Heroes Anonymous -Page 12 Support, Apathy Characterize Reaction of Hall Councils to Carroll Abolition University Officials, Rect
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. Heroes anonymous -page 12 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary’s FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1979 Support, apathy characterize reaction of hall councils to Carroll abolition by Tim Sullivan and Steve Odland “ quiet hours ” during the week and favored total Staff Reporters abolition during the weekends. Lyons Hall council called a special meeting and In a mixed display of both support and apathy, agreed to abolish parietals with the provision that hall councils across campus reacted yesterday to quiet hours be enforced by students. Leta Homco, Carroll Hall’s recent abolition of parietals. hall president, stated that Lyons supported a Out of 22 dorms, four halls voted yesterday to protest and was willing to join a campus-wide “abolish” parietals, bringing the total number of “break parietals night” if one were organized. dorms wich have taken such an action to eight. Ellen Dorney, Badin Hall president, stated that Residence halls which acted yesterday are Grace, her hall was in favor of reducing parietals to a hall St. Ed’s, Breen-Phillips, and Lyons, joining Carroll offense, and retaining parietals as a means of Planner, Pangborn, and Stanford. maintaining “quiet hours” during the evenings. Other halls plan council meetings next week to Other hall councils and hall presidents discussed deliberate on the issue, while still others intend to the issue at length and many indicated that an wait until some formal action is taken. “anti-parietals proposal” would pass there. Pete Grace Hall, led by Hall president Jim O’Hare, Visceglia, Dillon Hall president, stated that the voted unanimously in a special meeting to create a proposal would pass in Tuesday’s Council meeting. 24-hour visitation policy and endorse a document Kevin Dolan, Keenan Hall president, stated that which cites sections of du Lac in an argument in the council would listen to Carroll Hall representa favor of hall-determined visitation hours. (For text tives on Sunday night, and that the hall members, of statement, see Editorial Page.) ‘ ‘definitely want to do something about the issue. ’’ St. Ed’s overwhelmingly passed a motion which Dan Darfler, Holy Cross president, said that read, “The St. Ed’s Hall Council, in the spirit of judging from the general reaction of the resident the action taken by Carroll Hall votes that parietals assistants and hall residents, “ we’re all for the should be abolished or radically changed. break-parietals night.” He predicted the issue According to Hall President Bill Vita, that means would probably be voted upon favorably Wednes that parietals should be an option to students on day. the hall level. Cavanaugh Hall, through individual polling of Breen-Phillips Hall President Sandy Brandt section leaders, decided to support Carroll Hall’s polled approximately 120 out of the hall population action. A formal vote on the parietals issue will be of 219, and concluded that nearly 70 percent of held on Tuesday at the regular hall meeting. those polled were in favor of abolishing parietals. Dennis Dunleavy, hall president, statecf “We The remaining 30 percent favored keeping parie support a dorm-by-dorm referendum on the tals merely as a means of retaining some sort of [continued on page J] University officials, rectors display little concern over. parietal issue by John McGrath Affairs Fr. John Van Wolvlear proper channels.” Senior StaffReporter stated, “ It (parietals) is still a Although several other rectors University rule, established by refused comment, Fr. Eugene University officials as well as the Boar cl of Trustees, and it will Gorski of Howard Hall, observing many hall rectors apparently are still be enforced. that parietals are not within the not too concerned about a recent Fr. Richard Conyers, rector of jurisdiction of hall government, move spearheaded by a group of Keenan Hall, described the explained, “ It is our freely Carroll Hall residents to “ abolish Carroll controversy as “ an im chosen duty task to enforce them parietals.” Their response to possible issue,” adding, “The (parietals), and if they (students) Construction ofMardi Gras booths is underway in Stephan Center, possible widespread violations, Administration will not budge.” broke them, we would certainly as students anxiously await the festival's opening on Friday, however, seems clear. “I’ve had great frustration enforce the rules.” February 9. [photo by Phil Johnson] In response to the Carroll with the CLC (Campus Life move, Vice President for Student When pressed about what spe Council). I don’t think we’ve cific action would be taken up in been addressing the problem (the the actual event of a “break parietals controversy) in the right parietals night,” Van Wolvlear way, but even when we do explained, “The RAs would be address the problems, we run informed to