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.. Mass Assassins - page an independent student newspaper serving not re dame and saint many's THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1981 Close races highlight class elections By MIKE DUPLESSIE mustered 50.2 percent of the vote while Mai won 49 8 percent. News Staff In the class o f'84 election, Nanni, Tcrpin, Henry, and Guillct defeated Yesterday’s class elections Thompson, Manley, Giunti, and feat ured a series of closely contested Ruehlmann. Nanni’s ticket com races, with no candidate capturing a manded 51.4 percent of the vote to large majority of the vote. Tom Thompson’s 48.1 percent. Kocgel, Ombudsman election chair Nanni echoed the sentiments of man. termed the voter participation the majority of the candidates "1 in yesterday’s election “excellent wotild like to extend my sincere ap for a run-off" The turnout consisted preciation to. all those persons who of 53.5 percent for the seniors, 57.9 voted for our ticket, and moreover percent for juniors and 66.1 percent for the sophomores. for all those people who helped in our campaign. I would also like to commend the other tickets on a very competitive and well-run race.” Participation was Nanni added that his ticket "will be working very hard to make our sophomore year a very enjoyable 'excellent for a runoff and successful one." In the off-campus race Kathy Jurado edged Anne Slowey for the Lupo, Favret, Lewis, and Olenik position of O-C commissioner. garnered the senior class offices yes Jurado earned 54.6 percent of the A student from Lyons Hall votes in yesterday's runoff election for class officers, (photo by Rachel terday, defeating the ticket of vote while Slowey garnered 45.4 Blount) Schuler, Hammer, Kelley, and percent. Dailey, l.upo's ticket captured 53 1 percent of the vote, while Schuler’s ticket earned 46.9 percent. Resumes duties Tom Lupo, commenting on the race stated that “there were five good tickets, and all of them put President continues improvement forth a lot of effort and showed a lot of class. We feel fortunate to have been selected by our classmates. As WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite Ruge declared late in the day that ting comfortably,” Ruge said. to stand trial. He is being held at the for Hurh, Dave, Mike and myself we some pain and fatigue, a high- "The president continues to make Earlier, Vice President George Quantico, Va., Marine base, south of are looking foward to making next spirited President Reagan got out of excellent progress toward full Bush said after a vist that “The presi Washington. year a good year for the class." bed and set to work in his hospital recovery”" from the bullet wound dent is doing so well ... it’s really Reagan was moved into a private In the most closely contested race suite yesterday, signing an executive which punctured his left lung in amazing.” room in a surgical ward and a “full of the day Rowe, Schuchert, Timko, order, conferring with staff mem Monday’s assassination attempt. John W. Hinckley Jr., charged time office” was set up nearby for and Hatfield edged out Mai, Power,bers and planning a major trip in just “He has experienced some pain, with trying to kill Reagan, under staff members, according to McNally and Cooney by four votes three weeks. which is normal for ... an injury andwent three hours of psychiatric tes presidential counselor Edwin Meese for the junior class positions. Rowe White House physician . Daniel surgery of this type. He is now res ting to determine if he is competent III Meese said the president may be sent home from the George Wash ington University H T ospital early next week. White House chief of staff James A. Baker III and his deputy, Michael K. Dcaver, who with Meese make up the triumvirate that directs the Students study n White House and administration operations, spent about 10 minutes with the president shortly after 7 Editor’s note: The Center for Ex net” for the poor. It makes them a the land, reduce our nation’s to have won a victory. a.m. At that time, the president periential Learning sponsored apart of the legal system. If denied productivity, and destroy the most “The cutbacks proposed arc a signed an executive order granting week-long seminar in Washington, legal aid, the poor may feel isolated effective programs for stimulating broad attack on the neediest in our lower import tariffs for products O.C. during semester break. Ob from the legal system. Riots could private creation of jobs while it country. The key to success in from developing nations. server reporter Kelli Flint par develop this summer as a result of squanders billions of dollars on spe opposing these cutbacks is linking At the White House, Bush filled in ticipated in the seminar, and the reduction of Legal Aid and other cial favors and tax breaks for private up in an organized way,” Askin said. at the president’s only previously