Garners 77 percent Students pass bilateral freeze

The referendum on yesterday’s ballot w h ich recommended the adoption o f a bilateral freeze on nuclear weapons was passed overwhelm ingly by the student body. The final ta lly showed those favor­ ing the referendum w inn ing by a margin o f 2770, o r 76.9 percent, to 832, o r 231 percent. 53 percent o f the student body voted in the elec­ tion. people were not really aware o f the issue.” The passage o f the referendum on a bilateral freeze came alter the vote on a referendum for a unilateral freeze failed to pass during the stu­ dent senate elections. Students defeated the in itia l proposal by an al­ most two-to-one margin. C1LA representative Kevin Walsh said, “ The person whom we w ou ld like to thank the most fo r the success o f the overw helm ing passing o f the referendum w ou ld have to be Mark Lynch, president o f the College Republicans. D uring the vote fo r a unilateral freeze the ir insistence for bilateral negotiations prom pted us to in troduce the referendum .” He also expressed his gratitude to the Notre Dame student body fo r the ir partic ipation. Accord ing to the election results com piled by Ombudsman the bilateral referendum passed in every hall by approxim ately a tw o to one margin. Lyons Hall has yet to vote on the issue.