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ELECTION 2000 McCain, Gore win New Hampshire primary

"New Hampshire has long By RON FOURNIER been known as a bump in Associated Press the road for front-runners and this year will be no MANCHESTER exception." After calling Arizona Sen. John McCain McCain with congratula­ scored a landslide victory tions, Bush told supporters, over George W. Bush on "I am better candidate for Tuesday in New having come to New Hampshire's leadoff prima­ Hampshire and waging this ry, puncturing the aura of campaign and because of inevitability that had this competition." buoyed the Texan's drive Gore was winning 52 per­ for the Republican presi­ cent of the Democratic vote dential nomination. Vice and 13 delegates, Bradley President AI Gore staved off 47 and 9. a toe-to-toe challenge from "We're going to march all Democratic challenger Bill the way down the field - Bradley. from state to state, from "We have sent a powerful coast to coast - all the way message to Washington that to victory in November," the change is coming," McCain vice president told support­ told cheering supporters. ers, as Democrats and He watched returns with his Republicans alike looked to teary-eyed wife, Cindy, who upcoming primaries that put a trembling hand to her could determine the nomi­ mouth and said, "It really nees by mid-March. happened." The night's winners, Gore With returns from almost and McCain, were flying all New Hampshire's 300 from New Hampshire for Republican precincts, middle-of-the-night victory McCain had 49 percent of rallies- Gore in New York, the vote compared to 31 for McCain in South Carolina. Bush. Millionaire publisher Bradley lost badly in Iowa Steve Forbes was a distant last week and surrendered third at 13 percent and for­ the lead he once held in mer Amb. Alan Keyes was New Hampshire polling, but at 6. Tuesday night he found McCain's 18-point margin solace in the narrower mar­ recast the GOP race for the gin and he vowed to contin­ larger states ahead. He won ue his challenge. "We're 10 of the 17 GOP delegates moving forward," Bradley KAT at stake, Bush 5 and Forbes told AP and indeed he has A New Hampshire voter casts his ballot Tuesday in the state's primary. Senator John McCain was 2. enough money to remain the landslide winner for the Republican Party, while Vice President AI Gore and former Senator Bill Of necessity, Bush took competitive in an expensive Bradley ran a tight Democratic race. the long view, telling AP, see ELECTION/page 4

BOARD OF GOVERNANCE Saint Mary's initiates new ethnic diversity commission

pus. When this idea was presented, I By MOLLY MCVOY thought, this is it." News Writer BOG delayed acceptance of the new board's constitution after Omarova pre­ Diversity has become a key issue on sented a preliminary draft. After offering Saint Mary's campus, and Board of a few minor suggestions, the board Governance took its first steps to tabled the issue, electing to vote on it address the issue Tuesday, approving a next week, when it is expected to pass. new student diversity board as part of Omarova and Student Activities direc­ student government. tor Georgeanna Rosenbush researched The board will bring together ethnic constitutions of other similar boards minority groups already present on cam­ from other universities, and from those pus with the hope of giving them a more example created an organization to fit united and powerful voice on campus. the specific needs of Saint Mary's. "I felt the need for [something like With the inclusion of the board, BOG this) before," ethnic diversity commis­ members hope to improve faculty diver­ sioner Akmaral Omarova said. "In my sity and propose a world religions class freshman year, I saw there was not as part of the core curriculum. enough of a network of support for ''The main goal of this board is for the NELLIE WILLIAMS/The Observer Members of the board address a novel proposal for an ethnic diversity com­ underrepresented groups on this cam- see BOARD/page 4 mission Tuesday. .. ~~~~~--~~--~~--~------~~------~------~------~------·------~'

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INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK IN SOUTH BEND

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Give Bond + Film: "Rousseau: + Art: "Martina Lopez: + Comedy: Rita Rudner; + Charity: Adopt-A-Pet Surprised;" Krasl Art Passage of Time;" South Mendel Center Mainstage, Day, Pet Refuge Inc; 2300 a break Center. 707 Lake 131vd., St. Bend Hegional Museum of Lake Michigan College, W. Sixth St., Misawaka; 10 Joseph; noon. Art, Century Center, South Napier Ave., Benton a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday night. Two guys. Two girls. And Bond. James Bond. + Art: "In Praise of Bend; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Harbor; 8 p.m. + Sports: Ice Fishing I don't mean the movie. I really, really wish I Dance: Singles dance; did mean the movie. Nature;" 18 Artist Gallery, + Derby, Fish Lake Unfortunately, my friend and I fell victim to a 564 Indian Boundary Rd., Elks Club, 3535 KcKinley American Legion Post 400, Notre Dame man's best friend: Goldeneye, the · Nintendo 64 game. Chesterton; 10 a.m. Blvd, South Bend; 8 p.m .. (219) 369-9237 No one initially intended Lauren Berrigan to crowd around a televi­ sion screen to watch a video game. But, as the OUTSIDE THE DOME Compiled from U-Wire reports boys grew tiresome with Production our "girl" entertainment (LFO. of course), they threatened revenge by means of their own Court rules LSU in violation of Title IX laws amusement. As the N64 sprang to life, the guys became suddenly entranced in Bond's struggle BATON ROUGE, La. Following the university's denial of to hunt out his foes and conquer some bunker­ A court of appeals ruled Thursday that request, the students hired a type structure. that the Louisiana State University lawyer, she said. This, however, is not what I saw. Athletic Department intentionally In meeting with Athletic Director I watched a little man with a gun, supposedly violated a federal law when it denied Joe Dean about forming the new ' the "acclaimed" Bond, (although he looked several female students the same team, Dean allegedly repeatedly more like an awkward conglomeration of digi­ access to sports as men. referred to student Lisa Ollar as tal shapes) run aimlessly in circles, desperately A lower court judge, Rebecca "honey," "sweetie" and "cutie," and shooting at anything that didn't resemble the Doherty, ruled in 1996 that while said the University should consider listless gray background of digital rocks and LSU's athletic department was dents was intentional," Judge Carl the formation of a varsity soccer f stone. After finishing the level, the Bond figure "archaic," the University did not Stewart wrote. team because players "would look proceeded to bungee jump off a diff. I inquired intentionally violate Title IX. Title IX is a federal law passed in cute running around in their soccer as to how jumping off a cliff related to the The panel of judges from the Fifth 1972 that says no person should be shorts," according to the court's game. The boys. however. failed to supply any­ Circuit Court of Appeals reversed excluded from participation in any written opinion. thing that even resembled a satisfactory Doherty's ruling, allowing the five federally-funded program or activity These statements added strength response. students who originally sued to seek on the basis of sex. to the Court of Appeals' finding that So now it was two guys, two girls, Bond and "unlimited" damages from the uni­ Three female students filed the LSU intentionally violated Title IX, random occurrences of extreme sports. versity. original lawsuits in 1994 after they according to the opinion. I shook my head and retreated to my boy "We conclude that LSU violated approached the LSU Athletic Rafuse said the judge's ruling that bands. Title IX by failing to accommodate Department several times requesting LSU did intentionally violate the law Eventually, after suffering through what effectively the interests and abilities to form a women's varsity soccer backed up her clients' claims. seemed to be the exact same level15 times, the of certain female students and that team, said Nancy Rafuse, a lawyer "It validates what they've been boys finally overcame the attraction of Bond. Of its discrimination against these stu- for the students. through," she said. course, its spell was only able to be broken provided that they had first earned all of their "cheats." (Though I was left thoroughly con­ fused at the time, I believe "cheats" are one of Columbia accepts sweatshop policy the main objectives of such games. They con­ Investigators look into Aggie fire sist of secret levels and modes hidden to the NEW YORK normal player. And though personally I ques­ COLLEGE STATION, Texas The students in charge of building the 1999 Aggie After an hour of often contentious debate, the tion their importance, I do know a boy who University Senate passed Columbia's own code of con­ spent three days straight, "missing class and Bonfire at Texas A&M University will meet with inves­ tigators this week to demonstrate how the thousands duct for manufacturers of licensed apparel on Friday. all," to attain these "cheats," so, appearently, The decision of whether to adopt a University code they must have some meaning.) The video of logs used in the stack were cut, assembled, and wired together. The consultants hired by the Special against sweatshops dominated Friday's Senate meet­ game remained on, however, despite the fact ing, as members of the drafting subcommittee defend­ that no one was actually still playing. I think Commission on the 1999 Aggie Bonfire want to observe the human and behavioral sides of the build­ ed the proposed code against concerns raised by other this is because they were afraid of suffering senators. The issues of the "living wage" and child ing process, commission chairman Leo Linbeck told from withdrawal. labor, which had been the main points of contention at The Dallas Morning News Sunday. "How was it orga­ Sitting on the couch, watching the cast of December's meeting, were again the focus of much of characters flash upon the television screen, I nized, how was it supervised, how they divided into teams - all the nonstructural elements," Linbeck the debate. When the resolution was finally voted on, casually mentioned Pierce Brosnan's good however, there were no dissenting voices. Members of looks. One of the guys immediately matched my said. "Did the people construct it in the way it was intended?" Linbeck could not be reached for further the Senate Executive Committee met with members of comment. citing the girl currently on the the drafting committee on Thursday to make last screen. I glanced upwards and noticed only a comment but released a statement about the demon­ stration. "This is just another piece of the research minute revisions to the code, most of which were digital character. aimed at making the requirements for companies pro­ effort undertaken by the consultants. It is not open to "Her? She's not real. She can't be attractive," ducing Columbia apparel clearer. Nevertheless, some the public. To my knowledge none of the Commission I explained. senators expressed concerns over the feasibility of "Yeah, she is. And, you said he was hot," he members, myself included, plan to attend," Linbeck said. The Texas A&M Board of Regents has already applying the code, which sets the standards that com­ retorted. panies must follow in order to be licensed to make authorized the commission to spend up to $1 million "But Pierce Brosnan is an actual person." Columbia-logo apparel. "So?" on the investigation. I could only formulate one conclusion: guys spend so much time playing these video games, they can no longer distinguish the real from the digital. Nintendo should invest in creating a Notre LOCAL WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER Dame video game; blow up North Quad, topple Stonehenge and dodge fellow students in South 5 Day South Bend Forecast Dining Hall. AccuWeather"forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures The AccuWeather® forecast for noon Girls will cringe. Boys will rejoice. And even­ tually, with the best times and the right "cheats," the "hot" digital chick will bungee jump off of the Dome.

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Wednesday, February 2, 2000 The Observer+ CAMPUS NEWS page 3 Prof: Economic status doesn't determine need for democracy

