--, 1 Thursday, April4, 1996 • Vol. XXVII No. 119 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Patrick, McCarthy name Board report contributors By GWENDOLYN NORGLE chosen as members of the com­ earthy and Donoghue, the other A~sociau: Nt"w~ Editor mittee: members of the student govern­ •Luisa lleredia, president of ment Board of Trustees Group This spring. the Board of the Hispanic American Organi­ that selected the candidates Trustees will learn about mulli­ zation include Maeaire Carroll, Kelly wlturalism from widely-ranged •Christinn Haley, Center for Cornelis, Steve Hernandez, pnrspnetives. It will hear the Social Concerns intern on mul­ Qiana Lillard and Greg porsonal aeeounts of members ticulturalism Vanslambrook. of tlw student body. according •Anthony Silva, a representa­ Luisa Heredia "We're really excited," to outgoing Student Body Presi­ tivn of Gays and Lesbians of _ch_r_ist_in_e_H_a~M!'ol ~y Patrick said. "We've chosen dent .Jonathan Patrick and Vice Notre Damn/Saint Mary's Col­ Freshman, Howard Sophomore, Lyons some incredible people who President Dennis MeCarlhy, lege and a member of the Ad President- Hispanic American esc intern on multiculturalism represent a wide-range of the who y1~sll~rday announced stu­ lloc Committee on Gay and Organization student body. Their personal don t gov1~ rn nwn t 's choice of Lesbian Student Needs. experiences will add 'power' to eontributors to their Spring •Cristiano Likely, columnist Anthony Silv~~..... Jr. Cristiane Likely the report and an emotional II lilillif-r~Hki> · I 1JI)(J Board of Truste1~s He port. for The Obsnrver Junior, Morrissey Senior, PW component that will 'humanize' In addition to attending the While Heredia, Haley and the statistics student govern­ Board of Trust1ws meeting in Silva will give oral presenta­ Representative from GLND/SMC Observer Columnist ment is presenting to the Board ~~arly May, whnre they will give tions at the meeting, Likely will of Trustees." pr1~snntations of their personal include some of her editorials "They will tell it well and hon­ nxpnrienees, the committee in the report. thus contributing committee and incorporating group that selected the candi­ estly," he said. nwmlwrs will formulate a re­ a "student voice in written the issue of sexual orientation dates, commented that "all of "They are all very knowl­ port and make reeommenda­ form," Patrick said. into the framework of the re­ the reports were excellent and edgeable," McCarthy added. lions to llw Trustens. As an "impetus," she is re­ port. well-written." The group is con­ "Everyone will bring a personal Some of thesn recommenda­ sponsible for increasing discus­ "As minority groups, we need fident that the communication side to the report." tions may indudn "adding more sion of multiculturalism on to unite to educate the larger skills of the candidates will help "We have chosen four excel­ professors of color to the facul­ campus. Patrick said of Likely. community and to engourage the committee in educating the lent candidates," Donoghue ty and increasing the number of Silva· said he is looking for­ acceptance and respect," he Board on multiculturalism from said, explaining that the com­ Nhnieity programs at the Uni­ ward to offering the knowledge said. the student body's perspective, mittee looked at the individual versity," MeCarthy said. he has gained through his ex­ Roger Donoghue, a member he said. of the student government In addition to Patrick, Me- Thn following studnnts were periences at Notre Dame to the see BOARD I page 6 King calls Farrakhan Rockin' the house ... 'threat' to America By KELLY FITZPATRICK Nt·w,Wrill·r ThP mPssages of Nation of Islam IPadPr Louis Farrakhan n•pn•spnt a thn~at to the United SlaWs, according to N1~w York Congn~ssman 1'11t11 1\.ing. 1\.ing dmwuncPd Farrakhan's languag1~ and actions while dnnming th11 figun~·s r11cent trips to Africa. l.ybia, Sudan and Nig1n·ia a "tour of terror." King, areompanind by securi­ ty, lu~gan his sp1~nrh by talking of rnrPnt d1~ath thn~ats that lw had rn1:nivnd. saying, "Tlwrn arP pnopln that thriv1~ on hatH; The Observer/Michelle Sweet thl'rn arn pnoplP that thrivn on New York Congressman Pete King spoke out against Nation of inti 111 idation." Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. lin tlwn prnsnnlnd his main argunwnl against Farrakhan. tanee of Mornar Khadafi. saying that Farrakhan violatml Farrakhan traveled openly to The Observer/Michelle Sweet tlw law in visiting l.ihya and Matt Curreri, a Keenan freshman, performed at the Zahm Acoustic Jam in the LaFortune Ballroom yester­ day evening. nlil'iling tlw firuuu:ial assis- see KING I page 6 Panel calls for diverse faculty Saint Mary's to adopt By MATT GAREAU • NEWS ANALYSIS experimental schedule Whil1~ Notn~ l>anw's apparnnt Changes to begin 12:50 p.m. lark of cultural and ~~thnie di­ Court rulings hinder "We felt that this system of VI'rsity is not uniqun in higher scheduling classes every hour nd ueation, signilkan t progrnss in the fall as part on the hour would be more towards a more diverse cam­ affirmative action convenient for both students pus should involvn the hiring of of one-year test and faculty, and we were also morn minority faculty mem­ By KELLY BROOKS when admitting students. The By LORI ALLEN trying for a way to keep the News Writer court held that the Fourteenth noon hour open for meetings. hors, ac~cording to a panel of Saint Mary's News Editor spPaknrs sponsored by the Amendment does not permit lectures and Brown Bag lunch­ C1•rHlnr Studins lkpartmnnt. The affirmative action the school to use racial prefer­ Saint Mary's College will ex­ es," said Hegistrar for Saint Two faeulty rnnmhnrs and debate has grown as recent ences in its admissions pro­ perience class scheduling Mary's College Sister Francesca LhnH~ gradual!~ studnnts offnred eourt rulings have begun to gram, which had benefitted changes next fall as a result of Kennedy. The option of tak­ llwir vinws y1~stnnlay in a eriti­ chip away at this precedent blacks and Mexican­ a newly instituted experimental ing a 75-minute class that runs from 3 p.m. through eal issuns roundtahlo entitled, allowing for racial prefer· Americans. system set up by the University "Wiwrn's tlw Action in Minority enees. The trend began in July "The Law School has pre­ of Notre Dame. 4:15 p.m .. and from 4 p.m. AfTirrnativn Action: Aeadnrnia of last year when the sented no compelling justifica­ Saint Mary's class schedule and tlw African Anwrican Ex­ University of California Re· tion, under the Fourteenth for the fall of 1996 will consist see SCHEDULE I page 4 (wrimH:IL" gAnts Board voted to end Amendment or Supreme Court of Monday, Wednesday, and l>r. Kirnlwrly Flint-llamilton, racial preferences in hiring precedent, that allows it to Friday classes every hour on continue to elevate some races This is the last issue assistant dnan of the College of and admissions. the hour, beginning at approx­ of The Observer until Arts and Letters. spoke about Just last week. the Court of over others, even for the imately 8 a.m. and running thn n11nd to hire more blaek Appeals for the Fifth Circuit wholesome purpose of correct­ through 5:50 p.m., with the ex­ Wednesday, April 10. faculty not only at Notrn Damn, ruled against the University of ing perceived racial imbal- ception of very few, if any, Have a safe and Texas Law School stating that classes from noon through see PANEL I page 4 race cannot be considered see ACTION I page 4 joyous Easter. - ----·-------------------. page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Thursday, April4, 1996 • INSIDE Crn.UMN • WtmUJ AT A GLANCE Defining Midwest boasts America's most affordable homes WASHINGTON was based on a survey of 525,000 sales Buyers looking for affordable housing U.S. housing markets of new and existing homes in 192 metro­ might shop in the Midwest, which had Percentage of the homes sold that politan areas. a more than half the nation's 25 least­ were within reach of the median "Housing affordability improved across expensive markets in the final three income household at the prevailing the country in the fourth quarter as months of 1995. mortgage interest rate. interest rates fell from about 8 percent headshot The National Association of Home Most affordable in the third quarter to below 7.5 percent Builders said Wednesday that con­ 4 2 1 by the end of the year," said association sumers could choose from metropolitan president Randy Smith, a builder in areas such as Kansas City and Walnut Creek, Calif. Bear with me here Minneapolis, or smaller cities like Lima, That difference in the cost of a 30- please. This inside col­ Ohio, the most affordable city in the year, fixed-rate mortgage would mean a umn thing isn't as easy as nation. monthly savings of $35 on a $100,000 it seems. Lima regained the top spot on the mortgage. In addition, the Home I would Jove to write a Home Builders Housing Opportunity ~~·· Builders said, the median price dipped to moving, insightful piece Index that it last held in the fourth quar­ 1. Lima, Ohio 86.2% $117,000 from $118,000 in the third praising the many bene­ ter of 1994. Kansas City and 2. Elkhart, Ind. 85.3 quarter. Minneapolis were the only cities with 3. Baton Rouge, La. 84.7 But after falling to a two-year low of fits of baseball in one's 4. Kansas City 83.4 life, but I'm aware that populations of more than 1 million to 5.