SMC Administrator Settles Into New Post

Snite Museum - page 8 VOL XX, NO. 77 ________________________________________________________________ MONDAY, JANUARY 27,1986 a n independent student newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s ND trustee South Shore Railroad discusses may have to eliminate social life, South Bend service alcohol use By DAVID T. LEE be augmented by another 5/ in News Staff crease on February 1. “It’ll be a por By FRANKJ. MASTRO tion of the solution,” said Senior Staff Reporter Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s stu Robbins,“but as long as there’s no dents who use the South Shore Rail stable revenue from the counties The issue of social life on campus road to travel to Chicago soon may themselves, the service itself will be is too important to overlook, ac have to find a new mode of in jeopardy. ” cording to Board of Trustees mem transportation. The Indiana legislature has been ber Terrence Keeley. The South Shore, plagued by reluctant to bail out the railroad. These party rooms arc not being million-dollar debts, may eliminate Bauer, who estimates the deficit used and the students are displeased its passenger service to South Bend runs at only *1.5 to *2 million, with the social life. Creativity is if it is unable to obtain forther believes the NICTD "has to come in being stifled,” said Keeley, who income from the Indiana legislature, with better figures." He added that sought input from the student according to John Robbins, a senior “if they can substantiate the senate at a Saturday afternoon con analyst for the Northern Indiana evidence ... they may put in a loan.” ference. Commuter Transportation District. So far, how ever, the NICTD “hasn’t "I see this as a valuable oppor “It’s premature to guess at this convinced the Indiana legislature." tunity to see that some of the issues point, but there’s a possibility that The NICTD, which operates the students feel important are raised,” South Bend may be eliminated South Shore’s passenger service, is said Keeley, one of two board mem (from passenger service),’’ said Rob required by contract obligations to bers under the age of 30. bins. “The solution will likely Impart provide the necessary revenue to Much of the talk about the social ... a reduction in services.” administer the service. One plan life on campus dealt with the im Such a reduction, he added, included the usage of Income plementation of the alcohol policy. would mean that services would run generated by the Toll Road, which is "Drinking on campus was a only from Chicago to Michigan City, operating above costs. But the plan problem,” said Keeley, “A serious Ind. was not accepted by the legislature. change in the rules had to be made The South Shore has a *4.8 million Additionally, residents of four In and the Board was completely sup deficit, according to Robbins. diana counties, including St. Joseph portive of the effort." Operating costs for the railroad County, have rejected a plan propos "There are occasions where amounted to approximately *17.6 ing a gasoline tax, which would be mature drinking should be per million, while passenger fares and used to fond the railroad. mitted, but those situations have not the state of Indiana provided only Even if the railroad does receive yet arisen in the minds of the ad *13 9 million in income, he said. additional funds to stay afloat, there ministration", said Keeley, who Skyrocketing electric and in is no guarantee the same problems serves on the Academic and Faculty surance costs are part of the will not arise next year, Robbins Affairs Committee. Haute headband — problem. “Liability insurance has said. It will "always be a long term It seems everyone ts wearing those Jim McMahon-style head The belief that the heavy drinker gone up substantially," said State problem, given a lack of local sup bands these days. Chicago city workers placed this giant headband has been forced behind close doors Representative D. Patrick Bauer, D- on the city’s Picasso scuplture last week, days before the Bears port,” he added. was expressed by many Senate South Bend, “(which has) tremen smashed the Patriots in the yesterday’s Super Bowl. He said as a result, the railroad see TRUSTEE, page 3 dously increased costs.” may curtail its service or eliminate A recent fare increase of 10/ will the NICTD altogether. SMC administrator Notre Dame professor emeritus settles into new post dies in South Bend home at 81 By CHRIS BEDNARSKI however, she said she hopes to Special to The Observer honorary doctorate of law from In martialed and accused of treason. He Senior Staff Reporter begin work on spring com diana University. and his family survived the seven mencement, the senior trip and Stephen Kertesz, professor He recieved diplomas from the week long siege on Budapest. Although she