-~----~--~~-~ ~--~ On The Inside Place Bureau Schedule ...see page 2 Homecoming ticket scandal ...see page 3 serving the notre dame -st. mary's community Vol. X II, No. 21 Wednesday, October 3, 1973 At Washington Hall GeOrge Plimpton speaks at ND by Terry Keeney to replace Jack Havlicek, the Celtics were trailing the Staff Reporter Atlanta Hawks by 15 points. Although his role in the action was nil, the Celtics came within 6 points of their George Plimpton shared his experiences as an opponents. When Havlicek replaced Plimpton, the amateur in a professional world with a capacity Celtics went on to lose. audience in Washington Hall last night. The noted "I remember going up to Russell in the locker room author and editor of the Paris Review, who has im­ and I told him that I thought he made a tactical error. personated athletes, musicians, actors, and comics Russell didn't speak to me for about a week." emphasized the dream of every man to be a hero. "James Thurber once said that 93 per cent of the males in this country fell asleep at night striking out Plimpton the Musician the New York Yankee line-up." Plimpton explained. He believes that every man wants to feel "that smug sense of satisfaction of being invovled in someone His most agonizing role according to Plimpton was else's profession." not played in a sports arena, but in a concert hall as a "My- editor for Sports Illustrated went to bed each percussionist for the New York Philharmonic and Leonard Bernstein. As a musician he was more con­ night beside his wife, sinking 60-foot putts," said scious of his mistakes. Plimpton. "He never told her why he was doing all the "If you made a mistake, what you did was destroy a body english." work of art," Plimptom observed. "Mistakes are an Beginnings inherent part of sports." "To match the Philarmonic in pure terror was something I did with the circus," Plimpton continued. Plimpton began his career as a participatory As an aerialist for the Cole Brothers-clyde Beatty journalist during his college days on the staff of the Circus, his stunt was to swing from one trapeze and be Harvard Lampoon. As part of his initiation rites to join caught by an aerialist on another trapeze. Although his the staff, Plimpton had to run in the Boston Marathon. stunt found him in the protective net, Plimpton's ef­ He entered the race-just behind the leader about one forts earned him the nickname "Flying Telephone block from the finish line. Pole" after his six-foot four-inch frame. "All of a sudden this guy who had been leading for miles heard the pounding of sneakers," Plimpton Author Plimpton entertained the overflow crowd at described. "He looked over his shoulder and there I Washington Hall Last Night Future Plans was." Since graduating from college, Plimpton has to master "the strange coupling relationship" between the quarterback and his center. George Plimpton's future plans include dabbling in assumed the roles of sports figures to give readers an hockey, as a goalie for the Boston Bruins. He also idea of what it is like to be an athlete. His book Paper "If you've never done that before (taken a snap from hopes to accept Hugh Hefner's invitation to photograph Lion is the story of his short career as a quarterback the center), you do"l't know where to put your hand. It's a centerfold for Playboy magazine. Commented for the Detroit Lions. not one of those things you want to go wrong." Plimpton, "It js the only invitation I have accepted He explained that he had written to all the teams in Plimpton once pitched in an all-star baseball game with some alacrity.~• at Yankee Stadium and forced Richie Ashburn and the National Football League to ask if they would When asked if he hoped to enter politics as an accept him as a last-string quarterback; the Lions Willie Mays to hit pop-outs. "Of course," Plimpton amateur, Plimpton recalled an offer President John were the only team to respond. _ admitted, "it is true that Willie Mays' pop-out was Kennedy once made to him. caught in center field." Plimpton complained about his difficulties as a "President Kennedy asked me if I wanted to run the Plimpton's career as a Boston Celtic lasted but one quarterback. He was too slow tcaccomplish hand-offs, country for a day. I said, 'Certainly, Mr. President.' So too clumsy to avoid his own blockers and too confused game. Sent into the game by Celtic coach Bill Russell he picked the day and it was February 30." Faccenda addresses HPC on party rules by Kit Baron Staff Reporter The second type is a party larger university to be signed. perspective to the severe rule. hall. I don't anticipate any Vice-President of Student M­ than a private room