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O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL. XXXV NO. 94 H T T P : / / 0 BSE RVER.ND.EDU Eldred won’t fight monologues from leaders of C.A.R.E. a performance, but does not er the way women should with Wings” and Katie By SARAH NESTOR whom she accused of orga­ give a date, time or place for work together, sitting down Koestner, “Sex Signals.” News Writer nizing the performance, the performance. over a cup of coffee and talk­ The events will continue Eldred said she will not sanc­ The students involved with ing,” said Karen Ristau, vice next year. Amid the speculation and tion student performers this “The Vagina Monologues” president and dean of faculty. “The sexuality series will rumor as to whether “The year. reading at Saint Mary’s In a letter to the stu d en t continue next year, with pro­ Vagina Monologues” will be “I have not seen the adver­ Monday refused to comment. body from the Board of gramming as recommended performed at Saint Mary’s, a tisements, but there will be Administration reaction to Governance, the board voiced by the anti-violence task word of mouth campaign was no repercussions if the play is students performing or read­ its support of the administra­ force that is composed of fac­ started Wednesday revealing performed,” said Eldred. ing “The Vagina Monologues” tion and the steps that have ulty, students and staff,” that students will read “The The latest issue of the has been positive this year. been taken this year to incor­ Eldred said. Vagina Monologues” Feb. 25 Marie Claire magazine Students and the administra­ porate new programs in Some Saint Mary’s students in Regina North lounge at 9 already had the College listed tion have been able to talk response to the controversy expressed their approval of p.m. as holding a performance of about the situation so that concerning “The Monologues” “The Monologues” return to Unlike last year when “Vagina Monologues,” and dissension does not occur on last year. The letter com­ campus in addition to the College President Marilou the V-day Web site also has campus as it did last year. mended such events as the Eldred demanded an apology Saint Mary’s listed as holding “They have worked togeth­ Sexuality Series, “Womyn see ELD RED/page 7

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By ERIN LaRUFFA SMC Associate News Editor ♦ Group will For the third consecutive consider approving week, debate at the Student ' ■ : . student center as Senate’s Wednesday meeting i f S a centered on whether senators part of Master Plan should recommend raising the student activity fee which all By SARAH NESTOR Notre Dame undergraduates News Writer pay. Amy O’Connor, whom the sen­ { f t; , ate recently confirmed as club The Board of Trustees arrive coordinator of the Club at Saint Mary’s today and will Coordination Council, spoke on begin work in its separate com­ behalf of campus organizations mittees. that would stand to benefit from The Administration has been increased funding. compiling data for the Board to “Recently, w e’ve seen an update them on what has hap­ increase in demand while our pened since the Board’s last resources have remained static,” meeting in the fall. said O ’Connor. “Not all clubs A major issue for the Board is need more funding, but the whether they will approve the majority do.” ground breaking of the new student center to be built as The money collected through j t f - ' 0^ part of the Master Plan. the student activity fee goes to I M fund a variety of campus organi­ “I really want to see the approval for groundbreaking of zations, including undergradu­ i 10» ate clubs, the Student Union the student center project by Board and the office of the stu­ A the Board. I don’t expect it will dent body president. be a problem and the Board Last week, the senate rejected, m m should approve it,” said Karen by a vote of 14 to 13, a resolu­ Ristau, vice-president. tion calling for the University to After the student center is increase the student activity fee built it will house everything from $65 to $75. The resolution that is currently in Haggar. also called for $5 increases Additionally, it will include a every other year following the TONY FLOYDZThe Observer cyber cafe, campus ministry, Amy O'Connor, newly confirmed club coordinator of the Club Coordination Council, continues initial increase. several lounges, a copy shop, a Since the senate rejected the the debate over increasing the student activity fee. The senate rejected the proposed small theater and a dining hall. resolution, the body has formed increase during their last meeting but discussion continued during Wednesday’s meeting. The new dining hall will have to be built first and will jut into a committee to draft an alterna­ groups that would benefit from an activity several senators tonight. Burke drew a significant the LeMans parking lot next to tive resolution that would increased funding. questioned at previous senate crowd the last time he was here, the current dining hall. Noble increase the fee but perhaps The Architecture Club, for meetings — to attract members, but Best Buddies and other clubs Family Dining Hall will be would not include the provision instance, had to take on the according to O’Connor. Students do not have enough money to demolished so that the new involving the $5 increases. The responsibility and expense of are originally drawn to a club bring such well-known speakers student center can be built, committee consists of several organizing a career fair when meeting for the free food, but to campus more often. connecting the two buildings. senators, as well as O’Connor, the School of Architecture then stay in the club when they “[With more money] they There is also talk about con­ Student Activities director Brian stopped holding one, O’Connor discover what it is like. could bring speakers that every­ necting the new student cen­ Coughlin and student body vice told the senate. Another club O’Connor men­ one wants to go see, not just ter/dining hall to the tunnel president Brian Moscona. Other academic clubs, such as tioned was Best Buddies, which someone only a few .people have O’Connor described several the Physics Club, frequently use brought actor Chris Burke to organizations as examples of their funds to purchase pizza — campus two years ago and again see SENATE/page 7 see TRUSTEES/page 8 page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Thursday, February 21, 2002

In sid e C olu m n T his W eek on C a m p u s Poetic Expression Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday ♦ Conference: “Ecology, ♦ Boxing: Bengal Bouts ♦ Theatre: “Macbeth,” ♦ Concert: Notre Dame Expression is something that manifests, Theology, and Judeo — Preliminaries, Joyce performed by “Actors from concert bands, embodies and symbolizes an emotion, an idea or a state of being to someone who did not partic­ Christian Environmental Center Fieldhouse, 5 p.m. the London Stage,” Washington Hall, 3 p.m. ipate in the same experience. There are many Ethics,” McKenna Hall, all ♦ Concert: Alan Jackson, Washington Hall, 7:30 ways in which to express yourself, ranging from a smile or a frown to cartwheeling down South day Joyce Center, 8 p.m. p.m. Quad and splashing in melt-water puddles to ♦ Lecture: “Crisis in Latin singing and interpretive dance. Those of us who were fortunate enough to American Labor?” Hesburgh see Ani Difranco on Tuesday Center, 4:15 p.m. night saw her self-expres­ sion in her movements and dance, her lyrics and her music. All of it combined is Compiled from U-Wire reports her way of expressing that B eyond C a m p u s which is important to her. We all express ourselves in our daily lives. Whether it Students protest Laura B ush as com m encem ent speaker comes across in bitter, sar­ Angela Campos donic cynicism, in friendly LOS ANGELES, Cal. “She was selected for her said. “Having had a career in educa­ flirting or in keeping quiet Despite being 3,000 miles away, tion and information studies, she’s political celebrity. The and to yourself, we all par­ Lab Tech Laura Bush fueled debate between been dedicated to those areas, as take in self-expression. It is administrators and students who commencement speaker has been demonstrated by her how we let others know objected to the possibility of having should speak to us based onactions,” he added. about ourselves, about who the first lady speak at this year's “I’m really sorry there is this University of California-Los Angeles achievements in the field. much agitation,” Dorr said Friday, we are as people, as sentient and emotional commencement ceremony. promising to increase student beings. [Bush] has no merit. ” Students in the Graduate School of involvement in future selections. Some of the ways I have used to express myself Education & Information Studies Many students warned Dorr of the include singing out as I walk across the quads, met with Dean Aimee Dorr on Tara Watford political implications of inviting being very animated in how I interact with my Friday to demand that she rescind doctoral student Bush to speak at the commence­ friends and strangers and in prayer. But I have the invitation to Bush. ment. found that the form of self-expression I use the Critics cited Bush’s “shallow cre­ doctoral student in education. “She was selected for her political most is poetry. I write poetry as an outlet for my dentials” and complained they were Carnesale, who sent off the invita­ celebrity,” said Tara Watford, a doc­ emotions, a sounding board for my issues and not allowed to participate in the tion in early February under the toral student in education. concerns and space to let my chi radiate. There selection of their commencement recommendation of the school, said “The commencement speaker is something about poetry that has always made speaker. Tuesday that “it is extremely unlike­ should speak to us based on the world more real to me. “We’re disappointed that the ly” he would rescind the invitation. achievements in the field,” she said. Stories written as fiction and creative non-fic­ selection for a student event had no “She seems to me to be an entirely “[Bush] has no merit.” tion, describing the world as it is, create worlds student input,” said Estela Zarate, a appropriate speaker,” Carnesale Daily Bruin and are wonderful ways to describe locations and situations. But in trying to describe the cir­ cumstances properly, sometimes description takes over and the meaning of what was being D uke U niversity S an J o s e S tate U niv ersity said is lost. With poetry, on the other hand, I have found Scientists find possible cancer vaccine Nursing school faces cuts allows for me, as the writer, to pick specific, dis­ tinct words that focus on emotion, feeling, situa­ During the past five years, Dr. Johannes Vieweg and With budget cuts imminent and enrollment beginning tion and purpose. But poetry, when it is only fellow immunotherapy researchers at Duke University to increase for the first time in six years, the San Jose written on the page, sometimes can be misread have witnessed a fledgling prostate cancer vaccine State University school of nursing is doing all it can to and the intended emotion can be lost, just like it become a clinical trial with recent, very positive avoid a full-blown crisis situation, said the director of is lost in longer fiction. When poetry is read patient responses: vaccine acceptance and a decrease the nursing program at SJSU. Because the California aloud, however, the emotion, situation and inten­ in tumor growth rate. Thirteen patients in the State University system’s budget is undergoing major sity all come forth, enveloping the listeners in the advanced stages of prostate cancer have been involved reductions for the coming year, Jayne Cohen, the nurs­ author’s world. The reading empowers the poet­ in the trial oyer the past year. The patients are inject­ ing school director, said the school is buckling down ed with a certain type of cell — known as dendritic and looking for ways to cut costs. “Our college is ry, making it flow, giving it rhythm, each step cells — from their own bodies in an attempt to combat preparing for the projected deficit by analyzing where bringing the reader closer to understanding the the cancer. These cells first are cultured for seven reductions could and should be made. This issue, jux­ poet’s [my] frame of mind. days outside the patient’s body and at the same time taposed with increasing nursing student enrollments, This evening, from 7-9 p.m. I will be joining recoded with the patient’s RNA to provide genetic poses a special problem,” Cohen said. This combined readers for an open mic session in the Ballroom information about the tumor cells. The vaccine is still with the ever-increasing need for registered nurses of LaFortune. We will each be presenting read­ in its early developmental stages, which means it will with bachelor’s degrees makes for a difficult future for ings that help us to express ourselves to the audi­ be quite some time, maybe five to 10 years, until it can the nursing profession, Cohen said. Dena Murphy, a ence. I will be reading four original poems: be introduced on a larger scale in cancer treatment fourth-semester nursing major, said she has begun to "Juxtaposed," "Then Why Not ‘Yes’...?" "Can methods. see the effects of the lack of funding. You See" and "Friend." Each one of the poems The Chronicle Spartan Daily has a tenor of its own. Each grasps at some form of identity, all of which are a part of my identity. The set of four, combined, help me create a world which explains life, pain, healing and friendship. We will be expressing ourselves, Loca l W eather N ational W eather opening up our personal thoughts and insights to you. It will not be easy for us, because we tread 5 Day South Bend Forecast on sensitive territory. Come and support us. AccuWeather® forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures The AccuWeather.com forecast for noon,Thursday, Feb. 21. Come, let me express myself to you. Let me show Lines separate high temperature zones for the day you a little bit of who I am, a little bit about me.

