Reagan Accepts Sole Responsibility for Deal with Iran

--, I II IRISH EXTRA -INSIDE VOL. XXI, NO. 56 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1986 the independent student newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Reagan accepts sole responsibility ~~'J,::-yy~ .., " • f;-._,~:~ . t for deal with Iran Associated Press the president said. ~· Defending his arms deal, WASHINGTON -President Reagan said, "I was not break Reagan said Wednesday night ing any law" in authorizing the I 'I J the controversial decision to arms sale or ordering top aides sell arms to Iran was "mine not to provide Congress with and mine alone,'' and said two immediate information. other American hostages in Reagan thus moved to quell Lebanon would have been freed a controversy that has not only "if there had not been so much spawned criticism in Congress publicity" about the ship but also threatened his own ments. credibility as president. A poll . At a news conference taken after Reagan's nation thoroughly dominated by ques ally televised speech last week tions surrounding the long on the arms shipments re • secret Iranian arms ship ported that only 14 percent of w ments, the president said he those surveyed thought he was had made the right decision essentially telling the truth despite the furor that it when he said he was not trading provoked. "I don't think a mis weapons for American take has been made," he said. hostages. Some critics remained un At his first news conference persuaded. in nearly three months, Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., in The Observer Robert Jones Reagan said Secretary of State coming chairman of the Senate That's Italian George Shultz will stay in his Armed Services Committee, Cabinet post, despite his said, "I counted at least seven A collection of sketches of Roman architectural Rome program, feature such famous edifices scarcely disguised opposition contradictions from what I masterpieces stand on display in the Architec as the Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica, and to the arms sale. "He has made have been told by his top aides. ture Building as part of "Expo Roma 1986." various cathedrals of the Renaissance. it plain he would stay as long The sketches, made by students on last year's as I want him, and I want him," see REAGAN, page 5 Network disappointed Involvement in South Bend key by decision of trustees to student work on United Way on Saturday, September 22 to By MARIA DOTI through Nov. 26," said Cook, Saint Mary's student By CHRIS BEDNARSKI body vice president. "We Assistant News Editor benefit the Bishop Tutu News Staff Seidensticker. "Our goal for Refugee Fund. the students is $10,000. Father didn't have the turn-out we hoped for. We were expecting The Notre Dame Anti The fund, run by Tutu's Giving Notre Dame and Hesburgh figured with 5,000 Aparthied Network is disap daughter Naomi and her hus Saint Mary's students a students, we could each give $1,800, and we ended with pointed by the Board of Trus band in the United States, pro chance to involve themselves the price of a couple of beers," $1,077." tees' failure at its recent vides medical and educational in the South Bend community he said. meeting to divest from South supplies for South African is the primary goal of both According to Seidensticker, Both Notre Dame and Saint African companies, but the refugees who have left South campuses' United Way cam Saint Mary's campaign is sep Mary's have a variety of group said it is determined to Africa "because of their politi paigns, according to Notre arate from Notre Dame's. campus and dorm activities keep up the fight. cal views," Rose said. Dame and Saint Mary's "We haven't planned any ac planned. "We're really count "We were really disap Rose also said the Network Chairmen John Seidensticker tivities together," he said. ing on the dorms this year," pointed,'' said Margarita Rose, will be coordinating efforts and Sarah Cook. "The Saint Mary's cam Seidensticker said. spokesperson for the group. with other college anti "The (Notre Dame) cam paign lasted from October 27 "Particularly since they didn't aparthied groups for an upcom paign runs from Nov.3 to November 14," said Sarah see CAMPAIGN, pageJ even take a vote on it. It ing rally in Indianapolis. seemed to take a back seat," Rose said she thinks the Uni she said. versity will divest from com Last Friday, the Board panies doing business in South Kodak to pull out of South Africa decided not to take any action Africa in May, "based on what on the University's investment Bishop Sullivan said," because policy until May of 1987, when the University has been follow Associated Press in South Africa. Ian Guthrie, separation package" and re