MTV tonight - page 5 VOLXIX.NO. 133 the independent student newspaper scrting nolrt dame and saint man s WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1985 HPC to ask administration ‘Why?’ about rectors By SCOTT BEARBY In addition to being upset over University criteria should be made what type of rector they wish to model. He received honorable men­ Assistant News Editor the mutual decision made by Tyson known to the students. have. tion for the rector of the year award and Gibson to have Gibson give up Mimi Soule, Lewis Hall president, Before Thursday, the hall presi­ this year and is a past recipient of the The recent alleged firing of Car­ his Carroll post, Kearns is angry over stated hall officers run under the as­ dents will sponsor discussions on honor. roll Hall Rector Father Steve Gibson lack of administration response to sumption they w ill be working with what role a rector should have in “ Father Steve cares about his resi­ and the lack of published criteria by questions as to how Gibson was inef­ the same rector. When a new rector their respective dorms. A combined dents,” said Lyons Hall President which the University chooses and fective as a rector and how the Uni­ is hired without any input from the statement w ill be given to Tyson on Joan Cahill, adding that she did not evaluates rectors prompted the Hall versity determines what rectors students, there may be a conflict of Friday. see how this did not fit the Univer­ Presidents’ Council to address the should be hired. > ideas between the students and rec­ Morrissey Hall President Mark sity mold. tor. issue at th e ir m eeting last night. An According to Kearns, no public Peabody suggested some type of stu­ Kearn felt a specific type of rector Farley President Colleen Nolan official statement will be given to statement about how a rector fits the dent evaluation of rectors be in­ may be difficult to find since each added that this situation can lead to a Vice President for Student Affairs University m old has been released. itiated so the administration can hall has its individual character. He stress which the hall does not need. Father David Tyson later this week. Almost one third of campus rec­ compare their standards with those stated that he doesn’t want his rec­ Carroll President Steve Kearns Soule suggested that rector of the students. Soule and other tor to fit such a mold if it means brought up the fact that Gibson is tors w ill be leaving at the end of this changes be made known before hall members of the council agreed. sacrificing individuality. stepping dow n from his position be­ year. Because of the substantial elections so hall government will The HPC w ill be looking to single HPC Chairman Kevin Howard cause he “does not fit the mold” of a number of new rectors coming into not encounter any surprises, and so out qualities which make a rector ef­ rector in the U niversity’s eyes. their positions, the HPC feels the they m ight possibly have a say in fective; they feel Gibson is a good see RECTOR, page 3 Nicaraguan insurgents denied aid by Congress Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Democratic controlled House last night rejected 248-180 President Reagan’s proposal fo r $14 m illio n in direct military aid to Contra insur­ gents seeking to overthrow the lef­ tist government of Nicaragua. The same resolution was approved 53- 46 by the Republican-led Senate only a few hours earlier. Combined, the two votes set up a continuing congressional debate over w hether to allow Reagan to provide non-lethal assistance to the rebels. In both houses, Reagan w on some additional support with a last- minute pledge to reopen direct The Observer/Paul Kramer negotiations between the United Swinging (for a) single States and the Sandinista govern­ Action yesterday in the third annual Ben Cunningham yearly event, the winner to take home S100. First round games have ment, a key issue in Democratic op­ Memorial softball tournament sponsored by Holy Cross Hall, as been completed, the fin a l slated fo r Sunday, A pril 28. D illon won position to Reagan’s policy toward Pangbom takes on Dillon. Fifteen teams are competing in the this one 11-10. Central America. Reagan also prom ised not to use the money for military aid until the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30. Faculty opinions mixed about ND policies The House vote was the first of Editor’s Note: This is pa rt two o f a also leave blacks vulnerable to the “Constructive engagement, the Believing immediate action to be three on aid to the Contras, and the four part series dealing with the larger structures of apar­ Sullivan Principles, and the vital, Professor Walshe said, “ The two remaining alternatives were ex­ problems in South Africa and the theid,’’Walshe said. European