government and international emphasized the significance of This international diffusion Guillermo O'Donnell, is that By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN studies, Mainwaring is on political factors such as effect refers to the increasing democracy continues to News Writer leave from the University this international diffusion and likelihood of a country to turn become more likely as per semester to modes of polit­ to democracy if that nation capita income rises, but at a Political factors predict the further his ical competi­ has the support of other certain point, this likelihood future of democracy in Latin research on "[Scott Mainwaring] is tion. democratic nations. of democracy tapers off or America more accur.at!~ly than democracy "Democracy "The international context even declines. economic measurements, in Latin the most prolific scholoar as a political of regimes has a very power­ Mainwaring argued that a Scott Mainwaring said America. of our generation." regime in ful impact," Mainwaring said. significant number of Latin Tuesday in a lecture on mod­ "He is the Latin America "Where actors are committed American countries do not fit ernization and democratiza­ most prolif­ Frances Hagopian seems to be to democracy, this will mani­ such global models for pre­ tion in Latin America. ic scholar highly contin­ fest itself in modes of political dicting democracy and cited "It's absolutely implausible," of our gen­ acting director of gent," said competition and contestation." three principal anomalies to Mainwaring said, "that eco­ eration," the Kellogg Institute Mainwaring. Mainwaring, an expert in such theories. The last wave nomic performance in Latin s a i d "These results Latin American politics, coun­ of democratization in Latin America has any explicability Frances find a largely tered theories that say coun­ America was led by several for democratic survivability." Hagopian, the acting director political explanation to tries with higher levels of eco­ poor countries, while wealthi­ Director of the Kellogg of the Kellogg Institute during democracy in Latin America nomic development have a er countries, like Argentina Institute for International Mainwaring's absence. rather than structural fac- better and Brazil, Studies and a professor of In his lecture, Mainwaring tors." chance of actually becoming reverted back a n d ''The correlation to authoritar­ remaining between modernization ian regimes democra­ and democracy is during the cies. much weaker in Latin 1960s and "Whereas 1970s. Also, Fellowship named for law professor global stud­ America." periods of ies based economic Hice. a member of the Notre served as a member of the on large Scott Mainwaring growth have By KATE DOWNEN Dame faculty since 1969, is a Educational Appeal Board in numbers of not led to professor of government and New~ Writer spedalist in constitutional law, the U.S. Department of countries increased jurisprudence and torts. He Education from 1981-93, and show that international studies democratiza- The Notre Dame Law School has written eight books, has been a consultant to the moderniza- tion, as politi­ has established a fellowship in including "50 Questions on the U.S. Commission on Civil tion affects cal scientists honor of law professor Charles Natural Law" and, most Rights. He is a retired lieu­ democracy," Mainwaring espousing modernization the­ Hice. thanks to an anonymous recently, "The Winning Side: tenant colonel in the U.S. said, "the correlation between ories had predicted. gift from a Questions on Living the Marine Corps Reserve, and modernization and democra­ Mainwaring placed most 1 9 7 2 Culture of Life," which was currently serves on the board cy is much weaker in Latin Latin American countries graduate. published in 1999. of trustees of Franciscan America." within the range of middle T h e After graduating from Holy University in Ohio, and the Mainwaring then discussed development, where it is diffi­ benefactor Cross in 1953, Rice earned his board of governors of Ave why many popular theories cult to predict the political hopes the juris doctor degree from Maria School of Law. on how wealth affects democ­ regime. fellowship Boston College in 1956 and his A staunch pro-life advocate, racy are lacking. One widely "If you take a global scale," w i I I master of juridical science Rice has also served as co­ held theory is that as a coun­ Mainwaring said, "Latin attract degrees from New York chair of Free Speech try's per capita income American countries, most of additional University in 1959 and 1962, Advocates of Catholics United increases, democracy them fall within a certain contribu- Rice respectively. After practicing for Life, and has co-authored becomes increasingly likely. band, and this band is pre­ lions from privately in New York City, he numerous briefs involving The second theory, put forth cisely the band where regime o t h e r taught at C.W. Post College, right to life and right to die by Kellogg Institute professor type is most indeterminate." Notre Dame law graduates New York University and issues. and class members. Fordham University before The anonymous gift is a "I think- it's a fine thing if it joining the Notre Dame facul­ component of Notre Dame's gives someone the opportunity ty. $767-million "Generations" to go to school here," Hice Hice was coeditor of the campaign, the largest capital said. ''I'm grateful sonwonp American Journal of campaign in the history of chose to name it after me." Jurisprudence from 1970-97, Catholic higher education.

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than he did in the 1996, after investing four years and mil­ Election lions of dollars for a second N.H. PRIMARY RESULTS Board continued from page 1 GOP bid. Yet Forbes said he continued from page 1 would stay and fight for con­ sprint of followup primaries, a servative voters who might be minorities to have a forum to luxury McCain could not have tempted to peel away from the Democrats get together and feel sup­ afforded. suddenly vulnerable Bush. port," Omarova said. The vice president cast his "I make this appeal to those Elections for the board's victory as a bad omen for who may have backed others president and vice president Bradley, whose laid-back style because of inevitability, I AI Gore 52% will be held on Feb. 23, the and pledges of political reform plead with you, please come same day as class elections. were tailor made for indepen­ home," he said. "I will congratulate John Bill Bradley dent-minded voters of New 47% In other Board of Hampshire. McCain on his victory," said "If he cannot win here. then Keyes, "but I cannot agree Governance news that's a devastating blow to with the stands he has por­ + BOG voted to reimburse him." Gore told reporters. trayed on the issues in this Rep members of a group who Bradley shifted strategy election." Specifically, he went on an Urban Plunge to immediately. For weeks he claimed, "His heart is not pro­ Denver over winter break. refused and ridiculed Gore's life," though McCain says his John McCain 49% Senior Jo Ellen .Jeselnick request for frequent debates, voting record has been exactly was one of four Saint Mary's but now faltering on Tuesday that. students who participated in night he proposed weekly McCain's gargantuan victory George W. Bush 31% the program sponsored by debates starting Sunday was certain to raise questions Notre Dame's Center for through March 7, Gore aides about Bush's strategy, relying Social Concerns. said the vice president would on photo opportunities and Steve Forbes 13% The $700 cost was origi­ look at the proposal. scripted speeches while nally paid by students them­ Nearly four out of every 10 McCain held dozens of free­ selves, but the board voted New Hampshire voters do not wheeling town hall meetings, Alan Keyes 6% to reimburse each student declare a party affiliation, and appealing to finicky New $250 at Jeselnick's request. these independents were a Hampshire voters who expect with 94% of precincts reporting + Allison Webb has been potent attraction to insurgent a personal touch. selected as the new Student candidates McCain and Bush aired TV ads that said Source: Assoc1ated Press Activities Board coordinator. Bradley in a state with a he was the most likely candi­ Janet Horvath reported. date to be elected president. Applications for chair posi­ ~roud history of knocking be drawn to his reform agen­ Charles Baron, 51, an front-runners offstride. but voter interviews showed tions are due on Feb. 25; that less than 10 percent of da. Though his campaign is accountant from Manchester, chairpersons will be selected McCain credited his agenda more national in scope, Bush said he typically votes of political and campaign GOP voters in New Hamphire before spring break. The said they considered a candi­ also invested millions of dol­ Democratic but went for board also heard updates finance reform for his victory. lars in hopes of winning New McCain. "I have the sense he's "The Republican Party recov­ dates' ability to get elected a from class officers and dis­ top factor in their decision. Hampshire and stopping telling the truth," Baron said. cussed the details of this ered its heritage of reform. McCain's insurgent candidacy. In the past two weeks, the And it's the beginning of the Voter interviews showed that semester's budget. the top quality sought by Bush brought in his parents. Demo~~ats shed almost any end of the truth-twisting poli­ former White House residents talk of 1ssues to exchange bit­ tics of Bill Clinton and AI Tuesday's GOP voters was a candidate who "stands up for George and Barbara, for a ter personal attacks. Bradley Gore," he said. sentimental rally that accused the vice president of Voter interviews showed what he believes in." Nearly as many voters were looking apprently did not resonate. stretching the truth on abor­ McCain winning in every The tangible primary yield tion. Gore, a hard-knuckle demographic and income for a "strong and decisive leader." was 22 delegates to the campaigner himself, indig­ group. As expected, he was Democratic convention and 17 nantly aceusnd the former well ahead among indepen­ After New Hampshire, Democrats turn their attention delegates to the GOP conven­ New Jersey senator of break­ dents in a state that allows its tion, a tiny fraction of the ing his promise to run a clean non-partisan voters to cast to an unprecedented moun­ tain of primaries from New totals needed to win the Iwmi­ campaign. ballots in either primary. And nations. The true rewards of One personal note had polit­ he defeated Bush among York to California on March 7. Republicans will compete in New Hampshire are momen­ ical implications: Bradley Republican voters, a con­ tum or simply validation of a acknowledged just before the stiuency that Bush had several states before March 7, including Delaware on Feb. 8, candidate's campaign. primary that his irregular expected to dominate. McCain Voters seemed to be looking heartbeat had required more advantage over Bush among South Carolina on Feb. 19 and Arizona and Michigan on Feb. for character more than policy treatment than he had previ­ GOP voters bodes well for pronouncements. ously said. their next confrontation in 22. South Carolina, a state that Bush has held a wide lead in tends to back establishment South Carolina polls, but McCain has more than two tRti1 candidates like Bush. Cf.NTIER FOR Social conservative Gary weeks to chip away at the lead SOCIAL Bauer barely registered in the and hoped to marshall sup­ CONCERNS returns and was struggling to port from military veterans survive. "''m a fighter but I'm among Republican voters. not delusional," Bauer said, The Arizonan invested most & before flying home to Virginia of his pre-primary time and CIVIL RIGHTS to take stock of his candidacy. money in New Hampshire, Forbes had to be disappoint­ gambling that the state's inde­ SOCIAL CHANGE ed, too, finishing little better pendent-minded voters would SEMINAR

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WORLD NEWS BRIEFS Groups push for opening of Pinochet's medical records LONDON Six human rights groups on Tuesday joined Belgium in formally requesting a review of a judge's decision to leave Gen. Augusto Pinochet's medical records confidential. Amnesty International and five other organi­ zations tiled an application seeking a judicial review before a panel of senior High Court judges. It is expected to be heard next week. The move follows a High Court judge's deci­ sion Monday to reject a request by Belgium and the human rights groups to challenge the secrecy of the medical report. which found the former Chilean dictator unlit to stand trial in Spain on allegations of human rights abuses.

AIDS may date back to 1930 SAN FRANCISCO The worldwide AIDS epidemic has been traced back to a single viral ancestor - the IllY Eve - that emerged pr.rhaps around 1930. Earlier research had suggested that the epidemic began in the first half of the 20th centurv. but the latest analysis. done at the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexieo. appears to be the most definitive so far. Bette Korber. who keeps a database of IllY genetic information at the lab. ealeulated IllY's family tree by looking at the rate the virus mutates over time. She assumed these genetie ehanges happPn at a eonstant rate. and using a super­ computer she cloeked the mutations back through time to a common ancestor. Korber estimates that the current epidemie goes baek to one or a small group of infected humans Ventura County Fire and Rescue officers search the Oxnard beach Tuesday for debris or .r~mains fr~m the ~Iaska around 1930, though this aneestor virus could Airlines MD-83 that crashed into the Pacific Ocean Monday. U.S. Coast Guard and Navy off1c1als are st11I refernng to have emerged as early as 1910 or as late as the situation as a search and rescue operation, despite not locating any survivors of the 88 passengers aboard the 1950. From this single souree, she suggests, plane. eame the virus that now infeets roughly 40 million people all over the world. Rescuers continue dim search U.S. looks to speak with China Board is seeking to inter­ The search was concen­ water. on human rights Associated Press view them. trated on a debris field "This is still a search for The plane plunged from about 10 miles offshore human life," Coast Guard PORT HUENEME, Calif. 17,000 feet and crashed and about 40 miles north­ Adm. Tom Collins said. BEIJING The pilots of Alaska The new U.S. ambassador to China said nose-down in the Pacific west of the Los Angeles "The challenge is time. As Airlines Flight 261 strug­ after the pilot reported airport. Coast Guard, Navy time ticks off, risks go up." Tuesday that the United States wants to open gled with a sudden control wide-ranging talks with the Chinese govern­ problems with the hori­ and private vessels were On shore in Port problem for at least six zontal stabilizer, a wing­ joined by military air­ Hueneme, passers-by ment on human rights issues. Joseph Prueher. minutes before the jetliner speaking to U.S. business exeeutives in like structure on the tail planes. paused to bow their heads plummeted into the ocean that controls the pitch of Nearly a day after the in prayer. Beijing. said Washington welcomed the with 88 people aboard, rr.lease last week of Song Yongyi. a librarian the aircraft's nose. accident, searchers had "It just feels so good to federal investigators said Investigators at the pulled four bodies - one stand out here and pray. It at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania who had Tuesday. been detained in China since August. But crash site also said man, two women and an sort of cleanses you out," The last minutes of the Tuesday they heard a infant - from the calm said Diane Adame, 39. Pnwher said a meaningful dialogue on human MD-83 's flight Monday rights would have to go further. "I think it's pinging from the ocean, sea. which is 300 to 7 50 "You don't realize when may have been witnessed apparently from the flight feet deep in the area. you put someone on a important that human rights diseussions with by pilots aboard four other China not be a series of spikes, of individuals. recorders, which could Hopes dimmed that any­ plane and give them a hug aircraft. and the National reveal what went wrong one aboard Flight 261 sur­ that you might not see but rather a broader dialogue where we get Transportation Safety more philosophieally in tune," he said to the with the stabilizer. vived in the 58-degree them again." Ameriean Chamber of Commerce-China. "A secure. stable and prosperous China is what's in the interests of the United States," Prueher said. AUSTRIA Haider reaches tenative deal in Austria

