Wednesday, August 28, 1996 • Vol. XXX No.3 TilE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Gottlieb suspected in credit fraud over the summer, was accused Gottlieb making the transaction nature." "They (Spiece) had surveil­ Basketball star during interviews yesterday by on the given date and time of Joe Hand, also a Dillon lance cameras and they had fellow dorm members of the purchase. sophomore. had a substantial pictures of Doug Gottlieb using departs amid wrongdoing in Dillon Hall, sum charged to his account at a my credit card." stemming from allegations of local jewelry store for a tiara After learning of the allega­ controversy credit card fraud. bracelet that he did not pur­ tions last May, Gottlieb placed a According to separate inter­ 'Jgot a phone call chase. By TIM SHERMAN and phone call to Thomas. views with three Dillon sopho­ "I know it was a tiara "I got a phone call from Doug Spons Editor from Doug in mid­ LIZ FORAN mores, Gottlieb used credit bracelet because about a month in mid-July," Thomas said. "lie cards that were not his own to July. He was begging later I got a thank you note was begging me not to press Editor-in-Chi~f purchase approximately $1,000 me not to press addressed to my campus charges. He admitted taking Doug Gottlieb had 36 steals worth of merchandise early last charges. He admitted address," Hand said. "'Thank the credit card and using it." May. you for your purchase .. .' it said. The three students separately on tlw basketball court last sea­ taking the credit card son for Notre Dame but "After I got home from sum­ "There's some lucky girl out contacted Dillon Hall rector Gottlieb's quick hands, some mer break, I got my first credit and using it." there who owes me a thank Father Joseph Carey upon s t u d e n t s .----=-----, card bill, and there was a you," he laughed. receipt of the troubling bills. allege, possi­ charge on it from Spiece for An employee of the jeweler "Campus Security was really bly extended about a hundred bucks that I Scott Thomas was able to identify Gottlieb good about the whole thing," to off-the­ know I didn't make," said from a series of photos, said said Hand. "They told me I court thefts. sophomore Pat Johnson, who Hand, whose picture was could either file criminal Gottlieb, was a friend of Gottlieb's dur­ "I sat in their video booth and included in the line-up of pho­ charges or charges with the who suddenly ing their freshman year. "I watched the videotape and it tos shown to the employee. University." d11parted the called Spiece and eventually was Doug. He used my credit The third student involved Now that Gottlieb has left the they had me come in and look card. I saw it on videotape. with Gottlieb, Scott Thomas, University, the latter option is basketball ~~_.maL-~ squad and Gottlieb at their videotapes." "A couple weeks later, I got a like Hand, had suspicious moot. the University From viewing the videotapes, copy of the receipt in the mail charges on his credit card bill Johnson said he clearly saw with his handwriting in my sig- from Spiece. see FRAUD I page 4 Friends remember "Get Vila over here!" Kwiat's love for ND Farley Hall. Father Richard Farley resident a Warner and Father Robert Dowd of Campus Ministry, and victim of TWA Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia O'Hara attend­ Flight 800 crash ed the service. At the end of the liturgy, By BRAD PRENDERGAST Etheridge offered a remem­ Nrws Editor brance of Patty. "Her faith was important to her," Etheridge Notre Dame was the perfect said at the service. match for Putty Kwiat. Recalling a conversation The foot- .---­ about careers with Patty, ball games, Etheridge told the more than th1~ tailgat­ 600 people in St. Theresa's ing, St. Catholic Church. "She said she Patrick's not only wanted to make a Day. It was buek, she wanted to make a all a part of difference." somnthing Etheridge said yesterday, speeial for "Patty was a special gal. She Patty, a Kwiat loved to rollerblade. She had Farley Hall an infectious smile. And she The Observer/Dave Murphy rnsidBnt who was studying In the interest of maximizing space, Sorin juniors Ned Ryan, Adam Rodriguez, James Leslie and Brian hung out with a really nice Killian construct a loft for their dorm room. · l.'mnch and government. crowd. It was her interest in French "I think it was nice for Patty's and the desire to spend some parents that Father Dowd and quality time with her older sis­ Father Warner werfl there, and ter Kim that led hr,r to board that Professor O'Hara and the GTU rallies against church arson TWA Flight 800 July 17 with women of Farley came out, By ETHAN HAYWARD contributions