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Monday, February 24, 1997 • Vol. XXX No. 97 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S ND hopes to improve teaching with new Kaneb Center By CHRIS SHIPLEY need for a center which can . paper titled "Back to Basics" Gulf Oil endowed the center at Center this fall, and I decided News Writer deal with the daily concerns of criticized Notre Dame for its Notre Dame after seeing its with the encouragement of students and faculty had lack of student-faculty rela­ success at his alma mater, everybody around here that it In the world of higher educa­ become apparent to adminis- tions. Since then, the adminis­ Harvard University. would be good for me to just tion. many believe that student trators over the past few tration has taken steps to fos­ Walvoord, a 27 -year veteran listen for a semester. We need involvement has proven itself years. The Academic Council ter the relationship between in developing faculty teaching to figure out what this place is as the number one factor and other campus organiza- teacher and pupil. The Kaneb skills, comes to Notre Dame all about first and how to use affecting student learning. To tions had officially called for Center is the University's after spending five years at the its resources in the most effec­ ensure that Notre Dame facul­ the creation of such a center largest undertaking in its hope University of Cincinnati, where tive way," Walvoord said. ty and students can achieve since 1994. to improve in-class relations. she coordinated a project to "This spring we have set up this goal, the administration "People have been talking The Kaneb Center, located in enhance faculty teaching and workshops and are construct­ has created the Kaneb Center about and hoping for a center 353 DeBartolo Hall, was made student learning. The Hope ing plans about other things to for Teaching and Learning. like this for at least ten years," possible by the generous con­ College graduate was named d0. " Though the Kaneb Center is said Barbara Walvoord, tribution of John A. Kaneb, a the Maryland teacher of the The most recent workshop, entering only its second Director of the Kaneb Center member of the Notre Dame year in 1987 during her time held Feb. 14 in the Center for semester of service to the and professor of English. board of trustees since 1980. at Loyola College in Baltimore. Notre Dame community, the Five years ago, a research The chief executive officer of "I started at the Kaneb see KANEB I page 4 CIGNA exec advises Profs analyze global economy By BILL IRVINE new international hires News Writer By MICHAEL LEWIS countries," Olsen said. Three Notre Dame professors News Writer Until 1993, international elaborated on the effects of operations was a self-con­ economic globalization in a The Notre Dame Council on tained organization within discussion Saturday afternoon International Business each country with its own titled "Comparative Nco-liberal Development could not get director, she said. There was Economic Reforms." Edward Hanway. president of little synergy, little globalism, The discussion was part of CIGNA Healthcare, to speak on and the company wanted to the 1997 Intercollegiate Saturday morning, but they got offer the same services in all Consulting Conference spon­ the left half of his brain. countries. sored by the Notre Dame Senior Vice President of "We put in place global prod­ Council on International Human Resources Carol Olsen, uct managers who had to work Business Development. who has worked with Hanway with country general man­ Professor Kwan Kim of the for over 10 years, filled in and agers," she said. "We actually economics department discussed what large compa­ had a three dimensional addressed two features of glob­ nies are looking for in new matrix organization," with the alization - the liberalization of hires for international business headquarters, product man­ trade and the mobility of inter­ positions. Before she moved to agers, and country general national capital. Kim attrib­ health care, Olsen worked in managers. The Observer/Michelle Keefe uted these two features to Three Notre Dame professors gathered Saturday for a seminar titled the international division of the Olsen said the key to success post-cold war ideology and the was getting the right people. "Comparative Nee-liberal Economic Reforms." The discussion was company, which gave her growth of technology. sponsored by the Council on International Business Development. experience in international Only 70 of the international "Computer systems have business. employees are not local facilitated the movement of will survive. nomic inequality," Goulet said. "He says I'm the left side of employees. capital and thereby eliminated "If you look at empirical "It has produced jobless, voice­ his brain," Olsen said of CIGNA established an inter­ international boundaries," Kim data, globalization effects have less, ruthless, rootless growth." Hanway. national vision and set of val­ said. been very uneven," Kim stated. Goulet even found tremen­ Olsen said that CIGNA's pri­ ues as well as a list of critical Kim related several problems "East Asia has been the main dous human problems in coun­ orities for hiring and develop­ competencies each worker with the nco-liberal economic beneficiary of globalization, tries such as Brazil, where the ing new international busi­ must have, she said. People model. while Eastern Europe has not economy has improved statisti­ nesspersons are similar to learn through experience, so "As nco-liberalism leaves restructured their economies cally. those of other companies. She the company needed good everything in the hands of pri­ to meet the problems of free "This development places a said the company's changes in training programs and on-the­ vate sectors, trickle-down markets." premium on maximum aggre­ recent years have made the job training with teams work­ income distribution is a very Another Professor of gate economic growth without company global, not just inter­ ing on the same project. important issue," Kim said. Economics, Denis Goulet, fol­ a concern for social issues," national. New hires have to be aggres­ "Trickle-down is not going to lowed Kim by discussing the Goulet said. "We need the kind "We are an insurance com­ sive, focused on profit, and happen internationally or even global social effects of nco-lib­ of development that won't pany, we provide financial ser­ willing to take risks. They also within countries." eral economic reforms. destroy the culture. We can't vices throughout the world, have to satisfy customers and By analyzing the economies "The nco-liberal economic treat people as moveable com­ we've been in business for 204 be attuned to cultural differ- of countries around the world, model has resulted in lopsided modities, as interchangeable years, we're number 42 on the Kim found that only the fittest development with a tremen­ Fortune 500, and we sell to 55 see OLSEN I page 4 dous amount of social and eco- see REFORMS I page 4

