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XXIII NO.5 FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1990 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S U.N. chief optimistic as hostages await release Hope strengthened Thursday • U.S. Hostages/ page 6 that foreign women and chil­ dren may soon get their singled out Japan, West promised safe passage from Germany, Saudi Arabia, the Iraq, and on the diplomatic United Arab Emirates and front, the U.N. secretary-gen­ South Korea. eral arrived in Jordan to try to Bush said a "new world mediate the Persian Gulf crisis. order" could emerge from the I The crisis entered its fifth crisis, and "anyone with a week .Friday, with the United stake in international order has I t States pushing hard for a an interest in ensuring that all strong hand in its confronta­ of us succeed." tion with Iraq's Saddam He told a news conference he I Hussein. was concerned about the thou­ The U.N. chief, Javier Perez sands of hostages in Iraq, but de Cuellar, expressed optimism said their fate could not be al­ for a peaceful settlement fol­ lowed to shape U.S. foreign lowing Iraq's Aug. 2 takeover policy. of Kuwait, its small, oil-rich More than 200 women and neighbor, but he warned that children gathered at Baghdad's the situation in the region was Menia Hotel Thursday in ·misliii"·. "explosive." preparation for leaving Iraq. AP Photo President Bush said he was Some had been held at strategic A Royal Arabian National Gaurd officer waves a bull horn as he talks with possible recruits dressed in tradi­ soliciting funds from other na­ Iraqi sites, to head off attack tional Arab clothing. The National Gaurd is heavily involved in recruiting in response to the Persian Gulf tions to help defray the cost of from the U.S.-led multinational crises, now in its fifth week. Although hundreds of American citizens remain in Iraq and Kuwait, President America's $1 billion-a-month Bush has stated that their presence will not shape the course of U.S. foreign policy. military buildup in the gulf, and see IRAQ I page 6 Pandora's drops request for rezoning after local pressure By KELLEY TUTHILL from an A-residential zone to a Renelda Robinson, also of the property to the neighborhood is not right for passage of our News Editor C-1 commercial zone. Northeast Neighborhood for neighborhood use" in the petition by the City Council to­ The owners had planned to Association, said that the land event of failure of the book- day," said Tim Hartzer, owner On August 13 the manage­ move the bookstore across the should be used for housing store. of Pandora's, during an August ment of Pandora's Books an­ street where they could build a rather than a commercial However on August 13 the press conference. nounced they were withdrawing larger store. Pandora's Books establishment. owners of Pandora's announced The decision to withdraw the a petition for the rezoning of is located in South Bend's Notre Dame's official posi­ they had decided not to petition request for rezoning followed property located on the corner Northeast Neighborhood on the tion on the issue has been con­ South Bend's Common Council several "pleasant" meetings of of Howard Street and Notre perimeter of the Notre Dame sistent with that of the to rezone the lot, said Mandy the owners of the bookstore Dame Avenue across from their campus. Northeast Neighborhood Arnold, store manager. and neighborhood and present location at 808 Howard However, Pandora's plan was Association. Notre Dame also "Our recent meetings with University officials, said Jim Street.. met with opposition from both offered to purchase the land Councilperson Ann Puzello and Roemer, director of community Last spring the owners of the the Northeast Neighborhood from the bookstore in order to other members of the City relations at Notre Dame. bookstore, which is frequented Association and the University avoid rezoning of the property. Council, with Jim Roemer, "I am very pleased that this by Notre Dame students and of Notre Dame. Those opposed to the book­ spokesperson for the University issue was resolved without fric­ faculty, started a motion to get Art Quigley, president of the store said they were worried of Notre Dame, and Art tion," said Roemer. the property rezoned so the Northeast Neighborhood about what could happen if Quigley, president of the Roemer met with Hartzer bookstore could move across Association, said last spring Pandora's failed and another Northeast Neighborhood over the summer and also ar­ the street to a lot owned by that he opposed the rezoning of commercial establishment pur­ Association, have