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Jay Leno - page 7 VOL XX, NO 45 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1985 an independent student newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Senate disbandment November 3, 1985 referendum delayed: By voting last Tuesday, we, as members of the Hall Presidents' Council, proposed an amendment to the constitution to disband the Student Senate. HPC to meet tonight We feel that this vote was taken in haste. We were By FRANK LIPO " I think holding off a week is great. intentionally misled as to the content and ramifications News Editor I’m not sure everyone knows what of this amendment. Since we consider this issue of they’re voting on,” said Bill Healy, disbandment significant to student life, we feel that A student referendum concerningstudent body president and one of we must reconsider our votes. Therefore, we would five sponsors of the amendment to the possible disbandment of the Stu­ like t° call a special meeting of the HPC for Monday, dent Senate has been postponed onedisband the senate. week, according to Maher Mouas- November 4, at 8:00 p.m., in the conference room of “The key is misinformation," said her, who handles constitutional af­ Kfeenan Hall. Sgambati. In a vote before October fairs for Ombudsman. break, the HPC voted by more than The referendum was scheduled the necessary two thirds majority to for tomorrow. bring the disbandment issue before A letter signed by presidents from the student body in a referendum. Glen Sgambati nine halls calling for a special Mark Conces Holy Cross Hall President meeting of the Hall Presidents’ In a second vote last week, the Council tonight prompted the HPC proposed an amendment to the postponement. In the letter, constitution to disband the senate. 4 ^ ^ delivered to The Observer last night, Sgambati said HPC Chairman Kevin Planner Hall Co-Presidents Bill W3oyi e the presidents said that last week’s Howard led the members of the HPC Keenan Hall President vote, which approved an amend­to believe the second vote was just ment to the constitution to disbandan extension of the first vote and not the senate, was "taken in haste." the approval of the constitutional MM The letter said, “Since we con­ am endm ent. William LyLytle sider this issue of disbandment sig­ Cavanaugh Hall President nificant to student life, we feel we In effect, Sgambati said, the HPC must reconsider our votes." did not know what it was voting on Chris Ishirawa “We’re not saying people shouldbecause the line-by-line changes to z"\ zahmZahm Hall PresidentPresident say no to the disbandment. We’rethe constitution were not yet made saying people should be more in­at the time of the vote. He said the formed on the issue," said Glen signers of the letter questioned the Sgambatl, Holy Cross Hall president. role the HPC would play in the ab­ The ten signers of the letter com­ sence of the senate. Peter E. McNulty ttoijtatd H all P resid en t prise one third of the HPC. Accord­ St, Edward*s HfJ.1 President ing to HPC bylaws, that number is “We have enough things going on enough to call the special meeting. If in the hall . (The amendment) a tw o thirds quorum (1 7 of 25 m em ­ gives us a lot of authority and power bers) attend the meeting tonight, that we didn't have," said Sgambati. idith Windhorst Thomas J . Halpin the HPC can discuss the amend­"Hall presidents have a lot of obliga­ Ldin H a ll P resid en t Pangborn Hall President ment. A majority of that quorum tions to their dorm s... More respon- would have to vote to overturn last see DELAY, page 6 week’s vote. ND student gov’t starts newsletterReal Beginning’ ends: By PATRICK CREADON plete coincidence," he said. “It hadNotre Dame’s rates were the hig­ recall effort disbands Staff Reporter nothing to do with the present hest, according to the report. conflicts in student government." Beretz noted that because the By THERESA GL ARING Anne Marie Finch, a member of the The staff of We The People con­ newsletter is a student govern­ Saint Mary’s Executive Editor recall group. “We wanted him to Editor's note: This article is part sists mainly of Beretz and fourment publication, the articles only state his position and we think he one of a two-part series examin­reporters. All of the laying out of will concern student government Saying that with the force of stu­has." ing new Notre Dame campus the paper is done by Beretz himself affairs dent activism, “the current student The group plans to keep, for two publications. on his personal computer. The In the first issue of We The government can be the effectiveto four weeks, the 800 signatures newsletter is distributed to each People, a personal letter from leaders we need," the group of stu­they had gathered on petitions to Notre Dame student