At Local Abortion Clinic Student Rights Bill Delayed in CLC ND and SMC

VOL XXIII NO. 1 [ _ " V j THURSDAY , MARCH 29, 1990 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY’S ND and SMC stage ‘protest for life' at local abortion clinic Demonstrators remain peaceful By KELLEY TUTHILL and lease. L. PETER YOB The student protesters were News Writers instructed not to speak to peo ple walking into the clinic, ac A group of 40 to 50 cording to Sheliga. He said that protesters, composed mainly of this type of peaceful demon Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s stration does not use the same students, picketed a local clinic tactics as Operation Rescue. yesterday where abortions are One of the regular “sidewalk regularly performed. counselors”, a non-student, Protesters quietly moved shouted to a woman as she aside as cars attempted to en walked into the clinic and said ter the clinic parking lot and “Jesus loves you!” several people attempting to enter the times. He also said “that man clinic could avoid the picketers is a very dangerous man in by walking around them. there,” as she entered the “We would like to make the clinic. community aware of what is Sheliga said that abortion is going on at this clinic,” said not an issue of women’s’ Mike Sheliga, a graduate stu rights, but an issue of human dent who helped to organize rights. “We have not come here the protest. to be arrested or to “harass”, The group wanted to make rather we have come to the South Bend community exercise our right to protest aware that abortions are per the killing of innocent human formed locally and show the beings, and to try to offer help groups support for legislation for both women and unborn that “would protect the lives of children,” according to the The Observer/ Eric Bailey all human beings regardless of Students participated in a non-violent pro-life protest march yesterday outside a South Bend abortion clinic, age or condition of depen carrying signs and talking to patients as they entered the clinic, voicing their opposition. dency,” according a press re see ABORTION / page 7 Lithuania attempts to avoid future Red Army aggression VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. (AP) — bergis of Lithuania said his neighboring republic. Yaroslav Prokopovich. He said In a continuing show of force, Lithuania’s government backed government suspended its plans Gorbachev ordered the sign local police were refusing to Soviet paratroopers guarded down Wednesday on one of its for the border guard for fear up for the border guard halted hand them over to the Soviet the republic’s Communist Party hottest points of conflict with of sparking clashes with Soviet as soon as it began. In the Army as Gorbachev ordered. headquarters, which they seized the Kremlin, a plan to establish troops. same decree last week, he In Moscow, the commander Tuesday, but removed their riot its own border guard, saying it “At present, establishing ordered Lithuanians to turn in of Soviet paratroopers alleged gear and no longer carried au wanted to avoid clashes with border points would be step their weapons and said those there had been an increase in tomatic rifles. Soviet troops. ping up confrontation,” Lands- not surrendered by Wednesday attacks on soldiers since the The military presence did lit It also told citizens not to re bergis told a news conference would be confiscated. independence declaration. tle to intimidate Lithuanians. sist if Soviet officials try to in the Lithuanian capital, Vil Landsbergis said he advised The state-run news agency Some took their children to the seize their weapons. nius. Lithuanians not to resist if So Tass said Col. Gen. Vladislav party headquarters to show Red Army troops refrained Lithuanian officials said they viet authorities came to seize Achalov reported “a noticeable them the soldiers lounging in from occupying Lithuanian had pushed for the border their hunting guns. At the same increase in incidents of provo side. buildings or rounding up more guards in hopes of winning time, he said citizens should cation against soldiers and The Ukrainian popular Lithuanian military deserters, a formal recognition from for treat the officials as uninvited armed attacks by groups of movement “ Rukh” threw its day after the first violent con eign governments of their guests. young hooligans against both support behind Lithuania’s new frontations in the standoff with March 11 declaration of inde This is in keeping with the individual soldiers and military government and urged rallies the republic. pendence. Lithuanian strategy of refusing sites.” to support its independence. However, the Soviet military Landsbergis said even discus to obey “ foreign” Soviet law He listed three recent attacks But