----- --- ------------------ ----~~- ---~ ' ' . Gary Deeb -page 7 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 19H2 VOL. XVI, NO. I I~ Grace loser claims voting discrepancy By MIKE LEPRE procedure that is "handled more Stuff Neporti!T' professionally." Out ofthe 564 Grace Hall reidents Christopher Quinn won the eligible to vote in Monday's run-off, (;race llall pn:si<.kntial election just 352 actually cast ballots, two of Monday night. although his op­ which were determined to be in­ ponent, Bill Beck, ~..·ontends that valid. there was a discrepancy in the: Fifty-percent plus one of the offi­ balloting process. cial ballots cast were needed for a Beck, who lost the election by a particular candidate to win the elec­ two vote margin, claims that the: tion, bringing the required number balloting closed far ahead of the of votes to I 76. Quinn earned this proposed schedule, due to a lack of exact percentage ofthe vote. ballots. The committee that ran the While Beck is hopeful that his election was alerted against a pos­ claim is considered by the ]-board, sible:: shortage of voting materials on the election's outcome will remain the night prior to the run-off, for now. according to Beck. However, when Although Kiwatter is aware of Be­ the elections took place the ballots ck's assenions, he does not "see any eventually ran out prior to the irregularities in the voting proce­ -··~·:.:::..., ...\;. alotted time. The polls were dure," and feels that as far as he can CBS correspondent Harry Reasoner (left) and here to film a segment for "60 Minutes," which is scheduled to be opened during see "right now there is no indication Notre Dame President, Fr. Theodore Hesburgh scheduled to air Sunday (March 14) on CBS-7V. lunch hours until one o'clock in the of our desire to reopen the elec­ (right) talk with students during Reasoner's visit (Photo by Information Services) afternoon as well as during dinner tion." to the Notre Dame campus last fall. Reasoner was until six-thirty. Beck observed that although he was not present at the time, the polls were closed "sometime between twelve and twelve-thirty." Beck went on to say that he knows of"a lot of people that local 60 Minutes controversy continues did not get to vote because of these ciru mstances." By MICHELE DIETZ Besides a few members of the papal week on 60 Minutes, said that with the best possible image of who we Brother George Klawitter, the Senior StaffReporter bureacracy and the Pope himself, all people like McBrien, the Pope are and if the church seems to be head staff representative to the of whom said very little, McBrien doesn't need enemies. secretive, double-dealing, Mac­ group in c_hargc of the election Many say they haven't seen it but was the sole guest speaker. Fr. Hesburgh's secretary has also hiavellian, defensive, then It gives procedures, saw the event different­ have heard a lot about it. Several CBS still gets letters about it. Har- received a good bit of mail in the impression that we have got ly. Klawitter was informed by the who have seen it refuse to comment. response to the segment. McBrien something to hide," McBrien said on judicial Board that the lunch ballot­ A few are still receiving letters. The WEDNESDAY- himself has received about 50 let­ the program. ing closed "around twelve forty­ controversy concerning the 60 ters, most of which are negative, but "We are not different from any five," and the dinner balloting was Minutes segment of Fr. Richard was afraid there would be many other political or economic opera­ opened for· the entire amount of McBrien, Theology Department ---FOCUS; more. tion. We don't have to open our time stipulated by hall regulations. Chairman at Notre Dame, and his Commenting on the excessive books, have our leaders available for Although he feels that Quinn comments on the Vatican continues. secrecy of the Vatican, the Pope's interviews with the press... this is "would certainly do an excellent job On February 21, 60 Minutes ry Reasoner's secretary, jean alienation of many Catholics, espe­ nonsense if we admit we're the body for Grace Hall," Beck believes that presented "Inside the Vatican," a Dudasik, couldn't reveal any num­ cially women, and his deficient un­ of Christ and we are sinners, as the closeness of such an important ponrayal of life at the Vatican and a bers but said "there has been a great derstanding of the U.S. Catholic well." election should merit a balloting commentary on Pope John II. deal of concern from conservative experience, McBrien spoke for In regard to the position of traditional Catholics" and that they many liberal Catholics, according to women in the Church, McBrien said: have received a lot of mail. One of Reasoner. Student shoplifting these letters, read ·the following "We