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----------------------------------~----------------------------~----------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- • • • WorldSeries-~e 12 VOL XVII, NO. 36 the independent ~tudent Ill"\\ ~paper ~er\'ing notre Jame and saint mary·~ WEDNE~DA Y, OCTOBER 13, 1982 Israeli and Syrian troops open fire in Lebanon BEIRl 'T. Lebanon ( AP) - Israeli ana illegal aliens and bulldozing troops clashed with Syrian and shacks built without permission Palestinian forces in eastern near the airport. Lebanon's Bekaa Valley today and At the same time. Palestine Libera­ each side accused the other of firing tion Organization sources said that first. the PLO and Jordan negotiated a The Tel Aviv command said Syrian joint strategy for establishing a forces and Palestinian guerrillas Palestinian homeland after a fired light arms and rocket- meeting between Jordan's King Hus­ propelled grenades at Israeli forces sien and PLO chief Yasser Arafat in near Yanta, six miles northeast of Amman. Rachaiya and four four miles from The independent Kuwaiti the Syrian border. newspaper Al-Qabas said Arafat and The Israelis returned fire, but Hussein, meeting Sunday night, reported no casualties during the agreed to a confederation plan for incident, the Tel Aviv command two separate entities under one said. central government and two armies The Syrian command in Damascus under one defense ministry. said the Israelis opened up with Arafat is touring Arab states where tanks and artillery on Syrian forces in his guerrillas scattered following an the Nita area of the Bekaa about Israeli-forced evacuation from west II :20 a.m. (5:20a.m. EDT), and that Beirut, which had been their stron­ the Syrians and Israelis traded fire ghold after being driven from Jordan for 30 minutes. in I970. It said the Israelis resumed firing Syria denounced Arafat and said about noon (6 a.m. EDT) and that he did not have sole authority to the second exchange lasted until speak for the Palestinian guerrilla A Lebanese woman and her family move some clashed with Syrian and Palestinian forces in the I :30 p.m. (7:30a.m. EDT). movement. of their belongings out of Beirut. Israeli troops Bekaa Valley. ( AP Photo) Israeli forces invaded Lebanon June 6 to rout the Palestine Libera­ tion Organization. Thousands of Collaboration? guerrillas evacuated west Beirut in August, but thousands more remain in Lebanon's northern port of Position of Thiversity architects que;tioned Tripoli and behind Syrian lines in chance. Bekaa. By GREGORY SWIERCZ "Most of our buildings are of such (their) experience." News Staff But Richardson said the Univer­ magnitude that we need such a firm Richardson is not a newcomer to The Syrians have been in Lebanon sity does not readily want to include as Ellerbe," said Joyce. university building advisory com­ for six years, ostensibly to police the While construction of the Snite outside members in the decision­ "I truly believe we have utilized mittees and architectural planning. armistice that ended the 1975-76 Museum of Art represents the only making processes. the architecture department to While at the University of lllinois in Moslem-Christian civil war. Israel "collaboration" of University plan­ "The administration is afraid that some extent. They teach, and don't Champagne-Urbana, he was chief ar­ demands the Syrians pull out from ners and the architecture depart­ the faculty and students would be have the time for a major project," chitect of the U. of I. art museum and Lebanon in a phased withdrawal ment, the two usually do not cross concerned with building monu­ he said. was a member of their campus com­ with the Israelis, and that the Pales­ paths when a new building is ments instead of buildings that Vice President for Business Affairs mittee on campus architecture. In tinan guerrillas in Tripoli and Bekaa planned, according to one ar­ work," said Richardson. "The ad­ Thomas]. Mason agreed with Joyce, addition, he also was in charge of get out before then. chitecture professor. ministration has to deal with stating the architecture departmenr designing and construction of the Early Monday, Lebanese govern­ Ambrose M. Richardson, profes­ economic and design problems - doesn't "have the resources" Indianapolis Museum of Art. ment troops entered the massacre­ sor and designer of Snite, said many the realities of life," he said. needed to work on major campus While Richardson realizes the scarred Sabra and Chatilla campus faculty members would par­ Father Edmund P. Joyce, Univer­ projects. The involvement of the constraints the administration has Palestinian refugee camps in west ticipate in detailed designing of sity executive vice president, said department and Ellerbe is a working concerning campus planning, he Beirut, seizing suspected outlaws campus buildings, if given the the architecture department is a one, Mason said. wondered why the University does teaching medium, and is not in a But according to Richardson, not