Associated Press party and the conservative his party's stance on immi­ to the agreement, but earli­ People's Party. gration is discriminatory. er Tuesday. spokesman "We have decided to try The deal can still be VIENNA James Foley said the United Nasdaq: this path," declared Haider. rejected by President +100.52 Outspoken populist Joerg States is "continuing to 4051.98 "This government will hap­ Thomas Klestil. who could keep the situation under + 111.63 Haider on Tuesday negoti­ pen." call new elections or pro­ ated a deal to allow his far­ review" and added that Haider and Schuessel NYSE right party to share power pose other alternatives. But Secretary of State offered no details on the 624.84 in Austria's government - he is unlikely to do so. Madeleine Albright had +3.11 composition of their gov­ despite warnings from the Haider and Schuessel called Schuessel on ernment or details of their planned to meet with Composite United States and the Tuesday. S&P 500: program. But in an attempt ~ 1409.28 \'olume: European Union that such a Klestil on Wednesday. Suspicion of Haider's 11041.05 I, 723,353,500 to defuse international crit­ + 14.82 move could lead to diplo­ Earlier. while talks were party stems in part from his icism. both politicians VOLUME LEADERS matic isolation. still under way, the Clinton past hostility to the EU, his pledged that tolerance administration warned that opposition to immigration !,;;QI!Ii!a.til Haider, leader of the Il~lUiS "1: !;l:iAt.i~~ ! S::Hb.t.i!li~ ii!Bl!;B would be high on their the United States would and remarks sympathetic CISCO SYSTEMS csco +1. 59 +B. 3100 117.81 rightist Freedom Party, and MICROSOFT CORP MSFT +5.17 +5.0650 102.94 agenda. carefully examine its rela­ to aspects of Adolf Hitler's QUALCOMM INC QCOM +7.13 +9 .()600 136.06 Foreign Minister Wolfgang DILL COMPUTER DELL +1. 31 +0.5025 39.94 'There is no evidence to tions with Austria if regime. The EU's 14 other ORACLB CORP ORCL +9.10 .... 0469 Sol. 00 Schuessel reached the AMERICA ONLINE AOL -2.96 -1.6975 55.25 indieate that anyone is Haider's party moved into a members have threatened INTEL CORP INTC +2.53 +2. 5025 101.44 agreement late Tuesday on COMPAQ COMPUTER CPQ +3.87 +1.0625 29.50 going to have to leave this leadership position. to isolate Austria politieally MCI WORLDCOM IN WCOM -1.08 -0.4975 45.44 a proposed coalition gov­ E • TRADE GROUP EGRP -5.33 -1.1.225 19.94 country," Haider said, ernment between Haider's There was no immediate if Haider's party gains referring to charges that State Department response power. page 6 The Observer+ INTERNATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, February 2, 2000

RUSSIA ISRAEL 2,000 more Chechen Summit talks stall as troops abandon Grozny deadline nears

Basayev reportedly had his leg torn on all its tracks." + Federal soldiers try Associated Press of~ when his car was blown up by a Pre.sident Clinton's Mideast envoy, to maintain blockade mme as he escaped Grozny; he was Denms Hoss, was to arrive Wednesday spirited away, rebels said, and his JEHUSALEM of capital No progress was made in the first two to be briefed by negotiators. Arafat said whereabouts was unknown. S~cretary of. State Madeline Albright Among the Chechen commanders rounds of a 10-day marathon of inten­ Associated Press might be commg to the region as well. reportedly killed were Aslanbek sive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, a Palestinian negotiator said Tuesday. E~ekat said both sides were genuinely ALKHAN-YURT Ismailov, who had headed Grozny's trymg to meet the defenses, Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov, Saeb Erekat Several hundred Chechen fighters would not say what February deadline, have abandoned positions in their and Grozny Mayor Lecha Dudayev. but that Ross' inter­ Hussian commanders denied that issues the two sides embattled capital of Grozny and raised over the past vention would be escaped despite a Russian blockade. the rebels escaped; a main goal of necessary. the Hussian offensive had been to two days, but he Two senior rebel commanders along indicated that In a push toward a with scores of their wipe out the fight­ framework treaty, ers in Grozny. The Israeli negotiators fighters stumbled were pushing to the two sides decid­ into a minefield and "Nobody will evern allow rebels who left ed to hold 10 days of Grozny are expect­ keep east Jerusalem were killed. the rebels to leave the and West Bank intensive negotia- About 2,000 ed to join thousands water sources Arafat tions in secret loca- Barak city other than under a of comrades in the Chechen fighters under Israeli con- tions. The first broke out and tried white flag and after south to go on fight­ round was held Sunday, and a second ing. trol. Tuesday to head laying down their "There is a serious gap between the session was convened Monday in the south to join up with The ITAR-Tass West Bank town of Jericho. weapons." news agency said two sides," he said. fellow rebels, bat­ Israel and the Palestinians arc trying A meeting between Erekat and his tling federal forces Hussian troops Israeli counterpart Oded Eran, set for clashed with rebels to meet a Feb. 13 deadline for formulat­ attempting to pre­ Igor Sergeyev ing the. outline of a peace treaty, ~uesday,. was postponed to Thursday, vent their escape Russian Defense Minister Tuesday in the Erekat said. He did not give a reason for Argun and Vcdeno addressmg hotly contested issues such with tanks and as borders, Jerusalem, Palestinian the delay. artillery. Russian gorges, which lead The two were expected to discuss an through the mountains. The Interfax refugees and Jewish settlements. A final reports estimated there were about in September. Israeli withdrawal from 6.1 percent of news agency cited a rebel spokesman treaty is due 3,000 rebel fighters in Grozny last It is unlikely the sides will make much the West Bank that was to have taken week. as saying fighting continued in place Jan. 20. Israel has asked for an Grozny on Tuesday evening. headway before a summit Thursday Other rebels stayed in the battered between Palestinian leader Yasser extra three weeks to get organized. Chechen capital to keep up the fierce Hussian Defense Minister Igor Barak aide Gadi Baltiansky on Sergeyev insisted Tuesday that feder­ Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud resistance they have mounted to Barak. Tuesday said that Israel would carry al forces were successfully blocking months of air and artillery attacks Barak's office on Tuesday said the out the withdrawal by Feb. 10. rebels trying to flee Grozny. and a five-week Russian push to take meeting would take place at noon at the The Palestinians want to gain control the city center. "Nobody will ever allow the rebels of West Bank suburbs of Jerusalem in to leave the city other than under a Gaza Strip's Erez Crossing. T?ere was no sign that any of the The office said in a statement that the upcoming withdrawal, but Israel estimated 15,000-40,000 civilians white flag and after laying down apparently wants to keep those areas as their weapons," he said. Barak would also meet with Jordan's trapped in Grozny had left with the King Abdullah on Sunday in Amman "as a bargaining chip for talks on the status rebels. The rebels did not announce that o_f disputed .Jerusalem, claimed by both they had given up the fight for the part of the prime minister's intensive At least two prominent rebel com­ activities to advance the peace process sides as their capital. ma~ders remained in Grozny with ca~ita~. Their strategy in Grozny was thetr forces, rebels said. It was to mflict as many losses as possible unclear how many rebels remained on the Russians while avoiding heavy under their command. casualties that would harm their ability to continue the war . . A lar~e g~·oup of rebels got caught m a mmefield on the outskirts of In the last Chechen war, the rebels Junior Grozny on Monday, and several lost. Grozny in 1995, but kept lighting prominent Chechen commanders until they retook the city in 1996. ..CENtER FOR Business Majors were killed or badly wounded, wit­ The lighters' exodus began Monday SOCIAL nesses said. Russian artillery then as groups of rebels broke out of the CONCERNS opened fire on the field, killing and western edge of the city along a rail­ wounding scores more fighters. they way line. The rebels continued to flee Internships available to work in said. overnight, rebel commanders and Chechen field commander Shamil residents of nearby villages said. ACCION Offices

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CUBA Dispute causes procedural delays in attaining U.S. visas

ing to visit relatives in the United States drop an application into a box. Officials cials told them Tuesday that it would not. Associated Press or take part in academic, cultural or said most applicants would have an The Interests Section will continue to other events. interview and a reply to their request the receive applications from people who HAVANA U.S. officials said the problem was pro­ next day. have already received letters from the Cubans applying for U.S. visitor visas in cedural, not political, and was not related But on Tuesday, Cuban police blocked mission under the old system but will Havana will have to wait up to 15 days to the custody battle over 6-year-old streets near the mission, preventing issue no more letters. In preparing for because of a dispute with the Cuban gov­ Elian Gonzalez or other disputes. about 200 people from entering. The the new system, U.S. officials said con­ ernment, 1he U.S. Interests Section Under the old system, Cubans seeking crowd waited peacefully, hoping police sular officials in Havana had already announced Tuesday. such visas had to send a letter to the might change their minds. destroyed letters sent to them under the The mission said the Cuban govern­ Interests Section, which then had to send "There are people who have been wait­ old method. ment had backed away from an earlier them a letter inviting them to apply for a ing here for three days." said Isabel A statement said the mission "no agreement on a more efficient visa appli­ visa. With that letter, they were allowed Rodriguez Cruz of the central Cuban city longer has the ability - nor is it willing cation process. But U.S. officials, speak­ to enter the diplomatic mission's com­ of Matanzas, who had waited for several - to revert to the inefficient and easily ing on condition of anonymity, said later pound to apply. The old process could days. corrupted system of issuing application they had reached a new, verbal pact with take months. Another of those waiting, Isabel letters." the Cubans to implement the system The new system, which U.S. officials Monsibaez, said Cuban officials had told The Interests Section has issued about within 15 days. hoped to start Monday. would have let the crowd on Monday that the old system 4,800 such visas since the start of The problem affects most Cubans try- Cubans come directly to the mission and would continue. But she said U.S. offi- October.

FRANCE Truckers strike for better conditions

the best possible conditions." Associated Press She denied the program was unpopular. PARIS The government says reduc­ The French government put ing the workweek from 39 on a brave face Tuesday as its hours to 35 will help reduce new 35-hour workweek law unemployment since companies came into effect against a back­ will have to hire more staff. drop of public transport strikes Business leaders have criti­ in Paris and nationwide block­ cized the cost of the program, ades by truckers. For a second day, truckers accusing officials of unneces­ sary meddling in the economy. brought traffic to a standstill at Many employers say they will ports and cities, blaming the demand more productivity from government for caving in to workers. employers' demands that truck­ Trade unions are concerned ing companies be exempted about exactly how the law will from the law. In Paris, 50 per­ cent of buses, suburban train be implemented, and are keen to ensure workers do not see and subway services were hit their salaries shrink. strike. Many commuters by a Only 20 percent of the 82,000 Can you make this team? were forced to walk or drive to companies nationwide that are work. supposed to fully adhere to the In the southern port city of new law have reached agree­ Marseille, 10,000 people rallied ment with their employees, offi­ to protest what they also saw cials say. But Aubry says tens as poor implementation of the of thousands of jobs have Al~SWER :Gfp: law. already been created by the By Tuesday evening, only a THECALL W law. handful of barricades remained Tuesday's strikes coincided in place and all were expected to be lifted by morning. with the symbolic Feb. 1 dead­ line for French companies with The Socialist-led government more than 20 employees to Fr. King, c.s.c~ Fr. Bill Wack, C.S.C. played down Tuesday's Jim comply with the law. Other protests. Labor Minister Martine Aubry told lawmakers companies have until 2002. The shorter workweek is the www.nd.edu/-vocation they were a result of workers simply "assuring that they get centerpiece of Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's efforts to reduce a stubborn unem­ ' . ployment rate which, despite edging down since he took Sophomores & all May 2002 Grad! -,4 office in mid-1997, is still hov­ ering above the 10 percent mark. $CHOLAR$HIP$ AVAILABLE NOW! ., On Monday, French truckers blocked traffic at international borders and around major cities to demand that their hourly rates and bonuses rise to soften the impact of a short­ er week.