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humanities and ecology. By MEGHANNE DOWNES Scholars will examine how News Writer recently ecology has been evolv­ ing its view on species interac­ Experts from a broad range of tion and ecosystem function academic disciplines will be con­ from a “balance of nature” to vening this weekend on campus “flux of nature.” Then the for the “Ecology, Theology, and effects of these changes on social Judeo-Christian Environmental thought will be examined. Ethics” conference. The confer­ Within the framework of a ence, sponsored by the Lilly Judeo-Christian discussion, Fellows National Research scholars will examine how Conference, human action will address and nature is how ecology, 7 hope that by bringing affected by history, philos­ these different discipline contemporary ophy and the­ approaches together aecology. ology are Lodge and interrelated. conversation will begin Chris Hamlin, “I hope that that will move from muti- professor of by bringing disciplinarian to one that history, are these different organizing the disciplines addresses concerns from conference, approaches one another. ” which was ini­ together a con­ tiated by a versation will group of facul­ David Lodge begin that will ty members move from professor of biological sciences from the multi-discipli­ College of Arts narian to one and Letters that addresses the concerns and the College of Sciences. from one to another,” said David The participants include ecolo­ Lodge professor of biological sci­ gists, biologists, historians, ences. philosophers, ethicists, and Specifically, the scholars will Christian and Jewish theologians investigate how the separate dis­ from prominent universities. ciplines possibly affect and The conference will consist of a shape environmental policy and series of talks, responses, and ethics. Scholars are challenged breakout discussions. to conduct an environmental dis­ The conference will take place cussion combining these disci­ in McKenna Hall beginning plines while applying contempo­ Thursday evening and ending rary scientific attitudes. Sunday afternoon. KATIE LARSEN/The O bserver The conference will highlight a Marie George, professor of philosophy at Saint John’s University of New York, lectures on range of topics that are related Contact Meghanne Downes at Thomas Aquinas at Saint Mary's Wednesday. The lecture focused on natural virtues and per­ to the interruptions between mdownes 1 @nd.edu sonalities. HD AFTER FIVE Thursday, Feb. 21 Friday, Feb. 22 Saturday, Feb. 23 5:00 p.m . Evening Prayer, Coleman-Morse 5:00 p.m . Evening Prayer, Coleman-Morse Center 5:00 p.m . Saturday Vigil Mass, Basilica of the Center Chapel Chapel Sacred Heart 5:15 p.m . Daily Mass, Basilica of the Sacred 5:00 p.m . 2002 Bengal Bouts Preliminaries, Joyce 6:30 p.m . 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FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.nd.edu/~sao/ page 4 The Observer ♦ NEWS Thursday, February 21, 2002 C hina Attorneys dispute Bush meets with Zemin time limit in rape case ♦ Priest's attorney Wednesday but was delayed Associated Press after the defense motion was asks court to filed last week. BEIJING enforce 10-year Geoghan, 66, was convicted On the final leg of his Asian last month of fondling a 10- trip, President Bush said statute of year-old boy in 1991. He is to be Thursday that China is lend­ limitations sentenced Thursday, and could ing “steady and strong sup­ face up to 10 years in prison. port” to the U.S.-led war on The victim in the current case terrorism as it worked toward Associated Press testified Wednesday that he told striking a deal with the his mother details of the alleged United States on controlling BOSTON abuse at age 11, in 1986. the flow of nuclear technolo­ Child rape charges filed “I recall telling her every­ gy- against a defrocked priest do thing,” he said. “About the sex High on Bush’s agenda with not exceed the state’s 15-year abuse, fondling, and oral sex.” Chinese President Jiang statute of limitations for the The specific allegation of oral Zemin is preventing the sale crime, a prosecutor argued sex, the act on which the rape of missile and nuclear tech­ Wednesday. charges are based, wasn’t made nology to nations such as Iraq Attorneys for former priest until 1989, the prosecutor said. and Pakistan. The two lead­ John Geoghan say the charges Since 1995, more than 130 ers hoped to complete an should be dismissed because the people have claimed Geoghan agreement during their meet­ alleged victim made a molesta­ fondled or raped them during ings in Beijing, a senior White tion accusation in 1986. the three decades he served in House official said Thursday The court should apply the Boston-area parishes. on condition of anonymity. 10-year statute of limitations Under pressure following Jiang greeted Bush at the that existed then, argued Geoghan’s conviction, Cardinal Great Hall before a contin­ Geoffrey Packard, Geoghan’s Bernard Law gave prosecutors gent of 40 uniformed Chinese attorney. The current 15-year the names of more than 80 soldiers. They reviewed the AFP Photo time limit on child rape charges active and former priests ceremonial honor guard and President Bush reviews an honor guard with Chinese President took effect in 1996. accused of abuse during the last shook hands with members of Jian Zemin during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing. Prosecutor David Deakin said four decades. each others’ delegations, then bishops. He said he hoped war against terror,” Bush the charges, which were filed in The Archdiocese of Boston went behind closed doors for that Jiang “would understand said. Each stop of his journey. 1999, are based on specific alle­ said Wednesday it was suspend­ their talks. the important role of religion Bush said, gave him a chance gations that were made in 1989, ing a pastor in Abington follow­ Under the potential nuclear in an individual’s life.” “to look the leaders in the well within the 15-year limit he ing allegations of sexual miscon­ deal, China would meet U.S. In addition to human rights, eye, to thank them on behalf said applied to the case. duct with a minor. Nine priests demands to publish a list of Bush and Jiang are at odds of a grateful nation, for their The hearing is scheduled to have been suspended since the items prohibited from export over U.S. missile defense steady and strong support as continue Friday. Geoghan’s trial archdiocese’s new policy was and enforce the ban if the plans, the fate of Taiwan, this nation leads a coalition to had been set to begin announced. administration agreed to lift trade and Bush's claim that defend freedom.” sanctions barring U.S. compa­ North Korea, Iran and Iraq China agreed in November nies from launching satellites form “an axis of evil.” Bush 2000 to stop the export of GRE AT WALL on Chinese rockets. intended to raise World Trade sensitive nuclear equipment Voted #1 Oriental Restaurant for Seven Years in a Row The meetings between Bush Organization requirements and know-how to countries Szechuan - Hunan - Cantonese - American and Jiang were unlikely to be that China allow U.S. soybean like Pakistan and Iran. 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China has provided ers, said White House control rules and a list of sen­ Friday - Saturday 11:30 AM -11:00 PM the United States intelligence spokesman Ari Fleischer. sitive technologies, nor has it Sunday Buffet Brunch - Every Sunday and other help that has gone Before leaving South Korea, cracked down on export deals 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. a long way toward muting dif­ Bush told troops at Osan Air struck before the November $8.95 for Adults ferences, and Bush also was Base that despite their agreement. $4.50 for Children under 10 extending an invitation for regional differences, the 222 Dixie Way, South Bend 219 ( ) 272-7376 Jiang to visit Washington next three Asian leaders he has fall. met on his six-day tour are But there are also sticking united in backing his coalition points. Bush wants to encour­ against the al-Qaida network age Jiang to respect religious and other terrorist groups. 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Queen completes Jamaican visit: Queen Elizabeth II wrapped up a visit Wednesday that energized debate about why an independent nation should retain a European monarch as head of state. Jamaica was the first of four countries on the royal itinerary in the jubilee year celebrating the queen’s 50 years on the throne. She now heads to Australia and New Zealand and visits Canada in October. Storm devastates Bolivian capital: Rescue workers found more bodies in the rivers around Bolivia’s capital Wednesday, bringing the number of dead to 52 in the most destructive thunderstorm in the city’s history. The storm, which began about 3 p.m. Tuesday and lasted nearly an hour, flooded streets in the city center, turning the main street into a muddy river.

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Copyright office targets online radio: A government panel proposed Wednesday that organizations that broadcast music and other radio content over the Internet pay royalties based on each Web user that lis­ tens in. The recommendations are the latest step in a struggle between the record indus­ try, broadcasters and the government to determine the price of music in the Information Age. Raids stop illegal money transfers: Money-transfer agents in 14 states were raided in an effort to stop the illegal wiring of millions of dollars to Iraq, the govern­ AFP PHOTO ment said Wednesday. U.S. Customs Service Egyptian rescue workers walk through one of the burnt out train cars that caught fire February 20, 2002 at Commissioner Robert Bonner said 29 search the village of Reqa Al Gharbiya, located approximately 44 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. warrants on businesses and individuals were used, allowing law enforcement agents to seize documents and records. The identi­ Hundreds die in Egyptian train ties of the businesses and individuals were not disclosed and no one was arrested. said some of the corpses Egyptian Railway train had no dining car, Associated Press were found curled up Authority, said at the but that passengers often CAIRO under seats and dozens scene. “I’ve been with the brought gas cylinders and A train crowded with more lay alongside the railway for 32 years and small stoves aboard Indiana N e w s B r ie f s Egyptians leaving the cap­ train tracks. never seen or heard of an despite regulations forbid­ ital for a religious holiday It was the worst disaster event of this size.” ding it. Applicants flood graduate programs: caught fire and sped on in in 150 years of Egyptian President Hosni The train cars had railroad history. Mubarak, who was in the metal frames with wooden Graduate degree programs across Indiana are flames for miles Wednesday, killing 373 Maher Abdel Wahid, Egyptian resort of Sharm seats. Each burned car seeing a surge in applications from prospective people, including some who led a team of state el Sheik, was quoted by was jammed with passen­ students hoping to broaden their career who died as they jumped investigators to the scene, the Middle East News gers whose clothing and options in a weak job market. Notre Dame Law from the burning cars, said he did not expect the Agency as expressing his belongings would have School has seen a 51 percent increase in enroll­ police said. toll to rise much beyond “deepest regret and pro­ been flammable. Some ment applications compared with last school The fire was reportedly 373. found sorrow” to the fam­ passengers apparently year, with graduate programs at Purdue started by a cooking gas Officials called it the ilies of the victims. had portable gas cookers. University seeing a 27 percent rise. Indiana cylinder that burst and it worst train accident here The news agency said The cars were separat­ University’s Kelley School of Business has expe­ swept through the last in decades. the cause of the fire was a ed, but witnesses saw pas­ rienced a 15 percent increase on top of a 30 seven of the train’s 11 “There has been noth­ burst gas cylinder using sengers running from car percent jump last year, The Indianapolis Star cars. Workers in gloves ing in the recent or dis­ for cooking in the dining to car, including one and masks pulled charred tant past like this,” car. But al-Sherif said the women who was on fire. reported in a story published Wednesday. and twisted bodies from Ahmed al-Sherif, director cause was still under People were likely smok­ the wreckage. Firefighters of the state-owned investigation. He said the ing on board, as well.

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A sec­ ♦ Band member he would have to undergo five Walters and Diane Sawyer on see how it could be interpreted ond special, to be broadcast in negotiates travel or six months of training at Tuesday denied any rift that way and how, if one didn’t April, will be about her on Russian Rocket Star City, the space training between them over an inter­ know the story and wanted to upcoming autobiography, center outside Moscow, before view in which talk-show host create a story, it could look as “Find Me.” for November blasting off. Rosie O’Donnell is expected to if I was trying to harm Diane,” O’Donnell’s spokeswoman, mission A Los Angeles TV produc­ discuss her homosexuality for Walters said on Tuesday. Cindi Berger, said O’Donnell tion company, Destiny the first time publicly. “This is not the evil axis,” agreed to speak to Sawyer Productions, is one of several Walters said, however, that she said. because “it she should have been more “This is a lit­ was a political corporations offering to spon­ “Barbara and I talked Associated Press sor Bass' journey, and hopes sensitive to any public percep­ tle m isun­ issue that was to document it for a television tion that she was trying to d e r s t a n d ­ about that and I am now near and dear special, “Celebrity Mission: undermine Sawyer. ing.” completely relaxed to her. For NEW YORK Lance Bass.” Sawyer landed the much- “The View” that reason, about ."it Lance Bass could be going Bass’ voyage would follow sought interview with hosts decid­ she was com­ from ‘N Sync to in space. that of California investment O’Donnell, which is to air on ed to talk pelled to The boy band m em b er is banker Dennis Tito, who ABC’s “Primetime Thursday” about the Diane Sawyer speak and negotiating to travel on a on March 14. O’Donnell will subject speak open­ reportedly paid $20 million to ABC anchorwoman Russian rocket for a mission visit the International Space reportedly talk about her sexu­ because of ly.” i n Station last ality in the context of opposing n e w s p a p e r O’Donnell is N ovem ber, year. South a Florida law restricting the stories about ending her according to “I’m looking forward toAfrican tycoon adoption of children by gay O’Donnell, Walters said. She run as a daytime TV talk-show M i r C o r p , couples. said she called O’Donnell that host in May. completing this lifelong Mark t h e Shuttleworth Last Thursday — the day morning to ask if it were OK to The timing of Sawyers’ inter­ Amsterdam- dream . ” rep o rted ly is Sawyer taped her interview talk about her sexuality, and view and Walters’ discussion based space spending the with O’Donnell — Walters and O’Donnell said yes. on “The View” revived stories travel com­ her co-hosts on ABC’s “The A week earlier, Fox News about competition between the Lance Bass same sum to pany. fly to the space View” talked briefly about the Channel talk-show host Bill two. The New York Times, in a Bass said ‘N Sync band member station on a case. In doing so, they publicly O’Reilly had talked about story last week, said ABC News in a state- Russian rocket asserted that O’Donnell’s President David Westin had to m e n t in late April. O’Donnell was This is not an evil axis. s e x u a l i t y sit the “ferocious” rivals down W ednesday Russia’s a lesbian. during a in fall 2000 and strike a truce that he was “completely over­ space chief, Yuri Koptev, has “W hat con­ This is a little guest after they competed over inter­ whelmed.” said his agency is mulling cerns Rosie is misunderstanding. ” appearance views with Yasser Arafat. “I’m looking fo rw ard to over several tourist candi­ not just this on “The “I cannot tell you how much completing this lifelong case but that View,” we hate this story,” Walters dates to visit the station in Barbara Walters dream,” he said. October. “The earnings pro­ she has three a n g e r i n g said Tuesday, adding that she The plan still requires the vide serious support for the adopted chil­ ABC TV personality the show’s and Sawyer have bumped approval of the Russian space industry, the cosmonauts’ dren and a fos­ hosts. heads on stories far fewer agency, Rosaviakosmos, training center and mission ter child her­ Sawyer times than one would expect, according to MirCorp, which control,” he said Wednesday. self, and she, said she given their respective roles. also plans to build the first Bass expects to start train­ because she is gay, would not and Walters talked Tuesday It doesn’t mean the two news private space station. The ing in May, after the pop be allowed to adopt this child,” about “The View’s” discussion stars can’t have fun with it. partners in the international group’s “Celebrity 2002” tour, Walters said on “The View.” and she was satisfied there Both dined separately at the space station program — the which begins March 3 in Walters said she had not was no attempt to undermine Four Seasons in Manhattan on United States, Russia, Japan, Portland, Ore. competed with Sawyer to land her work. She had been most Tuesday, where observers Canada and Europe — also Bass’ film debut, “On the a prime-time interview with concerned that it had occurred could notice a scratch on would have to approve the Line,” didn’t exactly skyrocket O’Donnell. She was aware without O’Donnell’s knowl­ Sawyer’s face. She got it when trip. in October. Critics panned the Sawyer would be speaking to edge, which she believed she ran into a tree while walk­ The 22-year-old Bass romantic comedy, co-starring O’Donnell, but Walters said would be wrong, Sawyer said. ing her dog over the weekend. attended space camp near Joey Fatone of ‘N Sync, and it she didn’t have that interview “Barbara and I talked about “I’m going to tell everybody Titusville, Fla., when he was sank at the box office. in mind when the subject came that and I am now completely that I did it,” Walters said.

