■ Check out ‘Cranium,’ a new board game 1 In a trademark violation incident similar to the that combines the skills of trivia, charades and use of the N D logo, a gambling site has been forced ruuay a host of other random mental pursuits. to remove the logo of the University of Nebraska. DECEM BER 4, Scene • 12-13 Outside the Dome *2 1 9 9 8 O BS E R V E R The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL XXXII NO. 62 WWW.ND.EDU/~OBSERVER Porn site pulls ND logo following University order

By MICHELLE KRUPA with an "SD" logo, presumably an them that we know they're using our Now that the site has been changed, News Editor______abbreviation for the "Sexy Dame" theme trademark and ordering them to remove the General Counsel's office will assess which is the focus of the revised page. the trademark." Hoye’s letter is posted its satisfaction with the change and An Internet pornography site which "It has been on Lucki’s decide if it will take legal action. featured a Notre Dame logo changed its brought to the page. Kirk would not comment on whether format Thursday in response to a cease- General W hile he the University is seeking confirmation of and-desist letter from the University’s Counsel's atten­ 6 | T HAS BEEN BROUGHT could not dis­ the woman’s status as a Notre Dame General Counsel office, which alleged tion," Kirk con­ M t o t h e G eneral cuss specifics student, nor did he say if the University that the site committed trademark firmed. " The of the case is investigating her identity. C ounsel ’s a tten tion . T he infringement. use of the because of the "I truly hope that this young lady is not The site features nude photos of a University logo use o f t h e U niversity attorney-clicnt a student at the University. I look at this privilege, as a real pastoral concern," Kirk said. young woman called Lucki who claims is a violation of LOGO IS A VIOLATION OF she is a Notre Dame sophomore living in the trademark Hoye said that He refused to speculate about the either Lewis or Lyons Hall. The logo law." THE TRADEMARK LAW..’ in typical potential ramifications for Lucki if she appeared prominently with Lucki on the Assistant vice cases of trade­ does attend Notre Dame. Web page. president for mark infringe­ Lucki was contacted via e-mail but as The administrator of the site was not the General B il l K ir k m ent, the of press time, she made no statement to authorized to use the name or logo, Counsel's office ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESIDENCE LIFE party illegally The Observer. But rumors are already according to Bill Kirk, assistant vice Bill Hoye said using the flying around campus as to her identity president for Residence Life. As of that a "cease and desist" letter was sent trademark has to confirm in writing that to the site's administrator "informing it has done so. Thursday, the "ND" had been replaced see LUCKI / page 6

F r i d a y F e a t u r e CD-ROM used to Powh in tythcAev tfa tunwl recruit students, faculty members By ANNE MARIE MATTINGLY i Assistant News Editor______Prospective members of the Notre Dame community — including graduate students and professors — are now able to get a taste of the University through an informa­ tional CD-ROM disk that has been available since the fall of 1997, according to Bob Mundy, director of Admissions operations. “It wasn’t a strictly admissions effort — we were just a part of it,” Mundy said. “The intent wasn’t just to use it for prospective students, but also for graduate students and professors.” The disc features six main categories on the opening screen — academics, athletics, international, student life, spirituality and “Why Notre Dame?” There is also a virtual tour of campus and video clips of students, pro­ fessors and administrators speaking on aspects like diversity, the first year of studies and the quality of edu-

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The Observer/Kevin Dalum The more than five miles of tunnels under the Notre Dame campus house various pipes to heat buildings and fiber­ q )T u s is INJotre optic wires used in phone lines and cable television connections. The oldest tunnels have existed since the 1800s. By MICHELLE KRUPA tures typically around 100 expected life is much shorter,” News Editor______degrees and pipes and wires Kempf said. “It’s a slightly high­ v v ! > 1 taking up almost two-thirds of er first cost [putting in tunnels], When Paul Kempf was a Notre the space, “there's hardly but it’s an infrastructure thing (O u t of five shamrocks) Dame undergraduate in the enough room for two people to that goes in early w hen they By ANNE MARIE MATTINGLY pass each other,” Kempf said. develop a new building.” 1970s, he had a key. Thanks to Assistant News Editor his dad, the director of Utilities “The tunnels were put in as a Kempf noted that some tun­ means of distributing steam to nels near the Main Building date at the time, Kempf had access to The words fade in from the darkness, as the back to the 1800s. Many of these the five-mile long series of twist­ campus — to heat campus,” he theme song from “Rudy” plays in the background: ing, turning tunnels that runs explained. They serve as a con­ older prototypes, which were This Is Notre Dame. made of brick with arched ceil­ under Notre Dame’s campus. stant path for the exchange of The CD-ROM designed to recruit both students ings, had been abandoned and “Y ou’d think in the w in ter steam — to heat buildings — and faculty contains a vast array of information were filled this summer since time it would be a great place to and condensate, the liquid by­ on almost anything a prospective may be looking bricks have a tendency to cave go to and from class," said product of steam. for — from University president Edward Malloy’s Kempf, now the chief electrical In addition, all campus phone in and cause sinkholes in the comments on the value of his freshman seminar land above them. More modern engineer for Utilities, the lines, fiber-optic wires for OIT course to student traditions like the Fisher Hall tunnels are made from concrete department mainly responsible and telecommunication services, Regatta. and reinforced steel and carry a for the tunnels. “But it’s dirty, WNI)U fiber-optics, the fire It is a visually stunning software package $ l, -per-foot price tag. dark, dingy. It's not made for alarm system, soft-wator pipes 000 replete with specifics about academic and student and pipes that hold compressed Four main tunnels spawn people to go through." life at Notre Dame. But the program’s irritating air to make therm ostats work other smaller ones that eventu­ In fact, the six-fcet-wide by sound glitches, misleading visual links and huge ally reach almost 90 percent of seven-feet-high tunnels were are all contained in the tunnels. memory drain make this virtual tour no substi­ Notre Dame buildings. While never intended for people to use “You could bury this stuff tute for a personal visit. to traverse the cam pus in the directly into the ground, but it’s The disc’s opening screen provides the user dead of winter. With tempera­ a lot harder to maintain and its see TUNNELS / page 4 see REVIEW / page 6 page 2 The Observer * IN S ID E Friday, December 4, 1998

INSIDE COLUMN Christmas the Dome Compiled fromU-Wire reports Conspiracy Anti-discrimination initiative gains support Winter in South Florida. The daytime high TAMPA, Fla. official dialogue between the regents, temperatures plunge into the upper sixties, It’s been less than two months since University of South Honda Watson said he thinks Castor’s initia­ paralyzing cities and closing schools. People Betty Castor, president of the tive is worth investigating. all over the state dust off their sweatshirts University of South Florida, proposed “I certainly think it ought to be con­ and cover their plants a statewide anti-discrimination policy sidered,” Watson said. “We did not Finn Pressly with garbage bags to on the basis of sexual orientation to discuss it on a board level yet. But I News Copy Editor ward off a frost. T h o s e ______Chancellor Adam Herbert. Although think they’re justified and we should lucky enough to have no official action has been taken, edu­ move forward.” heaters turn them on, filling the house with cators, administrators and students Though Florida statutes include the dry musty smell of a year’s worth of across the state seemingly support sexual orientation within hate crime accumulated dust. Children bundled up like the adoption of such policy language. that.” legislation, no language exists in the the Michelin Man go outside just long Last week, University of Florida Castor sent the letter immediately SUS anti-discrimination policy. enough to pick up the newspaper, whose president John Lombardi publicly following the death of Matthew Watson said he did not think dis­ headline screams, “Brrr ... Jack Frost hits endorsed Castor’s letter, a 43-page Shepard, a University of Wyoming crimination based on sexual orienta­ the beach!” report sent Oct. 19. to Herbert. The student who was beaten and tied to a tion was a widespread problem. It’s also the time of year when the annual package asked the chancellor if such fence. He died a week after the attack “I don’t think we’ve ever had a Christmas Conspiracy goes into effect. My policy language could be adopted at from his injuries. Shepard was gay. problem like that in Florida,” Watson theory is that the rest of the nation has con­ either the university level or through­ “No one should be killed over their said. “But if it would prevent ever spired against Floridians, Hawaiians, and out the State University System. sexual orientation, that’s just awful,” having one, I’m certainly for it.” Southern Californians by writing dozens of “1 think people would sincerely like said Regent Welcom Watson, who The university does not track snow-related Christmas carols that are to see an explicit policy adopted,” spoke to student leaders at instances of discrimination based on bound to confuse our children, hence lead­ Castor said. “The question now is November’s Board of Regents meeting sexual orientation because there are ing them to a life of violent crime. whether there’s enough authority for about Castor’s initiative. no rules against it, said student body So, 1 propose that we band together and the institutions or the system to do Though he said there has been no vice president Joenathan Jones. write our own warm-weather-friendly Christmas carols so that our children can spend more time being children and less 0 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA » BOSTON UNIVERSITY time wondering what a chestnut is and why you would purposely set an open fire in Gambling site ends use of Husker image Expensive lobbying lands grants your house. I think we need songs along the lines of “It’s Beginning to Look A lot Like LINCOLN, Neb. BOSTON, Mass. Christmas (Which Looks A lot Like June).” After hounding from the University of Nebraska and an Boston University spends more money on lobbying than The only Christmas carol that didn’t con­ Atlanta licensing lawyer, an Internet-based company in any college in the country, according to government statis­ fuse us was “We Wish You a Merry Costa Rica ceased illegal use of the Husker name to m ar­ tics. BU spent almost $850,000 on lobbying in 1997, up 12 Christmas,” simply because: a) there are ket its Internet gambling operation. The university had percent from $760,000 in 1996, according to the Center only eleven words to remember, and b) it accused the company, GoTo Entertainment, of cashing in for Responsible Politics. “Lobbyists have worked for us doesn’t involve riding a horse-drawn mode on NU Husker fans’ commitment to their team by offering principally for direct grants to benefit the university,” said of transportation through a field covered Husker Casino — an Internet gambling site that improper­ BU spokesman Kevin Carleton. BU tied Kraft Foods and with a mythical ice-like substance that falls ly used the name so dear to many Nebraskans’ hearts. But USA Waste Systems, Inc., for the 11th spot on the list of from the sky during one of these so-called Wednesday, after receiving letters from the University, top 59 contributors that contract out lobbying. No other “seasons.” The only time we Floridians GoTo Entertainment closed down its Husker Casino Web college made the list. RJR Nabisco was No. 1. BU contracts brush with anything close to the Four site, changed the name and moved it to another site. out lobbying to Washington-based Cassidy Associates, the Seasons is when the oldies station plays “Oh Company officials would not return calls to the Daily second-largest firm in the country. The university spent What a Night (December 1963).” Nebraskan, but they did return an e-mail with the follow­ more than any of Cassidy’s other 102 clients in 1997. Actually, that’s not true. We have seasons ing comment: “Based on the response from University of Cassidy has secured about $56.5 million in grants for BU every once in a while. Take 1976, for Nebraska, we have closed the huskercasino.com Web site. over the last 13 years, Carleton said. The most recent instance, when we had a raging snowstorm ... Do us a favor and apologize to the university — we did grant was for $29 million from the Department of Defense that lasted literally dozens of seconds. This not mean any harm.” to build and staff the Photonics Center, Carleton said. was the last time it snowed in West Palm Beach, and quite a momentous occasion at 0 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS » WABASH COLLEGE that. Two years ago, there was a full front­ page spread devoted to remembering the Underage drinkers may face parents Junior slain in Paris telephone booth twentieth anniversary of the “Blizzard of ‘76,” which, judging by the photos, accumu­ AUSTIN, Texas CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. lated as much ice as a carton of ice cream The University of Texas is considering a policy change Junior Blair Codings was brutally murdered in the early does in a malfunctioning Frigidaire. that would allow UT officials to contact the parents of hours of Friday morning outside of his Paris apartment. As for myself, I had to wait until I came to underage students caught drinking on campus. The possi­ The 20-year-old student from Rockville, Indiana, was Notre Dame to experience snow. I even got bility of a change comes in response to an amendment in studying in an off-campus studies program in France was to make a snowman, which wasn’t nearly as the Higher Education Act signed into law in October. The stabbed in the throat while making Thanksgiving tele­ terrifying as “Frosty the Snowman” makes act amended the 1974 Family Educational Rights and phone calls. Codings, a member of Phi Gamma Delta fra­ it seem. Think about it. A mysterious white Privacy Act, stating that colleges and universities now ternity, was participating in a year-long Abroad-Paris pro­ substance falls from the sky, causing chil­ cannot be prohibited from “disclosing the final results of gram sponsored by Hollins University. After calling his dren to run outside and sculpt idols out of any disciplinary proceeding.” Previously, schools could grandparents and then his father to wish them a happy said material. These idols then come to life, only release a student’s records in a small number of Thanksgiving, he was speaking to a friend in Indianapolis and despite their obvious lack of legs, man­ cases. James Vick, vice president for student affairs, said when the attack occurred. Paris police, who were alerted age to shuffle around town causing all sorts the administration may inform parents about certain vio­ to the incident by someone screaming, found Codings lying of wacky misadventures. The snowman lations — including drinking violations. "... if a student has dead in a public telephone booth. Police found a kitchen theme recurs in several songs. The one I problems and future ones can be avoided by knife nearby which they believe to have been the murder- found most disturbing was the verse in contacting the parents then this is a factor we will consid­ weapon. The FBI is investigating with French authorities, “Winter Wonderland” where children pre­ er,” he said. but currently no suspect has been arrested. tend a snowman is something called a “par­ son,” who then proceeds to ask whether or not the children are married. They say, “no, man, but you can do the job when you’re in SOUTH BEND WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER town,” whatever that means. 5 Day South Bend Forecast Meanwhile, as temperatures inexplicably AccuWeather® forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures The AccuWeather® forecast for noon,Friday, Dec. 4. climb higher and higher here, weather fore­ Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. casters back home are boldly predicting the Blizzard of ‘98 may not be so far off. Maybe I’ll finally get a White Christmas after all ... H L The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer. Friday 58 45

