Sparks Controversy

Drum majorette - page 8 VOL XVIII, NO. 34 the independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint many's WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1983 Playboy’s Hefner sparks controversy By PAUL McGINN Stepan Center, the second largest as Executive Editor sembly hall on campus, for the lecture. The Athletic and Convoca Christie Hefner, president of tion Center is Notre Dame’s largest Playboy Enterprises, Inc., w ill speak assembly hall. on “Playboy Enterprises as a Busi Amy Horvath, a member of Hef ness Entity” tom o rro w as part o f the ner’s staff and coordinator of her College of Business Administration’s visit to Notre Dame, told The Ob lecture series. server “it would not be appropriate But Hefner’s appearance has to comment on the visit.” caused at least one faculty member to accuse the University of “failing to live up to the ideals of the Church.” Charles Rice, law professor and abortion c ritic, also says Hefner’s ap pearance is a "disgrace." Rice termed Hefner’s involve ment in Playboy “totally antithetical __ K.... The Observer/Hamil Cupero to everything the Church teaches. At Saint Mary's student Amy Wright receives the some time, the alumni are going to wake up (and demand an end to R llC inPC C flW flffl Eamst and Whinney Business Award last night in the Haggar Center. A banquet was held in her visits such as Hefner’s)." honor to celebrate the award ceremony. He also accused the University of attempting to “downplay” Hefner’s visit. Michael Garvey, assistant director Former Japanese minister foundof Information Services, told The H u gh H e fn er Observer “the University doesn’t Larry Ballinger, director of the have anything to hide. ” Master of Business Administration guilty of taking Lockheed bribes“Any department at Notre Dame Program and campus coordinator is allow ed to do whatever it wants to for Hefner’s visit, was in Philadelphia Associated Press smen have been tried since January The Lockheed scandal surfaced in do as far as our department is con and unavailable for comment. 1977 in three separate trials in the testimony before a U.S. Senate sub cerned . we’re neither boosting it Frank Reilly, dean of the College TOKYO — A Japanese lo w er Lockheed case. committee in February 1976 when nor hiding it; we’re just publicizing of Business Administration, also was court found former Prime Minister Before yesterday’s decision, 10 it was disclosed that the Burbank, it, ” Garvey said. unavailable. Kakuei Tanaka guilty yesterday of defendants were convicted of graft, Calif, based aerospace firm had set Kevin Misiewicz, Arthur Young Hefner, named president of accepting more than $2 million in perjury or foreign exchange viola aside $12 million to purchase in Faculty Fellow in Taxation Accoun Playboy corporation in 1982 by her bribes to promote the sale of tions. One was too ill to stand trial. fluence in Japan. tancy, told The Observer he was father Hugh Hefner, oversees a Lockheed Corp. aircraft in Japan, Prosecutors in the Tokyo District “uncomfortable" w ith Hefner’s visit. multi-million dollar conglomerate according to Japaese news reporters Court trial demanded the maximum Tanaka, now 65, was arrested on “There must be some other very w h ich is listed in Fortune magazine in the courtroom. sentence for Tanaka — five years in charges of violating Japan’s foreign good role models of women making as one of the 500 largest corpora The Tokyo District Court ruling prison and a $2 m illio n fine. exchange laws in July 1976. He was profits in types of businesses a lot tions in the U t .S. culminated a seven-year trial in Political stakes in Japan were later charged with taking bribes more appropriate to the goals of Hugh Hefner, who began publish w h ich 16 governm ent and airline of riding on the verdict. routed through the trading firm Notre Dame, ” he said. ing P layboy magazine in 1953, ficials and Lockheed agents were Tanaka resigned as premier in Marubeni Corp., then serving as, Misiewicz said Hefner probably serves as Playboy Enterprise’s presi- charged in Japan’s biggest postwar 1974 in the wake of another unr Lockheed’s sales agent, during his was picked over other women, be . dent and chief executive officer. scandal. elated financial scandal. But he was tenure as prime minister. Tanaka cause as head of Playboy En Ms. Hefner also w ill hold a news Tanaka was accused of accepting re-elected to the Diet (parliament) denied the charges in co . urt. terprises, “she would attract a heck conference at 11 a.m. in Room 206 the 500 million yen to promote the in 1980 and remained Japan’s top of a lot more listeners than a less of the Center for Continuing Educa sale o f Lockheed TriStar passenger political