----------------------------------------------------~ VOL. XXIII NO. 66 MONDAY , DECEMBER 11, 1989 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Non-communists control govt. in Czechoslovakia PHi\GUE. Czechoslovakia (i\P) Communist Party member pro­ - i\ goVPrnment controlled by posed by the opposition. non-Communists took pow1~r The new 21-member govern­ Sunday for the first time in 41 ment contains 10 Communists. years. and tens of thousands of two of whom enjoy opposition people jammPd thP nation's support, seven non-party mem­ strPf'.ts to cPlebrate the historic bers and two members each victories of their peacpful revo­ from the small Socialist and lution. People's parties, which recently · broke ties with the Communists. • New gov't officials lifted from obscurity/ page 6 Mon~ than 100,000 people crammed Prague's Wenceslas PrPsident Gustav llusak. the Square to hear opposition nation's last old-guard Com­ leader Vaclav lfavel. 53, and munist leadPr. resigned after other dissidents who battled swearing in the nnw govern­ jail and harassment for 13 nwnt. which includes two men years catalogue the successes who were persecuted as _dissi­ of their fight for democracy. dents until just two weeks ago. The embattled Communists have granted stunning conces­ In a key compromise. the Jus­ sions, including the opening of tice Ministry, which runs the borders, the promise of free nation's hated secret and uni­ elections and the elimination of Where's the ball? The Observe riP. Alan Kusek fornwd police, will be run by a their monopoly on power. leading dissident. the new Dillon residents desperately scan the ground for a lost football this weekend, as an interlude to their Communist premier and a see CZECH I page 6 game on the South Quad. Laundry surviving fire may be picked up This week declared By MONICA YANT mate n~iling purchase prices the laundry, which was picked News Writer for the laundered goods and up by the individuals them­ StudPnts. facultv. and staff the amount to be reimbursed selves. drunk driving week may claim rloth1;s that had for nach item. Heimbursements Garcia said the dry cleaning each student who makes this bnPn at St. \-1ichaPI's Laundry will not nxceed 60 percent of and "special wash" is in perfect By JOHN ZALLER News Writer pledge, a ribbon will be tied for dry c!Paning or "speci<{l tlw original valw~. the policy condition. "If anything would wash" bPforP the Nov. 16 lire. statns. For example, individuals have happened to it," she said, to the tree. Each class will National Drunk Driving said HobPrt ZPrr. director of who lost drnss shirts. with a "we would have known by have a different color rib­ Week, an event designed to Hisk \-lanagPnwnt and Safety. ceiling cost of $30 dollars, will now." All the laundry was bon. llowPvPr. individuals with be rPimbursed $18 dollars. cleaned a second time to elimi­ raise awareness of drinking clothing at tlw wgular laundry nate any smoke odors. and driving during the holi­ "Hopefully we'll have a full will have to fill out claim forms Those who lost jeans will re­ day season, begins today. tree and all the students will In conjunction with the to lw rPimbursPd for items cnivn approximately $24 dol­ Upon claiming the dry clean­ participate," said Julie Con­ week, Bacchus, a campus­ damaged or lost in tlw lirP. lars. whiln each pair of socks ing, individuals must sign a re­ nors, president of Bacchus. based group whose purpose Connors emphasized the im­ Approximately 90 pPrcent of will be n~placed with $2.40. lease form stating they accept tlw rlotlws droppnd off for dry For clothing not specifically the condition of the items as is to promote responsible portance of this week, not­ cleaning wPrP not damagPd. If listed. students are being asked satisfactory and release St. decision making about drink­ ing that if students are more rlotlws wPfP destroyed. or un­ to estimate price and purchase Michael's from any future lia­ ing and the awareness of the aware of the dangers in­ satisfactorily c!Paned, a claim date so a reimbursement bility, Zerr said. effects of alcohol, has orga­ volved with drinking and form for reimbursement can be amount can be determined. Zerr said he hopes the claim­ nized its annual "Tie One On" driving they will be less likely completed. Zerr said. ing of dry cleaning can be ac­ campaign, to help students to attempt driving after al­ understand the importance cohol consumption and more i\ claim CPnt1~r will be set up Fifty percent of the clothes in complished within the week. He of not drinking and driving. in Loftus Sports CPnter from dry cleaning and "special wash" also said that students f'illing likely to assign a designated Dec. 11-15, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. belonged to students, said out the