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Thursday, October 2, 1997• Vol. XXXI No. 29 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S STUDENT SENATE Committee tackles bevy of residence life issues

By DEREK BETCHER Keeping lunch open until 2 p.m. and Associate News Editor extending breakfast grab-and-go until 11 a.m. were among the senate letter’s The Residence Life Committee proposals that Prentkowski told Szabo reported progress on several fronts — and Tomko he is willing to seriously among them dining times, laundry in examine. men’s dorms, parking and social space “The most significant part of the reclassification — at yesterday’s meeting is that [Prentkowski] is really Student Senate meeting. w illin g to use the senate and come to Most of the news stemmed from an us for input on this issue,” Szabo told earlier meeting between Morrissey the senate. senator Matt Szabo, Knott senator Matt Immediate, tangible improvements Tomko, director of food services David also resulted from the meeting: Szabo Prentkowski and South Dining Hall announced to the senate that Food general manager William Yarbrough. Services agreed to extend Huddle The meeting was in response to a letter hours one hour further into the morn­ the senators sent recommending ing. adjusted dining times for the dining Beginning Monday, the Huddle will halls. remain open until 2 a.m. on Mondays,

“It sounds like he’s very open to Tuesdays and Wednesdays and until 3 The Observer/Liz Lang making some changes,” Tomko said. a.m. on Thursday through Sunday. Student Senators Katie Harness of Farley Hall and Heather DeJesus of McGlinn Hall “ Hopefully we’ll see some changes as discussed student life issues at yesterday’s meeting. early as next semester.” see SENATE / page 4 New savings plan to tackle college funds

By LIZ NAGLE News W riter Indiana College

State treasurer Joyce Savings Plan Brinkman announced last week the initiation of the • Parents start Indiana Family College Savings Plan, a new state saving early program to help Indiana parents save for their • Initial children’s post-secondary education. investment of “Today, we took the first step to help lloosier $50 The Observer/Liz Lane families meet the educa­ Professor William Sexton spoke at a luncheon yesterday to various members of the South Bend community. tional needs of the 21st century,” Brinkman said • Earnings during a press confer­ ence in Notre Dame’s expand over Business leaders address values Center for Continuing Education. By SARAH DYLAG ’ community service and its time The plan is intended News Writer role among the corporate to encourage parents to leaders of the Michiana area. • State / fed. start saving earlier for W illiam Sexton, professor of i Wt is enormously Sexton, noting Notre Dame’s their children’s educa­ a r e management and vice presi­ place among the top 20 pri­ taxes important that tion. “For an initial made for dent for University relations, M vate national research univer­ investment of $50, deferred e l i g i b l e addressed more than 300 sities, emphasized that “it is there be a place parents can begin higher edu- Michiana area business lead­ enormously important that participating in ; , j cation ers yesterday at Father among the best of there be a place among the the plan when ’ expenses," she Edward Malloy’s tenth annual best of the best with a set of the best with a set the child is an said. “At that corporate luncheon. values such as those at Notre infant,” time, the tax conse­ Citing the unique relation­ Dame.” of values such as Brinkman quences apply to the student, ship between the Michiana According to Sexton, these explained. “The earnings on who has a lower tax rate.” community, its corporate those at Notre values are most clearly dis­ their contributions continue to Brinkman said that eligible leaders, and Notre Dame, played in the University’s compound the entire life of the expenses will include tuition, Sexton stated that “what hap­ Dame. ’ commitment to community plan. books, room and board at any pens at Notre Dame is a cul- William Sexton service and its students’ “An important advantage to accredited two-year or four- turalization.” involvement in the South vice president, the Indiana Family College year university. In an age of He went on to explain this Bend and Michiana area. As University Relations Savings Plan is that federal and ever-increasing college expens­ culturalization in terms of the state income taxes on earnings es, state savings programs University’s commitment to see BUSINESS / page 4 are deferred until withdrawals see FUND / page 4

SMC MULTICULTURAL WEEK Saint Mary’s lectures continue to focus on diversity

By ERIKA WITTORF programmed for television shows and is minority categories by being Filipino the other day. The gentleman conduct­ News Writer currently working on a documentary. and having cerebral palsy, she is not ing the interview was commenting on Sohn was born in the Philippines and partial to any one issue. the fact that President Clinton always Noemi Sohn, a self-described “jack of moved to Berkeley, Calif., when she was “I do not look in the m irror every addresses race issues in the presence of all trades” and the first Filipino to ever three years old. She found it very diffi­ morning and say, ‘I’ll be taking up for black people. I don’t understand why lecture at Saint Mary’s College, dis­ cult growing up being a “woman of women’s issues today.’ I choose to look Clinton doesn’t address the issue in cussed diversity, gender, race, sexuality, color” with a disability. at the issues as a whole and not to sin­ front of white people,” Sohn said. and class at a lecture held last night in “This society does not appreciate gle issues out,” Sohn explained. One of the issues that Sohn addressed Carroll Auditorium. diversity,” Sohn said. “At an early age, I She realizes that the problems of in her lecture was the implementation of Along with conducting workshops, found it hard to articulate how I felt diversity, gender, race, sexuality, and diversity into collegiate student bodies. Sohn has also counseled rape and about my situation. At the age of 40, I class are ongoing, and it is im portant to “It behooves universities to start tak­ domestic violence victims and people am now beginning to find my voice.” address them every day. ing proactive steps to ensure this,” Sohn with disabilities. In addition, she has Despite the fact that she fits into two “I was listening to a talk radio show said. page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Wednesday, October 2, 1997