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speakers all year, they’re Zika and the senate’s gender G reat B ritain going to look back at our sen­ relations committee to Sister Eldred Senate ate. We deserve the discredit.” Mary Louise Gude, assistant continued from page 1 continued from page 1 However, two students who vice president of student came to the meeting voiced affairs. programming already spon­ heard of,” O’Connor said. concern over raising the stu­ The letter called for improv­ Students sored by the College. She added that many clubs dent activity fee. ing the University’s Women’s “1 think that it’s great use all their financial resources “I’m not completely opposed Resource Center, currently because I think “The Vagina to plan one major event that to raising the fee,” said fresh­ located on the third floor of protest Monologues” raise an benefits the whole campus, but man Cole Barker. “I think it’s LaFortune. Specifically, the let­ awareness about women’s leaves the club without money ridiculous that we would raise ter requested that the bodies,” sophomore Cyd for other activities, such as the student activity fee so peo­ University hire a full-time staff Apellido said. “Those stu­ community service in South ple can go get free pizza at the member for the center, tuition dents who are participating Bend. Physics Club.” improve the quality of informa­ are really brave and they “The club loses on an inter­ “If an academic club has tion available at the center and show that they really care to personal level, and it can’t go trouble attracting members move the center to the Associated Press take that risk of possibly get­ do service,” O’Connor said. maybe they shouldn’t be a club Counseling Center. ting in trouble. Hopefully While she conceded that anymore,” said junior Chris As she submitted the letter to LONDON other students will see that clubs can hold fundraisers, it Zimmerman. the senate, Zika told senators Shouting slogans and blow­ it is not about controversy would be impossible for many However, the office of the that the WRC could become a ing whistles, thousands of uni­ but about consciousness.” organizations to raise all the president’s representative to much more valuable resource versity students marched money they need on their own. the Financial Management for students. through the capital “Fundraising can only cover Board Audra Hagan said that it “All they can give you is infor­ Wednesday, demanding the so much,” said O’Connor. was important to maintain mation, and even that’s outdat­ government scrap tuition fees The committee set up to con­ clubs, both for incoming fresh­ ed,” she said. which they claim are plunging sider the example hopes to men to enjoy and for the overall However, student body presi­ them into debt and barring have a resolution ready for the benefit organizations have on dent Brooke Norton questioned the poor from higher educa­ Contact Sarah Nestor at senate to consider at its next the campus Zika tion. [email protected] meeting on Feb. 27. community. about why ■ The streets of central “I’ll be very disappointed in “There is an “I’m not completely the best London, normally choked with the senate if we don’t pass intrinsic value to opposed to raising the location traffic, had a carnival atmos­ this eventually,” said every club and for the phere as the students Visit The Observer Morrissey senator Padraic organization on fee. I think it’s ridiculous W R C marched toward Prime campus,” said would be Minister Tony Blair’s Downing O nline: McDermott. “Five years down that we would raise the the line, when SUB is crum­ Hagan, who student activity fee so the coun- Street office and into http: / /observer .nd. edu bling and they can’t bring any originally pro­ s e 1 i n g Trafalgar Square. Police, who posed the reso­ people can get free pizza center. estimate the crowd at some lution. at the Physics Club. ’’ “People 4,000 people, watched closely Z im m erm an don’t but didn't intervene. also pointed out think, The National Union of that only 75 per­ Cole Barker “Oh, I Students, which organized the Student Government cent of students O’Neill Hall Senator have a annual rally, claims Blair’s belong to a club, w o m an ’s government has betrayed stu­ and therefore he problem . dents by ending means-tested said clubs should have to pay Let’s go to the third floor of living allowances in favor of Positions Still Available more themselves so that the LaFortune,’” said Zika. “We loans and introducing fees of other 25 percent of the student want to get it moved to the up to $1,500 a year for uni­ body does not have to pay a counseling center so it’s closer versity courses. higher activity fee. to where the students are, and The student union says stu­ “The majority of that [other] it’s a place they’d probably feel dents now graduate with an Off-Campus Senator 25 percent still enjoys that more comfortable going to.” average debt of $14,300 and money,” said Jesse Flores, the The WRC often refers stu­ in college must survive on $40 senator from Carroll. Flores dents to the counseling center a week after paying rent, Junior Class Officers pointed out that student activity anyway, added Pangborn sena­ meaning they would.be better fee money also goes to SUB tor Mary Mullen, who chairs off claiming unemployment movies and to help dorms pur­ the gender relations committee. benefits. chase items such as DVD play­ “We are appalled that a gov­ ers. ♦ The senate unanimously ernment which claims its No. In addition, Zimmerman approved four students for SUB 1 priority is education is forc­ questioned the fact that student positions: Stephen Christ as ing thousands of young people If you would like to run for groups must pay to use certain board manager, Lauren Fowler to live below the minimum campus facilities. as director of programming, threshold that it believes a “It’s our facility. It’s our Andrew Lam as chief controller single person can live on,” office, please contact the Vice- University. We paid for it from and Connie Quinlan as director NUS national president Owain the beginning,” he said. of operations. James said Wednesday. President of Elections at 1-7668 or Education Secretary Estelle In other senate news: Morris said it was shortsight­ ♦ The senate unanimously ed to suggest students were email Judicial council at better off on unemployment approved a letter from Contact Erin LaRuffa at Cavanaugh senator Lindsay benefits. jcouncil2nd.edu by the end of [email protected] “Do they really think that their life chances would be improved if they had no quali­ today! fications, didn’t do the degree and stayed on job-seeker’s allowance?” she asked. Ministers insist the fees are fair, as paym ent is m eans- tested, and defend the loan system, which allows students to borrow up to $5,700 an W h o Y our C rushl* academic year, with interest rates linked to the inflation rate. 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And Crasbees Can Match The grants in the academic year Amount Paid By Their Crash On Monday And Tuesday. Feb. 25 and 26. 1999-2000. Blair has come under increasing pressure to revise the policy, after the regional governments in Scotland and Wales restored grants. Scotland has also ended tuition fees. page 8 The Observer ♦ NEV^S Thursday, February 21, 2002

next year,” Ristau said. The Board of Trustees is Yates jurors to see photos Trustees composed of nine different continued from page 1 committees that will be meeting She did not elaborate. Parnham appeared bothered separately today and Friday ♦ Jurors will view Yates, 37, could face the by some of the photos that system, but this is not for cer­ and the full Board will meet to more than two death penalty. She has plead­ flashed onto a computerized tain. have a final vote on issues dozen photos ed innocent by reason of monitor as attorneys dis­ “Once ground breaking on raised. The Board will also be insanity. cussed them. the student center project is voting on the student represen­ taken at the crime At issue during the trial is Yates was removed from begun the plan calls for a peri­ tative for next year. scene whether Yates suffered from the courtroom before the pic­ od of 18 months to complete, Applications have already been a mental illness and knew tures were shown. but this project could be com­ turned submitted and the the difference between right It isn’t clear whether she pleted in less than 18 months,” Board will review these and Associated Press and wrong at the time of the will be in the courtroom said Marilou Eldred, president. make their selection. The stu­ drownings. when the photos are viewed While there are no definite dent representative is a voting HOUSTON Testimony was to resume by jurors. plans for what will happen to member and informs the com­ Jurors in the Andrea Yates Thursday when prosecutors Also admitted was a video­ Hagger College Center after the mittee about student life. child-killing case will be likely will display the pic­ tape Houston police crime new student “All the administra­ allowed to see more than two tures taken after Yates was scene unit officer Glenn West center is built, “The board will decide on dozen photos taken at the arrested last June. made of the Yates home, a there is talk tion prepare crime scene, a judge ruled One of the photos shows 7- one-story Spanish style brick th at it will budget approval thatdata to Wednesday. year-old Noah Yates floating house, after he arrived June become part of would include decisions update and gather all the State District Judge Belinda face down in the bathtub 20. t h e on student fees and Hill admitted 29 of the pho­ with his arms outstretched, West testified Wednesday Administration information tos of the dead children and submerged beneath the that he found one of Luke’s building. faculty salaries for next so the contents of the Yates home water. socks in the soggy hallway “Many of the year. ” Trustees can after the state agreed to Others detailed bruising on between the home’s back offices in have the withdraw 10 others. the children and how the bedroom and the bathroom LeMans are knowledge to Karen Ristau Hill said the photos’ rele­ bodies of Noah’s four where he and his siblings crowded and make their vance outweighed any preju­ younger siblings —John, 5; were drowned. they barely vice-president decisions,” dice they might cause the Paul, 3; Luke, 2; and Mary, 6 “As I stepped out of the have enough said Akmaral jury. months — were laid out on a living room into the hallway, room for Omarova, the The court recessed early bed in the back bedroom. there was a water trail all everyone. It is not absolutely current student trustee. “It is because of an emergency Prosecutors also plan to the way from the bathroom sure but Hagger could possible my job to inform the Trustees unrelated to the trial. A male show photos taken during back into the bedroom,” house administration offices,” about the day to day concerns juror was returned to the the children’s autopsies. West said. Eldred said. of students.” jury room, where he was Prosecutor Kaylynn Bowls and a box of cereal Along with voting on whether The Board of Trustees will be joined by Hill. Williford said it is never were on the kitchen table, he or not to begin work on the stu­ on campus today and Friday, “It causes us not to be able easy to present evidence told jurors. dent center the Board will also holding conferences in to proceed today. It has noth­ such as pictures of the dead A baby carrier was found be examining data the finance Stapleton Lounge and meeting ing to do with the case,” Hill children. in the bathroom next to the office has accumulated. with the different vice-presi­ said when she re-emerged. Defense attorney George tub. “The Board will decide on dents and Eldred. budget approval that would include decisions on student Contact Sarah Nestor at fees and faculty salaries for [email protected] .

