------~--- --~- -~~- server university of notre dame - st. mary's college ~, No.93 Tuesday, March 4, 197S The two leading candidates Corpora, Byrne make Wednesday's run-offs
by Mike Lyons The following table is a breakdown of votes for each candidate participating in '- Staff Reporter the 1975 SBP Election. Ed Byrne and Joe Corpora will be facing each other Total Candidates Al BA BP CA Dl FA Fl El GR HO KE L Y MO PA StE ST SO HC WA ZA ac in the run off elections for student body president Wednesday. Byrne and his running mate Tom Fit 355 ( 11.4) Hegarty-Caldwell 6 7 15 8 40 17 13 25 22 13 48 4 23 13 23 18 10 10 4 16 21 zgerald took first place in yesterday's primary, cap turing 818 votes while Corpora and his running mate 308 (9.9) Boyle-Black 4 13 23 19 18 14 20 13 19 9 16 19 15 16 3 7 12 21 18 18 11 Tom Spurling were second with 602. The seven member board of directors of InPIRG 602 ( 19.4) Corpora-Spurling 19 33 30 16 12 23 19 35 50 32 B 36 11 53 17 13 9 80 22 58 26 I Indiana Public Interest Research Group) was also elelcted yesterday. Eleven candidates tried for the 36 ( 1.1) Smith-Rand 19 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 positions. 818 (26.3) Byrne-Fitzgerald 130 15 50 124 19 43 22 37 70 10 17 26 39 45 13 10 24 4 69 12 40 Pleased with the results 194 (6.2) Culligan-Macauley 2 3 2 17 11 12 6 12 33 4 8 19 ll 14 12 6 6 5 9 Commenting on his victory in the primary, Byrne said: "Overall, of course, I was very pleased with the 284 (9.1) Bury-Sondej 7 19 7 2 11 4 8 29 35 5 91 6 7 14 4 5 3 5 20 results of Ule primary and the campaign. One com plaint I have is perhaps that not enough coverage was 510 ( 16.4) Gassman-McGuire 7 6 20 2 21 44 17 73 40 5 23 9 44 15 4 132 8 2 9 18 given the elections and campaign as far as making Total Vote _ 3107 people aware of times and places for meetins and so ' ~ on.''Byrne said that he attributed his victory to getting in and'------J David and I support Corpora." actually meeting the students. "We had 5 or 6 people in each Mike Gassman also endorsed Corpora, saying he was the hall who were very helpful in informing others about our "hardest worker, most concerned, and I think this is in platform and objectives. We worked extensively with these dicated in his record." Gassman swept Stanford, taking 132 people." of 188 votes and thira place in the final count. Joe Corpora indicated that he was "overjoyed" at the Andy Bury endorsed Byrne and said that students should results and "very optimistic" about the elelction Wednesday. really look at the issues and be eoncerned enough to show up lit> attributed his out come in the primary to a combination at the debate tonight. of things. "personal contact was very important. We have a Tom Black, running mate of Pat Boyle, endorsed Corpora, lot of friends in Holy Cross and a telephone committee who saying he had known him for a long time and felt confident he did a lot of work. We will be working on all the dorms today would be the best choice. to gain additional support." Dennis Smith. the only freshman candidate expressed SBP-SBVP RUNOFF CANDIDATES talk things over with Corpora said that he considered his platform realistic and approval of both Byrne and Corpora. He thought the student outgoing SBP, Pat Mclaughlin. In a jovial vein, Pat predic strong and "able to withstand close inspection." turnout was terrible. "All people had to do was walk down ted he will be as happy to be leaving office Wednesday, as Rvrne mentioned that a debate between two candidates the hall to vote." he was last year when he won the election. will. be held tomorrow night at 11:40 in the Keenan Stanford McLaughlin compliments candidates chapel and encouraged all to attend. eerning yesterday's Observer editorial which declined to '"We think our platform is solid and we can defend it. It is Pat McLaughlin, student body president, complimented endorse any candidate. Joe Corpora said, "The Observer did very important that the president be able to defend his the candidates on the campaign. "Overall I felt it was much not endorse anyone because they have an inferiority com platofrm in front of the administration, so this debate will deaner and had a lotless problems than former ones." plex. For the past six years they have endorsed the losing show which candidate's ideas will stand up under criticism," Ht> also thanked the election committee for their work and candidate. I think they didn't endorse anyone so people Bvrne said. said he felt the election a success as far as voter turnout and wouldn't purposably vote against the one they endorsed." . 