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Thursday, March 20, 1997 • Vol. XXX No. 109 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Notre Dame recognizes 25th year of co-education By BRIDGET O'CONNOR ' each of those schools, none of which applied to Assistant News Editor Notre Dame. In addition, the concept of co-residentiality was Issues such as co-residentiality, as well as the too new to discern whether it was more beneficial hiring and tenuring of Notre Dame women faculty, for students academically. surfaced in a panel discussion yesterday, which Twenty-five years later, the issue is still in the allowed reflections on 25 years of co-education at forefront as evidenced by the fact that it was the Notre Dame. first topic brought up in the audience participa­ The panel included alumni from different eras, tion portion of the discussion. During that discus­ the vice president of Student Affairs at the time of sion, students, faculty, alumni and rectors com­ the transition to co-education, and a doctoral stu­ mented on the pros and cons of co-residentiality. dent whose dissertation topic is the transition of Both perspectives of the issue were brought up by Notre Dame to co-education. the audience, including the idea that some impor­ Kathy Cook, a Loyola University doctoral student tant leadership positions for women may be lost in history has devoted her studies to the Notre in the co-residential setup. Dame's process of incorporating women. She "From my perspective, the move to co-educa­ explained that she was particularly interested in tion was seamless," said Mike Frantz, a 1973 how the 325 women who first entered the alumnus. "I am a strong believer in a diverse stu­ University in 1972 changed Notre Dame and how dent body, including those groups which had not it changed their lives. She explained that "there been represented in the past." were both internal and external factors that "In order to survive in this environment as a prompted the University to admit women." female ... you've got to be competitive," added­ "We certainly made our mistakes, but on the The Observer/Kevin Dalum women's soccer coach Chris Petrucelli, "and I other hand, 1 feel that the positives outweighed Father Thomas Bantz, vice president for Student Affairs as Notre Dame don't see anything wrong with that." the negatives," said Father Thomas Blantz, who moved towards co-education, spoke last night at a panel discussion. Ed Trifone, a 1988 alumnus and director of was thn vice president for Student Affairs at the time of several examples of co-residential arrangements at Alumni Community Service also added to the alumni the conversion to a co-educational institution. schools like Northwestern and Loyola. The group decid- perspective. Since increasing numbers of women have He explained that the first decision which the Office of ed against co-residentiality at the time, however, joined alumni associations there has been a move Student AITairs faced, was housing. Blantz recalled that because in each school co-residentiality was a solution he and several others traveled to Chicago to look into to a specific problem; problems which were particular to see ANNIVERSARY I page 4

Leader dispels myths of • REsmENCE HALL AssociATION • disabled quality of life SMC elects executive board By COLLEEN NUGENT ByKATYSOBY News Writer ~~~-- News Writer With the turmoil of the past Residence Hall Mary Jane Owen, the execu­ Association (RHA) elections behind them, stu­ Saint Mary.'s College tive director of the National dents from Saint Mary's College gathered in line Catholic Office for Persons with at the dining hall to cast their votes for the Disabilities, indicated last night 1997-98 executive board. The only ticket con­ RHA ELECTIONS that then~ are problems with sisted of four women for the upcoming junior common conceptions of the and senior classes. 13% Abstain value of the lives of disabled Missy Lind and Bridget Sullivan, current persons. Her presentation was juniors, as well as Barbara Nolan and Laurie dedicated in honor of Edna K. Pater, current sophomores, gathered their ideas Miller. a strong advocate for and made the decision to become actively people with disabilities. involved with Saint Mary's RHA board. OwPn was intent on aiding in Although there was only one ticket up for yes­ the e!Torts to "turn disability on terday's election, the women were prepared to its head." So, while waiting for take on the student body with their many pro­ the passage or 504 regulations, posed improvements for the Saint Mary's cam­ 80% For--- which protected people with dis­ pus. Ideas such as a second annual all-campus abilities from discrimination by The Observer/Kevin Dalum formal, increase support of admissions within groups that received govern­ Mary Jane Owen spoke last night the RHA. and more school spirit are only a few ment f'unds. she joined others in as part of Disability Awareness of the ideas that these women want to bring to Ticket: Bridget Sullivan a UN rally to try to speed the Week. the school during the 1997-98 school year. Barbara Nolan process up. It was during this bodies but didn't because then By honoring each of the halls for a week at a Missy Lind rally that she gained much of "we wouldn't need each other." time and by creating a stronger sense of com­ Laurie Pater the insight that she shared with A main theme of Owen's lec­ munity in the dorms, the tickets hope to the audience in her lecture. ture was the fact that "Everyone increase participation of the student body. Of The Observer/Brian Blank "God doesn't make mistakes," is vulnerable, and that catastro­ the students who voted, 80 percent of the stu­ students in the upcoming year. she said. "We arc God's cre­ phe could strike any of us at any dents voted for the ticket. Six percent voted ''I'm very pleased by the voter turnout and I'm ations. and we arc a rel1ection time. against it and 13 percent abstained. The turnout looking forward to the exciting opportunities that of part of the essence of the Holy She stressed that people for this year's elections was higher than in they will be able to pursue, and I wish them the Father, the creator of life." She should not attempt to eliminate recent years. Some officials hope that this, best of luck," said Nikki Milos, current RHA presi­ stressed the fact that God could along with the landslide nature of the results, dent and student body president-elect. "It will be have placed us in indestructible see DISABILITY/ page 4 will mean better participation by Saint Mary's great working with them." Hesburgh program introduces spring Chicago tour

By HEATHER COCKS County Hospital, Hyde Park, and many $10 for lunch. The day will culminate esc in providing contacts and helping News Editor nearby communities, according to with a prayer service led by Jesse coordinate the event. McKillop. Jackson. "We are hoping to do this several times In an effort to expose students to more "There's so much to McKillop credited the every semester," McKillop said, "since we than the sporting and shopping attrac­ observe," he said. "At program's inception to want to keep it to ten or eleven students tions of Chicago, the I-lesburgh Program the hospital, I think the joint efforts of the per trip." He predicted that, based on the for Public Policy will ol'fer an in-depth we will sit and watch CSC and Hesburgh response to the upcoming excursion, tour of the city this spring. all the people waiting, Program director Peri another tour would be scheduled before "We want to get people right into the getting treated - it Arnold. exams in May. neighborhoods, the grassroots communi­ provides new perspec- "[The Hesburgh Applications are available in the CSC ties," explained Dan McKillop of the tives on urban prob- Program] is relatively building or in the Hesburgh Program Hesburgh Program Office. !ems like overcrowd- Dan McKillop young," noted Office in 346 O'Shaughnessy. The dead­ The "Chicago Experience," co-spon­ ing and violence." ------McKillop, "and he line is March 24; forms should be labeled sored by the Center for Social Concerns, The tour will be on April 5, leaving at [Arnold] wanted to institutionalize a regu- "Chicago Experience" and directed via will give a small group of students the 7:30 a.m. and arriving back to campus at Jar activity with which it can be associat- campus mail to: Rodney Cohen, P.O. 766, chance to visit an area prison, Cook 8:30 p.m. Students will be asked to pay ed." He stressed the importance of the esc.

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• iNSIDE COlUMN • WORLD AT A GLANCE Smokers begone! Smoking during pregnancy affects newborns ANAHEIM, Calif. trouble, among other health problems. For all of you Saint Newborns whose mothers smoke during Robert Merritt, a behavioral scientist at Mary's College students pregnancy have the same nicotine level as Newborns the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and who enjoy sucking on tar, grown-up smokers and almost certainly and nicotine Prevention in Atlanta, said the latest data nicotine, and all of those spend their first days of life going through "support what we have been saying all countless other poisons withdrawal, a new study finds. along: Smoking is not good for you, peri- .. contained in a cigarette, "The baby of a smoking mother should 0 d . you might want to stop be considered to be an ex-smoker," said The study was conducted on 273 chil­ reading this column now. Dr. Claude Hanet of St. Luc University dren, including 139 babies just one to You, Saint Mary's stu­ Hospital in Brussels. three days after birth. The researchers dents who believe that- Allison Koenig The study, conducted principally by Dr. checked their urine for cotinine, the sub­ smoking in the communal Assistant News Editor Laurence M. Galanti of Mont-Godinne stance that remains when nicotine breaks environment of the resi- University Hospital in Namur, Belgium, down in the body. It lingers for several dence halls is your God-given right, you may was presented Wednesday at a meeting of days after exposure to nicotine. want to stop reading. the American College of Cardiology. Cotinine levels in the newborns of smok­ You, Saint Mary's students who insist on yel­ In the United States, smoking during ing mothers were about 550 nanograms lowing the dormitory walls, stinking up the pregnancy is on the decline. But the latest per milligram of urine, virtually the same halls, and dumping ashes in section trash cans, data show that 15 percent of women still as the level found in the smoking women. you should probably stop reading now. use cigarettes while pregnant. Amounts in toddlers with smoking Stop reading, unless you want to be confront­ Exposure to tobacco in the womb stunts mothers were much lower - about 200 ed with the sheer ugliness and unfairness of fetal growth so babies are born small. Passive smokers nanograms - but still considerably higher your habit. 'Average After birth, these babies are more likely to Source: American College of AP/Amy Kranz than in adult nonsmokers exposed to The Saint Mary's College Department of suffer sudden infant death or have lung Cardiology smoke at home. Residence Life and Housing is on to you. In the fall of 1996, the department formed a housing committee whose main objective was to investi­ Campaign controversy surrounds Gore Two major fraternities to ban booze gate the smoking policy on campus. Currently, there are three non-smoking floors WASIIINGTON CINCINNATI on campus. All other floors on campus allow As he prepares to visit Asia next Hang up your togas: The days of animal houses are residents to smoke if their doors and transoms week, Vice President AI Gore faces a endangered. Two major fraternities have become the are closed. dilemma with implications on both first in the nation to ban alcohol in chapter houses, and Out of all on-campus students who responded domestic politics and foreign policy: more are expected to follow suit. The new policy by Phi to the housing committee's survey, 72 percent whether to press Chinese officials Delta Theta and Sigma Nu is aimed at a new breed of wished to see a change in the current policy. about allegations Beijing illegally fun­ frat boy more serious about earning a degree than chug­ This change would affect not only individual liv­ neled money into last year's U.S. elec­ ging beer. The ban is supposed to go into effect by the ing situations but communal vending areas in tions. Despite the political furor at year 2000. "They're coming to school to get an education the residence halls as well. Of those who home about the allegations, most and they need a family and sume friends. They want a desired a change, 71 percent thought that architects of administration foreign policy are of the view clean, safe house were they can study and hang out," smoking should continue to be allowed in vend­ that Gore should tread lightly on the subject in meetings said Robert Pasquinucci, a spokesman for Phi Delta ing areas, but NOT in individual rooms. with Chinese officials. Whether Gore should raise it has Theta, which announced its policy this week. A spot Based on the committee's findings, this past been discussed among Gore advisers as well as in the check of University of Cincinnati's fraternity row found week the department announced two, new non­ National Security Council and within the State few brothers willing to embrace the new trend. "It's a smoking floors in the residence halls, effective Department. Gore has not decided what to do. Secretary fad. It's all politically correct," scoffed Eric Thurston as in the upcoming school year. Each dormitory of State Madeleine Albright raised the matter when she he tossed a football Wednesday outside the Alpha Tau now has a non-smoking floor. visited Beijing recently and said Chinese officials vehe­ Omega house. ''I'm 21 years old," added chapter presi­ I am in complete support of this move to mently denied any effort to influence U.S. elections. The dent Raj Ghia. "Why can't I have a beer?" But many fra­ extend more options to non-smokers. I recog­ Chinese also have issued forceful public denials. Last ternity officials are fed up with the problems alcohol has nize that this decision will be accepted by most week, Premier Li Peng said: "China will be the last coun­ caused on campus and believe it's time for a change, as students, smokers or not, because it does not try to interfere in any form in the affairs of other coun­ excessive drinking at fraternities over the years has led seem to inflict inconvenience on either group. tries." to deaths and injuries and ruined academic careers. However, it is simply not enough. Saint Mary's College should be a smoke-free Chess game leaves 13-year-old in coma Police seek 'polite gunmen' environment, especially in the residence halls. By choosing SMC, a choice is made to live in a OMAHA, Neb. WASHINGTON communal environment: 90 percent of students Two teen-agers got into a fight over a school chess Police are on the lookout for a pair of polite gunmen live on campus. Community entails sharing. game, then left the school without visible injuries. Within with British or Australian accents who have been robbing Community entails respect. The filthy habit of an hour, one had to have brain surgery and lapsed into a homeowners in moneyed neighborhoods of suburban cigarette smoking violates not only the lungs of coma. Thirteen-year-old John Slack was on a respirator Montgomery County, Md. The masked duo has struck the smoker, but the community. in critical condition Wednesday. His 15-year-old chess seven times since Jan. 25, usually entering the homes An incredibly obvious example of smoking opponent was arrested on suspicion of assault, released through the garage or unlocked doors. The intruders are violating the community is the fire in Holy Cross and suspended from school for at least for live days. ''I'd unfailingly polite and so far no one has been hurt. "We've Hall just over one month ago. The lire started just tell him I'm really, really sorry and I didn't mean to been lucky so far that there've been no confrontations, but in a trash can and was believed to be caused by hurt him as bad as I did," Joshua Simms told WOWT-TV. there is the potential for a real tragedy to occur," said a cigarette ashes and paper. The two boys had been allowed to play chess Monday for Montgomery County police spokesman, Cpl. George Just ask the residents of Holy Cross who were the last five minutes of their math class as a reward for Ludington. "The robbers are calm, perhaps so as not to treated for smoke inhalation, or those that good work, said Blackburn Junior High Principal Glenn make their victims nervous or hysterical, and all they ask returned to a blackened hallway that reeked for Mitchell. They fought after Joshua threw a piece of card­ for is cash," said Ludington. A homeowner in Potomac, days. They will tell you that their environment board and John threw it back. "I just swung two or three Md., was robbed last week after letting his dogs outside at was marred, thanks to a smoker. times and one of the blows hit him in the head," Joshua about 5:30 a.m. and leaving a sliding glass door unlocked. I realize that there is not a single policy that told WOWT. "I knew I hit him hard once." A witness said Instead of the dogs coming back in, the homeowner was will please every Saint Mary's student. John also may have hit his head on a table when the two confronted by one of the robbers, who pointed a gun at his However, I do not believe that the College fell to the floor. Police reports say the younger boy was · head. The gunman "was quite polite throughout the whole should accommodate smokers. hit on the head four times. School officials said they did episode," the homeowner, who asked not to be identified, Five non-smoking floors, out of 24, are a not call emergency services because John did not appear told The Washington Post. "We got into a conversation as start. However, they are simply not enough. to be seriously injured. His stepfather, Dennis Lind, took if he was a buddy," the homeowner said. "By the time he There are still going to be a number of students him home before the school nurse arrived, intending to left, I put my arm on his shoulder and said, 'I'm sorry I who do not like tinted walls, stinky couches, take him to the doctor. didn't have more money."' and clothing that reek of smoke. These are the students who will end up living on a smoking floor next door to, directly above, or across the • SOUTH BEND WEATHER • NATIONAl WEATHER hall from Queen and Princess Nicotine. The 5 Day South Bend Forcast The AccuWeatherforecast for noon, Thursday, Feb. 20. lovely stench from their neighbors will infiltrate AccuWeather® forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures their walls and stick to their belongings. Saint Mary's students, stop reading now. Work to change the smoking policy.

