....,., VOL. XXV. NO. 80 The ObserverTHURSDAY~PTEMBER 25, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Right to Life marking WNDU-16 Roe ruling with events clair:ns new By NANCY FENOCKETTI and the pro-life movement," evidence bus News Writer Keen said. The sequence begins with a mass in the Sacred Heart While members of the Notre Basilica tonight at 5:15p.m. driver sped Dame/ Saint Mary's College "The special intentions will Observer staff report Right to Life (ND/SMC RTL) or­ be ·offered up not only to wel­ ganization spent the actual an­ come Our Lady but also for an niversary of Roe vs. Wade increase of respect for all hu­ One year after a United Limo protesting in Washington, a man life. It will be a joyous oc­ bus accident which took the week later they are marking casion even though it is com­ lives of two Notre Dame women the decision to legalize abortion memorating something that is swimmers, WNDU-16 claimed with a series of events aimed at not," Keen said. Following the Wednesday night to have new South Bend and its college mass, there will be veneration evidence that the driver of the communities. of the Missionary Image until 7 bus was speeding at upwards of Sponsored by ND/SMC RTL, p.m. 55 mph - evidence which, if Campus Ministry, the Children Then, at 7:30 p.m., Daniel true, would contradict a St. of Mary, and the Knights of the Lynch, attorney and pro-life Joseph County grand jury de­ Immaculata, the two-day activist from Alburg Springs, cision not to prosecute him. schedule focuses on the image New York, will speak on "The During an 11 p.m. broadcast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Missionary Image of Our Lady Wednesday, WNDU claimed to Many pro-lifers have chosen of Guadalupe" in the Hesburgh have obtained a copy of the of­ this particular portrayal of Library auditorium. Lynch is ficial federal investigation into Mary as a pregnant young Na­ the national guardian of the the accident which killed tive American woman to sym­ image, a 4 by 6 foot picture of a freshmen swimmers Margaret bolize their cause, according to statue of Mary. "Meghan" Beeler and Colleen The Observer/ Kathy Daly Bill Keen, co-president of For the two years since Mexi­ Hipp and injured 32 others. ND/SMC RTL. can priests and bishops pre- Heading for the slopes The station reported that a Seen in this way, she js both, Walsh Hall freshman Erin Nicholas prepares for her physical "the patroness of the unborn see LIFE/ page 4 education class in downhill skiing at Swiss Valley Ski Resort. see BUS I page 4 Reich, Foley discuss layoffs, economic stimulus WASHINGTON (AP) - Labor should have been doing all bad," Reich added. benefits." Secretary Robert Reich said to­ along." Reich said the administration House Speaker Tom Foley, day the Clinton administration "I don't want to second-guess had not yet made a final deci­ meanwhile, said contemplation likely will seek to extend jobless the management of a particular sion on the details of a short­ of a rather modest stimulus benefits, saying the latest wave company . but it seems to me term economic stimulus pack­ package - there once was talk of corporate layoffs shows the cutbacks of a very large scale age, but insisted that "we are of something on the order of "employment picture is still signal a management failure," going to do whatever it takes" $60 billion - is "a reaction to very bad." he said during an interview on to create jobs. the fact that we have a very Reich said he was somewhat NBC's "Today" show. He said that whether it is $15 heavy deficit." surprised by announcement of In any respect, the cutbacks billion to $20 billion - or $20 "The fact that the employment large cutbacks this week at are yet another indication that billion to $25 billion - in new picture is still not rebounding Boeing and Sears but suggested even though "we technically are spending "it's likely there will fast enough is the reason some big companies "have used coming out of recession, the be a stimulus package and an the recession to do what they employment picture is still very extension of unemployment see JOBLESS I page 4 Trains are halted near crash site after a broken cable is discovered GARY, Ind. (AP) -·Trains flashed a stop light - its proper. signal late last year. No trains later the train was struck by a to stop, Parsons said. The were halted this week near the function in such situations. were endangered then or in westbound train, killing seven engineer spotted the red light bridge where seven people died "When it senses a problem, it Monday's incident, although passengers and injuring more about a half-mile