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BONFIRE ’88 pictures tu SCOREBOARD ’88 pictures The Fish Drill Team will be Selling 8x10 pictures of: Bonfire ’88 tu Scoreboard '88 5 in A Row Scoreboards Pictures for sell in the MSC Monday, March 6 thru Friday, March 10 Page 12 The Battalion Wednesday, March 8,1989 b s > s s S s Bush decides against settling Eastern strike by intervention Spring Break for Sale Great Rates f Make your spring break affordable! Ore the whole family. $88 per night/gets you $88 Emerald Beach - the best that Corpus • Located on 600 feet of whi • Relax & play in the surf, j( • Indoor pool, whirlpool & sa • Indoor playport for the kidf Call 1 SOO-HoUd (Not available on ocean!root rooms. Musi 1102 S. Shoreline, Corpus Fielcl Elmer Fudd Gantry Billy Gene King Claud Mil) wmirm n fiisiDOi ramr ClIMfO Bit PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED SOME MATERIAL MAY MOT B€ SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN FREE MOV THURSDAY, MARCH 9 8:00 PM RUDDER AUDITORIUM \AGGI % WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Bush on Tuesday virtually ruled out intervening in the Eastern Airlines strike, saying “man-to-man negotiation” is preferable to a gov ernment-imposed settlement. While he didn’t flatly rule out stepping in to end the walkout, Bush said his policy “will hold firm” de spite pressure in some congressional quarters to force him to act. Fielding questions for more than 40 minutes in the White House briefing room, he insisted that “there isn’t malaise” in his adminis tration because of the drawn-out fight over confirmation of Defense Secretary-designate John Tower. “A lot is happening,” the presi dent said. “Not all of it good, but a lot is happening. . . . We’re on track.” Bush defended his chief of staff, saying John Sununu, the former New Hampshire governor, knows his way around Washington and is doing his job well. Bush said he has “total confidence” in Sununu. Bush noted that Tower has pledged not to drink a drop of licpior if he gets the job and told his nation ally televised news confreence, “You’ll have 25,000 people in the Pentagon making sure that’s true.” The president said his backing of Tower against Democratic opposi tion in the Senate “isn’t iron-willed stubbornness; it’s a question of fun damental principle here.” The president had spare time in his schedule Tuesdav because in news conference statement to “res tate my belief that free collective bar gaining is the best means of resolv ing” the strike. He exhorted Eastern manage ment, the Machinists union and other unions to conduct “head-on- head, man-to-man negotiation” and said he thought that would be “bet ter and more lasting . . . than an im posed government settlement, which could cause the airline to totally shut down.” On other subjects during the more than 40-minute question-and- answer sesion, Bush said he woult like to see Palestine Liberation Orp nization Chairman Yasser Arafi “speak out” against raids that hatj been carried out by Palestinian guei rillas against Israelis in southei Lebanon. Bush said he hoped these inc dents would not jeapordize l’.S talks with PLO representatives said he thought that Arafat sh< “forthrightly condemn any teno: that might be perpetrated by thePt estinians. President intends to replace immigration head, source says WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration will replace Alan C. Nelson as head of the Immi gration and Naturalization Service, an administration source said Tues day. Attorney General Dick Thorn burgh, who recently received a de partment audit that criticized man agement and operations of INS, is searching for someone to take over the agency, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. The source confirmed a report in Tuesday’s editions of the Los An geles Times that Nelson would be not he kenf as INS mm miss inner in 1986 immigration reform law, whit! P rovided for massive amnesty foil rgal aliens. INS became embroiled in anum her of lawsuits charging that it wai improperly making it difficult for legal aliens to obtain legal status wr der the new law. The Justice Department audii completed two weeks ago, cited hi for its failure to conduct backgrount checks on many applicants for cii izenship and found that 23,000 vab able naturalization certificates ha: been lost by the agency’s Miami r: I gional of fice. ’ I'K*cr\E>E'i• j 1 ourlit vK i: WA> lican I off rej< defens night a