Many Mourn Moscone 150 Students Pitch Sheet Tents in Protest Of
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*The Observeran independent student newspaper serving not re dame and st. mary's Vol. XIII, No. 58f Friday, December 1, 1978 150 students pitch sheet tents in protest of housing lottery by Mike Shields for fools,” he said. “They are She said students who do not owe Staff Reporter railroading us into a lottery.” cars will be especially penalized McCurrie also called for a letter- because “it is impossible now to writing campaign by parents of Approximately 150 students find a house within a mile of gathered outside the Administrat juniors, and asked that parents campus. There is no way it can be ion Building at midnight last night express their disapproval of a safe walking home late at night. A< lottery to Hesburgh. to protest the possibility of a least there are sororities and Students began gathering at housing lottery which would force fraternities at other schools (as an midnight in front of the Admini some juniors off campus. alternative to finding houses). stration Building. A light snow fell The students pitched around 60 There is no way to get around it in chilling, 20-degree weather. tents made from sheets, many (being lotteried off campus) here.” Father Hesburgh listened to a concerned group of 150 students late bearing slogans attacking the pro Richard O’Malley from Zahm Hall Joe Kent, from Dillon Hall, said, last night on the steps of the Administration Building. The posed lottery. said, “They say ‘In loco parentis’. “We’ve put up with overcrowding students were protesting a lottery which could force large numbers Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, Univer Would your parents throw you off for years, and now they want to to find housing off campus. [Photo D. Christian]. sity president, came out on the campus?” Another Zahm resident, throw us off. If they would attempt porch of the building at 12:30 a.m. Bill Wetterer, said, “Enough has to solve the problem, they could.” and spoke briefly after a group of been said about In loco parentis. He suggested opening Columba students climbed a fire escape to We deserve better than this.” Hall to students and moving the 40 Many mourn Moscone the window of his third-floor office, A Lewis Hall resident, who asked brothers living there to Holy Cross and asked him to come down. to remain unidentified, raided Junior College. SAN FRANCISCO [AP]- Mayor with two counts Of murder and Junior Class President Dan other questions about a lottery. [continued on page 13] George Moscone’s 18-year old faces the death penalty. McCurrie said the idea for the daughter broke into sobs at his Milk’s body will be cremated demonstration came from a group funeral mass yesterday while Friday and his ashed scattered over of Sorin residents. A junior class leading the congregation-including San Francisco Bay. After yester meeting, which McCurrie called a hundreds of public officials-in day’s mass, the dead mayor was “radical council,” met early last prayer. entombed at Holy Cross Mauso night and adopted the idea. Five The slain Mayor’s three other leum near the bodies of his juniors from each hall attended the children read Bible passages from relatives in a private ceremony. meeting, McCurrie said. the pulpit. The funeral Mass was a tradi “We realize the off-campus pro There were 3,400 people in St. tional one. The heavy odor of posal is only a potential problem,” Mary’s Cathedral, including Gov. incense nung in the air and a choir McCurrie said. “But if it is Edmund G. Brown Jr., who arrived sand the Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus important enough for the Admini with an unprecedented six body Dei - regular parts of a Mass - in stration to discuss, then it is guards; 35 mayors from around the Latin. important enough for us to start country; and judges, congressmen At a part of the Mass that calls for addressing the issue.” and state legislators. prayers for specific requests, “We are dissappointed with the They shared pews with Rebecca Moscone, 18, was lack of initiative by the Admini people" of San Francisco, while on praying, “ For our city and for all of stration,” McCurrie continued, the broad plaza surrounding the those who are in public office, that adding, “ If they wanted to solve it, huge cathedral, 5,000 to 6,000 we may work for justice and true they would have taken more action more people listened to the ser peace’’ when she began sobbing by now .” vices over loudspeakers. Many and barely recited the final words. McCurrie said a petition opposing more saw the Mass live on tele The congregation called out in a lottery unless all other options vision. response, “ Lord, hear our prayer,” were exhausted was circulated a Mayor of San Francisco since and Rebecca walked back to her few weeks