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Lama leader - page 4 VOL. XXI, NO. 108 TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1987 the independent student newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Defense experts called to develop verification system plan Associated Press study details of proposals the direct interest to the basing President Reagan and Soviet draft treaty for discussion at United States will make to the countries.” leader Mikhail Gorbachev arms talks in Geneva. Soviets at Geneva arms talks. “ Given the importance of agreed in principle at their Verification sections of the WASHINGTON -The United The five countries invited to verification we envision future Reykjavik, Iceland, summit draft were omitted, to give the States, moving to complete a the talks are those providing meetings similar to today’s, as last October to eliminate all but Reagan administration more proposed treaty eliminating sites for the U.S. intermediate- needed,” Redman said. 100 U.S. Pershing 2s, cruises time to decide on the toughness medium-range nuclear mis­ range missiles that would be He said the United States was and Soviet SS-20s. The rem ain­ of the measures. siles from Europe, summoned eliminated under the proposed represented at the meeting by ing Soviet missiles would be defense experts from five treaty. H. Allen Holmes, director of the deployed only in the Asian part Among the provisions repor­ allied nations Monday to help Department spokesman State D epartm ent’s bureau of of the country and the U.S. tedly under consideration are devise a verification system to Charles E. Redman said the politico-military affairs. The weapons would be brought stringent on-site inspections present to the Soviets. participants discussed European delegates were iden­ home from Europe. that would allow each side to Representatives from Bel­ “verification provisions of an tified as officials with expertise Gorbachev revived Soviet be certain that the opposing gium, the Netherlands, Brit­ intermediate nuclear force in missile deployment and acceptance of the plan earlier weapons have been dismantled ain, West Germany and Italy draft treaty. These verification other technical problems. this month and the United and to allay suspicions that the met at the State Department to provisions obviously have a Their names were not given. States submitted most of a missiles have been redeployed. Harvard president named ’87 speaker By MARK PANKOWSKI speaker.” News Editor The commencement exer­ cises will be the last presided Harvard University Presi­ over by Hesburgh, who is retir­ dent Derek Bok will be Notre ing after 35 years as president. Dame’s 1987 commencement Almost 2,500 students are speaker. candidates for degrees at the “He is considered the No. 1 graduation ceremonies, which educator by most people’s will begin at 2 p.m. in the ACC judgement,” said University arena. President Father Theodore During its winter meeting, Hesburgh, who described Bok the Board of Trustees’ execu­ as his “first and only” choice tive committee approved Hes- to give the May 17 address. burgh’s choice of Bok, Conklin Director of Public Relations said. and Information Richard Con­ “They were very enthusias­ klin made the announcement tic about him,” said Hesburgh. Monday. Bok’s acceptance of Notre Bok, a fellow of the American Dame’s invitation is a good Academy of Arts and Sciences, sign for the University, as he has been Harvard’s president rarely gives commencement since 1971. addresses, Conklin said. Although he agreed to speak “ (Bok) is president of what The Observer/Jennifer O’Donald at commencement, Bok is considered the leading In the beginning was the word declined the honorary degree secular university,” Conklin Thursday the tutor comes to the center to in­ A Notre Dame student-turned-teacher peers up­ customarily given to the added. “I think his coming is a struct South Bend children in one of the Three ward with his grimacing pupil at the Hansel graduation speaker, Conklin tribute to Father Hesburgh’s R’s. Neighborhood Center. Every Tuesday and said. work at Notre Dame.” “It is (Bok’s) personal policy Bok is one of several leaders not to accept degrees,” said being invited to the commence- Senate removes ticket from ballot Conklin.“But he said he would see SPEAKER, page 3 By GREG LUCAS Pat Cooke, sophmore class Lavery said that their ticket come as the commencement Staff Reporter president. was recognized by Om­ budsman before OBUD The freshman election ticket withdrew from governing the composed of Dan Kramer, According to Lavery, Ric­ election. 