--------, l ~ Friday, May 17, 1996 • Vol. XXVII No. 136 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S 'It's the end of the world as we know it' SMCsays farewell to 375 grads By MAUREEN HURLEY Saint Mary's N=s Editor Saturday afternoon, 375 women donning caps and gowns will enter LeMans Courtyard as Saint Mary's stu­ dents, and will leave as alum­ nae. Proud families, friends and members of the Saint Mary's community will join the Class of 1996 for the 149th Commencement Exercises May 18 at noon. Of the 375 degree candi­ dates, 261 will graduate with a bachelor of arts degree, 65 with a bachelor of science degree, 40 with a bachelor of NO Commencement marks business administration degree, seven with a bachelor of fine arts degree and two with a bachelor of music transition's end for seniors degree. Addressing the newly-hood­ By BRAD PRENDERGAST Seniors savored their memories and ed degree candidates at the Nt·w' F.Jiror looked forward to graduation in their last week on campus. May 5 Honors Convocation Four years ago, the mnmbers of the ''I'm excited and nervous," said Larry Ceremony, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Joseph dass of IIJ'J6 were struggling through Mullen, a Stanford Hall senior from fmshman dwm. calling their professors Northfield. Minn. "But I'd have to say lncandela said, "May you "l'rolilssor," and taking earn to disguise that, right now, I'm more excited than always be able to look back tlwir drinking habits from their parents nervous. and say of these years 'wasn't The Observer/ Mike Ruma. Dave Murphy that a time!'- a sacred time Four years later, this year's seniors The blossoming flowers and the sunset over God lu1ve struggled through tlwir last GRE see ND GRADS I page 8 Quad provide some final moments of tranquility. see SMC GRADS I page I 0 essay, grown to calling their professors ".lack." and taken their parents out for ~ . ' • SAINT MARY'S VALEDICTORIAN a beer. This wnekend, the transition from col­ lege freshman to college graduate :\i::f!N"l~'"!;":'.:lf\<.. ,~,. conws to an end as 1,801 undergradu­ Hodapp credits atns will receive their degrees at the University's 151 st Commencement exercises Sunday. 244 mastllr's and effort for success doctoral students in the Graduate School will have degrees conferred By CAROLINE BLUM upon them at the eeremony, as will 211 Saint Mary's Editor master's students in the College of Busirwss t\!lministration and 191 stu­ Her friends describe her as bubbly, energetic, dmJts in tlw l.aw School. The ceremony and dedicated. Her schoolmates reeognize her as is schmluled to begin at 2 p.m. in the the crazy aerobics instructor. And Saturday, the .Joyctl Ctmter. Class of 1996 will salute her as their valedictorian . When Susan Hodapp received the news that she was selected as the Class of 1996's valedictorian, • NOTRE DAME VALEDICTORIAN she was utterly surprised . She never set a goal to be valedictorian. She simply set a goal to always do the best she could Friday, May 17 do. And for Hodapp, her best resembh1d a 3.97 11:30a.m. Play: A Midsummer Night's Dream ··· - -washington Hall Choice of service after seven semesters at Saint Mary's. Dedicated to Mandy Abdo '96 "I really was shocked when I received the letter," 1 p.m. Nurse's Pinning Ceremony (SMC) Church of loretto 3p.m. Arts and letters Honors Convocation Washin2ton Hall Hodapp explained. "Being valedictorian had 3:30p.m. Degree Candidates Assemble (SMC) Angela theltic Facility suits McCaffrey never really crossed my mind. I just wanted to do 3:55p.m. Academic Procession ~SMC) Angela Atheltic Facility well. I always dedicate myself to whatever I do, 4 p.m. Baccalaureale Mass ( MC) Angela Athellic Facility By JAMIE HEISLER it's a combination of my personality and what I 4 p.m. Notre Dame Chorale Basiliica 6:30p.m. Lawn Concert Main Building Associate News Editor learned from my family." 7:30p.m Senior Rece~llon (SMC) Century Center As the second-youngest of seven children, B-10p.m. Graduale Sc ool Recepllon CCE Where would you expect to find the class vale­ Hodapp's family has always played a significant Saturday, May 18 dictorian soon after graduation? role in her life. "" ~ 9:30a.m. ROTC Commissioning JACC South Dome Few would expect the answer to be Nepal, but "I would watch what my brothers and sisters 10a.m. Sending Ceremony lor Volunteer Service washinWon Hall Notre Dame valedietorian Theresa McCaffrey 11:30a.m. Phi Bela Kappa lnstallallon Debarto o 101 has chosen to serve after college as a Jesuit vol­ see HODAPP/ page 10 12 p.m. Commencemenl (SMC) LeMans Courtyard unteer teaching at a junior college in Katmandu. 