persuaded us ranged a meeting between Pandora's. In order to relocate the land based on bad experi­ chased the land. that all groups support the Hartzer and the Northeast the store, however, the prop­ ences with that piece of prop­ The owners of Pandora's, continued existence of the Neighborhood Association. The erty would have to be rezoned erty in the past. however. promised to deed "the bookstore, but that the timing see BOOKS I page 4 ND and Poles to publish volumes of U.S history By MICHAEL OWEN News Writer An $85,000 grant has been given to Notre Dame from the United States Information Agency for an international research project at Notre Dame and Warsaw University in Poland. According to Donald Critchlow, associate professor of history and the general editor of the project, the goal of the research is to estab­ lish a five volume history of the United States to be published in Poland. "This is the first full U.S. history published in Poland by objective minded students," Critchlow said. The first attempt at this project was in 1985 but the Communist government, which had Poland under martial law, was against the idea. Critchlow stated that the Poles actually do know quite a bit about the United States in ar­ eas like pop culture and literature but have never received large amounts of information about American history and democratic institu­ tions. When asked if the researchers hope to influ­ ence the Polish government with democratic ideas, Critchlow said, "The American model is not applicable. The Poles have a parliamentary form of government." One of the reasons for spreading this infor­ The Observer I Kevin Weise mation is the obvious fact that the United Sunset on the lake States is the most powerful nation in the world, With all the construction taking place around the campus in the efforts to create a bigger and better Notre Dame, its nice to know that some things never change. see POLAND I page 4 - -----------~--- - -- ----------~----- page 2 The Observer Friday, August 31, 1990 ----------..... ~------ INSIDE COLUMN WEATHER A beginner's guide to SYRs at Yesterday's high: 81 Notre Dame Yesterday's low: 58 Nation's high: 114 (Borrego Springs, Calif.) We're not even back--------­ Nation's low: 35 a week and my dorm (Truck~e. Calif.) presidents have al­ ready announced that Forecast: we have an SYR next Sunny and warm today weekend. Yes, that's with highs in the middle seven days from now. 80s. Fair and warm After my friends and I tonight, with lows in the got over the initial middle 60s. Partly sunny shock that we really Kelley Tuthill and very warm Saturday, have to deal with an highs around 90. A SYR already, we real- News Editor chance of thunderstorms ized that the fresh- FRONTS: on Sunday, highs around men of our dorm are 85. the ones who are really in need of help. They're the ones who just got here and have • • • COLD• • WARM STATIONARY• • only seven days to meet the man of their ©1990 Accu-Weather, Inc. dreams. We've all had two years to do that. Pressure SYRs or Screw Your Roommate dances ® © §~3 ~ m t3lA F:x:~ are truly a wonderful Notre Dame tradition. HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY However, there's a few ground rules that every freshman should live by. Via Associated Press GraphicsNet First, try to avoid having your room­ mate(s) set you up. I know it's called a Screw Your Roommate dance, but blind dates have the potential to be disastrous. If OF INTEREST you must get set up, at least make sure that you roommate(s) knows the person that you Off campus students may pick up their phone The Observer invites all those interested in are supposed to spend an entire evening of books in the student government secretary's office on the writing for the news department to attend an your life with. Don't get stuck going with 2nd floor of LaFortune form 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday informational meeting on Monday, September 3 at 7 p.m. some girl or guy who "looked hot" in the through Friday. in the Sorin room on the first floor of LaFortune Student Dogbook. First of all, looks can be deceiving Center. For more information call Kelley at 239-5303. and second of all, there's no reason to be­ Tickets for sophomore dunes trip are lieve that the person looks anything like available from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Sophomore Class Office Off campus students can now pick up a copy their picture in the Dogbook. and at all Sophomore Welcome Week events. Tickets are of Du Lac: Student Life Policies and Procedures in the Once you get the date and the big night $2 for a whole day of fun.