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How can we ciplines discussing eighteenth-century respond to your interests if you don’t tell sponsor Notre Dame will host a day-long sympo­ France. us what they are?" sium Saturday on research and learning The afternoon session, which runs from The last hour and fifteen minutes of the in the humanities. 1 to 5 p.m., will hold more interest for symposium will be reserved for additional ‘Allure’ This symposium, the first of its kind at students. In addition to insights from top roundtable discussion. Notre Dame, will allow faculty and stu­ professors, undergraduates will present In addition to Douthwaite, other sympo­ Special to The Observer______dents from Notre Dame, Indiana their views on the topic. Notre Dame stu- sium organizers include David Lee Rubin, University-South Bend (IUSB) and Saint professor of French at the University of The University of Notre Mary’s to discuss a crucial issue in higher Virginia, Anne Vila, associate professor Dame’s Asian American education today. It is especially ground­ of French at the University of Wisconsin, Association will present breaking in its effort to create a commu­ 6 ^ E 7 E WELCOME STUDENT INPUT. and Kate Jenson, associate professor of its annual fashion and cul­ tural show, "Asian Allure nity atmosphere between Notre Dame V V W e ARE TRYING TO RESPOND French at Lousiana State University. and IUSB, said Julia Douthwaite, associ­ Douthwaite and Rubin began collabo­ ’98" Saturday (Dec. 5) at ate professor of French and organizer of TO STUDENT INTERESTS. HOW CAN WE rating on the symposium last summer 7:30 p.m. in Washington the symposium. RESPOND TO YOUR INTERESTS IF YOU when they edited a journal, "EMF: Hall. "The two universities have not had Studies in Early Modern France, Volume This year’s show will much dialogue in the past," said DON’T TELL US WHAT THEY ARE?’ 6 ." They wrote to professors asking them include performances of Douthwaite. "We want to end that." to express their views on the decline of traditional dances by the The symposium will gather professors, culture studies and the lack of funds for Filipino American Student J u l ia D o u t h w a i t e students and community members to dis­ Organization and the PROFESSOR OF FRENCH the humanities. After editing this jour­ cuss how to best keep the humanities nal, they decided to stage a discussion on India Association. afloat in a time of budget cuts and stu­ the topic and inolve undergraduates. Wearing costumes by con­ dent apathy. Liberal education is under dents Margaret Colleton, Joanna Fee, "We hope students attend," Douthwaite temporary designers, the attack in today's society, as evidenced by Katie Keller, lan MacKenzie and says. "It is a unique situation in which dancers "will explore the the number of students turning to a more Christian Sabella will speak about their professors and undergraduates interact intersection between tra­ marketable degree such as business, class, "The French Revolution: A Cultural on an equal plane and discuss something ditional and modern Douthwaite said. Approach," at 1:45 p.m. There will also that involves all of them." styles," according to Jason The symposium consists of two ses­ be a roundtable discussion for other stu­ The symposium runs from 9 a.m. to 5 Leung, president of the sions. The morning session, "Cultural dents to express their views. p.m. at the Center for Continuing Asian American Approaches to Eighteenth-Century "We welcome student input," Education. Association. Tickets for the show, $5 for general admission and $3 for students, may be Circle K sponsors weekend toy drive purchased in advance at the LaFortune Information Desk (631-8128). Tickets Spc-c i.il lo The Observer wrapped or unwrapped. On Sunday afternoon, Circle K will collect also may be purchased on Those who choose to contribute should not the gifts and distribute them to different the night of the show for Notre Dame is swamped with SYR’s and feel put-out by the gesture or awkward charitable organizations throughout South $5 (both general admis­ formats this weekend, and that means one about donating their date’s gift, according to Bend. The presents will go to impoverished sion and students). thing: lots of gifts. ,1. Doyle, the club’s public relations officer. children to make their Christmas a little Notre Dame Circle K is sponsoring an SYR "It’s not like you’re not getting anything brighter. Toy Drive at all the dorms that have dances out of it— you’re giving a kid a better Circle K is a campus organization dedicat­ on Dec. 4 or 5. The campus-wide service Christmas," he said. Instead of receiving ed to service to the South Bend community. group will put donation boxes in each dorm something that they probably will not It is the largest club on campus with 210 and encourages dancegoors to put the gifts remember in a month, participants in the toy active members and 25 weekly projects. Last that they would normally give to their dates drive will gain a "sense of self-fulfillment and year, it was the largest of the 590 Circle K into the boxes. These gifts can be either Christmas Spirit." clubs in the world. G o t BRASS EAGLE FAMILY University of Notre Dame Department of Music presents George Frideric Handel's BILLIARDS

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The Observer • CAMPUS NEWS Friday, December 4, 1998 upgrade the inferior copper. other technologies, including most Tunnels Classrooms and dorm social rooms new ResNet and inter-building com­ CD-ROM are directly linked to WNDU Channel puter and Internet connections continued from page 1 16, cable TV services and closed-cir- administrated by the Office of continued from page 1 cuit programming through wall jacks Information Technologies. some only contain pipe access, other in campus buildings. “We have miles and miles of fiber- cation. buildings have direct access to the Now thanks to new technology, sig­ optics down there, but we don’t real­ Associate director of Admissions Paul underground maze of tunnels, creat­ nals can be transmitted from any­ ly spend a lot of time down there,” Carney notes that the University already has a ing a safety issue for the Utilities where in the South Bend area to a said OIT engineer Joe Macura. “Once videotape tour and a virtual World Wide Web department. satellite receiver on the roof of the we install our wires, they’re passive tour but sees the program, which he refers to “For us, [direct access] is a major Hesburgh Library. From there, they devices.” as “the third part of the package,” as a way to concern. You can get lost down there. are sent via fiber-optic wires down Explaining that the tunnels provide reach more prospective students and faculty. There’s hot pipes. Locks are checked, through the building and the tunnels a safer haven for computer wires “It’s another way to get information to the and we’ve made more efforts to to the station building where they arc than ground-burying would, Macura people who otherwise wouldn’t get our mes­ secure hatches, but there has been also noted his department’s cost sage,” he said. “What you gain is another evidence of students who get in,” efficiency in utilizing the already audience that doesn’t have access to the Kempf said. “It’s one of those constructed tunnels. Internet or video.” things that people say, ‘I ran 6 ¥ OCKS ARE CHECKED, AND WE'VE “Where there were no tunnels, The department of admissions sends the CD for example, we had to put con­ to prospective students and faculty on request, around in the tunnels when I was JLjMADE MORE EFFORTS TO SECURE at Notre Dame.’” duits through the buildings, which to high schools and to students who visit the George Molner, chief engineer at HATCHES, BUT THERE HAS BEEN EVI­ is much more expensive. Plus con­ University, according to Carney. “Our counselors know it’s available. Some WNDU, recalled a situation in DENCE OF STUDENTS WHO GET IN. IT S duits are more subject to construc­ which a group of Cavanaugh men tion damage,” he said. take it on the road to high schools,” he said. were discovered to have wired ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE When workers do go down into “We ask them to view it .. and move it along cable television to their room via SAY, ‘I RAN AROUND IN THE TUNNELS the tunnels, according to Kempf, so we can multiply the number of people who copper wires attached to TV wires “we take pretty good precautions. see it.” in the tunnels that the station uses WHEN I WAS AT NOTRE DAME.’” “You don’t go down there without Carney believes that the major advantages to provide campus with cable. letting somebody know that you’re of the program are its vast amount of infor­ “We followed the cable all the going down there. And you always mation and the ability of individuals to learn P a u l K e m p f way from our wires out a basement carry a radio that can transmit out about what interests them. window, up a drain pipe and into CHIEF ENGINEER FOR UTILITIES of the tunnels, so if you get in trou­ “You can kind of wind your way through these young men’s room,” Molner ble — break a leg or something — your own little tour of Notre Dame,” he said, said. “When we found them, the someone will get help to you,” he noting that people like being able to view the Security department confiscated the received as pictures and sound. said. CD at several sittings instead of all at once. “I copper wire and it was used in their “We’re always in the tunnels since With the current state of the tun­ think it has a good range o f ... senior adminis­ Student Affairs hearing. Anyone who our technology is constantly being nels, using them as human walkways trators, faculty members and students which I does it, w e’ll find you because there’s expanded and upgraded,” Molner in the dead of winter is unlikely, think is a good thing for people to look at,” he always a trail.” said. “And whenever somebody loses according to Kempf. While Notre continued. WNDU began using the tunnels in their cable TV, we have to go down. Dame does have one underground “You can get a tremendous amount of infor­ 1955 when the station was head­ Knowing where in the campus the walking tunnel from the Morris Inn mation on there,” Mundy agreed. quartered at the current Center for problem is can be hard with the close to the Center for Continuing But Carney noted that once the CD is pro­ Social Concerns. Copper wires and to five miles of tunnels down there.” Education, the existing ones that duced, it cannot be updated like an internet cables in the tunnels carried video Station workers or contractors are transport steam heat and hold miles site can be. and audio transmissions for the responsible for installing and main­ of wires will continue to be used in “You’re trying to recycle the information, broadcasting of events from Notre taining all WNDU tunnel wires and the current fashion. but it does get out of date. It’s not like the Dame Stadium, the Center for cables. The station foots the bill for “With the current infrastructure, web, which can be updated constantly.” Continuing Education and the field- those systems that it uses for broad­ it’s impossible to make these walking He does not, however, see this disadvantage house, where basketball games were casting purposes while individual tunnels,” he said. as a major problem. held. In the late 1960s cable televi­ building budgets include funds to As for this winter, the closest stu­ “People don’t expect it to be 100 percent sion wires were also installed cour­ keep telecommunication wires in dents could get to traipsing to and accurate,” he said. tesy of the station to nearly every working order. WNDU television and from classes in the tunnels will be The program runs on both Macintosh sys­ building on campus. cable TV technology is cu rren tly relegated to crossing over the patch­ tems and PCs using Windows 95/NT or In 1981, when WNDU moved to its being installed in Eck Center and es of snow that will melt from the Windows 3.1, and all required software new station building on U.S. 31, Holy Cross House on Douglas Road. tunnels’ heat coming up through the (including QuickTime and Adobe Acrobat) is fiber-optic wires were installed to The Notre Dame tunnels also house ground. included. V1ZZ4

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271-1177 V isa/M astercard A ccepted 271-7272 Friday, December 4, 1998 C o m p il e d f r o m T h e O b se r v e r w ir e se r v ic e s PaKe 5 ■ W orld N ews B riefs NASA postpones space shuttle launch Utah pipeline blast injures construction workers A s s o c ia t e d P r e s s CAPE CANAVERAL MOAB A loud, flashing alarm went off in the A 10-inch natural gas pipeline exploded cockpit of space shuttle Endeavour with north of Moab this morning, damaging a just 4 1/2 minutes to go in the count­ roadway and sending up a mushroom- down Thursday, forcing the postpone­ shaped cloud, but nearby workers managed ment of NASA’s first space station con­ to escape serious injury. Dave Hutchinson, struction flight. Grand County administrator, confirmed that The launch team began fueling the only one person suffered minor injuries. shuttle later in the day for another try KUTV reporter Jim Mattingly, who was on early Friday, though rain and cloudy the scene, described the blast as “similar to skies were possible. a small nuclear explosion" which sent the NASA has only five minutes or less cloud aloft that drifted eastward. A spokes­ each day to launch Endeavour in order woman for Four-Four Construction, who to meet up with the first space station declined to give her name, said the company part, which was put in orbit two weeks was installing a natural gas line for D. ago by the Russians. The shuttle con­ Williams Companies when the explosion tains the second station component. ’ happened. She said she was not authorized The master alarm blared and red to give a cause for the explosion or say how lights flashed just before the shuttle was many employees were involved, but did say to lift off around 4 a.m. Thursday. By the workers were all accounted for after­ the time controllers traced the problem ward. Moab police initially said at least 20 to a momentary drop in hydraulic pres­ people were injured. sure and decided to press ahead, it was too late — they had missed the cutoff by Yacht takes off on its own a second or two. “Sure, it’s fru stra tin g ,” said Bill DAVIF, Fla. Readdy, shuttle program director and a It wasn't vandals or bumbling boat thieves veteran shuttle commander. “But we do who fired up the engines on a 70-foot yacht things right. We do things by the book, and sent it zooming across the harbor, and we’re not going to cut any corners smashing several other vessels and a even if it means just shaving a second marina. No, investigators say, the yacht or two.” started itself up. The incident caused $7 mil­ The six astronaut's crawled out of the lion in damage. “A vast array of experts shuttle, and two threw up their hands. carefully inspected the yacht’s engines and Commander Robert Cabana held up his mechanical components, ” Kirk Englehardt of thumb and index finger a half-inch the Broward County Sheriff's Office said apart: “We were that close.” Wednesday. “They found evidence that the The problem was confined to one of engines started on their own and sent the Endeavour’s three hydraulic pressure boat careening across the channel. ” Police units. The pressure dropped just long originally assumed the Nov. 15 smash-up enough to trigger the alarm, evidently was a theft gone wrong. because of a sensitive switch, then returned to normal. NASA engineers spent the day examining the problem, Orphanage fire kills 28; but found nothing wrong with any of most victims children the systems and were confident it would not reoccur. Endeavour’s flight is already a year MANILA, Philippines AFP Photo Trapped behind metal window grates, late because of a cash crunch in Russia, The space shuttle Endeavour sat on the launch pad in a light rain Thursday as a one of NASA’s partners in building the children screamed for help as the flames NASA employee services remote cameras. The shuttle's early morning launch was drew closer. Neighbors frantically tugged at international space station. postponed nineteen seconds before lift-off at Kennedy Space Center. the padlocked main gate but could not break The one-day delay cost NASA about in. The result was a tragedy. A pre-dawn $600,000, mostly in fuel and overtime between the two cylinders, and attach Albright and other dignitaries from fire lore through an aging orphanage in pay. handrails and tools for future crews. around the world had gathered in the Manila on Thursday, killing at least 28 peo­ Aboard Endeavour is an American- Until the alarm sounded, it looked as drizzle to see Endeavour and its crew ple, mostly children. Two other children made connecting passageway named though the weather would be the only off. were missing and presumed dead. Unity. The astronauts will use the shut­ problem. Rain and clouds moved in “Here we have 16 countries cooper­ Investigators said faulty electrical wiring tle robot arm to capture the Russian from the Atlantic 1 1/2 hours before ating on a venture to the future,” said may have triggered the blaze. The dozens of space station piece and attach it to liftoff, but drifted away with minutes children at the Catholic-run Bah ay Kalinga Unity. Albright, who couldn’t stay for to spare. F rid a y ’s attem p t. “This is a good orphanage had been looking forward to a Then, two spacewalkers will hook up Secretary of State Madeleine investment.” Christmas party on Friday. Instead, the all the electrical connections and cables Christmas decorations were scattered, along with toys and children's clothes, among the burned debris. Prison officials locate escapee’s body

