Will he run? LOOI The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXII NO. 101 WWW. ND.EDU/-OBSERVER ND unveils program to monitor licensee factories ByTIM LOGAN University will decide whether to termi A!t.\Oliouc Nl·w~ Editor nate its relationship with the factory or pressure it to improve eonditions. In an attPrnpt to PnsurP compliancn "If there are f~gregious violations of' with anli-swPatshop provisions in Notre our code ol' conduct, we'll ask them to IJanw's li«'nnsing code ol' conduct, tho terminate," lloyn said. "We have that in UniVPrsity anJwurH:nd that it will hire an our eon tract." accounting l'irm to monitor l'aetorins This monitoring is bolieved to be the worldwidl' whnrl' Notrn DamP rlothing l'irst such indepondent site-inspection is madf'. program undertakon by an American This indP(li'IHll'nt anti-swPatshop ini eollege or university. It will likely be tiatiVP will IH' ar1·ompanind by llw l:rl~ underway in the nnxt fnw months and ation of' an on-rampus task l'orcl' to will eost Notre Dame $75,000. addrl'ss thP This effort to isSUI' of S\\'l'a(- put teeth into shop labor what was the and llw ' ITS OVER-ARCHING GOAL nation's first llnivPrsitv's licensing code IS TO COME TO TERMS ri'S(lOIISi!Jlli of conduct is a lii'S to inform WITH AND EXPLORE THE move in the thl' puhlir MOST DIFFICULT ASPECTS OF right direction, about' !'ado riPs said Father and prPvPnt THE SWEATSHOP ISSUE, 0 I i v e r a h 11 s I' . THINGS LIKE THE LIVING W iII i am s. :\d 111 i 11 is t ra tors director of' the say tlli'SI' Sll'flS WAGE.' Center !'or will put mon• WtU.IAMIIOrH Ethics and Wl'ight llf'bind SWI:'A'f:\'1/0I' 'fi\SK FOIIU:' C//A/1/MAN H e l i g i 0 u s I hI' I' XiS tin g Values in I'IHII' ol' 1'011- Bu'siness. dul't, which "It's a grnitt was written in IIJ')7. first step," he said. "We've had a won The Observer/ Dully Arnoull "WI' wen• rPady to move l'rom having derful code of conduct. but no provi Manufacturers of Notre Dame sweatshirts, t-shirts, caps and other merchandise - similar a rodl' to having indPpendent monitor sions for monitoring. In this business, to that sold in the bookstore -will now face scrutiny under the University's new licensing ing to ensure tlw r.ode is being followed you absolutely have to verify." contract. on tlw ground in tlw factories," said Williams noted that dothing manufac William lloye. assoriat1• vice pn~sidnnt turers like the ones that produce Notre the code is enforced. One of the first Dame's position on a rangr of othnr and l'iHIIISI'l for thn University and chair Damn men:handisn are often those with steps will be to collect from the 230 labor rights issues. of till' swl'alshop task l'orce. labor code violations. licensees a list of all manufacturing "Its over-arching goal is to eome to Under tlw new initiative. the aecount "The track record of these eompaniHs sites. In some cases, these licensees terms with and explore tho most diffi ing firm of l'riwwaterhouse Coopors is very poor," he said. "To have a code have dozens of subcontractors, compli cult aspeets of the sweatshop issue. will IH~ rontrartl'd to 1:onduet random of eonduet without verification is not cating matters. This list will be used tu things like the living wage, public dis spot inspnelions of' factorins. The firm w01:~ the paper it's printed on." select sites at random for inspm:tion, elosure of licensed faetol'i1~s and the will also inspeet factories where alleged The task force, which will indude fac and may be released to the public as right to organize." lloye said. abuses havl' bl'l'n reportnd. II' violations ulty, administrators, studnnts and staff well. () r t h n (' 0 d (' lll' (~ d is e 0 v ere d. the members, will work on ensuring that The task force will also discuss Notre see WORKERS I page 4 • GRADUATE STUDENT UNION Study finds few SMC feminists Council plans forum By COLLEEN McCARTHY that, "this is not how students viable under~tanding of femi Sainr M.1ry's News Ediwr at Saint Mary's pereeive femi nism. nism." Shn found that surveyed stu Saint Mary's stud<•nts are In rnsponse, she eonducted dents fell into four categories. on BOT decisions lwsitant to identify themselves a survny in I 1JIJ4 to discern Some held mixed views of as f page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Wednesday, March 3, 1999 • iNSIIJE COLUMN Star gazing utside the Dome There once was a village where the people Compiled from U.Wire reports celebrated the light of the sun by day and waited for its return by night. When night came, the people closed their Letter urges university to adopt anti-sweatshop code eyes and waited for the CAMBRIDGE. Mass. drastic action. emerging fire of day, In the wake of sit-ins at other col "There's a faculty meeting on embraced by the velvet leges and increased anger at the lack [March 91 and we've taken note of blanket of darkness that of progess in negotiations with the that," said I'SLM member Benjamin fell upon them each University, members of the Progressive McKean. evening. They lamented Student Labor Movement (PSLM) sent Shuldiner said sit-ins have already the departure of the sun, a letter to university president Neil proven effective at Duke, Georgetown, praying every night for Rudenstine Thursday demanding that and the University of Wisconsin at its return. the school adopt an anti-sweatshop Madison, whem protesters havn won One day, one of the Noreen Gillespie code of conduct. concessions from the schools. villagers declared that Copy Editor "We've basically given the Ivy presi issue of paying a living wage to factory "Those universities were taken ovr~r he was going to make dents an ultimatum with that letter," workers. · by their students, but within three night dissappear. said PSLM member Daniel Bennefeld. Members said they are taking their days of the takeovers, all thrne of thoso He climbed up on a ladder, with a hammer The letter, which was sent to the demands directly to Rudenstine univcrsitios have signed codes of eon in one hand and a nail in the other, andpound presidents of all the Ivy League because other efforts to negotiate with duct or lcttors saying they will, "he ed away at the sky, making peepholes with his schools, asks the schools to revise their the University have failed. said. hammer and nail. labor code so that manufacturers are "We feel betrayed and we feel left But Harvard University is making no He made a miracle. required to disclose the location of out," said PSLM member Benjamin promises mgarding the demands. To the villager's surprise, the man had cre their factories and non-governmental Shuldiner. "After negotiating, after a 'This particular letter raises a num ated light. With each little peephole punched organizations inspect work conditions. year of this, we need to go to the presi ber of issues that I think [Hudenstine I in the sky, night became a beautiful event. As The letter also demands that the uni dent." will want to respond to or have mo light peered through each peephole, speckling versities allow students to participate Members suggest that if Rudenstine respond to," said Allan Ryan, an attor the ground bP.low with the rays of the hidden in the implementation of a labor code does not respond to their demands by ney in the university's Office of the sun, the villagers danced and sang and cele and calls on the schools to study the March 8, they may consid1~r more General Counsel. brated the return of light. And they no longer waited for day. There's something about the comfort of night that is rejuvinating; something about a • UN!VERS!TY OF WISCONSIN • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS star-speckled sky that can put everything in perfect order. Perhaps it is the fact that you Faculty abolishes speech code Police prevent suicide in dormitory can look above at the galaxy, so far away, and realize that the stars look smaller than you MADISON, Wise. AMHERST, Mass. are. "It's just a great day for freedom." So said U.Wisconsin Police, responding to a report of a disturbance in And you feel important. Madison faculty senator Lester Hunt, following a Faculty University of Massachusetts Brown Residence Hall Sunday I stood beneath the stars a few nights ago, Senate vote to become the first university in the country morning, ended up rescuing an individual who attempted to side-by-side with my best friend, and let the to, by its own free will, essentially abolish its speech code. commit suicide after nearly strangling his girlfriend. wind whip through my jacket and bring icy In a historic 71-62 vote, the Faculty Senate approved leg According to Barbara O'Connor. deputy chief of tho tears to my eyes. I stood beneath the stars, islation Monday, which will, according to senators, go into University of Massachusetts Police Department, police saw how distant they were and felt important. effect immediately and allow "all members of the universi arrived on the scene at 6:39a.m. They were met by housing I only see my best friend twice a year. By ty to express openly their ideas and opinions." After an ad stall' and directed to the fifth floor. The ollicers observed a any conventional means of social standards, hoc committee spent 17 months studying speech-code crying female with scratches on her face enter the elevator. we shouldn't be friends; she is two years older options and a final two-hour meeting of debate and They then heard yelling, and observed two males struggling than I and lives over 600 miles away. We amendment, the senate finally approved the code, which on the floor of a fifth-floor room. One male, later identified define the saying "opposites attract" to a pin reads in part, "accordingly, all expression germane to the as Francisco Rivera, freed himself and attempted to dive point: She's crazy and I'm conservative; she instructional setting - including, but not limited to, infor through the window. The window shattered and the police listens to hip-hop when I play my jazz; her life mation, the presentation or advocacy of ideas. assignment grabbed Rivera's torso as he dangllld, more than three quar is like a soap opera while mine is about as of course materials and teaching techniques - is protect ters out the window. Rivera eontinued to struggle and predictable as the next page in a boring book. ed from disciplinary action." attempted to jump. But when you're awed by a galaxy above you, you realize these things aren't important. What is important is the little things: We • OHIO UNIVERSiTY • DARTMOUTH COLLEGE both sing in the car, are incurable slobs, and require second jobs to pay for our outlandish Sibs weekend results in assault Initiative may lead to court battle phone bills. What is important is that even though the differences that separate us are ATHENS, Ohio HANOVEH, N.ll. about as large as the galaxy above us, she'll A 14-year-old and a 17 -year-old who said they were If observers are correct and implementation of the Board of always understand me better than anyone I'll sexually assaulted while visiting Ohio University during Trustees' initiative leads to court battles between the college ever meet. the February 1998 Sibs' Weekend have filed suit against and Greek organizations refusing to sell their houses, the I laughed as we sat there and talked about the university for negligence and failing to provide a arguments arc likely to focus onlegal issues. While· Gn~ek the past and about the future. We talked about safe environment. The girls. cousins from Miamisburg members IUight argue the college is interfering with tlH~ir how our dreams had changed, and that we'd and Mason, and their parents asked for at least $75,000 First Amendment rights of assnmbly and association or that suddenly realized there was no little man on a from each OU; Travis Mcintyre, the man charged in the Dartmouth is violating anti-trust laws if it prevents students ladder who pounded holes in the sky to make incident; and his parents. The suit was filed Feb. 11 in from registering who reside in certain houses, those argu stars. the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. ments are dillicult to prove sinc:e the College is a private insti Ironically, we were standing in front of the According to the complaints, "Ohio University had a tution. Although there is certainly no guarantee the Trustees' world's largest man made star; the focal point duty to provide and ensure an environment for the controversial initiative will bring Dartmouth organizations of the city of Roanoke, Va. that is the modern [girls) free of sexual innuendo, intimidation and [dis into the courtroom, with no national precedent clearly exist cure to night; an electric star that stands crimination! and to enforce the regulations, rules and ing in favor of either side, it is unclear how any cas1~ would above the city, and illuminates three counties laws necessary to protect the [girls) from acts of sexual be decided. Despite discussion amongst the members of most below. abuse." The girls came to visit the 14-year-old's sister, organizations, the majority of houses have decided to wait But even though it was so much larger than an OU sophomore. until the Trustees make a more spcei!ic list of intentions. the natural stars, its vastness couldn't scare me. Standing above the city, looking at match box sized ears running around on the high • SOUTH BEND WEATHER ways below, I realized something. • NATIONAL WEATHER No matter how big the star was, and no mat 5 Day South Bend Forecast ter how tiny we were in its presence, we were AccuWeatherroo forecast for daytime conditions and ~igh te'!l.P.:!:!~!:~.-.. still important. We were important to each other. L 40s The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer. Wednesday ~ 29 33 • TODAv'S STAFF Thursday ~ 22 38 News Scene Friday.· ~ 23 ,~,~ Derek Betcher Mike Vanegas w··---~--~ Noreen Gillespie 70&~ Graphics BOs~ FRONTS: Josh Bourgeois Pete Cillela Saturday ~ 24 35 ..-. ...... 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Cleveland 37 33 Louisville 37 36 Santa Fe 66 29 l Via Associated Press GraphicsNer i~ Wednesday, March 3, 1999 The Observer • CAMPUS NEWS page 3 • BOARD OF GOVERNANCE Group receives expense update Debate team wins By COLLEEN McCARTHY l'und tlw studont govnrnment cern on campus. at Eliot invitational ~.rinr Mary's News Editor budgnl. "As young ladies, you might Dick Chldwk. din~ctor of' Saint bo morn apprehensive to walk An updatn of' nxpnndilurns Mary's Socurity, also addrnssod in some areas on campus than I By SHANNON GRADY Dul'age, is just a tronwndous and a visit !'rom tlw dirm:tor or tlw hoard Tuosday, raising con would because they are dark," News Writer message to tho r<~gion. This Saint Mary's Snr.urity highlight r.onrs about campus security. said Chlnbek. was .an oven biggor tourna Pd Tunsday's Board of' lin suggnstnd that tho board If' the board works with Entering its 1 OOth year on mnnt than last limn," lfuck ( ;ovnrnann~ ( BO(;) nwPting. combinr~ rncommnndalions Sncurity to submit saf'nty recom campus, the Notrn Dame said. .\nnn Marin Hodw, nxncutivn from tlw l'nrf'orma consulting mendations, there is a good debate team has shown no lluck addod that tlwse tour trPasurnr, prPSPlllt'd a I'UI'I'Pilt group with idnas from studnnts chance tlwsn recommendations evidence of aging. naments aro good pra<:tic1~ for hudgnl n~port r!Ptailing thn and Saint Mary's Security to will be addrnssnd and possibly The team f'inished f'irst at tlw national tournanwnts that amo11nt spnnt by llw board so prosnnt to tlw administration. implemnntnd, Chlebek said. the Eliot Invitational hosted by will be IH~Id Ialor in tho yoar. l'ar this ynar and tlw amount Chlnlwk submitl!