■ I n side C o lu m n m WORLD AT A GLANCE Ju st Lovelorn teen kills three, wounds six in rampage PEARL, Miss. An expressionless Woodham, a sopho­ Tenn. A teen-ager stabbed his mother to death, more, entered the large commons area then went to school Wednesday with a rifle just inside the front door of the imposing w ondering... under his trench coat and opened fire, school and immediately walked up to his When you spend six hours in the car with killing his former girlfriend and another former girlfriend, witnesses said. Police said she was the first to fall, followed by yourself, you tend to wonder about things, student and wounding six others, police High school three young men and four young women like ... said. shooting apparently shot at random. Why are there really NOT any songs about Luke Woodham, 16, was distraught over “ He was shooting anybody he could find. rainbows? a breakup with his girlfriend, Police Chief Jackson 1 le shot at me and hit the staircase,” said If you took away John Bill Slade said, choking back tears as he Madden’s Telestrator, talked about the rampage in this town of Mark Wilkerson, a freshman. “ I saw frag­ ments going everywhere.” would he shut up? 22,000 people just outside Jackson. Students ran screaming into classrooms Do you think he keeps “ He gave us a statement, and his mani­ MISSISSIPPI and dived for cover. talking even when no one festo was that he felt he had been “ People were laying everywhere bleed­ is there? wronged, ” the chief said. 100 mile If Chelsea Clinton came Woodham was arrested as he drove ing,” said freshman Nathan Henry. T didn’t hear cries. Everybody looked dead.” to Notre Dame, would her away in his dead mother’s car and was charged with murder and aggravated 100 km Casey King, a ninth-grader, said Secret Service protection Dan Cichalski be allowed to live in her . . . . . _,. assault. Woodham talked to at least one of the 0 Assistant Managing Editor wounded. “ He apologized, said he was dorm? ------— ------The shootings at Pearl High School began sorry and was not shooting anybody in particular,” King said. If Albert Belle, Dennis about 8:10 a.m. as buses arrived. Rodman, Deion Sanders and Barry Bonds were locked in a room, who would come out alive? Corn-based fuel to get tax break Teen overdoses after years of taunts Better yet, could they all fit into the room with their egos? WASHINGTON LONDON Is there anyone else out there who thinks The Senate Finance Committee For three years, Kelly Yeomans endured taunts of that calling an audible on fourth down on the agreed Wednesday to extend a tax “ fatly.” Her teen-age tormentors threw salt in her school road in a noisy stadium might not be the best break for ethanol, the corn-based fuel lunch and dumped her clothes in the garbage. Last week, way to win a game? additive, through 2007, a move strongly they pelted her house, first with stones and finally with but­ Could this finally be the year that an Atlanta criticized by the chief tax-writer in the ter and eggs, the ingredients for cake. The chubby, sweet­ Brave does not win the Cy Young Award? House. By a voice vote, the panel sup­ faced 13-year-old told her parents she couldn’t stand the If the voice mail lady paid more attention, ported the tax break but moved to grad­ abuse anymore. While they slept on Sunday night, she took would she ever have to say, “I’m sorry, I did ually lower it from 5.4 cents a gallon to a fatal overdose of painkillers. Police have arrested four not get your pass code. Please try again” ? 5.1 cents after 2005. The panel also neighborhood boys and one girl, ranging in age from 13 to Could Mark McGwire really be the greatest voted to extend existing motor fuels taxes, including the 17, and say more arrests are possible. However, the arrest­ home run hitter since Mickey Mantle? 18.3-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax, through Sept. 30, 2005, ed youths were not charged with any crime and were W ill construction on Route 23 EVER be com­ and approved a new program to allow use of tax-free released without bail. It was not clear what would happen pleted? bonds to construct toll roads. Ethanol, a fuel derived from to them since all are juveniles, authorities said. Even in a Is there anyone who can shoot a soccer ball corn and other agricultural products, enjoys a partial country where bullying is commonplace, Kelly’s death harder than Anne Makinen? exemption from federal fuel taxes. That fact has made it came as a shock and Lhe media have given wide coverage If personal attacks were not allowed, would unpopular with parts of the oil industry, and the ethanol to the tragedy. “ She was a bubbly, charming little angel Viewpoint get any letters? battle has pitted the farm states against the oil states. who would do anything for anybody,” said Ivan Yeomans, Doesn't it look now that going to the Copper Ethanol, which totaled less than 1 percent of all trans­ Kelly’s father. “ We were just an easy target and they are or Independence bowls last December would portation fuels consumed in 1995, is commonly blended cowards, but 1 hope they can sleep at night after what has have been a step up for our football program? with gasoline to enhance oxygen content or octane level. happened.” Kelly lived with her parents and 16-year-old Who else thinks Prince William w ill become Rep. Bill Archer, R-Texas, who chairs the House Ways and sister Sarah in the working-class Aflenton neighborhood of one hell of a king? Means Committee and traditionally fights to protect the oil Derby, 130 miles northwest of London. She played the tam­ Could this year’s interhall football champions industry, sought to eliminate the subsidy in his version of bourine in the local Salvation Army band and visited elder­ each finish with more victories than the varsity the $152 billion tax bill enacted this year. But House ly patrons at its Allenton center. But her sister said Kelly squad? Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., rescued it after farm-state was regularly teased about her weight and was abused at Why do they say financial aid is based on lawmakers complained. school and in her neighborhood. need when nobody ever gets what he or she really needs? Screening could help CF patients Nestle takes chocolate toys off market Why do we take ourselves too seriously? Can anyone stop the Orioles? WASHINGTON Can anyone stop the Buccaneers? Routine screening of newborns for cystic fibrosis could Under pressure from state attorneys general and the Who are more arrogant — Michigan fans or prevent malnutrition among infants with the disease, a Food and Drug Adm inistration, Nestle USA announced Ohio State fans? study found. Cystic fibrosis is one of America’s most com­ Wednesday it will pull off the market chocolate candies Where do you buy the marshmallows with mon fatal inherited diseases. It allows mucus to clog the with Disney toys like Hercules hidden inside. Nestle insisted the pennies in them? lungs and also affects the pancreas, harming digestion and the chocolates were safe. And the Consumer Product Safety How many people really know the signifi­ the absorption of vitamins. Without treatment, most patients Commission had certified that the Disney movie figures — cance behind the Baltimore Ravens’ nick­ die in infancy or childhood from malnutrition or lung infec­ inside a plastic ball covered in Nestle Magic chocolate — name? tions. Routine screening is offered only in Wisconsin and were too big to choke a child. The FDA confirmed All this talk about E-coli hasn’t really stopped Colorado now because a 1983 task force appointed by the Wednesday that it knew of no injuries associated with us from eating hamburgers, has it? U.S. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation said the screening tests were Nestle Magic, although competing candies selling in Europe Would you like fries with that? too unreliable and the benefits of early treatment unclear. that contained smaller toys did cause some deaths. The Has South Bend seen a nicer weather day However, a study in Thursday’s New England Journal of FDA had not decided whether to force Nestle to pull the than last Friday? Medicine found that a newer screening test allows infants to chocolates off the market, but as criticism grew, the Do you think the football team would get bet­ be diagnosed much earlier and get a head start on nutrition­ California candy giant said Wednesday it would voluntarily ter fan support — even in these rebuilding al therapy and other treatment. In an accompanying editori­ do so. Nestle did not recall the chocolates, but anyone who times — if all the fans and alumni had the al, two cystic fibrosis researchers from the Netherlands wishes to return them to the store where they were pur­ same love and admiration for Notre Dame that called for routine neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis. “ The chased w ill be given a refund, said spokeswoman Laurie Regis Philbin does? evidence has accumulated that early diagnosis and treat­ MacDonald. Critics said the withdrawal was long overdue. Does anyone else think the Dodge Neon is ment are beneficial and that screening probably saves “ Some of the toys barely, and I mean by a fraction of a little one ugly car? (Sorry, Polly.) money and carries no harm of its own,” wrote Dr. Jeannette toe, pass the standard choke test,” said Connecticut Where HAVE all the cowboys gone? Eankert-Roelse of Free University. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. When our generation becomes the old, gray­ haired alumni, will the stereotype be corduroys rather than plaid pants? SOUTH BEND WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER Is money really all that important? The AccuWeather® forecast for noon, Thursday, Oct. 2. Some people argue homosexuality is a disor­ 5 Day South Bend Forecast Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. der, but has anyone considered that homopho­ AccuWeather® forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures 40s bia might be a disorder? And does anyone know where to get a REAL­ LY good pizza around here? 80 s 50s ...... 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It is By JESSICA LOGAN restoration of the Stations of Jesus and follow the Gospel tially sentences, he added. compared to modern Christian News Writer the Cross in yesterday’s instal­ account of the passion and Stations two through nine life in that we see suffering lation of the Saint Mary’s fall death of Jesus. depict the way of the cross, and spontaneously want to do October is National Breast lecture series. The traditional 14 stations and contain three desolations, something to help it, Ayo said. Cancer Awareness Month, Ayo began by discussing the were put together by John or falls, and three consola­ Stations 10 through 14 are, and the Notre Dame commu­ history of the ritual. He noting Pasca, a Belgian, in the 16th tions. “crucifixion in slow motion,” nity has several events that the stations developed century. The second station, in which said Ayo, and are all found in planned for Friday and from a desire to visit the place According to Ayo, the sta­ Jesus receives his cross, also the Gospel. Jesus is stripped, Saturday to increase aware­ where Jesus died and rose tions are either taken directly reflects modern Christian life, nailed, crucified, taken down ness and raise funds for the again. from the Gospel or are Ayo said. “We can either carry from the cross, and clothed. cause. Not everybody could go to inspired by Biblical events, our cross or drag it,” but we Jesus nailed to the cross is Activities begin with a lun­ Jerusalem to pay homage to and they all have profound rel­ all must inevitably bear one, reflected in modern life. cheon on Friday at 11:30 a.m. the sites in the sequence of the evance to modern Christians. he said. “Everybody is trapped by in the LaFortune Ballroom. crucifixion. The Church was For example, the first station The fifth station portrays something,” said Ayo. The luncheon has been donat­ faced with the challenge of is from the Gospel and is Simon helping Jesus to carry Next week the Fall Lecture ed by Notre Dame Food developing a way in which titled, “Jesus is sentenced to his cross. Ayo paralleled this Series w ill close with “How Services and w ill be hosted by everybody could follow the death.” Ayo pointed out that, and explained, “This is part of New Can The Old Be?” in Debbie Brown, coach of the way of the cross. in a way, “we are all sen­ the human condition. We will Stapleton Lounge at Saint Notre Dame Women’s Ayo stated that “these hap­ tenced to death...We are born be asked to bear each other’s M ary’s. Volleyball Team. The guest speaker is Robert Goulet, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery and Events highlight Hispanic Heritage Month Medical Director at the Indiana University Breast By CHRISTOPHER SHIPLEY ences,” said John Fernandez, the president school conference on issues facing Latino Care and Research Center. News Writer of La Alianza. “We have had a lot of people students in South Bend. This will be the His theme is “Breast Cancer who have never attended a general meeting second year for the conference which is Update and Future The celebration of Hispanic Heritage show up for events. We needed to touch on expanding due to high demand over its pro­ Directions.” Month has given members of La Alianza, the other aspects of the Latino community, not gram. Representatives from each of the five On Friday evening, the Latino student organization on campus, the just the Mexican.” area high schools w ill address topics such as Notre Dame Women’s opportunity to provide numerous events in La Alianza also produced the forum making a college decision, starting a m inori­ Volleyball Team will support their attempt to raise multicultural aware­ “Latinos in Business and Media” on ty groups within a school, and community the effort to raise funds for ness. September 25. The night, which featured issues like drugs, violence, and pregnancy. breast cancer research when Local observance of Hispanic Heritage students from the Hispanic Business Student “The conference is an opportunity for high they play Saint John’s in a Big Month began on September 7 with a La Association and Mexican-American school students and college students to get East Conference match at 7 Alianza sponsored “Welcome Back” picnic Engineering Students, was designed to together and share their experiences,” p.m. in the Joyce Center. and a general first meeting of La Alianza on spark community interest in the exploration Fernandez said. Fans may enter the match September 9. of disciplines with a profound effect on soci­ “ I think that the people who did the plan­ by wearing a National Breast Other events for the month have included ety. ning this year did an excellent job, “ said Cancer Awareness ribbon. the September 13 concert of Toledo, a Hispanic Heritage Month is being recog­ Kevin Iluie, Assistant Director of the OMSA. The ribbons may be obtained Cuban jazz guitarist, a forum on Mexican nized nationally this year from September “ Especially this early in the year, it is a diffi­ by donating $2 to the Indiana independence and Latino studies on 12 to October 12. This month, which pays cult thing to plan and pull off.” University Cancer Center. September 16, a perspective of “new tribute to accomplishments of Latino cul­ Sponsorship of events has also come from Rounding out the weekend, Latinos” by Irene Fenravia on September ture, has been nationally observed since the the Alumni Association, the Hispanic Alumni the entire Notre Dame com­ 18, and series of movie nights designed to Lyndon B. Johnson Administration. of Notre Dame, the Mexican-American munity is invited to partic­ raise awareness on several Latino issues. The month-long series of activities will Engineering Students, and the Hispanic ipate in the Domer Run on “There have been a lot of positive experi­ conclude on October 4 with a regional high Business Student Association. Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Participants may choose between a three or six mile $3 per person per hour run and a two mile walk (Not Friday or Saturday after 6 o’clock) through campus. 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He said to the business next week surveys w ill be continued from page 1 continued from page 1 leaders, “There’s a goodness continued from page 1 mailed out to 20 percent of the that I see in the faces of those student body to elicit feedback on where social space have become the norm examples of student service sitting here.” In addition to offering sug­ organizations, he focused on improvements can be made, throughout the country. Notre He went on to explain that, if gestions for improvements, the the increasing membership of that goodness can continue to “To my knowledge, it’s the Dame’s director of financial students asked if anything the student chapter of Habitat surface in the partnership first time the University has aid, Joseph Russo, commented, could be done to alleviate between the University and the asked the campus for input “Practically every state has ini­ for Humanity, the success of crowding in SDH. Students before moving towards a deci­ tiated a program to help stu­ Christmas in April, and the community, “Notre Dame can need to eat at North Dining sion.” Cassidy said. W hile he dents save for college." growing popularity of the continue to be a great Hall as often as they can, University and a caring com­ emphasized that the pending Russo stressed the benefit of Alliance for Catholic Education especially during lunch, the survey needs a good response allowing tax-deferred contribu­ program. He also pointed out, munity, and South Bend can food service officials said. for University efforts to be tions from income. “That’s a however, the 45 social agencies continue to be a place of good­ • Laundry in men’s dorms productive, Cassidy was major tax incentive for these of the South Bend community ness where things like the emerged as another concern unsure whether the improve­ students,” he said. He applaud­ and the benefits reaped when Center for the Homeless are for the Residence Life possible.” ments would be implemented ed the Indiana program for the community and the Committee. Keenan senator University join together on Sexton, who is actively on an aggressive timetable. encouraging parents to begin Matt Mamak contacted Food “It’s hard to make a determi­ saving early, for providing these projects. involved in numerous non-prof­ Services vending director it organizations in South Bend, nation when this could hap­ more college options to stu­ “The Homeless Center of Dean Winter and reported to dents, and for reducing the South Bend stands as a monu­ believes “there is so much pen, but it’s safe to say it’ll the senate that allocating happen within the next 10 growing expense of higher edu­ ment to times when a commu­ goodness in this community washers and dryers is not a nity with a basic goodness years,” Cassidy said. cation. that we need to celebrate it.” problem. Space and utility According to Father Malloy, • Parking was another con­ He cautioned, however, that works with a university with a hookups in the dorms are the cern the Residence Life there are fees involved in set­ basic goodness,” he said. yesterday’s luncheon was one problem, Winter cited. According to Sexton, “We way to celebrate and thank the Committee researched and ting up an account, as well as a “In Dillon, we’ve seen four penalty of 10 percent of interest have a two-way street going on members of the corporate com­ reported upon. A shuttle to whole dorms go up in our ferry students from South accrued for early withdrawal. here.” One h a lf of that street munity for their involvement. backyard. I don’t know how Quad residence halls to the D2 Although the Indiana program depends on student commit­ Malloy, in his closing remarks, the University can’t have the cited William Sexton as the parking lot is among the spe­ may not be the ideal solution ment to social projects. The resources to put in a water model of a good citizen and cific proposals which were for every family, “We would other half lies in the commit­ pipe,” Dillon senator Pat Coyle made to Campus Security. certainly endorse any program ment of the Michiana commu­ supported Sexton’s desire to said. that helps people save for col­ nity and its corporate leaders. celebrate the common achieve­ The key to advancing on the Mamak, as w ell as senators issue, Szabo reported, is stu­ lege,” Russo concluded. As examples of the first side ment between the community from Stanford, Alumni and of this two-way street, Sexton and the University. dent support. Campus securi­ According to Connie Koloszar Dillon Halls, noted that adding introduced Autry Denson, who Malloy urged the corporate ty, he explained, has to sense at the office of student laundry facilities was a top leaders to pull together over students need improvements accounts, the current cost of spent this past summer work­ concern of their constituents. ing with the National Youth issues and join the University in campus parking. tuition at Notre Dame is “This is really an equity “ We ju s t have to do our part $19,800 per year and housing Sports Programs here at Notre in its commitment to service. issue as opposed to a conve­ to establish support,” Szabo costs an additional $5,000. The Dame. Denson addressed the He vowed that “ we intend in nience issue,” Szabo added. enjoined. annual rate of increase in corporate leaders, explaining every way we can as a univer­ • Director of Student how community service pro­ sity to be good neighbors and • Near the meeting’s end, tuition over the past 10 years Activities Joe Cassidy updated Erik Nass delivered the senate has remained steady at five to grams “eliminate the gap citizens and to maximize the to the senate on University between Notre Dame students potential of our staff and stu­ fun fact for the week. eight percent and is expected to efforts to upgrade campus and the community.” dent body.” “Professor O’Hara watches continue at that rate into the social space. A private consul­ 21st century. Sexton also introduced Karen Party of Five,” he reported. Most students currently meet DuBay, a 1995 alumna and University expenses through a current assistant rectress of combination of resources, McGlinn Hall. 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Associated Press W rite r ______peaceful protest by 20,000 Pristina NobeV prize Duehring was training to be 00 people who ignored an order to By JIM HEINTZ a doctor in 1985 when she was PRISTINA disperse, demanding the right poisoned by a pesticide used to < Associated Press W riter Serb police used clubs and to an Albanian-language edu­ § MACEDONIA treat her apartment for fleas. tear gas in this southern city cation at Pristina University. She developed extreme sensi­ ! STOCKHOLM, Sweden Wednesday to break up the Within minutes, the Pristina An American chemicals tivity to chemicals; even expo­ biggest show of dissent in suburb of Velanija, the gather­ % GREECE activist so sickened by pesti­ sure to detergents and per­ years by Yugoslavia’s increas­ ing point for what was to be a cides that she has not been fumes can send her into ingly fractious ethnic Albanian march into the city, was dreds of police were deployed. able to go outside for eight seizures. minority. In Belgrade, a second deserted except for hundreds The protesters were mostly years was named Wednesday Although she has not been day of protests also ended in of police with shields and hel­ young ethnic Albanians who as a winner of the Right able to leave her sealed, fil­ violence. mets. In Pristina itself, hun- attend an underground college Livelihood Award. tered house since 1989, she because the official university Cindy Duehring of Epping, N. has done extensive work on teaches in Serbo-Croatian, D.. was one of five people cited education and advocacy for rather than Albanian, the lan­ for the award, widely consid­ others injured by chemicals. Happy 3itTkday Kelli! guage of the overwhelming ered the "alternative Nobels." She founded the majority of Kosovo’s popula­ Other winners were Joseph Environmental Access tion. 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Calendar of Events The Mass Eucharistic Adoration and Service Rejoice! Black Catholic Mass 10/2/97 n Sunday, October 5 4:00 pm Badin Hall Chapel There is a long-standing tradition at Notre Dame of deep respect for and full partic­ Celebrant: Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC ipation in the Mass. o Respect Life Sunday - Life Chain, Mass with parents and students is the main celebration of Freshman Orientation Ironwood Road and Junior Parent’s Weekend. Mass with faculty and students is the principal way we mark the beginning of a new academic year, and Mass with faculty, parents and stu­ Sunday, October 5 dent always signals the beginning of our Commencement Exercises at the end of 2:00 pm Meet at Library Circle the year. Co-sponsored with Right to Life In between these celebrations o f Mass on major occasions, we have the beautiful St. Francis Day - The Living Rosary liturgies on weekdays and Sundays at the Basilica. Hundreds of students take part in C/D and Community Service at “There Are the Mass as members of choirs, altar servers, Eucharistic ministers and greeters. . . a Children Here” :>T. wonderful service they offer with respect and reverence to the Church and to many Saturday, October 4 hundreds more of their fellow students. 11:30 am Co-sponsored with the North Quad And, of course, of exceptional and singular significance to Notre Dame students as Liturgical Commissioners. well, are the weekday and Sunday liturgies celebrated in each of the residence halls. t o These powerful celebrations of Mass with friends are special moments for all who SPEAK OUT: African American experience them. Most student participants in their residence hall Masses feel clos­ Community in Conversation er to God and to each other during these moments than they can ever remember Monday, October 6 feeling before. t o 9:00 pm Montgomery Theatre, LaFortune The Mass is our central act of worship as Catholics, as the Catechism of the Catholic Filipino American Student Organization Church teaches. Retreat t o Saturday-Sunday, October 4-5 Five Pines Each time we celebrate the Mass together, whether in an elaborate or a simple set­ ting, we participate in the most astonishing and awe-inspiring experience available Mlsa En Espanol - Spanish to any man or woman. Why? Because at the command and invitation o f Jesus Christ Sunday, October 5 and through the words and the actions of the priest who acts in the name of the 1:30 pm Stanford-Keenan Cha Church and gathered believers, the life-giving effects of the passion, death and res­ urrection of Jesus Christ become immediately available to us. And so it will be until Notre Dame Encounter Retreat #4 < the end of human history. Friday-Sunday, October 3-5 Fatima Retreat t o A t Mass we celebrate and acknowledge Jesus Christ as savior, brother and Son o f Center God, in a way that is unparalleled in any other act of prayer or devotion available to us. Pan Dulce y Jugo Latino students and friends are welo We believe that at Mass we remember the events that make us one with Jesus Christ come and enjoy pan dulce and juice and with each other as nothing else ever will or can. And in that remembrance, Tuesdays, 7:30-10:00 pm in 103 Hesl what we remember actually becomes present to us. It brings about in our lives, in Library with Fr. Neary for convers full measure, what the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ brought about for all o study break. people two m illennia ago. ' ' ' .....7/ '''' ' "7-0 - Weekly Eucharistic Adoration This is why so many holy men and women of all ages have placed frequent celebra­ Campus Ministry is sponsoring a 24 hour tion o f the Eucharist at the center o f their lives: Thomas Aquinas, Claire o f Assisi, Dorothy Day, M other Teresa, Vincent de Paul - to name but a few among millions. period of Eucharistic Adoration in Fisher Hall For these men and women, and for us, Mass is the principal way we center the words Chapel. Adoration will begin with Mass at and the actions of our lives on the words and the actions of Jesus himself. In this C/D 11:00 p.m. on Monday nights and end at way, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Church as God’s people carry out 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday nights. and continue the mission of Jesus Christ in simple ways that take on transcendent meaning and import...... Twenty-Seventh Sunday in The Mass is the source and the summit of who we are and of who we can become if Ordinary Time we but dare imitate the words and the actions o f Jesus Christ in our own lives. The Mass is the source and the summit of every prayer, devotion and act of service. Weekend Presiders It is why simple acts of service to a brother or sister become human actions offered to the person o f Jesus Christ himself. at Sacred Heart Saturday, October 4 The Church has promoted Eucharistic Adoration so that we remember and cele­ brate all these things that are at the core o f who we are as disciples o f Jesus. 5:00 p.m. The Body and the Blood of Jesus Christ - the Body broken for us and the Blood shed Rev. John Pearson, C.S.C. to make us one with God and with each other - become a reality at every Mass. Through our service, whether that assistance is offered at Logan Center, through Sunday, October 5 the Urban Plunge, as a catechist, as an R.A., or as a member of one of our Basilica or residence hall choirs, we tend to the broken bodies of our human family even as 10:00 a.m. Jesus did. We help raise minds and hearts to worship and praise our God, and we minister to the least among us, who are the most important in the eyes of God, in Rev. William Wack, C.S.C. im itation o f and in the name o f Jesus Christ. 11:45 a.m. The Mass enables and empowers us to bring about the effects of the mission of Jesus Rev. Richard V. Warner, C.S.C Christ here and now.

