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87th year, issue 5 week of Sl;PTEMBER 19, 2001 www.xu.edu!newswire/ Fire in the hole Forums hear concerns BY KATE DONNELLON vocate of bringing the fire safety · Contributing Writer program to XU. He saw the pro­ While October is the month gram and it made a bigjmpres- BY LORI GOETZINGER dedicated to fire safety, Xavier . sion on him because it was cre­ Campus News Editor students will get a jump start ated for college students. His Xavier will host two thanks to the fire safety program hope is that the program gives forums this week in or­ provided by Physical Plant, Resi~ students.a mental preparedness to der for the community del)ce Life, Campus Police and. be able to evacuate safely. to respond to the Sept. the Cincinnati Fire Department. "I think it's a great opportu­ 11 terrorist attacks. Four programs are pending in nity for all students to see what On Wednesday, various campus locatfons: Sept fire safety is all about while hav­ Sept. 19 the Xavier 20 in the Cleneay Apartments, ing fun," Owen said. Muslim Student Asso­ Sept. 24 in the Commons, Sept. 26 After students climb through ciation and the Mus- in the Villa and Oct. 2 in theVil­ the simulated fire they are able to lim"American Socjety . lage. Admission is free and no look through a thermal indicator of-Cincinnati will spon­ sign ups which picks sor a. discussion en­ are needed. ''!think they do enjoy it up body titled, "Islam · and Students heat. Many America.". are · once they get over thinking fire depart- The event will take come to it's going to be another men ts are place at 6:30 p.m. in '. participate now using Bellarmine Chapel. in the fire boringfire drill." similar tools Mehrdad Safavian, safety pro­ in order to -·Beverly Bobbitt president of the Xavier gram in find people Muslim Student Asso­ assistant director of Residence Life any·· resi­ faster. ciation and Dr. Freda dence hall. Six to IO . Shamma, a local Mus- .The program gives students firemen come to ta.lk about the lim and representative the opportunity to experience a .fire safety process. Campus Po-· from Xavier. will speak simulated fire. With the use of the­ lice also explain the alarms that at· the forum. atrical smoke,. little lighting and are in residence halls and explain Participants wi II firemen throughout the room, stu­ on-campus fire procedures. also have the opportu­ den is must get down on their Bobbitt believes the program nity. to be involved in hands and knees to leave. the hall- is so beneficial because of the prayer and a nation­ way. style. It puts students in a situa­ wide feast from sunrise Beverly Bobbitt, assistant di­ tion that could really happen in NEWSWIRE PHOTO BY SARAH RICHTER to sundown by Mus­ rector of Residence Life, finds residence halls. Xavier President Rev. Michael Graham, SJ., addresses concerns from lims in America on students really enjoy the program. Junior Suzann Johns'?n is ex­ the Xavier Community following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Thursday, Sept. 20. . "I think they do enjoy it once cited to attend one of the upcom­ On the same day, the they get over thinking it's going ing fire safety programs. She be­ Brueggeman Center for Inter­ viding the community of Cincin­ to be another boring fire drill," lieves the program will be very events and the future. We need rel igious Dialogue, Xavier's nati with an opportunity to dis­ said Bobbitt. educational' for Xavier students to listen to and dis.cuss the faith Ethics/Religion & Society pro- cuss, reflect and to pray together The theme of the safety pro­ because many times students community's response to this . gram and the Office of the· in this time of crisis," said Dr. gram is get out and stay alive. It don't take fire alarms seriously. tragedy to help us deal with it President will sponsor "Re­ is specifically geared towards "I think it's important to at­ James Buchanan, Besel Family personally, as a city and as a na­ sponding to September 11: Ar:i University Chair and professor of college students. A short video tend because the lessons are in­ tion," added Buchanan. • Interreligious Interactive Pub­ ERIS at Xavier. ·speakers from the following introduces the importance of fire valuable," said Johnson~ lic Forum for Discussion, Re- safety by showing schoc5ls such To keep up' with the fire theme, "This type of balanced, infor­ religions have been invited to . flection and Prayer," at 7 p.m. mational program will allow us a as the University of North Caro­ food such as hot wings, fireballs attend the discussion: Christian­ in the Cintas Center Banquet lina where a fire took the lives of and barbecue potato chips are forum to move beyond political ity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism Room. rhetoric and engage in reflection, five. students. available as the hour-long pro- and Buddhism. For· more infor­ "Xavier University is pro- prayer and conversation on the Steve Owen, associate direc­ gram wraps up. mation, call 745-3922. tor of Physical Plant, was a big ad-

