The Far Side - page 6 • VOL XVIll, NO. 79 the imkpendent ~llldent lll'W~paper ~l'f\ ing notre dame and ~aint mary·~ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1984 Rotation schedule set for men doing laundry By PATRICIA CARROLL comodate the men on their News Staff respective quads." Ross, along with other senators, After concluding negotiations introduced the idea first to the Stu­ with the rectors of the women's dor­ dent Senate and then to the Hall mitories and their hall councils, the President's <buncil where it was Student Senate has established a debated and directed to the separate definite rotation schedule for men halls. Though several female stu­ who wish to do laundry in the dents objected to the program's in­ women's facilities. trusion on privacy and security, The schedule became effective opposition to the plan came primari­ yesterday and will continue through ly from the rectors of the women's Thursday, February 23. Pasquerilla dormitories. West will be open Monday, Even after the hall councils of Pasquerilla East on Tuesday. Breen­ Walsh and Lyons had approved the Phillips on Wednesday. and Farley plan, the respective rectors rejected on Thursday. The facilities will be it. Although the rector ofPasquerilla available from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. West, Dolores Ward, had reserva­ Specific guidelines have been es­ tions about the laundry plan, she tablished for men using the agreed to the hall council's decision program. They are to use laundry to accept it. facilities in specified halls on Currently, the women's dor­ specified evenings only and adhere mitories on the north quad are par­ to the times allowed. No load is to be ticipating while those on the South The Observer/Carol Gale~ started after II p.m. and men should quad are not. Ross suggested this be out of the dorm by midnight. If division might be due to an attitude Gary Larson, creator of the cartoon The Far Side, last night in the library auditorium are featured in not studying, men are to stay in the that the Badin facility is enough in signs autographs for some fans in the bookstore. An today's Showcase section. laundry room or in the T.V. room. In that area. interview with Larson and highlights from his lecture addition, men are asked to refrain Ross said she has initiated this from knocking on the dormitory program as at least a temporary solu­ doors and to wait or call for tion to what is seen seen as a real someone to let them in . campus-wide need for available Plans finalized for gathering place Student Senator Teresa Ross sug­ laundry rooms for men. 1 gested using the program on a trial "This is a Christian university," By LINDA GASE Samaritan woman at the well which Approximately one year ago Be­ basis last year in answer to the says Ross, "where we're supposed to News Staff faces the South Quad. ckman put his ideas on paper, but growing need for men's laundry work as a whole and work as a group. Designed by Dr. Fredrick Be­ the project had been delayed as a facililies. "At first I didn't think there It doesn't seem like one night a week Plans have recently been finalized ckman, chairman of the Art, Art His­ result of lack of funding. The money would be much opposition to it," is too much to give up when you to build a new gathering place in tory and Design Department, the was recently donated by Eli Ross said. "With four women's could be meeting the needs of front of O'Shaughnessy Hall, center­ park will include two circular con­ Shaheen, an alumnus of Notre Dame dorms on each quad ... we could ac- someone else." ing around the sculpture of a crete pits approximately 12 feet in from Sturgis, Michigan, Beckman diameter which may be used by stu­ said. dents as a gathering area or by teach­ The project is now in the hands of ers for informal class discussions. Don Dedrick, Physical Plant Direc­ Lack of alternatives to abortion The two pits will be located on tor, who said that plans are still in either side of a large circular con­ the preliminary stages since the crete area with Ivan Mestrovic's building contractor, cost and inspires new local counseling clinic sculpture of Christ with the completion time of the project have Samaritan women by the well as the not yet been determined. The bid , focal point. Surrounding the statue for the project should go out at the ByJOHN :JOHN AMORES created to help the newly-formed the woman had either been coerced · will be trees, hedges, and a row of end of February, he noted. News Staff Women's Care Center/Pregnancy into having the abortion, she was benches. A lighting system will also Dedrick commented that the Help Center, which will