Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 127, No. 11 -- 19 March 1986
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editorial------------------------------------~----~ contents------------------------------~--------------~ Editor-in-Chief James F. Basile Volume 127 Number 11 SCHOLASTIC General Manager Maher A. Mouasher March 19, 1986 Design Editor Alex Peltzer Managing Editor Matthew H. Bradley Production Manager Barbara Blanchette FEATURES Administration 2/New Orleans Hospitality Pete Cespedes/Advertising by John Affleck Mike Hoffman/Circulation 6/The Point Of The Matter by Dan Fabian . Editorial A Student Government newsletter is not, in and of itself, a bad idea. A newsletter offers student leaders a forum to tell their constituents exactly what Pete Butler/Copy 8/0ut Of The Blue by Dan Fabian they are doing for th~m. It can be the instrument through which the needs and John Dettling/Sports desires of the student body are perceived, discussed and refined. Mary Dolan/Departments 9/Steely Determination The most recent issue of We the People, the official publication of Student Mary Hartney/Student Life by Chuck Ehrman Government, does none of the above. Instead, what we the people got was an Ted Kelleher/Nat. Affairs Jim McGarry/Copy l1/The Iron Lady Under Fire expensive-looking thank you note from Bill Healy to himself. According to our by Pat Markey best estimates, the current .16-page epic on the struggles of Bill, Duane and "all Jean O'Bryan/Notre Dame the president's men" cost somewhere between $2,300 and $2,500. Layout 18/ls The Grass Any Greener On Other Campuses? And what did we the people get for all that money? An honest, critical by Pat Collins evaluation of the Student Government's operation over this last year? Hardly. Jim Doerfler What we got was 16 pages of self-congratulation witl1 a few not too subtle swipes Terese Heidenwolf 22/Where Does All The Money Go? at Student Government "enemies". thrown in. for good measure. The. constant Julie Oxler by Maher Mouasher pokes at the Observer were particularly distressing. We also got self-serving inter Anne Ranaghan Sue Serrato 26/Four For The Road views of Bill and Duane, sycophantic chats with Father Tyson and Joni Neal and by Pete Pranica an outright homage to Father Hesburgh. Steve Traubert Healy's name was mentioned in the newsletter, by our count, about forty Art & Photography 29/A Different Kind Of Program times. With- this sort of publicity it's no wonder that 81.6 percent of the campus by Patricia Warth knows who the Student Body President is, as Healy's poll points out. We have Tom Falvey nothing against using student government funds for a newsletter. We object Emil McCauley DEPARTMENTS strongly, however, as do many students on this campus, to the use of this much John Murillo Jan Neruda 10/0n Other Campuses- money for blatant self promotion. At a time when students are questioning the by Paul Aiello - relevance of Student Government, less frivolous expenditures of funds are advis- . able. The opinions expressed in -SCHOLASTIC are those of the autlfors and editors of SCHOLASTIC 14/Music: My Favorite Tunes and do not necessarily represent the opinions of by Donald Seymour the entire editorial board of SCHOLASTIC or the University of Notre Dame, its administration, lS/Cinema: No Longer Clowns -SCHOLASTIC faculty, or student body. Editorials, unless other by Eric Cruz wise indicated, represent the opinion of the majori~y of the editorial board. 16/Coming Distractions . SCHOLASTIC is represented for national Compiled by Karen Dettling advertising by CABS student advertising, Inc. Published bi-weekly during the school year except 2S/Restaurants: What's Cooking? during vacation and examination periods, SCHO by John Markey LASTIC is printed at The Papers Inc. Milford, IN 46542. The subscription rate is $18.75 a year and 31/Final Word: Trading Places back issues are available from SCHOLASTIC. by Patricia Warth Please address all manuscripts to SCHOLASTIC, Notre Dame, IN 46556. All unsolicited material 32/Crossword becomes the property of SCHOLASTIC. Copy Cover photo courtesy of Notre Dame Sports Information right @ 1986 SCHOLASTIC. All rights reserved. None of the contents may be reproduced without permission. editorial------------------------------------~----~ contents------------------------------~--------------~ Editor-in-Chief James F. Basile Volume 127 Number 11 SCHOLASTIC General Manager Maher A. Mouasher March 19, 1986 Design Editor Alex Peltzer Managing Editor Matthew H. Bradley Production Manager Barbara Blanchette FEATURES Administration 2/New Orleans Hospitality Pete Cespedes/Advertising by John Affleck Mike Hoffman/Circulation 6/The Point Of The Matter by Dan Fabian . Editorial A Student Government newsletter is not, in and of itself, a bad idea. A newsletter offers student leaders a forum to tell their constituents exactly what Pete