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not stops on the route. sound has ended. At times the Review Another difficulty is that sound cracks like a scratched Lucki often the image that appears CD. continued from page 1 continued from page 1 upon clicking on a particular location is not actually the list­ Data Accuracy and about which people claim to know her. with a number of clear ed destination. Users must All images of the stadium “1 can't believe the amount of attention that I'm receiving from options. Using a simple point- maneuver to locate the show it under construction you guys on campus," Lucki wrote on the new Internet site. "As and-click system the viewer desired spot, which is a breeze and text on the Rolfs Sports far as why you haven't seen me around, 1 try to keep a low profile chooses from the categories of for those well-acquainted with Center states that it is project­ and wear the typical ND-girl "uniform"... the last thing 1 need is academics, “Why Notre the campus, but the program’s ed to be completed during the for someone to recognize me — especially the administration's Dame?," athletics, student life, intended audience would pre­ 1997-98 academic year. This nazis ' spirituality and international. sumably not know the differ­ demonstrates the problem of The response from Notre Dame students has been intense. On To the side are two additional ence. this permanent format: rapidly her site, Lucki posts excerpts from e-mails sent to her through options: “Voices" includes For example, a click on outdated material. the Web page. Many support her decision to pose nude as a Notre scores of QuickTime video “War Veterans’ Memorial” Dame student, some are requests for interviews from various clips of professors, adminis­ reveals an image of Computer Requirements media outlets — and a few students wrote in the hopes of snaring trators and students comment­ Cavanaugh Hall; selecting the The program does not a formal date. ing on topics ranging from label “Main Circle" shows require a state-of-the-art com­ Photos on the page are affiliated with Digital Dreamgirls Inc. athletics to diversity to the viewers a field. Each of these puter system to operate; mini­ The company did not to respond to Observer questions via e-mail first year of studies; a second sites can be seen by turning mum system requirements on Thursday. No phone number could be obtained for the organi­ sidebar leads users to a virtual left or right on the screen, but include a 133 MHz processor, zation. tour of campus. the immediate image that 6X CD-ROM, sound card, appears can be misleading. speakers, mouse and key­ Virtual Tour board. The tour is, by far, the most Major Categories One disc contains all soft­ Florida investigations impressive aspect of the pro­ Within the six major cate­ ware needed to run the pro­ gram. The images are record­ gories of the opening screen, gram, including QuickTime ed in 360 degrees of video; the information is well-orga­ and Adobe Acrobat, in ver­ change after girl’s death viewers can turn in a full cir­ nized and it is easy and aes­ sions for the PC platforms cle and see the scenery thetically pleasing to hone in Windows 95/NT and Windows Associated Press Under changes announced around them on all sides, on the desired subjects. 3.1 as well as Macintosh soft­ Thursday, state officials will finally returning to their origi­ Pointing and clicking leads the ware. Easy-to-follow direc­ ORLANDO make sure that doctors and nal starting point. Though vir­ user to progressively more tions on the back of the box The beating death of a 6 - nurses who are part of child tual “walking” around campus specific categories until he or make starting the program a year-old girl and mistakes by protection teams examine the is difficult and frustrating — she arrives at a column of text snap, though the quit com­ child welfare workers who child instead of making a the computer will only go in a on the subject of interest. For mand (Alt-F4) is something didn't realize she was being judgment by telephone on limited number of directions example, clicking on the cate­ one wouldn’t figure out with­ harmed have led to immediate whether a child is being — the images are of near­ gory of Academics offered sev­ out consulting the directions. changes in Florida's system of abused. video quality in thousands of eral options, including colleges Because of the large investigating child abuse. And judges deciding colors. Interior views of the and educational media, among amounts of memory required Disciplinary action also is whether to remove a child Basilica, Notre Dame Stadium others. Selecting “colleges” to run the program (32MB of likely against some of the wel­ from a home will have access and several classroom then allows the user to choose RAM are recommended), users fare workers involved in Kayla to the child's entire case file buildlings are available. a college — perhaps Arts and must shut down nearly all McKean's case, said Edward instead of just a petition pre­ But the tour has some obvi­ Letters or Science — and then other programs to operate it. Feaver, secretary of the state pared by an attorney and ous omissions. While views of to reach information on each The back of the box suggests: Department of Children and investigator. the stadium from all four sides specific major program. “Make sure there are no other Families. Kayla's father, Richard and three scenes of DcBartolo programs (including screen “I think this is a horrendous Adams, confessed Monday to classrooms are included, as Voices savers, startup programs, case,” Feaver said Thursday. the Nov. 25 killing, according well as images of the Decio The “voices” section of the power management or desk­ “No child should suffer like to investigators. He remains in Faculty building and the Main program leaves something to top accessories) running this child suffered." jail on charges of murder and gate, some hubs of student life be desired. Sound and video before starting ‘This Is Notre State documents show that aggravated child abuse. Bond such as the LaFortune Student images are not synchronized, Dame,’ as the program child welfare workers missed was denied. Center, North Dining Hall and and often the lips of the demands a lot of the system several chances to intervene Prosecutors said Adams, 24, most notably the Grotto are speaker are moving after the resources while running.” and perhaps save Kayla's life slammed Kayla against a wall in the months before she was and struck her with a paddle allegedly beaten to death by after she soiled her under­ her father. wear. He buried her in a for­ C a o \ som etkirvg to say? LAse The documents show that in est some 50 miles from his one instance, welfare investi­ homo, police said. gators withheld information In October, an agency super­ O bserver classifieds. that could have led to Kayla's visor said in a report that removal from her father's Adams could benefit from par­ home. They apparently failed enting and angcr-management to interview a doctor who said classes. No one told Adams the girl's life was in “im m i­ about the recommendation. nent danger.” And they didn't Lake County child welfare Circle K challenge her father's con­ workers first investigated tention that bicycle accidents when Adams took Kayla to a or the family dog caused her hospital in May. He had injuries. assumed custody of the girl “They all had pieces of the weeks earlier after her moth­ jigsaw puzzle, and no one had er, Adams' former girlfriend, all of the pieces to see what entered a battered woman's was going on,” said Janice shelter. Kayla had two black Johnson of the child welfare eyes and a broken nose and agency. left hand. Going to an SYR soon?? NOTRE DAME APARTMENTS Got a gift idea £ • ONLY A FEW LEFT!!! for you date yet??:/ • Conveniently located 4 blocks from Campus Well Circle K has a great one!! This weekend, you and • Spacious 2 Bedroom Apartments and your date can donate a present that will really mean something to someone. 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■ M exico Unions fight U.S. apple farms Pinochet judge faces

Associated Press------accompanying the Vollmer, head of Mexico’s Washington workers. But as a NAFTA Administrative Office, world-wide spotlight MEXICO CITY result of the complaint, he which investigates labor com­ Eight apple workers from said, "more and more work- plaints. Associated Press Britain for trial in Spain over Washington state met August said the workers human rights crimes commit­ Thursday with Mexican offi­ testified about low pay, inade­ MADRID ted during his reign in Chile. cials as part of a labor-rights quate or nonexistent benefits, 6 ' 1 E 7 e DON’T EXPECT A The judge who wants to put Garzon, who issued a war­ investigation against the unsafe working conditions, former Chilean dictator rant that led to Pinochet's United States under the North RESOLUTION abusive supervisors and VV Augusto Pinochet on trial is a arrest in London on Oct. 16, is American Free Trade actions taken by the compa­ THROUGH THIS PROCESS.’ quiet but relentless sleuth. not without critics. Government Agreement. nies to prevent workers from Working out of drab offices at officials and prosecutors at his A coalition of Mexican organizing unions. the National Court, Baltasar own court challenged his case unions filed a 30-pago com­ Apple company officials in J o h n A u g u s t Garzon, Spain’s top investiga­ against Pinochet, arguing in plaint in May accusing the Washington have said the T e a m s t e r s representative tive magistrate, has spent more vain that he lacked jurisdiction. Washington apple industry of complaints are baseless and than a decade tackling every­ Detractors also point to high- routinely violating the rights that workers arc protected by thing from drug lords to death profile drug and weapons-traf- and threatening the health ers are going to become vigi­ U.S. labor laws, but August squads. ficking cases in which suspects and safety of mainly Mexican lant of labor violations that said such laws are difficult to At 43, he has established fingered by Garzon ultimately apple pickers. involve cross-border dis­ enforce. himself as the wunderkind of got off scot-free. Some say he The Teamsters, the United putes." The majority of the 45,000 the legal world — but has done botched those investigations. Farm Workers of America The Teamsters are trying to workers who pick and sort it in such a tight-lipped fashion But whether they are for or and the International Labor organize apple orchard work­ apples in Washington state’s that many Spaniards probably against him, Spaniards can’t Rights Fund have supported ers, and part of the complaint Yakima and Chelan counties have never heard his voice. ignore the dapper judge with the complaint, which Mexico centers on alleged efforts by are Mexican immigrants. Now Garzon has embarked the steely gaze who has come recently agreed to investigate. growers to discourage work­ The Mexican complaint on his biggest case yet, one very far, very fast. "We don’t expect a resolu­ ers from joining the union. eventually could be heard by sure to have current and for­ Born in the olive-grow ing tion through this process,” During their visit to Mexico an arbitration panel that has mer despots everywhere look­ heartland of Andalusia, Garzon said John A ugust, a City, the Washington delega­ the power to impose sanc­ ing over their shoulders — a pulled night shifts at the gas Teamsters representative tion met with Rafael Aranda tions. bid to extradite Pinochet from station where his father worked in order to gel through law school. He got a position as a provin­ cial judge at the age of 23. Like all Spanish judges, he won it by passing an examination rather than through experience. He Santa’s Little H elpers quickly worked his way up, passing another grueling test to become a National Court judge at age 32. Garzon is one of six examin­ ing magistrates who conduct investigations, issue search warrants and order suspects Make this the merriest detained but do not try cases. Under Spain’s legal system, season ever with your any private party can seek to bring criminal charges against another. The National Court Notre Dame Federal assigns these cases to judges like Garzon who decide Credit Union VISA or whether to open a formal investigation. MasterCard. It’s a smart By all accounts, Garzon has the biggest caseload at the National Court. Court sources choice for holiday said this is because he is a dogged investigator who shies shopping, travel, or from dumping cases. The Pinochet affair began entertaining with lo w two years ago when, at the request of a communist-led party called United Left and 9 .9 %APR on all new lawyers representing victims, Garzon agreed to probe human purchases made rights abuses committed by military juntas that ruled between November 1st A rgentina in the 1970s and ‘80s. and December 31st, 1998. The probe spilled over into Chile because of Operation Condor, a scheme by Pinochet and other South American despots to crush a perceived communist threat through cross-border cooperation among their secret police. Garzon has charged Pinochet with genocide, torture and ter­ rorism in what Garzon says was a systematic effort to snuff out dissent during 17 years in power. A Chilean government Gap off the UoUdcufA with tlUi cyieat ticrfe report puts the number of dead and missing under Pinochet's regime at 3,197. 2 Convenient Campus Locations to Serve You plus an ATM at the Pinochet stepped down in 1990, but first granted himself legal immunity from prosecu­ Campus Bookstore- tion. Lawyers who have presented $ DOUGLAS ROAD OFFICE $ SAINT MARY’S CAMPUS(The Center Building) Garzon with thousands of pages of testimony in the I Pinochet case say he has dis­ played a dazzling command of lgi fodemlly Iniurod to $100,000 facts even while juggling other tflL NOTRE DAME big cases. NCUA “He strives for efficiency," J FEDERAL CREDIT UNION says Juan Garces, a lawyer for ForT 7 ' — — People. I » 1 . Not M For Li"1 «Profit. . I ) « • » f i 4- victims of the Pinochet regime. Until now, Garzon’s highest- *This special rate applies only to new purchases made between November 1 and December 31, 1998. It does not include existing balances. Payments will profile case was a probe into a be applied first to balances with the 9.9% rate. There is no minimum purchase amount to receive this rate. Offer excludes cash advances and credit card bungled effort by Spain’s then- balance transfers. Socialist governm ent to kill Basque separatist hitmen dur­ ing the 1980s. page 8 The Observer • NATIONAL NEWS Friday, December 4, 1998 Murderer dumped GOP drops fund-raising probe Associated Press______— chastened by disappointing that while Democrats are will­ election results — intend to ing to join in efforts to wrap up from teaching post WASHINGTON swiftly wrap up the third presi­ the issue by year’s end, they Republicans jettisoned cam­ dential impeachment inquiry in will insist on a lengthy period Associated Press ______Some members of the legal paign fund raising from their the nation’s history. Even so, for debate on the House floor community had been critical impeachment inquiry Thursday, while the GOP-controlled panel and demand that consideration PHOENIX of the idea. likely clearing the way for a his­ is expected to approve at least be given to censure as an alter­ Complaints raised when a “This has got to be a cruel toric House one article of impeachment on a native to impeachment. convicted murderer was hired joke,” Phoenix attorney Dan J u d i c i a r y party line vote, the outcome on There was no end to the skir­ to teach criminal justice at Cracchiolo said. “It's like C o m m itte e the House floor remains in mishing between the White Arizona State University con­ Hannibal Lecter inviting Jodie vote next doubt. House and the Judiciary vinced school Foster to a tea w eek over Democrats, as well as Committee. officials to party.” P r e s i d e n t Republicans including Peter In a letter to top White House reverse them- HIS HAS GOT TO UK A Hamm said C l i n t o n ’ s King of New York, intensified lawyers, the committee’s gener­ selves he was disap­ relationship efforts during the day to craft al counsel, Thomas E. Mooney Ml CRUEL C JOKE. It ’s LIKE Thursday. pointed with with Monica an alternative that would stop Sr., said that whoever delivers James Hannibal Lecti.r inviting the school’s Lewinsky and L iv in g s to n short of impeachment. the formal defense of the presi­ H amm , who decision hut his effort to Spokesman Kevin Fogarty dent before the committee will shot and JODIE FOSTE TO A TEA not entirely cover it up. said King and several other be “subject to at least one full killed some­ PARTY.’ surprised. At the same time, incoming GOP lawmakers were laboring round of questioning” by the one when he “I would Speaker Bob Livingston sig­ over a proposal that would lawmakers on the panel and was a teen­ prefer to naled a desire for the full House “include a strong condemnation staff. ager, will not D a n Cr a c c h iq l o teach, but to convene in a pre-Christmas of Clinton and require him to Mooney also wrote that the teach classes that’s just not P h o e n ix a t t o r n y session to vote on any articles of pay a financial penalty and committee does not have some this spring in the cards impeachment that win commit­ issue a statement acknowledg­ documents the White House semester as and that’s not the way it’s tee approval. ing wrongdoing.” requested in preparation for the planned, officials said going to happen," Hamm told “If the Judiciary Committee Key Democrats met privately defense, noting in particular Thursday, the same day The The Associated Press. Earlier, could complete its work next with the party’s leader, Rep. that internal Justice Arizona Republic had reported he told the paper “I never had week, it would be my expecta­ Dick Gephardt, and — accord­ Department memos related to Hamm’s hiring. any problems with the stu­ tion that we could have a vote ing to two sources speaking on alleged campaign finance irreg­ “The debate surrounding dents or faculty in law school. on the following week,” the condition of anonymity — they ularities are in the possession of Mr. H am m ’s em ployment in ... It was just a problem with Louisiana Republican said in his will soon begin contacting department officials. Other doc­ the classroom at ASU would the politicians and newspa­ first public remarks on the sub­ Republican lawmakers outside uments the White House be too disruptive to the educa­ pers.” ject in more than a week. the Judiciary Committee to see sought, he wrote, will be made tional environment, as evi­ Hamm pleaded guilty in Taken together, the develop­ what bipartisan cooperation available only in the confines of denced by the reaction to his 1974 to shooting Willard J. ments amounted to strong sig­ might be possible in the full the committee’s heavily guard­ hiring,” said Milton Click, ASU Merely Jr. during a drug deal nals that majority Republicans House. These sources added ed document room. provost and senior vice presi­ in Tucson, lie was sentenced dent. to 25 years to life in prison.

