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o t r The Observer 'da;-1992 0 ------------ SE S&JiC ENTENNIAl Saint M aryS College The Observer NOTREDAME-INDIANA VOL. XXIV NO. 30 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1991 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY’S Pandora’s cuts deal with city BY DAVID KINNEY Associate News Editor Pandora’s Books has tentatively struck a compromise deal with the city after its long battle to relocate the store. Under the agreement, the city would to rezone a parcel of land along Howard Street to the corner of St. Peter’s, allowing the bookstore, currently located in the Northeast Neighborhood just south of campus, to build a new facility on the property. The deal is facing opposition from the members of the Northeast Neighborhood Association, who are worried that their residential area could be­ come infested with commercial establishments, according to Art Quigley, director of the as­ sociation. This is the latest in a series of disputes between the Northeast Neighborhood and Pandora’s over The Observer/Sean Farnan No clowning around see STORE / page 6 Floyd Joyner serves cotton candy to eagerly awaiting Notre Dame sophomores (from left to right) Jamie Ford and Mike Ma- sone of Fisher Hall as Nikki Ebright of P.E. satisfies her sweet tooth at Wednesday’s “Circus Lunch." Haitian soldiers reportedly killed at least 150 civilians PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) secretary Marlin Fitzwater said dents indiscriminately, the radio were concerned by a comment children in Port-au-Prince, — Random attacks by soldiers unequivocably that the coup station said. Some residents made Wednesday by President according to a supervisor, have left at least 150 dead and “will not succeed." were forced to dig holes to bury Bush that left open the possibil­ Milius Lubrun. He said five 300 wounded in Haiti this week, Nations supporting the return people on the spot, the report ity of intervention by “a multi­ other youths from the home according to reports Thursday. of Aristide, a leftist priest said. national force of some sort” were shot and wounded Tues­ A radio station said 30 to 40 inaugurated Feb. 7, have thus There was no independent under the aegis of the Organi­ day when they went to search people were massacred in one far relied on economic and confirmation of the report, but zation of American States. for their friend. teeming slum, apparently be­ diplomatic sanctions to p res­ hospital officials spoke of 150 At a meeting in Washington, Aristide, a 38-year-old Roman cause its residents supported sure the Haitian army. dead and more than 300 the OAS agreed T hursday to Catholic priest, founded the the deposed president. But in Caracas, Venezuela’s wounded since the coup began. impose sanctions on Haiti, one orphanage in 1986, and it was Most of the attacks reportedly defense minister said the army The military has long been an of the world’s poorest nations, if one of his most prized occurred from Monday, when was on alert in preparation for agent of repression in the im­ democratic rule is not imme­ achievements. It was thought President Jean-Bertrand a multinational military opera­ poverished Caribbean nation. diately restored. It said it would the attacks might have been in­ Aristide was ousted by rebel tion in case diplomatic efforts to Fewer soldiers seemed to be send a delegation to Haiti to tended to carry a symbolic soldiers, to Wednesday. Tension restore democracy in Haiti fail. on the streets of this capital city demand Aristide’s restoration. message for Aristide. appeared to have eased The Pentagon says it has of 1 million Thursday, but an “Before coming, the OAS del­ On T hursday wounded con­ somewhat Thursday, and more forces in place to send troops to apparently nervous military egation must make clear tinued to arrive at the capital’s people were venturing into the evacuate Americans from Haiti, issued an order banning street whether multinational armed main hospital. streets. but spokesmen said Thursday demonstrations. force is envisioned. If it is, they One woman, wounded in both Haitian politicians meanwhile there appeared to be little Three days after the coup that will have trouble finding people legs, was being treated on the said they welcome international chance of this happening. exiled Aristide, there still to talk to,” said Marc Bazin, a floor of the waiting room. pressure on the army to restore Radio Lumiere, a Protestant- appeared to be no government runner-up in last year’s presi­ Emergency room officials, Aristide, Haiti’s first freely run station, said an army- in place. dential elections. speaking on condition of elected president, to power. But sponsored massacre occurred Brig. Gen. Raoul Cedras, the Sen. Serge Gilles, a socialist, anonymity, said they were most said they opposed any Wednesday afternoon in a army’s provisional commander- also