The troubles continue Drive for life Hundreds of Chechen rebels showing fierce ND sophomore and leukemia patient Conor Murphy Wednesday resistance continue their attacks on Russian pleads for high attendance at today 's bone marrow troops after six months offighting. drive from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at LaFortune. MARCH 29, World Nation • page 5 Viewpoint • page 15 2000 THE

The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXIII NO. ttl HTTP://OBSERVER.N D.EDU Former first lady supports Logan Center • Carter uses her "There should be no shame and no embarrassment in • A Saint Mary's influence and own being mentally ill or having a junior and her experiences to aid family member who is mentally ill," Carter said, explaining that 'best buddy' fundraiser the public's generally negative accept honor from perception of mental illness Carter By MICHELLE KRUPA arises because medical profes­ Senior Sratf W rirer sionals' understanding of men­ By MICHELLE KRUPA tal diseases as biologically­ Senior StatfWriter When Fatlwr Ted llesburgh based is not widely known. "We must try to overcome decidPd in thP Parly 1970s to Saint Mary's junior the stigma. myths and miscon­ help I million Cambodians Courtenay Verret attended ceptions," she said. fleeing Pol Pot's vioh~nt regime, Tuesday's Logan Ce-nter Carter, who became an advo­ lw got $60 million from fundraiser to support her cate for President friend Rhea Warner, a 61- mental Jimmy Carter. year-old mentally disabled "There should be no shame health as And he got member of the Logan com­ active hon­ Carter's wife. and no embarassment in munity, who said a prayer orary chair Hosalynn, to fly at the luncheon. being mentally ill ... ,, of the to th ~~ Little did Verret know, President Cambodia­ she and Warner would be Carter's Thailand bor­ Rosalynn Carter honored by the center's Commission der wht' re slw former first lady Board of Trustees and guest on Mental de IivPrPd aid to speaker Rosalynn Carter for llealth. dis­ ailing n~fugpes. the'ir exemplary relation­ cussed the need to support "Hosalynn Carter isn't just a ship, forged through the those who earn for mentally ill lady who'll say siH''ll be on Best Buddies program. patients. your team," llesburgh said "I love her spunk," said "I knew how hard caregiving Tul~sday. "SIH~ didn't just talk Verret of Warner. who she was for my family," said about !aiding Cambodians!. she met last fall when she Carter, whose widowed mother went there... · joined Best Buddies, which cared for four children and her A human rights advocate, the randomly pairs volunteers own aging father. "People who former First Lady is known for with mentally disabled are lonely feel unappreciated. rolling up hnr sleeves to aid the adults. The women meet We must search for those in siek. Tuesday, shP visited the once or twice monthly to our communities who care for Joyc(~ CentPr to help South chat, attend concerts or get mentally ill people. We must Bend's Logan Center raisn Dairy Queen. give caregivers in our commu­ money for mentally ill patients "I like that she's so nic~." and their caregivers. Carter nity a new appreciation." Citing her book, "Helping Warner said of Verret. "I addressnd more than 600 local had two other buddies who business people, volunteers Yourself Help Others: A Book For Caregivers," Carter recom- weren't worth it. They and community members who ANDREW WILSON/The Observer would just come over and attended the Great Logan Former first lady Rosalynn Carter spoke at a fundraising luncheon Nose-On Luncheon. see CARTER/page 4 for the Logan Center Tuesday at the Joyce Center, stressing the importance for public acceptance of the mentally disabled. see VERRET/page 4

BOARD OF GOVERNANCE Groups emphasize importance of environment, diversity tainers. The policy hopes to initi­ ronmental ombudsman to over­ for the tutoring and mentoring softball dugouts, which were By SARAH RYKOWSKI ate student activities that will see the implementation of the pol­ program. Teamwork For painted blue by volunteers before Sainr Mary's News Editor educate people on environmental icy, and to voice concerns about Tomorrow is targeted toward the this week's games. coneeplo; and environmental South Bend community's 8 - 12 "[Painting the dugouts] was big Saint Mary's Board of issues. issues on the year olds. The program, founded for school spirit and involved the Governam~e approved a Student As Saint "We don't have any campus. by students two years ago, pairs a student body," said Johna Environmental Policy Statement Mary's Akmaral college student with a child to Indriolo, who presented the idea at their meeting on Tuesday. begins to formal commitment to Omarova, cur­ work on reading, athletics, and to BOG. Allison Trdan. a senior anthropol­ implement the environment right rent diversity healthy living. Student body vice president ogy major and environmental its five-year now. In the next five commissioner The program is looking for two Michelle Nagle expressed her studies minor, submitted the poli­ Campus and founder and reading coordinators, who must appreciation for the painters. cy on behalf of the Environmental Master Plan years we will have a lot first president of be senior elementary education "I think you're a great example Coalition. Trdan pledged her per­ for construc­ of change on campus ... , the Diversity majors. The current coordinators of Saint Mary's pride," Nagle said. sonal and group's support of the tion and ren­ Board, voiced are Katie Kennedy and Erin Long, ovation of her support of both students at Saint Mary's. policy. which she said would last Allison Trdan In other BOG news: after her graduation in the the college, Trdan 's policy, Students who are interested in Saint Mary's senior +RHA's national communica­ spring. the written and pledged that volunteering should contact MoUy tion coordinator position is stiJl "We don't have any formal policy will the Diversity O'Rourke, the current director. open for applicants. commitment to the •~nvironment examine Board would "If you like kids. go, because it's right now," Trdan said. "In the coslo; for each of the proje<:ts and help oversee its tenets until a so much fun," Erin Hall said. HaU, +Groundbreaking ceremony for next five years we will have a lot assess the short and long-term position on the Board becomes a current BOG alumnae commis­ the new Dalloway's and the Saint of change on campus ... [This poli­ costs to the environment. reality. sioner, participated in the pro­ Mary's College Welcome Center cy] will make sure it's a good Trdan next plans to take the "Someone in the Diversity gram her sophomore year. at 1:30 p.m. on March 30. change." policy to faculty and staff,_ and Board will work on it next year," BOG also approved two co­ Trdan's policy. endorsed by then to the administration for Omarova said. sponsorships, one for RHA's con­ +A Health Fair in honor of BOG, advoeates reducing, reusing approval. Ed Foy, a junior at Notre Dame ference at the University of Nurses Week will be held from 3 - and n~cycling all waste materials BOG also discussed a part of and next year's director of Boulder from May 25 - 28, and 7 p.m. in Reignbeaux Lounge, Le on campus and making sure that the policy that would create a Teamwork For Tomorrow, asked the second for partial reimburse­ Mans HaU on March 30. all waste is depositf~d in the con- position on the Board for an envi- for BOG's support and volunteers ment for the paint used on the page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Wednesday, March 29, 2000

INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN MICHIANA VVednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sharing my +Art: "A Life in Art," + Music: Borders: Don +Comedy: .Jamie Foxx; 8 + Theater: Pump Boys and

works by Margaret Conoscenti in concert; p.m.; Star Plaza Theatre, Dinettes: By Troup(~ sister's identity Iannelli; noon-5 p.m.; New The Carvers; 8 p.m.; Merrillville; (219) 769- America; 8 p.m.; Mendel Moon Gallery, Benton Mishawaka. 6600. Center Mainstage, Lake "Yes, she looks like me. NO- she is not my Harbor; (616) 926-9391. + Music: Student recitals; + Music: .Jazz Combo Michigan College, Benton twin- she is my YOUNGER sister," I have to constantly tell people when Sarah and I are 7:30p.m; Everest-Hohrer Concert; 7 p.m.; Umble Harbor. together. I was blessed, (only now that I am not living Fine Arts Center Audito­ Center, Goshen College; in the house any longer do rium, Bethel College. (219) 535-7572. I think of it that way), with Nellie Williams three younger sisters and one brother. Sarah is the closest to me in age. Saint Mary's This past weekend was Photo Editor OUTSIDE THE DOME Compiled from U-Wire reports the first time she has been able to come to campus to visit me. After seventeen years of sharing a room with her, secrets every night with her, a Yale orders Versity.com to pull notes from Web year of sharing a car with her, and millions of PRINCETON, N.J. "Yale sent Versity.com a at Yale," she said. "Beyond that, we minutes spent fighting with her, I actually A recent controversy at Yale hope this leads to us learning more miss her at college (or maybe it's just her University has brought Versity.com, cease and desist order about their needs." clothes). Either way, I was excited for her to an Internet company that provides objecting to what they Though the Website allows users visit me and to be able to share my life here lecture notes for courses at about were doing.,, to get notes for about 7,000 classes, with her (not to mention, take her to some 150 colleges and universities nation­ it does not offer notes from any parties). wide, to the forefront of a continuing Princeton courses. My mom called the night my sister arrived debate over professors' intellectual Thomas Violante According to Keesler, the company with some last minute advice, worried to property rights. does not play a role on the Princeton think of what two of her daughters could do assistant director for Versity.com pays students for their institutional issues campus because of a lack of student together. lecture notes and then makes the interest. Versity.com did not receive "Remember, the money I sent with Sarah is notes available online. At most the "overwhelming student demand not to buy beer," my mom said as I rolled my schools, however, the company does for notes" from Princeton under­ eyes at my grinning sister. We had a whole ment by Yale assistant director for not seek the permission of profes­ institutional issues Thomas Violante. graduates that it had from students weekend ahead of us. sors from whose courses material is at other schools, she said. But by Friday night, my nerves were "They complied and took down the posted. Yale notes. We said we will meet Dean of unde.rgraduate students already worn with my sister. She had come Versity.com pulled all notes from Kathleen Deignan said she believes ready to shop. We had spent the whole day at with them at a later date." c<)urses at Yale last month, several Versity.com manager of campus this lack of demand is the result of the mall, she had already called her days after the university demanded specific university regulations that boyfriend twice, and it was getting harder to relations Jennifer Keesler explained that it do so. the company's reason for pulling the preclude the sale of lecture notes. convince her to let me borrow her clothes. "Yale sent Versity.com a cease and "The university has a policy that After shopping all day again on Saturday in material from the site. "We removed desist order objecting to what they the notes because we respect the long predated Versity.com," she Chicago, (we had to find the perfect prom were doing," according to a state- said. dress for Sarah), I was exhausted. Especially students, faculty and administration at the thought of all my studying and home­ work I still had to get done. It's stressful bringing someone from "out­ side" of campus into your life on campus. Mich. St. preparation prevents riot Ohio court defends college records College life is already so incredibly busy and you just want that other person to fit perfect­ EAST LANSING, Mich. COLUMBUS, Ohio ly into your daily routine of classes and More than 600 people filled the streets near Cedar A recent federal court decision added another twist to friendships and to love your college as much Village Apartments Saturday night, celebrating the manner in which Ohio State and Miami (Ohio) as you do. Although I don't exactly know how Michigan State University's win over Iowa State in the Universities must handle students' disciplinary records. I would feel if Sarah came to college here, I NCAA Basketball Tournament. But the scene of chant­ The federal district court ruled that the records are at least wanted her to want to come here. I ing partiers was very different from a year ago, when protected from public release under the Family wanted her to think I was a "cool" big sister nearly 10,000 people stormed East Lansing's streets Educational Hights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or the and wish to be like me. on March 27 and 28. "Both the university and the city Buckley Amendment. According to the decision, OSU During one of our "arguments," (you made a real conscious efl'ort to educate the community and Miami University have been violating FERPA by couldn't expect us to go a who1e weekend that type of behavior is scary," East Lansing Mayor releasing student disciplinary records, along with per­ without one, could you?) I discovered how Pro Tern Beth Schwarze said. "With the winds sonally identifiable information to a national newspa­ much Sarah hates being compared to me. I [Saturday], Cedar Village could have burned down." per, The Chronicle of Higher Education. The act defines never thought it was such a big deal until she The March 27-28, 1999, riot resulted in 132 arrests, education records are defined as follows: "Those mentioned it this weekend. She complained of including 71 of MSU students. That massive enforce­ records, files, and documents and other materials that how she always felt she was being measured ment - mixed with university and community efforts contain information directly related to a student; and up to me. It's funny because we're not even - may have played a large role in deterring people are maintained by an educational agency or by a per­ alike. That's one of the reasons I like her, from rioting Saturday. Prosecutors sported a remark­ son acting for such an agency." Despite what is said in because she's not like me. Do you remember able 86 percent conviction rate, sentencing 113 people FEHPA, opponents believe it is in the best interest of the when you were younger how you always had for 55 felonies and 58 misdemeanors. "I think all of public to have access to this information. According to to say to other kids, "Stop copying me?" We those things haw~ provided a wake-up call," MSU S. Daniel Carter, vice president of Security on Campus, didn't want anyone else to steal our ideas spokesman Terry Denbow said. "We owe a lot of cred­ !nc., "The Department of Education is just stopping the then. Those ideas helped mold us into the it to our students and credit to our university commu- schools from doing something they didn't want to do." young adults we are today. We don't want to lose our identity. As we grow older (and more tolerant of each other) my respect for my little sister grows. She is not only my sister, but also my confidant, and always has a new wardrobe LOCAL WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER for me to wear. 5 Day South Bend Forecast AccuWeather®forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures The AccuWeathe~ forecast for noon, Wednesday, March 29.

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Debt repayments take money alleviate that situation." By KRISTEN ALLEN away from health care and Hutebemberwa said that News Writer education. The problem builds people from his country were as funding for these payments not afraid of first-world Advocating the Catholic often comes in the form of aid nations because of their rPsponsibility to DPbt Belief in from other countries, he said. money, but rather because of the Jubilee Year was the focus "If you get a loan, you must their power. of a presentation gi•;en by pay it back," Hutcbemberwa "\Ne don't blame rich coun­ FatlH'r Tom McDermott and said. "So why then do we have tries because they are rich," Elizeus Hutebomberwa this debt relief?" he said, when asked how the Tuesday. For third-world countries people of Uganda feel about There is a (Tippling financial like Uganda, the reality is that the disparity of wealth. "What burden that is t h e i r we want is that we [do] not twaring on the debt will become slaves." poorest countries "We don •t blame rich probably McDermott, who has spent of thP world, countries because they never be many years in Uganda, is according to are rich. What we want p a i d . reminded of how much wealth \kDermott. Instead there is in the American cul­ "It's sad to is that we {do] not of pay­ ture, of how much Americans think that people become slaves.,, ing back live as influential people, and arc forced into a t h e of how much education is situation where c o u n - power to us. th•~Y must choose Elizeus Rutebemberwa t r i e s "We live in such a culture betwePn putting lecturer t h e y that makes us people who are money aside for owe, the used to choice, who are used basic health care money to power, who arc used to and Pducation should wealth - we expect that life and repaying tlwir debts," he go to tlw poor for education can and will improve," he said. and health, Rutebemberwa said. "We live in a life of When a country borrows said. hope." money. the citizens are not "It's important for us to "Calling Students to Jubilee always awarP and even when raise our conscious to the Debt He lief at Notre Dame" they kno'r\' about the loans that reality of the debt in the third­ was sponsored by the Notre their country has taken, they world countries," said theolo­ Dame Center for Social do not always know what the gy professor Fath1~r Bob Concerns and Campus ANDREW WILSON/The Observer moJH>y is USI)d for. nxplailwd Pelton after Tuesday's lecture. Ministry, Saint Mary's College Elizeus Rutebemberwa discussed the debt crisis in third-world Hutnbnmbcrwa. a Ugandan. "We must bring pressure to and Holy Cross College. countries, such as his native Uganda. He said that wealthy nations need to relieve poorer nations of old debts.

SMC students learn what employers, grad schools seek

"Get involved," Wilkeson said. schools and the type of creden- they look at other issues," she haps graduate school may not By NICOLE HADDAD ''I'm a strong believer that edu- tials they seek. said. be the best step immediately Nnvs Wri£t:r cation is morP than what goes "There are some schools that She discussed how to go about after undergraduate work is on in the classroom." look purely at numbers - the writing the personal statement completed. The Saint Mary's CoiiPgP The top four characteristics GPA and LSAT," said Vance, that the admissions process "Get experience by going to Lcad e r s h i p De v rd o p m e n t on a resume, he said, are acad- "Particularly requires. work or the Peace Corps," she Committee and CPntcr for ernie major, internship experi- large schools Vance said said, "And then apply when you Academic Innovation sponsored ence. leadership experience and and state "Get involved. Fm a this state- have more to show for your- a lecture that gave students thn GPA. It is important to gain schools. strong believer that ment gives self." opportunity to learn what activities and experience skills, "However, education is more than the appli- "Make 'you' into a different grades mean to graduate as well as maintain a GPA, he there are oth- cant an person and bring perspective schools as well as nmployers. said. ers who will what goes on in the opportunity into the class," Vance told the Faculty and administrators "The most important activities look at the classroom., to address audience. "This will enhance f) d u cat Nl stud c n t s on what from an employer's perspective a p pI i cation. the issues the graduate experience and graduatP schools want from are career development, intern- These schools related to the experience of other stu- applicants. They look at how ships, leadership and organiza- look at the David Wilkeson the grade. dents." earning a 4.0 compares to tiona) involvement and commu- application and assistant director for " D o n ' t Biology professor Nancy involvment in dubs and various nity service and student organi- place them into Career Development make excus- Nekvasil discussed the admis- organizations. zation membership," Wilkeson three different es but sions process in medical, dental, David Wilkeson. assistant said, noting that such experi- eat ego r i e s: rather look and other health schools. She director for Career ence helps students learn to those with at your agreed with Vance in saying Development, focused on what speak and articulate. strong numbers, those with low grades in context." Vance said. that graduate schools are look- employers seck, as well as Susan Vance, from the numbers, and those that are in "Did you play sports or were ing for applicants with life cxpe­ advising students on how to bal­ department of Business and the middle. The borderline you involved in leadership? Did rience. ance grades with leadership Administration and Economics, cases may not be exactly what you have a job?" Senior merit scholar Candice and aetivities. focused on admission to law the school is looking for but Vance also discussed that per- Janiczek advised students to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~take their lives step by step, semester by semester. "From my experience, grades are the only things that count for scholarship," Janiczek said. "The way I got involved was by taking baby steps beginning freshman year and increasing what I was doing." Sophomore Katie O'Connell spoke from the perspective of a student involved in activities. "From the first day of school, I decided to get involved and my grades came as they came," she said . Phone 631-COPY . .- ··· -·~· Do you try to keep your copy work O'Connell stressed the impor- 1 tance of experiences as well. 't{iof!:/f:_ _ well-tuned, but it still seems out of i "Experiences enhance life. SPECI.L\11j key? The Copy Shop in the LaFortune You need to think about what you want to be when you leave High Volume Copying fl::. r;lb, Student Center can help you orchestrate t 0 0 1 Saint Mary's, a magic num­ . . . . mfl · .JOJtt. your documents without a sour note to be ber?" O'Connell said. "There's C~lor. Copymg,. Sc~nnmg, & Pnn~mg heard. Multi-page documents, postcards, binding a lot more out there and it's not B1nd1ng I Lamtnatmg I Fax Serv1ce services, color copies and more, all at your disposal always that number. You need to learn about yourself." Newsletters I Reports I Manuals with a wave of a baton. Stop on in and see how we Complete Desktop Publishing Service can get you singing!