employment counseling. it will completely reassess the ~ng what he said. director of employee informa policy, according to Richard JOHANNESBURG, South tion at the company Atex Inc., a Kodak computer Conklin, assistant vice presi In May of 1985, Sullivan said if Africa -Eastman Kodak, citing headquarters in Rochester, making subsidiary based in dent for University relations. all statutory aparthied were a weak economy made worse N.Y., said 130 are black, 130 of Massachusetts, also an Conklin said "There was not eliminated from South by apartheid, said Wednesday mixed race, about 20 Asian and nounced it will pull out, never a formal vote taken" by Africa by May 1987, all com it will withdraw from South the rest white. according to a Johannesburg the Board. The report of the panies should leave South Africa and prohibit its sub Colby Chandler, chairman spokesman quoted by the South Board of Trustees Ad Hoc Com Africa and an economic em sidiaries from supplying prod and chief executive officer, African Press Association. mittee on South African Invest bargo should be undertaken, ucts to this country. said in a statement: "our South Three major South African ment was received by the according to Father Oliver Wil The photographic equipment African business has been af newspaper chains use Atex Board, and then the Board liams, member of the ad hoc manufacturer is the seventh fected negatively by weakness computer systems: the Argus moved on to other business, ac committee and professor of American company to an in the South African economy. Group, South African Associ cording to Conklin. management. nounce recently that it is We also have no doubt that the ated Newspapers, and While the Network awaits the The University's current in leaving South Africa and the system of apartheid has played Nasionale Pers. Board's May meeting, Rose vestment policy, which it has first of them to halt sales of its a major role in the economy's Neither the Kodak statement said they will continue the fight subscribed to since 1984, calls products. under-performance." nor company spokesman against aparthied. She said the Kodak employs 466 people at His statement promised Network will sponsor a concert see NETWORK, page 3 five sales and service facilities employees "a generous see KODAK, page 6 .. ---~-~------~~----------~----~---- The Observer Thursday, November 20, 1986- page 2 In Brief Take a trip out to a mall Say Aahh. Students at Texas Tech can treat themselves to see society's diversity at the school's Cold Clinic. The clinic, which is a part of student health services, has booths in which a student can Go to the mall and see the people. take his temperature and use a tongue depressor to ex I've often thought that every student here amine his throat. If students are sick, they can see a doctor should be required to make a trip to a shopping Jim on the premises. -The Observer mall once every week or two to watch, for just Riley a little while, the citizens of the real world. They are not like us. Assistant News Editor Studying is a real headache, especially for some Uni On campus, we are awfully alike. We've been versity of Texas students who buy class notes from a told how homogeneous we are-- we dress pretty campus note-taking service. The service switched its much alike, do the same things, and sound paper stock to red paper with black letters to curb pretty much the same when we talk (with a few photocopying, but it's giving students headaches and sore Bostonian exceptions) . eyes--and some are photocopying and re-selling the notes But the fact that we are so much alike is not anyway. -The Observer the issue. The problem is that we are so differ ent from the rest of the world. Malls are a pretty good place to observe President Reagan sent a personal check of $1,000 to others because malls attract all kinds of people. Laurium, Mich., to help finance its new recreation area Perhaps it is the variety of items people can named after its most famous native, George "The Gipper" purchase at a mall that results in such a diverse Gipp. In his days as a Hollywood actor, Reagan played conglomeration of people being there. You see the legendary Notre Dame football player, uttering one people in the most bizzare modes of dress. You of the most famous film lines of all time, "Win one for the see handicapped people. You may see people Gipper." -Associated Press who are richer than you, but you will especially see people who are less well off than you are. During the last break, I was driving through a suburb near Cleveland. It's a lower middle awaiting me after college graduation. But the class neighborhood, mostly a "bedroom com other employees didn't.

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