1 ~.m. Shenanigans Stepan Center 1: 0-3:30 p.m. Hispanic Recognition Ceremony Washington Hall "Jesuit Volunteers International is a pretty 1:30-3:30 p.m. Asian Gradualion Ceremony Snite Auditorium well-known service program which I found Inside News ... 2 p.m. Reception ~SMC) leMans Courtyard through the Center for Social Concerns," she 2-3:30 p.m. University eremony CCE said. 2-4 p.m London Program Graduation Tea LaFortune Ballroom Mandy Abdo returns to campus 4:10p.m. Degree Candidates Assemble lor Procession JACC Gates 8 & 10 McCaffrey, who finished with a 3.932 GPA, will 4:30p.m. Academic Procession JACC put to use a physics/philosophy double major at page3 5-6:30 p.m. Baccalaureate Mass JACC South Dome the junior college by teaching physics. She will Sunday, May 19 serve in Nepal for two years before continuing A look back at the 1995-96 year ·····-··-··-~-------- ....... _... 9-10:30 a.m. African American Graduallon Washington Hall on to graduate school. pageS 9:30a.m. MBA Program Diploma Ceremony Hesburgh library Service has been an interest of McCaffrey 10a.m. Law School Commencement Pra&er Service Basillica throughout college including participation in the O'Meara retires as provost; 12:30 p.m. Dlstrib. of Bachelor and Master lplomas JACC North Dome Appalachian Seminar, Urban Plunge, and a 1:30p.m. Academic Procession JACC North Dome Hatch takes office 2p.m. Commencement and Conferring of Degrees JACC South Dome 4:30p.m. Law School Diploma Ceremony Hesburgh library see MCCAFFREYI page 8 page r page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, May 17, 1996 • INSIDE COlUMN Andrews elected first female fellow • NAMES IN THE NEWS • As they prepare to undertake volunteer service com­ Kathleen Andrews, vice chair of Universal Press mitments around the globe, approximately 11 percent of Much Syndicate and chief executive officer of Andrews and the class of 1996 will be honored at the University's an­ McMeel of Kansas City, Mo., has been elected a Fellow of nual Volunteer Send-Off Saturday, May 18 at 10 a.m. in the University of Notre Dame, the first woman to serve Washington Hall. These seniors will work in the United Deserved on the 12-member group that is the University's core States and abroad in a variety of service programs, governing body. including the Holy Cross Associates, the Alliance for A 1959 graduate of Notre Dame College in Cleveland, Catholic Education, the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Teach Andrews earned a master's degree from the University of for America and the Peace Corps. Thanks Notre Dame in 1962. She was elected to the University's Board of Trustees in 1993, having previously served on Almost exactly eight • Ten students received Student Activities Leadership the advisory council for Note Dam's Institute for Church Awards from the University of Notre Dame. The awards years ago to the day, I Life. In 1981, in memory of her late husband, James was a cocky South Andrews, a 1961 Notre Dame graduate, she established are given to students who best exemplify the spirit of Junior High eighth grad­ the Andrews Memorial Scholarship Fund, which under­ Notre Dame in activities that promote the welfare of the er, absolutely skating writes student summer service projects in conjunction University and its extended community. The recipients through the final weeks with the University's alumni clubs. were: seniors Jeff Catalina, Michelle Crouch, Michael of school and basking in Andrews will be one of the six lay Fellows of the Fleisch, Kevin Kuwik, Katie Lawler, David Sullivan, and the beauty of a glorious­ University, who serve along with six priests of the Metty Vithayathil; juniors Mike Flood and Megan Pater; ly warm and sunny May. Congregation of the Holy Cross. The Fellows exercise all and Notre Dame Law School student Joy Marie Smith. Of all my subjects John Lucas power and authority granted by the University's 'charter, during that final year, I Editor-in-Chief but delegate much of that authority to the trustees. • Retired General Carl Vuono, former Army chief of probably loved Emeritus staff, will address the 1996 Commissioning Ceremony "Reading" best of all. It ------­ Mooney to join provost office for University of Notre Dame ROTC students at 9:30 wasn't a class that a.m. Saturday at the Joyce Center. required a whole lot of effort and I loved it. Carol Mooney, professor of law in the Words were my friends, and little did I know University of Notre Dame Law School, • Roland Smith, Jr., executive assistant to the presi­ that using them would eventually become my was elected vice president and associ­ dent at the University of Notre Dame since 1988, will only marketable skill. ate provost of the University by its leave his post July 31 to become associate provost of But then one day, our teacher Mrs.