firmati whetht pledge Sen; Mitche cerns considi Dole nomm; drainin ing it v mation Und confirn W (Tf 4 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER News Features ■ SPH BREAK 1< U. NEWS Arizona Modeling for dollars . . . Some students dress up for their jobs — and some don’t dress at all. Northern Arizona It. (NAD) students Jim Mahoney and Kelly Roe Wilson make their livings posing naked for art classes. "The simplest poses can be very dynamic to draw, like cracking knuckles or stretching," Mahoney said. He said that to show tension in motion he sometimes poses as if he were hiking by extending himself up the wall. Mahoney said he does a lot of hiking so he is able to visualize the canyon and feel what it is like to climb. “ It’s like ... pantomime in a way.” Mahoney said that he is the highest paid undergraduate student worker on campus, earning $5.30 an hour. “Physically it is very hard to do,” he said. “These (art) students are professional. They’re not there to collect pornography. If they’re artists, they need to know how to draw the human figure,’’ Mahoney said. He said there are no qualifications to be a model for the classes. Unlike Mahoney, Wilson is new at the job. Wilson said she felt uncomfortable the first week. “ I felt I was sweating too much and I needed to put on some more deodorant. I’d be up there sucking my stomach in ... but I got over that," Wilson said. The fact that the majority ot the class is males does not bother Wilson. She said she would feel more uncomfortable if the class was mostly female. "Men are less likely to judge (my body) harshly,” she said. Wilson said that she is not usually critical of the way students draw her, but, "There was one guy who drew me with the biggest butt I’ve ever seen — I felt terrible.” ■ Wendy Lude- wig. The Lumberjack, Northern Arizona U. Colorado ‘Racial slurs’ clarified ... A memorandum clarifying under what circumstances racial slurs constitute “tighting words" is being prepared by the Boulder City Attorney in response to the arrest of a U. of Colorado (CU) star football running back J.J. Flannigan. Flannigan was arrested for third-degree assault after he allegedly hit a woman after a fight at the Boulder Halloween celebration. After the arrest, members of the Black Community Support Group said they were upset that the woman was not ticketed for yelling racial slurs at Flannigan. Flannigan said the woman called him a "stupid nigger" during the altercation. The police report states the woman shouted obscenities at him. "If she called him a name, she should have been ticketed," said Penfield Tate, one of the group founders and a former Boulder mayor. Tate said that he was concerned that in fights between blacks and whites in Boulder, police were not treating racial slurs as fighting words. Under the Boulder City Code, it is a municipal offense to use lan guage "likely to provoke a disorderly response,” said City Attorney Joe de Raismes. The offense is punishable by 90 days in jail, a $3,000 fine or both. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the use of fighting words is not protected by the First Amendment, de Raismes said. Boulder Mayor Linda Jourgensen said, "The government can’t change the way people think. But we can make it clear that racial insults will not be tolerated. If you provoke a fight you might get a fist in the face, and also get a summons.” ■ Mike San- drock, Colorado Daily, U. of Colorado Indiana Foodshare serves the hungry ... Last year second year law student Katharyn Barron started Food- share, a group formed by U. of Notre Dame students to prevent food waste in the dining halls. “It’s one way for students to partake in solving the hunger problem. We hear about starvation in Ethiopia, but so much is here at our own back door," said Sophmore Lisa Mackett, who joined Barron and 63 other Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s students — Campus radio responds to decency ■ T Georgia Star ; WRAS-FM disc jockey James Gradisher displays albi r the Dead Milkmen vyhich two songs have been marked for “no-play” status l,?cause they might v r iacal decency standards. SEE RELATED STORY, Page h in their efforts. Every night four students in the group pick up the boxed leftovers, pans and foodwarmers and distri bute enough food for 50 to 75 meals to local agencies in South Bend, Ind. Because of high dining hall quality standards, already prepared leftovers may not be reused. To combat this