RFK, Jr. calls for environmental awareness •SJmnMArtv'sEtEcrmNs By GITA PULLAPILLY date that included the Private SM c tickets News Writer Property Protection Act, which, according to Kennedy, gives A complete commitment to "protection but with a right to prepare for science and nature made pollute. The mandate said that Abraham Lincoln the greatest the government could not pass United States president, or enforce a law if it diminishes elections according to Robert Kennedy someone's property value." By LORI ALLEN .Jr .. who spoke to a large audi­ "All laws cost property own­ Saint Mary's News Editor ence at Stepan Center Friday ers money," Kennedy said, night. adding that laws could not exist Budding Saint Mary's politi­ Kennedy, a professor at Pace if people had to be paid to obey cians gear up for class officer University, is very active in the the law. elections this week as the National Resource Council and In addition to fighting to pre­ campus once again finds itself the Riverkeeper program, vent this mandate from being decorated with multi-colored which aids the Hudson River passed, Kennedy also fought flyers. The elections will be community in protecting their against the Regulatory Reform held on Tuesday when Saint river from polluters. Bill, which gives corporations Mary's students will decide Kennedy said that the Hudson veto power over environmental which individuals will repre­ River was blessed with a strong laws. According to Kennedy, sent them as their class offi­ environmental community, many of the bill's advocates in cers for next year. which was one of the reasons Congress say that the bill would The Observer/Michelle Keefe In an unusual occurrence, he spent two years lobbying in be a good economic policy. But Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. spoke Friday on "A Contract with Our Future" at there are three tickets running the 104th Congress. Kennedy Stepan Center. Kennedy highlighted the importance of environmental awareness and responsible citizenship in his talk. wanted to stop the superman- see RFK I page 6 see ELECTIONS I page 6 page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Monday, February 24, 1997 • INsmE CoLUMN • WORLD AT A GLANCE Atlanta authorities contemplate serial bomber Nice guys ATLANTA "I ran out immediately and we heard A bomb blast that injured at least five shrapnel landing on the ground in our people at a crowded nightclub - the parking lot." finish last ... fourth to rock this city in seven months - Memrie Wells-Griswell of Snellville, the has forced authorities to consider the pos­ most seriously wounded with a 3- to 4- sibility of a serial bomber. inch nail in her arm, was-in stable condi­ There is a serious tool "Clearly, we believe that we are dealing tion Saturday. The other four were treated problem on this campus. with a deranged killer, but one who is at hospitals. This is far bigger than a very clever as well," Atlanta Mayor Bill Police found a "suspicious" backpack broken hammer or a mis­ Campbell said Saturday. with a second bomb shortly after arriving. placed shovel at the stadi­ Friday night's bombing rocked The That device, set near a low brick wall in a um renovation project. Otherside Lounge, whose clientele is parking lot beside the building, was deto- This is about the unre­ mostly gay and lesbian. The lounge was 1'--,...-,"""~~ nated by a remote-controlled robot. strained barrage of testos­ crowded with about 150 people when the Aspects of Friday's bombing echoed the terone facing the women nail-packed device exploded in a rear ·· July 27, 1996, Centennial Olympic Park of Notre Dame and Saint Derek Betcher patio. attack, which killed one woman and Mary's. This column is Assistant News Editor "We heard it and felt it." said Scott · injured 100 people, and two Jan. 16 bomb­ all about exposing the Raimer, who was standing inside a club ings at Atlanta Northside Family Planning tool and trying to save across the street when the blast occurred. Services. gender relations on this campus. First off, here's a sharp definition: The Notre Dame tool is any guy who is hell-bent on get­ Kevorkian anticipated few deaths Portland clinic sells marijuana ting girls. While that is a great goal in modera­ tion, the single-minded pursuit of female SOUTHFIELD, Mich. POHTLAND, Ore. attention is obnoxious. Every single thing the When he started out to help the sick .-----~-.,.,..., An illegal clinic in downtown Portland is dispensing tool says or does is calculated to nab attention. end their suffering, assisted suicide marijuana to sick and dying people, The Sunday Perhaps an identifying example will help: advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian says, he Oregonian reported. More than 120 patients have found Ladies, if a guy comes up to you, wraps his intended to help only a few people. "I the Alternative Health Center through word of mouth arms around you, and then says "Hey, where wanted to do four or five cases and since it opened six weeks ago, the newspaper said. are we going?" watch out, he's a tool! Being write an article for a journal," Patients who suffer from arthritis, multiple sclerosis, disgustingly self-confident is another tool char­ Kevorkian told The Detroit News for a AIDS and other chronic diseases say they can buy an acteristic. The true tool has no sense of mod­ story in Sunday's editions. "I didn't eighth of an ounce of marijuana for $20 to $50, depend­ eration, no conscience, and absolutely no think it was going to blow up like this. ing on their income. Marijuana cookies are sold in $2 shame. This is not being made up. Mirriam To me, it was a medical thing." But he didn't stop, and packs. A pot-filled brownie goes for $3._ The clinic Webster explains that a tool is a means to an since he set up his first suicide machine in the back of opened after California and Arizona voters m November end; that using a tool involves manipulating his van and watched Janet Adkins die in 1990, approved the medical usc of marijuana. Oregon's law­ what's at hand to get what one wants. That Kevorkian has acknowledged being present at the deaths makers are considering bills to legalize marijuana for definition is hardly incongruous to what you've of at least 44 other people. "My duty is to the patient. medical usc. The federal government still considers the just read. I've always said that," he said. "'When are you going to drug illegal, and scientists said further study is needed Identifying the tool: More than anything, the do the next one?' you ask me. Whenever the patient to assess its potential medical benefits. Patients allowed tool is distinguished by how he acts around needs it." His actions have drawn him three criminal the newspaper to visit the Portland clinic on condition women (like a fool). The "look at me" attitude trials and three acquittals, as well as large numbers of that the location not be disclosed. They also have other that best characterizes the tool takes many supporters, as well as opponents who are vocal in their reasons for secrecy. "We are concerned about vandal­ shapes and forms: hatred. His fourth trial is scheduled to begin June 10. At ism, about our safety when it comes to people thinking "Look at me, I can really mack." the Ionia County courthouse in western Michigan, where that there are a lot of drugs here and a lot of money. "Look at me, I'm sooooo drunk." hearings were held last week for Kevorkian's next trial, And we are afraid of being accosted outside on the "Look at me, I've got a hot chick." police blocked the street after someone wrote letters street," said Diane Densmore, once convicted of possess­ "Look at me, I'm so funny, I'll make you threatening him and his lawyer. Sheriff Terry Junge! ing the drug that she said helps her fight chronic back laugh, baby." said the threats against Kevorkian and lawyer Geoffrey pain, irritable bowel disease, scoliosis, arth~itis a~d "Look at me, I'm at Bridget's. I must be cool. Fieger did not appear to be too serious, but similar secu­ depression. Authorities acknowledge that senously ill Really." rity will when the fourth trial begins. Kevorkian is people smoking marijuana is not as high a priority as The tool's appearance, as well as where he charged with assisting the suicide in August of Loretta fighting violent crime and flagrant drug dealing. "On lives, can also be an indicator. This raises the Peabody, 54, who suffered from multiple sclerosis. the other hand, as the DA's office, we're not a policy­ distinction between the two sub-categories of 'They want to burn me at the stake in Ionia," Kevorkian making body and those people are breaking the law," tools: the NQ and the GQNQ. This distinction is told the News. said Multnomah County prosecutor Gary Meabe. largely geographical; an NQ is a north quad tool. In fact, ifthere's an allegorical tool shed in our world, it's North Quad, which is accen­ Man atop building shoots tourists Fire at meeting kills at least 100 tuated by the tool box also known as Planner. Descriptively, NQs are scruffy-looking. They NEW YORK NEW DELIII, India like to wear wrinkled khakis, hemp necklaces, A gunman shot seven tourists on the observation Fire swept through a cluster of thatched-roof build­ and hoop earings. Many sport raggedy curly deck of the Empire State Building Sunday, killing one, ings in eastern India where scores of worshippers had hair, but above all. there are the sideburns. then shot himself, authorities said. The man opened gathered to seck the blessing of a dead Hindu guru on Gratuitous sideburns are like a Craftsman fire at about 5:15 p.m. on the 86th-floor observation Sunday, killing more than 100 people, a government emblem for Notre Dame's tools. Admittedly, deck of the building, authorities said, then shot him­ official said. Sanjeeb I-lota, home secretary of the there are probably a handful of guys some­ self. He was in police custody. One person died at the eastern coastal state of Orissa, said 110 bodies had where with big sideburns who don't fit the tool hospital, according to television reports, while another been found by late Sunday, and that 165 people had mold, but for the sake of sweeping generaliza­ shooting victim was a child, authorities said. The been injured in the fire near the city of Baripada. More tions, it's a safe bet that scruffy cheeks signal Empire State Building is one of the most famous bodies were being dug up late Sunday, officials said. toolage. GQNQs have sideburns also. Rather tourist attractions in New York City, and at 1,250 feet The fire tore through the group of temporary struc­ than referring to Golf Quad tools (that is cer­ had reigned as the tallest building in the world until tures erected for followers of Swami Nigamananda. tainly not an oxymoron), a GQNQ is a well­ the 1970s. It opened May, 1, 1931, and usually is The flames sent panicked worshippers. many of them dressed tool. There are less-scruffy and more described as 102 stories because of the tower that sits impoverished villagers, running for exits, Press Trust restrained than their NQ counterparts, but atop its highest point. It's been the site for hundreds of India reported, quoting witnesses. Many of the vic­ they're still tools too. of movie scenes ranging from "King Kong" to tims may have died in the stampede, the news agency More troublesome than picking out their "Sleepless in Seattle." said. idiosyncrasies are the NQ's and GQNQ's alarm­ ing success rates, i.e. a lot of women seem to like sideburns and self-confidence and stuff. That just goes to reiterate that if nice guys fm­ • SOUTH BEND WEATHER • NATIONAL WEATHER ish last. tools are our campus' blue ribbon­ bearers. ("Hey baby, look at my blue ribbon.") So tools, listen. You're not God's gift to 5 Day South Bend Forcast The AccuWeather®forecast for noon, Monday, Feb. 24. AccuWeather® forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures women, and you're hurting the rest of the Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. Os campus' men. Have a little self-control and stop the toolage.

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Monday, February 24, 1997 The Observer • CAMPUS NEWS page 3 Chicago gang members gather for panel discussion By DEREK BETCHER repeatedly focused. While the Assistant News Editor value of education was affirmed, obstacles of violence, Chicago gang members drugs, and insufficient funding addressed social and racial surfaced as culprits in issues ranging from ebonies to Chicago's oft-ineffective school welfare reform to drug abuse system. in a panel discussion on "The schools my kids go to, Saturday. they're reading books I read In doing so, they offered sev­ when I was in school," Scott eral solutions to the inner-city said, pinpointing the monetary violence and poverty facing problems facing many inner­ many of America's cities. city schools. The seven men, self­ "They get books that say acknowledged gangsters from 196 7 instead of 1997 in them. Chicago's housing projects, We don't need to know what shared their urban perspective happened in 196 7. I mean, it's by answering audience ques­ cool to know that, but we need tions in the Center for Social to be looking to the year Concerns. 2000." The Observer/Michelle Keefe "Even if you do get out of a Drugs are also a major pit­ Ga~g members from inner-city Chicago gathered at the Center for gang, you're labeled as a fall for those seeking a high Soc1al Concerns Saturday for a panel discussion on poverty and vio­ gangster forever. It's tough, school diploma. lence in America's cities. but you have to try to walk "Other than gang-banging, away from it," James said, we was always getting high," Second, he urged teachers to Central to the discussion was pinpointing the situation fac­ James admitted. demand the best from their the audience's desire to ing each of the panelists, who The role of violence in students. understand what factors con­ introduced themselves with schools cannot be ignored "It may be hard, but they'll tributed to the lives of violence only their first names. either, according to the pan­ respond," Fogarty said. and vice which the panelists One of the most pertinent elists. Welfare reform was another once enjoyed. topics the group addressed "In high school, you might go issue the gang members Each gang member acknowl­ was the current debate over to class, but if you got an addressed. Generally, the edged the perils of growing up ebonies. enemy there, people are going group was supportive of in the housing projects. The seven gang members, all to be expecting you to prove recent federal government ini­ "''ve got a step-son and two of whom were black, were something [instead of learn­ tiatives to change the welfare daughters. If it's up to me, unanimously opposed to rec­ ing]," Darrell explained. "So if state. they won't ever join a gang," ognizing ebonies as a distinct you don't start the fight, he The panelists emphasized, James said. "[When you're language. has to start the fight, and that however, that reforms and not growing up], you just have to "The idea is bogus. We can really gets in the way of trying cuts in welfare were what keep your time occupied in a communicate as well as any­ to get an education." · their communities needed. good way." one in this room," Scott said. In another problem partially "We need to show people, "Basically, you've got to just "I feel like they're degrading tied to insufficient funding, the 'Don't just have this baby and tell them, 'You know right us, straight up," James panelists also pointed to facul­ think you can lie down and from wrong, so choose the agreed. ty under-staffing and indiffer­ have some more,"' Darrell right path,"' Scott offered. Brother Bill Tomes, the man ence. said. A lack of positive role-mod­ who brought the group to "The teachers used to tell us "Scrap it," Ethan told the els can also contribute to an Notre Dame, also agreed that 'We're gonna get paid whether audience. "Welfare isn't really adolescence of delinquency, blacks can communicate well you learn or not,"' Darrell told helping anyone. You look at according to the panelists. at their discretion. the audience. $169 a month in food stamps, "Having a father in the "Fourteen years ago [when At an audience-member's a man can't live on that." house would have definitely my inner-city work began], I behest, Tomes' co-worker, Consistent job training was made a difference [for mel." couldn't understand what they Brother Jim Fogarty, offered unanimously agreed upon as a Ethan said. said when they were talking to two points of advice to any viable solution to inner city Race was not explicitly each other. But when they person considering teaching in poverty. offered as a cause behind gang came up to me, they spoke the inner city. The panelists also addressed violence. perfect English," he explained. First, he emphasized that parenting, the value of role "I don't look at that at all, Education emerged as one of teachers should genuinely models, and other develop­ straight up," Darrell empha­ • the issues on which panelists care about their students. mental issues. sized. "You can't keep using soci­ ety or the white man as a scapegoat," Ethan affirmed. Titled "Gang Life in Urban Chicago," this year's panel of gang members was part of what has quietly become a campus tradition. Tomes has been bringing young men to Notre Dame from Chicago's housing pro­ jects since the mid-1980s. Saturday's discussion was a repeat experience for several of the panelists.

