Mother Recalls Son's Fatal 21St Birthday Celebration
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, Playoff action Entrance denied The Oakland A's took an early lead in their Debate officials turned away Ralph Nader, Wednesday playoff series against the New York Yankees. while activists blocked the entrance to Sports+ page 18 GOP headquarters. OCTOBER4, News+ page 6 2000 THE The bidependent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's V XXIV NO. 32 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Mother recalls son's fatal 21st birthday celebration means you've had something to drink, you're By ANNE MARIE MATTINGLY tired and you fall asleep." News Editor When Bradley passed out, his friends did not recognize the serious nature of his condition American college students do not take the and did not seek medical help, explained danger of alcohol abuse seriously enough and McCue. repeatedly put themselves at serio.us risk, said "They didn't understand that even though he Cindy McCue Tuesday. McCue's son Bradley had passed out, the alcohol still in his stomach died on Nov. 5, 1998, after drinking 24 shots was continuing to increase his blood alcohol," to celebrate his 21st birthday. After his death, she said. After checking on him for an hour. she and other family members founded an they put him to bed. lie died .two hours later organization called "Be Responsible About from alcohol poisoning. Drinking," also known as Instead of being-left alone, BHAD. which seeks to educate "[Alcohol] demands that people who appear to fall parents and students about asleep after consuming large the dangers of excessive you make educated, amounts of alcohol should be drinking. responsible choices awakened repeatedly, said "Alcohol is a drug. It's a for yourself" McCue. If the person cannot legal drug," she said. "It be awakened, one should demands that you make edu seek emergency help imme cated. responsible choices for Cindy McCue diately. Other warning signs yourself." activist of alcohol pois,oning include Alcohol causes a series of cold, clammy or blue skin or physiological effects based on a breathing rate of less the number and types of drinks ingested. Early than12 breaths per minute. A heart rate or 50 effects range from a loss in decision-making or fewer beats per minute. down from the nor ability to exaggerated emotions to poor coordi mal range of 70 to 80, also indicates that the nation each time a person abuses alcohol. If a body is shutting down, McCue explained. person continues drinking, he or she may suf There is also a danger of asphyxiation while fer from alcohol poisoning, which results in a intoxicated because muscular reflexes respon loss of consciousness and, in some cases, sible for vomiting are depressed by alcohol, death. McCue emphasized that once a person resulting in incomplete ejection of stomach loses consciousness from alcohol poisoning, contents. This may cause liquid or food to that person is in serious danger and needs enter the lungs. help. "Lay them on their side and prop them up so "Passing out and sleeping it off are not the that if they do vomit, the gravity can help," USA VELTE!The Observer same thing," she said. "Passing out means Cindy McCue discusses the need for increased awareness of the your body is shutting down. Sleeping it off see SHOTS/page 4 danger of alcohol poisoning. CAMPAIGN 2000 Malloy foresees budget crunches In addition, Malloy said Notre University's operating budget. Gore, Bush clash over By JASON McFARLEY Dame's endowment perfor Officials are also paying close Assistant News Editor mance last year placed it attention to the overall operat among the nation's best. The ing budget. The budget more social security, taxes Despite the recent success of endowment currently stands at than doubled from $234 billion fundraising efforts, Notre $3.1 billion, up from $606 mil in 1990 to $535 billion this to "dramatically" bigger govern Dame could end up in a finan lion in 1990. year. Associated Press ment with 200 "new or expand cial bind one to two years from The University's internal Presently, the University is in now, University President the process of hiring 150 new · BOSTON ed programs" and 20,000 new scholarship fund presently tops bureaucrats. Edward Malloy told faculty $850 million and some 3,000 faculty members. a goal made AI Gore and George Bush members Tuesday. clashed over tax cuts Tuesday "It empowers Washington," undergraduate students possible by funding from the added the governor, who has That announcement, part of received $34 million in scholar Generations campaign - a night in campaign debate, the his 45-minute annual address Texas gover- tened to tell a national viewing ships this year. Annual tuition move that adds to concerns audience he was from West to the faculty, was news Malloy increases are frozen at a level about for office and laboratory nor declaring See Also called both "inspiring" and Texas - not the nation's capital. of live percent, as mandated by space. that all tax- "sobering." Gore and Bush met for the the Board ofTrustees. Malloy expects building ini p a y e r s "Wheelchairs "There's inspiring news first of three presidential But the difficulties that possi tiatives to increase stress on deserve a block GOP about resources, but there's the· operating budget. He said break in a debates over the next two bly loom ahead complicate the weeks, pivot points in a close also sobering news about bud that spending for facilities time of bud- entrance" geting problems," Malloy said financial picture and may place race for the presidency. Poll the University in a crunch in operations would increase by get surpluses, page 6 to a nearly-full DeBartolo Hall about $800,000 once the and the vice after poll has the two men sepa coming years. rated by only a point or two in auditorium. Coleman-Morse and philoso president What's promising is that cur Most of the concern to the the battle to succeed President faculty audience concentrated phy-theology buildings are run saying he wanted to target mid rent ligures indicate increased ning next fall, and by $3.5 mil dle class families for relief. Clinton. Their vice presidential on salary and benefits prob support of fundraisers and lion when the Marie P. candidates, Democrat Joseph lems that could spring up as In the opening moments of rapid growth of University DeBartolo Performing Arts their first debate of the fall cam Lieberman and Republican Dick early as next year. Malloy said Cheney, debate Thursday in assets. Perhaps, the most Center opens. paign, Gore said Bush's plan notable of the University's tight budgeting will mandate a would "spend more money on Kentucky. 15 percent increase in health Jim Lehrer of PBS was moder financial achievements is the Other topics addressed: tax cuts for the wealthiest one Generations campaign, which care costs next fall. He also + Malloy said there is an percent than all of the new ator, operating under strict rules said that paying competitive negotiated in advance by the recently surpassed the $1 bil "intense demand" for sophisti spending he proposes for educa lion mark. salaries could present difficul cated information technologies tion. health care, prescription Gore and Bush camps. It was, he said at the outset, the first of "What a sign of confidence in ties in the near future. on Notre Dame's campus. He drugs and national defense all this place. There's not a single "It may be hard keeping up called the current resources combined. I think those are the three 90-minute debates between the two men - a for Catholic institution that has with wages and salaries paid at and facilities "inadequate" and wrong priorities." received this kind of generosi other universities," Malloy said that he's looking into the But Bush. standing a few feet mat that excluded Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan, running as ty," Malloy said of the three said. Faculty and staff salaries matter with representatives in away on a debate stage, said and-a-half-year effort that and benefits currently account Gore's economic plan would lead see DEBATE/ page 6 wraps up in December. for roughly half of the see MALLOY/page 4 l I page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Wednesday, October 4, 2000 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN MICHIANA Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Smoking. + Performance: Broadway + Performance: Broadway +Concert: Notre Dame + Event: "Hands - on - The word alone irritates me- but not nearly . 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