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The University News
News
April 29,1998 3
^ Beyond the Bubble
A brief look at major events in local, national and world news
SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA has
resumed normal operations after
repairing a faulty air purifier earli-
er in the week. The purifier is de-
signed to remove carbon dioxide
from the air, but had to be turned
off Friday because of a damaged
valve which may have been clogged
with debris. The problem was fixed
later in the weekend, and the crew
returned to conducting numerous
scientific experiments on the ef-
fects of weightlessness on the brain
and the nervous system.
■
A TEACHER IN PENNSYLVANIA
was shot to death at an eighth-
grade dinner dance Friday night
byl4-year-old Andrew Wurst, who
apparently had no connection to
the teacher. John Gillette had been
a teacher for 27 years, and was also
the owner of the John Gillette Con-
struction Co. in Edinburo. Friends
of the boy say he was not a student
of Gillette’s, and had shot him at
random.
■
THE TWO BOYS ACCUSED of
shooting students and teachers in
Jonesboro, Arkansas on March 24
will be tried in open court. Chan-
cery Court Judge Ralph E. Wilson,
Jr., announced that the trial will
proceed in public for 11-year-old
Andrew Golden and 13-year-old
Mitchell Johnson. Juvenile cases
are normally closed to the public.
Both are charged with five counts
of capital murder and ten counts of
first-degree battery. Judge Wilson
justified his decision by saying he
acknowledges the “significant pub-
lic interest” in the case, and said the
“system would be better served hav-
ing it open rather than having it
closed.”
■
AN EARTHQUAKE of magnitude 3.8
shook the Los Angeles area Satur-
day evening, after a foreshock of 1.8
hit the area four hours earlier at 2:30
p.m. The epicenter of the quake was
approximately two miles south of
Alhambra, which is located 15 miles
east of downtown Los Angeles.
There were no reports of major dam-
age or injuries.
■
THE DEATH OF JAMES EARL RAY
has prompted his family and friends
to seek a public funeral in Nashville,
Tenn. The service would occur in
approximately three weeks, accord-
ing to Jerry Ray, his brother. Ray
died Thursday in a Nashville state
prison from liver disease. Jerry Ray
and other family members have
been seeking a new trial in the 1968
assasination of Martin Luther King,
Jr.
■
THE WHITE HOUSE is currently
conducting a review of how prepared
the United States is to respond to a
chemical weapons attack, after
concern was expressed over sever-
al incidents of domestic and inter-
national terrorism. The review tar-
gets areas which are classified as
“transnational threats,” and in-
cludes such scenarios as terrorism,
international crime, and infrastruc-
ture attacks.
■
A STANDOFF IN A MCDONALD’S
RESTAURANT in New Bedford,
Massachusetts ended late Sunday
when one of the two gunmen was
found dead after police snuck into
the building. The other suspect fled
with a hostage. None of the 15 hos-
tages were injured in the police
raid. The two apparently began
shooting at police who had come
in response to a call about two sus-
picious men.
■
A DIRECTOR OF AN AFFIRMA-
TIVE ACTION group in Houston
has resigned following a remark she
made about a city councilman, who
is a dwarf. Lenoria Waker was sus-
pended after jokingly referring to
councilman Joe Roach as a “midg-
et.” Mayor Lee Brown ordered Wak-
er to apologize, and also to estab-
lish a sensitivity training program
for city employees.
-compiled by Joe Cristofaro
Biology students mark Earth
Day with lectures, presentations
By Nicole Lambert
Contributing Writer
This past Wednesday UD’s biol-
ogy department organized an Earth
Awarness Day. With the help of bi-
ology professors Margaret Brown
and Kathleen Shupe, along with var-
ious biology students, the event was
fun and interesting for the entire
campus.
Earth day began at 10 a.m. and
finished at about three in the after-
noon.
“The purpose of having Earth
Awareness Day was to inform peo-
ple, especially UD, of what really
goes on in the biology department
and in other fields of science as
well,” stated Brown.
There were a number of booths
set up around the mall, ranging from
genetics, a petting zoo, and public
health.
The genetics booth set up sim-
ple gene testing activities for the
public to try.
Biology students bringing their
own pets created the petting zoo,
including iguanas, turtles, and rab-
bits. Brown brought her ferrets.
Public health was a major issue
of Wednesday’s event. SOme con-
cern for public health consisted of
eating disorders and the misuse of
antibiotics.
“Public health was really impor-
tant because we wante3d to talk
more about pure research and how
it can apply to daily life,” stated
Brown.
An addition to Earth Day was the
natural selection forum, presented
by nine graduating biology students.
The seniors were Lillian Boehler,
Tatiana Robles, Sam Schwazlose,
Erin Daughters, Emmy Rottinghaus,
Michel Gouvillion, Patrick Gogola,
Brandy Robinson, and Aida Panta-
leon.
Each of these seniors gave pre-
sentations on their own experimen-
tal data concerning natural selec-
tion.
The presentations were critiqued
and observed by Schupe and Brown.
Schupe listened to all nine presen-
tations.
Students chose to give their pre-
sentations instead of taking their
biology comprehensives. The stan-
dard grading system was replaced;
they either passed or failed.
“Each presentation gave a differ-
ent perspective for everyone,” said
Brown. “The biology students de-
serve all the credit in putting on the
event.”
The event was a success. Many
people interacted with the booths
and the presentations.
“We are going to have Earth Day
annually, and we would also like to
maybe get students from surround-
ing high schools to come and see
what biology really entails,” said
Brown.
Sunday, April 19, 12:49 a.m. - An officer stopped a suspicious male
in parking lot B. During questioning, the subject stated he was wait-
ing for his girlfriend to get off work, but was unable to provide any
information about her. Officers had the subject leave the property.
