• Stories, fact and •Those who You fiction, about sum­ Memories knew and loved BLUE-GOLD 1997 him share thoughts mer jobs from • He's benched this weekend due to gotta of a about Joe Ciraolo Fanta to filing injury, but Jamie Spencer is expected to work p. 14 Friend p. 10 impact the Irish in the fall. p. 12-13 Friday, April 25, 1997 • Vol. XXX No. 132 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S 'T I !hat kind of Catholic family VV would allow the discrimina­ tion of its members?' -Matt Szabo Students, faculty rally in support of revision By HEATHER MACKENZIE tion" to strengthen their support administration's refusal to News Writer for the rights of every member of address the non-discrimination the Notre· Dame· community. clause" over the past year. They wanted everyone to hear. "Notre Dame is a place where "One of the most important Almost 400 university stu­ there needs to be equality and things about this rally is the dPnts, faculty and staii gathered freedom for everyone," stated stalling of the administration," in front of the main building yes­ Father David Garrick in his she stated. "We need to finally tPrday to demonstrate their sup­ opening prayer. "We are not be allowed to talk about discrim­ port for the cn~ation of a praying for power, triumph or a ination, and we need someone to University-wide non-discrimina­ hidden agenda, but for equality." listen." tion clause and student bill of Because non-discrimination on Two years ago, vice president rights. the basis of sexual orientation of Student Affairs Patricia This campus movement, spon­ was rooted at the heart of the O'Hara formed the Ad Hoc sored in part by the Notre Dame rally, members of GLND/SMC Committee on Gay and Lesbian chapter ol' College Democrats, were crucial to the organization Student Needs. Though the was an opportunity for campus and implementation of the move­ Office of Student Affairs attests groups to unite and voice their ment. However. the demonstra­ that "all 12 recommendations of arguments· for the clause's revi­ tion extended its eall to students the committee have been met," sion. of all orientations. the College Democrats, joined by "Discrimination based on sexu­ "The non-discrimination members of the homosexual al orientation is not tolerable," clause is not merely for community, feel that there has said Hyan Guillen. "This is not GLND/SMC," emphasized J.P. been no response from the just an issue for gay, lesbian and Cooney, co-president of the administration since that time. bisexual individuals, but for all College Democrats. "Every per­ "This is an emergency," said students. The administration son who is touched by this Molly O'Shaughnessy, a senior has ignored this need for too University is suffering beeause Lyons Hall resident. "Two words long." non-discrimination is not consid­ can change a lot. We don't Speaking from a makeshift ered an issue by the administra­ deserve to live in an atmosphere stage, representatives from the tion." of hate. No one does." College Democrats, GLND/SMC, After the opening prayer and Members of GLND/SMC felt and Notre Dame and Saint group cries of "I Iere we go, Patty that the perceived refusal of the Mary's faculty addressed the 0" and "We are not free ... administration to consider or crowd rlusternd in front of the Justice, rights, non-discrimina­ support a non-discrimination Dome. Amid the formal speech­ tion," the microphone was clause inherently affects the es. the advocates incorporated turned over to Allison Dobson of entire student body. prayer and rally chants like "jus­ the College Democrats, who out­ At the rally's climax, Sean tice, rights, and non-discrimina- lined what she termed "the The Observer/Rob Finch see page 3 As Matt Szabo stood waving a copy of the Catechism, College Democrat Liz Scharpf advertised her message on her shirt. Frida~ Feature There's no room· at the inn in a recent expansion of the potential." As stadium seating Notre Dame Stadium will direct­ Potential economic profit for ly affect the Michiana communi­ the area does stand to be gained increases, locals ty, which has accommodated so long as the community can the same number of visiting fans prove it has the capacity to han­ must cope with the since 1930, when the stadium dle the significant increase in throng of extra fans was constructed. fans. More fans equate to more The 1995 annual report of the money spent on merchandise By JAMIE HEISLER Convention and Visitors Bureau and on admission prices to Managing Editor of South Bend/ Mishawaka con­ regional attractions such as the veys the city government's opti­ College Football Hall of Fame Six weekends every year, the mistic view of the expansion and and the Studebaker National city of South Bend undergoes an its economic profitability for the Museum. invasion of football-crazed Notre area. The Convention