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F¢:1 Nesday with a 20 Percent Chance of Showers, Changing to Snow Late in the Afternoon ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ Business as usual Mostly cloudy and cooler Wed­ ~~A=C=C=E=N=T==: ==Th==·e====st==u==de==n==t==v==e==rd==ic==t==o==n==S==Y==R==~==· ====~~~ : f¢:1 nesday with a 20 percent chance of showers, changing to snow late in the afternoon. IVIEWPOINT: It's time to go coed . ~ High in the lower 40s. VOL. XXII, NO. 65 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1988 the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Library hours may be extended in '89 By CHRIS MURPHY through Thursday nights, Staff Reporter Feles said. A second proposal would There are no immediate switch the opening hours on plans to extend library hours weekends, Krebs said. Cur­ though possible changes are rently, the library opens Satur­ "certainly worth looking at," day at 9 a.m. and Sunday at 12 according to Robert Miller, p.m. director of University Libra­ "It makes more sense to ries. have the library open early on Student government and Sunday since more students Graduate Student Union repre­ would like to study on Sunday," sentatives have met with li­ Krebs said. brary personnel to discuss A possible change in hours proposals for change, accor­ could occur after a new com­ ding to Victor Krebs, president puter system is installed in the of the Graduate Student Union library over the Christmas and Arty Feles, judicial council break, Miller added. Support signed The Observer I Sheila Lombard coordinator. "That could have an impact if there's a demand for longer Father Malloy shows his support as he signs the Father Malloy, Kerri Gustafson and Father Andre The first proposal would ex­ hours," Miller said. Amnesty International Christmas card. From left to Leveille. tend closing hours from 11 : 45 right: Dee Ann Bollmeier, John Farley, Kevin Mundy, p.m. to 1 a.m. on Sunday see LIBRARY, page 7 NASA limits public viewing audience of shuttle landing Associated Press cracked overhead as Atlantis happening, that Gibson had ment of the satellite. from the observation site on descended through partly fired braking rockets to slow It was only the seventh after­ this military base 80 miles EDWARDS AIR FORCE sunny skies and made its the spaceship's 17,400-mph noon shuttle landing, the time north of Los Angeles. Only a BASE, Ca.- Navy Comander swooping approach to Rogers speed by 2,283 mph and drop it apparently dictated by the or­ few hundred journalists, NASA Robert Gibson guided the 97- Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert. out of orbit onto an hour-long bit Atlantis followed in its clas­ employees and invited guests ton shuttle to a touchdown at One tire on the shuttle's left fiery descent through the atmo­ sified mission that reportedly were witnesses. 3:35p.m. PST on a hard-packed landing gear had a slow leak, sphere. deployed a radar satellite to The flight was the 27th clay runway after a flight of 4 but NASA said it was not a con­ NASA and the Air Force per­ spy on the Soviet Union. NASA shuttle mission and the second days, 9 hours, 5 minutes. cern, and it did not seem to af­ mitted live television coverage prefers morning landings at since the 1986 Challenger explo­ "They have been given the fect the smoothness of the of the landing, as it did for Edwards because winds tend to sion that killed seven welcome back call," said Billie touchdown. Friday's launch from Cape gather force later in the day. astronauts and halted launch­ Deason at Mission Control in Mission Control in Houston Canaveral, Fla. Everything in Because of the military ings for 32 months. It was the Houston. had lifted its curtain of secrecy between was blacked out, in­ secrecy, Tuesday's landing Two loud sonic booms on the flight to report, as it was cluding the reported deploy- was closed to public viewing see SHUTTLE, page 7 ND alumnus struck by car on Friday By REGIS COCCIA within a few hours of the acci­ Senior Staff Reporter dent. He remained in a coma Tues­ A Notre Dame alumnus who day night in Chicago's Illinois was hit by a car early Friday Masonic Medical Center, morning after getting out of a hospital officials said. cab in Chicago is in a coma in McManus, 23, underwent sur­ a Chicago hospital, according gery for several hours for in­ to Director of Campus Ministry juries to the head and has been Father Andre Leveille. in a deep coma since. The severity of the injuries is not Patrick McManus, who known, McManus' mother graduated from the University said. in 1988, was struck about 1:48 "The whole Notre Dame a.m. after exiting a cab on the family has been absolutely in- street side in downtown Chicago. He lapsed into a coma Pat McManus see PATRICK, page 7 Gorbachev meets Reagan, Bush Associated Press ture" from the Soviet leader to