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1--'oltt.-~ [;f1p1t: ~ I J I ID ~ y '/ 8' • () JL/ v, 7 .t; ."fF s-Y I server VOL. XXV. NO. 54 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Clinton details Panelists plan of action call NAFTA LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - President-elect agreement Clinton on Thursday detailed a crowded blueprint for action including quick reversal of Bush administration abortion policy and creation of inevitable more than a half-million jobs in his first year. By THERESA ALEMAN Clinton, in his first formal news conference News Writer since the election, also promised his transition and administration would have the strictest While panelists in a debate ethical guidelines in history. yesterday about NAFTA agreed Calling on congressional Republicans as well as that a trade agreement is Democrats to work with him on his busy agenda, inevitable if the United States he said, .. The clear mandate of this election from the American people was the end of politics as • Mexican tariffs on U.S. may usual and the end of gridlock in Washington and threaten NAFTA I page 11 hopes to contend as a world J the end of finger pointing and blame." r power, they were split over ~ Vice President-elect Al Gore stood nearby as ( whether free international : Clinton fielded questions at the Old Arkansas I Statehouse. trade is more important than The Arkansas governor called the news American jobs. The North American Free conference to announce 48 additions to his Trade Agreement, according to transition team, a mix of political and policy one summary written by Ac advisers charged with helping Clinton build the cess, a security information first Democratic administration in a dozen years. service, proposes primarily to "They reflect my commitment to assembling the eliminate tariffs and similar trade barriers between the see POLICY I page 4 U.S., Canada, and Mexico. In addition, the agreement Clinton hopes he will seeks to liberalize restrictions on foreign investments and to roll back barriers to trade in be more accessible services including finance, ad ve'rtising, insurance, transport, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - President-elect and telecommunications. Clinton said today he hopes to escape a little NAFTA also proposes upgrad more often from the security bubble that so often ing the protection of intellectual property rights keeps presidents from real people. ,,.,'7. such as patents and copyrights. ···:=- ... ~,.·· ''I'm a real sort of informal person," Clinton Mark Kelley, a WNDU-TV told reporters at his first news conference as news anchor, moderated the president-elect. five-member debate. Clinton reportedly got his first real lesson this The panelists included eco week about the restrictions of his Secret Service nomics professor Anthony protection when, during a family card game, he Apostolides of Indiana Univer had to send his mother-in-law out for sandwiches sity at South Bend and Ray rather than go himself. Larson, president and And his daughter, Chelsea, also is now going to chairman of Wells Electronics, school accompanied by Secret Service agents The Observer/Kyle Kusek Inc. rather than being driven by her baby sitter. A Business alcove The panel also included Pat McMahon, executive director of Clinton said he understood the need for the This secluded spot withi,n H~yes-Healy B~siness Center offers students and faculty a shelter from South Bends wmds as the chill of winter sets in. Project Future, an economic see ACCESS I page 4 see NAFTAI page 4 LeMans Hall still unhappy Professor says with new security system countries need By MARA DIVIS leave the building. They didn't constitutions News Writer have the elevator code or the ID to reach the first floor." By ROB AD"AMS Citing inconvenience, the lack However, LeMans Hall Direc News Writer of a need for a new system, and tor Ann Marie Jordan said stu the fact that male guests must dents protested more before The countries of Eastern still leave a photo ID at the the system was activated than Europe need to draw up 3:00p.m. Campus Tour, Main Gate constitutions to govern their 4:30 p.m. Marching Band Rehearsal, Main Building hall's front desk, LeMans Hall now. residents said they are dissatis .. There were more problems peoples, according to Pro 7:00 p.m. Pep Rally, J.A.C.C. fessor Graham Walker of the 7:00p.m. Hockey vs.