Irish refuse all bowl bids! For story see page 7 another beautiful day In the 70's. better enjoy them while they last. chance of rain tonight. Vol. VI. No. 49 serving the notre dome-st. mary's community Thursday, November 18, 1971 Financial problem stalemates merger by Ann Thert>se Darin Some Notre Dame and St. Mary's Inter-Institutional Teams for Unification have suspended meetings until the financial problems are settled, the Obst>rvt>r learned yesterday. Finances roadblocked the Business Affairs team, while completion of most of its assigned tasks halted the Public Relations and Development team. According to Fr. Ferdinand Brown, associate provost, the Academic Af­ fairs team, intends to continue meeting. Some members have speculated on future Student Affairs team meetings, claiming finances have stalemated their proposals. Will it be the same? Fr. Thomas E. Blantz, student affairs vice-president, affirmed there would be another meeting of the committee. CIH duel barred Fr. Jerome Wilson: "Some of the administrators at St. Mary's just don't want that until the budgets work is hampered are unified." from stadium "I think there must be some misunderstanding about our next by Noli Kane meeting," he confirmed. "One of the questions we had begun to The Observer learned yesterday that consider was the uses of precise the Morrissey-Dillon interhall game, residence halls after the unification originally scheduled for the Notre was completed," he recalled, "and at Dame Stadium, has been relegated to our meeting on Nov. 9, I simply felt that Cartier Field instead. we could postpone any further The players learned of the decision discussion of this until further progress Wt-dnesday from Interhall football had been made in other areas: finan­ director Tom Kelly. According to ces, legal considerations, academic Director of non-varsity sports, allocation of space, and so on." Dominick Napolitano the move was Many committee members hoped made because workmen just fertilized, this weekend's Board of Trustees Ad­ aerated and reseeded the field this Hoc Committee meeting could solvP. the week. financial puzzle and spur them on to "No one wants to keep the kids out of rapid unification timetable again. the stadium," Napolitano, said, "it's Analyzing the work stoppage by the just a case of not contacting the proper business affairs team, Rev. Jerome officials in time." Wilson, financial affairs vice­ president, explained, "We've gone about as far as we could go." "good substitute" Fr. Blantz: "trying to determine gone as far ... Reseeding and fertilizing is "quite a what the financial implications proposition," according to Napolitano. and costs of each alternative "At the present time, since the He would not make an estimate of the might be." budgets at both places willl be separate job's cost, but he did sa!' that he ex­ for next year, our work is hampered." pected the cost of fertilizing and "We wanted to combine the personel s<>Pding the club sports fields behind departments and student aid depart­ Stepan Center alone to reach $800. ments at this time. But, some of the When the bleachers are set up, administrators at St. Mary's just don't Cartier Field will be what he considers want that until the budgets are a "good substitute". But he added, unified," he divulged. "I've been in it (football) for forty As a solution to the monetary mess, years and I know what it means for Fr. Wilson termed a suggestion by the them to play in the stadium." St. Mary's FacultyAssemblythat Notre Members of both teams expressed Dame issue Notre Dame contracts to disappointment at not playing in the SMC faculty with SMC funding that stadium. "Even though it is a myth, it's part of the university budget possible." a little kid's dream to play in the Notre In meeting last spring the business Dame stadium," one player said. affairs team " ... outlined how the Another said that "lots of parents and departments would be joined together, fri<>nds were coming to see the game" which employees we would take with and that it was a "general letdown." us," Fr. Wilson remembered. "We also However, competition between Dillon explored some of the problems such as and Morrissey promises to be just as the difference in the fringe benefits of keen in Cartier field as the stadium. the two schools." Rivalry between the two squads traces According to Fr. Blantz, his whole back to last year's championship game team has assembled together five times in which Dillon defeated Morrissey <about every other week). Individual because Dillon had more first downs Richard Conklin: "most of the committees and subcommittees have after a non-scoring game. Morrissey work has already been done." met several times on their own. had been unscored upon for the