~d a list of' "We have an administration Washington University in St. T h n s u c c n s s n~ p r n s e n t s rnmaini1;g l'or thn n~sl of' tho sncurity and safely improvP now that is willing to listen to Louis by winning thn parlia something of a turnaround for ynar. monts for board mnmbnrs to rncommendations and that may mentary dnbatn and impromp the team. Notre Damn domi I laving SJH'Ilt $1 02,514.:!7 of' nwiow and amnnd. Suggnstions be interestrd in implementing tu s p e a k i n g t i tl n s a n d tlw natnd debate in thn 19SOs, but Uw I Things to do before heading out for spring break: I) Water plants (real well). 2) Stop by Meijers- load up on suntan lotion. 3/ Pick up application for HCA! Holy Cross Associates .,.. Raise your expectations! Placements at: Promoting growth in: -Phoenix, AZ -Service -Hayward (Bay Area), CA - Simple Lifestyle -Colorado Springs, CO -Brockton (Boston area), MA - Spirituality -Portland, 0 R - Community Living -Wilkes-Barre, PA -Others as we grow HCA is a year long lay volunteer program in six cities across the united States. Now in our 22nd year, and with 37 recent college grads, HCA is inviting individuals to apply for our '99/'00 program year. Interviews will be taking place in late March & early April. Applications can be picked up at the Center for Social Concerns, and at the Holy Cross Associate Office at Moreau. For More information, contact: Holy Cross Associates Phone:631-5521 Fax: 631-6813 PO Box 668, Notre Dame IN 46556 E-mail: nd.hcassoc.l @nd.edu http://www.nd.edu:80/-hcassoc/ page 4 The Observer • NEWS Wednesday, March 3, 1999 behind the issue," he said. "It Board of Trustee's decision," Notre Dame's move comes GSU has to bncome louder and council vice president David just beforP a plan by the Fair louder until it eventually sinks Fowle said. Workers Labor Association, a non-profit continued from page 1 in." "The graduate school would continued from page 1 group started by the Apparel In other discussion. GSUC have benefited most from a Industry Partnership, to create want to do." expressed its displeasure with 'yes' Big Ten vote," represen The group has not yet been a centralized monitoring sys Hepresentative Sean Borman the Board of Trustne's deci tative Hobert Hodriguez said. assembled, but University pres tem for overseas sweatshop noted that the council aims to sion against joining the Big The next GSUC report to the ident Father Edward Malloy labor. That system is expected increase public knowledge of Ten. Board of Trustees will include has sent invitations for mem to be in place within a year, the issue. "The g.-aduate school is very these issues as well as target bership to peoplr1 at Notre according to University offi "The IGSUCI needs the stu upset about the Big Ten and concerns about computer Dame who are knowledgeable cials. When it is up and run dent body to see that wn are very disappointed with the access. about the issue. ning, Notre Dame plans to par The issue of factory disclo ticipate, and to cooperate with feminists, Alexander explained. sure is a provacative one on other universities in fair labor Many women did not want to be idcntilied as campuses nationwide. Students initiatives. Feminists radicals, partially beeausn they came from tradi at Duke, Harvard, the "We wnre among the !irst to continued from page 1 tional backgrounds and liked the "traditional" University of Wisconsin take the sweatshop issue seri role women held in society. Others said they Madison and other schools ously," said Malloy in a written has "short hair, stocky build, doesn't act cut(J or would call themselves feminists but not in the have pressured administrators statement. "And wn continue to giggle and lil'ts weights." company of men. to adopt a more stringent con seek ways to strengthen our Those with an ambiguous view comprised the "These people didn't want the labnl attached duet code requiring manufac code by improving accountabil rest of surveyed students. to them and the issue came up a lot about men turer compliance with higher ity structures and by joining Alexander found gap in feminist perceptions not wanting to date women who are feminists," labor standards. Their other universities seeking ways between freshmen and seniors intriguing, she said Alexander. demands include factory disclo to more effectively oppose said. She added that she learned much from her sure and guaranteeing a living inhumane workplace condi Of freshmen surveyed, 45 percent held a posi research. wage for workers, two issues tions." tive view, 25 percent a negative view and the "It made me realize that there are an awful lot which Notre Dame student Notre Dame's cod!l of conduct rest held and ambiguous or mixed view. Of ol' misunderstandings on this campus of what activists hope to see Notre for licensees requires that seniors, only 12 percent said they held a positive feminism is. We all need to become better edu Dame include in its code as workers in licensed factories view of feminism and 43 percent reported hold cated about the different forms feminism can well. must be "present at work vol ing a negative view. take," Alexander said. "We have to challenge "It's definitely a step in the untarily, not at risk of physical "The freshman had a far more positive under l'eminist stereotypes the same way you would right direction, but- we would harm, fairly compensated and standing of feminism," said Alexander. "That challenge a derogatory racial comment you like to see public disclosure," not exploited in any way." nmlly threw us back. We thought if anything, heard someone make." said Madolyn Orr, a member of It does not mandate any min Saint Mary's would be promoting feminism and She also recommended taking a closer and the Progressive Student imum or even a "living" wage. what we were left asking was if Saint Mary's more careful look at how the media perpetuate Alliance, who noted that if the Currently, workers must be was promoting a negative view of feminism. stereotypes of feminists. list was released, human rights paid in compliance with "all "We can't sav that we know Saint Marv's con "These kinds of stereotypes that the media groups could also conduct fac applicable laws and (wages( tributes to this- negative view though because of perpetuate have a great impact on perceptions tory inspections. "It would help that match or exceed the pre othPr factors." she said. of people we do not have much contact with - empower consumers." vailing local manufacturing or studnnts surveyed. only one student idnnti lesbians, Latinas, African-Americans or femi The PSA will hold a teach-in indus try practic!lS." I Iowever, lied hersel!' as a feminist while three identilied nists," said Alexander. "We have to start teach on March 24 to educate mem institution of a living wage is themselves as non-feminists but did not qualify ing media literacy and teaching people how to bers of the Notre Dame com one topie the task force plans the rlassification. Sixty percent of students deconstruct what they see in the media." munity about sweatshop labor on studying. nanwd themselves as fmninists but added quali To raise awareness of what feminism is, practices, Orr said. She antici Overall, administrators arc fying statements to the delinition. Alexander recommended women "lind a voice pates that this week's develop pleased with the new policy. These wonwn idnntif'ied with something in and take a stand to restructure views on femi ments will be included in the "I think it's terrific," lloyc feminism. but wen~ not willing to call themselves nism." discussion. said. · Temperatures fall, Interested in writing about campus news for The Observer? grain prices rise Come to our weekly news meetings at ing about 300,000 metric tons 5 p.m. Sundays in the SDH basement. Baby wheat from either the United States. Australia or Canada. vulnerable to Corn and soybeans benelited from heavy fund house buying as investors rushed to cover winter cold positions following Monday's unexpectedly strong rally. MAKE HEAlTHY CHOICES Associared Press Soybeans advanced after the government reported export Wheat futures jumped nearly inspections jumped 14 per four percent on the Chicago AND NOBODY GETS HURT cents last week, although mar Board of Trade Tuesday, rally ket participants expected gains ing for a second day as fore to be limited today on reports casts for below-normal tem of increased exports from peratures this weekend in Brazil. major winter-wheat growing In the meantime, dry weath regions deepened concerns er in South America and parts about crop damage. of South Africa could hinder Corn and soybeans also late production, reducing over advanced strongly. On other all yields, analysts said. markets, cocoa tumbled to its Wheat for May delivery rose lowest level in nearly three nine cents to $2.63 3/4 a years, while crudP gained. bushel; May corn rose 4 1/2 Wheat rallied as market par cents to $2.15 3/4 a bushel; tieipants not1~d recent dryness May soybeans rose 8 1/2 cents in the Plains has left crops to $4.71 1/2 a bushel. emerging from winter dm·man Cocoa fell to its lowest in ey particularly vulnerable to nearly three years on the just such a cold snap that is Board of Trade of the City of forecast to arrive in the area New York amid few takers for by week's end. The National crops arriving from Ivory Coast Weather ServicP and private and Ghana, the world's largest forecasters are calling for producing countries. bdow to sharply-below normal The peak consumption peri temperatures in areas that od, in which chocolate makers account for somo 75 percent of buy cocoa to make their goods, You don•t have to be drunk to be impaired. the nation's total wheat pro is winding down as most com 11 vou are driving, there is onlv one choice... duction. plete Easter holiday produc Warmer weather has helpnd tion. The heavy buying season NO AlCOHOl AT All. some of the crop emerge early is not expect11d to increase dra from the ground, leaving a matically until late summer, larger portion vulnerable to when manuf'ar:turers begin late-season frosts because of a gearing up for Halloween Never ride with a driver who has been lack of insulating ground candy-making. cover. May cocoa fell $48 to $1,241 drinking... find a safe wav home. The gains wnm made on the a ton. back of a sharp advance on Crude oil futures gained on Monday tied to an improved the New York Mercantile outlook - at least in the near Exchange amid speculation HAVE ASAFE SPRING BREAK. term - for export business. U.S. airstrikes on communica For information, contact Alcohol & Drug Education 311 LaFortune Egypt over the weekend made tions centers in northern Iraq a large purchase, while had damaged a key oil pipeline phone 631-7970 e-mail [email protected] Pakistan was considering buy- and delayed pumping. - _... ------ ., ' tton Wednesday, March 3, I 999 COMPILED FROM THE OBSERVER WIRE SERVICES page 5 • '.:'v li iII N!'v' ·' .IRAQ Two Americans, six other tourists killed by rebels ------KAMPALA. Uganda llwandan rPhPls kidnapped and slaugh IPrPd Pighl l'orPign tourists, including two i\mPril·ans. llll'lling tlwir gorilla-watching PXpPdition into a l'or('(~d march of terror and dPath dPPp in a rain l'orPst. survivors and witni'SSI'S said TuPsday. Tlw dl'ad also inrludPd !'our llritons and two NPw I.PalandPrs. arrording to diplomats. At !Pasl a half' dozPn olhl'r tourists survived tlw nighlmarish rampag!', which hogan with rPlwls sysll'nwlically raiding campgrounds al a national park. killing rangers and rounding up f'orPignnrs. "Thn rebnls wnrP looking f'or i\mPrirans and British," said llussPin Kivumhi, manager of' OIW or l'ivn ll'nll'd ramps al tlw Bwindi lmpnrwtrabln ).'orl'sl.s and a survivor of' tlw attack. "Tlwv kill!•d four woml'n and !'our men with kniv,:s. rnarlwll's and axPs." State Senate approves school takeover AFP Photo !.ANSI NC. Michigan An Iraqi man searches through rubble after U.S. warplanes bombed communications centers that control an oil pipeline Monday llndl'r Lighl sPrurity. thP state SnnatP on and Tuesday. The pipeline extends to Turkey and carries about half of Iraq's oil exports. Hussein ai-Fattal, head of operations for Tuf•sday passPd a bill allowing Detroit's Iraq's Nothern Oil Company, estimated damages at $2.5 million. mayor to takl' oVI'r tlw dty's troublml schools from llw PinrtPd school board. Eight of' tlw S1•ruttP's I !i l>Pmocrats joined all 22 Airstrikes jeopardize Iraq's oil exports H1•puhlinrns to pass till' bill :10-7. It now go1•s to thl' llousP, whl'rl' talks arn taking AssoCIATED PREss striking Iraqi targets almost daily branches of th1~ company in thn plal'l' to makl' thl' bill morl' palatahln to since late December. The allies say area. l>Ptroit n~sidl'nts. State police kept watch at AIN ZALA, Iraq they arc responding to Iraqi threats to Tlw pipeline carried about half of tl11• Capitol's front Pntrancn and used mntal About hall' of Iraq's oil exports arc its planes in "no-fly" zones over north Iraq's oil exports. Al-Fattal nstimatml dPtPrtor wands to sean visitors. The handful in jeopardy after U.S. warplanes hit ern and southern Iraq. the damage has cost Iraq at least $2.!i of rritirs who got in worn quieted when they two communications centers that Iraq does not recognize the "no-lly" million. brokP into applause twice as opponents controlled the now of oil through a zones, which were set up to ensure Crude oil futures gained on the New spokn. "It's a dear votm·-rights issue. We key pipeline, an Iraqi official said that Iraqi forces do not target Kurdish York Mercantile Exchange amid spec don't want to opprnss people," said Pat West Tuesday. rebels in the north and Shiite opposi ulation U.S. airstrikes on communica as slw waitnd !'or a scat in the gallery. The damage from the strikes Sunday tion in the south. tions centers in northem Iraq had Proposml by ()ov. John Engler. the bill would and Monday is so extensive that it will In Washington on Tuesday, While damaged a key oil pipeline and authoriw Mayor Dennis Archer to replace take a "long time" to resume pumping I louse spokesman David Leavy said, delayed pumping indefinitely. tl11• l'll'rted srhool board with a seven-mem oil through the pipeline to Turkey, "Our pilots are going to enforce the U.S. and British planes, which patrol lw r "r<'l'orm hoard." llussnin al-Fattal. head of operations no-fly zone; they are going to no-lly zones over northern and south for Iraq's Northern Oil Company, said. take the necessary precautions to do ern Iraq, have been striking Iraqi tar Russian lawmakers seek end to Officials tried to pump oil on that ... What they're targeting is what gets almost daily since late Dncnmbcr. Monday but failed, ai-Fattal said. "We they deem threatens their ability to The allies have said they are altaeking Yeltsin/Duma feud tried ... but we lost communications carry out the mission." military targets in responso to lmq /ir MOSCOW and eontrol." he said. Al-Fattal and other Iraqi officials ing at the planes or locking its radar A group of' Hussian lawmakers proposed a The U.S. military has said American have denied the two centers hit ever systems on to them. political tflH'I' Ttwsday that seeks lo end the planes may have hit several sites in were used for military purposes. Al April light sweet crude ros1~ 27 cents l'onslant f'Puding lwlwnnn President Boris northern Iraq, but it was not sure if Faltal said the centers functioned to $12.51 a barrel; April heating oil YPltsin's administration and the parliament. thn targets had anything to do as an oil relay station, carrying signals rose .54 cent 32.48 cnnts a gallon; lloWI'VPr, tlw draft dorunwnt still facns snv with th1~ pipeline. between Iraq and Turkey. and was April unleaded gasoline rose .66 cent l'ral major obstacles. It must be debated by British and U.S. planes have been used to maintain contact between to :18.44 cents a gallon. till' full parliaml'nt. wlwrP Communist law makl'rs in tlw lower house are pushing for YPltsin's impl'al·hnwnt. Also. Yeltsin has said • ELECTION 2000 Ill' won't agrl'l' to any dPal that infringes on his widP-ranging powers, and his adminis lralion said Tuesday that il objected to sonw of' llw proposals. Buchanan declares presidential bid A<;SOCIATED PRESS with abandon to the much of what he stands for. yelled, "Go Pal, Go!" American people, a place to but I can't construet a sce "It is our calling to rnc:ap Market Watch: 3/2 MANCHESTER, N.H. exploit women," he said. nario whore he has a ture tho indepnndnnco and Pat Buchanan. the pugna He promised to stand chance to win," said Paul lost sovereignty of our Dow AMEX: cious conservative whose against unfettemd imports, Weyrich, a leading conserv republic, lo clean up all that ./ONES 699.21 insurgent campaigns hob l'reowheeling immigration, ative intellectual from pollutes our culturo and to +0. ')2 Up: blod Rtlpublican front-run abortion, euthanasia, Washington. heal the soul of AmBrica. Nasdaq: 1,225 ners in 1992 and 1996, expanded judicial powers, a "It's, like, ho-hum," said And. to that end, I dnclan~ 2,259.03 shrinking Ameriean sover the Rev. Lou Sheldon, a my candidacy for president -.