Election Today for SBP Tickets

B-o-r-i-n-g Partly sunny today with a high ACCENT: Sports collection O'/-" -' in the upper 30s. Mostly cloudy 3 • f / - - tonight and tomorrow with a 20 percent chance for light A VIEWPOINT: On Dan, Tom and Peter snow. Low in the upper 20s. VOL. XXI, NO. 93 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1988 the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Surveys Election today estimate for SBP tickets cheating interests and desires of the stu By PATRICK O’CONNOR Viz, Boron: dent body” to the administra Staff Reporter tion. The platform the ticket is Although surveys estimate ‘experience’ running for is “very, very com that as many as 66 percent of By ERIC M. BERGAMO prehensive,” Viz said. the students at some univer sities cheat on exams, cheating Senior Staff Reporter A primary goal is to get stu dent opinion on the feasibility is much less a problem at Notre The ticket of Steve Viz and Dame, according to faculty of the honor code, he said. members. Chris Boron would bring “ex “The honor code ultimately perience and diversity” to the won’t work unless there is stu “Our faculty doesn’t per office of student body presi dent support for it,” Viz said. ceive (cheating) as a big prob lem,” said Jerry Marley, assis dent, according to Viz. Other goals include reinstat “The experience meaning, ing the student-run Faculty tant dean of the College of from day one of freshman year, Course Evaluations, improving Engineering. He said the fac being in the student govern outside athletic facilities such ulty has “been in a mode of at tempting to conduct exams ment cabinet, to being elected as the Stepan basketball that limit the opportunity to to the student senate twice and see VIZ, page 6 sitting on the student senate,” cheat.” Viz said. “ Cheating is not at all a big Viz and Boron will face Tom problem . as long as I watch Doyle and Mike Paese in a run Doyle ticket: over (the students),” said His off election today for the office tory Professor Leon Bernard. of student body president. ‘teamwork’ The College of Engineering Viz said he wants to be “an has only one or two cases a By ERIC M. BERGAMO year, said James Taylor, dean active leader” as president. Senior Staff Reporter “ With an entirely new com of the College of Engineering. position of the Senate . Formal charges are filed only Tom Doyle and Mike Paese occasionally, he said. everyone on there will be new. will “work on the litle things” I really think that the person Mary Clancy, assistant pro if elected student body presi fessor of biological sciences, who sits at the chair of the sen dent and vice president ate (the president) is going to however, estimated that in a Thursday, Doyle said. large class of 200 students, as need some sort of experience “ (We want to work on) the in central student government The Observer / John Sludebaker many as 20 percent may take little practical things that an exam dishonestly while less ... to set an appropriate tone make student life a little easier, for the senate and to serve as Ashes to ashes than 1 percent are caught. that make student life a little These faculty estimates con a pool of knowledge,” Viz Freshman Art Kanerviko receives symbolic ashes from Father Wilfred smoother. Things like a 24-hour trast those of a poll at George noted. lounge, minority concerns . Borden, rector at Pangborn Hall. Kanerviko was among many Notre Washington University where Viz also cited his work with even things like toilets for tail- Dame students who attended Ash Wednesday Mass, which marks the the Campus Life Council, the gaters,” Doyle said. beginning of Lent. see CHEAT, page 5 senate committee for plus- Doyle and Paese were the top grades and as Junior Parents vote-getters in Tuesday’s elec N D g tion, capturing 1,041 votes, and ND/SMC ELECTIONS will face Steve Viz and Chris Senior job prospectslooking up Boron in today’s run-off elec By JIM LANG Of those seniors who take ad Another important consider tion. News Staff vantage of Career and Place ation for many seniors is loca Weekend Executive Coordina Doyle said his ticket is ment Services, Arnold esti tion, Arnold said. “Most people tor as additional experience. “team-oriented” in that both Seniors involved in the job mated that approximately 50 to have a preference, but for some Boron brings a “stronger so Doyle and Paese have worked hunting process this year have 60 percent successfully locate that preference is much more cial aspect” to the ticket together before. a definite advantage over those jobs in their fields. At least 80 stronger.” through her work with the soph “This is by no means a ticket who graduated in 1987, accor percent of those are accounting In addition, there are several omore class, Viz said. brought together for strategic ding to Kitty Arnold, director majors. The remaining other factors to be considered, Viz said social programming reasons at all,” Doyle said. of Career and Placement Ser percentage is divided mainly such as the nature of the com is an essential part of their “It’d be safe to say that one of vices. between MBA’s and finance pany and compensation. For campaign. “Chris has had us would not be on the ballot Arnold expained that in 1987- majors. senior Mike Albertone, who (experience) as sophomore so without the other.” 