rebellion in County Wexford traditions, Notre Dame’s interna­ the events prior to the rebellion. the journal “History Ireland,” Kevin Whelan, University of Notre Dame The Rebellion in its "Atlantic" and European Contexts tional conference commemorat­ Nancy Curtin, a professor at detailed the shift in the United ing the bicentennial of the 1798 Fordham University, noted that Irishmen’s center of power dur­ Session IV (Chair: Peter Uinebaugh, University of Toledo) 11 a .m .-12 J30 p .m . Irish rebellion kicked off yester­ the local magistrates in the ing the 1790s. David M iller, Carnegie M ellon University The Churches and Rebellion day at the Center for Continuing northern region of Ulster were “Dublin and Belfast were the Michael Durey, M urdoch University Education. ineffective in quelling the United two centers of motion of the United Irishi CM* Convicts x" ' in Australia' The conference, a three-day Irishmen’s notions of rebelling United Irishmen,” Graham said. Lunch at M orris Inn (reservations) 12:45 p.m . discussion of the rebellion that against the government in the “And continuing with the S e ssion V (Chair: Daire Keogh, S t Patrick’s College); 2-3:30 p.m . killed 30,000 people in three years before 1798. metaphor of motion, the rela­ Tlmmas Bartlett, University College. Dublin months of violence, includes the Rather, martial law overshad­ tionship between the two oscil­ The Aftermath o f Rebellion Jim Smyth, University of Notre Dame presentation of papers by some owed the local justices of the lated over the course of the The Act o f Union and "Public Opinion" of the most renowned Irish histo­ peace in subduing potential 1790s.” D inner at M orris Inn (reservations) 7 p . m . rians in the world. rebellions, Curtin said. In the early years of the A formative event in Irish his­ “Draconian measures were decade, Belfast served as the pri­ Wednesday, A pril 1 tory, the 1798 rebellion was also enacted because of a failure by mary hub of the United Plenary Address 1 0 : 4 5 a . m . one of the bloodiest. Of the traditional processes to arrest Irishmen. But as the members in Louis Cullen, T rinity College. Dublin the republican mobilization,” she The Politics o f Crisis and Rebellion 30,000 dead, 20,000 of that Dublin strengthened their orga­ number were killed in one said. “The [traditional system of nization by modeling it after C oncurrent Sessions I, II, III 1-6:15 p.m . month in County Wexford. law and orderl was unable to Belfast’s structure, Dublin grew Times, Places and Topics Vary Although the rebellion was counter the mass movement of in importance, Graham said. Plenary Address 8 p . m . short-lived, its legacies were the United Irishmen.” When the United Irishmen Seamus Deane, University of Notre Da long-lasting, scholars have said. The failure of the magistrates realized that any insurrection Edmund Burke and Ireland From the rebellion came the Act to maintain order resulted pri­ would have to occur without the marily from a lack of numbers, Reception hosted by the Irish governm ent of Union in 1801, which created the United Kingdom, and a pat­ she said. In one region, for see IR IS H / page 4 The Ohscrvcr/Malllicw Loughran & Brad Prcndergast Loosening up... ■ Construction B eat Road construction blocks Cl lot access at Edison, Ivy Roads By BILL U N IO W S K I Assistant News Editor The Indiana Department of Transportation will close Edison and Ivy Roads at the intersection which includes the Linebacker Lounge, the Jamison Inn and Domino’s Pizza, as a result of the ongoing State Road 23 construction project. “Students, faculty and staff who use these roads to access the C1 parking lot will have to divert onto other alternatives,” said Phil Johnson, assistant director of Notre Dame Security/Police. The closing is scheduled to take effect tomorrow, weather permitting, and will continue until the end of the summer. Drivers who normally take Ivy to Edison Road or State Road 23 to Edison will find the routes unavailable. Alternate routes include taking Eddy to Juniper, Eddy to Edison or Bulla to Juniper. The entire State Road 23 project from Ironwood to Twyckenham will continue to cause delays. The Observer/John Daily BULLA H ead coach Bob Davie surveys the squad as they prepare for a Spring practice session at the Loftus Center. The team culminates its practices with the Blue-Gold scrimmages at the end of April. 