©200lTheXavierNewswire All rights reserved NEWS: ·oP-ED: SPORTS: DIVERSIONS: .~ew~t~9fu;!!'(;/i, 1.:i;~;;J$J ~>:'14$f~.J)~1 Physics department earns Combatting ignorance . Men's soccer topples "Musketeer" not worthy Advertising (513) 745-3561 grant; new equipment on campus nationally-ranked UK of our name ~fr~ijijltipg~'.D 2~J:'.j'; (5:13))14~~3)3_0 .. Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 PAGE 3 PAGE 10 PAGE 12 PAGE 14 2 week o/SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 CAMPUS NEWS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE BRIEFS >Lori.Goetzinger, Editor >"-News Room: 745-3122. Alliance holds race,· homosexuality. panel >[email protected] BY LORI GOETZINGER ~ Campus News Editor, Hispanic heritage The Xavier Alliance held the The Office of Multicultural Af­ panel discussion, "Race and Homo­ fairs presents Hispanic Heritage sexuality: Being Gay and a Person Month from Sept. 15 through Oct. of Color," on Wednesday Sept. 12 in 15. On Friday Sept. 21, the Latin Kelley. Auditorium. Mask exhibit opens in the Cohen The two panelists included Roy Art Gallery from 1 p.m. to 2:30 Ford and Hoi Man Siu. They shared p.m. their own experiences of being gay The Latin Dance, featuring and of color and also answered ques­ Salsa Caliente, is from 9:30 p.m. tions from the audience. to 2 a.m. in the Cintas Center Ban~ ·The goal of the panel was to be quet Room on Sept. 21. inclusive of people of color in the These events are sponsored by Xavier community as well as to raise The Student Organization of awareness of these issues, according Latinos, The International Student . to Alliance President senior Chris Society, Diversity Development, Seelbach. Spanish Club and the Office of . Both Ford and Siu beiieved rac­ Mulitcultural Affairs.- For more ism and homophobia to be con­ information, call 745-3181. nected and rooted in fear and hatred. "They are integrated because in Summer study some worlds, I · am always . . . marginalized," Ford said. An information session will be According to Ford there is agreat held Sept. 24 from 1:30 P:m. to deal oftension in the black commu­ 2:45 p.m. in CBA Room 17 regard­ nity regarding homosexuality, yet at ing the Maastricht Program. Stu­ the same time racism exists within NEWSWIRE PHOTO BY DEVIN MATHIS dents travel to the Netherlands for the homosexual community. . . four weeks and study at the Uni­ The panelis.ts as well as members Roy Ford and Hoi Man Sui _share their personal opinions and life experiences as gay racial versity of:M:aastricht as wen as visit of the audience were concerned with minorties at the Alliance panel. on Wednesday, Sept: 12 in Kelley Auditorium. the. European Commii;sion. Six conditions of prejudice in the Cin­ credit hours can be earned. Bro­ cinnati area as well as within Xavier. chures, applications and financial Siu moved to Cincinnati from ber of faculty members that are The panelists included the are trying to integrate and willing aid information will be available New York City. "Cincinnati is very sponsors for the Xavier Alliance. right to have children in these to take steps to incorporate," Siu at the session. For more informa­ closed. People don't want .to talk The panel also discussed many human rights. · said. tion, contact Cindy Stockwell at about anything - . there is no dia­ issues affecting the gay community. "We can rais.e children too," Solutions to the problems fac­ 745-3131. logue," Sii.J said. Among these were marriage, fam­ Ford said. "We are all human be­ ing homosexuals of color were Ford agreed, "Large cities em­ ily and the media. ings, my sexual orientation is not more difficult to come by, although Health conference brace gays and lesbians - Cincin­ Ford and Siu spoke about the the one thing that defines me." panelists were optimistic about the nati isn't there yet," Ford said. idea of natural human rights. They An audience member raised future. Health care and community 1 leaders will meet' at a conference There are mixed views as to the do not see the rights that iare ;de­ the question of the media and "Everybody is not in one box," focusing on the future of the state of Xavier's campus. One audi­ nied to them as special rights, but asked the panelists how well they Ford said. "We have to expand the nation's hospitals on Friday Oct. ence member clearly stated that the instead as human rights. thought gays and lesbians were box." 5 in the Schiff Family Conference attitudes on campus were not wel" "When I find tha.t person, I truly · portrayed in television; Sui emphasized that individu­ Center. The progra~ will begin at coming to gay students. However, believe that I should have the right "There are a number of gay als can reach out to be more accept­ 7:30 a.m. with breakfast and will Seelbach responded that the campus to marry that person and have the characters more visible in the me­ ing and show support. He said, "You last until I 0:30 a.m. is making progress with last year's same legai rights as anyone else," dia. We would· never have seen create your own morals, do what Tickets are $80 and reserva­ welcoming statement and the num- Ford said. that a few years ago. The networks you think is right." tions can be made by calling 745- 3392. The event is sponsored by the Graduate Program in Health Services Adminstration. · Volunteers needed The Literacy Club and the cen­ ter for English as a Second Lan­ guage need student and faculty Sept. 14; 11:56 p.m. .:.:... A stu- - Sept. 17, 12:45 p.m.--,- Resi­ volunteers to work with students Police Notes dent was observed tampering with dence Life reported that someone learning English. construction barrels on the aca­ wrote graffiti in a stairwell of Volunteers will become conver- . Sept. "11; 5:33 p.m. - ISS re­ demic mall. The student was cited Kuhlman Hall. sation partners to students from ported a pager missing from the of­ for underage· consumption of alco­ around the world and ':Viii meet fice. Investigati<;>n revealed that a hol and criminal mischief. Sept. 17, 3:30 p.m. - Cam­ once a week. For more information former contract cleaning employee pus Police wheel locked a vehicle ·or to attend a training session, con­ removed the pager without author­ Sept. 15, 2: 19 a.m. - An un­ in the A Lot at Lexington Avenue. tact Madeleine Mitchell at 745- it.y. derage student was cited for public· The vehicle in question had sev­ 2979. intoxication while 'attempting to eral outstandi~g parking viola­ Sept. 12,· 10:30 p.m. -A stu­ enter Kuhlman Hall after .normal tions. The non-student owner Approac.h retreat dent inadvertently left her purse in visitation hours. and two companions removed the the basement of Edgecliff Hall. wheel lock and left campus. Sub- Sig11 up for the upcoming Nov. .When she returned, the purse was . Sept. 15, 7:50 p.m. - Cincin­ . jects were charged with o.bstruc­ Approach retreat will take 2-4 gone. It has not been returned. nati Fire Department was dis­ tion of offi'cial business, theft of · place Sept. 24 in the Campus Min­ patched to a fire alarm in the Cintas university property and criminal · istry Office. Sign up for seniors is Sept.13, 1:55 a.m. -A student Center. A small grease fire in the mischief. The boot was recovered 9 a.m. to noon, and is from. I p.m. \!{as observed by Campus Police kitchen was determined to be the in tact. to 5 p.m for sophomores and jun­ knocking over trash cans in sev­ cause. iors. The cost i!l $40-$20 should eral locations on campus. The stu­ Sept. 17, 10:45 p.m. - A Resi­ be paid at sign-up. Call Campus dent was cited for underage con­ Sept. 16, 12:09 a.m. - Cincin­ dence Life staff member detected Ministry with questions at 745- sumption of alcohol and disorderly .nati Fire Department responded to a strong odor of marijuana ema­ 3567. conduct. a fire alarm in the Commons; In­ nating from one of the Xavier Uni­ vestigation revealed that someone versity lease properties on Sept; 13, 8:35 a.m. -At 1767 discharged a chemical fire extin­ Cleanay Avenue. Four students Xavier Film Series Cleanay Ave., a student was cited guisher in a sec.ond floor hallway and one non"student were found The Xavier Film Series presents for indecent exposure wben he was sending the smoke detector into to be in possession of marijuana "The Snake Pit" on Friday, Sept. observed urinating in the parking alarm. An. investigation is pen9- and drug-related paraphernalia. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Kelley Audito- . lot. ing. The students will be referred to rium. Residence Life. THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE. CAMPUS NEWS week o/SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 · 3 .Music festival to ·s·· · • · · • • · • ·t ' . ·.. · w1ng1ng Ill SpirI benefi-t. RAINN BY LORI GOETZINGER nected to the closest of more Campus News Editor than 870 rape .crisis centers in RAINN (Rape Abuse and In­ RAINN's network. · cest·N ational Network) will ho.Id Current statistics show that a music festival on Friday, Sept. a woman in the United States is 21 at York Street Ca.fe in Newport, sexually as~aulted every two Ky. minutes. Many of these victims .. The doors will open at 7 p.m. . remain silent and do not report and music will the crime to begin at 8 p.m. authorities. Tickets can be RAINN was purchased at co-founded the door for by: . singer $10. Tori Amos Local artists and has b'een will play at the supported in benefit, includ­ the past by ing Ryan entertainers Adcock, Chris including Collier and Jennifer· Ashley Pea­ Aniston, Ani cock. Other Difranco, performers are Jewel, Lori Amey, Jen Erb and Tristen; Matchbox Twenty, Dave· Each artistis donating his 0r her Matthews, Sarah McLachlan, performance to support the cause. Alanis Morissette, Dave RAINN operates America's . Navarro and Santana. only national hotline for victims For more information about of sexual assault. The hotline, 1- the music festival, visit 800-656-HOPE, provides free, www.joshlindsey.com/rainn. NEWSWIRE PHOTO BY JACKSON GOODNIGHT confidential counseling 24 hours For more information about a day. Calls are instantly con- RAINN; go to www.rainn.org. Xavier's Swing Band performs Saturday, Sept. 15 as part of the Spirit Weekend .celebration. Physics department awarded $123,800 grant BY COLIN A. MCDERMOTT ing the school's programs, re­ consistently ranked within the. top Dr. Terry Toepker, head of the served for graduate work, but Xavier Contributing Writer search and salaries. 20percent of undergraduate insti­ physics department said, "This is does not have a physics graduate Xavier University's physics de­ Herbert wrote a proposal to the tutions in the state of Ohio because the biggest single grant the program. partment received a $123,800 NSF's Major Research Instrumen- we have strived to keep the depart­ department's probably received The machine will arrive at grant from the National Science. . tation (MRI) Program, which is a ment open and current,'.' Herbert since I've been here in· 1966." Xavier and be ready for use in· Foundation's Major Research In­ program that fi.iri.ds machines for said. Toepker cites that Xavier under­ roughly six months. It will be avail­ strumentation Program. colleges and universities. In ·his This is the first MRI grant graduates have a rare opportunity able for physics majors, of which This was made possible by Dr. proposal, he stated his intentions Xavier University has received, so to work with suchinstrumentation .. there will be about ten to fifteen stu­ Steven Herbert, associate profes­ to provide Xavier's physics de­ Xavier is pleased with this award, Such instruments are usually re- dents per semester. sor of physics. . partment with the machine, and according to Herbert. With this grant, the physics de­ subsequently received a voucher What contributes to Xavier's Schott Grill and Skyline Cart Ho~rs partment will purchase a thin film tci purchase the instrument. Ev­ programs is the fact that most of deposition system. ery year, the NSF awards about one the research is conducted by phys­ Schott Grill The thin film deposition sys­ third of the proposals they re­ ics students themselves. Further­ Monday through Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. tem is an instrument that is used to ceive. more, Xavier collaborates with the · Closed on the weekends make extremely thin films of metal, "In the last I 0 years, the de­ University of Cincinnati to share even as thin as a strand of hair. Such partment of physics at Xavier has research. - Skyline Chili Cart thin films of metal can be used as Monday through Thursday: l 0:30 a.m. to l 0:30 p.m. superconductors or microproces­ Friday: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. sors. This is not cutting edge tech­ Saturday: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. nology, but it is a hands-on oppor­ Sunday: 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. . tunity for. undergraduates. "The thin film deposition sys­ tem will significantly advance Al,.!::!!'1C Xavier's efforts to offer viable av­ enues for undergraduate students to carry out their research require­ Friday, Sept 21st: ments," Herbert said. Xavier University has been re­ At the Cintas Center ceiving grants for equipment from the John Hauck Foundation for several years, a foundation that 9:30 pm to 2:00 at11 provides funding for certain uni­ versity programs. Herbert informed the founda­ Free dance lessons!! ·Call for prices·Ystudent discounts! tion he wanted to acquire a thin (From 9:30pm tWb Xavier University Campus Profile FACULTY/STAFF Cognitive abilities PSYCHOLOGY PR()FESSOR DR. CYNTHIA DULANEY FINDS INSPIRATION IN HER STUDENTS AND HER JOB.

