IOBSERVER Thursday, February 8, 1996* Vol. XXVII No. 85 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S COBA delivers verdicts in cheating scandal one or two letter grades. faced with an extra semester of Last November members of Gaglio noted that any decision By MARY KATE MORTON According to one male senior, school, sources said. four sections of Advanced Cor­ of the honesty committee can Associate News Editor who wished to remain anony­ “Student’s who regularly had porate Finance were accused of be appealed by students. and DAVE TYLER mous, students who had ap­ C’s and D’s are faced with the cheating on a departmental “The proceedings are fin­ News Editor _______________________________ peared at the January hearings possibility that they might not take home examination. The ished, however, within the and were found not-guilty, re­ graduate because they may cheating allegedly took place in Honor Code there is an appeal Alter an anxious Christmas ceived their decisions two have received F’s,” one student the College of Business Admin­ procedure and the deadline for break and a tenuous beginning weeks ago. said. istration computer cluster those appeals has not passed, ” of the semester, students in­ The grade reduction poses a Sam Gaglio, assistant dean of where students were col­ he said. "Since the appeal pro­ volved in the Finance Depart­ problem for some seniors in the the College Of Business Admin­ laborating on the test. The pro­ cedures are not complete, sub­ ment’s Advanced Corporate Fi­ class if the penalty caused a istration said that investigations fessors who taught the classes, sequent action will not be taken nance cheating investigation student to fail the course, one into the matter were complete, Robert Battalio and D. before decisions are rendered were notified of the University source said. Advanced Corpo­ but he could not discuss Katherine Spiess, requested on those appeals. ” decisions on their cases earlier rate Finance is not offered in specifics because of confiden­ written confessions from stu­ That leaves open the possibil­ this week, sources close to the Notre Dame’s summer session, tiality provisions in the school’s dents involved. At that point ity for a reversal, Gaglio added. situation said. and the deadline for adding a Honor Code. according to the University “No action is final until the Students found guilty of course for the Spring Semester “Yes, we are done with the Honor Code, The Finance appeals are complete,” he said. cheating received various pun­ has passed. Because the class formal hearings,” he said. “I Department Honesty Committee James Peterson, assistant ishments, including the reduc­ is required for finance majors can’t comment on anything that would begin to hold hearings tion of their course grade by to graduate, offenders could be might implicate a student.” into the matter. see SCANDAL/page 4 SDF President equates racial prejudice, power By ERIN LUM white culture and values it has News W riter been educated with. “Culture affects how we perceive real­ “You can’t live in the United ity...and (American) blacks States of America and not be have become whiter than white mentally ill,” said Reverend Al­ folks in terms of white culture bert McKnight, president of the and values,” he said. S o u t h e r n To overcome racism, McK­ Development night says people must discon­ Foundation, tinue relying on their left to an a u d i­ (white) brain, which is the m a­ ence at the terialistic, analytical brain, and H e s b u r g h return to the right (black) brain Library which acknowledges the impor­ Lounge last tance of the soul. night. “For a long time, black sym­ A cco rd in g M c K n ig h t bolized the divine, but this has to McKnight, been reversed by racism. The Photo courtesy of ND Public Relations a lecturer on racism in Ameri­ salvation of the world starts in can society, racism has become the heart...for this salvation to Mass celebrating the Grotto’s one hundred year anniversary will be held on the Feast of Our Lady a national disease comparable be possible, for people to heal, of Lourdes on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 10 am at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The celebrant and to mental illness, and it is the blackness must be embraced, ” homilist will be the Reverend Agostino Cacciavillan Titular Archbishop of Amiterno and the papal responsibility of every Ameri­ said McKnight. nuncio to the United States. can to overcome it. As p art of his endeavor to “Racism is more than just change the problem of racism prejudice—it is the power to in America, McKnight formed a Grotto celebrates centennial impose prejudices into public program called B.U.S.T. (Black policy,” he said. Unity