Vespers How privileged we are to be members of a community where Mass is celebrated so often and where young people are surrounded by so many other young people Sunday, October 5 every time Eucharist is celebrated.

7:15 p.m. How privileged we are to be members of a community where Mass is celebrated so Sr. Patricia Riley, C.S.C. often and where young people surrounded by scores o f other young people each and every time we reach out to another. Scripture Readings Mass and service are intimately related for the Church and for us at Notre Dame. 1st Reading Genesis 2:18-24 The Mass is the central act of all worship, and therefore, of every prayer, act of ser­ 2nd Reading Hebrews 2:9-11 vice, moment of Eucharistic Adoration, and word of comfort offered to another in the name o f Jesus. Gospel Mark 10:2-16 (7WIPUS (Rev.) Richard V. Warner, C.S.C. MINISTRY Thursday, October 2, 1997 The Observer ♦ FOOD NEWS______page 7 Clinton to improve food safety Grand jury checks By LAURAN NEERGAARD tain food-safety standards Association. Risks from pro­ Associated Press W rite r would not be allowed to import duce are low enough that “ this to the United States. is unwarranted,” he added. into Hudson Foods WASHINGTON U.S. farmers also would face But the Food and Drug Faced with soaring food new sanitation guidelines, The Administration, which has been By CURT ANDERSON pounds of hamburger produced imports, disease-tainted pro­ Associated Press has learned, pushing for the changes since Associated Press W rite r at the Hudson plant in duce and far fewer safety in part to forestall any com­ 1993, said it hasn’t kept pace Columbus, Neb. inspections, plaints that the United States with Americans' food supply. WASHINGTON Monaghan would provide no the Clinton would hold foreign farmers to “ The whole infrastructure of A federal grand jury is inves­ other details, but Hudson offi­ administra­ higher standards. food safety needs to be tigating whether Hudson Foods cials confirmed Wednesday tion is mov­ Critics charge that the food strengthened,” said Associate Inc. tried to hide the extent of that they had received a sub­ ing aggres­ plan is an effort to counter Commissioner William potential E. coli bacteria conta­ poena for documents related to sive ly to opposition to free-trade legisla­ Hubbard. mination in what eventually the recall and expected some police the tion Clinton has pending in FDA figures show budget con­ became the nation’s biggest employees to be called to testify w orld’s food. Congress. They argue that the straints made its inspections of meat recall. before the grand jury in Under a plan U.S. food supply already is the domestic food supplies plum­ Tom Monaghan, the U.S. Clinton Omaha, Neb. P r e s id e n t w orld’s safest. met from 21,000 in 1981 to just attorney for Nebraska, issued a “ As it has in the past, Hudson Clinton is to “ Clearly, being the world food 5,000 last year. Foreign fond statement saying the investiga­ Foods will continue to cooper­ announce Thursday, the gov­ police complicates the trade im p orts have doubled to 2.2 tion arose from information ate fully and completely with ernment would spend up to $24 environment we operate in, ” million shipments a year received last month from the the government’s investiga­ million inspecting farms over­ said John Aguirre of the United 1992, while FDA border inspec­ Agriculture Department’s tion,” Hudson, based in Rogers, seas. Those failing to meet cer- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable tions were cut in half. inspector general regarding the Ark., said in a statement. August recall of 25 million “ Hudson Foods is confident that a thorough and fair inves­ tigation of the facts will confirm that it has violated no law.” T h e F u t u r e B e l o n g s Hudson shut down the Columbus plant at Agriculture Department insistence after the To T h o s e amount of meat recalled due to level accountant or positions possible E. coli contamination W h o E a r n I t . 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AROUND THE WORLD IN A HUNDRED DAYS ... Rich American Girl Gets Ready to Shed Her Skin 12:56 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1. Cochin, derful city was the way I was set upon because there are no other jobs avail­ home. India. the idea that I’d be living in a desolate able. It makes one grateful for a place As American as I am, I did do some­ I can’t believe that today I’m starting poverty stricken area. Why was that? It like Notre Dame; I may be a waitress thing very “Indian” today. I got my nose classes. After five weeks of hotel hop­ could be that I prepared for the worst in later but because I want to. pierced. Ouch! It hurt bad. Don’t let any­ ping and riding on a bouncy bus with my mind. All my friends and others I Which brings me to school — Sacred one tell you differently. A good thing is the same 27 people, I actually have a told about this semester all seemed to Heart College. One building, three that instead of $60 in the U.S. it cost me room I can call my own. Room 44, know that I was going to be so uncom­ floors, overlooking the Arabian Sea and $6 (or 200 rupees). I had no idea it Sealord Hotel. fortable, dirty, come back thin and have lots of palm trees. That’s my school this would be such a project. First, I went to Cochin is not at all the city I thought it a “character building” experience. I semester. That’s the physical now; in about a million jewelry stores looking would be. It’s nice. We’ve seen a wide guess I got that stuck in my head. Or I other aspects it differs even more so for a stud to my liking. They have no just thought that would make me some­ from ND. First of all boys and girls concept of small. Finally, I found how better surviving such an experi­ can’t even walk up the same one, bought it and waited. ence; undergoing the troubles of a great stairs. Everywhere there Some strange man came part of the world and therefore under­ are signs pointing the out. I think all he does is Juliana standing their plight (As if I won’t direction for boys and pierce. He was ready always have a clean bed, warm shower, girls to go. Boys have for us. Two girls went and plenty to eat). to wear pants before me, then my Vodicka That was what I was thinking, how everyday; girls turn. Fifteen min­ sickening it seems to me now. Oh, poor must have their utes later, three little rich American girl trying to make a legs covered, if men with their difference. not you are sent fingers up my What I’ve been saying though is simply home. In the nose, one flash­ spectrum of India these last weeks of the exterior appearance of Cochin. The classroom no light, many pic­ traveling. From the beauty of the people are the same here as in the rest questions can be tures and tears Himalayas, the poverty on the streets, of India — beautiful, friendly and strong asked; it seems later I’m brand­ the amazing ride through the tea fields in culture. It’s amazing how connected as if you are ed w ith my small to teach attacks in a tiger reserve, I’ve they are to their family, their country, challenging the diamond stud (on seen the best and worst of this country. and their heritage. All connected, no one knowledge of the my left side repre­ And loved every minute of it! Yet, for separate from another; individuals yet a professor. senting woman some reason, when I pictured Cochin it single unit. It’s sort of the same in the All 27 of us are in and moon). Like I was poverty stricken, beggar infested U.S. but so different. We are so separat­ the same classroom said before: Ouch! and of course had the same shop that’s ed from everything; you must be an indi­ The special It’s sore and tender all over — the one with the pants and vidual. We have our freedom. Why does “American” classroom, now, but soon I think I’ll the marble elephant. that have to know separation? Take with our own bathroom actually like it (It’s all on You must understand, though, my idea Notre Dame for instance, our own cushioned seats, catered video, I can’t w ait for Bree of “ nice” is very warped compared to my world. I bet I’ve gone at least a week lunch everyday, refreshments, and and Judy to see that one, they’re notions when I left the USA. I think that without picking up a newspaper or fans! Can you believe it? While the rest going to kill me!). I.just pray I don’t get a air conditioning is the world’s single watching the news. It’s so easy, too of the school has sore butts, dehydrates cold. best invention to date. It seems though, easy, to get caught up in that way of life. and sweats, the Americans are served Anyway, that’s the lowdown on that my sense of “nice” is directly pro­ It’s just ignorance, or pure laziness, water and given the privilege of air con­ Cochin. I’m already beginning to fall as portional to my fashion concept as well. masquerading as security. dition. in love with this part of India as I did I got a great pair of orange floral pants Here and in many other parts of the Don’t get me wrong; I like it. That’s with the rest. My new project here is the other day; only 100 rupees ($3 U.S.) world I’ve seen thus far a college educa­ the problem. I love air conditioning. I shedding my thick American skin, stop and I’m ready for the fashion runway. tion means much less than in the U.S. like to be comfortable. I need good making predictions and just live it. With this new perception of good and Ninety-nine percent of the waiters in the meals. I crave peanut butter! I’m so I guess that’s all I can do. bad, where a living area is concerned, I hotels we’ve been to, and now in Cochin, American! That’s such a difficult real­ was shocked upon arrival in Cochin. have a college education. Biochemistry, ization to come to when you’re away Juliana Vodicka is a junior English Compared to many big cities I’ve seen in literature, accounting, everything under and you thought so differently about and theology major. Her column India, Cochin is Beverly Hills; like I said, the sun, and what are they doing? yourself; wished you were different, is a appears every other Thursday. not at all what I pictured. Serving me tea and toast morning after better way to say that. I’m not sad or The views expressed in this column What surprises me even more than my morning. How unfair is that? All so they sorry that I’m here; I just know I’ll be so are those o f the author and not neces­ shock that I was going to live in a won­ can make enough money for their family much more grateful when I get back sarily those o f The Observer.

