Please, snow more ACCENT: Dismas residents grow together Cloudy Wednesday with a 40 v • •’* percent chance of afternoon snow. High around 20. A 60 percent chance of snow Wed­ VIEWPOINT: ND and the world nesday night. / \ e 0 6 4 s C Ao6 ,5 5 6 VOL. XXI, NO. 87 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988 the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Dole, Gephardt hope for victory Associated Press Bush’s swift political demise, despite the vice president’s Republican Sen. Bob Dole lead in New Hampshire polls. f t # , WAVE jJ S L L and Democratic Rep. Richard Unlike Dole, Gephardt Gephardt blew into New notched only a narrow win in Hampshire on Tuesday, two Iowa. He immediately Midwesterners angling to turn declared h im self the “ clear un­ :*)' w /V t their first-place Iowa caucus finishes to advantage in next Mims C LESE week’s lead-off presidential " prim ary elections. Vice President George Bush, derdog” in New Hampshire the national front-runner and pronounced Massachusetts humbled by a third-place Gov. Michael Dukakis the finish, redoubled his campaign Democrat to beat. efforts and requisitioned one of Dole’s campaign themes. “ I’m Even so, he said, “ I ’m gonna one of you,” he told New do fin e .” Hampshire voters. Sen. Paul Simon, runner-up But Pat Robertson, Iowa’s among the Democrats in Iowa, surprise Republican runner- also pegged Dukakis the man up, said the vice president’s to beat, and said, “ The impor- f i “myth of invincibility” was gone. Another rival forecast see PRIMARY, page 3 — '1 Professor comments on Contra aid deal By ERIC M. BERGAMO are going to see a ll sorts of new Senior Staff Reporter aid pacakges put up (by Congress),” Francis noted. The Observer / Rob Regovich Last week’s Congressional The Democrats in Congress So many choices! rejection of a $36.2 m illion aid have already offered another Junior Mike Collins gazes in wonderment at the mul­ paign posters plastered over the walls in the halls of package for Contra forces plan that is solely titude of student body presidentVice president cam- Planner Tower. fighting the Nicaraguan gov­ humanitarian aid, he added. ernment was a “ very partisan The Contras will have “ a and very political” decision, hard time” receiving m ilitary SMC seniors combat pressure as according to Michael Francis, aid unless Nicaraguan Presi­ professor of government. dent Daniel Ortega “does The House of Representa­ something, that, as he has done comprehensive deadline nears tives voted down President in the past several times, up­ Ronald Reagan’s aid request sets the Congress,” Francis By KIMBERLY TRENNER their major in order to the people who don’t get them 219-211, w ith only 12 said. Senior Staff Reporter graduate, said Marcy. This re­ done are the chronic procras­ Republicans voting to reject Francis was unsure of how quirement varies in each de­ tinators - those who get incom- the package. Part of the pack­ Reagan would react to Con­ Many Saint Mary’s seniors partment, she said. pletes,” she added. age was $3.6 million ear­ gressional rejection of his re­ feel pressure as the deadlines “ If a student fails her com­ marked for weapons and am­ quest. to complete their comprehen­ prehensive she can retake it un­ “ The first time it was men­ munition; the rest was Reagan w ill probably wait to sive exams draw closer. til she passes, but it sometimes tioned that comprehensive ex­ designated for humanitarian see w hat the D em ocrats’ pack­ means delaying graduation,” ams were required was in a aid. age entails and monitor “ They (the exams) demon­ Marcy said. “ There is one per­ 1935-36 college catalogue,” said Francis said he agreed with developments in Central strate overall competency in a son I know of out there who Sr. M. Rosaleen Dunleavy, of Congress’ decision, though the America before taking action, field as opposed to mastery of hasn’t yet passed, but she the Saint M ary’s archives. rejection does not mean the he said. various pieces of that hasn’t arranged to retake it,” Contras are finished as a fight­ “ If Ortega does something field,’’said Teresa Marcy, as­ she said. Since that time the exams ing force. that looks like it’s going to in­ sistant to the vice president. “ There are always people have changed. “ In the 1960’s “ They can survive without fluence even 10 Congressmen Students must satisfy a com­ who have trouble getting them any help from Congress for prehensive requirement in done,” said Marcy. “ Usually see TESTS, page 5 several months and I think you see CONTRA, page 6 Proposed grading system could be a big plus By MATT GALLAGHER w ill consider the addition of student survey, according