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------------------ , , , Sweet Baby James -page 7 Vol. XV, No. 95 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary's Thursday, February 19, 1981 Cicely Tyson speaks Students to capacity cro-wd .( plead By MARY FRAN CAllAHAN She contended, however, Senior Copy Editor that a dream is not elusive if one ''wants it bad enough and A two-hour delay did not works for it." not guilty deter a capaciry crowd last "Deep down inside, if you night from hearing Emmy really want it and you work By MARY AGNES CAREY Award winning actress Cicdy toward it, you'll get it. But you Staff reporte1· Tyson speak in the Library really haye to want it.'' ' Auditorium. The actress spoke at length Eight Saint Mary's students Ms. Tyson, who appeared at about the present state of the pleaded not guilry yesterday in 9:30p.m., apologetically greet film industry. She said it is at St. ] oseph County Trafic Mis ed a patient crowd, who re "a very low ebb" and "going to meanor Court to charges of cieved her with a standing get worse" due to more strikes, underage drinking. Disposition ovation. The actress could not threatened by writers and di of the case is scheduled for fly to South Bend because of fog rectors. She said finding work March 18. which closed the Michiana Re as a black woman in film right Attorneys Michael Cotter and gional Airport, and consequent now is very difficult and added John]. Muldoon, representing ly, she had to drive. she was lucky to have worked the defendants, and James Holdin~ a q_uestion and an the past year. Korpal, of the counry prose swer session w1th her audience, Ms. Tyson portrayed Marva cutor's office, met with Judge Ms. Tyson fielded and dodged Collins, who has been dubbed William C. Whitman. questions involving her race, Chicago's Miracle Teacher, in a ~otter mt;t with Ciry Attorney sex, personal life and acting television special airing next R1chard Hdl yesterday to dis career. November. Ms. Collins, inci cuss the case, but would not Audience members ques dentally, will also speak in the comment on the possibiliry of tioned the actress about her Black Cultural Arts Festival- further litigation against the acting career and the impact appearing next Wednesday at 8 ciry surrounding the strip her race has had on her life. p.m. in the Memorial Library searching of the students. The actress explained that she Auditorium. "The Ciry's position is that had worked as a secretary and The actress stressed her sel they've made a mistake," one day realized, "God didn ectivity regarding prospective Cotter said, "(but it has made) put me on the face of the earth roles. Actress Cicely Tyson addressed a capacity crowd last night to bang a rypewriter. There "I know there as part of the annual Black Cultural Arts Festival. See STUDENTS, page 3 must be something more.'' is a lot more to my race than Ms. Tyson then began mod pimps, prostitutes and drug eling and received her 'lucky add1cts. I made up my mind break' into show business when then that I would not be a part Address to Congress an actress spotted her and of that. I had certain statements offered her work. The Emmy to make. I chose to make them Award winner said she found throu~h my work,'' she said. overcoming "blackness" a Ciung her roles in Sounder, Reagan jor111ally proposes cuts much more difficult task than The Autobiography of Miss overcoming sexual discrimina jane Pittman, and Roots, Ms. WASHINGTON (AP) - '(_o the applause of a political functions of ~overnment and tion. Tyson said, "If I were to leave President Reagan urged Con ly divided Congress, Reagan stimulate busmess growth. In ''Whites tend to deal with here tomorrow, I would believe gress last night to "act forceful proposed the most drastic set of declaring war on the costs and blacks before they deal with that I have made a contribution ly, and now," to cut $41 billion budget cuts ever recommended purposes of federal regulations, sex. I am dealt with as a black to mankind. " in spending and enact tax by a president, saying they he said, "Government will not first, then I am dealt with as a Ebony magazme recently reductions worth $1,500 to a were necessary to reverse the continue to subsidize individ woman," the actress comment middle-income family of four course of a _government "some uals or particular business in ed. See TYSON, page 8 over the next three years. what out of control.'' terests where real need cannot Reagan said his proposal, if be demonstrated.'' enacted in full, would halve the Reagan met yesterday morn inflation rate, create 3 million ing with Senat and House jobs and balance the budget by leaders