BY MELISSA A. MOSKO Krrowing that she didn't want · t;rything "gel" at the end of a se­ News FeaturesEditor to go l'tito the.clinical side of psy~ mester. Students, without even re­ Dr. Cynthia Dulaney. might not chology, a national job search led alizing it, take part in the very thing have always wanted to be a profes­ Dulaney to Xavier, and with no fa­ they are studying. sor, but It was her love of learning milial ties in the area, she came ''just . Dulaney describes her job as fun that brought her to Xavier Univer­ for the job.'' · almost 90 percent' of the time. The sity in the fall of 1994. One of Dulaney's favorite as­ other 10 percent would· rather be What was her response to what pects of an academic lifestyle at spent with her husband and .two~ she had come to know as "boring" Xavier is that she never has to stop year-old son who has cerebral . Ohio? "I like this place. · palsey . "I never thought that I would '.'When I had my son, it opened end up in Ohio, but coming off the ... a whole different world to me," she freeway I was impressed," she said. '1fyou .think about said. "It adds a personal touch to "Cincinnati is a really pretty· the ·different things I present in . town." everything, we are class." : · Dulaney began her "love of Although her son's young age ftl . ;; learning" at Jacksonville State fascinating and . may not influence her teachin.g ' University,· where she found a amazing creatures. much now, she suspectS that as he home in the study of psychology. grows and develops, his life ~ill "If you think about everything, ~have an amazing filter even more into the classroom. we are fascinating and amazing . Just because she is a psycho!­ . creatures," she said. "We have an ability." . _ogy professor doesn't mean that she understands student woes more amazing ability." - Dr. Cynthia Dulaney She continued her education at than any other professor. the University of Alabama, where deptartment of psychology "I hope that students see me as she earned her Masters, focusing open and· attentive to their needs on memory capacity and spatial and. a good listener,'' she said,. location. Dulaney remained in Ala- . learning. "These characterisitics could be a bama for her doctorate in psychol­ "I never really wanted to get out function of my background in psyc ogy. of school - I just never wanted to chology." "I went back to school to learn leave," she said. "Learning is a Over the past seven years at

about behavior," she said. "I was good lifestyle." Xavier; Dulaney has seen her own NEWSWIRE PHOTO really interested in how we, as hu­ One of the interesting aspects of progress in teaching, but she ad­ man beings, process information being a psych~logf professor, ac­ mits that sometimes "you never feel Dr. Cynthia Dulaney, department of psychology, has a passion for learning and the study of our minds. and remember things." cording to Dul~ney, is seeing ev- . like you did it well enough." ·CROWD A passion for writing Xavier University Campus Profile . " FACULTY/STAFF .

BRETT SINGER -: ENGLISH TEACHER AND AUTHOR - EXPLORES HER OWN LIFE AND RELIGION IN HER NOVELS.

BY MELISSA 'A. MOSKO ings, I'm simply a writer who feels courses in Studies in Fiction, Stud­ News Features Editor · compe/led to write about her·own ies in Women's Literature, English. life.''. Composition, Introduction to Po­ Brett Singer, a visiting profes- · -Singer began her academic etry and Creative Writing. sor in the English department, de­ lifestyle when she went to Stanford With her experience at Stanford, fines herself as a writer before a . University to get. · and thr~ugh teacher. her Master's. oth~r teaching "Wlien I was a young girl, I "I went to get opportunities, would make believe that I was a a degree in cre­ Singer has French teacher,'' she said, "but there ative writing," "When I was a found she were other things I wanted to do - she said. "Then young girl I would likes to work I wanted to be.a writer." they offered me a· with the Singer ·has since lived out her section of an un­ make believe that I younger stu­ dream. She has published two dergraduate ere- dents rather books and is currently working on ative writing was a French teacher, than graduate a third. course." students. She "I like writing non-fiction, "Before l but there were other feels there is memoire-istic types of novels," knew it, I had a things I wanted to do more focus on· Singer said. "I've been working on three year lecture­ the writing it­ a very long novel for a very long ship at Stanford -1 wanted to be a self with time.'' I never· . ,, younger ''.My first novel, somewhat au­ thought I would writer. classes. tobiographical - it was about my be lucky enough "I started boyfriend dying when I was 19 - to teach there," - Brett Singer out really it was a young love story, bui a se­ she said. department of~nglish great," she · NB11SllVIREPHOTO Singer sees her said, "and like riuus story, not a romance," she said. Brett Singer; department of English, gets lost in reality and finds career as a service most womGn, I Singer's second novel is about direction in the truth of her own novels. two "nice" girls from New Jersey to students .. "I found a big who become prostitutes and set make fun of - middle class Jews own life there are a lot of pitfalls - like to feel that I am useful to the hole in my resume where a family . themselves against all the political and their culture,'' Singer said, Jew­ like upsetting people in your life students,'' she said. "I don't know fits in.'' nuttiness of the 60's and 70's. ish herself. "I use a lot of gallows and sometimes being too honest. if many people view it as a service Singer also balances ,the de­ "They wind up marrying two humor, and try to write to the best ''I'. m somewhat of a confessional anymore.'' mands of an academic profession Jewish doctors, but this one isn't of my ability." writer," she said. "The second· novel Singer realizes that her sucesses with the needs of her family. like the first; it's not autobiographi" Singer admits that sometimes didn't mean as much to me because have come somewhat backwards "That's really where I am now," cal,'' she joked. she wishes she wrote fiction, be­ it wasn'taboutmy life. I don't write from what is normal. she said. "Right now I am a mother "I like to write about - and cause when a writer portrays their about my life to figure out my feel- At Xavier, Singer has taught before a teacher and a writer." THEXAVIER NEWSWIRE WORLD NEWS week of SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 5 FBI expands list of people to be questioned

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BY LENNY SAVINO •jacking of four comme.rcial jet lin­ Knight-Ridder Nqvspapers ers last week. Two of those planes crashed into the World Trade WASHINGTON - The list of Center's twin towers in New York people whom the FBI would like and the third. irito the Pentagon to question about last Tuesday's ter- . outside Washington. A fourth plane ror attacks .in New York and Wash- crashed in western· Pennsylvania, · ington has nearly doubled from I 00 apparently after its passengers tr.ied to 185 names, with investigators . to retake it from the hijackers. In­ turning to airlines, rail carriers, ho- vestigators believe. that plane· was. tels and car rental agencies to help. t.o have targeted_ the Capitol rn them find those who are onit, a U.S. Washington. official familiar with the lisf said .. Monday. . SEARCHING FOR CLUES The official said letters includ- · ing the 185 names would be sent to Since the hijackings, investiga~ all major tran~portation carriers. tors have arrested four peqple as "This way if one of the individuals material witnesses and are holding on the list does try to apply f9r train · another 49 on immigration viola- tickets or make a plane reservation, . tions, investigators said. Investiga­ that notification would be made to tors have not disclosed what liriks (the FBI)," said t~e official, who re­ they. believe those being held had quested· anonymity. to the .hijackings and crashes. The official who disclosed the size of FULL COOPERATION the list cautioned that not all those on it may. have been directly in­ It was unclear how.many, if any, volved, but may simply have "in-. agencies had received the letters, · formation that would be helpful for but one car rental company, Hertz this case." • BY HARRY HAMBURG, NEW YORK. DAILY NEWS Rent a Car Corp., said it would hap­ Several of the people detained pily share such information with were traveling when they were President Bush (left, with arm raised) toured· the rubble of the World investigators. seized, including a pair of Indian Trade Center on Friday after the devastating terrorist ·attacks on New York "'\Ve;ll cooperate in absolutely men found by drug agents on an and Washington, D.C. any way we're.asked to," said Rich Amtrak train i~ San Antonio cfil-ry­ Broome, Hertz's vice president of ing box cutters and $5,000 in cash. Negras, across from Eagle Pass, after learning they were linked ers to seek employment as trans­ corporate affairs. 'They can depend The pair had boarded a plane Tues­ Texas. He told authorities he was to Osama bin Laden and had en­ lators with the FBI. on us." He said, however, that the day morning that was leaving New­ Brazilian, but he speaks no Portu­ tered the United States. He said U.S. agencies in general have company had not yet received the ark (N.J.) International Airport for guese or Spanish,. and authorities the efforts to find the~ were been criticized for some time for names, although its security direc­ San Antonio. When all U.S. flights t~ink his documents may have thwarted, because neither man not having enough Arabic-speak~ tor had been told to expect the list. were ordered to land after the at­ been falsified. indicated on· immigration forms ing employees to gather intelli­ A spokesman for Holiday Inns tacks, their plane was diverted to FBI Director Robert Mueller where he would be staying in gence on terrorist groups or to in­ said that company, too, would co­ St. Louis, where they got on the declined to comment on specific New York. The two were aboard vestigate tips. Farsi is spoken in operate. Other companies did not Amtrak.train for Texas. allegations against any of the de­ one of the airliners that crashed ·Iran, which has been accused of return phone calls. .The FBI is also being alerted to. tained people. But he did confirm int<> the World Trade Center. supporting terrorist operations . Finding the people on the list a number of-people detained out­ that th~ FBI had tried to find two of Mueller also gave. an indica­ Mueller, calling the need for in­ has become a top priority for inves­ side the United States: In Me~ico, the men it has identified as being tion of the handicaps the FBI faces terpreters desperate, even gave out tigators as they try to piece .to­ authorities held a. man identified among the hijackers - Khalid al in conducting the probe, issuing a phone a.umber for would-be ap­ gether the events that led to the hi- as Imad SalamAbded, 26, in Piedras . Mihdhar .and Nawaf al Hamzi. - a call for Arabic ~nd Farsi speak- plicants, 1-866-483-5137: Pilots prepare to defend planes against hijackers

