VOL. XXV. NO. 64 The ObserverTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Fellowship SYR, rape policy available to being discussed students Editor's Note: The following By CHRIS HANIFIN is the first in News Writer a three-part Ill fill i il Lac For a few industrious upper­ serieschanges about du ,.I:IIIIIYiilll~l1llli~f.t~ classmen, the Echoing Green Lac will un- First of a three-part series Public Service Fellowship, an dergo at the ..._ ____________.J exciting post-graduate oppor­ end of the school year. The other two parts will tunity, will provide vast experi­ run tomorrow. ence in the business world and the opportunity to help others. By JENNIFER HABRYCH "This fellowship is one way to News Writer learn amazing skills that you can take anywhere," said Dolly Possible revisions of the date rape policy and Saengswang, program director changes regarding residence hall semi-formals for Echoing Green. "It is a one­ are the changes now being discussed for the year fellowship applied for in up-coming summer revision of du Lac. your senior year which allows The administration will also examine trends of you to go out and start a public incidents that have occurred throughout the service program. We want to year that du Lac may need to be amended or help you create your own revised to accommodate during the spring. vision of social change." Thus far, there are no trends or incidents of The fellowship consists of a concern to the administration, according to Bill $15,000 stipend, which is to be Kirk, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, used in some type of non-profit but he said they will be in a better position to venture to benefit the commu­ analyze the school year late this spring. nity. Saengswang characterized The Observer/Scott Mendenhall Currently, the Campus Life Council (CLC) is the stipend as "seed money" investigating and discussing issues they and which a young entrepreneur In the spirit of Christmas students would like to see addressed during the could use in fund-raising , staff Kim Thornton, an off-campus senior, gets into the spirit of the Christmas season by revision process. development, or any other taking part in a tree-trimming celebration yesterday in LaFortune Student Center. see DU LAC I page 4 necessary endeavor. "Think of this fellowship as a springboard," she said. "I know it is a hal"d time and there are a lot of options," WASHINGTON (AP) - The sands of labels would cost in­ Saengswang said. "This is an White House unveiled food la­ dustry about $2 billion. opportunity to do something beling rules Wednesday that for "While we do not agree with very different from what most the first time will enable each and every decision, we will of your friends are doing." consumers to directly compare now start the enormous job of "Fund raising is intimidating, the nutritional value of every providing this new information and it takes up a lot of time. It's packaged food in the grocery to consumers as soon as especially hard for a twenty­ store. possible," said C. Manley Mol­ two year-old with no track Labels on all processed foods pus, president and chief execu­ record to get money. As a will not only show calories, total tive officer of the Grocery foundation, our stipend gives you some backing, some credi­ fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, Manufacturers of America. bility in attempting to solicit sodium, carbohydrates and The labeling rules will not more funds from other protein, but will also put them apply to restaurant menus, but sources," she said. all in the context of a daily diet any restaurant that posts a sign According to Saengswang, of 2,000 calories and 65 grams advertising a "low-fat" food the fellowship does not stop -of fat. must make sure the food com­ there, however. "Unlike many Such designations as "low­ plies with the government's other fellowships, we also at­ fat," "high-fiber" and "light" definition. tempt to give advice and access will be based on federally im­ to technical expertise in addi­ posed definitions. Serving sizes Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., tion to money. We try to get you will be uniform. sue one of the law's authors, said it hooked up with other fellows, Health and nutrition groups on varied serving sizes, and Madigan, who had opposed also requires menus to comply and also try to help you words used to describe food putting the sample diet on the develop relationships with praised the decision, but a meat with gov.ernment definitions have no set meaning. more experienced non-profit industry official said the labels labels, said he supported the and exempting them "is leaders through conferences." would confuse people. Raw "To put it simply, the Tower of decision and