One Injured When IRA Bombs Army Barracks in West England

Encore ACCENT Campus play previews V A 50 percent chance of snow • ° Z*V ° in the afternoon, high temper atures in the mid 30s and fal ling. Cloudy Wednesday with VIEWPOINT: SMC endorsement a 30 percent chance of snow. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1989 the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's ‘Meet the Candidates Night’ is held at SMC By BRIGID BRENNAN Mary’s and Notre Dame wo News Staff men. The candidates were al lowed one and a half minutes Diversity and security were for each answer. The Observer the primary issues addressed and the audience also had an by both campaign tickets opportunity to question the can during the Saint Mary’s “Meet didates. the Candidates Night” Monday Many new ideas for student night at Haggar Parlor. involvement were presented by The McGowan ticket consists both tickets. Suggestions in of Shannon McGowan runningcluded continuing the diversity for student body president; series with additional speakers Debbie Neiman, for vice pres and increased awareness, of ident for academ ic affairs; andfering more courses centering Kathy Sullivan, for vice presi on women and establishing pro dent for student affairs. grams to promote healthy Throughout the debate, the relationships between Saint The view from the air reveals the damage caused (IRA), in a statement to the media in Dublin claimed candidates emphasized severalMary’s and Notre Dame wo by a series of explosions at the barracks of the 2nd responsibility for the bombing. One soldier was in- issues, including student in men. Student art exhibits and Parachute Regiment at Ternhill, near Shrewsbury, jured by flying glass in the bombing. volvement and open communi“Major Nights,” designed to England, early Monday. The Irish Republican Army cation between Saint Mary’s help freshmen and sophomore students, faculty members and students decide which course of Notre Dame students. Distri study to pursue were also pro bution of security newsletters posed. One injured when IRA bombs was also suggested. The ticket’s campaign The student government slogans include, “Waddle you elections will be held during all Army barracks in west England do without us?” and “Get your m eals in SAGA on Wednesday, r*----------7 Associated Press , 100 miles , 1 feet w et.” Feb. 22. Due to the large num 1--------- an army spokesman. 0 (. The second ticket includes ber of students fasting at lunch \ It was the second IRA Lisa Catenacci for president; during Lent, however, voting IRELANDr LONDON- Members of the ENGLAND bombing in six months at a Deirdre Milon, for vice presi will also take place in Haggar Irish Republican Army British Army barracks in J J Ternhill T dent for academic affairs; andHall outside of the bookstore bombed a British army bar Britain. In the last attack in Mary Beth Blajda, for vice during lunch. Students may racks in western England Q w A L E S y * August, one soldier was president of student affairs. vote on the LeMans side of the early Monday, but most of killed and nine others were “Steer in the right direction” dining hall during breakfast the men had been evacuated Barracks London / injured at the Inglis bar and “Ride with experience”and dinner. before the blasts, and only explosion racks in north London. Se are their slogans for the cam A 50 percent majority and one soldier was injured. curity was tightened at Atlantic Ocean paign. In their introduction, one additional vote is required bases around the country. Catenacci spoke about the to win the election. If neces A half-hour before the Observer Graphic ticket’s goal of extending sary, a run-off will be held on three explosions, a sentry a car taken by a masked One of the 50 soldiers dining hall hours and increasFriday, Feb. 24. The run-off spotted two intruders and man from a nearby home at sleeping in the barracks at ing security awareness. will follow the same procedure fired warning shots, then about the time of the bom the time of Monday’s attack as the original election. woke the sleeping soldiers bing near Shrewsbury, 150 was injured slightly by Seven questions were di and told them to get out. miles north of London. flying glass. Most were rected toward the candidates Current Student Body Presi away on weekend leave. by Saint Mary’s current Stu dent Julie Parish said both tick Police set up roadblocks in The explosions shook dent Body President Julieets represented themselves the area of the Ternhill bar nearby houses, started fires, The battalion, part of the Parish. Parish’s questions well but also said the candi racks following the pre blew out the wall of one ac regiment whose colonel-in- ranged from ways to encour dates