East L.A. Residents Assist Police in Capture of Alleged Night Stalker Donations Set Record
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Tina and Glen - page 7 VOL XX, NO. 6 the independent student newspaper serving notrt dame and saint man 's MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1985 1 "* Spring Student Senate budget vote overruled by activities director ' - •" V By MARK PANKOWSKI “If the budget wasn't allocated Copy Editor and sealed, which it wasn’t, then the student body would have returned : * At least one Student Senator is and there would not have been all outraged by the decision of Director these activities which are now going of Student Activities Joni Neal to on.” ^ 7 : overrule the Student Senate’s vote to Abood also cited the constitu approve a two thirds, one third al tion’s provision giving the senate the location of student activities fees. power to determ ine the fiscal ■ % In its final meeting of the spring policies of student government and semester, the senate had voted to all said this year’s senate had never ap ocate two thirds of the student ac proved of the fiscal policies. tivity fee budget then, and to hold He said former Director of Stu the other one third until it could be dent Activities Jim McDowell two jji? s v . i*t - <t ■ . ■ . ? ‘s ’ m m , • i The Observer/Paul Ciferclli reviewed in the fall when they had years ago had "fabricated his own set A reportedly unsolicited attem pt to save the Uni- promptu sculptural statement was apparently amore time. of fiscal policies" and Neal again had versily approximately half a million dollars was response to the planned memorial fountain and Neal’s decision last spring, decided “to hand down the same set undertaken on the Stepan Mall by some North was removed by late Friday morning. however, nullified that vote and the of rules. ” Quad students sometime Thursday night. The im- entire budget was approved without According to Neal, she had the senate’s consent. worked with the 1983-84 Student Body President Brian Callaghan and Student Senator Chris Abood, Vice President Peggy Prevoznick, citing provisions in the Student East L.A. residents assist police who she said, were instrumental in Government Constitution giving theformulating the fiscal policy. Neal senate the power to allocate student added she was "almost positive” that funds, accused Neal last week of the senate had approved it that year. in capture of alleged Night Stalker taking away that power, thereby contradicting the constitution and Police launched an air and ground chasing him,” Hernandez said of Records show that the 1983-84 Associated Press appearing to invalidate it. search as calls continued, saying the Manuel De La Torre, 35. “He hit him senate did abide by the fiscal policy, Neal, who made the decision after although they are unclear whether LOS ANGELES - Richard Ramirez, man was seen crossing the city line in the head three times.” Vice President of Student Affairs Fat the senate had approved it. into unincorporated county ter As Ramirez tried to flee, neighbors a suspect in 16 slayings throughout her David Tyson gave his approval, Although the fiscal policy was Southern California, was arrested ritory, where he finally was arrested. emerged from their homes and said she acted because "the Senate never approved by this year’s senate, Saturday after he was chased and It seemed like alert citizens were joined in the fight, police said. had not finished its job. They had to said Student Body President Bill beaten by a group of residents in reporting the suspect every step of Ramirez had had problems with have a budget. ” Healy, “that argument is invalid be East Los Angeles when he allegedly the way,” said Booth. drugs since his childhood in El Paso, She mentioned two reasons why cause, by precedent, last year’s punched a woman and tried to steal At one point Ramirez ran through Texas, suffered epilepsy and was the two thirds, one third split was senate came into power and backyards, where at least one man working as a street sweeper for the a car. unacceptable. followed that fiscal policy.” struck him with some barbecue city of Los Angeles, relatives told The capture ended an hour-long “First, the University has a vested chase that began when shoppers at a utensils, Booth said. newspapers. The controversy surrounding the interest in that money. No one has a Ramirez ended up in an East Los Ramirez, 25, was being held wit fiscal policy stems from its stipula liquor store reported that Ramirez choice of paying the mandatory picked up a newspaper, looked at his Angeles neighborhood, where he al hout bail Sunday after being booked tions providing for two committees, (student activities ) fee,” she said. "It photograph on the cover, and fled, legedly