%.1~ launehed a third White NYSE: House bid Tuesday with a eignty and, at times, his conservative leader from of the United States." 9061 Down: pledge to fight "a moral own party - all familiar California. "He's failed twiee Closing with his tradition 582.93 -2.49 1,318 deficit that has become themes of a Buchanan can and will a third time." al battle cry, Buehanan S&l' 500: America's great didacy. Buchanan was hearing grabbed tho hand of his 1225.50 Composite enomy within." Though he has a history none of it. wife, Shelley, and shouted: -IO.M, Yolunu·: Suggesting that the of exceeding their predlc• "We need a new patrio "As we say, mount up and -27.17 669,400,000 Clinton administration has tions, many GOP strategists tism in America that puts ride to thH sound of tho VOLUME LEADERS eontributed to "a polluted and conservative activists country fn·st, a new conser guns!" I iHdl'dt:~~~· IU lSI U 'b1i"lltU::mr 1 ~i~ltll I'IUrl and poisoned" culture, believe Buchanan's third vatism of the heart that puts "Pat can win if I\,J]I.Ct)ltl' ll\ll -1!.20 -7.2!12.'\ 109.Kl Buchanan delivered a full race won't be charmed. people first, and a new set Washington doesn't dmno It 1~11'\tJ ( ( 1\ti']I]J\t ll'll ·•.n -1.651.\ .ii.HK ~~ t 1\l t I I HI' t:tl~l\ -12 02 -.\.6H7S 27.00 tht·oalod attack on the Working against him of priorities where our nizc him," said Tom llamill \VI..\.\ t ll/U' .XYL:-: .. ~2.71 +K,KI25 i5.75 llfl.ll OMI'I 1 IIIt Ill LL -.i.ll -2.5025 7K.flh Democratic White House. this time: a swelling field of party stands for something of Braintree, N.J I. ll\t ll \Y\11 M\ tSCll ·.1.77 -.1.7-175 95.611 ,\\11 H ONII!'H. i\(1], ·.Ill -2.K72S Hll.f,q "This temple of our civi like-minded candidates, a higher and greater than the Buchanan's thit·d cam \tit IH>\PITI OHI' \1\IT -2.10 -:1. 1~mo I-IH.56 ,\l'l'llrll\1,\tHUA \MAl ... o.-u +0.2475 57.:il lization has been desecrat greater demand for money bottom line on a balance paign began where his oth 11.1 [ ·llJ\1\l 1:\l -.\ ]Ul\IA +1.01 +U.ll200 62.12 ed, used to shake down cor and a relatively late start. sheet," he said. ers peaked, in this first-in porate executives, to lie "I love Pat and agree with A crowd of at least 300 the-nation primary state. page 6 The Observer • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Wednesday, March 3, 1999 II JAPAN • BRAZIL JobI IMF expects new loan agreement Associated Press have largely been completed. Last January Brazilian He said negotiators from the authorities let Brazil's real WASHINGTON two sides are working out final float freely against other cur Associated Press A new loan agreement with details this week. rencir,s, stanching a flow of Brazil is imminent, the head of But it could be several more reserves which were leaving TOKYO the International Monetary weeks before the IMF and the country at a rate of about Japan's unemplciymentstobd Fund, Michel Camdessus, said other lenders release the sec a billion dollars a day. at an all-time high of 4.4''per.: Monday. ond $9 billion installment of "We have advaneed a lot. cent in January for the thlrd Carndessus the $41.5 billion rescue pack We are now dealing with the straight month. as a recotd told the age assembled in November nitty gritty of the arrange number of people lost jobs due Institute of for Brazil. ment. The agreement will be a to corporate restructuring and International "We are now at a final stage solid one," Camdessus said. bankruptcies, the government Bankers that of putting together necessary lie reassured his audience of announced Tuesday. .······ economic amendments to our arrange private-sector bankers they The number of people seek~ revisions ment of last November with will not be required to play ing work after being forced out and struc- Brazil, to introduce the any formal role under the new of their jobs rose by 340,000 in t u r a 1 Camdessus changes required by the float agreement between the IMF January from a year earlier to reforms to ing of the real," Camdessus and Brazil but said they may 1 million. underpin the revised accord said. be asked to help in the future. That was the highest nurn· ber since the governm~:~nk • RUSSIA Bringing It All Together Companies criticize U.S. steel agreement Come Join the Student Body Government '99-'00 Associated Press intends to ask Russia's trade officials to negotiate rnodifica- WASHINGTON tions to the deal, described by Applications are now available in American companies that rely its representative, Peter on Russian-made steel, a labor Suchrnan, as vague and "totally the Student Government office for union that blames imports for unbalanced." widespread layoffs and a And Carl Frankel of the 1999-2000 Hussian exporter all told the United Steelworkers of America Clinton administration Tuesday panned the Clinton administra Office of the President Team positions that they don't like import limits tion's entire approach to recent negotiated by the two countries. surges in low-priced steel arriv The U.S. ing on U.S. and Russia docks. Applications are due have agreed "The union Wednesday, March 17, 1999 by 5:00 p.m. to varying ' No STEEL MILL WANTS cannot support import limits TO SELL SLABS - the proposed in the Student Government office (203 Lafortune). on 16 differ IT'S THE LOW LINK ON THE a g r e e m e n t ent types of unless it is part steel. FOOD CHAIN.' of a global solu The agree tion," he said, A list of positions available is mPnt. which ANDREW DILLON com pi a in i ng has not yet that when one included with the application packet. been final PRESIDENT, DSC LIMITED nation's steel ized. would imports are cut eSS!lntially back some roll back other country Interviews will be exports of those products to steps up its imports, forcing around 1997's levels. new trade cases that take some Thursday, March 18, 1999 and Saturday,March 20, 1999. Andrew Dillon. president of 13 months to resolve. DSC Limited of Trenton, Mich., "It doesn't matter to a steel Please sign up for an interview when implored the Commerce worker whether he's laid off Department's International because the steel carne from one picks up an application. Trad!l Administration to make Hussia, the steel carne from an nxception for the kind of Japan or the steel came from steel on which his business Korea. Shifting from one coun depends. try to another is not compelling Positions will be announced on Sunday, March 21, 1999 He said DSC buys from Hussia to a steel worker," he said. because it's difficult to get a n~liable source of U.S.-produced slab steel. Integrated mills use all they produce and other man ABSENTEE BIDDING AVAILABLE ufacturers buy as much as mini mills are able to turn out, he lace your bid today on exciting Notre Dame items including: said. "No steel mill wants to sell • Notre Dame Honorary Coaching Positions: slabs - it's the low link on the Become an honorary coach for the Spring Game on April24, 1999, including the pregame luncheon, food chain," he testifind. "There meetings, giving an inspirational pregame talk to your team, being on the sidelines and even calling a few is no domestic supply of slabs and our business depends on select plays under the guidance of the coaching staff. this." Dillon said his company is in the process of bringing modern • Football Fantasy facilities on-line that will mean Four tickets to the ND vs. Michigan State game on Sept. 18, 1999, with limo service to and from the game expanding its work force, but if (restricted to St. Joseph County), and dinner at the Morris Inn following the game. the Russian agreement is final ized as it's proposed, "We will not be able to open our mill and • Armchair Quarterback employ new workers," he said. Attend the team mass, have sideline passes and visit the locker room after either the Michigan State, A lawyer for Bethlehem Steel Oklahoma, or USC home game. Co., representing larger steel companies, opposed the deal in its entirety. • Trojan War "Hussian steel cannot be sold fairly in the U.S. market," said Four airplane tickets and four game tickets to the ND vs. USC game on Oct. 16, 1999, with four tickets to attorney Alan Wolff. "It can only the College Football Hall of Fame and a room at the South Bend Marriott. be durnp!~d." From the large domestic steel makers' point of view, every • Dinner with the Presidents import level in the agreement Dinner with Father Malloy and Father Beauchamp; Dinner with Father Hesburgh and Father Joyce. was set too high. The largest Hussian steel pro ducer, JSC Sr,verstal, said it • Season Football Tickets, and Tickets to Away Games Wednesday, March 3, 1999 The Observer • NA110NAL NEWS page 7 Lewinsky will talk on tonight's 20/20 interview ogy ."for my ,part in this past Knnnnth Starr's office gave the ing the president as "a very year s ordnal. go-ahead. where Lnwinsky longed to WASIIIN<;TON sensual man" who feels con return. She said slw confided · "I wouldn't dream of' asking The intervinw was timed to flicted because of his "strong Monica Lnwinsky is f'inally Clwlsea and Mrs. Clinton to !'or the alTair to Tripp aftnr lwr co help promote hnr book - religious upbringing." worker kept saying things such gPtting lwr say: about l't·nsident give me," she says. "But I would "Monica's Story," written with Clinton ("a V!'ry s<•nsual man"), "I think he struggles with his as "You're just the type of girl ask them to know that I am Princess Diana biographer l.itHla Tripp ("[ pity her") and sensuality because I don't think the president would likl~" and "I very sorry for what happened Andrew Morton - which goes It f' r rPgr<'t he thinks it's OK," she said. "I bet you could have an alTair and f'or what tlwy've bnnn on saln Thursday. for hurting think he tries to hold himself with him." through." White llouse spokesman llillary and back. And then can't anymon~." The Daily News in New York . Tlw first lady's spoknswoman, Barry Toiv refused to comment. C h n I s 1• a Lewinsky had stinging words also published excerpts ft·om Marsha Berry, had no com Asked if Lewinsky's words Cl in! on ("I for her former friend, Linda thn interview on Tuesday. Tlw nwnt. would finally bring an end to am V<'ry Tripp, who secretly tape newspaper said it had obtained Barbara Walters of ABC News ilw story, Toiv said: "I think I <.;orry"L record<~d their telephone con a partial, unedited audio liqw. won tlw f'i rst in te rv iew with can saf'ely say 'No' to that." In a two versations about the president ABC contirnwd its autlwntieity I.Pwinsky sincn the fornu~r ABC rel!lasnd brill!' !lxcerpts Ito u r in If' r and turned them ov!lr to Starr's but ohjeetod strongly to its WhitP llousl' intnrn burst into from thn interview on Tuesday. viPw lo hP investigators. being leaked. tlw hnadlinns on .Jan. 21, 199g. "Is Bill Clinton a sensuous, t ('I P vis" d Walters "I pity her," Lewinsky said. "I Tho Daily News said Lewinsky Lewinsky, who recdved immu passionate man'!" Waltnrs WPdll!•sday night. tlw woman would hate to be her." callnd Clinton lwr "soxual soul nity !'rom prosecution for coop asked thn 25-year-old woman. wltosn trysts willt tlw prnsid<~nt Lewinsky said she was mate" and insisted tlwir nda erating with investigators, was "Gosh, I'll probably get in drawn to Tripp at the Pentagon IPd to tlw Snnatf' itnpnacltmnnt prohibitml from spnaking pub tionship was about a "man and troubln for saying this," because both of them had a woman, and not a president trial oiTPrs tlw nation hnr apol- licly until indepnnd<~nt counsnl Lewinsky began before describ- worked at the White llouse. and an intern." • ELECTION 2000 THE BAYER LECTURE SERIES Bush may run for The Center for Environmental Science & Technology at the University of Notre Dame presents presidency in 2000 ENVIRONMENTAL PoLICY Associated Press Bush said he has bnnn buoyed by the parade of elect Earth Day to the Millennium: AUSTIN, Texas ed officials who have tn~kked Moving another St!lp eloser to to Austin to urge him to run. The View After 30 Years in a White llouse bid in 2000, Tuesday's announcement Gov. George Bush announced came as no surpris<~. Advisors Tuesday that he is forming a had been putting out tlw word the Environmental Arena presidential exploratory com for morn than a wonk. but it is mittee. the first formal. public step "I do have a compelling rca Bush has taken toward a Whitn .::Jt.::J\ From son to consider running !'or llousn race. president. For my family and "Exploratory eommittnes .· early years for !lV!lry f'amily in America, I ~·~'-· ~ .. ~ ,:· in federal ar!ln't much, but. tlwy are sig want the 21st century to be nals," said Larry Sabato, politi service including prosperous," Bush said. ea I science pro fnsso r at tlw ... _congressional staff in Bush, 52, said the first job of University of Virginia. "It dons ~:;::J970, through a career the committee will be to raise have some signifieance, money while he remains in «~·,; that has included because for tlw first time in a Texas until the state :Lenvi.ronmental education concreto way, lw's showing Legislature's SOnW leg." on th~ faculty of Williams session ends on B u s h College, service as an Memorial Day. picked thn .Assistant Administrator This summer, 'IDON'T FEAR FAILURE. I same day .. of the USEPA, as Bush said, he that l'at will travel REALLY DON'T.' ;mltnl.Sstoner of New York Buchanan. around the tlw eons<~r State Department of country to per- GEOJ!GE BVSI! vativn com ~-,·:Eni'ViJroram.ental Conservation sonally gaug!l GOVE/IN0/1 OF T!:.XAS mentator ··.