BY MIKE MCGRAW. AND SETH Aggressive defense tactics for tected at all costs, regardless of the new face of hijacking should strapped in, especially hijackers, BORENSTEIN pilots· would be· a ·dramatic what. kinds of security breaches' make them consider. depressuriz­ to float· or be banged against the Knight-Ridder Newspapers change. In the past, the hijacking have o,ccurred, or are occurring ing the airplane, going into steep floor, disabling them, Polay said. WASHINGTON -'-- America's strategy has been to cooperate; in the back of the aircraft," maneuvering to disabie attackers. If pilots do nothing to stop hi­ commercial pilots say they're pre­ land ·safely wherever the hijacker : Stephen Luckey,' a pilot and Such measures "are logical jackers, "the plane will be an in­ pared to turn their cockpits into ·wanted and generally minimize chairman of the union's security things th<.tt an air crew could do strument of war; it's a bomb," Polay foxholes the next time ·a suicidal conflict. Now, given suicidal ter­ committee wrote in last week's very simply," said Eric Doten, a said. hijacker wants to commandeer a rorists who ram jets into public memo. former senior FAA advisor and di­ The pilots' union f'.mbraces the plane. buildings, pilots - many of them If the cockpit is' breached, rector of the Center for Aerospace idea of putting armed escorts on. Flight crews are exploring ag­ ex-military .fliers - say they have Luckey said, "pilots must be both Safety Education at. Embry­ carriers, as well as adding deadbolt gressive defense tactics such as to be ready to fight. mentally and physically prepared Riddle's campus in Daytona locks to cockpit doors, providing wielding emergency crash axes as to take the life of a cockpit in­ Beach, Fla. enhanced security briefings to all weapons during attacks and using truder." crewmembers before flights and the awesome power of the plane it­ It's not just talk. working harder to profile and self to keep terrorists off-balance, Shortly after last week's screen potential hijackers. pilots and aviation experts said. On ''Now we will hijackings, an airline crew still in ''Pilots must· be Pilots may have to ask passen­ Monday, the pilots' union plotted flight summoned an off-duty pilot gers for help and they must have strategies in a nationwide security · defend the cockpits at from the cabin to guard the cock­ both mentally and the resolve to .protect the cock­ briefing as they. considered .new all costs. " pit with an axe in case hijackers pit, even if passengers or approaches for defending cockpits. tried to break in, said Mike Polay, physically prepared to crewmembers are threatened, "Now we will defend the cock­ - U.S. Airways First an aviation safety professor at take the life ofa said Douglas R. Laird; a former pit at all costs," U.S. Airways First Officer Roy Freundlich Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Uni­ Secret Service agent who now Officer Roy Freundlich said as com­ versity in Prescott, Ariz. He said cockpit intruder. " consults with airlines on security mercial air traffic tried to return to a pilot involved told him of the - Stephen Luckey, issues. normal following last week's sui­ incident. Laird, a vice president with BGI airline pilot cide attacks on the World Trade Last week, the Air Line Pilots "I'm sure that was probably (the International Consulting Services Center and the Pentagon Association sent a safety bulle­ case) in many aircraft when they in Washington, said of the tactics Pilots may soon have help, On tin to its 67,000 members, telling were told to go ahead and defend needed: "When the flight attendant Monday, Attorney General John them to consider "drastic aircraft themselves," Palay said. "You Depressurizing the cabin. calls from rear deck and says a ter­ Ashcroft said numerous federal maneuvering designed to keep hi­ know pilots are resourceful." could cause people not wearing rorist has a knife to her throat, the agents would be flying on commer­ j ~ckers ·off-balance and ~way The pilots' union - whose supplemental oxygen to pass out, pilot has to have the resolve to say, cial jets to help guard against ter­ from the cockpit," among other . president is on a new federal Polay said. Drastic maneuvering 'I am landing the plane.'" rorists, as he urged Congress to en­ measures. cockpit security task force - - sudden climbs, dives and turns act new anti-terrorism laws. "The cockpits should be pro- told members in the memo that - could cause people not ,. •'t' 6 week of SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 WORLD NEWS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE Americans prepare for new ·ch~Jlenges . . . . - . . - -.. .· ~.. -~'l\;1:'~:l~ . STOCK MARKET TAKES A DIVE AS PRESIDENT BUSH CALLS FOR CAPTURE OF O.SAMA BIN LADEN AND SENDS U~TIMATUM TO THE TALIBAN

BY MARTIN MERZER World Trade Center collapsed. . America Trans Air, 1,500. Knight-Ridder Newspapers The resulting economic shock Continental said last week that wave began to rumble Monday. it will layoff 12,000 workers. Ail­ WASHINGTON~ Stock prices.· The Federal Reserve unexpect- ing Midway Airlines shut down plunged, three· more airlines an- edly slashed a key sh,ort-term inter­ shortly after the attacks. nounced major layoffs and Presi- est rate by halfa point to 3 percent, The White House said Bush will dent Bush demanded the capture far down from 6.5 percent at the meet Tuesday with top executives of Osama bin Laden "dead or alive" beginning of this year. · of several airlines, and Attorney as fresh challenges Monday con" The Fed's eighth rate reduction General John Ashcroft announced fronted Americans determined not of 2001 was intended to bolster that federal agents would ride' shot­ . to be terrified by terrorism. confidence and the economy, but gun aboard some commercial air­ "I want justice," Bush said of bin stock prices plummeted as trading liners. Typically, federal agents are Laden, the extremist leader and resumed after the longest morato­ arined. prime suspect in last_ week's cata-. < rium since the Great Depression. Ashcroft also called fcir legisla­ strophic attacks on the World At one point, the Dow Jones In- tion ·that would allow authorities Trade Center and the Pentagon.· dustrial Average was down a record · to impose wiretaps on people wher­ "There's an old poster out West 721.56 points. It closed at 8i920.70, ever they roam. Now, they can tap that said, 'Wanted, dead. or alive.'" down 684.81 points for the day, a only specific telephones. Bush said. · loss of7.I percent. The NASDAQ "We need these tools to fight the Bin Laden apparently remains. average fell to 1,579.55, a loss of terrorism threat which exists in the in a hideout in Afghanistan, 6.8 percent. United States," Ashcroft said .. BY ROBERT ROSAMILIO, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS shielded by that nation's hard-line Both indexes sank to levels not Taliban regime. Taliban-run radio seen since 1998. 11ELP FROM ABROAD reported that a council of lslamie The American flag hangs before the New York Stock clerics would meet Tuesday to de­ AIRLINES HIT HARD ·Many eyes turned to Asia, where Exchange in lower Manhatt~n on Sunday. The stock cide whether to hand over bin. diplomats from neighboring Paki- market reopened on Monday and prices plummeted. Laden to the west, but no sign Airline stocks suffered particu- stan urged Afghanistan's leaders to· emerged that they were ready to larly, with some losing more ti}an surrender bin Laden and spare their orchestrated and financed last must lose their sanctuaries and face surrender him. 40 percent of their value. Several nation and region the retaliatory week's suicide assaults, which trans- their fates.· major airlines have announced 20 fury that Bush has threatened. formed jetliners into guided mis- "The people who think they can ·AFTERSHOCKS percent cuts in s.chedules after last ,The Taliba11 began moving . siles,that destroy~d the twin-tO.o/,- provide them safe havens will be week's hijackings, and exec1,1tives weapons, iricluding Russian Scud ered trade center and wrecked a .. held accouhtable," Bush said. "The About 5,300 people are missing said they lost $1 billion in busi- missiles, near Afghanistan's border wing of the Pentagon. people who feed them will be held and presumed dead in the most le­ ness last week. with Pakistan, a nuclear power. Pa- Throughout the day, Bush and accountable. And the Taliban must thal and ruinous crime ever com­ U .S. Airways said Monday that , kistan· 'effectively closed its .880- . his administration tightened the take my statemerit seriously." mitted against American civilians. it will lay off 11,000 people, 24 per- mile border even as Afghan refu­ pressure on Afghanistan's leaders Secretary of State Colin Powell said cent of its work force; America West gees streamed toward it. and placed them on notice: Bin 37 nations lost citizens when the. . Laden and other terrorism.suspects will eliminate 2,000jpp~- .an~ , :~ . J~\11):-adfn. i~J:ieli~y,e~ t~ .,h~xe. . .•· ·1.···. ."· .:·:~ ' . - ,• ··. •'' -:.•.'",, • : .~ 1. .: ···-~'. !"!:''~ ...... '"°f~ ., .:~ -~··' ~· .,,....__t•:: Bush visits Islam· Center, calls for national unity . . . ·.. .- - . .. ,' .. . ·, ... BY SUMANA CHATTERJEE ion, with scarves, long sleeves and . Sodhi, then shot up aMobil gas Knight-Ridder Newspapers· long skirts to avoid public places. station owned by Lebanese immi­ "I can't go outside. I think I will grants and then the home of an uni­ WASHINGTON - As dozens of . get thl'.eatened or maybe killed be­ dentified Afghan immigraQt. anti-Muslim incidents were. being _. c'ause·. of what· happened," said Roque· is being held on- a $1 mil" reported around the country, Presi:_ Azi~a Sobh; 16, ~junior at Fordson liOn bond. dent Bush visited a mosque Mon­ - High School in Dearborn, Mich. Roque reportedly said, "I stand . day to urge Americans not to ha­ · .She spent the· w~ekend inside for America all the way," as he was rass Muslims and Arab-Americans. her home, afraid to go to the mall, a . handcuffed Satutday. night. after terrorist attacks at the World movie or even to a restaurant to eat. Trade Center and the Pentagon·. "Woinen who cover their heads GOVERNMENT CRACKS "In our anger and emotion, our in this country must feel comfort­ DOWN fellow Americans must treat each able going outside their homes," other with respect," Bush said dur­ Bush said Monday at the. Islamic ·~he Justice Departmenrwiff ag­ ing his visit to the Isl.amic Center Center. "Moms who wear cover gressively investigate and pros­ _of Washington. must not be intimidated in America. ecute hate crimes, Muell~r s~id. "Those who feel they can intimi­ That's not the America I know.11mt's. "Vigilante atta~ks and threats date our fellow Americans by tak­ not the America I value," the presi­ against Arab-Americans will riot be. ing out their anger, they don't rep­ dent said. tolerated." resent the best of America." People who have no connection Mueller said he has asked his Bush's visit to the mosque came to the Middle East or to Islam have 56 field offices to reach out to the amid a flood of reports about vio­ also been harassed. . Arab-American communities. He lence against Muslims ·and i_mmi­ · On Monday, local authorities in also announced a recruitment drive . BY 'CHUCK KENNEDY, KNIGHT-RIDDER TRIBUNE grants in the United States. Mesa, Ariz., charged Frank Roque, for people who are proficient iri 42, with one count of first-degree Arabic and the languages of Af­ Bush spoke on·Mondayfrom the 111osque atthe HATE CRIME RISES Pr~ident murder for the death of Balbir Singh ghanistan. Islam Center in Washington, D.C. He condemned the recent Sodhi, 49, an Indian immigrant who TheArabAmerican Institute and outbreak of .hate crimes against Arab-Americans and Muslim­ The Council on American-Is­ was shot Saturday outside a Chev­ other groups met last week with lamic Relations said it has verified ron gas station. that he owned.-Po­ Ralph Boyd, head of the J~stice Americans following last week's attacks. 350 attacks and tbreats since Tues­ lice said they have no suspects in a Depar~ment's Civil Rights Divi­ day. The FBI is investigating· 40 second murder: Waqar Hasan, 4 7, a sion; ·to discuss the harassment nocent people because they have "But_ we are peaceful people ... Why possible hate crimes involving al­ Pakistani immigrant grocery store problem.And the U.S. Commission Arab backgrounds or are Mus-· do people want to add more people leged attacks on Arab-Americans owner in Dallas. FBI Director Rob­ on Civil Rights has set tip a Na­ Ii ms. to the lists of the dead?" he asked, and their institutions, said FBI Di­ ert Mueller said the murders could tional Complaint Line at 1-800- Harjit Singh Sodhi said his sobbing during a telephone inter­ rector Robert Mueller. On Monday, "possibli' be ethnically motivated. 552-6843 to receive calls from older brother fit a profile. view. the Islamic Center of San Diego re­ Roque is also charged with four people who have been harassed. "People think we look like ported to CAIR that .a bomb had counts of attempted first-degree But lllany Arab-Americans also · Osama bin Laden because his de­ exploded at their facility. It was murder and three counts of drive­ fear the FBI is guilty of some ha­ scription fits our description. We unclear how serious the attack was. by-shooting. Authorities say he rassment. wear turbans and beards," said Muslim leaders have cautioned took his black, Chevy SI 0 pickup They charge the agency with Sodhi, a member of the Sikh reli­ women who dress ii1 Islamic fash- and drove first to a Chevron, shot "ethnic profiling," picking up in- gious minority from Punjab, India. THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE week of SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 7 •