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Thursday, March 20, 1997 The Observer • CAMPUS NEWS page 3 University awards Laetare·Medal to Elizondo By MICHELLE KRUPA ceremony in May. faith. on the role of religion in main­ Assistant News Editor The medal is awarded annual­ "Elizondo's scholarship and stream America. LAETARE MEDALISTS ly to a Catholic "whose genius ministry celebrate Mexican­ "I say this with great certain­ Father Virgil Elizondo, a min­ has ennobled the arts and sci­ American culture as an invalu­ ty: The Mexican expression of 1991 Corinne Boggs, Congresswoman ister to the poor of the southern ences, illustrated the ideals of able gift to the whole church. In faith could be the salvation of U.S. and Mexico, author, theolo­ the Church, and enriched the honoring him, we mean to U.S. Catholicism. My people gian and scholar, will receive heritage of humanity," accord­ honor as well our Hispanic have a lot of things to learn, but 1992 Daniel Moynihan, Senator the Laetare Medal, commonly ing to its mission statement. brothers and sisters, who soon what we have to offer is a rich, regarded as the most presti­ In a March 7 press release, will constitute the majority of personal and collective expres­ 1993 Donald Keough, Notre Dame gious honor awarded to Father Edward Malloy, the Catholic Church in sion of faith," Elizondo said. "I Trustee American Catholics, from the University president, said that America," Malloy said. more and more appreciate the officers of the University. They the award honors Elizondo's Elizondo says that the customs incredible treasures of faith that will present him with the medal heritage and how his cultural of his people can and should our Mexican tradition has." at Notre Dame's commencement perspective has impacted the have a more prominent impact According to Carol Mooney, associate provost and member of the recipient screening com­ mittee, Elizondo was chosen from a large group for his dedi­ GRADUATION cation to the faith. "This is not the first year that we have considered him [Elizondo for the award]. He's a very dynamic leader and has international theological jour­ CATERING offered a great deal of aid to the nal, "Concilium." He has also American-Catholic Church," published nine books and his Mooney said. weekly Spanish Mass is televised Elizondo, a native of San to more than one million house­ STUDENT WoRKERS NEEDED Antonio, Texas, is presently the holds worldwide. pastor of the city's San He will join a long list of pres­ Fernando Cathedral. After join­ tigious award recipients, includ­ $$May 10-18 $$ ing the priesthood in 1963, his ing President John F. Kennedy ministry took a scholarly turn as {1961), author Dorothy Day he served as Archbishop Robert (1972), the late Cardinal Joseph Free Room/Board Lucey's translator and aide dur­ Bernardin (1995). and death ing the 1968 meeting of Latin penalty abolitionist Sister Helen American Catholic bishops in Prejean (1996). Established at Special Graduation Pay Rate Medellin, Colombia. Notre Dame in 1883, the award During the early 1970s, he serves as an American counter­ became an influential advocate part to the Golden Rose, a papal Room contract sign-ups begin on: for underpaid and exploited honor. Mexican-American laborers, The award's name is derived Tuesday, March 18 ( 10:00AM-5:00PM) establishing the Mexican­ from the Latin word meaning American Cultural Center at "rejoice." It is so named Last day to sign contract is April 3 Assumption Seminary as the because its recipient is community began to assert its announced each year on political and cultural privileges. Laetare Sunday, the fourth Catering Office 631-5449/8792 Elizondo received two doctoral Sunday in Lent. The medal degrees in theology -from the itself bears the inscription Lower level-South Dining Hall Institute Catholique in Paris in "Truth is mighty, and it shall 1978 and in 1979 edited the prevail." • If you have never worked on campus, please bring a picture ID & either an original social security card, birth certificate or unexpired employment authorization document (please call Catering for further information)

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of a class-action suit brought "It's wonderful that we're celebrating 25 years against one doctor who was not of co-education, but we still have a long way to Disability giving enough care to preven­ Anniversary go," said senior Katie Hazard of the Women's Resource Center. She pointed out that the Notre ~ continued from page 1 tion of pain for people with continued from page 1 Multiple Sclerosis. Two patients Dame tradition is one of Catholicism and foot­ people with disabilities because, of this doctor, she pointed out, toward community service activities rathnr than ball- both male oriented traditions. "disabilities are a result of went to Michigan to "get killed male-oriented activities like game watches and She also expressed her frustration with the fragility of humap, and result of by Kevorkian." social events. He explained that, from speaking status of the Women's Resource Center. Its rank risking being alive," she said. Additionally, Owen claimed with female friends of his who were at Notre as a student organization prevents it from having Owen coined the phrase, that the right to die with dignity Dame during the late 1980s, the competitive the budget, space or resources which she feels "Disabilities are the normal, should be respected, but that it environment was good experience for the work would make the Center an effective tool for expected, anticipated outcomes can be accomplished through world in which women are often presented with advancement. of the living process itself." means other than euthanasia. the same sort of uphill struggle. "Issues that all"ect women don't all"ect women This quote was later to be "If a person has a choice of a Professor Teresa Ghilarducci served as moder­ only," said Sister Kathleen Cannon, associate included as part of the rat-infested nursing home or ator for the discussion and injected some provost. She pointed out the gender inclusive Americans with Disabilities Act. death, the person would choose thoughts on Notre Dame as a workplace for language policy which has been in eff!CJCI since Owen used it to stress the death," she said. She urged the women. She pointed out that although the 1991 and the establishment of the Early importance of the need for uni­ importance of creating "com­ University is a female dominated campus in Childhood Dnvclopment Center as two programs versal access to policies and munities in which there are terms of stalT, "Whern we arn at an imbalance is ·which have benefited both men and women. programs. more choices so that death is in terms of women faculty." The celebration of 25 years of co-education at "We need more people with not the lesser of the two evils." "There might be supply problems in that quali­ Notre Dame will continue through this week with Downs syndrome," she said in She also suggested that efforts fied women don't apply here, but there are also a blues band performance on Friday at 4 p.m. at response to the congratulations be taken to teach doctors to entrenched demand problems," Ghilarducei Fieldhouse Mall, an address from Father awarded to the state of better deal with pain and heal­ added. She cited the colleges of business and Theodore Hesburgh on the steps of the Main Washington for its low rate of ing. science as particularly weak in the areas of hir­ Building at 4 p.m. Saturday and a Seventies mental retardation. The rea­ She concluded her presenta­ ing and tenuring women. Mixer at 8 p.m. in the LaFortune Ballroom. son that Washington's rate was tion by stressing the problem of so low, Owen bitterly pointed negative attitudes, particularly out, was because of its high rate those of doctors, which make of abortion. She suggested that people with disabilities more more people with disabilities vulnerable. Owen received her Master's WORKSHOP are needed because, "those of us without disabilities need Degree from Berkeley, and went those with disabilities, more on to teach at San Francisco than they need you." State. In the seventies, her eye­ Owen claimed that people sight became bad and she start­ have to recognize "the catalytic ed her mission as a disability effect that people with disabili­ rights activist. In her lifetime, on DREAMS, ties can have in any environ­ she has started such programs _ment." as the University Year of Action Owen attacked Doctor at- Vista, served as the Come learn: Kevorkian and pointed out the Congressional Liaison on the dangers of Euthanasia. She President's committee on people • How to interpret dreams. claimed that people are going to with disabilities, and fought for Kevorkian because doctors are passage of the American • Techniques to remember dreams. not doing their jobs. She spoke Disability Act. • How to get the most from dreams. ',---T-!Je_N_OT_R_e_D_a_m_e_D_e_p_a_R_TO-Jt:-I-1T_O_F_M_LlS-lC-pR-e_s_e1_1T_S--, ~ • How dreams can be a guide - psychologically and spiritually. FleuR. de tzs Music FOR an 18rh CenruRy GaLLeRy This Sunday, March 23