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your community what these people are really like." Carter Carter urged attendees to Verret ND faculty welcome continued from page 1 contact national politicians continued from page 1 about leveling inequities mended implementing pro­ between physical and mental want to talk. [Courtenay] new fitness facility grams like those in place in health insurance, a topic tack­ takes me places. I care Plains, Ga., her hometown. led annually by leaders of about her." mind coming to at all." There, church leaders join mental health organizations Verret, a French and By STACEY KAPLAN According to Gasperctti, the public health professionals, who participated in the communications major and News Writer only negative effect of the facil­ community college professors Rosalynn Carter Symposium member of the Notre Dame ity was the necessity of closing and the local library board on Mental Health Policy. Marching Band, began vol­ University faculty and it down for renovations. members to educate citizens "Insurance coverage for unteering at Logan last administrators are toning "That was the negative about mental mental ill­ fall. Initially, she was muscles in a new facility. The thing. I really depended on this health. nesses is not unsure of her ability to Raymond and Winifred place for workouts." he said. Resource "Insurance coverage for on par with help center clients. Rinehart Faculty Exercise The room also includes a material is mental illnesses is not on insurance "When I went out after Facility, located in the Joyce new entertainment system. readily avail­ par with insurance coverage for the first time I visited Center, opened its doors in "There is a vast difl(mmce able as well. physical ill­ [Logan Center] and got the mid-January. Since then it has from the old room. Where they Carter rec­ coverage for physical nesses," she tour, I want to run out and received used to have ommended illnesses. We need said. "We cry in my car," Verret said. an influx just one TV that those legislation on the national need legisla­ "I didn't know if I'd be able of new "They have windows now they have who volun­ tion on the to handle it. It's kind of a visitors. to look out so you can see three moni­ teer to help level to right national shock, and humbling, so "People tors now. mentally ill this inequality." level to right many people in one place h a v e the stadium. The old room People ean patients be this inequal­ who have a disability." b e e n didn't have any windows., even bring mindful of ity." In addition to Best telling their own their care­ Rosalynn Carter Finally, me that headphones Buddies, Verret volunteers Kevin Hirl givers. fonner first lady Carter con­ weekly in an adult rehabil­ they see to hear per­ Friends gratulated itation program, helping to a lot of issuing clerk sonally," he should ask area resi­ feed and entertain adults, n e w said. how caregivers feel and should dents who donate money and many of who are restricted faces. I Struetural actively volunteer to help with services to mentally ill com­ to wheelchairs and cannot tell them, 'Yeah, you're right."' improvements to the building household tasks rather than munity members. She encour­ speak. She plans to contin­ said Kevin Hirl, issuing clerk. have also been popular. waiting for caregivers to aged attendees to continue ue service work and might The improvement wa.o; nec­ "They have windows now to request help. their dedication to Logan participate after gradua­ essary due to renovations of look out so you can see the sta­ Carter also suggested com­ Center and to increasing the tion in the L'arche pro­ the men's and women's varsity dium. The old room didn't munity residents contact public's understanding of gram, in which volunteers basketball locker rooms. have any windows at all, so it's newspaper editors to request mental illness in South Bend. live in community with "They just wanted to update really niee," said llirl. Saunas fair coverage of local mental "Remember what we are mentally disabled adults. the basketball locker areas," were added to both locker health-related issues to working for: individual human Verret and Warner were said llirl. rooms. increase awareness. She noted dignity," Carter said. "You among five pairs of friends Both the faculty loeker The facility is a gift of that the Atlanta-based Carter people at Logan are working were honored for their rooms and the exercise facility Haymond Rinehart. He served Center annually awards to humanize our culture by dedication to building rela­ itself were expanded and as chairman and CEO of Clow $10,000 in fellowship to jour­ your effort to help people in tionships between commu­ improved. Associate professor Corporation until 1980. He is nalists who report on mental your community." nity volunteers and mental- David Gasperetti said, "There currently chairman and CEO health issues. Carter's speech, "Ability in ly disabled citizens. is more room and better of RGR Enterprises, and has "Get [editors] to cover suc­ Action," and the luncheon Honorees received equipment. It's lighter and served on the College of cess stories -mentally ill peo­ were part of several events to engraved picture frames brighter, and the locker room Business Advisory Council for ple who have been successfully celebrate the 50th anniversary and were photographed is a nice upgrade. This is cer­ almost 30 years. The facility treated," Carter said. "Show of Logan Center. with Carter. tainly a place that you don't will be dedicated on May 8.

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Meningitis strikes Niger, kills 123 people

NIAMEY. Niger :\ nwningitis outbreak in tlw West African country of NigPr has claimf'd 132 lives. th1~ gov­ Prnnwnt said TuPsday. Close to 1,200 casf~s havP bPrn reportf'd sincP early January and tlw dist'ase is spreading. Ilealth Minister Assournane Adarnou said in an app•~al for international assistance broadcast on national radio. J.le said tlw deaths are concentrated in three eastern regions. including the capital. Niamrv. "The situation can be controlled if we havr ~nough funds." Adamou said. lin said 5 million doses of tnf'ningitis vaccint' are net~d•~d. but lw did not specify hovv much money the countrv nt~f'ds. !'vlt'ningitis. an infection of the rnt•mbt:anPs surrounding tlw brain and spinitl cord can be caust~cl bv a virus or bactf'ria. \\'ith .tn•atnwnt, only 1 percent of inl'ectPd pf'o­ pll' diP. OutbrPaks an' common in Niger. one of tlw world's poorest countrif's, which straddles tlw soutlwrn tip of tlw Sahara desert.

Sweden investigates forced sterilization scandal

STOCKliOLM. Sweden lnvi'Stigators looking into Sweden's steril­ ization scandal said Tw~sdav that about half of tht' (>;{,000 procPdures ·PI'rformed from 19:{5 to 1975 Wl'rl' voluntary - but that politicians stood by for four d!'cades as other victims wnrn sterilized against their will. The operations were largely forced on poor people AFP Photo and those with mental problems in the 1940s, Russian soldiers search for snipers after receiving fire from ruined buildings in Grozny. Hundreds of rebels con­ but then~ was littln cvidenc:e that ethnic: tinue to attack Russian troops after six months of fighting. groups w t' rt' targeted . a e cord in g to the report, drawn up by a special government commission and forwarded to the Justice Ministry for revinvv. ThP report did not accuse individuals. but said that passivity and silence Chechen rebels clash with troops ol' politicians and loose interprrtation of ster:.. ilization laws bv nwdiral authorities enabled were believed to be southern mountains. The Associated Press where it is difficult for th1' opPrations 'to be forced on people until regrouping for new Russia to move its heavy federal command said tlwy wPn' abolislwd in 1976. AHGUN attacks. The clashes and guns and vehicles. about 1,500 rebels were Continuing to resist Baranov's statement Meanwhile. rebels filter­ based in the area, includ­ despite six months of bat­ reflected the rebels' deter­ ing back into the flatlands ing hundreds in the village tering from superior mination to keep fighting have launched sporadic itself. The military has Former militant arrested for Hussian forces, hundreds despite being outgunned. attacks. One Russian sol­ said around 3,000 rebels of rebels battled. Hussian Hussian ground troops dier died in rebel shelling are still fighting around shooting two police officers troops Tuesday in a vil­ steadily pushed rebels out of a checkpoint in Grozny the republic. lage deep in Chechnya's of the breakaway repub­ overnight and rebels also The federal command ATLANTA mountains. lic's northern f'latlands shelled a military building said more troops and Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin. the 1960s black mili­ Hussia also fought rebels and into the mountains in Gudermes, Chechnya's equipment were moving to tant oncP known as II. Hap Brown. was indicted in Argun. just east of the last fall. Since early second-largest city, the area around on murd1~1· and aggravated assault charges capital. Grozny. Light­ February, when the rebels Baranov said. Tsentoroi, about 35 miles Tw~sday in the March 16 shootings of two sher­ arms fire rattled and heli­ fled Grozny, fighting has "We have a feeling that southeast of Grozny. ill's deputies who vvere trying to arrest him. A copter gunships could be centered on the mountain­ it's the calm before the Because of Tsentoroi's Fulton County grand jury indicted Al-Amin on seen firing rockets into a ous southern third of storm," he said. "They are remoteness, the military 13 counts. said district attornev Paul lloward. forest '"here rebels were Chechnya. dispersed. They have relied mainly fjn air raids. said hP hopps ·thP will dear the 111~ indictme~t hiding. The rebels have shown taken a respite to get Russian jets and heli­ wav for AI-Amin. \Vho \vas arrested last w1wk in A top Hussian comman­ fierc:e resistance in the ready for new attacks." copters flew 120 sorties to bP returned to Georgia in two to All~bama. dN, Col. Gen. Alexander rugged terrain, where There were few details Monday, far more than four V\'l~eks. AI-Amin. 56, is accused of killing Baranov, said other fight­ they can capitalize on about the fighting in the usual. the military head­ dt~puty Hicky Kinclwn and W(ltmding deputy nrs have dispersed and their guerrilla skills and village of Tsentoroi in the quarters said Tuesday. Aldranon English as tlwy snrved him with an arrest warrant at his Atlanta grocery store aftPr hP failed to appPar in court on charges of n•1:eiving stolen property. imp1~r·sonating an olli­ CI'r and having no proof of insurance. Lott tries to curb Columbia, Kosovo funds

AI\1EX: Associated Press begins Oct. 1. has no speeific: figure in mind. Dow 1016.51 Congress will probably work on Lott has said before that he oppos­ ]ONES -7 36 WASHINGTON those bills into the fall. But Lott said es the bill not only because of its Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott he hopes money for Kosovo and expense but also that it would slow Nasdaq: -89.74 promised Tuesday to try to block a Colombia can be provided in one of the Senate's work on other issues. 4833.89 $9 billion bill that includes monev for -124.67 them and approved within the next His remarks Tuesday were the first U.S. activities in Colombia ·and two months. in which he has threatened to try NYSE: Kosovo, dampen­ "It is too costly," said Lott, "and I and block it. 645.46 ing prospPcts that will do what I can to block it." The The majority leader sets the -J.6R Congress will pro­ $9 billion measure is an enlarged Senate's schedule. Even so. he can vide the ·money version of a $5.2 billion bill that be subject to political pressures. and S&P 500: Composite quickly. \'olume: Clinton requested on an emergency manv members of the Senate 1507.73 lnstPad. he said 10936.11 -16.13 95.t.242.624 basis. Appropriations Committee as well as he wants to take VOLUME LEADERS Lott spoke aftnr meeting with con­ Democrats and the Clinton adminis­ Pn~sident Clinton's servative Sen. Phil Gramm. R-Texas. tration continue to favor action on COIIP11!!I TICP:ER •, CHANCE I C!!!!!CE PUCE full rPquests for CISCO SYSTEMS csco -2.73 -2.1825 77.88 who has demanded spending the bill. MICROSOFT CORP MSFT +0.24 +0.247~ 104. Jl Co I om b i a and lott MC I WORLDCOM IN WCOM -l.H -0.7500 42.25 rt~straints as the Scrtatc bPgins its SrnatP Appropriations Committee BANK ONE CORP ONE •6.84 +2.1900 34.25 Kosovo. shrink the DELL COMPUTER DELL -3.45 -L9950 55.88 budget work for the year. Gramm Chairman Ted StPvcns. said he !NTI!:L CORP INTC -4.90 -6.9975 135.69 rPSt of tfH' ll'gislation and includP QUA:OCOMM INC QCOM •3.94 +5.8725 154.81 said lw agreed with Lott that only would try pushing his version of th1~ C:.OBAL CROSSING CBLX -B. 43 -). 9975 o.u what is lPft in regular spPnding bills NASDAQ 100 SHAR QQQ ·2.60 -3.0600 113. 12 about $5 billion of the $9 billion \•;ill $9 billion bill through his panni next AMGEN INC AMGN +4.03 +2.,J50 62.81 for thl' 2001 fiscal yt'ar. which be provided. although Lott said hP Tuesday, despite Lott's remarks. ~~------

page 6 The Observer+ NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, March 29, 2000 Reno defends her actions during Waco confrontation

Associated Press siege, led by the FBI, that ended videotape of the proceeding in and Hostage Hescue Team that he kept the fire trucks at in a fiery inferno on April 19, 30 days. leader Richard Hogers - deviat­ bay for fear firefighters might be WASHINGTON 1993. Koresh and about 80 fol­ The attorney said he docs not ed from the approved operations shot. The government contends Attorney General Janet Reno lowers died, some from the fire, hold Reno responsible for any plan by escalating the tear-gas any actions Jamar or Rogers testified Tuesday that she never others from gunshot wounds. negligence at Waco. insertion and destroying the took that day fell within their gave approval for tanks to The government insists they But he is using his depositions building. discretionary authority. demolish the Branch Davidians' died by their own hand. with Reno and other high-rank­ He also faults Jamar's decision Also Tuesday, a federal judge compound A day later, Reno went on ing FBI officials to buttress his to hold back fire trucks at a in Waco granted a plaintiffs' near Waco, television to accept responsibili­ contention that the FBI's on­ checkpoint while the building request to dismiss their part of a Texas ty - an act that earned her scene commanders - special was consumed by flames. case against an FRI sharpshoot­ and docs widespread acclaim. agent in charge Jeffrey Jamar Jamar told Congress in 1995 er. not believe Although congressional hear­ the FBI ings that year on Waco were intentional­ overwhelmingly supportive of ly did so - Heno, her decision to usc tear say lawyers gas was sharply questioned dur­ for the sect ing hearings in 1995, the first Reno w h () year the Republicans controlled deposed Congress. her for their wrongful-death And then the issuP faded lawsuit against the government. ~largely from view until last But the Davidians' lead coun­ August, when the government sel, emerging from the rare was forced to acknowledge that deposition of an attorney gener­ the FBI had used potentially al, said Reno was less than incendiary tear gas canisters forthcoming in discussing despite Heno's orders to the con­ whether the FBI intended to dis­ trary. mantle the complex during its Reno acknowledged Tuesday tear-gassing operation - an that the operations plan she interpretation rejected by approved did not authorize the Heno's aides. use of pyrotechnic tear gas, "The only issue where we felt flash-bang devices inside the that she was less than candid Davidians' Mount Carmel was on the demolition," Houston retreat, or building demolition, lawyer Michael Caddell said out­ Caddell said. side the Justice Department. "She also testified she was "The problem that she's got is never told ... that there would be she testified no plan to to Congress fight a fire at in 1995 that "She was forthcoming Mount Carmel the damage and candid and should one done to the develop," he building was answered all the said. the result of questions. Her testimony The plain­ tear-gas will speak for itself, but tiffs, whose insertion. suit against And I think it was consistent DJ DAN the govern­ Another late Night it's very difli­ throughout the deposition ment heads to cult for her with her past testimony., trial in mid­ to back ofT of May, contend that testimo­ the FBI's on- ny." Michael Bradford scene com­ u s U.S. Attorney manders Attorney ordered the Michael dismantling of Bradford of Texas, one of five the Davidians' complex several .Justice lawyers who flanked hours into the operation - in Hcno at the two-hour deposi­ defiance of the Reno-approved tion, disputed Caddell's daim. plan that permitted such "We would strongly disagree destruction only after 48 hours with his interpretation," he said. if the tear-gassing proved "She was forthcoming and unsuccessful. candid and answered all the While Heno refused to questions. Her tf~stimony will acknowledge deliberate demoli­ speak for itself, but it was con­ tion occurred, Caddell said she sistent throughout the deposi­ did concede that the on-scene tion with her past testimony," commanders would have been said Bradford, who is one of the required to consult with FBI gov1~rnment's chief defenders in leadership in Washington before tlw Davidian litigation. speeding up the plan - which For Heno, Waco has be1m a didn't occur. never-1mding crisis. Bradford dedined to discuss The deadly standoff betw•~en Heno's testimony, saying the tlw Branch Davidians and feder­ federal district judge presiding al law enl'orn~rncnt began in over the ease ordered deposi­ February 1993 -just weeks tions scaled for 30 days. before Heno took office -with a "The judge has expressed a shootout as Bureau of Alcohol, fairly strong preference that we Tobacco and Firearms agents not get into a public debate over Dulce Elegant tried to serve weapons warrants depositions, so l do not want to on Davidian leader David go point-by-point through the Korcsh. Four agents and six deposition," he said. Davidians died. Caddell said he will n~lease That \Vas followed by a 51-day both H1~no's deposition and a

