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Ax murders - page 3 Enthusiastic students check out lower prices at new store s opening By MARK S. PANKOWSKI tive to the bookstore,” said New s S ta ff Cavanaugh senior Joe Pangilinan. “ I see these notebooks here The N otre Dame Student Saver cheaper than they were in the the Store opened its doors yesterday to bookstore,” said John Gardiner, a an enthusiastic crow d o f students on Stanford sophomore. “It’s good to the second floor of LaFortune Stu­ see that the Student G overnm ent is dent Center. offering a viable service for the stu­ Comments about the new store dents.” ranged from “ it’s a good idea ” to “ it ’s Most of the negative comments the greatest supersaver ever as­ made were complaints about the sembled by a human being.” lack of college-ruled notebooks and The student store manager, Rick health and beauty items. Schimpf Schimpf, was very happy with the hopes to remedy those problems in response of the student body. the com ing days. “ We had 15 to 20 people standing "I’m working with our distributor outside before we even opened, ” to make sure the health and beauty said Schimpf. “We made $450 the aids w ill be in tomorrow (Jan. 18) - first hour,” he said, adding, Monday at the latest. ” “ Business is fantastic.” Regarding the college ruled Most people who came into the notebooks, Schimpf said, “In the Student Saver were there for one report given by the committee, they reason: to save money. see "This is definitely a better alterna­ STORE, page 6 Ethiopia blocked aid, U.S. officials charge Associated Press McPherson said the recent sei­ WASHINGTON - The govern­ zure by the Ethiopian government of ment o f Ethiopia has blocked the 6,000 tons of food in an Australian i nc uoscrvcr A'ic Guarino delivery of tons of emergency Amer­ cargo ship was intended to prevent ican food aid to areas o f civil war in delivery of the aid to two northern Remembering King that country, an action that threat­ provinces in Ethiopia where Sophomore Dana Philips leads we gospel Tillman and also included a biography of King ens to spread starvation, U.S. officials separatists have been battling gov­ choir at last nights Martin Luther King Jr. com- read by Tillman and personal reflections on King said yesterday. ernment troops. memorative program in Sacred Heart Church. The by Dr. Joseph Scott, "It is just unconscionable,” said “The starving people simply can­ program was led by Master o f Ceremonies Dennis Peter McPherson, administrator of not be pawns,” McPherson said. the Agency for International Devel­ “The conflict has made it (the opment, describing restrictions on famine) worse, and made it particu­ Permission granted for weddings the movement of food shipments to larly difficult to move food around.” provinces in northern Ethiopia. W hile the U nited States has been McPherson and Chester Crocker, channeling some assistance through assistant secretary of state for Sudan to the disputed areas, at Church of Our Lady of Loretto African affairs, testified before the McPherson said trucks carrying food ANN KALTENBACH ested in being married on campus, have one wedding per weekend a ; Senate Foreign Relations C om m ittee across Ethiopia are stopped by gov­ Staff Reporter and we needed to respond," said the church.” on Reagan adm inistration requests ernment troops. Mary Pat Feeley, dire cto r o f Campus The church is available at 1 p.m. for an additional $235 million for To some extent, he said, the Et­ Reinforcing its commitment to Ministry. and weddings should begin at 2 p.m. famine stricken African countries. hiopian rebels are also to blame for the formation of a family of Christian With the recent approval, only Mayefske said the first wedding Sen. Richard Lugar, R Ind., the using food as a weapon to advance believers, Saint M ary’s has recently students and alumnae of Saint Mary’s took place Thanksgiving weekend new committee chairman, said that the ir cause. been granted permission to perform are permitted to be married at the w ith relatively few problems and 11 as a result of the Ethiopian policies, Crocker said although there is a wedding ceremonies at the Church Church of Loretto. weddings are now on the schedule “There are millions being starved of Our Lady of Loretto. Saint Mary’s has been w o rking for for this year. out." see FOOD, page 6 “So many alumnae were inter­ approval of weddings in the church Noting the plans involved for mar­ for the past year, according to Saint riage in the church, Mayefske said, Mary’s Chaplain Father Tom “It is a tremendous amount of work Mayefske. “The question was raised because so much is done by phone with Bishop McManus (bishop of and correspondence. If couples Hehir will address SMC