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Hires should think dynami­ yours and sometimes they second of five planned events faculty and administration Things that CIGNA does to cally and continually look for won't," she said. Employees that the Kaneb Center will alike. help development include man­ better solutions and improve­ should show resiliency, they hold for faculty members this Spaces for the remainder of aging the expectations of new ment. They should also must learn quickly. and they spring. the workshops have already hires, continuous, candid per­ embody a global perspective. should analyze things thor­ Thus far, the response to been filled. formance feedback and coach­ "When we hire people, we oughly. these workshops has been The three remaining semi­ ing, and clearly measurable want people who are aware Other assets include language enormous, with over 100 nars will take place on March performance measures. The that there's a world out there," ability, a strong academic back­ teachers registering for semi­ 5, May 14, and May 15. contracts include pay for per­ Olsen said. ground, mobility, and leader­ nars which hold 18 to 25 However, Walvoord and the formance, and there are indi­ It's not glamorous to be in ship. Olsen said international spots. rest of the members of the vidual development plans in international business, she business of the future is not The 18 teachers who attend­ Kaneb Center have plans to place. They maintain a collabo­ said. It often means spending only international, but global, ed "Teaching Well, Saving expand the work they are cur­ rative, mutually supportive seven hours on a plane, three and the next generation of Time" filled the meeting with rently doing. workplace. hours sitting somewhere, 15 workers in the field will have to discussions on several topics In the future, the center will The goal for new hires in more hours on a plane, going to understand that borders are including motivation of stu­ attempt to bring other speak­ their first year of employment the hotel to take a shower, and not as strong as they used to dents, building teacher cover­ ers to Notre Dame to lead is to develop a core skill set then entertaining clients for be. age, and dealing with large workshop discussions. classes. Walvoord has also taught Walvoord led round table seminars dealing with differ­ model is presenting tremen­ assessing the current situation discussions dealing with topics ent topics which she plans on dous social strain," Goulet in the global economy and the ranging from teacher respon­ integrating into the Kaneb Reforms added. neo-liberal economic model. sibility in the classroom to Center. continued from page 1 Goulet closed by saying, "This is not a world with ways in which technology can These additional seminars "Economic growth and human very many attractive economic be used efficiently. will cover grading, making parts in a machine." development need to go options," Francis said. "We Faculty interaction and stu­ grading a part of the learnirtg "Even in rich countries like together, but they don't natu­ need to find ways to make it a dent engagement have for a process, and getting good France, Sweden and the rally." more equitable model so that long time been campus con­ class discussion going, espe­ United States, the pursuit of Government Professor there can be better distribu­ cerns that the teachers cially in large classes. the neo-liberal economic Michael Francis finished by tion of growth rates." seemed eager to talk about, "Notre Dame faculty are Walvoord said. very bright and very interest­ "We don't want kids coming ing," Walvoord said. "I didn't out of our class with some sort come here to fix bad teaching. of memorized superficial thing I came here to be a resource Please recycle The Obseruer that kids can regurgitate and to teachers. We're expecting then forget," one of the teach­ teachers to do a lot here. 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• Chicago Board of Trade Monday, February 24, 1997 The Observer • NEWS page 5 Scientists clone adult mammal Deng's death concerns By MALCOLM RITTER research centers in the United might make a few clones of Associated Press Writer States and abroad, agreed. cows that are especially good American businesses "I can think of no ethical rea­ ·at producing milk, resisting NEW YORK son to apply this technique to disease and reproducing, he By SALLY JACOBSEN Kong, said Brad Whitworth, Researchers have cloned an human beings, if in fact it can said. Associated Press Writer international spokesman for adult mammal for the first be applied," he said Sunday. A farmer wouldn't want Hewlett-Packard, a computer time, an astonishing scientific "The biotechnology industry entire herds of identical ani­ NEW YORK maker in Palo Alto, Calif. landmark that raises the unset­ exists to use genetic informa­ mals, because populations need American companies lured On July 1, Britain hands over tling possibility of making tion to cure disease and a diverse genetic makeup, he to China by Deng Xiaoping's Hong Kong, its thriving free­ copies of people. improve agriculture. We said. Without that diversity, a far-reaching economic reforms market colony, to China. Scientists slipped genes from opposed human cloning when it lethal disease that struck one aren't sure yet what effect his Beijing has promised to keep a 6-year-old ewe into unfertil­ was a theory. Now that it may cow might wipe out all the death will Hong Kong capitalist and free, ized eggs and used them to try be possible, we urge that it be clones, too. have on although it also has indicated to create pregnancies in other prohibited by law." The advance will also provide those mar­ it will scrap recently enacted sheep. The result: A lamb A report of the sheep cloning a much more efficient way to ket-opening civil liberties laws and a named Dolly, born in July, that will be published in Thursday's insert genes into livestock, policies. democratically elected legisla­ is a genetic copy of the ewe. issue of the journal Nature by Wilmut and others said. Still, they ture. The feat opens the door to Wilmut and colleagues at the Inserted genes can be used to are deter­ And in the fall, the Chinese cloning prized farm animals Roslin Institute near make animals secrete valuable mined to Communist Party will hold a remain in the major congress to reshuffle such as cattle, and should Edinburgh, Scotland, and oth­ drugs in their milk, for exam­ Deng make it much easier to add or ers. ple. potentially some leadership posts. modify genes in livestock, Before the new work, scien­ Scientists currently insert lucrative Those events increase the experts said. tists had been able to take tis­ genes into fertilized eggs in a market of 1.2 billion Chinese. uncertainties that are part of It's also scientifically stun­ sue from adult frogs and create laboratory, which is a very Since Deng began turning doing business with the Middle ning. Researchers used DNA genetically identical tadpoles. inefficient way to produce ani­ China toward capitalism in the Kingdom: arbitrary law from the ewe's udder cells, But the tadpoles never devel­ mals that use the genes proper­ late 1970s, American compa­ enforcement, widespread cor­ proving that mature mammal oped fully into frogs. ly. nies have rushed to stake a ruption and the possibility of cells specialized for something To do the sheep cloning, sci­ With the new technique, they claim despite government political instability. other than reproduction could entists took cells from the start with a virtually unlimited restrictions and red tape. "The smart risk manager regenerate an entire animal. ewe's udder tissue and cultivat­ supply of body cells from an The 92-year-old leader's would take some cautious Scientists had thought that ed them in a lab, using a treat­ adult animal, use a much more death "adds uncertainty at a steps in China," said Mastel, was impossible. ment that made the cells essen­ effective lab technique to insert critical time," said Greg the author of an upcoming Experts said the same tech­ tially dormant. They also took genes, identify cells that use Mastel, China trade expert at book on China's economy. "If nique might make it possible to unfertilized sheep eggs and the genes as planned, and fuse the Economic Strategy you're making a decision clone humans, but emphasized removed the nucleus, the cells' them to eggs. Institute in Washington. whether to move forward with that it would be unethical to central control room that con­ Wilmut and colleagues pub­ The Beijing government has an investment now or later, try. tains the genes. lished research last year that tried to reassure foreign later has some appeal." "There is no clinical reason Then they put the udder cells suggested this technique could investors. "Change is always discon­ why you would do this. Why together with the egg cells and be done by inserting genes in "China has made clear that certing," and Deng's death would you make another used an electric current to embryo cells. But body cells after a brief mourning period was "a significant change in human being?" said Ian make them fuse. The eggs, now from an adult are far more life and business will resume the country," said Doug Evans, Wilmut, one of the scientists equipped with a nucleus, grew plentiful than embryo cells, as usual," said Robert A. director of Chrysler's China who cloned the sheep. "We into embryos as if they'd been making the idea more feasible. Kapp, president of the U.S.­ operations. think it would be ethically fertilized. The embryos were Caird Rexroad Jr., an animal China Business Council in He said there were no indi­ unacceptable and certainly put into ewes to develop. gene expert for the federal Washington. cations that Deng's death would not want to be involved The process was horrendous­ Agricultural Research Service Still, American businesses would have a negative effect in that project." ly inefficient. Of 277 fused in Beltsville, Md., called the will be monitoring events on foreign businesses. Carl Feldbaum, president of eggs, only one led to a lamb. new work historic for showing closely for any signs of policy "Our general feeling is we've the Biotechnology Industry Wilmut said he expects the that whole mammals could be shifts. been there a long time," Evans Organization, which represents efficiency to improve. Someday regenerated from mature-body "An early test case" for said. "We expect (China's eco­ about 700 companies and a dairy farmer, for example, cells other than sperm or egg. China after Deng's death will nomic) policies to move for­ be what happens with Hong ward."

