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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 38: ISSUE 92 TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 17,2004 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Affirmative action debate proves contentious

Studies Department Richard said. "Ninety percent white is By CLAIRE HEININGER Pierce and Louis Crisostomo, a not providing an education for Assistant News Editor second-year law student and the leaders of tomorrow." the president of the Notre He added that since racial Tempers flared and tensions Dame Federalist Society, was clashes have dominated the surfaced as five Notre Dame asked to defend their views on affirmative action discussion, faculty members and roughly affirmative action and then to other "preferred" applicant 130 audience members met to address questions and audience groups such as legacies and the debate affirmative action in the commentary that often boiled children of University donors Jt>rdan Auditorium Monday over into controversial territo­ are often overlooked. night. ry. "If you're black walking In an atmosphere that ranged Saracino articulated Notre across campus, people auto­ from collaborative to combat­ Dame's central argument in matically think you're here ive, a panel comprised of assis­ favor of affirmative action, say­ because of affirmative action. tant professor of political sci­ ing that the University's current Part of me wants to require all ence Alvin Tillery, director of homogeneity contradicts its of the other special admits to admissions Dan Saracino, mission. wear a sign on their backs that director of Institutional Equity "This place does not accu­ says. [my parent is a] 'faculty PAMELA LOCKfThe Observer Rhonda Brown, associate direc­ rately represent the world or Dan Saracino, Rhonda Brown and Richard Pierce debate the tor of the African American the United States," Saracino see DEBATE/page 4 merits of affirmative action Monday In the Jordan Auditorium. Transition period begins for Istvan-Bell Incoming pair Students react prepares to take to controversial office April 1 end to election

By AMANDA MICHAELS By MATT BRAMANTI News Writer News Writer After a drawn-out election The day after results of the stu­ process, Adam Istvan and Karla dent body elections were Bell must now wait six weeks announced, students reacted to the before they can take over as stu­ process. dent body president and vice presi­ This year's election began with dent. However, they made it clear four tickets, which were narrowed that they plan on taking full advan­ to a runoff after no ticket captured a tage of the time to prepare them­ majority of votes. The Charlie selves for office. Ebersol-James Leito and Adam "For the next couple months, Istvan-Karla Bell tickets met in we'll be deciding who we want to Thursday's runoff election. However, have around us," Istvan said. "The a significant number of abstentions first step is obviously to begin kept either ticket from winning choosing our staff, to surround our­ more than 50 percent of the close selves with people who can accom­ vote. plish our goals. We've also already Under the Student Union started scheduling meetings with Constitution, the decision went to administrators to find out where PAMELA LOCK!The Observer the Student Senate, where senators they stand on issues relevant to Pat Corker, left, and Jeremy Lao participate In discussion at Monday's Council of were instructed to cast their votes in them. Basically, we need to find out Representatives meeting. accordance with how their respec­ where we are right now so we can ' tive dorms voted. This procedure best see where we need to go in the caused some controversy, as smaller next two months and beyond." dorms carried the same weight as Istvan and Bell also plan on meet­ Government restructuring continues much larger ones. In addition, ing with current student body pres­ Judicial Council President Elliot ident and vice president Jeremy Poindexter chose not to release Lao and Emily Chin to get answers as future leaders donft attend meeting dorm vote totals to The Observer. to questions about their respective unable to attend. Some students, like Sorin junior positions, said Istvan. They are also By MATT BRAMANTI "I have a really busy week academically Craig Barbolla, said such a system focusing on making the transition News Writer this week, and I wasn't aware that my makes students in smaller dorms into office as smooth as possible. presence was expected at the meeting this more powerful, at the expense of "Meeting with Jeremy will be the Members of the Council of week," he said. larger dorms and the off-campus most important thing right now, to Representatives convened Monday The first resolution brought before the community. About 1,600 students find out how the transition between evening in LaFortune to discuss several council addressed the issue of elections in live off campus, but they had a sin­ administrations is going to work," resolutions related to the restructuring of residence halls. In previous meetings, COR gle vote, just as Carroll's 100 resi­ Istvan said. "Transitioning will be the Student Union Constitution. members agreed that each hall would dents did. placed on our shoulders and our However, neither student body presi­ elect a president, a programming repre­ "I'm concerned that when the staff's shoulders - we have to dent-elect Adam Istvan nor vice president­ sentative and a senator. However, there Senate voted, the off-campus stu­ make sure there's not a step missed elect Karla Bell attended the meeting, sur­ were differing opinions on how the elec­ dents had less of a say than the in the process." prising some council members who tions should be structured. smaller dorms on campus," Barbolla Though Istvan has not yet been f believed they would. One suggestion would have candidates said. i told of any requirements he must Although some students had spe­ ' Bell said she was unaware of the weekly for all three positions run on a combined '...~ fulfill before April 1, he said that he meeting, but said she would attend future ticket. Another plan proposed having sep­ cific concerns over the election pro­ plans on attending as many student meetings. arate elections for each position. cedures, the prevailing outlook on t government meetings as possible, "Adam and I wanted to discuss several Hall Presidents Council co-chair Sarah campus was one of apathy. f starting with Wednesday's Student Freshman Doug Cummings said he t things with [student body president] Keefer said the matter is urgent. Senate meeting. He missed Jeremy [Lao] before we came to the meet­ "I need to tell dorms our decision was out of the loop when it came to Monday's Council of fngs," Bell said. [Tuesday]," Keefer said. "We need to have student government. Representatives meeting. Istvan cited a busy schedule with something that I can give them." "Honestly, I didn't even know [the respect to homework and impending see ISTVAN/page 4 midterms as the reason why he was see COUNCIUpage 6 see REACTION/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, February 17, 2004

INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WERE YOU PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS? How true it is I am sitting on a Transpo bus. It's pretty early in the morning, and many people around me are headed to work. I am chatting with a young man Maya Chan Mike Manzo Alex Schafer Brendan Delaney Richard Plngalore Barry King sitting next to me, discussing the Freshman Freshman Senior Sophomore Sophomore Freshman 3000 page anthol- O'Neill Keough Alumni Alumni Alumni ogy I have with Katie Knorr Lyons me and the insane amount of writing ..So apparently ..I voted for the "That was my .. Yes. but I ..I always had ..Who won it?" involved with Illustrator other guys ... so pick. so it was didn't know I confidence the being an English the male major. All of a population isn't ... yeah." cool... voted for a engineers sudden, tbe woman sitting across a fan of Charlie married guy.• , would win. ,. from me leaps into the conversation. Ebersol ..... I hadn't even realized she was listen­ ing. "You gonna get a job?" she asks me. "Well," I reply, "the job market isn't that good right now." ThiS lights a spark, I can tell right away. She immediately launches into a speech that lasts the rest of the ride home. She explains her view that education is pointless in today's economy IN BRIEF because there aren't any jobs to be found anyway. She tells me that Notre Dame has billions of dollars saved for The Students for use on expansion, yet other people Environmental Action is spon­ struggle to earn enough money to live soring a lecture by associate on. I listen, silent, nodding and giving professor of civil engineering vague little smiles, as she talks and and geological sciences Clive talks. Neal today in 12 Hayes I am beginning to feel terrible. She Healey. Neal will speak on is forcing me to listen to an account of energy consumption and its the kind of life I prefer to forget environmental impact. exists, the kind of life I have been lucky enough never to experience. A student discussion on She gives a story of a woman she affirmative action will take knows, a mother with seven children, place tonight from 7 to 8 p.m. who barely has enough money to feed in the Coleman Morse Center. and clothe them all. I feel worse and The event is sponsored by worse as she goes on. Please stop, I Welsh Family Hall. think. I can't even imagine not having enough money to live on. That fear Professor Claude Eilers of has never even crossed my mind. McMaster University will The bus pulls into Library Circle. I deliver a lecture entitled, am almost guilty that this is my stop. "The Origins of Rome's I wonder what the woman is thinking, Jewish Community" tomor­ seeing me get off here. This feeling row at 4:30 p.m. The event is doesn't go away easily. I carry it sponsored by the Department around all day. PAMELA LOCK/The Observer of Classics and will be held in Freshman Marcelo Ramos works on his homework In the Learning Resource Center Later, I am in class listening to a 320 Malloy Hall. yesterday evening on the second floor of the Coleman Morse Center. lecture by a retired police officer whose life had been turned around by Students may attend an volunteer service. His talk is like ice information meeting on a on a burning wound. I listen to him study abroad program in tell stories about himself and people Seville, Spain, a new option he's worked with. He has come to for Notre Dame students in Notre Dame to speak because here, OFFBEAT fall 2004 and spring 2005. people have the education and the The session will be held opportunity to reach out to others. At Gorilla sings Valentine said. Rick Staton would make it tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. in Notre Dame, we are given the means songs to workers The three lucky ladies a crime to split a tongue, DeBartolo 117. to make a difference. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.­ were Darlene Zwink, Judy unless it is done by a physi­ He was the voice telling me that one Does "You Are So Price and Amye Lilienthal. cian. The second part of the hurting soul is painful for the whole Beautiful" mean more The secret serenader "That's a new fad, like Strangers No Longer: community, and that it is up to the when sung on bended knee inside the suit was Celeste tongue piercing, and once Catholic Responses to community to heal itself. He was the by a gorilla? Haveln, an employee at a it's done it's permanent, Migration series will be held voice telling me that we can't get any­ It did to three employees flower shop owned by you can't sew it back tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the where by ourselves, and that most of at Zwink State Farm Fitch's mother and broth­ together," said Staton. "We Hesburgh Library Auditorium. the people who help us along the way Agency in Grand Island, er. have some health issues Two Scalabrini missionaries are not as fortunate as we are. He who were recently sere­ that are associated with it." from Tijuana, Mexico, and was the voice telling me that it is not naded by a crooner in a West VIrginia may Medical professionals say Albert Brown-Gort of the so much what you do as what you gorilla suit. regulate tongue-splitting tongue splitting can cause Institute for Latin Studies will give, and that giving care allows for Holly Fitch, who works CHARLESTON, W.Va.­ excessive bleeding, infec­ be speaking on boarder policy others to start caring about them­ at the agency, conspired A House of Delegates tion, nerve damage, and the migrant experience. selves. with her co-workers' loved leader has introduced a bill swelling and a permanent He ended his talk by saying that ones to arrange for the that would make it more speech impediment, among To submit information to be even though people cause challenges, musical missives as a spe­ difficult for people to speak other problems. included in this section of The people are also the ones to solve cial Valentine's Day treat. with forked tongues. Observer, e-mail detailed infor­ them. And I couldn't help but think "It was awesome. It The measure proposed Information compiled mation about an event to how true that is. turned out great," Fitch by House Majority Leader from the Associated Press. obsnews@nd. edu.

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BOARD OF GOVERNANCE CAMPUS LIFE COUNCIL Co-sponsorship for Regular meeting canceled Informal discussion Leah McGee, CLC's repre­ said. activities debated sentative from the Diversity Still, Ebersol recommend­ Council, briefed members ed that the Diversity Council focuses on Observer on a Friday meeting that show caution in the actions Both co-sponsorships were By NICOLE ZOOK Viewpoint section she and other student gov­ it takes on the issue. approved. Toth 's proposal, howev­ "They [The Observer] are News Writer ernment representatives er, was not allotted a specific had with Andrew Soukup, not a student organization Board of Governance officers amount of money. By ANDREW THAGARD editor in chief of The ... I don't agree with what discussed co-sponsorship of cam­ Treasurer Kym Dunlap reported Associate News Editor Observer. they did [but] beyond this pus activities during Monday's that there is currently $11,000 in "We ran down some of the point I don't think we can meeting, as all campus activities, the co-sponsorship account. The A lack of sufficient voting issues we [the Diversity expect anything from The groups or clubs must present their members of the board agreed the members prohibited the Council] presented in Senate Observer," he said. plans to the board to receive co­ funds should be wisely allocated. Council of Representatives ... We went back and forth "Ignoring this is better than sponsorship. In other BOG news: from holding an official for a while, but no real letting it get fanned." First year class president + Campaigning for next year's meeting yesterday after­ agreement was reached," McGee thanked CLC for its Claudia Toth presented a proposal class boards will begin Thursday. noon, but the 14 members she said. advice and support and said for a battle of the bands between Meet the Candidates Night will be in attendance informally Some members criticized that the Diversity Council is Saint Mary's, Notre Dame and held on Monday, where candidates discussed their concerns The Observer for refusing to continuing to explore possi­ Holy Cross College. from each class will have one about viewpoint letters and take action for what they ble ways of responding, "There won't be too many costs, hour, beginning with the class of columns in The Observer perceived to be poor deci­ though she declined to give considering we don't have to pay 2007 at 7 p.m. Elections will be regarding affirmative sion-making in its editorial details. for the venue or the bands," Toth held Feb. 24. action. practices. In other CLC news: said. "Money will go towards tech­ + Student Activities Board is hold­ The issue was brought to "I think they should take Chin updated the council nicians and publicity." ing a bus trip to see "The Passion the forefront at the last CLC responsibility for their on the work of the commit­ The event, tentatively scheduled of the Christ" on Ash Wednesday meeting and again at actions and at least write a tee studying transportation for March 26, will be produced by one hundred tickets were pur­ Wednesday's student senate letter of apology to the options for students with the Notre Dame, Saint Mary's and chased for the event. The follow­ meeting, when representa­ Diversity Council," said temporary disabilities. She Holy Cross classes of 2007 and ing day, John Fotopoulos, assistant tives from the Diversity Emily Chin, student body said the committee spoke funded by all three schools. Notre professor of religious studies, will Council criticized The vice president and a mem­ with Scott Howland, pro­ Dame will most likely be in charge give a lecture. Observer for its decision to ber of CLC. gram coordinator of the of finding bands, while Saint + Residence Hall Association won run a column against affir­ -Other members, including Office for Students with Mary's will handle catering. several awards this past weekend mative action that was Wyatt Maxwell, suggested Disabilities, and that the Also discussed was a co-spon­ at the Indiana Residence Hall accompanied by an illustra­ that the letters and editori­ office would assist tem­ sorship of a Grassroots Organization conference, compet­ tion of Martin Luther King, als were more a reflection porarily disabled students Organization Weekend [GRO] ing against 13 other schools. Jr. The group had presented of the opinions of the Notre in renting motorized scoot­ March 19-21. The weekend con­ Saint Mary's received third place a letter to both student sen­ Dame community than the ers. She also said the ference, put on by the Student in both the spirit and banner com­ ate and -The Observer mak­ attitude of the newspaper. University would reimburse Academic Council [SAC] and petitions and was named School of ing specific demands of the Charlie Ebersol, however, students for the expense of Peacemal..ers, is intended to allow the Year. Jackie Wright, RHA pub­ student newspaper and pro­ said the .columns and letters the rentals. The new policy students to better understand licity co-chair, won the assistant posing the implementation printed seemed to suggest a should take effect in the fall social injustices. director position for IRO next year. of a required semester-long conservative bias held by semester. SAC requested $1,500 from BOG course on diversity aware­ the editorial board. · in order to keep the event free for Contact Nicole Zook at ness for all undergraduate "The Observer this year is Contact Andrew Thagard at all students who wish to attend. [email protected] students. radically conservative." he [email protected]