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>Erin. Nevius, Editor >email: [email protected] - S T A F F E D I ·y 0 R I A L - Fight against ignorance_ As much as we want it to go we all came. from another country away, the horror of last Tuesday with possibly different cultural and did happen, and now we are left religious beliefs. America prides it­ to deal with the feelings of Joss, self on being a melting pot where tol­ anger, sadness and even hate: erance supposedly thrives'. Where has Needless to say, the victims and it been this last week? their families have been deeply Threats have also been made in scarred by this atrocity, but so Cincinnati. We ~ave a social and ·have other groups of Americans moral responsibilty. as Xavier stu­ -Arab-Americans and Muslims. dents to be educated - t6 be a voice Small, igno- · of reason and rant groups of speak out citizens around (~~ have a social against igno­ the country rance .. have failed to and·moral Forfunately, recegnize that Xavier has made Arab-Ameri­ responsibilty as· the education cans have do­ part easy. Today, nated money, Xavier students to. be in Bellarmine blood and educated- to be.a; Chapel at 6:30 prayer just as · p.m., the Muslim l E.T T E R S T H E E D T 0 R selflessly as the voice ofreason and;' StuderitAssocia­ next American speak out against ti on and ·the in the past ,, Muslim Ameri­ week. Instead, ignorance. can Society Tragedy speaks to all some unedu­ pre~ent "Islam & cated few have •America: Where As our nation settles in the af­ affected. Everyone knows sorneone the tragedy, its power has struck chosen to focus Does Islam Truly termath of Tuesday's tragedies, we in New York or Washington, some­ close to the-hearts-of Americans. on ethnicity and have unjustly Stand?" are faced with a variety of contra­ one who works for the government, In those stunned and shocked placed blame and'sought revenge Also, the Brueggeman Center, the dictions. In a nation that stands who was working or will be, or a first few moments after the tragedy, on innocent Americans. ERIS Program and the President's Of­ for freedom, thousands lie trapped pilot, or someone who was flying, my mind raced to every person I Last week, Arab-Americans fice are sponsoring a public forum within the confines of the very or who has a boyfriend or brother in· knew· who might be in harm's way. and Muslims were threatened, on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. in the buildings central to free capitalism. the military as we prepare to "de- My first thoughts went to my physically attacked and even Cintas Center Banquet Room. The In the era of technology, where one . clare war.on terrorism." Everyone boyfriend's parents, because I knew murdered. In Dallas, shots were forum wifl incorporate discussion, re-. can watch the Twin Towers fall can relate in some way to this trag­ there was a high probability they · fired through the windows of.the flection and prayer about last week's from 30 different angles on the edy. could be on a plane. . Muslim Religious Center. In Ari­ tragedy. Representatives from va.ri­ Internet, all of this tragedy began This tragedy has struck America . . . Jµs.t tq \

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. BY ADAM·ZIEMKIEWICZ When "The Three Stooges" aired alize the laughter he and I share •:~vi.ryone,-k~ows Y:ou,:have to. · ._ .. Th.ere. a(~ ,oth~r- goals :to the Social commentator around the time of the Great De­ may combat the stµpidity of so ef(er,gise tq ke¢p_ yo4iself fit and men_~or: ,pi:pgr;am at .:Xavier). It is time to laugh in the face of · pression, they not only offered so­ many. healthy.: 'Ir' 'Yo'u ·don't; ·the. R.O;T.C. :battalion~-- The.reason _a. disaster. cial commentary, but also often· · dr~a~bd.'.'I;r~shm~h isi-·'bec9iri~s fresh.man.is pair_edupwith a senior. Last Tuesday, we could not es~ served as the country's means ~f ' ,' ~ fixh:ire'to your otherwise bliss~ . is to h~iP,,thatcadet feel\v~lco01e; ' cape the reality. Televisions across escape. Depression Era short films '-'@booy. Xavierll.Q~T;C isk~p~· . n.<>t only. to.the,b~ttalion, put.also the country aired the events. News showed the downtrodden battling "It just so happens . _'fog tllo'se extra.poun(is. ~t-bay at Xavier '(Jniversity. ·Thesenfors was·onevery station.- Except two. the' wealtl1y, as Larry, Curly arid that what makes us - -:With~ new Ph)~sical Training pro~ . know hoW;·the battaiion works and·. Nickelodeon ·maintained their Moe would enter a rich man's . gram geared toward~ the endur~ · whatthe fresh.f!ien .¥e exp~cte~ to programming; with an obvi6us'in- . home to paint it and end up ruin­ humari is our frailty,· . ance arid strength of ttie cadets, know: .nio~~frit is part ofthe CMatt·Miller, Editor Sports' role· in ··tragedy· >Sports Desk: 745,-2878 >XUSPORTS@HOTMAIL(OM ·Where does itfitin at a time like this? . BY MATT MILLER when this great tragedy was still on . This is not to say these abhor- · Athletic games Sports Editor · the minds of everyone. rent acts are to be forgotten, but itis canceled With the events. that occurred The J,ogisdcs of getting players important not to dwell. upon the ··. -··sportsJ;dirol\;{Y! . . /."· :'.'; Xavier's volleyball; men's last Tuesday, sports understand­ · to the stadiums for their games be­ sadness related to what has hap­ · and women's soccer teams and· . ably took a backseat in most came impossible lo accomplish pened at the World Trade Center and