88 “we’re having a much more The primary consideration recently landed an accounting cial commissioner and Junior Doyle has government expe positive interviewing year.” So for most seniors who are nar job with Price Waterhouse, Parents Weekend sophomore rience as Grace Hall president, far there has been a 27 percent rowing down offers is the ac compensation came first. committee chairman, ” he said. while Paese has worked on stu increase in the number of in tual job function they will per “Any of the Big 8 accounting Viz said he hoped the diver dent government reports for terviews held on-campus this form, said Arnold. They are firms are similar in most ways sity of the ticket “would pres the Board of Trustees, he said. year. That should taper off to most concerned about whether but money,” said Albertone, ent the best possible represen see DOYLE, page 6 about a 15 percent increase by they will be happy in a certain tation of all the diverse needs, spring, said Arnold. position, she said. see JOBS, page 5 Babbitt, du Pont reportedly ready to drop out of race Associated Press crat Bruce Babbitt and Repub “I think you’re seeing a mean not going to run from it. I’m cratic finish and said in an in lican Pete du Pont, appeared George Bush,” said Sen. Bob not known for running from a terview Wednesday night, “It Republican George Bush and on the verge of dropping out Dole, who blamed his defeat in fight.” is very likely that I will make Democrat Michael Dukakis ex after poor showings in Iowa the decision to exit.” He sched ulted in their impressive New and New Hampshire. While most of the field uled a news conference for Hampshire primary victories worried about raising money Thursday morning. on Wednesday while the rest of With the delegate-rich pri and gaining momentum, there Du Pont, the former Dela the presidential field jockeyed maries just ahead in the South were others who had possibly ware governor, scheduled a for position in a campaign with and elsewhere, there was no fought their last. news conference for Thursday out clear, commanding front- danger of peace breaking out New Hampshire on distortions Former Arizona Gov. Bab afternoon, and a source in his runners. among the remaining com he said were spread by the vice bitt returned to Washington campaign indicated Two of the also-rans, Demo batants. president’s campaign. “I’m after his fifth-place Demo withdrawal was likely. page 2 The Observer Thursday, February 18, 1988 In Brief xPostal silliness needs to be all stamped out Walter Bartholomew is in stable condition at Memorial Hospital, according to the office of administra I figured the machine would give me some tive computing. Bartholomew suffered a heart attack Mon good oT fashioned patriotic stamps. Maybe day, the receptionist at the office said. Bartholomew, an they’d have a Bald Eagle on them. Perhaps the Mark assistant director in the office, was taken to the hospital Constitution. Pankowski after he complained of chest pains Monday afternoon. He The guy in front of me got American flag is 52 years old, according to the receptionist.-The Observer stamps, so I put my $2.20 into the postal ma chine. Managing Editor But I didn’t get patriotic stamps. I got “Greet ings” stamps. “Best Wishes!” one said. Of Interest “Love You, Mother!” another read. There were more: “Thank You!” “Keep In Touch!” “Love You, Dad!” “Happy Off-campus students can vote in today’s run off Birthday!” “Congratulations!” “Get Well!” student body president/Vice president elections today on “For 22 cents, you can add one of these greet the first floor of LaFortune Student Center from noon to ings to a letter to anyone in the United States, 5 p.m. -The Observer Canada or Mexico,” the booklet said. £ Geeeez. These had to be the most useless Great Hunger Clean-Up is recruiting workers for things I’d ever seen. I needed stamps to write the clean-up in April to raise money for hunger relief while potential employers.

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