· UI-Chicago, J.A.C.C. fied with and frustrated by the before it went in than now," she recently installed card access said. "We might not have University of Pennsylvania. and security system. agreed with it, but now it's Walker, who has recently With the new system, LeMans here." been on a tour of Eastern residents must now insert their She added that the system Europe researching the 9:00 a.m. Pregame Tailgate Party, Morris Inn Patio countries' situations, lectured 9:00 a.m. NO, SMC, HCC Alumni Hospitality Center student ID cards into has forced visitors to come to computerized slots beside all the front desk and ask about Thursday on "Constitutional J.A.C.C. ' Theory and the Post 10:00 a.m. Women's Volleyball vs. Duquesne, J.A.C.C. doors which lead to the resi how to get to the residence dence floors in order to enter floors. Communist Situation." 11:30 a.m. Glee Club Concert, J.A.C.C. He said having a constitu 11 :30 a.m. Porn Pon Squad and or exit the building's stairwells. "On Saturday during the Residence Life also issued a game, people were walking tion implies that some pro Cheer.leading Performance, Bookstore visions have been made to 12:00 p.m. Shenan1gans Performance, J.A.C.C. numbered elevator access code. down the hall, pushing doors, Students said these measures trying to get up," she said. protect people from abuse of 12:00 p.m. Band Con~ert, Main Building those in power. 1 :35 p.m. Football K1ckoff, Notre Dame Stadium pose a problem to residents of "They were frustrated. The other halls using facilities such front desk has seen more peo Walker said Eastern Eu 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass, Basilica of the Sacred Heart ropeans "wonder how, in the 7:30p.m. Women's Volleyball vs. LaSalle, J.A.C.C. as the computer lab and ple coming here, trying to fig writing center in the basement ure out how to get up." United States, a constitution of LeMans, as they have no way However, students also can be affiliated with total of leaving the building other protested the parietals restric good." than the tunnels that connect tions. Despite the added safety People in Eastern Europe, 6, 8, Mass, .~acred Heart Crypt 7, 9:30, and 11 a.m. only some buildings. measures, men must still leave according to Walker, worry 8, 10, and 11 :45 a.m. Mass, Bas1hca of the Sacred Heart "I think it's a good idea, but an ID at the front desk. This is that a constitution will take 10:00 a.m. Women's lnterhall Football Championship over their society. Walker Notre Dame Stadium ' it's really inconvenient," said because there are a number of junior LeMans resident Melissa men who work in the adminis cited some problems with the 11 :00 a.m. Men's lnterhall Football Championship trative offices on the first floor "new order," including Notre Dame Stadium ' Maki. "I was in the computer lab the other night and some of LeMans Hall, according to questions about Hungary's students had no idea how to see DETEX I page 4 see EUROPE I page 4 page 2 The Observer Friday, November 13, 1992 . INSIDE COLUMN . <<<-: :-: .· . - . WEATHER REPORT Forecast for noon,. Friday, November13 FORECAST dd football Cloudy and cold Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. today with a 40 percent chance of scattered snow awards for the showers. High in the mid 30s. oddest of years TEMPERATURES H L 32 17 59 54 64 46 55 45 73 46 This Saturday's game 51 42 against Penn State is, 54 51 barring graduate school, 75 46 52 45 my last home football Indianapolis 56 55 game as a Notre Dame Paul Pearson Jerusalem 75 50 London 48 41 student. Associate News Editor . Los Angeles 75 52 It has been a weird Madrid 72 46 senior year so far, with ________ Minneapolis 46 29 Moscow 28 16 the bizarre and the Nashville 65 59 mundane hitting each other head on, like FRONTS: New York 56 50 50 43 Jerome Bettis smashing through a Nittany Lion 59 52 defensive line. •• • 64 41 Here, I thought it would be fitting to honor the •COLD • WARM STATIONARY• • 48 47 © 1992 Accu-Weather, Inc. 50 44 most outstanding moments of the season (on Pressure 64 50 and especially off the field) with my version o ~ 58 47 an awards show. The drumroll, please. H L G1J CJ ~ ~ ~ u • The Aaron Taylor Award as the year's most T-STORMS FLURRIES immovable object goes to that TV time-out referee who decided to stand on the field for up ------ to three minutes during the rain-soaked Purdue game. We thank you for all those sniffles and coughs, fella. TODAY AT A GLANCE • The Devon McDonald Award for the most sacks in one play goes to the office of Student Affairs for sacking five members of the Irish WORLD the organizational skills of the battalion's officers and Guard without the dull drudgery of a fair trial. NCOs, according to Selling. Is it a wise idea to upset that many men who are Flurry of bombs hits Bogota that tall at once? • The Jimmy Johnson Award, given to the •BOGOTA, Coi.-Nine bombs exploded Wednesday Charity to operate stand person we will miss the least, goes to the Texas alongside police stations in Medellin and Cali, wounding billionaire H.