·and now responsible for support. whose low- "I don't have budget International Paper a formal date in Company1s environmental campaigns mind yet," Bush said of his shor.kcd the Hepubliean <~stah . program, Mr. Jorling timntable for deciding whether lishmont in IIJIJ2 and liJIJfJ. will review lessons to run !'or the office his father opened his third presidnntial learned and how they once held. race in New llampshirn. Mr. Thomas C. Jorling might bear on The governor oft<~n has cited Bush said lw's not worried Vice Pr.:sid.:nt, Environmental Affairs his worries about the impact of policy into the about losing. lmernalional Paper a national eampaign on his "I don't !'ear failurn. I really Purchas<=, N.:w York future. family - wife Laura and their don't," he said. "Should I twin 17 -year-old daughters. decide to run, if things don't work out, that's just thn way it goes. And if things do work (Jut, I don't fear suec1~ss, You Will Be either." Formation of the nxploratory (()py SHOP commiltell allows Bush to rais The Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism presents a panel discussion of The Missionary Movement in American Catholic History Angelyn Dries, OSF Marquette University Thursday, March 4, 1999 4:15p.m. 116 DeBartolo Hall Participating in the a panel are Professor Dries, Philip Gleason, Professor Emeritus (Department of History), Robert Pelton, C.S.C. (Kellogg Institute), and Bradley Malkovsky (Department of Theology) ~...... ~----~~.~~------~------~~------~~~--~~------~~~------~------...-----~~------..... Wednesday, March 3, 1999 The Observer· NATIONAL NEWS page 9 Senate examines Y2K threat to business, medicine Associated Press Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Bob said, "a bump in the road, but it gram to provide loan guaran Biomedical dnvicns, the Bennett. H-Utah, who head a will not be crippling, and it will tees to small companies trying report said, an~ the "Trojan WASIIINGTON special Senate panel on tho r~ot l~st for an undue length of to repair computers or affcctml horses in the health-earn Tlw Senaln dndicated "Y2K" problmn. isstwd a 160- time. by interruptions in supplies. industry's compliance." Tuesday to the Year 2000 com page report outlining serious Seeking to allay fears of wide The National Federation of Malfunctions in blood gas ana puler problem, looking at potential probloms in health spread social and eeono.mic Independent Business said lyzers, for example, could shut thn~ats ranging from small care, energy supply and gov chaos. Dodd said people should more than half the nation's down operating rooms. h us i rwss bank r u pte ies to nrnment services if action isn't have canned goods and water small firms that use computers While the pharmaceutical Hussian rnissil(~ malfunctions. taken to change computers by on hand Dec. 31 as a normal have yet to act to make their industry is generally well pre "Fon~casling Y2K is a lot like the 1md of the year. procedure, but there is no need systems immune to the Y2K pared. 80 percent of' ingredi p r «' d i r t i n g w «'a tlw r." Sen . They also emphasized that. to stockpile food. bug. "The majority of small ents used in drugs comes from Christoplwr Dodd said. "You for most Americans, disruptions The Senate, by 99-0, passed a businesses are not ready, and abroad, many from countries ran only trark tlw storm and in vital services will be mini hill establishing a Small they arc not even preparing," that could face serious Y2K dis watch tliP eiTerts." mal. People can expect, Bennett Business Administration pro- Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said. ruptions. the report said. "It may come Bennett down to a choice s a i d between debt or telP.cornrnu '"~:'\>RECASTING Y2K IS A dissolution or nications rolling the dice." r LOT LIKE PREDICTING and pownr The bill. THE WEATHER. You CAN systems arn S.314, still needs in relatively House consider- ONLY TRACK THE STORM good shape, ation. AND WEATHER THE EFFECTS.' but there's The Bennett- real reason Dodd report to worry eoneurred that CJ /RISTO I'/ /Ell lJOI)f) about oil small businesses SENATOR, IJ-CONN imports and loeal gov from such ernments that major sup lack the money pliers as or expertise to repair their sys Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and tems faeed the biggest risks. Nigeria. All are 12 to 18 It said 64 pereent of hospi months b11hind the United tals, mostly smaller units, States in addressing Y2K prob haven't tested their Y2K lems. repairs, and more than 80 per Bennntt and Dodd also held a cent of doctors' offices aren't secret session for snnator·s to prepared. The effects could be discuss national st~curity and temporary loss of medical international isstws rising from records, or, more serious. disruptions that could occur breakdowns in computerized when computnrs misread the equipment. year 2000 as 1900. Think of us as your scHool bus. semester breaks or heading home lor your sister's wedding, if going home means catching a plane at Midway or O'Hare. the best way to the airport is United Limo. Frequent service, all day from campus gets you there on schedule. And when it's time to hit the books again, we'll pick you up at the airport and bring you back to school. No hassles, no problems. 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Unfortunately for Bush, national poli tics proved nastier than Texas politics (and that's quite an indictment). Apparently questioning Bush's conserva tive credentials, Lamar Alexander, who admits that he's the only Beagan Republican running for President. says Issac Ruiz "compassionate conservativism" are "weasel words." By January, a top aide said Bush would support a proposal to prohibit same-sex couples from adopting a child Okay, I'm not really a Republican, but I did vote in two Republican primaries. They meant nothing to me. I didn't want 'THAT'S THE PROBLEM to do it. but as they say, "When in Texas WITH THE ... "-well. you know. REPUBLICAN PARTY. fOR For years, I've tried to mask my instance, Senate Majority Leader Trent ties and homosexuals in recent years. He Hepublican tendencies by overcompen TOO LONG THEY'VE WOR Lott and conservative guru Pat summed up the party's problems: "I will Robertson (please). Curiously, during the report to you that the good news is that sating with sensitive and correct posi RIED TOO MUCH ABOUT tions on issues like civil rights. welfare last year, each of these men has con~ the rich people and the business people and international affairs. I've never been DIRTY WORDS LIKE S-E-X cerned himself with the sex life of anoth still like us, but that's about it." er man (the president's) more than any able to hide my views regarding- this INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON Like Howland said, unless each of is hard to say- that dirty three-letter gay man I know. these people votes five or six times. the word. OTHER WORDS LIKE T-A-X.' That's the problem with the Hepublican party is in trouble. T-A-X. Republican party. For too long, they've I am no longer a practicing "Why me?" I've often asked myself. worried too much about dirty words like Hepublican. My views on most issuPs I low can I repress my urges - my desire S-E-X instead of focusing on other words mean that I usually support less conserv for lower rates. my craving for a simpler or from becoming foster parents. The like T-A-X. Way too many good candi ative policies and, therefore, less conser code? Could there be a "cure" for my governor, arguably a latent liberal, fell dates sell out because they think it'll win vative politicians. Still. I hope that after latent Republicanism? deep into denial. them an election. This time the strategy Gov. Bush reads his copy of today's Everyone says there's nothing wro~g At least 10 million children in the won't work. Observer, he'll reconsider his strategy with being Republican. I think that's United States are raised in gay or lesbian New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd for becoming president. Otherwise, I'm true. Republicans' conduct is what's so households. More than a decade has Whitman admitted before the afraid the Hepublican party and I have) offensive. passed since collection of data support Republican Leadership Conference last had our final fling. Consider. for example, the issue so ing that number, and it's safe to assume month that, "[M]any Americans right near and dear to us at Notre Dame that today's figure is much larger. now have an impression of rhe Isaac Ruiz is a second-year law stu guaranteeing each individual equality Furthermore, powerful evidence demon Republican Party that's mean-spirited, dent. He can be e-mailed him at under the law, regardless of his sexual strates that homosexuals are perfectly vindictive and ... not attending to the isaac.ruiz.l3@nd. edu. orientation. capable of good parenting. public's business." The views expressed in this column are Earlier this year, presidential hopeful Homophobia is fashionable in At the same conference, Gov. John those of the author and not necessarily George W. Bush (the son) raised a few Republican subculture;take, for Rowland of Connecticut lamented that those of The Observer. his party had alienated women, minori- • 000NESBUIW GARRY TRUDEAU • QuoTE OF THE DAY I WORK.. FOR. MR. N6UY6N, LAY IT ON UM ... I'M IUNI?a? MANA66ROF M£, f'ARTN&R. SORRY, I'M gr,4N/?. NOTAUlHOR THANK'.? Nil<& t=ACllJ! - Ma~y Little ' VIEWPOINT Thursday, February 18, 1999 ------OB~ERVER ------page II • UNIVERSITY Of MARYLAND • LEITER TO THE EDITOR End Affirmative Action The Pig's Gotta Be In a recent issue. The Observer ran several run in a slower time than do their male eounter· articles mg:mling the topic of affirmative action. parts. Penned Up With our privileged and rather sheltered lives How's that? If I am ever being mugged I want here at Notre Dame. it is easy to praise affirma the most physically capable officer available to tivt~ action for its role in bringing different back assist me- and if th1tt means denying positions grounds together (and the artides certainly had to physically inferior women, so be it. If I am no shortagt! of positive things to say in this vein}. stuck on the eighth floor of a. burning building, I AdrniUndly, lif11 would be boring if' we were all want a firefighter who ean carry me safely down tlw same. the ladder. If a five-foot tall, one hundred pound llowever. thn artides- and. it seems, a. large woman can do such tasks with comparable abili portion of upp1!r-class society- neglect to rec ty to her mule counterparts- by all means. ognizn how harmful affirmative action is. It assign her to the force and let her rescue me. denies opportunities to those in the "majority"- Bur if she can't- and, as standards have been opportunities they ner-d just as much as minori· lowered for women, this seems likely- it seems Lins do. At tlw same time, it wrongfully suggest.<; bettor for everyone that she be denied the job. that minorities arc unable to succeed without As a female und an engineering student; I have outside assistance. yet another perspective regarding affirmative P1whaps the most striking daim madtl by one action. Well-intentioned people do not stop telling me how easy it will be to obtain a job of' the articles was that allirmative action does COLLEGE PAHK. Md when I graduate, being a female engineer and not entail "prnferential treatment and unfair Did you ever wonder what it was like to live in Communist advantagns for minorities and women." Far from all. But I don't want to be hired simply because I Hussia or Hitler's Germany? Well, you already know part of it. lktion, prct'nrential treatment is at the heart of am female! Despite the popular misconception that we live in a democratic: every nf1irmative action plan. Let me share a few I want to be hired because I am the best candi country, this country has become a police stat!~. Martial law has stories that I hope will eonvinee you of this fact. date and I will do the best job. And the catch is been declared and all conceptions about the "fair" trial have bnen In the rniddlo 1970s, rny fatlwr took the civil this: regardless of whether I am hired as a token thrown out the window. servie:e exam to become a firefighter in the City female or as an outstanding engineer, my male OK: so maybe it's not that drastic, but let nw e~xplain whnrn I'm of Buffalo. At the heart of civil service is the con colleagues will wonder which is the case- and coming from. When you see a police oiTicer following behind you who could blame them? They will think <'tlpt of nwrit-based hiring; by utilizing an objee on the road, how do you feel? Do you feel safer because you know tivr hiring system, it hopes to give the ''best" job regardless of what is true - that I was hired they're there looking out for the safety and security of tho popu simply to complete the trend of "diversifying" the to thr "lwst" individual regardless of extraneous lation? Or, do you get paranoid and worrind about what you factors (interestingly enough, it originated in engineering workphwe. I'd rather that thought might be pulled ovnr for? ntlver cross their mind; I'd rather they know that C:hina 1~cmturies ago in ordm· to flliminato nepo I'm willing to bet that for the most of us, it's tlw lattnr. their company simply hires the best applicants. tism). What is supposed to happen is that every It shouldn't be this way. Cops shouldn't haw this all-pownrf'ul llowever, with current hiring practices that pnrson who wants a givnn job takes an examina reign of terror ovnr drivers, nspedally owr younger driwrs and hnavily utllizo affirmativo action, there is little tion- whirh, in thn caso of lirelighling. indudns minorities. Yeah. I said it. Cops are as biased as a nwmlwr of' tlw chance that I will ever know if I could have both wl'ittnn and physical components- and, Ku Klux Klan whnn it comes to pulling ovm· minoritins. lms•~d on objnclivn scores. appliennts are mnked ''made it" on my merits alone. I have a black frinnd who gnts pullnd ovnr at least onc:n a month In short, aiTirmative action is strongly demo1·- ' from higlll'st to lownst. just bec:ause he drives a nien car. The story is always tlw sanw. alizing to both the whites it discriminates against I!iring then procnnds in the ordor of tho rank "Can I see your license, etc:.'?" ing list. Simply. "thn hPst pNson gf•ts the job.'' and the minorities it suggests are unqualified to "Sure, officer." When my f'atlwr took Uw exam. hn plaeed 36th compete on their merits alone. We, as ~\society, ::whore m:e yen~. going?" out of St>Voral thousand applieantS; SO he should need to stop hiding behind arguments that deny llomn. olli!~er. haw imtn(•diatcly r·neeived a job. However, ~he simple faet-; that allirmative action does dis "You got anything in tho car I should know about'!" hPI'ausn of' minority hiring (read preft1rencel. he e:riminate against whites and does offer prel'er· Don't tt~ll me you havnn'tlward that bnf'orn. l.ikP bt>raust~ lw StW!~ral nntial treatmnnt to minorities. We nood to stop had to wait ytmrs for a job- until only has a nice car and he's black lw's a drug dnalnr? But tho cops two woeks brf'orr that list expired. claiming that race is simply "considered" when will toll you it gives them cause to be~ suspieious. Why don't wn awarding jobs and scholarships and the like, Minority applicants who WtH·e ranked over light to stop this? wlwn, in fact, t'ace is the primary criterion upon :100th rPCPiVPd job assignmcmts before h!