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.. ERAatND-Page 11 VOL. XIV, NO. 131 THURSDAY, MAY I, 1980 Student governtnent: cliches becom.e traditional approach by Michael Lewis This year's Student Body Exec. News Editor Emen"tus President election was panicu- _ larly revealing, because the three basic approaches to SG f!.ditor's Note: This is the first were represented, and stu m a two-part analysis of Notre dents again chose what may be Dame's Student Government. called a "traditional" (for lack Today 's articie looks at the of a better term) approach to Student Government's the office. ''traditional'' approach to SBP Paul Riehle and his issues on campus. Tomorrow's closest competitor Tom Beh artzcle will deal with the ney, both articulated this tradi creation and problems of the tional attitude toward student Campus Lzfe Council. representation. Riehle and Behney stressed Forums, debates, "improve their experience in various communications,'' ''make Stu student offices, their familiari dent Government more effec ty in dealing with administra tive," dorm visits, endorse tion officials, and their "realis ments, ·'make the administra tic" and "feasible" platforms. tion more responsive to the Riehle tole The Observer's students," and, last but not editorial board before the elec least, the call for "student tion that he believed he knew input." "what would fly" with the Student Government cam people under the dome, and paign cliches. Every Notre could use that knowledge in Dame student has heard them planning for SG action. (Riehle at least once. also publicly expressed confi And, just as the same issues dence that the most recent of and cliches seem to surface several keg proposals would be Presidential candtdate Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, stepping up hts Indiana campaign as year after year, the same basic accepted, at least on an experi the primary draws near, will reportedly vzsit Notre Dame this Sunday. [photo by joe approaches to mental basis. It never made it Raymond]. News Student Gov out of the Campus Life I ernment are Council.) Analysis advocated by Followers of this traditional I the candi approach, including past SBP's dates, and students choose the Bill Roche, Andy McKenna, t same basic approach. SG, as Dave Bender and Mike Gass Kennedy may speak at ND one would expect, also has man, realize that SG has no about the same track record legislative power to forge each year. There seems to be no changes on their own. Thus by}ohn McGrath Observer that a final decision would be indication of change in the near News Editor forthcoming during the day today. future. [continued on page 3] However, he indicated that early plans had Unconfimed reports were circulating last called for Kennedy to arrive in South Bend from night that Democratic Presidential challenger Gary sometime between noon and 3 p.m. on US. commandos Sen. Edward M. Kennedy would visit South Sunday. Bend over the weekend and possibly make an The South Bend Tn'bune first disclosed the appearance at Notre Dame on Sunday. possibility of a Kennedy visit in its Tuesday Bodies remain in Iran editions. One student closely associated· with the Security and scheduling problems have yet to Kennedy campaign on campus said last night be worked out, sources said, but Kennedy by The Associated Press for Iran's Arab-populated that there were tentative plans for the Senator to advance people and secret service agents are southwest, invaded the Iranian speak at the Stepan Center at 2 p.m. Sunday. He expected to arrive at week's end to make final refused to be named but added that there had A leading ayatollah put the Embassy in London and took arrangements. bodies of eight U.S. some 20 hostages, police said. been some speculation that Dan Devine and commandos at the center of a Unconfirmed reports said they Digger Phelps along with members of Notre Kennedy desparately needs to win the Indiana new political tug-of-war in Iran were demanding freedom for Dame sports teams would also be present at the primary, scheduled for May 6, to keep his yesterday, saying Ayatollah political prisoners in Iran. rally. presidential aspirations alive. A strong showing Ruhollah Khomemi or the Iran's 53 American hostages in Indiana would continue Kennedy's recent Revolutionary Council, not spent their 179th day in captiv Joe Slovinec, former president for the Young string of successes in other industrial states like President Abolhassan ity, some of them now report- Democrats Association on campus admitted that New York and Pennsylvania, and help cut Bani-Sadr, must decide there are tentative plans for the Senator's visit, President Carter's lead in the delegate count for whether the Americans' re [continued on page 5] but refused to confirm them, advising The this summer's national convention. mains should be sent home. As Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti