VOL. XXV. NO. 115 The Observer FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1993 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S l By LISA WOLTER News Writer r The 1960s ushered forth a newfound ide r. \:\ generated by the Kennedy era to strive ' ; ' service, community and justice. Through J •• ;. Center For Social Concerns (CSC), this ' '· f ' has flourished over the last decade on the Dame campus. ~,:, 1 This weekend the center celebrates its I year as the central service organization at . University. r "It has been an exciting experience to be a of the development of the center-in terms programs, number of participants and t i' ' :. r opportunities for in-depth reflection," said ciate Director of the CSC Gene McClory who 1 been with the center for nine years. ,.,.,r .. r ._ •. ~ The students have always played an """"u•.•a•; role in the CSC. according to Kathy Coordinator. Seventy-five percent of gr seniors indicate they have been involved in type of volunteer activity, and close to eigh percent of each year's graduates enter a year more of volunteer service. Royer said the center would like to '-UllLllllU"J this tradition by maintaining a "strong presence in decision-making and planning." A newly created Student Advisory Board Photo Courtesy of H.U.G.S ensured student participation this year. "It Senior Julie Bradley offers toys to a sleepy infant. Julie is a member of H.U.G.S, a CSC service group which works in the pediatric ward of Memorial Hospital. Students hold the babies and play with them. Lilly Endowment funds educational opportunities By LAURA FERGUSON award to develop a course fo­ thor, and several works by non-science majors for the uni­ In announcing the winners, News Writer cusing on world music. women authors writing on the versity's summer program. Lilly Endowment Program Di­ "I am planning an ethnomu­ Mexican-American experience. "We will hope to utilize a field rector for Higher Education In an effort to create new sicology course that focuses on "A course like this one is im­ site in Utah to observe geologi­ Ralph Lundgren said that in­ courses for Indiana indepen­ music other than the traditional portant because we have many cal hazards and discuss them as terest in creative professional dent colleges and universities, western composers such as Chicana students on the Saint a first hand approach to un­ opportunities remains strong the Lilly Endowment recently Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, and Mary's campus and we cur­ derstanding environmental among Indiana higher educa­ announced its 15 newest recip­ Bach," said Henderson. "This rently do not have any courses problems," he said. tion faculty members. ients of the Summer Stipend. course will cover Chinese, that read more than one Chi­ "The $5,000 will be used as "The Endowment recognizes The recipient include Clayton African, and Near East music as cana book. In addition to travel money to Utah to find a that time constraints imposed llenderson, professor of music, well as jazz and blues and how reading literature, students site to study before writing the on faculty during the academic and Ann Loux, associate pro­ these forms of music effected will be required to write a pa­ course and its syllabus and year may be overwhelming. fessor of English and co-direc­ the American culture." per exploring their own fami­ workbook. It will also allow us The opportunity to develop a tor of the writing proficiency "This summer I will be travel­ lies' immigration to the United to have a summer salary," said new course can be a valuable program from Saint Mary's ing to other universities and States," said Loux. Halfman. form of professional renewal for College, and John Halfman, spend a lot of time reading in "Actually, the idea for this In order to select the recipi­ faculty and can provide fresh assistant professor of Civil order to prepare this new course came from Delia Garcia, ents of the Summer Stipend, a perspectives for students," the Engineering and Geological course. I estimate that the a Saint Mary's Chicana student. panel of out-of-state judges Foundation said in its Studies, and J. Keith Rigby, Jr., world music course will be open As a result of spending a sum­ traveled to Indianapolis to eval­ newsletter. associate professor of Civil in the fall of 1994 to students," mer in Berkeley she suggested uate the proposals, which ap­ "I feel that this Endowment is Engineering and Geological he continued. this course to help others know plicants submit through their a wonderful example of the Studies from the University of Loux will use the endowment more about their culture," she institution. Subject matter of generosity of the Lilly Endow­ Notre Dame. to create a Chicana Writers lit­ continued. these proposed courses range ment. It is a great gesture to be