Irish Extra - Inside

IRISH EXTRA - INSIDE VOL. XXI, NO. 28 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1986 an independent student newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Reagan veto of sanctions overridden ■ Associated Press WASHINGTON The Senate voted 78-21 Thursday to over ride President Reagan's veto of tough new sanctions against South Africa, joining the House in enacting measures designed to force Pretoria's white-minority government to abandon apar theid. In dealing Reagan one of the most dramatic foreign policy set backs of his presidency, and the first substantive override of a Reagan veto, the Senate rebuffed administration pleas that the punitive economic sanctions would prove most harmful to South Africa's blacks. Five previ ous Reagan vetos, on lesser.is sues, had been reversed. Despite fierce lobbying by Reagan and other White House officials, and members of the Senate supportive of the admin istration's policy, the final vote showed the president falling 13 votes short of the 34 needed to sustain the veto. Forty-seven Democrats and 31 Republicans voted to override Reagan, while 21 GOP law makers voted to back Reagan. B eat it C o lo r provided by Anheuser-Busch, Inc. The Observer/Jim Carroll Sen. Jake Gam, R-Utah, who Drum captain John Zic leads, from right to Vanetten and Paul Loughridge of the Notre is trying to drum up cheers for the Irish at recently donated one of his kid left, Mike Ramsden, Dave Scott, Mark Dame Band percussion snare line. The octet the MSU game. neys to a daughter, was absent. Taylor, Brian Peterson, Sam Sangster, Mark In a statement issued from the White House, Reagan said that Hesburgh forms business grants committee despite his objections to the measure, "Our administration By PEGGY PROSSER tee) are there to back us up," for the sake of helping Notre viding improved computer will, nevertheless implement the Staff Reporter said Kenahan. Dame. facilities, endowed professor law. It m ust be recognized, “They will serve to help us in "It is a good investment on ships, and Memorial Library im however, that this will not solve A national committee of busi our fundraising with major cor their part in helping Notre Dame provements through the assis the serious problems that plague ness executives has been formed porations around the country," to become a better school and tance of the committee, said that country." by University President Father he said. improving Notre Dame pro Kenahan. Vice President George Bush, Theodore hesburgh to assist the The specific amount of money grams," said Kenahan. All of these improvements, presiding over the Senate, an University in soliciting grants sought has not been deter Citing national competition for Kenahan said, would benefit stu nounced that the Senate's sanc from major corporations. mined, but Kenahan quoted a grants, Kenahan said many uni dents and the corporations for tions measure had passed, "the Michael Kenahan, director of starting figure of "about $ 10 m il versities, such as Purdue and In see GRANTS, page 5 foundation and corporate rela lion." diana, attract large corporate see SANCTIONS, page 4 tions for the University, said the The committee members are sponsorships by supplying the National Corporate Grants Com geographically distributed companies with their graduates, mittee will not meet as a whole, across the nation in the hope that tie said one company. General but will endorse proposals made each member's corporation will Motors, contributes heavily to S M C weekend set to begin by the University. attract other nearby corporations Purdue and then hires many of By KATIE SULLIVAN the Alabama-Notre Dame "We do the ground work in to the University's projects, said the university's engineering News Staff game. Brats, hot dogs and terms of contacting the corpora Kenahan. graduates. beer will be served. Three tions and submitting the Kenahan said many of the cor Notre Dame will improve The fathers of more than large-screen televisions will proposals, and they (the commit porations would be giving only facilities and programs by pro 200 St. Mary's seniors will be available for watching the grace the College's campus game. this weekend as the fourth an Casino Night begins at 9 Buzz bus carries buzzed studentsnual Senior FatheizDaughter p.m Saturday in the Angela Weekend gets underway, ac Athletic Facility Club. By KATHY ROE Library Circle. The bus' final stop Cahill said the program's aim cording to Jennifer Hirschfield said the event will Staff Reporter is along ivy Road near Campus is to assure students a safe ride Hirschfield, chairperson of the have play gambling