E cology, Theology, and

Judeo-C hristian

E nvironm ental E thics February 21-24, 2002

A Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts National Research Conference at the University of Notre Dame

Friday Morning Plenary Session: Changing Scientific Conceptions of Nature 8:30 a.m.: From the “Balance of Nature” to the “Flux of Nature” Stuart Pimm, Columbia University 10:30 a.m.: Rates of Change of Natural Ecosystems: The Impact of Humans Gary Belovsky, University of Notre Dame

Friday Afternoon Plenary Session: Changing Conceptions of Nature in Historical Perspective 1:00 p.m.: Changing Metaphors and Concepts of Nature Elspeth Whitney, University o f Nevada, Las Vegas

3:00 p.m.: Ecology and American SocialThought Eugene Cittadino, New York University

Saturday Morning Plenary Session: Changing Theological and Ethical Conceptions of Nature 8:30 a.m.: Theology and Ecology in an Unfinished Universe John Haught, Georgetown University

10:30 a.m.: Ecology and Society: The Challenge to and from Christian Ethics Larry Rasmussen, Union Theological Seminary

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I Sponsors of the Conference Major sponsors: Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts The Erasmus Institute, University of Notre Dame Notre Dame entities: Office of the Provost • Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts • College of Science College of Arts and Letters • Graduate School Center for Environmental Science and Technology Thursday, February 21, 2002 The Observer ♦ NE'WS C olom bia States seek cremation reform President breaks Associated Press The ghastly discovery of scores of bodies discarded in the woods near a Georgia cre­ off peace process matory has illustrated what consumer advocates say is a lack of state regulation and actions of the guerrillas," said oversight of the industry. Associated Press shopkeeper Jaime Tapia. “It Eight states have no laws at doesn't matter if there is a war. all, and most of those that do, BOGOTA We are already at war." including Georgia, lack ade­ President Andres Pastrana The highly organized hijack­ quate enforcement, consumer broke off the peace process with ing angered a nation already advocates say. leftist rebels Wednesday night, fed up with peace talks that “Other than EPA emissions hours after guerrillas hijacked a have gone nowhere, and regulations, crematories are jetliner and kidnapped a promi­ appeared to be the last straw seriously under-regulated,” nent senator. for Pastrana. said Lisa Carlson, executive In a nationally televised “It’s not possible to sign director of Funeral Consumers address, Pastrana gave the agreements on one side while Alliance, based in Hinesburg, Revolutionary Armed Forces putting guns to the heads of Vt. “It’s clear something needs until midnight, three hours innocent people on the other,” to be done." away, to abandon the vast safe Pastrana said. Georgia lawmakers moved haven he granted them at the In one of the most brazen quickly this week to tighten beginning of the process. attacks in a 38-year battle rules for crematories and The military began immediate against the government, four treatment of the dead after m preparations to retake the safe rebels dressed in civilian clothes rotting corpses were found Switzerland-sized area of jun­ and armed with handguns near the Tri-State Crematory gle, mountains and cattle ranch­ seized control of the Aires air­ AFP Photo in Noble. The bodies had been Law enforcement personnel confer on top of a state emer­ es in southern Colombia. Gen. lines flight, forcing it fly into taken there for cremation but gency response vehicle outside tri-state cometary. State Euclides Sanchez, the second in southern Colombia. were left in garages, vaults or investigators have discovered more than 100 decomposing command of the army, was Camouflage-clad rebels met the woods. named to head the operation. the plane as it landed on a nar­ Ray Brent Marsh, the opera­ corpses. The find has prompted national dialogue on crema­ There was no immediate row road near the town of tor, is charged with theft by tion reform. reaction from the 16,000-strong Hobo, clipping small trees deception for allegedly taking Vermont and West Virginia — rebel group. before it came to a stop. The payment for cremations not Twenty-three states license have no laws, Carlson said. But the rapid moves indicates waiting rebels then whisked performed and giving families their crematories, according to Ohio has a 1998 law requiring Colombia’s 38-year-old civil war away the four armed hijackers wood chips or cement powder the association. crematory inspections but it — which pits the U.S.-backed and Sen. Jorge Gechen Turbay, instead of ashes. Florida and California have has not been used because military and a brutal right-wing 50, president of the Colombian One proposed law in Georgia the most comprehensive laws licensing of inspectors has not paramilitary group against the Senate’s peace commission. - would close a loophole that because they require inspec­ been completed. FARC and smaller guerrilla fac­ Gechen Turbay is a member allowed crematories like Tri- tions, according to association Also, unlike funeral direc­ tions — will intensify. of a prominent political clan State that do not open to the executive director Jack tors, crematory operators are Pastrana’s announcement was that has had several of its mem­ public for memorial services to Springer. He said California not subject to Federal Trade greeted in Bogota by some dri­ bers killed and kidnapped by operate without a license or also requires that crematory Commission consumer protec­ vers honking their horns. the FARC. Four other members state inspections. operators pass training pro­ tion laws mandating disclosure “This peace process didn’t of Congress are also being held The bill would also broaden grams. of consumer rights in writing. make sense because of the by the rebels. the definition of mistreating In most of New England and Carlson’s group, which has the dead to include abandon­ Texas, state laws require cre­ 120 branches in 44 states, ing or throwing away a body matories to be located at not- wants the same rules applied intended for burial or crema­ for-profit cemeteries. to crematory operators. tion. “In New England, where the Lawmakers in several states The Georgia case has high­ majority of crematories are on have said there should be lighted the disparities in state cemetery grounds, you’re not stricter rules for punishing laws at a time when crema­ into the problems like in negligent crematories. In tions are on the rise. Twenty- Georgia,” Carlson said. “It’s Michigan, for example, a law­ five percent of the 2.3 million much more out in the open. maker who is also a funeral “Corky” people who died in the United It’s not hidden in some remote director wants to make negli­ States in 2000 were cremated, countryside location or ware­ gent disposal of human Thursday, Feb. 21st according to the Cremation house." remains punishable by up to Association of North America. Eight states — Alabama, 10 years in prison and a 7:30p.m The group estimates that fig- Maryland, Mississippi, $50,000 fine. Such an act is ure will double by 2025. Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Utah, not currently a crime in COUPON Michigan. Stepan Center 51 O ff Springer said problems of the sort seen in Georgia are Life Goes On actor Chris Burke B a i t y iu rooted in the subcontracting will inspire you to set goals and realize system. In the Georgia case, Deliver Cuitiat about 25 to 30 funeral homes your dreams. in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama sent bodies to Tri- Sponsors: Best Buddies. Howard Hall, the Center for Social Concerns, State for cremation instead of the Office for Students with Disabilities. Logan Club and doing it themselves. “He said he was doing it. He the SMC Student Diversity Board w asn ’t doing it. Nobody checked him,” Springer said. COUPON “What we need is people to be trained and be responsible for people they hire to do their cremations.” R e n t a l is This Weekend in the Department of Music Bob Fells, general counsel of the International Cemetery and Funeral Association, Sat. Feb. 23: Anney Gillette, voice recital based in Reston, Va., said most w/ Kui Min, piano states have good guidelines I but do not enforce them. 3 pm, Annenberg Auditorium Congress has not debated Sat. Feb. 23: Sean Lipscomb, trombone recital crematory legislation in eight years. Fells, whose group has w/ Katie Badridze, piano 6,000 members and lobbies on 5 pm, Hesburgh Library Auditorium Capitol Hill, said he hopes the Saturday Sun. Feb. 24: Aimee Szewka, voice recital federal government stays out of the issue. February 23 w/ Mark Scozzafave, piano “We’ve always found that 2 pm, Annenberg Auditorium state regulation is more effi­ cient and effective than federal Sun. Feb. 24: ND Concert Bands oversight,” he said. 7-9 pm 4 pm, Washington Hall “As bad as it is, the Georgia authorities are there on the All concerts are free and open to the public scene.” Joyce Center Ice Rink In Massachusetts, where Call 631-6201 for more information there are 15 crematories, a state medical examiner must Open to all Notre Dame Students first visit the facility and inspect paperwork and view the body. page 10 The Observer ♦ NEVC^S Thursday, February 21, 2002 McCain decries donations

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Health officials have attrib­ Associated Press Beginning April 1, New York’s uted the drop in the U.S. adult merger with Compaq cigarette tax will become smoking rate during the Squeezed by the recession, $1.50 per pack, the highest in 1990s to a combination of identifying themselves as HP nearly half of the states are the nation. high taxes, no-smoking laws Associated Press workers and 226 as former looking at raising cigarette Also, New York Mayor and public service campaigns. employees — were asked about An independent poll commis­ taxes to generate revenue and Michael Bloomberg wants to States that raise cigarette the deal and the leadership of sioned by the son of Hewlett- discourage people from smok­ raise his city’s tax on ciga­ taxes not only generate more chief executive and chairwoman Packard Co. co-founder David ing, too. rettes from 8 cents per pack revenue but stand to save Carly Fiorina. Packard found that almost two- “We’ve never seen as many to $1.50. Combined with the money in the long run The poll reported that 63 per­ thirds of HP employees in states looking at increasing new 39-cent state cigarette because health care costs cent of current employees Oregon oppose the company's cigarette taxes as a way to tax increase, the average cost associated with smoking dis­ oppose the deal, while 31 per­ vigorously contested acquisition make up for fiscal deficits as of a pack of smokes in New eases will go down as more cent said they favor it. Six per­ of Compaq Computer Corp. we're seeing right now,” said York city people quit, cent had no opinion or no com­ The survey, released Janis Borton of the National would said Dr. ment. That section of the survey Wednesday by Field Research Conference of State approach $7 Thomas had a margin of error of five Corp., challenged the company’s Legislatures. — the highest “If you don't want to Houston, percentage points. assertion that most workers Twenty-two states are con­ anywhere in head of the Among retired employees, 59 pay for it, don't smoke. ” support the $21 billion purchase sidering proposals by gover­ the country. A M A ’ s percent were opposed and 20 and gave the sons of HP’s nors or legislators to boost The tobacco S m o k e le s s percent in favor, with 21 per­ founders fresh ammunition in cigarette taxes, according to industry has States pro­ cent offering no opinion. That their increasingly acrimonious the group. been waging gram. category had a six percentage Jesse Ventura fight to sink the deal. In Oregon, for example, a state-by- Supporters point margin of error. Minnesota Governor HP dismissed the poll, saying Gov. John Kitzhaber is advo­ state lobbying of raising Although opposition among it represented just one small set cating a 50-cent-a-pack effort to try to the cigarette employees was widespread, of its 88,000 workers. The com­ increase, despite protests snuff out the proposed tax have tried to sell it as a older workers and those who pany also said the results might from the tobacco industry increases. kind of voluntary tax. have been with the company for have been skewed because that it would balance the “We characterize what’s “If you don’t want to pay for more than 10 years tended to many respondents knew the poll state budget on the backs of going on as tax profiling,” it, don't smoke,” said express greater displeasure with was sought and paid for by smokers. said John Singleton, Minnesota Gov. Jesse the deal. David W. Packard, who has spo­ Kitzhaber spokesman Jon spokesman for R.J. Reynolds Ventura, who wants to raise The survey is a statistically ken out against the deal. Coney said the governor — a Tobacco Co. “You’re taking a his state’s cigarette tax by 29 accurate reading of HP employ­ Packard, who had said he former emergency room small percentage of the popu­ cents. ees in Corvallis but should not commissioned the $100,000 sur­ physician — views the tax lation and singling them out So far, the Republicans who be considered representative of vey in hopes of getting an unbi­ increase as a “two-fer” for for an additional tax burden run the Oregon Legislature HP's entire work force, said E. ased measurement of employee Oregon. that ultimately benefits the have rejected Kitzhaber’s pro­ Deborah Jay, president and CEO sentiment, did not return a mes­ “It’s a good way to bring in entire state.” posal to raise the cigarette of San Francisco-based Field sage seeking comment more money in the face of the Since 1993, the American tax, saying they are against Research. Wednesday. recession,” he said. “There is Medical Association has advo­ any tax increases. Kitzhaber The workers opposed to the From last Thursday through also a public health benefit. cated higher taxes on ciga­ also wants to increase deal had many of the same Monday, researchers at Field The higher the price of a pack rettes as a way for states to Oregon’s beer and wine tax. objections as its chief opponent, called randomly generated tele­ of cigarettes, the fewer the raise hundreds of millions of “Why not have a latte tax HP board member Walter phone numbers in and around people who will buy them and dollars for state budgets while instead?” House Speaker Hewlett. Corvallis, Ore., where HP’s smoke them, particularly discouraging smoking. The Mark Simmons said. “It’s very Thirty-one percent of those printing division employs 4,200 young people.” idea picked up momentum unfair to target one segment against the deal said it didn't people, mainly engineers and Already this year, legisla­ after the Sept. 11 terrorist of society for tax increases. add enough value or they were technicians. tors in New York state have attacks damaged the already It’s very demoralizing.” worried about Compaq's prof­ approved a 39-cent-a-pack weakened economy. The 671 respondents — 445 itability.