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Wednesday, February 2, 2000 The Observer+ NATIONAL NEWS page 9 Homeless kids face school segregation, discriiDination

pupils learn to read and count. of food from the school's contended in a report released especially focusing on states Associated Press They also get new clothes if pantry to take home to their Tuesday that Pappas and other where separate schools exist. theirs are tattered and dirty. families. schools for homeless children "Until this is done, homeless At Thomas J. Pappas onsite medical care, breakfast Despite such efforts, howev­ across the country unfairly children will continue to have Elementary school in Phoenix, and lunch. Also, they get boxes er. advocates for the homeless segregate their charges. The an unequal education," schools violate a 1987 law McCarthy said. aimed at educating more than Many school districts con­ All Faculty & Students Are Invited a half-million homeless tend the separate classes and youngsters by depriving them schools help homeless children to participate in an "of the chance to develop nor­ by giving them additional mal relationships with their social services that regular peers," the report said. schools can't afford. The dis­ "There is no reason why tricts say separate schools also Open Forum homeless children should not can protect the children from be in the ~same schools as the ridicule of more affluent everyone else," Sarah pupils, give them stable places on McCarthy, a staff attorney to attend school and provide with the National Law Center extra protection for children in on Homelessness and Poverty, families fleeing domestic vio­ the relationship. between said in releasing the report. lence. A trend toward teaching Pappas Elementary educates homeless children in shelters, homeless children in kinder­ academic & student life community centers and sepa­ garten through lOth grade. rate schools is the latest in a The public school provides its list of barriers to such chil­ 750 students with bus trans­ dren's legal rights to an equal portation, breakfast and lunch, education, the report said. clothes, hygiene products, a • What expectations do you have for faculty involvement in Thomas Corwin, who deals library and computer lab, student life outside the classroom? with schooling the homeless medical and dental care and for the Education therapy. Department, said separate It comes the closest to • Are academic life and student life well integrated at NO? schools are not in direct viola­ resembling "a real school," the tion of the law, but they're report said. not the ideal. "It is not equal," said Sandra "We are very much in Dowling, superintendent of the • What would you like to tell us? agreement with the general Maricopa County School spirit of the report," he said, District, which runs the school. including many of the advo­ "It is superior to anything * * * cates' recommendations for we've seen in public education changing the law this year. to date, whether it's for home­ The Ad Hoc Committe on Academic and Student Life will Suggested changes include less children or not." sponsor two open meetings: requiring a homeless special­ Dowling, who said Pappas ist in every district and children would never get the informing homeless parents services they need from other Wednesday, February 9, 4:30-5:30 pm of their rights. Corwin said schools, believes the school Congress has should Thursday, February 17, 7:00-8:00 pm repeatedly remain turned down ''There is no reason exclusively administration why homeless children for home­ Both meetings will take place in the Notre Dame Room on the requests to should not be in the less chil­ increase fund­ dren and 2nd floor of LaFortune_ ing to help same schools as supports a homeless stu­ everyone else., bill passed dents. by the Almost 50 Sarah McCarthy House last Please join usl schools such as year to Pappas educate attorney k e e p homeless chil- established I dren separately, many little schools like Pappas in business more than one-room school but ban creation of new ones. College of Arts and Letters houses, the report said. The School districts can provide first was established in 1984 the same services in regular University of Notre Dame in Utah. schools, and some districts The report, based on a 1998 have done just that, advocates survey of homeless service say. providers and advocates, also In Charlotte, homeless chil­ charged that long-standing dren are placed in regular school district policies requir­ classrooms and allowed to stay ing proof of residency, immu­ and get transportation even if nization records and docu­ the family moves out of the The College of Arts and Letters ments from other schools immediate area or change place unfair burdens on addresses several times in one Invites homeless families. year, McCarthy said. Student Nominations Almost eight in 10 of the Because the relatively small surveyed organizations that $30 million pool of federal for provide services for the money tends to get concentrat­ Kaneb Teaching Awards homeless said their clients' ed in urban areas, states must children could not ride dis­ help suburban school districts trict school buses because address its homeless problems, they lacked permanent said Walter Varner, who coor­ addresses. dinates special program poli­ The Education Department cies for the Maryland educa­ says roughly 12 percent of tion department. Each year Kaneb Teaching Awards recognize approximately 25 Arts and Letters homeless children are not "You can't look at all home­ faculty for excellence in undergraduate teaching. enrolled in school, compared less children as poor and with more than 50 percent downtrodden," said Varner. Tenured faculty as well as professional specialist and adjunct faculty who have not in school in 1990. "You will also find them in McCarthy and other advo­ affluent communities where taught at least five years are eligible. cates urged the department to families living beyond their increase monitoring of states' means might lose a mortgage Take advantage of this opportunity to have a v~ice in the selectio_n of these compliance with the law, and they end up ... homeless." recipients by nominating one of your outstanding teachers for this award.

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Or rather, am I to SAINT MARY'S ...... 631-4324 It is not his argument that troubles umn dishearten me? The simple rea­ infer that I, along with other observer.smc.l @nd.edu me, as I am inclined to agree with his son is the last sentence. He encourages Mississippians, am incapable of read­ PHOTO ...... 631-8767 statements about not flying the the "many people of South Carolina" to ing this and need someone to read it SYSTEMS/WEB ADMINISTRATOR5 ...... 631-8839 Confederate Flag over the South continue in their struggle for equality for me? Carolina State Capital. Bather, I find it and morality by "sighing our standard In conclusion, I would like to ask Mr. THE OBSERVER ONLINE disheartening that he can make a refrain in times like these: 'Thank God Hennigan what he expected the read­ Visit our Web site at http://observer.ndedu for daily claim about the belittlement of a group for Mississippi!" I hope this statnment ers of his column to learn? If it was updates of campus news, sports, features and opinion of American citizens and the wrongs disturbs the good people of South that South Carolina should remove the columns, as well as cartoons. reviews and breaking news from the Associated Press. committed against that population Carolina and Notre Dame as much as it Confederate Battle Flag from above his while at the same time making a sub­ dons me. state's capital (a noble cause), themes­ SURF TO: liminally bigoted statement about It is hard to believe that Mr. sage was douded. It was clouded with weather for up-to-the movies/music for another group of the American popula­ Hennigan thinks it appropriate to per­ his own ignorant and bigoted state­ minute fOrecasts weekly student reviews tion. It is also a worthy note that petuate an incorrect stereotype of a ments about Mississippi and the people advertise for policies online features tor spe­ Hennigan's presentation of the histori­ group of American citizens while at the that call Mississippi home. I am proud and rates of prim ads cial campus coverage cal facts regarding tlw Confederate same time arguing for the abolishment to say that I am from Mississippi. I am Flag is not completely truthful. of a symbol that perp11tuates a stereo­ also very proud of the steps the peopln archives to search tor about The Observer To begin, let me give a more accu­ typP of another group of Amnriean citi­ of my statn have taken since the 1960s articles published after to meet the editors and rate account of the Confederate Flag. zens. to rectify the injustices done to the August 1999 staff Though it is true that thP flag was Let me clarify. I am not disagreeing African-American citizens who right­ never the official flag of the with a need for a more sensitive dis­ fully call Mississippi home also. I am POLICIES Confederacy and that it was only one play of Southern heritage or pride. I not trying to make the claim that The Observer is the independent, daily newspaper of the many battle flags llown, there is am saying that Mr. Hennigan needs to Mississippi has completely washed published in print and online by the smdents of the a little more to its history. During the takn some time to rnf1ect upon his own itself of the attitudes that plagued our Universiry of Notre Dame du Lac and Saint Mary's first Civil War battle at Manassas, it beliefs before chastising others. I sin­ image for deeadns, but we arc trying. College. Editorial content, including advertisements, is was discovered that the Confederate eernly hope that every Notre Damn stu­ Mississippi learned from the rest of the not governed by policies of the administration of either Flag was indistinguishable from that of dent believes it is important to create country how to work toward a better institution. The Observer reserves the right to refuse the Union Army. As a result, several an environment of respect for all peo­ society, a society that enables all its advertisements based on content. high-ranked Confederate Army offi­ ple. I also hope every Notrn Dame stu­ citizens to take advantage of the true The news is reported as accurately and objectively as cials designed a new battle flag and dent believes this can be aceomplished opportunities our country can provide. possible. Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of the majoriry of rhe Editor in Chiet~ Managing Editor, submitted it to the Confederate govern­ without making ignorant and asinine I guess, if nothing more, I hope those Assistant Managing Editor and department editors. ment for approval. The flag was never statmnents about certain othnr groups of you from South Carolina and the Commentaries, leuers and columns present the views approved becausn the government was of people in the process. rest of the country can learn a little bit of the authors and nor necessarily those of The more coneerned with making critical Another interesting point of the col­ from those of us in Mississippi. Observer. political and strategic decisions in the umn from Mr. Hennigan is the dis­ Viewpoint space is available to all readers. The free middle of the Civil War. The "many" daimer he added at its condusion: Jody Penton expression of all opinions through leuers is encouraged. other flags Hennigan refers to were ".lim llnnnigan, Class of 1994. usually Senior Letters to the Editor must be signed and must include two modifications of the most popular practices commercial and internation­ Sr. Ed's Hall contact information. version of the Confederatn Battle Flag al law, but he's currently practicing January 31. 2000 Questions regardi11g Observer policies should be direct­ ed to Editor in ChiefMichelle Kmpa. in which the original design was used how to extinguish burning crosses in as the canton cornnr. I do not believe his front yard in the event certain of

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Avoid 'Last Temptation' as matter of conscience This wenkend. tlw movio "The already seen the movie, ask them Last Tnm ptation of Christ" will bP about it. Be specific. If there's no shown at the Snit!' CirHmut. I con­ one you can ask, you can still easi­ sider this film sacrilegious and ly get information about the wouldn't be at all disappointed if movie's content- after all, this is the showing wen1 cancelled. But the "Information Age." this is not a letter about cancelling If, at that point, you still think the film. I'm writing rather to the "The Last Temptation of Christ" individual Christian. and what I falls within the limits set by your have to say this: If you're planning conscience, then go ahead and to seP "Last Temptation," be sure watch. I can't exactly say I'd be you make it a mattf~r of conscience. happy for you, but I won't try to You see, Notre Dame can make stop you. the film available, push you to sm~ Although this letter is not about it and perhaps oven make you feel trying to prevent the movie from "out of it" if you don't. But no one being shown, I would like to con­ can decide whether or not you'll elude by saying a word to those States must enact actually see it- no one but you. who are showing the movie. The At this point some readers may Notre Dame theology department say, "I won't make a decision is sponsoring the film and holding about 'Last Temptation' just based a lecture afterwards. I would like death penalty moratorium on the fact that Hollywood likes it to request that, in a token of fair­ and Notre Dame is showing it. But ness to your customers, you give a As a lifelong Hoosier, I am mindful of the should no longer be placed on death row. I don't want to take your word for lecture BEFOBE the film -at least identity of my home state. Expansive corn­ Though a commendable decision, it was not it eitlwr. I want to make my own let people know what they'll be fields, unmatched high school basketball retroactive and therefore did not effect indi­ decision." participating in if they watch "The and "singing" sand dunes are but a few of viduals, like Mr. Fleenor, who were on I agree. If you want to get Last Temptation of Christ." the things that make Indiana unique and death row at the time. Indiana went infornwd about this !ilm. tlwn by great. I have always been proud yet wary of through with the execution in spite of Mr. all nwans w·t in fornwd and investi­ Peter Byers comparisons with any other state- espe­ Fleenor's delusional behavior and diag­ gate. But don't make watrhing it Graduate Student cially comparisons made with our larger nosed IQ of 70. Father Joe Lanzalaco, possi­ thP !irst stnp of your invpstigation. january 28, 2000 neighbor to the west, Illinois. This week, bly the only man who had an extensive rela­ If you have frinnds who have however, the "Land of Lincoln" made a tionship with Mr. Fleenor, remarked that decision so admirable it made me take Mr. Fleenor was perhaps the most insane notice. Illinois' decision makes me hopeful person on the state's death row, a man who that Indiana and 36 other states will follow had no touch with reality whatsoever. the example it has established. If that were not enough, the state botched At a press conference Monday afternoon, Mr. Fleenor's execution. It took three Stolen coat spoils Illinois Governor George Ryan announced a attempts and 37 minutes to stop his tina! moratorium on all executions in the state. breath. The experience was so moving that This decision temporarily spares the life of it brought state spokeswoman Pam Pattison Patrick Wright, who was scheduled to be to tears. Senior Bar fun executed March 28, as well as the 259 other Importantly, Governor Ryan's announce· inmates of Illinois' death row. Byan was ment comes only in response to extensive Michelle Krupa's Inside Column Columbia coat that I had just prompted by a Chicago Tribune investiga­ investigations of the state's capital cases on Jan. 31 got me thinking about received as a Christmas gift from tion that exposed systematic flaws, includ­ nonbiased sources like Northwestern the one person who can ruin an my parents. ing the use of questionable jailhouse infor­ University professors and the Chicago otherwise fun night. For the past I was in shock. Not as much from mants and incompetent defense attorneys. Tribune. In Indiana, there has been no com­ two and a half years, I've had noth- the fact that my coat was missing, The Tribune's investigation exposed so parable investigation. Should a similar ing but positive thing to say about but the fact that it was more than many errors that 130, or half, of all death investigation take place in this state, the my experience under the Dome. likely a Notre Dame/Saint Mary's penalty cases were recently overturned same mistakes would surely be uncovered. I've continually bragged to my student that took it. I reported (Chicago Tribune, Jan. 22). In the last 23 Illinois' response to extensive investiga­ friends back home about how what had happened to the police years, Illinois has actually cleared more tion was to impose a moratorium so that the beautiful the campus is, how great officer on duty and he informed me death row inmates of their crimes, 13, than issue could be researched even further. the people are and the comfort that a couple of coats usually dis- it has executed, 12. Governor Ryan said in Indiana must dedicate similar resources ifwel that I feel while at school. It's appear on a busy night at Senior his statement that he "can't support a sys­ into its cases. An immediate halt to execu­ the spirit that surrounds this cam- Bar. tem which in its administration has proven tions in Indiana would allow the state time pus that no other campus in the It is still hard for me to imagine to be so fraught with error and come so to appropriately review its death penalty world can reproduce or match. that someone on this campus needs close to the ultimate nightmare - the cases. Although I still feel strongly a coat so badly that they had state's taking of innocent life" (Chicago It is time for Indiana, and the other 36 about all these things, to steal one. It's hard for Tribune, Feb. 1). states with death penalty statutes, to follow an incident that me to even believe Hoosier death penalty supporters might Illinois' example and establish a moratori· occurred last week that a fellow class- argue that Indiana does not need to follow urn on the death penalty. As Governor Ryan slightly reduced mate would do Illinois' lead. After all, they might say, little said Monday, 'There is no margin for error the level at ~-~:>---~such a thing. evidence exists that the Indiana system has when it comes to putting a person to death." which I hold ..: Maybe I'm the same errors that have characterized Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon should this things to 1:------.,F=-----.J~naive in Illinois' death row. This, however, is untrue. heed his colleague's advice and conform to be true. thinking this Indiana's use of the death penalty is outra­ his decision. Last ·-:'\"\:1P~~~~~~~~~r--llllllll way, but I've geous. The execution of D.H. Fleenor last Wednesday, " always month in Michigan City was so despicable Matthew Monberg for the first thought of that it should make even the most ardent Senior time, I could and consid- death penalty supporters cringe. The Dillon Hall partake in the ered our Indiana Supreme Court recently decided February I, 2000 Notre Dame campus a safe that mentally handicapped individuals tradition of place where spending students could Wednesday night be trusted. Heck, at Senior Bar. most people don't Having just celebrated ~-~~~~~~-~~.. ~even locked their doors my 21st birthday, it was a when they go to class. I just great night of celebration with keep hoping that there is an expla- friends that lasted until the DJ nation for what happened. we can never get enough letters. said, "Senior Bar is now closed. Maybe my coat looked like one You don't have to go home, but you you have or you got confused after can't stay here." a long night, but I just hope that Beluctantly, my friends and I this is an exception and not a com- Really. headed to the coat room, where mon practice. Don't get me wrong, throughout the night hundreds of I'll still brag to my friends back coats had been hung or dropped on home, but I just might keep my the floor for safe keeping. The coat with me next time. unfortunate thing was that my coat was no longer in the room. Nick Rosato Someone was either trying to be Junior viewpoint. I @nd.edu funny or too drunk to remember Siegfried Hall had stolen my silver and black February I, 2000 -----~--~-----~..... --