tried to steal a car, but for investigation of one unspecified one that allocates 80 percent of the is run through the University ac crashed it into a house while trying count of murder and for attempted budget, the other 20 percent. said Los Angeles Police Commander counts and the University really to back it out of a driveway, said auto theft and assault. He was not to William Booth. does have the last say from an ad Classes, which Abood said are be Police identified and released a Booth. be arraigned until Tuesday. ministration point of view on howcoming more important to students’ photograph of Ramirez on Friday He crossed the street and pulled Sheriff’s deputies took Ramirez for those funds are spent.” social life, fall under the 20 percent night. They identified him as the Angie De La Torre, 29, from her car questioning to the Hollenbeck Sta committee. prime suspect in the Night Stalker in front of her home and tried to tion, where a surging crowd of about “The other reason is because Because classes do come under scries of 16 slayings and at least 21 grab her keys, witnesses said. 500 jeering people gathered (clubs and organizations) can’t run the 20 percent committee, they assaults that has terrorized Califor "He hit her in the stomach. She outside, shouting “Kill him! kill on a partial budget. Groups can’t imust share 20 percent of the ap nia since Feb. 8. The victims were fought back,” said the woman’s brot him!” wait until the fall because they have proximate 1250,000 budget with shot, bludgeoned, stabbed or had her, Juan Hernandez, 17. “She About 50 officers formed a human to have the summer to plan,” she several clubs and organizations. their throats slashed by an assailant recognized him right away. She chain to protect the handcuffed said. who sneaked into darkened homes screamed, ‘It's the killer, the killer!’” Ramirez as he walked from the sta Father David Tyson agreed. Said through unlocked doors or win “My brother-in-law took a metal tion to an unmarked police car for Tyson, “The senate did not do what see SENATE, page 4 dows. stick from the gate and started transfer to the main county jail. they were supposed to do. Donations set record Student receives gun-shot wound at afternoon field hockey practice By GERRY GOLDNER percent. Staff Reporter “The main reason for the in crease is that the Notre Dame By MARK PANKOWSKI north(west) side” of the field when Weinmann’s description was Notre Dame received a record alumni, parents, and friends en Copy Editor she was hit. The trajectory of the slightly more graphic. breaking gift income of *33 8 dorse the Notre Dame mission. bullet, she said, indicated it was fired “It was really gross. I didn’t want million in the fiscal year 1985 ac Notre Dame is unique nationally A Notre Dame field hockey player from a patch of woods at the comerto look at it, but I did and there was a cording to William Sexton, vice in that it maintains both a strong is recovering from a minor gun-shot of Eddy and Edison streets. big hole in my leg," she said. “(The president for University rela graduate and a strong under bullet) entered the left side of my wound to her leg, sustained during a She said the nine millimeter bul tions. graduate program while also leg and was pertruding through the Thursday afternoon practice at Car let, which was fired from a .22 or a The total of *33.8 million keeping a Catholic character,” right side ” tier field. 38, was on the way down when it represents an increase of 40 per said Sandman. “You could see the bullet. It just Christina Weinmann, a senior co struck her. cent over fiscal year 1984 and an A talented development staff is missed going all the way through, ” captain on the team, was taken to "Personally, I don’t think anyone increase of *2.3 million over the another reason for the increase in she added. Saint Joseph’s Medical Center after was trying to shoot me,” she said. “I previous University record of the gift income. This develop Yergler said Weinmann should being wounded by a small caliber think it was a stray bullet.” *315 million in fiscal year 1981. ment staff has used several new bullet four inches above her ankle recover in approximately 10 days to According to Director of fund-raisers,including the newly- while warming-up before practice. Dr. Willard Yergler, director of two weeks, and said there should be Development, Joseph Sandman, created Sorin Society as well as Notre Dame Security, which is in sports medicine at Notre Dame, per no complications. the University also received an annual phone a-thon vestigating the incident, would not formed the half-hour surgery on The incident, Weinmann said, oc record breaking gift totals in the According to Sandman, most of comment yesterday on whether a Weinmann’s leg.