and horse View and Turtle Creek apart home. Cahill also noted that event. racing, dancing, and food and Knowing that nothing is worse ments. when students get separated "This is one o f the m ost im drink. than the hassle of finding a ride Students can get on at any from their friends during an eve portant weekends for Each father and daughter home after a night off-campus, point along the route for the cost ning out, they do not have to seniors, " she said. "It is the will receive $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 in play the Hall Presidents' Council has o f twenty five cents, said HPC Co- worry about being stranded. first time a lot of the fathers money which can be gambled come up with a new idea: the chairman Joanie Cahill. Having been in progress for will be spending a weekend away or used to buy raffle tick Buzz Bus. She said, however, that stu the past two weekends, the Buzz with just their daughters." ets. The bus service operates every dents cannot get off at either Bus program has had consider Events for Friday night in "This should be the high weekend on Friday and Saturday Senior Bar or the Five Points' able success, serving over 2 0 0 clude Irish singer John Ken light of the weekend, " said nights between midnight and area because the service is not students, said Cahill. nedy, who will be performing Hirschfield. 3:00 a.m. Running on half hour meant to support the bar scene. But Cahill hopes for increased at Haggar Center from 7:30- cycles, the Buzz Bus stops first The idea for Buzz Bus was in ridership as student awareness 10 p.m., and dancing after The weekend will conclude at Senior Bar and then travels on troduced to the Hall Presidents' of the program develops. If its wards at Senior Bar. Sunday with a 10 a.m mass to the Five Points' area. Council last spring in response success continues, she said the Saturday's events begin at The Church of Loretta fol From there, the route runs past to increased concern about stu service will be extended to with a fathet/daughter golf lowed by a brunch in the the corner o f Howard and St. dents driving after drinking, said Thursday nights. tournament on Notre Dame's Dining Hall. Louis streets and Notre Dame Cahill. Plans are also in the works for course. Tee off is 8 a.m. "1 hope everyone attends apartments. Stops on campus in She said sim ilar services spon the sale of passes that grant stu A tailgater will also be held this and all the events," said clude the Main Circle, St. Mary's sored at other universities pro dents a specified number of rides Saturday in Haggar Center for Hirschfield. in front of Holy Cross, and the vided the basic model. aboard the Buzz Bus. f The Observer Friday, October 3, 1986, - page 2 Of Interest Senior Father/Daughter Weekend more than just the events planned Of Interests and Briefs are accepted Sunday through Friday in The Observer offices on the third floor of LaFortune Student Senior FathevDaughter weekend. What does it Center before 1 p.m. on the day prior to publication. Of mean? For me it is a time to reflect on the past Interests and Briefs are also accepted through the mail. Send and share a lifetime of memories with my father. Margie announcements to The Observer, P.O. Box Q, Notre Dame, I look back on the past four years and I can't IN 46556. - The Observer believe it has gone so fast. I remember my senior Kersten year of high school like it was yesterday. I was Saint M ary’s Editor confused about the future and I remember looking to my father for advice.about where to go to col lege, and basically what to do with my life. I re "On Exhibit," an artist's cooperative, will hold an opening member some of the guidelines he set for me; I reception for Mary Biek and Qregg Crandall tonight from 7 had to attend a Catholic college and I had to take to 10 in the 107 W. Monroe St. gallery. The show, "People a year of accounting. As it ended up I spent my in Darkness," presents photographer and co-op member freshman year at Iowa State University - much to Crandall's recent photographs of El Salvador. Mary Biek, a my father's dismay. After that year, I realized 1 Notre Dame graduate,show her latest ceramic installation. had to "get serious" about my education. 1 wanted Regular gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday from 12 to to learn and not just get by. I then turned to my 4, with the show closing Sunday, October 26. -The Observer father for more advice, which he willingly gave to me. I transferred to Saint Mary's. He never said, "I told you so," but only encouraged me to excel in my new school.

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