VOL. XXV. NO. 67 The ObserverTUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Marines to land Wed., Pentagon: begin to help starving Mission will MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - relief supplies, relief workers Somalis got their first look at and relief recipients," Oakley be difficult U.S. power Monday when Navy said. warplanes roared over Mo­ Aid groups say half the food WASHINGTON (AP) - The gadishu, and Pentagon sources donated for starving Somalis bulk of U.S. troops may not said Marines would land at has been stolen by the gangs of get ashore in Somalia until dawn Wednesday to begin gunmen who have held sway days after a Marine van­ helping the starving people. during a nearly 2-year-old civil guard lands because of poor The 1,800 Marines standing war. An estimated 300,000 conditions at Mogadishu's offshore on three Navy ships Somalis have died from starva­ port and nearby airfields, are the vanguard of a multina­ tion, disease and fighting this Pentagon officials said Mon­ tional rescue mission in the year, and 250,000 more are day. war and famine-wracked na­ feared to be in imminent dan­ Bringing nearly 30,000 tion. But Pentagon sources said ger. soldiers into a country that most of the 28,000 U.S. soldiers Underscoring the chaos, rival has been devastated by war­ and Marines committed to the militiamen battled for a second ring bandit clans requires a operation might not begin ar­ day in Baidoa, one of the inland massive effort, especially riving for several days. towns hit hardest by famine. A since no supplies of fuel or Robert Oakley, a special U.S. spokesman for the water exist, nor modern envoy and former U.S. ambas­ international relief agency means to tr.ansport them, sador to Somalia, arrived Mon­ CARE, Rick Grant, said at least the officials said. day to meet with leaders of 48 people were killed and 50 "Expectations are pretty Somalia's warring clan leaders wounded Monday. high, but people have to un­ and with international aid Grant said at least 28 and derstand how difficult it will workers to outline plans for the possibly 34 died in fighting be to get in there," said one U.S.-led operation. He stressed Sunday between feuding senior military officer. that Washington envisioned a clansmen. "We can drop thousands of humanitarian effort and not a men on the airfields, but military one. Michael McDonagh, an official who's going to feed 'em after Oakley told reporters the of the Irish relief agency a while?" said a second U.N.-authorized operation Concern, said relief workers officer. would be the opposite of Desert feared Somali militiamen would Both commented only on Storm, the mammoth military go on a last-minute spree of condition their names not be campaign that dislodged the shooting and stealing. used. Iraqi army from Kuwait nearly Plans now call for the first two years ago. "They know that come to­ wave of several hundred "We hope it will remain a morrow the gravy train is over. Marines to enter Mogadishu Rock star hopefuls humanitarian operation all the The next 24 hours are going to early Wednesday to begin While procrastinating from their studies yesterday, Dillon Hall seniors way through, because the pur­ be very crucial," McDonagh "Operation Restore Hope" Tom Runtz and Mark Frigo (left to right) play guitar. pose is to protect deliveries of said. aimed at saving thousands of Somalis from starvation. Students advise CLC, Student Senate on du Lac rape policy By EMILY HAGE rect misconceptions and to seek "Du Lac could be very helpful News Writer help. in helping people to report "It is important that we come rape," she said, adding that a By KENYA JOHNSON • a clear definition declaring up with a cohesive policy. What student government study on News Writer rape as sex without af­ Revision of the section of du we have is good. We can make sexuality found that 29 percent firmative consent. Lac concerning rape would help it better," said Sheila Buckman, of rape victims did not report Sheila Buckman, a Siegfried • a distinction between re­ victims, according to Campus C.A.R.E. member. When policies their rapes because they were Hall residence assistant, ad­ porting a rape and pressing Alliance for Rape Awareness are clarified. Buckman said, the afraid of losing their privacy. dressed the Student Senate charges. (C.A.R.E. ), which spoke to the number of reported rapes will "[Rape victims] are scared meeting Monday and recom­ • no reports to the Office of Campus Life Commission go up, the issue will be taken about what's going to happen mended changes in the du Lac Residence