~ did. I used to get the same thing all tho time just because I have a which they awarded (in cases of affirmative Only snV!lrDI years ago. one of my uncles took bunch of stickers on my ear and I had long hair. I onen got pulled the rivil sPrvict! exam (remember. the goal of action. obviously). over ~t 8 in thn morning over a wintnr bnmk. on my way to visit dvil sorviee is objeetivt1 hiring) to become a Number 36 on tho firef.ighter nmkings is not my ht.gh school, and a cop asked what I had bt~on smoking that remotely close to numbor 300 on thosH same polieP oflker in the City of Buffalo. Recently, hir mornmg. I wanted to say. "It's 8 o'clock in tho morning. I would rankings; doing 30 pushups in a minute (as for ing praeticcs in tho police department have been like to have startnd smoking pot this early!" so prc~ft!rPntialtoward minorities that. for every the police officer physical exam) is not compara· The worst is when you light a ticket. What happntwd to inno whit1~ malo hirnd, threo minoriti(lS or women ble to doing 50 ol' them. cent until proven guilty? Unloss you bring in oxte~nsiw charts. Allirmative action has everything to do with must be hired. That is. despite the fact that witnnsses and experts, you'm pmbably going to lost'. Your best white mains constitute the majority of appli setting different- that is, unequal- standards option is to plna-bargain for a lesser line. Any e~op can give any cants. Uwy rneniV!l only about a quat·ter of the f'or whites and minol'ities; when did this bnconHl one a ticket, oven if it is unwarrantPd. and ninP tinu~s out of I 0. right? We need to stop trying to find equality of jobs available. My unclo, as a white malo. has lit they're gonna pay somo kind of line. Some justice. opportunity in a system that is inherently tiP rhance of' getting hirml. A majority of' cops arn on somn absurd power trip. Tlwy don't unequal. We need to end affirmative action., OnP of the articles in The Obse1t·ver also praisHs understand that the people thny pull ovnr arn httrnans. Onn limn, tlw fact that moro womnn m·e being ol'ferod coming back from the District, my frinnd and I wnrP both pulled "opportunitios" in the polke and fire depart over and all seven passengers in our cars wn'm thrown to tlw rrwnts. That's great- if they deserve the jobs Leah Ashe ground at gunpoint. tlwy an~ givon. Many pnoplo do not know that S()phomore Turns out someone had called in and said wn had a gun. OK. I physieal standards arn lower (read, preferential) McGlinn Hall understand why we worn treated like that. llownver. onrn tlwy for women than they are for men seeking the Februruy 27, 1999 realized that we didn't havn a gun. thny didn't chango their torw. same jobs in the poliee department. For exam You'd think, after they had thrown everyone on the ground and pin, womon have to bo able to do fewer pushups almost bnat up one of my frinnds, that they would apologize. That in a minute and complete the mile-and-a-half they'd at least say, "Sorry for the inconvf~lli()ncn." Nope. All they did was give us unrnasonabln spnnding tickets, which basically means. "Wo think you were spending, but WP can't pr?ve it." I guess they had to get somothing out of' tho stop. On a stde note, why do cops continue to stuff their facns with ViewpoiV\t rs V\oW hiviV\g cofl'ee and doughnuts? I swnar. you can't be at a donut shop for more than a couple of hours without seeing a cop pick up a doznn or two intended for his buddies back at the pigpen. I ean just hear their squeals of joy. I'm just saying. if I were a eop. I'd stay assistaV\t editors fov the as far away from doughnut. just becausr. of the stornotypn. But back to what I've been trying to say. We should think of the police as protectors of our safr.ty. But instead thny harass us. I'm ju~t curio~s as to why thern has not boen major uproar about it. school yeav. fhe pohce need to answer to a higher authority. Thnrn nnnds to 1999~2000 be a citi~:n 's control board or something that reviews complaints about ofhcers. Moreover. we need to complain about the police. If an ollicer unfairly harasses you, don't just let it happen. Write a letter to his or her superior, to the mayor, tlw governor CoJ!1tact ColleeJ!1 at 1 ~ 5303 and to the local paper. Make sure you include his or hnr name. We need to fight to keep our freedom. If injustices are going on. the only way to stop them is to light them. Or it will get worse. fov ftAvthev iV\fovmatioV\ ov Josh Kross is a senior English and government and politics major at the University of Maryland. lie can be reached at [email protected] This column has been reprinted by cour- tesy of the U- Wire. · The views expressed in this column are those of the author and stop by the office i V\ SD+-1 , not necessarily those of The Observer. ------ THE pagel2------O BSERVER ------Wednesday, March 3, 1999 here was a great deal of intrigue sur these CDs. But at the time that they were per rounding the need for Jimi Hendrix to formed, they were completely new to the t:rowd produce an album for Capitol records to and somewhat new to the band. It was this point Tbe released in 1970. Most of this stems in Hendrix's career where he had only begun to from the all too common practice of musicians to experiment and let his creativity flow. sign any contract that comes across the table. Live at the Fillmom East gives you a glimpse of Such was the case with Jimi Hendrix and the an inspired artist who strived to be completely lawsuit by PPX Industries that was settled with free with his music and push it to new levels. the demand for an album of new material. Hendrix incorporated elements of roek, H&B, To fulfill this commitment to Capitol Records, soul and funk to creat1~ a very complex and new Hendrix assembled a band which became known sound. You need not be a fan of Hendrix to sit in as the Band of Gypsys. He called on his old army awe as you hear the music unfold. buddy, BilliB Cox, and drummer Buddy Miles to Of note on this release arc two alternate ver help him. Just prior to the formation of the Band sions of "Machine Gun," a song that is heralded of Gypsys, Hendrix's relationship with his as one of Hendrix's greatest single achieve Experience bassist, Noel Redding, disintegrated ments, as performed by the Band of Gypsys. Also after countless disagreements about touring and included is a covnr of lloward Tate's H&B song, studio work as well as music. "Stop," which the band elevated to a new I!WI~I In addition, Experience drummer Mitch -a very funky song. Mitchell decided to take a break and go back to This is a great set of' CDs, eontaining some of' England. The result of the new band's efforts the best music ever performed, in my humble was four of the most legendary rock 'n' roll per opinion. With that said, l would have liked to see formances- two on Dec. 31, 1969, and two in even more of the performances mleased, possi Jan. 1, 1970- all four at Bill Graham's Fillmore bly in the form of a boxed set of the concert per Photo courtesy of MCA Records East. formances. However, this would entail a large That is about all I am going to say regarding number of COs and would inevitably be very the background of these performances lmcause expensive. what often happens is that these events shadow It is also important to note that Live at the Jirni Hendrix the pure greatness of the music. Fillmore East is more of an addition io the 1970 Live at the Fillmore East represents release of Band of Gypsys. Band of Gypsys repre Experience Hendrix's latest release of previously sents the hand-picked songs for rel1mse and con Live at the Fillmore East unreleased material. This double CD set contains tains some of the better versions of thn songs on tracks that are not included on the 1970 Band of Live at the Fillmore East. Such is the ease with . Gypsys, which contained performances from the "Who Knows," which is one of the best songs MCA Records last two shows and was the last album that performed at the concerts. The two albums Hendrix authorized for release. Live at the together represent an important colleetion in ****(out of five) Fillmore East contains releases from all four of music history. the Fillmore East shows. If you are a fan of Hendrix, you have no doubt heard recorded versions of many of the songs on Ja~Des Schuyler he title Thn Sebadoh seems to imply the Gone are the days of screaming lyrics. Gone is defining era of a band. This is the sound the band which moved in everv direction at once. that the band Sebadoh has been striving Gone is the old spirit of Sebadoh. Like every Tto achieve with their past six albums. Lou alternative band today, Sebadoh has adopted the Barlow (guitar, vocalsi elaims "it felt like we sound of the '90s. Songs like "It's All You" and were making solo albums under a band name." "Flame" ring less true with the addition of elec But now, after a little over 10 years, the defini tronics and samples. In addition, "Flame" seems tive Sebadoh has arrived. stolen in its spoken-word refrain, a patented But is the definitive Sebadoh any good? Soul Coughing style. Sebadoh stands on the bor Sebadoh has been known as tho king of the lo der of selling out to the sound best described as fi indie musk scene since the conception of such MTV. and only Jason Lowenstein stands in the albums as Ill (199 l) and Bubble and Scrape way. (1 903). These albums formed around a strong The Sebadoh, while a decline in style, is the contrast in music- the acoustic folk melody and coming-of-age of Lowenstein. No longer does he lulling voice of Lou Barlow versus the punkish sit loudly in the shadow of Lou Barlow. For the scrnamings of Eric Gaffney (drums, vocals) ver second straight album, Lowenstein and Barlow · sus the punk and folk mix of Jason Lowenstein share the stage, scripting seven tracks apiece, (bass, vocals). Sebadoh was three singers/song but this time it's different - Lowenstein now writers pulling in opposite directions. casts the shadow. In tracks like "Nick of Time" After Bubble and Scrape, Gaffney left, only to and "Decide," Jason keeps the angry Sebadoh be replaced by drummer Bob Fay for the albums alive and with his scratchy voice, holds onto a Bakosale (1994) and I-larmacy (1996). With a style not definitive of alternative culture. new drummer. Sebadoh took a turn towards Lou Barlow isn't without his successes either. Photo counesy of Sub-Pop Records more mainstream alternative - or maybe rnain The songs "Colorblind," "Sorry," and "Love is stn~am alternative took a turn towards Sebadoh. Stronger" are reminiscent of the Lou of old. Lowenstein wrote more songs and tried to take Unfortunately, Lou cranked out some lackluster, the place of Gaffney and his rants. Barlow soon radio-friendly tracks in order to fill his seven became known as that guy who wrote the smash song quota -"Tree," "Flame," and "Thrive." Sebadoh hit "Natural One" as part of his side project True Sebadoh fans are left crossing their fingers called Folk Implosion. Sebadoh gained even and praying - don't sell out, Sebadoh. There's more notoriety with "Ocean," the first single off still time. TheSebadoh of an amazing Harmacy record. Now it's 1999, and Sebadoh has risen again with another new drummer, Russ Pollard. With a Sub-Pop Records new drummer comes another new style for the Tin. Donohue band. ***(out of five) :·t\·· Afghan Whigs The Samples Alanis Morissette ·:.~:~"Mar~ Double Door Rolling Stones Mal. 26 1.5 !i!ii:IHouse of Blues Sleater-Kinney Mar. 27 :o·····mFf •• A ..•:I 20 Rosemont Horizon THE Wednesday, March .'3, 1999------OBSERYER ------page 13 album reviews nt's say you havn an npisodo of MTV's relationships and navigating temptations, not "CniPbritv IJPathmatr.h" featuring womon Mars versus Venus. THE HOT in nwk. ·f!Pn1's what would happon - Thn I lot Hoek - titlnd aftnr a 1 CJ70s diamond ( ;wnn Stnf1~ni ovnr Jnwnl. no doubt; i\lanis !wist film starring Hobert Bedford - cxudns ovnrL (;wnn; CourtJH'Y l.ov11 ovnr /\Janis and in the ferocity and frailty. Tho album fp,aturcs surf-rock rhampionship round ... Slnatnr-Kinnny's Corin drumming, nnw wave inl'lur,ne11S and crunchy Turknr ovPr Court1wy. guitars. Songs that appear simplistic and hook Nnvnr hPard of' Slnatnr-Kinnny? lad f tho songs that make up Patty Griffin's first of the album actually consists of slowPr num album. Living With Ghosts, are apples, thnn bers. "Carry Me" is a mournful yet puppy dirge, those on her follow up. Flaming Hod, are similar in many ways to Sarah Melachlan's I oranges. Or maybn kiwis, or honeydnw, or "Swent Surnmdm·." "Christina" is a pmtty bal anything just as bland. Whiln her poppier sec lad. dnspite being compromised by syntlwsizPd ond effort cannot bn directly compared with her drums at the bHginning and Pnd. "Big lladdy" is purely acoustic debut. it is nonetheless evident a dreamy memory in tlw form of a song with a that the stellar songwriting and vocal prowess soothing - il' slightly Perin - ef'f'nct. Tlwre is that characterized her first album havfl wannd, not mueh to say about "Mary" or "l'Pt!)r Pan," only to bn rnplacnd with an overproduend back the two slow ballads that conclude tlw album - ing band. they are simply tough to sit through. The album lacks continuity- it skips without With decent melodiPs and obvious, 1wrhaps caution from blues-rock to country to pop. The nxcnssive. attention to detail. thn n•maining doctric rockers are contrived, and the ballads, songs on the album am tlw most radio-friPJHlly. espocially at tlw end of the album. aro tedious They are straightforward pop songs that would at bnst. fit right betwnr.n Paula Cole and Shawn Colvin. Thorn are a few shining moments on the "One Big Lovp" is a well rrafwd, st!'ady rorkPr album. like "One Big· Lovo," which you may with carnl'ully-plaeml harmonies and a nicP bal- havn heard on the radio. and "Tony." Patty . anee between aeoustie and Plnrtric guitars. summoned up all of her songwriting talent to The overproduction of most of tlw instru pen tlwsn two very impressive tunes. "Go Now," ments in "Tony" - ineluding spacey sound Griffin's surprisingly el'f'eetive attempt at jazz, effects and voice delays - is nvercom<' by comes complete with a prominent bass and Griffin's superb song and lyric writing abilitiPs brushes instead of' drumsticks. Its success relies and a raucous chorus to make this tiH' album's on Patty's amazing ability to control her voice, best song. Pholo courtesy of A&M Records which shn transforms into pure '40s-radio vcl I liked Patty Griffin's first album so much that vnt for this novel piece. I felt compellnd to buy hnr second pf'f'ort. But I The two minutes of' distorted guitar and wail startnd to worry when I noticPd tlH' critics ing harmoniea noise that comprise tho first and praising her "expanded" sound. Patty Griffin title track are a warning to any listeners who My worries were eonfimwd. might expeet this album to sound anything like I'm not-sun~ where Griffin was trying to go Living With Ghosts. an album that featured only with the sporadic f.'laming RPd, but I think she Flaming Red Griffin and her acoustie guitar. But tho loud and might have had the radio dial in mind. fast attempt at blues-rock is not only transpar Nonetheless, her latest effort can't destroy hrr ently dolibnratn, but it is also litnrally monoto past - I will always hold a special place for tlw A&M Records nous. Griffin comes closer to the mark with the phenomenal Living With Ghosts. morn interesting "Wiggley Fingers," a gritty ** (out of fiYc) song with a llendrix-style guitar riff that addresses sexuality and the shamn that Catholicism associates with it. Ji,... Kelly While these songs arc certainly charged. most UPCOMING SHOWS IN INDIANAPOLIS Mighty Blue Kings Mar. 4 Patio Lounge Lyle Lovett Mar. 25 Embassy Theatre • Lenny Kravitz Mar. 9 Murat Theatre Celine Dion Mar. 31 Market Sq. Arena The Samples Mar. 9 Vogue Theatre Jonny Lang Aprill Murat Theatre Salt 'N Pepa Mar. 9 World Mardi Gras de Talk Aprill Market Sq. Arena Alanis Morissette Mar.11 Market Sq. Arena The Temptations April30 Convention Center ----- ~------. page 14 The Observer • CLASSIFIEDS Wednesday, March 3, 1999 • COLLEGE BASKETBAll Big East coaches want to change tourney format Associated Press into Thursday's quarterfinals No. 7 Providence (16-12) faced as a No. 12 seed. "With so many back and are Miami (21-5) and St. John's No. 10 Georgetown (14-14); "The only thing we're con forths in the league it comes NEW YORK (23-7). and No. 8 Notre Dame (14-15) cerned with now is getting back down to where did you finish." .Big East coaches all agree It's a new area for Miami met No.9 Seton Hall (14-13). to playing good basketball and lw said. "Our conference has that since thr. league expanded coach Leonard Hamilton. "I Last year's tournament saw getting a much-needed win three top 10 teams (No. 3 to 13 teams in 1995, the post haven't gotten to over Pitt." Connecticut, No. 9 Miami and season tournament just hasn't that day, but I'm coach Kevin No. 10 St. John's) and a lot of been fair. sure it's going to be Bannon said. other good teams. The confer Tlw addition of Rutgers, West nice," he said. 