'corpora t>xpressed approval of the voting turnout and said the l'Ven more votes would probably be picked up Wed- Brian Hegarty added: "I was walking across campus he expected even more students to vote in the election nesday. today thinking about the election and I saw an empty car pull \\'t>dnesday. · Turnout was about average, with 3,107 casting ballots, 48 up_ in fron of t~~ Morris Inn, and out stepped the Observer <'oncerning the poor 0-C turnout he said: "I think that one percent of the student body. Off campus students had the edi!orml staff. - . . main reason was the poor publicity and placement of the poorest voting percentage with only 9 per cent of the 1500 ·• Ed Byrne defended ~he student governmen~ ~rg~mzatio!l. \'Oting place for off-campus students
world briefs SMC announces program
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A with University of Dallas federal court judge Monday gave officials nine months to Saint Mary's College and the master's degree in three pay an estimated $12 million University of Dallas have an semesters instead of the usual in damages to 1.200 demon nounced a cooperative program four. strators arrested illegally In addition, the University of during the 1971 May Day which will allow Saint Mary's graduates to enter the University Dallas will award a full-tuition demonstration. of Dallas School of Management graduate assistantship each year to a Saint Mary's graduate. This TALLAHASSEE, Fla. with up to 12 hours of credit toward assistantship will be continued (UPI)- Florida officials the MBA or MS degree. over three or four semesters of Monday unveiled a $6 million Dr. Robert G. Lynch, dean of the Graduate School of Management graduate work pursued by the treasure trove which divers student at the University of claim they recovered from a at the Universityof Dallas, will be dallas, provided she remains in Spa nigh galleon that sank in a at. Saint Mary's Tuesday and hurricane off Key West more Wt•dnesday to discuss the new good standing academically. This cooperative program, first than 350 years ago. program with students and JAMES T. FARRELL will appear tonight in Washington Hall to discuss of its kind for Saint Mary's College, faculty. the Midwest c?n.tribu!ion ~o literature. Farrell, 71, arrived on campus SYRACUSE, N.Y. (UPI) - Under the new agreement, the is opened to students in any Sunday to partrcrpate rn thrs year's Sophomore Literary Festival. rhe vestry of Grace tlniversity of Dallas will waive up academic department. Episcopal Church has voted to four three-credit-hour courses in Dr. Lynch will be available unanimously to refuse to its graduate management Tuesday, March 4, at 4 p.m. in WANTED accept the resignation of the program if the student has taken Madeleva room 233 to discuss the Rev. Betty Bone Schiess, one eertain required courses at Saint new program. See Dr. Filkins, Male Voices for of 11 women ordained as Mary's. A student may then Madeleva 226 for additional in· Episcopal priests at an eomplete the course work for the formation. Saint Mary's Academy Musical unauthorized service in Carnival Philadelphia last July. Ford seeks a compromise DETROIT (UPI) - U.S. Auditions Mon & Tues Mar. 3 & 4 7p.m. ~utomakers reported Monday Augusta Hall that while sales were moving to delay import fee hike steadily upward in February St. Mary's Academy because of $200 to $600 cash WASHINGTON-
