The Observer VOL. XXV. N0.33 WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 7, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S House adjourns; Senate faces $27 million tax bill WASHINGTON (AP) — The The Senate remained in ses­ 102nd Congress stumbled to­ sion Tuesday evening, despite ward adjournment Tuesday, the the sundown start of the Jewish House going home but the Yom Kippur holy day. Clerks Senate staying on to face a $27 laboriously read aloud hun­ billion tax bill and stubborn dreds of pages of text of a de­ stalling by dissenting lawmak­ tailed water projects bill — the ers. result of stalling tactics by Re­ It was a fitting finale for a publican Sen. John Seymour of messy, contentious Congress. California. House members approved the After more than six hours of disputed tax bill on a 208-202 reading, the Senate gave its vote and left shortly after noon, clerks a rest and went into a presumably for the year — recess “subject to the call of the though they could return to chair.” Senators were left session, if necessary. standing by while Senate Ma­ House Majority Leader jority Leader George Mitchell Richard Gephardt told Presi­ sought an agreement on how to dent Bush in a telephone call: proceed. “ We have now sent our mem­ Senate leaders said Seymour bers home. Our legislative ef­ agreed to assume that the fo rt has been com pleted.” He reading would continue at a said the House’s adjournment pace of 40 pages an hour, even A Hawaiian performance The°“ Sue Kehias would take effect officially once though the reading had actually the Senate concludes. stopped. Senior Taison Tanaka, Lyons Hall senior Diane Wong, and Ryan Delapena (left to right), members of the But no one was sure when M itchell said the Senate may Hawaiian Club, dance the Hawaiian lula dance at the Fieldhouse Mall. Their performance was part of the that would be. see CONGRESS/ page 4 week-long Multicultural Fall Festival sponsored by the Multicultural Executive Council. HPC creates $25,000 service fund Student-produced show By BEVIN KOVALIK oriented body, especially with feels that if there is a need they broadcasts for first time News Writer the windfall from sales of “The will offer the service, but the Shirt.” administration wants proof that By JENNIFER HABRYCH According to Megan Thomas, NBC responded to Student students are interested, he said. The Hall Presidents’ Council the entertainment beat re­ Senate’s appeal for a formal In other business, Cavanaugh News Writer (HPC) unanimously passed a porter, “Everyone is really ex­ resolution to allocate $25,000 to apology for broadcasting Sinead Hall w ill be presenting its Notre Dame Magazine, a stu­ cited about putting everything initiate an HPC Service Fund in O’Connor’s performance during eleventh annual charity event dent-produced show, aired for together. but we’re a little bit accordance with the unani­ last Saturday’s episode of play, and tryouts w ill be Oct. 28 the first time last night on Her­ nervous also. The first show is mously-passed Title IV Saturday Night Live by issuing from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in itage Cable vision channel 31. a little rough around the edges, amendment in the HPC Charter an apology stating that they too Montgomery Hall Theater, The show is on one hour once but we are working to improve By-Laws, according to Jason were outraged by the LaFortune, and Oct. a month, and is devoted to on it.” Coyle, co-chair. performance, according to 29 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in news, entertainment and sports “Notre Dame really doesn’t The Service Fund amendment Molly O’Neil, student body vice Cavanaugh Hall. John at Notre Dame. have anything like this,” to the HPC Charter By-Laws president. Ruskusky, Cavanaugh Hall, “It’s the only show of its kind Thomas continued. “Other establishes the service fund to A plan for delivering laundry asked that all dorms donate strictly devoted to Notre colleges have entirely student facilitate student-organized bundles from St. Michael’s money to charity in the form of Dame,” said Chris Schulz, cre­ run television stations. It’s community service activities in Service directly to the dorms so program space. ator and executive producer of really a great opportunity for conjunction with annual that students do not have to Walsh Hall w ill collect pop the show. “ It w ill feature every­ us to really do everything by proceeds from “The Shirt” pick them up was addressed by tabs to benefit a recycling pro­ thing on campus and will be as ourselves.” project, according to Coyle. Chuck Young and Bong ject for Ronald McDonald House comprehensive as possible, The target