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NELUE WILUAMSfThe Observer The Keenan Revue, perhaps the most anticipated annual event on the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's campuses, returns to Saint Mary's O'Laughlin Auditorium for its 23rd annual variety show. As usual, the show will be a mix of comedy skits, music and other entertaining silliness. Keenan shows up at SMC, again

drummer and two singers stood on the Dame's biggest, and in recent years, many hopeful Keenanites, tried out for By COURTNEY KERRIGAN stage, not really knowing what to do more controversial, student-run events. the Revue this past weekend, less than Scene Writer with themselves, as the hired tech crew The budget has grown to $11,000, but 20 are actually part of the show. took its sweet time setting up for the the tickets are still free - and that's the What does Carney think of this year's The Keenan Revue of 2000 promises first band to way Keenan show? "It rocks. Go Irish! Keenan to be an extremely entertaining and begin the ''[It's] a virtual cacophony of talent, wants it to stay rules," he said. humorous spectacle that will successful­ rehearsal. - thanks to The Hevue will be held Thursday, ly animate our little Notre Dame bubble. Meanwhile, humor and especially attractive men. donations given Friday and Saturday at O'Laughlin Mike Romanelli, Johnson, the It strives to continue the tradition of by Keenan Auditorium. The show should last about the director of Keenan Revue producer of this class, dignity, delight for people of all alumni. In fact, two and a half hours, because. as the Revue, said year's show, Johnson has Johnson said, "We're not funny enough that this year it thought out ages and fart jokes" been working to go for three hours." will be very +Where: O'laughlin loud to himself: since August to He also said to look forward to the fol­ impressive and "I can't believe Auditorium, Saint Ryan Cunningham raise money. lowing skits: "Little Oscar's Big Talent," that "even the I'm paying them A large "Five Finger Discount at NDH," "Jesus sophomore, Keenan people from The Mary's this much amount of the at the Backer," and of course, the pro­ Observer will be • When: Fri.- Sat., money to stand money that is ducer and director's message. He added: amused." around." raised is spent on renting O'Laughlin "These are the highlights of this year's At Monday 7:30p.m. For those who are new to Notre Dame Auditorium, hiring a professional techni­ Hevue:. in my unbiased opinion as pro­ night's first offi- + Tickets: Ask a friend this year, sophomore Cunningham, one cal crew, making T-shirts, advertising, ducer. cia! rehearsal in of the Revue's head writers, described printing the programs and throwing the In past years, the Hevue has run into a O'Laughlin the Revue as "a virtual cacophony of tal­ dorm's SYR after the last show on little controversy over some of the satiri­ Auditorium at Saint Mary's, the atmos­ ent, humor and especially attractive Saturday night. Keenan tries to be cal material in their skits. However, phere was buzzing with camaraderie, men. It strives to continue the tradition resourceful with its budget, though. All Romanelli, Johnson and Father excitement and a little stress as the of class, dignity, delight for people of all props and costumes are borrowed or Chamberland, Keenan's rector, stress Keenanites prepared to enliven Notre ages and fartjokes." homemade. All of the participants in the that everything is meant only as enter­ Dame with their annual variety show. When the Revue started as an inno­ show, including any "girls," are mem­ tainment, in good fun and lighthearted­ Guys cracked jokes and reminisced cent variety show in 1977, it was held in bers of Keenan. ness. Though, just to assure that the about the Revue's past and whether or the basement of Keenan. Its original This year's show will include perfor­ humor is in relatively good taste this not this year's show would top some of purpose was to give back to the Notre mances by the Keenan Band, vocalists year, there will be censors at rehearsals, the other great shows of the past. Hyan Dame community through entertain­ and a pianist, about 20 comedy skits, two from Saint Mary's and one from Cunningham, Matt Johnson and Kevin ment and of course, to make fun of it four musical acts (look for a commend­ Notre Dame, keeping the Keenanites in Carney sat looking at slides for the too. The budget was low, and the show able rendition of Simon and Garfunkel's check. famous "Hevue News," a sort of was free. life was simple. "Mrs. Robinson"), magic and other As Cunningham stated: "When you're "Saturday Night Live" Weekend Update Now, 24 shows later, a total of about weird stuff that should make for a highly going to the Keenan Hevue, and you're skit. 4,000 people come on three nights to jocular and infinitely entertaining asking yourselves what time it is, the Four guitarists. two saxophonists, a see what has evolved into one of Notre Revue. Although 80 different skits, and answer is 'It's wacky time!"' c s

Wednesday, February 2, 2000 page 13 Big Red of Dillon ain't no stick of gum

Hdilor's note: Scene will continue to tor. Father Paul Doyle. "[He is] tall, feature the dorms of Notre Dame and thin. good looking," according to dorm ,<.,'ainl .'Hary's throughout the spring presidents McCabe and Geoff Rahie. semester. Anyone interested in writing "lip, is a charac:tcr. like most of the men a feature of a dorm should e-mail Scene of Dillon Hall. Bottom line: lie takes at .'·:[email protected]. r-are of his own." In f'ar-t. they all take care of their own. esper,ially when it r,omes to their rivalry By BRIDGET MAHONEY with the Alumni I Jail Dawgs. Since their Scene Writer twin birth in 1931. these neighbors have shared a "fun and serious" rivalry. Big Red. Th(~ gum that "lasts a little Besides sur,h pranks as the pulling of longer." fire alarms during dances and other Wait a minute. wrong Big Red. This events, the Big Red successfully appre­ Big HPd is Dillon Hall. and it is anything hended Alumni's banner and proudly but a thin pink strip of gum bursting replar,ed "Alumni" with "Dillon" as the with cinnamon flavor. But still. one "Center of the Universe." qtwstion immediately r,omes to mind - Not as well known. the Big Red have what in the world is it? another point of rivalry with Notre Actually, it is the nickname for Dillon Dame's other red r,olored male dorm, Hall. although its mascot is the moose. Zahm Hall. They claim that Zahm stole With approximately 350 men living the moose for its mascot as well. In within its walls. "big" is a good word to order to settle the claim. Dillon has use when talking about Notre Dame's tried to challenge Zahm to compete for largest dorm on campus. the mascot, but they have continuously So where did they come up with Big refused. Red'? "No one really knows where it What Dillon Hall is most famous for is camn from." said dorm co-president the Dillon Hall Pep Rally the Thursday Brian McCabe. "That's just the way it is. before the first home football game These mysteries simply add to the each fall. Past rallies include "The grnatnnss of Dillon Hall. We may not Dillon Kid" and "Bar,k to the Future." As know when~ tfiny originated. but we a kir,koff to the festivities of the first belinw them to be superior." football weekend. its residents provide Virtually nwry student on campus will entertainment for campus on South make that same daim respective to her Quad with skits. songs. impersonations or his dorm. but Dillon Hall does have and spr,akers. Amid the crowd of rowdy its perks. Its nanwsake. Father Patrir,k men dressed in red surrounding thr, Dillon. was a past president of Notre stage, diving offstage has become popu­ Damr. Famous Big Bed alumni include lar; Father Doyle has even joined in thP quartPrback for the 1

NFL Ram's Vermeil announces retirement 'Skins Associated Press re-sign ST. LOUIS Dick Vermeil is going out on top. On Tuesday, two days after winning his first Super Bowl and after a long talk with his wife, the Centers 63-year-old coach of the St. Louis Rams announced his retirement. Associated Press His eyes filled with tears and his voice choked with emotion, Vermeil said it was "an unbelievable ASHBURN, Va. feeling" to leave as a champion. Larry Centers, a late summer "I think the time is right," he said, the Super Bowl pickup who led the trophy sitting on a table to his right. "Very few peo­ Washington Redskins in pass ple in this profession get this opportunity." receptions, signed a four-year This exit was a lot different than the first time he contract with the team walked away from NFL coaching, complaining of Tuesday. burnout when he left the Philadelphia Eagles. The 31-year-old fullback The decision elevates offensive coordinator Mike caught 69 passes for 544 yards Martz to head coach. The Rams signed Martz, who and also provided veteran directed the NFL's top-rated ofTense and produced leadership as the Hedskins 526 points - third highest in league history - to a won the NFC East and made new two-year contract in December that assured he their first postseason appear­ would inherit Vermeil's job. ance in seven years. Martz. who is scheduled to undergo surgery for a "Larry liked it here. He neck problem that bothered him all season, did not wanted to be here," director of attend the news conference. player personnel Vinny Vermeil coached two Super Bowl teams 19 years Cerrato said. "He's a very apart. He led the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super important part of the whole Bowl in 1981, and that 27-10 loss fueled his return scenario, both on the field and to the profession in 1997. He leaves the Rams with off the field." two years to go on a five-year contract. Terms of the deal weren't Vermeil led the Rams to a 13-3 record this year disclosed. after going winning only nine games his first two After nine seasons with years combined. Arizona, Centers was cut for Vermeil was close to missing the 1999-00 season salary cap reasons last sum­ because of his disastrous beginning with the team. mer. The Redskins signed him After the Rams went 5-11 and 4-12 in his first two to a one-year deal in July. seasons, there was talk that he could be fired. Centers has 604 career The players weren't happy, either. Most of it was receptions, six shy of Keith nnly grumbling because of extremely hard practices Byars' NFL-record 610 for a that often left the players exhausted before they running back. stepped on the field on Sundays. Centers was among five But four prominent players, including cornerback starters the Hedskins targeted Todd Lyght, boycotted the final team meeting of the to re-sign before they becomn 1998 season. That sent a message to the coach, who frne agr.nts Feb. 11 .. The oth­ described it at the time as a "shot in the back." ers are running back Stephen Vermeil, however, weathered the problems and Davis, center Cory Haymer, led the team to an incredible turnaround. guard Keith Sims and defen­ In his first stint as an NFL coach with the Eagles sive end Marco Coleman. from 1976-82, Vermeil called the plays and basical­ Negotiations with Davis have ly ran the whole show with an iron fist. He left the been slow. The Redskins are game with burnout, and when he returned he offering a five-year deal, and became a benevolent overseer. Davis is asking for a contract During the Super Bowl buildup, Vermeil hedged covering 6-1 0 years. If no deal on his future. On one hand, he loved coaching. On is reached by Feb. 11, Davis the other hand, Carol Vermeil, his wife of 44 years, will be designated the team's told him: "What else do you have to prove?" franchise pla-yer, meaning After a day to digest the Rams' 23-16 victory in KRT another team would have to perhaps the most thrilling Super Bowl finish, give up two first-round draft Vermeil decided Carol Vermeil was right. St. Louis Rams' head coach Dick Vermeil, shown here with the Vince Lombardi trophy, announced his retirement Tuesday. picks to sign him.