allow any type of input from the position. to help with campus members of his department "would projects. be more than willing to contribute See ARCHITECTS, page 5 Hauser to discuss his Acknowledgedarchitect controversial book NDofficialsdejend,EIIerbe, Inc, By JOHN BURCHETI ings we are interested in," says that the process allows sufficient in­ Newss_taff By MARK WORSCHEH Assistant News Editor Thomas Mason, Vice President for put. This process of bringing a build­ Business Affairs. ing to completion involves much Author Thomas Hauser will discuss his views of film as a vehicle of When the University announced Don Dedrick, Director of Physical more than input, though. expose as it relates to his book Missing in a lecture tomorrow eve­ last spring that architects Ellerbe As­ Plant, says he is "uefinitely happy Mason explains that priorities for ning in the Memorial Library Auditorium. sociates, Inc., had designed the new with the work ofEllerbe. There's not building projects are obtained out of The lecture is part of a five-part political series sponsored by the Arts and Letters faculty office build­ a lot left to chance. We just don't long range planning documents, Student Union Academic Commission that examines politics vis-a­ ing, some questioned the construc­ such as the COUP report and the vis popular culture. The film version of Hauser's book is being tion of yet another Ellerbe building soon-to-be-released PACE report. presented in conjunction with the lecture by CILA tonight in the on campus. "The priorities then have to be Engineering Auditorium. Ellerbe Associates, a subsidiary of put into a fundraising program, and The controversial book, which earned Ellerbe. Inc., of Bloomington, Minn., then one has to match those with Hauser a Pulitzer Prize nomination, is a is the acknowledged University ar­ potential donors. The point being study of allegations that the United States chitect, according to Notre Dame of­ that even though we may establish a government ordered the assasination of one ficials. The company has designed have any problems with them." particular item as top priority, if we of its citizens to 'cover-up' American in­ most of the major buildings on Nevertheless, numerous ques· can't find a donor to match the need, volvemenr in the Chilean Coup of 1973. The campus since the 1950s. tions have been asked, especially by we can't build it." film, which stars Jack Lemmon and Sissy Many ask how could Notre Dame faculty members, about what they Father Edmund Joyce, Exec1;1tive Spacek, provoked a three-page statement again choose Ellerbe, the firm regard as the University's nebulous Vice President, also emphasizes the from the U.S. State Department which ob­ responsible for such structures as procedure when planning, financ­ pragmatic attitude toward building jected to the 'impression' left by the film that Stanford-Keenan Hall and ing, and constructing a new build­ that must be held: "We don't have the U.S. had any foreknowledge of or com­ O'Shaughnessy Hall. ing, specifically the new office huge amounts of money to spend on plicity in the execution of young American University officials are quick to building. these things. In every building Charles Horman and also to the impression respond that what others consider "All the decisions (to build) are project that I've been involved in that the U.S. played a large role in the as a monotonous design actually made in the main building with very we've never been able to splurge." Chilean Coup of 1973. Thomas Hauser reflects the concern Notre Dame has little input from particular groups," Along with the search for a donor, Hauser, a 35 year old attorney turned author, compared the State not only for continuity, but also for says Vaughn McKim, chairman of the the University also begins to form­ Department's memo to "Nixon saying 'I've listened to the tapes and the needs of the user and the con­ Faculty Senate. "The decision about ulate a "program" for the building, there is nothing incriminating on them.· ". He went on to say that the straints of a budget. what kind of building to build and basically a definition of what the statement from the State Department "denies the allegation that U.S. "Maybe their buildings are not in where to do it seems to be made by building will be and what will go in­ government officials had foreknowledge of or ordered Charles Hor­ the mod group or the latest, but three or four people at the top of the to it. man's execution. but it does not say anything about a cover-up." these architects, in what they have heap." done for us, build the kind of build- Both Mason and Dedrick contend See ELLERBE, pase 3 r NewsBrie!J Wednesday, October 13, 1982 - page 2 By The Obsen•er and The Associated Press \ A white General Motors car built between 1969 and 1982 is suspected in last month's hit-and-run accident that A time for change seriously injured two Notre Dame students, South Bend police an­ nounced yesterday.

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