and Visitors Dame fans who come by the "While Notre Dame's academ­ Bureau estimates that the aver­ carload, busload and planeload. ic prominence is well-known, it age tourist spends $338 during They pour across the city's should be recognized that the the approximate stay of a week­ limits with a singular destina­ 33 percent expansion of the end. This total includes various tion in mind - "the house that Notre Dame football stadium factors from staying in a hotel to Hoekne built." The stadium that further underscores the dramat­ buying a lottery ticket, accord­ Knute Rockne knew so well has ic economic effect which Notre ing to Marge Filchak, executive evolved, however, and with that Dame contributes to the South direotor of the department. evolution have come related Bend/ Mishawaka economy," it Most Michiana hotels and impacts on the eommunity sur­ states. "The community now restaurants already operate at The Observer/Kevin Dalum rounding the structure. more than ever, must work to The stadium will accommodate 20,000 additional fans next season, The addition of 21,000 seats capitalize on this economic which could create havoc for neighboring communities. see STADIUM I page 4 page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, April 25, 1997 • INSIDE COLUMN • WoRLD AT A GLANCE Thoughts on my Russia, China agree to limit troops at border MOSCOW=--~----. Hussian President Boris Yeltsin, China, Russia and three Central Asian who repeatedly has said NATO apocalypse nations pledged Thursday to reduce their expansion on Russia's western flank troops along a 4,000-mile stretch of bor­ would lead him to look east, called My dad always used to der, building a new peace in the East to the border agreement "a break- drive down to Notre Dame counter NATO expansion in the West. ,;;~;:,:=~~~~ through for the Asian-Pacific region." and rescue me from my Chinese President Jiang Zemin said the It sets ceilings on the number of freshman year whenever accord - the result of seven years of troops and the amount of military the school calendar negotiations - was a step toward a equipment the countries can have allowed. "security model that differs from the within a 62-mile zone on both sides Just before the journey Cold War mentality." of the border. Details were not home commenced, my dad The agreement reflects steadily released. always had Handel's improving relations between Russia and Kazakstan, Tajikistan and "Messiah" cued up to the Joe Villinski China,. communist rivals for three Kyrgyzstan also signed the accord. "Hallelujah" part. With Senior Sports Writer decades after relations soured in the late China borders all four former the song, a feeling of 1950s. It also demonstrates strengthen­ Soviet republics. The border was relief resonated. ing solidarity against growing Western heavily guarded during the Soviet This was our little joke. It always brought a influence- in particular, NATO's move­ ·""''-""'-...... " ..... 1 era, and clashes occasionally broke smile to my face. ment into Eastern Europe. ~---------------' out. I had just survived another break from my true home and couldn't have been happier with the world than during that drive to Bill to outlaw discrimination Technology means diapers at 63 Chicago. As we hit the toll road, classical WASHINGTON LOS ANGELES music never sounded so good. President Clinton renewed his sup- ...__ .----.. ...... ,.,.,--__, Having been torn away from my family that At 63 years old, the world's oldest new mom is dealing previous summer, my natural inclination was port Thursday for a bill that would out­ with night feedings and diaper rash. She will be 65 dur­ still to return to my memory landscape. It was law employment discrimination against ing the terrible twos, and 76 during the rebellious teen­ a landscape that included a basketball court, a homosexuals, saying such bias must be age years. And maybe, just maybe, she'll be around at familiar bed, and a home filled with much love eliminated "in our country and in our 85 to see her daughter graduate from college. When -three pretty good reasons to leave campus, hearts." During a closed half-hour doctors confirmed Wednesday that the woman gave if you asked me. White House meeting with the bill's birth at 63, it raised questions about the ethical and Somewhere during the next three years, sponsors, gay and civil rights advo­ practical ramifications of having a baby so late in life. "I those three reasons began to fuel my desire to cates, Clinton said he intends to lobby ="-"'~---­ don't know if' she's going to have energy for a baby," be back in South Bend. (Well, maybe not hard for passage of the bill, which would bar firing or said Maryann Fiore, who had triplets at age 45 and is Stepan courts, but the tournament played on discriminating against an employee on the basis of sexu­ now 50.