set out these condi tions, two Catholic clergymen were visiting the Tehran Students, trustees to discuss future goals morgue where the bodies were being kept. The rwo - Greek Catholic The Student Affairs Committee how we wam a student center to center. Riehle refused to student center proposal. Archbishof Hilarion Capudji of the Board of Trustees be built,'' Riehle explained. confirm or deny these rumors, The social concerns center and Papa Nuncio Monstgnor convenes today, and student "Rather, we want them saying that no definite plans proposal is the second new item Annibale Bugnmi - prayed and government officials are (trustees) to believe that we have yet been formulated. on the meeting's agenda, and sprinkled holy water over the e;xp<:cted to present several (students) definitely want and will examine the possibility of bodies, remains of eight stgmficanr proposals including need a student center,and then "We're not looking for any converting the WNDU building servicemen killed in an aircraft some advocating an icrease in we'll get down to basics. " kind of timetable on this thing. imo a center which would house collision when the attempt to the student fee, the ' ' We ' v e progressed It's going to be a long process, ~all? pus volunteer organ- rescue the U.S. Embassy hos construction of a new student academically here at Notre but what we have to do is to 1zanons. tages was aborted last Friday in center and the conversion of the Dame, but we've failed to make them {trustees) see that "We have so many volunteer the Iranian desert. present WNDU building into a progress socially. For a the student center should be organizations here on campus, Capudji, with the Swiss social concerns center. university to function on a next on the building priority and I think that's what Notte government and the Inter While expressing optimism healthy level, the two have to list," Riehle explained. Dame is all about,'· Riehle said. national Red Cross, has taken about the outcome of the go hand in hand," Riehle said. Currently, informed sources "But right now, we don't have on the responsibility for trans meeting, Student Body ''A new student center would have indicated that a faculty any central location for them to ferring the bodies out of Iran. President Paul Riehle cautioned go a long way to help the social office building is next on the use.'' Iran's domestic troubles, students not to expect too much situation around here.'' university's building priority ''There are over 1000 people meanwhile, flared into terrorist immediate acrwn on the The old fieldhouse area has list. here who are involved- in violence in London. proposals. recently been mentioned Don Murday, an executive volunteer organizations and Three armed Iranian Arabs, "We don't want to say among some circles as a coordinator on Riehle's cabinet, [continued on page 5] supporters of autonomy specifically where, when, and possible site for a new student will present the eight page News in brief Thursday,May 1, 1980-page 2 Congress ends delays, pushes ' 'In a limited way'' important energy.project Carter rejoins campaign trail WASHINGTON (AP)-House and senate negotiators, WASHINGTON (AP) - He can't be held hostage the audience whether he was ending five months of deliberations, agreed yesterday on President Carter, abandoning here forever," said the official, about to "get out into the legislation designed to slash the red tape that might delay his Rose Garden campaign who asked not to be identified. countryside." Carter replied, the nation's most important energy projects. The decision strategy, said yesterday he "He's got to get out into the "Yes." And explained that he to create an Energy Mobilization Board, which could will begin "limited" campaign country to explain his policies" had stayed in the White House top-priority energy projects on a "fast track" through the travel. and see what others are saying. ''a long time ... under bureaucracy, will give President Carter one of the The president, addressing a There was no immediate extraordinary circums ranees. ' ' foundations of his long-delayed energy policy after lt ts group of community leaders in indication where Carter Citing recent accomplish approved by votes of the. full Senate and House. the White House, said he could planned to travel. However, ments, the_president observed embark on a new course there had been speculation that an effort to rescue the because the crises that he said earlier that any trips would not American hostages in Tehran kept him in Washington are be to states where primary had been attempted and the Van Dyke 's son gets big-name ''manageable enough.'' elections are imminent. administration's case for Except for a trip Monday to Carter's challenger for the support has been made to help in election campaign San Antonio, Texas, to visit the Democratic presidential the Western allies and Japan.