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The B eat ‘The Spirit of Christmas is a Powerful One’ My Aunt Suzy used to fly for Continental tened for a message of information and/or As I prayed, I found myself engaged in the enced a near-disaster in the air and all Airlines. I've always adored Aunt Suzy. It reassurance from the cockpit. I was sur­ exquisite pain of thinking upon family and the agonizing, soul-searching moments amazes me how she can be very hip and prised to hear the flight attendant instead. friends whom I love dearly. this suspension in space and time created, vibrant but, at the same time, exception­ "The Captain is talking to the control In what seemed like centuries later, the one would think that life would be differ­ ally sophisticated and wise. Because of tower in Chicago." In the meantime, the pilot announced that we were situated ent somehow when we landed. Yet, as her influence, it is not surprising that I man sitting behind me had been listening above the Chicago airport but would not soon as my feet hit the floor of the airport, have always loved to lly. to channel nine on his earphones and be landing for another twenty minutes or my mental capacities once again switched could hear the pilot’s entire conversation. so. Those were long minutes. back to simple concerns. Prayers and Just as he began to reflections on how precious repeat it to those of us everyone is to me were sitting nearby, the pilot replaced by planning how to Brittany came over the intercom reach everyone by phone to let to announce that we them know I would be late in were heading back to arriving, and to the domino- Morehouse Chicago. effect this delay would have We had lost an engine. upon the rest of the day's plans. Perhaps I did not fully I resist the undeniable truth of grasp the concept of los­ our reality: even after a close It's amazing that I still do. ing a whole engine on a brush with mortality, we pro­ When I scheduled my Thanksgiving 737-300 (that is, a two ceed along the normal guide­ break flight back in August, I never would engine plane). It is possi­ lines of behavior and just carry have guessed at how profound an effect it ble that I was just too on. would come to have on me. Not even my tired from the lack of The key is that life is in fact Aunt Suzy with all of her airborne adven­ sleep, papers, and different, changed, altered for­ tures can say that she’s gone through exams; hilariously, my ever, but not the observable what I experienced on November 25. I imagination pictured an motions of our lives. The awaited take-off casually. engine falling through change, the difference, is on the Immediately upon full boarding, the the sky. In any case, the inside. Captain warned us that we might have to severity of our situation Dl/\\v»v»r»< Every minute counts. Every "switch planes" because they were didn’t completely sink in gesture, conversation, trip, gift, "checking the hydraulics". A chorus of until the moment our plane did something All aircraft had been instructed to wait smile or frown, prayer, idea...basically groans arose at the thought of reposition-, I thought was only possible in movies. until we had landed before attempting every everything counts. It’s easy to rec­ ing carry-on bags. Having had only two Suddenly, my head was thrown back as take-off or landing. Even as our wheels ognize and surely easy to say but so much hours sleep in the past two nights, I was we started to steeply ascend. Then, the touched the ground and the sight of four more difficult to do, to live. We must live quite anxious to get going. plane plummeted straight down, and halt­ fire trucks and two ambulances, lights so that every moment is valued. So, my follow passengers and 1 were ed with an abrupt clunk. I noticed my flashing in preparation for our arrival, In just a few hours, I was able to re- thankful when the pilot announced that hands were shaking. I looked around me appeared through the windows, we were realize a valuable message easily forgot­ the problem had been fixed. The flight and saw many pairs of frightened eyes. I not yet out of danger. The left wing flap ten. Now, I carry this message with me as attendants performed their oxygen swallowed. was broken and the plane was given the we approach another holiday. The spirit demonstration and, as on every other By the lime the man with the headset longest runway possible to land; still, I of Christmas is a powerful one. The flight, nobody paid attention. After a brief informed us that the pilot had just seriously thought we were going to crash opportunities inherent in this time of year conversation with the woman next to me declared an emergency, I was truly terri­ into the airport terminal. are rich. I truly wish everyone the best in about destinations and holiday plans, I fied. Seconds later, communication from It’s funny how one's mind can move finding a way to make it count. dozed, relieved to finally close my eyes. channel nine was cut off. The remainder swiftly from the most mundane to the I didn't know what exactly woke me, of the (light was torturous, as the aircraft most profound thoughts, and then back Brittany Morehouse is a sophomore whether it was a jolt or heavy turbulence, cycled between bumpy coasting and rau­ again to the banal. When I departed English and American Studies major from but my first sensation was of the plane cous tipping sideways from one wing to Chicago a couple of hours earlier, I was som ewhere in Ohio. She can be e-mailed violently shaking in a loud series of con­ the other. A woman holding an infant a concerned with schoolwork and my at Morehouse.Wnd.edu. sistent beats, as in the firing of a machine couple rows in front of me sobbed. schedule for the weekend. I didn’t even The views expressed in this column are gun. Helpless, unable to influence the fate of consider the possibility of my not making those of the author and not necessarily When the shaking did not stop. I lis­ the aircraft and its occupants, I prayed. it to my destinations. After having experi­ those of The Observer.

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SUPER HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING FOR THE MlND ■ Letter to the Editor Lice, I-Con, Sprinklers and Holiday Mountain Dew: Bliss “Excuse me! Excuse me! I was won­ The First Semester Revisited dering if you could help me to find ... ” Strike one. Already snubbed, and it's only three days after Thanksgiving. The happy Christmas rush has already come and gone and now peo­ ple just want to get the damn Holiday over with. I wish that there was some way to return to the days when Christmas was sincere and joyful. The days when the line for Santa wasn’t too long, just highly anticipated. 1 wonder when it was that I actually crossed the line into the adulthood of dreading Christmas. Was it when I stopped putting my name on the gifts for my family that my Mom had bought? I am not saying that I am not excited for Christmas to come — I am thrilled! But somewhere around this point in my excitement, I realize it’s time to shop and immediately the thrill van­ ishes. I have grandiose dreams of entering a mall and seeing everyone being polite, patient and singing and dancing along with the Christmas The best place to start a review of the year, No alcohol in the hallways — that seems about right, Muzak ... okay maybe that’s pushing Might be with the animal issues, I fear. No Jim Beam, no Mad Dog, surely no Busch Light. it, but is it too much to ask for a little The PSA yells “oppression,” but I don’t agree, But Mountain Dew? Oh my God — the horror, consideration and politeness during We treat 'em pretty nice, if you ask me. Just ask my friend Keith who’s 10 dollars poorer. this time of giving? Last time I checked Christmas was supposed to The sheep in Zahm last year was happy becuz’ If you don’t understand the next stanza you’re blessed, be a selfless Holiday. “Ow! Damn Of the cigarette she was smokin' — ‘twas her first buzz. Just skip right over it and go on to the rest. you!” But that happened last year — what’s happening now? Strike two. I glare at the hypnotized We’re being hospitable — I’ll show you how: If you’re online and it’s Lucki you seek, moppy haired bitch that just ran over Leave the poor girl alone, you shameless geek. my heels with her shopping cart. She We all deserve privacy, and she deserves hers, doesn’t even turn around to apologize You wouldn’t have found her if you weren’t in yours. and continues towards the Depends isle. Maybe it was an emergency ... or Spencer And some boring day if you’re sitting around Zahm, maybe she was shopping for grand­ And decide to jump on-line and maybe e-mail Mom, m a’s Christmas gift. Who knows. All I a But look up Lucki because you think she’s Da Bomb, do know is that even shopping for Stefko Just get the address right — in it there’s no “91.com.” normal day to day things during the Christmas season is a stressful voyage And that brings us to the Campus Clowns of the Fortnight: —- no matter where you go you are A band here a week ago wins this one outright. bound to run into that “Holiday Third Eye Blind is their name, and anarchy their game. Rush.” I stressed out buying tampons If you look closely, we’re being quite nice. And if they weren’t clueless, of themselves they’d be ashamed. the other day fearing that, like Tickle All the McGlinners (they of the head lice), Me Elmo, I’d be put on back order Could easily kill it, they do have the power, They told the crowd to be as rowdy as they can, and then what would I do? But just to be nice, they have yet to shower. And to be sure to never listen to “The Man.” Thankfully there were more than a And while they were right in ripping Abercrombie and Fitch, few boxes left and I even got asked if 1 To go a step further, we put animals in flight, What happened next, proves the lead singer’s a ... wanted them gift wrapped. Thanks to a Zahmbie that PETA* dislikes. Sometimes I try to force a happy But not the flying octopus — his memory burns bright, He got all gutsy and incited a riot. cheerful Holiday attitude upon other He’ll live in our minds as the marine-life Orville Wright. Because he’s such,a tough-guy he promoted disquiet. people. The other day as I was leaving He told the students to ignore every bouncer — Target 1 noticed a plump woman with At LaFortune’s new Burger King PETA would holler, The very same guys who protected the coward. bulging bags of gifts and wrapping Some say Notre Dame sold out to the dollar. paper. So 1 opened the door for her. 1 I like it: living in Zahm, it’s real close and nifty, In the summer 1 was a bouncer at a place called Metropol. smiled and declared, “Wow ... looks But the “freshman 15” is now “freshman 50.” I met some great people and some bands who were cool. like you’re going to have a Merry During a Reel Big Fish concert a kid was almost crushed, Christmas!” That’s just one of the new places to eat, Until the rowdiness'of the crowd was subsequently hushed. She scoffed in return and said You can also stop by Beckers to treat. With some calm words from the stage a crisis was averted, “Yeah.” Which was attached to a And South Dining Hall, too, finally did open, At a Third Eye Blind concert the kid would have been hurted. “Humph.” For our bookbags to join us at table we’re hopin’. Strike three. If he was singing at Metropol and I was protecting this ace, I dream of returning to the days of Also to “Southie” moved the student publications, Upon hearing his words I would have altered his face. the black and white movies when Who apparently don’t like their new situation. I’d put his eyes over here — inside of his ears, Christmas really meant something They claim it’s secluded, in fact downright crummy, Then I’d give him a wedgie and kick his whole rear. and it was a time when families came But some things never change: The Gipper’s still unfunny. together. Today we make Holiday But let’s end on a good note — the first semester was fun, movies about large families leaving Next up to explore is a new use of chalk, But with one great big dark spot that’s now bright as the sun. their homes to a tropical destination The PSA has deployed it to color sidewalks. I don’t much like Keenan, but that’s for another day, and forgetting their eight year old son Sometimes to a rally the chalk points the way, I’m glad to see a healthy Brent Moberg, their third-floor RA. at home! To make matters worse, we Thanks to non-stop sprinklers, it washes away. even have sequels for these jovial * — PETA is the animal rights group People for the Ethical Holiday movie-goers. (Note to the guy who keeps the sprinklers going: Treatment of Animals, formerly known as PHTDMTTHRNH, People So aU I’m asking is just a little Point them away from the cement — it’s not growing.) who Have Too Damn Much Time on Their Hands and Really Need patience and love this Christmas ... it’s Hobbies — which didn’t seem to have the same succinct ring. And time that everyone remember the true When the cops raided 1-Con, all the young’uns had ID’s, no, I’m not kidding, there really is a group called the People for the meaning of the Holiday and that we’re They all said the same: “This picture looks just like me.” Ethical Treatment of Animals. all shopping to make it an enjoyable “I know all the info on there — ask and you’ll see.” time for the people we love. While They asked one guy: “Height?” and he said “6-foot-3.” Spencer Stefko is a senior American Studies major. If you wantwe’re thinking of those we love, let’s The next question was, “Weight?” “Urn, ‘bout one-ninety-one.” to judge and moralize, go join Right Reason so no one will readnot forget about the people we pass Just one more question and the questions were done. what you have to say. If you’re fair-minded, you should live andevery day and snub. In other words — He was on fire, he thought he’d never get caught, let live and stay in your own business — and tell others to do so. stop running me over with your carts. Till the cops asked for eye color and he answered, “Bloodshot?” If you liked what Spencer had to say, you can e-mail him at [email protected]. If you don't like what he wrote, you can direct Suzanne Weber 1 offer Right Reason peace and a Christmas gift: all e-mails to [email protected]. Sophomore, Saint Mary’s Something, after which, there’ll be no more rifts. The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author December 3, 1998 If someone would send them a warhead of uranium — and not necessarily those of The Observer. Then the paper can end up like Kurt Cobain’s cranium. V ie w po in t Friday, December 4, 1998 0@RVER page 11