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T h e O b se r v e r The Independent, Daily Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Irish conflict offers perspective P.O. Box Q, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 I traveled to Belfast in Northern wrong I was when our tour of Belfast me ask just how long it may take for E d it o r in C h ie f Ireland with the Ireland Program began with the guide pointing out an that spiritual exhaustion to set in. Mike Connolly about two weeks ago. I think it may be empty lot and telling us that it used to Northern Ireland has been struggling M a n a g in g E d it o r B u sin ess M a n a g er the most interesting place I’ve ever be the forensics mortuary until the to be free for more than 200 years. Noreen Gillespie Bob W oods been, both for its own sake and for the IRA blew it up. The sheer length of this fight is fright­ insight it gives into The war that shook Belfast for so ening because, though the results give A s s t . M a n a g in g E d it o r O pe r a t io n s M a n a g er other hotspots of M arlayna long is in no way hidden. Murals of one hope that the fight will end in Kerry Smith Pat Peters the world. S o e n n e k e r paramilitary men with machine guns Israel, too, I have to wonder when Hopefully most N e w s E d it o r : Jason McFarley decorate hundreds of buildings, relat­ that end will come. How many people people know some Here We Go V ie w p o in t E d it o r : Patrick M cElwee ing their willingness to die for the will die before that time? How long of the history of Again: Letters cause to all who pass by. Almost every will the Holy Land run with blood? S p o r t s E d it o r : Noah Amstadter Northern Ireland, corner has its story of death and every S c e n e E d it o r : C. Spencer Beggs From Exile The perspective on Afghanistan is but I’ll summarize street has run with blood. equally disturbing. I know that I, Sa in t M ary ’s E d it o r : Myra McGriff it briefly anyway. We met with a minister in the gov­ growing up, always sided with the P h o t o E d it o r : Peter Richardson In 1921, the 26 counties of the ernment of Northern Ireland and dis­ IRA, feeling that they were fighting for Republic of Ireland won their freedom cussed the radical changes that the A d v e r t is in g M a n a g e r : K im berly Springer their freedom, religious and political. from Britain, but at the cost of the peace process has released. The for­ A d D e s ig n M a n a g e r : Alex Menze Historically, the American sympathy partitioning of the six counties that mer leader of the IRA is now a minis­ has been with the IRA. But the fact is System s A dministrator : Pahvel Chin make up Northern Ireland. These ter in the government. Thousands of that the methods they used — snipers, W eb A dministrator : Adam Turner counties remained part of the United prisoners convicted in connection with grenades, rockets, bombs — are the C o n t r o l l e r : Kevin Ryan Kingdom because they were predomi­ IRA and Unionist paramilitary crimes tools of terrorists. The IRA were ter­ G r a p h ic s E d it o r : Andy Devoto nantly Unionist and Protestant. have been released, meaning that rorists, but because they were terror­ C ontact U s However, a full one-third of the popu­ there are literally hundreds of convict­ ists that we agreed with in some way, O f f ic e M a n a g er /G en e r a l In f o ...... 6 3 1 -7 4 7 1 lation of these counties was Catholic. ed murderers on the streets in we called them rebels, revolutionaries F a x ...... 6 3 1 -6 9 2 7 Over the next 80 years, Catholics in Northern Ireland. The concessions on and freedom fighters. 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oday b s e r v e r oll u estio n T oday ’s S taff NDT /O P Q Q u o te o f th e D ay News Scene Andrew Thagard Matt Nania “When you do the common things in life in Meghanne G raphics Should “The Vagina Monologues” an uncommon way, you will command the Downes Jake Weller be performed at Notre Dame? attention of the world. ” Justin Krivickas Production Sports Chris Federico Vote at NDToday.com by today at 5 p.m. George W ashington Carver Bryan Kronk Lab Tech agricultural scientist and activist Viewpoint Angela Campos Sheila Flynn O bserver V i e w p o i n t Thursday, February 21, 2002 page 13 Catholicism versus footballism

I received an e-mail asking, “If foot­ the stadium more interesting. may have won more games than Notre Like with many issues, the two ends ball is not the heart and soul of the Three: Notre Dame football is part of Dame, but God is clearly on our side. of the spectrum often seem to presup­ University, then what is?” This raises a larger sacramentality. One of the If, as happened in the 90s, we beat pose that the middle two options do the issue of the relation of theology claims made about Catholicism is that Florida State but then lose to not exist. and football, and it might be an inter­ it is a “sacramental” faith. unranked Boston College on a One e-mail in response to an earlier esting experiment Catholics believe that dying quail field goal as column charged that because I ques­ to try to map out because God made the the clock expires, this tioned football’s status as the heart the options. world, the world can is not a sign that God and soul of the University, I must also One: Notre Dame be a visible sign of favors Boston simply not care about extra-curricular football is evil. One God’s ongoing College (a false activities at all. But I am really mostly view is that foot­ activity. In the prophet), but of the third type. Notre Dame football, ball has a negative case of foot­ that God among other things, is part of a larger effect on the acad­ ball, the soli­ either does sacramentality. I remember Ron emy that is so per­ darity, spirit not hear Powlus’ first touchdown pass. It was nicious that the and athleti­ our cries long, but because it was towards the game ought to be cism dis­ (“How corner of the end zone, it required Todd Whitmore eliminated, or at played on long?”) touch. It was beautiful, even inspiring. least scaled down the field or is To paraphrase Freud, however, in in the manner of can be a punish­ most cases a forward pass is just a the University of The Common sign, ing us forward pass. I may want Notre Dame Chicago, once the Good however for our to win, but God, I think, is invested in home of the origi­ imper­ pride other things. nal “monsters of fect, of follow­ There are problems with footballism the midway” and the first Heisman God’s ing the in addition to the fact that adding an Trophy winner, but now a Division III pres­ Florida eighth sacrament makes it a faith afterthought. ence State other than the Catholicism it claims. Holders of this view may or may not among victory. The first is that it can be a sign of be religious. The key is that the criti­ us. The (and mask for) a spiritual malaise. cism accrues until it is understood that Because second When footballists live and die vicari­ what is wrong with Notre Dame foot­ in this inflec­ ously through Notre Dame football, it ball is that it is a thing-in-itself evil, view tion raises the question of whether there is and so is at least a quasi-theological football is empha­ a lack of fullness in their own lives. problem. Whatever gods there may be part of a Whet We

“What’s the difference between Jesus and a picture But of course, as soon as the Church grabbed hold their son to sit on the lap of a thin, single man in his frame?” of him, they took all the bite out of him. He was no mid-30s, especially if his traveling companions were When my friend followed with the punchline to this longer the Jesus who helped wedding guests get 12 other men. joke at a party, everyone in the room groaned or drunk. He became the Jesus who loved you, despite So why do all these skewed perceptions of the orig­ looked around nervously. They had trouble accepting having no idea where you’ve been. Instead of being inal Jesus exist? My hypothesis is that we’re just try­ a joke about their chosen savior. the living, flawed Jesus, he became the dead, hang- ing to make the whole Jesus myth more personal and But why does humor about the j oe Muto ing-in-the-back-of-the-Church-with-surprisingly- relevant. The whole shebazz is hard enough to swal­ Son of God make people uncom­ nice-abs Jesus. low as it is, so the powers that be saw no benefit in fortable? Who is this man that I’ll digress here to take issue with this. I don’t have constantly reminding people that our Lord and we ritualistically eat every i - n„ n many details offhand about the second coming, but Saviour is not white at all, but a Jewish Palestinian. Sunday and Holiday? And why P rauer I’m relatively sure that if and when it happens, the That’s why the people who scoff when Jesus is por­ does he taste like unsalted crack- " last thing that Jesus wants shoved in his face for an trayed as a black man or as a woman make me ers? autograph is a crucifix. It’s just common sense that a angry. It’s a big enough leap of faith to decide that Well I think that my 15 years of returned dead person probably does not want a con­ Jesus existed at all, so anything people do to person­ Catholic school education more than qualify me to stant reminder of his own death. If Elvis came back alize the guy should make other Christians happy answer these questions. So you theology professors to earth, I bet he’d be pretty miffed if all his fans that the faith is expanding. with your fancy “degrees” and “knowledge” can just were wearing little silver toilet bowls around their The Church teaches that Jesus is both human and back off. necks. divine, but the humanity often gets lost in the shuffle. The Jesus of “fact” is the one from the Bible. I Also, as far as idolatry goes, we’re all going to hell. All you humorless Catholics who write in to don’t know if anyone has actually read this obscure The image of the Jesus that we worship looks noth­ Viewpoint to complain about everything from “The piece of literature called the New Testament, but ing like the actual Jesus. This may be partially for­ Vagina Monologues” to the fans at basketball games, what it gives is pure, uncut Christ. It’s the Christ of given, however, as it is primarily a sin of the com­ remember this: Jesus was a human, and unlike cer­ history, the one that existed before the Catholics memorative plate industry. Think about it: Jesus the tain RAs, he had a sense of humor. Lighten up a lit­ started making stuff up off the top of their heads (for blonde, blue-eyed, gentle, bearded hippie looks a lot tle. example: “Okay, for Jesus’ sake, let’s not eat meat on better above the fireplace than Jesus the sand-blast­ And next time you walk into a Church, look at the Friday. Oh, also Jesus said that fish isn’t meat, for ed, toothless Arab. The Franklin Mint is just going abs you could grate cheese on and remember one some reason. Amen.”). with what sells. thing: It only takes one nail to hang a picture frame. This Christ is intense. This is a Savior who rocks. Other images of Jesus are deceptive too. I’m sure He hangs out with prostitutes. He can change water you’ve all seen the picture of him sitting on a log Joe Muto is a sophomore FTT and English major. into liquor at will. He talks to the devil all the time. I stump, preaching to a crowd of white kids in modern Contact Joe Muto [email protected] . love this Jesus. I want to hang out with this guy. clothing. This image is misleading at best. Most mod­ The views expressed in this column are those of the Actually, half my friends are this guy. ern parents, if given the choice, would not allow author and not necessarily those of The Observer. O bserver Scen e page 14 Thursday, February 21, 2002

M ovie R eview ‘I’m not a singer, not yet an actress’ sixth grade burying a shoebox of mementos that characters have relatively complex, albeit pre­ By C. SPENCER BEGGS signify their aspirations for the future; the girls dictable, relationships and motivations, Rhimes Scene Editor make a pact to dig it up at midnight on the day of throws so many issues into the mix that they can their high school graduation. Flash forward, six only be addressed by the bluntest delivery possible. “Crossroads” is abysmally bad. The trite MTV- years and the three friends, the nerdy and sexually Every line contains far to much background infor­ hyped movie delivers little more than lame fairy curious valedictorian virgin Lucy mation to be remotely believable as a tales for teens that can’t even deliver a remotely (Britney Spears), prom queen perfec­ real piece of dialogue. coherent message. tionist Kit (Zoe Saldana) and pregnant “Crossroads” After the arduous and conveniently The movie begins by introducing three friends in trailer-trash tough-girl Mimi (Taryn reoccurring “singing along to the radio Manning), have drifted apart and are in the car” scenes, the plot can only be barley speaking to each other. out of five shamrocks advanced by jump cutting to scenes in After Lucy makes an unsuccessful Director: Tamra Davis which the characters have been attempt to lose her virginity, the three Starring: Brilney Spears, involved in a conversation for a number meet up to fulfill the pact (after Spears of hours, but the audience enters at the prances lithely around in her under­ Zoe Saldana, Taryn crucial moment. wear for two scenes). When- Mimi Manning and Anson Mount The producers of “Crossroads” seem reveals that she is heading to to think that this technique gives them California with the mysterious Ben (Anson Mount) license to start scenes with overly philosophical to participate in an MTV open music audition, the lines. The characters appear to be all too willing to other two girls put their differences on hold and tell their whole life stories at the drop of a hat, a come along to fulfill their childhood dreams: Lucy convention that leads to some jarringly cumber­ wanting to reunite with her estranged mother who some and unrealistic lines. lives (conveniently on the way) in Arizona and Kit Of course, audiences shouldn’t be surprised by he wanting to see her suspiciously absent fiancee at movie’s blatant disrespect for their intelligences. his college in Los Angeles. After all, the theme song of “Crossroads” is Spears' Of course, following in the footsteps of every teen “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman:” MTV Films road trip movie, the girls are required to use their couldn’t have been more literal with the image they wile and wit to make it to Cali: hilarity ensues - at are attempting to force feed the pre-teen to teen least that’s what it seems the film intends. In fact, target demographic. “Crossroads” either has depressing subjects or it is Further, “Crossroads” fails to make an intelligent simply not funny. Most of the laughs come from or touching point. In the end, all the girls have a smart-ass comments audience members yell at the perfect resolution to their problems, which remark­ screen. ably degrades the significance of the heavy issues The movie mostly takes place in conversations in the movie wishes to address such as rape, teenage hotels and in Ben’s ’70s cruiser (an automobile that pregnancy, fidelity and chastity. apparently has a magic radio that always tunes in Incidentally, Spears proves herself to be an ade­ at the beginning of all pop songs and in which quate actress; after all, she does play Britney nobody, including the pregnant woman, ever needs Spears everyday. But even Spears’ perky “not so to wear a seatbelt). And even with cockamamie innocent” breasts (which drastically change size excuses to have two musical numbers and two sex throughout the movie) cannot save “Crossroads” scenes with Spears (scenes that conveniently cut from forever being referred to as Britney’s biggest away before anything interesting happens), the bust ever. movie drags its entire 90 minutes to a lack luster Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures conclusion. “Crossroads” is Britney Spears' first major motion pic­ The real problem with “Crossroads” is screenplay ture. writer Shonda Rhimes’ atrocious script. While the Contact C. Spencer Beggs at [email protected].