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l------· Thursday, March 20, 1997 The Observer • CAMPUS NEWS page 5 Film, panel examine state of African education By HEATHER MACKENZIE !age. But trying to reconstruct The notion of authority even­ nent adds to our existing pre­ Saint Mary's who spent a year teaching in Cameroon, empha­ News Writer the traditional curriculum tually overtakes Bernardo, conceived notions," he said. proves to be a difficult task; however, as he is swept away "Africa is everything you find sized that the film's portrayal Corporal punishment and while Bernardo wants more by his hunger for power. The in this film, but- there is more of African education, at least in authoritarianism are rampant influence on educating the stu­ co-operative in overtaken by than the slapping of women this region, was accurate. in African education, according dents in practical skills like Bernardo's control, and the vil­ and the rudimentary buildings. "The physical problems in to the first film in this month's agriculture and carpentry, the lagers become increasingly dis­ There is also a status quo; you Cameroon ar.e overwhelming," African film series. The film, headmaster insists on main­ satisfied. Eventually the estab­ wouldn't have a problem send­ she said. "There are almost no Sango Malo, depicted educa­ taining the British system with lishment in the village causes ing your children to many parts books ...the children have to tion and life in a post-indepen­ focus on less applicable learn­ Bernardo's arrest, but his ini­ of Africa." pay three cents for even a , dence Cameroonian village and ing. Bernardo eventually tial reforms remain intact. Karanja also raised the issue piece of paper. There are few was followed by a panel discus­ wants to revamp the entire The panel discussion raised of the relationship between facilities and too many students sion on the state of African and economic base of the village; both the film's positive and education and politics. per teacher; these problems global education. when he sees that the local negative insights regarding "Reforming of the govern­ make effective education diffi­ The battle for independence store is cheating the cus- · education in Africa. Joseph ment should come before the cult." against an unrelenting regime tamers, he creates competition Karanja, a visiting professor reforming of education can Loux went on to emphasize is the focus of the two-hour by opening another store, thus from Kenya, raised some of his begin," Karanja stressed. "No the still-rampant colonial influ­ film. Malo Bernardo, a new driving down prices. He also concerns. matter what you do, the gov­ ence in African education. teacher in the small village, establishes co-operative farm­ "Information collected on ernment is going to interfere. "The system is totally British­ attempts to instill new teaching ing, a new technique to the vil­ Africa and then presented to Start reforming education by based -there is a definite neo­ practices in the colonial-influ­ lage that greatly profits each an audience who doesn't have changing the political system." colonial nature to the curricu­ enced school system of the vil- individual involved. a great knowledge of the conti- Ann Loux, a professor at lum." All of the panelists stressed that the film depicted just one area of Africa, and was not representative of the country as a whole. Don Sniegowski, the panel mediator, comment­ ed: "Africa is a huge continent, with many different cultures and problems. You cannot generalize on the basis of one view." This film series will continue throughout March and April and will be held each Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in 155 DeBartolo Hall. All films are sponsored by the African . Student's Association and 10% Educational Media...... sodium nitrite 20o/o cholestero~ ~8% you don't want to know

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Calendar of Events Hey You Seniors Out There! Freshmen Retreat #10 Friday-Saturday, March ~1-22 Well, we've entered the home stretch. I wish I could provide here some pearl for residents of Alumni,~Howard, Keough, of wisdom that could make these final days at Notre Dame all that you would Keenan, Knott, Lyons, ~9~querilla W~st, have them be. There won't prove enough time in each day, especially as the Sarin and Saint Mary's;:;!)l1; weather improves, to spend with friends and to visit those places on this cam­ ·:t~JI.~t pus which mean the most to you ... much less study! Palm/Passion Sunday Sunday, March 23 As I think back, oh so long ago, on my waning days at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, what I remember most are the late nights spent with Campus Bible Study Tuesday, March 2 those who had come to mean so much to me over the years. The gatherings I 7:00p.m. remember with particular fondness weren't the occasions when we happened Campus Min into one another as we often did in the places we normally frequented. It was those intentional times, those times that we went out of our way to gather and Campus-Wide ..:+•:o+ii~"" to do something special together, that I remember most now. As our days follwed by Adorat · · together grew fewer we found ourselves particularly attentive to just such Confession gatherings ... an overnight at the lakeside cottage of one of our number... a Tuesday, March 2 Mass that we coordinated with a priest friend at one or the off-campus hous­ 7:00p.m. es ... a walk with a friend on the meandering paths beside the Mississippi Grotto which borders the campus. Kairos {4th Day) Wednesday, • I remember one night in particular whkh seems almost corny in the retelling 7:30p.m. but which meant the world to me then ... and does still. Eight of us who had Chapel of been particularly close during our years together at St. Thomas decided that we weren't going to leave that place without ritualizing in some way all that we Holy Thursday had known together and celebrate all the ways that we had grown together. Thursday, March 27; Although we were all busy folks, the reality of our imminent departure com­ pelled us to make the time that we seemed never to have. _Our schedules dic­ Good Friday Friday, March 28 tated that we would gather very late and very local. We settled on a weekend night in late April. We decided that we would head to the other side of the river by car and then wade out to a large sandbar which was easily accessed from that side and which had always beckoned us from the campus side ... however much the signs to the cotitrary might have discouraged more timid spirits.

It was Midnight before we arrived with our provisions and a guitar in tow. We Easter Sunday settled into a large circle, stoked up a small, albeit illegal, campfire and pro­ Sunday, March 30 ceeded to remember, and to sing and to pray. We didn't really have an agen­ da, and I don't remember that any one of us felt particularly competent to lead prayer, but we just knew that it was what we had to do ... we knew it was, somehow, the men and women we had become over the years together. We had become people who knew that we were somehow bound up not only with each other, but with God ... and because of God. As we entertained ... and Palm/Passion Sunday feared ... life beyond the community that we had come to know and love, we knew ourselves to need something more than each other to sustain and nur­ Weekend Presiders ture us ... and in some sense, something more than ourselves to keep us at Sacred Heart Basilica together. We were headed in a variety of directions and vocations ... to great professional opportunities, to the Peace Corps, to professional and graduate Saturday, March 22 schools ... and to unemployment. We talked and we laughed and we cried ... 5:00p.m. and as the sun was peaking up in the eastern sky we each took time to pray Rev. Daniel Jenky, C.S.C. aloud for one another and for those things which most consumed our minds Sunday, March 23 and our hearts on that early spring morning. 10:00 a.m. Most Rev. Joseph Crowley, D.O. There was nothing particularly noteworthy about this gathering other than ~ the fact that it happened ... that eight people took a little time to be together I 12:00 noon and to mark the holiness of their days together. It will surely go unnotecl in I Rev. David Scheidler, C.S.C. the recorded history of human events, but for those of us who were there it is one of the more memorable moments of our young lives. There is irony in Scripture Readings for the fact that the moment during which we gathered to remember all that mat­ This Coming Sunday , tered most to us has become the moment we most remember. I'll close by t simply urging each of you to attend to just such moments. Think twice before I 1st Reading Mark 11: 1-10 l 2nd Reading Philippians 2: 6-11 you say yet again that you're just too busy or that you don't have enough Gospel Mark 14: 1-15, 47 time ... it's all the time you've got. Finally, Campus Ministry and the Center for Social Concerns are co-sponsoring a retreat for seniors on Saturday and Sunday, April 19-20th. (Applications will be made available from the Library Office of Campus Ministry during the first week of April.) There is limited space but we would welcome all seniors to consider joining us for this time away. (Z\MPUS Jim Ues, C.S. C. MINISTRY ------~ ------~------·---~-~-~----~-----·-----~------

Thursday, March 20, 1997 The Observer • CAMPUS NEWS page 7 Ferraro: Discipleship has risks Discussion addresses By SARAH CORKREAN tismal fonts. Saint Mary's News Editor The very first fonts were built in the shape of tombs. Ferraro noted that the testimony of the diversity, human rights Sister Bettina Maria Ferraro warned students women were carried on in early history, and By ANNE HOSINSKI "No matter how deplorable (the about what she considers to be the dangers of women today need to reflect on their own bap­ News Writer living conditions), it is often the discipleship in a lecture yesterday afternoon. tism into the community of God to find and rec­ case of a better situation to live After a successful career in various organiza­ ognize their voice. The leaders of La Casa de here than in their own country," tions such as the Pennsylvania Department of "The danger of being a disciple for both men Amistad, the Hispanic organization Nanni mentioned. Transportation, Ferraro joined the Sisters of the and women is to choose as Jesus did to live in of St. Joseph County delivered a Zulma Prieto, editor in chief of Holy Cross and now serves as solidarity with God and all forum Wednesday as part of the El Puente, focused on the lack of the assistant to the vice presi­ Christian members and to Human Rights Week and Diversity knowledge by the Hispanic com­ dent for Mission and the Center continue the message of Jesus Day Celebration sponsored by munity of their rights as legal resi­ for Spirituality. through spirituality," said Keenan, Lewis, Pasquerilla East dents and citizens of the United Ferraro noted from the Ferraro. and Siegfried Halls. States. "Because of the language beginning of the lecture that With God and all Noting that the credibility of Representing La Casa de barrier, many Hispanics have no women of every culture have women is respected more in Amistad was director Chris Nanni, idea of their rights, " Prieto always struggled to find a voice. Christian members.' private spheres rather than a 1988 Notre Dame Graduate, and stressed. Before El Puente. began Ferraro pointed to the story in public, Ferraro explained that Zulma Prieto, editor-and-chief of publishing six years ago, Prieto Luke of the women at Jesus' Sister Bettina Maria Ferraro the resurrection is not under- El Puente, the Hispanic newspa­ said, Indiana had no newspaper empty tomb during and after stood as an isolated event that per of northern Indiana, as well as serving the Hispanic community of the resurrection, as an important story where the women told, but as a message and· ministry the next director of La Casa de the state. She also stressed "how not only women find a historical religious voice, to all people in both public and private spheres. Amistad. important it is to educate people but both sexes listen intently to the women. Closing out the lecture series, Sister Rose Anne Their talk, entitled "Human of their rights, whether they are "The significance of the story in Luke is not the Schultz, vice president for Mission Center for Rights: A Local Perspective," documented or not." mere proof of the resurrection, but. the meaning Spirituality, said, "As we begin this holiest of focused upon the growing Prieto also touched on the com­ of the women's words describing the resurrec­ weeks, remember the endless possibilities of the Hispanic community in northern mon misconceptions of the tion, which is a story of recreation," said Ferraro. empty tomb and the people that empty tomb sig­ Indiana and the defining rights Hispanic population by the leaders Asking the question of who Christ is for nifies; all people of different colors, race, gender, that they have. According to of St. Joseph County. Prieto stated women. Ferraro pointed to the historical bap- and creed." Nanni, St. Joseph County has the that the Hispanic community is largest Hispanic community in seen to be a burden of society Indiana, most being migrant because of their perceived abuse workers. of the welfare system. "The larger community of this "However," continued Prieto, ~OBSERVER area sees the Hispanic community "these people cannot collect wel­ as one body, with similar back­ fare if they are undocumented." llll!¢11!1p1~1JBII¢!1ftl!.1ft1pi•Jil!iji-"1Bfltii!IIIJ!$1i!l;t¢111:fi11;,1pMQ grounds. The danger in this is She stressed the need to remem­ is now accepting applications for that there are a mix of races in ber the categories of Hispanics this community, and it is sad to (Migrant Workers, Mexicans and see the frustration of the Mexican-Americans) because Hispanics from South America each category has separate and when they are classified with the different needs. Cartoonist people of Mexico," Nanni stressed. Nanni stressed that the issues Nanni stated that the majority of facing the Hispanic community of Applicants should submit five samples of their • the Hispanic immigration to St. St. Joseph County are very com­ Joseph County is predicated by plex and need to be approached in proposed comic strip, along with a brief statement the employment opportunities in a way that would "put a human describing what the strip will be about. the factories of this area. Many of face to their problems." He stated Applications and questions should be directed to the workers, Nanni stressed, were that the solution will only come recruited to work in this area and ·when the "Hispanic community Brad Prendergast, 314 LaFortune, 631-4542. are lured here and subsequently will begin to organize and become Deadline is Thursday, March 20 provided with deplorable living a player at the table to better conditions. advocate for its people."