Tuesday, March 4, 1975 the observer 5 just ask james t. farrell by marlene zloza If something stirs bitter controversy, just The connection between Farrell and his wait a few years. Time is the great famous character is strong and obvious. The equalizer and has a vast mellowing effect. author was born in 1904 and fought his way This rule applies to political ideas, fashions, to adulthood on Chicago's South Side. After and even to successful authors. Just ask graduating from a Catholic high school James T. Farrell. there, Farrell spent three years at the In the 1930's. youngsters flocked to the University of Chicago but left to pursue a local moviehouse to gape at 'Gone With the variety of odd jobs and colorful places. He Wind" and hear the man with the patent began writing in 1929 and his first notice leather hair say, "I don't give a damn." came with the publication of Young Lonigan Scandalous. Those same adolescents in 1932. probably snuck out behind the garage to scan smudged copies of Studs Lonigan, searching frantically for the dirty words Farrell became a celebrity in 1937 when and suggestive scenes. Also scandalous. an obscenity charge was brought against A But what a difference a few years makes. World I Nt>vt>r Made. Farrell's ac complishments since then have included f<'arrell 's early works, earthy, brutal, and almost every genre of literature. He has realistic portraits of the slum life in the written twenty-two novels (most recently urban ghettos. are now considered quite Invisible Swords), eleven volumes of tame. But they still serve as picturesque poetry, criticism and essays, and fourteen descriptions of lower class society, and as eollections of short stories. Some of honest portrayals of the hoodlum mentality. Jo'arrell's works include Tommy Gallagher's Farrell's Lonigan trilogy, Young Lonigan, ('rusade, Wht>n Boyhood Dreams Come Tht> Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Trut>. Frt>nch Girls are Vicious, My .lndgnwnt Day. are his most famous works. Bast>ball Diary. and Tht> Silence of History . These three books detail the life of one voung adolescent who lives in an urban ghetto. and includes his fears, his hopes and Farrell's latest offering, Judith and Other his activities. Studs feuds with his family, Short Stol'ies. presents eleven character strives to please his peers, and longs to sketches. In most of these stories, nothing impress his girl. Farrell's style and content really happens. The main characters are are blunt. realistic, and colorful. There is given a free rein to narrate a part of their plenty of rich ethnic dialogue and a good lives and some of the people that touch dose of juvenile humor and thoughtfulness. them. Each of the narratives is very blunt The books combine to form the backbone of and simply told. They are condensed Jo'arrell's achievement and many critics feel packages of life, loneliness, and society. these early stories are his best. There is very little emotion, none of it passionate or violent. Most of the people are middle-aged, Irish, middle-class and in One of the most important recurring dependent. themes in Farrell's work is ethnicity. The Irish of Chicago are Farrell's specialty and t•ach character description presents a clear The title story is told by Ed, and revolves and lasting glimpse into immigrant culture. around his relationship with the title Stud's friends are Bill Donaghue, Danny eharacter. a successful and lonely concert O'Neill. TB McCarthy, and Weary Reilley. pianist. There is also Moira, Phyliis, Andy, Sounds somewhat like the Notre Dame and other assorted friends and lovers. In directory. Studs also has to deal with the another selection, Farrell adds ~ hint of Catholic school system. and his descriptions autobiography to the story of a successful of Sister Battling Bertha and Sister Ber author returning to his hometown of nadette Marie should sound familiar Chicago for a guest lecture. In the one story to many Domers Those on the outside are with a view to current events, Farrell has typed by the young gang according to their his friend and author Eddie Ryan visiting ancestry and religion. There is plenty of Israel and discussing impending war with a rivalry between St. Patrick's and the Greek journalist friend and several Jewish school down the street. acquaintances. )
In all of these tales, words serve as cool has been developed and refined into a ~unds that soothe and float somewhen. conservative and intensely personal style. up above the noise and chaos in the street. Anybody who is Irish, and-or Catholic, and Farrell's style has mellowed drastically .or just curious, would find it very enjoyable since he created Studs Lonigan and his to spend an evening in the company of gang. No longer scandalous, Farrell's art James Farrell and his Chicago buddies.