pick up as many IDs into a brick wall with the Admin as possible. Once we get the IDs, istration, ’ ’ Conyers remarked. TEHRAN,Iran [AP]- Ayatullah stage for a showdown with the In a radio address Wednesday we’d work from there.” Ruhollay Khomeini, the voice overnmcnt of Prime Minister night, Bakhtiar defied Call ing the Carroll controversy Conyers stressed in an inter from afar who rocked Iran into fhah pour Bakhtiar, and possibly Khomeini’s claims to leadership, a “ non-issue,” Lyons Hall rector view yesterday, however, “ I ousting the shah, came home with the army. declaring, “The government will Sr. Marietta Starrie observed, don’t think the University should triumphantly from 14 years of “I am going to establish a not permit the reins of the “Breaking parietals is not the respond harshly to an issue that exile yesterday. government with the backing of country to be held by anyone route to take. The students Dean of Students James Roemer He challenged the shaky gov this nation,” he told hundreds of except the central government.” should keep moving along the calls a matter of quiet hours’ in ernment and warned Americans thousands of supporters at a rally Khomeini damned Iran’s for established route through stu the dorm.” and others hd will “ cut the in the main Tehran cemetery, eign military advisers, many of dent government. ’ ’ “There’s a confusion that hands” of the foreign influence burial place of many “martyrs” whom are American. When asked what the Admin exists,” Conyers noted, explain over this nation. of the bloody anti-shah upheaval. “ Our victory can be achieved istration’s reaction to a proposed ing, “ If they (the Administration) Pandemonium welcomed the He denounced as illegal the only when the hands of these "break parietals night ” would relate parietals to good order in frail, white-bearded hero of the monarchy, the shah-endorsed foreigners are shortened,” he be, Van Wolvlear responded, the hall, then I don’t think Dean anti-shah revolution back to his Bakhtiar government and the said in an airport arrival speech. ' Those who get caught will be Roemer should interfere, but if homeland. national Parliment. He accused "...I thank you all and beg the dealt with as we always deal with they relate them to a ban on More than a million ecstatic the shah of “despotism” and Almighty to cut the hands of violators. W e're not going to get sexual activity, then they should Iranians, chanting “Allah vowed the monarch and his foreigners." all of them, but the penalty is face up to that. Akhbar!” (“ God is great” ), associates will never come back Bakhtiar’s 27-day-old govern going to be tough for those that He added, “I think there are cheered the 78 year-old Moslem to Iran. ment which has Washington’s we do get...we have to be much keener issues like alcohol patriarch as he rode into Tehran ‘ 'There cannot be a country with endorsement, issued no official consistent.” abuse and the surfacing problem after flying from France, ending two governments, so the illegal statements as Khomeini hop- Bro. Charles Burke, rector of of drug use and abuse, that his 14-year exile and climaxing a (Bakhtiar) government has to get scotched across Tehran by heli Grace Hall, concurred, saying, should be attacked first...a mat year long protest that drove Shah out,” he declared. Khomeini copter and limousine through the “ In a hall this size, we’ll do what ter of housekeeping’ doesn’t Mohammad Rcza Pahlavi out of wants to establish a religiously wildly enthusiastic crowds. The we can. It’s obvious that we can’t need the attention of the Dean of the country. oriented but vaguely defined nation’s armed forces, whose catch everyone, but those that we Students and it shouldn’t upset Khomeini immediately set the Islamic republic. [continued on page 2\ do will be dealt with through the the whole campus.” News in brief Friday, February 2, 1979 - page 2 Soviets call for U.S. Khomeini returns [continued from page /] to clarify position loyalty of legions of followers in intelligence-gathering bases in commanders have pledged to Iran through taped messages Iran but has not said where the MOSCOW [AP]--The Soviet Union called on the Carter protect Bakhtiar, also kept a low smuggled into the country and equipment might be re assigned. administration Thursday to clarify the U.S. position toward rofile, even providing a military through constant telephone con anti-Soviet statements delivered by Chinese Vice Premier Teng Eelicopter to Khomeini. tact orchestrating the mass Hsiao-Ping during his state visit to Washington. In a dispatch The government television demonstrations and strikes that from the U.S. capital, the official Soviet news agency Tass said broadcast of Khomeini’s arrival undermined the shah’s rule. Observer Teng’s visit had been punctuated by “a whole series of speeches stopped after only 20 minutes He arrived here on a chartered and statements containing slander against the Soviet Union and and a picture of the shah ap Air France jumbo jet, sleeping on its policy.