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Par for the course J ACCENT: Reflections of a plunge Rain Tuesday and windy. High in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 80 percent. Rain continuing IVIEWPOINT: The perils of Reaganomics Tuesday night. VOL. XXI, NO. 71 TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1988 the independent newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Teen arrested by ND Security·· By JIM RILEY He said he expects Security News Editor to file charges soon. Notre Dame Security has ar­ Security is still investigating rested a 19-year-old South Bend a string of five book thefts in resident after interviewing him Pangborn Hall Friday which about several cases of theft on took place within a period of 40 the Notre Dame campus, said minutes, according to Rakow. Rex Rakow, director of Notre He said Security is monitoring Dame Security. Pandora's Books to see if any Jerome Lee was arrested of the books turn up there. Thursday at noon by Security, Rakow said. The St. Joseph County prose­ "There was a warrant out on cutor is still considering his arrest for a parole viola­ charges against a man who was tion," said Rakow. "He's a arrested Jan. 7 in connection suspect in some of our cases, with a series of threatening and he was being interviewed phone calls made to Notre by us before the arrest." Dame students and members t Rakow said Security wanted of their families, Rakow said. 4 to talk to Lee concerning a se­ Security had arrested Donald ries of checks written from a Jackley of South Bend on student's checkbook. The charges of intimidation and cri­ checkbook had been reported minal confinement stemming as being in a bookbag which from threatening phone calls ,l_ __ ~-~- was stolen from South Dining made to students at Indiana The Observer I Helen! Korwek Hall, Rakow said. University at Bloomington. A bright, sunshiny day Saint Mary's students walk past the Madeleva Sci­ several students' faces seem to indicate their dis­ ence Hall on the way to and from class on an ex­ position toward a little sunshine during an otherwise ceptionally sunny day on campus. The smiles on bleak winter. Senate sets election dates By GREG LUCAS The election will be on Feb. constitution that would allow Senior Staff Reporter 16 and the run-offs are sched­ earlier nomination of both the uled for Feb. 18. Student Union Board manager The dates for the upcoming The informational meeting and committee chairperson. Student Government elections for those interested in running The proposed amendment, in­ were approved Monday night in the class elections is set for troduced by Janel Blount, SUB by the Student Senate. Thursday, Feb. 18. A manda­ manager, must also be ap­ The elections for student tory meeting will be held Tues­ proved by the Hall Presidents' body president, vice president day, Feb. 23 and petitions are Council. and senators will begin with an due by Thursday, Feb. 25 at The constitution, as it now informational meeting for all noon. The election will take stands, allows the student body students interested in running place on March 8 with run-offs president and vice president on Thursday, Jan. 28. on the lOth. elect to vote on the approval of A mandatory meeting will be All meetings will take place the SUB manager and commit­ held Tuesday, Feb. 2 and peti­ at 6 p.m. in the Notre Dame tee chairperson. The amend­ The Observer I Susy Hernandez tions must be submitted to the room. ment would eliminate these Student Government office by In other business, the Senate tudents stroll past North Dining Hall as construction continues to Friday Feb. 5 at noon. approved an amendment to the see SENATE, p. 4 ove along at a fairly rapid pace even with a blanket of snow sur­ ounding the facility. See story below. '88 Mock Convention nearing Construction goes By KIMBERLY TRENNER "Although it will be a long convention is currently under­ Senior Staff Reporter shot, we are going to try to get way, said Willis. He said stu­ all seven declared candidates dent volunteers for positions as Notre Dame students will to come and speak," said Wil­ chairmen of state delegations on for dorms, dining soon be bombarded with cam­ lis. Willis said that two candi­ and campaign managers are paign buttons and literature as dates who may have an interest being chosen now. Applications By JENNIFER GRONER finished on the east hall the 1988 Mock National Conven­ in coming are Notre Dame for the campaign, delegate, Staff Reporter when the weather breaks, he tion gets underway with cam­ alumnus and presidential can­ publicity,,promotion, platform said. paigning in early February. didate Bruce Babbitt, and the and rule committees are cur­ Construction on North Furniture has already The convention, which will be