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Many spend the time to get things continued from page 1 book which would include arti­ continued from page 1 fishermen have lost their jobs, cles and pictures for the whole accomplished," Desmarteau cleaning up the waters cost mil­ for each class. class for all four years." said. Kennedy said that this is simply lions a year in taxes, and the Running for senior class "I think that our ticket offers The Malecki ticket, running not true. health care costs for people poi­ office are the following three the junior class a lot of experi­ on the platform, "It's Time for "In 100 percent of these situ­ soned by PCPs are also adding to tickets: Lisa Coury for presi­ ence and we are very enthusi­ a Change for the Class of '99," ations, good environmental the taxpayers' expenses, dent, Ivonne Grantham for vice astic to make our senior year a plans, among other things, to policies lead to identically good Kennedy said. president, Meredith Johnson memorable one," added establish an e-mail address to economic policies," Kennedy "Pollution is a theft," Kennedy for secretary, and Meg Winkler Brown. help keep the juniors updated said. He said if people treat the said. "By polluting, corporations for treasurer; Sarah Looney There are three tickets run­ about class events and meet­ planet like a business, they will are stealing from the people. for president, Michelle ning for the junior class board: ings. generate the illusion of a great You own the rivers. The people Abraham for vice president, Katie Wehby for president, "We want to talk with the economy, but in the long run of the state own the Hudson Joann Searfoss for secretary, Tysus Jackson for vice presi­ administration about Junior their children will have to clean River and the fish. By contami­ and Lori Reibe for treasurer; dent, Nicole Kraimer for secre­ Moms Weekend. in addition to up the mess they have created. nating the Hudson River, it is the and Chiara Marcheschi for tary, and Becky Deitle for trea­ instituting other parent week­ Kennedy does not think same as dumping waste on your president, Katie Brown for vice surer; Charise Desmarteau for ends as well, and we hope to putting control of the environ­ property." president, Sarah Corkrean for president, Julie Steciuk for vice gain the knowledge of how to ment in state hands will help Kennedy said he believes in secretary, and Brigid Coleman president, Kate Moot for secre­ bring unity to our class," said solve the country's environ­ the concept of shared wealth for treasurer. tary, and Ann Marie Roche for Malecki. mental problems. when dealing with the environ­ The Coury ticket, running on treasurer; and Lynette Malecki The three tickets running for Kennedy said that the Hudson ment. the platform, "The Power of for president, Tara Thomas for sophomore class board are: River is loaded with fish, but Shared values and land allow One," hopes to stir things up a vice president, Stephanie Janet Horvath for president, that it is illegal to catch them Americans to call the United bit by representing a cross-sec­ Villinski for secretary, and Aryn Seminara for vice presi­ because General Electric has States their nation, Kennedy tion of the class of 1998. Colleen Campbell for treasurer. dent, Sarah Clinger for secre­ already polluted their water. said. By not treating the land "I think that this is a great The Wehby ticket. running on tary, and Erin Vartabedian for The federal laws in existence well, Kennedy said, Americans election, a clean race that the platform, "Experience you treasurer; Nancy Midden for allowed communities to stand up send a message to the rest of the shows the integrity of the can count on," brings just that president, Angie Little for vice for their waters, Kennedy main­ world that they are not one women of Saint Mary's College. to their ticket. president, Julie Duba for secre­ tained. But if control were to be nation, but are rather just a We are all very excited about "We have all been very tary, and Michelle Samretta for left to the individual state, he multitude of people living on the interest in the election; it involved in Saint Mary's activi­ treasurer; and Kimmi Martin said, corporations would come land. shows the pride in the class of ties and have seen ourselves for president, Erin Hall for vice to the state demanding certain Kennedy said he agrees with '98," said Coury. mature as leaders," said president, Bridget Hefferman privileges. If the state would not John Winthrop, who said that The Looney ticket is running Jackson. "We believe that our for secretary, and Belmrie allow it, the corporation could "we are given land by God. Not on the platform, "To Lead the experience can help make our Gonzalez-Estevez for treasurer. simply leave, or threaten to go to to make ourselves rich and People, Walk Behind Them," class stronger and better. We The Horvath ticket is running another state where it could appease our self-interest, but we and plans on making their achieved all of our goals on our on the platform, "Putting Plans escape certain laws but at the were given land to build commu­ senior year memorable if elect­ platform last year, and plan on Into Action," and wants to get same time provide jobs for many nities." ed. doing the same for next year if the future sophomore class of that state's citizens, Kennedy Kennedy continued by saying "A lot of people move off elected. more involved and informed said. that nature is "the way God campus their senior year, but "It's important to us that peo­ about what the board is plan­ "Waste is a convenience for communicates to us with the we want to keep our class a ple go out and vote and feel ning. industries," Kennedy said, most clarity and detail. By close-knit family, especially for confident with their choices." "We want to take student adding that he believes that all destroying nature, it is like tear­ our senior year," said The Desmarteau ticket is feedback and take what the commercial pollutants are ing the last pages of the Qur'an." Abraham. running on the platform, "New students want and put that into brought about through subsi­ "Our obligation to our children The Marcheschi ticket is run­ Year, New Faces, New Ideas," action," said Horvath. dies. He suggested that General is sustainability," Kennedy said. ning on the platform, and wants to create a monthly "The most important thing is Electric did not dispose of its He added that people do not "Strengthening Roots that Will newsletter to help increase for the class to get out there PCPs properly but instead have the right to impose these Last a Lifetime." communication by using either and vote. I am very familiar dumped them into the Hudson pollutants on their children and "We are looking to unite the e-mail or campus mail. with all of the candidates run­ River so it could avoid some of that people should use the things class spiritually, intellectually, "We hope to show that there ning and I think that they the cost that proper disposal they have been given to enrich academically, and socially for is an awareness and an inter­ would all do a great job," said would add to its products. their lives without destroying our last and final year," Brown est, that there are people out Horvath. This is deceiving, Kennedy the land.

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• lETTERS TO THE EDITOR Cod in Salsa overlooked in ND music scene about fun not making money ' ·c.:••>i!iC,"i;C;C,>'iC can1pus n1usic scene evaluation /~·):::: Dea.rEditon than we have. I don't care how I sound, it's frus­ Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Matthew Loighran's inside col­ trating and true. It was 10 minutes DeBartolo time before my umn on the subject of the relative lack of activity on the Notre Campus Music Appreciation class would come to I don't know how we've been missed. The high­ ly inventive signs advertising our shows are Dame music scene. an end one unusually mild Tuesday in February. While I agree with his assessment of the state of SUB and My professor, Matthew Loughran, was extolling always plastered in the usual locations. Acoustic Cafe musical relations at Notre Dame, I Loughran calls for people with "musical talent the virtues of the boys of yesterday. The skillful LOlllgtlran's idea that we artists Rush covers masterfully tackled by QED, the and the drive to play." Cod in Salsa calls for indi­ po,CkiB~Wltnca!..!U as he says, f'prosti- frenzied sexual energy pumped from the Road viduals (we'll even accept groups) with aural tal­ ta.lenltS~ T1le been in the · · Dame campus music Apples towards local high school girls, and some­ ent and the drive to listen. For the love of Notre scene for three ars and never once has it been about the thing about the affable True North twins. Dame, people, give something different a chance. money. It's always been about having fun. "The scene was rocking." You want some interesting music? Catch some of As a member of the Skalcoholiks and a former member of As his lecture came to a close, he mused on the the people playing the cafe at Barnes and Noble the Road Apples, I've seen much change in the musical scene state of music at Notre Dame today wondering or at Lula's on Saturday nights. Go to Dalloway's on campus. As a freshman I can remember such bands as why "the talent which used to be on campus is on Wednesdays. Slope (pronoMc~d "m''), July, Cripe St,.; emiLy and Victoria's not there anymore." I raised my hand and shout­ I agree with Loughran that SUB has not done Rea1.$Qcret befqr:e the.ir •transforl'llation into Sweep the Leg ed: "Cod in Salsa. Cod in Salsa. Cod in Salsa. Cod much this past year in the way of promoting Johnny. AS a sophomore I saw Krautmiser, Tweak, Reverend in Salsa." campus musicians. Yes, three years ago I Funk, Sabor Latino, QED and decaf. How diverse it was; so- That is more times than we have ever been remember Loft shows with emiLy, the Hoad called "alternative," "conservative" campus! The school was mentioned in The Observer (I could have just Apples or George and the Preeks. Haven't seen much more supportive of bands playing on campus at that written it once to beat out Scholastic). I would anything like that of late. Perhaps this is because time. I recall playing in many a Loft show and in front of love to give each publication a hard kick in the this year's loft organizer at SUB has had his own Stonehenge during the warm months. The dorms we lived in trousers in response to what seems to be a student government political campaign on his sponsored showsol} the weekends and the Beaux-Arts' ball in noticeable conspiracy against the most innova­ mind. But the disorganization and selfish atmos­ "· th¢ar<;hite<)tQte.buUding let us play to• a truly unique .audi· tive band to have playep. this campus in my four phere rampant at SUB is chum for a eompletely ence. . ··•li . years here. Cod in Salsa plays on average every different shark to chew on. Where is this support now? Where are the Mardi Gras cele­ two weeks. We've played Dalloway's, Acoustic As a member of this campus, I take partial brations. that the Loft has had consistently for the last three Cafe, Morrissey Unplugged, Zahm Acoustical blame for the deflated balloon some call our .years? Where were the Stonehenge shows this fall? I believe Jam, Angst Tostal (our An Tostal show was can­ campus entertainment scene. I don't attend . the · •· . on campus three times fall semester, celed due to rain) and the Sophomore Literary many of the shows that do occur, and Cod in · · · and '' at a women's soccer pep Festival. I know Loughran hasn't attended a sin­ Salsa does play more off-campus than on. I've show beenoft'~red to gle one of these shows as that would have given seen that Lewis and Keough have started their support b¥nds on him grounds for mentioning us in his oh-so­ own coffee house nights; the best of luck to them. bands from out of insightful column (although we're used to the However, what is different from Loughran's idea. Having acampus snubs by now). utopia of three years ago is that there are many at least draw some of Loughran is a hypocrite. He has decried the more non-bar venues in town to play at now (Cod ..,,,~-uu,,u-stellar crowds SUB lack of good, cheap entertainment on the campus in Salsa has never played a venue with age ashow.

