‘Indecent’ TV - page 5 VOL. X X I, NO. I l l TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1987 the independent student newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint M an ’s Class officers U.S. rescued firm elected in that aided Contras run-off races By ROB HENNIG Associated Press $13,000 to International Busi­ Copy Editor ness Communications was “ of WASHINGTON - State De­ utmost importance, not just to Ellen Nichols was elected partment officials, citing White the department, but to the Junior Class President by a House concern, bypassed nor­ White House and the NSC slim 18 votes ahead of Bill mal procedures in 1985 to bail (National Security Council).” Pelino, while Dave Kinkopf out a financially strapped com­ IBC is a public relations firm was elected Sophomore Class pany that was aiding the that has “ apparently been in­ President by an almost two- Nicaraguan Contras, a depart­ volved in the funneling of thirds margin in runoff elec­ ment memo shows. money to secret Swiss bank ac­ tions on March 11. The company, International counts” used in aiding the Con­ Kinkopf, Bill Fitzgerald, Business Communications In tra rebels, according to Rep. M ary Mulvaney and Susie Li c., had non-competitive State Dante B. Fascell, D Fla., j defeated the ticket of Tom Department contracts to chairman of the House Foreign 1 Rask, Laurie Hollenbeck, Amy publicize the Contra cause in Affairs Committee. Edinger and Kevin O’Meara by the United States. The State Department memo an unofficial tally of 614 to 351. During the same period, the reveals the Reagan adminis­ According to Kinkopf, his company also was involved in tration’s interest in IBC at a ticket carried every dorm ex­ funneling privately raised crucial time for the Contras. cept Grace, Zahm, Cavanaugh money to the Contras. This interest flowed from two The State Department parallel developments between and Holy Cross. “ The large number of slates memo, obtained by The Asso­ January and April 1985. First, 1 1 i ciated Press, said an “ emer­ and good voter turnout shows gency payment” of about see CONTRAS, page 6 i our great class spirit,” said Kinkopf. “ We’d like to thank I everyone who supported us, WVFI broadcasting again and we re looking forward to a super year next year.” following 3-month hiatus The ticket of Ellen Nichols, /> James Brown, Colleen Clynes and Paul Salvaty beat Pelino, By JIM RILEY AM signal. She said reaction Tina Chou, Mike M ajica and News Editor from people who called the sta­ Rob Fisher for Junior class of­ tion from dorms on campus ficers. The Nichols ticket won was very positive. After an absence of about with 435 votes to Pelino’s 417, Most, but not all dorms re­ three months, WVFI, the according to Clynes. ported a strong signal. She said campus AM radio station, Nichols was still on break the reception in some dorms began broadcasting again and unavailable for comment, still needs fine tuning and that Monday night. but Clynes commented, “ It was two people were working on the “ At 6:40 p.m. we began our a very close race and we’re broadcast for the semester,” problem Monday night. really excited with the tur­ said Kara O’Neil, WVFI’s new The station still operates on carrier current, said O’Neil. nout.” station manager. She said the “ I wish more people could WVFI will maintain the same station had gone off the air have voted, but it was late. It before finals in December. It basic form at that they used last was right before break,” said did not operate in subsequent semester, according to O’Neil. Clynes. The station form at is “ new, months because of its move Judicial Coordinator Maria from O’Shaughnessy to its new progressive, alternative col­ Cintron supervised the elec­ quarters on the second floor of lege radio,” she said. tions, but was still on break and LaFortune Student Center. The station will make some The Observer/Michael Moran Hoop Hysteria could not be reached. As a O’Neil said the station should Sophomore Zachary Schrantz pulls down a rebound from fellow result, official tallies were not now be supplying a very clear see WVFI, page 3 Sorinites on the bookstore courts. available. Haig to announce presidential bidMan arrested with shotgun Associated Press of Delaware entered the race return of the vice president.” last September. Rep. Jack His statement was widely re­ given fine and probation NEW York - Alexander M. Kemp of New York is prepar­ ported as having angered Haig Jr., who once declared “ I ing to announce his candidacy senior White House aides. By CHRIS BEDNARSKI The men had told the gate am in