M ovie R eview Comedy ‘Super’ team needs backup being the flashback clip shown as the cred­ 1 By MATT NANIA its are rolling. As for the stuff in between, Scene Movie Editor it’s mostly hit and miss. The story is of the shallow “Police In an age when a teen comedy film is Academy” variety: Broken Lizard’s cast released every other week and the kind of members (Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin toilet humor made famous (or at least re­ Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and invigorated) by the Farrelly Brothers has Erik Stolhanske) play Vermont highway uncomfortably found its home on patrolmen who seem to enjoy their job only Hollywood Boulevard, “Super Troopers” when they pull stunts on unsuspecting seems to have a lot going for it. civilian drivers. They’re more willing to see Not the product of some major studio, how many times they can say “meow” dur­ “Super Troopers” is the work of the ing their interrogation of the driver than Broken Lizard comedy actually hand out a ticket troupe (think Kids in the „ — that is, until the gover­ Hall but less bizarre) and “Super Troopers nor threatens to shut was picked up by Fox down the patrol and hand Searchlight after being over their duties to the screened at last year’s out of five shamrocks corrupt local police force. Sundance Film Festival. Director: Jay Chandrasekhar But don’t get too bogged While the potential is Starring: The Broken Lizard down by the plot, since there for perhaps anoth­ enjoyment of the movie er “Caddyshack,” the comedy team, Marisa Coughlin hinges on everything but movie falls way short of and Brian Cox logic. The story itself is Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures the mark, quickly resort­ just a premise to string Broken Lizard started as a group of friends from Colgate University. “Super ing to the over-the-top nature that teen along a series of gags that amount to not Troopers" is its second full-length feature. films generally adhere to. much more than high school-style pranks The opening scene of the movie is taken and hazing exercises. Yes kids, there is a bit of gratuitous nudi­ Broken Lizard seem more suited to the right out of the trailer. Three stoned col­ Like their adolescent brethren, Broken ty, but most notably the full-frontal male world of sketch comedy than attempting to lege kids are heading to Canada when they Lizard dive head-on into jokes ranging nudity of the Chris Farley-esque Heffernan. piece together a full-length feature for the are pulled over by the local Highway from rampant drug and alcohol abuse and It’s not pretty. silver screen. Patrol. masturbation to bestiality (pretending to And while there are moments that will This segment has to rank as the best have sex with a bear is pure cinematic have you laughing out loud — the bullet scene in the movie, with a close second genius). proof jock strap is particularly amusing — Contact Matt Nania at [email protected] . page 2 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Thursday, February 21, 2002 Biggest in the East For 5 years, the women’s swim team has dominated the

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S itting around their house late one . weekend, Carrie Nixon and Tara Riggs decided to play a game. Coming off a 201-99 dual meet slaughter of Northwestern, a Big Ten and NCAA powerhouse team, their confidence was flying high. Just for fun, Nixon and Riggs decided to see if the Irish could measure up — or even beat — the fastest teams in NELLIE WILLIAMS/The Observer the country. Sophomore Laurie Musgrave surges through the lane in the 100-yard breaststroke earlier this season. Musgrave will After all, if Northwestern wasn’t a chal­ team with senior Allison Lloyd in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events at the Big East Championships this week­ lenge, someone had to be. end. So they looked up the results of a match­ up between USC and Stanford, and com­ pared them to the results of the in 1997, Notre Dame has quickly estab­ Virginia Tech’s debut at the meet last times will have to swim automatic tunes to Northwestern meet. lished its dominance in a conference that year — highlighted by a runner-up perfor­ be guaranteed a spot at the national meet, The result? If both teams swam the hasn’t been a top contender at the NCAA mance — has also made the meet more making this weekend’s competition criti­ same times in the fictitious meet, Notre Championship. competitive. But it was the entrance of cal. Dame would have come out on top of the And on the brink of adding a sixth con­ Notre Dame eight years ago that changed Maintaining focus throughout the meet ninth-ranked USC. secutive championship to Notre Dame’s list the tone of the conference meet, Siedliski has been something head coach Bailey The outcome ignited the team. this weekend, the swimmers know that it’s said. Weathers has tried to emphasize to the “The next day at practice, they came in getting to be a familiar feeling. “It changed the intensity of the meet,” team. and said if we had swam them, we would “It is comfortable,” said co-captain Siedliski said. “Pittsburgh were the big “We’ve talked a lot about staying have beaten them ,” said senior Kelly Maureen Hillenmeyer. “It’s hard for me to guys on campus. Once ND came in there focused through all three days of the Decking. “Everybody was like, ‘Wow ... we say that, but that’s how it’s been all of my was a run for the money. Now when you meet,” Weathers said. “It’s the only could be ranked [higher].’” years here. We’ve just known it’s going to step in the aquatic center, it’s just amaz­ chance we have to prepare for NCAAs. If It may have been a fantasy competition, be pretty easy for us to win.” ing.” you’re going to feel comfortable at the but the results told the Notre Dame squad Notre Dame’s consistent dominance in The conference has yet to make the shift NCAA meet, you have to feel comfortable what it already knew — that they had the the Big East meet is a relatively new to competing seriously on the national on the conference level.” capacity to compete on a national level. trend, however. Despite five titles, the Irish level, although the swimmers that have While the goal this weekend is making Since landing a No. 13 national ranking don’t hold the Big East record for most gone from the conference have been suc­ the times for the national meet, the team at the beginning of the season, the conference titles. Pittsburgh has the most cessful, Siedliski said. does have to keep its eyes on the team women’s swimming and diving team has team titles with eight. “We don’t send a lot of swimmers, but scores. been on a mission to command the respect After the Irish stepped onto the top of the the ones we do send make a lot of noise,” “We certainly want to win the meet, and of national-caliber programs. podium for the first time in ’97, Nixon he said. we know what we have to do to win the At a goal meeting at the beginning of the remembers stepping on deck with a team Many of Notre Dame’s swimmers hope meet. The danger is if you’re ahead season, the team aimed to place in the top in 1998 that wasn’t sure it could repeat. that if they do earn a top 10 team finish at halfway through the meet, you don’t ever 10 at the NCAA meet at the end of the sea­ The thought of making a team presence at NCAAs, it will make a statement for the want to take it for granted,” Weathers son. NCAAs wasn’t even an afterthought. conference. said. Working toward that goal meant shifting “ft was a big thing for them to win,” said “It’s not known as a swimming confer­ But even with five straight titles behind the focus of team goals towards the NCAA Nixon, the only fifth-year senior on the ence, but it’s definitely headed in that them, this weekend’s meet will not be all meet rather than putting the season’s 2002 squad. “They weren’t sure if they direction,” Nixon said. “It takes one team easy races for the Irish. Labosky will face emphasis on the Big East conference meet. could do it again.” breaking out, one team being on the NCAA another tight race with Sydney Olympian It’s a goal that has been casually tossed The shift in attitude on the team since level.” and Villanova swimmer Maddy Crippen, around on the team since the current then has been apparent, Nixon said. who edged Labosky by a hundredth of a senior class came in to Notre Dame in “We’ve evolved from being in a competi­ second in the 400-yard individual medley 1998. But this year, the pieces have begun tion where it’s anyone’s meet to this year Staying in the Fast Lane at Rolfs Aquatic Center earlier this season. to fall into place. Instead of just dreaming, where it’s totally dominating,” Nixon said. The ultimate goal for the championship Nixon, the conference record holder in they want to make it a reality. “We’re going out to win the meet, but it’s this weekend is getting as many people the 100-yard freestyle, will be contested “Since my freshman year, we’ve wanted not our ultimate goal.” qualified as possible for the NCAA meet in by Miami’s Manon Van Rooijen, currently to move to be an NCAA-focused team,” co­ Despite Notre Dame’s comfortable victo­ March. ranked ahead of Nixon by more than a captain Riggs said. “Each year, we become ries, a more competitive meet has emerged Eight swimmers — seniors Decking, second. that a little more and more. This year, we in the past two years after conference Nixon, Allison Lloyd, sophomores Lisa But if they can bring home another tro­ saw the talent in our team, and the coach administrators decided to change the qual­ D’Olier, Laurie Musgrave, Lisa Garcia and phy, they know that even though it’s a saw the talent in our team. We just needed ification standards for the meet. freshmen Kristen Peterson and Kelli familiar feeling to win, it never gets old. to see it in each other ... and we have.” Since women began swimming at the Barton — have all made consideration “Each race is a different race, each year “We really believe that we belong in meet in 1983, teams were allowed to bring times for the meet, and sophomore Marie is a different year,” Nixon said. “You feel NCAAs,” Nixon said, “We’ve said that is set numbers of swimmers and divers to the Labosky has already earned an automatic different, you race different, every time. our meet, we belong with those girls, we meet. Now, athletes have to make time time in the 400-yard individual medley. To stand up there you say, T overcame the belong in finals. Before we just said that cuts — eliminating dead weight from the It’s the most cuts the Notre Dame squad problems this year.’ It really never gets we hope we make the meet. It’s a huge competition. has ever had going into the conference old.” mental difference.” “It’s not really increasing the quality, but meet, and that will give the swimmers focusing the quality,” said Jim Siedliski, aiming for automatic cuts something to assistant commissioner for sport adminis­ fight for. Biggest in th e East tration at the Big East. “The quality has “The thing that’s different this year is They may dream of being among the always been there. If you look at a meet that we have potential to take a dozen or best in the country, but to get there, Notre that has 500 entrants, the 350 who make more girls to NCAAs,” Dillenmeyer said. Dame has had to be the big fish swimming the cut are still going to be there. The 150 “It forces us to focus more on making our in a small pond. who are there for a participatory aspect NCAA cuts.” Contact Noreen Gillespie at Capturing its first Big East Championship are not.” The swimmers who have consideration [email protected] . Thursday, February 21, 2002 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER page 3 Strength in numbers

By sending the most swimmers of any Big East team to reclaim their runner-up finish

by surprise last season,” said senior By SHEILA EGTS freestyler Austin Anderson. “We felt we Sports Writer gave the meet away in areas that we shouldn’t have.” T he Irish swimmers are pulling out According to Welsh, the Irish face a their razor blades and shaving tightly packed field of competition from cream this week to trim more than second place down to seventh, and scor­ just the hair on their faces. Like all the ing the meet on paper right now would com petitors headed to the Big East give second place to Virginia Tech. Championships in Uniondale, N. Y., the But the meet won’t be won on paper. Irish are shaving their legs in strategic It will be determined in the water this preparation. weekend. The shaving process — a ritual for “We’ve been over this meet so many male swimmers — is done once a season, times and the other teams are clearly right before the championship meet. By seeded ahead of us in the relays,” said making the skin sleeker, it can trim valu­ Welsh. “So that is an indicator of how able fractions of seconds off race times. the season has gone, but in real life it But with a deep team of 20 swimmers just means the race is on.” and three divers traveling to compete at The competitive entry times have not Big East, the Irish have a greater advan­ flustered the Irish, who are feeling up to tage than just silky smooth legs. the occasion after a team meeting for According to head coach Tim Welsh, motivation and goal setting on Feb. 11. the Irish appear positioned for a strong Senior co-captain Mike showing at Big East. Koss said the team Although none of his “We’ve been over this voiced nothing but pos­ swimmers are seeded itive comments and first in any event, the meet so many times and concerns, emphasizing team qualified more the other teams are its strength in num­ swimmers and one clearly seeded ahead ofbers. more diver than any “We ended our other team. us in the relays. So that meeting with the typi­ Since the Irish is an indicator of how thecal Irish cheer and I returned to campus in season has gone, but in rem em ber it being January after training resoundingly loud,” in Florida, the men real life it just means the said Koss. “We’ve got have accumulated four race is on. ” no injuries, no sickness consecutive dual meet and nothing holding us victories and posted back.” Tim W elsh consistently faster In addition to depth, NELLIE WILLIAMS/The Observer times each week. Irish head coach the team is looking The senior members of the men's swimming and diving class of 2002 hope to “Our training camp towards standout lead the way for the team at the Big East Championships. Clockwise, from left was a springboard to juniors Andy Maggio to right, are David Horak, Mike Koss, Jonathan Pierce, Austin Anderson and increase our momen­ and Jason Fitzpatrick Elliot Drury. tum,” said sophomore freestyler Matt for major contribution to the scoreboard. Obringer. “We bonded and we have real­ Maggio has led the team with consistent­ ly been working as a unit since then.” ly high scores all year, and set University the team’s strength in the relays and dis­ Senior David Horak, seeded third in the The Irish will ride this momentum as- records in the last several dual meets. tance events with big performances from 100-yard backstroke, was sick with they attempt to race their way back to Based on his improved times over the senior co-captain Jonathan Pierce. mononucleosis last season and was not the No. 2 spot in the Big East. They will past three years, Fitzpatrick is confident Pierce will challenge defending champi­ able to race at Big East. Horak said the focus on battling closely-ranked Virginia that he will also be considered for a pos­ on Eric Limkemann of Pittsburgh in the pressure from a fast, condensed group of Tech, while closing the gap on Pittsburgh, sible NCAA invitation in the 100- or 200- 1,650-yard freestyle Saturday to reclaim swimmers will make the race exciting the defending champion. yard breaststroke. the first-place title he held both freshman and hopes to finish his career on a high The Irish placed second in 1999 and Obringer scored points for the Irish last and sophomore year. Pierce is seeded note. 2000, but they walked away with an year with eighth-place finishes in the third in the event, but he has an entry “It was hard watching my teammates unexpected fourth-place team finish last 200- and 500-yard freestyle, but he is time less than a second shy of Virginia and not being able to swim myself [last year, only a half a point ahead of looking to place in the top five coming Tech’s Greg Kubovcik. year],” said Horak. “It’s been two years Rutgers. back as a sophomore. “I think I became complacent after win­ since I’ve had a big meet and I just want “The fourth-place finish really took us The outcome will also rely heavily on ning both my freshman and sophomore to show everyone on the team, in the Big year, but I am really gunning for first East and back home that I can still do it.” this time,” said Pierce. The realization of this last meet has not The Big East race also marks the last set in for senior Elliot Drury, who has shot Pierce has to gain an invitation to family traveling to New York from the the NCAA Championships in late-March. West Coast to support him at Big East. Pierce has been within consideration “During my three years, I never time for the 1,650-yard freestyle for the thought about what it would be like to be past two years, but not close enough to swimming my last race,” said fellow make the automatic cut. senior Anderson. “I don’t think it will hit “Qualifying [for NCAA] has been a me until I step out of the pool for the last huge goal for me since my freshman time on Saturday.” year,” said Pierce. “I think the best way Koss will be competitive in the 200- to get there is to focus and keep doing it yard breaststroke, but emphasized that for the team. You feel so much faster is the team goals are more important to you are doing it for the team rather than him as he leads his team in this final for individual times.” meet. After four years of coaching Pierce, “This is a culmination of all my training Welsh praised him for the disciplined and all of my experiences,” said Koss. “As work ethic he has maintained through­ senior captain, it’s about more than just out his entire senior season and hopes fast times. It’s about getting the team Pierce will swim a lifetime best time at involved, pushing other guys and seeing Big East. our team do well as a whole.” “It would be a wonderful tribute to his The meet begins this morning with pre­ career if he could qualify,” said Welsh. liminaries at 10:30 a.m. and with finals at Pierce is the only one of Notre Dame’s 6:30 p.m. five seniors who has this opportunity for RICO CASARES/The Observer an extended season with an NCAA invita­ Freshman Frank Krakowski should contribute solid performances for the Irish in tion. For the rest, this last career swim is Contact Sheila Egts at the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly events. a nostalgic experience. [email protected] . page 4 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Thursday, February 21, 2002 Performances to watch