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-H. P. Lovecraft Monday, February 24, 1997 VIEWPOINT page 9 • lETTERS To THE EDITOR Women lose money based on gender Dear Editor: poor. corporate welfare over people welfare. Communications professor Elizabeth Of over 4 million people who earn His decision to dismantle welfare pro­ Toth, who surveyed the wage difference minimum wage, nearly two out of three grams has far reaching implications for between men and women in the field of workers are women. Clinton's "success" women, particularly since women public relations, claims that "during a in raising the minimum wage to $5.15 inequality is experienced most dramati­ forty year career, a woman will lose $1 was too little, too late. Holly Sklar, who cally within the lower segment of soci­ million on gender alone." Indeed, the has researched "poverty lines," claims ety. Take for example domestic violence. U.S. Census Bureau reports that the that "the minimum wage would have Harvard Medical School and the average woman earns 71.4 cents for had to have been $5.90 for full time University of Massachusetts Medical every dollar a man earns, while workers to have matched the already Center found that 92 percent of home­ Hispanic women earn even less - 53.4 inadequate official 1995 poverty line of less women and 82 percent of welfare cents for every dollar. Although the $12,267 for a family of three." But rais­ recipient women with homes, experi­ wage gap declined between 1982 and ing the minimum wage to a living wage ence severe physical or sexual assault in 1990, during Clinton's first term it might lower profit margins and hurt the their lives. During the welfare debate remained stagnant. corporate elite, and these are the people the National Organization of Women Inequality between men and women is Clinton dares not offend. (NOW) consistently pointed out to the not new; it has been the predicament of For example, at the same time as he President and Congress that "inflexible women throughout history. repealed the Aid to Families with limitations and requirements for welfare Nevertheless, the novelty of our age, Dependent Children, which is part of the recipients mean that women attempting some would say, is the potential for 60-year-old social safety net for the poor to escape violent situations will be fur­ change: today's women have more of a and accounts for a mere 1.5 percent of ther endangered and would suffer due chance to overcome the existing the federal budget, Clinton together with to other program changes, such as loss inequalities. Perhaps this was the rea­ Congress allocated 18 percent of the of health care coverage." In other son that 54 percent of voting women budget to the military - a total of $267 words, it will be much harder for a gave Clinton their vote during the last billion, $7 billion more than Pentagon woman to leave a violent home in order elections, as opposed to Dole's unim­ asked for. It is no secret that much of to begin a new life, or even to receive pressive 38 percent. President Clinton the $267 billion goes directly to private medical aid after she has been beaten. would deliver the goods, some thought, corporations which supply the military Clinton claims that he supports equali­ as they elected him to office. with products ranging from socks to ty. Considering that the distribution of As we enter the second term of the rockets. The pretense for cutting welfare the federal budget is a reflection of pri­ Clinton presidency, and while the debate as opposed to military appropriations orities, this assertion is a shadow with­ over the new budget is still hot, it would was welfare's "inefficiency." Can some­ out substance. The real thread connect­ be appropriate to examine whether he one honestly claim, without blinking, ing Clinton's policies - the logic which has actually been good for women. Is he that the U.S. government has wasted lies at the core of his actions - is his really making a difference - a differ­ more money on welfare programs than assiduous effort to satisfy corporate ence that would justify the enthusiastic on military expenditure? interests. It is becoming more and more support he received? Clinton knew that 90 percent of feder­ obvious that in the absence of well orga­ Clearly, Clinton has appointed more al welfare participants are single nized popular parties, corporate money women to decision-making positions women and their children. Yet, when dominates the U.S. political scene. than any of his predecessors. This is a the moment came, and he had to make Tragically, corporate interests often noteworthy and symbolically important the most critical decision in his political conflict with women's interests. accomplishment, but it has not been career, Clinton tilted towards welfare translated into policy. Clinton's empha­ for the strong and powerful, so betray­ NEVE GORDON sis on gender equality in the higher ech­ ing the women within the abandoned Graduate student elons has not trickled down to working poor. In effect, Clinton made a choice Government class women and certainly not to the between two kinds of welfare; he chose

• IMPLICATIONS No double,standards for judging Deng's legacy When Deng Xiaoping, one of the It is up to us everyday citizens, then, to founding revolutionaries of Communist make sense of the legacy which Mr. China and the architect of his country's Deng has left to one-fifth of the world's economic modernization, died last week population and to others who care about in Beijing, the official reactions were China's future. One might begin by ask­ predictably bland, if not simply pre­ ing what the Chinese people think. dictable. We in the West tend instinctively to identify with the Chinese intellectual elite, many of whom were educate_d in the West and often call for democratic liberalization. This segment of the Bong Chinese populace finds it hard to forgive Mr. Deng for his brutality in Tiananmen and for his systematic suppression of individual rights. Miquiabas In contrast, many of the peasantry have benefited greatly from Mr. Deng's ~:---·------~-::. policies of economic growth and stabili­ ty. This segment of the Chinese populace For instance, the newly-appointed U.S. seems grateful to him for bringing the Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, first prolonged period of peace to China stated that the Chinese leader would get in this century. a "mixed remembrance" due to his vio­ Indisputably, Mr. Deng's primary goal lent crackdown on pro-democracy was to focus China's energies on eco­ activists in the late 1980s and early nomic development. Even the Chinese 1990s. She added, "Obviously the military had to serve this goal by accept­ camps performing supposedly rehabili­ tained that nobody died in Tiananmen Tiananmen Square actions were trou­ ing deep budget cuts through the 1980s. tative tasks, such as building railways, Square in early June of 1989. Merely blesome to everybody following human Mr. Deng wanted first to achieve the dams and canals. To be sure, Mr. Deng authorizing the killing of hundreds of his rights." economic miracle and then attend to was concerned about economic develop­ countrymen was apparently not auda­ As for the Chinese government, its political reforms, as other Asian nations ment. cious enough. official appraisal of Mr. Deng was bolder have done. Yet is there any reason to The way to get ahead in Mr. Deng's How did Mr. Deng and his cadre get than that of the U.S., albeit just as non­ believe that his successors will soon China was not through politics but away with all this? Experts explain that descript, concluding with a declaration court reform? through economics. Look at the Chinese Chinese society values the sense of the of "Eternal Glory to Comrade Deng Mr. Deng voiced his stance on political students among us at Notre Dame. collective over the individual. The aver­ Xiaoping!" The appraisal made no refer­ reform to President Bush in February Regardless of what they study, they are age citizen prefers to know that his ence to Tiananmen, noting only that Mr. 1989, a stance since relied upon by his not eyeing jobs in the Chinese public leaders are keeping law and order. And Deng led China through "the domestic successors: "If all one billion of us sector. They go for jobs with a private as China's world exports and foreign and international political disturbances undertake multi-party elections, we will company, a job where they can gain investments continue to reach new in the late 1980s and early 1990s." certainly run into a full-scale civil war." wealth. And who can blame them? The highs, Mr. Deng's stature will surely And from a normally less guarded Does this sound like a leader who trust­ only type of freedom Mr. Deng's China grow. quarter came a more tepid assessment. ed his people? offered was economic. Amidst the reverence, might we Rory Mungoven, director of Amnesty Close inspection of Mr. Deng's tenure Consider another aspect of Mr. Deng's remember that, upon our own deaths, International's Asia-Pacific program, reveals that it was the people who had legacy. In order to organize their faith, our lives are measured by all the actions could muster only this: "The Deng era every reason not to trust their leader. millions of Chinese Catholics are forced we took toward our fellow men. I sug­ has changed the face of China, but Red Cross International, widely regard­ to pay spiritual allegiance to the Chinese gest that the standards be no different human rights improvements have ed as ideologically neutral, estimates Catholic Church, a sham construct over­ for Mr. Deng. lagged far behind economic reform." that there are at least 1,000 labor seen by the government. No trace of Vague statements such as these are to camps in Communist China. guidance from the Vatican is allowed. Bong Miquiabas is a third year law be expected from parties to an ongoing It has further been estimated that as Finally, Mr. Deng's legacy includes one student at Notre Dame. His column and politically sensitive global discourse. many as 6 million people work in these of the most outrageous lies ever told in appears every other Monday. modern history. His government main- ·~------

page 10 Monday, February 24, 1997 Cube Falls on Shaky Ground "Dangerous Ground" opens with a bemoan about the "New" South Africa, The film also provides a wealth of scene from early 1980s South Africa but Roodt is vainly cursing a phantom mediocre acting. Ice Cube's portrayal of DANGEROUS GROUND where Vusi, played by Ice Cube, is exiled which "Dangerous Ground" fails to bring Vusi is convincing at times, but the Directed by: Darnell James Roodt to America for revolutionary activities to life. We know little the disparity that actor's feigned apathy causes one to Starring: Ice Cube and Elizabeth aimed at alleviating the oppression of Roodt seeks to illuminate with this work. wonder if he would have played a better Hurley South Africa's black majority. Vusi Despite "Dangerous Ground's" appar­ drug lord than a moral touchstone. returns to South Africa after the fall of ent lack of thematic direction, Hoodt Quality acting or not, Ice Cube still -1. apartheid to attend his father's funeral, does reveal several parasitic forces that entertains; and his gangsta bravado • and extols the blessings of American bleed hope and vision from post­ lightens a film plagued by poor dialogue (Out of five shamrocks) education, wealth, and the democratic apartheid South Africa. Bands of outlaw and trite street warfare. Elizabeth process. Such American "ideals" are "coke boys" haunt Johannesburg's poor­ Hurley, too, is blessed with mediocrity, By RYAN LYNCH immediately juxtaposed by the virtues of er districts, as the police spend equal as her hardened frame enhances her Accent Movie Critic Vusi' s brother Ernest, whose own edu­ time between taking drugs and eliminat- role as a drug-addicted stripper ... but cation consists of resisting the oppres­ her fabricated South n "Cry, the Beloved Country", the sin­ sive white minority with AK-47s and a African accent leaves gle most important book in twentieth­ strict devotion to African tribal rituals. her sounding more like I century South African literature, Alan The story weakly gains momentum as a cross between Molly Paton bemoans, "No second Vusi is entreated by his distraught moth­ Malone and Nel Carter Johannesburg is needed upon the earth. er to venture to Johannesburg and than a native of One is enough." Director Darnell James retrieve the youngest son of the family, Johannesburg. Roodt brings post-Apartheid Stephen, from the throes of an all con­ If one leaves the Johannesburg to the silver screen in his suming crack addiction. Vusi gains the desire to discover a latest work, "Dangerous Ground," but help of Stephen's stripper girlfriend, cogent storyline and a falls shamefully short of presenting a Karen, who is less than adequately discernible message cohesive storyline about the corrosion played by Elizabeth Hurley. "Dangerous somewhere between that continues to infect the South Ground" concludes with Vusi, his broth­ the popcorn line and African capital. Roodt invokes the naked ers, and Karen challenging the strangle­ his seat, "Dangerous beauty and power of the South African hold which an amoral and almost comi­ Ground" may still landscape, and even intertwines the cal d lord enjoys over a struggling prove rewarding and uncertain through the scenery Johannesburg. alone. Beautifully por­ The weak and hack­ traying Soweto, Sun neyed storyline of City, and "Dangerous Ground" pro­ Johannesburg, the film vides a less than adequate paints the naked seren­ foundation for the film to ity of the South African stand upon. I impatiently landscape in a light wondered why Ice Cube that promises to hold was traipsing the South the audience long African countryside in a enough to see the film's candy-apple red BMW, predictable conclusion. and his unreflective and In the end, falsely profound narration Photo courtesy of New Line Production "Dangerous Ground" is offered little explanation. Elizabeth Hurley stars as Karen, a drug-addicted stripper who a weak and unfulfilling Director James Russell aids Vusi in his mission. "pop" attempt to depict Roodt chose the unique ing those who sell them. "Dangerous the social ills that infect Johannesburg and intriguing subject of Ground" momentarily teases the audi- and cloud the dream of South Africa. Photo courtesy of New line Production Vusi (Ice Cube) begins a search for his younger brother, post-apartheid South ence as Vusi reflects that oppression is Although the film is illuminating at Stephen, in "Dangerous Ground." Africa; but a plot centered as inseparable from Africa as the Nile, points, one may better spend two hours upon an American-raised and drugs have taken up the role of the investigating a work like "Cry, the flimsy plot with several novel and exile aimlessly searching for his lost oppressor that the white minority has Beloved Country," which ends with the painful observations about the plight of brother marginalizes the myriad of lost. Roodt's "Africa exploiting Africa" author begging to learn when the dawn South Africa's poor, but the film's hol­ social and political problems infecting motif deserves consideration, but the of emancipation will come. Instead, low moral message and lust for pointless the land redeemed by the patience and film's momentary message becomes "Dangerous Ground" ends only with Ice violence cause the work to break apart persistence of Nelson Mandela. submerged in a flood of drawn-out gun Cube's myopic musical revelation that and crumble upon itself. Characters continually muse and battles between Vusi and the drug lords. "The World is Mine."