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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME STBnFNT C:nv~JtNU~NT page 8 The Observer • NATIONAL NEWS Thursday, March 20, 1997 Hayden dogged for radical past By SCOTT LINDLAW troversial visit to North Vietnam zen, devoid of charisma. His Associated Press Writer at the height of the war, Hayden speeches are stilted and unpol­ was a co-founder of Students for ished. LOS ANGELES a Democratic Society and one of Elected four years ago on a diagnosed with Even as he courts the main­ the Chicago Seven who was pledge that he was tough enough A.l~~heimer•;'s · ln 1989, stream in his race for mayor, tried for intent to riot at the to turn around a city reeling 9ourt fight, he Tom Hayden can't seem to 1968 Democratic National from race riots and money prob- was declared mentally escape his past as a '60s radical 1 e m s , incompetent ·and control of who led the opposition to the Riordan his estate,was given to his Vietnam war. efine attorney and his daughter, must nur­ eX~lre~;sio,nisrn.· and macJe him To his annoyance, Hayden's ture the Lisa, who is his only sur- one 0 20th century's vivor. background looms as large as perception his current political persona, greatest painters, died in his De Kooning's death came that Los stUdio Wednesday; He was that of a 57 -year-old liberal but Angeles is just two months after New 92. York's Museum of Modern conventional state senator who '[, H d no longer wears a suit and a neat haircut. om ay en out of con- De Kooning's abstract Art opened· an exhibit of his expressionist· works. included Hayden vented his frustration trol. late paintings, entitled traces of the earlier. $urreal~ on a newspaper reporter who Convention. A Los Angeles Times poll ''Objects of Desire." suggested not long ago that his These days, he rails against found most people think he is is~ movement and p:r~figured Among his meticulously reputation might hurt his effort Republican incumbent Richard succeeding at that, with 52 per­ P{)p art..Along. With Jackson composed canvases was his he lf)d the group to bring people together. Riordan for his ties to big busi­ cent of those surveyed saying . PpJ1pck, of 1944 "Pink Lady,'' which . arti~tswho helpedNewYork "I can see that your image of ness and "abandonment of the things are going well in the city, brought $3.63 million at auc­ me is colored by my back­ inner city." And he has carefully and 54 percent supporting replace J?~~is asthe center or tion in 1987. Two years later ground," he snapped. "For a guy tailored his message to avoid Riordan. tbe art world in the years his 1955 masterpiece like you it really doesn't matter alienating the middle class, after World War II. "Interchange" sold for a "I don't think people think 'T don't paint to live, I live· that I've been in the Legislature pushing suburban issues like things are going OK in Los stunning $20.6 million. to paint," he said in his· 80s. for 15 years. You've never spent lower small-business taxes, Angeles," Hayden counters. "I Vintage works consistently a day there with me ... because more police and more jobs. .. "It's a nice thing to look for­ sold for over $1 million . have to persuade people that we ward to." that's not interesting." The 66-year-old Riordan, have a remote mayor who's not Born in Rotterdam, he was Best-known as the ex-husband meanwhile, exudes sincerity but telling the truth about the situa­ De Kooning painted daily the son of a wine and beer of Jane Fonda, who made a con- comes off as a kindly senior citi- tion here." until the late 1980s, even distributor and a barmaid.

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• ALBANIA • ISRAEL Officials appeal for judicial help Court refuses to block

By JUDITH INGRAM Albania protested that the Associated Press Writer KORSOVO returnees surpassed the Har Homa construction \ ... · agreed-upon number of TIRANA, Albania 200, and· many turned out By SAMAR ASSAD 25 miles Looted -warehouses and to be children or adults with Associated Press Writer ~ empty prisons left officials no criminal records whatso­ 25 km struggling Wednesday to ever, said Justice Minister JERUSALEM lind a way to get humani­ Spartak Ngjela. Teen-agers threw rocks and tarian aid past the armed He said Albania's 1, 700 prisoners rioted in Israeli jails, gangs terrorizing much of prisoners - including 700 but most Palestinians obeyed Albania, while southern hard-core criminals - have their leader's call for peaceful rebels ruled out using force been freed, and nearly all p r o t e s t no-,..,..----,--.___.., for the first time in their its courthouses burned and Wednesday li""'!'IOI'l!IIII"C~'...,:..~ bid to oust President Sali their judicial files after Israel's Berisha. destroyed. Supreme At least three more peo­ -.GREECE The government's first C o u r t ple were killed Wednesday priority was to restore the refused to in the southern city of courts, police, prosecutors block con­ Korea, which has been AP/Carl Fox a:nd prisons, Ngjela said. struction of a caught between rival orga­ Kociu's comments followed A delegation from the Jewish nized-crime gangs. signs of support for Berisha European Union stressed the n e i g h b o r - Arafat But southern rebels backed both from the government led need to re-establish security hood in Arab away from threats of further by Prime Minister Bashkim before much-needed massive east Jerusalem. violence. Fino and from a newly estab­ aid shipments can begin. At the construction site, Comments by Xhevat Kociu, lished vigilante force calling Italian Foreign Minister Palestinian marchers re-enact­ the top commander of the itself the Committee of National Lamberto Dini said Wednesday ed the crucifixion, tying a man rebel-held south, increased .the Salvation. that EU officials want a "secu­ to a large wooden cross sym­ chances that weeks of turmoil Warning Fino against trying rity force" to accompany bolizing the loss of Jerusalem. could soon end. to negotiate with rebels in the humanitarian aid. At another protest, followers of The crisis in Albania, which south on Berisha's resignation, "Aid will have to be accom­ Palestinian leader Yasser began with anti-government the vigilante force said it would panied by a security force to Arafat prevented clashes by protests after nearly every mobilize thousands of armed make sure that it reaches the steering a crowd away from Albanian family lost money in men to punish those who incit­ right destination," Dini said Israeli army checkpoints. the collapse of shady invest­ ed mayhem. after meeting with members of The massive unrest and vio­ ment schemes, has grown into In a statement, it said it was an 11-member EU fact-finding lence anticipated by Israeli near-anarchy. "determined to protect under delegation to the chaos-ridden intelligence did not materialize Kociu said that southerners country. - even after the court ruling, Bethlehem. • any circumstances all the AP/Carl Fox still would work to force democratic institutions of the Dini did not say how big the and after yellow bulldozers Berisha out but "we are plan­ force should be or what coun­ started carving up the But as expected, the judges country, property and the free­ refused to issue the order and ning to do this in a democratic dom of citizens from a possible tries would provide it, but that Jerusalem hillside under the fashion." it should come from EU guard of dozens of troops. instead told the government to military attack." explain its planning considera­ The former general told Europe was trying to contain nations. Arab landowners, Israeli Associated Press Television in Deputy police commander peace activists and the opposi­ tions within 60 days. the turmoil that has wracked Palestinians want to establish the southern town of Saranda Albania for 2 1/2 weeks, with Brig. Gen. K.C. Roos of the tion Meretz Party had peti­ that Albania's 12 rebel-con­ Netherlands said it was essen­ tioned the Supreme Court to a future capital in east Italy returning 292 would-be Jerusalem, which Israel cap­ trolled districts of the south refugees Wednesday, saying tial to restore law enforcement, issue a temporary halt-order would meet Friday to chart perhaps by sending in interna­ on the 6,500-apartment pro­ tured from Jordan in the 1967 they were suspected of crimi­ Mideast War. their next moves. nal activities. tional police trainers. ject.

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• page 10 The Observer • INTERNATIONAL NEWS Thursday, March 20, 1997

• GERMANY Global TB epidemic levels off - or Directly Observed Treatment, Short­ Eastern Europe faces course - method could cut the number of TB cases in half over the next decade, saving 10 million lives, as well as prevent the develop­ explosion of cases ment of drug-resistant strains. By PAUL GEITNER But the method is still not being used in Associated Press Writer Eastern Europe, and economic and social upheaval in Russia and other former Soviet bloc BERLIN countries since the end of communism has con­ Better treatment has stabilized the spread of tributed to a tuberculosis explosion there. tuberculosis worldwide for the first time in Since 1991, Russia has seen a 70 percent rise decades, but U.N. health officials said in TB cases and a 90 percent jump in TB death Wednesday that a growing TB epidemic in rates, said Richard Bumgarner, deputy director triumph was Russia is threatening Europe. of the WHO's Global TB Program. dent (rom the The global TB epidemic has leveled off Lethal drug-resistant strains account for 6 Griffey's office .. in because health care workers are being trained percent of the TB cases in the Baltic country of gal Department; the to make sure patients take the full, six-month Latvia, 14 percent in Estonia and 18 percent in 's busiest container course of medication,· World Health Lithuania, he said. phalanxes of glittering Organization officials said at a news confer­ "Make no mistake," Bumgarner said. and a paved-over ence. "Europe has been heading slowly but surely to had once been They said widespread use of the new "DOTS" another TB crisis." .• ..- ... v•~· Navy's anchorage. "Ecortorn ically it's fantastic, • about that,;, he • SOUTH AFRICA , ta.ua.'"-'"u, his Bristol accent dilut by 18 years in Kong. Clinton memorializes apartheid victims t this civil servant was also seeing his last three By SONYA ROSS planting a tree in remem­ had people like herself come · 4 years of work unraveling, Associated Press Writer brance of victims of those in is important for enhancing since the election laws he had crimes. public belief in the intrinsic drafted will soon be annulled. CAPE TOWN, South Africa "What you are doing here in credibility of the commission." A Chinese-organized provi­ First lady Hillary Rodham South Africa is a testament to During their meeting, Tutu sionaJ legislature will replace Clinton praised South Africans what can occur when rage and said, commission members a democratically elected one Wednesday for seeking the anger are turned to hope and heard Mrs. Clinton's views on and serve until new elections truth about the horrors of possibility," she said. "The the role of memorials, such as are held, probably in mid- apartheid. work of reconciliation is to the Vietnam War Memorial in 1998. Controls on rights to Mrs. Clinton acknowledge history, not to Washington, in helping a nation heal its wounds. · demonstrate and have politi­ huddled with forget it." cal links with foreign bodies, members of Tutu, who won a Nobel "It wasn't just a courtesy chat," Tutu said. loosened in recent years, will the Truth and peace prize for his efforts to be tightened again. end apartheid, called Mrs. Mrs. Clinton would not say Reconciliation The Democrats, Hong Commission, Clinton's meeting with his how she answered the ques­ Kong's largest party, see which is panel a "very, very important tions, but said she was these as signs that China is symbol" in the attempt to set­ investigating "impressed by the breadth of saver· already imposing its authori­ apartheid -era Clinton tle apartheid's atrocities in a their efforts." nl'nlAI'tll•rl growth tarian ways. Chris Patten, political fair manner. "What this commission is PeJ:c.eJtlt a nest egg Hong Kong's last British gov­ crimes, then joined the com­ "There are people who have doing is important not only for on in foreign ernor, has protested, as have not taken kindly to the com­ mission's chairman, former South Africa, but for the rest U.S. officials. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in mission," Tutu said. "To have of the world," she said.