have an obligation to present See REASONER, page 4 charges increase Junior Parents Weekend By MICHM.L WILKINS prosecutor will determine that the Staff Reporter system of handling shoplifters will Bego rejects phony discount claims have to be changed and they will Shoplifting involving Notre Dame decide that offenders will have to be By CAROL CAMP tified themselves as parents of mem­ the most cooperative hotels. that l students is a bigger problem this taken through the criminal justice StaffReporter bers of the junior class at the time worked with, and their sales pitch­ year than ever before for the Univer­ system," Roemer commented. they made their reservations. Al­ was much better than most of the sity, according to Dean of Students The problems from shoplifting are According to Junior Parents though the Marriott initially offered other hotels," Bego commented. james Roemer. more serious than just being ap­ Weekend Hotel Coordinator Kathy a discount, the offer was withdrawn, She added that parents will have "It's been a rather different prehended for a criminal offense, Bego, allegations that a junior's and the committee quoted the an opponunity to comment on the phenomenon. The shoplifting has Roemer notes. Being arrested can parents stayed at the South Bend ·.hotel's regular winter rates. quality of their accomodations for occured at a much greater level this cause the student hardships not only Marriott and did not receive a "I haven't had anybody come up the weekend in a questionnaire that year than in previous years," now, but in the future as well. Stu-' guaranteed discount are groundless. to me and tell me that they didn't is presently being prepared for dis­ Roemer stated. "I would estimate dents arrested for shoplifting may In the information packet that was like the Marriott. They were one of tribution. that there have been at least ten find trouble getting into any kind of sent to juniors concerning the situations where students have been graduate school or even in being weekend, a list of possible ac­ apprehended shoplifting at Martin's hired for a job when the job applica­ comodations that were available in supermarket alone in the current tion asks If the applicant has ever the South Bend area was included. Student document~ academic year." been arrested. Before compiling this list, the Junior The shoplifting has not just been But there are problems that are Parents Weekend committee made occuring at Martin's but all over the even more important than that, arrangements with thirteen local premiers this Thursday community surrounding the univer­ Roemer feels. "It reflects a lot on the By LAUREL-ANN DOOLEY sity. The problem includes students integrity of that person. I think that's ''Ihaven 'thad anybody News Staff who leave restaurants without an important thing for a person to The documentary film Keepers of the Fire, produced by students paying the bill and normally in­ consider in the the process of matur­ come up to me and tell in the Film and Video Production course: in conjunction with the volves less that S I 0. "I don't think ing and getting ready to accept Notre Dame-Saint Mary's Department of Communications/Theater, that the reason for the Notre Dame responsibility outside the university me that they didn 't like premiers Thursday at 8 p.m. in Annenbcrg Auditorium. shoplifting situation is an economic community." The film depicts the arrival and construction of the sculpture be­ one," Roemer added. Shoplifters who are turned over to the Marriott. ' ' hind the Century Center which was erected in the St. Joseph river in So far, the police and prosecutor Roemer arc assigned a certain nuJ:Q­ hotels to block off sections of rooms 1980. have been willing to let Notre Dame ber of hours of work, either at Notre so that they would be available for "This was the first such production course ever offered here at the lkal with the offenders. But Roemer Dame or in the greater South Bend the weekend. University, and not even halfway through the semester the students feels that ifthe problem continues to community, according to the Two of these hotels, the were involved in a full-blown documentary," said COTH Depart­ become more severe, shoplifters severity of their offenses. A social Americana and the Day's Inn Motel, ment Chairman Mitchdl Lifton. will be: dealt with more strictly by justice sanction is not forced on the offered parents a 20 percent and a Lifton added that students encountered many problems in making officials. person, however. That person may I 0 percent discount, respectively, the film. "We had no knowledge about the sculpture and therefore "At any point in time if this See LIFflNG, page 4 providing that the individuals iden- had very little time to write a script," he explained.