Election Goes to Monday Run-Off Hby V T.C

Vol. V, N o. THE87 Serving theOBSERVER. Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Community Friday, February 26, 1971 B arkett 41 %, M ooney 27% Election goes to Monday run-off hby v T.C. T f 1 TreanorTroonor ter Jim Riebandt fell beneath Barkett took sixteen of the 23 thirty seven. did as well as we expected to Hall President’s Council that mark, Hendrick with sixty Chairman John Barkett held an halls on campus. Mooney col The closest race was Alumni, do.” and Riebandt with ninety-two. lected six halls and the off- Mooney’s home hall last year, impressive but inconclusive lead Among the five losing candi In a statement to the Observer, over off-campus Senator Don campus vote. Fitzpatrick finish where the O -C Senator led Bar the Mooney camp predicted that dates, Rich Sherman and Jim ed second to Barkett in Lyons, Mooney last night in relatively kett by only two votes, ninety “We’re going to win Monday if Riebandt were the only two and tied Mooney behind Barkett seven to ninety five. low student body presidential the people around here want ready to make endorsements. in Sorin. voting. The Observer was able to reach something more than empty pro The Chicago-born Riebandt en Barkett’s biggest margin was in Barkett led Mooney by almost four of the six defeated candi grams and bureaucracy from dorsed Mooney, claiming that his home hall, Morrisey, where six hundred votes, but he fell dates last night to hear their Student Government.” “of the two candidates, I think he collected one hundred ninety over four hundred votes short of concession statements. Richard “We know we’re on the up Don understands the problems six votes to thirty three for an absolute majority. A runoff is Sherman, who captured seventy- swing,” the statement said, and of this place better.” Mooney. Mooney’s most com scheduled Monday between the five votes in his home hall ofit also contended that “we know Sherman endorsed Barkett, fortable edge was in Holy Cross, two leaders. Dillon and finished fourth overall certain things must be done, but while at the same time stating where he led Barkett sixty to on campus, contended that “we The surprising show of Eileen that he felt “Notre Dame guys which can be done only when Fitzpatrick played a heavy hand are big enough to make a deci the students take the initiative in in last night’s voting. The sion by themselves.” matters that concern them.” SMC-registered sophomore garn “We feel guys should put the In a similar statement, the ered five hundred fifty-one platforms together because we Barkett again invited Mooney votes, nearly thirteen percent of don’t want to mislead anyone, as and Sherry to discuss the issues the totals. Richard Sherman I Would like to in joint campaigns. Six of the eight candidates throw my endorsement to Bar “We extend again our invita collected at least one hundred kett. My running mate, Mike tion to Don and Dan to join votes. Only sophomore Chip Murphy, will remain neutral be with Orlando and myself to dis Hendrick and WSND sportscas- cause he doesn’t want to mislead cuss the issues with the students anyone,” Sherman said. on Sunday night,” Barkett said. Burtchaell gives Jamie Eagan, who is better Jack Candon, Mooney’s cam known as “The Naked Kahuna,” paign manager, said that he new drug policy said that he was going to make would meet with Barkett’s cam an endorsement tomorrow. Ka paign manager, Bob Weaver, to Fr. James Burtchaell, Provost huna, who comes from Chicago, arm age the details of such a meeting. of Notre Dame, yesterday was disappointed by his overall Counting votes at election central. announced the new University showing in the election. “I policy on alleged drug sales’ thought I was going to do better .offenders,__________________in some halls. 1 was appreciative (See Page 5 for text o f Burtch- of my vote in Stanford; I though Saunders blames cowardice aell’s statement)____________ I could take Breen-Phillips by He stated that anyone accused myself” of peddling drugs will be “provi Egan finished second to Bar for recent student apathy sionally suspended, pending kett in both halls, collecting resolution of the criminal char forty-eight votes in Stanford and by Mike Nevens work of imparting ideas begins.” taken only a passing interest in ges.” forty-seven in his native Breen- Citing Jesus Christ and Moses as all the issues of the past decade. He cited a section from the Phillips. “Don’t tell me that our genera the greatest organizers of all His most damning commentar- University Disciplinary Proce tion has done nothing when you time, he explained the two po y was reserved for the student dure Code as the basis for the have done nothing, and you have tential methods of organizing. anti-war movement. Claiming