audience for the The amendment also states Miquiabas, Student Govern­ of the Twin Cities, according to covering news events in the show is the student body of that “The Shirt” revenues, ex­ ment. Katie Teibel, hall president. past month, coming events, en­ Notre Dame, according to ceeding $50,000, will be allo­ “The delivery service will be Dorms willing to participate tertainment news, and sports.” Schulz, but he also pointed out cated to the HPC Service Fund an easy source of revenue for can give the collected pop tabs All reporting, editing and that it’s cable availability on at the rate of 60 cents per dol­ participating dorms and will to her, and she w ill send them production of the show is done campus is limited to the com­ lar, not to exceed $25,000 per make things easier on the stu­ to Mounds Park Academy in the by seven students with prior m unity rooms. “We hope that year, he said. dents,” Young said. Twin Cities so that the school experience in radio or media with some promotion and if “We will be designating The main concerns of the children can present them to classes. people watch the show more money made from “The Shirt” administration are the problems the Ronald McDonald House. “Heritage hands the studio and more people get involved for service initiative,” Coyle with liability, the necessity of “These kids realize what they over to us to do what we have w ith it.” said. “We decided that HPC the delivery service, and the are doing to help and they like to do to get it done,” said should become a more service approval of the rectors, doing it,” Teibel said. Schulz. see TELEVISION/ page 4 Miquiabas said. The University Right-to-Life Members addressed await court By GERALDINE HAMILTON News Writer decision As part of Respect Life Week By COLLEEN KNIGHT the pro-life activist group, Col­ News Writer legians Activated to Liberate Life (CALL) spoke at the Notre As the Notre Dame Right Dame/Saint Mary’s pro-life to Life Organization group meeting about the need celebrates National Respect for people to become active in Life Week, co-presidents Bill the fight to stop abortion. Keen and Claire Johnson Three representatives from and member Elizabeth CALL devoted a year to pro-life Boyce await court decisions work, and they have been on their involvement in an traveling for the last three abortion protest last April at weeks to midwest colleges to a clinic in Champaign, get support for the pro-life Illinois. cause, said Bill Keen, co-presi­ Keen, Johnson and Boyce dent of the Right to Life group. were arrested on April 17 “CALL is an organization along with 70 others at a geared toward activism—to­ “rescue operation" ward getting people involved,” sponsored by the group he said. Collegians Activated to The purpose of CALL is to Liberate Life (CALL) . They create a community of network were all charged with The Observer/Sue Kehias leaders dedicated to the pro­ criminal trespassing, mob life cause, said Peter Heers, Peter Heers, a Collegians Activated to Liberate Life (CALL) representative, speaks at a pro-life group see DECISION / page 4 meeting. see CALL / page 4 page 2 The Observer Wednesday, October 7,1992 INSIDE COLUMN FORECAST WEATHER REPORT Forecast for noon, Wednesday, October 7 Mostly sunny today, becoming mostly Demands and Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. cloudy by late afternoon. Highs around 70. A 30 regrets don’t percent chance of showers tonight. show tolerance TEMPERATURES To hear them talk about C ity H L Anchorage 45 38 it, victory has never tasted Atlanta 68 50 so good. Bogota 64 41 Boston 53 39 After lambasting NBC Cairo 95 72 and the historically Chicago 63 36 Cleveland 58 35 raucous “Saturday Night Dallas 88 60 Live” for last week’s . Detroit 62 39 Indianapolis 66 41 performance by the Monica Yant Jerusalem 88 68 equally outspoken Sinead Editor-in-Chief London 57 52 Los Angeles 85 62 O’Connor, Notre Dame’s 100S Madrid 79 52 Student Senate is revelling ------------------------------ Minneapolis 73 54 Moscow 46 39 in the network’s conciliatory — yet spineless — FRONTS: Nashville 71 44 retraction. New York 58 40 Paris 54 50 Most observers by now know the story: Y ▼ Philadelphia 60 42 73 64 O’Connor, during an emotional performance of COLD WARM STATIONARY 1992 Accu-Weather, Inc Seattle 60 46 Bob Marley's “War, ” ripped into pieces a photo S ou th Bend 70 36 of Pope John Paul II, referring to him as “the Tokyo 66 50 W ashington, D C. 63 43 real enemy.” A stunned audience was just the 0 0 H E 0 d H beginning of NBC’s woes, for the network soon HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT CLOUDY CLOUDY found its switchboard jammed with calls from complaining viewers.