Right or W rong? W hat You M issed Administration Must Fully Lula ’s L Conservatives and liberals alike time to think, and even if they do Proclaim Church’s Teaching decry the apathy at Notre Dame. On think, or have some sentimental one level they’re right. Nobody notions about committing them­ seems interested in their causes, selves to some higher ideal, they do on Homosexual Acts but there is one cause, or cult, not act on it because it does not fit 11 is a daunting task to voice reservations crimination in their regard should be avoided” around here that gets lots of sup­ in with all the other things that Joe about a proposal endorsed by such arbiters of (No. 2358) (emphasis added). port, even if it doesn’t get much and Jane have to do. culture as Phil Donahue and the South Bend In 1992, the Congregation for the Doctrine of coverage, the — ' Conservatives, the Faith sent a letter to the bishops of the body, and I’m moderates, lib­ United States. It was a “background resource” . not talking erals, spiritual­ rather than “an official and public instruction. ” wrestling. ists, animists, The letter, Responding to Legislative Proposals Phil Jeff feminists, on Discrimination against Homosexuals, said: Donahue gets Buddhas, radi­ Charles “‘Sexual orientation’ does not constitute a qual­ a handful of cals and Hindus ity comparable to race, ethnic background, etc. students, and Langan alike at Notre in respect to non-discrimination. Unlike these, it makes the Dame are united Rice homosexual orientation is an objective disorder front page of ------intheir commit- ... “(I|t is not unjust discrimination to take sexu­ The ------ment to unend­ al orientation into account, for example, in the Observer. Rolfs athletic fish bowl ing activity, noise and distraction. placement of children for adoption or foster gets thousands a day and nobody Joe Six Pack gets up in the morning Tribune. But it may be useful here to note some care, in employment of teachers or athletic notices, but it better explains why to the sound of his radio alarm. (For reasons that militate against the addition of coaches and in military recruitment.” nobody reads Common Sense, Right ease of writing, during the rest of sexual orientation to the University’s nondis­ The University has a right and an obligation Reason or pays much attention to this article I will alternate between crimination clause. to take into account, in appointing to sensitive the ranting and raving of liberal the proper noun, Joe, and the prop­ In his 1997 statement explaining the positions, an applicant’s acknowledged inclina­ and conservative faculty. It takes a er noun, Jane, when referring to University’s position, President Edward A. tion toward morally disordered acts. The pro­ lot of effort to keep the body in the Six Packs.) He leaves it on and Malloy, C.S.C., said, "The phrase "sexual orien­ posed amendment would require the University shape, and with all the food an beer adds the TV for harmony. He prob­ tation’ sometimes ... does not admit a distinc­ to forswear that right and default on that oblig­ consumed, it ably has things tion between sexual orientation and the man­ ation. It could hardly be argued that the takes even more. rigged so he can ner in which people live out their sexual orien­ University, in choosing Resident Assistants, Students are t ’s not that J o e and listen to it in the tation — a distinction that is Assistant Rectors and other not, strictly i :J ane S ix P ack (notice shower. Once critical to us as a Catholic appointees, should not take speaking, apa­ showered, Jane 6 r T lHEe U niversity has a institution ... Institutional non­ into account an applicant’s thetic. They’re THE INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE) Six Pack puts on discrimination clauses are ... M. RIGHT RI< TO TAKE INTO acknowledged inclination to busy. In theory, ARE NOT INTERESTED IN her headphones, legally binding. Neither feder­ other morally disordered students are her real best ACCOUNT, IN APPOINTING TO HIGHER IDEALS, IT’S THAT al nor state law mandates that acts such as thievery, exces­ interested in friends, to accom­ sexual orientation be included SENSITIVE POSITIONS, AN sive drinking, etc. Why what their pro­ THEY DON’T HAVE THE TIME. pany her to the in non-discrimination clauses APPLICANT’S ACKNOWLEDGED should the inclination to fessors have to dining hall, class, ... To make the change ... homosexual acts be accord­ say. They have LaFortune, the would mean that our decisions INCLINATION TOWARD MORAL­ ed privileged treatment? open minds, but they’re too busy to computer clusters. Second Floor ... would be measured by civil LY DISORDERED ACTS.’ Moreover, for the University worry about what fills them. What Hesburgh and back to the dorm courts that may interpret this to accept such a limitation do you expect when attending a again. These faithful friends never change through the lens of the would convey to students the class, reading a book or writing a leave her side. broader societal milieu ... This might jeopar- message that the homosexual inclination is not paper are a few more things to do Every cafe on campus has a TV dize our ability to make decisions that we disordered and that homosexual acts are them­ among 34? or radio playing. Molly McGuire’s believe necessary to support Church teaching. selves not intrinsically disordered but rather In a typical week a student has 18 has violated cafe rule No. 1, no TVs. We wish to continue to speak to this issue in the arc prohibited only by an arbitrary edict of an hours of classes, six to eight hours What audacity! The TVs are strate­ Catholic context that is normative for this com­ insensitive Church. of exercise, (2,482 people a day use gically placed to draw our eyes munity. Civil law does not constitute the exclu­ The University, in denying recognition to the Rolfs Fish Bowl alone), six hours away from anybody we happen to sive basis for commitments made within this GLND/SMC (now called OUTreachND), stated of basketball (4,297 guys play bas­ be eating with and could potentially community. We choose not to change our legal that homosexual acts are clearly contrary to ketball at least twice a week), 21 have a conversation with. In any non-discrimination clause, but we call ourselves “official Church teaching. ” But the University hours of eating, 18 hours of party­ given section, in any given dorm, to act in accordance with ... a higher standard refuses to acknowledge that the inclination ing, 18 hours of recovering from Joe has to contend with sounds — Christ’s call to inclusiveness, coupled with toward those acts is itself disordered. If, as the partying, 3.5 hours of service or from TV’s, Nintendo, computers, the gospels’ call to live chaste lives. In some Catechism states, the acts are “objectively dis­ other spiritually oriented activity to radios and CD players that rever­ senses both of these messages arc counter-cul­ ordered," how could the inclination to those ease the guilty conscience from berate through the halls. In fact, I tural. It is this dual call that is so deeply rooted acts be anything but disordered? And if, as the things done at parties and dances bet you that Spencer is listening to in our religious tradition to which we commit Administration maintains, the inclination is not and to top it off, 22.4 hours of the radio as he edits this column. ourselves.” disordered, why may it not be acted upon? No studying (if you believe sociologists). Not even the chapels are quiet. The legal issues possibly involved are not wonder that students and others resent the But this is the tip of the iceberg. In When Jane Six Pack enters any clearly defined. The proposal would invite inde­ Administration position as arbitrary and inco­ addition, there are student groups given chapel in any given dorm, she terminate litigation, especially in light of the herent. If “sexual orientation” were added to to join, dances to attend, e-mail to has to contend with musicians and reality that homosexual activists tend to seek the clause, it would be likely to prevent Notre check, the net to surf, TV to watch other groups. the validation of homosexual practice as a legit­ Dame from ever changing its position so as to (can’t miss Friends), interhall and In short, we are confronted with imate alternative lifestyle entitled to treatment affirm, in accord with the entire teaching of the intrahall sports to play, football and endless activity and endless noise. as the legal and social equivalent of marriage. Church, that the homosexual inclination is itself basketball games to attend (don’t We do get plenty of food, plenty of The proposal, for example, would probably disordered. forget the tailgating), road trips to exercise and plenty of beer. Joe’s require Notre Dame to treat the acknowledged The 1986 Letter, issued with the approval of plan, jobs to seek and papers to god is his belly. Jane has “gotta homosexual orientation of an applicant as irrel­ John Paul II, on The Pastoral Care of write. I’m sure I’m missing some­ keep moving on” (Steve Miller evant in filling Resident Assistant and Assistant Homosexual Persons said, “It is deplorable that thing. Oh yes, concerts, and from Band, Jet Airliner, chorus. I hope Rector positions in the residence halls. It would homosexual persons ... are the object of violent what I gather, professional this meets scholarly standards). be very difficult to maintain the distinction malice in speech or in action. Such treatment wrestling is now part of the list of With all the time that goes into between orientation and practice under the deserves condemnation ... It reveals a ... disre­ things to do. I can see the headlines these things, there is little time for proposal. It may fairly be doubted that the gard for others which endangers the most fun­ now, “The Body Bounces Bradley.” anything else. There is no room for University could legally deny any position to a damental principles of a healthy society. The In short, there are too many silence. There is no room for person who concededly engages in homosexual intrinsic dignity of each person must always be things to do. It’s not that Joe and thought. There is no chance to give practice, if the objection were made that the respected in word, in action and in law. But the Jane Six Pack (notice the inclusive expression to that desire expressed practice is an outcome of the orientation and proper reaction to crimes committed against language) are not interested in by an 18 year old Albert Camus, “I therefore that the supposed denial on the homosexual persons should not be to claim that higher ideals, it’s that they don’t know only one thing, my mystical grounds of practice is really a denial on the the homosexual condition is not disordered ... have the time. An ideal is another soul is burning to give itself with grounds of orientation. Similarly, it is not clear [Dleparture from the Church’s teaching or thing, another time commitment, enthusiasm, faith and fervor,. . . ” that the University could legally deny use of the silence about it, in an effort to provide pastoral and there’s no time for more of With all the noise, we do not have Basilica or other chapels for a “commitment care, is nether caring nor pastoral. Only what is those. If the typical Joe Six Pack has the time to think about what we can ceremony” between two homosexuals. One true can ultimately be pastoral. The neglect of a problem, it is not apathy. It is give our souls to, and with all the might ask, So what? Why should the University the Church’s position prevents homosexual men what philosophers call acedia, a things to do, we just don’t have the discriminate on sexual orientation with respect and women from receiving the care they need state in which endless activity hides time. to such matters? Let’s go back to the basics. and deserve.” an inner sadness or a fear to ask The Catechism of the Catholic Church states The reasons advanced by Fr. Malloy for deep, life-changing kind of ques­ Jeffrey J. Langan is a graduate that ‘“homosexual acts are intrinsically disor­ adopting the Spirit of Inclusion rather than tions. Joe and Jane are not uninter­ student in the Department of dered.’ They are contrary to the natural law. accepting the legally binding proposal were ested or inactive. They’re busy. Government. His column appears They close the sexual act to the gift of life ” (No. valid when he stated them. And they are no less They’re restless. The unending every other Friday. Editor's note: 2357). But it also affirms, in its final text, that valid today. activity hides sadness or guilt. This Eddie actually edited this column the inclination to those acts is itself disordered: condition is convenient for people in with a country music station blar­ “The number of men and women who have Prof. Rice is on the Law School Faculty. His authority because, when acedia sets ing in his ear. He blames George deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not neg­ column appears every other Friday. in, the subjects go about life without Strait and company for any editing ligible. This inclination, which is objectively dis­ The views expressed in this column are those taking the time to stop and think mistakes he neglected to fix. ordered. constitutes for most of them a trial. of the author and not necessarily those of Theabout what it is that they are doing. The views expressed in this col­ They must be accepted with respect, compas­ Observer. Because Joe and Jane are involved umn are those of the author and not sion and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust dis- in so much activity, they don’t have necessarily those of The Observer. O bserver Friday, December 4, 1998 YOUR BRAIN FOR k ABOUT THE GAME Are you a star performer? A creative cat? How about a word worm or a data head? C ranium, the new board game from Cranium, Inc. can help you find out. Released just in time for the holiday season, requires teams of players to hum, whis­ tle, sculpt, sketch, act, solve word puzzles and spell while trying to advance around the board into C ranium Central. 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CRACKING @P£lf YEUR HEAD WITH CRANIUM at a time,” said Notre Dame senior Garin Pankros. in each of the four activity types. After doing so, |By SARAH DYLAG and KRISTI KLITSCH “That way neither team can completely dominate the other teams choose one final card from any (Scene Editors the board.” deck that the front-runner team must complete. In addition to this rule, the C ranium board offers If the front-runner team is successful, they are three chances for each team to advance to the crowned the C ranium champions. It’s not Charades. It’s not Trivial Pursuit. It’s not “Fast Track,” a shorter path to the finish line. Overall, the game kept us entertained, and with ic tio n a ry . And it’s not a crossword puzzle. It’s “1 liked the ‘Fast Track,”’ said South Bend resi­ more than 800 different cards, it can provide hours \C ranium, and it’s coming to crack open your head. dent Jason Callicoat. “It makes it easier to catch up and hours of wholesome fun. We would recom­ When C ranium arrived on our desk, we were a when you are behind.” mend putting it on the top of anyone’s Christmas |llttle skeptical at first. It is, after all, named after Before you sit down to play, all camera-shy par­ list and as a perfect present for that hard-to-buy lyour brain. How much fun could that be? ticipants must know a few things. for teen or young adult. After two-and-a-half hours of humming, drawing, First, be prepared to make a fool out of yourself. “It [Cranium] takes me back to my childhood,” impersonating and spelling, our craniums were Whether you are silently trying to act out the Pankros said. “I just really like it. ” [cracked, and our sides were spliting from hyster­ action “reproduce,” humming the tune to “Staying So did we. And we promise it will crack your ical fun. Alive,” or sculpting a banana split out of clay, head open. Just don’t come to us with your doctor 1 C ra n iu m is a great game for a large group of many laughs are shared at other player’s expense. bill. (people, a family engagement or just your closest Secondly, some of the card’s activities are harder fi'riends. It combines all the classic games of our than you might imagine. Take, for instance, draw­ [time into one clever challenge. ing with your eyes closed, or spelling the word (Five out of five brain cells) The object of the game is to advance your team’s “psychology” backwards. game piece around Third, the time it takes to play can vary from the board by c o r­ game to game. Our first game lasted almost one- rectly completing and-a-half hours. Our second game was faster, at word worm gnilleps C ranium card chal­ 40 minutes. lenges. What sepa­ “We won too fast the second time,” said Pankros, r a te s C r a n iu m Sarah Dylag’s teammate. from other games Our only criticism of the game is that some of the is the fact that cards were too easy. For instance, some of the each team only word puzzles posed no challenge and mimicking gets one card per the action of a bench-press was a no-brainer. turn, regardless if Club C ranium cards were an especially fun part it gets the answ er of the game. These group participation cards right or wrong. required all teams to complete the activity, and the This makes for fair provided the winning team with a chance for a word and even competi­ bonus roll. tion. The end of the game, called C ra n iu m Central, “I like that you resembles the ending of Trivial Pursuit, and took only get one turn the shape of a tournament round. Each team that lands in C ranium Central must complete one card page 14 The Observer • S P O R T S Friday, December 4, 1998

College B asketball Number 20 Pittsburgh shuts down Prairie View A&M

Associated Press 48. half, but that’s when Clemson But it was likely the last easy started hitting from the outside. PITTSBURGH game in a while for Pitt, which Isaac Hawkins overpowered plays T ennessee, No. 25 St. No. 2 Maryland 92, Wake smaller and painfully inexperi­ John’s and No. 1 Connecticut in Forest 69 enced Prairie View A&M for 22 the next nine days and has points and 17 rebounds, and three Big East Conference It was an amazing exhibition, No. 20 Pittsburgh shrugged off games before New Year’s. even by M aryland’s suddenly a sluggish first half to win 78- lofty standards. 64 Thursday night. No. 24 Clemson 82, East Second-ranked Maryland The Panthers (7-1), back in Tennessee State 54 made its first 14 shots the Top 25 for the first time Thursday night and built a 22- since 1993, overcame an off- Freshman guard Will point lead in the opening eight night by scoring star Vonteego Solomon made three 3-pointers minutes en route to its eighth Cummings to rebound from a during a second-half surge straight blowout victory, 92-69 35-point loss to No. 2 Maryland Thursday night that sent No. 24 over Wake Forest. in the Puerto Rico Shootout Clemson past East Tennessee Obinna Ekezie had 19 points finals. State 82-54. and the Terrapins (8-0, 1-0 Cummings, averaging 22.2 The Tigers (7-1) shot 8-for-14 Atlantic Coast Conference) points and the leader of Pitt’s from 3-point range in the sec­ placed four players in double upset wins last week over ond half. Solomon’s shots came figures in the first half while Xavier and Kentucky, was held in a 24-9 run that pushed taking a 54-29 lead against the to 10 points on 3-of-14 shooting Clemson’s lead to 72-43. stunned Demon Deacons. and didn’t score in the second Clemson finished 1 l-for-25 Steve Francis scored 18 half until 2:52 remained. from long range, with six differ­ points and Laron Profit 16 for But it didn’t matter, even on a ent players making 3-pointers. Maryland, which was coming night when Pittsburgh shot only The Tigers held their eighth off a rout of Pittsburgh in the 32.6 percent in the first half, straight opponent to 60 points finals of Puerto Rico Shootout 34.9 percent overall and was 6- or less, and posted their 34th and had won its first seven of-29 from 3-point range consecutive home victory games by an average of 34.2 despite breezing to early leads against a nonconference oppo­ points. of 16-7 and 23-10. nent. This runaway victory came Jocquinn Arch scored 23 Dimeco Childress led East against a team that had beaten points for Prairie View (0-5), a Tennessee State (4-1) with 11 the Terrapins six of seven surprise NCAA qualifier last points and Kyle Keeton added times, including twice last year. season but one of the nation’s 10. Maryland led by 38 points youngest teams this season At halftime, new Clemson before coach Gary Williams with eight freshmen among its football coach Tommy Bowden cleared his bench with five top 12 players. and his wife, Linda, got a 30- minutes left. Prairie View stayed much second standing ovation when Darius Songaila scored 15 for closer than it did in a recent they were introduced. Arm in Wake Forest (6-2, 0-1), which 46-point loss to Tulane, closing arm, they walked to center had 11 turnovers in the first to 23-21 midway through the court and waved to the crowd eight minutes in falling behind first half and to 55-48 with 11 at Littlejohn Coliseum. 32-10. By halftime, the Demon ------:------— — ^ ------— ...... ' ...... ' K-T F-cfo' minutes remaining. Solomon scored all 11 of his Deacons — who start four Pitt Senior guard Vonteego Cummings dribbles the ball upcourt. But, in a game matching two points in the second half. so pho m o res — had 18 Cummings had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in Pitt’s 78-64 win. teams nicknamed Panthers, Terrell McIntyre led the way turnovers compared to 11 bas­ Prairie View couldn’t keep up with 13 points, Vincent Whitt kets. turned into Maryland baskets. The assault continued in the on the boards as Pitt held a 60- had 11 and H arold Jam ison Fueled by the sellout crowd of Francis scored four straight second half, as Maryland 43 rebounding edge, with and Andrius Jurkunas scored 14,500 and utilizing a relent­ points, and Profit followed with scored the first seven points to Ricardo Greer adding 12 10 points each. Jamison also less pressing defense from the a dunk and an easy layup to go up by 32. The Terrapins led rebounds. had a game-high 10 rebounds. opening tip, the Terrapins had ignite a 13-point run that made 89-51before the reserves fin­ Continuing its best start in The Tigers hit just 3-of-ll on four steals in the opening three it 28-8 before the game was 7 ished up. Ralph Willard’s five seasons as 3-pointers in the first half, but minutes and raced to a 15-5 minutes old. Terence Morris scored 15 coach, Pittsburgh finally pulled still held a comfortable 36-21 lead. The Terrapins made 20 of points and Juan Dixon added away with a 10-0 run midway lead. It only got w orse for the their 28 field goal attempts by 14 for the Terrapins, who through the second half started East Tennessee State pulled Demon Deacons, whose repeat­ halftime, including five of eight hadn’t beaten Wake Forest at by Hawkins’ dunk and finished to within 11 early in the second ed turnovers were quickly from 3-point range. home since the 1994-95 season. by his jumper that made it 65-