expected quick unfortunate and probably ille­ "They are extremely good at meat and poultry are not in­ Babel in food labels has come implementation of the rule. gal." making sure that what you cluded, but any products con­ down, and American consumers Sullivan said food companies want to do gets done," said taining meat and processed are the winners," said Health will likely begin putting the new Kessler and Sullivan had in­ Curt Peterson, '87. Peterson is meat, such as bologna, are and Human Services Secretary labels on their foods next year, sisted in a dispute within the currently participating in an covered. Louis Sullivan. but won't be required to do so administration that packaged Echoing Green Fellowship at Currently, high-fat foods "The gimmicks are gone," said until May 1994. food labels include the chart Food and Drug Administration He estimated the process of see FELLOW I page 4 rarely carry nutrition informa­ that presents each nutrient as a tion. Labels that do include Commissioner David Kessler. changing hundreds of thou- percentage of a total daily diet. Officers: Students must always stay alert By THERESA ALEMAN Befriending neighbors is the police, agreed "'ith the idea of News Writer most effective means of crime appointing a designated alert prevention in apartments and person, but added that students Students must stay alert to houses, said Gherardi. should also drink responsibly to their surroundings said Rex In addition to urging safety avoid confrontations with the Rakow director of Security for off-campus residents, Offi­ law. along with South Bend Police cers warned students to safe­ "Most students are arrested Department Sergeants George guard themselves against crime for disrespect to officers, re­ Gherardi and David Chapman at off-campus parties and bars. gardless of the charges," said in a safety lecture yesterday. According to Gherardi, major Chapman. Excessive drinking Although crime is relatively crimes which generally vic­ causes students to act out of low in apartments rented by timize students include as­ character, challenging police Notre Dame and Saint Mary's saults, robberies, and automo­ authority, according to Chap­ students, simple measures such bile accidents outside parties or man. as keeping track of the serial bars where students have been numbers of valuable items will drinking and judgement is im­ He said that while police greatly reduce incidents of paired. To minimize these, exist to protect and serve, their theft, said the officers. Gherardi suggested students powers are limited and they They said that residents of appoint not only a designated need help. He concluded, The Observer/Brian McDonough off-campus houses can spend as driver but a designated alert "We're people too. When you Sgt. George Gherardi and Sgt. David Chapman (left to right) discuss little as nine cents per night to person. see us, go ahead and wave ... methods for preventing crime for off-campus students yesterday during light the outside vicinity of Chapman, acknowledging Just make sure you use all five an off-campus crime prevention seminar in Hayes-Healy Center. houses to discourage burglars. tension between students and fingers to do so." page 2 Thursday, December 3, 1992 .... :. INSIDE COLUMN FORECAST University and Cloudy and colder today with a chance of flurries and high in freedom not on ~~:::~ the upper 30s. Tonight continued chance of flurries low speaking terms in the middle 20s. Have you noticed that TEMPERATURES 1t there are some things we ·ust don't talk about City H L around here? Have you Anchorage 35 23 noticed that people are Atlanta 49 29 Bogota 66 48 actually afraid to talk Cairo 72 54 about these things? Chicago 44 31 Cleveland 37 30 When Gerhard Casper, Dallas 62 34 former dean of the law Becky Barnes Detroit 41 32 school and provost at the Asst. News Editor Indianapolis 44 29 Jerusalem 57 46 University of Chicago, London 55 47 accepted the position of'--------­ Los Angeles 74 48 Madrid 66 43 university president at Stanford in October, he Minneapolis 35 28 gave an inaugural address that outlined the Moscow ·20 -18 freedoms of a university. Nashville 45 27 New York 46 36 "A university's freedom must be the freedom ::/" • • • Paris 57 52 of its members, faculty and students to think ..COLD WARM STATIONARY• • Philadelphia 48 32 Rome 63 48 and speak for themselves. A university must not Seanle 41 39 have dominant ways of thinking. No university South Bend 38 32 can thrive unless each member is accepted as H L Tokyo 61 46 an autonomous individual and can speak and Washington, D.C. 45 32 will be listened to without regard to labels and stereotypes," he said. Does this sound like the place you go school? A recent Scholastic article highlighted the problem.