Liability a Concern of Administration at Football Games

Gerry Faust - page 9 VOL XX, NO. 57 WEEKEND EDITION, NOVEMBER 22 - 23, 1985 an independent student newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary ’s Reagan tells Congress SMC policy ‘constructive’ results pays tuition of Gorbachev summit or deposits Associated Press ments that won’t stand the test of student pay time. We want real peace." By HELENE GOUDEAU WASHINGTON President The speech capped an 18-hour News Staff Reagan, addressing a joint session of working day for Reagan. Congress upon his return from In all, the president summed up Saint Mary’s student workers who Geneva, characterized his summit his trip this way: receive paychecks from the College with Mikhail Gorbachev as a "A new realism spawned the sum will have two options in the way the "constructive meeting" and said the mit; the summit itself was a good money is used, according to a policy leaders had made a "measure of start; and now our byword must be: initiated last month. progress" on arms control. steady as we go." Checks either can be deposited The president said, however, "I Reagan’s report to the nation directly into a First Source Bank ac can't claim we had a meeting of the followed a summit that produced count or used directly toward tui minds" generally, and his descrip agreements to meet again next year tion payments. tion of the arms understandings in in Washington and the year after in This policy, instituted by cluded only the modest provisions Moscow, and accords on issues such Controller and Business Manager carried in a joint statement issued as a cultural exchange and establish Jason Lindowcr and Chief Accoun from Geneva. ment of new diplomatic facilities. tant Leslie Hitchcock, replaces the “While we still have a long way to But the two leaders failed to break former policy, which allowed stu go, we're at least heading in the right their deadlock on the main business dents to determine where the direction," Reagan said. "I gained a of superpower arms control, and checks would go by giving them better perspective; I feel he did too." Reagan said that on the issue of so- directly to the students. called "Star Wars," the two leaders "By doing away with paychecks, Back home after the first U.S.- had a "very direct" exchange. there is no chance of checks being Soviet summit meeting in six years, “Mr. Gorbachev insisted that we lost or stolen. Also, direct deposit of Reagan declared that he, as well as might use a strategic defense system the student payroll will provide bet everyone, was "impatient for to put offensive weapons into space ter service for the student workers results" In the drive to Improve su and establish nuclear superiority, ” and will improve the efficiency of perpower relations. But he quickly the president said. ”1 made it clear processing the payroll, ” Hitchcock cautioned that "goodwill and good that SDI (Strategic Defense In said. hopes do not always yield lasting itiative) had nothing to do with of According to Student Body Presi results. Quick fixes don’t fix big fensive w eapons.” The Observcr/Jamce Carroll dent Anne Marie Kollman, there problems ' Reagan also said he restated his were problems when the policy was "We don't want a phony peace or proposal for “open laboratories" for Big wheels keep on turnin’ instituted because of lack of com a frail peace," the president said. scientists from the Soviet Union and Members of the Notre Dame Rowing Club began a 50-hour munication about the change. "We did not go in pursuit of some the United States to observe each ot- "ergathon" Thursday in front of South Dining Hall. Junior Joe There also was a problem because kind of illusory detente. We can’t be Brunetti tests his stamina against the machine. students did not want to buy *10 satisfied with cosmetic improve see REAGAN, page 7 Resource cards, which allow stu dents to get cash from a machine, she said. Tests Unlimited opens exam files to students Student government checked into By GREG TIJF.L dent government to serve the Notre well represented by several packets plans to exchange new tests for free the situation, however, and was able News Staff Dame community, he explained. of "Emil Quizzes.” test coupons, and expects advertis to persuade the bank to give the stu The tests are copies from dor The program will be accessible to ing and student reaction to create a dents free Resource cards. When thinking of finals, does the mitory files, which allows a com everyone on campus. Last Thursday, more comprehensive file. The cards allow the students with name Tests Unlimited come to prehensive collection to be dorm representatives were chosen. Tests not supposed to leave the direct deposit to use the cash mind? compiled without depleting the Each dorm will have catalogs of the test site, however, will not be ac machines at Haggar College Center, According to Mike Millen, ex smaller files, Millen said. He added, available tests, and will take orders cepted, Millen said. Professors’ con or any other machine in the CIRRUS ecutive coordinator of the campus- however, that the large file is far through Thanksgiving. tributions are welcome at any time. system. wide test file, soon the two will be from complete. Individual tests cost 25 cents, Some students have questioned linked directly. "Tests Unlimited while complete collections of one The service will be available the College’s right to determine will become synonymous with Freshmen and sophomores class cost 50 cents. The money will throughout the year. Millen said “a where students’ checks will go. finals, ” he said. receive the greatest benefit because be used to offset the cost of copying. continual ordering system to "Even though the funds are they take more departmental tests; Distribution of the tests will begin develop, where once every two deposited at First Source," Millen said many groups benefit departmental math and physics ex the week before finals., weeks orders are placed," would be Hitchcock said, "a student employee from the file. Students profit from an ams are currently the bulk of the col In the future, Tests Unlimited will ideal. can draw funds from her account active service, and the immediate lection available for student use. rely on students to keep the file see PAY, page 4 results reflect the sincerity of stu Chemistry 115, for example, is complete and current. Millen said he see EXAMS, page 4 Liability a concern of administration at football games This is the third part o f a three- injured, and finally let the judge possibility of problems created by proached her," said Faccenda. “In "We will go over all of our rules at article series exam ining security at decide,” he explained. unruly fans," said O’Brien. “All of the process of walking by her, he the end of this season," he added. Notre Dame home football games. "A person can sue the University those rules were things we felt were tripped. When he tripped, she fell Today’s story focuses on the for anything,” said Faccenda. “That good for crowd behavior. They were and broke her leg.” "We will sit down with our con purpose of the new security doesn’t mean they have a right to not a direct result of lawsuits." The woman sued Notre Dame, stituents, who are the parking atten policies. win. It just means they have a right Yet the University is hoping to claiming that since the University dants, ushers, Notre Dame Security to be heard." avoid another lawsuit like the one owned the grounds and knew of the and the South Bend Police; and we Full responsibility for the safety filed by a woman who broke her leg man’s condition, they were respon will review various reports from By FRANK J. MASTRO and entertainment of spectators at sible for his actions. She was every game ” Senior Staff Reporter Notre Dame home football games •awarded approximately *50,000 in belongs to the athletic department, damages. From these reports, a policy for Although liability Is a major con according to Joe O’Brien, associate N otre Dame 1986 will be formulated. cern of the administration, the Uni athletic director and business “Nobody found out who the man “As far as mounted patrols go, versity cannot worry about being manager of athletics at the Univer S e c u r i t y was and what his relationship with they were first used in the night liable for accidents over which it has sity. the University was, if there was any," game against Michigan in 1982, ” no control, according to Phillip Fac- “Our job is to monitor the rules said Faccenda. said O'Brien. cenda, University counsel. and see if they're working," he said. The rules and policies in effect Signs on Green Field warn the on University grounds after a foot this season were formulated after “We're primarily concerned with “We would first have to take into public against alcohol abuse, and ball game in 1978, according to Fac meetings last spring. vandalism, and protecting cars from account the facts that underly the kegs have been banned on Green cenda. vandalism," said O’Brien, “And situation, what the general atmo Field. Mounted patrols also are used “A woman was walking through “It was a group discussion. It having security visible so that aid sphere at the time was, what risk was now. the parking lot after the game when resulted in possible answers to can come quickly to people who involved for the person who was "We were always cognizant of the a man, apparently intoxicated, approblems," said O’Brien.

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