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Present: PROFESSOR OLABIYI J. YAI PROFESSOR OF YORUBA LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AND ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, CAINSVILLE

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"The Yoruba Lanquage and the Construction of "SURVIVANCE ET DYNAMISME DES CULTURES African Identity an Africa and the Americas" AFRICAINES DANS LES AMERIQUES" Monday, March 24, 1997 Saturday, March 22, 1997 at 4:30 12:00 PM: 802, Charles Martin Youth Center, Lincoln Way West, South Bend Hesburgh Library Lounge, University of Notre Dame 4: 30 PM: Room 119 O'Shaughnessy Hall, University of Notre Dame (Presentation in French; Reception follows)

"From VoJun to Maim: Monotl.eiom anJ Hiotory in tl.e Fon Cultural Area, Weot Africa" Tuesday, March 25, 1997, 12: 15, Notre Dame Room, LaFortune Center (Free Lunch

"N11.na Versuo Ogun: Affirming tl.e Female Voice in Yoruba Oral Literature" Wednesday, March 26, 12:15, Montgomery Theatre, LaFortune Center

Yoruba is a major West African language spoken by scores of millions of Africans (over 22 in Nigeria alone) in Africa, North America, South America, and the Caribbean . •

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• DIGRESSIONS, 0!STORT10NS AND GENERAL RAMBLINGS It's not a pretty sight. when the brain rebels

This is a true story. Amoco when this announcement was ping on the other. I My roommate lost her toothbrush the made: began to fall on my other day ... I, however, lost my cogni­ We, the cells of your brain, charge face much more fre­ tive functioning. you, the pathetic owner, with negli­ quently than before, OK. so that's a blatant lie. I didn't gence on the following grounds: and stairs were just ....11111111••••• actually lose my cognitive functioning; 1.) Frequent layoffs and panicked, absolutely out of the it ran away. Actually, I drove my own mass re-hiring: We can't go dormant question. But, the in- c mind to mutiny. during the summer months and then be juries incurred gener- ~~_...... ~ expected to function at full capacity the ally weren't life- - morning of your first exam! We threatening (as long demand at least 24 hours to recover as I wore a helmet from our hibernation and ease into a and heavy padding). work schedule! so I stumbled on as Kathy 2.) Irregular working hours and best I could, refusing overtime: We don't do late nights or to acknowledge any early mornings. End of discussion! mental discord. Scheibel 3.) Extraneous usage: Why must you The remaining fac­ always choose "fun" hobbies that tions, however, united require thinking or coordination?! Why and declared official can't you pick such extracurricular rebellion, stating: And the thing of it is, I should have activities as staring at a blank wall or "We hold this truth to seen it coming; I mean, I did see it chewing gum? be self-evident, "You coming ... well, at least I was given 4.) Lack of rest: Come on - all we couldn't even begin to adequate warning of my brain's rebel­ ask is three hours a week. Is that so pick your nose with­ lion. outrageous?! out us. Face it - It all began as a case of a few moder­ "Bah!" I said and paid the befuddled Because of the pitiful ately discontented factions. They said clerk for my gas. way you run this con­ that I had become tyrannical and that My memory was the first to defect, traption, you can't they, quite frankly, didn't appreciate it. taking with it as hostage my accumula­ even pick your nose They began a phase of mild resistance, tion of stored facts and names. But, I with us!" which was only outwardly manifest in didn't perceive this as a particular "Bah!" I said. the development of frequent conversa­ problem, since my test scores drastical­ "Do you really think tions with myself. And, well, that was ly improved with the implementation of you can function with­ all fine and dandy with me, because I the "random guessing" method of test­ out us?" my chin and sitting in a pool on my now had the capacity to entertain taking. I'd always been the designated "Bah!" I said (mostly because that lap.) myself in the most boring of situations. loser at Trivial Pursuit anyway, and was the only accessible word left in my I'm looking for a new chair (since the I no longer had to resort to counting people generally learned to respond to limited vocabulary). one I'm in has no arms, and Biff at the the tiles on the ceiling of my English "Hey you!" when I couldn't come up "Are you challenging us? ... Is that a computer next to me is starting to get classroom; I no longer needed to pick with their given names. challenge?" they asked, incensed. annoyed every time I fall out of it and my scabs for entertainment when the The motor functions division retreat­ "Bah!" I said. land on him), but I can't seem to turn relatives visited; there was no longer a ed shortly afterwards. It now became They flattened me and left me for my head to locate a new chair and need to bring my Legos to the doctor's necessary for me to tie on a large plas­ brain-dead. focus my eyes at the same time. My office or a book to the DMV. No, tic bib before sitting down at the table I eventually managed to peel myself random muscle spasms have given Biff indeedy! My constant bickering with (the rest of the family wore rain pon­ off the floor and enlisted the aid of caf­ a black eye and me a bloody nose, and myself provided sufficient amusement chos in self-defense, as I was prone to feine as a cerebral substitute. At this somehow the computer screens in front for myself and for everyone within a catapult large pieces of food with my moment, I am committing my "no caf­ of me have multiplied. 50-meter radius of me. corked utensils), and I had to be hosed feine" New Year's resolution violation My roommate lost her toothbrush the Then, some organization began to off out back after every meal. Walking number 1,468. (Actually, make that vio­ other day; I don't remember what I lost. develop, and amid the ceaseless bab­ became a perilous task as my feet lation number 1,467.5 -only half of bling and the discontent, a representa­ developed an animosity for one anoth­ my vat of coffee actually made it down Kathy Scheibel is a junior Arts and tive voice spoke up. I was in the local er, each taking great pleasure in step- my throat; the rest is dribbling down Letters major.

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-W.C. Fields page 12 Thursday, March 20, 1997

zero spice girls Spice (out of five stars)

y now the Spice Girls need no introduction come with lines such as "boys and girls feel good -number one singles in more countries together," "keep searching, who knows what you than most of us can name and an album may find," and the classic "set your spirit free, it's Bembarked upon a quest !'or global domina- the only way to be." Never has the human condition tion have caused vomitous reactions amongst self­ been analyzed by any artist in such penetrating respecting music lovers everywhere. Five "birds" fashion, and for those beguiled by these profound who cater to almost every taste (the big question is, ideas we can only offer our sympathy. Perhaps the of course, who's your favorite Spice Girl?) project an best way to think about this talentless bunch of no­ image of energetic "girl power" leading to the hopers is as the price Britain pays for the brilliance prospect of a cultural "spice revolution," apparently. of Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Radiohead, etc. In any country Before this golden era arrives we are left to con­ musical karma must somehow balance itself, and front an album as inane as it is disposable. The across the Atlantic the opposite of excellence arises chart-topping "Wannabe" kicks of the proceedings, in horrible Spicey form. To answer the first line of and then it all goes even further downhill; "Say the album, what you want, what you really really You 'II Be There" is like listening to a parody of want, is not this total crap. Avoid at all costs; listen Janet Jackson, and the execrable "2 Become 1" is a at your own peril. strong contender for worst song of the decade. No description is required for the next seven tracks as they all sound remarkably similar to the first three by Julian Elliott - a trend which speaks for itself. Great moments

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the mighty mighty bosstones Let's Face It (out of five stars)

o you're standing in the music section of a Typically this makes for a welcome punch on a Wal-Mart looking for a "ska" record. The Bosstones disc, but with the production sound new No Doubt won't cut it, because they processed down to Ilungry Man meat and potatoes Ssound more like Madonua meets Def Leppard rock, the songs taste more like damn good salisbury than Madness. What are you to do? I mean, you steak rather than a bacon-wrapped filet mignon. hear skanking is quite fun. You have a closet full of Also, shame on the sequencer for the two faced struc­ plaid. You've seen The Skalkoholics at Jazzman's ture of the album. Apparently that person never five times. And MTV told you that ska and electronic underwent "boy-girl-boy-girl" elem1)ntary school music are the "next Nirvana." lines. Don't fear! The doctors at Mercury Records have The Bosstones' latest offering is more cohesive than scrubbed up the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, neutering 1994's Question the Answers and has its dancehall the malignant-throated bark of Dicky Barrett, deck­ moments. but I kept on yearning for more of the ing the boys in Armani suits, and polishing the guitar spontaneity and aggression of Question. Rest assured roar to a dentist-office-safe gleam. They offer their though. the Bosstones live show will give the fresh services to your dorm party needs. tunes a well needed kick in the arse. Shame on Let's Face It pick-it-up-pick-it-ups with more ska Mercury for pushing the premium ska/punk band in flava than any Bosstone release since the second LP, the land too far for the tarnished gold ring of com­ More Noise and Other Disturbances. Well, at least mercial radio airplay. for the a-side, which speeds along to a distant dream of the Clash and the Specials. 01' B u-turns back into the bumpy road of the Metal Metal Bosstones. by Brent DiCrescenzo Courtesy of Mercury Records

by Bernadette pdllight Pampuch

Southern-with-a-flair. The House of Blues lays claim to the largest collection of nnovative, accesible and downright fun, Chicago's newly-opened House of Blues is American Southern folk art in the world, a great deal of it hanging on the walls and a no-miss alternative to the local entertainment scene in South Bend. Combining the ceiling of the Chicago location. Vibrant and occasionally gaudy, the home­ Ithe grittiness of an authentic Southern juke joint with the flair of a European grown art covers every inch of available space making for a busy interior that opera house, the unlikely blend gives rise to a music club that offers more than just rivals some Baroque cathedrals. The ceiling is illuminated with bas-reliefs of blues music. masters and their contemporaries and it is not unusual to find Bonnie Raitt hanging Fourth in a line of clubs opened by ex-Hard Rock Cafe next to Stevie Wonder. founder Isaac Tigrett, the Chicago location is also the largest As electronically-driven as it is down-to-earth, 100 of the seats in the in the U.S. with a capacity of over 1,500. Clubs in New restaurant have Internet hookups and the capacity to sup­ Orleans, Los Angeles and Cambridge, Mass., follow the same port laptop computers. Video conferencing and eclectic restaurant/concert hall format that makes the House worldwide communications links contribute to an of Blues so unique, and new openings in Myrtle Beach, New environment billed as the first "intelligent" music York City and London are soon to follow. venue in the world, and video monitors showcase The House of Blues is housed in the renovated Marina run-downs of music by Big Head Todd, Etta James, City Complex, gateway to the River North neighborhood Eric Clapton and John Lee Hooker being played out and Chicago's historic "Loop." Home to a former movie in stereo. The House of Blues website can be theater, the club will be best recognized as the building accessed at http://www.hob.com and offers perfor­ beneath the two corncob-shaped apartment structures ••• mance schedules, artist profiles, and real-time con­ that hover over the Chicago skyline. The 55,000-square- certs. foot venue just underwent a $70 million overhaul in Not content with just being a restaurant or having a order to house two restaurants, the music hall, televi- presence on the Web, the House of Blues is also home sion production, interactive multimedia and radio to one of the most unique musical experiences available broadcast facilities. in the Midwest. The concert hall is intimate and mostly For now, the jewel of the House of Blues is its restau­ standing-room-only, with most seats being within 100 rant and B.B. Blues Bar. The restaurant offers up a feet of the stage. Opera-style boxes line the room mod­ selection of reasonably-priced Southern dishes rang­ eled after the famous Estate Theatre in Prague but the ing from babyback ribs to tequila-lime crawfish with venue itself is highlighted with a decidedly modern neon linguine. Appetizers run from Mississippi catfish and flourescent flair. Ticket prices start at $10 and rarely bites and tartar dipping sauce for the faint of heart go above $30, with the upcoming Aretha Franklin concert to crawfish cheesecake (crawfish tails and smoked being an exception at $65. gouda cheese) for the more daring. The Grilled The House of Blues is located at 329 N. Dearborn and Jumbo Asparagus and Crab Salad and the House of phone orders for concerts are taken at (312) 923-2020 or Blues Caesar are vegetarian alternatives to the half-pound burg- Ticketmaster from 9 a.m. until midnight daily. Sunday ers priced at $7.50 that are big enough to warrant more than one meal, and Gospel Brunch seatings are from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the brick-oven pizzas have four varieties to cover nearly any taste. For dessert, the Music Hall, and lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. during the New Orleans-style bread pudding and green apple ice cream are tempting enough week. to break most diets, and the chocolate bourbon cake steeped in more than one layer of chocolate and liquor is a Southern favorite with a House of Blues twist. Prices Some Upcoming Concerts: start at $6.25 for the Mississippi Cat Bites to $11.95 for the Tequila-Lime Crawfish. Sundays at the House of Blues bring the renowned Gospel Brunch, a family-style Fri. March 21: De La Soul, opening act Sovory/Cassius Clay, $18.50, 18 and over. sit-down brunch offering all-you-can-eat barbeque chicken, cornbread, shrimp, cat­ Tue, March 25: Chick Corea and Friends, $22.50, 21 and over. fish and omelets made to order. Local and nationally acclaimed gosped choirs sere­ Sat, April 5: Aretha Franklin, $65, 21 and over. nade patrons in a non-demoninational, highly-energetic setting. Sat, April19: JGB (Jerry Garcia Band), $20, 21 and over. The atmosphere in the bar, restaurant and concert hall can best be described as Fri. April 25: Delbert McClinton, $22.50, 21 and over. Thursday, March 20, 1997 page 13 morphine