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LET ME CLEAR M Y THROAT ... Capital Punishment Doesn ’t M This week marked the beginning of dered, a void is created which is not the federal trial of Terry Nichols for his going to be filled by the state coldly, alleged role in the 1995 Oklahoma City methodically, and relatively painlessly bombing. In the weeks ahead, as the killing another person. Indeed, the emo­ trial progresses, it is sure to bring all of tional reaction behind such a policy is the pain and horror of that day two understandable, but the truth of the years ago back into the public eye, just matter is that ending the lives of Tim as the trial of Timothy McVeigh earlier McVeigh and Terry Nichols won’t bring this summer did. And like the McVeigh back the 161 people lost in Oklahoma trial, the judgment of Terry Nichols will city. The families of these victims can most likely once again ignite the debate never have adequate compensation. The over the existence of capital punishment people they loved are gone. As tragic as in our society. Nichols is currently that is, watching another person die will not change that. Similarly, one of the most common defenses of the death penalty is that the punishment must fit the crime. But once Scott again, in capital cases, particularly extreme ones like Oklahoma City, fu lfill­ ing such an obligation becomes impossi­ Cullen ble. The more severe a crime is, the less plausible the concept of equal punish­ ment becomes. Quite simply, there are limits on what we can do to a convicted charged with eight capital felonies, and criminal. If the laws of nature didn’t barring his complete acquittal, it is like­ prevent us from blowing up Timothy ly that a jury of 12 individuals will be McVeigh 161 consecutive times with a forced to decide whether he lives or car bomb, the Constitution still would. dies. Once again, our society w ill be It's an extreme example, but the point is forced to confront this state of affairs. that even when we do put people to As this issue returns to the forefront in death, the punishment is not actually the weeks ahead, I wish to offer the fol­ equivalent to the crime. The Constitution lowing thoughts regarding the justifica­ outlaws excessively cruel punishment, tion for capital punishment in our soci­ thus inmates die as humanely as possi­ 1 ety. ble, especially with the increased use of Capital punishment rests upon a lethal injection. They do not experience strong foundation of popular support in the violence and extreme pain which this country, due mostly, I believe, to the very often they inflicted on their own fact that it appeals to the human ten­ victims. Families of victims who witness dencies toward justice, fairness, and executions often comment that they institutionalizing and practicing capital we’re better off not establishing. vengeance. Indeed, when you or some­ were not satisfied that the criminal was punishment, our government under­ The anti-capital punishment argument one you love is wronged by another, it is made to suffer enough when executed. mines itself. is certainly much more extensive than a natural reaction to want to see the They wanted to see the perpetrator suf­ Finally, we must look at capital pun­ outlined above, as is the school of aggressor subjected to a degree of suf­ fer in much the same way their loved ishment from the standpoint of human thought in support of it. My point here is fering equal to if not greater than that ones did. Such a reality is neither possi­ rights. In theory, at least, our govern­ to look at the principles and values which the victim experienced. Such an ble, nor a good idea. Capital punishment ment believes in and promotes human underlying the argument. The fact is emotional reaction is completely under­ is rarely equal to the hideous nature of rights and argues on behalf of them in that many of the beliefs underlying a standable and very human. Similarly, a the crimes it punishes. So we find our­ the global arena. That is, we assert that support for capital punishment simply prominent defense of the death penalty selves putting human beings to sleep, all people, simply by virtue of their do not make sense in the context of an promoted during the McVeigh trial is the trying to get to the nearest approxima­ humanity, have innate, inalienable extreme capital case such as the idea that by the actions of the judicial tion of equal punishment we can in a rights to such things as adequate food, Oklahoma City bombing. Moreover, the system, the state owes adequate com­ given case. shelter, and clothing. Apparently, how­ institution of capital punishment under­ pensation to those who have been All the while, we are undermining the ever, the simple right to existence is mines the principles of our government wronged. Finally, one of the most com­ integrity of both human life and the missing from this list. Such an omission in more ways than one. In general, it is mon traditional arguments in support of state. The institution of capital punish­ is puzzling as one would think that a an issue debated more from the heart the death penalty is the notion inherent ment is an inherently contradictory one. right to exist and not have life taken than from the head. I feel it is time to in our judicial system that the punish­ Yes, it’s the standard, tried and true, away prematurely would be presup­ look at the issue more deeply and more ment must fit the crime. All of these anti-capital punishment argument, but I posed by such other rights as food and rationally. In the weeks ahead, Terry positions clearly appeal to human emo­ feel it still has merit. Our government shelter. Such is not the case however, as Nichols life will be on the line for his tion and reaction to crime. They are also outlines a set of rules within which our current system of criminal justice alleged involvement in a horrible crime. all invalid justifications for the death every individual is expected to live, and implies that by certain actions, an indi­ In form ing your opinion of what his fate penalty. when someone steps beyond that set of vidual can forfeit his or her very right to should be, look beyond your emotional For example, take the proposition that rules they are rightfully punished. One exist. Thus, we arrive upon the key reaction, and think about what values the judicial system has an obligation to of the most basic of these rules is that it point in the capital punishment debate; and principles we want our society to compensate a victim ’s family for its loss is wrong to take the life of another per­ whether or not a person, by taking uphold. in the form of an adequate punishment. son. Yet at both the federal and state severe, heinous actions against society Certainly, this school of thought appeals levels, every year ( or every couple of may alienate his right to existence. Right Scott Cullen is a junior Arts and to the human sense of fair play. Yet in days, or so, if you happen to live in now, our laws say yes, and an over­ Letters major at Notre Dame. His col­ capital cases, making such a proposition Texas) the very same governments that whelming majority of the population umn appears&very other Thursday. reality is impossible. The conclusion we outlaw the taking of human life do so concurs. Yet if wo are really willing to The views expressed in this column are left to draw is that by killing Terry under the pretense of capital punish­ concede this point we must be wary, for are those o f the author and not neces­ Nichols, the state w ill have compensated ment. The government that makes a I fear we set a very dangerous prece­ sarily those o f The Observer. an individual whose loved one has been rule based upon the integrity of human dent. If our very right to life is not wrongfully killed. This doesn’t seem life also enacts a punishment which inalienable, then what it is? If our legal right. The simple truth is that when a completely disregards it. Clearly, such a right to exist can be taken away from us loved one is killed, particularly m ur­ situation represents a contradiction. By then what can’t? It’s a precedent I feel LETTER TO THE EDITOR Time to Stop Being Politically C It seems to me that w ith all university in this hemisphere, avoiding the sin. I also believe through the “Spirit of campus, and other issues the emphasis on homosexual Notre Dame must shoulder the with equal firmness that we Inclusion” statement that the should be brought into the rights in the campus news and burden of leadership in pro­ must exhibit compassion and University has just presented. campus spotlight so that we in the Notre Dame community moting Catholic values and in concern for these people, who My point is this: hate the sin, can begin to deal with them. It at large, we as members of this discouraging any practices that are our brothers and sisters in love the sinner. It is important is time to redirect ourselves community have lost sight of oppose those values. The Christ as much as anyone. to realize that the University is and stop focusing on the bigger picture. While the University must, in keeping Further, while I agree that the constantly working to protect GLND/SMC and homosexuality debate has raged on about the with its Catholic identity, con­ University cannot and should homosexual students as simply because it is politically legitimacy of GLND/SMC and demn the practice of homosex­ not recognize GLND/SMC as a human beings and to help correct. As a campus and as a the proposed “non-discrimina­ uality, while extolling the campus organization and thus them spiritually, clause or no community we must now turn tion clause,” other more press­ gospel values of love, compas­ provide them with Student clause. Human dignity and our attention to issues that ing and far-reaching issues sion, and concern for one’s fel­ Activities funding, I do feel that compassion, not a binding non­ extend beyond the political have been sidelined. low man as Jesus teaches us. I those people on this campus discrimination clause, is what realm and that directly affect What I am about to present believe firmly that what the who are homosexual should be those people who consider all of us and how we live has been said before, but these Church teaches is correct: that supported as individuals, as themselves to be homosexual together. words have been consistently the act of homosexual union is they have been by Campus need. Those of us who are het­ brushed aside by a politically morally unacceptable, both Ministry and the administra­ erosexual can help them motivated charge against the because it is against God’s plan tion of Notre Dame. Anyone through prayer and genuine Notre Dame administration by for heterosexuality and who feels that the University is concern. Jonathan L. French the proponents of GLND/SMC because it occurs outside the uncaring or slow to act on this Meanwhile, all of us here at Vice President, and their attention-seeking bond of marriage. People who matter need only look at Notre Dame need to keep in Notre Dame College Republicans allies, the Notre Dame College are themselves homosexual do Campus Ministry’s efforts to mind that other issues face us September 29, 1997 Democrats. have control of their actions help homosexual students here; racism, for example, is a As the preeminent Catholic and can avoid the act, thus through counseling and far more pressing issue on our Thursday, October 2, 1997 various artists The End «,*ofmstars)

^ 1 ■ J udging from the cover of The End of Violence: feelings associated with love which translates well h J I I j Songs from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, it to the tone of the album. The U2/Sinead O’Conner kl is evident that this is no ordinary soundtrack. duet, “I’m Not Your Baby” is interesting but not as The seeming allusion to Edward Hopper’s impressive as one would hope for from such talent­ famous painting of loneliness and abandonment, ed artists. This song is followed by a very Leonard m m “Nighthawks,” creates expectations of mood for the Cohen-esque song by Tom Waits, “Little Drop of album that are similar to those in Hopper’s classic. Poison.” This concludes the first half of the album, The soundtrack surprisingly meets these expecta­ and everything beyond that becomes quite tedious tions with most tracks, but fails miserably with oth­ and boring (including a horrifying duet by Michael ers. Stipe and Vic Chesnutt), with a pair of exceptions. German director Wim Wenders is the master of The first is Los Lobos’ tune, “ Me Estas Matando,” moodiness, from his road films of “Paris, Texas,” which screams “Get up and dance!” The other is and “Until the End of the World,” to his post-mod­ Roy Orbison’s lost gem, “You May Feel Me Crying,” ern analysis of angels, “Wings of Desire.” Judging which was re-mastered and produced by Brian Eno from the soundtrack to his most recent film, “The following Orbison’s death. End of Violence, ” he continues this trend. The open­ The film stars Bill Pullman, Gabriel Byrne, Traci i ■ ■ ing track by Ry Cooder, “Define Violence,” whose Lind and Andie MacDowell, and the soundtrack (as slide guitar occasionally accompanied the Rolling seems to be the current trend since the Pulp Fiction Stones but since then has moved on to becoming a soundtrack) features samples of their dialogue. The premier film composer, sets the tone for the entire most memorable is when Traci Lind asks, “ Define soundtrack, a compilation of original songs written violence ... you’re making a movie about it, expressly for the film by some very talented artists. shouldn’t you know what it is.” They may not be able to define violence, but they definitely know Courtesy of Outpost Recordings The journey into a world of moodiness and eclecti­ cism begins with Ry Cooder’s pangs and twangs of what good music is; too bad they couldn’t be consis­ the electric guitar which draws strong parallels to tent with this knowledge. the work of Neil Young. The capriciousness continues with Spain’s moody ballad, “Every Time I Try,” which reflects the lost by Joey Crawford

f t adam sandier What’s YOUR (out of five stars) A dam Sandler’s newest release, What’s pointing change to his present fans, mainly because / % YOUR Name?, the third addition to a collec- it does involve a watering-down of the humor. Let’s / 1 tion of remarkably funny CDs, takes a sur- hope that the watered-down effect that music has ADAM SANDLER -Z U p ris in g turn for the worse. As opposed to a had on this CD does not have the same effect on his majority of dialogues and skits like the previous career as a whole; otherwise, don’t expect be hear­ albums, What’s YOUR Name? is comprised only of ing about him too soon. songs. This apparent intent on going for a much That characteristic of watered-down seems to be a more musical album just ends in disaster. To obtain theme throughout What’s YOUR Name? which, for more musical merit, Sandler has sacrificed a lot of most Adam Sandler fans, is a disappointment. Keep the in-your-face, hardcore humor that has become in mind that this entire review is from the eyes of his trademark over the years. one of these Adam Sandler fans, so of course I am Attempting to maintain that humor, Sandler going to be a little biased and, as explained, a bit brings back several of the characters from the pre­ displeased with the change. However, this change vious CD. Such songs as “The Respect Chant,” “The opens up Sandler’s audience to those that disliked Goat Song,” and a new reggae tune, “Voodoo,” end the original harshness. Overall, this album seems to up just like the CD as a whole: as disappointing fol­ be aimed at those who would like to listen to some low-ups. “Red Hooded Sweatshirt,” first performed (surprisingly) decent music and chuckle every now on Saturday Night Live, is redone on this CD as a and then at a humor much more subtle than that much slower, watered-down version. Again, this is which present Sandler fans have grown to love. due to the fact that Sandler tried to incorporate too much music into it. iimw mini! Adam Sandler has recently been trying to push his by Dave Levin career into a more musical light lately, reportedly Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records doing covers for Led Zeppelin in concert. This career decision will most likely end up as a disap­

f t f t f t f t cherry poppin’ daddies Zoot Suit (out of five stars)

