- ----~------------- ~-------------------------- Vandalism - page 3 VOL XIX, NO. 69 th~: in<.kp~:mknt !'lllH.knt n~:wspapt•r s<.-rving notr~: Jam~: and saint mary's THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1984 Band rooms damaged when Washington Hall sprinkler system bursts By KEITH HARRISON Jr. mont said. "His desk did get soaked Assistant News Editor though." The students also used trash cans Part of the sprinkler system in the in Phillips' office, he said. "The two east side of Washington Hall burst cans we put there were almost tilled yesterday afternoon, sending water with water." Into three band rooms, according to The leakage eventually reached a Donald Dedrick, director of the back room where a copying rna· physical plant at the University. chine and several varnished desks got wet. Phillips said the damage "The water in the pipe froze, could have been worse as the back which broke a sprinkler head and room contained all of the band's caused the water leak," he said. music, which remained unharmed. The extent of damage to the band Water did not reach the main band rooms could not be determined im- room and the band library. surely • mediately, said Assistant Band Direc­ The sprinkler burst because the tor and Assistant Professor of Music If you're aching to go for a swim in the Univer­ the new multimillion dollar natatorium was just heat tape around the water pipe was Jim Phillips. The sprinkler which sity's neu• O~ympic-sized pool, you still have about set in place. Construction is expected to be thm­ not functioning, he said. Heat tape Is a year to wait - the first of three 30-ton, JIB-foot­ pleted by September 1985. burst had been installed during the wrapped around pipes to keep the recent renovations of Washington long steel tru.~s rods designed to support the roof of water from freezing. The sprinkler Hall. was one of four In new fresh air "I think there will have to be an shafts, Dedrick said. The fresh alr Investigation as to why this hap­ shafts were installed during the Wittenbach says proposed tax plan pened so soon after the renovation," renovation to Improve ventilation. Phillips said. The water, which dropped "This cold weather was the first is needed to reduce current deficits through the ceilings from the time the system was tested this sprinkler pipe above them, first year," Dedrick said. Because of the By BUD LUEPKE <.vrporate taxes from 46 to 33 per­ of these other things," said Vance. flowed into Band Director and Asso­ failure of this system, a replacement Staff Reporter cent. She said the plan would simplify ciate Professor of Music Robert system will be Installed, according To balance the revenue lost by taxes by dropping most credits and O'Brien's office. to Dedrick, a dry system, using air The tax reform plan proposed by lowering the tax brackets, the plan deductions. Higher income people pressure to keep water out of the Treasury Secretary Donald Regan also proposes the elimination of w~uld be affected the most, s~e said. "O'Brien's room was the worst pipes until a fire occurs. "In a fire, would simplify tax returns, but its ef­ many deductions, exclusions, hit," said Band Secretary Mark Quer­ Wittenbach said the proposal the sprinkler head melts, air enters fects would extend past the I 040 credits, and exemptions. Therefore, tinmont, who witnessed the event. would significantly affect college the pipe, and water Is released," form, according to Notre Dame As­ middle class to upper class families, Quertinmont and several other stu­ students, many who work part-time Dedrick said. sociate Professor of Accounting who benefit the most from the dents tried to collect some of the and during the summer. "Part of the James Wlttenbach. deductions and credits, would pay water in two 35-gallon trash cans. Details on repairs await the propos;d," he said, "is to increase an average of $1,330 more in taxes. Both cans filled "in a matter of rooms' re-examination today, Wlttenbach said the proposed tax personal exemptions to S2,000 and A corporation, though paying a minutes," he said. "It was like a Dedrick said, but four sprinkler Is needed to simplify tax law and the zero bracket amount to S2,800." lower percentage of its income, waterfall in there." He estimated heads wlll be replaced with the dry reduce deficits. "In the last few Students earning less than these would suffer a tax increase when in­ that two to three Inches of water ac­ system. years, Congress has significantly amounts would pay no federal taxes. centive credits such as the Invest­ cumulated on the floor in O'Brien's The sprinkler burst has caused complicated tax law," he said. "I do ment tax credit are remove~. Vance agreed that students could