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People Protest Mayor Selection Associated Press Black Mayor Typical IACCENT: NO's poet-in-residence Mostly cloudy today, high in the mid to upper 30s. Low in the mid to upper 20s. Cloudy tomorrow with a 50 percent IVIEWPOINT: Honor Code controversy chance of rain or snow. DIR ns/15/88 z 1 EvpEDITE *** * - ws **** '"' **** NE cnLLECTIONS SPECIAL ·- . HESBURGH LIBRARY IN 46556 NOTRE D~- r.-.-.======== VOL. XXI, NO. 60 WEONESDA Y, DECEMBER 2, 1987 the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's People protest mayor selection Associated Press black mayor. Both the leading contenders for the acting CHICAGO - Thousands of mayor position are black, but i: chanting demonstrators gath­ at least one white alderman ered outside City Hall on Tues­ also sought the post. day evening in a bid to stall the The lawsuit by the Better vote on a successor to the late Government Association, filed Mayor Harold Washington, but in Cook County Circuit Court the front-running candidate an hour before the council's blocked action on a lawsuit that special meeting was to begin, also sought to stall the vote. alleged that City Council mem­ The council meeting was bers had violated the state's ? • delayed as Alderman Eugene Open Meetings Act by holding Sawyer -- considered the front­ several closed-door meetings runner for the acting mayor in the past six days to discuss post -- and Alderman Tim selecting an acting mayor. Evans, the other leading con­ It asked the court to issue a tender, met in private to try to temporary injunction barring iron out the dispute over lead­ the council meeting because ership that added another page any decision on electing an act­ to Chicago's tangled political ing mayor would be made "wit­ ~ history. hout open discussion and on the Outside City Hall, a crowd basis of discussions previously police estimated at 5,000, many held in secret." of them Evans supporters, had The suit was immediately gathered, some yelling, referred to Circuit Judge Sop­ "Remember Harold! No hia Hall, who opened a hearing deals!" Many carried signs on the suit as the scheduled with messages such as "No time of the council meeting ap­ More Uncle Toms" and "Don't proached. Sell the Legacy." Earlier in the day, the coun­ Sawyer's attorneys re- cil eulogized Washington in an quested a different judge hear Taking his cue The Observer 1 Trey Raymond atmosphere thick With political the case -- a request Hall was intrigue as aldermen twisted required to grant under state Senior Mario Pellicano prepares to sink a ball in the the basement of LaFortune Student Center. arms and counted votes in the law. The case will be reas­ corner pocket at The Break, the recreation center in battle to succeed the city's first signed Wednesday. Sports enthusiast Plimpton urges participation By PETE GEGEN of stories of people whose lives The term' refers to brave marathon. "I entered one-and­ can," said Plimpton. "Galico News Staff have changed after performing Spaniards at bullfights who a-half blocks from the finish, climbed down out of the pres­ some out-of-the-ordinary stunt. jump out of the crowds for a just behind the leader," he sbox to enter the ring against With a fascination for people For example, a fan who tried chance to fight the bull. Cur­ said. "He beat me by a step." Joe Dempsey, play tennis who do "something on impulse to take the football in the rently Plimpton is working on Plimpton was discovered as an against Bill Johnson and play totally out of their ordinary middle of a Colts-Dolphins a book which looks at these impostor in the race, but it golf against Bobby Jones." lives," Tuesday night George game suffered from the spontaneos whose actions in­ marked the beginning of his Galico eventually wrote a book Plimpton described his experi­ publicity, losing his job and his evitably change their lives career of "entering other recounting those experiences ences as a writer who entered wife. But a fan who tried to forever. people's occupations." entitled "Farewell to Sports." the world of professional make a tackle in a college foot­ Plimpton paralleled the Inspiration for this career With the blessings of Sports sports. ball game thrived on the spontaneos to his own life. As came from Paul Galico, a Illustrated, Plimpton managed In front of a basketball­ publicity and later became a an undergrad at Harvard sports writer for the New York to become a quarterback for hindered crowd of 100, millionaire. trying to pass initiation into the Herald. "The first thing you the Detroit Lions and Bal- learn as a journalist is to get Plimpton opened his lecture at Plimpton used the word spon­ Lampoon Club, he jumped out see PLIMPTON, page 7 Washington Hall with a series taneos to describe these peo le. of the crowd