'To WIN FOUR GAMES oN FOUR STRAIGHT DAYS, "The upper ence deserves as many bids as Virginia and Notre Dame "Each year there classmen will possible. Providence and forced the change in the tour are different goals EVEN FOR A TERRIRC BASKETBALL TEAM, IS ONE remind the oth Hutgers can play their way in." namentformat to include a and this year we're HECK OF AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF ers of last year Georgetown. which won its fourth day of competition for all and we may opener over Miami last year as going in thinking we MANY TEAMS HAVE EVER DONE THAT. THE EXTRA DAY but the top three seeds. To a have a legitimate watch a little a 13th seed, need1~d a first man. the coaches agree the chance of OF REST FOR US WILL BE GOOD. FROM TRYING TO WIN tape of it. but I round win to keep its 25-year champion will always be one of winning the title THE BIG EAST AND PLAYING THE FOLLOWING WEEK, ITS want them to postseason streak alive because the teams that only plays three because of the extra have a a team eannot be invited to the games. day. Maybe not a A HUGE ADVANTAGE.' different atti NIT with a sub-.500 record. "To win four games on four day of rest, but one JIM CALIIOUN tude. Go in "The NIT would mean a lot to straight days, even for a terrific of preparation CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL COACH with a little me personally and a lot to basketball team, is one heck will benefit the chip on our team." said Hoy as coach Craig ofan accomplishment. I just team. You won't shoulder. Esherick, who replaced .John don't know if many teams have expend as much energy in a the 11th, 12th and 13th seeds "I told them they have to win Thompson following his sudden ever done that," said practice as in a game, but that win opening-round games and a game to get in the tourna resignation during his 27th Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun, extra day of preparation will that would be devastating this ment and they're fine with that. ~eason at Georgetown. "Back in whose Huskies (25-2) are the make you look better going into year for the likes of Syracuse, We want to go there and win a January, we were lighting for top seed in the tournament for that first game." Providence and Rutgers as they couple of games." our lives to play consistently. the fifth time in the last six In today's games, fourth try to secure spots in the Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim We had a good month of years. "The extra day of rest seeded Syracuse (19-1 0) faced NCAA's field of 64. could feel confident his February, winning some for us will be good. From trying No. 13 Boston College (6-20); Rutgers, which came into the Orangemen would get an at games. Give an awful lot of to win the Big East and then while No. 5 Villanova (20-9) tournament on a four-game large bid. barring a shocking credit, if we do end up in a playing the following week, it's played No. 12 West Virginia losing streak, may even need a loss to Boston College. 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Brooks tried to take I'EOHI/\. 1\riz. the front of his helmet with his Hodriguez's second pitch to power, leadership l;irst things f'irst for Garth bat and motioned toward right field, but fouled it into the Brooks. Hodriguez. 24, who played in screen covering the first-base Associated Press nevnr had anybody win it. It "You might want to get a the Mexican Leagues last year, dugout. He hit a weak foul ball would have bcon a good helmet," San Diego Padres as if to say. "Nice job." down the third-base line, then TUCSON, 1\riz. honor." rnanagHr Bruen Boehy told the Whon Brooks got back to the took ball one. lie has talent, wealth and Hecognizing the talent in country singnr as he headed dugout "he said he was sorry," ''I'm not proud of the statis every reason to brag, but front of them, the Hockies out for his only at-bat in the said scout Jeff Gardner, who tic, but I am proud of the at Todd Helton cannot bring approached llldton before elub's intrascjuad ganw on was managing Brooks' team. bat," said Brooks, who admit himself to utter words of self spring training and askml if he Tuosday. "lie's such a good guy. He hon ted he'd be thinking about it for promotion. would be willing to think Fivn pitches later, Brooks estly feels like he let us down a while. Instead, llnlton rests his about signing a long-term con was bal'k in the dugout, apolo by striking out." "This is going to be my hard chin on the top of his bat and tract. gizing to his teammat1~s for Hock, Brooks even apologized est part of the game right hcrn. speaks in tlw humble torw or a "It sort of blew nw away," striking out on a neck-high to reporters later on. Because if every at-bat I man who has something to he said. While gPnuinnly llat fastball from non-roster right "I knew what I was doing. He remember as well as this one, prove rather than ono who tPt'Pd by Colorado's intPrl~st. handPr Salvador BodriguPz. just brought it a little harder I'm never going to get to the represents tho future of th11 llnlton was clnarly uncomfort lin didn't deliver a hit, but he than he did the first one," said next one. I got to let it go. It's Colorado Hockies. able talking about b11coming a at least knew what was going Brooks, who's in camp on a hard for me." "I'm definitely not what millionaire as thn negotiations on out tlu~rn. lie nwn managed non-roster basis to live out his Said Bochy: "I didn't expect you'd call a star by any played out during tlw first two a l'oupln of' l'oul balls. fantasy and help kick-start his any more. /\etually there was a means," Helton said before wneks of spring training. "It was cool," Brooks said a baseball-related charitable pretty good slider, and he made signing a four-year. $12 m i I II e Ito n and t lu~ H !H: kin s lhv hours latPr, when most of foundation. "He bettered me. contaet to stay alive there. He lion contract Tuesday. "] don't IWimtually agnH~d on a four his tPamnuttns worn long gone He shook it off twice, so I knew probably wish he would have like to talk about it. It's kind of ynar deal that will pay him for the day, but he was still in he was coming with something taken a swing at the first pitch awkward for m1~. 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Michael Finley scored 20 buzzer. jumpers went long, and Rider trademark crisp passing and All live Spurs starters scored points and A.C. Green had 19 Hardaway's 3-pointer gave grabbed the rebound to force a shot 50 percent. But the Blazers in double figures. David points and 12 rebounds, both Miami a 78-76 lead with 1:57 second extra period at 94-94. outrebounded the Jazz 20-12 Hobinson joined Elie with 15 eason highs. as the Dallas left in regulation, but Houston's Stoudamire, who played a and Walt Williams hit 3-of-3 points and Sean Elliott added 12. Mavericks kept the Los Angeles jumper tied the game with 34 game-high 55 minutes, had 13 from 3-point range as the Scottie Pippen led Houston Clippers winless with a 112-99 seconds to go. In the final sec points and eight assists on 5-of- Blazers trailed by only 46-45 at with 21 points and llakeem victory on Tuesday night. onds of regulation, Ewing 16 shooting. Brian Grant had 13 halftime. Olajuwon had 12 points and 11 Hubert Davis added 18 points missed a 12-foot and the Heat points and 12 rebounds. rebounds. Charles Barkley, play and Steve Nash and Gary Trent missed four shots, including The game was a physical one Spurrs 99, Rockets 82 ing his second game since com had 16 each to help the three by Mourning. worthy of two first-place teams, ing off the injury list, had Mavericks to their fifth victory in but the intensity led to scores of Tim Duncan had 23 points and 16points and six rebounds. the last seven games. Trail Blazers 102, mistakes. Utah had 25 14 rebounds and two former Maurice Taylor's 18 points Jazz 100 turnovers, while the Blazers had Houston players helped the San Wizards 97, Hawks 77 and 13 rebounds paced the 23. Portland shot just 39 per Antonio Spurs beat the Rockets Clippers, who fell to 0-13 and Rasheed Wallace scored 22 cent, but outrebounded the Jazz 99-82 Tuesday night. Washington ended a four remainthe only NBA team with points and sank two free throws 45-37. The Spurs permitted the game losing streak Tuesday out a victory. The 1988-89 with 17 seconds left in the sec The Jazz jumped to a 94-90 Rockets only two brief early night as Mitch Hichmond scored Miami Heat hold the league ond overtime Tuesday night as lead in the first overtime on two leads and sped to a 53-37 half 28 points to lead the hot-shoot record for the worst start, open the Portland Trail Blazers fought free throws by Malone and a time edge, led by former Hockets ing Wizards to a 97-77 victory ing 0-17. ofT the Utah Jazz 102-100. quick jumper by Hornacek with guard Mario Elie, who hit 15 over the Atlanta llawks. Darrick Martin scored 14 Portland prevailed in the 1:58 to go. Wallace's drive past first-half points, but sat out the Juwan Howard added 20 points, Rodney Rogers and matchup of the teams with the Thurl Bailey cut it to 94-92. second half with a strained left points and Rod Strickland had Tyrone Nesby added 13 each two best records in the NBA, A jumper by Stoudamire tied it hamstring. 18 as the Wizards shot 42-for-71 and James Robinson scored 12 improving to 6-0 at home and at 94 with 20 seconds to go. The Rockets' last lead was 28- (59 percent) for the game. Grant for the Clippers. 10-3 overall. The Jazz dropped Portland came back from a four 27 with 8:54 to go in the second Long led Atlanta with 17 points Shawn Bradley had 10 points to 11-3. their only losses coming point deficit in the last 1 :45 to tie quarter. From that point the and Anthony Johnson added 14. to give Dallas six double-figure on the road. it at 90 heading into overtime. Spurs outscored Houston 26-9 Richmond scored 13 when scorers for the first time this After Wallace's free throws. The Jazz led 86-80 with 3:07 the rest of the period for their Washington Ol)tscored Atlanta season. Utah's Greg Foster got the ball left. but Portland rallied with an 16-point halftime lead. 35-11 during a 13:32 stretch After trailing by as many as 17 near the basket, but couldn't get emotional burst. Rider hit a 3- The Rockets rallied briefly in spanning the second and third points early in the final quarter, out of traffic. He was called for pointer, and Grant had a dunk the third quarter, cutting San periods. The Wizards took their the Clippers got as close as 97- traveling with 3.2 seconds left. and a free throw to make it 88- Antonio's lead to 60-51 with biggest lead at 69-45 after the 87 on Rogers' layup. But Finley The Blazers' Damon 86 with 2:01 left. A turnaround 4:541eft, but the Spurs took a 71- teams were tied at 32. hit a 3-pointer with 4:40 left. Stoudamire was fouled and by Wallace later cut the lead to 58 edge into the fourth quarter. The Wizards ended the half on The Mavericks, who never made one of two free throws, two, and the Jazz turned it over Avery Johnson, who played an 18-5 run for a 50-37 lead at trailed, opened the game with giving Utah a chance to win with on their next possession. with the Rockets during the intermission. The Wizards shot their highest-scoring quarter of a 3-pointer. Wallace picked it up and got 1991-1992 season, hit eight of 68 percent in the opening half theseason. Finley scored 10 After a timeout, Isaiah Hider the ball to Rider, who drove for his 18 points in the first five (23-for-34) with Hichmond lead points to lead Dallas to a 38-24 tipped away the inbounds pass a layup that tied it 90-90 with minutes of the final period, ing the way with 14. advantage after the first quarter. as time ran out, touching off a Dallas was in front by as many ticker-tape celebration on the as 20 points in the opening court. quarter, but the Clippers rallied Rider scored five straight in the second to reduce the points during a key stretch of Mavericks' halftime edge to 53- the second extra period. He hit 48. an open jumper to tie the game Robert Pack's steal and three at 96 with 3:42 to go. He then hit point play just before the third a 3-pointer with 3:12 left. quarter buzzer gave Dallas an Rider finished with 18 points 82-69 lead entering the final as seven Blazers scored in dou D period. ble figures. A jumper by Foster and a Heat 85, Knicks 84 layup by Bryon Russell pulled Utah to 100-99 with 35.3 sec D Alonzo Mourning scored 28 onds left, but Wallace got fouled points, Patrick Ewing missed a at the other end on a move to 14-footer as time ran out and the basket. He was 1 0-of-12 the Miami Heat edged the New from the line. At Davisson you get the help York Knicks 85-84 in overtime Jeff Hornacek scored 23 points Tuesday. on 10-for-13 shooting to lead the Ewing had a season-high 31 Jazz. and Karl Malone added 20. you need to get your work done. points and 16 rebounds. But he John Stockton had 15 points and also missed two shots and com eight steals. mitted a turnover in the final The Blazers had a chance to two minutes in regulation, then win it at the end of regulation, missed a potential game-win but Walt Williams missed an Davisson Cluster ningjumper over P.J. Brown. open 3-pointer. Russell grabbed 2nd Floor 0 'Shag The Knicks fell 1 1/2 games the rebound, but couldn't get off behind second-place Miami in the Atlantic Division. The Heat have won nine of their last 10 games. There were 17 lead changes, including five in overtime. Terry Porter scored Miami's last four points, including two free throws with 55 seconds left for the game's final points. Dan Majerle helped limit New York's Allan llouston to six points, 12 below his average, on 3-for-15 shooting. Tim Hardaway, who returned after missing one game because of a hyperextended knee, had17 ,. points for the Heat. Larry Johnson scon~d 19 for New York. The Knicks, playing their third game in as many days, struggled offensively after a fast start. They shot 50 percent in the first half and 26 percent the rest of the game. 1999 Porter's basket putting