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NFL Lawyer: Lewis in wrong place at wrong time

"Until due process of the law is tackles this season. further. "Ray is doing fine," he said. Associated Press completed, that will not be "I cooperated fully," Lewis told Richardson said he had spent "He believes the system will ulti­ ATLANTA addressed." The [Baltimore] Sun before his only a few minutes with Lewis mately show that he is innocent NFL star Ray Lewis was at a Several of Lewis' teammates arrest. He wouldn't comment before the hearing. of these heinous crimes." post-Super Bowl brawl in which reacted with disbelief at his two people were stabbed to arrest. death but was simply in the "That's my man," Ravens cor­ wrong place at the wrong time, nerback Rod Woodson, whose his lawyer said Tuesday. locker is next to Lewis', said The Baltimore Ravens line­ from the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. "I hope it ain't true. That's all I can u* backer. his hands shackled in front of him, appeared in court say." on two counts of murder in the The victims were stabbed repeatedly during a fight about u slayings early Monday. No bail was set and he will remain jailed 200 yards from a bar where a party had emptied until a Feb. 24 - * into the street. . preliminary "Ray is doing fine. . hearing. According to wit­ The murder He believes the nesses, six men . charges carry life fought and argued 1111 system will with the victims in prison or the ultimately show death penalty, if before fleeing in a that he is innocent black limousine, fir­ * prosecutors pur­ u sue it. ofthese heinous ing at least five Lewis is the shots as they drove crimes. away. Police found u second NFL play­ er in less than a the limousine a few month accused of Max Richardson Jr. hours later. murder. Former "We're taking the ner! Lewis' lawyer *UDin Carolina position that he was Panthers receiver in the wrong place Rae Carruth was at the wrong time," ~·································································· charged with murdering his girl­ Lewis' lawyer, Max friend, who was pregnant at the Richardson Jr., said outside February 4th, 2000 time of the drive-by shooting court. "From what I've gathered NFL commissioner Paul from law enforcement officers, Tagliabue had no comment, but they know Ray didn't kill t,hese 5-7plll at Gene Washington, the NFL's unfortunate victims." · chief disciplinarian, called He said police were searching ALUMNI-SENIOR CLUB!! Lewis' arrest "devastating." for other suspects...... •...•...•.••...... •••...••..••..•....••...••...... •...... "We've had a tough year as it "They don't know where the goes anyway with the Rae other two men who were Carruth situation," he told One­ involved are, so they arrested 7 on-One sports radio network in Ray" Richardson said. Come out for Papa John S Chicago. "We certainly, for his Police spokeswoman Marion own good, hope that it's not true, Lee would not comment on Pizza & Breadsticks ...... and for the good of the NFL." whether other suspects were * The Ravens said they have not being sought or why murder charges were filed. and don't forget your ID!! taken any action against Lewis New delivery and have not spoken with the Lewis was questioned Monday 24-year-old player. and postponed a flight to Hawaii, Schedule!! Asked if the team was consid­ where he was to have appeared Pizza will arrive ering releasing Lewis, Ravens Sunday in his third straight Pro every 15 min. 'Brou.glit to ytm 6y your Cfass of 2000 couu;u spokesman Kevin Byrne said, Bowl after leading the NFL in

Seau to replace Lewis in Pro Bowl of all. What has happened is Associated Press unbelievable. I hope that it's not true, and we must go on." SAN DIEGO Seau, the first alternate at Six weeks after being inside linebacker, had played snubbed in the balloting, San with Lewis in the last two Pro Diego Chargers linebacker Bowls. Lewis was voted the Junior Seau got a Pro Bowl starter for Sunday's game, and b e r t h Miami's Zach Thomas was because picked as the backup. Bal-timo- "He was looking forward to re's Ray making his mark in the UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Lewis is National Football League," Seau jailed in said of Lewis, a third-year pro. INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAM IN Atlanta, "He started off great. I just charged knew that he was going to be PUEBLA, MEXICO with a dou­ something in this league, some­ ble murder. Seau one that we'd all be watching in S e a u , awe in the years to come." who will Lewis was charged with play in his ninth straight Pro killing two men in a post-Super Application Deadline for Fall 2000, Academic Bowl, found out about Lewis' Bowl brawl early Monday. At a arrest when he got up early court appearance Tuesday, no Year 2000-2001 has been extended to Tuesday to watch television bail was set and Lewis will February 29, 2000 coverage of the Alaska Airlines remain jailed until a Feb. 24 crash off the Southern preliminary hearing. California coast. When he Seau and his family returned Improve your Spanish and take courses in your returned from working out, his Monday from a skiing trip to wife, Gina, told him that he Utah. major at one of Mexico's best universities, would replace Lewis on the AFC "Hopefully that will be Universidad de las Americas roster. enough cardiovascular to go "Obviously it's a bittersweet run down kicks, because being invite to the Pro Bowl," Seau a second-teamer, you're always said at a news conference at his on the special teams," Seau For further information and applications, restaurant, less than two hours said. "''m going to be one of the contact International Study Programs before he and his family flew to most-expensive special teams Honolulu. "My heart goes out to players in the history of the 201 Security Building Ray Lewis and his family, first National Football League." 631-5882 ---~--~~-- - - ~ ------~------~-----~~------

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--- NHL NFL Hasek returns, Steelers lay first beam fall 2001 after nearby Three actually comes from Cowboys + Construction Rivers Stadium is torn down. country. Hirchfield Steel of Sabres tie Ducks begins on new The younger Rooney said San Angelo, Texas, is supply­ But Kapanen scored his 20th stadium. construction is on schedule, ing 12,000 tons of steel - the Associated Press goal 27 seconds after Kozlov's though slightly over its $233 equivalent of 7,800 Jeeps. tally on a great move, warding million budget because holes Art Rooney said Three BUFFALO, N.Y. Associated Press off three defenders and beating for some of the 280 steel sup­ Rivers still has several good Dominik Hasek returned to Mike Vernon with a shot PITTSBURGH ports were first drilled in the years left in it but said the eco­ the Buffalo Sabres lineup through traffic. Iron workers in sweatshirts wrong places. nomics of sports have changed Tuesday night after missing 40 Less than two minutes later, caught the first pass at the Not far away, the Pittsburgh drastically since it opened in games with a groin injury. Martin Gelinas, a victim on Pittsburgh Steelers' new stadi­ Pirates' new ballpark has been 1970. Hasek started for the Sabres Florida's first two goals, fed um Tuesday by easing into rapidly taking shape along the For one, the Steelers will sell in their game against the Westlund in close and he beat place a steel crossbeam that Allegheny River. luxury seats not found at Anaheim Mighty Ducks, made Vernon up high for his fourth. will hold up seats in the north "A lot of people have been Three Rivers, and Rooney said 29 saves and was selected as the The Panthers fell to 0-11-1 end zone. anxious to see something that baseball and football teams no game's first star as the teams when trailing after two periods. Darryl Beton and Bob Ullom looks like a stadium," Art longer want to share space, as skated to a 2-2 tie. bolted the beam onto two oth­ Rooney said. they once did. The two-time NHL MVP and ers for an "H" shape, freed it They include officials at the Also, the Steelers compete in five-time winner of the Vezina University of Pittsburgh, the AFC Central with Penguins 3, Capitals 2 from a crane and gave their Trophy as the league's top wrenches to Steelers president whose football team will share Cleveland, Baltimore, goalie, stopped all 13 first-peri­ Martin Straka scored twice the 65,000-seat stadium, the Jacksonville, Tennessee and and the Pittsburgh Penguins Dan Rooney and his son, vice od shots he faced. president Art Rooney, as keep­ younger Rooney said. He said their new stadiums and are Hasek, injured while allowing halted the Washington Capitals' the stadium can handle home trying to rebound from a 6-10 11-game unbeaten streak - the sakes. a goal in the final minute of reg­ "''m nervous. I'm not used to games by both teams on the year, their worst since 1988. ulation Oct. 29 against Florida, NHL's longest this season. same weekend but said he "This is going to help us win, The Capitals took 15 shots in working with this many cam­ was tested early. His first save eras around," said Beton, who would prefer schedules that number one, but it's also going came 43 seconds in on a slap the first period, then managed alternate Steelers' and to be something special for the only 12 more against Jean works for Century Steel of sub­ shot by Pavel Trnka. urban Pittsburgh. Panthers' home games. fans," said Dan Rooney, who By the 3:10 mark Tuesday he Sebastien-Aubin in their first The stadium frame that rep­ was elected to the NFL Hall of loss since a 3-1 defeat to Atlanta The stadium along the Ohio had made six saves - including River is expected to open in resents the Steelers' name Fame last weekend. an impressive sliding stop on on Jan. 6. They were 10-0-1 Teemu Selanne. since then, improving from Hasek, who turned 35 last three games under .500 to seven weekend, was voted by fans to games over. start for the World team in this The Penguins, 2-1 winners Sunday's All-Star game at Monday in Atlanta on Robert OHCampu• Toronto. It is unknown if he will Lang's overtime goal, have. won JlmiorPam1tWukmb Sp.:&l play. twice in as many nights after In his absence, the Sabres going 1-7-1 in their previous 10 Y:cbn.a,.17•ll,lOOD were 17-19-4-1 and were led by games. rookie Martin Biron, who had a Lang scored again Tuesday 16-14-2 record with a league­ and Jan Hrdina assisted on both Come earfy; stay late, same price! leading five shutouts. Hasek had of Straka's goals as the Penguins a 1-4-1 record prior to his beat the Capitals for the eighth Sacred Heart Parish Center has rooms injury. time against a tie in Hasek announced prior to the Washington's last 10 games at available for your parents. season that he would retire fol­ Pittsburgh. Weekend cost is $60.00 per parent. lowing this campaign. However, The Capitals made it 2-2 on Whether you stay there has been speculation that Adam Oates' eighth goal at Two, three, or foll' nights. he might reconsider that deci­ 10:22 of the third, but Straka sion. restored the Penguins' lead by Rooms are available Thursday through Sunday. taking Jaromir Jagr's pass and directing a shot between Olaf Senators 4, Bruins 4 Kolzig's pads from the high slot for reservations, caU 21~1-7512. Radek Bonk's goal with 33 at 12:41. seconds remaining in regulation Straka had given Pittsburgh a gave the Ottawa Senators tie 1-0 lead in the first period with with the Boston Bruins. his lOth goal of the season, a Bonk, who also added an backhander on a breakaway set assist, deflected Igor Kravchuk's up by Hrdina's up-ice pass. point shot past Bruins goalie @IK~k-k Hrdina also assisted on Straka's Byron Dafoe with Ray Bourque second goal. in the penalty box for slashing. Pittsburgh held NHL player of Bourque had given Boston the the week Sergei Gonchar to one lead at 12:33 of the third period assist- he has 10 goals and 23 A BRILLIANT CHOICE! with a power-play goal. points in 14 games - as the Vaclav Prospal, Andreas Penguins' defense tightened up Dackell and Andre Roy also after Aubin kept them in the scored for the Senators, missing - game in the first period. He defenseman Wade Redden, turned away 25 of 27 shots, one goalie Patrick Lalime and for­ night after starting goalie Tom wards Marian Hossa and Shawn Barrasso beat the Thrashers. McEachern due to the flu. The Penguins, 7-1 losers to Defenseman Patrick Traverse Anaheim on Saturday in their added to the injury list when he last previous home game, twice left midway through the game lost leads but rebounded to with an undisclosed ailment. retake the lead each time. Bourque, P.J. Axelsson and Washington made it 1-1 at Rob DiMaio each had a goal and 17:35 of the first as Peter assist for the Bruins, who Bondra grabbed his own remain nine points behind rebound and fed it across the Ottawa for second place in the crease to Andrei Nikolishin for Northeast Division. Anson his seventh goal. Carter added his 22nd goal. But Pittsburgh regained the BE SMART! lead at 2-1 as Lang one-timed Hurricanes 4, Panthers 2 Brad Werenka's across-the-slot Sami Kapanen and Tommy pass from the right circle by Westlund scored in a two­ Kolzig, who otherwise stopped (Excellence =Gene Glick Management CoiJipanyl minute span in the second peri­ 19 of 22 shots. The goal was od as the Carolina Hurricanes Lang's 16th. defeated the Florida Panthers_ The Southeast Division-lead­ Maple Leafs 5, Lightning 3 ing Panthers are 2-4-1 in seven Wendel Clark had two goals, Williamsburg games since going a season-high including the go-ahead tally 13 games over .500 two weeks with 5:45 left in the third period, ago. eL as the Toronto Maple Leafs ral­ Florida's Pavel Bure, who had lied from a three-goal deficit to 28 goals and 20 assists in his beat the Tampa Bay Lightning. last 27 games, was held without Clark, who rejoined the Maple a point. Leafs as a free agent Jan. 14, 256-0237 After trailing 2-0, Florida tied got his first Toronto goal since 302 Village Drive it as Mark Parrish and Viktor Apr. 4, 1998 on a 3-on-1 break Kozlov beat Arturs Irbe from the at 9:23 of the third that got Mishawaka, IN 46545 slot 1:50 apart. Toronto within 3-2. ~-~--~--