and Spiritual Together­ weekend. According to McKnight, ness) which is organized into Weekend marks An internationally renowned racism has been institutional­ chapters of thirteen members site of prayer and pilgrimage ized into every area of Ameri­ who meet twice a month for the one century of since 1896, the Grotto resem­ can society. The result is a so­ purposes of spiritual bonding, bles a riverside cave near a ciety where the relationship be­ community action, and saving history, tradition town in southern France. tween black and white people to invest in a national financial Editor's Note: This is the part 1 of 2 In Lourdes, apparitions of is “sick” due to the lack of cooperative institution. Jirst of a two-part series hon­ the Virgin Mary appeared 18 understanding between the two Through B.U.S.T:, McKnight oring the centennial of the times to a French peasant girl groups. hopes to improve the spiritual things to different people, it Grotto at Notre Dame. between the months of “To hate oneself and one’s and economic situation of the sits in the heart of the campus February and July of 1858. people is not normal...to try to black community in America as a representation of one By GWENDOLYN NORGLE The 14-year old, Bernadette be like other people is not nor­ and to combat the racism that important aspect of the Assistant News Editor Soubirous, was canonized on mal,” McKnight directed at the now oppresses it. University - tradition. Marking December 8, 1933, the feast of black members of the audience. For more information on how its one hundredth year, Notre Peace. Reflection. the Immaculate Conception. He expressed the need for the to get a B.U.S.T. chapter start­ Dame will honor the shrine Inspiration. According to the story, when African-American community ed, Father Albert McKnight with a service on the feast of Though the Grotto at Notre to go back to its roots and get can be contacted at the follow­ Our Lady of Lourdes this Dame may offer different in touch with its history rather ing address: P.O. Box 1088, see GROTTO/ page 4 than continue to embrace the Opelousas, Louisiana, 70571. S tudent S enate Imminent election sparks debate over equality of districts By RUSSELL WILLIAMS tions. officially become an amend­ Below is one of the proposals for re-districting the dorms put forth by News Writer Because the Student Senate ment to the Student Student Government to the Student Senate. This is one of three possible election is approaching rapidly, Government constitution. choices for districting. These figures represent the campus in 1997. In light of the completion of Student Government President In the Student Government District #1 District #2 District #3 District #4 four new residence halls on Jonathan Patrick and Vice report submitted by McCarthy Alumni 269 Carroll 102 Stanford 268 Farley 248 Notre Dame’s campus by the President Dennis McCarthy felt and Patrick to the Senate, Dillon 339 Lyons 203 Keenan 280 Breen-Philips200 fall of 1997, redistricting was that the potential redistricting there are three drafted propos­ Fisher 189 Morrissey 320 Zahm 237 Siegfried 235 the main topic of concern at should take place in a timely als that would effectively deal Pangborn 201 Howard 164 Cavanaugh 227 Knott 228 the Student Senate meeting manner. with any potential problems Keough 275 Badin 126 St. Edward’s 174 PE. 226 Wednesday afternoon. The proposal will now go to arising upon completion of the O’Neill 275 Walsh 190 Lewis 282 P.W. 237 The Senate unanimously the Hall President’s Council, new residence halls. These Welsh 275 Sorin 171 New Dorm 275 approved of Student where a vote will be taken at concerns include gender, Government’s proposal to its next meeting. If the propos­ numerical and geographic 5 male 3 male 4 male 2 male redistribute residence halls for al gets the 2/3 majority inequalities which could sur- 3 female 4 female 2 female 4 female this year’s and all future elec­ required for approval, it will 2,098 residents 1,306 residents 1,468 residents 1,374 residents see SENATE/ page 6 Page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Thursday, Febrary 8, 1996 INSIDE COLUMN fORLO AT A GlANCE My best Senate votes to revamp farm subsidies WASHINGTON the most significant changes in agricul­ The Senate voted Wednesday to tural policy since Iowa’s Henry Wallace break the decades-old link between 1996 was secretary of agriculture under Mend farm prices and government subsidies, *The overhaul of how the FDR." giving farmers instead a series of fixed government supports corn, Both senators were headed for some but declining payments. The action heavy campaigning in that farm state, could lead to the eventual end of farm cotton, rice,and wheat where the bill is popular.