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would love to have a good start when they're applying for Paraphrasing Justice Stewart working relationship with college at age 16 or 17. Start at Potter's famous statement that Istvan him if he gives me the oppor­ Debate age three. Affirmative action he couldn't pinpoint what continued from page 1 tunity." continued from page 1 should begin in preschool." pornography was, "but I know He also plans on integrat­ Tillery, who supported cur­ it when I see it," Brown claimed "I think my presence at the ing some of the other candi­ member' or 'my name is the rent college admissions affir­ that Notre Dame has a long Senate meeting would be dates' ideas into his policy same as the one on that build­ mative action policies, offered way to go to achieve equal helpful. since they'll most plan, such as Craft-Lynch's ing,"' Saracino said to appre­ his views in a PowerPoint pres­ minority representation on likely be talking about prob­ proposal to put staplers and ciative applause. entation that illustrated several , campus. lems with the election, and hole-punchers in every com­ As the speakers stepped out­ benefits - including voting "What is critical mass? I don't I've just gone through it too," puter cluster. side of the Notre Dame context, rights and the GI Bill - from know what it is, but it's not Istvan said. "I think this is an "A good idea is a good idea a prevailing source of division which blacks bad historically here yet," Brown said heatedly, issue that needs to be - it doesn't have to be mine. amongst the panel members been excluded. He pointed out . listing off situations from the addressed imme- I'm not so arro­ was the contrast between the that the "strict judicial scruti­ classroom to the crew team diately, because gant to think constitutional text cited in affir­ ny" cited by Lewis where black stu­ the discrepan­ "There are two that my ideas mative action Supreme Court has only been dents found them­ cies between the ways to judge are the only cases, such as Gratz v. Bollinger included in "Affirmative action selves feeling iso­ value of off-cam­ ones worth­ at the University of Michigan in Constitution since isn't about lated. "When pus votes and student apathy. while," Istvan 200 3 and the University of 1977. we're all Domers those of the One, they don't said. California v. Bakke in 1978, and "Is the Constitutional law. from day one, smaller dorms care, or two, In regards to the reality of minorities' histori­ Constitution In reality, it's about then we have crit­ were ridiculous they're not placing a stu­ cal and everyday experience. always a color­ a historical ical mass - and and unneces­ dent on the While Lewis explained his blind document?" we'll fight until we sary." involved. The first Board of own opposition to affirmative Tillery asked. "Is dialectic in get to that point." Throughout step is to make Trustees, action on the grounds of consti­ [1977 until now] American society.·· Pierce ques- the campaign, sure they care. , emphasized by tutional principles, claiming enough time?'' tioned how and Istvan placed a the Ebersol­ that racial preference in admis­ He referred to Richard Pierce when the point of high priority on Leito ticket, sions policies does not meet the the metaphor of a equality would be certain points of Adam Istvan Istvan said he "compelling government inter­ man who has associate director of determined. his platform, student body has requested est" requirement for legal justi­ been "hobbled by the African-American "If you support including secur­ president-elect Ebersol's assis­ fication, other panel members chains" for cen­ Studies department affirmative action, ing a DVD rental tance in the criticized his abstract turies finally I would pose the for the basement matter, but will approach. being called to question, how of LaFortune, and he said pursue the matter with or "Affirmative action isn't about the starting line of a race, say­ long should it exist?" he asked. that he intends to fulfill his without it. constitutional law. In reality, it's ing the historical price paid by "What are you going to mark as promise to accomplish these "Obviously Charlie has about a historical dialectic in black Americans should not be the signifiers of when it should things. some connections that can American society between overlooked in affirmative action end?" "We're going to start with help us with getting a student modernity and memory ... It arguments. Contemporary Saracino said that Notre the easy stuff. We already on the Board of Trustees, and reflects the tension between black experience of racism, he Dame chooses to avoid such have the ball rolling on DVD I've spoken with him about what was - and how we per­ argued later, is equally rele­ concretQ deadlines, focusing rental in LaFortune, so we're helping us out," Istvan said. ceive what was - and what is," vant. instead on consistent progress going to finish that up and "It'll be a lot harder without said Pierce, who was asked to "If you circulate an applica­ toward a more diverse student make sure it goes through," his help, and we'd really step in for the other two repre­ tion and your name is Kylie or body. Istvan said. "We're also going appreciate it, but even if he sentatives against affirmative Shenika, you are 50 percent "Affirmative action is not to move forward with start­ chooses to follow up on some action, both of whom backed less .Lely to get a call back quotas. Affirmative action is ing to talk to whoever we other interests, I will still out of the debate on Monday than Todd Smith because they saying these are goals - and need to talk to to see if we look into it," said Istvan. afternoon. In the spirit of aca­ assume you're black," Tillery goals are laudable," he said. "I can get the discussion going Istvan also said that they demic exercise, Pierce departed said in reference to a Harvard think we have a long way to go on SYRs, and with each indi­ plan on looking into expand­ from his personal views in study. "African Americans at Notre Dame in both socioe­ vidual item from our plat­ ing the student section for order to represent those who share more experiences than conomic and ethnic diversity, form." next year's basketball sea­ oppose affirmative action on you realize." but we're making progress ... His current SYR policy son, but how fervently they the grounds of ineffective poli­ Brown added that the reality [We want] to be able to say reflects his protests over the pursue it will depend on stu­ cy. of African-American experi­ we're farther ahead than we changing of Notre Dame's dent interest and the per- "Affirmative action is just not e nee. particularly at Notre were the year before." hard alcohol formance of the effective policy because it starts Dame, should hold more weight policy - specif- team in March. too late," he said. "If you want than a "critical mass" or a Contact Claire Heininger at ically the "We're going to As Istvan and to improve someone's life, don't quota. [email protected] removal of Bell look ahead SYRs from start with the easy to April 1, they dorms and not stuff. We already also look back at directly against the faults of pre­ ...... have the ball ·:···: . the ban of hard vious adminis­ SE\'ENTH>ANNUAL · . alcohol - dur­ rolling on DVD trations, and the ing which time rental in apathy that con­ ...... TIIol\tfis AQUINAs··· sYMPOSIUM he gave an LaFortune, so we·re tinues to plague "impassioned" the campus. going to finish that dn speech at a CLC "There are two ·. . ~...... meeting while up ... ways to judge Father Mark student apathy. ·•...... ,.....,I.Iv •.,.-.. .. o>.·.·.·M··············· .. ·····M······.· ··o····· ... ·. ·N·· · · G.······ o··.·····.·o·· · ··o· · Poorman, vice .I. n~ ··~···· Adam Istvan One, they don't . . . .. ·....•. ·...... ··· ···•·· ...... ·.· ... ·•·········.. •. ·..•...... ·.... ·· .···· .· ..•... ·.. ···· president of care I or two, .. -...... student affairs, student body they're not was present, president-elect involved. The Little Theatre, Moreau Center for the Arts Istvan said. first step is to Despite con- make sure they SainfMaryis College cerns that this incident will care. Not every student is affect his relationship with going to go join student gov­ J . • ·•• ·- ·. Poorman and the administra­ ernment, because that's not tion, Istvan said he does not the way it works, but they think it will do any lasting need to know that we're here harm. for them," Istvan said. "Once ··. ~'PiJsliiPe ·l.iiw ~~~~:;rcQmtllon· Good'' "Karla and I are meeting I get my staff in place, we'll Cat~leen Kaveny ·. · with Father Poorman next open up lines of communica­ 1\f. week, so I guess we'll see tions to everyone, and we : . : _: . . .. _·::::_ . . . . where we go from there," can move forward with want Istvan said. 'Tve heard noth­ the student body wants and · .··. ·•···· · . ·.•. •··.. · . ···••···••••••·•· ·. ·• ·. ·.7:00p.m. .· · · > · ·• . ·.· ·.. • .. · .. ing but wonderful things not my own personal agen­

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS HAITI Sharon no-confidence votes fail JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon survived no confidence motions Rebel mov.ement spreads inland Monday, even though some legislative allies abstained amid deep divisions over his plans to evacuate some Jewish settlements. Gunmen kill three police officers in Hinche, now control Artibonite agricultural district With the cracks showing in his center-right coalition, Sharon appealed for a broad-based government of national consensus. Associated Press The parliament voted against the three GONAIVES - Haiti's motions by 53 to 45 margins, with 22 members rebellion spread to the cen­ either abstaining or not showing up for the ses­ tral city of Hinche on sion. The opposition needed 61 of the 120 mem­ Monday as rebels and for­ bers of parliament to topple the government. mer soldiers killed at least three officers at a police India, Pakistan plan peace talks station. President Jean­ ISlAMABAD, Pakistan - India and Pakistan Bertrand Aristide pleaded held their first peace talks in 2 1/2 years for foreign help to stop the Monday, praising a "new momentum" and bloodshed. working on a timetable to resolve decades of The rebels descended on conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors the police station in Hinche, over Kashmir, terrorism and other issues. about 70 miles northeast of As the two countries back down from the Port-au-Prince, according to brink of their fourth war in 2002, the three­ a Haitian security official day talks are to lay 'the groundwork for end­ who spoke on condition of ing a half-century of tension since their 194 7 anonymity. They killed dis­ partition. trict police chief Maxime "There is realization in India and Pakistan Jonas, pushed police out of that war is not an option, that you have to the city and threatened gov­ look at ways to find a peaceful resolution of ernment supporters, the the outstanding disputes between the two official said. countries," Pakistani spokesman Masood At least 56 people have Khan said after a meeting between Foreign died since the rebellion Ministry officials of the two countries. aimed at ousting Aristide exploded Feb. 5 in the city of Gonaives. About 50 rebels descend­ NATIONAL NEWS ed on the police station in Hinche, about 70 miles northwest of Port-au­ Groups sue to stop S.F. gay marriage Prince. They killed district SAN FRANCISCO - As hundreds of gay police chief Maxime Jonas, and lesbian couples lined up at City Hall for pushed police out of the city the historic chance to wed with the city's and freed prisoners from blessing, opponents filed legal papers the jail before burning the An armed Haitian rebel checks a Red Cross truck bringing medicine to the rebel-held Monday arguing that only judges can declare station. city of Gonalves Monday. Rebels now control a region home to nearly a million people. California's prohibition on same-sex mar­ Louis-Jodel Chamblain, a riages to be unconstitutional. former Haitian soldier who had asked for technical Geneva-based International oil, while others will get In a brief submitted for a court hearing led a paramilitary group assistance from the Committee of the Red Cross sacks of cereals, said Sandy Tuesday, lawyers for one of two groups seek­ known as the Front for the Organization of American into Gonaives on Monday. Laumark, director of CARE ing to block the unprecedented wedding Advancement and Progress States. "It may be that the The convoy was carrying in Haiti. The distribution march said Mayor Gavin Newsom was in bla­ of Haiti, or FRAPH, which police cannot cope with this 1.6 tons of supplies, includ­ will last about 10 days. tant violation of state law when he directed killed and maimed hun­ kind of attack." ing blood and surgical The rebels launched the the county clerk to issue marriage licenses to dreds of people between Aristide refused to talk equipment. rebellion from Gonaives, 70 gay couples. 1991 and 1994, reportedly about strategies for halting A surgeon and a physi­ miles northwest of Port-au­ "What the mayor and his cronies have led the attack, according to the unrest or whether he cian were also sent to treat Prince, unleashing a deadly attempted to do is short-circuit the legal witnesses. would ask for military assis­ some 40 people wounded in wave of violence that has process by being both judge and jury them­ The attack was consid­ tance. He did, however, say the fighting. spread to more than a selves," said Alliance Defense Fund attorney ered a serious blow and the the government would use "We are here to bring dozen towns. Both sides Benjamin Bull. -first to the city of 50,000 peaceful means to quell the urgently needed medical have suffered casualties. people where corn, millet uprising that has prevented assistance to Gonaives," On Sunday night, Aristide Spirit sets personal distance record and beans are produced. food, fuel and medical ship­ Pedro Jsely, leader of the loyalists reportedly killed LOS ANGELES - The Spirit rover went for The rebels now control ments. Red Cross mission in Haiti, two anti-government sup­ its longest trip yet on the surface of Mars, trav­ most roads leading in and "A group of terrorists are said Monday after arriving porters in the port town of eling just over 88 feet but stopping short of the out of the Artibonite. district, breaking democratic order," in the city. St. Marc. distance NASA had hoped it would cover, sci­ a rich agricultural area Aristide said. "We have the In addition to the medical Although the rebels are entists said Monday. home to almost 1 million responsibility to use the law relief, the international non­ thought to number less than Engineers had hoped the rover would travel people. and dialogue to take a governmental organization, Haiti's 5,000-member police 164 feet on its way to a crater known as "Blood has flowed in peaceful way." CARE, began distributing force, exiled paramilitary "Bonneville" to examine rocks and soil for evi­ Hinch e." Aristide told Rebels armed with food to people in Gonaives. leaders and police have dence that water may have existed on the Red reporters at a news confer­ machetes and rifles escort-· About 50,000 people will joined their forces, vowing Planet, mission manager Jim Erickson said. ence late Monday, saying he ed an aid convoy led by the receive a gallon of vegetable to oust Aristide. "Spirit, she's put some more territory behind her," Erickson said. "We're closer but not as close as we'd wanted to be."