■ College Football Georgia Tech signs Coach O’Leary to new contract Associated Press ______ing on the deal unless Georgia incentives including television the coaches and that’s what’s On Tuesday, South Carolina Tech decides against it. and radio shows and shoe and essential to winning.” received permission to discuss ATLANTA In that case, the school clothing deals. O’Leary, who guided the No. its coaching vacancy with Coach George O’Leary signed would have to either buy the “At my age, this gives me 12 Yellow Jackets to a 9-2 O’Leary. a new contract with Georgia coach out of his contract or some security,” said O’Leary, record this season and chosen Tech athletic director Dave Tech on Thursday that could pay him the remainder of his 52. “It’s a six-year rollover Atlantic Coast Conference Braine said the contract keep him at the school until he deal. with a buyout which really coach of the year, talked with should keep O’Leary from ends his career. Under the new terms, means I’m here until they Auburn about its vacancy looking at other jobs and with The deal is a six-year O’Leary will earn $600,000 a don’t want me anymore. It before that school hired the Yellow Jackets "through­ rollover, meaning O’Leary year, including $ 200 ,0 0 0 in gives stability to your program, Tommy Tuberville of out the remainder of his always has six years remain­ base salary and $400,000 in to the recruiting base and to Mississippi. career.”

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■ C ollege Football Former USC coach Robinson takes job at UNLV

Associated Press from when he first started ble." mer staff, said coaching. The new coach inherits a he has talked LAS VEGAS “In college football now it team with no proven quarter­ to some possi­ John Robinson knows some­ can happen. Twenty years back and little depth on either ble assistant thing about coaching one of ago, it couldn’t happen," side of the ball. But the uni­ coaches but the elite teams in college foot­ Robinson said. “The powers versity is renovating its has not made ball. lie's about to get an edu­ then were the powers and the 40,000-seat stadium, and is any hires yet. cation on coaching one of the have-nots were the have-nots. one of the founders of the new C a v a g n a r o worst. That’s not true now. Every Mountain West football con­ said he spent Robinson returned to college time 1 look around 1 see pro­ ference that begins play next the last few football Thursday after a one- grams making rapid changes." season. days negotiat­ year absence, taking charge of Robinson capped a whirl­ Robinson, whose wife, Linda, ing a contract a UNLV football program that wind two-week courtship with sat next to him, said his with Robinson, is about as bad as any of the UNLV by agreeing to a con­ recruiting connections in the the only coach door mats Robinson’s tract that will return him to Southern California area given serious Southern California teams coaching a year after he was should pay dividends at UNLV, consideration played over the years. fired from USC after a final which focused without success by a selection “We have to create a miracle two years in which his teams on Los Angeles-area players in c o m m i t t e e . or a sense of passion first off,” went a combined 12-11. the past. Cavagnaro had Robinson said. “W e’ve lost a He appeared at a news con­ He admitted he was taking a e a rlie r se t a lot of football games and we ference with UNLV president chance by returning to the late December have to be willing to change." Carol Harter and athletic game, but said he was enthu­ date as a dead­ The 63-year-old former USC director Charles Cavagnaro siastic about moving to a city line for naming and Los Angeles Rams coach with the enthusiasm he will he visits often and finds excit­ a coach, and was given a three-year con­ need to turn around a pro­ ing. said even he tract at $350,000 per season gram that not only loses but “Anytime you have the was surprised Courtesy ot USC Sports Info to turn around the fortunes of draws only a few thousand opportunity to gamble on by how quickly Robinson brings a 104-35-4 collegiate record to a Rebel team that went win- fans to its games. yourself, it is the best thing the deal came UNLV and will replace Jeff Horton, whose UNLV less this year and has lost its “It’s ridiculous for us to you can do," Robinson said. together. team went 0-11 this season. last 16 games. make some lofty predictions," “It gives us a chance to put “Two weeks He admitted the job looms R obinson said. “But UNLV ourselves on the line. We’re all ago, 1 had no idea how incred­ Horton, fired last month after large, but said changes in the football will be on the move. at our best when we put our­ ibly fast this procedure would an 0-11 season that put his depth of college football pro­ We are going to be second to selves on the line." lead to this afternoon," he five-year record at 13-44. grams have changed the odds none and w e ’re going to Robinson, who will not be said. Robinson is the nation's of turning around programs recruit the best players possi- retaining any of UNLV's for- Robinson replaces Jeff sixth-winningest active coach with a career record in college of 104-35-4. Ironically, he won his 100th college game against UNLV last year. Robinson first coached at USC in 1976, and his Trojans won the national title in 1978. Ho left for the NFL in 1983 and coached the Rams to two NFC championship games in nine years. Fr. Hesburgh Robinson returned to USC in 1993, and his team won the Rose Bowl over Northwestern and two years later. But he was fired from the university after Michael O’Brien two mediocre seasons and reported problems with the school’s athletic director. Robinson said he plans to meet with team members next week, after going to Florida to will be signing copies be a radio analyst for the UCLA-Miami game on of the book: Saturday. He said he and his wife were looking for a home to buy in Las Vegas.

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Associated Press stretch of sidewalk. salaries exceeded a targeted Trying to end the dispute that percentage of revenues. NEW YORK threatens to wipe out the entire The owners have asked for a after 21-year career Michael Jordan was back at season, the sides spent the first 50-50 split, while the players the bargaining table Thursday two hours merely “feeling each have tied many of their conces­ Associated Press you can have somebody as NBA labor talks resumed. other out," Stern said, then sions to receiving 60 percent. teach you the roles, so to Whether his magic touch could went back to work after a lunch The owners moved to 53 per­ MINNEAPOLIS speak, and then climb if you save the season remained to be break. The bargaining session cent on Nov. 20 and the players Paul Molitor couldn’t bring desire.” scon. was the first in 13 days with dropped to 57 percent, but himself to say the word: Twins general manager Jordan’s presence was both full negotiating commit­ those concessions became void retirement. Terry Ryan has drawn up a promising, however, since his tees in attendance. under the ground rules that That’s what he meant, he monthly breakdown of duties agent said he wouldn’t get If the owners and players have been set for the new talks. just wouldn’t say it. Linda Molitor would handle. If he involved again until discussions can't come up with a solution in That is, everything discussed at Molitor actually was the first stays home, Molitor would got serious. the next few weeks, the entire the Nov. 20 meeting is disre­ to use the precise word, let­ join another retired Twins “His understanding was that 1998-99 season likely will be garded. ting it slip out between sips star — executive vice presi­ a new proposal was going to be canceled. “This lockout won’t end until of expensive champagne dent Kirby Puckett — in spe­ made" by the owners, agent Jordan’s arrival marked the the owners get as much as they Thursday long after her hus­ cially tailored front-office David Falk said, “and he want­ first time he had joined the can out of the players,” Alonzo band had announced the end jobs. ed to be there to listen to it. talks since Oct. 28, when he Mourning of the Miami Heat of his 21-year playing career. Molitor has no time frame You can read into it that he’s spent about 8 1/2 hours at the said as he arrived for the The word eventually set­ for his decision, although he continuing to be involved and bargaining table and tried to renewed talks. “It comes down tled on Molitor, though, but said he might wait until next supportive of the union leader­ help broker a deal. to greed on their part. ” he admitted it will take season is underway, giving ship.” The sides met one other time “I think w e’ve given up way longer to get used to the the Twins time to sort out During the first few hours of since then, on Nov. 20, and more than enough and we’ve idea. their uncertain future. one of the longest sessions yet, called it their most productive compromised way more than "When you stop playing is Molitor also said his wife has commissioner David Stern session to date. But things enough. It’s time for us to dig one thing," he said. “When casually started to look for a made another plea to save the quickly unraveled. our heels into the ground and you emotionally let go of the home in the Milwaukee area. season. Pressure for a settlement and make a stand. It’s time for them game usually is another time The Twins want a new sta­ Also, according to a player panic over the fate of the sea­ to try to meet us halfway, and I removed. ” dium and agreed last sum­ who was in the m eeting, son increased in recent days, don’t think they’ve done that at At 42, Molitor reluctantly mer to a new lease at the Madison Square Garden presi­ with former union president all," Mourning said. put an end to a sparkling Metrodome that could expire dent David Checketts sparred Isiah Thomas suggesting that Hunter said he was hoping to career that spanned exactly after the 2000 season. If the with union lawyers, and Jordan Billy Hunter and Patrick Ewing continue working within the half his life and left him to be Twins can’t resolve that did not get as involved as he did be replaced as the union’s lead same proposed framework, but remembered as one of the uncertainty, Molitor said he when he attended Oct. 28. negotiators. deputy commissioner Russ greatest hitters in baseball probably would go else­ No new formal proposals “The one message I know he Granik, the owners’ lead nego­ history. where. were put forward as the sides (Jordan) is delivering emphati­ tiator, has suggested it may be His wife wanted him to “Maybe if all things were mostly covered old ground. cally is that people like Isiah time to throw it out and start play another year. His agent equal, I would decide to stay Still, they kept talking past 11 can sit on the sidelines and crit­ from scratch. tried to convince him to play here," he said. “But the vul­ p.m., making it their longest icize, but when you are in the “Maybe something has another year. But Molitor nerability and the possibility session yet of the five-month game it's harder,” Falk said. changed, but right now I can’t decided to take his 3,319 hits of that breaking down in the lockout. The first order of major busi­ be very optimistic," Granik said — eighth on the career list — next few years is a concern. ” Jordan left early in the ness was to decide whether to upon his arrival. “We’ve taken and find out what else the For most of his career, it evening, and returned about continue negotiating under the a few (steps) back since our game has to offer someone seemed it was Molitor’s body three hours later to the glee of framework that the sides had last meeting, so we’ll see. who appears certain of elec­ that was on the verge of a small crowd gathered outside discussed in two previous ses­ There’s a sense of urgency, but tion to the Hall of Fame. breaking down. a hotel across from NBA head­ sions — a six- or seven-year the owners have said they “My heart tells me I’ve He missed more than 500 quarters. agreement with a complicated won’t operate our business in a done what I can do on the games during his career, Just a few hours earlier, “escrow tax” system in the final way that makes no financial field and in this game," nearly all of them during his strangely enough, hardly three or four years. sense." Molitor said. “I'm happy to years with the Brewers. But noticed when one of the great­ The proposals put on the So far, the first two months of leave it playing my last sea­ he finally won a World Series est peacemakers in American table Nov. 20 would include the season have been scrapped son in a Twins uniform. ... with Toronto in 1993 — he history — former Secretary of players having 10 or 15 percent while the sides tried to decide Now I'm going to redirect my was the Series MVP — and State Henry Kissinger — of their paychecks withheld if how to divide about $2 billion efforts to find out what else retires alongside Ty Cobb walked across the very same spending on overall player in projected annual revenues. the future holds." and Bonus Wagner as the One of three St. Paul only players with 3,000 hits, natives to star in the majors 600 doubles and 500 steals. at the same time — Dave Fittingly, Molitor singled in Winfield and Jack Morris his final at-bat last season. were the others — Molitor “I think I’ve done what I turned down playing offers can do on the field in terms from Milwaukee and Toronto of fulfilling everything I pos­ before deciding to retire. sibly could have dreamed of Now he is weighing front- in major league baseball," he office offers from the said. Brewers, the team he spent Although Molitor came to T his W eek Keenan Hall P resents 1 his first 15 seasons with, and announce his retirement — Minnesota, where he played and although he eventually his final three years after even allowed himself to use Christmas spending three in Toronto. the word — he still joked Whatever job he takes for about returning. 1999, Molitor wants to try a Asked one last tim e if it c t v Q > ' ^ little bit of everything. could accurately be reported “Almost an apprentice-type that he said he had retired, situation," he said, compar­ Molitor said, “As long as you Instruction Available from 9:30-10:30 ing it to the role Minnesota don’t rip me if I come back native Kevin Mcllale filled next September for a con­ with the NBA's tender." Timberwolves before taking Still, he did what he over the team’s basketball intended to do Thursday. He operations in 1995. said goodbye. "That just makes a lot of “It’s been a great ride," he sense to me," Molitor said, said. “I’m thankful, and “to be in a situation w here thanks for the memories."

