y\y>e you ready foe som e football? Raising their voices Friday ■ The annual Blue and Gold game kicks off at ■ Government professors share insights on Kosovo 1:30 p.m. this Saturday crisis and N ATO anniver A PR IL 23, at Notre Dame Stadium. SpOttS I FIS6 Tt sary. Viewpoint - 7-8 1999 O BSERVER The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint M ary's VOL XXXII NO. 129 WWW.ND.EDU/-OBSERVER
I was takin’ a bath Kosovo Crisis Milosevic to accept peace agreement
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BELGRADE Yugoslavia's top leader will accept a U.N.-led force in Kosovo, but only if the bombing stops and NATO withdraws troops from his borders, a Russian envoy said Thursday. It was unclear whether such an international presence would be armed and under what guidelines it would operate. NATO has insisted it must lead an armed presence in Kosovo to enforce any peace agree ment. President Slobodan Milosevic has
The Observer / Kevin Dalum so far rejected NATO demands to withdraw his troops from Kosovo Making the best of April showers, three students take time out from studying to splash around in puddles brought by yesterday’s thunder and grant autonomy to the ethnic storms. Rain will continue today, and temperatures should reach a high of 55. Clear skies should return Saturday with a high of 59. Albanian majority there. Following a daylong meeting with Milosevic, former Russian Premier Viktor Chernomyrdin told reporters NDFD fights blazes through daily prevention the two “ considered conditions for the return of the refugees’” and By MAUREEN SMITHE and saved three remaining inspected and fire-protected. think we have an easy job allowing international aid agencies News Writer cells of the cooling tower,” he “There are two modes a fire here, when in fact we are into the province. said. department can take with really busy. We’re not watch “ We considered the possibility of John Antonucci, Notre With 12 full-time firelight regards to fire fighting — a ing TV all day,” said Gordon an international presence led by the Dame Eire Department chief, ers and one full-time drain reactive mode or a proactive Martinczak, an EMT with U.N. in which Russia would take said that his department did a technician, the Notre Dame mode. Reactive mode is fire NDFD. part. Those are the basic principles superior job in handling last Eire Department (NDED) is suppression, while proactive So what exactly docs the we agreed upon,” Chernomyrdin Wednesday's cooling tower ready for any emergency on mode, which is the one we are fire department do all day? said, according to the ITAR-Tass blaze. the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s in, is more of fire prevention,” “We average 1,100 to 1,200 news agency. “I would commend my men or Holy Cross campuses. Antonucci said. “We can not emergency responses a year lie added that they also discussed for an outstanding job. A four- Antonucci, a 1978 Notre be in a reactive mode because due to activated fire alarms, “ the continuation of talks about man engine company had four Dame graduate, leads his our resources are limited.” trash and vehicle fires, con wide autonomy for Kosovo, the pos hose streams on that fire three four-man teams in Notre Dame firefighters arc struction work and actual sible decrease of Serb forces in within minutes of their assuring that all 8 million constantly working to ensure room fires, usually due to can- Kosovo and simultaneous withdraw arrival. Their initial action led square feet of Notre Dame fire safety and protection. al of NATO forces." to a fairly successful ending property are regularly “People, for the most part, see N D F D / page 6
T.«» 0 NATO S BOTH ANNIVERSARY Summit to focus on Kosovo
Associated Press a day earlier ordered an United States continued to update of plans for a possi oppose sending ground WASHINGTON ble ground invasion of troops into a hostile envi NATO leaders toned down Kosovo. Secretary of State ronment but added that it their plans for celebrating Madeleine Albright said the the alliance’s 50th birthday see S U M M IT / page 4 Thursday and pledged their summit would focus instead on plans for tougher steps, ■ N ews A nalysis p o s s ib ly in c lu d in g SEE ALSO Crisis brings new ground • Professors' troops, to guest columns s to p the challenges into focus bloodshed on NATO in Kosovo. p.7-8 By TIM LOGAN B r i t i s h News Editor Prime Minister Tony Blair said NATO’s summit would For 40 years, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization send “the clearest possible (NATO) provided a mutual security system for western message of will and resolu European nations against the communist Warsaw Pact. tion” that Slobodan In the last decade, NATO has struggled to find a role for Milosevic will not prevail. itself in the post-Cold War world as the Soviet Union lias President Clinton con faded from the international picture. ferred at the White House AFP PHOTO with NATO Secretary- NATO's 50th anniversary plans were altered to discuss military tactics in Kosovo General Javier Solana who sec FO C U S / page 6 instead. Leaders will evaluate sending ground troops to stop bloodshed. page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, April 23, 1999
INSIDE COLUMN ROTC C tlutside the Dome Revealed ™ Compiled from U-Wire reports Colorado students agonize over high school shooting "Nonviolence only works against civilized people." — Tom Clancy, SLF 1997 BOULDER, Colo. tion on the crisis. Some, like So began the infamous answer given by the Colorado University freshman Twisselman, went to Littleton to be very tactful Mr. Clancy while answering a Mike Twissclman was lifting weights with their families. question on Gandhi. in the when he learned his sister Students without personal connec Clancy went on to say Dustin Ferrell m ight be dead. tions to the Denver suburb moni that Gandhi would Assistant Viewpoint Editor A friend came in at 12:45 p.m. and tored the situation on the Internet have been shot if he told him about two students dressed and on TVs they dragged into their had taken his movement to Afghanistan. This in black trench coats going into classrooms. CU professors also angered many pacifist-minded people in the Twisselman's old school, Columbine watched with interest — as parents audience, and understandably so. But I am High School, and firing indiscrimi understanding the horror of the sit curious to know how many were bothered by nately. He told him about the horrif and left. He borrowed a friend’s uation, as researchers understand the simple fact that the statement was dead ic television reports. He told him motorcycle, sped to Littleton and ing the causes of the situation and on target. about the carnage of what became eventually arrived at Columbine as humans understanding the pain 1 wish this was not the case, since any and the worst school shooting in Library, a few blocks away from the of the situation. all decisions to use U.S. troops in the conlict American history — leaving 15 dead high school. The bloodshed began at about 11 in Kosovo directly affect myself and many and another 23 in the hospital. He still knew nothing about Katie, a.m. when two students walked into others on this campus. I truly hope pacifism “1 knew that was right when lunch his sister. school and began spraying bullets begins to influence the decisions of world started," Twisselman said Tuesday “I felt kinda mad, kinda scared," and detonating bombs. leaders so that we may find an end to the night from his dorm room. “And 1 said Twisselman, a 210-pound Part of the so-called Trenchcoat horrible pain and suffering caused by war. knew exactly where my sister was — punter for the CU football team. Mafia, a group of outcast students At least that’s what I would tell you if I ever she was in the choir room. So I was “Sometimes I wanted to cry.” distinguished by their trench coats, considered the moral aspects of war. Many like ’uh-oh.’” Across campus, graduates of the duo apparently targeted ethnic would find it hard to believe that I would do Twisselman, a 1998 Columbine Columbine stayed glued to their minorities, athletes and anybody such a thing. I read recently that ROTC is not graduate, quickly changed clothes televisions for every bit of informa else they had a grudge against. “serving the purpose they should serve,” to paraphrase. Reluctantly but willingly, I shall divulge the contents o f my ROTC education to 0 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY the student body. The following involves a typical week in my life in ROTC: Sweatshop protestors occupy offices ACLU criticizes ban from town Monday: We start off early with physical training. Afterwards, we are marched to an DURHAM, N.C. EAST LANSING. Mich. underground viewing room for a motivational Students for Economic Justice is frustrated at the admin A decision to ban certain people from East Lansing film, such as “Apocalypse Now.” istration’s slow pace toward agreement on several because of their alleged involvement in the March 27-28 Tuesday: This involves our weekly drill ses demands. Twenty anti-sweatshop activists from the riot there has drawn criticism from the American Civil sion, which equates to goose-stepping around University have taken up residence in the school’s adminis Liberties Union. East Lansing judges ruled that six peo Loftus for an hour. Afterwards, we say a trative office building, vowing to stay there until officials ple, including two MSU students, cannot enter the city prayer that we will soon have a military state agree to their list of demands. The sit-in follows in the tra except for legal proceedings. The students can stay in so that we may use our weapons of mass dition of similar sweatshop protests at Duke, Georgetown the city until the end of the semester. “IThe judges) cer destruction with impunity. and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. With laptops, tainly have the right, but it is very unusual and bizarre Wednesday: Another wonderful physical sleeping bags and food, the students say they plan to stay in to impose restrictions of this nature,” said Henry training session, usually one in which we the building “till it’s over.” Their list of demands includes Silverman, chairperson of MSU's history department beat each other with big sticks until we have full public disclosure of the addresses of factories that pro and president of the Lansing branch of the ACLU. to go to class. That’s one thing that really duce UNC apparel and an administrative commitment to Silverman said the penalization is unfair because the bugs me, having to go to class and all. It dis studying the economic impacts of requiring a living wage. banned people have not yet been convicted of a crime. tracts me from my goal of becoming an impe “The administration have refused to act on their supposed “It’s not a question of legality, it’s a question of appro rialist pig. agreement,” said Lorrie Bradley, a UNC sophomore and a priateness,” Silverman said. “ By doing this, people Wednesday evening we attend a seminar. member of Students for Economic Justice. banned are given the aura of dangerous criminals.” Last week’s seminar was called “Shoot Them All, Let God Sort ’Em Out,” which I enjoyed almost as much as “ W ar: The Perfect 0 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH » HARVARD UNIVERSITY Economic Policy.” Thursday: This involves attending guest Students’ visit to Cuba a watershed Study recommends one egg per day lectures from some of the nation’s finest war hawks. We are currently in the process of PITTSBURGH, Penn. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. booking G. Gordon Liddy for next semester. When the Semester at Sea ship arrived in Havana on In a study published Wednesday, 12 faculty members Thursday night is comedy night, and we rent Feb.19 for a three-day visit, it brought the largest group of from the Harvard Medical School and the School of Public titles such as “Carpet Bombing Third World Americans to Cuba since the 1959 revolution. But until just Health said that eating one egg per day does not increase Countries is My Bag, Baby.” days before the S.S. Universe Explorer set sail, the necessary one’s risk of heart disease or stroke. “There is this Or sometimes I will bring in one of my licenses from the U.S. government had yet to arrive. Max thought that eggs are bad for you because they’re high in Charles Bronson flicks. My favorite scene Brandt, director of SAS, was doubtful the ship’s occupants cholesterol, yet there’s not good data indicating that eggs from the “Death Wish” series is when he fires would get permission to visit Cuba. “We were flabbergast increase the risk of heart attack, ” said associate professor a bazooka at a gang leader in his apartment. ed,” he said, when the licenses were approved at the last of epidemiology and nutrition Eric Rimm, one of the But there I go wandering off of the topic minute. In recent years, the Pittsburgh has established study’s authors. Many popular diets recommend limiting again. numerous links with Cuba. These connections, taken togeth the consumption of eggs, but these recommendations are Friday: I usually take this free day to er, make Pittsburgh “a premier city,” as city councilman Jim often based on indirect evidence, according to professor of spread propaganda about how “we military Ferlo said, on the cutting edge of changing U.S.-Cuban rela epidemiology and nutrition Meir Stampfer, another author types” actually object to war. tions. Pitt has been a key player in the Pittsburgh-Cuba con of the study. The logic behind these recommendations Weekends: Of course, running a military nection. But even for an institution that has a 30-year histo came from the belief that eating eggs, which arc high in state requires little rest and endless training. ry of constructive relations with Cuba, this has been a cholesterol, would automatically lead to higher levels of Saturday is spent pursuing the wonders of watershed year. blood cholesterol. explosives, while most Sundays find us pray ing to Odin, the Viking God of War. Were this itinerary even slightly based in truth, some of you would actually have an LOCAL WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER argum ent against ROTC, but it isn’t, and you don’t. To those who ignore evidence of our 5 Day South Bend Forecast AccuWeather® forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures purpose on campus, I invite you to move on The AccuWeather® forecast for noon, Friday, Apr. 23. to another topic, so that I may as well. Lines separate high temperature zones for the day. 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By SARAH MAGNESS and that is where the four marks not abandon us. Special to The Observer ciated with the University in News Writer of the Church come in. Through the marks that 1977 when his son, Mark, “The traditional marks of the Carmody discussed, she said Frank Pasquerilla, a trustee enrolled as a student. Mark, vice Denise Carmody explained the Church express their idealism,” humans need to realize that and benefactor of the University chair and president of Crown book “An Ideal church: A she said. w hile God w ill not abandon us, and the chairman of the board American, graduated in 1981, Meditation" as being “a medita Carmody explained each mark Christians need to lead lives died Wednesday of a heart and Frank was awarded an hon tion on what our Christian and expressed their importance. which involve responsibility, attack at Memorial Medical orary doctor of laws degree from church ought to he" Thursday at “The unity of the Church rests time to pause, reflection and Center. He was 72. the University in 1982 Saint Mary's 1999 Madeleva on the will and action of God, moments to question. Pasquerilla served on Notre Pasquerilla joined Crown Lecture in Spirituality. who wants to make the follower This led to the second part of Damn’s Board of Trustees from Construction Company in 1950 The first segment of the lec of Jesus a sign of what love can the lecture: people o f God. Here 1984 until May 1997, when he and was elected president of the ture covered “Going Back to Go do when it sets no lim its to what Carmody focused on the laity of was elevated to life trustee. firm six years later. He was the forward," which explained the the divine Spirit may make of it," communities. Pasquerilla’s gifts to Notre owner of Crown American history of Christianity and the Carmody said. "More often than not, lay Dame established the Hotels. Catholic faith. It also provided The ideal factor of “one” pre Christians have lived in middling Pasquerilla West and Pasquerilla Pasquerilla received the insight into what ideal ecelesiolo- sents itself “in that it springs circumstances, experiencing nei East women's residence halls Secretary of Defense Award for gy entails through the four directly from what God has ther the worst of persecutions built in 1981 and the Pasquerilla Outstanding Public Service in marks of the Church: one, holy, made the Church to be and how nor the best of possible commu Center, constructed in 1990 to 1990. Catholic and apostolic. God has guided the development nities," Carmody said. house the University’s ROTC pro He is survived by his wife The benefit of going back and of the Church historically,” Lay Christians combat large grams. Sylvia, son Mark, and daughter understanding the history is to Carmody said. governments that stress religion Pasquerilla first became asso Leah. imagine the ideal, Carmody said. The second mark, holiness, as a private issue and intellectu “In as much as we are “comes from the triumph of als who are predominately athe embarking on a time of creative God's will for us, which is our istic. ■ Correction musing, even dreaming, we too prospering,' Carmody said. “ Lay people ought to make the cannot be sure what the conse Our prospering differs, howev Holy Spirit their first counselor,” A outline in Thursday’s Observer said Michael Palumbo was quences will be." Carmody said. er, but Carmody said that when Carmody said, because “they the student body president. Palumbo is the student body vice The Church itself has been ide pain comes we have to trust that have been anointed with the Holy president. alistic, according to Carmody, God w ill see us through and w ill Spirit in all the sacraments.”