LOCAL NEWS Study links breast cancer, antibiotics themselves - that increased breast Journal of the American Medical Seat belt, alcohol laws stall in House Associated Press cancer risk. Association and were released INDIANAPOLIS - A bill that would require CHICAGO - A study suggests Also, since antibiotics are widely Monday. people to wear seat belts in pickup trucks antibiotics might increase the risk of used to treat a variety of common The study involved 2,266 women 20 and a proposal prohibiting open containers developing breast cancer, but infections caused by bacteria, includ­ and older who developed invasive of alcohol in vehicles both stalled in a House researchers said the data should not ing strep throat, some pneumonias breast ca,ncer and who were com­ committee Monday. stop women from taking the medica­ and many gastrointestinal infections, pared with 7,953 women who did not Representatives on the House Public Policy, tion. it may be that women who never took get breast cancer. Ethics and Veterans Affairs Committee ques­ Women who took the most antibi­ the drugs were unusually healthy and An increased breast cancer risk tioned some aspects of the seat belt bill. The otics - who had more than 25 pre­ therefore unusually resistant to can­ was found with increasing use of open container bill met stronger opposition, scriptions, or who took the drugs for cer, the researchers said. antibiotics, with the greatest with critics saying it amounted to federal at least 501 days - faced double the "It's very premature for people to increased risk in women who took the government "blackmail." risk of developing breast cancer over stop taking antibiotics when they're drugs for at least 501 days. Even The open container law would prohibit an average of about 17 years, com­ needed," said lead author Christine women who had up to 25 prescrip­ open containers of alcohol in vehicles even if pared with women who didn't use the Velicer, a researcher at Group Health tions over about 17 years faced an the driver is sober, although exceptions drugs, the study showed. Cooperative, a large nonprofit health increased risk - about 1.5 times would be made for limousine drivers and The authors said more research is · plan in western Washington. higher than nonusers. those with recreational vehicles. A violation needed because H could have been "Antibiotics have a substantial public An increased breast cancer risk would be a Class B misdemeanor carrying a the diseases women used antibiotics health benefit." was found for all types of antibiotics, fine of up to $1,000. to treat - rather than the drugs The results appear in Wednesday's including penicillins. page6 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS Tuesday, February 17, 2004

received across student gov­ was optimistic that the dinner sponsor a "Casino Night" event Joe Trombello also con­ ernment. will be a success. "I expect to in the LaFortune Ballroom tributed to this report. Council "This is a group of people have a great turnout, to see Saturday. "We'll give out continued from page 1 who will best be able to work this strong, diverse and unique between $900 and $1,000 in out [budgetary] problems," class," he said. prizes for sophomores," Leito O'Donnell said. + Sophomore class president said. Contact Matt Bramanti at In the end, the council voted Keefer proposed that the · James Leito said his group will [email protected] overwhelmingly to leave the FMB present its budget to the decision up to the individual Student Senate for review residence halls. Each dorm will before the COR makes its deci­ make an annual determination sion. - before campaigning begins However, Ebersol said such a - whether it will run elections presentation would be unnec­ with split or combined tickets. essary. This determination is to be "COR has open meetings," made by the hall's rector, pres-­ Ebersol said. "If the senators ident, senator and, for future want to come and listen to the years, its programming repre­ budget, they can .. sentative. The last resolution addressed Student Union Board manag­ the approval of officials nomi­ . . . er Charlie Ebersol said the nated by the student body council's vote will allow each president. Under the revamped dorm to select effective lead­ constitution, the president may Ticket .Distribution ers. appoint students to fill several . ~· "We need the best people in positions, including seats on the positions," Ebersol said. Senate committees. The council also passed· a The council voted over­ resolution dealing with with whelmingly to grant itself the the budget approval process. power to approve such nomi­ Under the current constitu­ nations. A proposal to require tion, money is allocated by the a three-fourths supermajority Financial Management Board for such approvals failed. . . TUESDAY, February.17th and is sent to the Council of Lao directed members of COR Representatives for review and committees on policy and pro­ approval. gramming to resume their WEDNESDAY, February 18th Chief of staff Pat Corker said meetings. The committees are the budget - which totals responsible for compiling pro­ . . roughly $600,000- represents posed constitutional changes in ...... ·...... the combined financial their respective areas. resources of all student gov­ "It's time to get cracking on ernment bodies. this," Lao said. "We have 1 1/2 Sorin Rootn, LaFortune Student,Center FMB chairman Don Norton more months to write a consti­ said responsibility for approv­ tution, and we don't have much ing the budget belongs in the right now." 7 PM untillO PM council, which represents all While a skeleton of the new student union organizations. constitution has been discussed "It's the most rational thing at COR meetings for months, a that needs to be presented," final version is several weeks . *You must present your student 1D Norton said. away, as council members Ebersol soon presented an hammer out the details. amendment to the resolution, in order to pick -UP your tickets~ however, requiring a three­ In other COR news: fourths majority to approve the + Freshman class president If you are picking up tickets for others, budget. His amendment passed Jason Laws announced his with little debate. organization will sponsor a you will need their student IDs to sign them out.. Seth O'Donnell, who runs the freshman class dinner Club Coordination Council, said Thursday in LaFortune featur­ the supermajority will ensure ing catered barbecue from the final budget will be well Famous Dave's. Laws said he ·.;. .···· . ·.·.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 I page 7 MARKET RECAP Business school opens Ethics Week Dow 10 627 85 -66.22 Panel of ND and IUSB law and business faculty discusses En ron scandal }ones ' • By TRICIA DE GROOT ., ~~" ~29~- News Writer The Mendoza College of Business kicked off its sev­ enth annual Ethics Week with a forum entitled "Enron: A Multi-dimension­ al Examination of an Unethical Enterprise." The FTSE IOO(London) 4,408.10 -3.90 panel was composed of Matt Barrett, Notre Dame Law COMPANY %CHANGE I $GAIN I PRICE School; Tom Frecka, SIRIUS SAT RADI (SIRI) -4.82 -0.15 2.96 Mendoza College of Business; Jim Seida, MICROSOFT CORP (MSFT) -1.34 -0.36 26.59 Mendoza College of INTEL CORP (INTC) -1.95 -0.60 30.14 Business, and was moderat­ CISCO SYSTEMS (CSCO) +0.04 +0.01 24.06 ed by Bill Schwartz, dean, School of Business and CORVIS CORP (CORY) -10.97 -0.26 2.11 Economics, Indiana Treasuries University at South Bend. 30-YEAR BOND -0.34 -0.17 49.22 Each member of the panel introduced a different angle I 0-YEAR NOTE -0.25 -0.10 40.48 in evaluating the Enron con­ 5-YEAR NOTE -1.86 -0.57 30.09 troversy and presented the 3-MONTH BILL -0.11 -0.01 8.97 audience with perspectives from both a lawyer and an PAMELA Commodities accountant. The panel also Notre Dame professor Tom Frecka, left, speaks about the Enron scandal as Matthew UGHT CRUDE ($/bbl.) +0.72 34.10 discussed the scandal con­ Barrett of the Notre Dame law school, Bill Schwartz, dean of IUSB's school of busi­ GOLD ($/Troy oz.) -3.40 410.80 cerning Enron's taxes. ness and economics, and Jim Selda of the Mendoza College of Business look on. Barrett began the forum PORK BEWES (cents/lb.) + 1.20 94.40 by discussing the lawyers' that no such incident had taken place in the account­ could plead that they had no Exchan Rates perspectives in the Enron occurred since the Savings ing world due to the loss of criminal intent. Therefore, YEN 105.5 matter and its correlation to and Loan crisis 10 years Arthur Andersen. He dis­ Enron's $38 billion debt was business ethics. Barrett ago. cussed how each of the six seen as only $12 billion, and EURO 0.7837 said that "we know less After Barrett's discussion, factors played a role in the the company was able to POUND 0.5295 about the lawyers because Frecka informed the audi­ overall Enron scandal. "(make] a profit into a loss." CANADIAN$ 1.318 of attorney client privilege," ence about the role account­ Seida spoke next and dis­ During the question-and­ but at the same time he said ants played in the scandal. cussed the controversy sur­ answer session. Barrett said there was evidence that His presentation focused on rounding Enron's taxes. He that, because the crime was lawyers made Enron's what he described as the said the beginning of white-collar in nature, there unethical actions possible. ABC's of Enron: A, for Enron's misrepresentation would not be a high demand IN BRIEF Barrett said lawyers "have Arthur Andersen, "the of its taxes would be hard to for a speedy trial. a duty to the client to serve accounting firm with the pinpoint because simply too "There is a reluctance to Source code probe targets Mainsoft as zealous advocates, while best reputation and the much information would prosecute a white collar WASHINGTON - The investigation into the accountants have the public largest employer of Notre have to be processed. crime. People are more illegal disclosure of blueprints for some ver­ watchdog role. They owe Dame students;" B for bank­ "Information was there worried about blue collar sions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software their duty to the public." ruptcy; C for crime, conspir­ for all investors," Seida said. offenses," he said. has turned to a small technology company in Barrett then discussed the acy, lack of compliance, con­ But he said no one chose to The seventh annual Ethics Silicon Valley that works closely with role of three inside lawyers sulting and corporate cul­ act on this information and Week continues with daily Microsoft. and two law firms pertinent ture; D for damage: E for he explained the length of forums at 12:30 p.m. in the Self-appointed sleuths eager to solve one of to the Enron scandal. ethics: F for fraudulent time it takes before the Giovanini Commons in the the technology industry's most intriguing mys­ Barrett described the two reporting and lack of fair company's illegal deeds Mendoza College of teries found references inside files accompa­ outside firms as "having reporting. Frecka used would be noticed. Business until this nying the leaked Windows blueprints indicat­ pressures and incentives to these acronyms to describe He also said Enron's Thursday. ing Mainsoft Corp. had been working with the keep the firm's largest client the accountants' roles in the lawyers and accountants did computer code before it began circulating on happy." Enron scandal to demon­ not object to their misrepre­ Contact Tricia de Groot at the Internet. In addition, Barrett noted strate the changes that have sentations, so the company [email protected]. Microsoft has provided Mainsoft access to parts of its Windows blueprints since at least 1994 under conditions that generally prohibit­ ed them from disclosing them to others. PHARMACEUTICALS Mainsoft helps businesses convert their cus­ tomized Windows programs to run on rival operating systems, such as Unix. Feds probe Titan over foreign contracts Eli Lilly defends Zyprexa patent SAN DIEGO - Federal regulators are investi­ gating whether information-technology firm Titan Corp. made illegal payments to overseas Lawyers for three generic drug ing or losing its "life's blood," Lilly Associated Press consultants, the company said Friday. makers· who want to make cheaper attorney Charles Lipsey said. The probe may affect the security and defense INDIANAPOLIS - The future of a knockoff versions of Zyprexa argued The case began about 2 1/2 years information technology concern's proposed sale $4-billion-a-year Eli Lilly and Co. Lilly was awarded its patent based ago when Lilly filed a patent to defense giant Lockheed Martin. Titan said in drug is at stake as a federal judge on faulty research. The lawyers also infringement lawsuit against the first a statement it knows of no unlawful payments weighs whether the company should contend the discovery of the drug's of three generic firms that have and will cooperate with the Securities and continue to hold its Zyprexa patent molecular structure was obvious. sought approval to sell non-brand Exchange Commission investigation. in the face of a challenge from mak­ If upheld, the generic companies' versions of Zyprexa in the United Representatives of the company met recently ers of generic drugs. claims could invalidate a 1993 States. with the SEC and the U.S. Justice Department Lawyers for Lilly and the generic patent that grants Lilly exclusive The three are Zenith Goldline about Titan's own internal review of payments drug makers presented closing argu­ U.S. rights to the drug until 2011. Pharmaceuticals, owned by Ivax to international consultants, the company said. ments Thursday that concluded a Zyprexa, introduced in 1996, is Corp. of Miami; Indian drug maker three-week bench trial before U.S. now Lilly's top-seller and accounts Dr. Reddy's Laboratories; and the Aventis challenges hostile takeover District Judge Richard L. Young, who for about a third of the company's U.S. arm of Israel-based Teva PARIS - French pharmaceuticals company is not expected to issue a ruling for sales. Pharmaceutical Industries. Aventis SA launched a court challenge Friday several months. Zyprexa's sales now exceed the The companies claim Lilly knew against a hostile bid from rival drug company Lilly's attorneys argued the compa­ level once achieved by Prozac, Lilly's about the Zyprexa compound for Sanofi-Synthelabo SA, and denied that its ny's development of Zyprexa came former blockbuster anti-depressant years and included it in a patent that appeal was intended as a delaying tactic. after years of research by Lilly that lost patent protection in 2001 expired in 1995. An Aventis spokesman said the company had chemists who solved scientific prob­ after a successful challenge by The generic companies argue that filed an application with the Paris appeals lems that· had stymied other generic drug makers. With Zyprexa, by the time Lilly was ready to mar­ court earlier in the day seeking to overturn chemists' decades-long efforts to Lilly hopes to avoid a repeat of the ket Zyprexa, time was running out the decision by France's market watchdog, the develop a schizophrenia treatment financial slide the company suffered on the first patent so it decided to AMF, to clear Sanofi to proceed with its hostile lacking the side effects of old-line after the Prozac patent loss. apply for a second one, which vio­ offer. antipsychotics. In the trial, Lilly is looking at keep- lates patent rules. THE OBSER\'ER p page 8 Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Seeing the mental health reality

