Inside: Irish Extra VOL XX, NO. 20 I lie iiieli'pciltl^hi .student newspaper sim ing noiri Janie ami ->.11111 m an's WEEKEND EDITION. SEPTEMBER 20-21, 1985 Mexican earthquake injures thousands; 10 ND students safe Associated Press "Unfortunately there appear to be many dead, ” de la Madrid said on MEXICO CITY A devastating Mexican television. “All of the hospi­ earthquake struck central Mexico tals are on a state of alert to take care yesterday morning, toppling build­ of the injured. The army is in a state ings, triggering fires and trapping of alert." hundreds in rubble in the world’s Dozens of aftershocks rattled the most populous capital. Police said at area through the day. Reports on the least 170 arc dead and thousands Mexico City TV station Televisa said injured, but a far higher toll is ex­ buildings continued to collapse and pected. debris from others was falling into None of the 10 Notre Dame stu­ streets hours after the quake. dents involved in the Mexico City By nightfall half the city lacked program were injured, according to electrical power. Local telephone Isabel Charles, assistant provost and service had been restored but inter­ director of the Foreign Study national telephone lines are still Program. down. The Notre Dame program At least 60 are dead in Mexico operates through the Universidad City, a city of 17 million people, Iberoamericana, located in the sout­ where schools, hotels, hospitals and hern section of the capital city. This high-rises were flattened. Snapped area was not reported to be heavily gas and power lines touched off damaged. dozens of fires. Notre Dame students Paul Oeschger and Jeff Woode contacted In the state of Jalisco, 100 miles to their parents by ham radio from the northwest, 110 to 150 people Mexico City and informed them that were killed and about 1,500 injured, all participants in the program were Lt. Juan Manuel Sanchez said from accounted for and safe. The stu­ the fire department’s headquarters dents' parents then informed in the state capital of Guadalajara. Charles of the news. The Mexican Embassy in Was­ "I expect to hear from program hington reported damage in the director Nancy Gurrola as soon as states of Guerrero and Michoacan, communications are restored," said which lie to the south of Jalisco Charles. “She’s a responsible person along the coast. and knows the students’ parents will Only minor damage was reported be worried ” in the cities of Acapulco and The Observer/Dan PiscaielH Hours after the quake, the army Guadalajara. Run Aground later got the chance to test their skill on the rapids and police patrolled ruined streets In Jalisco, most of the dead were A student learns the basics o f kayaking yester­ o f SaintJoseph Lake. against looters as fires still smol­ in the towns of Guzman and Aten- day at a clinic sponsored by Non-Varsity Athletics. dered in Mexico City, 250 miles nor­ tique, Sanchez said in a telephone in­ Although they still are beached here, the students theast of the quake’s center on the terview broadcast live by the Bogota Pacific Coast. President Miguel de la radio station Caracol. Madrid, declaring a national disaster “In Atentique a part of a mountain World must return to natural law emergency, toured stricken neigh­ slid away, falling on several peasants borhoods and appealed for people to remain calm and stay indoors. see QUAKE, page 7 according to civil rights lawyer By MARY REYNOLDS “It is here in the U.S. that we make participation in the Karen Silkwood News S ta ff decisions that inflict agony on the Supreme Court case, also has been Anti-apartheid group rest of the world." involved in the Pentagon Papers and The working class must par­ The sanctuary movement, accord­ Wounded Knee cases. ticipate more in world order, said ing to Sheehan,"has the seeds of a formulates petition civil rights attorney Daniel Sheehan major revolution, ” which would al­ A primary reason for his visit was last night, lecturing at the Center for low the working class greater par­ to get students "on board the move­ By ELLYN MASTAKO revised Sullivan Principles, Social Concerns. ticipation in world order. ment toward social justice, ” he said. Staff Reporter which call for the elimination of He said the United States needs to "You don’t have to be a priest, Sheehan said he also wanted to en­ apartheid. return to natural law,"the sharing of minister or rabbi to be involved in courage law students to consider The Notre Dame Anti- • to put pressure on these firms authority in the decision making these civil rights issues, though, ” he civil rights rather than corporate Apartheid Network formulated a to demand that the South African process.” said. To