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The The recent addition of Beckers’ them that the student body could the new equipment have to From across Europe, a prime minister said it was new Cyber Area means that stu handle it,” said Birnbaum. observe a 30-minute time limit if swarm of VIP jets began deliv essential that NATO “give the dents can now check e-mail and Originally, the proposed plan other people are waiting and fol ering presidents and prime clearest possible message of play video games while enjoying was limited to the installation of low a sign-up procedure. ministers of 19 NATO nations will and resolution that their favorite smoothies, accord the computers. To prevent Many students, however, don’t and 23 partner countries to the Milosevic and his policies will ing to Mike Davy, operations Reckers from turning into anoth think the Cyber Area w ill last. capital for three days of sum not prevail. manager of Reckers. er computer lab, the video games “It’s hideous. In addition, it mitry beginning Friday. The “It means we carry on with The overall reaction to the new were added into the design. will probably be broken within meeting originally was planned the campaign that we have equipment has been favorable, “We didn’t want to make it a two weeks because of Reckers’ as a 50th anniversary celebra launched, that we make sure he said. cluster, but a fun place where tendency to attract drunks,” tion of NATO’s founding, but that that campaign is intensi “ So fa r [th e changes] have people can take a break from said Jeremy Bauer, a Reckers the festivities were recast into fied and successful ... and we been pretty well accepted,” he studying.” said Davy. student employee. more serious discussions as the make all assessments neces said. Funding for the project came As far as additional develop alliance confronted the crisis in sary to make sure we succeed,” O riginally planned as a cyber from a partnership formed with ments, no more major projects Kosovo. Blair said. cafe, the plan to install equip Food Services and Coca-Cola. are scheduled for the near Washington braced for limou Robin Cook, the British for ment had been on the back burn The computers came from the future, although there is talk of sine gridlock and tight restric eign secretary, said that NATO er until Jason Birnbaum, head of department while the sound adding a couple more televi tions in a 100-block downtown “cannot tolerate the rebirth of the campus improvements com chairs featuring pre-loaded com sions. The main concern now is security zone, including much fascism within Europe. And mittee, expressed his interest in pact discs were designed by getting involved with student of the National Mall. City that is what we are witnessing the project to David Prentkowski, Coca-Cola. The company wanted organizations and groups. schools were to be closed at the present time.” director of Food Services, last to install six of the chairs to form “We’ve done pretty well this Friday and thousands of feder He echoed Albright’s asser fall. a life-size six-pack configuration, year. SUB and some of the al workers were given the day tion that NATO would not send Through a series of conversa but only three were installed to classes have had activities off. ground forces into a hostile tions, Birnbaum and Prentkowski conserve space. here, hut we really want to get The summit opens in the fifth environment but did not spell discussed the best methods for “The whole thing is pretty neat more use out of the stage,” said week of airstrikes against out in what circumstances they implementation. and I hope people come out and Davy. 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The teen and an alleged accomplice, also 14, were arrested hours after the shots were fired from a park 100 yards away from Scotlandville Middle School. One .22-caliber bullet hit a 14-year-old female student in the check as she passed between buildings. She was treated at a hospi tal and released. Bhutan lifts ban on TV NEW DELHI, India Bhutan is ending its ban on television and This Columbine High School yearbook photo shows Eric Harris, one of two suspects in the school shooting of 14 students and starting its own network, finally lowering its one teacher that were killed Tuesday at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. guard against outside influence in the remote Buddhist kingdom. Broadcasting will begin June 2, but initially only in the capital Gunmen’s video foreshadowed killings Thimphu, a city of 40,000 residents, said the Kuensel weekly, Bhutan’s only newspaper. A s s o c ia t e d P hhss student said the pair’s video projects 50, has worked for the Colorado com- That date marks the 25th anniversary of the were uniformly disturbing. munity-college system for years, help coronation of King Jigme SingyeWangchuck. LITTLETON, Colo. “They always were the same kind of ing disabled students gain access to Isolated in the Himalayas, Bhutan has sought Months before the massacre at videos,” said Eric Veik, 16. “They education. to preserve its culture. Men and women are Columbine High, the two killers made always wore trench coats. They always “We’re all scratching our heads right required to wear traditional robe-like dress. a class-project video depicting them wanted to be the intimidators, the now.” said Michael Briand, who knows Buildings, public and private, conform to selves in their trench coats, gunning good guys out to get the bad guys.” Ms. Klebold from his w ork as a com orthodox style, often decorated with religious down athletes in the school hallway, a At school, the pair were known as munity-development consultant at symbols. Satellite dishes are outlawed, classmate says. members of a group of outcasts who Arapahoe Community College. although the rule is widely breached. Kuensel Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed called themselves the “Trenchcoat He said the elder Klebold is known said the national assembly decided in and wounded dozens of students at the Mafia,” for the long black coats they as a liberal, in favor of gun control. February to end the ban on television and to school before taking their own lives wore, regardless of the season. Ms. Klebold is a sensitive listener. authorize the state broadcasting company, Tuesday. Klebold and Harris openly admired “As far as I can tell, this family was which operates radio stations, to start TV Their spasm of violence was fore Hitler, wore German crosses to school, utterly, utterly normal, ” Briand said. transmissions. shadowed by several videos they made and played violent video games for “They did everything right. But some last fall for a class, classmates said. hours at a time. how the pain and anger was too deep, Group pushes for In one video, “they had their friends The disturbing thing, to some, is that and they didn't see it or couldn’t reach pretend to be the jocks, and they pre Klebold and Harris came from respect it. This has got to be a pervasive thing ______meat irradiation ______tended to be the gunmen shooting ed, middle-class families. in our society if it can reach this far, them,” high school junior Chris Reilly Thomas and Susan Klebold lived in a into families like this.” WASHINGTON told the Denver Rocky Mountain News. home worth nearly $400,000, a mod Harris moved to Littleton in 1996 A federal proposal to allow irradiation of “They were a little upset they ernistic cedar-and-glass structure with from Plattsburgh, N.Y., where his uncooked meats should be expanded to couldn’t show their video to the whole matching guest house tucked between father, Wayne Harris, was an Air include ready-to-eat products like hot dogs school. But there were guns in every two huge stone formations on a rural Force pilot. and luncheon meats, a quasi-governmental scene of the video, so you can’t show road. In Littleton, neighbors said, the fami group of food safety experts said Thursday. that.” Klebold’s father, Thomas, 52, a ly appeared quiet. The elder Harris, “There is a clear benefit for irradiation of School officials said they hadn't yet retired geophysicist who consulted now retired, and his wife, Katherine, ready-to-eat meat products,” said Dennis determined whether such a video was with companies exploring gas and oil, would wave across the fence while out Olson, director of the Utilization Center for made, and the teacher who taught the now runs a mortgage management in the yard but made little effort to Agricultural Products at Iowa State University, class refused to comment. But another business from his home. His mother, socialize with neighbors. citing the numerous recalls of contaminated ready-to-eat products. Olson is part of the ■ India Food Safety Consortium, established by Congress in 1988 at the University of Arkansas, Iowa State University and Kansas State University to investigate meat and food Militia kills 12 lower-caste people safety. Several companies have been forced to recall their luncheon meats and hot dogs in A ssociated Press fields when he heard gun The m ilitia has targeted ed the Hindu nationalist-led recent months due to possible contamination fire. During the wheat-sow Dalits, which means federal government to fire by Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. SINDANI ing season, the villagers “oppressed ones,” the low the state government, run Backed by upper-caste often work all night to irri est group in the hierarchy of by a socialist parly, last landlords seeking revenge, a gate and tend crops. Hinduism. Most Dalits are month. The federal govern Market Watch: 4/22 private militia stormed into “We ran. Those who could poor, uneducated farm ment said the state had dis a village in eastern India, not run were killed,” he laborers. integrated into total lawless Dow AMEX: killing 12 people, police said said. “Whoever remained hi Wednesday’s attack was ness. ones 758.38 Thursday. the village, when we came the sixth major caste-related But the state government J +7.79 Members of the Ranbir back, we saw them finished massacre in Bihar State in was restored later because 10,727.18 Nasdaq: Sena militia on Wednesday off." the past six months. Last Prime Minister Atal Bihari 2561.61 Sam e: entered the village of On Thursday, bloodied month, communist guerril Vajpayee’s party did not +72.53 Sindani, 530 miles southeast bodies of a woman and a 9- las struck in the neighboring NYSE: have the support for neces 640.97 of New Delhi, and opened year-old girl lay in a dirt Jehanabad district, here sary parliamentary ratifica +7.26 fire, said T.P. 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The caste killings prompt rural areas. page 6 The Observer • CAMPUS NEWS Friday, April 23, 1999 response - they make sure it is In an instance where a local team capable of handling high living in the building every night, in service.” fire department can not handle a angle rope rescues on buildings two priests reside there as well, NDFD Construction presents a con particular blaze on its own, the such as the Dome where scaf which is representative of the continued from page 1 stant source of activity for the Notre Dame Fire Department is folding soars higher than the building’s history. departm ent as well. called, Antonucci said. truck ladders can reach. “This building was constructed dies and halogen lamps,” “Every area of construction or “Clay Township Fire Additionally, the seven miles of in 1945, and at that time the Antonucci said. area being renovated has an ele Department called on us when tunnels underneath Notre brothers were responsible for However, the in-between time ment of our fire protection sys they needed help with the Inn at Dame’s campus required the almost every facet of this campus is ju st as busy. tem in it. We constantly have to Saint M ary’s fire,” he said. . department to create a team - including the fire department,” “A shift shows up for duty at disarm these systems so con Despite all of the work, the specialized in confined space Antonucci said. “The ground 6:30 a.m. sharp, and by 7 a.m. struction can take place,” firefighters rarely complain. fires, and Antonucci oversees a lloor of this building was a park they are in uniform and ready Antonucci added. “I think it is a cool job. I like certified open water dive team to ing garage, and the brothers that for the work day,” Antonucci If an alarm does go off some getting in the trucks and all that manage the 81 acres of lakes on operated the power plant and said. where on campus, special sys stuff. You can still be a kid in a the campuses. the fire department lived Once dressed and ready for the tems aid the department in effi way,” said firefighter Andrew “We had a rescue boat and upstairs.” day, the men begin their seem cient responses. Not only does Myer. two divers on hand for the Notre Dame’s own fire depart ingly never-ending process of each building on campus have its Antonucci’s enjoyment comes Fisher Regatta,” he said. ment existed long before the campus inspections. own telegraph alarm bell in the from the feeling he contributes After all the continuing educa construction of the current build “We inspect a set group of fire house, but has technological to the community, he said. tion classes are finished for the ing. Although Antonucci does not buildings each month,” advantages as well. “ 1 have deep feelings about this night, the firemen often gather in know the exact date of the Antonucci said, and it takes the “Our alarm warning system is University and I have a sense of a common room to eat or watch department’ s founding, there is department 10 months to got unique because in the library service towards it. 1 enjoy taking television before retiring to their a photo dated from 1900, where through all 135 buildings on and Grace Hall we have systems care of my community,” he said. own private rooms for the night. Notre Dame firefighters are campus. In addition, all 55 cam that report to a central comput But while a fireman’s day may In addition to the four fighters fighting a major fire, he said. pus elevators are tested to er. The computer uses touch- be finished, Antonucci’s nights ensure they work properly, graphics, which gives us an are just beginning. Antonucci said.. exact blueprint of the building “The state requires fire fight “Every Thursday all medical and room affected,” Antonucci ers to involve themselves in con equipment is checked, replaced, said. There are 50 other systems tinuing education classes,” repaired or replenished,” that report to the central com Antonucci said. Antonucci added. “The engines puter that give the fighters char For example, ongoing con are cleaned every time they acter descriptions and not struction on campus encouraged return from an emergency graphics. the department to educate a Institute for “ If we do not achieve our goals applying for membership. No Focus in Kosovo, NATO is finished as an states have publicly discussed S p iritu a l alliance,” said Senator Joseph dropping out, and, in a rare show continued from page 1 Biden to the Senate Foreign of solidarity, all 19 NATO coun Relations Committee this week. tries support the bombing cam Now, as leaders of the 19 NATO While that prediction seems paign, although Greece has said it Leadership member nations gather in dire to some, there is general would not participate. Washington, D C., for a confer agreement that Kosovo will be a On the other hand, NATO’s AUGUST 1 6 -1 7 , 1999 ence celebrating the 50th significant factor in the future of credibility as an effective interna LAKESIDE, MICHIGAN anniversary of the alliance, they the alliance. tional actor is being challenged by face questions regarding the cri “I think the future of NATO is the totalitarian leader of a small Strengthen your understanding, skills and commit sis in Kosovo and the increasing- uncertain,” said Richard Conroy, European nation. If Milosevic is ment as a spiritual leader. Workshops include: ly-common types of international a visiting assistant professor of not defeated, some say, other • promoting Christian service conflict that it represents. The government and international rogue dictators will take advan • praying together bombing campaign in Yugoslavia relations. “It actually depends tage of NATO’s perceived weak • facilitating dynamic Bible studies and retreats • connecting justice and liturgy is the first military action NATO partly on the outcome of the crisis ness. has taken outside its own bor in Kosovo.” “We have put our marker down Open and free to all Saint Mary's students, ders, and has been seen as a If NATO accomplishes its goal and we had better win,” Gingrich faculty, administrators and staff. departure from the alliance’s tra and the Serbs stop their offensive said. “Or the world will be a ditional focus on defense. and allow ethnic Albanians to much more dangerous place.” Come to an informational meeting Questions? 