gathered the following statements social programs." Congressman industry.” Gary Caruso, ND’73, special assis shcdulcd appointment for the day, from representatives of Congress Harold Washington (D III ) Washington particularly opposes tant to Congressman Austin Murphy presiding at a National Security and the Legal Services Corporation addressed the issue of Reagan’s the proposed cuts in student aid. (D-Pa.), offered insight into the Council meeting he would have at concerning President Reagan’s proposed budget plan. “The Reagan Administration plan See CUTS, page 4 budget proposals. to cut college aid for moderate See REAGAN, page 4 THURSDAY income students will, if adopted, By KELLI FLINT block the path to educational ad Senior Staff Reporter vancement for thousands of our FOCUS young people. Gail Fogarty of the Counsel for “It would also impose new finan Reconstruction Courts Subcommittee on legal In response to the proposedcial dislocations on institutions of Services Corporation met with the budget cuts, Washington called thehigher education already suffering progresses on schedule students about the future of Legal plan “a plan for economic disaster. ”because of declining enrollments. It Services. President Reagan has “Our nation’s economic security will hurt American industry by By TOM SHAUGHNESSY proposed abolishing legal aid. requires a budget which promotes reducing the pool of well-educated News Staff "Conservative Democrats recently employment and economic growth,workers in an economy which has encouraged Reagan to eliminate which safeguards the basic human increasing need for skilled The construction on St. Edward’s Hall will be finished by Aug. I, the legal aid,” Fogarty said. “The con survival programs for the needy, andemployees. scheduled completion date, according to Fr. Michael Hcppen, the servative Democrats will have an which avoids waste for the tax “It is an unfairly targeted program. director of student residences. Increasingly significant impact on payer’s money on mistaken military It will cause the most harm to The new facility, which will house approximately 180 students, will the future of Legal Services. projects. precisely those families which are cost in excess of 11 million. Renovations include the addition of about “Legal Services offers low salaries, “The budget presented to struggling hardest to obtain a good 87 beds and a larger area for studying and socializing. The completed yet has a high application rate," she Congress by President Reagan fureducation for their children.” St. Edward’s will be “safer and more commdious," Hcppen said. added. “There is a high turnover thers none of these objectives. Mr. Washington’s legislative assistant, Regarding the possibility of a housing lottery, Father Hcppen stated rate, because the lawyers involved Reagan attempts a cruel hoax when Steve Askin, noted that many or that no decision can be made until after April 10, the deadline for in legal aid experience great frustra he claims that his plan will stop ganizations are attempting to fight those students who will be living off campus next year to inform the tion. These lawyers always have runaway inflation and revitalize ourthe cutbacks. “Seven thousand Office of Student Residences of their decision. more clients coming in for aid than economy.’ In truth, his is a program mincworkers demonstrated here for “I would like to see about 50 more students move off-campus for they are able to handle. for economic disaster. His plan one day to protest the cut in aid for next year,” Fr. Heppen said. “Legal Aid is an effective "safety would spread malnutrition throughBlack Lung Disease, and they seem News Briefs Thursday, April 2, 1981 — page 2 by The Observer an dThe Associated Press A I1C W d n i g tested in Europe helps protect heart attack victims from suffering a second, fatal seizure, researchers say, and the Fourth Estate Journalism drug’s maker seeks approval to market it in the United States. The drug, called timolol, reduced the death rate among heart attack vic tims by 39 percent in a 33 month experiment. “We are very enthusias An elite group of journalists in Washington is fighting tic about these results,” Dr. Terje R. Pedersen said in an interview. We the good fight against governmental excesses, con think they represent a breakthrough in the management of these servative reforms, and basic bureaucratic snafus. These Lynne Daley patients.” He predicted timolol or a similar drug may someday be writers, progressives to the core, were tempered only taken routinely by as many as 80 percent of the people who have slightly by the recent attack on President Reagan. Their Executive News Editor survived heart attacks. Produced by Merck Sharp& Hoiime, the drug campaign to inform the public of the administration’s has been used in Europe for treatment of angina chest pain and high ineptitude is, no doubt, in full swing once again.