could have answered the dawn blasts and said two commodation block and chief is Prince Charles, is to age individualism and createquestions more directly. “The suspects observed by the destroyed the roof of another begin a tour of duty this diversification at Saint Mary’s candidates danced around a sentry were thought to be at at the home of the 2nd Bat week in Northern Ireland, to ways of eliminating little bit with their answers,” large in a stolen car. They talion of the Parachute Regi the domestic press agency stereotypes between Saint Parish said. said they were searching for ment, said Col. P eter Hicks, Press Association said. New 24-hour computer lab will open soon in LaFortune By RON SEVERING The target date for this proj News Staff ect is April 1, said Goodnight, although she said she is still The Macintosh Computer looking for students to staff the Lab in the LaFortune Student lab. 24-hour student staffing Center will stay open 24 hours will be a new task for Good a day beginning in April, accornight, who is primarily in ding to Carolyn Goodnight, a volved with employing stu consultant analyst at the Com dents at the computer labs puting Center and Mathema currently on campus. tics Building. Goodnight said The 24-hour lab presently in the new lab will replace the the CCMB doesn’t require stu current 24-hour lab in the dent workers around the clock, CCMB. since computer operators, who When the LaFortune lab monitor mainframe com begins operating on a 24-hour puters, are present at night. The Observer/Jennifer Oft basis, Goodnight said all the There is more room for com word processors in the CCMB puters at the library than in the From the left, Kathleen Sullivan, Shannon McGowan, the Candidates Night, in Haggar Parlor Monday eve- will be moved to the second CCMB, and the location is more floor of the Hesburgh Library, Debbie Neiman, Mary Blajda, Lisa Catenacci and ning, to discuss issues relevant to the upcoming stu- near the Reserve Room. See LAB, page 4 Deirdre Milon participate in the Saint Mary’s Meet dent government elections. page 2 The Observer Tuesday, February 21, 1989 INSIDE COLUMN IN BRIEF Despite complaints, James Carberry, professor of chemical engineering at Notre Dame, has been elected to the National Academy ND is still special of Engineering, it was announced Monday in Washington For the past few months, whiners have run D C. Carberry was among 90 U.S. engineers and seven rampant on the Notre Dame campus. Alison foreign associates elected this year. Cited for fundamental I’ve been as guilty of it as anyone else, espe contributions to chemical reaction and heterogeneous cially since I have been known to use this Cocks catalysis, he joins the total membership of 1,482 engineers column space to rant and rave about what I and 122 foreign associates. In catalysis, a chemical reac Assistant feel are common problems at Notre Dame. tion between two or more substances is enhanced by the Production Manager Constant complaints about the food, the social presence of a third substance, the catalyst, which remains life, the housing policy, the checkmarking sys unchanged in the process. The catalyst either speeds up tem, the way the University allocates its funds, the chemical reaction or increases the yield of the desired the evil administration out to do us all in and compound by in check the production of nonessential prod the intolerant, homogeneous student body have ucts. -The Observer reached my ears. Granted, many of these are legitimate gripes, but anyone from outside the Notre Dame family Arctic explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes left Monday on who listens to us for a period of time probably a third attempt to walk unaided to the North Pole- an S i y concludes that life at Notre Dame is wonderful adventure he likened to “climbing a horizontal Mount as long as no one has to eat, sleep, breathe, live Everest without oxygen.” Fiennes, 45, flew to Montreal in the dorms, have a social life or take classes. with partner Mike Stroud, 33, to prepare their attempt to I have a pleasant surprise for all the whiners become the first to make the 425-mile trek without dogs out there, who seem to feel that Notre Dame or other support. They will make camp at Ward Hunt can do nothing right for them : it could be worse. Island, the world’s most northerly land point, and hope to Maybe I’m crazy, but I don’t see, in the over set out March 7. -Associated Press all scheme of things, that this campus has too many drastic problems. In fact, in many ways, we are awfully lucky. OF INTEREST I am the first to admit that South Bend is not many people’s idea of an ideal college town.

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