BY MATI MILLER the January confer~nce season." BY JOE ANGOLIA Sports Editor With the addition of Richmond, Editor-in-Chief the A-10 will be returning to the · · New head coach Thad Matta has two-divis_ion format in which put together one of the Muskies' Xavier will f3:ce its West Division Thad Matta's job just got most challengir:ig schedule~ ever for counterparts in home-and-away harder. The NCAA has declared the upcoming· season. The men's matchups, while facing its East Di­ freshtnari forward Will Caudle -a . team will face 13 teams that played - vision foes only once. partial qualifier, making him il'\­ iri last year's postseason, including Matta will be learning about the eligible for play this season. seven NCAA Tournam~nt tearris. teams along with his players. "it's a big loss for our ball Things get star.ted on Homecom­ "There are some great players in this club," said senior forward Kevin ing Weekend with· a game against league, butthat's about.as much as Frey. "It's really disappointing . Coastal Carolina, but the Muskies ., I know right now. I'ye seen a few. We were· counting on him for .face their first test the next week­ · tapes and I can tell that it will be a some quality minutes." end in Indianapolis as they battle very competitive confen.~nce from In June, the NCAA came to the Missouri. Coach Quin Snyder's Ti­ top to bottom." decision that Caudle was a half­ gers have been ranked as high as XU is scheduled to play I 0 credit short in English require- third in some preseason polls. games on national or regional tele- . men ts. Caudle spent his freshman Other noriconference road games . vision this season, including three year at Indianapolis Roncalli be­ include trips to Miami (OH), Purdue on ESPN (UC, Temple and UMass) fore transferring fo Warren Cen­ and Creighton. The home slate is an_d two on ESPN2 (Dayton and tral. The NCAA has determined .. PHOTO COURTESY OF NEWSWIRE ARCHIVE highlighted by games with Wiscon­ Temple). The Temple game is the an English course taken by CaudJ~ ~ith inexperience· behind him, senior Kevin. Frey will· be looked sin, Kent State and Cincinnati's first only one that will no.t be played at at Roncalli doesn't meet"its stan­ ti:> for bigminutes this.season. Frey is recovering VI/ell from off­ appearance at the Cintas.Center in Xavier. dards. season surgery. the Crosstown Sh_ootout. . The Muskies are also scheduled Pending an appeal by the uni­ About · the difficult to play five games on Atlantfo 10 versity, Caudle will be restdcted XU frontcourt features redshirt After being sidelined for nearly nonconference schedule, coach TV. WB 64 has not yet announced to practicing with the team, un­ fresh!J'lan Anthony Coleman and six weeks - he had two abnormal Matta stated, "Playing an aggres­ its local television schedule for the able to suit up for any game ~c- . fourth~year. walk-on James Baronas. bone growths and a ligament re­ sive non-conference schedule is a upcoming year. No times are avail­ tion. Caudle passed two English "Jantes will get some serious moved from his left ankle - Frey great way to prepare us for the chal­ able for the games because the tele­ courses· at Xavier this summer;· playing time when we play teams hopes to be folly recovered from lenges of the Atlantic 10 Confer­ vision schedule 'must still be final­ which could give weight to XU's loaded with big· men," said Frey. the injury that bothered him last ence. I look at our schedule and I ized by the Atlantic 10. appeal. "Anthony has• the ability to play season., . say that we will be prepared to play While the situation is· similar the three-, four- or even five-spot. "It's coming around pretty well. ·in any environment as we head into to that of junior Lionel Chalmers, · He'll find time in the rotation some- It definitely feels a'lol better than it who was dedared a partial quali- where." did last week," said Frey; fier in his first year, the loss of With the relative inexperience "Somedays I push it and it's sore. Caudle could prove devastating of Baronas and Coleman, the Mus- Somedays lpush it and it's fine. But to the Musketeers. keteers may be forced to lean on the more I push it, the better it will With depth questions already Frey and West even more this year. become overall." . hounding this year's squad; the Barring foul trouble, XU's only vet- Frey began shooting baskets Xmen are now reduced to just nine eran post players· may be expected· again last Wednesday. He will be . scholarship players for the 2001- to deliver40 minutes a night. allowed·to jog to an extent next 2002 season·. "If that's what it takes," said Frey, week, with moderate scrimmages "The depth is a concern,. hut . "I don't know too many people who. thro~n in the followin'gweek ...· · only in the frontcourt. We're deep want to come out of the gam~ any- ·By the time practice rolls at every otherpositio11," said Frey. way. We (Dave and I) really think around; Frey, who is on the verge "We've got guys that are inexpe- that we can handle the pressure." of joining the Musketeers .1,()()0.:. rienced just like we've got guys .. point club,. should be back' to ruii INJURY REPORT strength. 2'. .that are experienced. Hopefully this will pull our team together.'~ Frey, the only starting senior on "I'm going to get back to ioo Past Frey and Atlantic 1O the squad, is maki11g progress re­ percent,'~ said Frey. "I won't accept · Player-of-the-Year David West, the_ covering from off-season surgery. anything less."

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Flag Football · ··Softball Soccer. Wednesday, Sept. 19 Monday, Sept. 24 · Sunday, Sept. 23 5 p.m. The Fighters vs. D.A. 5 p.m. The Hounds vs. Sluggos 3 p.m. Porkopolis vs. Xunited Pitt . 5 p.m. Sobczek vs. Softball 4 p.m. Kloss vs. Los Borrachos 5 p.m, Exhibit X vs. Team Smith Furey 6 p.m. Porkopolis vs. TBA 6 p.m Beirut Cappers vs. Juicio Tuesday, Sept. 25. Golf Scramble 'i p.m. UTEP vs. The Beasts 5 p.m. No Glove, No Love vs. There will be a two-man golf Goonies scramble on Friday, Sept.· 28 a~ Thursday, Sept 20 5 p.m. Fighting Fitzpatrick vs. Avon Field Golf Course. Tee 5 p.m. Porkopolos vs. Gummy Bears · time.availability begins at 4 . Keggers 6 p.m. Team Anthony vs. TBA p.m. Sign ups are available at 5 p.m. Tunaboat vs. Novak 6 p.m. Gozer vs; TBA O'Connor Sports· Center. 6 p.m. Top Gun vs. Ten 2 One

All flag football and soccer games will be played at the new intramural .fields. Softball games will be played at Sherman Fields at the corner of Sherman Avenue and Victory Parkway. Participants are asked to arrive at the intramural field 15 minutes before the start of their scheduled contest with their All Card. In case of inclement weather, all game decisions will be made 60 minutes before start of games. If you have any questions, feel free to call the Recreational Sports office at 745-2856. 14 week of SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 DIVERSIONS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE BRIEFS M 0 V E R E V E W. >Brian Faust, Editor 'The Musketeer' on the. brink ·or shambles >Diversions Desk: 745-2878 >[email protected] CLASSIC REMAKE LEAVES·FANS DISAPPOINTED, SHAMING THE NAME .OF. OUR BELOVED MASCOT

