IRISH EXTRA -INSIDE VOL. XXI, NO. 47 FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7-8, 1986 the independent student newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Cocaine abuse brings 45 believed long-term problems dead after UK crash By CHRIS JULKA ber. "In the last ten years Copy Editor cocaine has gone from the six­ Associated Press teenth leading cause of drug The long-term problems overdose to the second or third ABERDEEN, Scotland- A caused by cocaine abuse .... Some of them (those who helicopter carrying 47 people greatly exceed any short-term take a fatal dosage) are people from an offshore oil rig crashed euphoria which may result, ac­ who are snorting the same and sank in the North Sea on cording to Randall Webber in amount that they have done Thursday. Only two survivors a discussion Thursday night in twelve weekends in a row . were found, and the rest were the Library lounge. Webber, an . But because of a neurological killed or missing and feared admitted former addict, is the process called 'kindling,' dead. community relations represen­ where the nervous system be­ The Royal Air Force said the tative for the Parkside comes very sensitive to two survivors were plucked Recovery Center at Augustana cocaine, the thirteenth time from the sea moments after the Hospital in Chicago. they did the same amount of two-rotor Chinook crashed. "Using cocaine can be like coke, it killed them." Nineteen bodies were building a relationship with an­ "Another myth is that recovered and 26 people were other person," said Webber. At cocaine can enhance or missing, it said. first, "you like being with produce creativity .... Some­ Six ships and six helicopters them, and it was fine, but it was times stimulant drugs like scanned the area, and the RAF no big deal; you wouldn't rear­ cocaine do make people more said the ships would continue range your life for them. As you alert .... The problem is that searching through the night. get to know them better, and the line between the expected "However slim it is, there's as you fall in love -maybe fall dose and a dose that is too much always hope there may be head over heels in love -you is very thin." more survivors,'' said an RAF quit school, transfer schools, There also can be immediate spokesman at Dunfermline, transfer jobs, live in a different negative symptoms with the Scotland, coordination center country to live with this one use of cocaine, according to for the rescue operation. person. The same is true of Webber. "Your heart is going Ian Henderson, director of cocaine." from 130 to 150 beats a minute. operations for Shell U.K. explo­ Although "cocaine does not Your blood pressure is fifty. ration and Production, ·which produce a physical depen­ Sometimes it's very difficult to operates the rigs, told dency," in which one would ex­ swallow." reporters it was "extremely perience such symptoms as In addition, "following every unlikely" anyone in t!te water tremors, vomiting seizures, high, there is a low,'_' Webber remained alive. and hallucinations during said. Sometimes cocaine The helicopter was ferrying withdrawal, cocaine is still an depletes the endorphins in the Shell oil workers from the addictive drug, according to brain which cause natural Brent offshore field 135 miles Webber. Cocaine is addictive highs, leaving the addict northeast of the Shetland Is­ because one experiences "drained and feeling empty for lands to Sumburgh Airport on "compulsion," "loss of days." the southern tip of the ar­ control" of one's use of the To avoid this ensuing depres­ chipelago when it went down drug, and continues to use sion, called a "crash," people about two miles from the run­ cocaine regardless of adverse sometimes, "take some 'l'he Observer!Paul Oeschger way. consequences, according to valium, alcohol or quaaludes in Leave it yellow Color provided by Anbeuser-Buscb, Inc. The Air Force said the Webber. order to sedate (themselves) helicopter carried 44 pas­ The campus makes its last gallant attempt at some lively colors sengers and three crew mem­ Webber identified and ad­ and go to sleep,'' said Webber. before the dreary gray of winter takes over. dressed what he called the But this leads to further com­ bers. "myths" about cocaine. plications: "blackouts, han­ It is false that the use of govers, a secondary depen- cocaine does not or rarely leads Ward officials demand race vote to overdose, according to Web- see COCAINE, page 4 .. recount after Hiler claims victory A. Weekend with SMU . Associated Press to recount every single vote in count on human error. the 3rd District, we will," Mar­ "It's a matter of one guy tel­ Alumni Association sets events INDIANAPOLIS- Campaign shall said. ling the other guy, and he didn't officials for