. Modem Day 7 VOL. XIII, NO. 1101, an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary’ TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1979 Van Wolvlear House bill announces section saves U.S. party guidelines from default by John McGrath WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senior Staff Reporter House yesterday passed legis­ lation to raise the federal debt In an interview yesterday, Fr. John Van limit, averting the prospect that Wolvlear, vice-president for Student Affairs, the federal government would denied that the University has banned section be unable to pay its bills or parties on campus. “There's no change as to honor its checks after tonight. whether parties are allowed - it’s only a change The House approved a in where they are to be held,” he said. Senate measure by a 209-165 Van Wolvlear was referring to a recent vote and sent it to President movement sponsored by some rectors and hall Carter for his signature. Final governments towards the elimination of section approval came after the cham­ parties in favor of the use of hall party rooms. ber voted 216-160 to beat back a “We figure it (the use of party rooms) Republican attempt to tie the promotes more of a party situation,” Van bill to a measure calling for a Wolvlear said. “In a party room, you’re not balanced budget. jammed in like sardines, and we don’t have to In a letter to House Speaker worry about kids not from our school roaming Thomas P. O’Neill earlier in the around and stealing things like at a section day, Treasury Secretary W. party.” Michael Blumenthal warned Van Wolvlear outlined six “parameters” that unless the debt-limit bill drawn up by a committee of dorm head staff at a “is passed by the House and meeting Feb. 28, that serve as guidelines which signed into law by the president individual hall staff and governments may wish today, the United States of to follow or elaborate on. They are: America could default to­ • Parties should be held between the hours of 7 night.” p.m. and2 a.m. Default, the Treasury secre­ • The party must be contained within the tary said, would mean: appointed room. • Approximately $8 billion of • Attcndence at the party is by invitation only Social Security wire transfers • There should be no charge of admission at and checks, already mailed, will eh door or in the room. not be honored.” • There should be no advance advertising for • Some $3.3 billion in Trea­ parties. Alumni Hall bestowed yet another honor on Fr. Hesburgh. Here he sury bills maturing Tuesday • A certain percentage of the cost must be displays the hall T-shirt he received after saying mass on April Fool's “ will not be paid when due.” spent on food. Day. [Photo by Mark Reiling] • Other checks presented for _______________________ [continued on page 3] payment starting Tuesday “ will not be paid.” These, he said, include civil service and rail­ Hydrogen bubble decreases road retirement benefits and veteran’s benefits. Treasury Department Nuclear reactor’s sisources, who asked not to be identified, said Blumenthal or­ dered last Thursday that all HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - change,” Denton said of the levels of 30,000 roentgens an “Decontamination and the federal income tax refund Engineers achieved a “dramat­bubole. “I think it is safer than hour, far above human toler­ ability to cope with the amount checks be held up pending the ic decrease” yesterday in a gas Sunday.” ance levels, had been measuredof radioactive fission products outcome of the House vote. bubble that has held a strangle­ Local civil defense officials, in the reactor building. that are in the containment is The Internal Revenue Service hold on efforts to cool down the hopeful that the changes meant Vollmer said this was the going to be a long-term prob­ was unable to say how many disabled Three Mile Island that the five-day crisis here had maximum radiation measured lem, ’ Denton saio. refunds would be affected. nuclear reactor. passed, nevertheless main­in the building, but that levels He added that an instrument O’Neill told reporters that Plant and federal officials tained efforts to prepare for a elsewhere, although lower, on an inactive water circulation “it’s a real serious crisis. Lord said the hydrogen bubble had precautionary evacuation of were still too high to allow system in the building had only knows what would hap- shrunk to a much safer size and 25,000 residents still within a people to enter the building and the reactor’s temperature had five-mile radius of the plant. do any useful work. [continued on page 4] [continued on page 8) dropped significantly. Denton and Bollmer both ’ I am certain it is cause for stressed that there was no optimism,” said