office. several problems for the band, think It needs to be simplified." Taxes have become a means of be affected by the plan, but she said The students were able to move O'Brien said. "Right now, we're For Instance, while tax brackets doing things other than raising the effect would not be great. much of the furniture in the office, having auditions for our concert now range from 1 I to '50 percent, taxes, said Saint Mary's Assistant Pro­ Both Wittenbach and Vance said Quertinmont said. Despite their ef­ band, and we had one person sched­ the tax reform plan would reduce fessor of Business and Economics the tax reform plan will have to be forts, several paintings and honorary uled every 1 '5 minutes," he said. the existing 16 tax brackets to three: Susan Vance. For example, tax changed before being passed. "Many plaques were damaged, O'Brien "Because of the water, the last set of I '5 percent, 2'5 percent and 35 per­ credits and deductions often spur in­ deductions (which the proposal will said. auditions had to be cancelled." cent. 'Jbe plan would move nearly vestment and charitable contribu­ eliminate) are sacred to many "In Phillips' office, a lot of water O'Brien did not know when the all tax payers Into a lower tions. "The proposed tax reform fell, but most of it fell in areas where cancelled auditions would be res­ percentage bracket, even reducing plan Is an attempt to get the IRS out see PLAN, page 3 there was no furniture," Quertln- cheduled. ND professor believes talks are way to peace By CAROLE CRAWFORD reached a major arms control agree­ News Staff ment because Congress did not ratify SALT II. Pfeiffer said Reagan The January talks between the wlll more easily obtain arms control llnited States and the Soviet Union agreement ratification than Carter to discuss arms control are did, since Reagan Is less susceptible "absolutely essential for real peace," to attack from right-wing con­ said King Pfeiffer, assistant adjunct servatives. Pfeiffer said the talks are professor of government and lnt~r­ "equally important" to the SALT natlonal studies at Notre Dame. talks. "It Is important to keep a dialogue going," he said. Pfeiffer warned against interpret­ The Soviets are likely to concen­ ing the resumption of negotiations trate on nuclear weapons in space, as a conclusive end to the Interna­ particularly banning anti-satelllte tional tension. missiles, Pfeiffer said. The United lbcsc: talks wlll be most produc­ States wlll probably focus on limit­ tive for the United States If they are ing land-based ICBMs. These strate­ approached with a firm stand while gies reflect the military strengths remaining open to negotiation, Pfeif­ and weaknesses of each side. fer said. "We've got to talk to them," The first january talks will he said, "but we should keep our "discuss the parameters of the agree­ 111£ Obocn'crll'lul Kntmn guard up. We should make no need· ment," said Pfeiffer. Suspicious Like Knights of Columbus across the country, States are renting, Notre Dame program director less concessions." countries with diametrically those at Notre Dame erected a sign to add spirit to Tom Darrow designed and built this condensed It ha~ been 12 years since the the campus. Since Notre Dame's K of C council can­ version of the national sign. United States and Soviet Union see TALKS, page 3 not afford the billboards those across the United The Observer Thursday, December 6, 1984 - page 2 In Brief The Grinch makes. Christmas more than boxes and bows Five hijackers said yesterday they had planted ex­ plosives in a Kuwaiti airliner at Tehran airport and would blow it up Dr. Seuss is considered by many to be a children's if a group ofprisoners in Kuwait is not released, Iran's official Islamic author but a lot of college students get excited about his John Mennell Republic News Agency reported. In Washington, State Department Christmas masterpiece, "How the Grinch Stole spokesman john Hughes said at least five Americans were on the Christmas." Through endless years of being a premiere Assistant News Editor aircraft and two - both women - had been released. Three officials of Christmas show, the Grinch has stolen only hearts. the Agency for International Development were aboard the plane. It is difficult to remember the first time you watched Inside Thursd Hughes said they were not among those released. -AP this show. It is like trying to remember the first time you walked or talked. It is something you have been doing as long as you can remember. College, a big step in anyone's life, is a time ofgrowth, ter, you realize just how far behind you really are and An Indianapolis toy manufacturer, "embarrassed" often away from old traditions and into new ones.