govern­dorm by dorm representatives, ac­Healy and Lawrence was inserted. dents organized to recall Studenthold the recall referendum. "We’ll ment recently published the firstcording to Beretz. The letter was Healy’s idea in an ef­ Body President Bill Healy formallysee if other people express an inter­ of a new twice per semester fort to clear up some of the present abandoned their efforts to continueest in the recall and we’d turn them newsletter titled We The People to conflicts surrounding his ad­ with the recall in a letter to The Ob­ over," said Krais. raise interest in student govern­ ministration and will not be a server yesterday. The letter also states that if ment and its activities, according regular feature in issues to come, The students, with Bill Krais andenough students contact the group, to Chuck Bcrctz, editor-in-chief of Beretz said. Mike Yore as co spokesmen, met protesting the abandonment of the the publication. Money was set aside in the stu­ with Healy Friday afternoon, to dis­recall effort, the members would dent government’s budget for the cuss the reasons for the recall, ac­ reconsider their position. “Eight- "W hat w e’re actually doing is newsletter, according to Beretz. cording to Krais. hundred people signed those peti­ selling ourselves (student govern­ "Although there is money set "We had an open dialoguetions and if they still want it, we’d ment )," Beretz said. aside for the newsletter, we are between the group and himselfhave a responsibility to them," Finch Student Body President Bill probably going to sell advertising (Healy), ” Krais said. "We expressed said. Healy “came to me at the begin­ to outsiders. For now, however, how we felt he had not represented In the statement, group members ning of the year with the idea of we are only advertising student the student body." state that “our fight will continue, al­ putting out a student government government activities, ” said The letter states that Healy and beit transformed," and urge students newsletter. His main rationale be­ Beretz. Student Body Vice President Duaneto contact them to "further voice hind it was to make student “Everyone who is involved with "1 feel that this was a great idea Lawrence had met with the studentlegitimate student concern." government more accessible to student government has. input toby Bill (H ealy)," Beretz said. "We group to plan “effective means of “We feel that we've acheived the students," said Beretz. We The People," he said. “For in­ really needed something like this protest" against recent administra­what we set out to achieve, ” said Bcrctz is also the press secretary stance, the article about Notre for student government. tion decisions dealing with the Dil­Knds. “Our efforts had turned into for the Healy Lawrence ad­Dame’s high phone rates for stu­ "Before We The People, we lon tailgater incident and parietalsunintended consequences. ” ministration. dents started out as only a sugges­didn’t have anything that informed issues. The letter urges students to retain Several students, according totion, but when we looked into it the students of our progress on a "We told Bill we want to see him the Student Senate in the upcoming Beretz, questioned whether the further, we found quite a story." regular basis,” he said. "Hopefully express the student outrage to the referendum, saying “it is the only newsletter was a result of much of That article reported that Notre this publication will be carried on administration much better, ” saidtruly representative body com­ the controversy now surroundingDame students pay nearly 300 per­by student government ad­ Krais. “He has prom ised us a prised solely of students that we the Healy Lawrence administra­cent more for their phone services ministrations in the future.” change." have." tion. than do students at Indiana Univer­The next publication of We The "The (student government- To vote in favor of disbanding the "The fact that the newsletter sity. In all, six colleges were sur­ People is tentatively scheduled for sponsored) forum Wednesday wassenate "would be to vote away our came out at this time was a com­ veyed, and it was revealed thatearly December, Beretz said. part of the signs that Bill was willing voice in student government," the to listen and exchange ideas," saidletter states. The Observer Monday, November 4, 1985 - page 2 Nineteen years of observing In Brief the University and the College Nineteen years ago yesterday, Notre Dame students sat down at lunch and opened The Observer - for the Three physics faculty members at Notre Dame first time. Sarah have assumed editorial duties with a new international journal, Su­ “People were sort of stunned by it,” said The Obser­ perlattices and Microstructures.

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