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Associated Press On Monday, medical examiner restaurant to their motel. Gary Cumberland said autopsies Pensacola fire marshal Bob Lane Southern flag debate PENSACOLA. Fla. showed that Ms. I Iaberski shot said the suspects also were In the middle of a gunbattle her husband in the forehead, talking about the flag, and wanted for questioning in a fire Associated Press. with dnputies trying to arrest then shot her- that caused he's there with Clyburn." them, an ex-stripper killed her self. She was an estimated WASIIINGTON Ransom said. "As far as sym­ former husband, a onetime FBI also shot "No one had any idea $200.000 With a visit to a historically bolism, there's a bundle all agent. with a shot to the head. twice in the damage black South Carolina college, together there." She then killed herself. chest by . they were going to turn Wednesday to President Clinton is wading Supporters say the flag, "No one had any idea they deputies. into Bonnie and the Club into the debate over display of which has flown atop the were going to turn into Bonnie Cumberland Clyde on us." Mardi Gras, t h e Statehouse since 1962, hon­ and ClydP on us," said Carlos said. Those partly owned Confed­ ors those who died in the Civil Baixauli, an agent of the federal wounds would by I laberski. erate flag, War. Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and have eventu­ Carlos Baixauli During a w h i c h The National Association FirParms. allv killed her agent, Bureau of Alcohol, car chase, Ms. c o u I d for the Advancement of Form1~r agent Justin llab•~rski, if slw had not llaberski Colored People is leading a Tobacco and Firearms become 40, who had become a lawyer shot herself in stood in the an issue tourism boycott of South and part owtwr of a strip club, the head first. sunroof of in Nov­ Carolina until the flag is and ex-wif1~ JPnnifer Bradberry he said. their Jaguar ember's removed. llaberski, 29, were shot to death Deputies had started pursuing and fired at officers with a 9 mm election. This week, the NAACP Friday as thny ran from their car the couple Friday after a report semiautomatic pistol. One officer T h e Clinton offered some support for a during the shootout with that they had robbed three men fired back, Sheriff's Sgt. Eddie symbol- compromise proposed by Escambia County deputies. • and a woman walking from a Barnard said. ism will be potent and the state legislators on both sides political undertones strong of the flag issue. The plan Wednesday as Clinton would remove the flag from appears at a $500-per-person the Statehouse dome but fund-raiser honoring Rep. Jim erect other Civil War-era flags Clyburn, D-S.C., chairman of on the Capitol grounds. UC research ship sinks, killing four the Congressional Black "The president will talk Caucus. about the flag and he will talk more broadly about toler­ at least one U.S. citizen. "From what vve understand, Along with many other Associated Press blacks in South Carolina, ance," White House Among the missing was Gary there was a mix of students. Clyburn wants the flag spokesman Jake Siewert said Polis, the expedition's leader faculty and visitors from SAN DIEGO removed from atop the South Tuesday. and chairman of the school's Japan," said Pat Bailey, anoth­ A boat carrying 10 students Carolina Statehouse. Clinton will likely expand on Department of Environmental er spokeswoman for the school, and othet·s on a university Clyburn said he wanted rhetoric he used this month at Science and Policy, Lapin said. just east of Sacramento. research trip sank off the coast Wednesday's event held at a commemoration of the civil The boat was one of two, 22- The boat that made it report­ of' Baja California, killing at Allen University to make a rights march in Selma. Ala. least four peopll'. · foot inflatable crafts carrying a ed the other craft missing late statement, "As long total of about 20 people on the Monday. prompting a search by Three people swam to safety even though as the wav­ on a nearby island and were trip Monday to research spi­ the Coast Guard and the m 0 r e 'fls long as the waving ing symbol ders and scorpions on an Mexican navy. rescued ~~arly Tuesday. said m o n e y of one island near Bahia de Los Mexican naval ships and symbol of one American's Lisa Lapin. a spokeswoman for could have American's tlw University of Ca I if'orn i a, Angeles. a remote bay 250 Mexican and Coast Guard air­ pride is the shameful been raised pride is the miles south of the U.S.-Mcxico craft were searching the area Davis. A s1~arrh was on for the at a larger, symbol of another shameful border. Tuesday under clear skies. othnrs. more lavish symbol of The two boats became sepa­ Located in a rugged, desert American's pain, we have Lapin said survivors at the location. another rated on their return when landscape, Bahia de Los another bridge to cross. " scene reported the recovery of There will American's four bodies, including a male strong winds whipped up 4 to Angeles is a tiny collection of be seating pain, we graduate student and a visiting 6-foot waves, UC Davis said in hotRls and tourist camp­ for about Bill Clinton h a v e a statement. grounds that is a popular desti­ .J apanesn scholar. The U.S. 1,000 peo­ another It was not clear who else was nation for fishermen, kayakers U.S. president Embassy in Mexico City also ple. bridge to on board the boat that sank. and wildlife biologists. .. confirmed four dead, including "I want to cross, make a Clinton statement about that flag said at Selma. every ehancc l ·get," Clyburn And in a state likely to vote said reeently. Hepublican in the fall, Clinton By his presence at the will point to the political r.on­ school, founded in 1870 by troversy over the flag in this the African Methodist year's pivotal South Carolina Eph;copal Church, Clinton will GOP primary. ally himself with the move­ Presumptive Republican ment to remove the flag as a presidential nominee G1~orge symbol of racism. said Bruce Bush demurred on the ques­ Ransom, a political science tion of whether the flag professor at South Carolina's belongs at the Statehouse, Clemson University. calling it a local issue. "You've got the president in Bush's former GOP r.hal­ South Carolina, he's at a pre­ lenger, John McCain, also dominantly black college, refused to take a position.

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backing could bring Bush Associated Press senator and then called Bush. cation agenda was "subordi­ a basic level in 1998. The Texas governor is hop­ more conservative support nate to his risky tax scheme, Bush calls for spending $5 HESTON, Va. ing for an endorsement from even as he targets women and which would actually slash million annually to diagnose George W. Bush reached out his former foe, but McC-ain other traditional Democratic money for education." reading problems with kinder­ to vanquishPd presidential aides said it is too soon to talk constituencies with his read­ In an interview with The garten and first-grade stu­ rival John McCain Tuesday, about that. ing initiative. Associated Press, the Vice dents. declaring "the past is the Still, McCain adviser John Recent polls give both Bush President said Bush could not An additional $90 million past" and Weaver said, "The ice has and his Democratic rival, Vice pay for his education propos­ per year would be used to it's time been bro­ President AI Gore, roughly als if he also cut taxes as pro­ train teachers to make the for them to ken." equal marks on who would do posed, by about $1 trillion diagnosis. The biggest chunk m e e t . B u s h the best job of improving edu­ over 10 of money - Another said, "I cation. years. $900 million former think John Bush's education proposal Bush's "/think John and I both annually - is rival, StPvn and I both would provide reading tax-cut understand that the past pegged for lit- under­ instruction for about 900,000 plan "puts For bPs. is the past and it's time eraey pro- w a s stand that kindt~rgarten and first-grade a huge grams that endorsing the past is students. Over time, aides cloud over to move forward. , would be Bush as Bush the past McCain said, he envisions adding a everything designed and and it's lesser amount of monev to that he implemented t h e George W. Bush Republicans moved toward time to diagnose and remedy linger­ says about locally. Republican presidential reconciliation after a bruising move forward." ing problems with second educa­ States would primary season. McCain suspended his cam­ graders. tion," Gore candidate have to apply Bush telephoned McCain paign March 9 after Bush won Casting himself as a new told the for the money, from his car in Virginia, a string of primaries two days Republican, Bush even cited AP. "You and it would be where hP laid out a $5 billion ear Her on Super Tuesday. The the late Albert Shanker, for­ can't propose an economic awarded only if they proposed plan to address illiteracy Arizona senator won seven mer head of the American plan that results in devastat­ programs that met "research­ among young school students, GOP primaries, including the Federation of Teachers, a ing, slashing cuts to education based" standards. declaring the problem a leadoff contest in New union traditionally aligned and pretend that you're not By contrast, Gore has pro­ "national emergency." Hampshire. with Democratic causes. doing so." posed spending $115 billion "Too many of our children Bush annoyed the McCain "This plan is different. It's The governor's new pro­ over 10 years to continue can't read," Bush told a group camp by saying that McCain different from my opponent. gram, "Reading first," is President Clinton's program of Asian-American business "didn't change my views on It's different from the admin­ modeled after a program aimed at reducing class sizes people in suburban reform." But the Texan quick­ istration. And it's different begun this year in Texas. lt by providing more money to Washington. "Our economy is ly tried to soften the blow and from those who would say would set the goal of teaching hire teachers. So far, about the envy of the world; unfor­ has spoken more glowingly of there is no federal role for every American child to read 30,000 have been hired, with tunately, our schools are not." his former rival since. education, different from by the end of the third grade. a goal of 100,000. Bush reached out to McCain The Texas governor was lin­ those who would throw money According to statistics cited Gore also wants to triple the after Bob Dole, the defeated ing up the endorsement of into schools without reforming by the Bush campaign, 68 number of charter schools. 1996 GOP nominee who has Forbes at an evening rally in them," Bush said. percent of the _fourth graders make preschool available to been acting as peacemaker, the millionaire publisher's Back at the White House, in the nation's poorest school every 4-year-old and expand l ' • 1. - •• ! ... 1- 4- 1- ...... A ,.,. ~ ,....., ,.... - n home state of New Jersey. His Gore scoffed that Bush's edu- areas were not able to read at Head Start.

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CHINA ISRAEL U.S. under human rights accusations Netanyahu denies

Assocjated Press for political confrontation and Beijing opened what both that China wants to settle dis­ sides hope will be the final corruption charges BEIJING putes over human rights round in years of negotiations Ahead of a visit by President through dialogue. on China's entry into the not have a political agenda," Clinton's security adviser, Sun said the United States World Trade Organization. Associated Press he said. China accusnd Washington would do better to look at its Unlike in two previous ses­ Police said that a seven­ today of demonstrating a dou­ own problems ".instead of sions this year, European JEHUSALEM month investigation indicated ble standard by see king U.N. making irresponsible remarks Union trade commissioner Delivering an emotional that Netanvahu should be censure of B1~ijing despite and accusations against other Pascal Lamy took part in the television appeal, Former charged with fraud, attempted having its own "very serious countries." talks. His spokesman, Anthony Israeli Prime Minister misuse of state funds, breach " T h e Gooch, said human rights problem." Benjamin of trust and obstruction of jus­ Chinese Foreign Ministry United Lamy was here .. The United States has a Netanyahu tice . spokesman Sun Yuxi's com­ States has to deal with angrily His lawyer, Yaacov ments came just hours before a very seri­ very serious human thorny political denied any Weinroth, called the police :'olational Security Adviser ous human issues, not wrongdo­ report "sloppy." He said it Sandy Herger was due in rights rights problem, with technical mat­ constant ethnic i n g "confirms what we thought - Beijing for talks with Chinese problem, ters of trade. Tuesday the case is one big nothing." President Jiang . Zemin. with con­ discrimination, police After the a f t e r The attorney general, Premier Zhu Hongji and their stant eth­ . brief opening police Elyakim Rubinstein, will make fornign policy toam. nic dis­ violence, police abuse round of talks, and also discrimination urged the the final decision on whether Berger is one of the most crimina­ Lamy was attorney Netanyahu to indict. It was unclear how senior Clinton administration tion, police against women, and invited to meet general to long that process might take. officials to visit since U.S.­ violence, there are also constant Premier Zhu indict him and his wife on cor­ Arguing his case, Netanyahu China tics plummoted after police Wednesday incidents such as ruption charges. said police interrogated him as N AT 0 b o m b 11 d t h e C h i n e s e abuse and morning During a 50-minute inter­ to whether a small, valuable Embassy in Yugoslavia during also dis­ shootings in the schools., before resum­ view, Netanyahu occasionally -pendant was among the state thn fighting ovnr Kosovo 10 crimination ing negotia­ used props and paused dra­ gifts. When he got home from 1/2 months ago. against tions, Gooch Sun Yuxi matically to emphasize his that particular interrogation Berger, who ace om pan ied women, said. innocence and to accuse police session, he said he and his Chinese Foreign Ministry Clinton to South Asia last and there Zhu inter- of trumping up the charges wife "turned the house upside week, is expected to discuss are a Is o spokesman vened twice against him. down" and found the pendant. shared U.S. and Chinese con­ constant crucially dur- Police said Netanyahu and They took it to an appraiser, cerns over Pakistan and incidents ing China-U.S. his wife, Sara, accepted favors and were told it is worth less India's nuclear programs. lie such as shootings in the negotiations in November that from a contractor, kept 700 than a dollar, Netanyahu said, also will lik1~ly raisP human schools," Sun said at a brief­ ended with a market-access presents meant to be state waving the tiny pin before the rights concPrns and reiterate ing for reporters. lie accused agreement and cleared property, including a golden TV cameras. appeals for Chinese restraint Washington of "double stan­ Beijing's biggest obstacle to letter opener from U.S. Vice Asked what the most difficult following Taiwan's presiden­ dards and hegemonism." joining WTO. The 15-nation President AI Gore, and tried to moment was since the probe tial election 10 days ago. Sun also indirectly warned EU is now the most important influence others to alter their began, Netanyahu stopped and Chi n a is fig h t i n g a U.S. Washington not to allow a among eight WTO members testimony in the case. looked down. After long sec­ effort at the current meeting visit by Taiwan President­ with which China must con­ If tried and convicted of the onds of silence, he said his 8- of the U.N. !Iuman Hights elect Chen Shui-bian, hinting clude separate access agree­ most serious charge, obstruc­ year-old son Yair was torment­ Commission in Geneva to cen­ that ties could suffer. China ments. tion of justice, Netanyahu ed at school because of the sure Beijing for what regards Taiwan as its own China has been trying to join could be sentenced to up to probe and his mother, Cila, Washington says is a worsen­ territory with no right to world trade's rule-making seven years in prison. died with the charges still ing Chinese rights record. diplomatic relations. Beijing body for 14 years. The com­ Netanyahu, 50, who was hanging over him. Sun, the Chinese distrusts Chen because his munist leadership hopes WTO tosse.d out by voters 10 months The case is just one of a spokesman, predicted the U.S. Democratic Progressivt~ Party membership will bring in for­ ago, launched a counter-offen­ series of scandals plaguing effort would fail, as similar . favors indPpendfmcc for eign investment and force sive against the police in an Israel's leadership. Prime a tt e m p t s h a v ~~ i n p r c v i o u s Taiwan. long-cosseted state industries apparent attempt to rescue his Minister Ehud Barak and his vears. llr said thn U.N. com­ Also today. EuropPan and to make reforms they have political future. party are under investigation ~nission should not be a f

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HOLY CROSS FAMILY OF CONGREGATIONS Wednesday, March 29, 2000 The Observer+ NATIONAL NEWS page 13 Births to unwed mothers hit high Scientists develop