waste, Mackett, together with Barron and several other students, contacted Bill Hickey, director ot University Food Services, and got the ball rolling. Ever since their initial successful run on March 22, 1988, the program has operated at full force, continuing even throughout the summer. “The only problem is that some times the people are unfamiliar with the kind ot food we’re bringing them. Some of them have never even heard ot linguini," she said. "We are so proud that our students are getting involved in the mainstream, dispelling the ‘distant’ image of Notre Dame in South Bend, and working to solve hunger one person at a time,” Mackett said. ■ Cindy Petrites, The Observer, U. of Notre Dame, IN Kansas There’s no place like this school... u of Kansas (KU) graduate students Gary Allen and Barbara Bichelmeyer have created a college named after Dorothy from The Wizard ofOz. At Dorothy Gale A&M (Agriculture and Meteorology), students can enlighten themselves in courses such as Heel-Clicking 101 and Animals in Space, which is taught by the Toto Gale distinguished scholar. Allen and Bichelmeyer used skills learned in the School of Education to create a make-believe university. “It’s one way for me to get back at people who make tun of Kansas," Bichelmeyer said. "I’m using something that people rip Kansas for — all those Dorothy and Toto jokes — to let them know that people from Kansas have a sense of humor and can be creative.” Allen said that anyone who is accepted to Dorothy Gale A&M becomes a graduate, and anyone who applies is accepted. The $15 application fee buys the student a T-shirt with a cyclone — the school’s mascot — on it. The student also receives a course catalog, a fake diploma and a brochure telling about the prestigious faculty, such as the College President L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz, and the Wicked Witch of the West, who is the dean ot women. “It’s not profit motivated," Allen said. "We only charge enough to cover our initial expenses.” “It’s a fun diversion from classes," Wake Forest University . .a different school of thought. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY MBA With special emphasis on: • International Business • Microcomputers • Small class environment • Broad-based management • Experiential learning • Close student-faculty relations • Integrated curriculum For more information call toll-free: (800) 722-1622 or write: James Garner Raszynski, Admissions Director, Wake Forest MBA, 7659 Reynolda Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109 (919) 761-5422 Bichelmeyer said. "No one’s going to remember our dis sertations, but maybe they’ll remember this." ■ Cindy Harger, University Daily Kansan, U. of Kansas Maine Communication Department freeze ... Besieged by a bastion ol paperwork, Communication De partment Secretary Jackie Irving is a perfect metaphor for the stress plaguing U. ol Southern Maine's (USM) Com munication Department. The Communication Department has announced a freeze on admitting new students into their major program. "We are badly understaffed and over worked," said Irving. "The professors all teach four classes instead of three like the rest ot the instructors around the university. On top of that they are expected to be the advisers for the department, complete their Ph. D. require ments, the publishing requirements and their community or university requirements." Mary Jo Drewn, a com munication student, also has many concerns over the quality of education she receives at USM "I feel strongly about the teachers in the department; however, it is really hurting me that the classes are not here tor me to take," said Drewn. The Communication Department has six full-time professors and five part-timers. These instructors teach 529 Communication majors and they also serve 480 non majors who are taking communications classes. ■ Frank Smith, Free Press, U. of Southern Maine Maryland Graffiti inspires differing opinions ... a wave of graffiti swept across the U. of Maryland, College Park campus during their recent Rape Awareness Week. Buildings on campus became bearers of anti-rape mes sages such as "Myth: she asked for it" and “Rape is violence against women." Although none of the organizers ot the week's events knew who was responsible, some said students have been quick to finger their groups as likely perpetrators. "I’m very disturbed that people think we’ve done it," said Lyn O’Connor, a member ot the women’s center. "We went through an awful lot of trouble to go through the right channels to publicize this week." Judy Sneeringer, a Coalition lor the Prevention of Rape member said of the graffiti, “It’s doing us more harm than good. Now people think the whole rape issue is being brought up by a small group of militant women when it really should be an issue of personal safety." But some organizers said the graffiti is an effective way ot getting their anti-rape message across. "I support the graffiti," said campus food co-op worker Dagmar Mika. "It’s radical, but it’s for a very worthy cause and an extremely important issue,” he said. While Women's Center President Jyoti Jalali said she did not condone the graffiti, she thought the activism behind it was exciting. "I think there’s a sense of activism about this issue that has kind ot died since the 1960s or 1970s,” Jalali said ■ Michael Bennett, The Diamondback, U. of Maryland, College Park. Mississippi Pop culture Southern style ... Speaking from behind a table display of beer cans, a Willie Nelson flag, a fold-up card of Graceland and other southern items, Charles Wilson, U. of Mississippi associate professor of history and southern studies, said, "I am not interested in collecting just everything. I collect items that are tied into the identity of the South." Wilson said he started collecting souvenirs from the Southern region when he came to the university. "I probably put the first poster on my wall to hide a hole or peeling wa could the Soul lure." W with. "Tt done away wii became a storel ,on said Wilson best thing about one less drug on the street identity heroes ot a regioi noting that his best item is inscription "Elvis has pour you can let his perspiratit southerners resent the ste f (of him 4... Doy and are keeo aliv loy, Th icerned with the Wilson said. "Tti cultural lag in o Ih is it's sense o Daily Missi ipp ’ The IgeV t irchonti llson, w Slated., wwr while r *jol<e vane to be thi pi to find 4 jokes “t ■ey can lei sensed ■'s joketellin ip ’Women n they are ii \bar, Youi Ozone consciousness. is no longer "aiding and abetfe ozone layer by using Styrofoam cup als, the Student Action Cenlei Dili years ago it was discovered Wt component of Styrotoam, weredest The Student Action Center began Styrotoam cups and last spring gar: day to people who brought altemati.: ty Center. The plastic-loam cupst harmful chemicals removed. Hoe c: products, which are inexpensive, aft the state and stored in Helena, a CFC-tree cups ■ Amy Cabe,,V U. of Montana NEW MEXICO 'calls for Jers olACTL Idtopressuri E, brought th lesbians am Beakers Ann ( f Ibe AIDS C od and Drui ; experirnem as a nonpart |f)S crisis. M, ire than 100 itment, addir lelirsl Irial pha ^undergo befc for a vaccinr jlriclions total that the Mark Baca and David ompanies.” deaths alrea pie who ha\ ing Marks’ sp Jiernment is Jmany suppo "I thou ren Rosenbli in the sense inaction i: fen Shahem ffo! Pennsyl ■ L I Big brother/little duo . .. "Before the program, Ijn get attention. After, I did notfigthsi else started it," said David SaixW* 14th birthday with his big brolte Mexico State U. student was nrs'jl ,ines P a V fall as part of the Big BrotheijSrM Texas, Arlim purpose of the program is “topro®]M they will be single-parent families," said [taTOayne Gay sai director ot Big Brothers/LittleSislffiirpow students tc pretty big responsibility and o - Nit card world,” "You wonder if you have what itL ^None with a on someone's tile." The progriteWcomputer sys 15 months and requires big brofehNofficials are hi least three hours each weekr'E The universi sisters. In their weekly visits, Bacchr] f egistration i everything from playing ba$eballloW tuden,s ) can t said he and Sandoval will probabjC’Pcn you’re tryi they are through with the progir 'Ppst the clock triend as well as a little brother 1 2''®^ and no1 f nodded in agreement. "Itgivesiiifi? l p lf|i, ) ! ” Ga V sai might be making a difference in ol Te i Cindy Clark, Round-Up}* Dean iB jpacrankce calls for Gilt III IN® leased" hours ... The long workingtc-Ilcing feature and residents should beconstanti: : |u| campus telep well-being of the studentsandttaiTms a person r Bondurant, dean ot the U. ofNoiti&ilheliookonthe pt (UNC) School of Medicine. "Ido* 1 ® number of th interns and residents' workingl»®ngs up, but it their health needs and the efie#<® at GTE," W experience," he said. 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