The Apocalypse is upon us here at taken the time to ask your roommate Crimson, the student newspaper, ran a Notre Dame. As the world turns with how he or she is handling the stress? 5-part series on mental health reali­ the local bishop combating genitalia Many profess the unity and strength of ties at their school. If The Observer monologues, the Campus Crusaders the Notre Dame family, but I fear were to run such a series in conjunc­ condemning our University's attempts many too many of us are not aware of tion with the Pl)ychology department, at gay tolerance, the mental health realities of Notre what would it find? Such is one idea, the basketball Peter Quaranto Dame. but the possibilities of dialogues, team finally win­ And suicide and general depression awareness campaigns and other ning and student are only the beginning of a long list of actions are endless. The administra­ government elec­ A Call to mental health issues that plague stu­ tion would do wisely to invest in such tions actually Action dents on college campuses across the endeavors. intriguing, our country. According to the NMHA, more For the many out there who are world has to be at than 19 million American adults live currently suffering from such mental an end. Not to with anxiety disorders. Five to ten mil­ health problems, know that you are mention Alex Rodriguez ending up in a lion people have eating disorders, and not alone and that there is help. Yankees uniform, more attacks on U.S. many more are affected by the likes of Mental health does not define who we troops in Iraq than any month since OCD, ADD, ADHD, Schizophrenia, and are. The Health Services and ) October and Janet Jackson's more. Counseling Center on-campus offer "wardrobe malfunction." And what of The harshest reality of such discus­ many services and resources that are r I this turmoil breaking loose in Haiti? sion is that the picture is worsening as open to all of us and are very helpful. These days, I find myself yearning for college students are rapidly having And for all who know of people suf­ a baseball card collection and simple more complex mental health problems fering, the task that lies before us is to boyish ignorance. and developments. This is alarming, be friends, supporters and comforters While it is good that so many issues but perhaps not very surprising when in these lonely winter days. are being debated, society is more one looks at the typical daily schedule Community does not come from win­ aware and interesting things exist to of the American college student. ning football championships, as some get us through the South Bend winter, Yet with that trend and while most alumni would like to believe, or even I fear that one very important discus­ people can relate to one or more of from gaining national prestige, as the sion gets lost in the mix. That discus­ these issues, whether personally or administration might want to believe; sion about mental health issues, which through friends and family, it is shock­ rather, community comes from people are more prevalent on college cam­ ing how little attention these issues, of different backgrounds and struggles puses than ever thought before, is one which affect us in so many real ways, coming together to share in one anoth­ from which we cannot shy away. receive. er's pain and suffer together. According to studies of the American As our Notre Dame world turns with Community comes when we open our College Health Association, 39 percent heated debates on affirmative action, eyes to one another and shed the bar­ of college students reported feeling so Viewpoint showdowns on the legitima­ riers that keep us apart and keep so depressed that is was difficult to func­ cy of the Vagina Monologues and even many alone. tion during the past year. 9 percent discussions of my own love, Election Today, let us commit ourselves to admitted to having contemplated sui­ 2004, we must not forget the battles building such a community. The task is cide and a 1.5 percent had attempted and injustices that all those who deal daunting, but in the end, I do believe it suicide. According to the National with mental health issues must face. will save us all. Mental Health Association (NMHA) We need to begin to ask questions suicide was the second-leading cause about why so many college students Peter Quaranta is a sophomore polit­ of death for college students. deal with mental health problems. Is ical science and international peace These are certainly not trivial prob­ this a result of the many pressures studies major. He wants to encourage lems. Applying these studies to the and stresses that plague the lives of the University to bring in Aung San Notre Dame populace would suggest every student? College life is certainly Suu Kyi for this year's Commencement that 3,120 students have been not very conducive to healthiness, but Address if she can get out of Burmese depressed at some point during the does it go farther to tear at the mental prison. Ifnot, the University should past year, 720 have contemplated sui­ and social threads that hold together join the fight to free Burma. Contact cide and 120 students have attempted the human person? Awareness will him at [email protected]. suicide. empower us to act more effectively in The views expressed in this column Do you know what your next-door responding to these problems. are those of the author and not nec­ neighbor is dealing with? Have you How can we respond? The Harvard cessarily those of The Observer.

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So, in an effort to curb off campus vio­ cally. These guys are from the classical Seeing that they outnumbered me six to rogated them, I ambled home and lence and extend its ubiquity ever more Greco-Roman school, and simply like to one and, unlike me, were without a cooked a pizza, thankful for TCPD's into the lives of its students, NDSP has engage one another in a little gladiator­ female companion, it was not an illogi­ intervention in what could have ended created a secret taskforce that we will ial combat before brushing their teeth cal conclusion. But ignoring them only in my embarrassment. now refer to as TCPD. Put simply, this and washing their face. It is completely further riled them up. I am here today because of TCPD, and assembly of butt- harmless, but totally vulnerable to skep­ Perhaps these guys were a little dis­ am forever in their debt. However, there kickers makes Safe David Barrett ticism. appointed with how they knew their still is work to be done. For one, they Walk seem, well, So, a couple of th,em are going at it night would end. sweaty and uncon­ can really help me out by keeping high sophomoric. pretty hard a couple of weeks ago. scious from an all-out wrestle romp, school students out of my parties. I sim­ Rather than Epically they sparred. Ankle-locks, oil and thought that embarrassing the ply cannot be held liable. Secondly, they knocking the icicles Jigga Geoff checks - they barred none. They helpless kid up ahead might help ease can rough up the big guy who comes off my roof and salt- waged back and forth like this for what the pain. Chances are they, like every . around every weekend asking first for ing my sidewalk, seemed like minutes, until their new other male at this school, were high­ jumper cables and then for some spare Turtle Creek chose neighbor finally burst through their school multi-sport standouts angry at change. I have reason to believe he does to serve and protect me by accommo­ door with gun drawn and feet placed. the world because the inter-hall football not actually need jumper cables. dating this exciting initiative with open Apparently he mistook the repeated season is now over. Let it go, guys. I, too, was a skeptic at first, more arms and a renovated townhouse. thuds against the wall, coupled with Regardless, they stopped yelling and worried about how my life would be Initially, this raised a few uni-brows, screams of wild indulgence, to be some started running to catch up with us. made worse rather than better by their especially those of occupants in adja­ far more guilty pleasure than the Enter TCPD. presence here at Turtle Creek. But now, cent buildings who feared that the wrestling duel it, in reality, was. The benefits of being promoted from I could not be happier with what I have heightened. police presence would Understandable, kind of. He let them off NDSP to TCPD are countless. Rather seen out of them. They are not simply impede on their late night partying and with just a warning, and a request that than tooting around campus on a 10- NDSP's sister organization, or some fence peeing. However, these fears were they keep it down next time. speed in a chinstrap, members of TCPD Safe Walk spin-off. They are the real soon and subsequently allayed upon My first experience with TCPD, how­ are each given a Dodge Neon with a deal, and we are lucky to have them. reassurance from the officers that they ever, came this past Friday, at a time I recycled Le Sabre engine and a custom Just remember that if you want to wres­ were there to keep the peace, not to did not expect it, but in a situation blue paint job. Undercover, they are told tle, you will have to do it quietly, and I meddle in their neighbors' private where I desperately needed it. I was to remain inconspicuous, which every­ am sure you will agree with me. affairs. Yet it is not in their blood to walking back from the Bombay body knows is impossible when behind turn a deaf ear to late-night carousing, Boutique on Edison right around closing the wheel of such a car. David Barrett is a senior economics especially if that carousing is keeping time with some completely random girl Anyway, just as things were about to and philosophy major. His column them up. I met there, when I heard some loud, get really ugly, I spied a blue Neon com­ appears every other Tuesday. He can be The aforementioned neighbors hap­ obnoxious shouting coming from a ing our way. Before I knew it, the trig­ contacted at [email protected]. pen to be friends of.mine, and enjoy, on group of guys behind me. I dismissed ger-happy officer was out of his car The views expressed in this column occasion, a quick wrestle before bed. In the taunts, homophobic in nature, as flashing his piece and saying, "Who got are those of the author and not neces­ no way should this be taken euphemisti- intended for somebody other than me. the problem, huh punks?" As he inter- sarily those of The Observer.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Election was not in spirit of Notre Dame Personal attacks appalling Students made

