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' ' ' Interhall -page 10 VOL. XVI, NO. 27 an independent srudent newspaper serving notre dame and sai.m mary's TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1981 Nader outlines corporate influence By JIM McCLURE Nader also expressed concern NewsStajf with the Reagan Administration's cutbacks in legal, food stamp and job Citizc:ns arc basically unaware of and auto safety programs. "Reagan is the powc:r being wielded by cor­ too extreme for even the corpora­ porations and take l'Orporate intru­ tions," he: noted, characterizing sions for grantc:d, Ralph Nadl·r told a Reagan as "a smiling man with very capacity audic:nce in the Library cruel drives." Auditorium last night. Nader also stated that "it's un­ Nader, who spoke on "Corporate bc:lic:vablc: what is being done in this Power in America," noted that the Administration, even comparc:d to corporations heavily exert thdr in­ the Ford and Nixon years." tlucncc in Washington. "The most Nader urged the audience to important factor in getting dectcd is stand up for their rights as citizens money," he stated, adding, "The best and rally against undue corporate in­ invcstmc:nt in the United States fluence in their daily lives. "There today i1> the U.S. Congress. You get a isn't anyone here who doc:sn't sense milk lobby pouring a million dollars injustice about something in into senators' and representatives' society." campaign war chests, and what do Nader exprc:ssed optimism that they get back? They might get back today's generation of students can hundreds of millions,..billions of dol­ shape their world for the better. "I lars, over a period of years. It's don't buy the idea that there's far Last night, Student Body President Don M urday registration and study days to two days instead of tremendously rewarding." more apathy among students today led the discussion of his proposal to lengthen one. See story below. (photo by Nick DeCandia) Nader pointed out that "it's hard than in the Sixties." to find a single sector of everyday life that has not been intruded upon by corporate interests." Accused assassin Several cases of children bt:ing killed by unsafe styling of cars were cited a.~ examples of corporate Hinkley pleads innocence by insanity negligence towards consumers. Nader stressed that'many pedestrian WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers he was no longer dangerous to him­ separate teams of psychiatrists, with appreciate the wrongfulness of his injuries from auto accidents are not for John W. Hinckley Jr. notified a self or to others because of mental one team appointed by the court conduct." a result of high-speed collisions, but federal court yesterday they plan to illness. Hinckley could face life im­ and the others hired by the defense The law also says every defendant rather unsafe exterior design. contend the accused presidential as­ prisonment if convicted of crimes in and prosecutors. is presumed to be sane and respon­ Corporate interests also sailant is innocent by reason of in­ the 13-count indictment. The law provides that a jury shall sible for is actions. But that determine consumer tastes in food, sanity. Hinckley's lawyers, partners of bring in a verdict of innocent by presumption is no longer valid once according to Nader. "The food com­ The decision means Hinckley's famed criminal defense attorney Ed­ reasor:. of insanity if, at the time of evidence is introduced that he has a panics have one major design - to 26-year life will likely be put on dis­ ward Bennett Williams, waited until the criminal conduct: mental disease or defect. wrn your tongue against your play before a jury, including his ob­ the last possible moment to raise the "the defendant, as a result of men­ If jurors decided there was such a brain." Too many companies per­ session with actress Jodie Foster. insanity defense. District Judge Bar­ tal disease or defect, either lacked defect, they would need to detrmne suade consumers to place good taste Hinckley wrote that he would "get rington D. Parker had set yesterday substantial capacity to conform his whether it was related to the crime above nutrition, especially in the Reagan" to impress her. as the deadline for the notification, conduct to the requirements of the and, if so, whether Hinckley was case of children. If past practice in insanity cases is which is required under federal law, or lacked substantial capacity to responsibile for his action. Nader supported his statement by followed, competing psychiatrists rules of criminal procedure. reasoning: "When Tony the Tiger would play a significant role in the Hinckley's lawyers also asked for a (till' Kellogg's cereal cartoon figure) trial - which is unlikely to begin split trial, with the first part devoted says something is good, what kid is before December. The experts to testimony about