Wishy-washy IACCENT: BCAF Fashion Show Snow today, changing to rain this afternoon then back to snow by evening. High in the mid 30s. A 70 percent chance IVIEWPOINT: Applying the Golden Rule of snow at night. Low 20. VOL. XXII, NO. 103 MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1989 the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Woman assaulted Union: on SMC campus Pan Am might join Observer Staff Report provide a vague description of her attacker. The St. Joseph's County The woman was treated for strike Sheriff's Office is investigating facial abrasions at Memorial an assault which occurred on Hospital. Hospital officials Associated Press Saint Mary's campus Friday, notified the sheriff's depart­ according to Officer Fedder of ment of the attack. MIAMI-A Teamsters official the sheriff's office. threatened on Saturday to ex­ A 31-year-old Mishawaka wo­ Saint Mary's Security was in pand the Eastern Airlines man was jumped from behind turn notified by the sheriff's de­ strike to rival Pan American, as she jogged on the nature partment and conducted an in­ while union leaders discussed trail northwest of campus at vestigation of the incident. ways for employees to buy both approximately 5:45 p.m. The sheriff's department has carriers in "the opportunity of Friday, according to Brett filed a battery report, said Fed­ a lifetime." McLaughlin, public informa­ der. tion officer at Saint Mary's. "The Security department Eastern employees rallied in "She was able to scream and will make periodic checks of Washington, New Jersey and get away," said McLaughlin. the area," said McLaughlin. New York, where Governor She fled to her car which was Saint Mary's officials also Sunday spiker The Observer I E.G. Bailey Mario Cuomo threw his support parked near the Angela Ath­ planned to notify the student behind the workers and chal­ letic Facility. body today. Mike Miller unleashes a successful spike as teammate Pedro Nemal­ lenged President Bush to inter- According to McLaughlin, No details concerning the at­ ceff looks on in a friendly game of quad volleyball. the woman was only able to tacker were available. See PAN AM, page 4 Revolutionaries disrupt voting in El Salvador Associated Press Early voter turnout ap­ assault on a military post three Salvadorans voted to elect a the guerrillas do not agree to peared diminished by the com­ blocks away. president from among seven lay down their arms. SAN SALVADOR, El Sal­ bat and a rebel-imposed Sporadic rifle fire echoed candidates. Fidel Chavez Mena Surrounded by a mob of sup­ vador - Salvadorans voted for transport ban. But Roman from the slope of the Guazapa of the incumbent Christian porters, Cristiani voted Sunday a new president Sunday as left­ Catholic churches were volcano north of the capital, a Democratic Party and Alfredo morning on the capital's ist revolutionaries opposed to crowded with Palm Sunday guerrilla stronghold, as troops Cristiani of the rightist central Roosevelt Avenue. the election attacked military worshipers, at least some of from the army's elite Nationalist Republican Al­ "I hope the United States posts and army troops coun­ whom planned to vote later. By Bracamonte battalion pursued liance, or Arena led the field in realizes that (Salvadorans) tered with rockets and rifle midday, there were long lines the insurgents. Two air force polls. But neither was likely to want democracy, with this ef­ fire. at the downtown polling sta­ helicopters raced toward the receive the more than 50 per­ fort they're making to vote. We At least five guerrillas and tions. volcano and fired rockets into cent required to avoid a runoff don't want any more bombs," two soldiers were killed in Turnout was light in smaller the mountainside. next month. he said. fighting in nine provincial towns. Cristiani, favored to become President Jose Napoleon towns, according to military of­ "With these problems, it's Guerrillas of the Farabundo the country's next president, Duarte's five-year term ends ficials and witnesses. Two jour­ better to stay home," said Jose Marti National Liberation pledged free-market policies June 1. Duarte, barred by law nalists and a Dutch television Carlos Ortiz, 23. He spoke in Front are waging a 9-year-old and reduced state intervention from running for re-election, is cameraman also were re­ front of his home in the capital war against the U.S-backed in the economy. His party Washington's staunchest ally ported killed. as guerrillas retreated from an government. promised to step up the war if in the Western Hemisphere. $125,000 H-P donation