VOL. XXIII NO. 15 FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 15, 1989 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY’S Disgruntled employee kills 7, injures 13 in KY Associated Press OHIO LOUISVILLE— A man with an Shooting Site assault rifle mowed down co­ workers as he went from floor to floor “ looking for bosses” at Louisville a printing plant Thursday, KENTUCKY killing seven people and wounding 13 before taking his own life. 100 miles TENN. Police said Joseph Wcsbecker, 47, had been on permanent dis­ AP ability, was being treated for mental disorders, and report­ “I said, ‘How are you, edly had threatened the com­ Rock?” ’ Tingle recalled. “ He pany. He carried several semi­ said, ‘Fine, John. Back off and automatic weapons and thou­ get out of the way ... all the way sands of rounds of ammunition. to the w all.’” “ I told them I’d be back. Get Tingle and other employees out of my way, John. I told nearby then ran into a bath­ them I’d be back,” the gunman room and locked the door. told fellow Standard-Gravure Police searched every floor of AP Photo Co. employee John Tingle, who the three-story Standard- approached him before the 30- Gravure building for victims. Louisville police evacuate a victim following a downtown shooting spree on Thursday in which a gunman minute shooting rampage be­ killed 7 and injured 13 before taking his own life. gan. see SHOOTING / page 6 Alumni get preference Activist voices global concerns for away game tickets By SARAH VOIGHT "This film features women tions, is still planning new By JANICE O’LEARY to those who purchased the Senior Staff Reporter speaking w ith common sense strategies to fight nuclear war Staff Reporter roadtrip package through and compassion about the nu­ with the Soviet Union. ” SUB, said Kara Lenahan, Vivienne Verdon-Roe demon­ clear threat,” said Verdon-Roe. Verdon-Roe said that such Many students have ques­ services commissioner for strated her faith in democracy “They show that you don’t have plans that would increase the tioned the number of SUB. when she said Thursday, “True to be an expert to have an in­ likelihood of nuclear war show, University of Michigan tick­ The hotel reservations for patriotism is speaking up when formed and reasonable opinion. “a consistent lack of respect ets allotted to the student the roadtrip were cancelled you see that your country is off Women who understand that if for life. It seems that people body. due to reasons not disclosed course. That is the only way we have the courage to speak today are learning to respect According to Jim Bell, as­ at this time, but those stu­ that democracy can work.” with our hearts, we can make the inanimate things such as sociate ticket manager, the dents who had purchased Verdon- Roe, a peace activist the difference.” money, possessions, and sym­ University is given 5,000 the package were still given and award winning film maker, In 1983, Verdon-Roe and her bols more than respect for the tickets for any away game their tickets and offered the expressed her concern for end­ associate Ian Thiermann living.” against University of bus ride and a $20 refund, ing global poverty, the threat founded Educational Film and She cited the controversy over Michigan, Michigan State, or said Lenahan. of nuclear war, and environ­ Video Productions, a non-profit the flag burning as an example Purdue. As students have So, in effect, only 150 mental destruction in a lecture center which supports the pro­ of how far the United States ticket preference for home tickets were put into the sponsored by Notre Dame’s duction of films and videos on has deviated from its ideals. games, “first priority is lottery, said Lenahan. The Institute for International the nuclear arms race, and Verdon-Roe asked, “Are we given to alumni for away 75 winners were announced Peace Studies. other social issues. forgetting our reverence for the games,” Bell said. Monday, and each winner After the lecture, Verdon-Roe Verdon-Roe hopes that the values that the American flag was given the opportunity to showed her documentary videos will inform the public of represents?" Two hundred tickets are purchase two tickets, said “Women—For America, For the the nuclear threat and other “The man who burned our held aside for students for Lenahan. World,” which features the pressing global problems such flag is concerned about our these games. “Students are The only exceptions to the opinions of many women peace as poverty and violence. She country’s support for the not guaranteed tickets,” 5,000 tickets given to Notre activists on the nuclear arms said, “Not knowing doesn’t killing in South America,” said stated Bell. Dame for away games are race. This film won an Academy solve our problems. Our prob­ Verdon-Roe. “It seems