Chicago trip- page 7 VOL XIX, NO. 61 lhe indcpcndenl ~ludcnl Ill"\\ "J1apc:r "lT\ ing noln dallll' ;md "ainl man·.., TI.JESDA Y, NOVEMBER 20, 1984 Bookstore resolution passes Student Senate '"ttt., must be efficiency in running the ...·~~ .. -.'," By MIKE MILLEN ,· ·~-- Staff Reporter store." According to Browne, the opinion In a move which marked the offi­ of the administration was that the , cial beginning of a student general store would fail on both counts. store, the Student Senate unani­ "However," he said, "students can ;'·,.! mously passed a resolution favoring manage efficiently, and our surveys the establishment of the "bookstore said student demand was high." alternative." In order to prove the feasibility of Student Senator Pat Browne, the proje-ct, committee member Sue chairman of the general store com­ Baker contacted Georgetown Uni­ mittee, said the Notre Dame­ versity and the Univeristy of Wis­ P.ammes student bookstore is a consin, both schools having "hindrance to the community" in student-run stores. that it is a virtual "monopoly." He She said the operations have been sees the student store as an alterna­ in business for 20 and 10 years, tive place for students to purchase respectively, with both showing ex­ books and other necessities. cellent profits. Onlooker Bill Healy cautioned against relying too heav­ "Through research we have found ily on the Georgetown example, students are not just 'brand con­ saying although the corporation scious' but are also 'quality con­ grossed "at least $1 million," it was. scious,"' Browne said. nevertheless a "monopoly" - the The survey involved a sampling of · very situation with which the pro­ 1 50 people from 12 different dorms, posal hopes to do away. with the overwhelming majority in When asked if the store would favor of buying lower-priced items honor credit, Browne said initially it of a generic quality. would not. Credit involves large __ .. amounts of work with the Office of , Browne believes the advantages of the store would include an in­ Student Accounts, and added this . '>wtr':JJ······.. ,_.'·;····_.··J crease in LaFortune traffic, valuable would be looked into later. business experience for students, Rick Schimpf, another committee \' _.· 0 and a more efficient use of member, said the store will have a LaFortune. selection of 76 items grouped as A chlld ofEthiopia "In order for the store to be suc­ school supplies, health and beauty A malnutrltioned child leans against an uni­ for food. Mass famine in Ethiopia bas prompted cessful," Browne continued, "there see STORE. page.J dentified person recently in a Sudan refugee western nations to rush aid to the country. See must be a demand for products and camp, as they sit next to an empty bowl waiting related story on page 3. Natural gas plant explosions ravage Mexico City subUrb Associated Press at the blast site at least 261 people police opentions director, said at area, many of them in school and spreading. MEXICO CITY· A string of earth­ were killed. least 80 homes were destroyed. city buses. "It is perfectly controlled," Mota shaking explosions yesterday at a Other authorities said they ex­ One tremendous blast shook the Police Chief Ramon Mota Sanchez Sanchez, the police chief an­ natural gas plant on the outskirts of pected the death toll to rise as crowded suburb of llalnepantla at said 66 acres were "virtually razed." nounced, "and now there is no dan­ Mexico City turned a working-class sear~h teams dug through the 5:42 a.m. ( 6:42 a.m. EST), followed He said four storage tanks holding ger of additional explosions." district into an inferno of blazing smoking rubble of houses - a by perhaps a dozen more explos­ more than 3 million gallons of li­ Dozens of ambulances carried the homes, killing at least 261 people, mixture of brick, adobe, and ions, residents said. Balls of fire shot quefied gas each exploded, and aut­ injured to area hospitals, where the coroner's office reported. wooden buildings. into the air and rained fiery debris horities were afraid the fire would reponers said the injured were Red Cross and police officials said Many of the charred bodies were on homes and businesses. Plumes of trigger more explosions in other choking hallways. "The place is full at least 500 people were seriously placed in plastic bags and taken to a dark smoke rose a mile into the sky nearby storage tanks. and more still are coming. They're injured by the explosions and flames nearby police station, where Officer as the fire raged out of control for By midafternoon, as the fire was all over the place," said Dr. Alfredo that devastated the area around the Jose Islas said he had counted 1 54 as more than seven hours. brought