Lines Turn Into Mob at O'shag

ACCENT: Spice of variety Nippy and drippy Mostly sunny and cool today j C with a high in the mid 50s. Clouds tonight with a 40 per VIEWPOINT: SBP addresses criticisms cent chance of rain. the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Dukakis: Lines turn into Victory is mob at O’Shag in sight By MARK MCLAUGHLIN ity officer left, saying “it’s not Associated Press News Editor my problem.” Michael Dukakis said Wed A m em ber of the Security de nesday that victory in the Dem Long lines of students in the partment said Security was not ocratic nomination battle is corridors of O’Shaughnessy scheduled to staff check- "visible, but not inevitable” Hall collapsed into mobs Wed marked course registration after his impressive New York nesday night as students at and didn’t know it was taking tempted to register for check- win. Rival Jesse Jackson place until they received a call promised the presidential con marked courses. early Wednesday evening. Nei test will get “even more excit The worst conditions were in ther Rex Rakow, director of Se ing" as it moves to Pennsylva the lines for checkmarked the curity, nor Phil Johnson, assis nia minus Albert Gore. ology courses, called “a tant director of Security, could nightmare” by one student. “ When I look back at Iowa be reached for comment Wed now, there were many of us in “It turned from a line to sort nesday night. this, but now there are of a gathering,” said junior Some arts and letters depart three. Bush, Dukakis, and Dave Lese. “It’s way too hot,” ments reported no problems me,” Jackson said after finish he added. with checkmark lines Wednes ing second in New York. According to junior Brendan day. “The students moved Cahill, the line for theology Democratic leaders across along well,” said Father the country talked of Dukakis courses ran down the third Leonard Banas, assistant as the party’s likely standard- floor hallway in chairman of the modern and bearer in the fall, while Repub O’Shaughnessy and back classical languages depart lican nominee apparent towards the department door. ment. Professor Stuart Goetz George Bush said he looked for “They all collapsed as soon as of the philosophy department ward to battling the Massachu the door opened,” he added. said the lines there were “very setts governor, calling him “an Attempts to restore order to civilized.” old-world liberal Democrat.” the theology line proved to be Four Arts and Letters de futile. “They keep saying how “ New Y o rk .. almost locks it partments had “checkmark up for Dukakis, or comes close they’d stop registration until course forms available in their to it,” said Sen. John Glenn of we got orderly,” said junior respective rooms from 7 p.m. - Ohio, who sought the 1984 Kathy Epping. - 8:30 p.m.,” according to a let nomination. Cries of “please, please pull ter mailed to juniors for ad “It won’t be a brokered con this back” by one woman in the vance registration. The vention. It’ll be a first ballot theology department went advance registration letter victory for Dukakis,” said unheeded by the crowd. mailed to students asked stu Democratic National Sonia Gernes, associate pro dents not to form lines prior to Committee member Fred fessor of English and one of the 5:30 p.m., but this was ignored Brown from Coffeyville, Okla. people staffing the checkmark by students. The focus of the Democratic sign-ups, said, “We’ve had “We got here at 5:00 and campaign turned to Pennsylva problems with the line because there was a line,” said one stu students aren’t staying in it.” nia, with 178 delegates at stake dent who asked not to be iden next Tuesday. A Security officer arrived at tified. “The people in front are Democratic National Com about 7:45 in response to a call just getting in,” she added. mittee chairman Paul Kirk and told the crowd to reform a “The people at the end got in line. “I can’t do it for you; you first.” cautioned that Dukakis has not Getting slammed locked up the nomination -yet. have to do it yourselves,” he Enforcement of the prior to Quoting a baseball maxim, The dynamic duo of "Batman and Robin" head for the hoop in the annual told the crowd. Kirk said, “It ain’t over til it’s slam dunk contest, part of the An Tostal festivities. Shortly thereafter, the Secur- see MOB, page 3 over.” But in contrast to earlier worries about a splintered con vention in Atlanta in July, Kirk Hijackers given safe passage out of Algeria talked of “a very wholesome, Associated Press since hijacking Kuwait Air the U.S. and French embassies hostages came out” at 6 a.m. positive unifying convention.” ways Flight 422 on April 5 on a in December 