XheXJhservec VOL. XXIII NO. 9 THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 6, 1990 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Students attacked Mugging hits bar-hoppers By MONICA YANT Associate News Editor Danger Walking the stretch between in the Bridget’s and Club 23 was al­ ways a normal activity for Night “Susan” and her friends. Getting robbed at gunpoint wasn’t. from the first victim, Susan “Everyone walks the route,” said. she said, “ they th in k it ’s safe He then approached Susan. because you can see the other “He ripped off my necklace and bar at the end.” grabbed my w allet,” she said. It wasn’t safe August 26, According to Susan, the at­ when Susan, an ND student, tacker ordered the third girl, and three of her friends were saying, “Gimme everything you attacked on Francis and South got.” The fourth victim had her Bend Avenues at 2:30 a.m. by a wallet ready when he ap­ man she described as black proached her, Susan said. with a large build, and who The attacker fled on foot with “flashed something silver that about $25 in cash, miscella­ looked like a gun.” neous identification cards, Susan and five of her friends keys, and a bank card, accord­ were walking between the two ing to Ft. Norval Williams of bars when the man appeared the South Bend Police Depart­ from behind some trees. Since ment. two of the girls had raced Although Susan wasn’t posi­ ahead of the group, only four tive that the man had a gun, were left to face the attacker, she said that even the threat of she said. a weapon should have made her “I saw him from the corner of more cautious. She added,“if AP Photo my eye,” she said. “He grabbed there had been other guys with Ready to go him, we would have been in a my friend, pointed what looked Egyptian troops wearing gas masks step into formation in the Saudi desert Tuesday. The Egyptians whole lot of trouble.” like a gun at her, and said, have sent about 2000 troops to Saudi Arabia to serve as part of the multination peace keeping force ‘What do you think of this?” ’ which is defending the Saudis against a possible attack by Iraq. The attacker took the wallet see ATTACK / page 3 Bush acknowledges ‘real’ help from Soviets in the Gulf WASHINGTON (AP) — The Meanwhile, the White House “ Speaker Foley extended an ministration opposed direct to measure, but one which we Bush administration said announced that President Bush invitation to the president on economic aid as recently as last know is real and has been very Wednesday, four days before would address a joint session behalf of both chambers,” the July at the economic summit of helpful” the U.S.-Soviet summit, that it of Congress next Tuesday night statement said. seven industrial nations in would take a fresh look at di­ after returning from his week­ White House aides said that Houston. Furthermore, Fitzwater said, rect economic aid for the Soviet end summit with Soviet Presi­ the speech would deal primarily But, Fitzwater said of the So­ the United States is “ willing to Union in light of Moscow’s dent Mikhail Gorbachev. Bush’s with the Persian Gulf crisis but viets, “ They have sent ships to talk” with the Soviet Union “ real and very helpful support” topics, aides said, would include that Bush would also give law ­ the gulf. They have been sup­ about a longstanding Soviet in the Persian Gulf. the summit and the gulf crisis. makers a rundown on his ses­ portive. President Gorbachev proposal — revived on Tuesday The administration has pre­ According to a White House sion in Helsinki with Gorbachev. has made some strong public by Foreign Minister Eduard viously rejected the idea, but statement, Bush had brought In pre-summit comments, statements” of support for the Shevardnadze — for a Middle presidential spokesman Marlin up the idea of the joint session White House officials seemed to U.N.-backed trade embargo East peace conference. Fitzwater said, “ The Soviet co­ appearance earlier in the day in be going out of their way to against Iraq. operation in the gulf has im­ conversations with House praise the Soviets. He said Gorbachev’s words The conference, which the pressed us to the point where Speaker Thomas Foley, D- Fitzwater said he was certain “have a political impact in the United States long has opposed, we are even more interested in Wash., and Senate Majority the issue of Western economic world of countries that have would seek to resolve all being supportive economically Leader George Mitchell, D- aid to Moscow would come up formally been aligned with the conflicts in the