Reverend Jesse Jackson. rently being accepted, said Wil­ Dining Hall and two new wo­ been ordered and is sched­ held April 11-14, is a quadren­ Student delegates from all lis. men's dorms are on uled to be delivered this nial tradition which began in fifty states, Guam, Puerto Rico A committee will plan the schedule and budget despite summer. Both dorms will be 1940. "It (the convention) will and the Virgin Islands will platform a week or two before problems due to freezing ready for student occupancy be a big social event and a lot select a presidential and vice­ the convention, Willis said. A weather, said Donald this fall. of fun for people who get in­ presidential nominee from the campus survey will be given to Dedrick, director of the Uni­ volved," said Vince Willis, Democratic party. "It (the con­ determine which issues stu­ versity's Physical Plant. Renovation of North Mock Convention Chairman. vention) will give the Notre dents would like in the plat­ The resident halls will be Dining Hall has been con­ The Democratic party will be Dame community the chance form. Willis said the committee completed in late June. Work tinuing steadily though the focus of the convention as to send the message about who will also look to the Democratic is being done on the interior much of the work is not it is the party currently out of they feel the right candidate is party for issues. "We will look floors during the cold wea­ visible to students, Dedrick power. The convention is an ex­ and to give their views about for controversy so it (the con- ther. Brick work is complete act half- scale model of the see CAMPUS, p. 4 the issues," said Willis. on the west hall and will be Democratic convention. The organizing of the April see MOCK, p. 4 ------- ------------- page 2 The Observer Tuesday, January 19, 1988 In Brief . College $ problem? 65 cars crashed on the German autobahn Monday, miraculously leaving only one dead. The chain-reaction Then thank Congress pileup, which was apparently touched off by a rear-end If you're one of those desperate students like collision, forced authorities to close the superhighway for me who must pay for their university expenses several hours. While no injury report was released, the out of their own pocket, you should be down on Chris number was believed to be quite large. -Associated Press your hands and knees thanking Congress for doing absolutely nothing about the economy. Julka Purdue's not chicken about hatching eggs. In fact, Perhaps the financial difficulties of today's As.sistant News Editor it leads the nation in hatching about 56 million chicks for students are little different from what they've egg production, says the Indiana Agricultural Statistics always been. About 52 percent of the students Service at Purdue University. Chicks outnumber Hoosiers on this campus, after all, don't even rely on 10-to-1, says the statisticians. Indiana farms ranked second loans. Universities like our own also invest in eggs produced, money received from eggs and chicken heavily in scholarships, without which I and duck populations. Also, Hoosier swine are worth about wouldn't even be able to spout off at the mouth $396 million. Nationally, Indiana farms ranked third for as I am about to. most valuable swine. The state ranked fourth in swine Unfortunately, however, there just isn't that population with about 4 million. much to go around as there used to before -Associated Press Reagan came to office. Consequently, if a uni­ versity is to stay financially afloat at all, its top investment priority must be either a football Royal Air Force jets roared over Winchester, team or, like the team we just met in Dallas, England in honor of Sir Thomas Sopwith, creator of the some friendly Southern referees. Sopwith Camel, workhorse of the British air force during Joe or Jane Statistic therefore are simply not World War I. Sopwith, who saw more than 16,000 of his good money-making options, and thus they get planes produced to fight the "War to end all wars," could the down-side of the trickle-down theory. The not see the fly-by because of glaucoma, was able to hear problem is particularly severe for those en­ the flying tribute. -Associated Press rolled in arts and letters, the whole purpose of which is to teach the absolute unimportance and utter emptiness of the money its students won't earn later on. Fortunately, however, just when Joe and Jane ! Of Interest Statistic were asking the classic question, "Is there life after 22?" the federal government plan was to mitigate across-the-board savings came to the rescue. that would have gone into effect automatically Winterfest broomball teams must submit entrance re­ Students are not the only ones going into debt.

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