Like Swimming

~~ (out of five stars)

Jeep is the first thought that comes to mind when you say the word "morphine." It is S also the end result of the latest album by the band of the same name. Like Swimming, Morphine's fourth major label release and first Courtesy of Dreamworks for the mega-label Dreamworks, proceeds from a slow. instrumental groove to slow grooves with because of the innovative, jazzy approach to words. Morphine has always had an unusual music that gives Morphine its unique sound. style - two string bass, sax and drums - and Some of the songs on this album are actually for fans of the band this album is just further very cool. "Early to Bed" and "French Fries with exploration of this type of odd talent. Vocalist Pepper" are interesting musically. The lyrics are Mark Sandman has moments when his perfor­ odd, especially on the latter, but that does not mance brings to mind comparisons with Jim diminish from the intricate saxophone parts and Morrison. A good example would be the second solid rhythm that makes these and songs like song on the album "Potion." The album flows "Empty Box" interesting listening. Altogether, well. with each song setting up the next and no Like Swimming is aptly titled. It is long, slow, and jarring contrast between songs. Dana Colley's after it is over you feel very sleepy. omnipresent saxophone lines add a spice to the band's sound that is actually its main attraction. llis performance on songs such as "I Know You by Matthew Loughran (Pt. III)" and "Early to Bed" give sort of a funk edge to the album. This album earns its stars upcoming concerts Beck I The Roots 418 Stepan Center

~ I Cheap Trick 419 Metro I Morphine 4111 Riviera I ~ Prodigy 4114 Metro I The Samples 4123 The Vic Bush I Veruca Salt 4124 Rosemont They Might Be Giants 4129 Metro Built to Spill 5122 Metro The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 616 Riviera

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.... page 14 The Observer • SPORTS Thursday, March 20, 1997 pick up their 30th win of WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP NCAA they year, but they can also First round Second round Regionals Regionals Second round First round continue to play and con­ March 22 & 24 March 22 & 24 continued from page 24 tinue a season that can be MIDWEST WEST described with one word, (1) Connecticut 1 ------""1(1) Connecticut 103-35 (1) Stanford 111-59 ,.-----,;;.;St;;;.an;:,;;fo;.:rd---'-'-(). history each scored 29 in special. (16) Lehigh r--- r------1-----~~w~!~J~~) (1) Connecticut 72-53 (1) Stanford 67-45 the corralling of the Morgan and Gaither's (8) N.C. State ;(9) Iowa 56-50 ·-----!!!.~J.~) Longhorns. Gaither simply names can be found all (9) Iowa Montana (9l owned the paint in the first over the record books. It is (5) Duke Ulah (5l half as she poured in 21. not often when the two (12) DePaul :(5) Duke 7Q-56 5i)~Ut~ah~6~6-~~~-{====;;~;J~:Iowa State (12) =-:;c.;,;.::::;_____; ( 4) Illinois BS-67 (4) Virginia 65-46 r With the majority of 2,000 career point scorers Virginia (4) J.~_LIIIinois i(4) Illinois 23-7 (4) Virginia 96-74 those wearing the burnt can be found in the same (c;,;13:.:_).:..Dr-'-ak_cce ___,:----·-··-··--·-··-· Troy State (13) Jowa City, Iowa National Missoula, Mont orange packed around lineup. This season has (6) Oregon March 22 & 24 Championship March 22 & 24 Gaither in the second stan­ also seen the maturation of ------;(6)0re on BQ-6B Vanderbilt (6l Cincinnati (6lVanderblll 74-62{------­ (111'1~l~Sa~n~D~ieg~o~S~t._j~~~~ ..... - ... --- Washington (11) za, Morgan and senior Bohman and Augustin who :..... (3) Tennessee 76-59 March 30 1 (,.3:.:_);_:Te'-'nn.cces:.:s;:.;eec...... , 1 (6)Vanderbilt 51-44 Kansas (3l Rosanne Bohman picked have stepped into leader­ - (3) Tennessee 91 ·-·=l54 I ~(14~)~G~ra~mb~li~ng~_f,~~~~ J (3l Kan~~~ •.J'------'--' ! Detroit (14) up their play. Morgan had ship roles being essential (7) Stephen F. Austin (7) Stephen F. Austin 79-66 ··-·-·"'"·-·~- Arizona (7) ice water flowing through to the team's success.

(10) Toledo ! 2 Colorado 66-57 Western Ky. \!_~ her veins as she hit 14 of The squad's underclass­ (2) Colorado NATIONAL 18 free throws and now men have followed the , (2) Colorado 6 CHAMPION Georgia (2l (15) Marshall the Irish find themselves leadership provided by the --~~emK~) just two wins shy of the seniors. Junior guard EAST Cincinnati Cincinnati (1) North Carolina March 28 March 28 MIDEAST Old Dominion (1). Final Four. (1) Old Dominion 102·52 ...... ~ ...... ~ .... - ... ······~-· .. ·: Mollie Peirick has battled l~~h Carolina 78-53 116 This Saturday the Irish an ankle injury all year (16) Harvard I (1l North Carolina 81-71 (1) Old Dominion 69-65 Liberty ): (B) Michigan State OT will battle with Alabama in OT (B) Purdue 74-4B Purdue (B), long but has not let it slow (9) Portland ------.. --...... L.j ... _. ______Maryland ,., ... ______(9) ... I· the Regionals in hopes of her in leading the fast (5) Geo.Wash. continuing their finest sea­ break or finding the open ~ash.61-46 (12l Marquette 70-66 --·--.. -~~~~~~-~-.... (.~)I (12) Northwestern ! (4)LSU 71-SB Marquelte (12) son ever. This season has player underneath.

4 1 included a rash of injuries, Peirick's classmate Kari ~(;,:_) _:.:Tu:::la:::ne:.___-,(4) Tulane 72-69 LSU (4) (4) LSU BB-79 but the senior .leadership of Hutchinson has come off (13) UC Santa Barb. Maine (131, Columbia, S.C. W. Lafayette, Ind. Morgan, Gaither, Bohman, the bench with the versatil­ (6) Notre Dame March 22 & 24 March 22 & 24 Southern Cal. (6l ,._.... _ ... _., __](6) Notre Dame 93-62 Francisco point guard Jeannine ity to play in the post or the (11 l Memphis 1 San (11) ; (6) Noire Dame B6·B3 Augustin, and Adreinne perimeter. She has also (3) Texas (3)Fiorida 92-7B Florida (3) 1(3) Texas 66-3B i Jordan has not allowed recently bounced back and (14) SW Texas St. -~..:.~t.J:~! torn ACL's or sprained returned to action after £!__~Joseph's Auburn 17), (7) St. Joseph's 7Q-S2 ankles to slow their pace. suffering a broken hand (10) Kansas St. '''"''"'""''""'~~~.~.:~,i!!~.. ~~.?J I "At one point in the sea­ shortly before the end of (?~E~!.!!a..&.~-s2 (2} louisiana Tech. --~}~!._T~~j?J I 74-48 son McGraw found just the regular season. St. Peter's (15) ( ) seed seven scholarship players Sophomore Sheila AP dressed. She also saw the McMillen has provided a team's manager Christy spark off the bench with • fiGURE SKATING Grady and a former Irish her ability to drop the big volleyball stand-out, three. Freshman forward Kristina Ervin, suit up. Julie Henderson's size has Scott Hamilton diagnosed with cancer The team's character has provided strong play Associated Press Foundation. best form of treatment is shown through as they under the glass. Hamilton, 38, performed in chemotherapy, and confirmed that have made history with McGraw, Notre Dame's LOS ANGELES Peoria, Ill., on Sunday night 70-80 percent of men with the their 24th win of the year all-time winningesi coach, Figure skating star Scott despite suffering from severe condition are curable. which marked a record for has had a terrific mix of Hamilton, a four-time world stomach pain during the last sev­ 'Within the last 48 hours, I am most wins in a season and players with which to champion and the 1984 Olympic eral weeks. blessed to have had the assistance their run into the Round of work, and they have pro­ gold medalist, has been diagnosed On Monday, Hamilton went to of such a remarkable team of 16 marks the furthest an vided the program with a with testicular cancer, his public the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, medical specialists, the unwaver­ Irish squad has traveled. historic season. relations firm said Wednesday. where he underwent tests which ing support of the cast of Discover The Irish remain as They have also teamed The diagnosis was made by Dr. confirmed a tumor in his lower Stars On Ice, my management and focused as ever as the con­ with their male counter­ Eric Klein, a urologist, and Dr. abdomen caused by cancer cells those friends and colleagues clos­ test against Alabama pro­ parts, giving lri_sh fans that Ronald Bukowski, an oncologist, within the testicle region. est to me," Hamilton was quoted vides greater opportunity sweet taste of March of the Cleveland Clinic Both doctors agreed that the as saying in a press release. for recognition. They can Madness.