A rc you down with swing? If you have ever The rest of the album will have you snapping your been through freshmen year Social Dance, fingers to songs such as “ Brown Derby Jump” and have tuned in to Brother Pedro’s Big Band “Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line.” Show (Friday and Sunday evenings on Listening to this album leaves you asking: what WSND), or are a member of the Notre Dame ever happened to the Big Band Era? The Cherry Marching Band then my guess would be yes. A Poppin’ Daddies attempt to bring that sound back rapidly growing revival of swing music and its cul­ with a ‘90s slant combining a great mix of guitars, ture in the United States and England as well as the saxophones, trombones, trumpets, tubas, and more. mainstream emergence of the ska scene have paved If swing is your thing, the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies the road for modern swing bands such as the will keep you spinning. They are appearing in Squirrel Nut Zippers and the Cherry Poppin’ Chicago this Saturday for an all ages show at the Daddies to gain popularity. Fireside Bowl as they continue to mix the sounds of The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies continue to beat and the big band era with a dab of ‘90s ska and punk. blow their way into the hearts of this nation’s hip- And in the immortal words which the Notre Dame swiveling young people in their latest release, Zoot Marching Band reminds us of during their halftime Suit Riot: The Swingin’ Hits. They are an eight- shows, “It don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that piece band that merge a ‘30s spirit of swing with a swing!” ‘90s punk rock sensibility. This album is the Eugene, Ore., based band’s fourth CD and provides a great mix of songs from their first three CDs as by Nate Rackiewicz well as four previously unreleased tracks. Throw in a cup of jazz, a tablespoon of ska, and a

Courtesy of MOJO Records pinch of punk and you have the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies’ first single, “Zoot Suit Riot,” telling a tale of two sailors and their adventures out on the town. Accent needs writers, writers, writers. If you want to be a features writer, a music critic or a movie critic, please call Joey or Ashleigh at 1-4540 Thursday, October 2, 1997 page 11

tV emer kenny Emer K (out of five stars)

E mer Kenny is a classically trained Irish or a possibility of understanding of the meaning, the CIHCr K E N N V harpist who studied at the College of Music, substance of the song is reduced. Dublin and Trinity College of Music, London. The album was produced by Grammy award-win- She began to play the harp at the age of nine. ner Jeffery Lesser. Lessor’s production credentials Her self-titled album is a mix of tradition Irish music include the world famous traditional Irish folk band and contemporary. The mixture, however, leaves the The Chieftains, Sinead O’Connor, Lou Reed and listener feeling somewhat lacking. The balance Barbra Streisand. He is up to his usual par on this between old and new is not very well defined. The album and has drawn out Kenny’s personal style. feeling of the album is almost new age with a twist of While the overall quality of the CD is high, it is harp cords thrown in intermittently. While there are unfortunately lacking in a sense of tradition that occasional bursts of traditional fare, such as on the Kenny attempts to capture. It is lacking a feeling of a third track of the album, it is masked by a beat that blend of two sounds, old and new, and is left with a seems almost Spanish in rhythm. feeling of one homogenized sound — new age One of the most distinctive features of Emer international. Kenny’s music is her voice. Kenny’s voice makes every lyric into a deep throaty ethereal sigh. While it is haunting, oddly intimate and lonely at the same by Dominic Caruso time, the ghostly whisper occasionally is difficult to understand. The words become difficult to follow, which is unfortunate since the songs have complex themes and engaging ideas. In addition, five of the album’s 11 songs are sung in Gaelic. These songs Courtesy of Triloka Recordings are in fact the most engaging musically, with a mini­ mum of new age sampling; without an understanding

ik 'C t tranquility bass (out of five stars)

C ombining ambient and ‘60s influences, Songwriting. The title track is also forgettable, a Tranquility Bass has produced a partly enjoy­ meandering bout of nothingness which complements able album, but one, however, which lacks its immediate predecessor “I’ll Be Here”, another anything to make it memorable. Things start song lacking enthusiasm. Everything is wrapped up off well with “ Five Miles High,” a relaxed, lush piece by the strangely titled “Lichen me to Wyomin’,” a which introduces the listener to the easy mood of the song, as the singer announces, about his favorite album while at the same time presenting an open, state. W ithout meaning to be rude to the masses of almost choral sound. The second track carries on this Wyoming fans out there, if this were the type of thing theme and is the best on the album; sampled Indian being sung about your state then it may be best to women chant in perfect time to an electronic backing move elsewhere or have all its musicians executed, without sounding new age in a cheesy kind of way. any way to avoid the sheer dreadfulness of dire Hank The production values are solid throughout the Williams impersonations such as this should be found album, but stand out here as evidence that much at all costs. Overall then, an average album with a time has been spent at the mixing desk. few bright spots and a larger number of dismal Unfortunately things do not remain at this high moments. Save your money. level. “Soldier’s Sweetheart” is a horrible ballad ill- suited to the rest of the album; sounding as if written for particularly sentimental seven-year-old girls, this by Julian Elliott fourth track breaks down the coherence of the first half of the album and prepares us for the mediocrity to follow. “We All Want to be Free” is dull and ridden w ith cliches; its refrain, “let us be,” is uninspired and Courtesy of Caroline Records, Inc. obviously a product of the Spice Girls School of

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fl. Chisel- Set You Free 11. The Refreshments- The Bottle & Fresh Horses 12. Radiohead- OK Computer 2. Save Ferris- It Means Everything |3. Austin Powers- Soundtrack |3. Cherry Poppin’ Daddies- Zoot Suit Riot 14. Buck-O-Nine- Twenty-Eight Teeth 14. Tanya Donnelly- Love Songs for Underdogs 15. Candy Machine- Tune International 15. Chumbawamba- Tubthumbing 16. Jon Specer Blues Explosion- Controversial Negro |6. Catherine Wheel- Adam & Eve I?. Cub- Mauler! 17. Teenage Fan Club- Songs From Northern Britain 8. Guided By Voices- Mag Earwhig! 18. Oasis- Be Here Now 9. Echo & The Bunnymen- Evergreen 19. The Sundays- Summertime 110. Charlatans UK- Tellin’ Stories |l0. Morrissey- Maladjusted page 12 The Observer • SPORTS Thursday, October 2, 1997

0 N F L g W N B A Packers look to stuff Bucs League grows with ByARNIE STAPLETON “ Right now, Tampa is the top The Packers are even calling Associated Press W riter dog on the block," agreed free this a must-win contest, almost two new franchises safety Eugene Robinson said. unthinkable a month ago that By JIM SUHR part of the Eastern Conference GREEN BAY. Wis. “ And who would have thunk they’d say such a thing so soon Associated Press W riter with New York, Charlotte and in the season, if at all. The Green Bay Packers are in it?” Cleveland. Several of his teammates, “ I’ve never played a non- an unfamiliar position — look­ AUBURN HILLS, Mich. “ We’re glad to be jum ping on actually. must-win game," quarterback ing up at the Tampa Bay Detroit and Washington were the bandwagon," Wizards presi­ “ Tampa has always been real Brett Favre said. Buccaneers, who play at awarded WNBA franchises on dent Susan O’Malley said in strong defensively,” said “ This is a respect game for Lambeau Field on Sunday in the Wednesday, and now the two Washington. Dotson, who used to play there. them and a status game for us,” first big showdown in the NFC. expansion clubs w a it to see Added Pistons counterpart “This year, they’re not turning Butler said. “ They’re trying to Some pundits say Tampa's which one will probably get star Tom Wilson: “ It’s a venture the ball over and they’ve got a show the world they’re for real not for real, that ultimately ABL defector Nikki McCray. we’re really excited about.” nice, consistent ground attack and we’re trying to get our sta­ they’ll be this year’s version of The additions give the WNBA Ackerman said it’s still the 1996 Washington Redskins, and they go deep every so tus back as world champs." 10 teams, with two other fran­ unclear how the two teams will often." “ Everybody’s got to look who started 7-1 but missed the" chises to join in 1998. be stocked, but an expansion Fifth-year cornerback Doug themselves in the face and playoffs. “ We believe that the events of draft is likely. She also said one Evans said the Bucs have decide how they want to Or the 1995 St. Louis Rams, this summer demonstrate of the expansion teams probably always had the talent. approach the rest of the year," the last to win at Green Bay, beyond a doubt the tremendous would get McCray, a 1996 “ To be honest, my first year center Frank Winters said. “ We who started 4-0 but finished 7- potential that exists for the Olympian who was the MVP of here I realized they had good got a lot of talent on this team. 9. future of the WNBA,” league the ABL last season with the players on that team,” he said. We just need to get some guys After all, the Bucs have never president Val Ackerman said. champion Columbus Quest. “ They just weren’t doing the back healthy and got going.” won six straight. Nicknames and logos have not Detroit was one of the original There are no skeptics in the things they needed to do to win Robinson said maybe some yet been chosen for the expan­ markets targeted by the WNBA Packers locker room, where ball games.” altitudes need tweaking, but not sion franchises. The teams will before its inaugural season, but Under coach Tony Dungy, the system. nobody’s trash talking Tampa, be operated by the NBA s officials with the Palace of that’s all changed. “ Coach is not going to scrap the only undefeated team in the Detroit Pistons and Washington Auburn Hills decided to wait The struggling Packers have a his game plan, from an offen­ NFC. Wizards. and see how the league fared. dual goal this week: decipher sive viewpoint or a defensive “ I think you have to judge a Detroit and Washington beat “ Things have been very easy the Buccaneers and also diag­ viewpoint," he said. “ It really team on what they’ve done late­ out Orlando, Fla. The franchises for us,” said Thompson, the No. nose their own ills. They’re comes down to execution.” ly," coach Mike Holmgren said. were granted on the condition 1 pick in the WNBA’s first draft. “ They have new ownership, mired in a month-long slump There is one big forthcoming they secure pledges for at least “ The city of Detroit should be that has produced two losses change, however. new coach, new stadium, new 3,000 season tickets before Nov. very excited to have a team and two more scares. Free agent linebacker Seth uniforms. ... ” 10. because it'll bring a lot of New results. The Packers are working Joyner, who missed the first five The WNBA drew more than 1 warmness to the city and fans.” And they’re the new bully on through adjustment periods on games after undergoing arthro­ million fans over the summer as Washington also wanted to the block, safety LeRoy Butler both sides of the ball. The scopic surgery, is expected to the eight teams averaged 9,669 have one of the eight original offense is still getting comfort­ make his Packers debut on said. spectators a game. Ackerman franchises, but the league want­ able with the I-form ation and Sunday. A loss to the Buccaneers (5-0) said that was more than double ed to wait until the MCI Arena the defense is adjusting to life The Packers are hoping on Sunday would drop the the league’s preseason projec­ in downtown Washington — to struggling Packers (3-2) three without left cornerback Craig Joyner is their miracle tonic. tions. open Dec. 2 — was ready. Newsome. “ Maybe I can bring some games back in the NFC Central If the NBA Board of Governors Similar arena questions have and force the champions to start They’re out to get back on added leadership to the field to approves the expansion, the kept the WNBA from placing thinking about defending their track Sunday while also knock­ give the defense a spark, enthu­ WNBA champion Houston franchises in Atlanta and title as a wild card. ing the upstart Bucs down a peg siasm, all those things that are Comets would switch to the five- Toronto. "They’re 5-0, so they’re the or two. kind of contagious,” Joyner team Western Conference, jo in ­ The ABL begins its second best team in the conference to “ This will be a great game for said. ing Los Angeles, Phoenix, season Oct. 12. The WNBA me," defensive tackle Santana us to bounce back, ” tight end “The timing couldn’t be bet­ Sacramento and Utah. begins its second season in the Dotson said. Mark Chmura said. ter.” The new teams would become spring.