claims to be reimbursed driver. Individuals must bring their Guadalupe Garcia, director of for regular laundry should try Students will be asked to "The tree will be a visible laundry tag or receipt to claim St. Michael's. She said "special to do so before Dec. 22. pledge not to drink and drive sign to students that drink­ their clothes. wash" was no different than Reimbursements are slated to during the holiday season ing and driving is very dan­ The reimbursement policy for regular cleaning, except that it begin at the end of January, and for the entire year. For gerous," Connors added. n~gular liumdry lists approxi- involved starching and hanging Zerr said. Environmental concerns confront U.S. in the 1990s (i\P) In a simpler environmental cataclysm is re­ precedented research into envi­ • Ozone depletion. In cities, time. not so long ago, environ­ placing nuclear holocaust as ronmental problems as scien­ ozone is a toxic pollutant mentalists talked about saving the scariest menace to civiliza­ tists try to solve 19th- and spewed out by cars, but high in forests for hiking, streams for tion. 20th- century problems before the atmosphere it's a vital gas rafting and clean air for the The World Bank, long dis­ people start mucking up the shielding the Earth from dan­ pure enjoyment of breathing it. missed by environmentalists as 21st. gerous ultraviolet rays. That Now, as the 1990s approach, ecologically insensitive, now The environmental agenda in shield is being destroyed by yet calls the environment its lead­ warned in its "State of the the '90s will include: another human pollutant - • Garbage problems loom in ing priority for the 1990s. World 1989" report. • Clean air. Perhaps no envi­ chlorofluorocarbons - and the the 1990s/ page 5 President Bush called the '90s Not everyone shares ronmental issue will be as consequences are expected to "the era for clean air." Worldwatch's apocalyptic vi­ sharply felt. In Los Angeles, au­ include increased rates of skin the talk has turned to the i\nd the Worldwatch Institute, sion, which is based largely on thorities will try to change a cancer and cataracts. science of survival -saving an environmental research or­ the threat of global warming - way of life by starting to wean • Extinction of species. forests for oxygen, keeping ganization, calls the 1990s "the the "greenhouse effect." Many commuters off gasoline-pow­ Largely because of the burning streams from spreading toxic turnaround decade" in which respected scientists say the ered automobiles in the 1990s. of tropical rain forests, entire pollutants, cleaning the air to people will either stop polluting available evidence doesn't war­ The rest of the nation undoubt­ species of animals, plants and avoid catastrophic global or face an environmental disas­ rant the doomsday warnings. edly will follow that lead. insects are becoming extinct at warming. ter as devastating as nuclear But few doubt that environ­ Already, a congressional the fastest rate in human his­ From the hazy vantage point war. mental issues will be committee has voted to adopt tory. I of 1989, the environment looms "By many measures, time is paramount in the coming years. California's tough new stan­ All these concerns will be sec- as the major global issue of the running out," Worldwatch If nothing else, the '90s are dards for anti-pollution equip­ next decade. The threat of an likely to be a decade of un- ment on cars. see POLLUTE I page 4 I j j _j r------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ page 2 The Observer Monday, December 11, 1989 INSIDE COLUMN WEATHER Christmas TV Lines show high temperatures. 20 won't be same without Grinch Dr. Se u ss is a ---------------­ genius. lie must have Yesterday's high: 36 been to create the in­ Yesterday's low: 25 famous Grinch who stole Christmas. The Forecast: Grind1 is the ultimate Cold today with snow scoundrel. The Oscar ~ showers likely. Near the Grouch of holiday .. steady tern perature 20 television. to 25. Chance of snow I can see him no~. a Sarah Voigt 70 percent. Very eold dour frown on his News Copy Editor tonight with the low 5 faee, glaring down at to 10. Partly eloudy the unsuspecting --------- with snow showers Whos down in Whoville. I can almost hear FRONTS: likely. Chance of snow his Grinch lingers nervously drumming as 60 percent. lligh near he plots his revenge on the happy Whos for • • • 70 15 Tuesday. enjoying Christmas. COLD• • WARM STATIONARY• • ©1989 Accu-Weather, Inc. The Grinch's perversity has always fasci­ Pressure nated me. I know his heart is two sizes too IT] [3h small, but is Christmas that unbearable? ® © rn' ~ ~ !low ean the waiflike Whos inspire such HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T·STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT.