k M . r 3 ? . t ' . 2 One hzundred five years of editorialw freedom *rn night: Rain, heavy at nes. Low in mid-40s. morrow: Rain, snow, mps falling to mid-30s. Friday November 10, 1995 ,,. ,r,. z.. ., _ ., . _, , .. _ .. A .. .d ., ,. 4 .,.. s ,. ..,_ ,., r. _.., .5. n the record about the uproar. But a enior administration official said >ased on what the White House knew o far, "this probably isn't a firing iffense." Several congressional Republicans locally disagreed, and foes of the En- rgy Department in both parties were omplaining that the consultant con- ract was typical of an agency they say s a fortress of wasteful spending. "Spending tax dollars to investigate fnd evaluate reporters and media cov- rage, complete with charts and graphs, s completely inappropriate and the noney should be paid back to the fed- raftreasury as soon as possible," Sen. Richard H. Bryan (D-Nev.) said in a LAs CALL AT O'SULLVAN'S Govenment prepares for Tue. shutdown w JOE WESTRATE/Daily Good Time Charley's has purchased neighboring O'Sullivan's and plans to expand into the Irish pub's old location. Good Tme CharleyS buys Iish pub By Megan Schimpf Daily Staff Reporter The face of South University Avenue will change in *the upcoming weeks as Good Time Charley's expands to take over the space once owned by O'Sullivan's Eatery and Pub. "Things are always changing," said Good Time Charley's owner Rick Buhr. "We think we'll be able to make a positive influence on the space and the street." GoodTime Charley's, located at 1140 S. University Ave., purchased O'Sullivan's, at 1122 S. University Ave., on Nov. 1. Buhr said they have not made final plans yet for the space. White paper now covers the win- dows at the former Irish pub, along with a sign reading, "O'Sullivan's is tempo- rarily closed for reorganization." James O'Sullivan, the former owner of the Irish restaurant and bar, was not available for comment last night. Buhr said O'Sullivan's will remain intact for only a limited period of time. "O'Sullivan's will be open football weekends as O'Sullivan's and then O'Sullivan's will close," he said. Buhr said many people already know about the sale. "I think most people had a positive response," he said. O'Sullivan's had a reputation as a small pub where regular customers could mingle with each other. Last March, Randy Demankowski, general managerofO'Sullivan's, comparedthe pub to "Cheers." "People come in here because it's a meeting place for people who haven't see each other in a long time," Demankowski said. One of the most common St. Patrick's Day traditions for students was to line up early in the morning in front of O'Sullivan's, which served classic Irish foods and beers in addition to the fes- tive green beer. Buhr said Good Time Charley's will not continue the holiday tradition as O'Sullivan's did. "That was their thing," Buhr said. "We can't duplicate it." Aside from St. Patrick's Day, though, many students choose other bars. "That's a place where you go with a group, you sit with that group and you stay with that group," said LSA senior Ericka Laufenberg. "It's not as much a sociable place. You're more able to mingle and talk to people at other places. "It's a very calm atmosphere. That's why I never went there." Although Buhr said Good Time Charley's has no final plans for the space, Good Time Charley's employee Jose Rivie said yesterday that the res- taurant plans to knock down the wall and reopen in a couple of weeks. Buhr said Good Time Charley's was excited to have the space. The restaurant's kitchen is in the basement. "That's a very difficult way to serve food," Buhr said. "This gives us the opportunity to move the kitchen to the same floor where we serve the food." The sale just about doubles the size ofGood Time Charley's, which opened in 1979. Buhr estimated that Good Time Charley's currently occupies about 3,600 square feet, while O'Sullivan's had 3,200. The Washington Post WASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday ordered officials to begin preparing to shut down parts of the government next Tuesday as a defi- ant Congress worked late into the night to finish work on two short-term bills to keep the government running that Clinton has vowed to veto. Clinton opposes both bills - one to fund the government and one to raise the government's borrowing limit - because of a number of provisions Re- publicans added to them, including measures that would abolish the Com- merce Department, impose higher Medicare premiums on the elderly and restrict lobbying by organizations that receive federal grants. The new fiscal year began Oct. 1, but Congress is still struggling to complete work on all the new spending bills. The President and Congress signed a short- term spending measure to keep the gov- ernment operating that will expire mid- night Monday, and the Treasury is likely to bump up against the $4.9 trillion debt ceiling by midweek. lf the government exhausts its spend- ing authority early next week, new So- cial Security claims could not be regis- tered, veterans benefit checks would be delayed, no passports would be issued and, here in Washington, all the monu- ments would be closed. Even as the government headed to- ward what the White House called an inevitable shutdown, officials there and congressional GOP leaders engaged in a daylong rancorous exchange, flinging insults up and down Pennsylvania Av- enue. The White House charged that Re- publicans were engaging in "a form of terrorism" by trying to force Clinton to sign objectionable short-term legisla- tion and threatening the furlough of more than 800,000 of the 2.1 million federal workers nationwide. "Don't put a gun to the head of the President, the head of the country, and say: You don't accept our priorities, you don't accept what we want to do to Medicare and Medicaid, what we want to do to education, we're going to blow you apart,"' White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said during a briefing. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R- Ga.) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.), meanwhile, charged that Clinton was intentionally precipitating a crisis for political gain by refusing to negotiate. "The American people can judge who's doing the hard work of govern- ing and who's, quite frankly, playing destructive games," Gingrich said. The legislation would temporarily boost the $4.9 trillion debt ceiling by $67 billion to avert a default by the Treasury on $25 billion of interest to holders of U.S. Treasury bonds and extend the existing short-term spend- ing bill to keep the government operat- ing through Dec. 1, but at a substan- tially reduced level. Congress needs the additional time to complete work on the 13 annual spending bills. The debt ceiling legislation would extend the Treasury's borrowing au- thority until Dec. 13, but the President would have to accept provisions block- ing the Treasury from taking cash out of such government trust funds as those for Social Security and federal work- ers' pensions. Now, the administration could tap those funds if Congress does not extend the borrowing limit. The House voted 227 to 194 to ap- prove the short-term increase in the debt ceiling, with seven Republicans opposing it and four Democrats sup- porting it. The Senate, meanwhile, voted 50 to 46 to approve its version of the interim spending bill, similar to one approved by the House on Wednesday, and planned to take up the House-passed debt ceiling legislation late last night. "It's up to the President ofthe United States," Dole said. "If the government t shuts down, his fingerprints are going to be all over it." Let it snow, students say as Mcia winter starts By Jeff Eldridge Daily Staff Reporter Passing snow showers gave students an early taste of winter yesterday, as the white powder dusted roads and side- walks throughout Ann Arbor. "It's too early," said LSA sophomore Jenny McNally, who hails from Michigan Party touts record By Michelle Lee Thompson Daily Staff Reporter Michigan Student Assembly Vice President Sam Goodstein says it's harder to campaign for fall elections while holding an executive office. That explains why the Michigan Party - which has held MSA's presidency since it was founded in 1992 - has historically not fared well in off-term elections, said Goodstein, Michigan Party co-chair. "It's really hard to govern and run a campaign," he said. "It's always easy to criticize the party in power because we're the party that's doing everything." MSA has ascended not just in the eyes of the administration, it has also as- cended in the eyes of students," he said. Wainess spoke as a student represen- tative to the University Board of Re- gents in October about the Code and has worked with the A look at administration on a The proposed manda- JAR TIE tory student health- of care plan. He and Goodstein also ini- tiated a plan, sched- uled to begin next semester, that would grant stu- denc,,itin av- earlier this semester, who switched par- ties after last year running as a Stu- dents' Party candidate for vice presi- dent. Rose said her switch has allowed her to "get more done on the assembly." Rose is working on a new plan to educate students on federal and state legislation and push them to lobby on students' issues in Lansing and Wash- ington. The Student Legislative Action Pro- gram will begin next semester, Rose said, with a series of brown bag lec- tures by professors, lobbyists and leg- islators. Jenn Mc~llywho hail fro CTTPUANIF (;Odt'F IAA ,flu 1