Hall of Fame Shines Alongside Inductees 13 College Greats Highlight Opening by DAVE TYLER News Editor
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Monday, August 28, 1995 • Vol. XXVII No. 6 TilE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Hall of Fame shines alongside inductees 13 college greats highlight opening By DAVE TYLER News Editor Friday, the city of South Bend beamed like a bride-to-be showing off her engagement ring as it opened the doors of the College Football Hall of Fame to the world. Thousands of people from all over the United States journeyed to Michiana to celebrate the new shrine and watch the induction of 13 foot ball heroes into the Hall. While area high school marching bands played, vendors hawked food. al}d a five-story- • see HALL OF FAME, page 13 high Burger King Whopper balloon floated in the background, the highlight of the opening weekend was the induction ceremony. In a scorching August heat that seemed light years away from the frozen playing fields of November, the College Football Hall of Fame The Observer/Mike Ruma and South Bend shared their joy over the new The Football Hall of Fame honors the world's greatest to ever play the college game. facility. "This is the story of a lot of good people com ing .together for a good cause," said South Bend • JOCKSTRIP Mayor Joseph Kernan, who gave thanks to the Hall's several corporate sponsors, and made reference to the adversity both the Hall and the Commercial, yet genuine city have overcome in constructing the edifice. Former Notre Dame athletic director and cur For possibly money-making circus that you rent Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner the only time in won't find in Cooperstown or and NCAA president Gene Corrigan introduced its history, Canton. the 13 enshrinees, twelve of whom were repre South Bend But underneath it all there was sented at the ceremony. stood on its own the genuine feeling that many Syracuse running back Jim Brown. Standford without the people went to great lengths to end Chris Burford, Louisiana State defensive help of a Notre introduce something truly special back Tommy Cassanova, Mississippi quarter Dame football to the public. back Jake Gibbs, Nebraska offensive lineman L----".:J!! And it showed. Rich Glover. Illinois fullback James Grabowski, ga;i~h the com- Mike Norbut Though small, the Hall's design Notre Dame lineman Jim Martin, Penn State mercialism that Sports Editor offers a bit of sunshine to the reg linebacker Dennis Onkotz, Washington would make ular eyesore that is South Bend. Guard/linebacker Rick Redman, and Baylor Hallmark. who created holidays The outdoor astroturf field draws linebacker Mike Singletary and Arizona State the likes of Sweetheart's Day and the attention of anyone who hap coach Frank Kush all attended the ceremony. Neighbor's Day proud. the College pens to stroll down Michigan Rutgers end Paul Robeson, who died in 1976, Football Hall of Fame opened in Avenue. was enshrined posthumously and was repre grand fashion Friday afternoon. And the facility itself appeals to sented by his son, Paul Jr. The $6 entrance fee, first floor people of all ages. The Observer/Mike Ruma Oklahoma State running back and Heisman gift shop and indoor Burger King Hall of Fame inductee Jim Brown speaks to fans, young and old. exuded an atmosphere of a see NORBUT/ page 13 see INDUCTION I page 12 Service program targets freshmen By KRIST! KOLSKI "The program will help pro chances for getting involved. Assistant News Editor vide a perspective towards Patrick hopes that the orien injustices in our world and tation will spurn interest in the As freshmen settle into their efforts made to address them," programs. "If students are new home for the next four stated Patrick. intrigued, then great. If not, at years they will have an oppor least they know a little more tunity that will extend beyond about the community," stated the typical orientation to col Patrick. lege life at Notre Dame. students are Freshmen received informa The new Campus Community ' Jf tion about the Campus Com Introductions program, which intrigued, then munity Introduction program has come to fruition though great. If not, at least prior to arriving at school. So efforts between Student Gov far, more than 541 Freshmen ernment and the Center for they know a little more have signed up to participate, Social Concerns, aims to orient about the community.' more than expected by orga freshmen to community service nizers. opportunities in South Bend. Since the program is in its Organizers have arranged Jonathan Patrick incipient stages, it will only be with eight local service pro able to facilitate the requests of grams to sponsor on-site in 100 to 200 freshmen. formational visits. Students will also see and Due to such great