Sunday, April 19, 1:38 a.m. - An officer discovered a vehicle aban-
doned on university property along the frontage road of Hwy 114.
After calling police to confirm that the vehicle was not stolen, the
car was impounded.
Sunday April 19, 4:26 a.m. - An officer discovered a fire in a trash-
can outside Gregory hall. The officer extinguished the fire. Two stu-
dents that the officer observed standing at the trashcan watching
the fire were questioned, but denied any involvement.
Thursday, April 23, 2:58 a.m. - Officers responded to a fire alarm in
Madonna hall. It was determined that the alarm was caused by a
small fire in a trashcan located in the first floor hallway. An un-
known person had extinguished the fire prior to the arrival of cam-
pus safety.
Friday, April 24, 7:50 p.m. - A student reported that her trumpet
was stolen out of the lounge of Catherine hall between Friday, April
17 and Saturday, April 18.
Catholic vote can be
built, Fournier says
continued from page 1.
Mallapalooza proves to be no heartbreak hotel
lobbying group in Washington.
At the top of any Catholic’s “hi-
erarchy of values” should be to vote
pro-life, Fournier says, because “if
there is no right to life, then there
are no rights at all.” He went to the
extent of claiming that “to be Cath-
olic is to be pro-life.”
Fournier was quick to add that
Catholic Alliance isn’t about single-
issue politics, because other issues
such as education, unions, and
needs of the poor play into the mis-
sion of the group. Of stead of en-
dorsing candidates, Catholic Alli-
ance hopes that Catholics will band
together to put the virtues and mor-
als taught by the Church into use
when voting, to turn around the
nation’s current moral state, which
Fournier refers to as a “culture of
death.”
Catholic Alliance does not to
claim a political party. On several
occasions during the lecture, Dea-
con Fournier stated that, “I am nei-
ther ai democrat nor republican, I
am a Catholic.”
Fournier called this generation
of voters to begin incorporating
these ideas, because, as he said,
“You are the third millennium.”
Students gave a very positive re-
sponse to Fournier’s lecture and an
air of excitement buzzed around the
reception following the talk, to the
point of even a sign-up of students
who might be interested in forming
a group on campus incorporated
with Catholic Alliance. “Some
speakers that come to UD are about
50% right, and others are maybe 80%
right, but Keith Fournier is right on
the money in everything he has to
say,” commented senior Lyle Bou-
dreaux regarding Fournier’s lecture.
Despite the excitement aroused
in the students in attendance, a bit
of controversy surrounds Fournier
and the Catholic Alliance. With its
roots in the Christian Coalition,
many American Bishops are skepti-
cal of what the Catholic Alliance
could become. A recent editorial
published by the Texas Catholic
expressed many of these issues, and
gave a negative commentary on the
organization.
Besides leaving the responsibili-
ty to Catholics in the ballot box,
Fournier says that Catholic Alliance
“will seek leaders courageous
enough to speak the truth and bring
an end to the current culture of
death, selfishness, and materialism.”
By Jennifer Adams_
Contributing Writer
Last Saturday students idly
pushed aside their books and post-
poned papers to dance the day away
at the fourth annual Mallapalooza.
Students engaged in frisby throwing,
sumo wrestling, or just singing and
dancing throughout the day and
night. Mallapalooza ended at mid-
night.
There were nine student bands
that performed. One of the high-
lights of the event was a perfor-
mance from the King himself, Elvis
Presley, who was impersonated by
the talented Johnny Lovett. Lovett
works for KLUV, a Dallas oldies sta-
tion. Lovett agreed to perform at the
Mallapalooza after meeting with SG
senior representative Joe Lockridge
in a bar last summer. Lovett sang
such Elvis favorites as “Hounddog,”
or “Heartbreak Hotel.”
“When I found out that Lovett
did Elvis, I just thought that it would
be great to have him perform this
year at Mallapalooza,” said Lock-
ridge.
Lockridge, who wanted to make
this year’s Mallapalooza more mem-
orable than those in years past, con-
tacted KLUV to get Lovett’s phone
number, asking if he could grace the
University with his impersonation.
Many students donned 40-pound
sumo suits to try their hand at an
Americanized version of the popu-
lar Japanese sport.
“What I enjoyed the most was
when someone was taken
down,’’said freshman Alison Roth.
“They would just lie on the mat,
waving their arms and legs, trying
to get up.”
Students were generally enthu-
siastic about this year’s Mallapaloo-
za. “Next to Groundhog, Mallapal-
ooza is the best UD event of the
year,” said sophomore Mitzi Quin-
son.
Lockridge said that this year
there was a larger turnout than in-
the past. Whether swinging, swig-
ging, or sumo wrestling, students ap-
peared to have a memorable time.
Aquinas lecture
focuses on Descartes
continued from page 1.
ing that if we can know “the exist-
ence of God through his own es-
sence [then] God’s essence can be
known...This is dangerous.” Marion
referred to the tradition of mystical
theology that says that God cannot
be known. Marion said that “if some-
thing is known, it is not God.”
The lecture response was given
by another Descartes scholar, UD
philosophy professor Dennis Sep-
per. Sepper questioned some of Mar-
ion’s interpretations of Descartes’
text and the philosophical tradition.
In defense of the validity of Des-
cartes’ thought, Sepper claimed that
the principle of non-contradiction
itself is an inadequate concept to
critique the causa sui. Put gener-
ally: Sepper showed that Descartes
understood many contradictions in
the causal argument for God’s ex-
istence to be resulting from the fi-
nite nature of the human intellect.
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