Associated Press child bearing age, was 65.6 percent to 87.4 births per births for every 1,000 females, 1,000 women - the highest healthier soy oil WASHINGTON up from 65 births per 1,000. rate since 1965. These were the first increas­ Jacqueline Darroch, senior Women in their 20s helped for Science in the Public es in births and fertility rates vice president for research at Associated Press fuel a baby boomlet that Interest, said Tuesday. pushed U.S. births up 2 per­ since 1990, when 4.1 million Alan Guttmacher Institute, a WASHINGTON The new soybean was cent in 1998, the first increase children were private Government scientists developed by Agriculture in several years, said a govern­ born and the research have developed a new soy­ Department scientists in ment report relcasf~d Tuesday. fertility rate group, said ..Non-married does not bean that's healthier for the Raleigh, N.C., using conven­ The increase reflected was 70.9 the rise in heart because the oil need tional breeding methods, growth in the number of births per necessarily mean that it's unmarried not go through a process not the genetic engineering women entering childbearing 1,000 women. the mother alone without m o m s that produces artery-clog­ that has become controver­ years. These daughters of Between 1990 doesn't a father.·· ging trans fatty acids and it sial in Europe and Asia. early baby boomers are having and 1997, the necessarily has less than half the satu­ More than 80 percent of their own number of' mean that rated fat of conventional the vegetable oil used in kids, but get- births fell 7 Jacqueline Darroch children soybeans. cooking and food manufac­ ting married 1998 Birth percent as researcher, don't have turing comes from soybeans women waited fathers Food manufacturers - first is a not Rates Alan Guttmacher Institute who use soybean oil in because of its relatively low necessarily a longer to have because price and wide availability. pre requisite + 13.94 million children and m a n y everything from margarine to crackers - are eager to But soybean oil cannot be to becoming totalbirths,a2 teen births women are used for cooking unless it is declined amid living with, get the healthier oil because a parent, the percent increase of Food and Drug hydrogenated to extend its report shows. the availability of more reliable but not marrying, their part­ Administration plans to shelf life and improve its Births to in several years contraceptives, an emphasis ners. require the flavor. Hydrogenation, unwed moth­ on abstinence and fears about "Non-married does not nec­ + 1.29 million listing of which ers, on the AIDS. essarily mean that it's the a I s o rise for years, births to single Some 1.29 million babies mother alone without a trans fats on food nutri­ "Just by changing the solidifies hit an all women, a record were born to single women in father," said Darroch, citing a kind of oil that's used by the oil, 1998, up 3 percent from the government study that showed tion labels. time high in high Consumers food manufacturers and removes 1998 and prior year and the highest about 4 percent of women, or linolenic number reported since the about 2.6 million, living with won't see accounted for the new restaurants would go a acid that nearly half of all babies born government started collecting partners. product long way in reducing causes that year. reported the birth data in the early 1900s. Donna Shalala, secretary of the oil to One reason for the rise was a the U.S. Department of Health before next heart disease in National Center for Health year at the t a s t e Statistics. But unlike the larger population of unmarried and Human Services, said the this country.,, rancid women of child bearing age. trend was cause for concern. earliest, 1990s, when tefmagers were however, w h e n having children at alarming The number of single women "The increase in births to because the Margo Wootan heated. rates, today's unwed mothers between 15 and 44 rose to unmarried mothers, as well as The new 29.2 million women in 1998 the increase in teen mothers first com­ director of nutritional policy, arc mo1·e likely to be in their mercial crop soybeans 20s and 30s. from 28.6 million in 1997. who smoke, are troubling," Center for Science in the have a Unwed women in their 20s said Shalala. being plant- Hesearchcrs attribute the ed next Public Interest third as change to a big drop in teen and 30s had higher birth rates. Other findings: m u c h and that was true for both month in births, confidence in the boom­ + Smoking among pregnant N o r t h linolenic ing economy and more relaxed white and black women. Birth teens increased, especially acid as rates for unwed Hispanic Carolina will attitudes about unwed moth­ among blacks. be saved for seed and test­ conventional varieties. ers. women in that age group fell, + The proportion of women Hydrogenated oil would the report showed. ing. "Ttw social disapproval fac­ beginning prenatal care in the The new soybean holds still be needed for some tor has definitely lessened," Birth rates for all women in first trimester continued to rise products, such as baked the 20s and 30s was also on "excellent potential" for said Stephani!' Ventura, lead an encouraging sign food makers and "will pro­ goods, to give them the the rise. Aftt1r falling during author of the n~port compiled because early care can vide the needed nexibility to proper texture and body, from statP birth d~ta. the 1990s, tho birth rate for increase the chances of having but manufacturers could women betvveen 20 and 24 - be used in a wide variety of There were 3.94 million a healthy baby. products," the Institute of blend in oil that isn't hydro­ births in 199X, compared to thf) principal childbearing ages + Multiple births continued genated to lower the overall - rose 1 percent to 111.2 Shortening and Edible Oils 3.88 million children born in to increase, a phenomenon tied said in a recent letter to the content of trans fat, accord­ 1997. The fertility rate, a mea­ births per 1,000. The rate for to the use of fertility drugs. ing to industry experts. wnmen aged 30 to 34 rose 2 United Soybean Board, a sure of births among women of producer group that helped Health experts say trans fund the USDA research. fatty acids may be even The institute represents worse for the heart than companies that process veg­ saturated fat. Studies indi­ etable oils. cate that eating trans fat MEET THE AUTHOR "Just by changing the kind increases LDL-cholesterol, of oil that's used by food often called "bad choles­ manufacturers and restau­ terol." which increases the rants would go a long way risk of heart disease. At the to reducing heart disease in same time, it reduces levels this country," Margo of HDL, the "good choles­ Wootan, director of nutri­ terol" that is good for the tional policy for the Center heart.

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Upon Jesus forgave us. from rhc Associated Press. heard this parable Reflections of hearing the news that his father was When you feel as though someone has SURF TO: many times. it a Nice Girl rejoicing because of the younger broth­ betrayed you. it feels like disregarding weather for up-to-the movies/music for wasn't until recent- er's return, the eldest brother grew that person is the easiest thing to do. minute forecasts weekly student reviews ly that I thought angry and critical. You may not speak anymore; you may about what it had to do with me. What Often we want credit for things that not even see each other anymore. How advertise for policies online features for spe­ does it mean for all of us today? Even we should be doing in the first place. easy it is to sweep something, or som~­ and rates of prim ads c.:ial campus coverage though it was written eenturies ago, its We often want to be rewarded for one, under the carpet. But, they are still archives to se;\rc.:h for about The Observer purpose is timeless. deeds that are respectful and "morally there. That fpcling insidP of you. that arrides pu blishcd .tfrcr 10 meet tht! editors and It is human nature to rr,lease emo­ right." Along with this desire to be rec­ voice from within. that might be some­ August 1999 srafl tions when something has afTectcd us ognized comes a criticism of those who one asking for forgiveness. When you dr,eply. Whether we are moved to tears stray from the path that is accepted. keep so nnu:h hate and angPr bottled of joy or sorrow, our minds seldom for­ We question, like the brother, reward­ up inside of you, it can literally feel like POLICIES get that initial feeling of what moved us ing people whom we think should not it is eating you alive. The Observer is rhe independent. daily newspaper in the first place. This is applicable to be rewarded. Is criticizing and judging Forgiveness is not just for the person published in print and online by the students of the University of Notre Dame du L11.. and Saint Mary's our n~lationships with others. The others based on our standards the who wants to be forgiven. It is also for College. Editorial wnrenr. induding advertisements, is majority of us function in a world morally right thing to do? the person who forgives. Whkhever nor governed by policies of rhe adrninisrrarion of either where we build relationships on trust. Perhaps the answer lies in treating person we may be. we are all equal in insrirurion. The Observer reserves rhe right to refuse The relationship we haw~ with our people with that golden rule we learned spite of our faults. We are all judged advertisements based on content. parents is also based on trust. From in the first grade: 'Treat others the way and we are all forgiven, without condi­ The news is reported as accurately and objectively as birth, we were taught that with unac­ you want to be treated.' Perhaps we tion or hesitation. Pnrhaps now is thP possible. Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of ceptable behavior, certain conse­ should view each other's sins as equal. time to extend this same grae£~ to thosl' rhe majority of the Editor in Chid: Man.1ging Editor, quences result. It may take a lot of beg­ One person's sin should not be viewed around us. Perhaps they may need it. A~sisranr M.maging Editor and deparrmenr editors. ging, vvashing dishes. sorting laundry as bigger then our own. In the end. God Perhaps we do too. Commentaries, letters and c.:olumns present the views of the authors ;md nor nec.:essarily rhose of The and other tasks to "get back in good judges us all and does not discriminate. Observer. graces." Time heals all wounds, right? I do not believe that I Ie is selective in Kimmi Marlin is a senior at .'iaint Viewpoint space is available ro <111 readers. The free If this is human nature. then why did determining sin. I do not believe there Mary's. 1/er column appears every expression oLtll opinions through letters is enc.:ouraged. Jesus find it necessary to tell us the is some big contest at the end of th1~ other Wednesday. Letters to the Editor must he signed and musr indude Story of' a father who forgave SO PasiJy? world called "Who's the biggest The views expressed in this column coma<.:t inform.rrion. Take dose friends for example. Heal sinner." are those of the author and not neces­ Q11estiom reg11rrli ng Obsen'er po/i,·ies should be rlirect­ friendships develop over time. A dose Perhaps this is why Jesus died for all sarily those of The Obsen·l~r. fd to Erlitor in Chit{Mike Comw/ly. friend has hurl us at some point in our of us. Perhaps this is why it is so easy

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E u 0 ANNE I I NEED '-! TYPO} AAAGH] -= YOU KILLED 0.. ! ® .. ANNE L. RETENTIVE YOU TO REVIEW ., WORLD IS .,~ E r\Y ,..c: MY FIRST DRAFT. .. (/) "Giving money and power to the government "0.. ~ =0 FLYING APART !H is like giving whiskey and car keys u ;" NO, .. "'-\I ...... , SHE'S to teenage boys. " E ! 0 c: IN A 0 ;:) 0 P.J. O'Rourke t 0 Gl 0 COMMA. .Q humorist ""0 "C () 0 a- ~ r1 ~ 1"1 THE Wednesday, March 29, 2000 OBSERVER page 15 Bridging the gap LETTERS TO THE EDITOR between· people I realized how important the challenge is we see there that we are children of the for us to "bridge the gap between people." It same God and members of the same human is often easier to talk about the importance family." of "relationships" and quickly become Tht~ speakers coming from other countries caught up in many responsibilities in "our for this week would not have been possible own circles." It is often without Father Tom McDermott. who hosted <~asier to think and Father a group of Notre Dame faculty and staff in preach about "my Don McNeill Uganda and Kenya this past June. The neighbor" than til be group realized how important it would be to open to eneounters For a More invite speakers to "cross the road to ND" with neighbors who Just and from various settings impacted by incredible have voices which chal­ Humane debt which is hampering the poor. lenge my comfort zone Tom is a Holy Cross priest who. for me, and fears. World has been a witness to the above words and More than three spirit of Henri Nouwen while he wa.'i here on decades ago. Notre Dame invited a priest campus for six years working with Campus psychologist from llolland named llenri Ministry and "bridging the gap" between the Donate bone marrow Nouwrn to tl~aeh in the Psychology people ofl'-<~ampus and entities like the Departmf~nt. llr>nri ehallenged me and many Center for Social Concerns. His spirit, his of my lloly Cross colleagues and hundreds way of loving each individual person and today and save lives of studenl<; to move beyond fear and self­ ability to enter into the joys and sorrows of preoccupation toward love and experiential life have been a gift to this campus. We cele­ As you may or may not know. I have been diagnosed with leukemia. For learning to discover the complexities of brate his return for this challenging week those of you who have been so gracious to write or say prayers. I thank you responding to the needs of "our neighbors." focusing on debt relief and our call for glob­ from the bottom of my heart. Those letters get me through everyday. I think that the n~flections of Henri in the al solidarity and response. Upon return to The doctors don't think I have the best of odds. The doctors can go to BC last book he wrote before his sudden death Africa. we hope Tom will continue "bridging for all I'm concerned. So, I write one telling you that. hate it or love it. I in 1996 might assist us in this community to the gap" by facilitating an international WILL be among you next year. ndlect on our response to Jubilee Debt summer service project in Uganda for Secondly, I write about the upcoming bone marrow drive. Please go. I Hrlief and many other issues facing Notre African-American Notre Dame studenl'i in know I probably wouldn't, I would be hanging out or doing a well overdue Damr now and in the years ahead. Please 2001. paper or just napping or who knows what. Maybe I would want to and I'd read slowlv three reflections he shared in What about "crossing the road for one forget, giving it a shrug at the salad bar at NOH that night. his book "i3rcad f(lr the Journey: A Day another" in our local Notre Dame-South Please don't do that. They say blood is the gift of life. It is true. I have Book for Wisdom and Faith." This is one of Bend relationships? I am grateful that this received many need blood transfusions since I've been here. Bone marrow more than 40 books of Henri in the area of year that there is renewed energy and vision is the gift of a LIFETIME. One is NOT guaranteed a bone marrow match. If spirituality whkh have now been published thanks to Lou Nanni a_<; Executive Assistant you don't get one. most likely, you die. If you do. you have a chance to live. and continw~ to bn translated and published, to Monk. to explore "bridging the gap" It will be quick and easy to get tested, and if you were ever one day especially in the Spanish-speaking world at between the University and neighborhoods selected it would be equally pain free. And someone's daughter, wife, sister this time. in South Bend. especially in the Northeast or mother would live. llundmds of thousands of Christians an~ Neighborhood and the West Side. Please go. following meditations in a booklet "From the I have watched students in our seminar on I see a lot of people everyday whose lives are depending on it. llousP of Fear to tlw !louse of Love" and Christian leadership listen to neighbors taken from his book and lectures on "The express their concerns and needs. We at the Conor Murphy He turn of the Prodigal Son" during this Lent. esc are exploring the challenge for Sophomore These passages have helped me put the improved relationships for most studenl'i Zahrn Hall challenge of our rnsponse to Jubilee Debt and residents in the Northeast March 29, 2000 He~ lief and other social concerns in perspec­ Neighborhood with revitalized vision and tive. passion for shared and collaborative leader­ Crossing the Hoad for One Another: "We ship. These arc great signs of hope for the become neighbors when we are willing to future. cross the road for one another. There is so I conclude with an expression of gratitude much separation and segregation: between for the words and deeds of Pope John Paul Vote for resolution on black people and white people, between gay II in his recent trip to the Holy Land. During people and straight people. between young his time the Pope has dearly lived out the people and old people. between sick people spirit of these passages from Henri Nouwen. and healthy people. between prisoners and llis gesture at the Wailing Wall in asking IBM pensions fmc people. bl'twecn Jews and Gentiles. forgiveness from the Jewish community for Muslims and Christians. Protestants and the centuries of Christian sins of commission I am writing to respectfully ask that all faculty, staff, students and alumni Catholics. Creek Catholics and Latin and omission which have caused great pain who hold stock in the IBM corporation carefully consider the IBM stock­ Catholics. and need reconciliation. It was a gesture in holder proxy votes you make in the coming days leading to the annual There is a lot of road crossing to do. We a moment of silence and deep prayer. May stockholder's meeting on April 25. are all very busy in our own circles. We we follow his example in praying and then In the case of the IBM employees' resolution on retirement and retire­ have our own people to go to and our own acting in response to the challenges related ment medical, I am asking that you vote all IBM stock held in favor of the affairs to take care of'. But if we could eross to debt relief which can impact the lives of resolution. the road once in a while and pay attention millions of people if we all work together in The entire text of the resolution can be found in the recent annual meet­ to what is happ<'ning on the other side. we "bridging the gap" creatively. ing notice which also outlines the board of director's election and other might indeed become neighbors." business to be held at the annual meeting. In summary. IBM decided to Bridging the Gap Between People: "To Don McNeill, CSC. is the founder and exec­ change the pension plan from the long-held traditional plan to a cash bal­ b<'comc neighbors is to bridge the gap utive director of the Center for Social ance plan. The net result to tens of thousands of IBMers was a drastic 30 to 50 per­ bPtwcen people. As long as then~ is distance Concerns. The Center for Social Concerns cent cut in retirement benefits. The public outcry and resultant Senate bPtWP wr. do. Center for .!.,'ocial Concerns at ND.ndcn­ fully vested in IBM's retirement plan in 1988. In mid-1999 I was removed from the old plan and placed into the cash balance plan for the simple rea­ Wt~ forget that they are our brothers and [email protected]. son that I was not quite 40 years-old. The personal eost to me was an sisters and tn~at them as objccl<; that can be The views expressed in this column are destroyed at will. those of the author and not necessarily approximate 40 percent loss in pension value. If I had been one year older and worked seven fewer years at IBM. I would have received my full pen­ Only wh<'n w<~ hav<' thP courage to cross those of The Observer. thP road and look in one another's eyes can sion. This raiding of the pension plan was done at a time of record IBM earn­ ings. In the early 1990s, when IBM still held respect for the individual high, the IBM pension fund was left untouched despite the faet the companv was losing billions of dollars. - My story is not at all unusual. and in fact it is rather average.· I sincerely hope that a Catholic university that prides itself on teaching Christian and Want to edit for Viewpoint? moral values to iL'i students and the community at large will carefully con­ sider its vote on this issue and cast a vote in favor of the stockholder resolu­ tion. Call at 631 ;5303 John W. Goetz Lila Class of '83 March 27, 2000 .------~------· I