bring about the sharing of law. petition last Friday calling for the government begin negotiations Sheehan spoke in support of authority in the decision making Board of Trustees to issue a with legitimate black leaders, and church workers prosecuted for process, “the laity and the professed Sheehan is the general council progressive policy on investment commit itself to the elimination giving sanctuary to illegal aliens, and religious have to join together to do and public policy director of the in firms operating in South Africa of the entire apartheid system. said the denial of political asylum to this job which is not the job of the Christie Institute, an ecumenical The network, a coalition of stu­ • to initiate shareholder resolu­ refugees is a violation of the law. Church.” public interest law firm in Was­ dents, faculty, and staff, is tions demanding that pressure be Sheehan, nationally known for his hington, D C. The Institute seeks to working to increase campus placed on the South African The attorney said there are ap­ arouse public support for human awareness of the situation in government to implement the proximately 500,000 Central rights, both in the U.S. and abroad. South Africa. above measures. American refugees in the U.S., 55 The petition is now circulating • to affirm that Notre Dame will percent who qualify as political As part of its program to increase on campus and will be presented begin divesting its stock in these refugees by United Nations stipula­ public awareness of these issues, to the Board of Trustees by net­ firms if by Feb. 1, 1986, the South tions. Yet only 1.5 percent of these Sheehan said the Institute will be work members at the board’s Oc­ African government has not com­ have been approved for legal asylum conducting religious education tober meeting. mitted itself to the dismantling of by the Reiagan Administration, he seminars starting next year. The An ad hoc committee of apartheid and begun negotiating said. seminars will be conducted in local trustees has been formed to with legitimate black leaders. churches and synagogues in six study the issue and make a "The Feb. 1, 1986 deadline was The refugee problem and the states. recommendation to the board. set in light of the escalating po wer conflict in Central America The petition calls for the Uni­ violence in South Africa Things are only symptoms of something Sheehan received his under­ versity: are moving so quickly that greater. The real problem, said graduate education at Harvard Uni­ • to revise its policy regarding reform must move as quickly to Sheehan, is that the Western culture versity, and went on to graduate investments in firms operating in has rejected the concept of natural, from Harvard Law School in 1970. South Africa and to include the see APARTHEID, page? law and its role in the concept of Daniel Sheehan He later studied at Harvard Divinity democracy. School. The Observer Weekend Edition, September 20-21, 1985 - page 2 In Brief Negative ‘fan’ shows what Notre Dame does not need A late n igh t vote of the South Bend Fraternal Order of Police resulted in a decision not to boycott the Notre Dame football “The moron, he’s a stupid idiot. You call that coach­ game tomorrow. Displeasure with contract negotiations almost left ing?” John Notre Dame “severely undermanned,” according to Associate Ath­ It was not even five minutes into the first quarter of letic Director Joseph O’Brien. At home football games, the South the first game of the season and this loyal Notre Dame Mennell Bend Police are in charge of security inside the stadium as well as fan had really begun to cheer. traffic flow to and from the games. - The Observer “Look at that. My mother could call better plays. ” This alumnus raged on in the midst of 105,522 other Production Manager people at Michigan Stadium last Saturday, never stop­ ping to say anything positive. “I’ve seen Ara. Devine was even better than this. ” right that Notre Dame would lose. Notre Dame still had a lead at this point, yet this man The “fan” seemed to take this as a personal insult. He Of Interest continued to show his respect for the team from his did nothing to help the team; he just took a seat in the alma mater. He continued to question every call and stadium from someone who might have been willing to every move on the field, filling the air with his profane cheer. The Notre Dame Rowing Club celebrates 20 and decidedly less than profound commentary. Other fans yelled their lungs out and clapped their years of sweat and tears tomorrow with the 13th annual Alumni While the mothers of many Domers probably could hands together until the end - with no regrets.