Ideas Tor Improved Female Experience at ND Are Given
VOL. XXIII NO. 138 FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Proposed move of local bookstore stirs controversy because of zoning By KELLEY TUTHILL cense it "went downhill." News Editor James Roemer, director of Com munity Helations at Notre Dame, said that the official University position A debate is brewing in South Bend's supports the northeast neighborhood northeast neighborhood over the pro association. The offieial stance was a posed move of Pandora's Books to a result of discussions by Hoerner. new location on the corner of Howard Thomas Mason. vice president for St. and Notre Dame Ave. Business Affairs, Philip Faccenda. Pandora's Books is presently located general counsel, and Father William at 808 Howard Street and would like Beauchamp, executive vice president to move across the street into a of Notre Dame. "bigger and nicer structure," accord He said that although the owners of ing to Store Manager Mandy Arnold. Pandora's are "very good neighbors In order for Pandora's to make a and well respected, wonderful people," move across the street the plot of land the neighborhood residents do not would have to be rezoned from an A want a bookstore on this corner. residential zone to a C-1 commercial A petition against the rezoning of zone. the land was signed by approximately Art Quigley, president of the north 200-300 residents, said Hoerner. east neighborhood association and associate professor emeritus, opposes He said that if Pandora's possibly the rezoning based on bad experiences failed, for example, the property could with this piece of land in the past.
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