1983. -three hours into the 16th day of He lauded both candidates, ALGIERS, Algeria - flight from Bangkok to the P er Among the passengers on the the hijacking. The number of saying “these two who are Hijackers with “eyes of sian Gulf sheikdom with 112 Boeing 747 were three cousins hijackers had previously been going to be contending for the sharks” slipped away Wednes people aboard. of the Kuwaiti ruler, Sheik estimated at seven or eight. nomination down to the end” day after wiping their fin They agreed to free their Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. According to the agency, the present “a real opportunity for gerprints from a Kuwaiti jet, remaining hostages after ar Kuwait’s official news hijackers were assured safe forging a coalition to win in the and 31 hostages stumbled from ranging safe passage with Al agency KUNA, citing Algerian passage to either Beirut or Teh fall.” the aircraft that was a prison gerian officials who mediated sources it did not identify, said ran. “These two” that Kirk of fear, brutality and death for a settlement. The hijackers “five hijackers left the plane, A Soviet-built transport referred to did not include 15 days. had demanded that Kuwait then about 10 minutes later, plane belonging to the Algerian Gore, the big loser in New The Shiite Moslem gunmen free 17 pro-Iranians convicted four other pirates left the York. had murdered two passengers and imprisoned for bombing plane. Following that the see HIJACK, page 5 110 visit ND for Minority Visitation Weekend By ROBYN SIMMONS Dame next year, according to dents a chance to see the opportunity to meet depart “Probably the most impor News Staff Marty Rodgers, student campus,” said Rodgers, ment chairpersons, members tant thing he said to (the stu recruitment coordinator. Many “ (and) also the chance to see of the faculty, hall rectors, rep dents) was telling them a story The students and staff of of these students are Notre the committment of Father resentatives of student organi about the academic problems Notre Dame welcomed 110 Dame scholars. Malloy.” zations and minority alumni. he experienced his freshman minority students already ac A total of 550 minority stu University President Father “I think the one that really year and now being the presi cepted to the University during dents have been accepted for Edward Malloy has already in hit home was when they were dent of a university,” said the Minority Visitation next year’s freshman class, dicated that a goal for the Uni addressed by Monk Malloy,” Gandy. Weekend held last week. and 50 percent of those students versity is to have 15 percent said Derek Gandy, admissions In addition to the faculty More than 80 percent of the are expected to confirm their minority population by 1992. counselor, “They were really greetings, the visiting students students who attended the acceptance. The students who attended impressed with how down to made appointments with the Minority Visitation Weekend “The main purpose (of the the weekend activities were ad earth he is as a priest and as a are expected to attend Notre weekend) is to give the stu dressed by Malloy and had the university president.” see VISIT, page 3 page 2 The Observer Thursday, April 21, 1988 Of Interest Boyfriendgirlfriend? U.M.O.C., Ugly Man On Campus, will be accepting votes at the Information Desk in LaFortune Student Center Or are we just dating? from 7 to 9 p.m. today and Friday. The proceeds will go Love knows no bounds. It also knows no def in the Notre Dame-Jane M. Beres Memorial Leukemia initions, no explanations, no logical terms to Fund. The winner will be announced at Saturday’s An describe it. Kendra Morrill Tostal dance. Donations may also be sent to: Notre Dame Everyone, at one time or another, tries to Jane M. Beres Leukemia Fund, Trustcorp. Bank, LaFor describe whatever relationship he or she might tune Student Center, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. - The Obser be in, especially if it is a new and previously Assistant News Editor ver undefined relationship. David Brookswill give a slide show on “The Popular If you try to avoid description, good luck. Memorial for Los Quemados in Santiago Chile.” The “Friends” inevitably force some kind of defi presentation will be held today at 12:30 p.m. in 283 the nition or explanation by asking outright what Galvin Life Science Center. - The Observer the situation is. They don’t understand that they are forcing you to define the undefinable, ex A campus-wide blood drivewill conclude today plain the inexplicable, give shape to the intan from 12:30 to 4 p.m.

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