at the New York as close to the subject as you Board still trying to get Late Night Olympics returns library open earlier By JENNIFER GRONER Derengoski. that the Olympics will be more By CHRISTINE tion told a student commit­ Staff Reporter The Olympics were very suc­ attractive to students as a so­ MCCANN tee working on the problem cessful last year, and the NV A cial event. News Staff that a survey of five other Sally Derengoski, assistant hopes to make it an annual Men and women's resident Indiana colleges showed director of Non-Varsity Ath­ event, Derengoski added. halls will be combined into that St. Mary's provides letics, addressed the Hall Pres­ The Alumni Association has teams with roughly equal num­ Efforts to extend library more access to library ident's Council Tuesday night offered to donate a grand prize bers. hours at Saint Mary's are facilities than those schools. about the Late Night Olympics, for the Olympics. This prize Derengoski spoke about the still under negotiation with Hetterich said, however, which will be held Friday, Jan. will be awarded in addition to need for good communication the library staff, said Eileen that these colleges do not 29 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. or possibly in place of the cash between the NV A and the stu­ Hetterich, president of the compare with Saint Mary's The Late Night Olympics is prize given last year. dents as well as between the Board of Governance, at the in size and quality. The stu­ a fund raiser held in the Joyce Teams were given the option individual halls which compose weekly meeting last night. dent committee plans to ACC in which students are in­ of competing for this cash prize each team so that some of the Whereas students want compare the library vited to sign up and participate last year by donating $100. The confusion which existed last the library to open on Sun­ facilities offered at other in events such as a dunking team with the most partici­ year can be avoided. days at 11 a.m. instead of 1 colleges which it considers tank, sock hop, water !acrose, pants received the money Jack Bland, director of fire p.m., staffers are not willing more comparable to Saint arena football, relay races, and donated by the other teams who safety, also spoke to the HPC to accept an increase in their Mary's and is researching wiffleball. A fee is charged for competed. and showed a film which em­ working hours. participation in events, and all Derengoski said the NV A will phasized the dangers of fire The library administra- see BOARD, page 6 profits are donated to the St. attempt to organize more co­ and the need for fire safety Joseph Special Olympics, said recreational games this year so practices. I --·-------------------------....---- .. I a e 2 The Observer Wednesday, December 2, 1987 In Brief Let's show Soviets Injured student Alicia Mark, who was hit by a car we want world peace Sunday night, has been released from St. Joseph Medical It's amazing how quickly Reagan's invitation Center. She is recovering in the infirmary. - The Observer for General Secretary Gorbachev to address a Mike joint session of Congress has dropped out of the public eye. Reagan's fellow Republicans Moran ~ Foreign student enrollment at Notre Dame has quickly responded to his offer with a petition increased to 495 students, according to a report by the demanding that Reagan withdraw his invita­ Photog~ pher University's Office of International Student Affairs, up tion. Reagan, having enough trouble battling from 445 during the 1986-87 academic year. Sixty-eight the Democrats, especially with the Iran-Contra countries are represented by foreign students, with 285 affair hanging over his head, quietly withdrew from Asian countries. Undergraduate foreign students his invitation. number 102, with 23 of those business majors and 28 en­ It is a disgrace that we are now planning to gineering majors. -The Observer sign a treaty with the Soviets, yet we still refuse to allow Gorbachev to speak in a joint session. Father Edward Malloy has been inducted into the This treaty's significance does not lie in in the local chapter of the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa. reduction of power, since both sides will sustain In ceremonies held November 24, Malloy was welcomed more than an adequate deterrent. Its sig­ into the Epsilon of Indiana chapter by its president, Philip nificance lies in the fact that we are finally Gleason. Malloy then discussed the state of the University. learning to trust one another. -The Observer Many say that we should never trust the Soviets. It is true that the Soviets would like to see capitalism fail with the rise of the proletarian revolution, resulting in a worldwide communist nation.
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