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S A P t C A f i V I H E > ? £ v p Editor-in-C’hief 6 3 1 -4542 Office Managcr/Qcncral Information 631-7471 P!N : > Managing Editor/Assistant ME 631-4541 Business O ffice 631 -5 3 13 News 631-5323 Advertising 631-6900/8840 V ie w p o in t 631-5303 Systems/Web Administrator 631-8839 ancK Sports 631-4543 Fax 631-6927 Scene 631-4540 Ad E -M a il [email protected] Saint Mary's 631-4324 News E-Mail [email protected] Photo 631-8767 Viewpoint E-Mail observer.viewpoint, l@ nd.edu G uest C o l u m n Kosovo and the Future of NATO Credibility The celebrations planned for this week campaign with impunity. nic cleansing will not be tolerated, but the NATO officials who planned the attack end's anniversary of NATO have been dra Since deciding to act, however, NATO’s only way to got that message across would should be charged with war crimes. matically overshadowed by the war in credibility has been weakened because it be to indict Milosevic as a w ar criminal. Such rhetoric is often excused as playing Kosovo. But rather than bemoan the fact looks as though we reluctantly stumbled Regarding plans for NATO’s new strate to domestic audiences in Russia, but it is that the party’s over, Clinton and his for into a war without a clear sense of purpose. gic mission, we should expect NATO to truly harmful because it inflames anti- eign policy team should welcome the General Clark has complained that he has scale back its ambitious goals for “ out of Western sentiment and further emboldens chance to hold a serious working summit been forced to wage a “politically con area ” missions due to the initial difficulties Milosevic by showing him that he has and use it as an opportunity to correct the strained campaign.” U.S. policy makers in the Kosovo campaign. As NATO ventures strong friends in Russia. The West should mistakes that have already been made to have ignored the so-called “ Powell further from its core mission of defense for make it clear to Russia that it is not con conduct serious planning for the long-term Doctrine,” which states that we must use all its members we are likely to see greater fis structive for government officials to spread stability of the Balkans and the future of necessary force to achieve clearly defined sures emerge within the alliance as it will Belgrade’s propaganda. This gap in our NATO and to show the world that NATO objectives. Instead, we have had difficulty be more difficult for 19 democracies to perceptions of events in Kosovo must be remains resolute and united in pursuing its articulating a clear set of goals and we have agree on distant security threats. overcome before Russia and the West can goals in Kosovo. not applied the appropriate means to meet in any event, NATO w ill be bogged down cooperate in peace keeping once the con our objectives. If NATO expected things to in the Balkans for years and will therefore flict has ended. turn out the way they have, then clearly be less eager to tackle new problems Finally, Russian fears of an “aggressive" there would be more signs of advanced beyond NATO’s borders. NATO’s attempt to NATO must be assuaged before NATO can planning, such as a relief action plan and “degrade” Milosevic’s military capacity has achieve its vision of a “ Europe whole and Mark resources, both of which should have been also degraded relations between the West free” by expanding further to include new on their way to Albania a long time ago. and Russia. The bombing campaign has democracies in Eastern Europe. Although We must admit that our bombing has not resulted in a surge of anti-American senti this issue w ill not be decided at the summit, had the desired result. Milosevic Inis gained ment in Russia. Recent events have recreat future directions for expansion are already Jubulis greater support within his country, and the ed an adversarial view of NATO in the eyes visible due to NATO’s future involvement in situation of the more than 500,000 refugees of most Russians, and have insulted the Balkans. has worsened dramatically. NATO says that Russian politicians who feel unjustly This crisis reveals the strategic impor a successful bombing campaign requires excluded from European security affairs. tance of Hungary, and that a land corridor The slakes in the current conflict are far patience, but too many lives of Albanian Russia reacted to the bombing by break w ill have to be established linking Hungary greater than the status of Kosovo. Secretary refugees are at stake while we wait for ing all ties with NATO, and the U.S. must do to the rest of NATO means admitting either General of NATO Javier Solana said that Milosevic to back down. all it can to make sure that this rupture Slovakia or Slovenia. And if Romania and Kosovo is a defining moment “ for the kind In the meantime, Serb forces are destroy does not become permanent. We should Bulgaria cooperate in granting air space to of Europe we wish to live in,” and the Los ing villages in Kosovo so the refugees will encourage Russian efforts to find a settle NATO planes, these two countries will Angeles Times writes that if NATO fails in have no homes to return to alter the fight ment and include Russian troops in any expect some sort of reward in the form of Kosovo, “ notjust its m ilitary credibility but ing ceases. At the summit, wo should at peace-keeping force that w ill be imple an acceleration o f NATO expansion. NATO its very reason for being will be ques least put the issue of ground troops back on mented later. will remain the main guarantor of security tioned." the table. It was foolish to broadcast our But Russia must also meet us halfway. in Europe so long as the U.N., the OSCE and The last point may be exaggerated (no intentions to Milosevic as we wage war. Russia is reacting sharply to the bombings the WEU are unable to do the job. We must NATO country wants to leave the alliance, The administration’s insistence that we are because it feels excluded by NATO, but remember that NATO is involved in Bosnia and many more states want to join), but not even considering ground troops has Russia is also isolating itseff from the rest of because the U.N. had failed miserably in its there is no question that the present crisis given Milosevic the upper hand in control Europe by lending rhetorical support to peace-keeping mission. NATO must suc will have major ramifications for the future ling the situation on the ground in Kosovo. Yugoslavia. When Russia joins Belarus in ceed in Kosovo w ith its credibility intact if it of NATO well into the next century. It will The summit should also be used to pre condemning NATO “aggression" and refus is to retain the strength, cohesion and con determine the status of NATO's credibility pare a plan for long-term stability in the es to condemn Milosevic’s policies of ethnic fidence necessary to fulfill its task in the in the eyes of the world, U.S. criteria for Balkans and any vision of a stable future cleansing, what does this say about shared next century. Anything less would be good intervening abroad and will play a large for the region must exclude Milosevic. If we values between Russia and the West? news for the next dictator determined to role in determining the future course of reach an agreement with him we will be The most alarming aspect regarding the challenge the peace. U.S.-Russian relations. setting ourselves up for failure because he extreme rhetoric coming from Moscow is But these stakes do not alter the fact that is sure to cause trouble again; his reliance that it is not limited to radicals in the Mark Jubulis is an adjunct assistant pro NATO credibility would have been on a policy of war is directly tied to the Duma, but also comes from officials such as fessor o f government. destroyed had NATO failed to follow maintenance of his dictatorial regime. Foreign Minister Ivanov. He recently pub The views expressed in this column are through on its threats and looked on as Madeleine Albright claims that NATO’s licly accused the West of committing “geno those o f the author and not necessarily Milosevic conducted his ethnic cleansing actions are meant to send a signal that eth cide” against the Serbs and suggested that those o f The Observer. 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Is NATO’s inter Liberia, Haiti, Rwanda, Zaire, Albania and vention in Kosovo, therefore, a violation of Kosovo; the exceptions were the Iraqi international law? invasion of Kuwait, Yugoslavia in the NATO’s action certainly is intervention Bosnian conflict and Libya’s role in the in the internal affairs of a sovereign state, Pan-Am bombing.) In other words, the hut the days of absolute inviolability of Security Council has increasingly defined sovereignty, if they ever existed, have refugee flows, and domestic disorder gen passed. It is by now well established, in erally, as grounds for international action. morality and in law, that nations are But while the Security Council has accountable to other nations for massive defined Kosovo as an international prob human rights violations within their bor lem, it did not specifically authorize the ders. current bombing cam Even the classic paign throughout formulators of Serbia. Nor is it likely The European Angle international law to; both Russia and argued, on occasion, Alan China w ill use their “We intend to draw NATO into a to what their NATO military strate for a right of veto power to prevent ground war.” These chilling words gists want (naval interdiction to pre “humanitarian inter the establishment of a were spoken by Notre Dame students vent resupply of petroleum depots vention.” For exam precedent that might playing the role of Serbia’s govern destroyed from the air), but that is a ple, the 18th-century Dowty conceivably be applied ment in a simulation of the Kosovo far cry from France leaving NATO, as Swiss jurist Vattel one day to Chechnya crisis. They shocked everyone in the it did in 1966. Despite concerns about held that interven or Tibet. Does this room. Other students playing the roles a close war, Italy provides bases from tion was permissible mean, therefore, that o f the U.S. and the m ajor European which NATO planes fly. There’s “when persecution is carried to an intol the international community cannot act powers had just threatened a ground strong pro-Serb sentiment in Greece, erable degree, when it becomes a case of forcefully to stop this humanitarian attack if Serbia did not halt its terror but the government continues to sup evident tyranny, against which all Nations tragedy? campaign against ethnic Albanians in port NATO actions. may give help to an unfortunate people.” The international community may not Kosovo. The coopera Some modern theorists argue the sover be able to act, in this instance, through If the real Serbian tion includes eignty of a state no longer exists when a the preferred channel of UN enforcement government of new partners. government attacks, rather than protects, powers. But this does not invalidate the Slobodan Milosevic Poland, the its own citizens. broader, prior grounds of humanitarian welcomes escala Andrew Czech Republic Would anyone claim that Hitler could intervention. As Michael Walzer argued in tion, there is also and Hungary have murdered lews with impunity so “Just and Unjust Wars” over 20 years ago, the real question of just joined the long as he limited himself to Jews within national sovereignty should not stand in whether NATO’s other 16 NATO German borders? The humanitarian the way “when the violation of human strategy makes Gould countries on interests of mankind have, since the rights ... is so terrible that it makes talk of sense, and Serbia’s March 12. Even Holocaust, been embodied in international community or self-determination ... seem government does the countries treaties such as the Genocide Convention, cynical or irrelevant, that is, in cases of have reasons to whose NATO by which signatory enslavement or mas contemplate more war. First, Serbia’s membership was put off are support states promise to pre sacre.” military situation looks good for now. ing the alliance. Bulgaria, which bor vent and to punish Such intervention The air attacks have gone on since ders Serbia and whose democratically “acts committed with would still need to March 24, but Serbian air defenses elected government still wants to be intent to destroy, in meet the standards remain substantially intact. Milosevic admitted to NATO and the European whole or in part, a for a just war: just rarely activates his air defense sys Union, put itself at risk by letting national, ethnic, racial cause, comparative tems, so NATO pilots can’t find them. NATO use its airspace. NATO’s deci or religious group” — a justice, right inten They still endanger NATO’s attempts sion to expand to the east without a definition that clearly tion, probability of to fly the necessary low-altitude formal role for Russia is having seri fits the massacres and success, proportion flights. The absence of a ground ous consequences: Russia is torn mass expulsions of ality and last resort. assault so far and its unlikely prospect between reasserting its status as a Albanians in Kosovo. Each of us will make in the short term gives Milosevic’s great power with interests in south But evei) without the our own judgm ents forces time to dig in to fortified posi eastern Europe and making sure that humanitarian justifica about the applicabil tions in mountainous terrain. it has international financial support. tion, the imposition of ity of these stan Second, refugees suit Milosevic’s NATO should be open to Russian par huge refugee flows on dards to the Kosovo military aims. The more than 600,000 ticipation in this operation, since its other countries creates intervention. We Albanian Kosovars forced out of their very fragile democracy needs a boost an international right may also reach the homeland cannot support a NATO of international confidence. o f intervention. A conclusion that invasion. Instead, the refugees could Ironically, Milosevic has better pro country that has dis action to prevent be an obstacle. Thousands of alliance paganda weapons for the West than turbed tbe peace, sta ■ Letter to the Editor LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Bookstore It’s a Christian D u t y t o These days, priorities in our States is at war, and Notre Dame response to what is happening. lives get jumbled a bit. Final students take that seriously. To ignore Kosovo — to go papers, exams, presentations, As members of the new Notre about our finals and good-byes Basketball Myth good-byes and last hurrahs are Dame Fax Christi group, we without a worry of the cries from the order of the day. believe that Notre Dame stu the Balkans or how they actually The myth of Bookstore Basketball remains shrouded in Yet we cannot help but notice dents do not want to let the do involve each o f us — is sim ply racial controversy. another feature of campus prior events of the world pass them unacceptable. From my understanding as a sophomore, as a commissioner ities at this time. This new fea by. We have heard the observa In fact, we believe that it is a and as an African-American female on the campus of the ture is by no means a negative tions about Notre Dame being a Christian duty to inform our University of Notre Dame I can honestly say that there is truth one; in fact, if followed through bubble, or an ivory lower, selves on this matter. History to the statement. However, the Bookstore Basketball commis it could be quite positive. We detached from the harsh reali has taught Christians that turn sioners are not at fault; they are not to blame for the injustices speak of the desire to learn more ties of the world. Yet we wish ing away and pretending not to suffered by participants. We as students of the University are — and to learn for ourselves — not to give into that way of view care about suffering can be the individuals at fault for the racial tensions introduced into the truth about Kosovo. We have ing education here. We think deadly. Nor can we just shrug this recreational environment. noticed many who want to know that students can be called to our shoulders and say, “Nah, it As a community, we look upon the participants as gladiators more, even just the basics about something better: an education doesn’t affect me." of ancient Rome or Greece — slaves forced to light each other the conflict. We have heard in which directly seeks to improve It does affect us; for Christians, against their will as we, the blood thirsty spectators, instigate classrooms and dorm rooms the harsh realities of the world. the Body of Christ knows no bias this rivalry between opposing teams. chatter about the history of Part of the responsibility that in favor of only caring about I stood next to a spectator and asked him if they thought Serbia, the religious texture of comes with a Notre Dame educa what happens in the world clos that Bookstore was too violent. Ilis response to me was, “[The the Orthodox-Muslim tension tion is an awareness of the world est to us. We must care, and we violence] is what makes Bookstore fun to watch." His state that lies at the