110,000 invited to farewell Mark Lavery, Patty Richards hards was informed by her counselor, who was not named, “It says in the official elec­ and Kim Clear was removed Some 110,000 invitations Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C.; that she was eligable to run. tion rules that an official list from the ballot yesterday be­ have been mailed to Univer­ Donald R. Keough, presi­ The election rules, said will be published by Om­ cause of Richards’ academic sity of Notre Dame alumni, dent of the Coca-Cola Com­ Lavery, stated that a candidate budsman and our names were standing last semester. parents and friends to watch pany and chairman of Notre has to be a full- time under­ on that list” said Lavery. The members of the ticket the valedictory of retiring Dame’s Board of Trustees, graduate in good academic came up before the Student An ad hoc committee in the President Father Theodore and Prof. William P. Sexton, standing. Good academic Judicial Board took over the Senate Monday night to ask M. Hesburgh on a satellite- vice president for University standing is determined by the governing of the election after permission to substitute an­ delivered telecast May 9. Relations. A videotape Freshman Year of Studies. OBUD withdrew. The commit­ other candidate in the position In what is believed to be retrospective on Father Hes­ tee, headed by Maria Cintron, of treasurer and stay on the the most extensive use of burgh’s career, narrated by informed the freshmen candi­ ballot. “Ambiguities in the election television by an educational Walter Cronkite, will also be dates yesterday that Richards’ The motion to allow the ticket rules and inconsistent govern­ institution, the hourlong pro­ part of the telecast. to stay on the ballot was ing of the election caused the academic standing disqualified gram will be seen at 126 sites Fathers Hesburgh and the ticket. defeated by a vote of 10 to 3. A confusion,” said Lavery, who in every state as well as Joyce have served in their motion was then unanimously Puerto Rico, Mexico and positions for 35 years, longer was running for vice president. Lavery said he did not feel passed to refund the $63 that Canada. A total of 187 than any of their active col­ they had been treated fairly by the candidates had spent on leagues. Both will step down the Student Senate. “I do not alumni clubs will gather at campaign expenses. Lavery said that he and his the downlink locations, following Notre Dame’s May The consensus of the Student running mates felt the ap­ feel that the 13 members that were present are representa­ mainly hotels. 17 commencement. Senate was that a substitution proval of Richards’ counselor The telecast, to be aired at On campus the telecast could not be made at such a constituted official verification tive of the entire Student Sen­ ate,” he said. 8:00 p.m. (EST) from his­ will be available to faculty late time because the ticket by Freshman Year of Studies. toric Washington Hall on the and staff in the Center for would have been mis­ campus will aso feature the Continuing Education, and represented during the cam­ “ I think that it’s a sham e that the Student Senate would not retiring executive vice pres­ the Senior Class is sponsor­ paign. “ We w eren’t trying to get away ident, Rev. Edmund P. ing a downlink at the Ath­ “The students are not elect­ with anything, but (Richards) allow next year’s sophomore class to choose their own pres­ Joyce, C S C.; the president­ letic and Convocation Center ing (just one person), they’re felt that she qualified,” said elect of the University, Rev. for all students. electing a whole ticket.” said Lavery. ident,” said Lavery. The Observer Tuesday, March 10, 1987 - page 2 In Brief This Arkansan explains Jane Pauley,co-host of NBC's “Today” show, says working with Bryant Gumbel is liberating because she origin of ‘Southern paranoia’ thinks of him as a peer and not a teacher as she did with Tom Brokaw. Pauley, in an interview in the April edition of McCall’s magazine, said she considered Brokaw her A new magazine called Southern began personal graduate school of broadcasting. “He took pretty publishing last year out of my home town of M ary good care of me, not in a patronizing way. I was 10 years Little Rock, Arkansas. It’s a major publication, younger than he was and light years less experienced,” chock full of glossy full-page ads from the likes J a c o b y Pauley said. - Associated Press of Sears, Ford and Eastern Airlines. It’s debut issue featured a series called An Insider’s Guide Accent Editor to the Species which covered such topics as “The Southern Mind,” “The Southern Body,” Monday dedicated what they called NASA scientists “The Southern Heart” and “The Southern the world’s most advanced computer system, saying it marks the start of a new era in aviation design and shows Soul.” the space agency “is back on track.” The system’s im­ If anything, the magazine demonstrates that portance to flight design rivals the advent of wind tunnels the South sure thinks a lot about itself.

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