region, including if we can be.” Maine. at Sunday’s summit. The ad­ Soviet Union that is very hard the Arab-Israeli dispute. ND to be linked up with local Cityline information network By SIOBHAN dents can dial directly into the Activities) only have one.” MCCARTHY category of his choice by a 4- This idea was initially News Writer digit touchtone system. These brought to Cassidy by Glenn, who suggested the program in Cityline, a local 24-hour tele­ topics each contain up to three an effort to expand on a pilot phone service, recently an­ minutes of data on the subject program used last year at Saint nounced the addition of new of his choice. Mary’s College. Glenn offered Notre Dame recordings which Joe Cassidy, director of Stu­ to expand on the Saint Mary’s provide information about up­ dent Activities, said, “It will coming campus events. make it easier for students to service, which handled approx­ Sponsored by the South Bend access inform ation about social imately five to seven hundred Tribune and WSBT radio sta­ events.” calls a month, and Cassidy tions, this service provides stu­ agreed to lend his support, be­ dents and community members In the past, students needing cause it “looked like a great with information on more than specific information were service.” 9,000 different topics. forced to listen to answering On August 28, Glenn These subjects include special machines and wait for “five or “upgraded our system and events such as movie listings, ten minutes before they found added new topics, such as concerts, and football game out the information they’d ini­ what’s hot and what’s not, times. Students can also gain tially called for,” he said. horoscopes, joke of the day, access to doctor or dentist Cityline Manager Anita Glenn and trivia lines. We revoiced in listings, local and national anticipates “probably three to advance on tape and the transi­ weather forecasts, and stock four thousand calls a month,” tions went very smoothly." quotes, which are updated ap­ in the future. She believes it will proximately every half an hour. be beneficial to Notre Dame Glenn welcomes all sugges­ AP Photo Interested students simply Discovery rolls out students because it will save tions for the improvement of have to dial the number 674- time and “eliminate a lot of un­ this new system. She can be 0900 to get into the system. The Space Shuttle Discovery is rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly necessary calls to LaFortune reached in her Chicago Tribune Building en route to Launch Pad 39-B Tuesday evening for an Then a computer operator will Student Center. We have 20 Office at 233-6161, extension October launch carrying the Ulysses satellite. provide a menu, and the stu­ lines open, while they (Student 228. page 2 The Observer Thursday, September 6. 1990 I n s id e C o l u m n W e a t h e r TheYear of Forecast for noon, Thursday, Sept. 6. Lines show high temperatures. Women needs broader focus Once again this Uni­ versity has decided to broaden the perspec­ tives of its students Yesterday’s high: by dedicating the 89 whole year to a par­ Yesterday’s low: ticular issue and this 72 year it’s women. As a Nation’s high: 1 06 woman, and especially Lisa Eaton (East St. Louis, III) as a gender studies Nation’s low: 3 1 concentrator, I ought Production Manager (Truckee, Calif.) to be thrilled that the --------------------------------- F o re c a s t: It will be u niversity is open minded enough to spend partly sunny and humid an entire year dealing with issues that are FRONTS: on Thursday with a particularly close to my heart, but I’m not. chance of afternoon I think that The Year of Women is an all thunderstorms. time low in the history of “The Year of... £ £ L £ WARM STATIONARY______________________________________@1990 Accu-Wea,her Inc. The university hopes to raise the con­ Pressure sciousness of the students by focusing this ® (D 3 0 year on women’s issues. This is an excellent F v l R HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY idea, especially in view of the current state of male-female relations on this campus, Via Associated Press GraphicsNet but “The Year of...” context is not the proper place to do this. The objection I have to the whole idea is that this year is just a superficial and tem­ O f I n t e r e s t porary remedy to problems that run very deep. Once this year is over, I predict that Learn about the forests that are adjacent to A meeting will be held for old and new women's issues w ill follow the path of cul­ campus- the unknown wilderness of Notre Dame.