• IS this underStood? a review by don roos
l'nd!'rstanding l'ndprstanding: The New Spanish exam), how to decorate a home for further refine the system, sixteen basic striking of these in Osmond's glaring (;uid!' to (;ptting Along With Others by Dr. the insane (Chapter Four), and the mistake functional types constitute the typology. inability to compose a coherent chapter.. lllllll(Jhrp~· Osmond with John :\. Osmund of Marx and Engels (it's all there on pp. 187- Once the ropes are mastered the typology His achievements in this field are tr!Jly S('Il and .Jprom!' :\gel. Bantam Rooks. 208 B). B£>yond taking a load off Edward works out as a sort of intellectual's remarkable. "The Special World of Drugs" (1!-(S. $1.ll5 K£>nnedy's conscience, these relevant ex astrology. Like politics it makes strange disregards its charter and trips off into ('Ursions into the Less-Than-Pressing Issues bed-fellows. Hitler and Joan of Arc are discussions of not only drugs, but of poetry of the Day accomplish or illyminate little. fellow lntuitives; and, as surprising as it The difficulty in understanding l'n (Osmond waxes profound and quotes And the typology is obscured beneath them. ma·y be to Pat, Richard Nixon and James Henley l, Sherlock Holmes. Victorian dt·rstanding t·nderstanding is nearly in This is all very fortunate, 6ecause Dr. Bond are cast from the same Sensation superable. The subject matter is easy morality, literature. and Timothy Leary. At Dsmond's ideas. explained in Chapters Two mold. this point we are told parenthetically that (•nough: the concepts wouldn't phase any and Three and elaborated into group theory mildly intelligent high school psychology both Kennedy and Huxley died on in Chapter Nine. contain some merit, He "owever interesting and fun it may be to November 22, 1963. The power of this as non dass. It's simply hard to understand how and his colleagues, basing their work on such a disjointed and inept manuscript ever :1pply the typology, we are given no grounds sPquitur is unparalleled. The unifying .lung and a Dr. l{enee Nell, have developed a tor believing it an accurate reflection of theme of the chapter which supposedly managed to stumble into print. Instead of typology for classifying basic personality providing the answe··s and discoveries it :•uman personality. Osmond does attempt unifies these disparities is anybody's guess :ypes. The four basic functions, accm·ding LO show ihat the four basic types arose promtses on •ts cover. i' raises a puzzling to this 3ystem. are Sensation, F'<·c •:',, ;Jistorically as mental functions evolved in This might seem unfair, concentrating on •1uery of its <~W>•. where the hell were the Thinking. and Intuition ..·:ertain person· · ' Pd!:ors of Bantam when ."tis plum hit the hP '"';;g process of man's confrontation with . lhe flaws of the book by quoting ou; :-f traits correspond to the various types. , ... ,, !u~ environment, but the effort is cursory context and refusing to take it :-s a s• · -, ~ubh~;-, ·~ i-.11t=l·~ .•xan,:··P :,-,,:;victuals whose dom : , .. ,1rly .•"-onP in tht: business was " 'eeble. He never ::esponds' to doubts \•·:-~rk. But even in eoHiext Osn.on'' s· ,. :,_·,,validity ,f:;; typology so broad and of it, i,; · -;,·g '.. ' -- thP ·c"•V<:i' was desigae•·. 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(UPil - On hours to lecture about things he instead of complex mathemati with Dartmouth and gave "the of Dartmouth graduates will most college campuses students never had time for before," cal formulas. school a new $2.5 million get into positions where they head for the library to work on Byrne said. "MIT had done some work on computer. have to make decisions. With assignml•nts. At Dartmouth Courses involving complex timesharing. We tried to do a "The Dartmouth Time Shar the world as it is, these they are apt to head for the computations can give more less expensive version," Byrne ing System was raised in a decisions likely will involve computer. realistic problems. One student said. college environment so our information stored in a com "'We feel we're just as did tabulations on how the Kemeny and Kurtz felt one applications are peculiarly suit puter," Byrne said. important a part of the suburbs voted in 1972, finding reason it was impractical to Pd to a college environment," "'We think it's essential the Pducation program as the on most issues they voted introduce students to the Byrne said. It has been leased students u n d e r s t a n d the library," said Thomas Byrne, conservatively. computer was that the lan- to prep schools around New capabilities and limitations of assistant director for adminis "The paper he did for one guage was too complex. England, to several major the computer," he said. tration at the Kiewit Computa course would have gotten him a "They tried to design a companies, and to the U.S. Kemeny is fond of saying tion CPntPr. Ph.D in years past" because it language using simple English Naval Academy at Annapolis. "one Dartmouth student in an !