r-----------~--------------------------------------------------------------------- VOL. XXIII NO. 134 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1991 . i THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S· . SUFR proposal affirmed by Malloy By MONICA YANT News Editor • Malloy's letter I page 3 • Dorm life changes/ page 3 University President Father Edward Malloy yesterday urged Students United for Respect Corey Collins, SUFH member, "I (SUFR) to complete the recog­ was definitely disappointed." nition process "as soon as pos­ The third-party arbitrator is a sible" and expressed pleasure key issue to SUFH members. at the coalition's decision to Collins said, as conventional di­ accept his plan to continue dis­ alogue between the coalition cussion on issues related to and the administration has cultural diversity. failed to yield the desired re­ Malloy issued the statement sults. Tuesday afternoon in response SUFH will meet tonight to to SUFR's latest proposal, discuss Malloy's response, ac­ which included an amendment cording to Collins. The coalition regarding the need for an out­ will decide whether to accept side third-party participant to the proposal on Malloy's terms, assist in the discussions. or whether to take additional In his statement, Malloy did steps to see the issuHs ad­ not specifically mention his ap­ dressed. proval or denial of the amend­ Collins stressed that the ment, saying only that "all ap­ meeting, at 7:30 p.m. in the pointed participants in the re­ Foster Room of LaFortune, is sulting discussions will be open to "all interested parties." members of the University and not just SUFH members. community." Although Collins and Wilson "He failed to address the is­ said that they did not know sue of third-party assistance what the coalition would decide entirely," said SUFR member at tonight's meeting, Wilson Intensely Irish The Observer/Elisa Klosterman Joe Wilson. expressed concern that this fi- Students peruse their copies of The Dome at yesterday's yearbook distribution in Theodore's and rem­ "It was a blatant disregard see SUFR/page 3 inisce about the year's events at Notre Dame and around the world. for the issue," according to Committee approves bill Earthquake in Central America kills 79; tightening gun control laws aid on the way as rescuers search ruins that one Republican lawmaker WASIIINGTON - The House opposed to the measure in SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - ' Judiciary Committee approved 1988, Rep. French Slaughter of Rescuers searched the rubble ."' a seven-way waiting period for Virginia. voted for the bill. of buildings and international handgun purchases Tuesday, Rep. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. aid began pouring in Tuesday paving the way for debate by and chairman of the crime sub­ for victims of a powerful ~ the full House on a measure committee, said House Speaker earthquake that killed at least supporters say will help stem Thomas Foley, 0-Wash., has 79 people, injured more than the nation's crime epidemic. promised debate and a vote in 800 and left thousands home­ about two weeks. less. The bill is named after former The Monday night quake, ~ The panni approved the so­ called Brady bill on a 23-11 White House press secretary which measured 7.4 on the vote after rejecting an alterna­ James Brady, paralyzed in the Richter scale, was the deadliest ~ tive proposal to require "point­ 1981 attempt on Reagan's life. in Central America since 1986, ~· of-salll" checks of computerized Brady, who attended Tues­ when an earthquake left 1,500 criminal records. day's vote with his wife, Sarah, people dead in El Salvador. Th11 amtmdment failed on a said he was optimistic that 23-11 vote. Its sponsor, Rep. Congress would pass the mea­ Officials said there were at Harley Staggers Jr., 0-W.Va., sure. which failed in the House least 50 confirmed deaths in plans to propose the provision by 46 votes in 1988. Costa Rica and 29 in Panama's again when the full House de- remote Atlantic province of Bo­ hates the issue. The "These are good people; they cas del Toro, which had not amnndment has 100 will do the right thing," Brady registered an earthquake since cosponsors. said. But Mrs. Brady conceded 1916. Both sidns say they expect a that even if the bill wins House Bridges and roads throughout dost~ vote whnn thn Brady bill passage next month "the Senate Costa Rica were destroyed or eomes to the Housn floor in two side's a different ball game." damaged by the earthquake, weeks. Supporters argue that the bill making it difficult to assess the The bill gained momentum is needed to prevent convicted extent of deaths and damage. last month when it was en­ criminals and mentally dis­ Neighboring Nicaragua sent he­ dorsed by ex-President