University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 2, 1994 Page: 1 of 15
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Sports..
A personal account of the
California earthquake
tragedy. See p. 13.
TWO-TIME CHAMPS!
The Dallas Cowboys
crush the Buffalo Bills
at the Super Bowl 30-
13. GO COWBOYS!
See p. 16 for
commentary.
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The Jackets defeat the
Crusaders 84-80. See p.
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Features
Violence against women! has
become a major draw in
films. Why? See p. 10.
UD's music department
gears up for spring
production of The King and
I. See p. 7.
Notre Dame professor Dr.
Alfred J. Freddoso delivers
1994 Aquinas lecture. See
The dinosaurs of Jurassic
Park come to Fort Worth.
See p. 6.
Groundhog: a UD
tradition lives on. See pp.
8-9.
News...
What's
Inside
The on-campus day care
question gets an in-depth
examination. See p. 2.
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Aquinas lecturer questions God’s place in change
the beginning of the Catholic philo-
sophical tradition. The crux of the
question is, according to Freddoso,
"How does the secondary cause fit
in with God as the primary cause in
nature?" Secondary causes are those
actions on elements we see in the
physical world which seem to exact
photo by Donna Marvel
Dr. Cherie Clodfelter
and commentaries on medieval
works.
Dr. Freddoso stated that God's
action in the ordinary course of na-
ture has been subject to debate since
tion Department at UD in 1971.
Dr. Clodfelter expressed a
deep appreciation for her pro-
fession and her students. "The
wonderful life of a teacher is that
I have an opportunity to be in-
terested in more and more things.
And then, in a sense, influence
eternity by wetting the appetite
the roots of the tree, nourishes it.
Occa-sionalism presents a prob-
lem, Freddoso explained, because
to believe in occasionalism, "Ulti-
mately, your best bet is to adopt a
notion [of] substance [being] sepa-
rated from power. Occasionalism
doesn't fit in with sacramental the-
ology as the sacraments are instru-
ments of grace."
See pg. 4 "Aquinas"
Clodfelter resigns chairmanship
Will continue to teach while Klassen assumes Education chair
by Rich Daly
Dr. Cherie Clodfelter resigned
the Chairmanship of the Educa-
tion department at the end of this
past Fall.
Her successor is Dr. James
Klassen, a University of Dallas
graduate.
Coming from a family of edu-
cators, Dr. Clodfelter has always
felt inclined towards teaching. At
this time she feels she is "nowhere
near retirement age," and she
plans to continue teaching at UD
for some time.
Dr. Clodfelter received her
Bachelor of Science degree (Sci-
ence education) from Oklahoma
State University and received her
Masters Degree from Texans
Women's College. After teaching
at a number of primary and sec-
ondary schools in Irving, she
eventually moved to the Educa-
by Becky Weber
Last Thursday evening, Lynch
Auditorium was transformed into
an erudite setting as a large crowd
gathered to hear the 1994 Aquinas
lecture, fea- MHHHi
turing guest
speaker Dr.
Alfred J.
Freddoso,
from the
University of
Notre Dame.
Dr. Fred-
doso's lec-
ture, entitled
"God's Gen-
eral Concur-
rence with
Secondary
Causes: Pit-
falls and
Prospects,"
examined the
nature of
God's role in
the process of
change.
Dr. Lance
Simmons in-
troduced
Dr.Freddoso,
a former Post-Doctorate Fellow at
Brown University, who has been a
professor at Notre Dame since 1979.
Dr. Freddoso is also the Director of
the Graduate Program at Notre
Dame and has received grants from
the National Endowment for the
Humanities for translation projects
See pg. 4 "Clodfelter"
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Haack said.
Being a resident of the former
East Germany, Haack described the
political situation of Eastern
Germany as havingbeen a necessary
tradeoff where loss of freedom
ensured stability. The fall of the
Berlin Wall was shocking at first,
but Haack commented that people
"began to accept it as a normal part
of life." Life as Germans know it has
been dramatically changed since
East and West reunited, but as
Haack claimed, some people "no
longer believe that political
reunification has been achieved."
Haack holds that because of
political and social change, the
German people are having difficulty
setting national goals. Neo-Fascism
has stepped forward in the political
vacuum, and has been embraced as
a form of protest by youths facing a
40 percent unemployment rate
among young people. These youths
know little about the real ideas and
change or an effect in a substance.
According to Freddoso, there are
three main positions on God's place
in the process of change.
The first, occasionalism, holds
that "God alone is an immediate
cause of effects in nature." Thus,
when water comes in contact with
the roots of a tree, it is not the water
which gives the tree nourishment, it
is solely God, who, on the occasion
of the water coming in contact with
photo courtesy of Yearbook
Karl-Hermann Haack, German member of Parliament
Parliamentarian speaks on German decline
investment, which must change, .
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photo by James Speelman
Dr. Alfred J. Freddoso
by Maria Kerschner
Karl-Hermann Haack, a member
of Germany's Social Democratic
party, and a Parliament member
since 1987, spoke to over 200 people
Friday evening on the problems
being faced by German society since
reunification.
Following a brief summary of
German political history, including
the fall of the Berlin Wall on
November 9,1989 and the German
reunification of October 3, 1990,
Haack proceeded to point out
several problems in present day
Germany. These problems include
unemployment, social and political
discontent, and economic decline.
Haack's idea of reform in
Germany includes saying "yes to
democratic institutions." The
protection provided by social
services is what will enable the unity
and freedom aspired towards in the
German constitution to be realized,
he remarked. However,
infrastructural, social, and
environmental projects require
funds, and Germany has engaged
in consumption rather than
See “Haak” pg. 14
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