Economic Community’s political situation is fluid right now. pected to be much closer when relation o f this conflict to the Notre “The guidelines enable U.S. cor­ codes for corporate conduct have At this point, corporations should votes are taken today. Dame community. Today's story porations to invest in South Africa done more to bring to world atten­ put additional pressure on the One choice sponsored by House gives faculty views on the subject. and salve the ir consciences, ” said tion the plight of South African government.” Democrats would require that the John Gilligan, O’Malley professor of blacks,” Murphy explained. Change in South Africa w ill come $14 million be spent through the By D O U G HASLER law. either slowly over several decades United Nations or the International Stockholders, such as the Univer­ Staff Reporter Yet, the Sullivan Principles can or quickly in a bloody and violent Red Cross for Nicaraguan refugees sity of Notre Dame, who invest in also be viewed as an impetus for al­ civil war, the professors predicted. and to enforce any peace negotiated Faculty members at Notre Dame U.S. corporations with holdings in tering the structures of apartheid, Williams is cautiously optimistic by countries in the Central and Saint Mary’s have mixed South Africa have been encouraged about South Africa’s future. “They American region. opinions about the University’s to consider divesting themselves of (the Sullivan Principles) are slowly policy of investing in corporations such stock as a strategy to pressure The second alternative, proposed and progressively giving rights to w hich do business in South Africa. corporations and the South African by House Republican leader Robert South blacks. I confess I can’t see the lig h t Notre Dame follows a 1978 policy government to grant more rights to Michel of Illinois and supported by at the end of the tunnel. But, it is of investing in corporations which blacks. the president, would give recogni­ Africa marvelous what has happened in have signed the Sullivan Principles, a As a general principle, Gilligan tion to the Contras by distributing this country over the last 30 years.” list of guidelines mostly concerned Investments said such stock should be divested, non lethal aid to them through the with the treatment of black workers depending on the magnitude of a Gilligan, on the other hand, United States Agency for Interna­ in South African business opera­ company’s holdings in South Africa, foresees violence for the racially tional Development. tions. according to Father Oliver Williams, and how much stock an individual troubled country. “The dominant In the Senate, 43 Republicans and Peter Walshe, professor of associate professor of management. investor owns. political faction seems determined 10 Democrats voted for the Contra government and international “ C urrently,” W illiam s said, Professor of government and law to resist change, no matter what,” aid proposal; 37 Democrats and nine studies and director of African “ blacks are being trained to manage, Donald Kommers discounted the G illigan said. “ This can only result in Republicans voted against. Sen. John studies, said he believes the and they are receiving equal pay. It is simplicity of divestment, stating, increasing violence on the part of East, R-N.C., did not vote because he guidelines are inadequate to qualify a catalyst for change.” ’ “I’m not sure I would oppose those in government and those who is in the hospital. investment in a multinational cor­ Saint Mary’s government profes­ owning stock in a company even if it are trying to change things. ” Specifically, the Senate approved poration that operates in South sor James Murphy said the Sullivan does not uphold the Sullivan Prin­ “ As long as South Africa is a an appropriation for “military or Africa. Principles promote greater under­ ciples. Only by knowing the conse­ respected member of the world “They (the Sullivan Principles standing in the western world of the quences of disinvestment can one community, I don’t think things w ill see A ID , page 3 desegregate the workplace, but they situation blacks face in South Africa. judge the morality.” im prove,” he added. The Observer Wednesday, April 24, 1985 — page 2 In Brief Recipe fora good time: Professor Howard Adams, executive director Watch hockey, enjoy of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in An excerpt from my favorite cookbook: Engineering Inc. (GEM), has announced the appointment of Martha Take 12 slightly crazed French Canadians wielding Conley as Coordinator, Student Programs, effective July 1, 1985. long pieces o f timber. Adda slab o f ice, a frozen rubber Keith GEM, headquartered at Notre Dame, is a consortium of 48 univer­ disc, and three men in zebra-striped shirts.