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into the history books By KATIE McVOY S.:ene Writer I had sonw Garbagr Pail Kids "·hen I was younger. People always act surprised when Garbage Pail Kids come up in con­ If you watched all of the Academy vrrsation. but seriously, nmH' of us will Pver f'org<'t ... Scotty Av.-ards Sunday night. you might know that Potty. Adam Bomb. Corroded Carl and Jun kl'ood John -just r.omposer John Corigliano's score for "The to nanw a f'rw. Some otlwr fun names of Garbage Pail Kids Hed Violin" won the Osear for Best Original are Dirty llarry. Hob Slob. VaricosP Score. Corigliano vvas one of several com­ \\'avne, Fake JakP. Shrunk('f1 Ed and posers mentioned in a discussion about CIH3'ekv Charles. composers who cross over thr line between The ·Garbage Pail Phenonwnon was pret­ writing musk for film and concert compos­ ty amazing. Four nwn started it and then ing. got Topps Cards to carry thP first serirs. Dr. Michael Schelle. a professor at Butler Art SpiPgelman was one of the four. He University. gave a lecture entitled, "The I II also wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning Maus Gold Chain around the Hairy Chest of lj II. For those of' you who don't know, Maus Hollywood," on Monday in the Little II is a cartoon about the holocaust lwhich Theatre at Saint Mary's College. Art's father was a survivor on in which One may wonder why anyone would I Jewish prople arr depicted as mice and Scott Little attend a lecture with that title. or why, for Nazis are depicted as cats. It is often hard- that matter, anyone would use that as a bound, so we are talking serious comic- title. book action. just a little Schclle said. "Many directors feel that Another cn~ator of Garbage Pail Kids the musical score of the film is the gold vvas Mark Newgarden. I couldn't dig up chain around an otherwise hairy opera­ anything on this guy. but he was involved in the comie busi­ tion." He found the metaph()r while ness as ·well. Thr third creator was John Pound. This guy. as researching his recent book "The Score." well. was a comic book artist. He did most of the illustrations. Music in Hollywood films has changed a II is artwork is renowned in thf~ comic book world. l-Ie also lot since the advent of sound in pictures. recently eanw up with a set of trading cards called "Meanie Early in the 1930s. Hollywood composers Babies." And thr. fourth creator is Jay Lynch who wrote for worked with existing compositions and fit­ \1ad magazine. Bazooka Joe comics. did illustrations for the ted them for the films they were working Chicago Sun and \Vorked on some underground comic books. on. The original "Dracula," starring Bela If you'll remember. back in the '80s, a popular toy for girls Lugosi, has a score that would sound very to have was the Cabbage Patch Kid. These big-headed, dim­ familiar to anyone who is part of the ballet pled. orphan children didn't offer boys very much. They had world. "Dracula" and the ballet "Swan birth certificates to fill out and cute names. It vvas really way Lake" daim the same score. too much responsibility. Boys had little they could do. We In the middle years of Hollywood. the wuld pretend that tlw Cabbage Patch Kids didn't exist by 1940s and 1950s. many composers kept immersing ourselves in lie-Man or GI Joe. But it is hard to do one foot in the concert composition busi­ whf'n your neighbors vvon 't stop riding around on their ne\\' ness while keeping the other foot in film Cabbage Patch Big Wheel. and every commercial break during composing. afternoon cartoons boasts of the latest Cabbage Patch Kid. Today, however. there is very little cross They wen~ always coming out with new ideas: Oriental over remaining. Most composers focus Cabbage Patch Kid, Black Cabbage Patch Kid, Teething either on film or concert music and only Cabbage Patch Kid and First day at school Cabbage Patch Kid. dabble in the other field occasionally. For Thr only real answ«~r to this invasion of girl culture vvas a example. Corigliano is a concert composer direct attack. who has only written scores for three And thus, the Garbage Pail Kid was a knight in shining movies. Dr. Michael Schelle spoke to Saint Mary's stude armor. I don't mean to make it sound like it was only for boys. On the other side of composing, Thomas importance of musical scores in film. His speect Then~ were many noble girls fighting for the cause as well. Newman, who has written the scores for Hairy Chest of Hollywood" concentrated on co But it was kind of known that the Cabbage Patch was girl ter­ "American Beauty," "The Green Mile" and film and concert music. ritory and if you were in it- and a guy- you wouldn't be "The Shawshank Hedcmption," recently considered a boy for very long. wrote a piece for the world famous The first series of' Garbage Pail Kids cards came in 1985. Cleveland Orchestra. audience just what he was talking about There were 15 series total. All in all there were 620 cards. but Schelle attributes the greater isolation with several film clips that demonstrated each card had a twin. A twin was the exact same card with a partly to differences in the two versions of the variety of uses and types of music that different name on the bottom. For example. Up Chuck and the industry: "Hollywood composers are composers have used throughout the histo­ Heavin' Steven, and Boozin' Bruce and Drunk Ken. So all in used to having the best players and record­ ry of Hollywood film making. all, there were actually 1.240 Garbage Pail Cards to collect­ ing until they get the best sound. They're The first film clip from "The Spiral plus at least one was a triple. There were also different, big­ not used to a whole union orchestra who Staircase" featured music by Roy Webb, a ger collectibles. too. The very, very first card- card one, has complaints. But a concert composer film composer who composed during the series one- was Nasty Nick, and his twin Evil Ed. would be floored by Hollywood musicians 1940s. Webb made use of a classical Garbage Pail Kids can still be found today. They can be not complaining." Chopin piece during the opening credits of bought and sold on the Internet. The most expensive price Following his brief introduction to music the movie that dissolved into his original you 'II encounter is $225 for the box set of series one. The in the film indus try. Schelle showed the score. showing the transition from already prices of individual cards are actually quite reasonable though. Maybe someday we'll have a Garbage Pail Kids of Notre Dame. We could even create some of our own. Like Patty O'Splatty. or Father Plutoni Tom, Tony Screw Driver or Father Edward Sore in the Face. NIELSEN RATINGS The Garbage Pail Kid Phenomenon was rather short-lived. thanks to worried moms. Moms hated Garbage Pail Kids. They were repulsive and often depicted things that couldn't be mentioned at the dinner table. There \\'as going to be a Garbage Pail Kids cartoon in 1988 on CBS Saturday mornings, but it never aired because so many concerned mothers called Show in. The legacy did move on though. Garbage Pail Kids went international. In France they were called "The Trash Can l. Acadamy Awards Kids" and in Australia they were called "The Garbage Pail 2. Gang." They were almost all booting cards. There have even Countdown to Osca1 bren sightings of GPKs in lsntel. In a sense. they will live on 3. Who Wants to be a forever. and like most great ideas. their spn~ad can't ever be stopped. We can only hope that future generations will be cre­ 4. ER ative enough to solve social problems using methods similar to 5. Who Wants to be a I those of the Garbage Pail Kids. · PS: Sorry there are no pictures of GPKs here. I would have 6. Who Wants to be a I gladly put some here if they let me. 7. 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AP ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS iives~ lecture at SMC Diva Whitney Houston was score to undPrwrite the action, IIerman also had to compose a 12-mintite piano suddenly concerto for the mad composer to play replaced by Faith in the final minutes of the film. In this Hill at the case, Herman's music "underscored the Oscars due to a action and was thc> aetion," Schelle bad rehearsal. said. Her publicist The next l'ilm rlip Srhclle showed claims her would havn looked very familiar to any dismissal was four vcar old if onlv the director had caused by a sore added a daneing car;dclabra. An origi­ throat, rather nal VPrsion or "Beauty and the Beast," with a scor!' written by George Aurich, than her poor showed a European movie that made performance.

use or musir·. Europeans today are Photo courtesy ot more likely to be composing both for www whitney-fan com the concert hall and for films. Movie music experienced a new phe­ nomenon that came directly from Japan. The score from the movie "Ran." Hill replaces Houston at Oscars a violent Japanese film about samurai. LOS ANGELES began a new trend called composing The official word is that a sore throat kept Whitney Houston from singing against the action. Film composers at the Academy Awards. A newspapPr, however, reported that she was todav still make frequent use of this dropped from the show after bombing in rehearsals. . . stvle: when sound effects of a very vio­ The New York Post on Tuesday quoted unidentified sources as saymg that Iei1t or disturbing scene fade away and Burt Bacharach, a musical director for the Oscar ceremony. was so frustrat­ are replaced by a floating melody. ed with Houston during rehearsals last week that he pulled the plug on her "Our emotional reaction to what is performance. going on is really captured in the Houston's publicists said the singer backed out because her throat was score," Schelle said. He showed sore. "Hevolution," a film that appeared "J was in the rehearsal myself the whole time. and it was really obvious the onscreen in the 1980s. as an example poor lady was having a problem with her throat," Oscar show publicist Jane of this kind of music. LaBonte said Tuesday. Schelle then showed a clip of a film Houston. Bacharach and others involved in the show decided that it would that had a score composed by Aaron be better if she did not perform. LaBonte said. Copeland. Copeland, who died recently, Houston was scheduled to join other singers in a medley of movie songs. is still h·ailed as the Dean of American She was replaced by country singer Faith Hill. Music. llis concert compositions are The Post quoted a source as saying Houston showed up for rehearsal last play1~d by orchestras world wide. lie Thursdav. gave Bacharach only 15 minutes and was "totally out of it." also crossed over thP line and explored A sour~e told the paper that Houston seemed a bit "discombobulated" dur­ the world of movie music. ing further rehearsals Friday, missing a cue and singing the wrong song. Ip addition to famous movies. such as That's when Bacharach decided to replace her, the source said. "Of Mice and Men," Copeland composed the score for a film called "Something Wild." In this f'ilm. the film watcher hears a side of Copeland's music that Americans seldom reeognize. NELLIE WILLIAMS/The Observer "As !the main character) falls into her Priestly on probation for drunk driving !nts Monday about composing and the dream," Schelle said. "We get the dark LOS ANGELES entitled "The Gold Chain around the n, side of Copeland that we don't know ~o Former "Beverlv Hills 9021 0" star Jason Priestley pleaded no contest ~mposers who cross the line between much about in this country." Tuesday to drunke.n driving in a crash that totalled his car and injured a As a finale for his lecture, Schelle friend. He was given five days at a rehab center and three years on proba­ showed a piece of film that had a score tion. composed by one of the premier con­ Priestley, 30. entered the plea through an attorney to a reduced ch~~ge of existing music to new composition. cert composers in Japan, Akira Ifukube. Bernard Herman was next in the line­ misdemeanor driving under the influence with injury. The actor ongmally Ifukube, whose compositions are known •faced felony charges in the Dec. 3 wreck that left his passenger with a bro­ up. Herman's name may be familiar world wide. composed the score for the from the credits of one of the many ken arm. original "Godzilla." Schelle added an "It worked out well, considering," said Peter Knecht, Priestly's attorney. Alfred llitchcock movies for which he interesting piece of film trivia: r,omposed scores. This particular movie ''I'm happy with the result, and so is he." Godzilla's growl was created by playing Priestley has said he swerved to avoid hitting a deer just before the wreck. for which II erma n composed . descending notes on the E chord of a "Hangover Square," was a lesser double bass backwards. known piece about a mad composer. So. "The Gold Chain around the Hairy This piece shows dramatically the Chest of Hollywood" proved to be a crossover between film and eoneert wonderful exploration into the world of composition. Along with an original movie music. Swank's speech infuriates mother LINCOLN. Neb. Hilary Swank's Oscar acceptance speech infuriated JoAnn Brandon, whose daughter was portrayed by Swank in "Boys Don't Cry." Brandon said she objected when the actress thanked "Brandon Teena" -a name that Brandon's daughter, Teena Brandon, used instead of her given name- and referred to her as a man. "That set me off," JoAnn Brandon said. "She should not stand up there and 20-26 thank my child. I get tired of people taking credit for what they don't know." , k of Mar. As the film recounts, Teena Brandon posed as a man. dated a woman and then was killed at 21 by two men after they learned her secret. Rating Total Viewers JoAnn Brandon criticized the filmmakers for failing to explain that her daughter was sexually molested by a man as a girl. She said Teena Brandon 29.2 29.4 million began dressing in men's clothing and dating women. "She pretended she was a man so no other man could touch her," she said. r 2000 20.6 20.8 million Millionaire 19.5 19.6 million 18.3 18.4 million Prime Minister commits social faux pas Millionaire 17.3 17.4 million CANBERRA. Australia Millionaire 14.4 14.5 million Prime Minister John Howard may have breached royal protocol by touch- ing Queen Elizabeth II. . . , 14.3 14.4 million TV images showed Howard apparently puttmg his hand on the queen s 13.7 13.9 million back as he introduced her to dignitaries at a reception Monday. Howard dismissed the brouhaha and refused to reveal whether he had 13.5 13.6 million touched the queen. 1 3.4 13.5 million "It is terrific to see the press focusing on the big political issue of the day," he said, sarcastically. In 1992, then-Prime Minister Paul Keating touched the queen's back dur­ ing her visit to Australia. One British tabloid branded Keating "The Lizard of

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NBA Atkins steps up to lead Orlando to 122-87 victory

Conference. The Celtics, who baskets to open the second points to pull the Wolves with­ fourth quarter be hind Todd Associated Press led by as many as 13 points in half. Sacramento built its lead in 97-96 with two minutes left. Day's 3-point shooting. A 3- the first half, have lost five in a to 70-60, holding New York to He had a chance to give pointer by Day capped a 19-3 OHLANDO. Fla. row. four points in the opening 7:52 Minnesota the lead with 1:25 run and pulled the Suns to 70- No Darrell Armstrong was Boston made 37percent of its of the third period. remaining, but he missed two 69 with 5:24 left. no problem for Orlando. I shots and had only one starter Houston hit a 3-pointer to free throws. After Phoenix moved ahead I l The Magic floor leader was i in double figures as Vitaly start a 7-0 run that pulled the 75-73 on Rogers' 3-pointer. ejected following his second Garnett made up for it a Potapenko scored 10 points. Knicks within three points, but minute later with a jumper in the Heat tied the game on P.J. technical at the 10:39 mark of Starters Antoine Walker (five the Kings finished the period the lane to tie it at 100. Brown's jumper, then went in the third quarter with Orlando points) and Paul Pierce (eight) front for good on Mourning's trailing the Boston Celtics 52- with a 12-9 run and entered Trailing 59-49, the were a combined 4-for-24 the fourth period with an 82- , Timberwolves opened the third slam dunk. 50 Tuesday. But his backup. from the field. Barros came off 76 lead. quarter with a 12-5 run, but Mourning's free throw gave Chucky Atkins. calmly stepped the bench to lead Boston with The Kings led 88-84 when Toni Kukoc hit two straight 3- the Heat a 79-76 fead with in and scored 12 of his 21 19 points. they went on a 7-2 run that pointers to push Philadelphia's 11.9 seconds left, and Hogers points in the third quarter to "We have been inconsistent included three points by missed a potential game-tying help Orlando to a 122-87 victo­ lead back to 70-61. like this all year." Barros said. Webber and four straight free Iverson's spinning, reverse 3-pointer in the closing sec­ ry. "Half to half. quarter to quar­ throws by Stojakovic - one layup at the 2:30 mark gave onds. Atkins said he knew what he ter, game to game. Tonight due to a technical foul on the 76ers their biggest lead at Mourning finished with 20 had to do with Armstrong out. was just a classic example of Ewing - to take a 95-86 lead 78-65. points and 12 rebounds for "It's a confidence boost to what has happened over a with 3:47 remaining. Iverson scored 24 points in Miami. play like this. but it's nothing seven-month period. Great at New York pulled within 95- the first half on 9-of-14 shoot­ new to me," Atkins said. "As times, good at times, terrible 90 on four straight free throws ing as the Sixers led 59-49 at the backup point guard, I'm at times." by Sprewell and Chris Childs, halftime. Hill had a double­ RAPTORS 99 CAVALIERS 96 counted on to come in and get Barros' running jumper with and got within four points at double in the half with 12 things done. Darrell went out seven-tenths of a second 97-93 on a 3-pointer by points and 11 rebounds. and I was able to come in and Charles Oakley hit a 3-point­ remaining gave Boston a 52-50 Houston with 1:25 left, but With Iverson scoring 13 compensate. My mindset was er from the baseline corner as lead at halftime. Boston held a could get no closer. points in the first quarter, the to go out and play hard." time expired to give the J 13-point lead ai the 7:27 mark Corliss Williamson and 76ers took a 30-24 margin into 1'! The Magic seemed to get Toronto Raptors an improba­ of the second quarter. but the Webber had 14 points apiece the second period. ble victory over the Cleveland inspired from Armstrong's Magic used a 20-4 run to go as the Kings led by one point ejection as it outscored the Cavaliers on Tuesday night. ·' ahead 50-47 after Armstrong at the half. Houston had 17 Toronto trailed by 17 points 1 Celtics 40-11 in the quarter. hit a 3-pointer and a running points and Sprewell 14 in the ( After Dana Barros made both HEAT 81 SUNS 78 midway through the final !\ jump shot on consecutive pos­ first half as the Knicks hit free throws following the tech­ quarter, then sank six of seven sessions. But the Celtics seven of their first 10 shots, Tim Hardaway hit his first shots from 3-point range dur­ nical. the Magic went on a 19- answered with a 3-pointer by including two 3-pointers by 0 run as Boston missed its first six shots and finished with 20 ing a 33-13 run and snapped a Adrian Griffin before Barros' Sprewell. points Tuesday night as the four-game losing streak. 11 field goal attempts. Danny shot to give Boston the lead·.· Fortson gave Boston its first Miami Heat rebounded from Dee Brown hit consecutive 3- basket of the third quarter at one of their worst losses of the pointers to give the Raptors a the 6:45 mark to make it 69- 76ERS 102, season by holding off the 96-94 lead with 1:15 remain­ 56. KINGS 103 KNICKS 95 TIMBERWOLVES 100 Phoenix Suns. ing. From there. Orlando ended On Sunday, the Heat lost to Oakley then blocked shots by I ' i' After leading the Sacramento Orlando 94-69, scoring an Wesley Person and Lamond I the quarter on a 21-7 run to Allen Iverson scored 43 lead 90-63. The Magic made Kings to victory. Chris Webber points Tuesday night. includ­ NBA all-time low 19 points in Murray on consecutive Cavs : t 16 of 24 field goals in the took care of unfinished per­ ing two foul shots with 1.8 sec­ the second half and only seven possessions. quarter while Boston was 3- sonal business - getting his onds left. as the Philadelphia points in the fourth quarter. Cleveland finally tied it on a for-23. 10th rebound to complete his 76ers defeated Minnesota for The Heat nearly followed driving scoop shot by Bob Sura "When he fArmstrong] got fourth triple-double of the sea­ their first seven-game winning that with another embarrass­ with 20.5 seconds to play. thrown out, that gave them a son. streak in over nine years. ment against the Suns. squan­ Toronto then got the ball to lot of momentum at that Webber also had 21 points It was the eighth time this dering a 28-point lead to trail Vince Carter, who led the point," Celtics coach Rick and tied his season high with season that Iverson scored at late in the game. Raptors with 19 points. Carter Pitino said. "It was truly a bad 11 assists as the Kings defeat­ least 40 points and the 16th Miami led 60-32 in the third was well-guarded on the left game, a debacle. They trap ed the New York Knicks time in his career. Tyrone Hill quarter. but Phoenix went in wing and passed to Oakley. like a college team and you Tuesday night. Predrag had 18 points and 14 rebounds front 75-73 on Rodney Hogers' whose shot rattled around the have to attack it to make the Stojakovic, back after missing for Philadelphia. 3-pointer with 2:05 left. rim and dropped through as extra pass and make good three games with two sprained Kevin Garnett had 31 points Alonzo Mourning's slam dunk the buzzer sounded. shots. You've got to give them fingers, added 20 points for and nine rebounds for the put Miami back in front 77-75 Carter shot just 6-for-17 credit." the Kings. Timberwolves, who had their and the Heat held on in the from the field, mostly from the Boston also had trouble Webber got his ninth six-game winning streak final seconds. perimeter and had just one of slowing Bo Outlaw, who had rebound early in the fourth snapped. Garnett's jumper Miami, which had lost three his crowd-pleasing dunks. I. 10 points. 14 rebounds, 10 period, but didn't get his 10th with 15 seconds left pulled of its last five games, started That came with 4:52 to play I assists and four blocked shots. until 40 seconds remained. It Minnesota even for the first the night tied with the New and pulled Toronto within 90- Hon Mercer had a game-high was his 12th career triple-dou­ time since the first quarter. York Knicks for first place in 88. 23 points as Orlando shot 55.3 ble. But Iverson was fouled by the Atlantic Division. Murray led Cleveland with percent. Ben Wallace added 13 Allan Houston had 33 points Garnett on the ensuing posses­ The Heat raced to a 17-2 30 points, but was limited to points and nine rebounds and and Latrell Sprewell added 18 sion as he drove for the bas­ lead seven minutes into the two in the final quarter. Corey Maggette had 12 and 11. for the Knicks. But Patrick ket. Terrell Brandon's last sec­ game and stretched that to 30- Shawn Kemp had 20 points Every Magic player who Ewing had just eight points ond 15-footer went off the 12 at the end of the first quar­ and nine rebounds for dressed scored at least two and six rebounds, far below back iron. ter. The lead grew to 54-28 at Cleveland. points. his season averages, and four Minnesota trailed 82-72 halftime, with Hardaway scor­ Murray scored 20 points in The victory moves Orlando to turnovers in 32 minutes. after three quarters, but bat­ ing 18 points. the first half. including a 3- within 1 1/2 games of Detroit The Kings led 57-56 at half­ tled all the way back behind Phoenix. playing its third pointer that banked in off the for the seventh-place playoff time. and took a 65-58 lead as Garnett. Garnett scored 10 game without point guard glass with one second left to position in the Eastern Vlade Divac hit four straight Jason Kidd, rallied in the give Cleveland a 51-40 lead.

