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VOL. iv, No. THE112_________________________________ Serving theOBSERVER Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Community__________________________ Monday, APRIL 20,1970 De Bell keynote speaker "Earth W eek’’ teach-i by riich Smith and Steve Lazarnology and celebration. Believ discussion Thursday at 7:30 Bend environment. said: Hoping to “promote ecologi ing the earth to he “our house of p.m. in Washington Hall con Also on Friday a number of “The Environmental Teach-in cal thinking and awareness on worship,” the Committee feels cerning “Capitalism and a No “fun” activities are planned, Committee feels that our educa the part of every person,” the that there should be a certain Growth Economy” and “Eco including a bird walk led by Dr. tional system, as it now exists, Knviron mental Teach-in Com religious fervor pervading the logy, Economics-What the Fu Willis Nutting, and an aluminumdoes not foster the love and mittee has finalized plans for week. ture Will Bring.” The panel will can pyramid which will be respect for nature that it should. this week’s “ Earth Week.” Mr. Garrett De Bell will open be moderated by Dr. Thomas “recycled.” Thus the image of society that The Committee has described the Teach-in with a talk on Griffing of the Notre Dame Finally, the Theology Depart results is incomplete, for man is “ Alternatives to Ecological Dis “Earth Week" as “ both technical Biology Department. ment, in conjunction withintimately a part of nature and aster” at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in and psychic” since it will involve “ Earth Week” concludes on “Earth Week,” will celebrate an reliant upon it. We can’t wait for aspects of science and tech- Washington Hall. Friday with a nature sensitivity Earth-Life Mass in a manner another decade to solve the Founder of Ecology Action session, a survey of the campus much the same as that used environmental crisis.” Students meet, and lobbyist in Washington for to find out how the Notre Dame during the October Moratorium. In a final statement directed Zero Population Growth, Mr. De students rate environmental In a statement regarding their to every person in the world discuss action Bell has also distinguished him problems, and “action tactics” goals, Chris Putnam, spokesman Putnam asked, “ Have you self in the field of ecology by against polluters of the South for the Teach-in Committee, thanked a greenplant today?” on restrictions editing 77) e Environmental by Ed Ellis H andbook. On Wednesday the Teach-in Six from North Quad, towers In an open meeting attendedwill move outdoors to the main by some thirty students last quad as students and faculty night, Charlie Zappela, head of members deliver a series of the group opposing the Unispeeches on the environmental campaign for positionon Council versity fiscal policies which have and population problems. “ Rele restricted Government coursesvant” literature, poetry and live by Don Ruane and Floyd Kezele to Government majors only, music will also be provided This year’s Student Life discussed the basis behind hisduring the program. Council Election for the appeal for student support on At 7:30 that evening in the Flanner-Grace Tower district, the issue, and considered theLaw Auditorium a panel of finds three candidates vying for possibility of a strike of Govern Notre Dame professors will dis the district’s one seat. The ment courses by students andcuss the “ Methods, Morality, faculty during the week before candiates are Robert Ohlemiller, and Feasibility of Popula a sophomore from Kingston, the May I Board of Trustees tion Control in the U.S. and Ind., Glen Corso, a sophomore meeting. Other Nations.” from Massapequa, N.Y., and Zappala mentioned the Four speeches concerning the James 0 ‘Gorman, a junior from student-facutty ratio statistics governmental, economic and Teaneck, N.J. presented at last week’s meeting industrial aspects of the environ Ohlemiller, citing “frustration for Government majors alone. mental problem will be delivered over the Trustee’s stand on These showed the Government on Thursday afternoon between parietals” as a reason for his Department with a twenty-five I and 3:30 p.m. Speakers will candidacy, stated that he fell to one student-f acuity ratio,include Mr. Thomas Jorling of that, “the Trustees are being whereas the University ratio is the Minority Council, Senate Glen Corso Tom Shoaf presumptious as to the needs near thirteen to one. He also said Public Works Department, and feelings of the students, the another key question” according that students in the more tech and desires of the Notre Dame Mr. William Matuszeski of the Trustees chose to ignore their to Corso in that he feels that the nical colleges, Science and student.” He explained this by President’s Advisory Council on suggestions on parietals. “university