under control, officials Jaime, a surgeon at the Medical Cen­ fuel storage tanks. rescue crews continued to arrive Federal Police deputy spokesman decided not to blow up a 1.3 million­ ter General Hospital. Dr. Luis Sanchez Guerra, the with more corpses. Hector Garcia Vasquez said 100,000 gallon tank under controlled condi­ see FIRE, page 4 Mexico state coroner, told reporters Col. Jose Domingo Garrido, the people were evacuated from the tions in order to keep the fire from SMC parietal policy ND director of personnel resigns under review by board By DAN McCULLOUGH Dame's vice president for busi­ made the decision." By MARY FRAN GISCH rent parietal system. Student Body News Editor ness affairs, said Bull would prob­ He added there are presently News Staff President Lee Ann Franks said the ably stay in personnel. no candidates for the job. "We're board, "is considering a proposal just starting the search," he said. Potential parietal changes were which would increase both the G. Thomas Bull has resigned as Mason said he doesn't know discussed at last night's meeting of weekday and weekend time." Notre Dame director of person­ who would fill in for Bull if he the Saint Mary's Board of Gover­ Before any changes can be made nel. were to leave for another posi­ nance. in the present system, the proposal "I've had my contribution," he tion this week. "I haven't made Surveys, completed before Octo­ must be approved by a number of said yesterday. "I've worked here that decision yet. We'll cross that ber break, show the majority of committees including Director of for 8 years and I've tried to do a bridge when we come to it," he students dissatisfied with the cur- Resident Life and Housing Pat Ris­ lot of things. But it's time to step said. smeyer and Dean of Students Sister aside." Before joining the Notre Dame Karol Jackowski. Next, the senior of·­ Bull said he is looking at staff, Bull held several positions, fleers of the College, Student Affairs several projects but "nothing including the president of the Council, the Parents' Council and firm enough to make a final an­ South Bend Federation of Teach­ G. Thomas Bull the Board of Regents must approve nouncement on." ers, AFL-CIO, during the 1960s, the proposal. There is no effective date for Michael Garvey, assistant when he led the union in "Going through all the necessary his resignation, he said. "I'll be public relations director, said he teacher's strikes and collective ~hannels is a slow process and will available as long as they need me heard about Bull's resignation a bargaining negotiations. take some time," said Franks. - unless some contingencies couple of days ago but Mason Bull also was the employee re­ Today is the la~t issue of Tbe Also discussed was the Oxfam Fast become final." He added he will said he was notified only yester­ lations coordinator for the Uni­ Obseroer before Thanksgiving which raised more than S2,000 for day. versity of Wisconsin, Madison, break. Publication will resume probably be on the job until the Oxfam America. An excess of 1 ,000 Reports that Bull was leaving and the personnel administrator Tuesday, Nov. 27. The Obseroer new personnel director is hired. students participated in the fast, While Bull did not specify his position Friday could not be for Warren (Mich.) Consolidated staff wishes everyone a happy held last Thursday. what opportunities he was con­ confirmed. "I have heard nothing Schools during the 1970s before and safe Thanksgiving holiday. about that," said Mason. "He just returning to the South Bend area. see BOARD. page 3 sidering, Thomas Mason, Notre The Observer Tuesday, November 20, 1984 - page 2 Who you gonna call? 1he wake for Howard resident Donald What don't you like about the dining halls? Taylor will be today from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Dale Funeral Home, 572 Maybe it's last night's mousaka. Or maybe the lines Amy Stephan Nebraska Ave., Toledo, Ohio. Taylor, a sophomore, was killed when are too long. Or perhaps you could evt:!l voice a com­ Project Manager his car collided with a train early Sunday morning in South Bend. His plaint about your usual luncheon reading material. funeral will be tomorrow morning at 10 at St. Philip's Lutheran Chances are there's something you don't like. Church, 701 Indiana Ave., Toledo. A memorial service organized by But when Bill Hickey, director of University Food Jnside Tuesday Howard Hall and the Black Cultural Arts Council is being planned for Services, came prepared to listen to student complaints after Thanksgiving break. - Tbe Observer last month at Ombudsman's first attempt at a campus forum, no one had a complaint to voice. In fact, no one showed up.