Heagan, turbed people from purchasing licopters to fly over areas cut who had long opposed the mea­ guns. off by landslides and road sure. The White House has sig­ "I believe Congress is on the damage. naled a softening of its opposi­ verge of transforming public tion to the bill, indicating it opinion into public policy," The epicenter was near might accept it if Congress Schumer said. "The old, decep­ Puerto Limon, a sleepy AP Photo passes key elements of Presi­ tive arguments against the Caribbean port of 130,000 peo­ An ancient building in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica suffered heavy dent Bush's crime bill. Brady bill have withered away. ple about 7 5 miles east of this damage after an earthquake shock Monday afternoon which caused Attorney General Dick replaced by good common Costa Rican capital. severe destruction all around the country. Thornburgh reiterated that po­ sense and a disgust with the In that city, two hotels, the sition Tuesday. bloody violence in our streets." customs house, an office build­ these Hollywood apocalyptic receded 100 feet and some ter- If Bush "gets favorable reac­ Opponents contend that it ing and scores of homes col­ movies. It felt like the world rifled Puerto Limon residents tion on the essentials of his won't help police stop criminals lapsed. A hospital was dam­ was coming to an end as every- fled for higher ground, fearing crime bill, I think he is much from getting guns and is there­ aged and Red Cross workers thing moved and heaved," a tidal wave. Similar scenes more inclined to look favorably fore not worth the inconve­ were treating injured in the Rigoberto Perez, a resident of were reported in Panama. on any allied legislation that , nience it will impose on law­ streets. Puerto Limon, said by tele- Panamanian President phone. Guillermo Endara declared a might come to him," Thorn­ abiding citizens. Red Cross spokesman Miguel burgh told a meeting of mayors, "The Brady bill is like a gun Orozco said hospital patients Thousands of people, fearful "state of national emergency" who have endorsed the Brady without a trigger; it may look and those injured in the of aftershocks, slept in the and designated the Bocas del streets around bonfires rather Toro province a disaster area bill. good on the wall, but it doesn't earthquake were being treated The committee's action work," said Rep. Lamar Smith, in a tent set up in the street than go home. cheered supporters, who noted R-Texas. near the hospital. see QUAKE/page 8 "This place looks like one of When the quake hit, the sea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------, page 2 The Observer Wednesday, April 24, 1991 INSIDE COLUMN Survivors' names should not be released H L 68 50 69 54 The masthead of The 43 32 68 46 New York Times contains 62 42 a legendary motto, "All 76 45 the News That's Fit to 63 38 62 39 Print." I used to believe 83 71 this-I never had a reason 76 61 64 39 not to. The Times, for me, 55 43 has been a model of what Monica Yant 68 56 fair and ethical journalism News Editor 66 39 85 76 is all about. 43 32 So after watching one of my favorite papers 75 69 70 46 foolishly hitch a ride on the sleeze-media 54 32 bandwagon by publishing the name of the 68 42 woman accusing William Kennedy Smith of 56 49 61 33 rape, I am left questioning the validity of such 71 49 a statement, not to mention condemning The 59 50 62 35 Times for their decision. 68 54 The Times is not the only party at fault. The DC 68 42 first paper to publish her name was The Sunday Mirror, a British tabloid. NBC News followed suit. So did The Globe out of Boca Raton, which even violated a Florida law prohibiting the disclosure of survivors' identities by naming the woman in the TODAY AT A GLANCE Kennedy case. It is difficult to prove what, if any, jour­ WORLD NATIONAL nalistic merit the disclosure of the rape sur­ vivor's name adds to a story, unless the Whitne~ Houston charged woman gives her name voluntarily and for a , a y - overnment-appointe experts say t ey • LEXIN ION, Ky. - Whitney Houston was charged in reason. Such was the case in the Pulitzer .have decided to put 10 steel rings around the Tower of a summons Tuesday with punching a man in the eye and Prize-winning series done last year by the Des Pisa in a temporary measure designed to keep the threatening to kill him during a fight in a hotel lounge. Moines Register. The woman, a wife and monument from tilting too fast. Although many experts The fight involved the singer's brother, Michael Houston, mother, came forward with her story and claimed the tower would not topple for another 100 and Michael Owens of Austin, Texas, in the lounge of the wanted her name included to show that rape years, the government closed it to the public in January Radisson Plaza hotel.