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. Operas -page 17 VOL. XVIII, NO. 128 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary’s FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1979 Affairs Committee, Trustees meet to discuss aspects of student life by Rosemary Mills toward making some complete use of a good Editor-in- Chief building. and Although the cost of the project was not Tony Pace discussed at length, Vita said that the lowest Editor Emeritus possible cost for the project would be $8,000. The proposal concludes by recommending The Student Affairs committee of the Board of that “the responsibility of producing and Trustees met with student leaders yesterday implementing this program be delegated to the afternoon to discuss various aspects of student Offices of Student Affairs and Maintenance in life. The major proposal of the day, made by conjunction with Student Government.” Student Body Vice-President Bill Vita, was for Schneider stated that the Committee would the resurfacing of the floor of Stepan Center in recommend the proposal to the full Board of order to make more effective use of the building Trustees. as an athletic facility. The Student Affairs committee, according to The proposal was made in response to what Schneider, serves as a link between students Vita called overcrowding resulting from an and the full Board of Trustees. Student initiated increase in the use of existing athletic facilties proposals, such as the resurfacing of the Stepan by varsity, club, interhall and intramural sports. Center floor, are reviewed by the Student Affairs “In the warm weather," the proposal reads, committee which then recommends a course of “overflow from indoor facilities is accomodated action for the proposal to the full Board. by the outside basketball courts and volleyball The members of the Student Affairs commit sites set up by many of the dorms. This includes tee are: Schneider, Donald J. Mattews, Paul the basketball courts behind the Hammes Hellmuth, Jane C. Pfeiffer, Catherine B. Cleary, Bookstore and in front of Stepan Center. The the Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV, Anthony problem remains, however, that during the five F. Early, Donald Keough, Fr. Thomas Blantz, months between November and April, a major Fr. John Van Wolvlear and Fr. Gregory Green. portion of the school year, outdoor facilities are Pfeiffer, Cleary, Rockefeller and Early were not rendered useless by the inclemency of the in attendance at yesterday’s meeting. weather." The committee was also presented with a Student Afairs committee chairman Jack proposal to ammend the by-laws of the campus Schneider responded favorably to Vita’s propos- al. He indicated that it was a positive step [continued on page 19} To fight Title IX In the distance Holy Cross can be seen as you look down the main entrance of Saint Mary’s. [photo by Tracy lane ND hires lobbying firm McAuliffe]_________________ '_____________ ;__________ ___ by Sue Wuetcher Law Caucus at Notre Dame, fellow law student Kathy Senior Staff Reporter charged that the University is Majewski attended the National Campus boyco fighting against having to Conference on Women in the Notre Dame is one of 300 spend money on women’s ath Law. “ Notre Dame is known the boycott would require that National Collegiate Athletic As letics. “If the University had throughout the country as being by John Ferroh at least 50 percent of the sociation schools that have made a good faith effort in 1972 the instigator of the lobby Staff Reporter undergraduate student body hired a Washington lobbying (when Title IX was passed) to effort,” she said. “It was vote in favor of the proposal. firm to fight the Title IX put some emphasis on women’s largely due to the efforts of the The referendum concerning The actual turnout was only regulations as they now stand. athletics, they wouldn’t have as University that the coalition the campus boycott of Camp 34.5 percent of the undergrad Title IX, one of the Educa •far to go. They’ve known since was formed.. Notre Dame is. bell’s and Libby’s products uate population. tional Amendments passed by .1972 that they would have to do getting a bad reputation in failed to pass yesterday due to Those students who did vote, Congress in 1972, states that something by the mere fact terms of women and women's insufficient voter turnout. however, voted in favor of the “ No person in the United States they adrTuttea women.” rights.” Director of Student Activities boycott by a narrow margin of shall, on the basis of sex, be Coffin became aware of the John Reid had specified that 10 votes. The results show that excluded from participation in, lobby effort when she and [continued on page ,12] official University backing of 10 out of 16 men’s dorms or be denied the benefits of, or rejected the measure while all be subjected to discrimination of the women’s dorms favored under any educational