• RENTAL REVIEW . Video Pick of the Week THE PROFESSIONAL complacent, spoiled, probably American reader: this family. The most corrupt of them all is Gary Oldman, movie is all in ENGLISH. Yep, no sub-titles, no dub­ the leader of the drug ring whose own drug habit leads By MARK TORMA bing; the lips meet the words at every turn, just like him to commit brutal acts with demonic ease. There's Accent Movie Critic you like it. no question, he will scare you. Compared to his scenes, Now that you're back with us, I can implore you to the other action sequences look like Swan Lake, but n 1994, two movies appeared on American movie see this movie with anyone you could possibly think of compared to them, "True Lies" looked like Sesame screens at around the same time. Almost tragically (within reason of its rating, of course). See it with your Street. I was this the case, for the two diverged in quality uncle, see it with your significant other, see it with Along with Oldman's brilliance and Reno's star-turn greatly, yet had such similar names and subjects that your rector/rectress - it might be the only action (you might know him as the guy who pulled Tom massive confusion was inevitable. I will now explain movie that will make you seem like the "sensitive Cruise in and out of the vault in "Mission: Impossible," why one of those movies, 'The Professional," is a must­ type," Skeptical? "The Professional" tells the story of a but he's much better here), this movie is notable as the see, right now, on your TV screen ... But first, I must lonely assassin (the only other regrettable similarity to movie world's first glimpse of its newest phenom, draw a distinction between "The Professional" and "The Specialist") who takes in a young girl when her Natalie Portman. She has now done five movies in the "The Specialist." family is slaughtered in a drug-related recrimination. I last year, and has the teenage girl market cornered Please remember, this movie that I now recommend tell you, what the movie does with this situation will along with Claire Danes, but she deserves to be truly is NOT "The Specialist." That movie was the kind of not only blow your mind, but warm your heart. remembered for this role. She was only about twelve thing that movie execs should scrape off the bottom of At a glance, the story goes along familiar lines: they when the film was made, but she looks like Susan their shoes and not pawn it off as entertainment. That get along great, she gets a crush on him, and when the Sarandon; she's really that good. Her banter with Reno movie was a shameless joining of two stars fully capa­ evil ones find them, he summons up the last ounce of is so fluid and genuine, and the way she walks, some­ ble of worthless performances (Sharon Stone and strength to save her. However, discard all precon­ times knowingly, sometimes guiltily, and never totally Sylvester Stallone), and letting their ineptitudes flour­ ceived notions of how this will unfold, for there is not a naively shows that she reads a mature understanding ish. That movie had lots of bang, lots of boom, lots of shred of condescension toward the girl, nor any really into the character. Here's another guarantee: you will skin, lots of sex, and absolutely no imagination. dashing derring-do by our hero. The girl (Natalie never forget the moment when she is at his door, cry­ That movie was pure dreck. Portman) is smart, and the assassin (Jean Heno) knows ing for him to let her in. This movie, "The Professional," might be the polar only his skills, but both have a lot to learn, and they do. Watching this movie has all sorts of advantages: the opposite of that movie, at least as far as action movies Poignant is too mild a term for their relationship - it guy next door will love it, and so will the girl. Your go. It is an action movie that should be understood, but is positively thrilling to see them happy in their meager Aunt Grace could stomach it (I bet she saw ·:The an action movie unlike any other you've ever seen. apartment, and heartrending to see their bond threat­ Silence of the Lambs"), and so could your teenage Maybe that's because it is a foreign film; it was direct­ ened by the bloodthirsty baddies. brother. When asked, you can say you're watching a ed by the Frenchman Luc Besson, starring his favorite Did I mention that this was an .action movie? I foreign film, or an action movie, or a relationship performer Jean Reno, and produced by a foreign pro­ thought so. All doubts about that should cease after the movie with a thrilling edge. Take your pick; if you ask duction company. However, before you now mentally scenes where Reno carries out his assignments, or me, you'll be watching a feast for the eyes, the mind, walk away from this movie, you should know this, you when the corrupt DEA officers "clean up" Portman's and the soul, and three for the price of one ain't bad. Monday, February 24, 1997 Baclc witlt a Blast!

and never leaves the viewer with any THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK doubts about his selection for the role. Directed by: Irvin Kershner Finally, James Earl Jones supplies the Starring: Mark Hamill, Carrie voice of Darth Vader. The usually Fisher, and Harrison Ford calm voice is menacing and aggres­ sive, and it becomes the hallmark of Darth Vader's character. Everyone knows that this is one of

(Out of live shamrocks) the greatest science fiction movies of all time, but many disagree about where it ranks among the three films By DAVID WEATHINGTON in the trilogy. The Empire Strikes Accent Movie Critic Back is the best of these three movies. It doesn't present the viewer with a he second movie in the Star nice, clean ending where the Empire Wars trilogy, "The Empire is destroyed and the Rebellion reigns TStrikes Back," proves that good supreme. Instead it presents the view­ acting, great screenwriting, and non­ er with a tense struggle between good stop action are not mutually exclusive. and evil. All of the major characters This newly re-released movie contin­ are injured except for Princess Leia, ues to chronicle the adventures of and Luke Skywalker learns the truth Luke Skywalker, Princess Lei a, and about his relationship with Darth Han Solo as they attempt to destroy Vader. the Empire and make the galaxy safe Unlike Star Wars and Return of the for democracy. The film climaxes as Jedi, The Empire Strikes Back is a Luke meets Darth Vader face to face story about perservering through for the first time. defeat, and living to fight another day. Many actors in this film never had The Rebellion does not succeed, it sim­ another significant role after the Star ply endures. Wars trilogy, but the performances Yoda is the final reason why this they give in this movie leave little indi­ movie is so gripping. He confronts cation as to why. Mark Hamill stars Luke Skywalker with a sense of humor

Photo courtesy Twentieth Century Fox Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) struggles to learn the ways of the Force in the second remastered movie of George Lucas' triumphant trilogy, "The Empire Strikes Back." as the budding Jedi Knight who must and serenity at the same time. The lit­ save his friends by confronting the evil tle green sage provides his own Lord Vader. Hamill's whiny voice and philosophies of life and goodness to diminutive stature make him the per­ the viewer. Surprisingly, it appears fect choice to play a character whose that the screenwriters put some -... power comes from self-control and thought into Yoda's philosophy introspection rather than brute force because many of his ideas are intelli­ or intimidation. Carrie Fisher contin­ gent and stimulate creative thinking. ues to be slightly annoying in her role The special effects in The Empire as Princess Leia, but she conveys a Strikes Back are incredible. The bat­ positive sense of sincerity and loyalty tle scenes are well choreographed, to the rebellion that makes her stands and the Cloud City is amazing. All in out as a good leader. Harrison Ford, all The Empire Strikes Back is one of as Han Solo, is sarcastic, charming, the best films of 1980 ... and 1997.