ago. “We are deter 1975, Moscone and City Supervisor seat, her right hand shielding her mined to make ourselves heard,” Students used mock tents to voice their opinions on the possibility Harvey Milk were fatally shot in wet eyes. Moscone’s wife, Gina, McCurrie said, calling last night’s of a housing lottery last night in front of the Ad Building [Photo by their City Hall offices Monday, put her arm around her daughter, protest a “ grassroots effort.” D. Christian], _ allegedly by disgruntled former who continued to cry throughout “The Administration is playing us Supervisor Dan White, who had the M ass. resigned and then asked for his job Moscone’s three other children - back. Moscone had refused, at the Jennifer, 21; Christopher,16; and urging of Milk and others. Milk Jonathan, 13 - earlier had kept CLC to appeal parietal proposal was the first avowed homosexual to their composure during their serve as a city supervisor. readings. But Jennifer’s soft voice by Cathy Santoro boards would be allowed to handle offenses). They have been func- White surrendered to police and cracked as she read from the Book parietal violations, the offense ioning efficiently and responsibly reportedly has confessed to the of Wisdom: “ He pleased God with The Cam pus Life Council will would remain a University rule. since they were standardized and murders He has been charged his love.” appeal its parietal proposal to This means that, similar to other strengthened last year.” Timothy O’Meara, University pro University regulations, a serious Van Wolvlear also commented on vost, early next week. The violation would be handled by a the purpose of parietal regulation. proposal, if approved, will give hall hall rector or the Dean of Students. “ Parietals protect the privacy of a judicial boards jurisdiction on par With the revision of du Lac, four students in his hall. I would ietal offenses. other offenses were allowed con that a student, after a certain hour, O’Meara will have two weeks to current jurisdiction. They are theft to a certain amount of privacy,” he either accept or reject the resolu and damage of property, consump stated. tion. If he rejects it, the Council tion of alcohol, use of marijuana, intends to appeal his decision to and possession of fireworks. The Dean of Students James Roemer University President Fr. Theodore proposal would include parietals in also sees parietals as designed to H esburgh. this list of offenses. protect student privacy. In a The parietal resolution was re “The resolution would be an Students’ Rights Forum at the end jected earlier this week by Fr. John amendment to a disciplinary pro of September, Roemer called par Van Wolvlear, vice-president for cedure, and not a change of ietal violations an offense against Student Affairs. “The present1 Univerisity rules,” explained privacy and quiet hours, and better system seems to be working effi Rizzo. off handled in the individual halls. ciently and justly. No convincing According to du Lac, all parietal As a question of privacy and reasons have been advanced to offenses are to be handled by the quiet hours, Rizzo classifies par justify the proposed change. I feel Dean of Students. This is not the ietals as a hall offense. Accor that any change might lessen the case says Rizzo. “ Most violations dingly, “ students should have the importance of parietals,” he said, are handled by hall rectors. The opportunity to go to their peers or explaining his decision. proposal would leave the serious rectors by the very nature of the The CLC voted last Monday night offenses to the Dean and allow the offense,” she stated. to appeal Van Wolvlear’s decision hall judicial boards and rectors to because they felt his response was decide the less serious cases,” she Sr. Marietta Starrie, rector of inadequate. The Council expected said. Lyons Hall, said that “since the a more precise statement on each Van Wolvlear in a talk in St. Ed’s judicial board handles other hall section of the measure. Hall on Oct. 5, said he believes that offenses, parietal violations should The proposal would provide con students should be able to voice also be contained in the hall.” current jurisdiction of parietal of their opinions. “However, there Karen Lipuma, judicial board fenses, according to Jayne Rizzo, has to be someone in charge to say chairman in Badin Hall, would also These Zahm residents are not protesting the proposed lottery, but, judicial coordinator. this is the way it is going to be,” he like to see the proposal passed. they obviously know how to have a good time. [Photo by Phil Rizzo, who originated the resolu added. “ Students should be allowed more Johnson], tion last Oct. 9, explained yester Rizzo answers the “ the judicial responsibility to govern them day that even though hall judicial boards can handle it (parietal selves,” she said.