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FIGURE SKATING NFL Yagudin celebrates Johnson disagrees with Jets "No matter how much it's going to be, I'm almost at Associated Press that point, where I can just say, championship win money it's going to be, 'I won't play for the Jets any­ PALM BEACH, Fla. I'm almost at that point, more."' The rift between the New JeL<> coach AI Groh reitf'rated program Friday, which counts York Jets and star receiver where I can just say, ·I Associated Press earlier this week the team will for 50 percent of the score. Keyshawn Johnson grew won't play for the Jets not trade Johnson, nor will it NICE, France American Michael Weiss Tuesday when Johnson said he ,, anymore. renegotiate his contract. New finished third, hitting a quad felt "disrespected" by the team. AlPxri Yagudin easily won team owner Woody Johnson by stepping out of the rela­ Johnson wants to have his tlw men's short program said he believes Keyshawn Tuesday at the World Figure tively simple, required double contract renegotiated. lie has Keyshawn Johnson Johnson should honor his con­ axel. Elvis Stojko fell on his two years remaining on the Skating Championship. pro­ Jets player trar.t. quad attempt and vvound up deal he signed when drafted jerting exuberancP as he con­ "He is a member of the team fourth. No. 1 overall in 1996, at an f'idently hit a quad toe loop and has a contract with the Yagudin said Weiss' error average of about $2 million. He "I guess you can say I'm dan­ and mimieked an orchestra team," Woody Johnson said gave him pause. feels vastly underpaid and has gerously close - once I get performing a jazzy Monday at the NFL's annual Nutcracker. "When I did the tough part pointed to other NFL receivers there, there will be no turning meetings. "I think contracts are of my routine, I landed the with lesser credentials who back," Johnson said. "There's a Thr two-timP defending a part of this society and con­ quad and the triple axel-triple make more. level of no matter what they champion seethed with tracts are important. toe loop, I was In a conference call from Los discuss with me, I may not enthusiasm as he "You promise to do some­ happy," Yagudin Angeles. Johnson said he is want to continue with the Jets. stepp<'d and thing and sign an agreement "There is just one said. "[But] I closer than ever to not wanting I'm almost there, but I'm not stroked rapidly and you r.an take that for what across the icf' way to win a third was a little bit to play for the Jets again. quite there yet. "No matter how much money it is." strumming an air world title - to scared because I guitar, pounding saw Michael imagined piano work hard and to Weiss perfor­ kPys and banging give your best." mance and what invisible drums. happened with his double axel." lie ended the pro­ Alexei Yagudin gram with full­ The champi­ Saints' Williams hires new agent body punch in the figure skater onships have been dominated air. and won based on incentives, many of fer the team be moved to San by events ofT the Associated Press straight 5.9's for which were triggered upon Antonio, Texas to be nearer ice. following presentation. reaching 1,600 yards in a sea­ his home in Austin. He later the unsettling razor attack on PALM BEACH, Fla. "There is just one way to son. apologized. the top French skating pair Ricky Williams. whose win a third world title - to Williams was troubled all "Ricky wants to play in New Tuesday and the sudden dop­ incentive-laden contract with work hard and to give your year by injuries and finished Orleans. he likes New ing withdrawal Sunday of the the New Orleans Saints back­ best," Yagudin said. with just 884 yards on 253 Orleans," Steinberg said. defending pairs champions fired on him last season. has llussian teamniate Yevgeny carries. Edgerrin James. Steinberg said he has fired his agent and hired Leigh Plushchenko, who took Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton already talked to Randy Steinberg. whom Indianapolis chose Yagudin's European title last Sikharulidze. ahead of Williams, made near­ Mueller, the Saints' new gen­ Stephane Bernadis was cut Williams had been repre­ month in Vienna. also hit a ly $15 million last season. eral manager, and will even­ on the forearm by a man sented by Leland Harvey, who quad and the required ele­ James is represented by tually renegotiate Williams' wielding a razor when he works for the rapper Master mP-nts skating to "Sabre Steinberg, one of the NFL's contract. "I always renegoti­ P. His rookie contract con­ Dancf'." But he lacked 20- opened his hotel room door, upper-echelon agents. ate," said Steinberg, who has skating ollki

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ed," Williams said. "I was real­ was hitting .381. Associated Press G~nlookstotop ly looking forward to beginning "It's a tremendous loss," the season and playing on TUCSON, Ariz. teammate Greg Colbrunn said. The Arizona Diamondbacks' opening day. There are somr. "He's the key hitter in our line­ things, espr.dally in this game. 3,000-hit club bid to repeat as NL West cham­ up and defensively. But the pions suffered a severe jolt that you can't control." realization is he's not going to The Diamond backs have bouncing around on the Tuesday when All-Star third be around here for however plenty of talent to succeed Associated Press bases. baseman long they say. You can't sit without him. Williams said. Then came a couple of M a t t around and cry about it. You "Fortunately, we have a lot of PEOHIA. Ariz. reminders that the end of his Williams have to move on and do other So what does Tony Gwynn career isn't that far off. broke a great players on this team. and things to help make up for it." do for an encore now that First, the Padres refused to bone in his our team will be just fine and The injury came in the play well," he said, "and I look he's in the 3,000-hit club? guarantee his contract for right foot in Diamond backs' final game Win another batting title in 2001. instead giving him a $2 an exhibi­ forward to getting back as soon before breaking their spring as possible." this. his 19th season? It's million bonus on top of this tion game training camp and moving back always possible. although year's $4.3 million salary in against the Williams was taken to a hos­ to Phoenix. It made for a Gwvnn thinks it's kind of neat exchange for accepting a $6 Seattle pital for X-rays, which showed solemn departure for the play­ I I that he's tied with llonus million club option for 2001. Mariners. Williams his second metatarsal was bro­ ers. ken. He left for Phoenix, where Wagner for the NL lead with Gwynn can automatically trig­ T e a m "That's everybody's fear. for eight. ger the option with 502 plate spokesman Mike Swanson said he met with Mitchell. something like that to happen "It's a non-displaced fracture Win the World Series title appearances this year, the Williams will be sidelined the last week of spring train­ that's eluded him his whole same number needed to quali­ about six weeks, and foot spe­ of the second metatarsal which ing," reliever Dan Plesac said. won ' t require. surgery. " career? He'd love to do that, fy for the batting title. cialist Dr. Peter Mitchell said "When it happens during the Mitchell said. but the pitching-thin San Gwynn would receive a $2 the injury would not require season, somehow it's easier to In 1995, a break in the same Diego Padres make no secret million buyout in the unlikely surgery. swallow. For it to happen down that they're building toward event the Padres chose not to Williams fouled Frankie bone sidelined Williams for 68 here when the games don't games with the San Francisco mean anything, it stinks." 2002 and their new down­ exercise the option on their Rodriguez's pitch off the foot in Giants. On June 3 of that year, Williams is the team's town ballpark. not an NL pen­ most famous player. the second inning. but complet­ Williams fouled a ball off his nant like they won two years "I can imagine he will be ed his at bat, lining out to cen­ acknowledged leader in the right foot on a pitch from ago. here next year, but the reason ter. He was replaced by Lenny clubhouse. Philadelphia's Paul Quantrill. "His presence and leadership How about simply staying we put that in there is Harris in the top of the third He underwent surgery to have healthy? because we wanted to address inning. are just as important as his pins inserted in the foot. At the "That's my only goal." said the issue of health and age," "Obviously, I'm disappoint- ability," reliever Darren Gwynn. who club presi­ time of that injury. Williams Holmes said. turns 40 on May dent Larry 9. "I just want to "/just want to be positive. That's a whole Lucchino be productive. s a i d . 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..She has been playing a Venus' 18-vear-old sister, difficult to sell Associated Press Serena. is th.e reigning U.S. long time now. and she Open champion. She might KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. needs time off to rest. retire in three years when her " For Venus Williams, 19 could I endorsement deal with Puma I Associated Press ple," he said. "Whatever it She needs to get I be retirement age. expires. her father said. i is. I'm sure it's going to \oVilliams, who has yet to play more education. ·· DENVEH make a lot of sense for "Because of the planning a match this year. might give we've done with these two No one could blame the them." up tennis to focus on her edu­ Denver Nuggets and the Wal-Mart heiress Nancy Richard Williams girls, they don't need tennis cation and investments, her any longer," he said. "When Colorado Avalanche for feel­ Laurie and her husband, father said Tuesday. Venus' father ing unloved. B j ll. offered Ascent $400 they're 30 years old. they'll \' "She's considering that very have 1 0 or 12 businesses. The Ascent Entertainment million for the teams and the seriouslv." Hie hard Williams Group wanted to sell the arena last vear. but Ascent very well. She's in a great things they'll be doing when said. "On of scale of 10, I'd say position right now." they're out of tennis will sur­ teams but couldn't. Liberty managers backed out when she's a 7 or a 7 112 [to retire]." Media Corp. didn't want to their stockholders said the Venus, who finished last pass tennis so much." Williams said he advised his vear ranked No. :3. has career Venus. reached at her home buy them but did. price was too low. daughter to take at least the Now thP teams Denver billion- earnings of nearly $4.6 mil­ in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., rest of this year off. She has lion. That doesn't include her declined to be interviewed. arc being "We intend aire Donald been sidelined since l shopped around Sturm then lucrative endorsements. Her next scheduled tourna­ to sell them offered $461 mil- !Vovember. citing tendinitis in "If Venus retired from ten­ ment begins May 1 in !l again. both wrists. li Liberty nailed [the teams] as lion. but that deal nis, she'd be making a state­ Hamburg, Germany. I "She has been playing a long down the pur­ quickly as we can fell apart when ment," her father said. "That's The sisters' mercurial father time now, and she needs time why it's time to walk away. acknowledged that his attitude chase of Ascent Sturm and the off to rest." Hichard Williams on Monday, tak­ findagoodbuyer city couldn't I've seen too many black ath­ regarding their retirement said. "She needs to get more , letes come out of the ghetto might seem surprising. He ing the teams for them." agree on guaran­ education. and the arena in tees to keep the and earn all that money, and taught them the game and has "She has enough money now four or five years later they're long touted them as future No. order to get Vivian Carr teams in Denver for sure. She has some unbe­ broke and no one cares who 1 players who will dominate what it really for at least 25 lievable investments paying off wanted, Ascents, Liberty spokeswoman vears. they once were." the women's tour. video program- · The city has the ming and other equivalent of veto operations. power over the sale because of the financial breaks it "We intend to sell them COLLEGE FOOTBALL [the teams] as quickly as we gave Ascent. . Liberty. a Denver-based I) can find a good buyer for ') them," Liberty spokeswoman communications company Vivian Carr said Tuesdav. with a global reach, has Davis, Pyatt suspended after arrest Carr wouldn't comment on been interested in Ascent for potential buyers but said she months but made it clear it at his home near campus. on probation and be required expects the price to be in the wanted only Ascent's pay­ Associated Press range of previous offers. per-view service for hotels. Pyatt. 19, a freshman wide to attend counseling. receiver. was charged with The statement said Mumme $400 million to $460 million. called On Command. and its LEXINGTON, Ky. Mario Cibelli. an analyst other non-sports assets. criminal mischief. Officers would have no further com­ Kentucky football players said he damaged a police car. ment on the matter. with New York-based Liberty tried to buy Ascent Garry Davis and Brad Pyatt Robotti and Co .. predicted last vear but insisted Ascent The suspensions will remain Davis played in 10 games have been suspended from the in effect until their legal issues last season, catching 26 pass­ Liberty will be better at sell­ sell "the teams first. When team following their arrests ing the t£~ams than Ascent Ascent couldn't close its deal are resolved. Mumme said. es for 312 yards and one after police broke up a late­ Davis and Pyatt wouldn't be touchdown. was. Ascent negotiated two with Sturm, Liberty backed night party at Davis' house. deals last year to sell the out. required to forfeit their schol­ The arrests came less than coach Hal Mumme said arships under the university's two weeks after junior corner­ clubs and the $180 million Liberty launched a second Tuesday. Pepsi Center. but both crum­ bid for Ascent in February. student-athlete alcohol policy back Jeremy Bowie was Davis, 22, a junior wide because no DU I charge was arrested in Lexington on bled only months apart. announcing the same day receiver, was charged with With Liberty. "I think that it would sell the teams involved, a statement from the drunken driving charges. disorderly conduct and allow­ university said. Bowie also has bnen suspend­ vou're dealing with stronger after the takeover. ing nine minors to possess hands and a more sophisti­ The shuffling at the top But an athlete charged with ed from the team. alcohol. 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NHL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Rangers fire general Students to display skills for NBA

