~r~H!~ IU2·19f2 ~-. 1!1:-- SISQUICINUNNIAL Samt Marys College server NOTRE DAME• INDIANA VOL. XXIV NO. 6 MONDAY I SEPTEMBER 2, 1991 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Gorbachev promises independence for Baltics MOSCOW (AP) - President Intact, and said, ~I will not re­ In Moscow, visiting British after discussions with Estonian have been trying to prevent the Mikhail Gorbachev on Sunday sign now. That would be im­ Prime Minister John Major said and Latvian leaders about union from evaporating In the promised independence to the moral." Britain would sponsor the maintaining economic ties power vacuum that has fol­ Baltic republics, but said he Gorbachev's statement on the Baltics' entry into the United among former Soviet republics. lowed the Aug. 18-21 coup and would not resign or retreat Baltics met with joy in Lithua­ Nations and other international the subsequent suspension of from tho battle to maintain the nia. organizations. Major told reporbrs he had the Communist party. Soviet Union as a country. "I am glad that he has said Gorbachev met for 75 minutes sought assurances from Gor­ Gorbachev said In the TV In­ Jr Independence "is the final this. This is the beginning of a in the Kremlin with Major, the bachev and Yeltsln that "the terview that during a meeting wish and Intention of the peo­ new period In history," Lithua­ first Western leader to visit utmost care would be taken" to earlier Sunday, 11 of the 15 re­ ple" of the Baltlcs, ~then I think nian President Vytautas Lands­ Moscow since last month's at­ keep nuclear weapons under publics agreed to maintain we must agree to It," Gorbachev bergis told an estimated 20,000 tempted coup by hard-liners strict central control as more some form of union, although said In an Interview aired on people at a victory rally in Vil­ opposed to reforms. and more republics declare in­ its exact shape Is yet to be Soviet television and the Cable nius. dependence. He said they both worked out. Those not repre­ News Network. ~Now there must be concrete Major also met with Russian agreed. sented apparently were the Gorbachcv stressed the need talks on the withdrawal of So­ President Boris Yeltsin, who re­ Despite their long rivalry, Baltics and Moldavia. to keep the rest of the country viet troops," added Landsbergis. turned to Moscow on Sunday both Yeltsin and Gorbachev Yugoslavs Attridge takes over as accept EC dean of Arts & Letters By ALICIA REALE other, according to Attridge. peace plan News Writer ~They are a balancing act, and we are committed to doing both well." BELGHADE, Yugoslavia (AP) Harold Attridge, professor of Attridge said he Is aware of -Tho Yugoslav presidency and theology at Notre Dame, be­ the large class size problems tho country's feuding republics came dean of the College of within the college. "There Is a accepted a European Commu­ Arts and Letters in August. He 5 year plan for faculty devel­ nity (EC) plan on Sunday do­ succeeds Michael Loux, profes­ opment drawn up with Michael signed to stop months of fierce sor of philosophy, who is re­ Loux." He hopes to continue fighting among Croats, Serbs, turning to teaching and re­ with that plan explaining, "The and tho army. plan Is updated and renegoti­ It was unclear, however, search. "Like his predecessor, Harold ated each year to meet the whether the latest plan would Attridge brings to the deanship needs of the college." succeed in ending months of of Arts and Letters a record of The DART registration for the bloodshed in this troubled na­ distinguished scholarship and a fall semester went much more tion. Earlier attempts at truces smoothly for this fall, according have failed. potential for leadership that al­ ready has been evidenced in his to Attridge. He said, "The own department of theology," technical bugs seem to be "Tho presidency accepts tho said Timothy O'Meara, the Uni­ working themselves out, and declaration of the EC minis­ versity's provost and the chair the problems remaining are of ters," a spokeswoman told re­ of the search committee for the social organization." porters gathered outside the Diane Murray and Kimberly conference room where the new dean. Attridge said he has no plans Flint-Hamilton, newly ap­ eight-man presidency had met. for major changes within the pointed associate deans of the college. "The Freshman Writ­ College of Arts and Letters, are The plan envisages an inter­ ing Program is under examina­ monitoring and planning the national peace conference on tion in both components, registration situation. "We'll Yugoslavia and the dispatch of Freshman Seminar and Compo­ certainly be working on It," At­ foreign cease-fire monitors to ~~. sition and Literature," he said. tridge said. the battle-torn