I have been working with Charlie Ebersol and thought students would be more responsible about James Leito for the past six weeks on their cam­ making such severe judgments about personal worth mockery of election paign, and I am writing this for both of them, but and character. But after hearing the girl across the particularly for Charlie, in an attempt to express my table from me in LaFortune complain for nearly a frustration not with the election, with the electoral half an hour about a person she has never met but The result of this year's student body presiden­ system or with the result of the election, but with the hates anyway, after having similar situations play tial election spoke volumes about you, Notre numerous personal attacks made against Charlie out repeatedly during the last six weeks, and after Dame. these past six weeks, and the effect these have had reading the postings on the message boards, l have Not only did it reveal that your political apathy on their campaign. become disenchanted. is beyond ridiculous, but it also proved you are It is a recurrent issue that student gov­ Charlie is not a liar, and he is not lazy. incredibly immature. ernment lacks an articulate voice and He may be arrogant, but I have never At some point in the last few weeks, I bet many that it fails to do anything impor­ known him to be mean or hurtful, of you discovered that Charlie Ebersol drives a tant for students, yet when pre­ and I have never seen him do any­ Hummer. I bet you also heard that he is difficult sented with a presidential ticket thing that would warrant the to work with and arrogant, too. But come on, how this year that addressed both of harassment or personal assault many of you actually know Charlie Ebersol? these concerns and gave the he has received in past weeks. That said, if you thought (and quite a few of you most ground-breaking and In fact, I have never seen him did) that throwing your votes behind Ad am Istvan realistic solutions to the without the best of intentions. and Karla Bell would spite Charlie Ebersol, well, issues, many students voted And whether or not those guess again. Charlie still has his Hummer. and against that articulateness \ intentions are always under­ you now have a president-elect with no student and productivity because ' stood, it does not change or government experience. they heard from someone outweigh the fact that he lost Notre Dame, you made a mockery of this elec­ who had heard from some­ last year and ran again this tion. one else not to vote for year because he saw the I hope that come November 2004 you will Charlie. potential for things happen­ demonstrate more maturity at the polls than you I am appalled at how many ing at this University that did last week. When given another opportunity to students on this campus so other people had not even con­ choose your candidate and cast your vote, I hope eagerly went to great lengths sidered. It does not change the that more than 50 percent of you take it. to explain to anyone willing to fact that Charlie was in dorms . And if maturity somehow escapes you again listen why they disliked Charlie every night for the past three come November, heed this advice: Before you so much and why he was such a weeks meeting people, and it does enter that voting booth or seal that absentee bal­ terrible presidential candidate, but not outweigh the fact he was far and lot, consider your options. You have them. If there when pressed to explain how they came away the most qualified and capable is no candidate who speaks to your cause. who to such conclusions could only reference candidate to handle the presidency next represents your ideals and is worthy of your vote, having heard someone else say something insult- year (not to mention that all of the campus media then abstain. They put that box on the ballot for a ing about him. Or when pressed to make a comment overwhelmingly endorsed him). reason. about his and James' platform or their qualifica­ At a school that prides itself on creating well­ That said, Notre Dame, I offer you this chal­ tions, agreed that both were worthy of election, but rounded, honorable students, it is upsetting that lenge in the wake of Istvan vs. Ebersol: Learn then quickly discounted both {the platform and their those same students' ill-informed, unfounded dislike from your stupidity, grow up and, next time, vote qualifications) as non-issues in the campaign that could cloud that which was so obvious- the deci­ like the mature 18- to 23-year-olds that you are was supposed to be about who had the better ideas sion to vote for the ticket able to finally give students supposed to be. and who had the means to get them done. I was what they so often complain about not having. And finally, to Adam and Karla, I wish you the shocked by the comments on ndtoday.com that were I guess more than anything, I am upset about how best of luck in the year ahead. You are going to neither constructive nor productive but instead and when all of this became so un-Notre Dame. need it. vicious and malignant. I came to Notre Dame because I believed students Kate Distler Michelle McCarthy sophomore here embodied a sort of effective, impressive moral sophomore Pangborn Hall consciousness that made them more deliberate than Pasquerilla East Feb. 16 .other college students. Because of that belief, I Feb. 16 THE OBSERVER

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Beatlemania gone wild It vvas 40 years a

Confessions of a modern-day Beatlemaniac February marks the 40th annivers~

I can remember my middle school days very well. Like most kids, I was desper­ side. Capitol Records fmally released the "I By ately seeking my own identity. There were the popular kids, the nerds, the ath­ JULIE BENDER Want to Hold Your Hand" single in late letes ... I was tucked nicely in the middle of these groups, not quite sure where I Assistant Scene Editor December 1963, and soon kids were call­ belonged yet. In sixth grade, I remember donning green Converse sneakers and ing into radio stations asking them to play listening to Weezer's blue album, thinking that maybe, in February is the 40th anniversary of the Beatie songs non-stop. The truth be told, all my awkwardness, I'd become a post-grunge punk. Beatles coming to America. From the the Beatles had already been rejected mul­ This worked for a little while, but I was still too nerdy, moment their Pan-American Flight 101 tiple times by U.S. record companies, and and I played too many sports to fit that role perfectly. I landed in New their sin­ floundered around for a bit among the groups, and then York and those g 1 e s one day my destiny became clear. four lads from released on I remember driving home one night in my family's wood­ Liverpool set foot smaller paneled mini-van. My younger siblings were being annoy­ on American labels had ing as usual, so I began to listen to the music my par- soil, the world all flopped. ents were playing on the van's tape deck. I'd heard the would never Thanks to songs many times growing up but had never really lis- again be the Sullivan, tened to them. As I sat there in the car, before I knew Julie Bender same. They had though, all what was happening, the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely already taken this was England by now chang­ Hearts Club Band album exploded in my head and blew Assistant Scene Editor me away. From that moment on, the deal was sealed. I storm, leaving ing. was to be a Beatlemaniac for the rest of my life, only the nation in a By the three decades too late. swirling frenzy time the Now, I would like to say I was a Beatie fan of the standard, respectable variety. of Beatlemania, Beatles· Someone who appreciated the band's music and influence on culture and society, and now here landed on but who also maintained a normal lifestyle while doing so. Normal, however, will they were ready American never be a word associated with what I became after first hearing Sgt. Pepper. to conquer shores on Perhaps it was my desperation of seeking some sort of sixth grade identity, but America. Feb. 7, things quickly spiraled into a rock 'n' roll obsession that haunts me to this day. I Ed Sullivan, 1964, they began buying all the Beatie albums I could afford with my meager weekly host of the had the ! allowance. I checked out every single Beatle-related book in my local library. I famous Sunday number began making Beatie mixed tapes off the radio from the Oldies station, and I night television one song in started a scrapbook of every Beatie photo or article I found in the newspaper. staple The Ed the country And this was only the beginning. Sullivan Show, and the My Beatles obsession spread to the clothing I wore, to the Scouse accent I had witnessed number l adopted ... it even infiltrated my schoolwork. I can remember interpreting Beatie the British one place in lyrics for my English classes and giving presentations on the life of John Lennon. Beatlemania the hearts I had my school band play "Yellow Submarine" for a concert. After school each first hand while of teenage day, I'd put on a Beatles album and play air guitar until dinnertime. Looking in a London air­ girls every­ back, perhaps the strangest and most embarrassing aspect of my Beatie obses­ port with his where. The sion was that I actually used to bake cupcakes on the Beatles' birthdays. John, wife in October Photo courtesy of www.geocities.com'-beatleboy1/b34.jpg screaming Paul, George and Ringo each had baked goods made in their honor, which I of 1963. So fans who would bring to school and pass out at my locker. I can only imagine what my impressed with John Lennon assembled teachers must have thought. the clamor these to greet If an identity was what I was seeking, I had certainly found one. By seventh "Beatles" made, them when grade I was well known around school as a Beatlefreak, and I didn't care. Even if Sullivan contacted the group's manager and they got off the plane in New York were I lacked all elements of middle school coolness, I loved the Beatles and I loved asked them to appear on his program only a small taste of the mania that was to rock 'n' roll. That's all that mattered to me. before the word Beatie had even been follow. I think it was when I baked cupcakes for Paul McCartney's birthday and neg­ uttered in America. Two days later, when the Beatles lected my own father's birthday a few days later that my parents realized maybe With Sullivan's promotion and hype, the appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, 73 mil- things were getting out of control. They sat me down and told me that the Beatles began to gain some attention state- lion fans tuned in to watch histo­ Beatles were well and good, but perhaps I should try and explore some other ry in the making. The jowly interests. I, of course, defended my Beatie obsession by stating that I couldn't Sullivan. who had been hyping help it that the Beatles were so amazing. Besides, I did have other emerging the Beatles for weeks, interests. My love of the Beatles was leading me to discover other great artists announced, "Ladies and gentle­ like Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. men, the Beatles! Let's bring No~ that I am in college, I can look back on my middle school days and smile, them on!" Before he could even knowmg I have matured somewhat in the past eight years. My after-school air finish his sentence, the roar of guitar has turned into a real guitar, which I play any spare chance I can, much to fans in the audience drowned ~h~ dismay of my napping roommate. My music collection has a bit more variety him out. Their screaming, their 1~ It now, and I no longer resort to baked good for Beatie birthdays. (My apolo­ tears and their uncontrollable gies to those who were excited that George's birthday is only a week away.) passion filled the next eight min­ Despite this slight maturing, however, my love for the Beaties has remained in utes, shocking both Sullivan and ~act. In fact: just last semester a life-long dream of mine carne true. While study­ the Beatles, neither of which had mg abroad m France, I was able to make the pilgrimage to my personal rock 'n' imagined the uproar and pande­ roll Mecca: Liverpool. I took the Chunnel to the motherland of my favorite mop monium the band was capable tops and, with a very patient friend in tow, was able to ride on a Magical Mystery of creating. The Beatles tore Tour Bus all around the hometown of those loveable lads. through three quick numbers, Although Liverpool might not get as many pages in a tourism book as London "All My Loving," "Till There Was or Paris, for me it was the greatest sight my eyes had seen. Not only was it You" and ''She Loves You" before incredible to see the houses, schools and parks where the lads grew up, but to be exiting tl,e stage for the other in the company of other Beatiemaniacs was a homecoming experience in itself. acts of thl! night. The audience, The atmosphere on the bus was all Beatie, from the music playing to the chat­ however, remained itching for ter among the bus riders to the trivia questions of our tour guide. Riding that their encore performance of "I Magical Mystery Tour bus, I thought I'd died and gone to rock 'n' roll heaven. Saw Her Standing There" and "I Now that I'm back to reality at school, I can only play my guitar, hum Beatie Want to IIold Your Hand." tunes and daydream wistfully cf my time in Liverpool. At least I now know that No one had ever seen anything it's okay to love the Beatles as much as I do; I'm not alone in my obsession. like it, including the Beatles. In Even 40 years after their music hit American shores, it is never too late to be a later interviews, Lennon is Beatlernaniac. reported as saying of Americans, "They're wild, they're all wild. Photo courtesy of www~geocities.com/-bealleboy11b..14.jpg They just all seem out of their The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily minds. I've never seen anything those of The Observer. Contact Julie Bender [email protected]. George Harrison like it in my life."

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the time of the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appear­ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club. Their so­ ance, also remembers the show vividly. called "White Album" was a fantastic col­ "It was the high point of my young life," lage of four men slowly heading their sepa­ she said. "I was totally blown away by rate ways. them." Schlegel also remembers the And, in 1970, they did just that. John response her mother had to the scruffY mop Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison tops. and Ringo Starr were officially over as a "She said 'I give them three months - band, but not before they had changed the they'll fade out course of like the Singing modern music Nun did." forever. Their Lucky for influence was Beatie fans so great that, everywhere, even 34 years Schlegel's after their mother was break up, they proven wrong. are still win­ Almost ning grammy overnight, the awards and Beatles influencing became a new musi­ household cians at every name, and by turn. April of that Even fans year, they had who weren't the top five there to wit­ songs in the ness the country. With Beatles on Ed their quick wit Sullivan still and cheeky owe a debt of humor, the gratitude to BE;latles those four charmed the loveable mop American tops. To thank press and soon the Beatlcs their hair, their personally is, clothes, their of course. speech and impossible, their music Photo courtesy of www.geocities.com/-beatleboy11b34.jpg but at least were a ubiqui­ fans can tous presence Paul McCartney resort to the in the United old sing-a- Photo courtesy of www.geocities.com/-beatleboy11b34.jpg States. As the long of the On Feb. 7, 1964 the Beatles arrived at JFK airport In New York to a manic crowd Beatles set out on their two-week tour after Beatles fan club, "We love you Beatles, oh of screaming fans. From the moment they stepped off the plane, the rock 'n' roll their first Ed Sullivan performance, most yes we do. We love you Beatles, and we'll be world would never be the same. Americans, like Schlegel's mother, thought true. If you're not near us, we're blue. Oh they were just a passing craze. Little did Beatles, we love you!" As wild as the fans were, those watching Sister Susan Dunn, the rector of Lyons they know that this band would be the on television got to both see and hear the Hall, remembers well the Beatles' first Ed major cultural influence for the next decade Contact Julie Bender at [email protected] full show, and to them, the Beatles were the Sullivan appearance. "I was a junior in high and would continue to be a rele- wild ones. Their mop-top hair, their cocky school," Dunn said. "Their little heads were vant force in music even 40 years poses, their loud music - it was new and bopping up and down on the television. It after their first landing in the U.S. shocking. Young people loved it, old people was very bold." For the next two years, the were startled by it, and everybody had an Notre Dame Classics professor Catherine Beatles toured in the maddening opinion about it. Schlegel, who was only eight years old at tornado of Beatlemania, running from hotel to plane to bus in attempts to escape their crazed fans. It wasn't until their 1966 Candlestick Park performance in San Francisco, Calif.. when the Beatles fmally decided that touring was no longer a real possibility for them. Their music was becoming too advanced for onstage reproduction, and the con­ stant audience screaming made touring more of a burden than a pleasure. Solely a studio band from 1966 until their break up in 1970, the Beatles made some of the best music in rock 'n' roll. Every album was totally different, with songs only of the highest quality. The Beatles opened the doors to experimental Photo courtesy ol www.geocities.com/-beatleboy1/b34.jpg sounds with Revolver. They Photo courtesy ot www.geocities.com/-beatleboy11b34.jpg The Beatles released 13 albums throughout their career, ranging from the early rock single-handedly started the of Please Please Me to the psychedella of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. psychedelic movement with Ringo Starr page 12 The Observer + CLASSIFIEDS Tuesday, February 17, 2004