lottery pick, there's no need to emotion on the court, admits Associated Press manager and coach go to college." it was a mistake but says the NBA stars like Kevin Garnett BOSTON incident was blown out of pro­ and Trar.y McGrady, who both Neil Finglcton is 7 feet, 6 portion. It may P.-nd up being should be more scoring, more skipped high school, show the Associated Press inches tall but has been play­ just a slight detour on the way defense. more pride in the leap r.an be successful. Gril'lin, to a lucrative NBA career. Hanger jersey. ing serious basketball for just NEW YOHK t~ough, knows there's a huge "'It's a big lure because it's a "I want to do what I have to three years and could improve With only four games left and difference between being lot of money and kids my age, to make it work for the fans. with four years of college. For the playoffs out of reach for the dominant in high school and that's what they want." he They deserve so much more." others in the McDonald's All third straight season. the New decent in the pros. said. "I do want the money but If the Rangers fail to qualify American High School game, York Rangers cleaned house "It was a tough I just want to be readv so for the postseason. it will be the the NBA will come Tuesday. tiring general manag­ decision [to when I get there I can ~ake first time since 1963-66 they sooner. "M fi t . h . er Neil Smith and coach John choose college] as much as I can." have missed the playoffs in Maybe next sea- y zrs wzs zs to Muckier. because the N BA Fingleton is mueh dif'ferent three consecutive vears. son. play pro ball Smith. in his 11th vear as GM was always in the than most high school players. "At best it was disappointing, Darius Miles has somewhere. That ·s and pn~sident. was· in charge back of my He grew up in England. His at worst embarrassing," committed to St. what I'm working when the Hangers won the mind," said favorite sport was soccer. But Checketts said. John's. Eddie 1994 Stanley Cup - ending a Griffin says he's Griffin, who he came to Holy Name in New York~s loss to Detroit on for. I'm working 54-year drought. But he has played at Homan Worcester, Mass., after work­ Monday also ensured the going to Seton hard for it. not come close to matching that Catholic High ing with Tony Hanson. a for­ Rangers' third straight home­ Hall. Others plan Plan B? success. School in mer Connecticut basketball losing record. That hasn't hap­ to go to top college The Rangers, who have the Philadelphia. "I player who moved to England. pened since 1957-58 through programs I don't know yet. NHL's largest payroll at $61 went to one of the lie's not as athletic as the 1959-60. Michigan State, I haven't thought million, are five points behind Sixers' games other players in Wednesday's "At times things don't work Duke, Indiana. h fi Buffalo in the race for the North Carolina, and I got to sit on game. Bunning the court is out as planned and this is one t at ar yet." eighth and final playoff spot in the floor and I got not his strength. His height. of those times," Checketts said. Connecticut. the Eastern Conference. New to see how big though, and room for "In the best interests of the The NBA. Neil Fingleton York (29-38-11-3) has lost five they were. improvement intrigue North franchise and our fans, it has though, is the ulti­ high school player straight games and is 1-8-1 in "I know I've got Carolina, where he'll go next become clear that we have to mate goal for its last 10 games. to get a lot big­ fall. go in a different direction." those who will dis- "Once you make a decision ger. If not, I'm "My first wish is to play pro As coach of Edmonton and play their talents like this, the sooner the better," not going to be able to play." ball somewhere," he said. Buffalo, Muckier never missed for scouts and fans in Madison Square Garden presi­ G r i ffi n is a 6 -f o o t- 9 . 2 0 5 - ''That's what I'm working for. the playoffs in six seasons. lie Wednesday night's game at dent Dave Checketts said. "We pound power forward whose I'm working hard for it. Plan was 70-91-24. plus three regu­ the FleetCenter. made the decision last night. I high school career ended pre­ B? I don't know. I haven't lation ties, in 18 5 games with "My No. 1 priority is St. didn't see any reason to wait." maturely when he was thought that far yet." the Rangers. John's. The NBA, if it's there, Muckier was in his second bounced from school after a Boston Celtics general man­ Muckier coached Edmonton it's there," Miles. a 6-foot-8 full season as New York's r.afeteria altercation with a ager Chris Wallace, a long­ to the Stanley Cup title in 1990 guard from East St.· Louis. III., coach after getting the job on teammate. He's studying at time observer of high school and the conference finals the said Tuesday. "That's what Feb. 19. 1998. He replaced the home now. His teammate, also basketball, thinks North following year. He served as people are in college for. real­ fired Colin Campbell, now the 6-9, also was thrown out. Carolina is a good place for Bufl'alo's general manager and ly. They're playing for one of NHL's disciplinarian. Griffin. who rarely shows Fingleton. coach for two seasons, before those lottery picks. lf I get a Assistant John Tortorella will I relinquishing the coar.hing job coach the team through the in 1995. t final four games. Checketts said After a seven-game winning I a GM will bf' hired and he will ~ l streak turned the Hangers' for­ i pkk the next coach. No Summer Plans ?? Here is a I tunes around, the club is 6-15- A source close to the team 4 since February's All-Star said Wayne Gretzky will be service-learnin opportunity for credit: weekend. involved in helping select a new "These decisions are made coach and gcnPral manager. about results," Checketts said. but Checketts would not com­ "Our record sinr.e the All-Star ment on possible sucr.cssors. break has clearly brought this "lie's a former Hanger and al~ t.~) a head. Losing creates one of tht~ great all-time play­ this. ers." Checketts said of Gretzky, The Hangers' last playoff whose last three NHL seasons • Service-Learning opportunity appearance in 1997 lasted until were spent in New York. "I the conferenr.e finals when the don't expect him to be a part of • $1,700 Scholarship/3 credits club was eliminated in rive that process." games. Those were Mi1rk The final blows for Muckier (additional $1181.00 from Americorps available) Messier's last games with New and Smith were home-and­ York before he left for home embarrassments on • 8 Weeks volunteer work with Vancouver as a free agent. Sunday and Monday in which Acquisitions such as Theo the Rangers were beaten 8-2 a disadvantaged population Fleury, Slyvain Lefebvre. and 6-0 by Detroit. Stephane Quintal and Tim Madison Square Garden fans • room and board provided Taylor, and the re-signing of booed thP. players and shouted captain Brian Leetch to a big for \1uckler's dismissal. They Sponsored by UND Alumni Clubs r.ontract failed to pay off. got their wish a day later. ''I'm not taking myself out of (ND .students only "It's going to be a tremen­ responsibility for what hap­ dous amount of work. and it's pened," Checketts said. 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WoMEN's NCAA FINAL FouR NCAA BASKETBALL • learns head home for final games Fresno State looks • Connecticut, people behind us thinking we Tennessee coach Pat could, too. We appreciate that Summitt is in the Final Four into meal scandal Penn State's support. Philly, here we for the 12th time and is seek­ comr." ing her seventh title. Stringer coaches return to counsel. Penn State ( 30-4) will arrive had Final Four teams at Associated Press "We're cooperating fully hometown full of confidence after a domi­ Cheyney and Iowa before with the NCAA and will have nating Su-65 vidorv over working her magic again at FRESNO, Calif. Philadelphia with no further comments until the Louisiana Tech in the Midwest Hutgers, a school she promised Fresno State is investigating hope for a review is completed," he said. Hcgional final. The Lady Lions to make the "Jewel of the reports that several members Under NCAA rules. coaches championship title will need that confidence and East" when she was hin~d in of the basketball team are permitted to accept extra more bPcausP tlwy face No. 1- July 1995. rPceived free meals from a benefits such as free meals. ranked Comwcticut (34-1) in "She's a phenomenal local restaurant even after but student-athletes are not Associated Press t h P nation a I semi fin a Is on woman," Hutgers' Linda Miles the owner was warned such allowed to receive any extra Friday night. said. "She's a coach who gets handouts could violate college Nothing likf' going back benefits unless they are Connecticut has over- you to buy into a philosophy of athletic rules. homr to try to win a national authorized through a special wh~lmed onP opponent after defense." Ted Kunishige, owner of championship. arrangement. Agency spokes­ anothPr with its depth and tal­ Hutgers (26-7). the West Tomodachi Japanese woman Jane Jankowski on Connecticut. PPnn State. ('nt. which includes first-team Hegional champion. will show Hestaurant and a basketball TPnnrssPf' and Hutgers will Tuesday said the "basic rule All-Americans up in booster regularly seen at of thumb" is that provisions assembl1~ in Philadelphia for Shea Halph and Philadelphia Selland Arena games. admit­ the wom1~n's NCAA tournci­ "We knew it was in Philly ted to The Fresno Bee last such as meals are not viola­ Svctlana with a pesky tions "if it can be demonstrat­ ment Final Four. and there's a Abrosimova. And and we said we were match up week he had given away "sev­ ed that the same benefit is strong Philly flavor running though LSU zone, which eral thousand dollars" worth throughout the group. going back there. We had available to other students."_ stay~d with the has put the of free food to the players a lot of people behind us Jankowski said she could Connecticut coach Geno lluskies for much clamps on during the past seven years. not confirm whether there Auriemma and Penn State's of the game thinking we could, too. its last three Seniors Larry Abney and was an investigation outside Hone Portland both grew up in b f Terrance Robers-on, who e o r e JtVe appreciate the opponents. the university's internal· Philadelphia. Vivian Stringer Connectieut pre­ The Scarlet helped Fresno State reach the support. Philly, probe. She also declined to of Hutgcrs once coached at vailed 86-71 in Knights gave NCAA tournament for the discuss possible penalties in ChcynPy State. which is just the East here we come." up 39 points first time in 16 years this sea­ such cases or the agency's outside the city. Hegional, Tigers and then 45 son, have confirmed they both history of disciplining schools It will be homecoming from coach Sue before beat­ ate free meals at Kunishige's Andrea Garner found to be in violation of some playPrs as well. Penn Gunter saw ing Georgia restaurant during their col­ Penn State player meal policies, saying it would StatP's Andrr.a Garner and 59-51 to lege careers, the newspaper enough to only be speculation. Hashana Barnes. Hutgers' declare, "I would earn the reported. Bohl told The Bee that the Shawnctta Stewart and say they would have to be the school's first Final Four trip. ''I'd go in there and pull my TennesseP's Kristen Clement money out to pay. and some­ university took steps to stop prohibitive favorite." Tennessee ( 32-3) hopes it possible NCAA violations as arc Philly products. Look for Connecticut and Penn State will have All-American Tamika times he'd tell me to put it those personal cheering sec­ away, and sometimes I paid," early as 1997. sending a let­ have met once before this sea­ Catchings at full strength to ter to Kunishige. In January tions to be a little larger and son, the Huskies winning 87- crack that zone. Catchings Abney said. louder than usual. Athletic director Al Bohl 1998. Bohl's department sent 74 onDer.. 5. sprained her right ankle in the a letter to coach Jerry "We'vr been talking about it The Tennessee-Rutgers Lady Vols' 57-44 Midwest told The Associated Press on sine!' thP beginning of thf' Tuesday that Benjamin Tarkanian inquiring about game sends the coach who has Regional victory over Texas Kunishige 's repeated pres­ year. since last year," Garner more Final Four appearances Tech. and though she returned Quillian, the university's vice said. "WP. knew it was in Phillv president for administration, ence in seats allocated to and national championships to finish with 16 rebounds and Tarkanian as part of his con­ and we said we were going against the first coach to take six assists, sprains have a way is conducting a review with tract, The Bee reported. back there. We had a lot of three schools to the Final Four. of lingering. the assistance of outside

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NCAA BASKETBALL Duany makes the most of opportunities

his native land, but he can't forget where Bennett said. "[Duany] has found a niche Please Associated Press he comes from. Last month. his father on this team, I think. and it's a good was appointed chairman of the South place for him to finish out his career with MADISON, Wis. Sudan Liberation Movement. us." When he was 4 years old. Duany Duany Wal Duany has spent several months in The most memorable game of Duany's Recycle and his family left the tropical, dangerous Sudan recently, trying to unify the vari­ season so far came in one of Wisconsin's climes of Sudan. Thirteen years later. ous rebellions against Sudan's govern­ early-season losses to bigger, faster Big Duany left Bloomington: Ind .. for ment. which the United States has Ten teams. When the Badgers fell 71-67 Madison and an accused of supporting terrorism. bomb­ to Indiana in Bloomington on Jan. 5. The unexpected college ing civilians and committing eivil rights Duany was given a start by Bennett, and basketball career. abuses. he led the team with 17 points while When Wisconsin's Duany thinks about his father, but he playing in front of family and friends. season ends this also worries about the rest of his family. Whatever happens this weekend, Observer. weekend, Duany will He has two sisters and a brother who Duany will treasure his unexpected trip be back home in played Division I basketball this season, to college basketball's center stage. But Indiana. trying to something that might be unprecedented. he also won't forget his father's work and help the Badgers win His brother Kueth was a redshirt his family's support. an improbable freshman at Syracuse, and his sister national champi- Duany Nok played for Georgetown as a fresh­ onship. man this year. !lis sister Nyagon is a Some time soon. he may return to his senior forward at Bradley. What's homeland and complete the cycle by more. Duany's brother Bil is a 6-foot-4 helping in some way to bring about a freshman at Bloomington North. much more important victory. "I like to keep track of how everybody "I think about Sudan a lot," said Duany, is doing," said Duany, who also has two his voice betraying a slight Indiana cousins playing in Massachusetts. "We \ I twang. "I worry about the children who stay pretty close." \ \ I) don't get the chances I got. It's important Duany Duany, who has a double name for me to make the most of my opportu­ because of a Sudanese tradition for the ., :lj nities and then try to make a difference." first-born son. has seen his playing time Wal Duany - Sudan's former prime fluctuate wildly this season after three m minister- his wife Julia and their family fairly disappointing seasons and a red­ left Sudan shortlv before a civil war shirt vear. ,,I broke out in 1983: one that continues to In November. he was stapled to the I this day. Nearly 2 million people have \ bench. In January, he started several I 4 \ died and another million have been games and led the. team in scoring three uprooted in the fight for autonomy in times. Now he's back on the bflnch, I southern Sudan. playing an integral·supporting role. I Thev lived in London for two vears He's primarily a streaky outside before Wal Duanv moved to finish his shooter and a solid defender. which i postgraduate s.tudies .at Indiana doesn't do much to distinguish him from ji University. Duany played on a many others on the roster. But Doc, as Bloomington North Iligh School team his teammates call him, is happy being that at times featured as many as nine another cog in coach Dick Bennett's sys­ players who were the sons of non­ tem. :l American professors at the uniVf~rsity. "He has shown leadership and really Duany doesn't remember much about been a team player this season," ,( I ',I j l J f Peppers leads Tar 'l Heels to Final Four

Associated Press didn't expect Peppers to take him up on his offer CHAPEL HILL. N.C. after getting six sacks and With a deep front court com­ 50 tackles as a freshman. ing into the season, Bill I Ie 's glad Peppers did. though. Guthridge wasn't eounting on as 6-11 Brian Berstic:ker broke help from a 270-pound fresh­ his foot early in the season and man deffmsive end Lang has been hampered with a catchy by illness. shin splints and name. now a bum ankle. ' Now. it's hard to "Julius has been a god­ say where the Tar send for us," Guthridge Heels would be ·said. "When basketball \Vithout Julius season is over. we're· I Peppers. Certainly going to loan him to the not in the NCAA football team." tournament's Final Senior point guard Ed HOMES FOR RENT Four. Peppers Cota actually needled l} The 6-foot-S Guthridge about putting 2000-2001 SCHOOL YEAR Peppers on the team. 1i Peppers is 22-for-29 from the 1 field over his last seven games "Ed Cota eame to me several ·~ i as the top substitute for North times this summer and said, Carolina, including a 30-minute 'Julius can really play and we -Domus Properties has 3,4,5, and 8 I stint in a 5()-55 victory over need him to c.ome out for the Tulsa in the South Regional title team,"' Guthridge said. "I really bedroom houses available game after Kris Lang went down didn't know what to expect. but -Student neighborhoods close to with a sprained right ankle. was pleasantly surprised early The hulking Peppers, who on. He has learned and gotten campus wears a size 17 shoe and has better and better." 6.1 percent body fat, usually Praetice sure changed when -Security systems provided would be halfway through Peppers came on board Dec. 1. -Well maintained homes spring football. but could only "When Julius came out to smile Tuesday at the thought of practice people had to be -Maintenance staff on call not knocking heads with offen­ aware," said Jason Capel, who sive linemen. played against Peppers many "I miss it a little bit, but I'm times while growing up in the having fun right now," said state. "He came out there block­ Peppers, who should play a key ing shots, dunking and the back­ role against a deep Florida team board would be shaking for the next couple of possessions down Available for the 2000/2001 school year I Saturday night in the national '' semifinals. "If we keep winning the floor. I'll get back when I get back." "Everybody took notice of that. Guthridge helped the football We all knew how good he was. BETTER HURRY!!! ONLY 4 HOUSES LEFT team recruit Peppers with the We knew once he got his uni­ promise that he could walk on form he was going to be a big Contact Kramer (219)274-1501 or (219)234-2436 or (219)674-2572 in basketball. The veteran coach part of this team."

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't Wednesday, March 29, 2000 The Observer+ SPORTS page 27 NIT CHAMPIONSHIPS Pelphrey finally Wake Forest tops rival NC State gets to Final Four nal. Associated Press shots at the end of the game," "I think the game was what Songaila said. "The most impor­ shock. Their season ended everyone expected," Wolfpack • After two near NEW YOHK tant thing for me was the confi­ one win, one point and coach Herb Sendek said. "It was misses, Florida Wake Forest won bragging dence my teammates showed in one miraculous play away rights in its rivalry with North a hard-fought, very physical giving me the ball when it assistant coach from a chance at their first game. Guys on both teams Carolina State and earned a counted." and only Final Four. played with a lot of determina­ John Pelphrey is spot in the final of' the National Josh Howard had 14 points It was the last chance at tion." and Rafael Vidaurreta added 10 going to the Invitation Tournam1~nt. redemption for Pelphrey Songaila made a layup off a points and eight rebounds for and the other seniors on Darius Songaila scored 1 S pass from Hobert ()'Kelley with Final Four at points, including six in over­ Wake Forest, making its first that team. 58 seconds left to give Wake NIT final appearance. last tim!~. as Wake Forest beat They had come to Fon~st a 58-56 lead in overtime. Atlantic Coast Conference rival "We had guys that really Kentuckv in 1987, before Songaila was fouled by Kenny stepped up for us," O'Kelley N.C. State 62-59 in the semifi­ Associated Press NCAA sanctions tarnished Inge on the Demon Dear,ons' said. "This win is a great confi­ both the reputation and nals of the NIT on Tuesday next possession with 35.9 left night. dence booster for us, and we're GAINESVILLE, Fla. hopes of one of the coun- and made both foul shots for a looking forward to winning the "This was an old-fashioned The replay tells him oth­ try's most storied pro­ 60-56 lead. championship." grams. They had been i\CC:, Tobacco Hoad type of' N.C. State's Tim Wells erwise, but John Pelphrey game," Demon D!'arons coach Inge, Damon Thornton and part of the only team to responded with a 3-pointer with can still feel the leather. Dave Odom said. "That's what Justin Gainey each had 10 He thought he had both post a losing reeord since 22 seconds left to bring the points for N.C. State (20-13). h a p p e n s \V h e n t vv o e v c n Iy hands on the basketball. the days before Adolph Wolfpack within 60-59. which shot just 29.5 percent matclwd tl~ams play." That's how close it was, Hupp. Songaila was fouled by from the field on 18-of-61 Wah Fon~st (21-141 will play and that's how close Somehow, they had Anthony Grundy with 13.7 sec­ shooting. scratched their way back Notre DamP (22-141 in onds and made both free throws Pelphrey was to being the Thursday night's final. The The Demon Deacons outre­ to respectability, then to seal it. bounded the Wolfpack 46-31, hero in what many consid­ Fighting Irish beat Penn State er the greatest college excellence, and were "It feels great to be in that sit­ but also made 23 turnovers to 73-52 in Tuesday's other semifi- about to formally shed the uation where you're making key 11 for the Wolfpack. basketball game ever played. label as being "the guys He's an assistant coach who were at Kentucky for Florida now, and when Kentucky was bad," Pelphrey, the former all­ as Pelphrey puts it. ------·------·------Southeastern Conference "We had put all our eggs forward at Kentucky, has in one basket and losing finally made it to the Final wasn't in the equation," he Four. Eight seasons ago, a said. "To have it end so trip was abruptly, and snatched "He came so close. with things so from his obviously in hands by Now, all of the your favor. THE TASTY BACON Duke and sudden, he's in this And not only Christian situation. For him to did the game Laettner's end and your miracle shot be able to go to the hopes for a at the Final Four right now national buzzer. . .. to me, that's what championship CHEDDAR WHOPPER: The memo- end, but so ries still brings a smile to my did your linger. face." career. It was "It's very, very, very very tough tough." for athletes Billy Donovan Pelphrey got H 0 p pER® I T HI N K 0 F I T A s A w T HA T s when your Aorida head coach a job coaching career ends at Oklahoma that way," Pelphrey said State for Eddie Sutton, the Tuesday. coach who recruited him His career ended on a to Kentucky in the late DRESSED UP WITH SOMEPLACE TO GO. play that ranks up there 1980s. Then, another twist with The Catch and the of fate: Billy Donovan Immaculate Reception in lured Pelphrey to Marshall the collective memory of in 1994, and Pelphrey American sports fans. missed Oklahoma State's Or, from Pelphrey's end trip to the Final Four a of the action, it might year later. draw comparisons to Bill "He came so close," Buckner's bobble or Donovan said. "Now, all of Jackie Smith's dropped the sudden, he's in this sit­ touchdown catch in the uation. For him to be able Super Bowl. to go to the Final Four ,_::-·'... There were 2.1 seconds right now ... to me, that's I remaining in overtime of what brings a smile to my the 1992 East regional face." final. Kentucky's Sean Pelphrey's, too. \ Woods hit a runr1er in the He has two kids now and lane to put the Wildcats up a bright future. Some say ( by one. the 31-year-old assistant After a timeout, Duke's could be a head coach as Grant Hill released the soon as next season. ball from the o'pposite "He's verv intense," baseline. Laettncr ran up senior Kenyan \Veaks said. from the baseline and "He gives you great detail. snuggled himself near He really breaks down Pelphrey at the free throw what other teams like to line. The replay shows the do. He knows the game." ball just missing Several seasons away Pelphrey's outstretched from the heartbreak have hands. A full five inches added perspective. taller than Pelphrey, Pelphrey doesn't think Laettner collected the anything will ever replace pass. then turned around the void of not going to the and made the shot, a 16- Final Four as a player. ··.. · . foot jumper. "But I can walk in my "It was so real to me, kids' rooms at night and Pelphrey said, recalling they don't care one way or the sensation of the ball another whether that shot hitting his hands, one that went in or out," he said. turned out not to be reaL "The way things turned THE WHnPPER• WITH A NEW TWIST FOR A LIMITED TIME. Duke won 104-103. out, I can't say my life would be any better right If you're already a fan of "America's Favorite Burger,"* why not try it a whole new way? Pelphrey and the rest of that brokenhearted team now had that shot not With crispy bacon and melted cheddar cheese. it's sure to put a smile on your face. dropped to the floor in gone down." So head to a BURGER KING'>} restaurant soon and make sure to bring your appetite. The Huddle - Lafortune Student Center