graduates the Fort Wayne- South Bend, Ind., could come in and discuss their diocese) in August of 1983,” said By ANNE MONASTYRSKI ican Catholic Bishops. In addi­ sembly in 1973 and as Advisor for plans, it would be much easier. The Mayefske. “At first, he was opposed Saint Mary's Editor tion, he is Senior Reserach U.S. Bishops at the IV Interna­ problem is that the couples are scat­ to it, but gradually, by Oct. 1, 1984, Scholar, Kenney Institute of Et­ tional Synod of Bishops in Rome tered all over the country. Unlike a he finally granted permission." United States Catholic Confer­ hics, and Research Professor of in 1974 among the several other usual wedding, the mother can’t do Holy Cross Junior College and ence member Father Bryan Hehir Ethics and International Politics, com m ittee positions. everything, thereby requiring much Saint Francis College were also will be the keynote speaker and School of Foreign Service, both of The Lowell, Mass., native was more work for the bride.” among those Catholic schools re­ honorary degree recipient for Georgetown University in Wash­ born Aug. 22, 1940. He earned “The biggest problem,” added ceiving permission from the bishop Mayefske, “is choosing a priest to Saint Mary’s 138th commence­ ington, DC. his Bachelor of Arts degree in to perform weddings on their perform the ceremony. Often, the ment exercises on May 18, The Hehir’s affiliations include Philosophy and his Master of campuses. girl loses touch with her parish Observer has learned. memberships on the Board of Divinity (Theology) from Saint priest o r he is transferred during her Hehir, who was the principal Directors for Bread for the John’s Seminary, Boston, Mass. Previously the Church of Loretto college years and they really don’t adviser in the American Catholic World, on the Advisory group for He earned his Th.D. in Applied was prohibited from holding wed­ know any priests to ask.” Bishops’ recent letter on nuclear the United Nations Association Theology from Harvard Divinity dings because it is not a parish In order to make wedding ar­ war, is not a stranger to Saint Multilateral Project, Interna­ School specializing in Ethics and church. rangements, Saint Mary’s students Mary’s. He has visited Saint tional Advisory Council for International Politics. “Notre Dame’s Sacred Heart and alumnae should make reserva­ Mary’s twice before, once as a African-American Institute, Hehir is also author of Church is a parish church, however, tions in the liturgy office of the visiting speaker in 1981 as part of Council on Foreign Relations, numerous publications on social so it did not need to be given this Church of Our Lady of Loretto with the Justice Education lecture se­ American Society for Christian justice and human rights includ­ permission,” explained Mayefske. Wedding Coordinator Julie Frazier ries. Ethics, and Catholic Theological ing contributing articles for “The Church of Our Lady of at least four months before the mar­ Hehir is Secretary of the De­ Society o f America. A m erica and Com m onw eal Loretto belongs to the Sisters of the partment of Social Development H ehir has served as a member magazines. riage. In turn, campus ministry is Holy Cross so that their approval contacted to make further arrange­ and W orld Peace of the U.S. Cath­ o f Vatican Delegation to U.N. Spe­ Hehir was named a MacArthur was needed to open the church to olic Conference, in Washington cial Session on Disarmament in fellow last year of the MacArthur ments. student and alumnae weddings, ” DC., a civil organization of Amer­ 1978 and to the U.N. General As­ Foundation. said Feeley. “The sisters agreed to see CHURCH, page 6 The Observer Friday, January 18, 1985 - page 2 In Brief A B.S. in Chem.E. does not equal a Maytag repairman’s license Y ale stu d e n ts w a n t m o re sex, according to a non scientific survey there. Seventy-four percent would like more After struggling through four years of college and sex in their lives, although 81 percent already consider themselves paying more than $35,000 for a degree in chemical en­ “somewhat" to “very” sexually active. The survey was conducted by gineering, my father still sighs when I tell him I cannot Bob the Alliance for Sexual Progress, a student group promoting more fix his telephone. open discussion of human sexuality. At Duke University, meanwhile, When the front door bell at our house loses its pizazz Vonderheide a study by the Peer Information Service for Counseling and Educa­ or when the digital clock in the station wagon goes tion in Sexuality found students think there is more sexual activity minutes astray, my father arms himself with his reading Editor-in-chief on campus than there really is.

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