demand the Freshmen will visit two cen understand a little more about program may be offered again ters of their choice to meet cur the community and the rela in the spring. rent volunteers and to gain a tionship with Notre Dame. The program is young but greater understanding of the According to Patrick, "we Patrick feels it has a lot of services provided at the individ hope to provide and opportuni potential. ual locations. ty for students to get off-cam "We'll spend a lot of time The Observer/Mike Ruma According to Jonathan pus for reasons other than just evaluating the program. Splish, Splash! Patrick, Student Body Presi going to parties or bars." Depending on how things go Saint Mary's seniors Meggan Awe and Mavourneen Michiels dent, the rewards of the pro The program is a painless we'd like to continue each year escape the heat in the waters of Stonehenge. gram are multi-faceted. way to increase students with the freshmen class." r------------~---------~ -- page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Monday, August 28, 1995 • INSIDE COLUMN • Wmu.. D AT A GLANCE Should we Brush fire wreaks havoc on Long Island EASTPORT, N.Y. A brush frre raged out of control for a be afraid of second day Friday near the Hamptons, turning the resort playground for the rich into a disaster area choked by 40-foot the dark? flames and billowing white smoke. More than 1,500 volunteer firefighters waged a I have an announce ground war against the fire with hoses, ment to make, and I am shovels and picks. Seven National Guard probably going to anger Peggy Lenczewski and offend a few key Saint Mary's News Editor helicopters dumped 200-gallon loads of water pumped from a nearby lake onto people in the process, the 5-mile-long, 1 1/2-mile-wide fire zone. but I've found it's much more fun to con Despite the intensity and swift spread of sciously anger and offend, as opposed to my the frre, no residents were injured. Forty The fire Its effects .standard "open mouth insert foot" attitude. firefighters suffered minor injuries, I went to visit friends in Regina Hall when I including smoke inhalation and exhaus ' Five to six miles long, one ' Major east/west road closed got here. Imagine my surprise and delight tion, said Sara Gaffney, a spokeswoman to two miles wide when I ran, nose first, into the brand new j At least 250 people have been for Gov. George Pataki. The fast-moving j 5,000 to 6,000 acres of land evacuated key access door. fire burned across 6,000 acres of land destroyed Now, for those of you unfamiliar with key j Suffolk County Airport closed and destroyed a lumber yard and one j More than 150 fire companies, as access or card access or detex, in order to home. The Westhampton commuter rail open a door, you insert a security card, a well as helicopters and two C-130 j Long Island Lighting Company has road station and at least seven nearby tanker planes, are fighting the blaze shut off power light flashes and you can open the door. homes, mostly small, wood-frame struc However, in Regina, several of these sys tures, were damaged. "It's like being in j About 3,500 acres in the state A Parts of the Sunrise Highway, which tems are not working correctly, effectively hell," said volunteer firefighter L.J. owned Pine Barrens, about 30 leads to the Hamptons, are closed miles away, had been charred locking women out of their rooms. Now, Heming, 33, of Middle Island. "We were since Monday j No-fly zone in effect more than ever, we're chained to our ID's. right there in the woods and a wall of fire When I ran over to Regina earlier today, I went right over us. was quite tempted to kick the door in as I swore at the top of my lungs. In as few uncomplicated words as possible: Evil oysters strike again Bystanders were scared to death the detex system did not work. I would. also like something else explained. ORLANDO. Fla. DETROIT The detex system supposedly was installed to Newly harvested oysters from the Gulf of Mexico will A witness to a woman's beating and fatal plunge off a lock us in safely at night, instead of locking have to be refrigerated under new regulations adopted bridge says most onlookers were afraid to intervene us out. Assuming that the bugs are eventually Friday to protect a small group of people at risk of illness against a man so enraged at his victim over a traffic acci worked out, I'd like to know- exactly who is or death from eating raw oysters. The action came after dent that he offered to sell her. "He asked if 'anybody out there? Who am I being protected from? three days of hard bargaining between the industry and wanted to buy some of this bitch, because she has to pay I was assuming that the campus was safe state and federal public health regulators at the for my car,"' witness Harvey Mayberry told The when I came here.