to upgrade engineering lab By MICHAEL WELLS replaced at some future Staff Re}:lorter date. Henry, who wrote the pro­ A gift valued at $125,000 posal to Hewlett-Packard from Hewlett-Packard is describing the University's making possible the upgrad­ need and planned uses for ing of the Engineering com­ the equipment, said the en­ puter lab, said Eugene tire shipment was expected Henry of the Department of several weeks ago, but that Electrical Engineering. only the laser printers and the plotter have arrived so According to Henry, the far. He said the computers donation consists of 17 H-P are expected soon. Vectra computers, second­ Each of the new com­ ary disk drives, 2 laser print­ puters will come with a 40 ers and a plotter. Henry said megabyte hard-drive and the computers will eventu­ the new Intel 386 processor. ally replace the IBM PC-ATs "They are similar to the which the lab has now. IBM PS-2," said Henry, add­ ing "the 386 is a 32 bit pro­ The prime mainframe cessor, which makes them with 70 terminals that the faster, and allows the com­ College of Engineering cur­ puters to support more rently uses will not be af­ memory." The Observer I E.G. Bailey fected by the new According to Henry, the Just do it. computers, said Henry, al­ computers are to be used by Chris Walls performs a spread eagle in his Nikes No one can say that he did not try hard enough. though he indicated that this in an admirable attempt to catch an elusive frisbee. system may also be See GIFT, page 3 page 2 The Observer Monday, March 20, 1989 _I,I#JI•ifi•iiiJ~I,_ IN BRIEF Notre Dame needn't be AlanMat~eny'smothertriedtotalkherson,suspected of murder m the bludgeoning death of his ex-wife out of ~rivi~g to ~ishawa~a, sa~d Martha Matheny of Granger Harvard of the Midwest m an mterview published m the South Bend Tribune. Mrs. Matheney picked up her son in Indianapolis and allowed We lost to Georgetown--surprise, surprise. But, we did make a decent show of it--at least h~m to drive her car to Northern Indiana although his Christine eight-hour pass from prison restricted him to go to In­ until the last nine or so minutes. We were ac­ dianapolis to meet with a lawyer. "I never thought he tually leading at several points in the game. Walsh It seems that every time we have a good thing ~ould do anything like this. I'd give anything in the world Assistant News Editor if I hadn't gone down there" to Indianapolis, she told the going, either we lose momentum, or our strat­ newspaper. Matheney, 38, faces burglary and capital mur­ egy just falls apart. der charges in the March 4 slaying of Lisa Bianco, 29. I wonder if this is also the case when the Now being held at the Indiana State Prison, Matheney University talks about making Notre Dame a was serving an eight-year sentence for charges stemming more "competitive" school: able to compete !rom wife be~ting. "Every time we passed a sign, I said, with the big boys of academia, i.e. the ivies. Alan, you missed the sign for Indianapolis.' All the way We already have a top-notch student body, fac­ up. there, I tried to talk him out of it," Mrs. Matheney ulty, and facilities. We even surpass other ivy said. Mrs. Matheney said she has moved in with a relative institutions in some respects, such as having after threats were made against her and her family fol­ more approachable faculty, a more "family"­ lowing Bianco's slaying. "It really doesn't matter. As long oriented atmosphere, and a championship ath­ as they leave the rest of the family alone, they can do letic program to boot. whatever they want to me," she said. "I don't feel much So why do we need to be more like them? like living anymore." -Associated Press Many claim that one of our greatest obstacles to becoming a top-ranked university is our lack of faculty-conducted research projects. M­ terall, doing research undoubtedly does bring prestige to a university, not to mention grants. OF INTEREST And the more prestigious we become, the more grants we receive, and the more and better professors we attract. And shouldn't that be the goal of any university--to attract the best fac­ Morrissey Manor Forum will be holding an informal ulty they can, so that the students can receive panel discussion on the subject of student attitudes towards the best education possible? ethnic minorities on campus. The discussion begins at 7 Of course this is true, and a strong faculty is work obviously told the tale. At any rate the p.m. today in the Morrissey lobby. -The Observer essential to the program of any solid institution. option should be open to students.