The 1993 winners will each erature class. This course, Halfman and Rigby, one of the from artistic studies to business given the luxury to explore new receive $5,000 to develop new which will begin next January, two team recipients, plan to to the legacies of Einstein and courses, especially for smaller courses for their institutions. will feature one book on life in develop a new Notre Dame Chekhov, according to the schools· !ike Saint Mary's," said Henderson plans to use his Mexico, one book by a male au- course in geological science for Foundation. Henderson. Survivors 'journey' to stop killing Vote today By KATIE MURPHY in Michigan City on June 5, Andrews. A run-off election for off-campus co-presidents will take place News Writer South Bend on June 8, and Andrews said that the nine today in the LaFortune Center from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The tick~ Chicago, Illinois, on June 12. years after her mother's mur­ running are Tanya Bulakowski/Richard Toohey and Kevin Robert Gross, the coordinator MVFR members want to heal der were very difficult. She McGuire/Howard Lanse:r. of the Journey of Hope, a two­ the emotional wounds from los­ spoke of her problems with her week tour of midwestern cities ing a loved one to murder, ac­ friends, her family, and her in­ to educate the public about the cording to Gross. This healing, ability to really take care of Junior Mom's Weekend death penalty, spoke yesterday however, cannot be accom­ herself. Only after getting mar­ Saint Mary's College in the law school's Barry Moot plished by killing the murderer ried and starting a family did Courtroom. in return. By organizing the she begin to heal, she said. Schedule of Events Journey of Hope, MVFR aims to In 1983, Andrews became The Journey of Hope is spon­ educate the public about the involved with the community Friday sored by Murder Victims Fami­ problems with a society that re­ corrections agency, and started lies on the death penalty to mediating discussions between 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social. Stapleton Lounge, Le lies for Reconciliation, (MVFR) Mans Hall. which is an organization of punish murderers. victims and offenders. Although family members of murder she admitted she had doubts at Saturday victims who oppose capital pun­ Gross was joined by Ruth An­ first, Andrews found that derson of the Victim and Of­ "people kept coming to 8 a.m. Nature walk. Depa11s from Angela Athletic Facility. ishment. 11 a.m. Greeting and Keynote address, Dorothy Feigl, vice presiden "The purpose of this is for fender Reconciliation Program, agreements." who talked about her personal and dean of facl!ltv. Union Station. MVFR to talk to people about 11:30 a.m. Enrerti:linment, Anne Pugliese, junior music major. Union their concerns," said Gross. experience as the relative of a "We'd get them(victims and murder victim. Andrews' offenders) to talk about their Station. A core group of MVFR mem­ 11:45 a.m. Lunch buffet. Union Station. bers and other abolitionists will mother was killed when Ruth needs and interests, and they was sixteen. The crime has almost always came up with a 1 p.m. Fashion Show. Union Station. spend a day in each city talking 9 p.m. Sister Chain, student band. Dalloway's Coffeehouse. to people about capital punish­ never been solved. solution," said Andrews. ment. The tour will start June 4 "I went through the typical Those "solutions," or sentenc­ in Portage, Indiana, and end in cycle that people do. I tried to ing arrangements that aim to Sunday Indianapolis on June 20. Stops deny it for a while. The next 9 a.m. Mass. Church of Our Lady of Loretto. include the Indiana State Prison thing I did was get angry," said see JOURNEY I page 4 page 2 The Observer Friday, March 26, 1993 INSIDE COLUMN FORECAST Abortion numbers Partly sunny with highs around 60. could begin Mostly clear and cold tonight with fog dropping developing late. TEMPERATURES This anti-choicer is City H L ·ust about ready to Anchorage 34 13 Atlanta 75 48 grudgingly concede Bogota 66 52 defeat, but I do antici­ Cairo 77 57 pate some very slight Chicago 44 36 Cleveland 44 34 consolation in the near Dallas 74 57 future. Detroit 43 37 The anti-abortion Indianapolis 56 40 Jerusalem 66 50 movement is licking Brendan Regan London 52 39 some deep wounds: a Los Angeles 62 50 OTS Director Madrid 66 52 determined pro-choicer Minneapolis 42 32 as the new leader of -------­ Moscow 36 30 our country (not to mention her husband); the Nashville 53 47 New York 51 36 perpetual Democrat-controlled Congress; and Paris 50 36 the recent calculated decision of Byron White to • • • Philadelphia 52 40 indirectly pass the baton to a member of t_he • Rome 68 55 WARM STATIONARY• Seattle 54 35 party that gave him his job rather than retire South Bend 49 37 before last January 20.