BY MIKE KOHLBECKER drunken has-beens. RAINN festival Diversions Editor The scene is set for D'. Artagnan RAINN (Rape Abuse and Incest Alexander Dumas must be roll- to make a triumphant entrance and National Network) is holding a . ing in his grave.It is quite a feat to save Paris from all its woes. music festival on Friday, Sept. 21 sap all the energy and intrigue out My my, where to even start with at York Street Cafe. of his classic novel, but "The.Mus­ the shortcomings of "The Doors open at 7 p.m. and the keteer" manages to do it ... very Musketeer's?" Perhaps we can start show begins at 8 p~m. Ticket prices well, I might add. with the cast. Never have I seen a are $10 and can be purchased at "The Musketeer" tells the story cast so disinterested, Maybe "bor­ the door. ' of D' Artagnan, a young man hell­ ing" is more like it. Justin· Some of the local acts perform­ bent on two things: Becoming a Chamber's portrayal ofD' Artagnan ing include Chris Collier, Ashley Musketeer and avenging his is one that lacks even a shred of Peacock, Ryan Adcock and Tris ten,·· father's death (of course, all you passion or intensity. Instead what Proceeds from this show go to­ Xavier Muske- we see is an wards RAINN. For more informa­ teers out there actor going· tio'n visit www.joshlinds~y.com/ should know through the rainn .. this). motions, When our memorizing hero arrives in and regurgitat­ Paris to join ing lines. It ranks with the doesn't help One of the more impressive fight scenes from the otherwise dull king's elite sol­ that his face is "Musketeer:' Oktoberfest Dayton diers, he finds a hidden during The Dayton Art Institute's city on the brink many of the Oktoberfest, one of the Miami of chaos. Cardi­ fight scenes try between the two is the. worst a wine cellar (complet~ with lad­ Valley's largest festivals, will cel­ n al Richelieu, . (most likely . since Julia Roberts and Lyle ders), they are impressive to the ebrate its 30th anniversary on Sept. while posing as because of a Loyett. poin.t where some of them could've. 29- 30. the king's ally, stunt double). There is one element of "The lasted for hours. Held throughout the museum is secretly orchestrating his take­ Likewise; Mena Suvari is a love Musketeer" that barely keeps this Wi.thout the action, though, and its grounds, Oktoberfest will over of France. The M.usketeers, interest with no personality what­ wreck from falling apart-the fight "The Musketeer" is lifeless. Save feature the.Mead Family Fest area, who should be protecting the king, soever: no charm, no sense of hu­ scenes. Whether it be a fight all up your money, another version will open from noon until 7 p.m., and have been reduced to a group of mor, no nothing. And, the c.hemis- and down a tower wall or a duel in probably be along soon. will offer parents and kids of all ages a wide variety of educational RESTAURANT R E V E W hands-on activities. Presented by the Miller Brew­ ing Company, Oktoberfest 2001 Yo.no quiero Taco Bell esta noche beer locations will sell both Miller beers on tap and more than a dozen ALTHOUGH NO:LATE NIGHT DRIVE-THRU~ THIS IS ONE MEXICAN RESTAURANT THAT WON'T LEAVE YOU SICK selections of bottled international beers from Germany, Scotland, Bel­ BY'BRIAN FAUST surfer, the initial gbal of owne~ and . • As the workers stick your oversized ister, glaneedown at your swollen gium, Great Britian and the Czech Diversions Editor creator .Steve Ells was to use the tortilla into a heat press and fill it 20-ounce burrito and then notice Republic. OK . : . picture this: Arestaurant same techniques as gourmet restau- with jasmine rice, you are presented your watch'. On, a typical day, not Ticketprices.i:ange from$ I - $5, that serves fresh food,.high quality rants and then serve the food with'a litany of ch9ices: what type much more than one or two min­ with children six and under admit­ ingredients, a hip atmosphere and quickly in a cool atmosphere. of beans you want (pinto or black); utes has passed since you entered .• ted free. For more information visit puts faith back into the term "fast­ Ells concocted all of the·recipes what type of salsa you want (mild, the restaurant. No.kidding. · www.daytonartinstitute.org. or call food." himself and insists on implement- medium, green tomatilla or hot); Other things to note 'about the Dayton Art Institute 'at Well food lovers, look no fur­ ing many small and of course Chipotle is the atmosphere. The 937-223-5277. ther: Chipotle Mexican Grill is here details at every toppings such only one that I've been to (Hyde to stay. Created in 1993 in Denver, · location. Frain as sour .cream, Park) is quite trendy. It has a rather Colo., Chipotle offers a relatively . toasting cumin cheese· or post-industri~l rusted construction­ simple menu, but one that won't seeds (that are guacamole. site look going on. Their music se- · leave you disappointed. In short, it ground up into T h ·e lection is noticeably progressive . is a Mexican restaurant that serves a marinade for ' burrito,s are and eclectic as well, often sporting Guitar series burritos and fajitas, but not the type the steak, then wrapped . the likes of Moby (which won my David Tanenbaum wiil perform of Mexican food that you're used chicken or pork) in foil and sent heart from the get-go). for the Xavier Classical Guitar Se­ to. Think Taco Bell, but better food to soaking his to the cashier All in all, this is a restaurant that ries on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 2:30 p.m. and faster service (and about the tortilla chips· in where you can· can't be beat. Absolutely· in the Cincinnati Art Museum The­ same price). citrus juice be­ select further humongous portions, fresh food, ater. Although partially subsidized fore being fried. pleasures such incredibly fast service, .cool atmo­ Tickets are $12 and students get by fast-food giant McDonald's, the nothing is over­ as chips and sphere and reasonable pricing. A in free with a valid ID. average customer would not be looked, and this· salsa, chips burrito and a fountain drink will For ·more information call Rev. likely to guess this. Unlike its big freshness is quite apparent in the and fresh guacamole or drinks. Oh run you about $5 and some change John Heim, S.J. at 745-3161. grandpappy, Chipotle prides itself food. - and for those of you over 21, . .. and there's so much food there's on preparing food with fresh ingre­ OK, so here's a typical dining they have a liquor license and offer a possibility you'll be taking some dients in front of the customers at experience. Upon entering, you margaritas, Mexican and domestic home for a future meal. I cannot rec­ certain times throughout the day. walk up to the front counter ,and beers and bottled drinks in addi­ ommend. this restaurant enough. Here's the first main difference: have a choice of burritos, fajita tion to the traditional fountain Chipotle is every food lover's instead of focusing on mass pro­ burritos, barbacoas or tacos. I, for drinks. dream. Phantom trip duction, causing food quality to example, ordered a steak burrito. As you proceed to the cash reg- S.A.C. is sponsoring a trip to the Aronoff Center on Thursday, Sept. • 20 at 8 p.m. to see "The Phantom of ~{~~~~·It~ f~}~~~~~1~~~~~ the Opera." ' >l"""' T'fl WIMO( l'Jlht!'lf'~•M'llH .~~ tl'i" .~urnr:; ~r~1.i.,•-lt' .~1~; m·;n_ }~~!'ii ·~~T New Releases ..IW• ••.I LU•f"l~IU. .Live Wires \ Buses leave from Buenger Circle 8 'llltf.T~ Ml ll'I JI l\:'t ~·.wr 1U1•;1 ••~ '"'·' ""'"''~ 'lllpi:'U ~~· 1r~1 "1\ 1~.fl \,,..,~ at 7. p.m. and there are limited tick­ ets available. Tickets are on sale in The following discs are due for release on or before Sept. 18 .... Thursday, Sept. 20 · Tuesday, Sept. 25 the Nieporte Lounge on Sept. 19 The Push Stars The Samples from 1-3-p.m. and Sept'. 20 from 3-5 Tori Amos, Strange Little Girls (Atlantic) ... Artful Dodger, It's All @Jefferson Hall @Elektra p.m. Tickets are $10, with limit of About the Stragglers (Sire) ... Coo Coo Cal, f)istrubed (Tommy Boy) ... one per ID~·,, DJ Icey; Essential Elements (Sire) ... Fabulous, Ghetto Fabulous (Elektra) ... Macy Gray, The Id (Epic) ... Jay-Z, The Blueprint (Def Jam) ... Live, V Friday, Sept. 21 Tuesday, Sept. 25 (MCA) ... Superchunk, Here's to Shutting Up (Touch and Go) ... Modest Swim Fear Factory Mouse, Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks (Epic) @The "Bearcat Blast" @ Bogarts

... all dates are tentative. THE XAVIE.R NEWSWIRE DIVERSIONS weeko/SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 15 M 0 V .I E R E. V E W Not quite softball, 'Hardball' performs well THINK 'THE MIGHTY DUCKS' REVISITED, WITHOUT HOCKEY ••• AND 'EMILIO ESTEVEZ.

BY CHAD RINK back to the community is to de!- them how to become one with the off.the·team because he's too old. ·coming years. l also enjoyed th.e · Contributing Writer egate the responsibility to some- Matrix. Without baseball, Jamal joins a music in the movie. However, some "Hardball"must be a safe bet. It one else. O'Neilrealizes he had in- In reality, he uses the first of gang. : I guess those after-school of the songs were censored even stars Keanu ~'I've n~ver been in a herited a rather bad team. In addi-· three principles in this film. Prin­ commercials were right though the words coming out of the bad movie". Reeves, has a charac­ tion, it is. a team without enough ciple l: No matter how good the· .At times, this film does appear kids' mouths were sometimes worse. ter named G~Baby and features a players. He gets two more by talk- · coaching is, kids play better. when to be some sort of argument for af­ This is Principle 3: Say it, don't sing classic song by Notorious B.l.G. I ing t() the tough teacher who cares, bribed with pizza. ter-school programs. The oppos­ it. knew I couldn't go w~ong .. Miss Wilkes (Diane Lane): She al- · · Even practiCe is used more to i rig coach also forces the pitcher Overall, this was an enjoyable The story begins with Conor lows the kids to play if O'Neil tu- develop what happens after the kids · Miles (Alan Ellis, Jr.) to remove his movie, and .it is definitely a recom­ O'Neil (Keanu Reeves) down on his tors them. Predictably, she also be- leave the field. As with all the kids, headphones for "safety reasons." mended viewing. luck and deep in gambling debt. comes Conor's love interest. They Jefferson (Julian Griffith) is afraid Without the genius of Notorious The audienc;:e. immediately gets a • both share a love for these kids. to go home at night.·· Gangs roam B.I.G.'s Big Poppa pumping in his sense.that he would rather gamble The relationship, however, is in front of their apartments. eardrums, he· can no longer pitch than work. Shortly, several thugs just thrown in the movie, and Diane Jefferson is attacked and robbed .with his Nolan Ryan-like speed. I are after him who would like the Lane doesn't get enough screen when one practice goes too late felt Miles' pain. money Conor time to really because O'Neil is waiting to receive The other coach even tries to owes their em­ develop her tickets that will shortly be scalped. kick G-Baby off the team during. ployer. character or In response, the corporate sponsor the playoffs until he sees how small · He begs his the ch'emistry gives back to .the community again he is. This leads to Principle 2: Ap­ rich friend for between she by providing O'Neil with a station parently, rules can be broken if it yet another . and O'Neil. wagon. giv~s you a disadvantage. - loan. Rather If you ex- Many of the players have their This is afilm about life's lessons than give him pected a base- own story· to tell: Kofi (Michael · being: taught and learned at the the money, he ball movie, go. Perkins) is the best player, and he same .time. O'Neil finds there are wants O'Neil to see something has the arrogance .to prove it. more important things in life' by coach aQ inner­ else. It· be- The best character is G-Baby coaching this team. It is a typical city youth base­ comes clear (DeWayne Warren). Unfortunately; sports movie with a little "Danger­ bal I team for the film fo- he is too young to play, but he re- ous Minds" twist. The climax made $500 per week. cuses more on mains as Corior's assistant coach a refreshing change as a tearjerker · Conor actually thinks about declin­ life off the field than on: For ex~ and Kofi's temporary agent. ending took the place of the cham- · ing on the offer. aml?le, the team miraculously be- The tension on the field is pionship game (aka "the 'ship"). O'Neil quiCkly finds himself comes one of the top teams in the caused by the best team's coach All of the child actors were ex­ solely in charge of the Kekambas league without any real coaching. played .by D.B. Sweeney. He gets cellent. . There could be some real team. His friend's idea of giving I can only imagine Keanu taught Jamal (Michael B. Jordan) kicked talent coming from this cast in the

