Every little piece of their heart Proudly waving their flags Saint Mary's thespians remember the Vietnam The U.S. Army rights a half-century-old mistake Thursday War with "A Piece of My Heart ... by recognizing the heroics of one veteran. Scene • page 18 News • page 12 NOVEMBER 11, 1999 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXIII NO. 50 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU STUDENT SENATE Members dissatisfied with GALA ad ban • Resolution, open agreement to let thfl University then-University president handle accounting procedures. Father Theodore llesburgh to letter address The The University also functions David Dziedzic, then-editor in Observer and as a quasi-bill collector, gath­ chief of The Observer. ering the $12 yearly subscrip­ In the letter, llesburgh University relations tion fee with each student's stresses that he will not inter­ tuition payment. These fees fere with the The Observer's By FINN PRESSLY constitute approximately 15 editorial content, the definition Assistant News Editor percent of T.he Observer's bud­ of which includes advertise­ get, she said. ments. A tense, 130-minute meeting Recently, this arrangement "The bottom line of this issue of Student Senate yielded a has caused problems as the is the independence of The resolution and an open letter University has tried to use its Observer and the academic responding to the ongoing oversight over that 15 percent freedom that underlins it." said debate regarding the to dictate The Observer's Matt Mamak, chief of staff for University's relationship with advertising policy, Krupa the office of the studnnt body The Observer. explained. In particular, the president. Michelle Krupa, editor in University Krupa has set welcomes chief of The Observer, "The bottom line of this issue is addressed the senate in order forth a a meeting to provide background on the p o I i c y the independence of The w i t h issue. dictating Observer and the academic University to The prnsident "We are a newspaper serving freedom that underlies it. " a Catholic community. We are Observer Father not a Catholic newspaper," she that it Edward said. "We do not have an agen­ may not Matt Mamak Malloy, accept but said da to promote Catholic teach­ chief of staff, office of the student advertise­ that his ing. If we do promote Catholic body president teaching through stories we m e n t s office had cover or ads we run, it is coin­ f r o m refused to cidental to our primary obliga­ G A L A schedule a tion to report and provide ND/SMC (Gay and Lesbian time for him to meet with rep­ information responsibly." Alumni of Notre Dame/Saint resentatives from the newspa­ According to Krupa, the Mary's College). _ per. Universtity functions as The She maintained that as an "We have twice r<~quested a Observer's accountant, rather independent publication, The meeting with Father Malloy," than publisher. The Observer, Observer has created and she said. "We were told it which is an independent stu­ abides by its own policies, not would be impossible to meet dent-run organization, entered those presented by the with Father Malloy due to his . into the University's account­ University . busy schedule." ing system following financial "We have our own policies, Fisher senutor Philip Dittmar which, over the years, hun­ expressed outrage over TOM LARIMERfThe Observer trouble in the early '80s due to misappropriation of funds, she dreds of student journalists Malloy's refusal to meet with Brian O'Donahue, Keough Hall senator, prepares for discussion said. The University loaned the have collectively created for The Observer. at Wednesday's Senate meetin~. Senators voted to pass a res­ newspaper enough funds to the newspaper," she explained. "The president of our univnr- olution and open letter regardmg The Observer's relationship relieve the situation in The senate was also present­ with the University. ed with a 1983 letter from exchange for The Observer's see SENATE/page 4 BOARD OF GOVERNANCE SMC considers future of Dalloways, Observer policies The governing body is inter­ moved to a new location. Due to BOG was to build a new "This increase would signifi­ • Open forum will ested in student's feelings the age of the building, it is pos­ Dalloways, taking as many cantly enhancn the quality of address ad ban towards what The Observer can sible that the building would not charaeteristics from the original current programs, assist the content and cannot print as an indepen­ survive the as possible, students' ability to implement dent newspaper connected to move, Duba and to con­ traditional programs in a fiscal­ Catholic schools, said student said. "We are trying to let the struct the ly responsible manner. and sup­ By KATIE MILLER body president Nancy