t i X H OBSERVER Thursday, April 4, 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 Carthy and Donoghue,the other Associate News Editor mittee: .. .. V: :■:' members of the student govern­ •Luisa Heredia, president of ment Board of Trustees Group This spring, the Board of the Hispanic American Organi­ Contributors to the Student that selected the candidates Trustees will learn about multi- zation include Macaire Carroll, Kelly culturalism from widely-ranged •Christine Haley, Center for Government Report on Cornells, Steve Hernandez, perspectives. It will hear the Social Concerns intern on mul- Multiculturalism Qiana Lillard and Greg personal accounts of members ticulturalism Vanslambrook. of the student body, according •Anthony Silva, a representa­ Luisa Heredia Christine Haley “We’re really excited,” to outgoing Student Body Presi­ tive of Gays and Lesbians of Patrick said. “We’ve chosen dent Jonathan Patrick and Vice Notre Dame/Saint Mary’s Col­ Freshman, Howard Sophomore, Lyons some incredible people who President Dennis McCarthy, lege and a member of the Ad President - Hispanic American CSC intern on multiculturalism represent a wide-range of the who yesterday announced stu­ Hoc Committee on Gay and Organization student body. Their personal dent government’s choice of Lesbian Student Needs. experiences will add power’ to contributors to their Spring •Cristiane Likely, columnist Anthony Silva, Jr. Cristiane Likely the report and an emotional for The Observer iWliiiii aw-. 1996 Board of Trustees Report. Junior, Morrissey Senior, PW component that will ‘humanize’ In addition to attending the While Heredia, Haley and the statistics student govern­ Board of Trustees meeting in Silva will give oral presenta­ Representative from GLND/SMC Observer Columnist ment is presenting to the Board early May, where they will give tions at the meeting. Likely will The Observer/Christopher Mullins of Trustees." presentations of their personal include some of her editorials “They will tell it well and hon­ experiences, the committee in the report, thus contributing committee and incorporating group that selected the candi­ estly,” he said. members 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 recommenda­ form," Patrick said. into the framework of the re­ the reports were excellent and edgeable,” McCarthy added. tions to the Trustees. As an “impetus," she is re­ port. well-written.” The group is con­ “Everyone will bring a personal Some of these recommenda­ sponsible for increasing discus­ “As minority groups, we need fident that the communication side to the report.” tions may include “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 ethnicity programs at the Uni­ ward to offering the knowledge said. the student body’s perspective, mittee looked at the individual versity," McCarthy said. he has gained through his ex­ Roger Donoghue, a member he said. periences at Notre Dame to the of the student government In addition to Patrick, Mc­ The following students were see BOARD / page 6 King calls Farrakhan Rockin’ the house... ‘threat’ to America By KELLY FITZPATRICK News Writer____________________________ The messages of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan represent a threat to the United Stales, according to New York Congressman Pete King. King denounced Farrakhan’s language and actions while deeming the figure’s recent trips to Africa, l.ybia, Sudan and Nigeria a “tour of terror." King, accompanied by securi­ ty, began his speech by talking of recent death threats that he had received, saying, “There are people that thrive on hate; The Observer/Michelle Sweet there are people that thrive on New York Congressman Pete King spoke out against Nation of intimidation." Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. He then presented his main argument against Farrakhan, tance of Momar Khadafi. saying that Farrakhan violated Farrakhan traveled openly to The Observer/Michelle Sweet the law in visiting Libya and Matt Curreri, a Keenan freshman, performed at the Zahm Acoustic Jam in the LaFortune Ballroom yester­ day evening. eliciting the financial assis- see KING / page 6 Panel calls for diverse facultySaint Mary’s to adopt By MATT GAREAU News Writer ■ New s Analysis experimental schedule While Notre Dame’s apparent 12:50 p.m. lack of cultural and ethnic di­ Court rulings hinder Changes to begin “We felt that this system of versity is not unique in higher scheduling classes every hour education, significant progress in the fall as part on the hour would bo more towards a more diverse cam­ affirmative action convenient for both students pus should involve the hiring of of one-year test and faculty, and we were also more 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, bers, according to a panel of Saint Mary’s News Editor speakers sponsored by the Amendment does not permit lectures and Brown Bag lunch­ es," said Registrar for Saint Gender Studies Department. T he affirmative action the school to use racial prefer­ Saint Mary’s College will ex­ ences in its admissions pro­ Mary's College Sister Francesca Two faculty members and debate has grown as recent perience class scheduling Kennedy. The option of tak­ three graduate students offered court rulings have begun to gram, which had benefitted changes next fall as a result of blacks and Mexican- ing a 75-minute class that their views yesterday in a criti­ chip away at this precedent a newly instituted experimental Americans. runs from 3 p.m. through cal issues roundtable entitled, allowing for racial prefer­ system set up by the University “The Law School has pre­ 4:15 p.m., and from 4 p.m. “Where’s the Action in Minority ences. The trend began in July of Notre Dame. sented no compelling justifica­ Affirmative Action: Academia of last year when the Saint Mary’s class schedule tion, under the Fourteenth and the African American Ex­ University of California Re­ for the fall of 1996 will consist see SCHEDULE / page 4 Amendment or Supreme Court perien ce.” gents Board voted to end of Monday, Wednesday, and Dr. Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, racial preferences in hiring precedent, that allows it to Friday classes every hour on This is the last issue and admissions. continue to elevate some races assistant dean of the College of 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 the need to hire more black Appeals for the Fifth Circuit wholesome purpose of correct­ through 5:50 p.m., with the ex­ Wednesday, April 10. faculty not only at Notre Dame, ruled against the University of ing perceived racial imbal- ception of very few, if any, Have a safe and Texas Law School staling that classes from noon through see PANEL / page 4 race cannot be considered see ACTION / page 4 joyous Easter. page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Thursday, April 4, 1996 m INSIDE COLUMN WORLD 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 a might shop in the Midwest, which had Percentage of the homes sold that politan areas. 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 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, i M 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 seem s. Lima regained the top spot on the mortgage. In addition, the Home I would love 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. L im a, O hio 86 29 $117,000 from $118,000 in the third praising the many bene­ ter of 1994. Kansas City and 2. Elkhart, Ind. 85.3 quarter. 3. Baton Rouge, La. 84.7 fits of baseball in one’s Minneapolis were the only cities with But after falling to a two-year low of ; .£ W £ : i 4. Kansas City 83.4 life, but I’m aware that populations of more than 1 million to 5. M elbourne, Fla. 83.1 6.94 percent in mid-February, rates there have been Dylan Barmmer make the Top 25.