said armed intervention turning away all but the most military intervention. shantytown in the western part in-chief, said Wednesday that should be ruled out. Both Gilles serious cases because of over­ Aristide told reporters in of Port-au-Prince, the capital. military leaders do not seek and Bazin, a conservative, said crowding. Washington he believed pres­ Security forces who picked up power. He appeared to be Aristide should be permitted to The emergency room officials sure from the United States and the body of a dead soldier in the pushing for parliament to keep return, however. said that since Sunday night, its allies will save his country slum returned later with Aristide out of office and hold Soldiers on Monday shot a 17- 324 wounded people had been from “a small gang trying to kill reinforcements and went new elections. year-old youth to death outside treated. They said at least 150 democracy." White House press house-to-house shooting resi- Political leaders said they Aristide’s shelter for homeless were killed. O’Brien discusses Native Americans Saint Mary's College 1991 By KATHY MASSA 500 poverty-stricken Americans. In spite of the First Senior Father/Daughter Weekenc News Writer reservations throughout the Amendment, it was not until Schedule of Events United States. 1924 that Indians could legally practice their religion. In spite of losing their land The Europeans, according to Friday In 1903, a certain tribe was and facing obstacles to their re­ O’Brien, brought to the new 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m . H ot and cold hors d'ouvres told that their land would not ligion throughout the American world the idea of the ownership Reception, Stapleton Lounge. of land, a concept foreign to the be taken form them if three- history, Native Americans 8 p.m. Bob Berky - "O ne of the greatest m im es in the Native Americans. O’Brien said quarters of the male Native maintain their heritage and world," O'Laughlin Auditorium. Americans voted against a take­ dignity, Professor Sharon that, “the Spanish and the O’Brien said at a fireside chat Portuguese believed the Pope to over. Of course, three-quarters did vote against such a Saturday Thursday. be God’s representative on measure. Regardless of the 8 a m. -12 p.m . Golf tournam ent, N otre D am e Golf O’Brien spoke about Native earth; thus, he had the power to vote, the government “took it Americans during a lecture on divide God’s earth.” Course. According to O’Brien, religion (the land) anyway and did not “The Rights of Indigenous 10:30 a.m. W orkshop - Patrick White, Associate D ean of even pay for it,” said O’Brien. Peoples.” is inextricably linked to the Faculty: "Intellectuals in the Real World: Thinking and Even in the last decade, some President Andrew Jackson Native American way of life. Feeling After Saint Maiys," Haggar Parlor. entrepreneurs in California implemented a massive evacua­ She emphasized the importance 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Barbecue, H aggar Terrace. the Native American’s original wanted to build a 5-mile road tion of Native Americans from 7 p.m. -10 p.m. Casino Night, Angela Athletic Facility. through sacred tribal grounds, their tribal lands, herding them homeland. Sacred ground, she O’Brien said. The tribes in­ into Oklahoma, O’Brien said. said, is a critical component of Sunday Over 4,000 Indians were buried worship practices. volved appealed to the Supreme 9 a m. Mass, C hurch of Loretto. on this infamous Trail of Tears. When the settlers began to Court on the grounds that the Today, two-hundred individual move west, they invaded the re­ see O’BRIEN / page 3 Indian cultures exist on over ligious lands of the Native page 2 The Observer Friday, October 4, 1991 Forecast : INSIDE COLUMN Forecast for noon, Friday, October 4 Lines show high temperatures. WEATHER REPORT A 70 percent chance “Mac Attack” of showers today. Highs in the 60s. Mostly cloudy and keeps students cooler Saturday. TEMPERATURES: laughing ?? City Athens Question: What do the Atlanta Berlin Notre Dame basketball Boston program and any feminine Chicago Dallas Ft Worth hygiene manufacturer Denver have in common? Detroit Answer: Downright Honolulu Houston goofy advertising. Indianapolis This week, the ND . London basketball program Monica Yant Los Angeles Madrid unleashed a massive, News Editor Miami B each er...thunderous ad ------------------------------ Moscow New Orleans campaign designed to attract student ticket New York buyers. To say nothing more about the Paris campaign is to say it is most definitely different. Philadelphia Rome And funny. St Louis And...uh...embarrassing. San Francisco Seattle Dubbing the Joyce Athletic and Convocation South Bend Center a “thunderdome” is a bit steep. Tokyo ▼ V Cofd front Showers Thunderstoi Snow Sunny Remember the movie, “Mad Max Beyond W ashington.

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