Midden. A second student body have new building port the evolution of future co­ News Writer A proposal is in the process of plan calls for in a similar curricular opportunities," said being drafted, and will be pre­ the demoli­ input." style as the Stud·ent Government Advisor Saint Mary's Board of sented to the Board of tion of original Georgeanna Hosenbush. Govornanee announced a plan Governance in coming weeks. Dalloways, Nancy Midden Dalloways. + An endorsement for a study to orga­ The forum will likely occur and rebuild­ "The new day at the end of the semnster student body president nize an before the Thanksgiving holi­ ing at a new building will was also approved. all-srhool day. site using be struetural­ The study day would take forum to "Wn arn trying to let the stu­ what can be ly sound," etrect next semester. Sehedulmf discuss dent body have input," Midden preserved said Duba. "A for the Friday before exam t h e said. from the original building. possible location is Lake week, students would be adminis­ The fate of Dalloways coffee A third proposal would be to Marian." exempt from assignments, and trative ban elubhouse was also discussed. demolish Dalloways and relo­ no classns would be sdwdulnd. on The· Julie Duba, CCJ-mpus clubs com­ eate the current student use of In other BOG news: The study day proposal still Ohsorvnr's missioner, presented three the building to the new student needs endorsnment from Midden +BOG voted to endorse an ad v ~~ r tis­ options regarding the future of center, slated for construction increase in the student activity Student Activities Board and ing rights the building. in the Campus Master Plan. fee. Residence Hall Association to Wndrwsday night. First, the clubhouse could be Duba's recommendation to take effect. page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Thursday, November 11, 1999 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK AT NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday We Ren1en1ber + Hypnotist: Tom + Now Available: "Social + Film: "The General's + Church Service: In the DeLucca, performing at Concerns Courses" book at Daughter," Cushing Basilica of Sacred Heart, In Flanders fields the poppies blow Stepan Center, 7 p.m., $2 the Center for Social Auditorium, 8 & 10 and 11.45 a.m. Between the crosses, row on row ... At 11 a.m. on t-he 11th day of the 11th month + Minority Law School Concerns 10:30 p.m. + Mara Fox Fun Run: in 1918, an armistice took effect that ended the Forum: Presentations and +Film: "The General's + Science and Technology Regstration begins at Great War which raged across Europe from 1914 to 1918; a war which left more than 8 refreshments, at the Law Daughter," Cushing Competition: Midwest 10:30 a.m .. race begins million dead, more than 20 million wounded. Today we commemorate School, 6 p.m. Auditorium, 8 & regionals, CCE from Lyons Hall at that armistice and celebrate 10:30 p.m. Auditorium, 8 to 11:30 11 a.m. what is called Veteran's Day in the United States, Remembrance Day in Europe and Canada. Veteran's Day is a forgot­ OUTSIDE THE DOME Compiled from U-Wire reports ten holiday in the United States. It's mentioned in newspapers, it appears on Wisconsin fees case heard by Supreme Court calendars, our veterans and Laura Petelle their families commemo­ WASHINGTON Wisconsin system. "We provide the rate it. But it passes the The Supreme Court heard "The basic mission of the resources that enable many more rest of us by. Assistant debate Tuesday on whether manda­ viewpoints to be expressed on cam­ It shouldn't. Managing tory student fees at state universities university is to provide a pus." Last year I was in London Editor can support student organizations forum for all kinds of ideas" Lower courts nave sided with for Remembrance Day. The Southworth, saying the mandatory ~ promoting political beliefs. entire city - the entire The case, board of regents of the Katharine Lyall fee violates students' constitutional I country - stopped at 11 a.m. to observe two ' University of Wisconsin vs. rights. minutes of silence in memory of those who died Southworth, stems from a University President, University of Wisconsin The high court Tuesday challenged to secure the freedom of Britain. Cars pulled to of Wisconsin-Madison complaint that the university's claim that the school the sides of the roads, shoppers stood still in student fees are used to promote lib­ is providing both services to student · stores and bowed their heads, baggage belts at eral organizations, and students who case could impact state institutions groups and promoting a forum for Heathrow stopped. do not support these groups are across the country who use manda­ ideas. Two minutes of silent memory is the least we required to pay nonetheless.