\lore than 90 per cent of the would have taken that much words to transmit commands to The system has a library of afternoon can accomplish what roughly 4,000 Dartmouth stu effort to get statistics together the computer. BASIC turned BOO programs which can do 15 of the world's most dPnls make use of the computer and analyze them, Byrne said. out to be so simple a student anything from help design distinguished scientists did in a and more than !50 courses use Widespread use of Dart- could learn it in two hours," he bridges to send out town water year and a half at Los it as an integral part of the mouth's one computer is said. bills. to play word games with Alamos." rourse. possible because of the work a It now is the most popular children-a good way to get He should know. As a "'0 n t' man computerized decade ago by two Dartmouth language worldwide for use in them interested in using a tool mathematical prodigy, he was somt' lectures so they were self professors-John G. Kemeny, timesharing programs. It is which can give help in almost at Los Alamos working on tt•aching. This gave him two now president of the college, powerful because of its range of any field. developmPnt of the atomic and Thomas E. Kurtz, now commands. With it, for exam- "WP assume a great number bomb. IllinOiS ERA vote director of Kiewit. pie, you can edit texts, work in They did two things that have graphics and retrieve informa The Fightin Irish Cheerleaders helped revolutionize th,f com- tion. set for Tuesday puter industry worldwide. BASIC uses self-explanatory Invite They worked out a timeshar- word commands such as "stop, Sl'IUNGFIELD, Ill. Tues~~y. ~rch4, 19~7~s ______t~h~e~o~b~s~e~rv~e~r ______3~ Liberal arts programs threatened by Brian nancy by Fr. James T. Burtchaell C.S.C., overshadowing more desired Indiana's private colleges and private provision of public services University provost, Dr. Wayne J. goals such as, "development of the universities could provide between in lieu of their provisions by the Staff Reporter Gerber, academic dean of Bethel inner character of students" and 13,000 and 10,000 additional municipality... and more than Financial pressures threaten College, and Dr. William A. "the creation of well-rounded students with a first rate education counter-balance the imputed cost student oriented values and Hickey, acting president of St. students. at a substantial cost saving to the of municipal-type services teaching emphasis of independent Mary's College. "It is plain tHat financial and taxpayer, if ·the students were provided by the town to the institutions of higher education in The report cited "a tension credentialing needs have tended to given moderate financial support wearers of the gown." Indiana, according to a study of between the concern for in mute a historical emphasis on a the report contended. Several conclusions were also Indiana's 32 private colleges and stitutional survival and the general education with strong It also asserted that state aid is a reached by the report, regarding universities. student-oriented values moral overtones," said the report. very crucial factor for many of the the "composite student" enrolled The report, sponsored by the traditionally associated with a The financial health of in students presently enrolled in in Indiana's private colleges and Associated Colleges of Indiana and liberal arts education". dependent higher education was Indiana's private colleges and universities. "He or she," the the Independent Colleges and According to the report ad- described as, "reasonably good" universities. "Almost one in five report asserted, "has come to Universities of Indiana, Inc., was , ministrators, saw survival issues but suffering from under . students receives state scholarship college primarily to 'gain released yesterday morning at a such as "insuring the confidence of enrollment and endowments in awards and grants, and without knowledge' but also wants 'to learn joint news conference in the Center contributors" and "securing sufficient to keep pace with in such aid the vast majority would skills necessary for a job and a for Continuing Education attended financial soundness" as the flation. not have been able to attend the career.' institution of their choice." "The average student," it continued, "did better than the Private higher education's share national