activity the boycott. receiving federal financial as Members of the Ohio Farm sistance.” workers Support Committee Joseph Califano, Secretary of Government estimation (OFSC) declined to speculate on the Department of Health, Edu the disparity of support be cation and Welfare (HEW is tween male and female dorms. sued an interpretation of Title of radiation exposureon Island They did, however, offer rea sons for the weak turnout IX in December. He outlined “Timing was the problem,” all the areas where schools WASHINGTON (AP) - The area. levels of radation and will face stated committee member Rick must provide equal funds for government yesterday doubled Califano also told a Senate significantly greater (health) Coronado. “Students were both men’s and women’s sports its estimate of radiation expos hearing that some scientists risks than the general popula feeling pressured by exams and programs, including scholar ure to the public from the Three “ would predict up to 10 addi tion.” papers and many were engross ships, recruting and “other Mile Island nuclear accident, tional cancer deaths” for the 1 However, Califano said risk ed in room picks,” he said. financially measurable benefits prompting HEW Secretary million central Pennsylvania figures had not yet been calcu Coronado also believed that and opportunites. ” Joseph A. Califano to predict at residents living within 30 miles lated for these workers. the issue had not been suffic Adrienne Coffin, newly elec least one additional cancer of the stricken plant. The nation’s No. 1 health iently discussed. “I had the ted president of the Women's death among residents of the The secretary of Health, Ed official released new figures feeling that students didn’t look ucation and Welfare abandoned showing the total dose received into the issue as well as they his earlier assertion that the by those living within a 50-mile should have,” he remarked. March 28 accident did not pose circle of the plant, an area that Coronado was also surprized at a cancer threat to anyone living includes the state capital of the voter turnout because of This is the last regular within 50 miles of the plant. Harrisburg, was at least 3,500 1973 student support of the Testifying to a Senate Gov “person rems” instead of the lettuce and gfape referenda. issue of The Observer.ernmental Affairs subcommit 1,600 person rems reported in Committee organizer Anne tee, Califano said it now ap early April. Huber stated that the boycott pears that enough radiation was Califano said he expects an may have been rejected "be released to cause one additional even higher figure will be cause the issue became one of A special edition will be non-fatal cancer and possibly reported in a fuller analysis of personal morality and people got defensive about it.” Huber one additional birth defect in the data that is expected to be praised the letters which ap published o the area. completed and made public peared in yesterday’s Observer And he said that workers at next week by the Nuclear that stressed a “social con the plant and those engaged in Regulatory Commission. science” instead of personal clean-up operations “ have been t Good luck exposed to significantly higher [continued on page 20] _________[continued on page 4\ News in brief Friday, May 4, 1979 - page 2 Mobil officials propose AP - NBC poll shows continued price controls KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Officials of Mobil Oil Co. Americans back profits tax proposed continued controls on some oil prices yesterday, but they defended the company’s climbing profits and NEW YORK (AP)- Americans The president argues that terday that surges in the whole charged that the industry was being used as a political overwhelmingly favor President lifting price controls would give sale prices of gasoline and football. Mobil President William P. Tavoulareas told Carter’s proposal for a windfall greater incentives for searching heating oil helped push up the stockholders at the company’s annual meeting that the oil profits tax on oil companies, for new oil fields. But now, less wholesale price index .9 per industry should “forgo any price increases beyond inflation even if they don’t care much for than a month after his speech, cent in April. on oil already under production.” However, he added, “We his decision to lift price controls the public doesn’t accept that As with any sample survey must insist on full market prices on oil not yet discovered.” on domestic crude oil, an rationale for lifting oil price the results of the AP-NBC new Associated Press -NBC News controls. polls could differ from the poll shows. Carter’s decision gathered results of interviews with all The public favors a new tax the support of only 37 percent Americans with telephones be Weather to keep oil company profits of the public, while half said cause of chance variations in down, and they also blame oil they opposed it.