W o m e n ’s T eam M e n ’s T eam

Carrie Nixon Nixon returns to conference com­ Jonathan Pierce After Pittsburgh’s Eric Limkemann petition to reclaim her sprint titles defeated Pierce in the 1,650-yard after sitting out last year with a freestyle at Big East last season, Pierce shoulder injury. But the fifth-year is taking a last stab at winning his senior faces a challenge in the 100- * champion title in the event. The senior yard freestyle, seeded second after will attempt a lifetime best time to Miami’s Mann Van Rooijen. qualify for the NCAA in March.

Heather Mattingly Andy Maggio The most decorated diver at Notre Seeded first in both the 1- and 3- Dame, Mattingly looks to crack into meter diving events, Maggio will the top places of Big East diving com­ draw attention and points for the petition. After a fifth place on the 3- Irish. He has led the team in diving meter board and a sixth place on the all year and set Notre Dame records 1-meter board last year, the senior in several of the final dual meets of wants to end with a high finish. the regular season.

Marie Labosky Jason Fitzpatrick Labosky earned her ticket to the Fitzpatrick’s main focus is his per­ NCAA Championship in the 400-yard formance in the 100- and 200-yard individual medley swimming against breaststroke where he is approach­ Olympian Maddy Crippen. Losing to ing NCAA qualifying times. He will be Villanova’s Crippen by a hundredth racing in a total of five events to con­ of a second, Labosky will look to tribute team points across the board. defeat her at the championship.

Kelly Necking Relays The senior hopes to defend her The Irish relays will be a crucial title in the 100-yard backstroke. component at Big East because relay Decking is seeded first by more than events are scored higher than indi­ a second, but she’ll race the clock to vidual races. To place high in team drop fractions of seconds to earn an standings, the Irish will have to be a automatic bid to the NCAA force in the relay events. Championship.

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T w o T ic k e t s F o r : “ J ohn Q ” Hollywood healthcare

This week, Melissa Rauch (MR) and Paul Camarata PC: Cassavetes may not have written the (PC) bring you “John ” Q,a story about a hostage situa­ sappy outbursts and divergent ideological tion in which the really crazy people are the ones sur­diatribes that pop up throughout the dia­ rounding the guy with the gun. Yeah, we're talking tologue, but he certainly allowed them to you Anne Heche — or should we say, Celestia? make the final cut. About the only thing that Cassavetes did capably was keep race out of MR: The premise of “John Q” is sim­ the issue. The trials of a black family against ple. A desperate father with an the evil American bureaucratic infrastruc­ inadequate HMD policy will do any­ ture are always going to have the whiff of thing to keep his dying child alive, in subliminal racism, but Washington’s John this case, taking a hospital emer­ Archibald never seems racially motivated. gency room hostage until the pow­ The Archibalds’ best friends are white; they ers that be agree to give his son a worship with whites; John is turned down heart transplant. The previews pre­ for a second job by a black man, pursued by pare viewers for some cliched melo­ a black policeman and holds both blacks drama, plenty of schmaltzy taglines Melisa Rauch and whites among the hostages. The race and a farfetched plot, but most, like and card is about the only one Cassavetes leaves myself, probably assumed that the Paul Camarata in the deck by the movie’s end. gifted cast could pull it off anyway. So now I’m left to wonder how, with MR: I don’t know about that. Maybe he such talent involved, could this film Scene Movie didn’t play the card, but he certainly flashed have gone so wrong? Critics it a little. He keeps the minor characters racially balanced in both positive and nega­ PC: It’s called bad direction. “Q” tive lights, but it seems like he purposely did cannot be taken seriously because director Nick that to blur the situation and make it OK Cassavetes takes a good premise and in moments that that all the real villains of the film are rich, arc rife with tension, drowns the drama in lame jokes privileged whites. from cartoonish characters. Cassavetes is a wild pitcher, whose imprecision is a direct result of over-consciously PC: Yes, the different races are there, but aiming when he should be instinctively throwing. their characters are otherwise so stock that any implication is never really fulfilled. MR: From the film’s opening sequence set to off-putting They’re bland enough, in fact, that opera music that doesn’t match the onscreen action, he Washington and Liotta could arguably swap never finds the correct tone to tell his story. These stylis­ roles without drastically altering the plot. tic errors, however, nicely compliment the poor editing and implausible plot from which the film also suffers. MR: Please. Denzel is a well-respected For instance, the critical scene in which John single- actor. Liotta has become a complete carica­ handedly seizes control of the emergency room is jumpy ture of the presence he once commanded as and hard to follow. The lack of establishing shots and an actor. His recent acting choices, most Photo courtesy of New Line Cinema minimal verbal explanation make it impossible for the notably his role in “Hannibal” and his Denzel Washington plays a desperate father in the manipulative viewer to understand where John and his captives are in pitiable guest appearances on “Just Shoot relation to the rest of the hospital, which presumably Me,” have turned him into a Hollywood joke. hostage drama “John Q." includes his family. PC: What you fail to acknowledge, Mel, in a glaring save his son and his portrayal is as realistic as the PC: Taking over an entire hospital shouldn’t be as easy injustice to the artist and the man, is his contribution to flawed script allows. In my opinion, the biggest acting as chaining two doors and getting an obese rent-a-cop to the pantheon of phraseology. The quip, “Yeah, he had disappointment came from Duvall, who normally excels shut down the elevator. Most hospitals are like mini­ that Ray Liotta look in his eye,” is the stuff of eulogies in the sharp, supporting character role. Rather than act, cities, with a network of corridors, exits, back-up power and tombstones. There’s a reason that all they ever ask he chooses to mug for the camera worse than Jim supplies and insufficient parking. Except for Cassavetes him to do is be a pompous, impulsive, cackling quasi­ Carrey. What would Don Corleone say? Memorial, which has all the complexity of a Lego lemon­ lunatic who throws around the term “ball-breaker:” ade stand. because no one in Hollywood does it better. PC: How about, “You’re outta the family.” As Lieutenant Frank Grimes, Duvall is supposed to sound like a griz­ MR: We could spend all day nit-picking the logistical MR: Well since you’re in the mood to defend casting zled Windy City cop but uses an inexplicable accent to blunders; let’s turn to the thematic problems. The injus­ decisions, riddle me this: Why did they cast Gary deliver lines that are thin crust when they should be tices of U.S. privatized health-care seems to provide Coleman as John Q’s son? Chicago deep dish. His bickering is half-hearted, his con­ more than enough fodder for dramatic rhetoric and cessions come easy and, for a supposed hostage negotia­ social commentary (which the film takes advantage of), PC: That wasn’t Gary Coleman, Mel. It was Webster. tor expert of 35 years, he shows all the poise of a space yet Cassavetes feels it necessary to comment on every monkey. Name value or not, all of the actors under­ social ill currently plaguing the country. The filler scenes MR: Au contraire. You’ve mixed up your achieve. where John and his hostages wax philosophic about all diminutive, adopted ’80s TV children. “John Q” these problems are particularly annoying. The screen­ Little Mikey Archibald (Daniel E. Smith) Melissa’s rating MR: They probably realized their movie writer, John Kearn, is largely to blame for this overall is the spitting image of Coleman, star of had become a mess and just started failure. “Different Strokes.” I kept expecting him phoning it in. I really wanted to like to say “What you talk­ “John Q” and was willing to overlook a ing ‘bout John Q?” Paul's rating little implausibility and even accept some Despite this distrac­ preaching in return for a gut-wrenching tion, the kid actually out of hue shamrocks or heartwarming drama, of which “Q” is does some of the bet­ neither. It had the potential, but gets lost ter acting in the D ir e c to r : Nick Cassavetes along the way. movie. With a cast Starring: Denzel Washington, that features Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall and PC: The images suggest a film about the Washington, Robert Anne Heche boundaries in society: a hospital curtain; Duvall and James conflicting parties on opposite sides of Woods, that’s pretty tables and telephones; a reflection of a pathetic.* challenged and contemplative John; the cruel realities of crunching numbers. Cassavetes’ agenda is clear and PC: I went in expecting Denzel to pull acceptable, at least until its subtle political undertones one of his “pick-up-Plymouth-Rock- become loud and schizophrenic. The director uses good and-chuck-it” routines, but he never footage of George W. Bush, Senator Hillary Clinton, Bill approached that fury. He’s the head­ Maher and even a background tune from rising rocker liner among these titans but still Pete Yorn, to anchor his piece in the immediate present. came out looking half-baked. Were it not for his reckless direction-and the volatility of international politics since this film presumably went MR: I thought Washington actually into production — “Q’s” theme might actually raise the did a decent job of mixing subdued muck it was clearly intended to. determination and fierce outrage. He’s great at playing the everyman Mel and Paul remind you that guns don’t kill people, Photo courtesy of New Line Cinema driven to extraordinary measures. He but movies like this one might. Contact them at After his son is refused medical treatment, John Archibald (Denzel is believable in his desperation to [email protected] [email protected] . Washington) takes the hospital hostage. O bserver

Thursday, February 21, 2002 page 16 A play in strange company The Moreau Seminary produces