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Source: Associated Press Source: Blockbuster, South Bend page 12 The Observer • SPORTS they rose to the occasion with the game, the chance to foul M. Hoops 18. 13. and 12 points respec­ White before he sank the game­ tively. tying three pointer. continued from page 20 As those three look to go out "Sham carried us for a while, in style, another player, fresh­ but when Derek and Austin, cut the deficit to less than six. man David Lalazarian is look­ who normally score most of our As been typical of his play this ing to establish himself as a points, go four for 26, that season, Gotsch collected a pair player, and Saturday's perfor­ wasn't a good sign," Gillen said. of fouls early and appeared like mance will definitely help that. "We had the chance to win. he would spend the much of the Lalazarian was second to We were up by three and I told game on the bench due to foul Gotsch in scoring for the Irish Sham to foul, but he said he trouble. However, he battled with 15, but most important, couldn't get to White, and none back, becoming the main rea­ scored the first basket in the of the others guys did either." son the Irish were able to stay overtime, a three pointer that Shammgod also felt the frus­ in the game and pull off the gave the Irish a lead they would tration. late-game rally. Gotsch fin­ not lose. "We felt we had the game ished the game with 18 points Lalazarian led the Irish in won," he said. "They deserved and 10 rebounds. overtime with seven, including to win. They worked hard "I think Matt was tired of a screaming slam on an assist throughout the game." being on the bench at the end from Pete Miller. The win provides a major of the game," MacLeod com­ Lalazarian was called off the boost for the Irish, both for this mented. "He made the deter­ bench to play for the injured season and for the program. It mination that he was not going Gary Bell and did his job flaw­ was the first time a Notre Dame to be taken out because of lessly. team had beat Providence since fouls." "It was pretty tough, I've 1985. In the here and now, Providence head coach Pete never really been in that type of though, it bumps the Irish Gillen also gave Gotsch a lot of situation," Lalazarian said of record to 7-9 in the Big East credit in the Irish victory. the high-intensity, pressure (13-11 overall), giving them the "We were very concerned play of the game. "Coach said chance to finish up .500 in the with him going into the game," keep your head up and you'll conference. With two games Gillen said of the 6-foot-11 get the opportunity." left against Miami and Boston senior. "He's got a lot of talent "Luckily, I got the opportunity College, that is exactly what the and when he gets his confi­ tonight and it paid off." Irish hope to do. dence, he's hard to deal with." Another major factor in the Of course, many are speculat­ The Observer/Mike Ruma One of the most significant Irish victory was the fact that ing about their chance for an Freshman David Lalazarian's dunk made up two of his seven points in statistics of the victory for the they held Providence's leading NIT bid, but the Irish are taking overtime of Saturday's win. He finished the game with 15 points. Irish is the five players they had scorers, Austin Croshere and it one game at a time. season play." looking past our next game. in double figures. Making that Derek Brown, to four for 26 "They're definitely an NIT However, MacLeod hesitates Early in the season we talked statistic even sweeter is the fact from the field. team; if they end up with a win­ to say anything of the season about the post-season - there that three of those players were Shammgod was a bright spot ning record or a .500 record beyond their next game. isn't a team in basketball that seniors. It was the second to in Providence's play with a they should be in." Gillen said "No doubt it was the biggest doesn't want to be playing in last home game for the Gotsch, game-leading 21 points, but of the Irish. "They're a good win of the season for us," March- but we're just taking White, and Peter Miller, and blew his greatest opportunity of team that deserves to be in post MacLeod said. "But we're not it one day at a time." r7~~~~~~~~~ Baseball drops three at Long Beach Classic Long Beach State 10 Notre Dame 8 Sat. usc 14 Notre Dame 4 Sun. Mississippi 11 Notre Dame 5 See tomorrow's Observer for coverage.

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Brought to you by NAACP and the Office of Student Affairs page 14 The Observer· SPORTS Monday, February 25, 1997 Sikora in last year's finals, W. Hoops defeated freshman Mike LaDuke Bengals yesterday with a unanimous continued from page 20 continued from page 20 decision. Kmetz came out strong but was surprised by being able to pull her squad to within has been named by many of his LaDuke, who in his first year three before the half. The 6-2 Wynne teammates as the newcomer to shows a lot of promise for the scored 11 of her 19 points in the first watch this year. future. half as she also .contributed with 12 In the 155-pound class, "Mike LaDuke is really good," rebounds on the afternoon. Damon Affinito did not disprove Kmetz said, crediting his oppo­ "It was really physical inside," Gaither his worthiness as the class's top nent. "He's the first guy in four said. "Dana is one of the top rebound­ seed as he put sophomore Josh years who has made me change ers in the Big East and she was tough to Kirley on the floor. Although my style of fighting." handle." Kirley showed his resilience by Kmetz controlled the match, With senior Adrienne Jordan getting getting back up and asking for but was forced to go out of his the start on senior night, junior Mollie more, Affinito's speed over­ normal crisp clean overpower­ Peirick came of the bench and enabled whelmed the dazed Kirley and ing approach, bordering on her team to stay our in front. the match ended in a split deci­ some oCthe crazy, kamikaze "Mollie came off the bench for the sion. styles seen by other boxers yes­ first time in a long time and hit a couple In the final match of the 155- terday. of big shots for us," McGraw said. "The pound weight class, fighter Matt "Normally I fight real con­ shots that she hit we really needed so Berilla landed a stunning jab to trolled, but he forced me out a she was a big key for us in the first the face of Pat Gorman. In one little bit," Kmetz added. "I half." of the most aggressive fights, wasn't real happy with that, but Peirick was very effective as she shot Berilla got the win by the refer­ I was happy to get the win." 4 of 6 including two from long range on ee's decision to stop the match. In the 160-pound class, top her way to 10 of her 12 points in the Top seed Chris Sikora is look­ seed Rich Molloy received a bye, first half. ing defend his title in the 157- making junior Chip Farrell the The Pirates started out hot in the sec­ pound class as he defeated featured fighter of the class yes­ ond and the score was pulled even at 37 Kevin Murphy in a unanimous terday. a piece with just under 18 minutes decision. Sikora used his height Farell's fundamental fighting remaining in the contest. as an advantage and showed his was too much for John Berry to "I don't think that we were really con­ endurance, eventually wearing handle sending the two-time cerned," Morgan said. "I just felt like Murphy down. finalist into the semi-finals with we weren't playing that well and there When asked if he feels any a unanimous decision. were some breakdowns defensively." added pressure about living up Farell will meet Tom Roderick "I never felt really concerned even to last year's performance, in the semis, a senior who had though the game was close," McGraw Sikora answered, "It's a little an impressive hard-fought victo­ added. "I knew that we just weren't The Observer/ Mike Ruma harder now because I don't ry over Kevin Gaffney. Gaffney shooting well and that it wasn't going to Senior R~sanne. Bohman contributed eight points and eight have the underdog status I had stayed in the fight, however, but con tmue.. I a 1so k new we cou ld g o rebounds 1n her fmal game at the Joyce Center. last year, but what's important could deflect Roderick's quick inside and getting to the offensive glass was key." three assists and three steals. for me is to stay focussed and jab, eventually handing the split After the dynamic duo of Gaither and Morgan Jordan had three points and Sheila McMillen, not look ahead." decision to Roderick. combined to score just 13 in the first they Julie Henderson, and Kristina Ervin all had a Sikora's next match will be "It was a tough fight," responded like they have done all year as Gaither bucket. against Brendan McGuire who Roderick commented. "Kevin was too much inside and Morgan found her After the game, Morgan commented on the defeated Stefan Molina on a kept coming after me and com­ stroke. best year in the program's history. "As seniors very close split decision. ing after me. I've never seen so The tandem combined for 29 points in their we've just built on it every year and I think it was McGuire controlled the first two much energy." last half at the Joyce Center as they pushed the just on more thing to add to it. I think we've had rounds, and was able to evade a Rounding out the the highly­ lead to 19 with seven minutes left. Gaither fin­ a really good season." third round burst of energy touted class as the toughest of ished with 18 while Morgan bounced back from Head coach Muffet McGraw will definitely miss from Molina to get the win. this year's competition was Tom her first half shooting woes to finish with 24. this class that includes the top two all time lead­ Although Sikora doesn't want Biolchini's unanimous over Alex "I think I was getting a lot of good looks and ing scorers (Morgan and Gaither). to look ahead, he can't help but Kerrigan. Biolchini will take on they just weren't going down," Morgan said. "I "I don't want to think about it," McGraw notice John Kmetz looming on the top-seeded Molloy in guess I just have shooter's mentality and unless responded when asked about a starting lineup the horizon. Kmetz, who fought Wednesday semifinals. coach will put the red light on, I'll keep on shoot­ with out this group of seniors. "It's going to be ing." the end on an era." All of the Irish who dressed scored as senior The era is not quite over yet as the Irish will Rosanne Bohman added eight points and eight travel to West Virginia tomorrow before post­ rebounds to the cause while point guard season play begins with the Big East tournament Jeannine Augustin finished with four points, starting March 1 in Connecticut.