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[email protected] !=INTRAMURAL The highlight came when Holly Michael scored twice in 28 seconds to cut Vanderbilt's lead to 10-8 with 1:16 left before halftime. 21 22 23 Tl}_e team played good M!WTRACK/V MEN'S BASEBALL!V MEN'S defense headed by Debbie AT STANFORD AT SETON HAll BASEBALL/V Prisinzano. The Irish cut into (SPLIT SQUAD NOON AT SETON HALL MEET) MEN'S LACROSSEN NOON the lead but trailed the M!WTRACK/V VS. DARTMOUTH SAILING/C Commodores throughout the AT ALABAMA RELAYS MOOSE KRAUSE FIELD VS. MICHIGAN contest. TUSCALOOSA. AL 2:00PM (SPLIT SOUAD MEN'S TENNISN When it was all said and MEET) VS. BALL STATE done, Vanderbilt walked ECK TENNIS PAVILION 100 PM away with a 20-13 victory. SAILING/C The women's lacrosse team VS. MICHIGAN plays its first home game against University of Denver at Moose Krause Stadium on Friday, March 21, 4:00 p.m. ltl[ (.jQAI. ur SI'ORISWE.lKLNL) IS 10 INfORM SIUI>I Nl~ Al!(XJI SI'URIS ON CAMI'U~ NIII.LIXJLS NOI ~I'UNSQR ANY VARSIIY, INTRAMURAL OR CLUS SPORTS ON THIS CAMPUS AND THIS SCHEDUU: DOES NOT IN ANY WAY IMPLY SUCH SI"ONSORSHIP The team hopes to improve their record to 3-1 on Friday. r page 16 The Observer • SPORTS Thursday, March 20, 1997 f ~ nephew. For those who don't know Insight On Monday, Michigan offi­ it, I'd love to print the words l cials announced that they for you but I'm not so sure the fee is $20. I continued from page 24 were hiring an outside law the higher-ups here at The I fin period for men's and ------firm to investigate allega­ Observer would let it by. So, women's teams to signup will Ctoss Country Skiing _.... game. tions that a Wolverine boost­ try this version instead: be Friday, March 21, through Rentals are available from Fri., When the Notre Dame foot­ er had been providing Tuesday, March 25, from 11 Sat., and Sun., from 11-4 p.m. ball program declined bids money and gifts to UM play­ Hail to the money-grubbers a.m. to 5 p.m. in LaFortune. The rentals are located in the to lesser bowl games back in ers. Hail to the booster-lovers The signup cost is $15 per Golf Shop. Call 1-642 5 for December, many quickly The story goes that the Hail, hail to Michigan. the team. more information. labeled the decision as arro­ booster slipped cash to the best-paid in the North gant. The critics screamed Wolverines after games. Tae Kwon Do - Students that Notre Dame is always And you thought the only Hail to the free-car drivers are instructed in accordance Clin1hing Wall Orientations whining about something. professionals from Michigan Hail to the big connivers with World Tae Kwon Do are available at the climbing Well. it seems Michigan were in the NBA. Hail, hail to Michigan, the Federation techniques. This wall in the Rockne Memorial can do a pretty good job of But that's not all folks. richest in the NIT semester -:long course me.~ts every Sunday at 1 p.m. and being ungrateful too. The Lansing State Journal Sundays from 3·4 p.m. tn Wednesday at 6 p.m. Slgn up Michigan star Maurice reported Tuesday that alco­ And you thought the colo!' Rockne Rm. 301. You must outside the wall. · Taylor has gone on record as hol and marijuana were pre­ of money was grocn. Try register in advan(:e at saying he really doesn't want sent at a 1996 party which Mai:z;e and Blue. · to be playing in the National several Wolverines were Invitational Tournament. In attending. fact, the squad was strongly The significant part of the . Celebrate a friend's birthday considering declining the story is that the party took NIT bid in protest of not place on Feb. 17. being awarded a bid in the Later that same evening, with a special Observer ad. NCAA tournament. UM forward Maurice Taylor In an act that can only be fell asleep at the wheel of his seen as UM's attempt to grandmother's 1996 Ford make the world a better Explorer, causing a rollover place, the Wolverines accident in which Traylor Finance Club Run-Off reached deep down into broke his arm. their hearts and finally Grandma must not hav·e decided to grace basketball been too happy with little Mo fans with their presence in after that. Election the Little Dance. And speaking of family, Aren't we the lucky ones. what generous relatives they Actually, Irish fans are seem to have. pretty fortunate. The Blue The story gets better couldn't be coming at a bet­ though. Voting: ter time. A female student who also But at this point, the simi­ attended the party, held in a larities between the schools Detroit hotel room, claimed When: Wednesday, 3/19 +Thursday, 3/20 end. Taylor was brandishing a Last week, a story surfaced roll of cash and was in the regarding Robert "Tractor" mood to spend some. 11:30 AM-1:45PM Traylor and his very gener­ "He wanted (us) to dance ous aunt. It was revealed for the money," said the stu­ that the $4 7, 906 custom dent, Alexandria Tithof. built Chevy Suburban that "We said we would. Then he • Traylor has been driving said, 'Naked,' So we said around the Ann Arbor cam­ no." Where: Stock Exchange Booth in COBA pus is officially leased to Well, at least Taylor saved Traylor's aunt. some of his hard-earned The aunt, a machine oper­ money. ator, makes lease payments So, with all the going-ons in excess of $700 each of Wolverines hoops, that old Attention: month. Infer what you will. Michigan fight song (the NO At the very least, "Tractor" version) seems pretty appro­ must be one heck of a priate. Don't you agree? Only Finance Club Members May Vote.' Celebrating Z5 Years ef ceeducatienl friday, March 21- Fieldhouse Mall celebration from 4-6 p.m. (co-sponsored by SlTB) Featuring Shooting Cupid) Skalcoholics FREE popcorn, soda, cotton candy, and sno-cones!

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Thursday, March 20, 1997 The Observer • SPORTS page 17 • COllEGE BASKETBAll Bruins ho·pe to outrun Cyclones n llopes it By DENNE H. FREEMAN Minnesota vs. Clemson. half-court," Dollar said. "We've Associated Press Writer Iowa State has lost all five done it time and agajn in our games it has played against conference. " swell SAN ANTONIO UCLA, but the Cyclones said "We've played 18 games like UCLA likes an expressway they won't be awed. . that because most of the teams heads and make a name for pace. Iowa State thrives on "UCLA is more athletic than in our league (Pac-10) won't let the. University of Minnesota," half-court slowdown. Kansas and have four guys that us run," said forward Charles $~id guard Bobby Jackson. "I probably will go into the NBA O'Bannon. . . tAi'!'lk we pretty much did Something has to give in their thitt?' . NCAA tournatnent Midwest but we don't think the environ­ O'Bannon smiled when told of regional semifinal. ment will be too much for us," the praise from Iowa State. the Gophers have a potent "UCLA has athletic ability far said Iowa State guard Dedric "They're just trying to pump combination of size, depth and beyond ours," Iowa State cen­ Willoughby. UCLA up a little," O'Bannon balance. Coach Clem Haskins ter Kelvin Cato said. "We watched these guys win said. "We know they play well has nine players who average "They are a fastbreak team the national title two years ago together and do what they do Vers offensiv:ely and They have accomplished the repound the ~/~y they do; first two and are two victories yo:Ulvegota ch~U.9!'l.:'' . .·. away from the hitter. T]:).e Gophers 1?9-3) hay() "I started out with a lot of had an the answers during the confidence in this ballclub at NCAA tournament They held the end of this last season," Southwest Texas State and Haskins said. "The key word I Tulsa to a combined 30 per- said was, No. 1. if we stayed Cytlt from t~e field and healthy. If we stayed healthy, I t;J,i~t4d~'7 9u.t~(;o~e!i.then;rpy ~n average..••. we had a chanGe to accom­ I of?S,5 points, : ••.••.. ·.••·· •.. ·. · • pli~h great thin~s this season I ·· Minnesota is. shooting 48 and so far we've stayed I percent in the tournament, the healthy." I ~~u~~! same as it did in rolling to its Fourth-seeded Clemson (23- ~ first Big Ten title si}lce 1982. 9) has been fit most of the ~ 1 And speaking.otrolls, the year. The Tigers started out I Gophers are. ~:11 <1: n,~t::e 1.me

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page 18 The Observer • SPORTS Thursday, March 20, 1997 • COlLEGE BASKETBALL Stanford rig!tt at home Evans to remain at Ole Miss 1 for regional semilnru.· Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. :tc~~~s~a;~thm(ff~t~i~s ~~~~ ~a:Jde~[~~i~:r~ i~~~~~;;p~~ Rob Evans will remain the letic director Pete Boone to remain in Oxford. By ROB GLOSTER Montgomery said~ "I don't University of' Mississippi's bas- finalize a new contract. The "I will go back to the list of Associated Press Writer know that neutral crowds get ketball coach, bypa'ssing an two had previously roached an candidates and move quickly to 4~ f!Xcited about ' 1lte disad~ offer to become LSU's new agreement in principle. hire a basketball coach," Dean SAN JO.§Et Calif. s """':'· tb:e ~Jot of coach. Boone told The Associated said. "I appreciate the time and Utah'~ player~ sp¢n.t the ns.'' ··.o.;;J>·· .. · "The overriding theme with Press late Wednesday after- consideration given to us by days, leading up to the NCAA Instead, the coaches argue, me was our players. I just noon that the new contract Hob Evans." West Regional taking finals the game will sWing on a cou­ didn't feel like I could walk would include an extension and Dean had offered the job to and getting their first wide­ ple of key matchups. away from these kids when a raise. Evans currently makes Evans, 50. on Tuesday. The eyed glimpses of the .. alterna­ Stanford will try to. shackle they have shown so much trust about $180,000 a year, includ- deal was reportedly worth tive lifestyles" in nearby San All-All1erican forV\[atd Keith and loyalty in me," Evans said ing base salary and other bene- about $500,000 a year. Francisco. Van Horn the S;atrte way It of his decision Wednesday to !its, on a contract that has two Evans, who just completed Stanford's players picked stymied All-American center stay at Ole Miss. years remaining. his fifth and most successful out fresh vegetables for dinner Tim Duncan in a second­ "They came here when there Tho decision by Evans leaves season at Ole Miss, said he while accepting good luck round victory over Wake was nothing to como on but a LSU athletic director Joe decided to stay put "after much wishes from the produce Forest. And the Utes' Andre promisn, and I feel like it is my Dean's still searching for some~ deliberation and consultation department clerks at their Miller will be responsible for duty to see them through," he one to replace Dale Brown. In a with my wife and my family." neighborhood grocery. slo~ing Stanford point guard While the Utes (28-3} are a Brevin Knight, a second-team I - I time zone and a 12-hour drive All-American. I away from home, the Cardinal Van Horn, who averages 22 I (22-7) are a bike ride away points and nine rebounds a from campus .,--- where they game, said he doubts. tho went 12;.0 this season. Cardinal - who r()taled three Will Stanford's virtual home­ big men in and outagainst court advantage· make a dif­ Wake Forest - will bt~ able to ference in Thursday's regional pound on him the same way. semifinal? Both coaches say it "I think they're going to try won't. to push us a little bit," Van "No one has ever come out Horn said. "But I do a lot of of the §tands and scored on us my work from the QUtsidel so .I yet," Utah coach Rick.Majerus don't think it Will affect me said. "ln my entire career, I've that much." always shut down the oppos­ Stanford center Tim Young '~ 111!'1~ ~: t· ing crowd." called Van Horn ''a more ver· e,.~\.1· Stanford coach Mike satile player" than Duncan, ___ ... Montgomery, who cl:l~cked his anqi~ontgmnerr~gteed the playersTnto a San J(lsehotel Dunacan defens~.won't work so theY wouldn'tenjoy too against him. · · < .. many of the comforts of home. "You're talking about a agreed that nothing can match power forward that can go the intensity of a campus gym. inside, he shoots the 3, he "I think the advantages and runs the floor.,'~ t\1bptgomery disa ge;$ p ·.much · s~id of Van H J;~s much offset. thli:. lves," Mrder to help perimeter player." ·

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He looked the knee matched the old one on sion after thinking about what in." best on the team, to be honest SAN JO-SE, Calif. his left, and he knew exactly he would do if Anderson were The way Anderson swished 3- with you. That was scary. Not Two months ago, when a what he had to do to return to his son coming back so soon pointers and sprinted in prac­ only that he looked so great, seemingly harmless bruise the court before season's end. from a torn ACL. tice, he looked as if he hadn't but that we don't have anybody turned out to be a torn knee lig­ Now he's ready, sooner than "I wouldn't let my son play, lost a bit of his touch or speed. as good as him. " ament, Derek Anderson's lock anyone except he expected, and and I decided I'm not going to He wore no brace on his knee, Kentucky hasn't quite been on a multimillion-dollar NBA eager to prove he deserves to let him play," Pitino said. "I no bandages. bereft of talent, boasting the contract vanished and be one of the top picks in the feel the extra three weeks to a "It would be fun to play in likes of All-America and NBA­ Kentucky's chances of winning NBA draft, starting with month is in his best interest to these games, but if I don't I'm bound sophomore Ron Mercer. a second straight NCAA title Thursday's game against St. be a pro. If we're going to win going to prove myself in the The star of last year's national dimmed. Joseph's in the NCAA West this, we're going to win it with­ NBA camp. Believe me, I'm title game victory, the 6-7 The big, sweet-shooting Regional semifinals. out him." going to make myself known to Mercer assumed a larger role senior guard heard everyone Kentucky coach Rick Pitino Though disappointed, the 6- the pros." in the offense when Anderson, call his injury "season-ending," wanted to give him that oppor­ foot-6 Anderson was relieved a The No. 5 Wildcats also the leading scorer in the even "career-threatening," and tunity, but after much soul­ decision had been made and he announced Wednesday that Southeastern Conference with the fearful words floated searching decided at last he could concentrate simply on guard Allen Edwards would an 18.6-point average, went through his mind like some shouldn't. getting ready for the pro scouts. miss the rest of the tournament down. menacing mantra he could dis­ "Derek has proven his point," "It could be the best thing for with a hairline fracture in his· But Mercer missed practice pel only by grunting through Pitino said. "He's practiced me," Anderson said Wednesday foot. Wednesday because of a minor (~xercise and more exercise. three times with us, and it is between jumpers at practice. Edwards sat forlornly alone strain in his back, opting He would not give in or give obvious that he's ready to play. "It's two weeks versus 10 years on the bench, a well-signed cast instead for a swimming work­ up. Too much money· was at We'll continue to get him ready in the NBA. You don't have to on his right foot, as he watched out. stake. Too many dreams. And for the NBA camp in Phoenix be too smart to think about his teammates shooting. His For Anderson to return so he had too little time. He'd been April 4, but we will not risk his what's more important. absence left Kentucky with just quickly and strongly, and to through this before and would pro career by playing him in "But I'm ready to play right eight scholarship players outplay Mercer and every other because of injuries and depar­ Wildcat in practice, is nothing tures. less than astonishing. Nor, from Torn anterior cruciate liga­ Anderson's point of view, is it ments once ended careers, and anything less than expected. The Riley Prize in Art History and Criticism nowadays usually take four to He pushed himself past a torn eight months to recover from ACL in his left knee as a sopho­ after surgery. more at Ohio State, where he For a basketball player, two averaged 15 points, 4.9 assists The Department of Art, Art History and Design is pleased to announce its months is virtually unheard of, and 4.9 rebounds. and worthy of a chapter in He then sought to flee the annual competition for the Riley Prize in Art History and Criticism. medical journals. beleaguered Buckeyes amid a "I am blown away by it," scandalous mess of recruiting Current Notre Dame undergraduate and graduate students are invited to Pitino said. "He played (in violations involving other play­ submit essays on any topic in the history of art or art criticism for considera, practice) yesterday and it was ers and the arrests of several as if he never left. Every part teammates on various charges. tion in the competition. Essays must deal with the visual arts. They may have been written in conjunction with a course taken at the University, but need not have been. Two copies of the submission must be delivered to the Art Department office, 132 O'Shag, by 3:00 p.m., Monday, April 7, to be eligible. A student may only submit ONE entry. Rules governing the com, ptitition are available in the Art Departt_nent Office.. A total of $500 in prizes will be awarded. For additional information you may contact Prof. Charles Rosenberg, 128 0' Shag, ext. 1,5672.