Harold Den­ hurry in attempting to bring the ton, Nuclear Regulatory Com­ plant to a cold shutdown Teminist Humor’ mission operations chief. He “We’re waiting to see how said the bubble was showing “a stable the systems are,” Vol- dramatic decrease in size.’ lmer said. Kaufman opensWomen “I didn’t expect such a rapid Denton also said radiation by Margie Brassil truth and if we can’t talk about it then we can’t Assistant St. Mary's Editor joke about it,” Kaufman quipped. The main social taboo that women humorists Saint Mary’s Women’s Opportunity Week have written about deals with reproduction and Isis Gallery hosts began with presentations yesterday by Gloria womb envy . Womb envy has been so taboo that Kaufman, a professor from IUSB on “The Art of few know it exists. Male scholars have been Feminist Humor’ ’ and by Margo Hoff, a resident embarrassed by data on the subject, yet the Senior Arts Festival artist at St. Mary’s, on the topic of “woman as evidence goes back to very ancient times. To prove that womb envy exists, Kaufman sixth day of Senior Arts Festival Visual Artists.” by Mark E. Rust gave the example of a play by Euripides in which activities. The festival con­ Kaufman spoke in Stapleton Lounge to a News Editor the main character, Hypolotis, a woman-hater tinues today with a repeat of the group of about 40 students and faculty. Her talk and a man envious of woman’s power to give Isis showing, poetry and prose concentrated on several examples of feminist Sculptor Tom Dits finds birth, says to Zeus: "Oh Zeus if you wish to readings, and music and playshumor. Judaism “a beautiful thing.” ropogate the race of men this shouldn’t have presented in the Nazz. 4 Although the title of the talk might suggest it His expression of that — a set een brought about by woman’s means.” Dits, a senior art major from (feminist humor) as easily describable with a E of glassy textured, Hebrew Aristotle in an effort to rectify the “error” South Bend, explained the pro­ particular style, there are actually as many inscribed Sabbath dishes - pointed out by Hypolotis, originated the idea of cess he used in creating his clay styles as there are writers and there is a vast along with expressions of other the homogulus infant. He outlined this concept pieces. A clay slab, shaped on amount of material on the subject,” Kaufman “beautiful things” caught the by explaining that the male sperm supply was the wheel and fired twice, observed. eye of over 100 visitors at thought to supply the total form of the infant, resulted in the Sabbath pieces, She noted that the function of feminine humor yesterday’s Isis Gallery opening leaving women to be viewed only as incubators. but the more important aspect is to expose truths, as is the purpose of humor in of three-dimensional art. Until the 19th century, this concept was taught The exhibit - an array of of the the process, according to general. It is not unique in revealing the truth clay, wood, metal and fiber but it goes beyond general humor and removes sculpture - highlighted the [continued on page 8] conventional social taboos. “Taboos inhibit the [continued on page 4] News in brief Tuesday, April 3, 1979 - page 2 Rhodesia calls in preparation Anti-nuclear groups stage SALISBURY, Rhodesia (AP)--Rhodesia’s army, gearing up to demonstrations abroad combat guerrilla threats to sabotage elections this month for this nation’s first black-majority government, has begun (AP) - Anti-nuclear groups despite their insistence similar safety of the functioning of calling up reservists up to the age of 60, the military staged demonstrations yester­ incidents could not occur at nuclear power stations.” command said. The black nationalist guerrillas have vowed day in Japan and West Ger­ their facilities. Earlier yesterday, the Com­ to sabotage the elections in Rhodesia, claiming that black many while a Soviet commenta­ However, a leading member munist Party newspaper Pravda politicians seeking office are “stooges” who will let tor said the U.S. nuclear acci­ of the ruling Social Democratic carried on its front page a Rhodesia’s white minority pull the strings and continue 90 dent that prompted the protests Party of West Germany said report on a Leningrad atomic years of white domination. Citing security, the government was a consequence of American the country must re-evaluate its plant which it praised as safe. nas kept the exact date of the universal sufferage elections a capitalistic “energy monopo­ plans for nuclear power expan­ The Soviet Union reportedly secret. An announcement is expected on Friday. Sources lies” hunting for profits at all sion and suspend work on a new has had three major nuclear say the vote is expected to begin April 17 and end April 20.