NHL Without leading scorer, Toronto defeats Pittsburgh 8-4

for the first time since beating Associated Press Carolina on Nov. 5. Tellqvist played because Ed Belfour sat The Maple Leafs' top goal out with a stiff back for the fifth scorer was injured and their time in six games and backup No. 3 goalie was in net. The Trevor Kidd has allowed 13 Pittsburgh Penguins seemed to goals in his last four games. have every opportunity to end The Maple Leafs, who have their NHL-record home ice los­ outscored the Penguins 17-6 in ing streak. beating them three straight Instead: like most nights, they times, also got a goal and two · had no chance, assists from Darcy Tucker and a Owen Nolan scored twice and goal and an assist each from figured in Toronto's first four Matt Stajan and Nik Antropov. goals, three in just over four "We kind of got away from the minutes of the first period, and program a little bit in the sec­ the Maple Leafs sent the ond period, but we had enough · Penguins to an NHL-record sense of mind to pull it back in 12th consecutive home loss, 8-4 and get it going again," Bryan Monday night. McCabe said. "I thought we Despite playing without All­ played pretty well." Star forward Gary Roberts Toronto gave Tellqvist some (pulled leg muscle). the Leafs margin for error in his first went 4-for-5 on the power play start since Nov. 15 as Tucker, and have 14 power-play goals Nolan and Mikael Renberg in six games. They also got a scored in a span of 4:11 midway short-handed goal from Mats through the first to put the Sundin in the second period, his Leafs up 3-0, Tucker and Nolan LIVE 31st goal in 41 career games on the power play. Tucker gath­ Toronto's Mats Sundin celebrates his goal against Pittsburgh with teammate Matt Stajan during against Pittsburgh. ered his own rebound and bat­ the second period. "Sure, the points were there, ted the puck past Sebastien but I've worked hard some Caron with his stick about waist pleased to finish their seven­ from the left point and beating nights and had no points what­ high. game road trip with another DiPietro. Senators 4, Rangers 1 soever," said Nolan, who was Defenseman Ric Jackman, point. Asham tied the score 50 sec­ The Ottawa Senators had two points ofT his career high of traded by Toronto to Pittsburgh Arron Asham scored early in onds into the third when he such an easy time in their six. "It was nice to get reward­ last week, and Tomas Surovy the third period and Rick one-timed a pass from Trent last meeting with the New ed for it and it was a big two scored early in the second to DiPietro stopped 29 shots, rally­ Hunter past Huet. York Rangers, you could points for us." The Penguins get the Penguins to within a ing the New York Islanders to a The Kings managed just three hardly blame them for a haven't gotten those two points goal, but Nolan answered with tie with the Los Angeles Kings shots on a two-man advantage slow start in the rematch. at home since beating Chicago his second power-play goal of on Monday. for 1:54 late in the third period. Just 23 days earlier, the 1-0 on Dec. 29. They broke a tie the game on a hard one-timer "For us to get a point walking The Islanders outshot the Senators sent New York to with four other clubs that previ­ from the left circle faceofT dot at in here at the end of a seven­ Kings 8-1 in overtime. Los its worst loss in 11 years. ously shared the league record 12:15 of the second. game road trip is good," Kings Angeles hit the post late in the The Rangers insisted they'd with 11 consecutive home loss­ "We decided to start pressing coach Andy Murray said. "We extra period. be ready for -the Senators on es: the Boston Bruins (1924-25), harder, and got a few more knew they were going to be "The five-on-three definitely Monday. Washington Capitals (197 5), goals up, but we still had a little tough, but we battled hard." got the crowd into it," DiPietro After a positive start, Ottawa Senators (1993) and lapse again," Nolan said. Trent Klatt scored in the sec­ said of the 15,369 who attended things again turned strongly Atlanta Thrashers (2000). Until Sundin scored short-handed ond period for the Kings, who the game. "It was a dull game in Ottawa's favor. this season, the Penguins had just over a minute later to have earned points in 10 of until then. After that, we Zdeno Chara and Josh never lost more than eight in a restore the Maple Leafs' three­ their last 11 games (4-1-4-2), poured it on." Langfeld scored 41 seconds row at home. goal lead. Antropov, Stajan and including eight overtime con­ The Islanders got a scare with apart in the third period to "You definitely never think Bryan McCabe scored in the tests. They finished their trip about 11 1/2 minutes left when lift the Senators past the this is going to happen," third after J ean-Sebastien with eight points (2-1-2-2). Hunter and Kings defenseman free-falling Rangers. Penguins rookie Ryan Malone Aubin replaced Caron, who The tie moved Los Angeles Brad Norton hit knees. Hunter, At the halfway point, each said. "The refs must not like us allowed five goals on 28 shots. into sixth place in the Western the team leader .with 22 goals, team had seven shots and too much because it would be The Penguins have allowed 19 Conference, one point ahead of left the ice, but returned later. two fights. nice to get a break here or power-play goals in 56 chances Dallas. "It was a bit scary," Hunter But after Bobby Holik there." in their last 11 games, permit­ Cristobal Huet stopped 36 said. "Right now, it's a little gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead, Pittsburgh has lost its last 15 ting at least one power-play shots for Los Angeles. sore. We'll see how it is the Senators picked up the games, but is not threatening goal in nine consecutive games. "Huet was outstanding," [Tuesday]. I don't think he was pace. the NHL record of 17 consecu­ 'Tm not going to get into the Murray said. "He was a key trying to hurt me." "We were missing our tive losses because it earned a goaltending," Penguins coach part of our game." Norton agreed he wasn't try­ pregame nap," Senators point in Saturday night's 3-2 Eddie Olczyk said. "The penalty The Islanders had two good ing to hurt Hunter. right wing Daniel Alfredsson overtime loss in St. Louis. The killing gave up four goals and I scoring chances in the first "He just shot it, and turned at said of the holiday matinee. Capitals (197 5) and Sharks tried everybody (on the penalty­ period, but Michael Peca's shot the last second," Norton said. "I "They got to 1-0 and it sort (1993) each lost 17 in a row in killing unit). pretty much." hit the crossbar and Oleg was trying to hit his shoulder, of woke us up." regulation time during their Maple Leafs defenseman Drake Kvasha's shot clanged off the but he made that turn and I Chara, who also had an record streaks. "I don't think Berehowsky, traded for right post with less than two couldn't move in time. I had no assist and a fight in his· sec­ about it at all," Malone said. Jackman, had an inauspicious minutes remaining. intention to hurt him." ond straight multipoint "We've just got to get this thing Toronto debut, drawing three "When the posts are on your The Islanders outshot the game, put Ottawa in front at turned around and get some penalties - two of which led to side, that's good," Huet said. "A kings 8-1 in overtime. Los 7:11 of the period. bounces and work harder than goals by his former team. little luck like that helps." Angeles hit the post late in the Then Langfeld scored to we have been." Klatt scored 90 seconds into extra period, and a shot tipped help the Senators to their Toronto's No. 3 goalie, Mikael Kings 1, Islanders 1 the second period, grabbing a by Luc Robitaille went over the fourth straight win since the Tellqvist, made 22 saves to win The Los Angeles Kings were rebound of Joe Corvoa 's shot net. All-Star break.

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MLB Dodgers hire DePodesta as new general manager

have about twice the resources Associated Press as the A's. ~t'e.oLC!!!Yo.l'l ,.-4~ "I don't think that there's any LOS ANGELES- The Dodgers one way of doing things," he opted for a young Ivy Leaguer to said. "When we were in lead them, hiring Oakland Oakland, we did what we felt we How do I balance making monev to support Athletics executive Paul had to do to win. I think proba­ DePodesta as general manager bly my best attribute is being myself(and .future family) with following the Monday. able to have an open mind ... The move was the first by new Oakland reached the playoffs Christial'l·lifestyle? owner Frank McCourt, whose the last four seasons, but failed $430 million purchase of the to win a postseason series. Dodgers from News Corp. closed DePodesta worked for the Friday. It came just two days Cleveland Indians for three before pitchers and catchers years before joining the P:s. report to spring training in Vero McCourt said the day after the Does Goo really love aa:a.Jnti ng majors? Beach, Fla. sale was approved that the 44- At 31, DePodesta is the third­ year-old Evans would be merely youngest person to be hired as a a candidate for his own job. The big-league general manager. Dodgers' GM since Oct. 3, 2001, Theo Epstein was hired by the Evans interviewed along with Join us for a discussion on Boston Red Sox at age 28 in other candidates including 2002, and Randy Smith was 29 Philadelphia Phillies assistant ·Giving to Christ, Giving to Caesar,· when the San Diego Padres GM Ruben Amaro. hired him in 1993. "I think more than anything · with guest speaker . · . DePodesta, an assistant to else I'm glad that there's clo­ Oakland GM Billy Beane since sure," Evans told The Associated 1998, succeeds Dan Evans, who Press. "We were on the right had one year remaining on a track for long-term success. I ·t~~r~=~~~:Ju~h~~r.······•. . three-year contract. think Dodgers fans will be the "We needed to make a change, real winner. That's obviously the we needed a fresh start," most disappointing part. McCourt said at a news confer­ "Frank and Jamie McCourt ence. "In the end, I found this to have the right to make this deci­ be a clear choice if not an easy sion. I definitely don't agree with one. During the search, there it. I loved working here. I was was one person that stood out. completely committed to the "A lot of capable people had a Dodgers and my staff. It's a high level of interest in this job. shame we didn't get the oppor­ Money was no factor at all. We tunity to complete our job here. wanted to find the best possible That's not my call." person. We found that man in Evans said his "hands were Paul." tied" during the ownership tran­ DePodesta graduated cum sition, keeping him from making

. . laude from Harvard in 1995 any significant deals. 'li~it u~011 the wel:.= l:ttlp://c:•mpWim.i:cLi.uf.nd.edu. with a degree in economics. He DePodesta is considered one of played baseball and football for baseball's top young executives the Crimson. and had been expected to take "I don't have all the answers. I over as GM of the A's in know that," said De Podesta, who November 2002, when Beane signed a five-year contract. "My agreed to become GM of the · SAINT MARYS COLLEGE mission is to be on a relentless Boston Red Sox. But Beane INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAM . · quest for baseball knowledge. I changed his mind and stayed in know that will lead us in a posi­ Oakland. tive direction. DePodesta also was offered IN "What I'm committed to is the Toronto GM job a couple finding a way to win. I've been years ago, but turned it down. given a mandate by Frank and The Blue Jays then hired J.P. SEVILLE, SPAIN. also the resources to be as Ricciardi, who worked with aggressive as we possibly can." DePodesta under Beane in DePodesta said the Dodgers Oakland. A NEW OPTION FOR NOTRE DAME STUDENTS

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Associated Press Steinbrenner said at the a minor league player to "You go with the man team's minor league com­ be named, but it will still that brought you to the plex in Tampa, Fla. have to pay $6 7 million of dance," he said. "You're NEW YORK - Alex "It ranks with when we the $179 million going to stick with him. Rodriguez is coming back signed Reggie," he said, a Rodriguez is owed over You don't mess with suc­ to New York, the city he reference to slugger the remainder of his deal. cess .... There is no issue left when he was 4. and Reggie Jackson. Steinbrenner and there - who·s the start­ moving onto the biggest Rodriguez, the first Yankees general manager ing quarterback? We stage in town - Yankee reigning MVP to be trad­ Brian Cashman personal­ have arguably the best Stadium. ed, will be introduced at ly assured Jeter that he left side of the infield in Baseball's highest-paid the stadium on Tuesday, would keep his position the history of baseball.·· player, and perhaps its flanked by manager Joe and that Rodriguez would Fervid Yankees fan and most talented, was finally Torre and Yankees cap­ switch to third - where former mayor Rudolph and officially dealt to the tain Derek Jeter, who will his only major league Giuliani couldn't agree New York Yankees from keep his shortstop job. experience is one inning more. Texas on Monday after The 28-year-old A-Rod during an All-Star game. "It's great for the city. commissioner Bud Selig will shift to third base to "Derek's response to me He·s returning home:· he approved the record-set­ fill the hole left when was he thinks this is pret­ told The Associated Press. ting swap. Aaron Boone wrecked a ty cool," said Cashman, "This could be another 'Tm pretty excited. This knee last month. who also said moving variation of Maris-Mantle, is a big, big one," Yankees Texas gets second base­ Jeter was "not a consider­ Jackson-Munson, Gehrig­ owner George man Alfonso Soriano and ation whatsoever." Ruth."