Miami MARCH 16, ahead 83-82 with 2:12 left. Charlie Ward hit a runner for s·OO p.nl· NewYork. but Porter's free . center throws put the Heat ahead for ,,ce · good. J Mourning blocked a shot by o' II AuditoriU Ewing, but the Knicks got the Footba ball back with 12 seconds left. Ewing got the ball on the wing _}. ---- Wednesday, March 3, 1999 The Observer· SPORTS page 17 •NBA • MAJOR lEAGUE BASEHAll Pistons run over deflated Bulls Cepeda, four others As~nciau:d Pres~ in Chicago since March 1990, with 15 points. But the Bulls back when the Bad Boys ruled were hurt - again - by dis make Hall of Fame CIIICAGO the NBA and the Bulls were mal shooting. They were just This is bad, even for the just another one of their vic 31-of-82 (38 percent) from the Associated Press Cepeda missed by just seven Chicago Bulls. tims. Joe Dumars is the only floor, and they had more dry votes in the BBWAA election five Thn Detroit Pistons handed Piston still left from the 1990 spots than the Dead Sea. TAMPA. Fla. yp,ars ago, his final try with the the Bulls their worst loss ever squad, which won a second They were scoreless to start Orlando Cepeda broke down writers. lie came close last year at thn Unitr.d Centor on straight NBA title. the second half as Detroit and cried. in voting by the Veterans. Tuesday night, beating them Detroit (9-6) had six players ripped off a 10-0 run. They "Some times, when things "Orlando is a good human lOH-7!:!. The previous low was in double figures, led by Grant didn't score their first field come easy for you," he said, being," Marichal said. "I f'nlt so an '18-point loss to Hill's 17 points. Dumars kept goal of the fourth quarter until savoring his election to baso bad when he missed by srwnn Philadelphia last week. up his hot streak since coming there was just 5:28 left to play. ball's Hall of Fame, "you tend to votes ... because I know what Br.fore this season. the Bulls off the injury list (hamstring), Their offensive woes were take them for granted." this means to him." (4-l I) hadn't lost by more than scoring 16 points on 4-of-8 summed up in one play: Randy The Baby Butt's selection Family and friends gathered at 14 at home. And that 77-63 from 3-point range. The Brown fed Brent Barry for Tuesday by Veterans Committee Cepeda's California homr~ to loss to C!Bveland came in Pistons tu-e 5-0 since Dumars' what should have been an easy was especially emotional await the news. "It soundml like l CJ94- Jones added a career-high 21 points as the Huskies claimed Women their sixth-straight Big East title. Abrosimova had team Coming soon ... Women·s NCAA coverage continued from page 24 highs in points !25) and all-tournament team honors, rebounds (7) on her way to all but their effort wasn't enough tournament team honors. to lift the Irish to an upset vic Notre Dame now awaits the tory. i\CAA Tournament "Our defense was pretty Committee's decision on what good. but Notre Dame made it seed and region they land in look bad at times when thf~Y for the Big Dance \\ hich begins attacked the basket." said Friday, \larch 12 at campus Auriemma. "We were able to sights. keep the pressure on the Head coach \fuffet .\1cGraw whole game though and we and her squad hope that their took advantage of the opportu 25-4 record and Big East tour nities we got." nament run will earn them UConn's Ralph finished with first- and second-round games 19 points and 10 assists while at the Joyce Center. Save our world!!! Please recycle I I I The Observer. BOOKSTORE XXVIII IS COMING SOON! REGULAR SIGN- UPS IN LAFORTUNE Mon. March 1st- Fri. March 5th $10 Reg. Fee Mon. March 15th- Fri. March 19th $13 Reg. Fee Mon. March 22nd- Wed. March 24 $16 Reg. Fee 705 Teams is the Guiness record. Let's set our own in '99. Wednesday, March 3, I 999 The Observer • SPORTS page 19 • WAv Our IN LEFT fiELD Behind Bryant, Rodman Lakers lack needed maturity ed a leadership spot on a team point loss to the Indiana has led the league in rebound only 20-years-old. The rest of By JOHN COPPOLELLA lacking leaders, which has Pacers two weeks ago, Bryant ing for the past seven seasons. the Lakers are either too pas Sports Columnist hurt the team on and off the shot an off-balance three He is a walking contradic sive, too old or too scared to court. pointer with five seconds tion: On the court, he shirks try to control Boelman. Sports lllustratnd pieknd Shaquille O'Neal has been a remaining. Ilowever, his obvi away from the glamour of In the words of Van Exel: "II' tlwm to go tlw N BA finals; brilliant leader. He leads the ous immaturity is not ham scoring instead favoring he IHodmanl comes in with his Charlns Barklny rippnd thorn; league in scoring, has been a pered by fans that chant his unheralded jobs like the afore great rebounding, the intensi they just firnd tlwir head rebounding and shot-blocking name each time he gets the mentioned defense and ty he always brings to the eoaeh. maehin~ and has even ball. With his new, enormous rebounding; Off the court, he game, he's going to be great Michael .Jordan sat eourtside improved his free-throw contract extension, he will will do anything that will bring for that team. If he comes in at tlwir last gamn, and Dennis shooting. Along with the light to get his hands on the him fame. with all his antics and just Hod man is joining thnm. Sup()rsonics' Gary Payton, he ball and not look to his team This is not what the Lakcrs thinking about Dennis Thn Los Angnlnlli Laknrs haVf~ is a .candidate for the league's mates for support. need right now. Boelman the show, he's going IHH1tl in tlw rwws a lot latPiy, MVP. OfT the court. he has The problem is, outside of In San Antonio, Hodman to kill that team." hut it's not neenssarily a good hack()d up trash-talking to the O'Neal, no one has asked for divided the team by exploiting Barkley ripped tho Lakors thing. San Antonio Spurs' David tho ball from Bryant. Eddie Robinson's timid locker-room for being on NBC "every Sporting a rnrord of IJ-CJ. the Hobinson and Tim Duncan. Jones has been shooting less persona. After being expelled week" and for having more l.aknrs could nasily hn rnistak and has beeomo the most since Van Exelleft. Derek to Chicago for Will Pcrcluo, entertainment value than ef'fi fHl for a dnennt Wnst!)rn feared player in the league. Fisher has been more of a Rodman ran into Jordan and cieney. Houston Hockcts lost C:onfnrnnen team. They arnn't The rest of the Lakcrs, how pass-first, shoot-last point head coach Phil Jackson, two to the Lakers, but sitting playing as wnll as the aging ever, have not steppocl up in guard, and this reticence has individuals who embody lead courtside was none other than Utah .Jazz or thn cleplnted similar fashion. Kobe Bryant not kept defenders honest. ership. Only through those two Jordan, sitting next to .Jack Snattle Stqwrsonies, but those has attompted to take Van Rick Fox usually gets lost in individuals were Rodman and Nicholson, snickering at the two teams arn lnading tlwir Exel's leadership role by tak the shuffle. his side show kept at bay on game he left behind. respnetive divisions and ing all of Van Exel's shots - Hobert llorry can hit the the court as his life became Maybe he was laughing at - pulling away from tlw !.akers in addition to the shots Bryant three-pointer. Elden Campbell more extravagant off the Barkley and his comments; as tlw shortmwd NBA season would normally take. Although is Elden Campbell. And court. maybe it was at Bryant trying !:omplntm; tlw first third of its talentod, Bryant's immaturity Bodman is arguably the worst Rodman comes to a Lakers to take his place; or maybo it coursn. and selfishnoss has plagued shooter in the league. team that just fired its head was at the fate the Lakors face (;rowing pains are causing the Lakors all y!~ar and But Rodman's signing is the coach, Del Harris, and does with Rodman. tlw LakPrs' collapse. Tlw romincls fans of a young critical juncture of the Lakers' not have a leader of Jordan's squad's most voral loader, .Jordan who didn't usc his season. Rodman, with all his or Jackson's magnitude. Even The l'iews expressed in this Nick Van ExPI. was too vocal teammates to his advantage. antics, is one of the best with his successful NBA histo column are those of the author and was shippPd to tho Denver Bryant's !:onceit could hurt defenders in the history of the ry, O'Neal cannot command and not necessarily those of Nuggnts. llis departure vacat- his development. In a two- NBA. A tireless worker, he Rodman's respect. Bryant is The Observer. •NFL • MEN's TENNIS Payton feels better Irish to take on No. 54 Spartans Associated Press Walter Payton Enterpt'ises Inc. "It has stabilized, tho doctors By NATHANIEL DeNICOLA 7-0 for their second shutout of CHICAGO Laflin to No. 3 singlns, the mner gave us official word of that Sports Writer the week and, for good measure, The condition of ailing gence of Warford at No.2 dou Thursday,'' she said. Payton triumphed over Indiana 4-2 on Chicago Boar·s great Walter bles and the addition of fresh continues to live in his South Today tho Notre Dame men's Monday. Payton has stabilized and he is man Aaron Talarico to No. 3 Barrington home and has had tennis team looks to continue its The Spartans stand in the way sleeping better, an aide said doubles have provided the right less trouble sleeping lately. blaze of success as they travel to of a five-game winning streak, Tuesday. mix for the roccnt tear. Payton is suffering from a Michigan State to take on the The Hall of Fame running which would be a season high .Junior All-American Hyan rare liver disease and needs a 54th-ranked Spartans. for the 24th-ranked Irish. Sachire continuos to nxcel at No. back, the NFL's all-time loading transplant. A number of friends For the past week the Irish Michigan State currently holds a 1 singlos whern his 13-1 roeord rusher. had been experiendng have oll'ered their planes to fly have been on fire. They blankod 2-3 record after suffering 6-1 has helped tlw Irish maintain inernasnd fatigue and nausea at him to the Mayo Clinic in Iowa 7-0 last Tuesday, convinc defeat to Florida last match. In their top 25 ranking. menltime until last woek when Rochester, Minn., on an emer· ingly defeated Boise Stato 6-1 on 1988 Michigan State edged Additionally, tlw supnrb play has his condition "leveled off." said gency basis when a liver is Wednesday, smoked Ohio State Notre Dame 5-4, but the Irish been recogniznd by thn ITA as Ginny Quirk, viee president of availa.blo. have controlled every meeting he improved from No. 3 to No. 2 since. compiling a 35-31 advan nationally. tage in overall match play. Locking down tlw No. 2 singlns The greatest challonge facing spot is senior captain Brain the Irish this match is the 13th Patterson, whosn 76-31) carePr ranked doubles team of Ken doublos rneord is matched by an Kigongo and Fransisco Trinidad, oqually impr()ssive 77 -3S singles Class of 2000 especially considering tho reeord. Matt Daly - like Sachirn importanen of the doubles and l'atl!~rson - has gone undn toams' scoring in dose matches foated in thn last four matdws this season. and will fill eitlwr tlw third of However. since the shutout fourth singles slot. over Iowa, the Irish have blown The other position will lw out every opponent - even the assumod by Laflin who boasts a somewhat competitive 4-2 victo I 0-0 dual-match record in 1999. ry over Indiana witnessed the In fact, the ld'ty had ynt to lose cancellation of the No. 6 singles oven a set befot'!~ lw dn!'eated - match betwoon senior captain Cory Dalos 5-7, 7-(J (2), 6-4 at Andy Warford and Rahman Boise Stato. Smiley because Notre Dame had At No. 5 singlos is Casey already clinched the match. Smith, who is coming off a 7-6 Against Michigan State, the Irish (4), 6-1 victory against Indiana's will attack with the lineup which Milan Hakvica. Andy Warford was first initiated at the begin caps the lineup at No. (J singles, WHEN : Friday, March 19th to ning of the four-game winning whorH in the last four matches streak. he is 3-0. dnprivod of' a fourth While the bulk of the lineup vietory only bocauso the match Saturday, March 20th has romainecl constant, the pro against Indiana's Smiley was motion of freshman Andrew canceled. WHERE: Five Pines Christian Fatnily Center 8 p.m., washington hall Transportation will be provided performing works by Applications due Beethoven, Gershwin and Debussy March 4th free admission to Class of 2000 office Questions?? 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Wednesday, March 3, 1999 The Observer • SPORTS page 21 ------~~~~~--~~~~~------• BASEBALL McKeown, Stanley lead sluggers past Southern Illinois Special to the Observer paced the Irish offense with a Sf U righthander I> ave Piazza 4-for-4 day at tbn plate, four took the loss after yielding NEW OHLEANS, l.A runs scored and two HBI. snV!!n runs (four of them The Notrn Dame baseball "Chris was really the key to mtrned) on Pight hits and two team explodnd for seven runs that gamn," said head coach walks over the first four in the third and fourth innings Paul Mainicri, "lin pitdwd so innings. on its way to a 15-5 win magnificently out of the Notre Dame tind thn ganw Sunday afternoon over bullpen." in the third inning. thanks to Southern Illinois, in final-day a double down the lel'lfinld action of the University of line by freshman catcher Paul New Orleans Invitational at O'Toole, Pnrcontn's HBI singln Privateer Park. 'I REALLY FEEL GOOD to left and a run-scoring dou Notre Damn (:~-4) scornd a ABOUT OUR TEAM.' bln to right by surging fresh pair of runs in the third man cent!Hf'ieldor Stnvn inning to force a 2-2 tie Stanley, who racked up four before taking the lead for PAUL MA!N/ERI HBI before the day was donn. good with a five-run fourth. HEAD BASEBALL COACH "I think special n~cognition Senior Jefthander Chris should be given to Stanlny, McKeown {1-0) pitched three who had such a rough start." scoreless innings in relief of said Mainieri. "Through the junior righthander Scott Southern Illinois (3-3) used first five games of his earner Cavey to record the win. three hits to score twice in the he hadn't had a basn hit. McKeown scatterod throe bottom of the first inning, but Then on Saturday he had a The Observer/Jeff Hsu hits over the three innings Behind strong relief pitching and a powerful offense, the Irish baseball Cavey kept the Irish within couple of hits before getting team defeated Southern Illinois 15-5 Saturday. The Irish take on Penn while recording three strike two runs in the •second inning. three hits and a sacrifice 11y State this Saturday. outs and no walks . .Junior when he stranded runners at on Sunday. It was really good rightfielder .Jeff' Perconte second and third. to see him getting it going." SIU briefly rogained the lead with a run in thr bot.tom of the third, aftnr a tripln and HBI groundout. but Cavey then worked out of anotlwr jam by stranding two morn Saluki runners. Junior lel'tfielcl!~r .I1~IT F1dker drove in Notre Dame's first of five runs in thn fourth inning, with a basns-loaded single through the left sidn of tho infield that platPd snnior first baseman Jeff Wagnnr. who had walked, went to serond on a fielding error and took third on an infield singln by junior Dll Matt Nussbaum. O'Toole then drovn hom!' freshman third basnman Andrnw Bushny with a sacri fice fly for a 4-3 lnad. fol lowed by HBI singles from Perconte, Stanlny and Wagner. Pereonte doubled with onn out in the seventh and stol1~ third on a ball-four pitch to sophomore SPCOIHl basPnHtll Alee l'orzel. Stanley thnn plat nd l'ereonte with a single and Porzel later sc!li'!~d on a wild pitch before Wagner singlnd home Stanley for a I 0-3 Irish lead. Notre Dame tacked on four more runs in the s1wenth, highlighted a Porzel triple that plated O'Tooln and Perconte. Stanley followed with a sacrifice l'ly before junior shortstop Brant Ust sent an oppositn-field shot over the rightfield 1'1~nce for his third home run of the sea - son. A single run in the eighth upped the Irish advantage to 15-3, after Felker reached on an error, went to sncond on a singln by freshman eatelwr .J.P. Drevline and srornd on a throwing nrror. Faring a potential end of thn gamn by the 12-run rule, SIU canw up with two runs in thP bottom of the eighth versus frnshman righthander Matt BudnnPiPr. culling the lead to 15-5. Irish sophomorP All- America righthandnr Aaron Heilman threw just four pitches whiln shutting down tho Salukis in order to closn out the ninth. The Irish slugg!H"S traVI'I to San Antonio, Tnxas, this wneknnd. They will takn on highly-ranked Pnnn Stall~ on Saturday and Sunday. "I f1~el rnally good about our tnam. I feel likn on Saturday and Sunday we rnally shownd our potential." said MainiPri, "The key for us is going to be whether or not wn get consis tent pitching. If we do that we're about ready to put it all together." - page 22 The Observer • SPORTS Wednesday, March 3, 1999 • MEN'S BASKETBALL Seniors Wyche and Hickey lead by example By JOEY CAVATO "They want the team to win, I Associare Spons Ediror guess that's what sets Antoni and Phil apart," MacLeod said. It wasn't suppose to happen "Do they want to score? Sure. like this. But if' David and Troy and Two of thnir classmates I larold can score and help us weren't suppose to leave after win and Phil and Tone are on one season. the noor they'll take that. It's Younger playPrs were sup about the team , not so much posed to 1111 thn void and con about who scores the points. tribute to the rebuilding Tone and Phil both would say process, but that didn't happen they're glad these freshman either. came here." The only constants through Hickey and Wyche have not out Notre Damn's first four lead the team to great accom years in the Big East conference plishments such as 20-win sea have been senior eaptains Phil sons or NCAA Tournament bids, Hickey and Antoni Wyche. but their four years have not Neither has been spectacular. been unproductive. but both solidly played their "These two kids have done a supporting roles. lot of things that people don't Pat Garrity and Troy Murphy talk about," MacLeod said. filled their biographies in the "They've helped youth groups. media guide with awards and They spent a lot of time with honors. but Hickey and Wyche young kids. They're not full of contributed the foundation of themselves. They're well Notre Dame's rebuilding. respected. How can you not "When I came to Notre Dame respect two kids who work as I wanted to be a part of a hard as they do?" rebuilding," Wyche said. "I After being a part of all the thought our class would be a Big East "firsts" for the Irish, big part of helping the program llickey and Wyche would like get back to where it used to be. nothing better than to lead the Unfortunately. due to transfers Irish to their first Big East and injuries and all kinds of Tournament win today against things, it didn't work out quite Seton Hall. the way I planned." "We had a lot of ups and "There's been a lot of adversi downs in my four years here," ty," llickey said. "It would have Wyche said. "But I think we been easy to just quit or trans made great strides in being fer but that's not Tone and my competitive in the Big East and character. We stuck through it think we got better each year in we wanted to be part of this the conference." foundation that was the begin "This is a must-win game for ning of the Big East." us," he continued. "We have a Stuck through it they have, chip on our shoulder knowing and they have also given more that we haven't won a game to this team than what one usu yet. It is something that we're ally looks for in the statistics. getting real geared up for." "I bet you that together they After the Joyce Center crowd haven't missed over five prac gave Hickey and Wyche a tices in standing f o u r 'WEHADALOT ovation The Observer/Jeff Hsu Irish senior Phil Hickey looks to the basket in a recent game against Georgetown. While playing much of his y e a r s OF UPS AND on senior and that day last career in the shadow of superstars Pat Garrity and Troy Murphy, Hickey has been a dependable presence on the inside. Hickey and the Irish take on Seton Hall tonight in the Big East Conference Tournament. says a DOWNS IN MY FOUR Sunday, who I e YEARS HERE.' Murphy I o t . " put an M a c - exclama L e o d ANTONI WYCHE t i o n s a i d . SENIOR BASKETBALL CAPTAIN mark on "Dinged the victo up and banged up they continue ry. He hustled down a pass UPPER DECK to battle. They have really been from Graves and brought the great representatives for the crowd to its feet with a tremen team and the University." dous dunk. Overlooking the Playing Field at Coveleski Regional Stadium "They've been leaders in the Graves and Murphy had big locker room," Troy Murphy smiles on their faces, and when said. "Phil has really helped me they were taken out of the game out as far as talking to me they w1~re greeted by Hickey COMPLETE BANQUET about players coming up and and Wyche. referees and how to deal with "This freshman class is what I different things in the league. envisioned our freshman class FACILITIES YEAR ROUND He's been so valuable to me doing," Wyche said. "They have personally just helping me out a solid foundation for the future and Tone is probably the funni and I definitely think we're est guy I've ever met in my life heading in the right direction. and he's a great guy. They've We're right there and I think we Graduating Seniors: both made me feel at home need to make that next step to when I first got here and get over the top." they've really helped me out in "Hopefully we created a good Space still available for parties on adjusting to college." foundation that will be success Things definitely would have ful for the other guys," Hickey May 15! Book early! been easier for Hickey and said. "It's great and that's what Wyche had the Gary Bells, Doug I wanted. I wouldn't trade my Gottliebs and Keith Friels stuck four years for anything. It's around, but Hickey and Wyche been a great experience." don't shy from hard work. "Hopefully it just carries They also will accept roles over," he continued. "It would outside of the spotlight. They be a good transition. That's all I 235-9985 .. were also willing to allow fresh every wanted to see was to see man Murphy and David Graves Notre Dame be successful and I to carry the scoring load. think it's definitely headed in "I think we have to be leaders the right direction." OUT DOOR AND HEATED TENT PARTIES and lead by example," Hickey MacLeod knows that Hickey said. "If leading by example and Wyche are also going in the means doing the hard work right direction. that's fine. I think we had to "They're going to make a con *Catering for up to 2,500* • give up some scoring opportuni tribution when they leave Notre • ties so we could show the fresh Dame outside of basketball, and *State of the Art AudioNideo* 'I they already have," MacLeod I man how to run tlw offense. We I had to do those types of things said. "They've gained a great I Visit Us at 501 WEST SOUTH I that don't necessarily show up deal of respect they've grown. I ~ on the box score, but I think You can't help but really respect what they've done." ~ - that led to a better team." I ~ Wednc~day, March 3, 1999 The Observer • TODAY page 23 SLURRED SPEECH DAN SULLIVAN HOROSCOPE EUGENIA LAST CELEBRITIES BUKN UN THIS maintenance. 000 I 1HERE A JAN£ DO£ tt5 DAY: Jean Harlow, Jackie Joyner VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sepl 22): Some Kersee, Mary Page Keller, John one around you may not want to do McLaughlin. David Faustino, Nicolas you a favor. Empty promises will lead Freeling only to frustration. It is best to do Happy Birthday: You can have the things yourself rather than depend on best of both worlds if you are pre someone else to pick up the slack. pared to work hard this year. You 000 have the stamina coupled with bril LmRA (Sepl 23-0ct. 22): Dishar liant ideas; now all you have to do is mony in your personal life will make ffi\ believe in yourself and forge ahead. it difficult for you to get things You're the only one holding you back. accomplished. 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PORTS p.22 page 24 ------Wednesday, March 3, 1999 • WoMEN's BASKETBALL Huskies' defense outperforms lvey-less Irish By BRIAN KESSLER Assisr.uu Sports Ediror UConn PISCATAWAY. N.J ThP Pighth-rankPd Notre uses depth DamP 11omen's basketball team ran into a buzz savv last night. to win Big East PlayPr of tlw Year Svetlana Abrosimova lit up By ANTHONY BIANCO thP Irish for 7 points in the Assistant Sports Editor first half to lwlp top-seeded and \CA:-\ sixth-ranked PISCATAWAY. N.J. Comwrtirut to a 96-7 5 victory Connecticut won the Big in TuPsday night's Big East East championship with depth. tournament final at the Louis WhilP the Huskins faced a Brown Athletic Center. number of key injuriPs which With junior point guard lead to losses to Louisiana Niele Ivey ou.t with a sprained Tech., Boston College and Old knee, the third-seeded Irish Dominion this season, their didn't stand much of a sixth-straight championship rhanrP. prow~d they cannot be forced "It's hard to play us at full out of national contlmtion. stn~ngth. murh less when "This team has a lot of down a man," said superstars," said senior Amy Comwrtirut !wad eoach Geno Duran, who missPd Pight Auriemma. "Gil'!' rrPdit to ganws this season with a hand those NotrP DamP kids though injury. "In the past, we always for how hard thev battled. depended on otlwrs to l'arry They're a good tl'am." tlw load, but this ynar was dif Notre Dame kPpt the deficit ferPnt. Ev1)ryone has r.on under I 0 for much of the first tributml all s1mson." half. but Tournament MVP WhilP tlwy playnd thn ganw Shea Halph's lay-up with 7:51 like any average contest, four remaining· in the first period Huskie playPrs - Svetlana pushed the Huskies' lead to Abrosimova. Asjha .Jones, 13. Shea Italph and Tamika UConn lead by as many as Williams scorod in doubh) dig 18 in tlw half. but a late Irish its. And unlikP UConn 's aver run led by captain Sheila age rogular season game this McMillen and junior Julie year. most of coach Geno Henderson elosed the gap to Auriemma's players werP nine just before halftime. healthy and in uniform. Asjha Jones and Ralph, It was a diiTernnt story for however. proved to be too the Irish, as Notre Dame much for the Irish defense to dropped its 1Oth-straight loss handle. All-tournament team The Observer/Liz Lang to the Huskies because of a · selection Jones scored 13 sec Irish guard Sheila McMillen attempts to move past a defender in last night's game versus Connecticut. short bench. ond-half points, while Ralph McMillen and company couldn't make up for the loss of injured Neile lvey and fell 96-75. Losing point guard and the added 10 and UConn broke bit weak at the guard spot. senior three-point specialist Dame. The 6-foot-5 center leading Notre Dame scorer out to a 29-point lead with We had to attack that and we got off just four attempts from scored a game-high 26 points Niele lvey for the tournament 6:32 to play. put a lot of pressure on Sheila downtown but connected on and had three blocks to break Monday night with a knee "I think we just wore them McMillen, and I think the poor two and finished with 13 the school's single-season injury. the Irish certainly were down." said Auriemma. kid just wore out." points. record for blocked shots. not playing their usual game. "Obviously they were missing The Huskies pressure Big East Defensive Player of McMillen and Riley earned Notre Dame faced a man-to- a key player and we knew caused 24 Irish turnovers and the Year Ruth Riley played a they were going to be a little kept McMillen at bay. The strong game inside for Notre see WOMEN/ page 18 see TOURNEY/ page 18 • MEN'S BASKETBALl Irish to take on Pirates at Big East Tourney By JOEY CAVA TO "We still feel we have something to more than one," MacLeod said. "You Wednesday. l think we could make a Associate Sports Editor prove going into the tournament," want to stay in New York. The last three run it would be great to get into the Wyche said. "I think we have that chip years, three hours after the showers are NIT." John MacLeod is hoping that the on our shoulder knowing that we taken we're on the bus back to "We just have to rnfocus and get fourth time will be the charm. haven't won a game in the tournament." LaGuardia. That's not the ideal way to ready for that game Wednnsday," Today at 11 a.m. the Notre Dame The Irish were predicted to finish 12th participate in a tournament. We want to Wyche said. "It's going to be tough to men's basketball team will make. its in the conference at the beginning of the stay and do something. It would be sig beat a team three times in a row but its fourth attempt at a win in the Big East year and they used that for motivation nificant." something we'rp going to have to do. Tournament. all year long. If the Irish are going make it there, We have to come out focused and we "We didn't want to play in that 11 "We didn't feel like we were a 12th they'll have to do something else signifi can't afford to havn a lot of turnovers." o'clock game," senior guard Antoni place team," MacLeod said. "The good cant - beat a team three times in one MacLeod thinks that his team has tlw Wyche said. "It seems like every year thing is we didn't listen to it. We heard season. grit and the detPnnination to come out we've played in that game and we it and we used it but we didn't believe Knowing that you've beaten a team and make some noise. haven't had any luck yet." it. We've accomplished quite a bit. twice is always bittersweet. You know "We're still getting better and we On the other side of the court, Seton They've grown and continue to grow you can beat them. You also know that haven't topped out yet," MacLeod said. Hall looks to change the luck of the and they've meshed as a unit." they're hungry and they feel that they're "They like each other, they like to play, Irish. Notre Dame has won the previous MacLeod hopes that growth will carry due. they're not afraid. We've gotten popped two games this year versus the Pirates. over into the tournament as the Irish "We played well against them the last a couple of times but we've learned The 14-15 Irish are eager to prove are looking to enjoy New York more two times," Troy Murphy said. "We're from it." themselves after finishing eighth in the than they have in the past. confident going in. We're coming off a The winner of today's game will play .. conference standings. "We'd like to win one; we'd like to win good win and we want it to carry over top-seeded Connecticut tomorrow . IV,Ij"', at Michigan State NCAA Track and Field SPORTS '·.:-..:::,! Today, 3 p.m. at Championships Big East T ournarnent F riday-Sarurday New York, NY ATA ~·+·'::, vs. Seton Hall Wlf' at Northwestern at Miami Today, 11 a.m. - GLANCE ''·5"' Today, 3 p.m. ·~ Friday, 7 p.m.
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