~-~ -----~~ " " " . " ~.~~ ~~er1 .gt;. 18.!12·1992 Saint Mai"es College SE SQUICINTINNIAL ;.L • e Obse NOTRE DAME•INDIANA VOL. XXIV NO. 97 TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 18, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Car strikes two sophomores Dahmer reacts passively By BECKY BARNES Saint Mary's Security declined Center with a broken lumbar to life sentence in prison News Writer to comment or release any in­ spine and contused kidney. She formation regarding the inci­ was discharged after MILWAUKEE (AP) - Serial killed, butchered and had sex Two Saint Mary's students dent Sunday or Monday. examination. killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sen­ with the corpses of their family were seriously injured in a hit The police have no suspects tenced to life in prison Monday members. and run accident early Sunday Security deferred all calls to at this time, but Sgt. Charles after some relatives of his 15 The hysterical sister of victim morning near Turtle Creek Public Relations. McGlaughlin Feirrell said, "We're really hit­ victims called him a devil and Errol Lindsey shouted "Satan!" Apartments, said Public Rela­ said he was not aware of the ting this heavy because of the Dahmer told the judge, "I know at Dahmer and screamed, tions Officer Brett McLaughlin. incident until Monday. seriousness of the injury to the society will never be able to "Jeffrey, I hate you!!" as she Elizabeth Joyce and Cara Mc­ girls and because it was hit and forgive me." lunged toward him, shaking her Court, sophomores in LeMans The women said the car was run." Dahmer was stone-faced and first and shouting obscenities. Hall, were walking on Ivy Road white, but could offer no addi­ spoke in a low monotone as he She was led away. at approximately 2:07 a.m. tional description. Police said that the car should described his crimes not as acts A jury decided Saturday that when a car traveling at a high be damaged near the right front of hate but the work of a sick Dahmer, 31, was sane when he speed struck Joyce and threw Joyce remains in fair condi­ fender and should have a man. killed 15 young men and boys her off the side of the street, tion at St. Joseph Medical Cen­ missing right side-view mirror. "I take all the blame for what he lured to his home. Dahmer according to St. Joseph County ter. She received a broken neck I did," he said. pleaded guilty but insane. police. neck and skull fractures. Anyone with information Moments before, nine rela­ The former chocolate factory about this incident should con­ tives of Dahmer's victims, many worker confessed to 17 slayings A side-view mirror that flew McCourt initially refused tact the St. Joseph County Po­ wearing picture pins of their since 197 8 after his arrest last from the vehicle then hit Mc­ medical treatment but was later lice at 284-9611 or Crime Stop­ loved ones, described the pain Court in the back. diagnosed at St. Joseph Medical pers at 288-STOP. they have suffered because he see DAHMER I page 7 NO engineering students Teen-agers earn scholarship funds bind wrists, By ANNIE VENESKV and will use his award to fur­ News Writer ther finance his education at die together Notre Dame. Hooker is Two Notre Dame students presently considering continu­ have been awarded scholarship ing her post-graduate education SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Two funds from the General Motors at Duke University in teen-age boys bound their Minority Engineering and preparation for a career in wrists together and l!:'apt Science Scholarship Program. biomedical or biochemical more than 300 feet to their The University of Notre Dame's engineering. She will also deaths, leaving behind notes Minority Engineering Program utilize her award to finance her that said they were curious has received $10,000 in schol­ undergraduate studies at Notre about death and looking for arship funds. Dame. a new life, authorities said Mara Hooker, a sophomore Monday. chemical engineering major The Notre Dame program, Sheriff Cotton Nichols said from New York City, and Curtis which began in 1987. is a sup­ a relative found them Maynes, a junior electrical port resource designed to in­ Sunday at the foot of a grain engineering major from El crease retention and gradua­ elevator just outside the Paso, Texas, each will receive tion of minority students in the Selma city limits. $5,000 awards, according to engineering curriculum. Investigators found a Joy Vann, director of Notre backpack that contained Dame's Minority Engineering The G.M. scholarship pro­ two notes and a poem they Program. gram is a pilot program de­ had written together. The students were selected signed to increase the number for their "outstanding academic and quality of minority students "One of them made a promise" which their grade pursuing engineering and statement