Muncie, Indiana. 87 ILY Volume 66, Number 84; amages Studebaker east complex No other rooms caught fire. Freshmen Danny Hoyt and Nich- BY HEATHER SEXTON Staff Reporter The other three floors of Menk olas Huffine were the residents of Hall and the four floors of Hurlbut the fire-damaged room. Huffine was A fire in Studebaker East Resi- Hall, which occupies the top four at home in Indianapolis, but Hoyt dence Hall Complex burned one stories of the complex, received was on campus and eating dinner in room in Menk Hall and damaged the smoke damage. The eighth floor in Palmer Hall when he found out entire eight-floor complex early Hurlbut Hall suffered damage be- about the fire. Saturday evening. cause of trapped smoke. "Insurance will cover everything The fire began on a third-floor res- A second-floor residential room but my camera equipment." he said. idential room in Menk Hall, and had some water damage, and win- "I had a lot of valuable things lost, flames were shooting out the win- dows in a fourth-floor residential including a camera, pictures, stereo, dow when the Muncie Fire Depart- room were broken out. clothes and other very important ment arrived shortly after 6:15 p.m. Freshman Ryan Powell, a third- items." Firefighters worked inside and out- floor resident of Menk Hall, saw Smoke damage to rooms on other side the building, and the blaze was flames coming out of an open door floors was confined mostly to completely extinguished after about and said he went to shut the door, clothes, according to residents. 10 minutes. but it was also covered by flames, Freshman Chris Harvey said, "I The complex was evacuated, and which were too extensive by the spent 21/2 hours at the laundromat no injuries were reported. time he got a fire extinguisher. on Sunday cleaning my clothes. Robert Reed, director of the Ball Menk Hall Director Kelly Fish- They smell fine now." State Office of Traffic, Safety and baugh said, "The people who first •.‘ Most residents of the complex Security, said an electrical malfunc- saw the fire, and the hall staff, fol- were allowed to return to their tion may have started the fire, but it lowed all the right procedures." rooms Saturday night, but those liv- is still under investigation. Others in the hall were caught by ing on the third floor had to find Mike King, chief of the Muncie surprise. other accommodations. The third- Extensive heat and smoke damage to the third-floor 8 outside the Fire Department, said the room Sophomore Connie Ross, a floor residents were given the option walls of Menk Hall In Studebaker East Complex was the window of Menk where the fire started was almost fourth-floor resident, said, "I was in to move back into their rooms Sun- result of a fire Saturday night In a residential room. An e a fire gutted destroyed. The third floor of Menk the shower when the alarm went day evening or to move to Palmer or electrical malfunction has been cited as a possible aturday night. Hall had extensive heat, smoke and off. By the time I got dressed and Whitcraft halls until repairs are cause for the blaze, but an Investigation is being con- BY ROCKY ROTHROCK/ water damage, and the hall and down the stairs, there was a lot of made or until the end of the aca- ducted. Chief Photographer doors were covered with black soot. smoke coming from the third floor." demic year. BY ROCKY ROTHROCK/Chlef Photographer ate report discredits arms sale mediator ON (AP) — The Iranian middleman in when the arms deals began in 1985, the report said, ,S, arms to Tehran has been accused of North was fired from the NSC last November and with drug dealers, working with the shah's identified as the central player in the deal that sent U.S. and giving Washington dubious intelli- arms to and some of the proceeds to help Nicara- rIsts, according to knowledgeable sources guan rebels. ommittee report. The Senate report, and some of the lawmakers who 1984, the year before the arms deals compiled it, have implied that the failure of the Iran circulated a memorandum describing initiative policy came in large part because the White ssman Manucher Ghorbanifar as a House placed too much reliance on inexperienced pol- ator" and "suspect character," a report icy-makers and too little on foreign policy veterans. ek by the Senate Select Committee on d Statements by Robert McFarlane, who stepped down emigre source said the CIA decided as White House national security adviser in December s unreliable, in part because he was a 1985, suggest a wider failure of communication within its in 1981 that had dispatched hit the administration. McFarlane, in an interview pub- to attack President Reagan lished Saturday in , said he was 'als, The information was later discred- not informed of CIA reservations about Ghorbanifar be- igence sources said that Ghorbanifar re- fore the shipments began. CIA lie detector tests. In another breach of procedure, North arranged to n exiles, who cooperated closely with give Ghorbanifar U.S. "intelligence samples" in January ret police of Shah Mohammed Reza 1986, despite warnings from John McMahon, the dep- he waroverthrown in 1979, said that uty CIA chief, that such information could give Iran a rked in London with SAVAK under his battlefield advantage over Iraq, the committee report the pseudonym "Souzani." The exiles, said. r positions in the shah's government, ion of anonymity. Concern over Ghorbanifar's motives finally led the White House to drop him in 1986, after evidence sug- olution, Ghobanifar had ties with the gested that he was pocketing excessive profits from the s intelligence service, and developed arms sales, the