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Tune-up tips - page 3 VOL XVIII, NO. 33 the independent student newspaper serving notri dame and saint m an ' TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1983 Five commissioners investigating murder of Aquino resign Associated Press Rolando Caiman, the man the government says shot Aquino. MANILA, Philippines — President Aquino’s death sparked Ferdinand E. Marcos suffered anoth­ demonstrations by opponents call­ er political setback yesterday when ing for Marcos’ resignation. Two all five panelists investigating the protests ended in riots killing 12 murder of opposition leader people. Benigno Aquino resigned because The commission’s collapse was their impartiality had been ques­ the latest in a series of blows to tioned. Marcos. President Reagan has can­ “It appears that the image of the celed a November visit to Manila, commission for impartiality and and a day later a 21.4 percent cur­ capacity o f its m em bers to do justice rency devaluation was ordered. to every man are being questioned,” Yesterday’s resignations came af­ four of the five resigning commis­ ter a refusal by veteran lawmaker sioners said in a letter to Marcos. Arturo Tolentino, a loyal Marcos Opposition leaders and Aquino’s party man, to head the commission. family charged the panel was biased He said his presence w ould be solely and under Marcos’ control. “cosmetic ” and he proposed that a The presidential palace said in a new panel be created independent­ news release that Marcos “remains ly, not by the president. receptive to suggestions in order to Marcos said he was considering allow a full, im partial and un­ forming a new panel and would AP Photo restricted inquiry ... and to punish “take into account ” Tolentino’s sug­ Acting chairman Felix Antonio (third from left) o f hers yesterday. The commissioner said they are quit- whoever might be guilty ” gestions. thepresidential commission investigating opposition ting to give way to a more credible panel. See the AP Aquino was gunned down at the The commission’s original chair­ leader Benigno Aquino’s assassination rises after story at right for more information, Manila airport Aug. 21 as he man, Supreme Court Chief Justice announcing the resignation o f the commission mem- returned from voluntary exile in the Enrique Fernando, resigned last United States. The government says month after opposition charges that the assassination was a communist he was subservient to Marcos. plot carried out by a gunman who The five commission members Sen. Quayle tells ND law students was shot and killed at the scene by touched off a one minute standing guards. The opposition claims it can produce witnesses who saw govern­ see MARCOS, page 5 War Powers Act unnecessary’ ment soldiers kill Aquino and By KAREN McCLOSKEY The president, as commander in Soviet intentions in the Lebanese and PAUL McGINN chief of the armed forces, claims the conflict. Changes planned for Staff Reporters right to deploy forces; Congress, be­ cause o f its “pow er of the purse- Sen. Dan Quayle, R Ind., told strings,” could block any such Notre Dame Law School students presidential action by cutting Jr. Parents Weekend yesterday the War Powers Act is un­ defense funds, he said. mally held in Sacred Heart Church, necessary because “Congress can Quayle noted that in the latest By SUSAN SAKER will also be held in the arena of the impose its will anytime it gets the Congressional debates President News Staff ACC so as to alleviate overcrowding guts to do it.” Reagan’s reasons for sending troops Plans are under way for the 1984 in recent years. University President The War Powers Act, adopted in to Lebanon were overshadowed by Junior Parents’ Weekend, scheduled Father Theodore Hesburgh has been 1973, created a procedure to check “procedural arguments” about the for Feb. 17-19, and its organizers asked to celebrate the Mass but he the constitutional tug-of-war be­ length of time the Marines should have made several changes from last has not yet given an answer, said tween the president and Congress remain there. year’s event in order to accom­ Schmutz. about the deployment of troops to The 18-month limit was adopted modate large numbers of family Other events will be scheduled hostile areas, Quayle said. to avoid conflicts with the 1984 members who would attend. similar to last year’s proceedings. Congress invoked the act last presidential election and to allow Mike Schmutz, chairman of this Saturday morning, all four academic month after two U.S. Marines in Lebanon to stabilize its government, year’s JPW committee, said major colleges will present informational Lebanon were killed Aug. 29 according to Quayle. events will be re-located for both workshops for parents and students, • President