has had the job fall orientation. emeritus of government and inter Universities of Budapest and Paris; In June 1945 he was put in charge for only one week, Saint Mary’s Smith replaces Mary Ann national studies at Notre Dame and studied as a Rockefeller Fellow at of Hungarian preparations for the new director of student activities O’Donnell, who left the student former Hungarian minister, died Yale, Oxford and Geneva and was a Peace Conference. The peace aim* yesterday morning at his South Bend already is planning one of her activities department in good docent in International Law at the notes of Hungary posed the general first projects. shape, Smith said. home. University in Budapest. problem o f Danubian Europe In con Kertesz had suffered a heart attack The new director is Mary Ellen She said a visit to Saint Mary’s structive terrtis, advocating regional earlier in the month. He was 81. Smith and one of her first influenced her decision to take economic solutions, deemphasis of projects will be improving fresh the job. “I was so totally Funeral services will be Tuesday nationalism, close cultural coopera man orientation, she said. impressed by the students and at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. tion, "spiritualization" of frontiers, Smith plans to establish a fresh faculty,” she said. “The students Kertesz joined Notre Dame’s self-determination of people and an men orientation course that she care and take action about what political science department in effective international protection of said has been used succesfolly at happens to them now and in the 1950, and for 25 years was respon national minorities. many colleges nationwide. The future. sible for much of the University’s In 1947 he was appointed Mini development of classes and course would help students as ster to Italy. When the Communists similate into their new environ "It was a real refreshing atmo programs in the international forced the resignation of the Prime sphere. ment and would help freshhmen sphere,” Smith said. "I like the Minister, the government ordered As a Guggenheim fellow (1958- get to know themselves and their energy you feel on campus.” Kertesz to return to Budapest. At the 59) and grantee of the Rockefeller new community, she said. Smith said she is also same time Newspaper headlines in Foundation (1965-66), he studied Now, however, Smith said she impressed by Saint Mary’s view formed the Hungarian public that he the new methods and problems of is trying to get used to the new towards women administartors. would be the new Foreign Minister. contemporary diplomacy in Wes post. “The administration has a real After conferences with Western tern European countries. He "It’s an incredibly big job. high regard for professional Stephen Kertesz •diplomatcs, he realized that ef received the Lay Faculty Award in There are many responsibilities women. There is a commitment fective Western support was not 1963 and a Special Presidential that I wouldn’t have imagined,” here,” she said. That commit In the Hungarian Foreign Mini forthcoming for free democratic Award in 1975. she said. ment is lacking at some other col stry, he belonged to the group of of developments In Hungary and He was the Director of the “I'm just trying to get it all in leges, she said. ficials which tried to keep Hungary decided to refuse to return to Program of Soviet and East European and straightened away. I want to For the past three and a half out of war and later, in contact with Budapest. Studies for fifteen years, Chairman of keep up with what's already years Smith has worked in the the Allied Powers, to conclude an After his resignation from the the Committee on the International going, ” she said. admissions department of In early armistice. After the Nazi coup foreign service he came to America "I’m trying to meet people and carnate Word College in San An Relations and Director of the In d’etat in Hungary he was arrested and joined Yale Law School as visit get a grasp on procedures and stitute for International Studies until and passed through prisons and con ing Associate Professor for two years see SMITH, page 4 policies, ” Smith said. Soon, his retirement in 1975. He held an centration camps, and was court- before coming to Notre Dame. The Observer Monday, January 27, 1986 - page 2 In Brief Long search for social life Philip Michael Thomas, star of NBC-TVs fas will end with new attitude hionable “Miami Vice" cop series, has unveiled a flashy line of *30,000 sportscars. “I love the car. It looks just like a *130,000 Fer rari, like the one on the shovy, but it costs only about *30,000," said When Charles Dickens died in 1870 he left the world Thomas, who plans to market the cars through nationwide with a mystery - that of Edwin Drood.

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