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Potent Bronco Joe above the right circle that hit Winter were mathematically Corvo sent home a rebound Barnes' legs and deflected into eliminated from the Central goal less than two minutes the net. Collegiate Hockey Associatiqn later to knot the game at one. Later in the period, fellow playoffs for the second straight Senior forward Tim freshman defenseman Tyson year. "It's really disappoint­ Harberts, however, answered Fraser recorded another ing," stated junior captain 27 seconds later, taking a power-play goal when he rock­ Steve Noble. "There's not great set-up pass from sopho­ eted a slap shot from just much else to say." more center Cr-aig Hagkull, inside the blue line, increasing On Friday evening, the Boys bursting in on Barnes, and their lead to 4-2. kept their playoff aspirations writsing a shot over his glove But the Broncos were not alive with a thrilling, 5-4 over­ hand. finished. They notched two time victory before a sold-out But the Broncos were not to goals in the final 21 minutes of The Observer/Brandon Candura Joyce Center. "It was a huge be outdone. Less than one play to send the game into Freshman walk-on John Dwyer scored the first goal of his career Friday. - win," stated Poulin after the minute later, senior Bronco overtime, where the Irish pre­ "We came out flat in the first game well out of reach. "We game. "It was a balanced Matt Cresshman knotted the viously were winless. attack. We gave up the lead a game at two when he knocked Just two minutes into the period," explained Noble. "We had too many penalties," stat­ were back on our heels; per- ed Noble. "We had to worry couple of times but we got it home a rebound through traf­ extra stanza, Sophomore Neal back, and we had the guts to fic in front of Eisler. Johnson took a pass from haps we were a little nervous. about killing them off." win it in the end." 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Monday, February 24, 1997 The Observer • SPORTS Top seeds triumph at quarters By MIKE DAY Looking equally impressive In the 145-pound class, top Assisram Spores Editor was defending 130-pound seeded Fred Kelly rolled to a champion Tom Will, who picked TKO victory just 45 seconds'into It wasn't a good day to be an up right where he left off in the second round. However, No. underdog as many of the first 1996. Will dominated newcom­ 2 seed Ted Pagano struggled year fighters discovered at the er John Froman on his way to with sophomore Kevin 67th annual Bengal Bouts. earning a unanimous decision. Buccellato in perhaps the most Case in point: there were no Junior Sean Sharpe, a semifi­ exciting matchup of the after­ surprises in the 145 and 135- nalist last year, was able to noon. pound divisions, illustrating just overcome a slow start to defeat Buccellato caught Pagano off how accurate the coaches and newcomer Pete Meyer in a split guard with a strong right to the officers were in seeding this decision. chin that forced Pagano to the year's group of boxers. "My reach was a big advan­ mat. Junior Lucas Molina, the No. 2 tage out there," said Sharpe. However, Pagano rallied later seed and a favorite to capture "He's a strong fighter, and he on to earn a split decision victo­ the 135-pound title, was one of had me dazing at some points. ry. several boxers who lived up to Endurance-wise I was able to "He's a tough, aggressive their ranking on Sunday. Just wear him out a little bit at the fighter," said Buccellato. "He 45 seconds into the second end." makes you pay for your mis­ round, Molina captured a TKO Rounding out the 135-division takes and keeps you aware at all victory with a blow that sent was freshman Mike Maguire times. He is strong and athletic newcomer Chris Fahey stagger­ who, in his first career Bengal in the ring, and you have to ing to the mat. Bout match, defeated sopho­ respect that." "He surprised me a little with more Dave Murphy in a split Sophomore Tom Cronley two good rights at the beginning decision. edged junior Rick Johnson in a of the round," said Molina. "I "The coaches certainly helped unanimous decision, and senior The Observer/Mike Ruma - was able to wear him out a bit, me out a lot out there today, and Matt Ramarge dominated fresh­ Fred Kelly is successfully on the road to defending his 145-pound and that caused the fight to end. I was able to take advantage of man Brian Daigle on his way to crown as he beat Brendan Walsh 45 seconds into round two. My speed and endurance helped the few openings I had against earning a unanimous decision. me out a lot today." him," said Maguire. Big guys provide entertainment PLEASE RECYCLE By TIM SHERMAN ing style marked Romanchek's face Mantey by his ability to Sports Editor split decision victory. connect on David Buckley to THE OBSERVER The same held true in the earn a unanimous win. If you were one of the dedicat­ third fight of the 180-pound Buckley was bloodied exces­ ed Bengal Bout fans who stuck class. sively and received a standing around for the full six hours of Victorious Aaron Yoder, eight count in the third round fighting Sunday and expected a though, chose to adopt a more but was able to make the final New Year's Eve. bunch of knock-outs and upsets defensive style, at least early, bell in a gritty effort. in the heavier weight classes, than most of his peers. Like Mantey, 200-pound Your Birthday. you probably left the Joyce Using the first round to feel favorite Troy Phillips received a Center a bit disappointed. out opponent Jason Lineen, bye and was able to use the day But if went in hopes of some Yoder concentrated on avoiding as a scouting opportunity. The Harlem free-swinging, entertaining any big blows. His eyes were fixed on a rela­ bouts, you were in luck. "The number one rule is don't tively sloppy slugfest between Globetrotters. As expected, defending 180- get hit," said freshman Yoder. John Barsic and Chris Craytor. pound champion Brian Gaffney "I tried to focus my practice and In one of the few fights where (E'Jer no: ice ho,_.:.; the really g 0 od was a major attraction. Fighting efforts out there on defense." the lower seed advanced, sLuff co:r-,e~ or: ly or,ce a yea:r?) against a somewhat over­ The increased offensive attack Craytor took the unanimous matched Kyle Smith, Gaffney during the second half of the decision. 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Being out here in tory over Adam June, on a fought. Neither pugilist landed Joyce Center Box front of a crowd, is much differ­ unanimous decision. a significant share of blows but (Cash only on Jan 30) ent than sparring. When I am The 190-pound division Conoscenti will fight again. All Ticketmaster sparring, I stay under control. offered just two fights to the His future opponent, Dave Once I get out here, I get fired afternoon's lengthy card, as top­ Butz, ended the card with a flur­ locations, up and my nervous impulse seeded Mike Mantey had bye, ry. literally. The inexperienced or charge by takes control. If a guy punches while Mike Velten advanced via Butz provided a Gaffney-like at (219) 272-7979 me, l going to punch him back." a walk-over. performance, and was nearly as Make that "punch him back as His scheduled opponent, effective. $3.00 discount for students and faculty many times as I can," which Matthew Lubbers, sustained a Throwing all kinds of punches with valid ND ID at Gaffney did in the third round concussion earlier in the week at Chad Stracensky, Butz domi­ Joyce Center Box when referee Tom Suddes and was not permitted to fight. nated and looked to be a poten­ Office only. ended the bout, awarding "I was disappointed because tial quality challenge for Phillips. Gaffney the TKO win. it'd be nice to get a fight under Starcensky, to his credit, was Facing Gaffney on Wednesday my belt," said Velten. tough in defeat. will be Mike Romanchek. The He will get his chance "I was exhausted in there," freshman advanced past Joe Wednesday against Todd said Butz. "I gave it everything I Leninski in a crowd-pleasing Carcelli, who advanced past had. I'm glad it was enough. bout where true boxing skills Mike O'Donnell on a TKO. I'm looking forward to were not overly evident. In the other 190 match-up, Wednesday." Instead, an active, street-fight- Craig Prins earned the right to So is everybody else. ... .

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• MEN'S BASKETBALL • WOMEN's BASKETBAll Adding more fuel to NIT fire White's clutch shot propels Irish to overtime rout By BETSY BAKER God Shammgod, that is. Providence had maintained Assistant Spans Editor As the capacity Joyce Center nearly the whole game. crowd watched the ball leave White's three-pointer tied the Not even the power of God Admore White's hands with game at 64-64, sending the could help Providence beat the three seconds left in regulation, game into overtime in which Notre Dame men's basketball not a prayer in the world could the Irish looked like a national team on Saturday. have preserved the lead that champion team. White's shot provided a bit of dramatic irony because it was the same shot, down to the same place on the floor, that he h~d missed against Indiana and Connecticut earlier in tho sea­ son. However, three was a charm and it sparked what would become five minutes of - arguably the best basketball the Irish have played this season and definitely the biggest win of the season. "To be able to come from behind like that and have The Observer/Mike Ruma Admore make the same shot he Beth Morgan scored 24 points in Saturday's win over Seton Hall. missed in Indiana and The win makes no. 24 for the Irish, a new single-season record. Connecticut was tremendous," head coach John MacLeod said. "He knocked it down without hesitation." Senior send-off Although the 86-7 4 victory appears to be decisive, the game before yielding 75-61. game itself was a constant bat­ Treasured class The win gives the Irish 24 on tle for the Irish, lagging behind the year which breaks the for all but three minutes in the maintains home school record set last year as first half. they are now 24-5 on the year Providence came out strong, dominance and 16-1 in the Big East with immediately taking an 11-1 just one more regular season lead five minutes into the game. By JOE CAVA TO game remaining. Although they were able to tie Spans Writer After a sizzling start in the game up midway through which the Irish put 10 on the the half, they couldn't maintain The largest crowd of the board in the first four min­ the lead and went into the lock­ year entered the Joyce Center utes, the Pirates picked up er room down by seven. Saturday night in hopes of their defense and the shots Controversial off-setting tech­ seeing a historic win and the stopped falling for the Blue nicals on Marcus Young and send-off of one of the finest and Gold. Providence's Jamel Thomas, in classes in Notre Dame's histo­ "It was a very emotional addition to an intentional foul ry. The Seton Hall Pirates did evening," head coach Muffet by White with three minutes not make things easy for the McGraw said. "There were a left in the half, only added to 16th ranked hosts as they lot of distractions before the the Irish frustration with both were hoping to see a better game." their own play and the officiat­ effort then their 40 point loss Early foul trouble for ing. at the hands of the Irish earli­ Katryna Gaither and Beth Although the Irish showed a er this year. Morgan's 3 for 12 shooting in few flashes of brilliance in the The Hall used a stingy zone the first half translated into second half, mostly sparked by defense and the fact that the Seton Hall's Dana Wynne The Observer/Mike Ruma the team's leading-scorer Matt rims were tight to stay with Notre Dame for most of the Matt Gotsch led the Irish with 18 points in the 86-74 overtime victory see W. HOOPS/ page 14 over Providence. seeM. HOOPS I page 14 • BENGAl BOUTS Quarterfinals no surprise By BETSY BAKER match. I'm one step closer to my eventual Assistant Spans Editor goal, and that is to repeat a championship." Although the match appeared to be more There were no major upsets or surprising of a mismatch, it gave Polina the confidence victories at the first day of the 67th Bengal to defend his title. Bouts yesterday, only 45 hard-fought "It was good for me to get a match under matches. my belt. You never really know until you've For the most part, the top seeds won, the stepped in the ring whether all your train­ lower seeds lost, and the middle seeds put ing has paid off." - forth some evenly-matched battles. Polina hopes that the quickness of his One of the more impressive performances match will prove his intention in the bouts, of the top seeds came through junior Doug to win the title. PoliHa's first round victory over freshman "I went out with the attitude to get on him Andrew McElhinney in the 150-pound as quick as possible and end it as quick as class. Polina started the match on fire possible," he added. "I wanted to send a landing nearly all of his jabs to message to the rest of the guys in my McElhinney's face. After McElhinney fell weight class." twice less than a minute into it, the referee In other 150-pound action, freshmen J.R. stopped the match leaving the defending Melliri also managed to stop his match in champion Polina to look toward the second round by defeating senior Mike Wednesday's semi-finals. Ebberly. Mellin used a three-jab combina­ "I felt somewhat relieved because you're tion to induce a bloody nose from Ebberly

always nervous for the first match," Polina and soon afterward end tho match. Mellin The Observer I Mike Ruma commented. "It was good to win the first Senior Damon Affinito, the top seed of the 155-pound weight class, defeated sopho­ see BENGALS I page 14 more Josh Kirley Sunday in a split decision.

vs. Miami, vs. Michigan State, Tomorrow,7:30 p.m. \_ February 28, 7 p.m. aJ Hockey post-season hopes die at West Virginia, Women's Tennis at • Tommorow Wisconsin, ~ see page 15 February 27 ..... Men's Tennis at Michigan riJ • Women's golf places 9th State, • Indoor Track at USA ., see page 12 February 26 Track, February 28 - March 1 I ~ I • ~