Butler/Copy 8/0ut Of The Blue by Dan Fabian they are doing for th~m. It can be the instrument through which the needs and John Dettling/Sports desires of the student body are perceived, discussed and refined. Mary Dolan/Departments 9/Steely Determination The most recent issue of We the People, the official publication of Student Mary Hartney/Student Life by Chuck Ehrman Government, does none of the above. Instead, what we the people got was an Ted Kelleher/Nat. Affairs Jim McGarry/Copy l1/The Iron Lady Under Fire expensive-looking thank you note from Bill Healy to himself. According to our by Pat Markey best estimates, the current .16-page epic on the struggles of Bill, Duane and "all Jean O'Bryan/Notre Dame the president's men" cost somewhere between $2,300 and $2,500. Layout 18/ls The Grass Any Greener On Other Campuses? And what did we the people get for all that money? An honest, critical by Pat Collins evaluation of the Student Government's operation over this last year? Hardly. Jim Doerfler What we got was 16 pages of self-congratulation witl1 a few not too subtle swipes Terese Heidenwolf 22/Where Does All The Money Go? at Student Government "enemies". thrown in. for good measure. The. constant Julie Oxler by Maher Mouasher pokes at the Observer were particularly distressing. We also got self-serving inter Anne Ranaghan Sue Serrato 26/Four For The Road views of Bill and Duane, sycophantic chats with Father Tyson and Joni Neal and by Pete Pranica an outright homage to Father Hesburgh. Steve Traubert Healy's name was mentioned in the newsletter, by our count, about forty Art & Photography 29/A Different Kind Of Program times. With- this sort of publicity it's no wonder that 81.6 percent of the campus by Patricia Warth knows who the Student Body President is, as Healy's poll points out. We have Tom Falvey nothing against using student government funds for a newsletter. We object Emil McCauley DEPARTMENTS strongly, however, as do many students on this campus, to the use of this much John Murillo Jan Neruda 10/0n Other Campuses- money for blatant self promotion. At a time when students are questioning the by Paul Aiello - relevance of Student Government, less frivolous expenditures of funds are advis- . able. The opinions expressed in -SCHOLASTIC are those of the autlfors and editors of SCHOLASTIC 14/Music: My Favorite Tunes and do not necessarily represent the opinions of by Donald Seymour the entire editorial board of SCHOLASTIC or the University of Notre Dame, its administration, lS/Cinema: No Longer Clowns -SCHOLASTIC faculty, or student body. Editorials, unless other by Eric Cruz wise indicated, represent the opinion of the majori~y of the editorial board. 16/Coming Distractions . SCHOLASTIC is represented for national Compiled by Karen Dettling advertising by CABS student advertising, Inc. Published bi-weekly during the school year except 2S/Restaurants: What's Cooking? during vacation and examination periods, SCHO by John Markey LASTIC is printed at The Papers Inc. Milford, IN 46542. The subscription rate is $18.75 a year and 31/Final Word: Trading Places back issues are available from SCHOLASTIC. by Patricia Warth Please address all manuscripts to SCHOLASTIC, Notre Dame, IN 46556. All unsolicited material 32/Crossword becomes the property of SCHOLASTIC. Copy Cover photo courtesy of Notre Dame Sports Information right @ 1986 SCHOLASTIC. All rights reserved. None of the contents may be reproduced without permission. danger of crowded places and wore on? Where had they taken Squir under questioning he was in classic I his $200 gold chain and $100 gold rel? Could we bail him out? After a form. He'd hidden his I.D. in his cross. couple of futile searches up and hand when he was searched, so down the block, we wandered onto now he gave the cops a fake name New Orleans After about an hour of ~ta~ding a side street where a van was sur and told them he was in ROTC on Canal Street, waiting. for the rounded on the front and left by because he thought the military parade, Squirrel went t?.'use the police barricades. Presumably'· this police would give him a better dea1. facilities and got mugged. One is where they held prisoners and So the cops handcuffed McKay young kid grabbed Squirrel's. arn:s insurrectionists. while another kid ripped the cham and Squirrel and led them through off his neck and split : Squirrel We walked past the police van. the French Quarter to the MPs, much to the delight of the people bummed. Halfway down the block we decided to go back and ask a cop on the street. I was left in the pol Squirrel told a couple. ·of.cops where they took their prisoners. ice van, with the rest of the prison what had happened. The 'cops, who Approaching from the back and ers. were stationed about every. two right we walked up to the van. The cops had fun with me. "Are blocks to control a crowd of you in· the militar.y?" said ,a C?p.