control here in the White on A pril 6. Haig has insisted the incident News Editor officer they were going to Others readying their cam­ was overblown. He said he South Dining Hall. The offi­ House,” is attempting to A man arrested outside of paigns are Vice President called Bush, who was in Texas, cer, however, watched them validate that claim with a bid Lyons and Morrissey halls George Bush, Senate Republi­ and “ I said, George, I can’t tell drive past it. for the 1988 Republican last semester after a shot­ can leader Bob Dole of Kansas, you why, but turn your plane When Security officers ap­ presidential nomination. gun was found in his car has the Rev. Pat Robertson and around and come home and I ’ll proached Dutka in the Lyons The retired general planned been fined $100 and placed former Defense Secretary send you a classified mes­ Hall parking lot he was to hint at his plans in a speech on court parole for six Monday night to a fund-raising Donald Rumsfeld. sage.” standing alone next to his ve­ months, Notre Dame Secur­ hicle. One of the officers said dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Trying to separate himself He said he found the White ity Director Rex Rakow con­ he saw another man walking Hotel and to declare his can­ from the rest of the Republican House in disarray and decided firmed yesterday. towards Morrissey Hall. didacy form ally at a news con­ field, Haig emphasizes his “ it was absolutely essential Daniel J. Dutka, 19, of Gos­ Dutka claimed he was on ference Tuesday morning. resume and his experience ser­ that we reassure the world, the hen Ind. plead guilty to a campus to drop off a Like other Republican hope­ ving presidents in time of nation and, above all, the So­ misdemeanor charge of ille­ hitchhiker he had picked up fuls, Haig has campaigned in crisis. viet Union that we had a func­ gal possession of a sawed-off in Goshen, the statement Iowa and New Hampshire, the He was White House chief of tioning government and a re­ shotgun the week before said. Dutka said he had states that traditionally lead staff when Richard M. Nixon sponsible one.” spring break, said Rakow. agreed to take the man to off the primary and caucus resigned as president and A native of Bala-Cynwyd, According to a Security Notre Dame in exchange for served as President Reagan’s Pa., Haig, 63, was graduated season. In his early appear­ statement released the day a beer. first secretary of state. from West Point and served as ances, he has emphasized his after the arrest, Security According to the state­ service to seven presidents, Shortly after Reagan was Henry A. kissinger’s deputy in was called at about 9:30p.m. ment, Dutka said the man dating back to Dwight D. wounded in an assassination at­ the White House. A fter Nixon on Oct. 6 after a gate officer identified himself as Will tempt on March 30, 1981, Haig resigned, Haig was named Eisenhower. noticed the “ suspicious ac­ Cavanaugh. appeared in the White House commander of NATO forces in His entry into the race would tivity” of two men who had There is no student by that make Haig the second declared press room and told reporters, Europe. just entered campus in a car “ As of now, I am in control here candidate for the GOP nomina­ see HAIG, page 5 driven by Dutka. see SHOTGUN, page 4 tion. Former Gov. Pete du Pont in the White House pending the The Observer Tuesday, March 24, 1987 - page 2 In Brief New campus leaders at ND The 21-year-old Notre Dame student charged with stand on shoulders of giants last semester’s accident resulting in the death of junior Surprisingly, the weather is an indication. Michael Cogswell faces a possible punishment of one year Spring has sprung, and with the warm wea­ in prison and up to a $5,000 fine. The March 17 trial has ther and sunny skies come quite a few new Kevin been continued to A pril 2. -The Observer beginnings. Becker Of course, the most important beginning for us at The Observer is the new general board Editor-in-Chief that has taken over the production of the news­ Corby Tavern’swill have its fate determined on paper. It seems quite ironic that we should be April 7. The question of whether or not the bar will open in such new positions while most of the campus was to have been answered March 17, but the trial was is on the downslide to finals. postponed because of a lack of evidence. - The Observer But we at The Observer do not seem to have as much of a new beginning to deal with as the folks down at WVFI, Notre Dame’s student radio station that signed on for the first time in three months Monday at 6:40 p.m.