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Volume XXIV, Number 9
life forum to the Crusaders for Life last Tuesday.
Operation Rescue head
stresses responsibility
By John Campbell__
Focus Editor
Last Tuesday, the Reverend Flip Benham spoke in Gorman
Faculty Lounge about the responsibility of Christians in address-
ing the abortion issue.
Benham is the co-founder of Operation Rescue, a pro-life
activist group. He has been involved in the pro-life movement
since 1976.
Benham closely interwove passagesfrom the Bible with his
lecture. He compared the battle between good and evil in the
Book of Revelations with the battle between the two world views
currently being fought out on Earth. Benham said, “The battle in
Heaven has manifested itself here today. [Satan] kills 4500 kids
in the womb every day.”
Benham expressed frustration with the invulnerability of
abortion clinics. “The abortion industry cannot be touched,”
said Benham. “Even the IRS doesn’t go near them.” He implied
that much of society holds a biased view of pro-lifers, recalling
that one time he was sued Si.2 million for praying in front of a
building. In regards to police restrictions on protesting pro-lifers,
Benham said, “There isn’t a crackhouse that gets more attention
by the Dallas Police Department than the abortion clinic.”
He emphasized the responsibility engendered by knowledge
of right and wrong, saying pro-lifers have a responsibility to
■ Please see Benham on page 10.
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Wednesday, November 6,1996
Internet mailings reveal internal discord
Guietti’s attacks on Opus Dei leave students, faculty, Opus Dei members mystified
of corporal mortification,” Wegemer said.
He gave examples of forms such as doing
work well and with self-discipline, as well as
treating people kindly.
“Opus Dei makes available all of the
traditional forms of fasting and penance
that have been in the Church for 2000
years,” Wegemer said.
“The purpose of Opus Dei is to do your
work well, which requires fasting and mor-
tification,” Wegemer said.
“I’m not a Roman Catholic, so I don’t
know about Opus Dei,” said Junior Adam
Cook, a recipient of two of the e-mailings
from Guietti. “I know the difference beT
tween asceticism and masochism, and this
letter wanted to make all forms of asceti-
cism look bad.” Cook said that the e-mail
messages that he received accused Opus
Dei of cruel, cult-like practices.
Cook, as well as other students, were
baffled as to what Guietti’s reasons for
sending the anti-Opus Dei e-mail messag-
■ Please see Thurow on page 2.
photo by
UIZ
Senior Joe "recently deceased" Lankford guides the hayride of the dead during the Halloween bonfire Thursday night
By Daniel Kennelly
News Editor
A rash of e-mailings, sent by suspended
philosophy professor Paolo Guietti, de-
nouncing the practices of Opus Dei as cult-
like, has the student body and faculty baf-
fled and seeking the reasons for such a
fervent attack on the Catholic religious
movement.
“To call Opus Dei masochistic is a dis-
tortion and is irresponsible,” said Associate
Professor Gerard Wegemer, a member and
local director of Opus Dei. “If they were
cult-like and strange, the Church would
never have approved of them. This re-
minds me of people calling the Eucharist
cannibalistic.”
“Opus Dei emphasizes ordinary forms
Batter up: BasebaU’s ^
L return to UD
By Daniel Kennelly
News Editor
The resurrection of baseball at UD
was the topic of discussion at an infor-
mal meeting between several staff
members and UD baseball alumni last
Wednesday.
According to Director of Admis-
sion and Financial Aid Fred Zuker,
the purpose of the meeting was “to
consider the possibility, actually more
than a possibility, of bringing baseball
back to UD.”
The last time the UD Athletics
Department sponsored a baseball team
was in 1981. Throughout their histo-
ry at UD, baseball teams established
impressive win-loss records relative
to other sports.
“It seemed like a ‘natural,’” Zuker
said, playing off the title of the pop-
ular baseball movie, “that baseball
should be a sport that we should
consider.”
Zuker listed admission as one of
the primary motivations in explor-
ing the possibility of adding the
sport.
“The competition [other univer-
sities] offers a lot of things to attract
students,” Zuker said. He said that
the presence of baseball would cre-
ate further incentive for prospec-
tive students to attend the Universi-
ty.
“From a student life perspec-
tive, it would be good to attract
more young men to the University,”
said Director of Student Life Hay-
den Head. In recent years, the
photo by Donna Marvel
Dick Strockbine
incoming freshman classes have
had higher numbers of female stu-
dents than male students. The
female to male ratios have hovered
around a 3 to 2 split.
Financially, Athletic Director
Dick Strockbine noted the need for
start-up costs of#20,000to#25,000,
and having yearly operating ex-
■ Please see Baseball on page 10.
GS officers not to carry guns
Students don't want officers to pack heat, think campus is safe
By Daniel Kennelly
News Editor
The standard issue of a Campus Safe-
ty officer: handcuffs, a mag-light, and a
walkie-talkie. Consider for a moment
some additional items for this list: a UD
police badge and a .45 semi-automatic.
Despite rumors to this effect, there
are no plans in the works to make fire-
arms part of the standard equipment of
UD’s Campus Safety officers, according
to Director of Campus Safety Kebirn
Rush.
“There’s a lot of talk, but we’re not
currently considering firearms of any
kind,” Rush said. “I think that the issue
would only become considered if it [the
Office of Campus Safety] were to be-
come a police department. I don’t be-
lieve that there is anything in the works
as far as presenting to the Board of
Trustees the idea of becoming a police
department.”
The prospects of armed officers and a
campus police department are inextrica-
bly linked. “Armed officers would not be
considered outside the idea of a transition
to a police department,” Rush said.
On the whole, students reacted nega-
tively to the idea of armed Campus Safety
officers. Many students said that the
relative safety of the campus is a reason
for opposing the idea of having armed
officers. Several students cited the types
of incidents reported in the Campus Safe-
ty Report as an example of the level of
security on campus.
“This is a relatively safe campus,” said
Senior Reuben Cala. “There are no im-
mediate dangers which would necessitate
the use of guns.”
“It’s not that dangerous around here,”
one student said. “We’ve had no reported
■ Please see Officers on page 7.
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