is placing financial Engineering had far lower ratios. saying that while the S.EC. is Environmental Quality. Concerning Black Recruit emphasis on the wrong things.” Engineering, for example, he the one board with both stu Jorling and Matuszeski will dents and faculty, and thus in ment,a Ohlemiller said that he Citing the current Government (continued on page 6)also participate in a panel position to gauge the true felt “all minorities should be Department situation as an recruited, including Proexample, he went on to say that testants.” Although he said that wfiile the number of science South Quad, he felt the program was a success students has decreased and the this year, he revealed that he number in Arts and Letters has would seek to have a student increased, the liberal arts placed on the Admissions Board. program is still inadequately give their views He said that a student would befunded. He said that all students more qualified to decide should, through their electives, by Tom Hufendick and John Papaparietal recommendation. He better organization of the Hall whether in some cases a prospec be able to take a wide variety of Sophomores Dick Tarrier and cited, “The SEC knows what is Life Board were the major goals tive student that was academi courses but that the restrictions Frank Healy expressed their happening here on campus, butof the Tarrier platform. He also cally behind could indeed copeon government courses was “a views yesterday in relation to these businessmen in Miami hoped to get more student and with the academic situation at denial of the very essence of a their candidacy for the Student don’t.” He thinks the recom faculty representation on the Notre Dame. In other areas, liberal arts education.” In other mendation should be resub Life Council. Healy hopes to SEC, and felt that there should Ohlemiller revealed that he felt areas, Corso said that he would mitted to the board before the the Security System was lacking represent the off-campus stu be more student representatives work for improvements in the end of this year. and should be revamped, in dents and Tarrier is running as than faculty or administrators. “calibar of our security force”, cluding the hiring of more Ihe out-lying halls’ representa Allowing sophomore cars, Presently working in the and especially for better judge competent guards. tive on the SEC. rewriting the judicial code, and a (continued on page 7) ment in the committments of Glen Corso began his state Both candidates felt that the University funds. ment by expressing his thoughts SEC should be primarily con James O ’Gorman in discussing on the goals of the S.E C. He cerned with student life. Tarrier the issues of the current SEC said that “since its inception it claimed, “the SEC got bogged campaign expressed his belief down this year on many trivial has been concerned with restric that, “ while issues and problems tive University rules such as things.” Healy, commenting on are important, the student parietals, and should now widen the work of the last SEC, said, should vote for the man and not the scope of its activities.” Corso ‘They should not have dealt the issue, because issues pass but said further that he felt Black with the far-reaching topics that the men must deal with new Recruitment was the “foremost affected more than just student problems.” In the area of Black problem, requiring prompt life.” He felt the SEC should be Recruitment, O’Gorman said attention by the university.” He concerned directly with “day- that it should definitely be said that the present staff has by-day student life.” stepped up and that St. Mary’s Tarrier questioned whether done an excellent job in spite of should also step up recruitment the SEC should be a recom the limitations placed on it so that students would not feel mending or legislative body.He through monetary restrictions. isolated. He also said that the said the present parietal con Corso revealed that he felt that money from the Cotton Bowl troversy exemplified the prob the S.E C. should press for a should be used in this area as lems the SEC had this year. He “ professionally staffed and fully well as the Arts and Letters seemed dismayed at the “pat-. funded program for minority program in general, so that other ernalistic attitude” the Board of recruitment.” departments would not find Trustees took toward the SLC’s Ray Conell John Maleja “University priorities is (continued on page 2) p a g e 2 t h e o b s e r MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1970 Quad, OC aspirants give views (continued from page 1) In other topics, Hurley recom on an important issue within a the fifteen minute rule, minorityrecognition by the university of themselves in the same situation mended the use of “outsideweek of the first meeting on the recruitment and ROTC on camthe backgrounds of minority as the government department.