Tass said the Ukrainian stepped up a war of words sion of the subject had pro while avoiding violent conflicts. in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second- government asked local author against Lithuania, complaining voked conflicts with Moscow, Only about 1,000 of the biggest city. Two of the cases ities to ban the rallies. of increased attacks on soldiers and he said there had been re 30,000 guns registered in involved “ hooligans" throwing Later Tuesday, Soviet author and accusing it of a campaign ports of Soviet troops trying to Lithuanian have been turned in stones at military guards, he ities closed Lithuania to foreign to discredit the Soviet army. control the roads between to local police, said a Lithua said. journalists, diplomats and President Vytautas Lands- Lithuania and Latvia, the nian Interior Ministry official. Vilnius was calm Wednesday. businessmen. Student rights bill delayed in CLC By MONICA YANT could not attend the meeting about judgement by peers, Assistant News Editor due to prior commitment, ac Megan Hines defended Article II cording to student body presi by saying, “It is more fair, dent Matt Breslin. Jeff Shoup, more equitable that students The Bill of University and assistant director of Residence play this role in the policy Student Relations will be re Life, represented Student Af making process.” Hines is co ferred to a task force after the fairs at the meeting. author of the bill and executive Campus Life Council (CLC) de “Enough people saw some in coordinator of the Legal De cided yesterday that further herent flaws with [the bill] that partment of Student Govern evaluation is needed before it really could not have been ment voting on the document. voted on today or rushed Hines stressed that although “I think it’s a good docu through,” reported Breslin. the bill would give students the ment," said Student Body Pres He said that some CLC mem right to be judged by their ident-elect Rob Pasin, “but it bers may not fully understand peers, they would also have the needs some work. ” the articles within the bill. “All right to relinquish that right. The CLC will meet April 18 to they know is that the idea is The article also deals with discuss the recommendations good, but they need some time distinctions between hall of of the task force. A formal re to develop their opinions.” fenses and University viola view of the bill has been sched Argument at the meeting, tions, specifically the role of uled for Sept. 1. which drew a capacity crowd of hall judicial boards in handling Pasin said he hopes the task students to Montgomery The violations of dormitory rules force will be comprised of cer ater, centered on Articles II and and “first offenses of University tain CLC members, members of III of the bill. Article II states: conduct violations in which the the Student Government Legal “A student has the right to be community affected is more Department, a law student, and judged by one’s peers. Students significantly the dorm than that Rent protesters in South Africa ap Photo a representative from Student will comprise at least one half of the University.” A crowd of over 60,000 protesters march in the Springs township Affairs. of the panel at administrative In Article III, the issue of east of Johannesburg protesting high rentals charged on their John Goldrick, associate vice hearings.” township homes. Other South African story, page 6. president for Residence Life, In reference to the statement see CLC / page 3 page 2 The Observer Thursday, March 29, 1990 I n s id e C o l u m n W e a t h e r Fans should Forecast for noon, Thursday, March 29. Lines show high temperatures. strike back in lockout Yesterday’s high: 52 Yesterday’s low: 25 Nation’s high: 87 “Take me out to the (Fort Myers, Fla.) lockout. Take me out Nation’s low: 0 to the strike. So what (Houlton, Maine) if the fans give us Forecast: Cloudy and cooler grief or slack? I don't Thursday with a 70 percent care, cause they al- chance of light morning rain. Highs from the lower to T r T if X 'Red PAUL PEARSON middle 40s. Mostly cloudy Thursday night with a 40 N°ws Editor percent chance of rain. ing and disappoint Lows in the middle 30s. ment. FRONTS. Mostly cloudy Friday with a However, I don’t think that anybody 30 percent chance of light should be put through something like this. rain. Highs around 50. COLD WARM STATIONARY For those of you who have been stuck in ©1990 Accu-Weather, Inc. the Library for the past month and a half, Pressure the baseball players’ union and the team owners have had another disagreement © © Iv v i about money. To resolve this, spring train HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY ing was delayed 32 days.

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