open this never given all of the facts, or both, be installed. project is a "positive development. Kicking off the fundraising cam­ March. The center will provide free Nerad said. Two other Mestrovic sculptures, It will ntake an interesting gathering paign for a woman's care center in pregnancy testing as well as profes­ Often, abortion is explained as a presently located outside the west area for both students and teachers the area, the national president of sional counseling. clinically safe surgical procedure, door of O'Shaughnessy, will be as well as visitors." Women Exploited by Abortion said Nerad explained to the audience but Nerad stressed that abortion moved and placed at the corners of The park will be dedicated to both pregnant women are being "ripped that WEBA is a group of women who does carry the risk of permanent the two pits. the Shaheen family and to Mestrovic, off' by not being informed of the full have had abortions and have come physical impairment, as well as the Beckman said he had noticed for a former Notre Dame professor as implications of an abortion. to regret their decisions. The group potential for chronic psychological several years that "the statue was a well as creator of the three Speaking Monday evening in the was started in July of 1982, and since problems. Some of the major physi­ natural gathering area for students. I sculptures being highlighted. Be­ library auditorium, Lori Jo Nerad then has expanded to 83 chapters in cal problems include infections, had several thoughts for a gathering ckman hopes that "as the lhiversity advised women considering abor­ 45 states. The group is non-political, sterility, and gastro-intestinal distur­ · or resting place for visitors or stu­ acquires more sculptures, more tions to consider alternatives such as non-profit, and pro-counsel, and it bances. dents." projects will ensue." aid and support from relatives or helps women deal with physical and The goal of WEBA, Nerad said, is adoption. mental trauma in the aftermath of to educate all women about the ef­ The fundraising campaign is being their abortions. The group uses the fects of abortion and to help them to ND-SMC debate team looks sponsored by Notre Dame/Saint word "exploited" because in almost fmd an alternative. to Life, and it was case documented WEBA, Throughout her often emotional speech, Nerad brought up different case histories of women having toward national tournament trouble dealing with their abortions, By BARBARA HARDIN perts elucidate on the debate topic. including her own personal crisis. News Staff Speaking skills are also an impor­ She had an abortion eight years ago tant part of debate, Monberg noted. because, at that time, Nerad said she Research and study are not Through practice, many of the was pressured by social and limited to the classroom for 20 stu­ debaters can say 300 words in one economic factors into believing that dents who comprise Notre Dame/St. minute and recite 60 arguments in a she could not have another baby. Mary's Debate Team. single I 0-minute speech. The resulting feelings of regret, According to Captain john Moo­ Leading the team this year are guilt, and loss put her into a tailspin berg, the hard work begins in mid­ juniors Monberg, Paul Komyatte, of drug abuse, child abuse, and even­ July when the team receives a Jim Malackowski and St. Mary's tually, a nervous breakdown. resolution informing it ofthe unique sophomore Kristi Stathis. According Nerad believes that in addition to debate topic for that year. to Monberg: "The team is strong this her emotional state, the physical This year's resolution pertains to year and will continue to be next trauma of her abortion caused her to hazardous waste disposal, declaring year because we're not losing have cancer, and as a result, she had that the producer of hazardous anyone and have recruited some to undergo a hysterectomy. waste is legally responsible for any good freshmen." It was during this low period in resulting injury. Out of six tournaments so far this her life that she realized that she was Along with individual research. season, the team has taken first place not alone in her depression. Nerad there are two two-week long in­ at both Notre Dame and Eastern II- found out that many other women stitutes team members can attend Lori jo Nerad and janet Smith, faculty advisor of Notre see ABORTION, page 3 during the summer in Amherst, see DEBATE, page 4 Dame/Saint Mary's Right to Life. Mass., and Tucson, Ariz., where ex- The Observer Wednesday, February 1, 1984 - page 2 In Brief Grade point system lacks The on-campus computer store accuracy and fairness opens today at I 0 a.m.