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Shot put cham_pion Toth world with a throw of 7 4 feet, 4 1/2 who appeared before a grand jury tests positive For steroids inches at the Kansas Relays in April probing a nutritional supplements American shot put champion - the best performance in the lab. Kevin Toth tested positive for the world in 13 years. His winning steroid THG and the stimulant throw at the national champi­ Kings' Webber removed modafinil at the 2003 national onships was 69-7 1/2. from injured list championships and could be sus­ The USOC said Toth also tested SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The pended for two years, the U.S. positive for THG during an out-of­ Sacramento Kings activated Chris Olympic Committee announced competition test in July. Webber from the injured list around the dial Monday: Toth, McEwen and Price are dis­ Monday, but the star forward will Toth is one of four athletes who puting the THG test results through have to serve an NBA suspension flunked THG tests during the U.S. the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's arbi­ before he can return to the lineup. COLLEGE BASKETBALL championships in June. The others, tration process. Jacobs instead Webber, a five-time All-Star, was announced earlier, were Regina filed a claim with the American the Kings' leader in scoring, Louisville at TCU 7 p.m., ESPN2 Jacobs, John McEwen and Melissa Arbitration Association. rebounding and assists last season. Purdue at Michigan State 7 p.m., ESPN Price. "We're contesting the charges, He hasn't played since tearing carti­ Florida at Georgia 9 p.m., ESPN Jacobs and Price also were and the case will proceed through lage in his left knee during the sec­ national champions. the USADA process," said Toth 's ond round of last season's playoffs, All four face two-year bans if the attorney, Howard Jacobs, no rela­ and he had extensive offseason sur­ positive tests are upheld. Final tion to Regina. gery. decisions on their cases are expect­ European 100-meter champion Webber faces a suspension after NBA ed this spring. Dwain Chambers also tested posi­ pleading guilty last July to charges New Orleans at Indiana 7 p.m., FOXSports Net Later Monday, agent John Nubani tive last year for THG and faces a of lying to a grand jury about his announced Toth was retiring, two-year ban. He will appear relationship with Ed Martin, a though he still plans to go through before a UK Athletics disciplinary University of Michigan booster who with the appeals process. panel Thursday. claimed he loaned $616,000 to Toth stunned the track and field Toth was one of dozens of athletes Webber. • Tuesday, February 17, 2004 The Observer + SPORTS page 15

COLLEGE BASKETBALL I l I ~ I Undefeated Stanford new No. 1 in AP poll I

Associated Press Carolina State 78-74 Sunday ior forward Josh Childress said place votes and 1, 791 points the other eight first-place votes night. Monday. from the national media panel. and 1,721 points to match the I The last two unbeaten teams That ended the Blue Devils' He and his teammates weren't The Cardinal beat California 69- highest ranking in school histo­ are 1-2 in the rankings. 18-game winning streak and fazed when Duke was voted 58 in their only game last week ry. The Hawks, who beat Dayton l Stanford replaced Duke at No. their four-week stay at No. 1. higher than Stanford even and are the fifth team to top the and Rhode Island last week, 1 in The Associated Press men's This is the third season in were ranked No. 2 for two l though the Blue Devils had lost. poll this season. I college basketball poll Monday, which Stanford (21-0) bas "Coming into the season, Duke The other schools with weeks in 1965-66. l and Saint Joseph's moved up to reached No. 1, after five weeks was ranked ahead of us, and appearances at No. 1 were After No. 3 Duke, Mississippi No. 2 for the first time in nearly in 1999-00 and seven weeks in they always were, so it was nat­ Connecticut (eight weeks), State (21-1) moved up two spots 40 years. 2000-01. ural for them to take it. It didn't Kansas (one week) and Florida to fourth, matching the The Cardinal and the Hawks, "It lets us know that we're bother us," Childress said. "We (one week). The Gators dropped Bulldogs' highest ranking since the only undefeated teams in working hard, and people are kept playing hard and working out of the Top 25 completely the final poll of the 1961-62 sea­ Division I, each rose one spot respecting us, and we're doing hard, and that's paying off.". Monday. son. after Duke (21-2) lost to North something right," Stanford jun- Stanford received 64 first- Saint Joseph's (22-0) received Pittsburgh, which lost to Seton Hall in double overtime and then beat Connecticut in a showdown for first place in the Big East, dropped one place to fifth. Gonzaga moved from seventh Sophomore Class Office Candidates to sixth, tying its highest rank­ ing: The Bulldogs were No. 6 for the last two polls of 2001-02. Oklahoma State jumped three spots to No. 7, and Connecticut, The tickets of candidates running for sophomore class office. are listed below. Elections> witt· be held on Kentucky and Louisville com­ Monday, February 23, 2004, pleted the Top 10. Texas was No. 11 for the third straight week, followed by Wisconsin, North Carolina State, Arizona, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Providence and Zach Holobowski Peter VanLoon · · Southern Illinois. Jason Laws The last five ranked teams A.J. Cedeno Bill Andrichick Lauren Usignot· were Kansas, Texas Tech, Maggie Teske .Megan Spokes .·Sagar Navare Memphis, LSU and South Afiya Wilkins Carolina. :to:·-··:·: . - ' : Laura Horne· Stephen Shep;ard Florida (14-7), which lost 73- 70 to LSU on Saturday for its third loss in four games, dropped from No. 22 to out of the rankings. It is the first time the Gators - briefly No. 1 in December - have been out of 'Vote 'Fe6ruary23 2004 at: 7 the Top 25 since Feb. 8, 1999, a ft. ttps: !Iapps. ruf:etfu/efecticms span of 94 polls. That was the . second-longest current streak VoiCe cYoutCftoice behind Duke's 143; Kansas is '04. now second with 70 consecutive polls. Memphis (18-4) and LSU (17- 4) were the week's newcomers, replacing Florida and Utah State. Memphis, which beat offee and Conversation Marquette 89-71 Saturday, enters the Top 25 on a nine­ For Gay, lesbian, Bisexual, and Questioning game winning streak that Students at Notre Dame includes a victory over Louisville. LSU's win over Florida on Saturday was its fifth straight since a three-game los­ ing streak.

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CLUB SPORTS Hellrung qualifies for club skiing national championship

College 11-9 in the fmals. their contests to Northern Illinois, back to tie the score on a break­ IHSA shows this weekend. Special to The Observer A sluggish start cost the Irish 25-19, 25-10; Wisconsin Oskosh, away goal from Julia LaPointe IUPUI's 37 points earned High the game with EMU, and the Irish 25-16, 25-18; and Wisconsin and an end-to-end rush by Tori Point Honors on Friday, with Senior standout Leigh Hellrung had no answer for Team Volatile's Milwaukee, 25-21, 23-25, 15-5. Blainey. WMU scored again and Purdue's 30 points good enough of the Notre Dame ski club quali­ depth and experience, with most Notre Dame will next take to again the Irish answered with for Reserve High Point. The Notre fied for her third trip to the members having played 10 or the courts against Michigan State LaPointe's second goal. Scrappy Dame/Saint Mary's squad finished Nationals this weekend in more years. Senior Sean O'Neill at Lake Michigan High School this play found the Irish down 4-3 with 21 points. Regional competition. In a very and junior Matt Sul~van provided Saturday at 8 p.m. after two periods, but the lack of Results were as follows: class 1 strong field, the women's squad leadership for the Irish. depth took its toll in the third open fences Katie Baron 2nd, just missed joining Hellrung in Freshman Eric Morin and Mike Women's Ice hockey period and the Irish fell 7-3. Claire Freeman 4th; class 7 team competition. The top three Savino came up big on both Notre Dame dropped a pair of In the rematch on Sunday, the novice fences Catherine Linn 1st; schools qualify for Nationals, and offense and defense all weekend, games this weekend to Western Irish were competitive early. trail­ class 8 open flat A Baron 3rd, three strong varsity teams from while junior Jake Ament caught Michigan. In a season when sev­ ing by one goal after the first Kelsey Ostberg 6th; class 9 open Northern Michigan, St. Olaf, and the final goal on Sunday to earn eral key players were lost due to period. The second period was a flat B Molly Kopacz 1st, Elizabeth Minnesota Duluth claimed those the B bracket title. injuries, studying abroad, and ill­ backbreaker however, as WMU Bell 3rd; class 10 open flat C spots. The Irish tied another var­ ness, the club has never failed to scored six unanswered goals. The Freeman .6th, Julia Burke no sity power, Minnesota, for fourth Gymnastics pick itself back up and take on Irish showed resolve in battling to placing; class 15 novice flat Linn place in the 16-school field. The Notre Dame/Saint Mary's the challenge of playing in a very a scoreless third period. 6th; class 16 advanced walk trot Hellrung placed fourth in the gymnastics club competed at strong conference with a short­ canter Lauren Croall 2nd; class Giant Slalom behind three skiers Purdue's Golden Grips handed squad. Equestrian 18 advanced walk trot canter from Northern Michigan. Invitational this weekend, with On Friday, the Irish fell behind Taylor University in Marion, Kristen LaSota 3rd; class 21 walk Teammates Alanna Lundgren, the women's squad placing 5th the Mustangs 2-0 and fought Ind., was the venue for a pair of trot Anne Trout 4th. 22nd, Molly Butler, 24th, Rita among 14 teams, and the men's Morgan. 39th, and Saint Mary's squad fmished sixth. In women's Danielle Clements, 66th, compet­ competition, Purdue, Ohio, and r·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·, ed in a field of 189 to finish in Miami (Ohio) claimed the top A Talk on Robotics, AI and Implant Technology third place heading into Sunday's three sports. Caitlin O'Brien Slalom. Hellrung's 11th place fm­ placed sixth on the vault and tied ish again paced the club. but the for sixth on the beam to lead the Is it a Glimpse into the Future? Irish finished the Slalom in 6th Irish. Kristi Peterson, Mary place, and fourth overall. Butler Blazewicz, Maura Steed, Wendy Thursday, February 19, 2004 finished 26th, Lungren, 29th. Syetanoff. Kim Turnipseed, Krissy Morgan, 42nd, and Clement's Jackson and Susan Jennings all 131 DeBartolo 33rd in a field of 213. earned points for the Irish. 3:30pm The men's squad placed a sur­ Andrew Roberts, Dana Colllins, Dr. Kevin Warwick prising. 1Oth in the Giant Slalom Ross Strambu, Calvin Umeda and University of Reading, UK and 18th in the Slalom to fmish Todd Moffat all contributed to the "Cyborg Engineering: 14th overall in a 19-school field. men's scoring. Eastern Michigan, Mike Ryan and Joe Payne fin­ Purdue and Illinois finished at the Practical Experiments Using ished 47th and 49th respectively top of the men's standings. Implant Technology" in the Giant Slalom. Payne was the only Irish skier to complete Women's water polo the Slalom, finishing 40th in the Western Michigan played host event. to the Midwest Regional Seeding The top three schools and the Tournament this weekend in top skier from among all the Kalamazoo. As expected, Notre other schools earn the right to Dame and Miami Ohio renewed For More Information: compete at ·the Nationals. This their bitter rivalry in a closely­ http:l/xml.ee .nd.edu year, Hellrung will travel to contested championship final. http:l/www.kevinwarwick.org/ Sugarloaf, Me. The eighth-ranked RedHawks http:l/www.cyber.rdg.ac.uk/people/K.Warwick.htm I avenged a 7-6 Irish victory a I' ND Contact: Panos Antsaklis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering ([email protected]) )I,, Ultimate Frisbee week earlier with a 6-5 win to Notre Dame's ultimate frisbee capture top seed in the Regional

men's squad kicked off its spring Championships in April. The Irish ...... 't competition at Cincinatti's Arctic will be seeded second. I Vogue this weekend. Eighteen Early round victories over II t, teams gathered to play in tem­ Miami B, 12-3, and Ohio, 13-3, I peratures ranging from the low earned the Irish a spot in the I .•.·.·.,; ·5~;i'j······ ::G1.#•~...•.••. ··•········· I I.' 20's to the 30's and a strong finals. Freshman Jana Stewart ~~ ).' '1: wind. A small Irish squad includ­ saw considerable time in net, ;f ing two rookies split four pool spelling team captain Brigette games on Saturday, dropping Alge. M.C. Cimino, Kaitlin their opener to Eastern Michigan Shorock, Christina Hoover, 11-9, winning their second con­ Bridget O'Neill and Katie Lancos 83% ofthe world's air I;!Ollution test with Xavier, 11-6, falling to led a balanced attack for the Cincinnati Volatile 11-6, and Irish. ······comes fr<>m th~ procluctio11 and use defeating Ohio State B 11-3. This earned the Irish the No. 1 seed in Men's volleyball of. electricity -·.:·-.::·--t the B bracket on Elimination Notre Dame's men's volleyball .;.~

Sunday. The Irish lived up to their club fmished conference play this . . . . . seed with wins over Xavier, 11-4, weekend in Sheboygan, Wise. ·now .does this affect the environment? Ohio State B 11-3, and Berea The Irish dropped all three of What are the alternatives?

