• • • Mass Assassins- page 7 VOL. XV, NO. 119 an md('"pendent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary's THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1981 Close races highlight class elections By MIKE DUPLESSIE mustt·rc:d 50.2 percent of the: vote: while: Mai won 49.H percent. Neu•s Stcclf In the: class of'H4 c:lc:ction, Nanni, Terpin, llenry, and Guillet defeated Yesterday's class elections Thompson, Manley, Giunti, and lcaturc:d a st·rks of closely contc:stcd Ruc:hlmann. Nanni's ticket com­ rac:c:s, with no t·andidatc: t·apturing a manded 'i 1.4 percent of the vote: to largt· majority of the vote. Tom Thompson's 4H.I pt·rcc:nt. Koq>\cl. Omhudsman c:lection chair­ Nanni echoed tht· sentiments of man. tc:rmed the voter participation tht· majority of the candidates "I in yc:stt'Hiay's dection "t·xcc:llc:nt wo'uld like to t·xtt·ml my sincere ap­ li1r a run-off." Tht· turnout consisted preciation tn all thost· pc:rsons who of 'H. 'i paet·nt li1r thc: seniors, 'i7.9 voted for our ticket, and moreover pt•rt·c·nt for juniors and 66. I pcret·nt l(>r all those people who helped in li1r tht· sophomores. our campaign. I would also like: to commend the other tickets on a very competitive and we: II- run race:." Participation was Nanni added that his ticket "will he working very hard to make our sophomore year a very c:njoyabk 'excellent for a runoff' and successful one." In the off-campus race Kathy Jurado edged Anne Slowey for the l.upo, Favret, Lewis, and Olenik position of 0-C commissioner. garnered the senior class ollices yt·s­ Jurado earned 'i4.6 percent of the A student from Lyons Hallt'otes in yesterday's runoff election for class officers. (photo by Rachel tc:rday, defeating the: ticket of vott· while Slowey garnered 4'i.4 Blount) St·hult:r, Hammer, Kelley, and pc:rct·nt. Dailey. l.upo's ticket <.·apturc:d 'i3.1 pt·n·ent of tht· vote:, while Schuler's tickt·t earnt·d 46.9 percent. Resumes duties Tom Lupo, comnu:nting on the race: statt·d that "there wen· five: good tickets, and all of them put President continues improvement forth 01 lot of c:tfi1rt and showed a lot of da~s. We: fc:l'l fortunate: to have: hc:en selected hy our dassmatc:s. i\s WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite: Rugc: dc:darc:d late in the: day that tlng comfortably," Ruge said. to stand trial. He is being held at the: for Harh, Dave:, Mike and myself we some pain and fatigue:, a high­ "The: president continues to make Earlier, Vice President George Quantico, Va, Marine: base, south of ar<.· looking foward to making next spirited President Rt·agan got out of excellent progress toward full Bush said after a vist that "The presi­ Washington. yt·ar a good year for tht· class." hc:d and set to work in his hospital recovery'; from the bullet wound dent is doing so well ... it's really Reagan was moved into a private: In tht· most dost'ly nmtestc:d race suite yesterday, signing an c:xc:cutlvc: which punctured his left lung in amazing." room in a surgical ward and a "full­ of tht· day Rowe:, Schuchc:rt, Timko. order, conferring with staff mem­ Monday's assassination attempt. john W. Hin_cklc:y Jr., charged time office" was set up nearby for and llatfkld edged out Mai, Power, bers and planning a major trip in just "He: has experienced some pain, with trying to kill Reagan, under­ staff mc:mhc:rs, at:cordlng to McNally and Cooney hy four votes three weeks. which is normal for .. , an injury and went three hours of psychiatric tc:s· presidential counselor Edwin Meese for the junior class positions. Rowe White House physician • Danid surgery of this type. He: is now res- ting to determine if he: is competent III. Meese said the prc:sidmt may he sent home from the: George: Wash­ ington llnivc:rsity Jl T ospital early next week. White House chief of statf'Jamt•s A. Baker III and his deputy, Michael K. Deaver, who with Meese make: up the triumvirate that directs the Students study national budget White: House and administration operations, spent about I 0 minutes with the president shortly after .., Editor's note: The Center for Ex­ net" for the poor. It makes them a the land, rc:!lucc our nation's to have: won a victory. a.m. At that time, the prt·sidc:nt perh•ntia/ Leaming sponsored a If part of the legal system. denied productivity, and destroy the most "The cutbacks proposed arc a signed an executive: order granting u•eek-hmg seminar in Washington, legal aid, the poor may fed Isolated effective programs for stimulating broad attack on the: neediest in our lower import tariffs for pruducts D.C. during semester break. Ob­ from the legal system. Riots could private creation of jobs while it country. The: key to success in from developing nations. sen,er reporter Kel/1 Flint par­ develop this summer as a result of squanders billions of dollars on spe­ opposing these: cutbacks is linking At the: White House, Bush fillt'd in tidpatecl in the seminar, and the reduction of Legal Aid and other cial favors and tax breaks for private up in an organized way," Askin said. at the president's only previously gatht'T'etl the following statements social programs." Congress-man industry." Gary Caruso, ND'73-, special assis­ shcdulcd appointment for the day, from representatives of Congress Harold Washington (D-Ill.) Washington particularly opposes tant to Congressman Austin Murphy presiding at a National Sc:t·urity and the Legccl Sen,ices Corporation addressed the: issue: of Reagan's the proposed cuts in student aid. ( D-Pa. ), offered insight into the Council meeting h{· would have at- conc:emlng President Reagan's proposed budget plan. "The: Reagan Administration plan See ClJTS, page 4 budget proposals. to cut college aid for moderate See REAGAN, page: 4 income: students will, if adopted, By KELLI FLINT block the path to educational ad­ .\'t•nlor Staff Reporter vancement for thousands of our young people:. Reconstruction (iail Fogarty of tht· Counsel for "It would also impose new finan­ Courts Suht·ommittec on Legal In response: to the proposed cial dislocations on institutions of Sc:rvil.:cs Corporation met with the budget cuts, Washington called the higher education already suffering progresses on schedule studt·nts about the futurt· of Legal plan "a plan for economic disaster." because of declining enrollments. It Services. President Reagan has "Our nation's economic security will hurt American industry hy By TOM SHAUGHNESSY propost·d abolishing legal aid. requires a budget which promotes reducing the pool of wcll-c:ducatc:d News Staff "Consc:rvativt· Democrats recently employment and economic growth, workers in an economy which ha~ cncouragt·d Reagan to eliminate which safeguards the basic human increasing need for skilled The: construction on St. Edward's llall will he finished hy Aug. I, the legal aid," Fogarty said. "The con­ survival programs for the needy, and employees. scheduled completion date, according to Fr. Michael llc:ppen, the servative Democrats will have: an which avoids waste for the tax­ "It is an unfairly targeted program. director of student residences. innc:asingly significant impact on payer's money on mistaken military It will cause the most harm to The new facility, which will house approximately 1 HO students, will the: future: of Legal Services. projects. precisely those: families which arc: cost in excess of S1 million. Renovations include the addition of about "Legal Services offers low salaries, "The budget presented to struggling hardest to obtain a good H7 hc:ds and a larger area for studying and socializing. The compktc:d yet ha~ a high application rate," she: Congress by President Reagan fur­ education for their children." St. Edward's will be "safer and more: commdious," Heppc:n said. added. "There is a high turnover thers none of these objectives. Mr. Washington's legislative: assistant, Regarding the possibility of a housing lottery, Father Jleppc:n stated rate:, because: the: lawyers involved Reagan attempts a crud hoax when Steve: Askin, noted that many or­ that no decision can be made until after April I 0, the deadline for in legal aid c:xpc:rlc:ncc: great frustra­ he: claims that his plan will 'stop ganizations arc attempting to fight those: students who will he living off-campus next year to Inform the: tion. These: lawyers always have runaway inflation and revitalize our the cutbacks. "Seven thousand Office of Student Residences of their decision. more: clients coming in for aid than economy.' In truth, his is a program mineworkc:rs demonstrated here for "I would like to see about SO more students move off-campus for tht•y are able: to handle:. for economic disaster. His plan one day to protest the cut in aid for next year," Fr. Hc:ppen said. "l.c:gal Aid is an effective "safety would spread malnutrition through Black Lung Disease, and they seem - - -- - ---- -- - -- --------------------------------- -----, 1 News Brie/§ Thursday, April2, 1981 -page 2 ==============*=================================~by The Observer and The AIIociated Prm A new drug fested in Europe helps protect heart attack victims from suffering a second, fatal seizure, researchers say, and the Fourth Estate Journalism drug's maker seeks approval to market it in the United States. The drug, called timolol, reduced the death rate among heart attack vic­ tims by 39 percent in a 33-month experiment.