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PERSONAL When motorbikes are banished Thanks for the strip, comic boy! BUY/SELL ND SEASON AND INDI­ D2 Motorcycle Tool: YOU SUCK!!!! WANTED TI-82 graphing calculator. $40 matt VIDUAL GAME TICKETS. I still need a date! crap, only 2 Wonderful- We'll be friends one 4-2207 674-7645. days left. the panther is on the prowl d a y... Love, H. Thursday, October 2, 1997 The Observer • SPORTS page 13 NBA Garnett re-signs with Twelves By RON LESKO eclipse it in total worth. became a starter midway Associated Press W rite r The amount of the extension through the 1995-96 season was shocking, but so was the and developed enough last sea­ MINNEAPOLIS prospect of the Wolves losing son to make the All-Star game Kevin Garnett agreed to terms Garnett to free agency after this as an injury fill-in. He helped Wednesday night on what could season. That would have been a the young Wolves to a fran­ be the richest contract in pro­ real possibility if Garnett failed chise-best 40-42 record and fessional sports history, a six- to sign before Wednesday their first-ever playoff berth. year deal with the Minnesota night’s deadline for offering Even though Houston swept Timberwolves reportedly worth extensions to players picked in the Wolves in three games, they as much as $123 million. the first round of the 1995 had established themselves as Garnett, the charismatic, draft. one of the NBA’s most promis­ sky’s-the-Iimit forward who “ It lets you know the power ing young teams. Most of that jumped from high school to the KG has," teammate Doug West promise fell on Garnett’s shoul­ NBA two years ago and helped said. “ I never thought the nego­ ders, although Minnesota’s line­ rescue one of the league’s worst tiations would be this steep, for up also includes All-Star for­ franchises, agreed to the con­ this much money. But I’m glad ward Tom Gugliotta and out­ tract extension just four hours something w ill be done and he’ll standing point guard Stephen before a midnight deadline. be around.” Marbury. Shaquille O’Neal’s $120 mil­ The Wolves have made it “ The expectations are going lion, seven-year deal with the clear since early in Garnett’s to be big,” West said. “ I want to Lakers (a $17 m illio n yearly rookie season — they drafted go further than just the playoffs average) is the most lucrative him fifth overall out of Chicago’s now. I w ant to go to the next long-term contract ever. Farragut Academy — that he step. And I think (Garnett) real­ Garnett’s almost certainly will was the player around whom izes the expectations that will far surpass that in terms of they would build their future. be on him, and I guess he’s w ill­ yearly average and also could An agile 7-footer, Garnett ing to live up to them.” S t r e a m / NIGHTCLUB Come hear Notre Dame’s best Ska band:

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0 NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Glavine stings ‘Killer Bs,’ Braves takea 2-0 lead By PAUL NEWBERRY season, walked four in the first once again striking with two season record to 8-9, threw a wind sweeping across Turner Associated Press W rite r four innings and got worse outs. Fred McGriff had an RBI staggering 117 pitches through Field. Houston tied it in the after getting two outs in the single and two more scored six innings, allowing all three fourth, taking advantage of ATLANTA fifth. when first baseman Jeff runs and five hits. The Braves’ Glavine’s wildness. This time, it wasn’t close. With the score 3-all, he Bagwell let a high throw bullpen got some work, with Two walks set up Brian In the first blowout between threw 16 balls in an 18-pitch deflect off his glove for an Mike Gather throwing two Ausmus for a two-run double, the teams this year, the Atlanta span, resulting in consecutive error. Danny Bautista followed scoreless innings and Mark the ball sailing just beyond the Braves took advantage of eight walks to Chipper Jones, Fred with a two-run single, though Wohlers finishing. glove of Ryan Klesko as he walks by Mike Hampton and McGriff, Javy Lopez and the inning mercifully ended for Blauser, hitting .588 in his dove in the left-field corner. again shut down "The Killer Andruw Jones, forcing home the Astros when he was thrown career against Hampton, gave Ausmus scored on Hampton’s Bs," routing the Houston the go-ahead run. Hampton, out trying to stretch it to a dou­ the Braves a 3-0 lead in the hit to right. Astros 13-3 Wednesday to who threw only 38 strikes in 87 ble. third with his fourth postsea­ Atlanta opened the series by move within a victory of their pitches, was replaced by Mike Craig Biggio, Derek Bell and son homer. becoming the first team since sixth straight NL championship Magante, who gave up a two- Bagwell, the top three hitters After pitcher Tom Glavine 1974 to win a postseason game series. run single to pinch-hitter Greg in the Astros order, are a com­ singled and Kenny Lofton with two hits. The Braves con­ Hampton, who had only two Colbrunn that made it 6-3. bined l-for-2 5 with no RBIs in walked, Blauser hit a 383-fool tinued to make full use of their walks in 17 innings during his Atlanta added five runs in the series. drive into the left-field seats hits in Game 2, piling up their final two starts of the regular the sixth — four unearned — Glavine, improving his post­ despite a Wrigley Field-like 13 runs on 10 hits. Marlin win puts team one National League Playoffs Atlanta vs. Houston game away from first NLCS Atlanta leads series 2 - 0 By STEVEN WINE closer Robb Nen to tie it at 6 in the Friday, Oct. 3 Associated Press W riter ninth. Nen wound up as the winner. Atlanta (Smoltz 15-12) at Houston (Reynolds 9-10) The Marlins took a 6-4 lead into the MIAMI seventh, but three defensive misplays Saturday, Oct. 4 New hero, same result. helped the Giants come back. Moises Alou singled home the winning San Francisco closed to w ithin a run Atlanta (Neagle 20-5) at Houston if necessary run with no outs in the ninth inning and in the seventh. Jose Vizcaino’s routine the Florida Marlins — helped by a lucky fly became a double when Sheffield mis­ Sunday, Oct. 5 bounce — beat the San Francisco Giants judged the ball, and Barry Bonds fol­ Atlanta at Houston if necessary for the second game in a row with their lowed with an RBI double. final swing, 7-6 Wednesday. Florida first baseman Jeff Conine bob- San Francisco vs. Florida Hernandez was the victim again bled Darryl Hamilton’s grounder to start Wednesday, taking the loss. the ninth. Hamilton took second on Stan Florida leads series 2-0 Gary Sheffield led off the bottom of the Javier’s single, and following a strike­ Friday, Oct. 3 ninth with a single and stole second out, Hamilton came around to score Florida (Fernandez 17-12) at San Francisco (Alvarez 4-3) without a throw. Bobby Bonilla walked, when second baseman Craig Counsell and Alou — 0-for-8 previously in the threw wildly to first trying for a game- series — lined a single. Center fielder ending double play on Bonds’ slow Saturday, Oct. 4 Dante Powell had a play at the plate, but grounder. Florida (Saunders 4-6) at San Francisco if necessary his throw home hit the back side of the Estes, making his first postseason mound and bounced high in the air. start, allowed five runs on five hits and Sunday, Oct. 5 Sheffield scored easily, and jumped four walks in three innings. He was 9-0 into the arms of his jubilant teammates. during the regular season following a Florida at San Francisco if necessary The Giants scored an unearned run off Giants defeat. Please Recycle The Observer Y o u c a n g e t Come Find Out More About