to brief them on his first Enveloped in Manila 1984. formal address to Congress. e Reagan's "program for econ promised the bipartisan group omic recovery" would put the that the rich and poor would be Pope brings message to Philippines government upon an untested treated equally under his pro path leading away from spend gram. MANILA Philippines (AP) - through a securiry cordon and thoritarian President Ferdinand mg and regulatory trends that His proposed cuts in the Pope ] ohn Paul II urged Chma dashed toward him. Securiry E. Marcos on Tuesday that date back almost 50 years to fiscal 1982 budget, which takes yesterday to resume ties with agents grabbed him but Calug human rights violations cannot Franklin Roosevelt and the New effect October 1, represent the the Roman Catholic Church, cug said he got a papal em be justified. Deal. greatest reduction any presi bore a message of comfort to brace. The pope's plea to China to ''There is nothing wrong with dent has recommended in fed Manila's poorest slum dwellers "I kissed his hand and told forget the past and re-estab America that we can't fix," he eral spending, although the and watched panicked securiry him I loved him very much," lish friendly relations with the declared. budget of $695. 5 billion would guards subdue a young man the engineering student said. Roman Catholic Church was Reagan needs congressional be the largest in the nation's who rushed up to h1m. The incident, televised nation coupled with assurances that approval for almost all his history. During the second hectic ally, appeared to some as an the Vatican "desires no privi proposals: Republicans, pre The president forcasts an day of his six-day visit to the attack on the pope and many leges'' and has no political or dictably, said they will push for inflation rate of 6.2 percent in Philippines, the pontiff also thought the young man had a economic goals in China or any quick action; Democrats, who 1983. It was 12.4 percent last honored the country's 42 mill knife. He said he was carrying other country. control the House, promised year. ion Roman Catholics by giving only a rosary and police re Peking and the Vatican bro~e close scrutiny, but nothing Reagan's proposals would: them their first candidate for leased him after seven hours of relations after the commumst more. --Reduce individual income sainthood in a moving cere questioning. takeover in 1949 and restric The president was greeted by tax rates by 10 percent a year mony police said was attended The pope stuck to his sched tions on Christian worship in a prolonged standing ovation for three years beginning July by 3 million people. ule after the incident, but China were lifted only tow years from Congress, his Cabinet, his 1. This would save a famify of In a series of appearanced, switched from a limosine to a ago. Catholic churches have wife Nancy and spectators who four, with wages of $20,000, the pope told the country's bus enroute to the notorious reopened in major cities but watched from the House galler 28.7 percent on their tax bill, or professiOnal elite to serve the Tondo slum area. He didn't they are under- control of an ies. His speech was interrupted $1,456, by the end of 1984, a poor and not to worry about stop to talk to any of the slum association sanctioned by Pe 14 times by applause, when he Treasury official said. money and power. He then dwellers as he customarily does king with no ties to the Vatican. mentioned budget cuts and also --Rev1se business deprecia advised students of the Univer and his chief bodyguard, Bish The Vatican is thought to when he promised to boost tion schedules to provide siry of Santo Tomas that the op paul C. Marcinkus, pushed have carried out informal dis defense spending. There was speedier tax writeoffs, at a cost "pent-up energy" of youth photographers from the stand. cussions with the Chinese gov only silence when Reagan to the treasury of $9.7 billion in doesn't frighten the church and Since his arrival here on a ernment, but there have been pledged to save major social fiscal 1982. told them to observe self-disci 12-day Asian tour that will also no firm signs that Peking is pr<,>grams from the budget --Project a budget deficit of pline and "aim high." take him to Guam, ] apan and ready for reconciliation. The kmfe. $45 billion in 1982 and $22.9 As the pope was leaving the Alaska, the pope has spoken Vatican believes there are Reagan's far-reaching fiscal stage, 19-year-old universiry out strongly against human 500,000 to 2 million baptized program is designed to trim the See CUTS, page 4 student Lou Calugcug broke rights violations and told au- Catholics in China.