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fire. UNLV "The other teams tried to pitch around [Hartmann] and continued from page 20 they couldn't. I bet she's still giving the Nebraska coach from a cold-weather climate, nightmares." the team more than held its Notre Dame travels to the own. Palm Springs Classic in Palm "It was great just to get out Springs, Calif., this weekend of the cold weather and play," where they will face five Gumpf said. "The girls just teams - including an exhibi­ played hard all weekend. They tion against the U.S. Olympic didn't play perfect, but they Team - over three days. The played tough and believed in Irish do not open play at home each other and in them­ until Mar. 20 against Eastern selves." Michigan. Offensively on the weekend, the Irish were paced by jun­ Notre Dame 8, Hawaii 7 iors Megan Ciolli and Liz Sophomore Kellie Middleton Hartmann. Ciolli, one of 40 made the most of her first hit players selected to the USA of the season, connecting on a Softball Player of the Year two-run walk-off home run watch list, collected a .625 that gave the Irish the victory CLAIRE KEllY/The Observer batting average at the tourna­ over the Rainbow Warriors. Megan Clolli slides Into second base against St. John's last season. Ciolli was one of the offensive ment. Middleton's hit closed out a leaders last weekend hitting .625. Hartmann sparked the Irish five-run rally in the bottom of . power attack with three the seventh inning, after Notre Carrie Wisen (1-0) earned the just their second game of the Wisen (2-0) collected her homeruns and seven RBI. She Dame had allowed Hawaii to victory after Notre Dame's season, Notre Dame outhit the second win of the year, setting hit the game-winning home­ tack on two unearned insur- rally. potent Golden Bears and jun­ the Cornhuskers down in run against Nebraska. ance runs in the top of the ior Steffany Stenglein (0-1) order in the bottom of the "Megan'-s just a great seventh. No. 2 California 2, Notre Dame 1 held one of the best offensive seventh. leader," Gumpf said of her Sophomore Heather Booth The Irish gave the 7-0 teams in the nation at bay. lead-off hitter. "She knows started for the Irish, scatter­ Golden Bears as much as they Nicole deFau provided the Notre Dame 3, UNLV 1 how to get it done, and then ing seven hits and allowing could handle but came up lone RBI of the game with a Stenglein (1-1) picked up she goes out there and does it. two earned runs and five total short in their loss to No. 2 single in the sixth inning but her first victory of the year, Liz, meanwhile, was just on runs in 5 2/3 innings. Reliever California. Despite playing in the Irish could not rally in the striking out 10 UNLV batters seventh. The Irish committed in a complete game. She was two errors in the game, one of able to continually pitch out of which led to trouble, as the a California Rebels strand­ run. "The other teams tried to ed 10 runners "We hit on base in the the ball pitch around [Hartmann] game. really well, and they couldn't. I bet Middleton but we she's still giving the paced the Irish made a lot Nebraska coach attack with two of mis­ hits, two stolen takes," nightmares. .. bases and one Gumpf said. RBI. .. You can't Deanna Gumpf Sophomore make those Mallorie Lenn mistakes Irish coach and Hartmann against a collected the good team other RBI for l i k e the Irish. California. The great thing about mistakes early on, Notre Dame 4, Portland State 1 Irish catcher Mallorle Lenn tags a St. John's runner at home plate last season. Lenn collected though, is that they can be Booth (1-0) pitched a com­ an RBI In last weekend's 3-1 win over UNLV. fixed." plete-game five-hitter as the Irish cruised to their largest ~------~ Notre Dame 6, No. 8 Nebraska 4 margin of victory at the UNLV I - I Down 4-2 going into the sev­ Classic. enth inning, the Irish stormed Ciolli and Hartmann each back to shock No. 8 Nebraska hit solo homeruns, and sopho­ and collect their first win of more Megan Ruthrauff led the PUB417N.MichiganStreet the year over a ranked oppo­ team with two RBI in the con­ ! CJS ! nent. test. Freshman Stephanie Brown Ciolli hit 4-for-4 in the game I I hit the first run of her Notre and scored two runs. Dame career with a one-out two run shot. Two batters : WEDNESDAY'S : later, Hartmann connected on Contact Jwtin Sc:huver at a two-run blast of her own. jsc:[email protected]

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and hard-working kind of led all season by junior for­ "They play a lot of junk team," McGraw said. "They're ward Jacqueline Batteast, defense," McGraw said. Syracuse St. John's scoring a lot of points, so it's who averages over 14 points With only five games, continued from page 20 continued from page 20 going to be a test for our and eight rebounds per game. including this one, left on defense." She also has eight double­ Notre Dame's schedule, the five points of the game. ages 3.5 3-pointers per game N o t r e doubles on Irish hope to end the season However, the Irish respond­ - the second most per game Dame's the season. on a strong note to improve ed with a 9-2 run that got in the nation - and has con­ defense has .. They're a very aggressive The only their seed in the Big East and them right back in it. nected on over 37 percent of ·been its and hard-working kind of other Irish NCAA Tournament. After six straight Syracuse her attempts this season. She strength for team. They're scoring a lot player to No matter what seed the points, the Irish responded leads the team with 15.8 most of the average dou­ Irish are in the NCAA with a 23-8 run allowing the points per game. season, of points, so it's going to be ble figures in Tournament, though, they will Irish to control most of the Junior guard Secret holding a test for it'sdefense. ·· points is play their first two games at first half. That run was Stubblefield is second on the nine of the guard Megan the Joyce Center. keyed by the Irish getting team in points, averaging 13.9 last 10 Duffy, who hit Notre Dame has a quick hot from 3-point range. per game, while freshman opponents Muffet McGraw all three of turnaround after tonight's Notre Dame started 1-of-7 Angie Clark posts 13.0 points. under 40 Irish coach her 3-point game, facing Pittsburgh on

l_o' on 3-pointers, but made 5- Clark is also second in the Big percent attempts the road Thursday. Tonight's i of-6 during that stretch to East in double-doubles per shooting against tip is at 7 p.m. shred Syracuse.'s 2-3 zone. game with eight and has been from the field. The Irish give Providence on Saturday. But after halftime. when named Big East Rookie of the up just 59.4 points per game McGraw said St. John's will the Irish led 38-29 going Week five times this season. this season. throw several defensive pack­ Contact Joe Hettler at into the locker room, the "They're a very aggressive The Irish offense has been ages at Notre Dame's offense. [email protected] I Orangemen took a 53-52 lead by switching from their patented zone defense to man-to-man. However, the Orangemen couldn't sustain that defen­ sive intensity and went back to the zone, and the Irish NO D·ISAPPOINTMENTS capitalized by going on a 16- 4 run. Irish center Tom Timmermans made his first 3-pointer of the season dur­ ing that stretch. In crunch time, the Irish made 13 straight free throws to close out the game

I and take a major step .. _. t); toward the NCAA Tournament. Notes: + Thomas was named the Big East Player of the Week Monday for his efforts in Notre Dame's wins over Connecticut and Seton Hall. In the two games, Thomas averaged 28.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists. For the season, Thomas cur­ 'l rently ranks fifth in the Big ;~:-~ East in scoring, averaging 19.0 per game. ,--~- .... Thomas won the honor once last year, sharing the honor with Miami's Darius Rice for his play during the ' week of Jan. 20, 2003. ~ + Syracuse guard Billy ~; Edelin missed his fifth game ~- over the past three weeks Monday night. Edelin left the team for personal rea­ I I' sons and doesn't have a set r date to return to the Orange men. f.

NOTRE DAME 84, SYRACUSE 72 at the CARRIER DOME

NOTRE DAME (13-9, 7-5) Cornette 0-4 0-0 0, Jones 3-10 6-8 12, Tinimermans 4-9 3-4 12, Thomas 6-16 8-9 25, Quinn 7-10 4-6 22. Cornett 4-5 0-1 8, Falls 1-1 2-3 5

SYRACUSE (16-6, 6-5) Warrick 9-20 10-12 28, Nichols 2-7 0- 0 5, Forth 0-1 0-0 0, McNamara 7-23 3-4 20. Pace 2-7 0-0 4, Roberts 0-0 0- 0 0, McNeil 3-4 0-0 6, McCroskey 4-9 0-0 9

1st 2nd Total NOTRE DAME 38 46 84 SYRACUSE 29 43 72 $ 3-point goals: Notre Dame 11-23 (Thomas 5-10, Quinn 4-7, Falls 1-1. Timmermans 1-1. Cornette 0-4), Syracuse 5-22 (Nichols 1-5. McNamara 3-15, McCroskey 1-2). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Notre Dame 31 (Jones 12), Opponent 42 "-<· - ., ·- .. (Warrick 16}. Assists: Notre Dame 13 ? •. ~ •. (Thomas 5), Syracuse 10 (McNamara '·"' """:' .... 6). Total fouls: Notre Dame 14, •Free~T73t ,Syracuse 22. ~~~r t ~~~. $.'-.Jt': t_;a~ $~ ~--· ~~) :-i.,~_-x:,..... r,.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL

I I< I Victory puts Irish back in the tourney hunt Notre Dame defeats Syracuse 84-72 to win third straight

By MATT LOZAR was only 6- of-16 from the Associate Sports Editor field but made 5-of-1 0 from behind the arc and 8-of-9 from the free throw line. The Irish have officially Monday night was also the moved to the bubble. first time this season Thomas Behind 25 points from Chris and Quinn each scored over Thomas and 22 from Chris 20 points in the same game - Quinn, Notre Dame defeated something Irish coach Mike Syracuse 84-72 Monday night Brey has been looking for all at the Carrier Dome, the third year. straight Irish win against a With Torin Francis out, top-30 team in the RPI. Torrian Jones continued to The Irish are now 13-9 over­ crash the boards leading the all and 7-5 in the Big East Irish with 12 rebounds. while the Orangemen fall to Syracuse forward Hakim 16-6 overall and 6-5 in con­ Warrick recorded game-highs ference. with 28 points and 16 : ~· The win was Notre Dame's rebounds. Gerry McNamara first against Syracuse since scored 20 points for Syracuse, '\·.' ;i'..) I 1 Jan. 23, 2001 when the Irish but shot only 1-of-9 in the first ' ' won 74-60 at the Joyce half and never really got going i l Center. Before Monday, like he usually does against Syracuse had won 10 of their the Irish. last 11 games against Notre But early on, it looked like Dame. Syracuse would continue its Thomas reached 20 points dominance over the Irish with for the fourth straight game McNamara scoring the first CHUY BENilEl/The Observer for the first time in his career. Irish center Tom Tlmmermans drives towards the basket against a Seton Hall defender Saturday. Against the Orangemen, he see SYRACUSE/page 18 Tlmmermans had 12 points against Syracuse Monday night.

NO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ND SOFTBALL Irish fresh after their latest win Notre Dame shows

By JOE HETTLER Sports Editor character with wins

St. John's is 2-7 in its last to beat Hawaii 8-7 in the bot­ nine games, but Notre Dame By JUSTIN SCHUVER tom of the seventh inning. coach Muffet McGraw knows Associate Sports Editor The team then lost later that records don't matter when night to No. 2 California in a her team plays away from the Playing in the home of nail-biter, 2-1, despite out­ Joyce Center. Siegfried and Roy, it was fit­ hitting the Golden Bears 7-4. "It's a road game," McGraw ting that the Irish used a lit­ Saturday, the Irish again said. "So it's a problem." tle come-from-behind magic came back against Nebraska All of Notre Dame's (15-8 t + the UNLV to win 6-4, overall, 8-3 in the Big East} ( ~~sic this this time losses have come on the road \\ _kend, ral­ ··coming back like that posting two this season - the team has a lying to wins isn •t as. The girls just two-run dismal 4-8 record outside of against home runs South Bend. The Irish are 11- Hawaii and didn •t doubt themselves. in the top of 0 at home this season and No. · 8 They believe they can the seventh have a current 16-game Joyce Nebraska en beat anybody, and they to get the Center winning streak. route to ·col­ victory. The Notre Dame is fresh off an lecting a 4-1 proved that this Irish closed 81-51 victory against record at the weekend.·· out play Providence on Saturday. The tournament. Saturday Irish had five players score in "Coming with a 3-1 Deanna Gumpf double figures, including back like that win over Jeneka Joyce, who had four isn't easy," Irish coach host UNLV. 3-pointers and a career-high Irish coach Sunday 14 points. The win, coupled D e a n n a Notre Dame with a West Virginia loss, Irish guard le'Tanla Severe drives towards the basket against Gumpf said. cruised to a brought Notre Dame within Boston College Jan. 31. The Irish are 11-0 In home games. "The girls just didn't doubt 4-1 victory over Portland half a game of second place themselves; they believe they State, completing their suc­ in the Big East. Connecticut Miami 85-74 on Feb. 10. The in senior guard Kim can beat anybody and they cessful run in the Classic. leads the conference at 10-1. Red Storm have a potent MacMillan. MacMillan aver­ proved that this weekend." Despite being the only school St. John's (9-13, 3-8} has offense, led by one of the Friday, Notre Dame came had a week off after losing to nation's best 3-point shooters see ST. JOHN'S/ page 18 back from a five-run deficit see UNLV/page 17

ClUB SPORTS COLLEGE BASKETBALL MlB NBA MLB Senior Leigh Hellrung Stanford claims the No. 1 The Rangers traded Alex The Sacramento Kings Dodgers signed earned her third consecu- ranking in the latest AP poll. Rodriguez to the Yankees. activated Chris Webber DePodesta as its general tive trip to the skiing from the injured list manager, the third nationals. Monday. youngest GM for a major- league team.

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