policy. Section 1II-D gives the our Astory to look at.” With Christ was his example or a man that the movement was started Dean of Students, Fr. James this challenge, Warner Saunders who organized around a person by “an elitist white class”, he Riehle, the right to suspend or began a look at the state of ality and Moses as a man who said that the reason that the expel students when he feels organization at Notre Dame. organized around a cause or is movement had collapsed was a there to be serious harm to Turning his self-proclaimed sue. reversal of fear. That is, the persons or property, or serious “State of the Ghetto” address But the mechanics of organiza earliest fear of dying in a war in obstruction of University Life. into a discussion with the audi tion, according to Saunders, are Asia was replaced by the fear of Burtchaell said that since there ence of about thirty, Saunders made more difficult by the dying on campus if students is no greater “danger of serious began to criticize and then to “moral bankruptcy of society.” chose to oppose the war. harm to persons” than the “pre suggest direction for organiza He charged that this is the reas Further he charged that the datory sale of drugs,” the Dean tion. on that blacks want to separate underlying reason that such a of Students does have the right k “Smashing apathy begins with from white society, as well as collapse is possible is the basic to provisionally suspend. John Barkett organization — then the hard the reason that our society has moral laziness of students today. He termed apathy a “comfort Student Affairs Committee meets able term for cowardly.” He parallelled this with the highly successful Civil Rights move ments beginning with Rosa Parks Trustees react favorably and extending through King. “You saw that your fathers He added that the “splinter would shoot you down at Kent by Greg Rowinski derlined the obligation to “ap College. This 2—year institution group proposal” presented by State, now you are frightened proach the basic need” for co was dedicated in January. The Student Affairs Committee Carol Henninger and Barney education. The college’s purposes, besides We knew your fathers would kill of the Board of Trustees heard Gallagher “added depth to the Krashna contributed the thut of providing the academic us but we didn’t quit.” two co—education proposals discussion.” In short, this thought that the Park—Mayhew qualifications for further He stressed that organization yesterday, a request for counterproposal to a complete Report was a “good I point of university work, are to prepare was the only, although difficult, recognition of a junior college merger suggested that the departure,” providing the the students for the “cultural program on an Indian Reser Liberal Arts Colleges be kept alternative to continually losing necessary “framework” for shock” of off—reservation vation, the findings of a Student separate. to the system. Using the ghetto creating a feasible formula for education and to provide vital Government investigation of St. Mary’s Arts and Science as an example of this, he spoke co—education. information on the little- recent faculty firings, and a grad College would be run under a of his own experiences in the A request for official understood special problems student proposal at an all—day “humanistic approach,” while Lawndale area. There, the day to recognition of a pilot Junior posed in educating Indians. meeting. Notre Dame’s would become day urgency of life, he said, College on a Sioux reservation in This latter effect, explained more highly specialized. This magnifies all the problems to the South Dakota was made by Bill Kurtz who chaired last year’s Committee reaction to both proposal, Krashna suggested, not simple one of “Getting them Professor Sullivan of the English Conference, would be enhanced co—ed programs was only expressed concern with Department and other interested by the h o p ed -fo r extension of the that’s got to give to them that “favorable,” according to SBP social aspects, but also em faculty and students. program with a co—exchange of aint.” But the logistics are im Dave Krashna. He expressed phasized the “academic This program was the result of faculty and students between possible without community or satisfaction with thz positive creativity” that co—education the Indian Conference held last Spotted Tail and Notre Dame. ganization, he said. When asked reaction of what he called a would make available. year. There, a rough outline of a Other institutions involved inwhat we could do to help in the “sounding board” for the Board The committee liked the plan to prepare Indians for the experiment are the ghetto, he replied “What have of Trustees.

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