Democrat Thomas hear the numbers right," he Special to The Observer Ward demanded a recount Ward, who had claimed vic­ said. The votes would be tallied Thursday after new vote totals tory after Tuesday's vote, again before the final number The Notre Dame Alumni Association has prepared a list released in St. Joseph County refused to concede defeat. is certified to the secretary of of events scheduled for the fifth home game weekend. showed incumbent Republican "Nothing is certified. Every­ state's office, he said. FRIDAY: John Hiler the apparent winner thing is unofficial,'' he said. Hiler did not discuss the sit­ 7 p.m.: Pep Rally at Stepan Center. of the 3rd District congres­ Unofficial but complete uation Thursday and his office 8: 15 p.m.: Glee Club concert in Washington Hall. For tickets, sional race. returns Wednesday had given did not respond to repeated call 239-6352. Two Democratic members of Ward a 1,613-vote margin. But calls for comment. SATURDAY: the county election board Hiler claimed a miscount in St. But Hiler had claimed vic­ 10:30 a.m.: Pep Rally in front of the Notre Dame bookstore, refused Thursday to sign the Joseph County after the totals tory by a 160-vote margin Wed­ sponsored by the Dancin' Irish and the Irish Cheerleaders. papers certifying the vote as of­ gave Ward a margin that nesday. "It isn't as big as we'd 10 a.m. -1 p.m.: Hospitality Center in the ACC North Dome. ficial. exceeded the Democratic like to see, but we'll take it any Notre Dame and Saint Mary's alumni, family and friends count in recent elections. way we can get it,'' he said. are cordially invited to the Hospitality Center for refresh­ An angry Hiler called a press AI Duranek, chairman of the If Ward's campaign offi­ ments, entertainment, films and information. Coffee compli­ conference and threatened county Vote Canvass Board, cially requests a recount, an ments of the Notre Dame Alumni Association. court action to force the board confirmed the miscount untested Indiana law passed 11 a.m.: Performance by Shenanigans in the ACC North members to sign the certifica­ Thursday. He said Hiler after the 8th District battle in Dome. tion. received 28,260 votes in St. 1984 will guide the procedure. 11 a.m.: Band concert on the steps of the Administration The new totals showed Hiler Joseph County and Ward The 1985 state law created a Building. leading by 166 votes. The received 40,952 in the revised bipartisan, three-member 12:30 p.m.: Band pre-game performance in the stadium. revised district count showed count. Although the new count state recount commiSsion 1 p.m.: Football: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Southern , Hiler with 75,952 votes and gave Ward 120 more votes, it chaired by the secretary of Methodist Mustangs. j Ward with 75,786 votes. gave Hiler 1,890 more votes and state and including the state Half-time: Glee Club performance in the stadium. , Ward's campaign manager, erased Ward's early district­ chairmen of the two major po­ After the game: Hospitality Cent~~-~ the AC~No~~~~~~~-J Mike Marshall, said Ward will wide margin. litical parties, or their desig­ ask for a recount. "If we have Duranek blamed the mis- nated substitutes. The Observer Friday-Saturday, November 7-8, 1986- page 2 In Brief Proposed parietals changes would A daring helicopter escape Wednesday has prompted officials to tighten security at a suburban prison in San only lessen privacy and uniqueness Francisco after an escaped con man in a stolen helicopter airlifted his inmate sweetheart to freedom. FBI agents, parietal: adj. of or pertaining to campus life federal marshals and police were searching intensively or its rules, esp. with respect to visiting hours for escapees Ronald Mcintosh and Samantha Lopez. Ac­ in a dormitory for members of the opposite sex. Margie cording to Jerry Williford, western regional director of The Random House Dictionary states this def­ federal prisons, it was the first aerial escape from a federal inition of a word which many students were Kersten prison. -Associated Press. unfamiliar with before they attended Saint Saint Mary's Editor Mary's or Notre Dame. It did not take long, however, for students to catch on to their new "Gustbusters" have some remedies for renegade winds way of life in college. Saint Mary's student gov­ that bounce off tall buildings and blow city dwellers around · ernment recently voted down the pursuit of a like fuzzy dandelions. The ''gustbusters '' are actually wind proposal to change the current hours of parie­ engineers who have proposed methods to slow down street­ tals at Saint Mary's. Currently, the hours of level winds by placing buffers such as trees or recessed parietals at the College are: Weekdays from 4 doorways at the bases of city skyscrapers.