entire (continued on page 2) season. Pege2 THE OBSERVER. Thursday, November 18, 1971 SMC parietal hours issue to be persued of the women at SMC to make government should "drop the perhaps SMC hall governments mination philosophy of the by Jodi Campbell decisions for themselves and to issue and move on to bigger and and halls would reach the point of proposal and pushing the determine their own life style." better things." self-determination and self­ parietals. "Philosophy is more "The action that Sister Alma "I'm afraid that any further government that we all strive important to me." St. Mary's student government took in vetoing the proposal was action would be beating a dead for." Barkett contended that the The officials wete leery of officials last night expressed in effect saying 'no you won't be horse" Rodriguez commented. hall and student response to a suspension if students ignored the determination to press on with able to determine your own life --The issue could be cut up and parietal hours proposal might be veto. "I see open violation as a the SMC parietal proposal in style on this campus'," Miss represented as experiments in more vocal and the bill might last resort" Miss Underman spite of Sister Alma Peter's veto, Barlow contended. the various dorms. Miss Un­ obtain administrative approval. stated, adding that to be effective although one Notre Dame student Miss Barlow said that there derman suggested the possibility --The student government this would "require the support government representative were four possible alternatives to of resubmiting the LeMans ex­ officials generally disapproved of or a majority of the student called any further effort "beating the problem but she rejected periment. Miss Barlow felt that . the suggestion to submit the body". a dead horse." some of them as "compromise" any experiment based on the proposal to the Trustees over Rodriguez stated that St. Mary's SBP Kathy Barlow solutions. "If we were pushing for vetoed proposal would meet with Sister Alma's head. "disobedience is out of the and SBVP Missy Underman are parietals, to create a social at­ much the same result. Notre "I won't rule out the trustees question at St. Mary's." both in favor of continuing to mosphere I could accept a Dame SBP John Barkett thought but I think they have already Miss Barlow advocated press the issue. Referring to her compromise. Better social at­ that the idea of experimental made their decision." Miss "challenging every woman on first reaction as "angry upset mosphere is not the basis of the open houses could work at Barlow said. Both Miss Un­ this campus to make the decision and really discouraged" Miss issue. Either you live your own the present time. derman and Barkett felt that for herself." Underman said "I was about life style or you don't there is no Barkett also contended that the action of this sort would not work. "For myself, this is the only ready to give the whole thing up, in between and it can't be com­ present St. Mary's room­ --Miss Barlow rejected the idea part acceptable as a resident of but we can't do that." promised," she said. selection system litigated against of dropping the self deter- this campus," Miss Barlow said. Both Barlow and Underman The alternatives she offered the proposal's success. said that 'the decision they are were: "At present, the turnover of now facing is "where to go" with --Dropping the issue entirely, a people from year to year destroys the issue. possibility that both Miss Barlow the bond and spirit of a hall Urban Studies Miss Barlow claimed that the and Miss Underman opposed. community which builds upon issue at hand is "not only parietal Notre Dame SBVP Orlando itself," Barkett said. "If a stay Evening hours, that's only a small part of Rodriguez felt that his was the hall system or some version of it. We're talking about the right best alternative, saying that SMC one could be implemented, Sunday, November 21 Teams collect merger details 7:00 PM Room 103 (continued from page I) William Wilka, and Rev. William the two offices of public in­ Toohey. formation effective last Sept. 1. "Since it is still quite early," Last fall the team divided into Now his office handles all SMC O'Shaughnessy Fr. Blantz related, "most of us smaller committees to in­ press information. It produces are still collecting information, vestigate particular areas, many SMC publications, in­ discussing our concerns with collect ideas from other cluding the Christmas annual 1. Work study for academic credit others, drafting what seems to be university and college staff giving brochure for alumnae. feasible, alternative proposals, members, and to draft proposals With alumni-alumnae and especially trying to deter­ for team consideration.