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NBA ·-- Spurs doctor clears Elliott for coDleback froDl surgery

months before he is ready to be cleared in December to run and tor on the team's broadcasts. "It's a basketball decision Associated Press activated. get in shape, and he has been Team doctors plan to run a now, not a medical decision, as SAN ANTONIO "I knew this was coming. I taking part in one-on-one and series of tests on Elliott before to when he can play." Sean Elliott received clear­ kept saying it," Elliott said. ''I'm two-on-two drills with the and after each practice. San Antonio entered ance Tuesday from team doc­ not going to be afraid to at least team. "First I want to make sure Tuesday's game with the He will begin full-scale prac­ tors to resume practicing with go out there and try." he's safe, that he maintains his fourth-best record in the the San Antonio Spurs, marking Elliott received a kidney from tices Wednesday, and Tuesday health," Spurs coach Gregg Western Conference. Last sea­ the latest step in his comeback his brother. Noel, in the trans­ night's game against the Lakers Popovich said. "We'll see if the son, the Spurs had the best from kidney transplant surgery. plant operation last summer marked the last one Elliott grind changes his health, then record in the league thanks in HP said it could be one or two following San Antonio's run to planned to work in his tempo­ it'll be a question of whether he part to Elliott's play at the the NBA championship. He was rary job as a color commenta- can help the basketball team. small forward spot.

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Saint Mary's has been plan­ By NICOLE HADDAD ning for the championships Sports Writer since it agreed to host them more than a year ago, accord­ Saint Mary's will host its first ing to Kachmarik. MIAA Championship Feb. 10- "As a member of the MIAA ~ ( 12 when it hosts the MIAA for a second year," Hildebrandt j ~ Swimming Championships at said, "Saint Mary's is given the j I the Rolfs Aquatic Center on opportunity to host a first-class I Notre Dame's campus. championship, and the schools I I "It's a great honor to show are given a first class event." I I the MIAA our commitment as "It is nice to be here with I j well as our outstanding swim­ fans showing support," said j ming facility," said Lynn Janel Miller, sophomore MIAA j j Kachmarik, director of athlet­ representative for Saint I ics. "We have a first-class meet Mary's, "but it's mostly adrena­ as well as a great response line." l from the community." "Hosting the MIAA champi­ "For Saint Mary's, joining the onships here not only shows j MIAA was a huge step," said our commitment but it also Gretchen Hildebrandt, swim­ shows that we're serious about l ming coach and assistant staying," Miller said. I I director of athletics. "Not only Saint Mary's hopes that the I I does it open th~'eyes of the championships will draw a lot I MIAA to see our commitment of fan support and show that I I to athletics, but it also fosters Saint Mary's is a serious mem­ I pride in our community." ber of the MIAA. I l l l I l I I I I l I -

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--- Notre Dame Verbal Commitments NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL WR Jerome Collins QB Matt Levecchio RB Garron Bible TE Billy Palmer QB Jared Clark DB Preston Jackson RB Vontez Duff WR Omar Jenkins Spartans win intrastate rivalry LB Mike Goolsby WR Jovan Witherspoon DL Greg Pauly WH Ronnie Rodamer but the Spartans. turning the No. 14 Kentucky 81, Associated Press Dl Kyle Bu~insc~k WR lorenzo Cr wford ball over three times. made No. 6 Tennessee 68 only one free throw the rest of LB ANN ARBOR. Mich. Keith Hogans scored 25 the way for a 38-32 halftime points, including 16 in the first Michigan State (No. 6 lead. ESPN/USA Today. No. 8 AP) half. and No. 14 Kentucky Notre Dame fans? Many live Peterson, with two 3-point­ extended its winning streak at and die by their Irish, want to won its fourth straight game as ers, scored eight points to help Casey Morris Peterson had 32 points Rupp Arena to 15 games with a read about how next year will Michigan State open the sec­ victory over No. 6 Tennessee .. continued from page 24 be better than the last, and and 10 rebounds in the ond half with a 12-2 run for a Spartans' 82-62 vict~ry over The Wildcats avenged thmr are willing to pay up for their 52-34 lead with 14:30 remain­ last home loss. a 4 7-46 setback where-every February the services. Michigan on Tuesday mght. ing. Mateen Cleaves, playing his to the Volunteers last season, Irish are as certain to haul in The fans will spend their Michigan closed to 52-41 ~n and took over first place in the one of the top recruiting class­ hard-earned cash to hear that eighth game since recovering a three-point play by Chns from a broken foot. had 19 Southeastern Conference's es in the nati6n as we are to Notre Dame is involved with a Young with 11:28 left. but the East division. celebrate Valentine's Day. top recruit. And the analysts points and six assists. for the Spartans - getting five from Spartans (16-5. 7-1 Big Ten). Kentucky 06-5, 6-1) got 17 So why haven't these string also know that there are more Cleaves - responded with an points from Tayshaun Prince, of top classes translated into Irish followers than at any Andre Hutson added 10 points 8-0 burst for a 60-41 lead with and 10 rebounds for the two­ 14 in the second half. and a 12- on-field success? Who's to other school in the country. 9:21 to play. Hutson's basket point, five-assist performa?ce blame? Being a Notre Dame fan dur­ time defending Big Ten cham­ inside gave Michigan State a from point guard Saul Smit~. It's easy to look at the usual ing recruiting season is similar pions. 66-47 lead with 7:00 remain- Prince and Smith each had SIX suspects. the coaches. espe­ to what Boston Red Sox fans It was the third straight loss - for the Wolverines (12-6. 3-4). ing. . . rebounds. cially the King Scapegoat - experience in the summer. Peterson's 3-pomter With Vincent Yarbrough scored 17 Bob Davie -and blame them before their team actually has who were playing without 1:57 left made it 80-60 and the freshman Jamal Crawford. points and Tony Harris added for not developing the talent. a chance to lose in the play­ Spartans. who outrebounded 16 for Tennessee (18-3. 6-2). Certainly they deserve some of offs. their leading scorer. Crawford Michigan 39-29, called timeout was told just before warmups while Isiah Victor had 12 the fault. This year's team Otherwise sane Red Sox fans to clear the bench. points and 10 rebounds. should not have been 5-7. truly believe this is the year that the NCAA was investigat­ Crawford, averaging 16.6 ing his living arra?g~ments With the fired-up Wildcats even if they played what Davie that they'll finally win a World points per game, was on the getting an assist from a rau­ referred to as one of the Series. before enrolling at Michigan. court at Crisler Arena about an Freshman LaVell Blanchard cous Rupp Arena crowd. toughest schedules in Notre Nevermind that their hour before the 7 p.m. tipoff scored 16 points for the Kentucky ended Tennessee's Dame history. beloved Sox haven't won a for a casual shootaround. But Wolverines. six-game SEC road winning Yet on several occasions last World Series since owner he was missing when the This was trademark rough streak. as well as a two-game year, after he knew his team Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth teams came out about 20 min­ and tumble Big Ten basketball winning streak in the series by had no shot at the postseason, to the Yankees on Jan. 5, utes before the game for with plenty of bumping. flying the Volunteers. Davie referred to his team as 1920, for $100,000 in cash warm ups. With 1:20 remaining and having to play perfect to win, and a $300,000 loan for a bodies and floor burns as When the Wolverines took Michigan's predominately Kentucky leading by double that they didn't have the talent mortgage on Fenway Park. the court just before tipoff. digits, the Rupp crowd began to coast to victories. After the Nevermind that fate always freshman lineup tried to hold Crawford wore a warmup suit, off the bigger Spartans who chanting, "Over-rated." Tennessee game, Davie con­ seems to interfere with post­ his trademark headband. and Kentucky has won 12 of 13 firmed to the public what he season success, most notably are hoping to repeat last sea­ street shoes. son's NCAA tournament Final games since starting the sea­ always believed in his heart, when the ball dribbled The school "must declare any son 4-4 and dropping tem­ saying the Irish don't have the through Bill Buckner's legs in Four appearance. athlete ineligible when there is Consecutive 3-pointers by porarily from the national athletes to compete with the Game 6 of the 1986 World a question of potential NC~ Cleaves. Peterson and A.J. ran kings. likes of the Volunteers. That Series. rules violation," Michigan said Bogans followed a 16-point the "game was played at a dif­ It's kind of like how each Granger helped Michigan State in a release. "Tonight. the performance in Kentucky's ~in ferent speed by the team in year Notre Dame fans believe open a 19-8 lead midway NCAA reinstatement committee through the first h~lf. ~ut over Miami with a career high orange." that this recruiting class may called to inform the Michigan against the Vols. The freshman He all but admitted that bring them back to the good Brandon Smith had SIX pomts Athletic Department that they in a 10-0 run as the Wolverines shooting guard was a threat maybe these top recruits that old days, when they competed were not going to reach a deci­ from everywhere on the court. make up the core of the Irish for national championships, closed the gap to 19-18. sion in regards to this question. Another 3-pointer by Cleaves going 4-of-8 from 3-point lineup are not as good as once not television ratings. The case is still under review range and finishing thr.ee thought. The aura and the unknown gave Michigan State a 37-27 by the NCAA." lead with 3:14 left in the half, Kentucky fast breaks with We finally saw that amid the drive Irish fans. The possibili­ layups. positive exterior- the "we've ty, however so faint, that got another great class of maybe, just maybe, this will be players"- that Davie is the class that brings us back almost guaranteed to say some on the field national today lies a coach that knows respect. No matter how bad that he's losing the recruiting the year before. we always war and getting a lower cal­ hold out hope that next year iber of players. will be the year we return to We know that for every national prominence Julius Jones, there are five And the recruiting analysts players that won't live up to know this better than anyone. expectations. Just like the Sox always look Maybe these so-called top better in July than October, recruits are not as good as for the past few years the Irish advertised. have always looked best in - Maybe they are a product of February. the hype generated by recruit­ For the Irish it's only been a • Work In an Internship ing analysts. little over six years. since Don't believe me? Do you Boston College's David Gordon • Study Public Affairs think it's a coincidence that kicked the field goal with no Notre Dame continues to be time remaining to deny the ranked among the top 10 Irish their 12th national cham­ • Fulfill Fine Arts Requirement schools in recruiting while pionship. They haven't their on-the field performance endured 80 years of frustra­ • Study Foreign Polley has been steadily declining? tion like Red Sox fans. Recruiting is a business. So­ It only feels that way. called "experts" make a living Tomorrow, after Davie offi­ off of their 900 numbers. Web ciallv announces the Class of sites and brochures. 2004. you'll read some raving It would be foolish to say reviews in this and other that recruiting rankings are papers about each one of Open to ttudllltl from ALL CoDeau totally unbiased, that the only these players. ··-- influence on a player's rank­ You'll read recruiting ana­ ing is his talent. It's more lysts' predictions on how play­ complicated than that- the er X could be an All-American, state they play in, their how another is "very athletic". "potential," and what schools one is "a terrific talent" and Come to the informational meeting are looking at them all factor every other positive adjective into these rankings. that can be found in Thursday, February 3rd Especially the latter. Webster's. If Notre Dame is looking at a But until they put on their 6:30p.m. player, these recruiting ana­ pads. step foot on this campus lysts think he must be a star. and bring us back to the top 125 DeBartolo Hall And once Notre Dame offers a 10 in the real rankings, it real­ scholarship, the recruit sud­ ly means nothing. denlv seems to rise in the Don't believe the hype. Prof. Perl Amold, Director rankings. even though his abil­ ity has not changed. The views expressed in this 346 O'Shaughnessy And what better way for column are those of the author Peri.E.Arnold.l ® nd.edu these recruiting analysts to and not necessarily those of make a buck than to target The Observer. -- --~ ------~~-~---- Wednesday, February 2, 2000 The Observer+ SPORTS page 21 - Doherty, Irish conduct class on court against Red Storm

In case you missed it, there was into the game. This cushion was ture ended with an Irish win, 73- a one-day course offered last made possible by their efl'ective 60. Now, one of the most impor­ Saturday. It met at the Joyce use of a trapping defense - a tant topics for the day was finally Center from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m., design that draws its strength as covered: "How to Beat Three and attendance was an impres­ much from its mental intimidation Ranked Opponents In One sive 11,418. of the opposition as its execution. Season"- a lesson that hasn't It could be This attack held the Irish been taught around here in a found in your scoreless on their first seven while. DART book possessions. What stuck with me most, under the call Our Notre Dame staff, howev­ though, from this learning experi­ number 7360, er, demonstrated the three-step ence, occurred after the final bell or its title: process to drive away this intim­ sounded. "Basketball idation: With the JACC packed and his Basics and 1. Have confidence. team celebrating the program's Principles." 2. Make good passes. biggest accomplishment on that Taught by the 3. Apply the same pressure floor in years, Notre Dame head Notre Dame to those who are pressuring you. coach Matt Doherty didn't try to men's basket­ Ted Fox This effective strategy showed act like someone trying to conceal ball team and us how the Irish could make an a poker hand, showing no emo­ its coach, Matt 8-point swing and take a 1-point tion and speaking only in riddles. Doherty, the Fox Sports ... lead, 26-25, into the break. He didn't even stop at going out class also fea­ Almost The next point to be covered to center court and celebrating tured as guest on the agenda - one that was with his team. lecturers, the actually emphasized by the Instead, he got out there, looked - St. John's Red Storm. whole class- was "How to be an up at the still full bleachers, said The class opened with a lesson All-American." Sophomore for­ "Why are they all still up there?" in coping with intimidation. The ward Troy Murphy provided the and began waving his team's Red Storm, ranked 25th in the demonstration here, scoring 30 pupils onto the floor. nation, entered the JACC as a points (including the 1000th in his When the small group on the KEVIN DALUMIThe Observer group more esteemed by their short career) and grabbing 18 floor turned into a mob with him David Graves (left) and Matt Carroll celebrate Notre colleagues than the unranked boards. at the center, he, along with Dame's 76-60 victory over St. John's. The victory over the Irish. With only about five minutes left everyone else, celebrated even Red Storm was the third for the Irish over a ranked oppo­ Acknowledging this reputation, in the presentation and the two more. Coach D. showed us not nent this season. the visitors raced out to a 9-2 lead groups debating to a 58-58 draw, only "How to be an Effective a little more than four minutes senior guard Jimmy Dillon gave Coach" but also that it's OK to us another lesson: "How to Swing have fun while being effective. Momentum In Your Team's So, on behalf of all those in Favor." attendance, thanks to the men's While Notre Dame seemed to be basketball team for taking time losing ground and the senior point out to teach us a little about the guard's critics growing restless, hardwood. Appalachia Sem.inar Dillon, who at 6-foot-2 is by no We're all looking forward to means huge, knocked away a seeing this lecture series in the pass, ran the ball down, and fin­ national spotlight come March. ished with a two-handed dunk while being hacked from behind. The views expressed in this col­ All 11,000-plus fans erupted. umn are those of the author and The Irish were energized, and not necessarily those of The Dillon's critics were silenced. Observer. EXTENDED DEADLINE Once the horn sounded, the lee-

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I I vs. West Virginia I 1 I I 7:30 m Jo ce Center I I I 1 I - J - page 22 The Observer+ SPORTS Wednesday, February 2, 2000 MEN'S TENNIS W. Bball No. 22 Irish sweep continued from page 24 effort. The Irish dominated on offense in the first half, dis­ Spartans, 7-0 taneing themsnlves from the Friars with a 25-point lead Primorac at No. 2 doubles. at halftime. Special to The Observer Michigan State's Goran and Despite playing through a seoring drought that lasted The 22nd-ranked Notre Hobert Topalo beat sopho­ s!weral minutns. the Friars Dame men's tennis won the mores James Malhame and were able to eome up with doubles point and swept the Casev Smith 8-3 at No. 3 dou­ bles.· 31 points before the buzzer singles to beat 56th-ranked sounded signaling the half. Michigan State 7-0 on Tuesday Talarico gave the Irish a 2-0 lead with a 6-1. 6-2 victory Notre Dame's 56 lirst-half at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. points came just thrne points The Irish improve to 2-2 over Goran Topalo at No. 4 shy of a school reeord. with the win. while the singles. Sachire then beat The Irish took their Spartans fall to 1-2. Notre Kigongo 6-3. 6-1 to for a 3-0 biggest lead of the game Dame returns to action when lead. Sophomore Andrew I with 8:08 remaining on the senior All-American Ryan Laflin clinched the win with a I cloek. inereasing the gap to I Sachire competes at the Rolex 6-0, 6-1 victory over Jimmy I 34 with a 78-44 edge. National Indoor Champion­ McGuire at No. 5 singles. t After freshman Brian Farrell Irish head coaeh Muffet I ships this weekend in Dallas in MeGraw used her squad's I • the third leg of the won his dual-match debut 6-3. I double-digit lead in the sec­ I Intercollegiate Tennis Associa­ 6-2 at No. 6 singles over Todd I Townsend, Smith used a break ond half to give her reserves I tion grand slam. I some playing time. Sophomores Javier Taborga of serve at 5-5 in the second Freshman forward ' and Aaron Talarico clinched set for a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 2 Amanda Barksdale took the doubles point with an 8-3 singles over Primorac. [ advantage of the opportunity win over Mark Findling and Taborga closed out the match and had her seeond-straight Ken Kigongo at No. 1 doubles. by rallying for a 2-6. 6-3, 7-6 impressive outing of the sea­ ! Sachire and Ashok Raj u (7 -4) win over Hobert To palo son in the paint. Barksdale claimed Notre Dame's first at No. 3 singles after Topalo t' stood tall on defense with doubles win with an 8-2 victo­ served for the match at 5-4 seven blocked shots. two f ry over Jason Chen and Ivica and then saved a match point at 5-6 to force a tiebre-aker. more than her previous high of five over Georgetown on Saturday. Despite seeing action on the floor for 24 minutes, VOLLEYBALL starting point guard Niele PHOTOGRAPHER/The Observer Ivey was quiet on offense. Junior center Ruth Riley, shown here against Georgetown, Shooting 1-5. the senior co­ scored eight points in Notre Dame's 90-60 win over Providence. captain tallied only four points. She did play true to guard Farrah Thomas each The Irish, who shot 64.5 Treadwell returns added 10. Suffering their form on defense, however, percent from the field. held snatching the ball from the fourth loss in a row, the the Friars to just 30 percent. Friars four times to increase Friars fall to 9-10 on the sea­ Notre Dame returns home her season total to 57 steals. son and 4-5 in the Big East. for the first of three games at to ND as coach Providence center Monika Turnovers plagued the the Joyee Center on Saturday administrative duties. Hoberts led the Friars in the Friars all night; they gave the when it takes on its toughest Special to The Observer "Jessica is going to be hard to losing effort with 13 points. ball up 25 times to Notre Big East rival of the season, Dame's 11. replace, but I feel like both she as forward Meghan Hinds and Boston College. Former Irish standout and Lindsay bring similar Lindsay Treadwell has been things to our program," Brown named an assistant volleyball said. "Lindsay's an intense coach at the Notre Dame, head eompetitor, she's familiar with c o a c h Please Recycle The Observer our program and has excellent Debbie leadership skills." B r o w n Treadwell. 22. was a four­ announced year monogram winner with today. the Irish from 1995-98, and Third Annual Tread­ spent the last few months well. who working at Velocity Sports and replaces Entertainment in Westport. another for­ Thomas Aquinas Symposium Conn .. after graduating from mer Irish Treadwell Notre Dame in 1999 with a player degree in American studies. Jessica A native of Austin, Texas, Students are especially welcome Fiebelkorn-Kerr. will help with Treadwell was one of the most recruiting, team practices and versatile and eonsistent players travel. in addition to other - in Irish volleyball history. DOMINIC VACHON, PH.D. Thomas F. O'Meara, O.P. 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Don't WOMEN'S BASKETBALL believe the Notre Dame win pushes streak to 14 By KERRY SMITH hype Assistant Sports Editor The Irish winning streak got The day of hype has arrived. a little hotter Tuesday as the A day when college football No. 5 women's basketball coaches get up at the crack of program delivered its 14th­ dawn. stand around the office straight victory with a 90-60 fax machine. waiting for sig­ routing of the Providence natures Friars. from 17 At 18-2, the Irish increased year olds. their conference record to 9-0 who have as they knocked off another yet to Big East rival with ease. receive a Forward Kelley Siemon was high a surprise off the bench, lead­ school ing the Irish squad with the diploma. best performance of her A day three-year career. when even Siemon went 10-12 under the most Tim Casey the basket and 3-6 from the cynical charity stripe to notch a Irish fan career-high 23 points. She can be also brought down. seven seen with sports writer rebounds for the Irish. a smiling Guards Danielle Green and face. when Alicia Hatay combined for the seven one-third of Notre Dame's losses from a year ago sud­ points with 16 apiece from denly fade from memory. the outside. It's the first official day for Hatay scored all but two of recruits to sign letter-of­ her points in the first half and intents for the college of their provided the spark that sent - choice. The day of hype. the Irish on 29-2 run early in That's really all this day is. the contest. For the past two months, Green was on fire from the since that late November loss line. hitting eight of nine free to Stanford. the hype has been throws. With a game-high in full gear. In newspapers nine rebounds, Green came covering the Irish (including up big in the Irish defensive JOB TURNERffhe Observer this one) and on numerous Senior point guard Niele lvey, shown here against Georgetown, continued her strong defense Web sites you've read about see W. BBALL/page 22 Tuesday, picking up four steals to increase her season total to 57. how Notre Dame has landed another solid recruiting class. How the NCAA violations didn't really impact recruiting. You've read how some recruit is going to be the next Jerry MEN'S BASKETBALL Rice. Or this recruiting class is ranked in the nation's top 10. On paper. this year's recruiting class looks good - Irish prepare for Mountaineer challenge although the number of verbal commitments to this point. 16, is lower than usual. The Irish and hopefully we'll have a double figures in scoring for key to this game." By BRIAN KESSLER are expected to land some good night." the Mountaineers. Last year, the two teams highly touted players on this Sporrs Editor West Virginia {12-6, 4-3) As always, the Irish are led split a pair of games. The Groundhog Day. Three of has won its last four games by sophomore forward Troy Mountaineers took thn first recruiting analyst Tom After a thrilling victory over and is coming off a 70-60 Murphy. Murphy is fourth in game at home by an 85-80 Lemming's top 25 players­ nationally-ranked St. John's overtime win against the nation in scoring (24.1 count. A week later, the Irish linebacker Mike Goolsby, last Saturday. Notre Dame Providence. points per game) and fifth in retaliated with a 71-69 victo­ defensive lineman Greg Pauly (13-8, 4-3) will look to avoid a "They haven't gotten much rebounding (11 boards per ry at the Joyce Center. and wide receiver Jovan let down and close out the recognition this season, but game). Murphy scored 32 points in Witherspoon - have verbally four-game they are a big, tough and ath­ He poured in 30 points and the first meeting and followed committed to wear the Blue homestand West Virginia at letic bunch of guys," Graves grabbed 18 rebounds in Notre it up with a 17-point effort. ·- and Gold next year. with a victo- Notre Oame said. "It's going to be a big Dame's win over St. John's Notre Dame leads the all­ The Irish are also involved ry over test for us." last weekend. Graves is sec­ time series 12-7 and is 7-3 with some other top recruits. W e s t +Where: The Mountaineers are led ond on the team in scoring against the West Virginia at most notably quarterback Virginia Joyce Center by Marcus Goree. who is with 12.7 points per game. the Joyce Center. (12-6. 4-3). averaging 14.6 points per West Virginia is solid down The Irish have been strong Carlyle Holiday. from San +When: Antonio. Texas. Holiday has "We want game and 9.1 boards per con­ low, so Notre Dame must at home this season, posting apparently narrowed his to come out 7:30p.m. test. crash the boards well if it an 11-2 mark in the JACC. choices to Nebraska and Notre and set the "Goree is one of the best hopes to get the "W." After tonight's game, Notre Dame. tone in the players in the league." Graves "We have to be able to Dame hits the road for a But it's like this every year. first five minutes," sophomore said. "He's 6-foot-9. so he's rebound," Graves said. "They rematch with This is nothing new. We've forward David Graves said. long and he can also shoot it. are big in that back line with Pittsburgh before taking on seen this before, especially "We donOt want to let .them He's a talented player." guys at 6-foot-9, 6-foot-9 and Villanova. These three games here under the Golden Dome, think they can play with us. Shooting guard Lionel 6-foot-7. 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