core of life for in which we live. And in a time think Notre Dame students do. ment bothered me, but I continued to commission the game. ethnic Albanians and Serbs. of war, a time of massive suffer Then I began to realize the amount of tension escalating Most of all, though, we heard ing and complex political dys Mike Griffin between teams of different ethnic backgrounds, as the crowd dialogue and discussion about function, this is especially true. Graduate Student began to egg the players on through their instigation and the NATO bombing campaign Now, more than ever, we each Moreau Seminary approval of such rough-housing. now being waged. The United need to formulate a personal A p ril 20, 1999 As commissioners, it is our job to serve as mediators of the entire event; it is more difficult to control the audience than it is to control the players. The type of atmosphere harbored by the spectators controls the social outcome of the game. When The Heart of Darkness there are unknown members of the crowd singling out players I’m really scared. ly say that something is being done — just as to taunt and make personal attacks on, regardless of their cul I don’t understand all the violence. How can you “something” is being done in Kosovo by NATO’s tural background, il negatively affects the overall mood of the control what you don’t understand? There can’t be air raids — even though that “something” is game and its players. I’m not saying that Bookstore should be an end to this madness until the sources are found achieving nothing as it fails to take on the bigger void of the traditional “trash-talking” associated with competi — until the heat of this volcanic anger is somehow picture. Of course President Clinton was right tive sports, but the taunting of players must stop. Name-call slowly extinguished. This raging heat runs ram when he said that we must teach kids that vio ing. gender-bashing and racial slurs may be entertaining to an pant beneath these thin shells of ours searching lence is wrong. But how can we teach that which it audience dishing out such expressions of ignorance, but it for, waiting for a weak spot where it can find a seems we do not believe? We are fighting a war in lakes a toll on the player being singled out. Taunting takes the release and burst through, enshrouding and swal Kosovo with bombs and guns and casualties on all fun out of Bookstore. The spectator victimizes and degrades lowing into itself so much of so many others’ lives. sides, every other movie and video game finds a the meaning and purpose of Bookstore — which is to bring the We all know kids like Dylan and Eric. And most way to glorify violence, and guns are as readily campus together as a com m unity. of us have probably been them and/or hurt them available as alcohol to those who are underage. If One thing I’ve noticed is ju s t how much taunting Bookstore at one time or another. Did we do this? Did we fail violence is so horrible, why do we consistently teams with football players are forced to experience by the to show them love and beauty? Or would they not turn to it in so many ways, on countless occasions same Notre Dame family that cheers them on every football have recognized the very beauty of life even if it and in numerous circumstances? Saturday. I can’t help but question the motives behind such had been held before their souls? Maybe this I don’t have the answers. And although little is harassment. Is il personal? It is to make a person to feel less beauty could not penetrate their hardened hearts. easing the aching in my heart and the churning in of a member of the team? Is it to make someone feel less of a Maybe we helped to embitter them. Maybe my stomach, that does not mean that I’m man? they were helpless; maybe they were ill. going to stop searching for the The insults that take place during Bookstore Basketball are But that does not mean that they answers. Maybe we can start by harsh and unnecessary. In order to preserve the Notre Dame w ere unable to be helped. loving. Not just loving the easy family, these insults need to stop. This is our responsibility as My anger, my sickness comes people in life — not just the Notre Dame students — to ensure that we are not being from my lack of understanding. friends and family, not just demeaned by each other. Not understanding how these the ones who say hi to us As commissioners, we try to help the situation, but the kids could ever learn such and greet us with friendly, responsibility is not solely ours. It is impossible for us to complete disregard for life, safe smiles, but the ones resolve the unethical conflicts that arise in Bookstore, so the not understanding where \ who are hard to love. next time you witness someone insulting another team or to begin and how to begin \ Don’t we need to love player, make it your business to ignore that person and the process of disabling \ those who by refrain from engaging in the perpetuation of their ignorance. the source of hatred \ . selves on ride which saturated their VI home, buried in their Charlyn Henderson souls, the source of the own thoughts; who Sophomore madness of their vio - ’■H sell the Streetwise Welsh Family Hall lence and the very homeless papers on April 22, 1999 heart of darkness. crowded Chicago It makes me sick. It streets; the kid who physically makes me tries to hide himself ill. I want to throw up in the back of class; the grief, the rage, the the one who never anger and tears that receives the friendly are tightly contained in ______smiles? the pit of my gut. We’re 'J None o f us w ant to going to try to remember KSJ take that risk, though. this day ju s t as we have j We don’t want to go out tried for the all too many j on that limb and make tragic days like it that have that effort even though come before it. We will try that could be the only just hard enough to forget. effort that’s needed to make It’s so easy to forget these a friend, to find hope in images: terrified, agonized faces someone who in turn finds the boy breaking through and hope in you. climbing out of a second floor win But, I don’t have the answers. All dow, his bloody body dangling earth I know is that I’m scared. And my fear ward: “Help me. I’m bleeding to death will exist only as long as I allow it to images of students running from school, scared for remain intact — only until I decide to confront it. their lives, around fallen bodies which seemed I’m praying for the families of all affected in molded to the ground, horrific additions to the Colorado, for the millions suffering as a result of scenery. Soon our field of vision will once again violence in Serbia, for all the silent emergencies of find its way back to our narrow existences. Our the world, and most of all, for courage. 1 want to tunneled in lives will make these images a miser be able to imagine a world without violence. I able blur in the background of our beings. can’t do that just yet. But at least there’s some e r f And maybe, if we’re lucky, we won’t even ever thing I can do about it. have to think about the agony again. Until it hap pens again. Emily Dagostino There are so many solutions to this violence. Yet, Freshman the methods we use are the wrong ones. They Lyons Hall don’t propose actual cures nor do they begin to April 22, 1999 attack the root of the evil. They are emergency, temporary fixes put into effect so that we can easi w e 5 c e n e n p page 10 ------OBSERVER Friday, April 23, 1999 Scene writer Andrew Mi Reckers looking fJ By ANDREW McDONNELL say tasty? Yes.” Shooter: ordered Scene W riter The lunchtime crowd is still well-represent ed here, including a vast number of parents Since Reckers opened last August, it has for some reason. Afternoon studiers are scat rapidly become a regular part of campus life tered throughout the restaurant, straining — a gathering place for friends, a warm cove their eyeballs diligently. One fellow has even in which bonds are strengthened and tears brought his computer with him, staring into are shed, a twinkle-eyed companion for the his screen so fervently that one fears his late night studier, a cushioned wall for the pupils may burst. All seems quiet in this first severely drunk to stagger into and vomit hour, but a tension seethes beneath the against repeatedly, sweat beading on their restaurant’s placid surface. One can feel it in foreheads as they scream that the head of the air. These people want to take their John Stamos be brought to them on a silver clothes off. As of yet, however, no one is platter. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days naked. a week, Reckers is there for the students of 4:17 p.m. Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s. But might that The pervasive calm is shattered by two be changing? simultaneous and jarring events: 1. The There has been talk recently that Reckers’ entrance of a horde of 12-year-old boys who status as a 24-7 facility is in danger because have just been released from karate class of a number of complaints concerning stu and 2. Someone — some foolish, evil creature dent behavior — particularly on the week — has begun to play the entire “No Doubt” ends. Warnings were issued through various album over the Reckers sound system. outlets on campus that if behavior did not Greetings: from Hell Above Right: Whether you’re studying, eating or just admir change, the restaurant’s hours would. There Please understand, lead singer Gwen ing the ceiling, Reckers makes the perfect environment. are a plethora of stories circulating through Stefani is a gorgeous, stunning creature, but out campus about the extent of such miscre at the same time she is the fourth Chipmunk. Above: The smoothies at Reckers are a great snack for the ant activity, thanks in no small part to “Alvin, Simon, Theo-dore” ... and Tremblin' Scholastic Magazine’s Gipper. Since the Gwen, the nervous, two-pack-a-day, caffeine- health-conscious. opening of Reckers, the Gipp has regaled his addicted chipmunk with vibrato like a fren readers with tales of patrons derobing in the zied jackhammer. Bottom: Hawaiian pizza seems to be the snack o f choice for restaurant, including an account of one stu And still, contrary to expectation, no one is these Reckers patrons. dent ordering food as he slapped his privates naked. down on the counter like someone trying to 6 p.m. Photos by Andrew McDonnell tu rn in a lost kitten. The subliminal dinner bell rings like growl Are such narratives fiction or truth? Is the ing thunder throughout Notre Dame. The woven yarn tainted with the spittle of false masses heed the summons. A line forms. hood? Cries for food fill the air. Orders are eagerly To be frank, many students trust the thrust towards a bewildered group of Gipper the way they trust a doped-up chimp Reckers employees. The employees defend with a handgun. A very large handgun. The themselves with the only weapon they have, only way to get to the truth was to investi the little blinky box. The red, flashy, epileptic gate, to head into Reckers for one Saturday messenger from Hell. It pacifies the mob for night and study the problem first-hand. now, but one cannot help but wonder: When Armed with a camera, $30 in Flex points and parietals commence, will it be so easy to fend enough books to occupy a week, one brave off the customers? Hmm. The crowd settles soul headed into Reckers grimly determined and it’s business as usual. Not a scrap of to unearth the facts behind the myth. clothing has been shed. At this point, readers everywhere are paus 7:30 p.m. ing and probably wondering: What sort of The group of girls sitting nearest the main loser are we dealing with here? Shouldn’t entrance is now discussing which word is this young reporter be doing something better: boobs or breasts. Reckers once again “social” on a Saturday night? Wasn’t he invit demonstrates its ability to spawn intellectual ed to the Boat Club by a gaggle of beautiful ly stimulating discourse on the subtleties of women? Wasn’t there some Mod Quad for semantics. mal he should have attended? No one is naked. Oh no, dear readers with such a cute 8:30 p.m. naivete. To this reporter, the intoxication that The dinner crowd has cleared, and the follows 14 consecutive hours spent in the restaurant is now peaceful. The employees same, small campus restaurant is more than are chatting away, sharing jokes and stories. enough to make up for any “fun” that was This is what Reckers was built to be — a missed. Such is the nature of the beast. place for students to come together to enjoy a bite to eat and drink unlimited soda from the 3 p.m., Saturday, April 17 Coke dispenser. One individual, no names Reckers’ perimeter has been breached, and named, has already had three Cherry Cokes the move is directly to the comfy red chairs in to maintain his fortitude as his sixth hour in the southeast comer of the structure. Reckers approaches. He has no intention of Transition: smooth stopping at three, despite the giddy feeling in Management’s attention: avoided his belly. There is still, without a doubt, no Smoothie #7, the Strawberry “Did someone nudity in Reckers. I r i s h I n s i d e r -W Friday, April 23, 1999 O bserver t h e P LAYMAKE RS THE HUSH WELCOME FOUR NEW ASSISTANT COACHES TO A TEAM WHERE INEXLERIENCE IS OVERS I IAOOWEO IW HARO WORK. CIOCKWISl I ROM BO| R)M I I I T: Ol I ENSIVE COORDINATOR Kl VIN ROC I RS, OUTS I Dl I INI BACK I RS & STl-CIAl I I AMS COACII )l RRY ROSBURG. TIG HT ENDS & SPECIAL TEAMS COACI I SI I VI ADDAZIO AND SECONDARY COACI I EOU Wl ST. LINEBACKERS TAILBACKS PLAYERS TO WATCH NEW COACHES PAGE 2 PA G E 3 PA G E 3 PA G E 4 page2 The Observer • IRISH INSIDER Friday, April 23, 1999 Despite losing all four 1998 starters to graduation or position changes, the 1999 linebackers are proving they have... TALENTED INEXPERIENCE By TIM CASEY ter at, in terms of pass coverage and Sports W riter things like that. However, Anthony’s very aggressive and very physical. I’m With the graduation of starters excited about Anthony right now.” Bobbie Howard, Kory Minor and Nicks has battled injuries through Jimmy Friday, the linebacking corps out his career but already has won appeared to be an area of concern for two monograms. Known among team the Irish. members as a physical presence, this While the inexpe spring he has delivered two big hits rience is certainly against teammates Raki Nelson and not to be over Tony Driver that caught the attention looked, said Bob o f Doll. Davie, this year’s “He’s a load,” said Doll of Nicks, young linebackers “Ronnie’s biggest thing is maintaining have the ability to his health and working on his step in and m ake a endurance and flexibility.” difference. N ic k s Backing up Nicks and Denman are “I think we’re three inexperienced yet impressive pretty talented, and we’ve got some players — sophomores Carlos Pierre- playmakers,” said Davie. “We’re also Antoine and Tyreo Harrison and young, which is like our offensive line, junior Hugh Holmes. but I think we’re talented enough. It’s The three have been pushing the exciting because there’s some explo starters in practice and w ill be expect siveness there.” ed to make contributions in the fall. Leading the charge at inside line Doll has nothing but praise for his backers in the new 4-3 attack are five new linebackers. junior Anthony Denman and senior “There’s a nucleus there that we feel Ronnie Nicks. Denman, who played good about. Athletically and size-wise, behind Minor for the last two seasons, we might be a little bit more than is quickly becoming a leader of the what we had last year, but obviously defensive unit. He has made a switch the experience factor is a concern,” from the outside to the inside which said the sixth-year assistant coach. w ill take full advantage of his talents. “That’s why it’s great that they get Last year, as a sophomore, Denman through all the practices. They are had three sacks to go along with 34 getting better and just have to keep tackles and saw action in all 12 working hard.” games. While calling plays in the hud At the outside, or drop, linebacker dle, the 6-foot-2, 232-pounder has position, the starter appears to be impressed his teammates with aggres sophomore Rocky Boiman, who did sive play. Denman, a native of Rusk, not see action last year at linebacker Texas, said he has benefited from but played 114 special-teams minutes playing behind the graduating to earn a monogram. seniors. From his drop position, Boiman will “I definitely learned how to be a have to cover the tight end and full leader from them [Howard, Minor and back in the fiats as well as be a run- Friday],” said Denman. “They came stopper. This double duty does not out every day in practice and worked phase the 238-pounder from Okeana, hard. They never took a play off and Okla. were good players as well.” “I’m just real excited to be out there Inside linebacker coach Kirk Doll and help the team by contributing any said Denman’s physical play and atti way I can,” said Boiman, “It’s been The Observer/Jeff Hsu tude bring an added dimension to the