away and was in last week's commuter train goes to red," said Northern five trains were delayed. It was than 60 others. able to stop well before the sig­ crash when the signal system Indiana Commuter unclear how the cable broke, Federal investigators say nal, which is 473 feet from the detected a broken cable, a Transportation District Parsons said. their work so far has uncovered bridge. railroad official said spokesman John Parsons. It was the same light that no signal problems on the day Riordan told federal in­ Wednesday. "T~at's what the signal is engineer David Riordan said he of the crash. vestigators the light changed It was the 11th time in four designed to do." saw drop from a clear signal to The "home" signal locked on when he was about two car months that the system had Ten similar occurrences stop as he neared it on the red shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, lengths from it. His train picked up a problem and were reported at a nearby morning of Jan. 18. Seconds telling eastbound train No. 19 see TRAIN I page 4 Saint Mary's presidential candidates to debate By ELIZABETH QUINLAN Wilkinson and O'Donnell hope News Writer to initiate a comprehensive recycling program, further the Saint Mary's College contin­ development of Dalloway's and ues its election week events increase student-alumni links with a debate between the with lectures and interviews, tickets Mary Beth Wilkin­ they said recently. son/Lynn O'Donnell and Melissa Whelan and Peters plan to in­ Whelan/Melissa Peters tonight. crease the role of student gov­ ernment in student life, im­ The debate was planned to prove intellectual and social in­ help the students make a more teractions between faculty and informed decision in their the student body, and encour­ choices for leadership in 1993- age a stronger relationship 94 by giving them an opportu­ between Saint Mary's, Notre nity to meet and question the Dame and Holy Cross through candidates,. "movies and speakers and cul­ tural events," according to their The format for the debate will platform papers. include a two-minute opening statement by both presidential The debate for the Saint candidates, followed by a ten to Mary's College Student Body fifteen question session alter­ officers will be at 7 p.m. in The Observer/ Cynthia Exconde nating between the tickets, and Haggar Parlor. The election will Sewing up a storm finally an open floor for ques­ be held on February 1, in the Saint Mary's sophomore Lisa Fortman demonstrates her sewing skills by creating costumes for the Saint tioning. dining hall. Mary's production "Oklahoma!" which will be performed Feb. 25-27. ,,.. page 2 The Observer Thursday, January 28, 1993 INSIDE COLUMN JPW gives us Cloudy today with a chance of light rain or flurries, and high around 40. Colder better view of Friday with a 50 percent chance of and high in the our parents mid 20s. RATURES H L 13 12 49 30 68 41 The other day, I heard ------­ 66 43 41 27 Harry Chapin's "Cat's in 36 34 the Cradle" on the radio. J. Brian Stalter 58 34 Hearing that song, in Asst. Viewpoint 29 21 41 31 which Chapin laments the Editor 61 43 difficulty of father/son ________ 52 43 relationships, and hearing my friends who are 83 53 61 36 ·uniors talking about and planning for the 14 07 upcoming JPW events got me thinking. 25 10 50 25 There are certain moments in our lives in •• • 35 31 which our relationships with our parents take a WARM STATIONARY• • 50 48 turn; a moment where we realize that the 38 30 36 57 delicate balance between giving and taking 53 45 responsibility has changed. Growing up, going 40 32 52 41 to college, moving out, visiting one's parents as 37 24 an adult and other 'milestones' all contain moments where our relationship with our parents is redefined. The moment could be a conversation. the opening of a gift, a special letter or anything else. For me, a car ride during JPW was such a TODAY AT A GLANCE moment. I remember all of the planning and prepara­ WORLD campaign to collect used clothing for the world's poor tion for this big weekend: the worries we all had and by posing nude for an advertisement. Several about how the weekend would go (how our Yeltsin signs agreements in India senators asked the head of the upper house, in which parents might act in front of everyone else's Benetton has a seat, to pronounce whether the "absence parents, for example), the process of nailing of good taste is compatible with the sense of decorum down the precise schedule of events and other •NEW DELHI, India - Boris Yeltsin, the first Kremlin leader to visit India and dignity" of an elected representative.