to," he said, speaking through reduce troop strength in Eas­ an interpreter. NEW YORK- Soviet leader tern Europe. It was Gorbachev's second Mikhail Gorbachev arrived in Gorbachev will blend visit to the United States in a New York on Tuesday and said diplomacy with sightseeing on year, and the fifth time he has he hoped his luncheon discus­ a three-day visit to the United arranged to sit down with sions with President Reagan Nations and New York. He said Reagan. The two leaders and President-elect George he hoped his meeting with signed a historic arms reduc­ Bush would lead to an "expan­ Reagan and Bush on Wednes­ tion treaty during the Washing­ sion of cooperation" between day would "serve the best in­ ton summit last year. the superpowers. terests of the United States and For his part, Bush was Gorbachev made his arrival the Soviet Union, indeed of all playing down his role in Wed­ statement in a sun-splashed the world." nesday's luncheon session. He 'Tis the season The Observer I Shelia Lombard ceremony at Kennedy Interna­ "We have not arranged any told a news conference in tional Airport as U.S. officials formal agenda, so either side Washington he would attend in The Mexican Posada procession ending on the steps of Sorin Hall on said they were preparing for will be free openly and frankly Tuesday. The procession started in front of Lafortune Student Center the possibility of a "grand ges- to raise any issues it wishes see MIKHAIL, page 7 and ended at Sorin. page2 The Observer Wednesday, December 7, 1988 INSIDE COLUMN Stevie Wonder says he is being called by God to seek Kids are being unjustly Detroit's highest office. Wonder, who apparently isn't planning to seek the office held by Coleman Young in the 1989 election, said Monday he is serious about running for mayor in the 1990s. Wonder, 38, who was raised in Detroit, deprived of Heat Miser said being mayor would allow him to give something back to the city. "I would feel I could make this a better place Speaking for myself, my friends, and, I for young people to grow up," he said, adding that if he believe, the vast majority of college students Matt is elected, there will be music in the chambers all the across the land, our lives in the month of December revolve around Christmas specials. Gallagher time.~ Associated Press This is unfortunate, in the fact that December also is the month of exams. These tend to dis­ Assistant News Editor rupt one's viewing schedule. This obviously OF INTEREST creates a problem of priorities. It is really not fair or prudent of our Admin­ A vigil for Pat McManus will be held in Alumni istration to schedule exams during Christmas­ Hall's chapel from 10:30 p.m. today until5 p.m. Thursday. special time. As altering the date of Christmas McManus, captain of the 1987-88 Irish swim team and a would be a bit difficult (especially in light of 1988 graduate, was critically injured Friday evening in the Catholic nature of Notre Dame), it might Chicago. The vigil will begin with mass and will continue be prudent of the Administration to consider through the night. -The Observer rescheduling final exams. I would like to sug­ gest the formation of an ad-hoc task force to SUB Christmas Party for all Student Union Board study the effects of this scheduling conflict. commissioners, committee members, and helpers will be This year, the season began on November 28, held Thursday, Dec. 8 from 2-5 p.m. All interested in SUB with the Christmas special of Christmas spe­ are also welcome. -The Observer cials, "How the Grincb Stole Christmas." This Doctor Seuss classic has reached cult status on Annual Christmas pottery salefeaturingthepottery campuses across this great land. Each year, of Chris Ramsey, Tracy Dippo, Rick Hintze, and Bill academic life slams to a halt for one half -hour Kremer will be held Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 7-9 as students celebrate the great mystery of how from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in O'Shaughnessy's Great Hall. For that mean 'ole Grinch tried to steal Christmas, more information call 239-5254. -The Observer knowing full well that he would meet the ir­ resistable force of Cindy Lou Who, "who was The University Counseling Center is sponsoring no more than two." Indeed, one can almost cut a workshop on test anxiety at 7 p.m. today in room 300 of the feeling of joy with a knife as the tremendous the University Counseling Center. -The Observer events laid out in the program caused the Some mean old Scrooge at ABC, CBS or NBC Grinch's heart to "grow three sizes that day." has decided that two important elements of our Are you experienced? Can you "rock the house?" There are very few of us who could not relate lives are simply not important enough to be If so, battle it out with the other DJ's on campus.
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