really fun and has been a good spring Ronnie Nicks is the two-time monogram winner who has battled back from injuries to defense. for everybody.” earn a starting inside linebacker position. “I’m excited about what I’ve seen The Blue-Gold game w ill be the first game,” said Boiman. “I think that’s my be good and do what I ask. In that because he’s really running through time that Boiman will be able to show time to shine. I want to come out and regard, that’s a great situation to be in the ball well," said Doll, “There’s case his skills to the fans. show what I can do and help make as a coach.” some things that he needs to get bet “I’m real excited for the spring this defense be the best it can be next As a unit, the 1999 linebackers dis year.” regard the claim that their inexperi Experienced senior Joe Ferrer is ence will be a major hindrance to also fighting for time at outside line their performance and said their backer. Ferrer’s 1998 highlight came camaraderie will be key in determin against Michigan when he sacked ing the upcoming season’s fate. quarterback Tom Brady in the fourth “I think we play pretty well as a quarter. The sack led to a 46-yard unit,” said Denman, “We’re learning Michigan field goal attempt that sailed and going through growing pains, but w ide. we’re just trying to get better every Boiman is currently seeing time day.” with the first team, but Ferrer will “I think this spring has brought us also have a role to play in the young together because it’s been intense,” defense. said Boiman, “The coaches have made At the helm for the outside lineback it as tough as they possibly can make ers is first-year coach Jerry Rosburg, it on us. We’re all getting excited for who spent the last two seasons at each other and helping each other out Boston College. He has seen the and just playing well together.” excitement and work ethic that Although the spring is important for Boiman and Ferrer bring to the team the players, Denman has set his sights and will learn the ropes alongside his on the bigger picture. With the likes of players. Tennessee, Michigan, Purdue and “I can’t speak highly enough about Stanford on next year’s schedule, the the way these young men have Irish w ill count on the young lineback approached these practices,” said ers to step up right away. Rosburg. “It couldn't be a better situ “Attitude-wise, everyone is ation for me because I’m coming in enthused to get better but we’re not here when Rocky Boiman is a young satisfied yet,” the junior said. “We’re guy and Joe Ferrer is looking to con just trying to get better and improve trib u te . every day. It’s a footrace between us “These are guys that their attention and every other team on our sched is very great to detail and they want to u le .” IRISH INSIDER EDITOR: BRIAN KESSLER ASSOCIATE EDITORS: ANTHONY BIANCO, MIKE CONNOLLY, BILL HART The Observer/Jeff Hsu GRAPHICS: CHRISTEN MANARY Anthony Denman recieves some adjustments from inside linebackers coach Kirk Doll. Denman is a key part of a young but talented linebacker core for the Irish. COVER PHOTO: JEFF HSU Friday, April 23, 1999 The Observer • IRISH INSIDER page 3 NEW FACES, SAME RESULTS With Denson’s graduation, the Irish face questions at tailback By BRIAN KESSLER ner while rattling off a couple good Sports Editor runs. “Darcey has a lot of speed and likes to With the loss of Autry Denson, Notre run around the ends,” said Driver. Dame’s all-time leading rusher, the Irish “Fisher, on the other hand, is more of have some big shoes to fill in the back- a power back. ” field. Fisher has also turned some heads Tomorrow’s 7()th-annual Blue-Gold this spring, after seeing limited playing Game will give head coach Bob Davie time as a freshman. Fisher had just 18 and his staff a better idea of just who carries during his rookie season and will be filling those shoes next season. rushed for 75 yards. “The running back positions essential “My freshman year was a real good ly are up for grabs,’’ Davie said. “We’re experience,” said Fisher. “Watching all anxious to see how the tailback situ Autry play let me experience what col ation shakes out between [Tonyl Driver, lege football is all about. I think playing IDarceyl Levy and [Tony] Fisher. [They behind him has made me a better play are] guys who are talented and will give er.' us a lot of competition back there.” “This spring, I think I’ve improved the The competition for the tailback spot most on blocking,” he continued. “Coach has been intense this spring, especially Robinson always says that in order to be with Driver’s return to offense after a good back, you have to be a good starting seven games at free safety last blocker.” season. The 6-foot-2, 223-pound back hopes “ I'm really glad to be back on this side to show his improvements in tomorrow’s of the ball again,” Driver said. “It took a game. couple of days to get back into it, espe “I’m really looking forward to [the cially the steps. I’m got used to back- Blue-Gold Game], because it w ill enable pedaling, but now I have to go forward me to display the talent I have and show again." the coaches that I’m a complete back,” “That was Tony’s decision to move said Fisher. back and it’s put a lot of pressure on the “Fisher runs with power and quick rest of us.” Fisher said. “He’s adjusted ness,” said Robinson. “I can’t really well and has done an impressive job. We describe his style, but he’s elusive.” all recognize that." Robinson, however, believes that fel Driver, a former Parade All-American low freshman Terrance Howard, who running back, rushed for 125 yards on also made the move from safety back to 35 carries in his rookie season, before tailback, may even be more elusive. In the first scrimmage of the spring, making the transition to defense last The Observer/Ernesto Lacayo season. Howard, who was recruited as a back, Although Tony Driver has emerged as the early favorite for the starting tailback position, “Tony Driver is just a workhorse,” said had a big day rushing the ball, convinc Darcy Levy, Tony Fisher and Terrance Howard are not far behind. running back coach Desmond Robinson. ing the coaches that he belongs at his “He works hard, runs hard ... he has natural position. ing the starting job will be a struggle. All four backs could earn playing time the ability to make moves too, but he’s “Terrance brought something to the “All these guys are fast and strong and next year if Davie decides to go with a more like the Energizer Bunny. He just table that I hadn’t seen,” said Robinson. have been really durable during spring running back-by-committee. keeps going. ” “ He found some small cracks and creas practices,” said Howard. “There’s a lot “At tailback, I’m really comfortable Sophomore Levy, who had 6 carries es and made some decent ru n s.” of competition and I think that w ill make right now. I think we have some quanti for 20 yards and a touchdown last sea “I’m 20 pounds lighter than the rest of us all better players. You’re competing ty and some quality.” Davie said. “We’ll son. has made his case for the job after those guys, so I’m more of a slasher-type with other guys, but you’re also com go into fall practice with a lot of flexibil having an impressive showing at last back, ” said Howard. “1 try to get peting with yourself. I’m just trying to ity there.” weekend’s scrimmage. Levy, arguably through small holes and get moving as give 100 percent and work hard and All four backs, however, will go into the quickest of the group, showed the fast as I can.” hopefully get some playing time next fall practice with a lot of pressure and ability to break tackles and turn the cor Howard, however, realizes that earn year.” with some pretty big shoes to fill. PLAYERS TO WATCH Five players who have to step up for the Irish to be successful. Tony Driver (#25) Anthony Denman (#39) 6’ 2” , 230 lbs. 6 ’ 1 ”, 214 lbs. After backing up Kory Minor for the past The hero of last season’s Purdue win, two years at outside linebacker, Denman has picking off two passes in the fourth quar made the transition to inside linebacker and ter, Driver has moved from safety back t become the starter. Denman’s aggressiveness his natural tailback position. Driver’s size and and leadership ability will be key to the Irish speed make him a comlete package. He beat defense this year. out Tony Fisher and Darcy Levy to become the early favorite to earn the starting tailback position. Bobby Brown (#88) 6’ 2”. 195 lbs. The fifth year senior made only 13 catches for 286 yards and one touchdown in 1998 after a previous stellar year. In 1997, he caught 45 balls for 543 yards and six touchdowns. Rocky Boiman (#30) With the departure of Malcolm 6’ 3 ”, 212lbs. Johnson, Brown must step up Mike Gandy (#69) The sophomore linebacker has emerged as the return to his 1997 form f,' 4”, 288 lbs. starting outside linebacker, beating out senior Joe the Irish passing attack to Filling in the final Ferrer. Boiman s size and speed give him enough bemiccessful throe games last season versatility to cover the tight end in passing situa for the injured guard tions and step up to support on running plays. Jerry Wisne — including the Gator Bowl against Georgia Tech — Gandy has proven to be a pow I think that it's my time to erful force on the offen shine. I want to come out and sive line. Along with returning starter John show what I can do best. Merandi, Gandy will pro vide veteran leadership —Rocky Boiman for the young offensive line. page 4 The Observer • IRISH INSIDER Friday, April 23, 1999 NEW IRISH, COACHING A CHAMPION GOOD OLD W INNING WAYS By ANTHONY BIANCO stops with the Boston College, Associate Sports Editor Minnesota, Cincinnati, and both Western and Northern Michigan in The troop of new faces flanking Bob his 18-year collegiate coaching Davie Saturday at the Blue-Gold career. game could easily be another road West joins the Irish after four years block for the third-year head coach as the defensive back coach at who is looking to improve upon last Virginia Tech. He is coming off a 1998 year’s 9-3 season. season in which his Hokie secondary As spring cleaning came early in squad ranked among the best in the Davie’s executive cabinet, with four nation, ranking 11th in pass efficien assistant coaches resigning in the off cy defense, fourth in scoring defense season, the Irish were and seventh in total able to draft four men defense. who should be comfort Both Addazio and M GOING TO DO AS able coaching under Rogers coached the the Dome. ‘I MUCH AS I POSSIBLY Syracuse offense that “I don’t think that CAN TO KEEP THINGS SIMI was one of the this is unlike other nation’s best last places I’ve been,” said LAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE year. Jerry Rosburg, Notre DONE. As the offensive line Dame’s new outside coach, Addazio lead a linebackers and special unit that helped the te a m s coach a fte r a K e v in R o g er s Orangemen rank 10th recent spring practice. O f f e n s iv e C o o r d in a t o r in rushing, third in “But the importance of scoring, and 22nd in football at this school total offense. Rogers, i s quite unique, people the offensive coordi really care. It’s not only the players nator and quarterback coach for that like football, but everyone else Syracuse, directed one of the most around here finds football very productive offenses in the nation with important. 1 think as a football coach, his tutelage of quarterback Donovan you find that to be a real positive, McNabb, the Big East offensive player because you like to have what you do of the year in 1998. be important.” With such an impressive collective Rosburg, a secondary coach the resume it is somewhat surprising that past two seasons at Boston College, is both of the new Irish coaches are one of the four new coaches that impressed with the attitude that Davie w ill groom for the 1999 season. Notre Dame football carries. New offensive coordinator Kevin “The biggest difference is probably Rogers, secondary coach Lou West the overall tradition,” said West. “I and tight end and special teams think everyone around here — the coach Steve Addazio will complete townspeople, the people that work the new coaching roster for Notre here at the campus, the students, I Dame. mean everybody — feels that. It’s a Like the rest of the team, the Irish big tradition-background school. coaching staff will be marked by Everyone tries to carry that tradition inexperience — as far as coaching o n .” from the Notre Dame playbook is con Whatever the sentiment is, none of The Observer/Ernesto Lacayo cerned. But younger players filling the coaches are intimidated or feel New offensive coordinator Kevin Rogers will have his work cut out for him in improving upon the holes created by the graduation of any extra pressure to perform at a successful offensive campaign in 1998 after the graduation of several key seniors. key seniors and a new coaching staff Notre Dame compared to any other will not slow the team, according to school. After all, their inexperience is Malcolm Johnson, as well as the loss last year ... its not like we’re going to Davie. just as coaches in South Bend, and of Mike Rosenthal, Luke Petitgout, wipe the slate clean.” “When you look at 1999, it’s excit not coaching in general. Tim Ridder and Jerry Wisne on the Starting over with a team that ing," he said in a pre-spring press “I’m a teacher,” said Rosburg. “And line, Rogers will have a promising showed as much promise as the Irish conference, “Because we’re a young the thing I enjoy doing the most is roster to work from. did in 1998 would be self-defeating, team but we’re going to be a talented teaching football. When I’m in the Led by returning signal-caller especially for the group of committed team. The strengths of our football classroom with my players, when I’m Jarious Jackson and hotly contested coaches that will make their Notre team come from overall athleticism on the field with the players I have, battles at the running back spots, the Dame Stadium debut Saturday. and work ethic. Because of their hard the only pressure I have is to try to do limited option style that gained them The work that each of them have work, the players have put them the best I possibly can to help these the 16th best rushing offense and a turned in this spring will begin to selves in a position, hopefully, to take guys play the game. At that point in No. 13 rank in pass efficiency w ill not manifest itself in the scrimmages and it to the next level.” time, there’s no pressure there.” need overhauling. practices leading up to the fall. By the Leading them will be four new Perhaps no one understands that “I’m going to try to do as much as I time the Irish open up the season coaches with plenty of experience better than Rogers. possibly can to keep things similar to against Kansas on August 28, these and accomplishments under their Despite the holes created by the what they have done,” Rogers said in four coaches will no longer be face belts. departures of running backs Autry a telephone conference when he was less and the Irish will be a more Rosburg’s coaching file includes Denson and Jamie Spencer, receiver first hired. “[Notre Dame] was 9-3 experienced team. Lou West Secondary Coach - Kevin Rogers Offensive Coordinator # Steve Addazio Tight Ends t o Jeffery Rosburg Outside Linebackers .& Special Teams t o The Observer/Jeff Hsu Coach Urban Meyer (left), who switched from recievers to quarterbacks coach in the offseason, has joined new coaches Steve Addazio (center) and Lou West (right) in learning their new positions. w S c e n e n Friday, April 23, 1999- O bserver page 11 E EEC V mnell spent the night at news and nudity 10 p.m. man is crushing his pizza with a mustard The seven-hour mark of the journey to bottle. A carnival atmosphere has invaded nowhere has arrived. All is quiet, but caffeine Reckers. It really is happy here, not all that is beginning to demonstrate its effects on the considerate, but very jolly. Yet somehow, no mind. “Dance!” it commands from the dark one is taking off any clothes. recesses of the stomach. “Dance like a ping- 2:45 a m. Above: Reckers is the perfect place to recharge after battling pong ball in a wind tunnel!” But its pleas are Security has arrived on the scene in the not to be heard. Giddiness has taken effect, form of two large men in blue. They do not the blazes at the power plant. appear to be people happy in their profes and euphoria cannot be far behind. Apart W ith all the choices o f seats at Reckers, sometimes it’s from the screeching noises inside one man’s sion. They stand around a little bit, and then Bottom: head, the lull continues here at Reckers. head over to the counter to have a coffee. hard to decide where to eat. Nudity has yet to make its guest appearance. Half of the restaurant leaves. The officers got 10:30 p.m. their coffee, look around and leave. No one The Flip Side crowd is in the hiz-ouse. A was or is naked. very subdued level of conversation is alive. 