power broker as leader of In 1979, Lockheed pleaded guilty known businesswoman.” tion and attend a reception at the jets in Japan when he served as the governing Liberal Democratic to U.S. federal charges of concealing He noted that the College booked M orris Inn after the 7 p.m. lecture. prime minister from 1972-1974. Party’s largest faction. payments to Japanese officials, All Nippon Airways, Japan’s lar Prime Minister Yasuhiro including Tanaka. The company was gest domestic airline, bought 20 of Nakasone was elected last year w ith fined $647,000. Lockheed’s L I 101 w ide bodied crucial backing from Tanaka. - The defense denied that Tanaka Career day features TriStars between 1974-1978. Nakasone rejected opposition received or knew of any money Sixteen high-ranking Japanese demands that he persuade Tanaka to changing hands — even in the form government officials and busines resign. of a political contribution. jobs for AL majors By JOHN NEBLO about the job you are interviewing News Staff for." Hall president’s council passes “Career Day w ill provide students Arts and Letters majors w ill find with the opportunity to learn about revised dorm party proposal proof that there are jobs for those career areas that interest them, and who graduate with an AL degree if to discover career areas they never By JANE KRAVCIK on alcohol w ill be made by Brian Callaghan, Father Mal they attend the 5th Annual Arts and knew existed,” Reynolds said. News Staff loy, Father Tyson, and Father Beauchamp, all of whom Letters Career Day. “Many Arts and Letters students are members of the Alcohol Commision. The career day, sponsored by aren’t aware of the career oppor Hall presidents were asked to encourage contribu Also discussed was the HPC Party Proposal, which Career and Placement Services, w ill tunities available to them. Now is tions to the United Way fund drive last night at the Hall was sent to the rectors for th e ir approval after the Sept. be held tomorrow 12-4 p.m. in the the time to look into those pos Presidents Council meeting at Morrissey Hall. 20 HPC meeting. The proposal was returned to the LaFortune Student Center. sibilities.” HPC President Mike Carlin urged the HPC to “push council this week with two additional guidelines. The Representatives from thirty dif And for those who already know the drive hard.” He observed that the drive has only first guideline stipulates the specifics of how the ferent Arts and Letter career areas what they want to do? “ If you are in collected $200 so far this year as opposed to $6000 at proposal would be implemented. These would be w ill be featured. terested in banking, then talk to a this point in the drive last year. worked out with each rector. The second guideline The role of the representatives banker. Students should ask the One reason that was suggested for the low student provides for the evaluation of the proposal at the end of will be strictly informational, representatives what they like and response this year was the belief of many students that the first semester. according to Paul Reynolds, assis dislike about their jobs. See if that money collected w ill go to organizations which fund HPC passed the revised proposal and decided that it tant director of Career and Place career is really for you. ” abortions, such as Planned Parenthood. Carlin said that w ill go into effect on the first week-end after fall break. ment Services and organizer of the this be lie f was false. “ Saint Joseph County United Way The Council also discussed possible projects for HPC career day. The representatives, Career and Placement Services does not give give any money to Planned Parenthood to w o rk on this year. who will be available to answer has printed a checklist o f 23 nor does the money go to any other United Way agency Carroll Hall President Owen Murray suggested questions students have concerning “ Questions to Ask,” to aid students which supports Planned Parenthood." working on laundry. “Why are the men forced to use career areas, w ill not recruit. new to the job search game. The Carrie Altergott, Pasquerilla East President, made Saint M ichael’s laundry?” he asked. Stressing the need to acquire checklist and a list of the 30 career suggestions for future drives. “Next year, it should be Susan Joyce, Lyon’s president, suggested a project on vocational information early, areas w ill be available to students at more organized with more publicity. We should learn alternative meal plans. One alternative which could be Reynolds said he encourages under the LaFortune ballroom. In addition, from this year." explored is “ a po in t system like the one at Duke Univer classmen to attend.

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