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stands and the crackdown on By T ED FOX beach balls and inflatable Spores Writer Goldberg dolls. Featuring Autry Denson We were so close, and yet, and his quest to set the Notre according to some, still so far Dame career rushing record, away. which he did by passing Allen Heading into last Saturday Pinkett in a 30-0 win over night’s regular season finale Navy. against arch-rival USC on the Sporting a defense that Trojans’ home turf, the Notre made incredible stands Dame football team still enter­ throughout the year, high­ tained hopes of a Bowl lighted by the stymieing of Championship Series (BCS) Boston College on four- bid.Unfortunately for the straight plays inside the five in Irish, the team ’s 9-1 record the waning seconds to secure did not improve to 10-1, as a 31-26 victory. USC prevailed in a defensive Being in the running for a battle, 10-0 . BCS bid until the last quarter Despite ABC commentator of the last game of the season, Bob Griese’s optimism, saying and even when falling short, that the Irish could still make still locking up a spot in a New plans to travel to the land of Year’s Day bowl the BCS even with the loss, game.Establishing a firm most everyone knew that this foundation for the future with opportunity no longer exist­ a solid freshman class, headed ed.Sure enough, the Irish by defensive end Anthony accepted a bid to the Gator Weaver.In short, these Irish Bowl earlier this week, setting stepped up to the challenge up a New Year’s Day matchup and responded with a success­ against Georgia Tech.And ful season, accomplishing a lot . The Observer/Liz Lang while this means less money more than many people Notre Dame all-time leading rusher Autry Denson breaks free from LSU defenders during the Nov. 21 game for the University and the loss expected. at home. The Irish take on Georgia Tech at the Gator Bowl Jan. 1. of a top -10 finish, perhaps even the loss of a national title for some dream ers out there, it’s not all doom and gloom, as some would like us to believe. Reading the Dec. 7 issue of Sports Illustrated, I came across Tim Layden’s article Deloitte & Touche “Plight of the Irish,” which spoke of a decline in Notre Dame football in recent years. For him, the USC loss was just another blow to a suffering program. I don’t think so. Yeah, we w e’re all disappointed with missing a big bowl, with losing Who offers will host summer to a longtime rival, with some close calls against some below-average teams. I was just as frustrated as anyone else.But look at what this team did do.It came into the season ranked at the bottom of, or not even in, the top 25. internships Around these parts, that’s internship interviews on simply not acceptable. The response? Beating defending national champion Michigan, 36-20, in the season opener in the biggest win at Notre Dame in over Stadium since Florida State in 1993. Growing up a Notre January 26 and 27. Dame fan in the Ann Arbor area, this was especially sweet for me. Thanks, guys. Posting a record of 9-2, with a fluky loss to Michigan State (hey, they beat Ohio 100 US. State too, so something funny must have been going on) and one to the Trojans without We look forward starting quarterback .Jarious Jackson. Insert an eight-game winning streak into that peri­ od. locations? Going the entire season undefeated at home, despite flying amphibians in the

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NFL ■ S aint M ary ' s B asketball Eagles edge Rams Saint Mary’s to face Kendell tonight when Doane faces The winners of the first Belles host Bethel in the first round of the round will play each other in 17-14 behind Detmer tournament. Saint Mary’s will the championship game on also play tonight, facing Saturday at 3 p.m. The conso­ of empty seats at the Vet to i n a u g u r a l Associated Press Kendell at 8 p.m. lation game will be at 1 p.m. cheer Fryar, who hadn’t “We just want to win the The players arc looking for­ PHILADELPHIA scored a touchdown since Dec. R o u n d b a l l first gam e,” head coach Dave ward to this tournament and 7, 1997 against the New York On a night when Dick Boeder said. “After that, other playing in their home gym. Vermeil came back to the Vet, Giants. One last surge got No. t o u r n a m e n t things will happen.” “This weekend will be excit­ 80 over the goal line. Irving Fryar found his way The Belles are not coming ing,” sophomore starter Julie With the long-aw aited TD, back to the end zone. By MOLLY MCVOY into this game without any Norman said. “We have a new Fryar caught his first touch­ Fryar tied Fred Biletnikoff and Sports Writer history or background on their floor, new lights and a new down pass in nearly a year, a Harold Jackson for 15th on opponents. scoreboard.” 61 -yarder from Koy Detmer in the career list with 76. Its not the Final Four, but Saint Mary’s played Bethel After this weekend, the Fryar lay on his stomach for the third quarter as the the four-team basketball tour­ last season and won by 20 Belles return to regular sea­ Philadelphia Eagles beat a moment in the end zone, nament Saint Mary’s is hosting points. They have not faced son play. Vermeil’s St. Louis Rams 17- then sat on the bench with this weekend holds major Kendell or Doane in recent They have a home confer­ 14 Thursday night. shoulders heaving as team­ importance for the Belles’ sea­ history. Doane was ranked ence game versus Olivet on It was Vermeil’s first game mates George Ilegamin and son. second in the nation at the end Wednesday and then return to at Veterans Stadium since he Kevin Turner congratulated The First Annual Inn at of last season. the road. last co ach ed th e E agles in him. Saint Mary’s Roundball Classic 1982. Like Vermeil’s old It was a long, long wait. marks the first time in the col­ Eagles teams, the Rams didn’t Inspired, the Eagles made lege’s history that there has two fourth-down conversions quit when Fryar’s TD gave been a major basketball tour­ Philadelphia (3-10) a 17-6 on their next possession, Saint Mary’s nament with corporate spon­ lead with 7:18 left in the third. including a gutsy fourth-and -1 sors. from their own 35 on Detmer’s Tony Banks hit J.T. Thomas Four teams will enter the 5-yard pass to Solomon. But — one of a hodgepodge of tournament, Kendell College, oundball Classic receivers carrying the load for Chris Boniol, whose 50-yard Bethel College, Doane College injured Isaac Bruce — for 41 field goal at the end of the and Saint Mary’s. yards to the Eagles 10. June first quarter made it - , had 10 0 Only one will leave the Friday 12/4 6:00 pm Henley scored from the 1, and a 46-yard attempt blocked by champion. Banks hit Ricky Proehl for a 2- Kevin Carter. The Belles enter this tourna­ Doane College vs. Bethel College point conversion that cut it to Former Eagles owner ment ranked ninth in the 17-14 with 11:04 left. Leonard Tose stood on the MIAA w ith a reco rd of 2-4. Saturday 12/5 8:00 pm After Philadelphia punted, Rams sideline with Vermeil. This tournament offers a vari­ Banks hit Thomas again with Tose hired Vermeil to coach ety of opponents and an St. Mary’s vs. Kendell College a 17-yard completion on third- the Eagles in 1976 and was opportunity for Saint Mary’s to and-12. But the drive stalled, still the owner when Vermeil kick off a winning streak. Consolation Game 1 pm and Jeff Wilkins’ 52-yard field led Philadelphia to the Super “I think a lot of what hap­ goal attempt was wide left Bowl in 1980. pens this weekend depends on Championship Game 3 pm with 4:15 to go. Vermeil is 8-21 since as what kind of attitude we have The OKserver/Juc Mm;l k Though most of the fans had coach of the Rams. Across the coming in,” assistant coach left Veterans Stadium, the sideline, Ray Rhodes improved Denny Atkins said. “This is our game still meant something to to 10-18-1 since his 2 0-12 first big home matchup and Vermeil. The 62-year-old start — but still is virtually that will be a big motivator.” coach slapped his clipboard assured of being gone after The first game is at 6 p.m. Y e a r 2 0 0 0 against his legs when the ball the season. fluttered wide. In a final march, Banks hit Conversion Thomas for 17 yards to the Philadelphia 35 on a fourth- Teleconference and -2 play as time expired. Detmer, who had the Eagles’ http :// www.nd . edu/~ webcast first two I’D passes to wide receivers last week in a 24-16 Havana Joe’s loss at Green Bay, was 17-for- South Bend’s Largest Cigar Store 33 for 169 yards and two M o n d a y ,, 7/ 1 9 9 8 more I Ds. He hit Freddie Solomon for a Storewide Cigar & Accessory Sale 12:00 - 2:00 pm 7-yard score to m ake it 7-0 early in the first. 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B aseball Irish schedule includes home series with Miami Special to the Observer super-regional winners then Easter doubleheaders against uled to play host to non-con­ Whitecaps. will head to Omaha, Neb. for P ro vid en ce (April 1) and ference games with Western Notre Dame also will make a The University of Notre the annual College World Connecticut (April 3), followed Michigan (March 23), midweek roadtrip to Dame baseball team has Series (June 11-19). by three-game series versus Wisconsin-Milwaukee (March Northwestern on April 6 . released its 1999 spring Notre Dame’s 1999 season is Pittsburgh (April 10-11), 30), former Midwestern The annual Big East tourna­ schedule, fifth-year Irish head scheduled to open on Feb. 19 Boston College (April 17-18) Collegiate Conference foe ment will move to Mercer coach Paul Mainieri in Miami, Fla. with a neutral- and Seton Hall (April 24-25). Detroit (April 5), Bowling County Waterfront Stadium in announced on Tuesday. site game versus James Notre Dame will conclude its Green (April 7), Cleveland Trenton, N.J. — home of the The Irish are limited to play­ Madison at Florida quest for the Big East regular- State (April 14), Valparaiso Trenton Thunder (the AA affil­ ing 55 games in the spring of International. The Irish then season title with three-game (April 15), illinois-Chicago iate of the Boston Red Sox). ‘99, one below the NCAA max­ will face host FIU during a series at Georgetown (May 8 - (April 27), Chicago State (April The tournament - which was imum, due to the Sept. 12 three-game series, from Feb. 9) and top c o n te n d e r St. 28) and O akland (MI) held at minor-league Dodd game versus Michigan State. 19-21. John’s (May 15-16), which is University (April 30, May 1). Stadium in Norwich, Conn. for That 9-3 win over the The Irish, who played three set to return many of the top The April 20 game between the previous three seasons - Spartans counted against the games last season at the arms from one of the nation’s Notre Dame and Michigan will will run from May 19-22, with spring game total for both University of Miami, also will leading pitching staffs in 1998. be played for the third straight the winner of the six-team, team s but the result will not make a return trip to the state In addition to the final home season at Old Kent Park in double-elimination event count to either team’s won- of Louisiana, as a participant games versus Miami (May 11- Grand Rapids, Mich. — home claiming the Big East’s auto­ loss record or be factored into in the University of New 12), Notre Dame also is sched­ of the AA W est M ichigan matic berth in the NCAAs. NCAA tournament considera­ Orleans Invitational, with tion. games versus Missouri (Feb. Notre Dame’s 1999 home 26), the host Privateers (Feb. highlights at Frank Eck 27) and Southern Illinois (Feb. Stadium will include the home 28). Notre Dame faced UNO opener versus Western and Loyola (La.) last season at Are you looking for a Michigan on March 23, a Privateer Park. three-game series with peren­ For the fourth consecutive nial Big East Conference season, Notre Dame will spend job that gives you Tournament participant Seton spring break at Wolff Hall (April 24-25) and a pair Municipal Stadium in San valuable of late-season games with Antonio, Texas. The Irish national power University of again will move into the club­ Miami (Fla.) on May 11-12. house of the AA San Antonio design experience Road highlights include Missions and will open the extended return visits to week with games versus Penn Miami, Fla., New Orleans, La. State (March 6-7) and Yale while offering and San Antonio, Texas, a (March 7). Those two team s game versus the University of then will join local team St. Dallas at The Ballpark at Mary’s (TX) as participants in •ET Arlington (home of the major- the annual Irish Baseball league Texas Rangers), chal­ Classic, with the Irish facing lenging Big East series at West St. Mary’s on March 10, Virginia and St. John’s and a Creighton on March 11 and third straight matchup with Penn State on March 12. The Apply for Assistant Ad Michigan at Old Kent Park in consolation and championship Grand Rapids, Mich. games will be held on March The ultimate highlight of the 13. for 1999 season could come at the One of the season’s highlight end, as the NCAA tournament games is scheduled for the field will expand from 48 to 64 middle of Spring Break, as The Observer Ad teams. Notre Dame has posted Notre Dame and the University 40-plus wins in each of the of Dallas are slated to play on past 10 seasons, advancing to M arch 8 at The Ballpark at the NCAAs during five of those Arlington - the state-of-the-art seasons while just missing out home stadium of the Texas Required experience: Extensive knowledge on postseason play following Rangers. of Quark Express, Photoshop, and the other five campaigns. Notre Dame’s challenging The expanded NCAA field, Big East road slate begins with Illustrator applications. which will free up more at- a three-game series at peren­ large spots, will include 16 nial conference power West regionals on May 28-30, with Virginia (March 20-21) and Extensive application is not necessary. four teams competing at each will continue with a challeng­ Just call Brett Huelat at 1-6900 and leave regional in double-elimination ing pair of doubleheaders at format. 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Hockey this season, the penalty killing This weekend’s games are unit has been inconsistent if not arguably the biggest ones of the continued from page 24 disappointing; Notre Dame cur­ first half for Notre Dame. rently ranks last in the CCHA, Winning on the road in the State. Two key wins in that operating at 81.5 percent effi­ CCHA is a big enough ch al­ stretch came against Northern ciency. lenge, but facing a hot Buckeye Michigan and No. 8 Michigan “We should be better at team with its eyes on revenge State. penalty killing than we are, makes it even tougher. Plus, the Currently, Notre Dame stands with our personnel," said coach Irish need to win in Columbus tied for second in the CCIIA Poulin. “We’ve given up some to show the nation that they are standings, and are coming off a key power play goals...We've a bona fide contender for the layoff of a week and a half. focused on the penalty kill more NCAA Tournament. Fortunately for the Irish, all of this week than any other time “Of co urse every (CCHA] their key injuries have healed, in my four years here." game is big, but these are key as Anikei Dhadphale, Ityan The Irish will look to imple­ games for us to win and make a Clark and Joe Dusbabek will all ment a new system on the jump in the standings and show see regular ice time this week­ penalty kill this weekend. The people we’re for real,” said end. new system calls for a more Urick. “We haven’t played in a while aggressive style of play, accen­ One key player in the and the guys are anxious to get tuating hard forechecking like Buckeye lineup is junior center out on the ice again," said cap- the kind the team saw against Hugo Boisvert. Boisvert won lain Brian Urick. “We're excit­ Michigan earlier this year. the CCHA scoring title last sea­ ed because everyone is healthy “We have a lot of speed up son, and currently leads his again." front, but we’re not utilizing it team with 15 points. Last sea­ The main emphasis of the as much as we can by attacking son, he was one of U.S. College team’s practice this past week deeper in their zone,” Poulin Hockey Online’s 25 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, the most prestigious award in col­ lege hockey (roughly equivalent

to the Heisman Trophy). He is The Observer/Bret Hogan also considered one of the Irish center Brett Henning moves the puck around opposing defenders front-runners for this year’s in a recent game. Notre Dame is currently ranked second in the CHAA award as well. standings. Perhaps an even more impor­ Ohio State’s roster boasts of when he played for the Bruins. tant player on the Ohio State size, speed, and most impor­ He said the gam es played on squad is Boisvert’s linemate, tantly, depth. But Irish coach such a surface are ones of junior wing Eric Meloche. In Dave Poulin said one of Ohio “constant contact," further addition to playing their first State’s lesser known players accentuating the physical play nine games of the season on the may be one of its best. to come this weekend. road, many of those first nine "One of their more interesting This weekend’s games will be games were played without players is Chris Richards," the last two ever played at the Meloche, who suffered an Poulin said. “He was fifth in the Ohio State Ice Rink, as the early-season injury. One of league is scoring last year and Buckeyes prepare to move into those losses was a 3-0 loss to he was a second line center. the Jerome Schottenstein Notre Dame on Oct. 23 at the That gives you some idea of the Center in 1999. The Joyce Center. depth of their team." Schottenstein Center was sup­ Meloche is a finesse player One thing to note about the posed to be ready for the first who is one of the most feared dilapidated Ohio State Ice half of this season, which is goal scorers in the CCHA. In Arena is its size, or lack there­ why Ohio State’s first nine fact, he has played on the same of. The standard rink size in games of the year were played line with teammate Hugo [college] hockey is 200 feet by away from home. Boisvert for the last four years 85 feet, and the Ohio State Ice In other team news, freshman of his playing career, which Arena’s sheet measures out at sensation David Inman has includes two years in junior 185 feet by 85 feet. Obviously, been named to the U.S. Junior hockey (Cornwall Colts). open ice will be at a premium National team along with team­ Indeed, the two players feed off this weekend as the two teams mate sophomore Dan Carlson. each other’s playmaking abili­ will be forced to play a more Carlson and Inman will follow ties, as their chemistry has physical game. in the footsteps of current The Observer/Bret Hogan helped create one of the most Coach Poulin described the teammates Ben Simon and Joe Irish defender Sean Molina steals the puck in a recent game. The lethal scoring combinations in ice surface as similar in size to Dusbabek, who played for the team plays its last games of 1998 this weekend in Ohio. college hockey. the one he played on in Boston squad the last two years.

