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... Wild Duck —page 4 an independent student newspaper serving not re dame and saint many's MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1982 Black Arts Festival ends on ‘good note’ By KELLI FLINT and expose black history, according BOB VONDERHEIDE to student Colette Payne. News Staff “ There is not enough exposure to black history on Operating on a budget “ too this campus. The environment small to cover expenses,” the is not conducive to that Black Cultural Arts Festival awareness.” cncluded a month of activities Quality-wise, Griffin said she with a fashion show and dance thinks the festival was at the Athletic and Convocation “ excellent” this year. “ The Center Saturday night. South Bend community The major financing for the supported the functions very festival came through cont- well,” she said. “In some riburors within the University, cases, they outnumbered the according to student Piper Notre Dame community.” Griffin. There is a basic There were different types of budget, but that never covers speakers this year, according to all of the expenses. “The Griffin. “Last year we had Provosts Office is usually the Cicely Tyson and Marva largest contributor, ’ ' she Collins,” she said. “The added. names are not the same.” The celebration of black The festival also included a history developed from a day to prsentation by poet Sonia a week to a month, noted Sanchez, a talent show, and the Hannah Storen [jr. ] and Darryl Daniels to close out this year's Black Cultural Arts Griffin. “ Blacks on this play" And You Thought All We [soph. ] are wearing the latest in threads for Festival. [Photo by Gonzalo Reyes] campus are proud of that and Could Do Was Dance.” the Fashion Show that took place Saturday want to contribute to the celebration,” she added. The festival could have been Raffle Wednesday better if more people had participated, according to Black Cultural Arts Council Chairman Harry I Ammons. Ammons Grace raises money for 1979 ND graduate noted that the fashion show and Gospel Ensemble ended the By CINDY COLDIRON On Dec. 19, Kom losi was over and die.” halls. Other Grace Hall res­ festival on a “ good note.” Staff Reporter installing a cassette deck in his Komlosi lives with his idents who were involved in the “ Somehow, since the black car when two men pointed a mother, who is a factory work­ planning of this fund-raiser community is so small, it helps The residents of Grace Hall gun at him, jumped into his car er, and neither of them has the include Bill Beck, Kevin W il­ the majority of the white hope to raise $2500 to help a and shoved him into the back means to pay for a 12-week liams and Mark Rolfes. populus get to know what the former Notre Dame student seat. The men proceeded to physical rehabilitation program Among the items to be Black culture really is,” who was paralyzed when he drive around for several hours that he needs. Confined to a raffled are: Phil Carter’s foot­ Ammons said. was shot by a kidnapper last until one of them, without wheelchair for the rest of his ball jersey, donated by Coach Ammons added that for black December in Washington, D C. saying a word, shot Komlosi life, Komlosi had been very Gerry Faust; a basketball students adjusting to Notre Paul Kom losi, a 1979 grad­ and the two left him to die. active in interhall sports at signed by all the Notre Dame Dame is “ hard at times” but uate of Notre Dame and a Komlosi said later that he Notre Dame. basketball players, donated by “ getting a little better, ith a former Grace Hall resident, had could tell right away that he Mike Burton, president of Coach “ Digger” Phelps; and a little partipation, there is a lot been working as an aide to Rep. was paralyzed. “ If I was going .Grace Hall and in charge of the book written and autographed that can be learned.” Dennis Eckart, a Democratic to get out of this alive, I knew fund-raiser, stated that raffle by Fr. Theodore Hesburgh. The festival is intended to Congressman in Washington. that I had to stay awake,” he tickets will be sold tomorrow The winning raffle tickets will said. “ But I thought, do I want and Wednesday for $1 during be drawn Wednesday night at a to be paralyzed for life? It lunch and dinner in Saint time and place to Be an­ WSND annouwould have been easier to keel Mary’s and Notre Dame dining nounced. new executive Reformed alcoholic WSND AM /FM announces Replacing Rowland in his the new Executive Board for capacity as production director 1982-83, as elected by the will be a sophomore, Chris about the effects of alcohol and lems they may have with alco­ present board members. Mark Brennce. Lynn Marie Fort- By MICHAEL WILKINS alcohol abuse, as well as ways