to me Out of the 200 tickets al­ those held at either the Award for the best short doc­ lems are now crisises. President lotted to the students, 50 Orange Bowl or the umentary in 1987. Bush, in spite of improved rela­ see LECTURE / page 4 tickets were made available Meadowlands, said Bell. Car thefts threaten safety of cars at ND By KELLEY TUTHILL til the South Bend Police Senior Staff Reporter Department takes custody of the vehicle for evidence. Notre Dame has had several Between September 1 at 6 stolen car incidents on campus p.m. and September 2 at 2:15 in the past week. p.m. a 1987 silver and black According to Phil Johnson, Pontiac 6000 LE was stolen assistant director of security, from campus, said Johnson. He Security officers were investi­ said the vehicle was recovered gating a car in the D-2 parking later on September 2 by the lot when they discovered wires South Bend Police Department. hanging from the broken steer­ On September 7, a 1989 silver ing column. Cheverolet Celebrity was stolen Upon an initial check of the from Corby Hall and has yet to plate the car did not register as be recovered, said Johnson. stolen, said Johnson. “However, Between September 7 at 6:15 the officers were confident the p.m. and September 10 at 6 vehicle was stolen as it looked p.m. a 1987 Pontiac SE was stolen,” said Johnson. stolen from the D2 lot. The car Notre Dame Security worked was recovered when the South with the Michigan and Niles Po­ Bend Fire Department found lice as the owner resides in the car engulfed in flames at Which way to Ann Arbor? Niles. The owner was contacted 500 N. Cleveland. The police Members of the trombone section of the Fighting Irish marching band practice behind Washington Hall and stated that the car was in­ had no stolen car report as the deed stolen, said Johnson. The Thursday in preparation for Saturday’s football game against Michigan. car is being held by Security un­ see CAR/ page 4 page 2 The Observer Friday, Septem ber 15, 1989 WORLD BRIEFS Answers to most commonly Skulls pierced by bullet holes,mummified corpses, and trenches full of bones laid undisturbed for decades while the So­ asked Observer questions viet government refused to acknowledge the estimated 20 million victims of Stalin’s bloody years of terror. Now they are coming After three-plus years at Notre Dame and an back to haunt the country, as about once a month for the past equal amount working for The Observer I have year the official press has reported the unearthing of another encountered a number of questions, comments, W e are more than mass grave as the Soviet Union reveals the horror of its past. and complaints concerning this newspaper. happy to hear your In an attempt to answer some of the more ideas in order to common questions, I have decided to dedicate “Very aggressive treatment is needed,”said a cardiol­ this inside column to that cause. I have chosen better improve our ogist Thursday in Calcutta, where Mother Teresa’s condition the five most commons questions I hear, and I coverage.’ worsened after developing chest pains and a high fever. The set­ have tried to give a brief answer to each. back occurred less than a week after the Nobel laureate suffered Hopefully some of the following will answer a heart attack. “There is a heaviness in the chest," the cardiolo­ your questions. Chris Donnelly gist said. “This is very serious." Editor-in-Chief Why did you run that cartoon? What is an Inside Column? NATIONAL BRIEFS Yesterday, for example, The Observer ran a An Inside Column is the daily column that ap­ rather controversial political cartoon on the pears on the second page of The Observer. The Viewpoint page of the paper concerning working column is written by an Observer staff member mothers and their children. Many of our readers and represents only the opinion of that staff Black members of Congress, who increased in number were outraged and asked how we could publish member not that of The Observer. The inside from 13-24, are enjoying unprecedented power as they advance such a piece. The answer is simply that The column, like any column, may be humorous, through the House seniority system, and are sitting on $2 million Observer respects the right of everyone to have critical, or political. The subject matter of the in corporate-donated money which they hope to use to increase an opinion. Steve Benson, the nationally column is the responsibility of the author. their effectiveness. The money was not on the formal agenda for syndicated cartoonist who drew the cartoon, is the Congressional Black Caucus’s annual “ Legislative Weekend” entitled to make such a comment about society Why didn’t they cover that? when it opened Thursday, but it was a principal behind-the-scenes whether you believe in it or not.