VOL. XXV. NO.23 The ObserverWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Irish Guard disbanded for alcohol- related offenses By MONICA YANT Guard: Unfair Editor-In-Chief dismissal For the second time in five years, the Irish Guard was dis­ By MONICA YANT banded Tuesday for alcohol Editor-in-Chief ■ Guard History / page 4 For seniors Pat Bednarz and violations and improper conduct, according to Professor Chris Boone, the news of the Patricia O’Hara, vice president Irish Guard’s dismissal travelled for Student Affairs. like a cruel — and unfunny — Citing multiple reports of al­ joke. cohol-related offenses, O’Hara “Due to rumors, blasphemy dismissed the Guard and made and numerous other reports provisions for a probationary that have gotten back to Stu­ group minus veteran members. dent Affairs, we’re being blamed for actions we did not While O’Hara would not elaborate on the reports. commit,” said Boone. The O bserver learned that one of The reprimand hit Bednarz, the captain of this year’s Guard, the alleged incidents involved forced drinking at theNorth- especially hard: “I think they western game. are just making a precedent of A student speaking on the us.” condition of anonymity re­ The Guard was disbanded yesterday for alcohol violations ported that a Guard member dressed in uniform poured a and improper conduct, accord­ ing to Professor Patricia bottle of alcohol down the throat of a Guardsman with his O’Hara, vice president for Stu­ head propped backward dent Affairs. Boone maintains that the against a tree. The incident oc­ curred near the Alumni Asso­ dismissal was made in haste, ciation tailgater. without probable cause. .. “They were in uniform, less “(O’Hara) did not address us the hat, and it was plainly obvi­ personally. She never accused ous that they were in the us of anything,” he said. Guard,” he said. “It was in The Guard was questioned last week by Student Affairs plain, public view." But member Chris Boone about sponsoring gatherings said the allegation is un­ involving alcohol. But Boone founded. “It’s the covenant law said that the meetings were of the Guard that we are not to one-sided. “There was no The Observer/John Bingham be associated with a tailgater discussion,” he said. “There The Irish Guard, shown here during the Michigan game, appearing in their first and last home performance before a game and no one is to as a group of ten. The Guard was disbanded yesterday for alcohol violations and improper conduct. s e e REACTION/ page 4 consume alcohol in uniform,” he said. “This is one of the many blasphemous rumors.” Kissinger: U.S. did all possible on POWs in Vietnam Boone said that Student Af­ fairs also accused the Guard of WASHINGTON (AP) — Henry accounting for missing Committee on POW-MIA Affairs. Kissinger said neither man ritualistic ceremonies and pub­ Kissinger on Tuesday Americans. The bipartisan panel is trying ever expressed those views at lic disorderly conduct before denounced as “a flat-out lie” And in a sometimes hostile to answer lingering questions the time. games. the allegation that he and exchange with members of a about the fate of missing “If we had known, if we had By reprimanding the group, others knew U.S. servicem en Senate committee, Kissinger soldiers and airmen two heard this, we would have the University is “calling into were left behind when the war didn’t rule out the possibility decades after the conclusion of acted on it,” Kissinger said. question the very existence of in Southeast Asia ended two that some Americans survived the Vietnam War, which divided He bitterly disputed the Guard itself,” O’Hara said. decades ago. after U.S. soldiers were the nation. suggestions “that when The behavior and attitude of Two people who made such withdrawn from the jungles of Kissinger testified a day after President Nixon announced that the probationary group will de­ suggestions Monday were Southeast Asia in 1973. other former Nixon officials, all prisoners were on the way termine if the Guard will con­ Kissinger’s colleagues from the including Schlesinger and home, he or his aides knew that tinue after this season. Nixon administration — defense “1 think it’s improbable any Laird, said they believed some many were left behind.” “We’ve tried to preserve the secretaries James Schlesinger are alive today,” Kissinger said. American prisoners were still in “The allegation is a flat-out positive potential of the Guard. and Melvin Laird. “I have always kept open the Vietnam or Laos after the lie,” Kissinger