Reagan and Congress Reagan administration officials Sen. Dan Quayle financial and logistical reasons. and faculty members will speak agreed to invoke the War Powers want to establish a strong central During a question and answer ses­ The cocktail dance on Feb. 17 will concerning their respective fields. Act for 18 months. government and remove all foreign sion, Quayle commented on the be held in the arena of the ACC in­ Saturday evening, dinner will be Quayle, a member of the Armed troops from Lebanon while securing stationing of the presidential stead of the Century Center. This served in the fieldhouse of the ACC Services Committee, termed the Israel’s northern border, he said. “doomsday” plane at Strategic Air change would allow Notre Dame after which parents and students are War Powers Act a “clumsy piece of Quayle said the recent deploy­ Command’s Grissom Air Force Base Food Services to cater the meal and invited to attend receptions within legislation” whose purpose is to ment of Soviet SS-21 medium range near Kokomo, Indiana. thus cut down on the cost of the the dorms. control “the very jealous jurisdic­ missiles in Syria destabilizes the weekend, Schmutz said. tional framework that the Congress entire Middle East, and has made ad­ see JPW, page 5 see QUAYLE, page 4 Mass on Saturday afternoon, nor and the executive branch share.” ministration officials nervous about K of C Grand Knight says no to rentals By ELIZABETH FLOR Anthony. News Staff Student Body President Brian Cal­ laghan agreed, saying, “This is a real­ ly good lesson for us, of all the things Joe Anthony, grand knight of the that do need to be looked at and the Knights of Columbus, said their people that do need to be talked to.” building is for their use only and The resolution should not have they are not interested in renting been passed, Prevoznik said, be­ out their building as party space, at cause of an initial agreement made last night’s Student Senate meeting. in 1969 between the University and The Senate’s resolution, which the Knights of Columbus. The agree­ proposed making the Knights of ment says that the building can only Columbus building open for party be used to host non-alcoholic events rentals, caused a “misunderstanding sponsored by a Knights of Columbus among all ends,” Peggy Prevoznik, m em ber. The Observer/Mike May student body vice-president, said. The Knights o f Columbus Building has been the cen­ See Elizabeth Flops story at right fo r the latest. “We are sorry for the misconception see STUDENT SENATE, page 5 ter o f a great deal o f controversy the past few weeks. and appreciate your help,” she told The Observer Tuesday, October 11, 1983 — page 2 In Brief Cap’n Crunch and complacency Sister Kathleen Reilly,administrative assistant for special projects at Saint John’s Medical Center in Anderson, Indiana, will join the Saint Mary’s College Board of Regents Oct. 20 when the As you sit in the dining hall these days, you may College’s governing body convenes for its first meeting of 1983-84. notice something in the air. Or the lack of something in A 1965 graduate of Saint Mary's, Sister Kathleen received her mas­ the air. ter’s degree in business and managerial accounting from George As goes the conversation in the dining hall, so goes Margaret Fosmoe Washington I D iversity in 1973 Sister Kathleen served as principal the campus. But what is being discussed over the chick­ Managing Editor of St. Cecelia's Academy in Washington, D C. from 1976-81 and en sandwiches at lunch this semester? spent two years as an administrative assistant for finance for the Not much, beyond Cap n Crunch, sidewalk construc­ InsideTuesday Catholic schools office of the Archdiocese of Washington, D C. — tion and a mediocre football season. The Observer When a children’s junk food cereal and artistic methods of displaying concrete becoming the burning When the K. of C proposal was first turned down. issues of our time, you know problems are on their way. Student Senate decided not to risk a confrontation be­ Yet vast strides in terms of campus improvement cause it would lead to a "breakdown in communica­ have been made since May. tion " which could mean nothing else getting A funeral masswill be he Id at 330 today for Brother The renovations of LaFortune, the Engineering accomplished the rest of the year. Damien Daele, 82, in the Chapel of St. Joseph's at Holy Cross Auditorium and W ashington Hall top the list. The The sad thing is that they were right. It probably Brothers Center Daele died unexpectedly early Sunday morning in dedication of Saint Mary’s Haggar College Center is now would mean just that. But, obviously, there was a break St. Joseph Medical Center. He had been living at Dujuarie House for history.

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