M a j o r L e a g u e B a s e b a l l Diamondbacks close to signing Steve Finley

Associated Press to overhaul their pitching staff, “Maybe this was supposed to but the game’s a business.” the Phoenix Suns) and general the Diamondbacks had more happen, ” Finley said Thursday. After helping San Diego reach manager Joe Garagiola Jr. was PHOENIX money left and were on the “Arizona wanted me over there the World Series for the first at the baseball owners’ meeting Arizona just doesn’t stop verge of signing center fielder real bad." time since 1984, Finley was sur­ in Chicago. spreading the big bucks around. Steve Finley to a four-year con­ Finley’s agent, Tommy prised the Padres offered him Finley hit a career-low .249 After spending $95.6 million tract worth at least $20 million. Tanzer, said San Diego’s offer only a three-year contract worth this year with 14 homers and 67 was a little more than half of about $12 million. RBls. Two years ago, Finley set Arizona’s — and the lowest of “If I can ’t be in San Diego, career highs in batting average the six he received. A source Arizona is the next-best option,” (.297), doubles (45), home runs UNDERGRADS: said Thursday night that the Finley said. “If San Diego (30) and RBls (95) and won his Padres’ offer was three years doesn’t contend the next few second straight Gold Glove. DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! plus a vesting option, which years and Arizona does, I want “My year was not a bad year, would have paid a total of $16 to play for a winner. That's it was inconsistent,” Finley said million if the fourth year kicked whore I’ll be." of 1998. “I expect to be back up BIOSPHERE 2: SEMESTER ‘ABROAD in. Tanzer said the deal was pret­ to my peak level. 1 do a good job ”1 think San Diego wanted me ty much together but details of keeping my body in shape." here, but they wanted me under couldn’t be completed Arizona was looking to replace Slots still available for SPRING 2000 their terms," Finley said from Thursday. Owner Jerry the hole created when Devon his home. “It was unfortunate Colangelo was at the NBA labor White agreed to a $12.4 million, Open to all majors that it’s the way it happened, talks in New York (he also owns three-year contract with the Los Interested students should pick up an Angeles Dodgers. The Diamondbacks’ offseason application or call: "As You Wish" improvements caught the eye of Finley, who visited Arizona on 152A FITZPATRICK HALL, X I-8376 Nov. 23 but expected to stay m s Importsm n with San Diego. On Tuesday, he or check this website http://www.bio2.edu Sweaters, Tapestries,Jewelry, Accessories called Tanzer and said, "Did you see what Arizona did?" Great Selection of Hemp jewelry & much more! APPLICATION DEADLINE: Arizona reshaped its rotation Guatemala • Bali • Thailand • Mexico • by signing Randy Johnson to a February 15,1999 - for spring 2000 $52.4 million, four-year con­ Ecuador • Brazil • India tract, Todd Stottlemyre to a $32 HUGE CLEARANCE SALE!! million, four-year deal and Armando Reynoso to a $5.5 mil­ Free gift with every purchase!! lion, two-year contract. <0ffer valid one time on!y> Unbelievable Bargain Corner! SPRING BREAK'99 •Proceeds from this corner help send 4 Guatemalan children ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ A A A A A A A A A to school. HOURS & HOURS Ol FRIT. D R IN K S! Earn 2 FREE Trips & $$$$$! Other donations Greatly Appreciated Cancun, Jamaica, Florida, Uarbados Bahamas Lafortune- Room 100, Nov. 30- Dec. 4 10-5pm W Lowest Prices/ B N Meal Plan 14100-1:6-7710/www.sunsplashlours.com The Observer • S P O R T S Friday, December 4, 1998

COLLEGE F o o t b a l l Former Northwestern players indicted for gambling

Associated Press athletics and to maintain the 1994 game against Iowa to the field.” game. Northwestern was integrity of athletic competi­ make certain the team failed to Athletic Director Rick Taylor inside the 1 -yard line with a CHICAGO tion,” U.S. Attorney Scott cover the point spread. said that if the allegations are chance to cut into Iowa’s 35-13 Four former Northwestern Lassar told a news conference. Prosecutors said Lundy had true, “those involved will lead when Lundy fumbled a University football players, “Then they fumbled again bet on that game and on the have betrayed the very fabric handoff from quarterback including star tailback Dennis and again when they had the Wildcats’ game that season of sport.” Steve Schnur. Lundy, were indicted Thursday opportunity to come clean and against Notre Dame. All four defendants will be A teammate, defensive on charges of lying to federal testify truthfully before the Northwestern coach Gary summoned to appear for an Rodney Ray, knew Lundy had a grand juries investigating grand jury,” Lassar said. Barnett said he was shocked arraignment, prosecutors said. gambling habit and com­ sports betting at the school. Lundy, Gamble and Senters by the accusations. If convicted, each perjury court plained openly that Lundy Lundy, Christopher Gamble, are accused of lying about bets “It is a sad day when a foot­ carries a maximum penalty of fumbled intentionally. A coach Michael Senters and Gregory they allegedly placed on ball coach has to stand up in a five years in prison and a overheard Ray’s accusation Gill were charged with perjury Northwestern's 1994 game press conference and comment $250,000 fine. Lundy and and an internal investigation for lying about their relation­ against Ohio State. Prosecutors on student-athletes who played Senters are charged with one was launched. The findings ship with student bookie Brian did not specify which games for him and were charged with count; Gamble and Gill are were turned over to federal Ballarini. Gill was accused of betting on. breaking the law,” Barnett charged with two. authorities who began the “These four defendants Lundy also was accused of said. “ I had always believed in Lundy’s alleged deliberate investigation possible point- fumbled their opportunity to lying when he denied that he these individuals’ commitment fumble came midway through shaving by Northwestern play­ participate in intercollegiate deliberately fumbled in the to our team, both on and off the third quarter of the Iowa ers.

S w i m m i n g Irish men’s squad holds lead at Notre Dame Invite

Special to the Observer relays in pool record tim es. The Hilltoppers won the 200- The Notre Dame men’s yard freestyle in 1:22.85 and swimming and diving team and the 400-yard medley relay in the Michigan women’s team 3:20.69. Florida State took sec­ lead their divisions after the ond in the 200-yard freestyle first of three days at the Notre relay with Notre Dame second Dame Invitational at the Rolfs in the 400-yard medley relay. Aquatic Center. Notre Dame built its lead by The Irish lead with 391 winning four of the lop six points with Western Kentucky places in the 200-yard individ­ second with 327 and Florida ual medley, led by senior Scott State third with 289. Ball State Zumbach’s winning time of (252), Michigan State (226), 1:51.67. The Irish also took West Virginia (170) and Ohio three of the top five spots and University (149) round out the four of the top nine in 500- men’s final. yard freestyle, won by Michigan leads the women’s Michigan State’s John Munley competition with 360 points in 4:23.77. Florida State’s Julio Photo courtesy of Notre Dame Sports Information with Florida State second with Irish swimmer Scott Zumbach placed first in the 200-yard individual medley relay at the Notre Dame Santos won the 50-yard Invitational. The Notre Dame men are in first place with 391 points after two days of competition. 274 and Colorado State third freestyle in 20.81. with 269. Notre Dame (244), Michigan opened the 1:59.73, and Jenny Crisman Colorado State second in individual medley, 100 butter­ Ohio University (197), West women’s meet by winning the won 50-yard freestyle in 23.08. 3:50.37. fly, 200 freestyle, 100 breast­ Virginia (195), Michigan State 200-yard freestyle relay in pool Ohio University’s Kim Van The meet continues on stro k e, 100 backstroke, (192), Western Kentucky (148) record time of 1:32.61 and fol­ Seim swam 4:53.10 to claim Friday morning at the Rolfs women’s three-meter diving and Northern Michigan (115) lowed that up with two more the 500-yard freestyle race. Aquatic Center at 10:00 a.m. and 800 freestyle relay. Finals round out the womenOs field. pool-record performances. Notre Dame capped off the with preliminary competitions in all events with begin at 6:30 Second-place Western Shannon Shakespeare won the night by winning the 400-yard in the 200-yard medley relay, p.m. Friday evening. Kentucky swept both men’s 200-yard individual medley in medley relay in 3:49.94, with men’s one-meter diving, 400 Notre Dame John M, M arshall’s, Inc. Swimming Invitational Established 1965 Diamonds Results After Day 1 Engagement Rings & Wedding Bands MEN WOMEN JLBkarat Yellow Gold & Platinum . 1) Notre Dame 1) M ichigan Thinking of purchasing a diamond? 2) Western University 2) Florida State Choose wisely with information in our complimentary 3) Colorado State book, Diamonds Magnified. 186 pages, 2nd edition, 3) Florida State 4) Notre Dame hardbound. 4) Ball State 5) Ohio University John M. Marshall 5) Michigan State 6) West Virginia Jeweler / Gemologist / Mineralogist 6) West Virginia 8) Western Kentucky Telephone: 287-1427 Monday - Friday, 10a.m. to 6p.m. 7) Ohio University 9) Northern Michigan KeyBank Building, Suite #101, South Bend, Indiana 46601 The Observer/Joe Mueller g j Men’s Basketball X I i l l vs. ©T E j A Central Michigan Sat. Dec. 5 2:00pm Friday, December 4, 1998 The Observer • TODAY page 23 LOOKING THROUGH THE WIZARD OF ND DAN SULLIVAN YOUR HOROSCOPE EUGENIA LAST

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■ B a s k e i b a u Improving Irish prepare to take on Central Michigan

By ALAN WASIELEWSKI to Wisconsin-Milwaukee, our players in one-on-one Sports Writer______South Florida and Fairfield situations. We ll also try to are by a total of just 10 run at every opportunity.” points. Smith’s design for the S aturday’s game against The big match-up of the game is similar to John Central Michigan will be an game should be Notre Dame MacLeod’s. important measuring stick in freshman Troy Murphy But when the Big East con­ the development of the against Central Michigan ference schedule kicks in, Notre Dame men’s basket­ freshman Mike Manciel. the Irish need to develop a ball program. Manciel has caught fire late­ consistent transition game to After showing lethargic ly, leading the team in overcome their lack of form at the Great Alaskan points the last three games height. The transfer of Hans Shoot-out, the Irish played a and averaging 13 points per Rasmussen this week puts spirited game against contest this year. Murphy even greater pressure on Indiana, forcing the Hoosiers leads the Irish in scoring Phil Hickey and Harold to clinch the game in a tight and rebounding, trying to fill Swanagan to control the overtime period. Now, the the shoes of Pat Garrity as offensive and defensive team needs to discover the go-to man on the Notre rebounding, something they which performance will Dame roster. succeeded at against define its season. Central Michigan will show Indiana. The Central Michigan some pressure defense and For once, Notre Dame will Chippewas are coming off a push the ball up the court. have a height advantage five-win season. Second-year Notre Dame point guards against Central Michigan. coach Jay Smith has over­ Jimmy Dillon and Martin Hickey and Murphy should hauled his roster with 11 Ingelsby will dictate just be able to score inside underclassmen and nine how effective the Chippewas’ against six-foot-eight Rudy entirely new players to the plans will be. Gayton, the tallest player on program . Sm ith’s team will “We want to pick up early the Chippewas’ roster. bring a 3-3 record into the on defense, play a multiple MacLeod and his team are Joyce Center on Saturday, of defenses and trap a little just starting to form an iden­ boasting wins over more,” said Smith. “On tity for themselves; Saturday Rochester College, Wright offense, w e’d like to spread is another step on that jour­ The Observer/John Daily State and Robert Morris. the floor, run some motion ney. Irish guard Martin Ingelsby drives to the hoop in Tuesday night’s game The Chippewas’ three losses and try to isolate some of against Indiana. Ingelsby scored 11 points as the Irish fell to Indiana 76-72. Notre Dame hosts Central Michigan Saturday afternoon.

1 H ockey Irish An Irish legend moves on to Gamecocks

23. Associated Press ready for Holtz left Notre Dame in 1996 after 11 years at the COLUMBIA, S.C. school. He won a national Former Notre Dame coach championship with the Irish Lou Holtz is leaving his CBS Ohio St. and his overall record there football analyst position to was 100-30-2. take the head coaching job Holtz said recently that at struggling South By TED BASSANI his wife’s health was a pri­ Carolina. Sports Writer______mary concern before he CBS S portsline rep o rted would lake another job. Thursday that Holtz would This weekend, the Notre Beth Holtz is u n d erg o in g Dame hockey team will play join the Gamecocks, and a treatment for throat cancer. its last two games of 1998, source close to the universi­ In late November, he said: wrapping up its season series ty who spoke on condition of “1 feel that God wants me to against Ohio State with two anonymity confirmed it. coach, otherwise he games in Columbus. “I’ve heard the reports wouldn’t have put the Following the first NCAA and those are accurate,” the desire in me. I do enjoy source said. Tournament appearance in coaching at the college school history last year, head South Carolina athletic level, but will not be active coach John Markell’s squad director Mike McGee would until my wife is well.” not confirm a deal had been got off to a rough beginning Holtz was an assistant at this year. Ohio State found made, but official word was South Carolina from 1966- itself in the NCAA semifinals expected later Thursday, 67. the source said. last year after knocking off No. Holtz and McGee are good 1 Michigan State in an over­ A man who answered the friends and Holtz’s name time thriller at Yost Arena. phone at Holtz’s Orlando, surfaced for the South With expectations so high for Fla., home who would not Carolina job even before this up-and-coming program, give his name said he was Scott was fired. the team disappointed its not aware of any deal. McGee met with Holtz at faithful with a 1-6-2 start Several later calls to Holtz’s least twice, including last away from home. home got busy signals. Sunday and Monday in Recently, however, the Two spokeswomen for Columbia. While Holtz was Buckeyes have once again CBS Sports did not immedi­ in town, Gov.-elect Jim shown why they were ranked ately return phone calls. Hodges, a South Carolina in the preseason top 10, as Previous reports have said graduate, called to encour­ they have won live of their last South Carolina was pre­ age him to take over the six games. With its recent pared to offer Holtz as Gamecocks, Hodges’ spokes­ surge, Ohio State has moved much as $1 million per woman Nina Brook said. all the way up to a tie for year. “He called him and said, fourth place in the CCHA Notre Dame Program/Don Stacy South Carolina went 1-10 ‘We really need you. Please standings along with Michigan Lou Holtz, the last head coach to lead Notre Dame to a national cham­ this year, its worst season come,’’’she said. pionship, accepted the head coaching position at the University of in 106 years of football, and see HOCKEY/ page 21 South Carolina yesterday. The deal is believed to be worth $1 million fired Coach Scott on Nov. per season.

at G ator Bowl vs. Georgia M vs. Central M ichigan, SPORTS 0 Tech, Jan .1 Tomorrow, 2 p.m. at O hio State ATA Today, 7 p.m. vs. Connecticut, vs. Eastern Michigan Tuesday, 7 p.m. at NCAA Tournament GLANCE Today, 5:30 p.m.