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COLt.aot.-.TR 10 11 With its irresistible choppy 2 3 4 9 .. chorus, "Motivation" is a fast~ 12 paced tune loathing the con­ ;1.:lldll cept of "getting ahead" in the 16 world ("What's the point of never making mistakes?/Self- . indulgence is such a hard habit· ACROSS to break"). I. Drop loudly Other highlights include 5. Pro "In Too Deep," a slower song 8. A spelling that still manages to commu­ 12. Home-run hitter Hank 14~ Just manage · nicate its message by ineans of 15. Urchin Sum41 a catchy chorus. Speaking of 16. Theater All Killer, No Filler catchy choruses, it's hard to 17. Most showery (Island) overlook "Crazy Amanda 19. Gennan mathematician Felix 21. Pang Bunkface," with its infectious 22. Combined Conn meaning revived melody complete with a grind- 23. Detergent brand ing breakdown. . · 25. Upa __ Anyone who has seen the 27. Bedrock so, this is a punk band 30. Aits video for "Fat Lip" has most · from Canada, eh? 33. Saltpeters 59 likely seen. the second song at 34. Son of Adam The music on Sum 41 's All the·end entitled "Pain for Plea­ 36. Volcano 64 Killer, No Filler is .varied to keep sure." This is a tribute of sorts 38. Enthusiasm 39. Street narcotic · the sound fresh. At the same time, to the metal of the mid-' 80s. In 67 though, the lyrics are down to earth 40. London cleaning woman a word, Sum 4 I's metal trib­ 41. Italian soul and simple, yet still striking. The utes are hilarious, not to men- 42. Deem result? A textbook example of what . tion they give the band more 43. " ... and carry a big ___" constitutes a great pop-punk al­ personality. The first track is 44. Port town at mouth of Tiber 10. What bread should do bum. 46. Lounge at the Waldorf 11. Excessively absorbed with called "Introduction to De­ 48. One of the seven deadly sins This quartet of Canadians hit it 13.Nymph struction," and is has eerie intro 50. One who repents 15. Indian butters big with the first single, "Fat Lip," a Ia Iron Maiden. "Pain for 51. Messy place to Jive 18. Depreciate whose· Beas tie Boys-esque verses Pleasure" is the final track, . 54. Reveal 20. What a puppy may do are tied together with a tight 56. Ability 24. Shellfish complete with harmonized 59. Companies Pc;mnywise-like punk rock chorus. 27. Very loud uucrance guitars and an '80s wail as the 62. Worse than 65 across 28. Second President of the U.S. The youthful lyrics ("Don't tell us vocalist screams "Safan is his 64. Shirt brand 29. African-American Association Jo behave/I'm sick of always hear­ name!" 65. Poorly 31. A principle ing 'act your age'/I don't wanna 66. A scale of gradation 32. Porcom, e.g. These tributes are long 67. Sludges waste my time and become a casu­ 33. Caspian is one overdue in rock today, not to 68. Informer 35. Fruit being spike of car of corn alty of society") went all the way mention energetic music any 69, U-Mich hockey arena 37, Overgrown houseboat .L to number one on TRL. Whether or young person can relate to. 39. Dastard DOWN N not this is a "punk" thing to do is Rock on, Sum 41. 43. Panoramic I. That on which one may write 45. One related by marriage I irrelevant- the music is good, and . ' - Mike Kohlbecker, 2. Frolic 47, Tlingit tribe that's what matters. Diversions Editor 3. Type of exam 49. Vertical along which an Lyrically, Sum 41 is reminiscent 4. Southwest Asian fruit ordinate is measured of Green Day back in the early days. 5. Cold month 51. Hormel product 57. Muse of history A general smart-ass theme of dis­ 6. Favorite Cajun vegetable 52. Informal spelling of a 58. Barbie's boyfriend 7. Respond . 60. _._Alamos content with people and the estab­ preposition 8. Tribe of Laos 53. Enclosure 61. Sneaky lishment is present in all forms. 9. Divination 55. Seaweed 63. Impute 16 week of SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 CAMPUS CALENDAR THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE I~!:•:~• •:'l\'i Septen:ber 19 September 23 Congratulations are in order. If · Do you remember all of the last you are reading this, you have suc­ miriute heroics of Valparaiso in the 1999 NCAA tournament? The cessfully made it through your first By Dan Arbezn.ik To place an item in the calendar, call 745-3122 or mail to ML 2129. three weeks of college. And they . Pageantry?! The Glory?! The ex­ said it couldn't be done. To ceI­ citement?!! Well now you can come see them for free. Only this ebra~e, you might want to consider long ago. Back to a time when should.also go see "Phantom of the ... or was that "Encino Man" ... or going to the International Coffee you didn't have a roommate to Op'er!!" today at the Aranoff spon­ possibly "In the Army Now?" Oh, time it's not basketball ... and it's Hour today at 3 :30 p.m on the sec­ deal with .. When summer vaca­ sored by SAC. the genius of that man may never not really glorious or exciting. ond floor CBA. Then again ... you tion meant watching "Wonder be truly known. Or so the world Anyway, you should show some ·may not. Years" and game shows, until can only hope. . . school pride and ·coine watch the Right about now is when ev­ noon. In that spirit I want to play FRIDAY men's soccer team go after that elu­ eryone starts to have roommate a game with you a la.classic Con­ sive second win today at 3 p.m. on September 21 · l~l] Li,,: 1Jl\1i the soccer field. After all, it is Good . problems here in Calendar City. centration: What do nuns wear? These things happen. It's not that +@+4+0hthe __! Yeah, if Last year I lived in "tire Pit." September 22 Neighbor Day. you don't like each other, it's just you guessed 'Habitat for Human­ Which leads me to ask the question As if. Elephant Appreciation that being around your roommie ity,' there is something wrong I'm sure you're all thinking: "Ifthere . Day weren't enough, there is.rea~ can make you lament the fact you with you. But nevertheless, that were snakes living in 'tire Pit' would son to celebrate tonight in Calen­ aren't deaf, dumb and blind. Well is the right answer. 1st meeting they call it !tire snake pit'?" Good dar City. You guessed right ... it's September 24 bemoan no more. Instead of is 2day@ 9. p.m in All brrrs 103. · question. No. Ifsnakes were living the Autumnal Equinox. Finally, . Some· men are decades ·ahead searching for a. new roommate, in "tire Pit" campus maintenance that blistering sun will rule the sky of their time. Little does the world yow could just follow along with would call it "condemned." How­ no more! To celebrate this day in know, but Jim Henson was amorig all of these neat o activities hap­ I 1:bl:.~~ •J!\'I ever, there i~ a bright side to all of . the Southern Hemisphere every­ the trailblazers of race relations. this. If you want to see a snake pit, Where else could you find ~ pig pening around campus. On that September 20 one goes outside and yells note let me introduce you to you can go to Kelley Auditorium "Hoodie Hoo." Don't do this, I dating a frog and a bear befriend­ Xavier's most competitive side of You know, the roommate today at 7:30 p.m. to see the third repeat, don't follow this custom. ing a dog? Today is Jim Henson's sports; . 'Have you ever seen problem could be a whole lot . part of Br. Pryor's film series. Can Anyone caught doing so in. this birthday.. He turns ancient. "Rudy," "Varsity Blues," "The worse. Last year, my roommate you guess what it's called? . city will be subject to watching · Program" or even "All the Right would always dress up in these Today is also Natio11al Biosphere non-stop Pauly Shore for an ex- Moves?" Remember how impor­ really.odd costumes and hide in Day. To celebrate, you could plant . tended period of t.ime. Although 1UESDAY. tant football was to those guys? our room as if he were Quasi a tree outside, recycle or save the the punishment may not seem se­ Septemb~r 25 Well this is nothing like that, but Modo. From time to time, he · rainforest. Let me make this clear to vere, studies have shoWn thatpro­ "I'm Too Sexy," ·"Jump it's more entertaining than watch­ would even wear these strange you. I said that you could do all of longed exposure to Pauly Shore ul­ Around," "Popular" and "In­ ing Tom Cruise pretend he even masks to hide his face. Some-· those things, but I'm sure you would timately results in a lower 1.Q. foriner." ·Do· you know what these knows what a pigskin is. The mad­ times I would even catch him star­ ratlrer·watch Pauly Shore's timeless,. and a lower sperm count. Don't all have in common? That's right. ness.begins today on the new soc­ ing into my face as I slept, which mindless classic "Biosphere." In it, ask me why. Also in action today They're all awsome songs. Coin­ cer fields as Intramural Flag Foot­ was disconcerting. If you have he and Stephen Baldwin play se­ . is the volleyball team as they take cidentally, they are all on my ball 2kl kicks off its season. no idea what any of this is like, da~~d, dim-witted human beings on Fordham in the Cintas Center. playlist to celebrate One Hit Won- . Reminisce with me about a time you should be thankful. You whs> happen into a grand adventure . As usual, tickets are zero dollars. der Day. Oh joy.

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