hol. Former First Lady Betty Rowland, a junior electrical haus, the current director of Staff Reporter to deal with alcohol-related Ford also will speak later this engineering student, will head public relations, will assume problems and ideas for alter­ month. the new executive s ta ff as the position of AM program The Michiana Coalition on natives to alcohol. Also sched­ The program actually went into station manager. He is cur­ director, and Charlie Burns, Alcohol and other Drug Abuse uled are awareness sessions for full force last week with lec­ rently the director of produc­ now operations director of will present Los Angeles youth and their parents and tures and forums on the effects tion engineering and will be FM, will move up to FM Dodger pitcher Don New- special sessions to inform the only member of the exec­program director. The sports combe, a reforming alcoholic, women about the special prob­ See AD D IC TIO N , page 3 utive staff to return next year. department will be run by Bill and drug abuse expert Mitchell Lanessy, and the news depart­ Rosenthal tonight at 7:30 at ment, by John O'Donnell. Clay High School in South Lanessy and O’Donnell are Bend. The program is part of currently assistant directors of the coalition’s “ Alcohol Aware­ Teenage thieves stalk those departments. The main­ ness Month” for the Michiana tenance of the station’s equip­ area. ment will be handled by chief The coalition is sponsoring Breen-Phillips, Farley engineer Hugo Van Nispen. several events to inform the local community about alcohol By VIC SCIULLI Phillips were most affected by The new executive board will and to shed some light on the Senior Staff Reporter the burglaries. All the rooms were unlocked at the time. officially assume their posi­ problems that can occur when tions on April 1. alcohol is not used sensibly. Several robberies in two girls Residents reported seeing “ We’re really trying to offer dorms in the past few weeks on young boys running through WSND is now accepting some education and possibly campus have alarmed residents the hall, but no suspects have applications for the positions promote sensible drinking,” and caused an increase in been apprehended. of Business manager, director said Charlotte Voor, Executive security in those two dorms. Two wallets, belonging to of sales and director of public Director of the Alcoholism During the last week of girls from other dorms were relations. All students are Council of St. Joseph County. February, several residents of found in one of the bathrooms welcome to apply. For more “ We’re stressing education Breen-Phillips and Farley halls of Farley Hall last Friday. No information contact Mark and prevention while aiming at were robbed of their wallets suspicious characters were seen Rowland. the social drinker. ’ ’ and purses while their rooms in the hall; no one is certain as Mark Rowland The coalition will sponsor were unattended. Rooms on the open meetings to inform peoplefirst and second floors of Breen- See THIEVES, page 3 N ews Monday, March 8, 1982 — page 2 By The Observer and The Associated Press REV. THEODORE M. HESBURGH is among seven In Memory of Bluto persons named by the U.S. Department of State to observe Every now and then, an event occurs which the elections in El Salvador on March 28. The delegation makes you realize how unpredictable and will be headed by Sen. Nancy L. Kassenbaum, Republican fleeting life is. This weekend such an event David Rickabaugh of Kansas, and includes Fr. Hesburgh, Congressman Bob occurred; John Belushi, a comedian of our Livingston of Louisiana; Everett E. Briggs, deputy generation, died at age 33. News Editor assistant secretary for Inter-American affairs; Clark Kerr, The death of J ohn Belushi is different than presidents emeritus of the University of California at the recent deaths of celebrities such as Natalie Berkeley, and Richard M. Scammon and Howard Wood, William Holden or John Lennon. Penniman, well-known election experts. Scammon and Though many of us enjoyed the works of these Penniman are in El Salvador this week observing election entertainers, they were not of our generation. student who resembles the “ Niedermeyer” preparations, and the entire delegation is scheduled in the We each have our favorite Lennon tune, but type who is so concerned with the GPA and the country during the final week of the campaign to witness John Lennon started back in the sixties; he was Orgo lab due tomorrow that he does not know the polling and vote counting process. - The Observer. there before us. Belushi came on the scene with the names of the guys in his section and refuses us. to go out with the gang every now and then.

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