0 CAMPUS LIFE COUNCIL University of CLC restructures membership Notre Dame By M A T T H E W L O U G H R A N to an elected student member of the Office of News Editor Multicultural Affairs. “Adding an OMSA representative to the CLC The Campus Life Council voted to eliminate would be a major step in addressing potential three Student Senator positions from the coun­ problems in an affirmative and proactive, cil and give those positions to other student rather than reactive manner,” Matt Szabo, sen­ organizations in its final meeting under the ator from Morrissey Hall, said. Griffen-Nass administration last night. The main objection to the appointment of a m The council consists of 18 members. Six rec­ member of OMSA came from Ava Preacher, tors, two faculty members and the assistant associate dean of the College of Arts and vice president of student affairs sit on the coun­ Letters. P F8DGEWOO! cil. The remaining nine members of the council “If we have to appoint a member of the Office l “ cif have, this year, consisted of Student Senators. of Multicultural Affairs to the council in order to make it more representative, then we have >vyi hd | Construction i.O , HOW ARD The Hall Presidents’ Council and Student 3 Union Board will take the vacant seats in next to open it to gay and lesbian students and to i CORBY year’s council if the current revisions to the older students,” she said. “I look around here J CLC bylaws survive after student body presi­ and see no representatives of the older student dent-elect Peter Cesaro takes over chairman­ community. With the turnover rate among the ship of the council on Monday. The Observer/Melissa Weber But the most controversial position was given see CLC / page 4 page 2 The Observer • IN S ID E Tuesday, March 31, 1998 Inside Column t\ Breaking with X, Outside the Dome X / • Compiled from U-Wire reports tradition Police institute ‘Party Patrols’ to curb underage drinking BLOOMINGTON, Ind. music, houses or apartments IU’s Little 500 races are a month extremely filled with people, crowds away, but Bloomington police aren't on porches or lawns, and individuals waiting for race weekend to crack who appear to be younger than 21. i t s . =*-"TCl:r For the first time, I Marys News Editor down on underage drinking. Once a party has been targeted as watched the NCAA For the fourth consecutive year, a disturbance, officers approach and basketball championship game without my the Bloomington police have institut­ require everyone in attendance to dad, and this was truly painful. As I talked to ed “Party Patrols” for the weekends produce identification. Underage my dad before tip-off. reality set in; in fact, the before the Little 500. Up to and drinkers are issued citations for ille­ whole month of March since the tournament including race weekend April 24 and gal consumption. Residents are commenced and the seedings of the teams 25, the patrols will be on guard Ratcliff said. charged with furnishing alcohol to were announced has forced me to face the Friday and Saturday evenings “We’re basically trying to get peo­ minors and are often taken to jail. If ple’s attention leading up to Little reality that college is forcing me to move on between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. juveniles under the age of 18 are dis­ and break with tradition. Party Patrols for this year began 500 that when you’re hosting parties covered, an additional charge for My dad has instilled the love of basketball, Friday and Saturday. The patrols (or) going to parties to be responsi­ contributing to the delinquency of a particularly college basketball, in me. It all made 117 arrests in two days — 66 ble," he said. “We’re trying to let minor is issued. Overtly intoxicated began when I was in fifth grade and asked my Friday night and 51 Saturday people know they’ll be subject to or combative individuals are charged dad to explain to me the “March Madness” evening, according to police reports. penalties if they’re at parties that get with resisting arrest. phenomenon that everyone seemed to be talk­ Officers volunteering for overtime out of hand.” Arrested individuals are required Officers on the patrols wear plain ing about. Together, we looked at the seedings shifts make up the patrols.