toward the ured it would probably be more plans to go vaeationing in too." Etheridge said. "It showed Associate News Editor rebuilding or restoration of effective to solicit through the Franee for several weeks. that she was a member of a damaged churches, and autho­ NCC," said Douglass. "We "Shn just wanted to hang out family - the Notre Dame fami­ Responding Jo the rash of rizes GTU treasurer Matthew aimed to get the Notre Dame with her sister." said Katie ly- that loved her very much." church burnings this past sum­ Zyniewicz to collect the contri­ community involved because of Yeend, who was one of Putty's While family and friends vis­ mer, the University's Graduate butions. the traditional concern the roommates during their sopho­ ited in New York in July, they Theological Union (GTU), the GTU Vice President Laurie University students and faculty morn and junior years. "She celebrated Patty's memory at a ofl'icial organization of gradu­ Douglass said the GTU issued have for human rights." lnvnd Francn and the Frnneh rnception at the Kwiats' house. ate students in theology at the statement themselves Later reports about the language." There, Yeend and three of Notre Dame, issued a state­ because The Observer had arsons suggested that they may ller love also ran deep for the Patty's other close friends, ment in June denouncing the ceased publishing in May. not have been racially motivat­ Fighting Irish. "Shfl was a huge Regan Connell. Katie Flynn and attacks and appealing for "These attacks looked like ed. but Douglass said that "it football fan, just obsessed." Suzy Fry, reminisced about moral and financial support for the beginning of very ugly was still a good thing we react­ Yeend said. "She loved to tail­ their friend while looking the afflicted religious commu­ behavior, and the theology stu­ ed the way we did. Church gntn, and she was always ready through her keepsakes. nities. dents felt a need to speak out. burning is still desecration, and to go out. She was so much "Everyone was so exhausted The statement observes that We did not see groups in the it affects everyone involved." fun." after the service, but it was like the burnings indieate "the con­ national or loeal press speaking Douglass added that local Patty's father, l.awrenee, said all the crying was out of us. We tinuing existence of hatred and out," said Douglass. "We were members of Habitat for she was mnant to be a part of had a good time telling stories prejudice in the United States," working through the Notre Humanity and the Mennonite Notre Dame. and laughing," Connell said. and that the attacks are not Dame Public Relations Office to community have contributed to "Shn just loved the place," he Eventually, a relative got the compatible with "the Judeo­ get to the South Bend Tribune." the rebuilding funds. "Even if said. "Shn probably own~d half idea to sing the Notre Dame Christian social vision [which) Douglass said she learned of all these attacks weren't racial­ the bookstore, with all the Vietory March, a fitting song holds that each person, as an efforts by the National Council ly motivated, there is still a things she bought from there." considering that Patty's father image of God, possesses a basic of Churches (NCC) and the ecu­ need for solidarity and finan­ About .two dozen women graduated from Notre Dame dignity." menical Anti-Defamation cial support for churches." from Farley llall. including and her sister Kim graduated The statement urges appro­ League to colleet funds for the Added GTU PhD Yeend, attnnded a funeral Mass from Boston College. priate law enforcement agen­ afflicted communities through Representative Craig Satterlee, July 21 for Patty and Kim in "It was neat. It was fun," cies "to give highest priority to the New York Times. "We felt a need to show soli­ the Kwiats' hometown of Connell said. "It definitely had the resolution of these crimes," "We were planning to solicit darity with those affected by Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Sister and encourages faculty, staff, checks through the Anti­ the burning ... in effect to show Carrine Etheridge, rector of see KWIAT I page 4 and students to make financial Defamation League, but we fig- the unity of the body of Christ." --- ~-- ------ -- -~- - page 2 The Observer· INSIDE Wednesday, August 28, 1996 • INSIDE COlUMN • WoRlD AT A GLANCE A Dose Three days needed to determine if Edouard will hit land MIAMI about 200 miles northeast of the Hurricane Edouard continued Bahamas, bringing high waves, its trek across the Atlantic on winds and thunderstorms to the of Tuesday, but forecasters said it Hurricane Edouard islands.