republic of .. i-~6.1 "A report is being made by a ~I'm still learning the ropes," Croatia. Before Implementa­ The Observer!M. Schropp he said. "I've only been aboard tion, It had to be accepted by faculty committee, and on the basis of this, some changes may for 4 or 5 days." leaders of Yugoslavia's slx re­ be made." Regarding the new position, publics, also gathered in the Blessed with beautiful weather, the Sophomore class celebrates Attridge said he Is anticipating federal capital. Teaching and"'tesearch are its return to Notre Dame with an outdoor mass at the Grotto. integral to the college, and one will not be stressed over the see DEAN I page 4 see PEACE I page 4 Hoosier literacy programs in need INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Some million illiterates," he said. In Marion County alone, at 600,000 II oosiers can't read, Officials say 98 businesses, least 3 7 groups offer literacy write, add or subtract, but offi­ jails, hospitals, housing com­ programs, and Indianapolis cials say inadequate money, re­ plexes, libraries and community Public Schools offers classes at sources and concern among centers that wanted to conduct 47 other sites. · those who can road compounds literacy classes can't because Many illiterate people are the problem. resources aren't available. ashamed or afraid to admit More than 400 literacy pro­ ~People say, 'There's all that their problem. grams are offered statewide. money out there,' but it's not "Often they have gone to But 1,300 Hoosiers arc on true," said Anderson, whose great lengths to hide the fact waiting lists, because some lit­ program Is funded by $11.5 that they can't read," said Alicia eracy classes are filled, said million in state funds. "Money Chadwick, vice president of Carlotta Anderson, director of Isn't tho answer to everything, marketing for the Indianapolis adult education for the Indiana but we must reach more peo­ Network for Employment and Departmet11 of Education. ple." Training. Most of Indiana's 1 million State Sen. Dennis Neary, D­ Chadwick's group, called high school dropouts never Michlgun City, said that with UPWORDS, is housed in the drop back Into learning, and 600,000 functionally illiterate same building as a Marlon less than 5 percent of the people in the state, $11.5 mil­ County unemployment office, 600,000 Hoosiers who can't lion allows only $19 per person. and is pitched to everyone who road, write, add or subtract get "That's not even the price of a .stops by for unemployment or help, officials say. textbook," said Neary. disability benefits. Thoro Isn't enough concern Neary and Anderson say Last year, that pitch worked among those who can read, said while more money is needed, so with 296 people, including Indiana Superintendent of Is better coordination among Ronald Childs, who quit Tech Public Instruction II. Dean existing programs. High School in his freshman Evans. David Stahly, director of adult year. Evans says Illiterate adults education for Warren "When I was young, everyone The Observer/ M. Schropp are more likely to end up on Township, Is putting together a thought I was retarded," said Four Wheel Drive welfare or In trouble. Marlon County referral network Childs. "I decided to prove them Kevin Roxas and Drew Yurko hit the paths around St. Joseph's "This country cannot sustain that would match students with wrong." Lake on their man-powered all-terrain vehicles. Itself with a population of 25 programs. page 2 The Observer Monday, September 2, 1991 INSIDE COLUMN fORECAST: Mostly sunny and A few pros and mild on Labor Day w~h a high around 80 degrees. Partly sunny Tuesday cons to off­ w~h a 30 percent chance of thundershowers. campus living TEMPERATURES: One thing that can't be------­ City H L A! hens 81 66 beat about living off­ Atlanta 94 72 campus: air conditioning. Berlin 81 55 Boston 70 53 And don't forget about Chicago 74 60 cable, no parietals, no Dallas·Ft.Worth 85 73 alcohol policy, and the 87 56 73 55 private outdoor swimming 89 73 pool either. 89 75 86 62 I have it better than Rene Ferran 81 59 some ofT-campus students, 88 64 living in the Oak Hill Associate 79 59 Spor:ti Editor 85 78 complex. After over a Moscow 55 41 New York 72 57 year of ofT-campus living, I have come to the Paris 79 59 conclusion that to survive at Notre Dame, it's Philadelphia 76 60 the way to go. Rome 84 62 St. Louis 90 71 Oh, there are some things that I miss. San Francisco 74 57 First, it was nice not having to worry about Seattle 70 53 South Bend 78 52 cooking for myself. Dining hall food isn't the Tokyo 88 79 greatest, but it's convenient-especially if Washington, D.C 79 65 you're as lazy as I am-and can't be any worse than some of the meals that I've cooked in mvlife.