3:30 a m. No nudes. The crowd is dead now, but they have left 12:02 a.m., Sunday, April 18 their mark. There is trash coating the floors Brain is shaking. M ust... must obtain more and tables. There is an odd stain in the car Cherry Coke to settle nerves. Brain ... stabi pet by the stage. The employees look drained lize! Can’t force eyes to focus! Think, think ... as they begin the big clean-up. Even in this what would Clement “Clem” Rockers, the exhausted room, one can be fairly confident first student to enroll at Notre Dame, do? His that no one, neither employee nor customer, spirit is here! Smell it ... like paprika. But is in any manner occupying the state known Clem’s not naked. No one is naked. as “the buff.” 2 a m. 5:00 a m. A renewed solidity is achieved. There is a The time has come to blow this popsicle tension in the air as the room is slowly begin stand. The original intention of this mission ning to fill with people. After 11 hours of was to stay for 24 hours in 24-hour space. waiting, it appears that the payoff is But, peerless readers, 14 will just have to do. approaching. This is not the lunch crowd, nor One man can only love so much. It has been is it the Flip Side crowd judging by the scent an experience, this time in Reckers. The sort they drag with them. Look at them! This is of experience that will never, ever, be repeat how .lane Goodall must feel. There’s a lot of ed. staggering, grabbing and so much noise it is amazing. A young man just ambled past, A number of employees said they are treat tooting at everyone like a car horn. A large ed just fine by the student body, and for the gathering of men in grass skirts and most part they love working at Reckers. It’s a Hawaiian shirts has just entered, and the line good job, they meet nice people and it can be to reach the counter is immense. It stretches a lot of fun. But they also stated that there all the way back to the building’s entrance. are times when they are treated with an Real conversation: utter lack of respect. One student worker “ Hoy. How are you?” remembered watching a patron throw every “Trashed. How bout you?” thing from napkin dispensers to ketchup bot “ Yeah.” tles against the wall. Customers have painted Awesome. There is a lot of love in this the floor with mustard. They have thrown room. But not much nudity. food. They have thrown chairs. 2:30 a.m. According to Reckers’ operations manager, Mrs. Patrick Campbell once said, “I don’t Mike Davy, the reason David Prentkowski, mind where people make love, so long as director of Food Services, contacted the they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the Office of Residence Life about student behav horses.” Well, Reckers doesn't have horses, ior was that the situation was rapidly becom but maybe they should get some because ing unmanageable late last semester. there's a lot of groping going on right now. “Tables and lamps were taken ... and Perhaps the threat of spooking such horses pagers. The lobby phone was vandalized could slow the pace a bit. The crowd is still twice,” said Davy. “ It’s less than five percent mammoth, and somewhat unruly. The man of the students causing these problems. And ager is flying everywhere. He just grabbed it's only when they are abusing others that one student’s drink, smelled it and handed it we really become concerned.” back to the confused patron. It’s not just any Davy also had no knowledge of any imme where that the management sniffs the drinks diate plans to change Reckers’ 24-hour poli of patrons. One must assume that returning cy, particularly as student behavior has gen the drink was an indication that it contained erally improved as the weather has become no alcohol, but the manager might just be warmer. But the next time Reckers becomes weeding out the really hard stuff at this point. a destination, dear reader, and someone is One fellow has decided that his greasy pizza making a destructive arse of themselves, be tray is far too frisbee-like not to be thrown sure to do the right thing. That’s not just the about, so that’s his new game. A couple is floor they’re defacing, that’s each and every grinding without the assistance of music. student’s right to 24-hour space, not to men Song breaks out sporadically. One young tion a great place to get naked. page 12 The Observer • SPORTS Friday, April 23, 1999 ■ NBA Pippen arrested, suspected of drunk driving Associated Press Conference playoffs, was upset “I'm going to get on the field sobriety test and was Star appearances and helping by the Dallas Mavericks 109- plane and take the PA and say, taken into custody, where he the Chicago Bulls win six NBA HOUSTON 95 Wednesday night, keeping Attention Mr. Pippen, last call was videotaped and given the championships. He broke out Scottie Pippen’s struggles as the Rockets from clinching a for alcohol, ” Barkley joked. opportunity to take a with a season-high 31 points a Houston Rockets player spot in the playoffs and snap The officer who stopped Breathalyzer test, King said. on April 15 against Portland spilled off the court Thursday, ping an 11-game losing streak Pippen around 1:30 a.m. said After he refused the and had 22 points and 11 when he was arrested in the to the Rockets. the Rockets star ran a red Breathalyzer, Pippen was rebounds in a victory over wee hours on suspicion of Pippen had four points and booked on suspicion of DWI Seattle on Monday night. drunk driving. three rebounds and was and released on $500 bond In January, Pippen was trad Teammates supported repeatedly beaten defensively 6 ¥ ’M GOING TO GET ON just before 7 a.m. His arraign ed from the Bulls, with whom Pippen during a brief practice in one of his worst games as a ment is set for next Thursday he had spent his 11-year pro Z t HE PLANE AND TAKE before jetting to Los Angeles Rocket. before Harris County Court-at- career, and signed a five-year, for a game with the Clippers “Scottie is my teammate and THE PA AND SAY Law Judge Sherm an Ross. $67.2 million contract with the on Friday. Pippen didn’t I’m behind him 100 percent,” Pippen has not formally Rockets. ‘A tte n tio n M r . P ippen , attend the workout, but coach Charles Barkley said. “This is hired a lawyer, but Houston Pippen, who has been Rudy Tomjanovich said he not Armageddon. It happened. LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL.’ ” lawyer Rusty Hardin said he is slowed by back and hand would accompany the team. Scottie Pippen probably wasn’t set to meet with Pippen next injuries but hasn’t missed a "I’m hoping it won’t be a dis the only person stopped last week after both men return game, is averaging 14 points traction,” Tomjanovich said. n ig h t.” Ch arles Ba r k l e y from road trips. The Rockets and six rebounds, both below “We are trying not to make “Scottie Pippen is a role R ockets fo r w a r d go on to play at Phoenix on his career averages. 11 is six any assumptions. It would be model, if all the kids grew up Sunday. assists per game is slightly unfair to comment when noth to be like Scottie, the world “He adamantly denies he better. ing has been established. I’m would be a better place.” light. A member of the depart was intoxicated, ” said Hardin, “It’s been my experience sort of used to unexpected Barkley planned to offer ment’s DWI task force was who spoke with Pippen after that a lot of times, something things happening. You just try serious support to his team called after suspecting Pippen the arrest. negative off the court brings not to lose your composure.” mate but also said Pippen was intoxicated, said police Pippen has struggled to lit you together and makes you Houston, currently the No. 4 wouldn’t get off lightly with spokesman Fred King. into the Rockets’ alignment stronger on the court. ” team seed in the Western the team. Pippen, 33, did poorly on the after earning seven NBA All- mate Matt Bullard said. M a jo r L eag u e B a s e b a l l Rockies honor Littleton victims with uniform patch Associated Press time since the school shoot Rockies players said they Stanley Cup series between Lansing, who lives about 10 ings. The Rockies, who post were trying to refocus their the Colorado Avalanche and minutes from the school. SAN FRANCISCO poned home games Tuesday thoughts on baseball, not on San Jose Sharks scheduled to “Maybe it’s better that we get Jay Alves stood behind and Wednesday, played with the TV images of their grief- open with games Wednesday away and let the community home plate in the stadium “CHS” patches on their right stricken neighbors. and Thursday nights in do what they need to do and that shook violently during sleeves in memory of the “It’s been really tough. As a Denver now will begin not worry about baseball.” the devastating 1989 earth shooting victims. father, I can’t imagine what Saturday in San Jose. Colorado general manager quake, his thoughts focused A decade ago, Alves was at those parents are going The Colorado Rapids of Bob Gebhard said the Rockies on a much more recent Candlestick Park as the public through. Especially when it’s Major League Soccer post will do anything they can to tragedy. relations director of the happening in your own back poned their Saturday night help the community, and that Alves, public relations Oakland Athletics as a violent yard,” said relief pitcher home game against the the team expects to do some director for the Colorado earthquake shook northern Chuck McElroy. Chicago Fire. No makeup thing this summer to honor Rockies, lives in Littleton, California and interrupted the “You still have to do your game was immediately the victims and rescue work Colo., where two students 1989 World Series against the job. But it will always be in announced. ers. killed 12 classmates, a San Francisco Giants. our minds, because it’s like The Rockies are starting a “Our players have been very teacher and themselves at “1 have a similar feeling to we were there.” two-week road trip, their emotional about it, as we all Columbine High School on the 1989 earthquake,”’ Alves The postponed games longest of the season. have been,” Gephard said. “I Tuesday. said. “It reminds me very against the Montreal Expos “Baseball is very, very sec think it was good we were On Thursday, he was with much of that time, when peo w ill be made up in August. ondary to what’s going on in able to go on the road and the Rockies in San Francisco ple lost their lives and base Teams in other sports also our community,” said Rockies play baseball — not that as they played for the first ball didn’t feel important.” postponed games — the second baseman Mike we’re going to forget.” The Observer accepts classifieds every business day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the N otre Dame office, 024 South D in in g Hall. 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Friday, April 23, 1999 The Observer • SPORTS page 13 ■ B o xin g Ali testifies before Senate hearing on boxing reform Associated Press upset about the scandals that Athletic Commission. sport has too few ethical For example, a new IBF rule have occurred in professional McCain’s bill would establish boundaries and a ranking sys says the No. 1 ranking cannot WASHINGTON boxing," Bingham said as Ali new standards for sanctioning tem, controlled by promoters, simply be taken over by a Me uttered not a word, but gazed intently at committee organizations that rank fight that “defies all reason." boxer who moves up just Muhammad All's presence at members from a witness ers; create new financial dis- “When honest and open because of losses by fighters a Senate hearing Thursday table. competition is inhibited, it is rated ahead of him. spoke volumes about the state Ali is particularly interested the boxers who suffer most," Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., of professional boxing and in the parts of McCain’s box McCain said. “But millions of expressed concern the McCain lent support to Sen. John ing reform bill that would stop 4 'V fO U R s u p p o r t o f t h is ticket-buying fans in America bill might unfairly target cer McCain's efforts to clean up exploitation of boxers by pro are also hurt by monopolistic I LEG1STLATION IS ta in promoters and the sport. moters. One provision would practices in boxing." invite legal challenges. The former heavyweight prohibit “coercive option" ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO OUR Former boxing referee Mills He said the bill must champion, who suffers from contracts that prevent fighters CHANCES OF PASSING IT.’ Lane, a retired Nevada judge address multiyear broadcast Parkinson's syndrome and has from controlling their careers. who now has his TV court contracts in which contenders trouble speaking, told the McCain, an Arizona show, said boxing’s credibili stay under anetwork’s control Senate Commerce Committee Republican and 2000 presi S e n . J o h n M cCa t in ty suffers because sanctioning in return for a shot at the through longtime friend dential aspirant, told Ali: bodies — the 1BF, WBA and cham pion. to M u h a m m a d A i .i Howard Bingham that the “Your support of this legisla WBC — play too large a role “There is no question when l.cnnox Lewis-1 ivander tion is absolutely vital to our in which judges and referees it comes to revenues, the llolyfield heavyweight draw in chances of passing it." work the matches. broadcast industry packs the New York last month was the In the disputed fight, the closure requirements for pro “These subtle pressures are biggest wallop," said “lowest point" for a sport three judges scored it a draw moters and event organizers; there and nobody can tell me Reid, whose state is the site beset with problems. even though most boxing and require that stale boxing they’re not," Lane told the for many championship fights. 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Felker also Senior Sports W riter pitching to outlast a sloppy Despite the less than impres while Drew Duff gave up two added one hit to Notre Dame’s Central Michigan team. All sive offensive performance, hits over two innings. John total, extending his hitting Apparently, coach Paul four runs scored in the game however, the five-man pitching Corbin closed out the contest streak to 14 games. Mainieri was not the only one were unearned, but Notre rotation kept the Central with a perfect ninth inning, Tomorrow Big Fast rival who wanted his team to pick Dame took advantage of five Michigan batters off balance including one strikeout. Seton Hall storms into Frank up its 30th win yesterday Chippewa errors that sealed all evening. “I thought our pitching was Fck Stadium for a three garni; against Central Michigan. their fate. Starter Tim Kalita tossed the outstanding, and 1 thought our series with the first-place An afternoon of gray skies Throwing errors allowed two first two innings in preparation defense was outstanding, and Irish, including a Saturday and a steady downpour mirac runs to score in Notre Dame’s for a start this weekend that was the key to our victo doubleheader beginning at ulously gave way to several half of the third, as the Irish against conference foe Seton ry," Mainieri said. noon. hours of clearing that provided took a 2-1 lead. Andrew Hall, striking out the side in Right fielder Jeff Felker cer “This is a huge series; they the Notre Dame baseball team Bushey, who returned to the the first. Kalita was followed tainly did his part to maintain don’t get any bigger than this," ju s t enough tim e to notch a 3-1 lineup for the first time since by winning pitcher Mike the error-free effort by the said Mainieri. “Each and every victory over the Chippewas in March 21, when a knee injury Naumann, who allowed three Irish. Felker tallied six put ballgame in the Big East con a speedy two hours and 18 sidelined the freshman, singled hits and walked one in three outs from his porch in right, ference from here on out is minutes. and scored an Irish run in the innings of work. Mike Carlin taking advantage of a strong going to be huge." With the win the Irish inning. improved to 30-9 on the sea son, and tied the mark set by [THOUGHT OUR PITCH the 1990 and 1994 squads as ING WAS OUTSTANDING, the fastest teams to reach the i : 30 win plateau. AND I THOUGHT OUR “It is something that we’re DEFENSE WAS OUTSTAND (S hanty l?uw to IBenefit the R E D C R O S S proud of." said Mainieri of the record. “We started off 4-6, ING.’ and so to reach 30 wins before Sunday, A pril 25, 1999 we had 10 losses I think is a P a u l M a in ie r i tremendous accomplishment @ 2 p . m . by our guys." I rish bas e b all co ac h “I think it’s a real testimony Sponsored by to their character," Mainieri “Obviously we didn’t thrill US N D C O M continued. "They could’ve anybody with our bats," said United States Notre Dame Command started having self doubts, but Mainieri. “We were fortunate these kids just come out and to score three runs, 1 think, they have a lot of confidence because they wore kind of the ARMY and they play hard.” re su lt o f a couple m isplays ... The Irish needed a strong but I think we put some pres- Support Your Notre Dame Rodeo Club! 