the shooting of Student senate creates going to say, 'No Tony, I don't agree would help the jury decide whether President Reagan and three others with you'?" mental illness prevented Hinckley March 30 outside a Washington Schools also fall under corporate from understanding the wrongful­ hotel. The second phase would be influence, Nader explained. "The ness of his actions. the attempt to prove Hinckley in­ full-time o-c position managemcnr of universities reflects A verdict of innocent by reason of nocent by reason of insanity. corporate direction -just look who insanity would send Hinckley to a Since the shooting, Hinckley has ByBILLKOLB borhood Council and would remain is on the board of trustees." mental institution until a judge ruled been extensively examined by three News Staff in contact with the Off-Campus Commissioner, South Bend Police Last night the Student Senate and Campus Security. Student Body passed a resolution that recom­ President Don Murday emphasizes mends the administration employ a that the director would not be a dis­ full-time director of off-campus ciplinarian but would provide Tracy celebrates 50t_h Anniversary housing. professional attention to off-campus Formulated by a Campus Life concerns. Council task force, the resolution Off-Campus Commissioner Kathy Tracy first appeared on Sunday, of my mouth." By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL ·outlines the services the off-campus Jurado will present the resolution to Oct. 4, 19 31, in the old Detroit Mir­ Thus the super-detective was Associated Press Writer the CLC October 8. If passed by the ror as a witness to a robbery who is created, to sally forth in print, in CLC, it will then be presented to called to view a police lineup. He Saturday matinee movie serials and WASHINGTON - Dick Tracy, Vice President of Student Affairs notices a woman in a cell, has a on the radio as the tough dick who ((If adopted, the who matched violence with Father John Van Wolvlear for Uni­ could gun down a gangster and violence as he mopped up the likes proposal would versity approval. of H.B. Eyes, Flattop, Mumbles and deliver this seron to his tender audience: lengthen Christmas In other business, the Senate dis­ the Brow, observes 50 years on cussed Murday's proposal for newspaper comic pages Sunday - "Johnny Mintworth paid the price for living a loose, careless life. He break ... incorporating into the 1982 fall still black of hair, steely of eye and semester a two-day registration and square of jaw. made his first mistake when he kept company with a girl who was a two-day study break before finals. The strip was the tirst to depart director would provide. Brother Ed perfume thief. He thought she was The proposal calls for moving the from the "funnies" approach, Luther currently serves part-time as cute." first day of class from August 31 to delighting in showing death in grap­ hunch and throws a punch, and from off-campus housing director, but his Dick Tracy was even parodied in August 25. Registration would be on hic detail: bullets passing through the masculine way she ducks un­ duties as rector of Morrissey Hall another comic strip, Li'l Abner, as August 23 and 24. The two-day plan heads, a pool of blood, a body masks a male crook in women's prevent him from assuming the posi­ "Fearless Fosdick," a detective so in­ would give students the option of trapped under ice. clothing. tion full-time. having a "free" day between ept that he once killed 42 people Dick Tracy's "immorality" Eight days later he proposes to The expanded duties the Senate while trying to arrest a balloon ven­ registration and classes: If adopted, brought complaints back in 19 31 - Tess Trueheart, watches helplessly proposes for the job includ~:­ dor. the proposal would lengthen and in 1981. Last May, the Harris­ as Big Boy's thugs kidnap Tess and maintaining housing listings to help Tracy was born in the days of Christmas break by having the fall burg, Pa., Patriot-News dropped gun down her father during a hold­ students find adequate housing, depression, prohibition and semester begin a week earlier. Dick Tracy and another strip saying, up. Then this colloquy between the improving relations with landlords gangsters, the brainchild of Chester The academic calender has al­ "These strips are not marginal, police chief and Trjl.cy: and neighbors, and becoming more Gould. In "The Celebrated Cases of ready been set by the administra­ violence is the sole reason for their " How'd you like to join the plain available to students living off­ tion, but Murday plans to discuss the existence, terrorism is grist for their clothes squad?" See ANNIVERSARY, page 3. campus. The director would also be proposal with Assistant Provost John mill." "You've taken the words right out a member of the Northeast Neigh- Miriam Jones.

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