average in high school of statewide student enrollment in work, and this academic SBP debate tentatively planned Indiana fell from 37 per cent to 27 achievement will continue in post per cent in the last decade while secondary studies. He or she is the tuition gap between private b~· Mark .Jahne Corpora's platform and we can commiSSioners. Winners in that satisfied with the school chosen, Staff Reporter and public institutions grew from and is highly unlikely to transfer or discuss them." balloting were Dave Carlyle, Julie $650 to $1,185. "The situation Engelhart. Timothy Hake, Thomas drop out before graduation." A debate between the two Corpora, who received 19.4 per argues for some form of state cent of the vote, said he doesn't Martiny, Lisa Molidor, Frank A final point made by the report finalists in the election for student support, either for tuition payers was that Indiana is the first state to body president, Ed Byrne and Joe have any specific plan for the Musica and Maureen Power. or for institutions," the report Engelhart was the top vote-getter. have all its independent in· Corpora. has been tentatively debate. "We'll just go back and concluded. forth. I hope we get a lot of people Hl•rb Thiele, chairman of the stitutions share cost figures for scheduled for 11:40 tonight at Piection committee, noted that a Private educational institutions instructional programs and to Stanford-Keenan. This will be there to hear us." slight change may be made in the were seen as beneficial to local and have them adopt a standardized their last chance to campaign prior The debate can only be termed dinnertime voting hours Wed state economics. "The 32 in reporting procedure. to the run-off vote this Wednesday. tentative at this time because nesday. Lunch hour voting hours dependent colleges and univer "These data," the report states, Byrne. the leading vote-getter in when contacted, Keenan Hall will be the same as meal hours in sities of Indiana in fiscal 1973 were "will put into perspective the fact ~·esterday's primary with 26.3 per President Biff King had not yet the dining hall. A decision as to directly responsible for additional that while independent institutions cent of the total vote, said about been informed of it. whether or not to alter the voting in-state expenditures of $252 extract a high charge from their the debate. "We think our platform While Corpora and Byrne won in timl' will be reached by the elec million per year from their own consumers, their cost is not per se, is solid and we can defend it. We the SBP race. yesterday's voting tion committee sometime this day-to-day operations, and from expensive or inefficient. feel there are a lot of holes in also chose next year's seven Inpirg afternoon. expenditures .by their faculties, The study on which the report is staffs, students, and visitors. based was underwritten by a grant Three men sought The report continued, " ... many from the Lilly Endowment Inc., functions of importance to the and directed by Dr. William W. community are provided at little or Jellema, president of Wartburg Factory blast causes job loss no cost, and as such represent a College, Waverly, Iowa. SHELTON. CONN. Sign Up At S.U. Ticket Office : Sierra 8ports'i t OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF N.D. COMMUNITY I Dpinian The ObServer an independent student newspaper Founded November 3, 1966 Tom Drape Editor-in- Chief Into The Unknown Bob Zogas Business Manager Bob McManus Advertising Manager EDITORIAL BOARD Terrv Ke~ney, News Editor; AI Rutherford, Managing Editor; Fred Graver. Editorial Editor Jeanne Murphy, Copy Editor; Robert Baker, Features Editor; Greg Corgan. Sports Editor Mary Janca, St. Mary's Editor; Chris Smith, Photo Editor; Bill Brink, Senior Night Editor J 1111 Eder. Ann Me Carry, Pattie Cooney, Zenon Bidzinski. Marlene Zloza, Contributing Editors fr. bill /taahey Editorial.: 283-8661 News: 283- 1715 Business: 283-7471 Tuesday, March 4, 1975 It's hard to imagine a time when students were faced with such uncertainty about their futures. Today's seniors wonder whether the long lines they find themselves in outside the Placement Office will simply be replaced with those outside employment offices back home once they graduate. They wonder if perhaps the only job fram the editar!s desk: they'll have next year will be the job of finding a job. During Vietnam, there was uncertainty, but at least most of the men knew what they would be doing after graduation. Now students more than ever are making decisions for careers based on the job market-- a very disturbing thing to see. And none of this The New Look relieves the already inordinant stress on marks, the bloody