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C ontact K ram er (219) 276-7020 or 234-9923 (219) 674-2571 or (219) 233-4509 Friday, April 23, 1999 The Observer • SPORTS page 15 T rack and Field W omen 's Lacrosse Irish on high after Mount Notre Dame takes on Ivy League ByGENEBRTALIK against the Crimson and the University in their final game of Sac Invitational success Sports Writer Lions. the regular season. Columbia Harvard enters today’s game evened up its record on Many of these athletes are All- By BRIAN HOBBINS This weekend the Notre Dame with a deceiving 3-7 record; all Wednesday as it beat Fairfield Americans and are used to the Sports W riter women's lacrosse team plays its but one of H arvard’s losses have by a score of 11-7. competition that they find at final two games of the season, come against teams ranked in Columbia’s record is just as The Irish track squads head to tough meets. hoping to re-establish its repu the current women’s lacrosse misleading as Harvard's — it Des Moines, Iowa, and Purdue "In the past, the same people tation after a tough three-game • poll. has lost to four ranked teams. University for another weekend represent the team, just a select losing streak to ranked oppo Harvard is led by tri-captains Columbia has struggled on in the national spotlight. Having few go,” Englehardt said. nents. Claudia Asano, Laura Dahmen offense all season because only claimed four victories at the However, a few rookie additions The team enters this week and Bocca Brown. Assisting two members of the team have prestigious Mount Sac to the roster have also refused to end's contests against Harvard these three standouts on offense at least 20 points while five Invitational, the Irish have be intim idated by the com peti and Columbia with an 8-5 mark are Ashley Birch, Kim Weeks, Notre Dame players have proven themselves among the tion as freshmen Liz Grow and and they will set a record for and the team’s returning lead reached this mark, including nations' finest. Luke Watson managed to prove wins in a season w ith a win in ing scorer, Alii Harper. both Kerry Callahan and Lael This weekend will find several their merit at Mount Sac as well. either game. In goal for the Crimson will be O’Shaughnessy, who have sur members of the team competing While only a few members of Last week the Irish suffered first-year starter Keltie Donelan. passed the 50-point mark. again in a world-famous meet. the team can compete in these three tough defeats as they lost Donelan will be key to stopping Columbia goalie Gina Kline The Drake Relays in Des Moines, meets, the other athletes are not to No. 19 Vanderbilt, No. 3 Duke the Irish attack as she has given should be prepared for shots Iowa, is one of the foremost inactive. The majority of the and No. 16 Yale. The Yale game up at least ten goals in each of from all angles because when sporting events in the country. team was robbed of the opportu was the closest of the three with H arvard’s seven losses. Notre Dame gets on a roll the Featuring competition at all lev nity to compete last weekend at a score of 14-10. Today and The next day the Irish will goals come in bunches, as els from middle schools to pros, the Indiana State Invitational Saturday the Irish continue their remain in Massachusetts and Denver and Davidson found out this meet features the best the due to snow, but after a bit of Ivy League swing with games lake on the Lions of Columbia two weeks ago. country has to offer. rest and an intense week of Irish athletes have taken a lik practice, the team is looking for ing to such competition, raising ward to competing again at the their performance level when in Purdue Relays. the hot seat. Jennifer Many athletes are thankful for Athletes win academic acolades Fnglehardl, Liz Grow, JoAnna the break in what is a very long Deeter and Ryan Shay all quali season and plan on coming back By MOLLY MCVOY strong athletes, but talented academic honors this year. fied for the NCAA this weekend with renewed fer Assistant Sports Editor students as w ell. The swim team received a rat Championships while winning vor and one last tune up before a Both the Saint Mary’s swim ing of 3.019, second only to their events at Mount Sac- run at the Big East title. Two of the Belles’ athletic ming and cross-country teams Albion in the Michigan teams received awards which received academic honors this Intercollegiate Athletic showed that not only are they week. The swimming team Association. was named Academic All- Likewise, the cross-country Americans by the College team received an impressive Student Activities needs Swimming Coaches’ rating of 3.22 for their acade SUMMER JOBS IN Association for the first time mic performance this year. in the swim team’s history. 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Out for Hook’s Cooper stole the Versatility took advan 1.Primetime ball and scored the easy lay-up tage of the five-on-four 3. Keyplay.com for the one-point lead. After a opportunity and pushed 3. Keyplay.cc m 21-14 1 .Primetime Versatility turnover, the No. 5 the ball up the court and 21-7 team increased its lead to two. Cochran hit the jumper Two key baskets by Dillon and for the win. 16. Seth Green and 5 p.m. the Wondermutts 5 p.m. 14. Thugs “We were happy with Lillis tied the game at 17. Hiltz St 2 St. 3 drew the foul recovering a loose our No. 12 seed," said 9. Burn and Shoot 11. Nylon Strokers ball and hit his shot from the line Dillon. “I was telling the for the lead. Watch Out for the guys tonight how great a 21-12 8. Majestic:; 11. Nylon Stro » ON THE HOT CORNER Doherty, Bookstore Tournament epitomize ND Spirit pride that Holtz used to exhibit. coach. The two coaches took By BRIAN CHURNEY This no-named assistant the games seriously and ______Sports W riter ______coach began to actually appear embodied the true spirit of like a Notre Dame coach. This Bookstore. It takes more than just coach change of heart, although sig To see coaches w illin g to par ing ability to be a great coach at nificant, certainly didn’t com ticipate in one of Notre Dame’s Notre Dame. pletely sell me on Doherty as a longest standing traditions and Unlike many larger institu coach. His participation and mingle with us “common folk” tions, where a coach can be that of his assistant this week is refreshing. It gives us all a great while only participating in did. sense of being a part of the his or her job as a coach, Notre The idea that a varsity bas team. Dame demands more from its ketball coach would volunteer Furthermore, the coaches coaches. To claim otherwise to play with a group of students conducted themselves with would be to admit that Notre in a pick-up basketball game, class befitting a Notre Dame Dame is nothing more than a especially immediately after coach. They were fiercely com school. If there’s one thing that being hired, could seem almost petitive, but kept their emotions I’ve learned in three years here, preposterous to many schools in check. They simply played it's that Notre Dame is far more across the nation. With all of the game like it should be than ju st a school — it’s an the pressing issues that accom played — a trait that, if passed experience, a way of life pany trying to assimilate into on to their future players, could These last few weeks we saw one’s new position, it seems lead to a whole different bas another glaring example of that a coach would hardly ketball season than that which Notre Dame coaches stepping have time to breathe, let we have grown accustomed. out of the rigid roles of coach alone take the time out to play Now, i’m not going to anoint ing and expressing what they, basketball. I think it’s safe to either of these coaches a Dean too, have brought into the spirit say that even with the time, few Smith before they have even of Notre Dame. They have coaches would agree to partic participated in a single game. I shown through action that they, ipate. know the facts that they can like Lou Holtz did as a coach, I sincerely doubt Majerus play basketball and the fact that are not here to solely coach and would have been seen near the they did play has little to do influence the lives of a handful crude Stepan courts unless he with their coaching abilities. of student-athletes. had a legitimate interest in I remember that Gerry Faust They are a p a rt o f this com recruiting one of the better was a prominent campus per munity and willing to actively players. Following the theme of sonality as well, and he hardly participate in the Notre Dame Notre Dame as a fam ily, w here can be called a “great coach.” family. 1 am talking about the as Doherty acted as an active I will say, however, that coach participation of new Irish bas father, Majerus’s “coach-and- Doherty and coach Wojcik have ketball coach Matt Doherty and coach-only-attitude” could be shown that they possess at least assistant coach Doug Wojcik in compared to an absent father one of the traits needed to Bookstore Basketball. that is only seen once a month become a “real” Notre Dame When Doherty was hired, I when he pays his child support. coach. They’ve rightfully earned joined the “who’s he” bandwag Doherty’s willingness to accept the respect of the students — on. In fact, I was pretty upset an active rule in this family, something that will prove to be that we hadn’t hired a coach then, should be highly com vital if they hope to stay here with at least some experience. mended. long. Although I was not one of the Doherty and Wojcik, it should They’ve shown us that they Rick Majerus supporters, per be noted, did not solely come are a part of us, the Notre se, I certainly wasn’t a Doherty out and simply “put in their Dame fam ily. We, then, as a supporter. In fact, like much of time” either. They played with family, should in turn welcome the campus, I hadn’t even an intensity and passion that them by extending our grati heard of him. we can only hope they can tude. So Doherty and Wojcik, I watched the announcement instill in a team that occasional thank you. with dismay, wondering what ly looks as listless as a Bob I’m sorry it was tough to gain the University was thinking. Davie speech. The two coaches acceptance here. But please, However, during Doherty’s first definitely came to play, and accept our apology. By this speech, my feelings started to play they did. action alone, you have proven change. One could tell by the What’s more, Wojcik didn’t that you deserve to be here. tone of his voice, the sincerity of even plan on playing until he Welcome aboard! his emotions and the pride he was asked to fill in for an The views expressed in this emitted that he was honestly injured player at 3 p.m. on the column are the author’s and not The Observer/Kevin Dalum happy to be here. I began to see day of the game — late notice necessarily the views of The Coach Matt Doherty entered the Bookstore Basketball Tournament some of the same emotions and for anyone, especially a busy Observer. with Lebo’s Legends. Friday, April 23, 1999 The Observer * SPORTS page 17 replace Patterson at No. 1 and as host of the regional which After its strong regular sea w ill team up with Sachire. W om en will be a big advantage," said son finish, Notre Dame creeped M en Trent M iller and Taborga head coach Jay Louderback. into the No. 10 team in the continued from page 20 remain No. 2, but Daly will continued from page 20 Sophomore Michelle Dasso country. join Smith as the third team. will occupy the No. 1 singles The last time the Irish were Bayliss said. The new-look Irish take on closely behind the Irish. Boston spot for Louderback, where she ranked in the top 10 came on Sachire is third in the coun Boston College today at noon, College, ranked 69th national has been all year. Expect her to Oct. 14, 1996, when Notre try at singles and boasts an with the semifinals to be ly, garnered the No. 3 seed, face off against Rutgers’ talent Dame was No. 8 in the presea impressive 34-7 record in '99 played Saturday afternoon. and a bye into the second ed No.l Donna Krouzman, in a son poll after finishing sixth in Sophomore Malt Daly will be The Eagles advanced to the round with Notre Dame and sure-to-please match. the final poll of the 1995-96 second round with a 4-1 victo M iami. Senior two time All-American season. In addition to the No. ry over Georgetown yesterday. Seeds four through 13 battled Jennifer Hall w ill play at No. 2, 10 team ranking, the doubles Notre Dame and Miami have yesterday, with No. 4 Syracuse where she w ill contend with team of Hall and Dasso is THINK WE CAN STILL met in the finals each of the disposing of No. 13 Connecticut Beth O’Donnell, a 6-0, 6-4 win ranked seventh nationally, last four years. The Irish 4-0, No. 5 West Virginia blank ner yesterday. Fellow senior while Dasso herself is ranked Lb e a t M ia m i w it h o u t I, claimed the title in ’96, but the ing Villanova 4-0, and No. 6 Marisa Velasco will play at No. eighth in singles. Pa t t e r s o n , b u t it w il l be Hurricanes have won the last Seton Hall completing the 3, and freshman standout “Our goal at the beginning of two. sweep for the higher seeds over Becky Varnum will occupy the DIFFICULT.’ the season was to finish in the “We beat Miami earlier this No. 11 Pittsburgh 4-0. No. 4 spot. Rounding out the top 10," said Hall. “Now that Bob Bayliss year and are ranked ahead of The Irish are confident after strong singles lineup for Notre we’ve done that, we can’t be IIISAD COACH them,” Bayliss said, “Beating their strong finish this year Dame are Kelly Zalinski and satisfied. Our main goal right Miami in Miami when it was that they will live up to their Kim Guy. now is to focus on this week 90 degrees and the wind was No. 1 seed. The doubles format will end. Last year we lost to Miami called upon to fill in for swirling was important for us. In their last 15 matches, the change for the Big East tourna and we don’t want that to hap Patterson at No. 2 singles and I think we can still beat them Irish have won an impressive ment, with teams now only pen again.” Javier Taborga will be added without Patterson, but it will 13, the most recent one was receiving a single point for win Two Irish players enter the to the lineup at No. 6. Andrew be d iffic u lt. " last week against Indiana, 6-2. ning two out of three doubles Big East tournament with Laflin, Casey Smith and Andy Both teams expect to square W inning the Big East could matches. Therefore, singles undefeated resumes from past Warlord will each move up a off in the finals again this propel the Irish into a high will play a crucial role in deter years. Zalinski holds a 4-0 spot. year, but the status of seed for the all-im portant mining the outcome. record in her previous two Bayliss will also be forced to Patterson could play a huge NCAA tournament, which The doubles team of Dasso years, while senior Velasco is shift around his doubles line role in the winner of this begins next weekend. and Hall will lead the way for 6-0, with half of those wins up. Aaron Talarico will year’s championship. “Our goal is to win the Big the Irish, followed by Velasco coming in championship East and be the top seed in our and Varnum, and Guy and Sara matches. region to get a chance to serve Scaringo. This year Varnum looks to start a winning streak of her own. She enters the tourna ment ranked 69th nationally, and hopes to improve upon her impressive singles record. 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Notre Dame Baseball Saturday, April 24 Sunday, 12:00pm 12:00pm Continental Express Sundaes on Sunday One lucky fan will win G> First 100 fans to the game, Continental Airline tickets. receive a FREE DQ Sundae. page 18 The Observer • SPORTS Friday, April 23, 1999 ■ Softball ND heads to coast for weekend Irish name Jackson By MATT OLIVA makes the games exciting Big East w ill keep the excite Sports W riter and forces us to be ready and ment going. play with passion. Our team “We will have to get ready 1999 solo captain The softball team will trav strives off of that.” more,” said Klayman. “We el to the East Coast once If the Irish are going to will be playing for the pride Special to The Observer touchdown passes, lie also again to take on two Big East defeat the Huskies, they will of our team’s record. ” ranked second on the team in opponents this weekend. have to keep first baseman Irish pitchers Jennifer Senior quarterback Jarious rushing with 441 yards on On Saturday Notre Dame Abbie Link in check. The Sharron and Angela Bessolo Jackson has been elected cap 113 attempts, scoring three w ill face Connecticut (18-14, sophomore was the Big East should continue their strong tain of the 1999 University of touchdowns. 