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first half." Doherty said. "Jere 8-ball Macura was pretty darn good on the otff~nsive boards. and I think continued from page 32 that was a big key for us to get that lead back to 15 at half­ lead. the Irish gave the Nittany time." Lions every rhance possible for The two teams played another a romP bark. PPnn State's play­ 20 minutes of ball, but that was ers rebounded several missed -.mainly for show, as they decided Irish baskets, and the Irish com­ the outcome in the first half. mitted four consecutive Penn Stat~ never got closer than turnovers. Junior guard Joe 12 in the second stanza. Crispin hit two Penn State bas­ The defensive intensity of the kets to bring the Nittany Lions to Irish forced the Nittany Lions within seven at 18-11. into shooting just 33 perr.ent But Prnn State didn't gain from the field and committing much at NotrP Dame's expense. 20 turnovers. A trey by Irish freshman Jere "You've got to put the ball in Macura put the Irish back ahead the hole to sustain vour by 10. Then Dillon swiped a defens<~ ... Penn State r,ZHtch steal. taking it tlw length of the Jerry Dunn said. "When you tloor for a fast bn~ak layup. and couple the turnovers and the the Irish \vere once more in con­ poor shooting performance, it trol. can be detrimental to your "Every time they made a run. defense. We had some decent we were able to counter that looks at the basket, and we run." Murphy said. picked a bad time to shoot poor­ The Nittany Lions kept looking ly." to narrow the gap. Crispin Carroll in particular was nailed a three-pointer. rirst impressive defensively. He tal­ Team B'ig Ten player Jarrett lied four steals. intercepting Stephens dunkPd the ball for Penn State passes with a verti­ tvvo points. and teammate Titus cal jump that seemed high Ivory scored three on a burket enough to srale Mount Everest. and foul shot. lie also hit six of eight free Just as quickly as the Irish throws down the stretch to ,. began to fade away. their lead cement the outcome. dropping to four at 27-23 late in "I was impressed with our the first half. they went on a 13- guys' intensity," Doherty said. point run. Everybody got into "These kids, they want to win." the act as Macura put back a The Irish are going for one Carroll miss. Graves dropprd in more win Thursday when they four points and Carroll went for face the Wake Forest Deamon a wide-open layup. Deacons in the NIT cha~pi­ The sweetest play of the game onship. came following a Nittany Lions turnover with 5.1 seconds to go Game notes: in the first period. Notre Dame +Notre Dame turned the ball called timeout to plan its posses­ over 23 times. sion. Th~ Irish threw a cross­ +Graves broke the school's court inbounds pass to Dillon. single-season three-point He lobbed it inside to Murphy, record, hitting his 81 s t of the vvho muscled in two of his 18 year. JOHN DAILY /The Observer points and nailed the free throw +The Irish outrebounded the Sophomore forward Harold Swanagan scores on an easy layin in a recent game. Swanagan to go with the hoop. Nittany Lions 38-25. scored six points last night, helping the Irish to their first NIT championship game appearance "We had a good run late in the since 1992.

for the Irish in that quest. They definitely have the motivation. Kessler "We are using this NIT to continued from page 32 show people that we belonged in the NCAA Tournament," quiet as a mouse and the "Let's Murphy said. "We are doing that golrish"chantechoedloudand so far." clear at Madison Square They also seem to be very Garden. r.omfortable at the Madison "I thought the Penn State fans Square Garden. were great and I thought our "I like playing here-." Murphy fans were great," said first-year said. "This is our fifth game here head mach Matt Doherty, whose and it's a nice place to play." Irish squad went wire to wire Now that the ingredients are for the victory. "It was a good in place, Murphy and the Irish college basketball atmosphere." arc in position to bring home the Notre Dame answered cvnry school's first-ever postseason Penn State basket in the first 10 title. minutes of the second half and "There are only a few teams wouldn't let the feisty Nittany that end their season with a Lions back in the game. win," sophomore David Graves Tuesday's win was a total said."lfwe win, we will be one team effort, as eight Irish play­ of them. So that will just be the ers contributed with four or icing on the cake. No one more points. Doherty also got 23 expected us to be here and it is poinl'> from his bench. a relief to prove them all "I think [the balance] was wrong." great," sophomom All-American But Doherty doesn't know the Troy Murphy said. "Penn State meaning of relief. When he is on was unable to focus on anybo.dy the sideline coaching, he tries and with Jere [Macura] hitting his best to keep himself out of those threes early. it opened up that comfort zone. the inside. We have some great "Hight now I feel in control," shooters and we showed we can Doherty said following the vkto­ spread it out." ry. "But I never feel comfortable Doherty was also pleased with during the game. I'm always his team's mental attitude prior worried. I yanked Jimmy when to and during the game. he threw the ball away twice "I was happy •vith the defen­ and didn't contest a short sive intensity and that we were jumper. lie walked oll'the court able to maintain it in the second with a smile on his fan~. but I half'." Doherty said. "It's tough to wasn't in the mood to smile. I play with a lead against a dan­ wasn't comfi:>rtable until thPrP gerous team likP Pnnn State and were 30 seconds left and \\'C they didn't allovo,• them to get a worn up 20." string going in the second half. Don't worry Matt. One more "I had to threaten them som£~ vir.tory and you'll feelt~nough ·with electric shocks from the relief and gratification to last train<'rs," Doherty joked. "But you through the of1season. thesP kids want to win and I'm glad we have thn opportunity in The vieu·s expressed in this JOHN DAILY/The Observer thP NIT to play for a rhampi­ column are those of the author Senior point guard Jimmy Dillon dishes off an assist in a recent game. Dillon concludes his onship." and not nece.~·sari ly those of the collegiate career on Thursday in the NIT championship game against Wake Forest. So far Pvcrything is going right OlJserl'er. - Wednesday, March 29, 2000 The Observer+ SPORTS page 29

dow," said Dillon. "We're just Bookstore going to go in and play hard." Bookstore BaskP.tball's 1999 continued from page 32 Championship team. Malieious Prosecution dropped from its "There are a lot of good No. 3 ranking last year to the teams out there," said Mikolyzk. 16th spot in this year's tfmrna­ "We've played against them ment. before but who knows when Captain JC Coury is the lone 1. Keyplay.com 17. The Torch you start playing outside - any­ returner for the skilled team, 2. NDToday.com 18. Fast Eddie thing can happen in Bookstore." but with four new talented play­ Ve-C"' ..... Versatility. the surprise of the ers in Justin Crawford, Jason 3. 19. 1999 tournament finds itself at Schauer, Mike Oesterle and 4. Majesti the No. 3 spot, after making a Steve Orloski, Malicious • Cinden~lla-like run to the finals Proscr.ution is ready to defend 5. Franchi 1. 32~~:rantee last year. Four out of' five play­ its title. 6. ers an~ returning to the team: "We cxpect1~d the ranking to Cocoa Butter 22. Sexual Frustration V captain Chris Dillon, Joe Lillis. come as it did," said Coury. 7. ~'111 Strokers 23;:; Dorkey.Balls James Cochran and Jason "When you lose four guys you Childress. They lost a valuable expect to see a drop. But our 8. player in John Hiltz, who strength is shooting - anyone 9. walked on to the Notre Dame can shoot very well from any­ varsity basketball team and is where on the court and we're l!~rs us ineligible for the tournament, r.omfortable playing together." but gains some sharp shooting In addition to the thousands 10. Rampage in newcomer Boss !!anson. of registered players in this 11. Hit Squad ousD "John had a great tournament year's tournaments. several last year. but Hoss is a good ~arsity athletes will be playing 12. F-bombs Shocker player." said Dillon. "We lose lor ranked teams. 13. Double Down some size but gain a little bit of Sophomore football player We've got your Wojo shooting touch." Tony Fisher is making a repeat 14. The Individuals Campusmonster.com The addition of Hanson allows appearance on sixth-ranked for a restructured game plan Cor.oa Butter. while teammates The Linebacker Lounge that Versatility thinks will help Bobby Brown and Arnaz Battle them in the tournament. will test their basketball ski11s "J liltz took over scoring for us on No. 10 Hampage. JOSE CUELLARffhe Observer last year - he was the guy tak­ Eleventh-ranked Hit Squad ing most of our shots." said will benefit from the ball han­ Dillon. "This year, we're not as dling skills of Haki Nelson and one-dimensional. It opens up a Eric Chappel. while Tom lot of opportunity for us to Lopienski will suit up for No. 14 spread our offense around." The Individuals. There will be a Bookstore VPrsati lity knows what to Varsity sor.eer standout expect from the top seeds if Heggie McKnight's team, Like they meet in the- tournament. Whoa, comes in at No. 15 in the Dillon's squad lost to the mem­ tournament seedings. Basketball meeting for team bers of Keyplay.com in this Sophomore Tony Weaver is ycar·'s intPrhall tournament and on the roster for No. 21 Manual also fell to NDToday.r.om during Steering and Brad Williams and captains Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Midnight Madness. Jason Ching will step on the "That's probably why we're court for Scottie Who?, the ranked three, but when you get twenty-seventh seeded team, room I 0 I DeBartolo. to the top teams you can really while Mike Gandy will add size throw the rankings out the win- to No. 31 Campusmonster.com. LEWIS HALL REQUESTS THE PRESENCE OF THE FOLLOWING MEN AT THE (RUSH THIS FRIDAY!

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play unfolded on Saturday. to come off the range. With Sailing Men's Volleyball Special to The Observer Michigan rolled through three the added pressure of every­ opponents, as did the Irish in one watching her, the 40 shot High winds on Gull Lake did Notre Dame did not fare as their pool. Playing tight zone air pistol individual champi­ little to deter the Irish Sailing well as hoped at The Midwest Ultimate defense spearheaded by Cory onship came down to her last Club at the Western Miehigan Intercollegiate Volleyball Padesky, the Irish overcame a shot. Salb lost the gold by the Universty Spring Hegatta. Championships. The Irish ThP best of thr midwest con­ 12-10 deficit in the opening narrowest of margins, one Competing in a field of 13 dropped matches to Iowa. 25- verged on Stepan Fields f'Jr round to subdue a strong point. yet still captured the sil­ schools, the Irish placed fifth 14, 25-21; No. 20 Ohio State. one of thP premier events of Dayton squad. 15 - 10. The ver medal, and the support of in the event. Highlighting the 25-16, 25-20; No. 24 ranked thP season, as Notre Dame Irish also throttled Ohio State. the crowd for her gutsy per­ event was the A boat's capture Northwestern 33-31, 19-25, hosted the Whitesmoke 15 - 9. in opening day play. formance. of first plaee, with R.J. Wolney 15-10; and No. 9 Northern Invitational. The third pool was sprinkled Later. competing in the 60 and Jack Gaither on board. J.P Illinois, 25-23, 25-21. The women capped a 3-1 with upsets as highly-ranked shot competition for both men Givens and Sean Donovan Although returning to campus round robin performance on Winona State was shocked and women, Salb again fin­ crewed the Irish B boat. Top 0 - 4 for the tournament. the Saturday with a great come­ early by Iowa, whkh in turn ished in the top ten nationally, three finishes went to Irish played well against these back against Purdue, closing was beaten by Indiana. and recorded the highest score Michigan, WMU, and Purdue. nationally-ranked teams. with the final four points and Winona State recovered to of all women in the event. the victory. Carolyn Sr.ully earn the right to advance and and Allison Hodrick starred handily won their opening for the Irish. Earlier in the round on Sunday. In the quar­ day, the Irish had defeated ters Winona was in top form, Oberlin 9-2 and Indiana 8-3, defeating the Irish 13-7, For Your Best Tan Ever! while dropping a match to despite stellar defense from What's Your Plan? Illinois, 7-4. In Sunday's semi­ Steve Hemkens and Paul Get a Fun Tan! finals. the Irish defeated Miller. Michigan 9-7. riding the han­ dler to long connection of Erin Pistol Fleming and Lois Donovan. In the finals rematch. the Irish Tes Salb brought glory to dropped a close game to Notre Dame in the National Purdue, 10-8. Standouts for Intercollegiate Pistol the team throughout the tour­ Championships in Atlanta this nament included Kathleen weekend. Despite competing Crotty. Monica Kerschner, with a fractured hand, Salb's Lara Pozorski and Jcana stellar performance earned D'Agostino. her first-team All-America In men's play. top seeds honors in Air Pistol. Salb was lived up to their hype as pool among the last of the shooters We've kicked open the doors at the new FUN TAN University facility on the corner of 23 and Ironwood! Near Kinkos. BASEBALL FUN TAN brings you the newest innovations in designer tanning with beds and booths that deliver 40% more tanning rays Notre Dame cancels than any other· bed on the market~ Why settle for less?

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MEN'S BASKETBALL IRISH INSIGHT Irish move closer to NIT championship Irish

By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN Assou.w: Sporrs Et!iror silencing

NEW YORK Notre Dame moved one step critics closer to winning the NIT title with a balanced team effort and NEW YORK a 73-52 victory over Penn State Busloads of Penn State stu­ Wednesday. Senior point guard Jimmy dents made the four-hour Dillon marked the game's trip from State College. Penn .. to New York City to tempo, giving the Irish their first cheer on two points on the way to a 15-2 their earlv lead. Dillon. better known Nittany for passing off an open look to Lions his teammates than for taking the ball to the hoop, started the Tuesday night. Irish scoring off with an ofT-bal­ Their ance jumper as the shot clock boister­ ran down. ous voic­ "I think Jimmy's first shot of es were the game kind of set it all off." heard sophomore forward David loud and· Brian Kessler Graves said. "You never really clear exper.t that coming from during Jimmy." the pre­ Assistant The Irish opened things up game with wide open three-pointers :•;ports Hditor warm­ by All-American Troy Murphy ups and and freshman guard Matt player introductions, but Carroll. followed by two Graves free throws. As the Irish domi­ Notre Dame quickly quieted the Penn State faithful with a nated· the boards. sophomore ,._ 15-2 run to open the game. forward Harold Swanagan The Irish were in control -"'. scored in the paint and ba.ck-up point guard Martin lngelsby from the opening tip and were able to finish what they swished a trey. started. After the opening Six Irish players scored in the first six minutes of play, helping surge. Penn State was never able to get rinser than four demolish the Nittany Lions' points. A balaneed Irish hopes ofvictory. "The last five games or so, attack and an 11-0 run to close the first half sealed the Coach has really stressed for us Nittany Lions' fate as well as to come out and be the aggres­ . the mouths of their support­ sors." Murphy said. "Right from ers. With jus.t over 11 min­ the start. we wanted to be the utes left in the second half aggressors. I think that we did a and Notre Dame ahead by 21 good job of that tonight, and poinl'i, the Penn State fans kind of got them back on their heels a little bit at first" no longer roared like Nittany Lions. Instead they were as After opening with a 13-point JOHN DAILY/The Observer Big East Player of the Year Troy Murphy pumps his fist in a recent game. Murphy and the Irish - see B-BALL/page 28 advanced to Thursday's NIT final with a 73-52 victory over Penn State last night. see KESSLER/page 28

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