it was curiosity Observer file photo point averages reflect. science degrees. According to about death and it was Curtis Maynes and Mara Hooker, both recipients of scholarships from Vann, G.M. will also sponsor a adventurous," Nichols said. the GM Minority Engineering Program, stand beside Joy Vann Maynes does not currently GM Scholars Banquet to honor "They wanted to search for (middle), director of the program. plan to attend graduate school, the students on February 25. a new life." SMC candidates state platforms relations with academic re­ theme of "Women Making By MARA DIVIS sources, improved visibility of Changes for Saint Mary's Col­ News Writer student government, and new lege," would also like to con­ ideas for social life. centrate on improving the Ideas for changes and pro­ Student Body presidential communication between the posals in Saint Mary's aca­ candidate Katie Damm said that students and faculty, said Pres­ demics and student life were a major goal of her ticket is to idential candidate Tina Carrara. abundant as candidates for promote the already active "We plan to unite," she said. student body office stated their interest in student government. "We want to be able to utilize platforms and answered ques­ "The great thing about this Saint Mary's resources and tions at Monday's student body campus is that so many women student energy." election debate. are willing to get involved," she As far as academic ideas, The three tickets, after stating said. "But they're not getting each candidate for vice presi­ their platforms. answered involved. We need to let them dent of Academic Affairs of­ questions on subjects which know that we need to hear their fered ways to improve the exist­ ranged from security issues to needs. We're the ones who eat ing student academic council. academic councils to social in the dining halls, live in the Grant stressed that service is events. dorms, and go to classes." a major priority with her ticket. Candidates for Student Body The Rhattigan ticket has "Service is vital to this school President, Vice President for publicity as a primary issue as in all aspects," she said. She Academic Affairs, and Vice well, said Presidential Candi­ said that she would suggest a President for Student Activities, date Colleen Rhattigan. program in which students respectively, include: "Student government needs to could receive academic credit Tina Carrara, Mary Beth be promoted by student lead­ for service within their major Wilkinson, and Julie Mc­ ers," she said. field of study. Cormick; Katie Damm, April She added that the creation of Wilkinson spoke for her ticket Ehret, and Jonna Kwiatkowski; a publicity board would enable in saying that they would and Colleen Rhattigan, Ann student officers to communicate investigate the election of stu­ Grant, and Martha Marzolf. current issues and student dent academic representatives. Each ticket offered different government events to the "Students are often not views on varying issues which student body in general. elected, they're appointed," she The Observer/Andrew McCloskey face the College today, but all While wanting to increase the said. "Often, the students who Ann Grant, Colleen Rhattigan and Martha Marzolf (left to right) debate were centered on the issues of visibility of student government, are appointed are not the ones academics, security and other issues at Monday night's election de­ pride in Saint Mary's, improved the Carrara ticket, with its bate. see SMC I page 7 --------- page 2 The Observer Tuesday, February 18, 1992 INSIDE COLUMN Seventy percent U. must chance of showers today with highs in the low to middle make call for 50s. Cloudy and cooler Tuesday night. human rights TEMPERATURES: The time has come once City H L Albuquerque 49 30 again for campaigning in Atlanta 65 48 the United States-that Austin 75 54 Baton Rouge 77 60 glorious time dedicated to Bismarck 34 30 buttons, speeches, Boise 45 33 promises and, oh yeah, Boston 27 17 Columbia, S.C. 73 40 hard core issues. Columbus 42 33 With preparation for the Denver 45 28 Des Moines 53 39 presidential primaries Meredith McCullough Harrisburg 48 29 underway, as well as the Helena 45 28 announcement of many Assistant News Editor Honolulu 82 70 Indianapolis 40 34 possible Congressional-------­ Jackson 72 56 candidates, campaign agendas are slowly Juneau 33 26 Lincoln 59 44 beginning to take shape. The media is buzzing Madison 36 34 with talk of tax plans, health care, defense Mpls-St. Paul 35 34 Nashville 55 38 spending, education, and revitalizing the Sacramento 55 47 economy. :{: Salt Lake City 42 30 Tallahassee 82 53 But something is missing. Topeka 59 43 Whether candidates hope to focus on domestic PrBSSure South Bend 36 34 or foreign concerns, there is one issue that has (:f Vienna 37 32 H L ~$J ~ [I] ~ m 8 ~ c::=! Washington, D.C.