party but Speaking for 20 minutes and This court decision maintained problems in keeping within the fairs Dr. Phillip Faccenda smaller than a hall party. A large answering questions for over a half that a university was not required guidelines." clarified and summarized the hall party involving the hall staff an hour, Dr. Faccenda emphasized to ascertain what the students In other news it was announced guidelines for party rules at last and residents is the third type of the great amount of corporate risk chose to do in their private rooms, that the co-ex meal program with night's HPC meeting, which party. that the university is taking. Open providing that their actions would St. Mary's will re--establi..;h star­ convened at 6 p.m. in St. Edward's Since the old policy was in- recognition that students drink not bring undue attention to that ting Monday, October 8. Tickets Chapel. consistant with the Student Mfairs now has never occurred in the room. will be allocated to the various Student Affairs has drafted situation, a new philosophy gives past. But Faccenda feels that it's Subsequently, many N.D. halls on a regular basis using much guidelines distinguishing three, impetus to a policy of enforceable better to plan events with the hall students requested "the late night the same system that was em­ types of parties. The first type of rules. The SLC has passed these staff "than to close our minds to beer after a hard day's study." ployed last year by Student party is the private party tha~·-is guidelines and they are presently what is obvious" and have events Granting their requests, the Government and the HPC. contained inside the private room. before the President of the get out of control. university permitted possession of More responsibility will be alcoholic beverages in the private Several hall presidents ex­ placed on the hall staff to decide rooms.Then parties emerged and pressed discontent with present what type of event will be held in mushroomed to the extent that last laundry service. Tardy laundry hall. The hall rectors will play a year nearly every hall on campus return and missing items were large role in setting ground rules violated the letter and spirit of the reported to be the biggest for hall events. alcoholic rule. Thus, the necessity problems. The HPC will attempt to "We want to help students and fo1 the Student Affairs Committee question a representative of the not control them," emphasized the to restate the rules. In the process laundry service at next week's vice-president of Student Mfairs. of restating the rules, the Com­ meeting. "We're taking risks and we want mittee hoped to establish a uniform New presidents introduced at the to get involved. We'll sink or policy to which the students would meeting last night included Tom swim together." abide and rewrite the alcoholic Porter from Grace Hall and Rich Tracing the history of the rule in view of present campus O'Conner from Pangborn Hall. guidelines back three years, Dr. activities. Presidents were asked to submit Faccenda stated that prior to that When asked about Faccenda 's lists of officers for the Ombudsman time the university banned alcohol discussion, HPC President Fred Service in order to facilitate altogether. At the time, mindful of Baranowski stated, "I was communication between resi~nts Indiana's 21-year old drinking law, satisfied that Dr. Faccenda and their officers. the Students Mfairs Committee cleared up any questions that the Climaxing the meeting, felt there was no way to authorize hall presidents might have had. President Phil Byrne from Alumni drinking on campus. The hall presidents should now Hall suggested that future A court decision derived from a understand their responsjbilities to meetings begin at 6:15 to permit VP Faccenda addressing the HPC on Party Rules. case in Alabama added a new the st.llff and the students of the interested students to attend. ------~--------------~------- ----~- -- ---- --- --- l the observer Wednesday, October 3, 1973 warld an campus laday briefs Washington--President Nixon ordered rationing of wholesale home 12: 15p.m. -lecture, "serological evaluation of heating oil and propane gas Tuesday to make sure expec.ted short measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccines," supplies this winter are evenly distributed to homes, hosp1tals, far­ dr. klaus schell, dow chemical co., room 102 mers and other priority users. lobund lab., coffee and sand. room 109 at 11:45. "This program will in no way generate a .greate~ ~uppl.y,''..Sa~d 3:00p.m.--film, "civilization," to complement Interior Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton, who wlll adm~mster 1t.