Life or the infirmary Monday. more seriously, and changes and who's going to find out," policy concerning rape at if a rape victim checks into a C.A.R.E. updated the CLC on will be made to aid rape Buckman said. Consequently, Notre Dame. hospital fur medical care. the rape situation at Notre victims. they are not included in the Currently there is no policy • an easy, less threatening Dame so the CLC can help in­ "It is a process of continual statistics, and often do not seek concerning rape in du Lac, ac­ procedure for reporting rapes. fluence change in du Lac to dialogue," said Delevan. needed medical attention. cording to Buckman. • consistent records of rape make it "more user-friendly," One of the main problems C.A.R.E. members suggested Du Lac will undergo revi­ reports to be kept by the con- said C.A.R.E. member Rich concerning rape on campus is many changes to improve the sions this spring in which see Senate/page 4 Delevan. Members said stu­ that victims are afraid of see CLC I page 4 Buckman hopes to propose the dents need information to cor- reporting it, Buckman said. following recommendations: 4 die in fire at college in Illinois CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Ngah, an accounting student. Friends of four Asian-born col­ The two came to this country lege students killed in an arson from Malaysia last August. fire looked for ways Monday to "She always was teaching me help the victims' families, while how to live in the United States, investigators sought whoever how to survive and find a good torched the students' apart­ friend," Ngah said. ment building. James Quisenberry, the uni­ The four Southern Illinois versity's director of interna­ University students died Sunday tional programs, said at least a when fire raced through the dozen of Wahid's friends were upper floors of the three-story staying outside her hospital off-campus building that room. Her family was expected housed mostly international to arrive soon from Malaysia, students. At least 14 people he said. were injured, including some who were hurt jumping out of Police Chief Don Strom said windows. the fire was set but the crime The Observer/ T.J. Harris One of the injured, Mazlina Ab wasn't believed to be racially Creative readings Wahid, 2 8, was on a life­ motivated. support system Monday. Astrid Fingerhut, a second-year NO graduate student in the Creative "We didn't think something Investigators refused to say Writing Program, shares some of her work yesterday in the like this could happen in this how the fire started. No arrests Hesburgh Library at a program, "Works in Progress: A reading." country," said her friend Aznen were made. ------------- ---~ ----------------------------------~---- page 2 The Observer Tuesday, December 8,1992 INSIDE COLUMN It takes more than good hair to be a star H L 23 17 34 31 I finally got the call 66 43 Wednesday. 75 54 29 23 Many, many weeks after 28 26 signing up (and two weeks 56 35 30 29 after shaving the 31 28 sideburns I had grown for 59 46 50 45 it), the people making the Paul Pearson 60 52 movie "Rudy" asked me to associate news editor 50 43 35 28 be an extra for the movie. 37 34 My big break into 37 35 37 34 Hollywood. Glitz, glamour and hobnobbing with 48 41 the stars idolized by half the free world (and 38 35 gossiped about by the other halO. 66 55 • • • 47 39 Then, I went to the filming place. •COLD • WARM STATIONARY• • 29 27 59 48 Friday at 11 a.m. I arrived in the basement o Pressure 41 37 the Knights of Columbus building with two changes of clothing. First they took me to the L ~ CUI ~ wardrobe trailer. Apparently, the clothes I had brought weren't right for the scene, and I got a 70s-style set of clothes. I wasn't sure whether to be angry that my clothes were no good or relieved that I didn't own any real 70s fashion. TODAY AT A GLANCE Next, we were taken back to the K of C, where I was given over to a hairdresser. After 20 WORLD CAMPUS minutes of scissors and spray, I had an Art Garfunkel-esque afro. Recession stunts holiday sales After that, the other extras and I had some •LONDON - 'Tis the season for holiday shopping, but •NOTRE DAME, lnd.-University lunch. If nothing else, we had a decent meal for the recession has silenced the jingle in many a cashbox President Emeritus Father all our trouble. Any chance to avoid a Dining around the world. The brisk bustle of shopping seasons Theodore Hesburgh will sign copies Hall lunch for free cannot be all that bad. past is missing, from London's high streets to the Ginza of his newest book "Travels with After lunch, we waited.