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t appears to be a simple game. You throw the take ultimate very seriously. But we think we're a disc. You catch the disc. Sometimes you win, pretty top team." · I sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. The women, who struggled to field a seven-member But appearances can be deceiving. team for tournaments last year, will also field two The Notre Dame Ultimate Frisbee Club hosts its first squads. Captain Michelle Paduch believes that the tournament in the history of the program this week­ tournament should give the group a chance to see end, as 12 men's teams and four women's teams will how they stand. compete on the Stepan fields. The Irish are a young "We're excited to be having some teams come here," program nationally, yet have made strides through Paduch offered. "It's an opportunity to help us get off-season training to the point where the squads some pride in our team and get some more people expect to fare well against the healthy competition. addicted to the sport." "We should be pretty competitive," club president Although it can become a free-for-all, the offenses Luke Mullany predicted. "It's an all-year sport, but and defenses employed are rather structured. Notre the big months are March and April, and we've been Dame, like most teams, runs a stack offense where practicing three times a week since August. three people handle the disc, another player runs Conditioning is very important, and we're in much middle routes, and three more head deep. In getting better shape than last year." the disc down the field, the handlers act like guards in Notre Dame's two men's teams will welcome several basketball, distributing around the perimeter and get­ highly-touted foes, including Carlton College, who lost ting it deep to the open teammate. The middle-man is in the finals last season to take the second spot in the the "go-to-man" in case other options are shut down. country. Games are scheduled to start at about 9:30 a.m. on "There will be a wide range of competition, but we both Saturday and Sunday, going continuously until think we can hang," assessed club member Andy the afternoon, although Paduch explained that "ulti­ Pascale. "Carlton's team is like a varsity sport; they mate time is a little more relaxed."

Jason Conrad (top), ,~ ~-- arm extended, is r acknowledged by ~ -~ the team in the dis­ r tance prior to the r start of a new point. ! After this exchange, r team tradition is to , yell "ultimate" prior ' to throwing the disc. Michelle Paduch ! (left), president of I the Notre Dame r women's ultimate team, stretches out ' Mark Goff (middle), eyes the disc before snag­ in a defensive ging a successful catch. Andrea Backscheider attempt to block a (above), advisor for the Notre Dame women's throw by Julie ultimate team, discusses game strategy with Dintaman. players during a practice held Tuesday at the Stepan fields. ------~---~------

Thursday, March 20, 1997 The Observer • SPORTS NBA prospect Maurice Taylor would have been playing in the (12.1 ppg.). When that duo second half," Fisher said. "We'll NIT draws a crowd, leading scorer have to wait and see." continued from page 24 Louis Bullock has capitalized. As for the Irish, forward Bullock scored 28 points Derek Manner and recent addi­ not complaining about playing against Oklahoma State and. is tion to the starting lineup, cen­ at Notre Dame. I just wish we considered one of the nation's ter Phil Hickey, may be playing were playing Friday and not top marksman, averaging 16.4 the best basketball of their Thursday." points and shooting 48 percent lives. It's also no secret that from beyond the arc. Manner's ability to break Michigan wished they had "I don't know if there's a bet­ ahead of the Texas Christian received an NCAA berth. The ter three-point shooter in the pack proved to be a major fac­ NIT is usually a consolation country than Bullock," tor and will be again tonight prize for any Big Ten team, but MacLeod lauded. "His percent­ against an up-tempo Wolverine with two solid victories in the age is awesome." team. early round, the Wolverines are Wolverine forward Maceo Hickey will need to be ready no longer whining. Baston sprained his toe in the to bruise with the Michigan big "Our kids said they wanted to first half of the Oklahoma State boys tonight and neutralize the be there and proved they did," game, did not return and is now rebounding advantage as he did Fisher added. "It has shown questionable for tonight's con­ against TCU. that we are ex-cited to be play­ test. If unable to play, Michigan "fie's (Hickey) the kind of ing." will be deprived of his 10.3 player who is developing confi­ As usual, Michigan possesses points and 6.7 rebounds per dence," MacLeod added. "You an imposing frontline led by game. can see him grow. He's begin­ Robert Traylor (12.5 ppg.), and "It must be painful or else he ning to blossom as a player." Attention Hospitality Program Members: If you missed last night's meeting, please don't forget to come Tonight (Thursday, March 20) ~Vhere: 204 O'Shaughnessy Hall Time: 7:00p.m. Please bring your personal calendar. If you have questions or concerns, please contact:

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History in the making ••• e game'lt Notre Dame. challeng enver at 4:00 p.m. 8~ """.~atch the nationally ranked. men's lacrosse team at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 20, 1997 The Observer • TODAY page 23 MIXED MEDIA JACK OHMAN YOUR HOROSCOPE JEANE DIXON ...

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Make checks payable to: The Observer The Observer and mail to: P.O. Box Q Notre Dame, IN 46556 Published Monday through Friday, The Observer is a vital source of information on people and 0 Enclosed is $70 for one academic year events in the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Community. D Enclosed is $40 for one semester .. Name ______Join the more than 13,000 readers who have found The Observer an indispensible link to the Address ______two campuses. Please complete the accompany­ City------State _____ Zip ______ing form and mail it today to receive The - Observer in your home. SPORTS page 24 • MEN'S BASKETBALL Irish, Wolverines will be ready By JOE VILLINSKI that has won eight straight at terfinals will be held. Senior Sports Writer home. Considering the obvious However, the only possible rivalry and the growing excite­ way for the Irish to play host Late Tuesday night, Notre ment about this Irish team, was scheduling a Thursday Dame head coach John tonight's game is already sold date since a Home & Garden MacLeod and his staff had little out. show will invade the Joyce time to savor their most recent "One of the things we said we Center on Friday. NIT victory over TCU. needed to do was that if we're "I don't feel slighted, I feel That's what the off-season is going to be a good team, we disappointed," Fisher said. for. need to protect our home "It's doing our kids and our Instead, the Irish coaching floor," MacLeod said. "This program a disservice if there staff was burning the oil until year we've been able to build a are games on Friday and we midnight, preparing for third­ good home floor. Our kids are have to play on Thursday. The round opponent Michigan. In comfortable here." NIT has the privilege of putting .. the post-season world, Because of the late tip of a team wherever they want, so moments are precious when Michigan's game on Tuesday, I have no complaints. My con­ teams only have an abbreviated Fisher expressed a desire to cern is why couldn't we not time to get ready. schedule the quarterfinal on have had one more day. I'm "It's a short prep for Friday, a day when other quar- see NIT I page 21 Michigan, it's a short prep for us," MacLeod said. "There's not a Jot of time here to get ready." The short prep doesn't seem to be bothering Michigan. "It's not all that complicated," Michigan head co&ch Steve Fisher said. "We'll be pre­ pared, and I'm sure Notre Dame will also." What is bothering Fisher may be the short rest period between Michigan's 75-65 win over against Oklahoma State Tuesday night and tonight's quarterfinal. A quarterfinal to determine who earns a trip to the NIT Final Four at Madison Square Garden. "The disadvantage for us is playing on the road less than 48 hours after our last game," Fisher said. "That's a concern to me, yet that's what we have

to deal with." The Observer/Rob Finch The Wolverines will be deal­ (Above) First TCU and now Michigan cry favoritism as the Irish host ing with a Notre Dame team their third tournament home game. (Left) Senior center Matt Gotsch has provided an offensive punch off the bench during the NIT . • lmsH INSIGHT Success makes March Similar tradition, sweet for Lady Irish different modes

By JOE CAVATO slighted with a six seed despite of transportation Assistant SportS Editor its regular season 27-6 mark. They responded to the NCAA elieve it or not, there are a fair amount Spring is upon us, and the selection committee as the of similarities between Notre Dame Notre Dame sports fan has Irish made quick work of the Band Michigan. more to talk about than the Memphis Tigers in a 30 point I know that may hurt a little bit. but some­ fall and how next year will be win in the first round. times we just have to face ,------~ our year. March Madness On St. Patrick's Day they reality. comes with spring and every­ disappointed the burnt orange In fact, these similarities one is talking about basket­ of the Texas Longhorns in only serve to help make the ball. The only difference this their own place. The dramatic rivalry between the schools year is that we are talking 86-83 win gives the women's all that much more intense. about OUR basketball teams. squad a trip to South Carolina Both are midwestern uni­ No, not our Bookstore clubs, and more recognition. versities that have earned our real teams wearing the Last year Beth Morgan and national prominence for '-----'-'-"----' Blue and Gold. Katryna Gaither earned hon­ both academic and athletic Tim Sherman John MacLeod's squad has orable mention All-American prowess. Senior Sports Writer taken advantage of its NIT bid honors in guiding their twelfth At both schools, the suc- as they are playing the best seeded team to a !'irst round cesses on the athletic field arc a vital part of basketball of the year while upset of Purdue in the NCAA their identities. providing the cheerleaders Tournament. While Notre Dame has the Four Horsemen opportunities to stay sharp on Being garnered the same and the "Notre Dame Victory March," their skills. honor this year, McGraw's Michigan can claim the Fab Five and "Hail The women's program has dynamic inside-outside duo to the Victors." Even the schools' colors are found their way into the spot­ has continued to lead the Irish rather similar. light and is finally earning the on their road to Cincinnati and And judging by the recent reaction of recognition that they deserve the Final Four. members of the Wolverine basketball squad, as they are in the Big Dance The top two all-time leading the schools even seem to be engaged in a bit The Observer/Mike Ruma and are Sweet Sixteen bound. point scorers in the school's of the "anything you can do, I can do better" Senior forward Rosanne Bohman's 16 points helped Muffet McGraw's squad was key a three point victory over Texas. see NCAA I page 14 see INSIGHT I page 16

at NIT tournament vs. IUPUI, vs. Michigan, Today, 5 p.m. a) • Women's lacrosse off to quick start Tonight, 7:30p.m. r t .... ~ see page 14 at NCAA tournament Vjf vs. Indiana, vs. Alabama, .. March 25, 2 p.m...... March 22 riJ • Wildcat Anderson won't play at NCAA tournament vs. Dartmouth, see page 19 X March 20-23 ? March 22, I p.m. ~