com petition. the rampant cheating. Today, March 4, 1975, the Observer inaugurates its new masthead All of this confronts students today with one of the truly design. The change marks our transition from a shaky, bi-weekly birth in significant challanges of life. We are all called to go forward into the unknown. To do this as a student, or graduating senior, is not 1966 to that of a solid, journalistic pursuit nearly ten years later. We have pleasant or easy. It means a kind of plunge, a risky, scary designed this change to signal a new direction, not only in our ap business, especially if a person is going to struggle to remain true to using his or her talents to the full. pearance, but in our purpose. With a pledge of reverence for our past, we Too many people still come to this place asking the wrong now em brace the promise of the future. question. They ask: "When I graduate, what am I going to do? What job will I be qualified for?" The right question is: "When I graduate , what am I going to •be? What kind of person will I ,. Evolution of the new mast began last March. Based on a become?"" realization of the potential The Obsel'!er possessed, a search began for a In times of uncertainty, one is tempted to be even more new design to represent and initiate our new energy. We wanted to make utilitarian-minded than usuaL It takes a special kind of courage to go forward on principles that are not dominated mostly by salary declaration to this university community through an expanded definition considerations, fringe benefits, material allurement, and a list of the important responsibility that our work has always had and will guarantees that rule out uncertainties. continue to seek. With firm commitment , we wanted a new beginning . It is one of the truly exciting aspects of working at a place like this to see numerous students who welcome the unknown, who search for new directions, in tune with God's personal call to them. ThoseJor example, who consider new life styles that might just One year later, after having experimented with countless typefaces mt>an Jess income; those who dedicate themselves to serve the and considerable designs, we selected this masthead. By no means is it disadvantaged through some form of social work; those who channel their futures as lawyers or doctors according to the needs of the intended to be viewed as a quick, cheap change but rather as a developed, dt>prived and oppressed. well-thought out representation of our position as a daily college newspaper. The final design was conceived by senior Mike Mroz with The temptation to settle for second best, to compromise in order input from several of our editors. Bill Brink and Chris Smith, par to dasp a slice of certainty and supposedly escape the risk of the unknown--this is a great temptation for all of us, not just students. ticularly, provided many ideas. ( ln his recent visit to our campus, Bill Coffin told about the sad case of the twenty undergraduate I<:nglish teachers at Yale who are scrambling over one another trying to get tenure. It was during the process of selection that our realization of potential He said: "They all know none of them is going to get it; yet they carry on in a state of unreality, as though, somehow, the impossible finally crystalized. This masthead engenders a new identity for the can be changed just by frantic behavior. Their sick efforts to avoid Observer. We feel that we have realized a position on campus of active the inevitable vulnerability of life are a sad commentary on our times." leadership in addition to our journalistic endeavor. Administrators are also quite susceptible to the allurement of certainty. safety. freedom from the unknown. How pasy it is to beeome surrounded by fearful men, who will do almost anything to This additional responsibility of leadership has been developing for preserve their jobs. The man on top can become isolated from sometime in the opinions expressed on this page. Our new masthead is honest critique and creative dissent, hemmed in by yes-men who dedicate themselves with a passion to pleasing "the boss" at meant to externalize this realization; it is just not a signal to begin but to all costs. There is a saying: "The day a man is placed on top is the develop. last day he'll ever have a had mt>al or hear the truth." Marriage is another dramatic example of the journey into the Let it be understood, though, that only through our total commitment unknown. Dick Conklin has written well about this in the <'Urr£>nt :'\ntrc• llame i\Iagazin.