to rent system you can get However, Kitty Arnold, Staff Reporter plus grades at its Feb. 16 trapped between grades,” director of Career Place­ meeting. The council makes said Moszczenski. “ With an ment Services, said most Plus grades may soon be all major decisions regard­ A s and B’s 88 percent, you get a B, even prospective employers do added to Notre Dame’s ing academic policy at Notre at ND though you’re closer to an A-. not make that fine a distinc­ grading system as the pro­ Dame. Plus, you get a chance to tion between GPAs. "We posal gains support among The proposal will add Part 1 of get a higher GPA. Our supply information on the professors who desire grades of B + and C + to the a three-part GPA’s are not comparable grades given by the various greater flexibility and stu­ current grading system. series to other schools,” he said. colleges to employers. They dents who want a fairer Students from all the col­ Moszczenski also pointed then use it as a ranking sys­ grading system. leges and faculty alike have Dave Kinkopf, sophomore out that prospective tem for comparing stu­ The University’s Aca­ expressed approval of the class president. employers might not realize dents,” said Arnold. “ They demic Council, which is proposal, which has been Stan Moszczenski, a ju n io r that the cu rren t N otre Dame don’t take the GPA entirely composed of administra­ resubmitted to the Aca­ finance major, said he system does not include plus out of context.” tors, faculty members and dem ic Council in response to thought the system was a grades as do other schools’ students from each college, the results of-last semester’s great idea. “ With the cur­ systems.___________________ see GRADES, page 4 page 2 The Observer Wednesday, February 10, 1988 In Brief Crazy cat candidacy Student senate candidate Sean Hoffman withdrew had humor, creativity from the District 1 race Tuesday, said Ombudsman elec­ tion official John Wilson. Hoffman “ withdrew for his own reasons. We didn’t kick him out,” Wilson said. Hoffman Yes, it’s that time of year again. It’s time for Mark us to be inundated by meaningless posters and could not be reached for comment. Pat Kiernan and Billy AVia* Joel are now left to contest the seat. -The Observer smiling photos staring at us in bathroom stalls. Me Laughlin They all seem to say the same thing. Not so in 1972. Oh, sure, there were the same Projects Manager Kermit the Frog hopped up Capitol H ill on Tuesday old speeches about how “ the situation demands to join a group of lawmakers and safety advocates in changes and leadership. Where are they?” and inaugurating National Child Passenger Safety Awareness campaign planks like “ Creation of a Total En­ Week. The week, proclaimed by Congress last week and vironment.” But 1972 was the year of the cat. continuing through Saturday, is designed to call attention Uncandidate the Cat was his name. Student to the need for adults to properly buckle children into Body Vice President was his game. Running safety seats when driving. Among those attending the news along with Bob Kersten, a.k.a. The Prime conference were Transportation Secretary Jim Burnley, Mover, the Cat actually won, despite being five members of Congress and television and film person­ declared ineligible after his claim to be a Notre ality Jim Henson and his puppet, Kermit the Frog. - Dame student was thrown out by the Student Associated Press Senate. The vote on the Cat’s candidacy was 4-2, which tells you how apathetic the Student Senate was. Kersten and Uncandidate declared their can­ didacy fro m the “ second commode of the Walsh Of Interest fourth floor lavatory” by announcing his plans for a “ hard- hitting campaign in which I plan to come out unequivocally and indefinitely on every major issue.” Sounds like a lot of campaigns I’ve been for student Body The annual candidate debate reading about on our walls. President will be this Sunday in the Hesburgh Library The Prime Mover certainly was up front Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. - The Observer about his candidacy. He proposed the abolition of all student government, to be replaced by an runners-up threw their support behind A Career in Law is the scheduled topic for tonight’s oligarchy consisting of -you guessed it -Kersten Kersten’s opponent, a well-meaning former Circle K meeting at 6:15 in the Center for Social Concerns. and Uncandidate. Among other things, he pro­ Ombudsman fighting a lost battle. -The Observer posed to distribute scholarships by lottery, an AB option to replace the current pass/fail sys­ Kersten w ithdrew fro m the race at th at point, tem, and repeal of all parietals.