said, blaming the W hether that will happen de­ But the former secretary of possibility in my mind there withdrawal of U.S. troops and assertions on “leaks that could pends on the Guard. They’re state and national security were some in Laos.” the 1973 release of 591 only have come from this pretty much masters of their adviser acknowledged that even Kissinger’s intensely prisoners of war. The former inquiry.” own fate,” she said. as he negotiated peace with the defensive, sometimes combative defense secretaries cited Kissinger acknowledged O’Hara alluded to Guard-or­ North Vietnamese, he testimony came under oath reliable reports of more POWs, receiving “some reports ganized gatherings involving recognized they had not before an extraordinary particularly in Laos, than were alleging that live Americans alcohol and “unacceptable” ori- provided an adequate hearing by the Senate Select released. were still in Indochina.” s e e GUARD/ page 4 ‘Victims’ left in wake of apartment sale HPC passes resolution whole com m unity,” said Rev. By JOE MOODY But even with the rehabilita­ By BEVIN KOVALIK ognizes the need to enhance tion underway, there are still a Timothy Rouse, paster of the Viewpoint Editor News Writer the academic experience of few units with people living in First African Methodist Episco­ the undergraduate students them, people that were not part pal Zion Church and president Broken glass and several Hall Presidents’ Council and to improve the of the problem, waiting to move of the local NAACP. dumpsters sit outside the unanimously passed a resolu­ relationship between students into new housing when it be­ Rouse added that if there had boarded-up doorways of what tion at last night’s meeting and faculty through the Hall comes available. been any wrong-doing in issu­ was once a hub of off-campus which supports the rejuvena­ Fellows Program. These tenants are perceived ing the eviction notices, he student living, Notre Dame tion of the Residence Hall Fel­ “The program gives both by some in the community as “would have been the first to Apartments. But, to the sur­ lows Program in all residence students and faculty an victims—victims first to an array protest.” prise of many, one of the three halls , according to Jason opportunity to interact outside of crime swirling in their midst Debbie Thomas is one of the buildings remains open with Coyle, HPC co-chair. the classroom on a social and and later to an abrupt tenants still living in the apart­ some tenants still living inside. A Hall Fellows coordinator academic level,” said Molly notification that their lease ments. She moved in on the last The recent history of the to the Student Government O’Neill, student body vice agreements were void as the April with her husband and two apartments is a grim one. In a cabinet and commissioners to president. apartments were going to be children. period of months, me represent each of the dorms The Facilities Operations evacuated for complete Thomas was happy to be in residences transformed from a will facilitate the program’s agenda was introduced to HPC restoration. the “spacious, comfortable” popular student location to a reinvigoration, according to by Gary Shumaker, assistant However, most in the com­ apartment located close to her center of urban violence in the resolution. maintenance director. Cur­ munity agree that the drastic maintenance job at Notre South Bend. The Hall Fellows Program rently the ND maintenance measures were necessary in Dame. The buildings have been pur­ presently lacks organization services consists of almost 500 light of the situation. To her dismay, she happened chased since, all tenants and meaningful participation employees who work in over “We want to see adequate to move in right at the time the were informed they would need in the residence halls, 100 buildings on 1200 acres of housing provided for everyone, area was experiencing a rise in to relocate, and plans for according to the resolution. land, he said. but the problems related to violence. rehabilitation have already The HPC Resolution also rec­ see HPC / page 4 been set into motion. these apartments stressed the s e e APTS. / page 4 -- . p - u „ ^ \f.f The Observer Wednesday, September 23,1992 INSIDE COLUMN FORECAST WEATHER REPORT Forecastfor noon- Wednesday, September 23 Sunny and cool today with highs in P.C. pictures the low 60 s. Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. Scattered light frost is possible tonight. 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