-: "Pt>rhaps the first thing we ought to tell and dedication to provide a medium for reporting and interpreting the young persons about marriage is that it is hard work. That is also lifestream of Notre Dame can we embrace this responsibility of tht> second thing we should tell them. because they are not apt to lwlieve it the first time. Tht>n we should tell them that the marriage leadership. This masthead christens our dedication to responsible t·ommitmPnt is open-ended and that is why they really know journalism and active leadership. not what they do. They know not where the relationship will lead 1t may md in pain and bitterness. It may force personal growth that could not be fostered in any other way. It may reap a reward as unconditioned as the vow." The masthead for us will now symbolize something more than our That says it' Open-ended: not knowing where commitment will newspaper. It will be a reminder of our commitment of service and lt>ad: a risk that takes you in the unknown. This is really what all ! .. adership at Notre Dame. And may it serve to inspire the dedication of life is about. It will cost us to be true to our best selves. to our (;od. and to one another. as we go forward into the uncertainty and idealism for Observer staffs to come. ahPad. Ll'tting go of safety and security-at-any- price will make us \'ll)nt•rabll'. 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'' t ••• ~------.:-- Tuesday, March 4, 1975 the observer 7 Budget priorities group_ proposed (continued from page 1) "It's a question of choice of students be allowed on the com Faculty Senate proposal for a they felt they had left over. These priority," he siad. "That $1.5 mittee. Budget Priorities Committee, type things come when there is a President and representative from .million could be used for many "The one thing I'd like to see is passed last semester. surplus they can use for that," the Law School. praised Joyce's things." some responsible student "Even the choice of name was Cushing charged. proposal. Conway noted that the Faculty representation on the committee," the same as the Faculty Senate The proposal for the Budget Senate had proposed that the he said. Veatch proposed that the "Fr .. Joyce's presentation anC. choice of name," Conway said. Priorities Committee must be sent llniversity change its priority on student body president or vice "This proposal covers many areas to a meeting of the Executive Fr. Hl'sburgh 's remarks were very the reserve fund and use the $1.5 president porvide student input on candid and thorough," Beatch that the Faculty Senate did." Committee of the Board of million for other purposes, such as the budget decisions. James Cushing, chairman of the Trustees later this month. said. "I'm very pleased they are faculty salaries. Conway emphasized that faculty Faculty Senate, agreed with going to set up the Budget members should be representative Conway. Although the Senate Calt>ndar vote Priorities Committee." 1\lt•mbt>l"ship on committee and be elected by the faculty." report recommended about a "a Paul Conway, associate "I hope they would be selected half dozen" faculty members, "it In other action the Academic professor of Finance, cited some of The Budget Priorities Com by the faculty, not appointed by the sounds similar to what Fr. Joyce Concil voted unanimously that the the priorities such a committee mittee will consist of the president, Administration," Conway said. said," Cushing siad. academic calendar for Fall 1975, must decide. Conway stated that, the provost, the main financial .Joyce argued that his proposal drafted after the instructions from according to Joyce, the University officers. and deans of the colleges, l.ikt> Faculty Senate proposal was in no way caused by the the February vote of the Academic applies funds from unrestricted and "four or five faculty mem Faculty Senate proposal. "It had t'ouncil. met with the approval of gifts (some $1.5 million each yearl bers." Conway stated that Joyce's nothing to do with their proposal," the Council. to a reserve fund for building Watch objected to such limited proposal for a Budget Priorities he said. "but maybe it would ac The vote was made necessary by replacement and renewal. rnl'mbership and proposed that Committee closely resembles a complish what they want to do." confusion surrounding the "I would have made the proposal calendar. The vote of the Council anyway," Joyce concluded. indicated that the published lni tiation rite C'using took issue with Joyce's calendar was in accord with the statement that especially faculty guidelines imposed by the Council salaries are a priority for and represented proper ad Seven charged -with :murder university funds. He cited the $600 ministrative discretion. faculty salary supplement granted "The whole purpose of the vote SAN FRANCISCO