7-3), currently third in the player of the week when she conference performances Notre Dame football team by In h is f ir s t y e a r as the; Big East standings, before went four-for-four against once again this weekend. vote of players on the Irish starter at quarterback, he traveling to play Providence conference opponent Both have been dominant in squad. opened in 11 contests — and (10-29, 1-5) on Sunday. The Rutgers. She hit three home their outings so far against Jackson’s honor marks only finished 13th nationally in Irish (30-17, 8-0) are looking runs and had six RBIs, tying Big East opponents. the third time in 32 seasons passing efficiency with 149.5 to maintain their undefeated Big East records in both cate With a successful weekend, that Notre Dame has had a rating points and 31st in total record in the Big East and gories. the Irish will be on top of the single football captain. offense with 218.1 yards top spot in the rankings. The Irish hope to counter Big East as the team heads Beginning in 1968, the Irish per game. His current 154.4 Saturday’s contest against with a strong offensive into the conference tourna have had two or more cap career pass efficiency rating UConn will be a continuation attack, led by catcher Kris ment the weekend of May 7- tains in every season except ranks second all-time at of the long rivalry that exists McCleary and her team-lead 9. 1986, when Mike Kovaleski Notre Dame — and his career between the two schools. ing seven home runs. Lizzy “We would like to enter the led the squad and 1991, when interception avoidance figure “UConn is always a rivalry Lemire also adds offensive tournament as the top team Rodney Culver provided lead of only seven in 220 for us,’’ said sophomore cen power to the lineup with her and take that tournament,” ership. attempts also is second-best ter fielder Danielle Klayman, team -leading 14 doubles. said Klayman. “From there Jackson, a 6-1, 228-pound among all-time Irish signal- “We have the undefeated Providence is less of a rival we would enter the regionals, Tupelo, Miss., native, pro callers. His 2,181 yards of streak hanging over our for the Irish, but the pressure but we don’t want to look duced one of the most produc total offense in 1998 ranked heads, but in a good way. It of the perfect record in the past the Big East.” tive and efficient seasons in as the fourth best single-sea 1998 of any quarterback in son total at Notre Dame — Irish history. He completed with Joe Theismann, Rick 0 MEN S LACROSSE 104 of his 188 passes in ’98 M irer and Steve Beuerlein for 1,740 yards, with only six producing the top three fig Minutemen to confront Irish interceptions to go with 13 ures. Observer Staff Report the Minutemen. Minutemen’s top six scorers Massasschusetts enters the are sophomores, with John The men’s lacrosse team will game unranked with a 4-6 Madigan and Rich Kankel travel to Amherst, Mass., to record. Losers of five of their leading the attack. take on the Minutemen of the past seven games, the Defensively, the Minutemen G O G # # ... University o f Minutemen have struggled are also youthful but they have Massassachusetts. through out the year. They enjoyed greater success than The 15th-ranked Irish, com have shown the ability to score the offense. Led by sophomore ing off their best game of the goals in bunches — scoring 19, goaltender C h ris / r <9 m / y # year — a 15-7 thrashing of 15 and 17 goals against Holy Campolettano’s 8.45 goals- Army — are looking to pick up Cross, Fairfield and Boston against-average the defense another win and continue College, respectively — but has played well against many H a p p y 2 1 s t their drive toward the western have lost six of seven games of the top offenses in the coun bid in the NCAA tournament. when they are held below 10 try. His goals-against-average After dropping three straight goals. places him 12th nationally games, Notre Dame was in UMass’s offensive inconsis while his .621 save percentage danger of losing the western tency can be atttributed to has also captured the 12th Love, bid and missing the tourna their youth. Five of the spot in the national rankings. The SMC Chirks ment for the second straight year. 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CROSSWORD Tierra Colombiana — A Folkloric Ballet will be held ACROSS 29 G aslight------53 Hydromassage 1 5 i 4 5 6 1 1o 15 15 14 to benefit the victims of the hurricane in Columbia on 30 Set of sheets facility ' ' i Panama hat Saturday at 5 p.m. in the O’Laughlin Auditorium at 54 Many 15 material 31 Whip-tailed Saint Mary's. Fight hundred tickets are available for $3 swimmers W oodstock " 9 T reats concertgoers 17 each. 33 Cicely Tyson treacherously Dance Recital — The Notre Dame American and Irish film of 1972 56 G O.P. foe " 15 Tentacled sea 19 21 - Tap Dance Recital will take place in Wednesday at 8:30 35 Continental 57 Field manager? creatures ■ _ I p.m. in the East Wing of South Dining Hall. Dances like word of courtesy 59 You don't have 23 16 Store unloading to take it the soft-shoe, Shirley Temple steps, Irish dances and surplus 38 Path finders ” I ” _ ■ - 61 Meadowlark's 39 Elicits an "ick!" 27 . . special performances will be demonstrated. 17 Old-fashioned kin reading 41 Handled I ■ 8 The Notre Dame Brass Ensamble, under the direc 62 Orthodontist's 31 32 33 34 18 baggage tion of Father George Wiskirchen, will presentts its Deliberately fee? _ disharmonize 42 Some spring concert Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Band Building. 63 Set of 150 35 36 37 19 Symbol of tournaments The concert is free and open to the public. Please call 64 Track sights I " strength 43 Ending with 39 . 631-7136 for more information. 2 0 Grapple or who, what or ■ " _ Notre Dame grad student Justin Berg will present a bluegill when DOWN 42 44 46 47 48 solo organ recital today at 2 p.m. at the Hilltop 22 Lines from 45 Novelist _ I " ■ 1 rod (flower Lutheran Church of the Ascension. The program will Horace Remarque 49 1 of the lily family) _ include works by Bach, Purcell and Pablo Bruna. The 23 Blasted 49 Plucky I ” " ■ 2 Eat quickly, 53 1 recital is free and open to the public. Please call 631- 25 Plains tribe so Home of slangily " " 6201 for more information. Edwards ■ - ■ 26 Jacques the 3 Weak and wan 57 58 . 60 Notre Dame senior Amy Lautz will present a solo musical Belgian Plateau 4 Supernatural ■ piano recital today at 4 p.m. in the Annenberg 27 Auto style 52 Unescorted 61 . being Auditorium of the Snite Museum of Art. The program 5 Perennial 63 w ill include works by Bach, Schubert, Debussy, campaign issue “ Prokofiev and Chopin. The recital is free and open to ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 6 Actress Aimee Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon the public. 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J dinner at/the dining halls friday 8 and 1 0 :3 0 pm Saturday 8 and 1 0 :3 0 pm wild video dance party 11 Pm_2am at stepan center shewing at cushing auditorium Captain Jackson ■ Quarterback Jarious Jackson was named the captain o f the 1999 Irish football team. Sp o r t s p. 18 page 20 ------OBSERVER Friday, April 23, 1999 ■ Bookstore Basketball XXVIII Rain-soaked round reduces bracket to eight By KERRY S M IT H McCarthy and Mark Johnson, Spons Writer took advantage of the offensive opportunity for the early 5-2 Versatility has done it again. lead. For the third time in the tour Versatility quickly settled nament the young team has down and took the ball to the stepped on the court as the hoop, tying the game at six. underdog and stepped o ff as Watch Out for the Hook used the victor. an aggressive man-to-man Captain Chris Dillon, John defense and racked up 10 fouls Hiltz, Joe Lillis, Joe Cochran with the game tied at seven, and Jason Childress began the sending Versatility to the line. tournament as an unknown “They played great tight squad buried in the pack of 581 defense,” said Dillon. “We had teams, but after six rounds of to work for every single bas play. Versatility has emerged as ket.” a force to be reckoned with. The No. 12 team didn’t take Downing No. 4 En Fuego in advantage of the shooting the fourth round and upsetting opportunity, however, and No. 29 Jumbalaya in the fifth, ended the night three-of-11 at newly-ranked No. 12 Versatility the line. continued its winning ways Hiltz led Versatility’s offen Thursday night when it sive effort in the first half. His knocked off fifth-seeded Watch inside and outside combination Out for the Hook 22-20. shooting gave him six points for “We’re playing well together an 11-9 lead at the half. as a team," said Dillon. “We got “Deke and Benny are two together before the tournament good strong athletes,” said and thought we could do some Hiltz. “We just had to do our thing — and look where we arc best under the basket and hope now.” for the best. Luckily we came Versatility started off the up with some key shots when game slowly, losing the ball to we needed to.” early turnovers and committing The second half was a back- several defensive fouls. and-forth battle, as the two Watch Out for the Hook, with teams traded baskets, keeping Irish defensive backs A’jani the score close. Sanders, Benny Gilbeaux and The Observer/Jeff Hsu Deke Cooper, along with Kevin see B O O K S T O R E / page 16 After quarterfinal and semifinal action today and Saturday, the Bookstore Tournament will determine the 1999 champion this Sunday on the Stepan courts. Women earn Patterson’s injuy casts doubt on Irish fourth straight By BRIAN KESSLER a major setback if the Irish Sports Editor reach Sunday’s finals. No. 1 seed “We were seeded No. 1 Coral Gables, Fla. without the knowledge that By WES JACOBS The 31 st-ranked Notre Brian wouldn't be here,” said Sports W riter Dame men’s tennis team saw Bayliss. “I don’t know if we’re its quest for the school’s sec the underdog without him or Coral Gables, Fla. ond Big East championship not, but this will be a great Today the Notre Dame take an unfortunate and challenge and we’re excited women’s tennis team will unexpected turn this week. to prove that we can pick up begin its quest to claim its Senior captain Brian the slack.” third Big East title in four Patterson sustained an injury Patterson is arguably the years, as the No. 1 seeded and his status is uncertain for best No. 2 singles player in Irish face Rutgers University the championship, which got the country and was ranked at the University of Miami. underway Thursday with 50th in doubles with his part Eighth seeded Rutgers was first-round action at the Neil ner Ryan Sachire. a 4-1 winner over No. 9 St. Schiff Tennis Center in Coral "Brian has been unbeliev John’s yesterday in prelim i Gables, Fla. able for us this year,” said nary round action. “Unfortunately, Brian’s not Bayliss. “lie hasn’t lost a sin Notre Dame is making its with us,” said head coach Bob gles match since February fourth appearance in the Big Bayliss, whose top-seeded and is 16-2 overall this East championships, where Irish squad had a first round semester. He’s also our best they won in 1996 and 1997 bye. “lie injured his toe and doubles player and was one and lost to champion Miami had an X-Ray this afternoon match away from All- last year. back in South Bend. We’re American last year.” The lOth-ranked Irish waiting to see if we’ll be able Junior All-American Sachire earned their fourth consecu to fly him down here and if and the rest of the Irish squad tive No. 1 seed in the tourna he’ll be able to play on will be expected to play at the ment, out of the 13 Big East Sunday [in the championship next level for the team to teams, compiling a 19-6 m a tch ].” have a chance at the title. record. Miami, currently Notre Dame, which earned “ W e’re counting on Ryan to ranked 24th in the country the No. 1 seed for the fourth- win all his matches, which I with a 16-8 record follows straight year, was favored to think he is capable of doing,” The Observer/Mike Harris win the 11-team tournament, see W O M E N / page 17 Captain Brian Patterson’s status for the Big East Tournament is still up but Patterson’s injury will be see M E N / page 17 in the air due to an injury. at Big East Championships, at Massachusetts, Softball SPORTS mj M iam i, Fla. Saturday, 2 p.m. vs. Defiance College, Today-Sunday ATA Saturday, 1 p.m. at Big East Championships, at Harvard, Blue-Gold Game M ia m i, Fla. Today, 3 p.m. Saturday, 1:30 p.m. GLANCE Today-Sunday genocide is in this troops are tied down caring for and other countries. By preparing for a bility and well-being of case justifiable — as protecting the refugees and cannot ground war, Milosevic stokes fears of its neighbors by forcing I do myself— with prepare for fighting. Hundreds of bloodshed and could turn Western its own citizens to flee out subscribing to thousands of people arc displaced public opinion against involvement, has, in essence, the means by which within Kosovo itself, mainly into the lie won some opportunistic support internationalized its intervention is being probable lines of a ground assault. from former communists in Russia own domestic affairs. carried out. I partic NATO will have few good options once and Belarus, but most Slavs remain According to recog ularly doubt the Kosovo is occupied by strategically- lukewarm to his calls for unity. This nized principles of reliance on air placed defensive arrangements and could change depending on how the international law, it power to correct masses of Albanian Kosovars, West deals with the region after the bears responsibility for injustices being per hostages on their own land. w ar. damages inflicted, and petrated on the Third, Milosevic’s domestic political NATO’s mission was once said to be other states may act to ground. situation is stronger than ever. keeping the Russians out, the correct the situation. Some will point out Before 1989, Serbia was the freest Americans in and the Germans down. Such action does not that in previous country in the region and the closest Now it has to keep the Americans and necessarily involve the cases of genocide in to the West, but since the fall of com Europeans together and the Russians use of force, but nei our time — munism Milosevic has ground down out of trouble. The further mission of ther is force excluded. Cambodia, Bosnia, emerging democratic institutions and limiting what states like Serbia do to The United Nations Rwanda — the used them as corrupt supports for an civilian populations is a challenging Charter empowers the international com authoritarian system. The war is only task for which NATO countries should Security Council to munity did not react strengthening the current regime. prepare more thoroughly. The para identify “threats to j forcefully. This is Milosevic has continued his attacks on mount goal must be to protect and peace and security ” true, but that does opposition politicians and journalists encourage new democracies and and to use its Chapter VII enforcement not necessarily mean that intervention is and has lightened state censorship. growing economies in southeastern powers — including military force — to the wrong course now. It is in part a bad Among the populace at large, NATO and central Europe. The great fear of resolve them. These powers were invoked conscience about Bosnia and Rwanda that attacks are provoking support for people in the region is that the rest of only twice during the Cold War period, has invigorated the Western response to Milosevic along the lines of “my coun Europe and the U.S. will abandon against South Africa and Southern this challenge. The international commu try, right or wrong.” The inevitable them once this conflict ends. Western Rhodesia. Both cases involved interven nity is engaged in a long and difficult civilian casualties give people reasons Europeans and Americans need to tion in domestic conflicts. The Security process of establishing and enforcing to identify NATO as a dangerous ensure that their commitment to the Council determined, in other words, that international norms under which massive aggressor. region does not end with a military the racist regimes in these countries con crimes against humanity will be averted; Ranged against Milosevic arc NATO campaign alone. stituted “a threat to international peace the early steps in this process will members more cohesive than in pre and security,” and accordingly invoked inevitably be partial and imperfect. vious conflicts. Germany proposes a Andrew Gould is an assistant pro mandatory sanctions. peace plan (signs of Serbian forces fessor of government and a fellow in Since 1991, the Security Council has Alan Dowty is a professor of govern withdrawing from Kosovo in exchange the Kellogg Institute fo r International identified threats to international peace ment and a fellow in the Kroc Institute for for a cease-fire for 24 hours and Studies. and security and invoked Chapter VII in International Peace Studies. eventually peace-keeping forces from The views expressed in this column another thirteen cases. In ten of these The views expressed in this column are beyond NATO), but is committing are those of the author and not neces thirteen cases the threat was essentially those of the author and not necessarily troops to military action. France, sarily those o f The Observer. in te rn a l in origin. (The cases were Iraqi those o f The Observer. Italy, and Greece only recently agreed V ie w p o in t Friday, April 23, 1999 ------O ^ R V E R page 9