Senate report said. ks with the revolutionary regime of Aya- Khomeini, the sources said. Ghorbanifar's past is as murky as the world he lived that in 1981, Ghorbanifar supplied the in, dealing in arms and intelligence, and associating me with information that helped thwart a with drug smugglers, according to the available infor- by Air Force officers who were followers mation. khtiar, one of the shah's last prime min- In an interview with ABC-TV last Dec. 11, Saudi to exile after the revolution. arms dealer identified Ghorbanifar as ent foiled the coup and executed about chief of European intelligence for Iranian Prime Min- ister Mir Hussein Mousavi. On the same program, Ghor- "Reign of the Ayatollahs," historian banifar described himself as a private businessman with ays that the coup plotters had lax secu- "no connection with the government." apparently leaked to the e word of it White House officials at first agreed to deal with several sources. Ghorbanifar because they received assurances from e sources said they were aware of the David Kimche, then director general of the Israeli For- tanian emigres and had sifted through eign Ministry, and Israeli arms dealers Al Schwimmer ring that Ghorbanifar's credentials were and Yaacov Nimrodi, the Senate report said. EMOTION IN MOTION: Sophomores Kevin Scott and Kristine Hubbel, left, and sophomore Kimberly Twohig dance to the song "Thru These Walls" Friday night Ledeen said he was aware of CIA distrust of Ghorba- during their performance in "Dance! Dance! Dance!." About 1,000 people at- misgivings, National Security Council nifar and that "1 had profound reservations about him at tended the show featuring the Banevolks, the Ball State Ballet and the Contempo- Col. and NSC consultant first. But he proved out" by opening a channel to Ira- rary Dance Theatre in Emens Auditorium. n expressed confidence in Ghorbanifar nian leaders. "He behaved reliably." BY STEVE HEALEY/Chief Photographer Students, staff say parking surveys useful

A minor fire in Schmidt Hall early Saturday FIRE: naires." a.m., it is impossible for them to for vehicle registration stickers. mage and was extinguished quickly. BY DEBBIE SCHERF Comments from students, faculty find a place to park." At least one person is not pleased the door of a third-floor residence hall room was ignited Chief Reporter and staff interviewed Sunday were Senior Keith Barker said students with the questionnaire. An off-cam- upants were asleep, according to University Police Re- Reaction to university question- similar: More spaces are needed and should have more parking available pus senior, who asked to remain ician Robert Sellers. Schmidt Hall Director Allen Five- naires about campus parking prob- they should be closer to classes and and closer to campus. anonymous, said she wouldn't be e piece of paper was burned, and there was no damage lems was varied Sunday, but most working facilities. Other problems named included filling out her survey. he fire alarm was pulled as a precaution, he said. indicated the survey questions are "There should definitely be more parking designation and sticker fees. "I have had nothing but trouble fair and should gather information parking areas in a closer proximity "Designation between what is stu- with the university. I don't plan to DRIVER DIES: A truck driver who suffered a needed to fix parking problems. provided for people who work at the dent and faculty/staff is not clear," send it (the questionnaire) back." Friday morning and ran his rig off of McGalliard Road As part of a $24,000 study to re- university," curricular adviser Angie junior Kevin Judd said. "I also think Collection boxes for completed Avenue died about an hour later. duce parking problems on campus, Cooksey said. "Parking spaces or the meters are unfair because we questionnaires will be available next r of Worthville, Ky., delivered part of his load of cars to the university began sending out lots should be designated to individ- have already paid for a sticker; that week at the Office of Traffic, Safety just before the heart attack, according to University questionnaires last week to all stu- uals so that people can park in the should be sufficient for parking." and Security; the Student Center ho- Technician Robert Sellers. dents, faculty and staff. Questions same spot everyday." Senior Kriss Abney suggested the tel desk; the Administration Build- occurred near Scheidler Apartments. included items such as which days Dona Bright, a cook at Noyer university take the money it collects ing information desk; the south and people drove to campus, at which Complex, said the parking situation from tickets and build more parking east entrances on the first floor of times, where they parked and how isn't fair for people working on the spaces. Cooper Science Complex; the many people were usually in the afternoon shift as compared to the "I think the parking garages are a Teachers College information win- car. morning shift. great idea," he said. "Fifty cents a dow and elevator entrances; and "The questions were pretty accu- "I work the morning shift and clay isn't asking too much to park." Bracken Library's north and south NE SU ERDAY: Partly sunny today. High in rate," junior Tina Stephens said. "I don't have too much of a problem However, Abney said there entrances. Os. Most clear tonight. Low near 30. am very pleased that they (adminis- finding a parking space, but when should be more places available for Questionnaires are to be filled out trators) are sending out the question- the afternoon shift comes in at 10 parking because students are paying this week.