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AMERICAN LEAGUE PlAYOFFS Orioles pound the Big Unit as American League Playoffs Baltimore vs. Seattle Baltimore leads the series 1 - 0 Mariners take loss at Kingdome Today By JIM COUR ond time this season. Johnson began the fifth by Baltimore (Erickson 16-7) at Seattle (Moyer 17-5) Associated Press W rite r Mussina, a 15-game winner walking Jeffrey Hammonds, Saturday, rw A ^— :— ^ this season, allowed five hits, who stole second and went to SEATTLE including home runs by Edgar third on first baseman Paul Seattle (Fassero 16-9) at Baltimore (Key 16-10) The Baltimore Orioles proved Martinez and Jay Buhner, in Sorrento’s throwing error, and Sunday, Oct. 5 s I K j l S S their regular-season mastery seven innings. He struck out Mike Bordick. Seattle at Baltimore if necessary over Randy Johnson was the nine and walked none in win­ Brady Anderson followed real deal. This time, it was a ning his first postseason game. with an RBI single, Jeff Monday, Oct. 6 big defeat for the Big Unit. Jesse Orosco and Armando Reboulet sacrificed and Eric Seattle at Baltimore if necessary If they can beat Seattle’s ace Benitez finished the combined Davis bounced a single over Cleveland vs. New York so easily, as Mike Mussina and seven-hitter. Ken Griffey Jr. drawn-in third baseman Mike his teammates did Wednesday went 0-for-4 for Seattle, and Blowers for a 4-1 lead. After New York leads the series 1 - 0 night, the Mariners are serious Alex Rodriguez homered in the Davis was caught stealing, Tonight jeopardy. ninth. Berroa homered. Cleveland (Wright 8-3) at New York (Pettitte 18-7) The Orioles, wire-to-wire Geronimo Berroa and Chris In the sixth, the Orioles champions of the AL East, took Iloiles even stole some of turned the game into a rout Saturday, Oct. 4 advantage of Johnson’s wild­ Seattle’s thunder by hitting with four runs off Mike Timlin, New York (Wells 16-10) at Cleveland (Nagy 15-10) ness to beat the 20-game w in­ home runs. The Mariners broke acquired on July 31 from Sunday, Oct. 5 ner 9-3 Wednesday night in the the Orioles’ major league home Toronto to help Seattle’s New York at Cleveland if necessary opener of their division series. run record with 264 this year. bullpen. Timlin helped the Johnson lost for only the fifth On Thursday, the Mariners Orioles instead. Monday, Oct. 6 time this season, three of them w ill attempt to salvage a split at Hoiles led off with a home New York at Cleveland if necessary ______to Baltimore. Facing a lineup home. Seattle sends 17-game run and Palmeiro followed with stacked with eighties — Rafael winner Jamie Moyer against a double. Bordick hit an RBI Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar and Scott Erickson, who won 16 this single and Surhoff delivered a B.J. Surhoff started on the season and was 2-0 against pinch-double that scored two bench — he fell to 3-8 overall Seattle. more runs. against the Orioles. 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■ W o m e n ' s Interhall Fo o tball Pasquerillas prepare for Walsh, Cavanaugh set to clash the East/West showdown By PAUL DIAMANTOPOULOS the top of women’s interhall first half of this season. One Sports W riter football. of the main obstacles that they According to senior co-cap­ hope to overcome is the One team is undefeated and tain Sara Morrill, by avoiding amount of penalties that they looking to maintain its the number one ranking, the have incurred in their first momentum. The other team is team doesn’t have to deal with three games. recovering from a slight added pressure. While they have posted a 1- slump. What happens when “We were ranked number 1-1 record thus far, this these two teams play each one in past years and then week’s practice focused on other? The only way to find had a downfall after that. turning things around. out is to watch Walsh battle Now that we aren’t highly “We’ve learned a lot from Cavanaugh at 4 p.m. this ranked we haven't become our last game (loss to Lyons Sunday. overconfident and can just 12-6), and our planning to Walsh comes into its fourth focus on the game ahead,” play a better game. We were game of the season with a 3-0 said Morrill. hurting ourselves in the other record. Despite its success, Cavanaugh, on the other games,” stated junior flanker the team has quietly risen to hand, has struggled in the Megan McNally.

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By MOLLY McVOY “Our intensity was constant commented, “ We won yester­ Sports W riter and that really helped. day because we came out Everyone worked together as from the start. We were play­ The Belles’ luck at home a team and hopefully we can ing Belles volleyball — we continued on Tuesday carry that over to our next came out aggressive, high- against North Park game,” noted sophomore spirited, determined, and University. Saint Mary’s won Agnes Bill. stole all the momentum. ” The Observer/John Daily 15-12, 13-15, 15-3, and 15-7 Overall, Bill led in the kill The Belles play Concordia PE’s QB Elizabeth Plummer is ready to keep the Pyros in first place. in a fast-paced game. department with 17, while University today and hope to The Belles lost a little of freshman Megan Jardina make it three in a row with By PAUL DIAMANTOPOULOS off of impressive shutout victo­ their intensity in the second helped tremendously with 44 another win. Belles coach Sports W riter ries this past weekend, in which game, and North Park assists. Coach Jennie Joyce Jennie Joyce has high expec­ the respective offenses dominat­ stepped up to win. However, said that aggressive serving tations for today’s game. This Sunday’s 2 p.m. game ed. Saint Mary’s rallied and was one of the keys to victo­ “We are continuing to focus will pit the top two teams in According to PW’s quarter­ soundly defeated North Park ry, and sophomore Jayne on aggressive serving, pass­ women’s interhall football back Elizabeth Plummer, this in the third and fourth Ozbolt held the key, serving ing, and our offensive sys­ against each other. Not only will game is just as important as all games. for 14 points w ith two aces. tems for our game against the game of PE vs. PW showcase of the other ones. “We’re not Saint Mary’s ability to con­ Tuesday’s win raised their Concordia,” she said. Saint great offense and defense, but it worrying about the upcoming trol the pace of the game record to 7-10 on the season M ary’s next home game is on will also settle which of these game. It’s a fun rivalry, but seemed to be critical in their and 3-1 at home. Oct. 6 against Bethel College neighboring dorms is better. we’re going to take it one step at win. Freshman Victoria Butcko at 7 p.m. While both teams clearly state a time,” stated Plummer. that they have the utmost respect for each other, there is no denying the fact that these two teams are anxious to fight it out. notre dame communication and theatre presents “We have a lot of respect for them, but we’re really looking forward to play them especially after losing to them last year 6- Rosqncrantz 0,” said PW co-captain ju n io r Liz McKillop. While the squads have shared Guildenstern some competition over the past few years, this game is not one a r e d e a d to miss. Both teams are coming Dtj tom stoppard directed by siiri scott BOOK SEARCH • Used, rare and out-of-print books playing at Washington hall • Initial cost of $2.00 Wednesday, October 8 7:30 P.M. reserved scats $8 • Nationally - circulated ad • Success rate of 50% thursday, October 9 7:30 p.m . seniors $7

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VOLLEYBALL Freshman Boylan sets ND volleyball attack By BILL HART ed to make sure that I chose “ It is very rare to have some­ Sports W riter early, bypassing all the has­ one who is 6-1 as your setter sle.” — that will bring a different Last season, Notre Dame’s The only player on the U.S. dimension for us at that posi­ volleyball team was forced to Youth National team from tion, as well as a boost to our play without a true setter, 1994-96, she met and played blocking.” due to many untimely injuries alongside Mary Leffers, cur­ “ She d efinitely lives up to that forced players to take rently a sophomore middle on the expectations that others dual roles. the Irish squad. Last year, set for her as well as the ones When then-junior Carey while leading her club to a she sets for herself,” junior May was forced to sit out the 100-4 record, she was named middle Lindsey Treadwell first 14 games of the season the Gatorade National player commented. “I’ve never due to a shoulder injury, of the year, among many played with a setter that tall, Jaimie Lee filled in for her at other accolades she has but when the sets she gives setter, despite having little received over the years. out are used properly, it’s an experience at the position. There has never been a great offensive weapon.” “We gambled in 1996 by not shortage of athleticism in the Being the first freshman to having two true setters on the Boylan family. Denise’s father start as a setter since 1988, team,” head coach Debbie played basketball at Boylan has found running a Brown said. “We gambled and Assumption College and in the Division I offense comparable we lost.” American Basketball to when she played for a club This year, the Irish have Association with the Kentucky team, “During my years in the flexibility of two very Colonels, while her uncle was high school,” she said, “I capable setters on its 1997 a member of Marquette’s served as a m iddle blocker, roster, May and freshman 1977 NCAA championship but 1 was a setter for my club Denise Boylan. basketball team. Her sister team, and overall, it is about Boylan chose Notre Dame Susan is a jun ior at Marquette the same.” very early on in her career, and a middle on the Golden “Running a Division I contacting the coaches in the Eagles’ volleyball squad. offense is very challenging,” eighth grade before making “My family had an impact Brown said, “but I’m sure that an early verbal commitment on my life when I was growing Denise and Carey will learn in the spring of her sopho­ up,” Boylan remarked on that from each other while also more year. note. “I was always outside, benefiting from their competi­ “I definitely knew that this setting the volleyball or shoot­ tion. was the place I wanted to go,” ing the basketball.” The two “Denise is a very natural Boylan said about her deci­ sisters were reunited in a leader, an outgoing person sion, “Notre Dame is close to recent volleyball match on and true competitor who has home, has a wonderful cam­ Sept. 23, which the Irish won high expectations of herself. pus and a good volleyball pro­ in three sets. That summarizes the attribut­ gram. I saw firsthand from “Denise has benefited from es of so many of our players, my sister what the recruiting all her volleyball experi­ which is why we are so excit­ The Observer/Joe Stark process was like, and I w ant­ ences,” Brown said of Boylan. ed for this season.” The first freshman since 1988 to start as a setter, Denise Boylan has become a leader for the Irish offense.

■ Fo o tball Irish look for return of Getherall to speed up offense

By JOE CAVATO groove. back so fast,” Davie said. Assistant Sports Editor With the continued inabili­ “But, that’s a positive thing, ty of the offense to put points we’ve kept an eye on him. After bursting onto the on the board or stretch the He’s a young guy, and he scene in his first game ever opposing defense, wants to play so bad that he in an Irish uniform, Notre Getherall’s 4.23 speed in the may not use good judge­ Dame fans could not wait to 40 is something that the ment, but I think he is at see more of Joey Getherall. coaching staff needs to light full speed.” Unfortunately, the fans have up the scoreboard. “When I come back I just had to wait as a sprained “He’s a big play player want to help the team in any knee has kept the young and what he is is produc­ way,” Getherall said. speedster sidelined for the tive,” Davie said. “If you Considering the Irish have past three weeks which has watch him in practice, since not had a play-m aker at the disappointed the freshman the first day we were looking wide receiver slot since after earning a start in his forward to watching him D errick Mayes, Getherall has first collegiate game. play. Something good is been counted on to step up “Playing in the first game going to happpen with him for the Irish. But, the fresh­ was one of the most memo­ in the game.” man does not feel any added rable moments in my life,” The Irish definitely need pressure with his role. Getherall said. “Having to sit something good to happen in “There’s definitely a lot of out has been real tough.” the game as they are in the pressure on every single According to head coach midst of a three game skid, football player,” Getherall Bob Davie, Getherall’s suf­ the longest since Lou Holtz’s said. “But the way I look at it fering is probably over. He first season in 1986. is not really pressure it is will likely see time this “Just being forced to just sort of an obligation. It’s Saturday when the Irish watch the team play has my job and duty to help the travel to Stanford. been real difficult, and it’s team however I can. That’s While the receiving corps made me want to come back why I came here.” of Bobby Brown, Malcolm as soon as possible,” “I think he’ll give us the Johnson and Raki Nelson Getherall said. same thing he did at the have developed into reliable Getherall’s enthuasism is a start of the season,” Davie targets for Ron Powlus, none plus, but Davie has been said. “ He gives us a spark.” have the pure threat of careful to make sure that he Hopefully for the Irish and speed Gethrall has. That is completely healthy and is Davie, Getherall can provide threat may be used to help not forcing the issue. spark that will start the fire The Observer/Brandon Candura open up the running attack “1 was a little concerned to turn aroung their 1-3 With Joey Getherall back in the lineup this weekend, Bob Davie hopes his which is still trying to find its because he wanted to come start. sheer speed will burn up Stanford’s secondary and light up the scoreboard.

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