a play with which Farley was involved. have such busy schedules, but it’s been familiar with and who we knew would be By KATIE RAND “We did all the set design ourselves,” worth it.” able to keep up with our weird practice Scene W riter Vereecke said. “We only used props and Drocco agrees with his onstage room­ schedule without being easily intimidated,” furniture that we found around the mate. Vereecke, an Old College sophomore, said. By watching co-directors Nate Farley Seminary.” “Just because you’re in the Seminary “Gabby and Krista have been absolutely and Matthew Vereecke observe their The table and chairs came from the din­ doesn’t mean you can’t have a sense of excellent and very flexible. They’ve been actors during a rehearsal, it is easy to see ing room, the sofa was picked up from a humor,” Drocco said. “Up until recently, roommates for two years so they work well why the pair chose this production. Farley, lounge and the bookshelves were “bor­ plays were very common among seminar­ together and already get along like sis­ up-front and not hesitant to speak his rowed” from friends’ rooms. ies. It was thought to be good for public ters.” mind, makes Vereecke look quiet and The script for “The Odd Couple” was speaking.” The girls, friends of O’Malley and reserved. It is fitting then, that the produc­ written in the late ’60s by playwright Neil In fact, hosting a play is a newly rekin­ Drocco, joined the production for some­ tion being put on by the Moreau Seminary Simon and has since been adapted by dled tradition for the Seminary. For a time thing fun to do in their free time. Players this year is “The Odd Couple.” other writers into two television series, two it was held annually, but was put on hold “It’s a pretty low pressure production The Seminary picks up the cost of the films and a version of the play in which the until last year. and seemed like a lot of fun,” Seidl said. “I play out of its yearly budget, so every main characters are women. “It used to be more or less a tradition, thought it would be a good way to get act­ penny earned at the door is donated The plot revolves around the lives of two but it has kind of fallen off in recent years,” ing experience and I already knew the directly to the missions. men, Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, who Farley said. “Last year we revamped the guys really well.” “The play doesn’t cost much to put on,” hold a weekly poker night in Oscar’s apart­ Moreau Players and did ‘Twelve Angry Sopko auditioned just for fun as well, Farley, a Moreau Seminary candidate, ment with four other friends. One night the Men,’ a production that raised around although she already has some acting said. “The scripts were cheap, the rights group is stunned when Felix does not show $2,000 for Holy Cross Missions.” experience under her belt. She took a the­ were inexpensive, and we made the set up and they are shocked to discover that Prior to “Twelve Angry Men,” (starring atre class last semester and is currently a ourselves. We were pretty frugal with our he has been thrown out by his wife and is Vereecke) the last play put on by the member of the University of Notre Dame budget.” now a divorcee like Oscar. Oscar, feeling Seminary was none other than “The Odd Humor Artists. Experience, however, is not The budget did not have a negative effect badly for his long-time friend, allows Felix Couple,” a production in which Father a requirement to put on a successful show. on the play however because the set only to move into his apartment. The only prob­ Gary Chamberland, the rector of Keenen “One of the strengths of the production is needs to resemble the living room of a lem is that the men are as different as day Hall, played Felix. that we don’t have formal training,” Farley twelfth floor apartment; a task that did not and night. Felix is precise, extremely neat “Last semester Matt and I poured said. “We put a lot of work into this and in prove to be too difficult. The director of and anal retentive while Oscar is sloppy through scripts. We looked at play after the end we’re pulling off a great show.” maintenance at the Seminary built the and carefree. Their clashing lifestyles lead play,” Farley said. “Finally we came across The Moreau Seminary production of set’s walls, and the two red doors are from to inevitable conflicts as well as a hilarious ‘The Odd Couple’ and thought it would be “The Odd Couple” is being described as the last year’s Pasquerilla East Music road to resolution. great for us to do.” funniest show you’ll ever see in a semi­ Company’s production of “Guys and Dolls,” Old College sophomores Jeff Drocco and Auditions were held in the middle of the nary, but that is up to this weekend’s audi­ Tim O’Malley play Felix fall semester, with rehearsals commencing ences to decide for themselves. and Oscar, respectively. shortly there after. Six of the actors are in Performances are tomorrow and Both men agree that the the Seminary, including Drocco and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Moreau production has taken a lot O’Malley as well as Brian Flaherty, Mike Seminary Auditorium. Admission is free, of time and effort, but they MacDonald, Tom Prall, and Bobby with a freewill offering for Holy Cross are pleased with how the Davidson. Stage manager Charles Rittert is Missions. play has turned out. a freshman in Old College. “It’s been pretty impossi­ Notre Dame sophomores Gabby Sopko ble,” O’Malley said. “We and Krista Seidl play the two female roles, have a lot of late night sisters Gwendolyn and Cecily Pigeon. Contact Katie Rand at rehearsals since we all “We chose people we were already [email protected] .

TONY FLOYD/The Observer TONY FLOYD/The Observer “The Odd Couple,” Felix and Oscar are two con­ When Felix shows up at the guys’ poker night after being kicked out of his house by his wife, the sloppy tentious and unlikely roommates. bachelor Ocsar takes him in. Thursday, February 21, 2002 The Observer ♦ SPORTS page 17

NBA MLB Jackson expands trade list Twin’s owner years,” said Van Exel’s agent, restricted free agent and the Associated Press Scott Botman. “It’s getting to Warriors matched the offer. the point where I’m doubting Jackson has the right to veto PHILADELPHIA whether anything will get any deal for one calendar Golden State center Marc promises to sell done.” year. Jackson expanded his trade With that door closed, the “I’m ready, I’m ready now. list Wednesday to include lawmakers, and advisers told Celtics made a deal with Let’s get it done,” said Associated Press Utah, New Jersey, the family that'selling the team Phoenix and acquired Rogers, Jackson, who spent much of Milwaukee, and Seattle, while would help the stadium effort. a forward, and Delk, a guard, the day on the phone with MINNEAPOLIS the Boston Celtics pulled off a He said the decision was diffi­ for rookie Joe Johnson, veter­ agent Joel Bell. “I told him Signaling that baseball was trade with Phoenix and cult for the family. ans Randy Brown and Milt don’t call me anymore until prepared to back off its attempt acquired Rodney Rogers and “It may not be the outcome Palacio and a Boston’s No. 1 you tell me which team it is.” to fold the Twins, owner Carl Tony Delk. everybody wants, to see some­ pick in the upcoming draft. Jackson said he added the Pohlad said Wednesday he Jackson has the right to body else throwing out the first The deal gives the Celtics a Nets, Bucks, Sonics and Jazz intended to sell the team and veto any pitch in a brand new stadium,” pair of play­ to the list because all are con­ commissioner Bud Selig gave trade, and Jim Pohlad said. “But at least ers who can tending teams with needs at the plan his blessing. he has baseball will be in Minnesota.” “It’s getting to the point score from the center position. “I believe that our fans in the expanded his After the contraction plan was where I'm doubting the outside, “I want to play somewhere Upper Midwest want the Twins original list announced, doubts grew about one of they can utilize my skills, and to continue to play here,” of three whether anything will get the ability of potential bidders to whom, 1 wouldn’t mind playing Pohlad said. He added that “may acceptable match the price —perhaps $150 done." Rogers, also alongside Karl Malone and best be achieved” by a sale, team s — million or more — Pohlad was is a muscu­ [John] Stockton,” Jackson which would require the buyer Memphis, expected to get to fold the team. lar addition said. “Milwaukee may need a to keep the team in Minnesota. Indiana and Scott Botman Two bidders have emerged: to Boston’s big man who can play with While Pohlad has been open to Orlando — agent Alabama businessman Donald frontline. his back to the basket.” selling the team in the past, its to include Watkins and a group of Twin Jo h n so n , The Warriors are known to future was thrown into doubt New York, Cities lawyers and businessmen. a rookie from Arkansas have discussed larger deals when baseball owners voted Philadelphia and Phoenix, Watkins said Pohlad stands to selected 10th overall in last that would include Jackson as Nov. 6 to eliminate two teams. along with the Jazz, Nets, benefit from a new stadium by June’s draft, had seen his one of the pieces, and team­ The Twins and Montreal Bucks and Sonics. fetching a bigger price for the role reduced in recent weeks. mate Larry Hughes was won­ Expos turned out to be the tar­ “I would think there’s a team, and so setting up the The surprising Celtics are dering whether it might also gets, but baseball’s contraction good chance he’ll probably process makes sense. He’s still in second place in the Eastern be his final night with Golden plan was stopped by a get traded. That’s what he interested in buying the team, Conference with a record of State. Minnesota judge who ordered wants, and to a certain he said. 31-23. They are five games He also spend time on the the Twins to fulfill their degree that’s what we want,” Mike Ciresi, a leader of the behind the phone with Metrodome lease this season. Golden State coach Brian Twin Cities group, didn’t imme­ Nets, whose his agent, “I encourage the process and Winters said. diately return a call seeking p re s id e n t, 7just haven’t left the Jeff am hopeful it will produce a So while it appeared that comment. Rod Thorn, W e c h s l e r , number of potential investors Jackson would get his wish office trying to make In his statement, Selig credit­ h a s who told him who are dedicated to preserving before Thursday’s 6 p.m. som ething happen. ” ed Pohlad for saving baseball in acknowl­ his name had major league baseball in NBA trading deadline, the Minnesota when he bought the edged that been floating Minnesota,” Selig said in a prospects of Nick Van Exel franchise in 1984, and for oper­ the team Kiki V andew eghe around in statement released in coordina­ getting traded were dealt a ating the franchise through a would like trade rumors tion with Pohlad’s. serious blow when he refused Nuggets general manager difficult period when skyrocket­ to add for the better Pohlad, a Minneapolis banker to waive enough guaranteed ing salaries made it difficult for another big part of two who has owned the team since money to satisfy the Boston small-market teams to compete. body. weeks. 1984, has been sharply criti­ Celtics, who were prepared to “This course is in the best That body Hughes listed cized for going along with the make a deal with Denver. long-term interest of the Twins could belong to Jackson, who the Miami Heat as one possi­ contraction plan, or at least not Van Exel had said he would franchise, as, perhaps, new sat out his 16th consecutive opposing it publicly. forfeit some of his guaranteed ble team that was inquiring ownership can succeed in secur­ game Wednesday as the about his availability. He has been an unpopular fig­ $26.5 million over the final ing financing for a new ballpark, Warriors played Philadelphia. The Nuggets have received ure in Minnesota through sever­ two years of his contract, which would allow the club to He was hoping it would be his numerous calls from teams al failed stadium plans, and the generate enough local revenues which runs through the 2004- Twins’ statement Wednesday 05 season final night in a Warriors uni­ wanting them to include cen­ to keep the Twins in Minnesota form. ter Raef Lafrentz in a Van acknowledged that by saying “What I can confirm is for decades to come,” Selig said. Jackson signed a six-year, Exel deal, but the Nuggets new ownership could help land accurate is that Nick is not But St. Paul voters rejected a $24 million offer sheet with have been trying to find a public funding for a stadium. willing to give up what sales tax increase to pay for Houston before the start of Jim Pohlad, the owner’s son Boston is asking — guaran­ team that will take Van Exel part of the stadium and the sale this season, but he was a by himself. and a member of the team’s never happened. teed salary protection for two executive board, said friends,

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terfinals but, this time, it didn’t with Goldmann drawing a high- Associated Press involve the United States. Just sticking penalty and a game mis­ before the Americans took the conduct. LeClair was rammed in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah ice, Belarus stunned previously the face again by a stick in the Now, the rematch. unbeaten Sweden 4-3 to elimi­ second period, causing him to John LeClair, losing a tooth but nate a potential finalist. slam his own stick into the glass not his scoring touch, and line- If nothing else, that upset fur­ in frustration. mate Brett Hull each scored a ther focused the Americans’ Still, that didn’t prevent goal and the United States closed attention on Germany, which, LeClair from scoring one of three within a victory of its first just as Belarus, played its way U.S. goals in a span of 2:05 of Olympic hockey medal since through the preliminaries into the second that made it 5-0 and 1980, beating Germany 5-0 the round of eight before going caused Zach to pull goalie Marc Wednesday. 0-3 in round-robin play. Seliger. The goalie Zach pre­ Mike Modano, the third mem­ Just as they have throughout ferred to play — Olaf Kolzig of ber of the productive U.S. top their 3-0-1 Olympic run in which the Washington Capitals — sat line, had two assists, while they’ve outscored opponents 21- by himself in the stands, out with Jeremy Roenick, Chris Chelios 3, the Americans moved the a pre-Olympics injury. and Tony Amonte also scored to puck well to generate plenty of It took awhile to get it, but back Mike Richter’s 28-save scoring chances without relaxing Roenick scored the first effort in goal. defensively. It’s the kind of team­ American goal at 13:06 of the The United States plays Russia work that was missing when first, or 5 1/2 minutes into an on Friday in a semifinal rematch they failed to win a medal at the extended power play that includ­ of their 2-2 tie Saturday that 1998 Nagano Olympics. ed two 5-on-3 advantages. a im ? drew the largest U.S. TV audi­ German coach Hans Zach, who Roenick broke his stick, rushed ence for hockey since the 1980 played on the 1980 West to the bench to get a new one, Olympics. German team that lost 4-2 to then returned to put a one-timer And how’s this for coincidence: Brooks’ gold medalists, talked of Brian Rafalski’s pass through Not only is Herb Brooks again beforehand about welcoming the Seliger’s pads from the right cir­ the U.S. coach, just as he was in chance to play the Americans. cle. 1980, but Friday is the 22nd And the Germans came out play­ Chelios, the team captain and anniversary of the “Miracle on ing aggressively and physically, the oldest U.S. player at 40, Ice” — America’s 4-3 Olympic so much so they drew 33 penalty scored on a shot from inside the upset of the seemingly unbeat­ minutes in the first period. blue line in the first minute of able Soviet Union hockey LeClair lost a tooth when the second period. Amonte and AFP Photo machine. struck by Erich G oldm ann’s LeClair later scored 32 seconds American hockey players celebrate a goal In their 5 4 victory over There was an upset of historic wayward stick in the first period, apart. Germany. The team advanced to the next round with the win. magnitude in Wednesday’s quar­

S keleton Shea captures gold, extends family legacy

first down the ice at about 80 mph on a sled Associated Press that looks like a large lunch tray, made its first appearance in the Winter Olympics since 1948 PARK CITY, Utah and only its third ever. Jimmy Shea is convinced that Cramps had Wearing a gold medal his grandfather won something to do with this. in 1921, Shea had the fastest first run on a There’s no doubt in his mind. snowy morning and then did just enough on He was trailing by the slimmest of margins, his second one to hold off Rettl. the skeleton gold medal slipping away. Then, When his sled slowed after his final run, in the final yards — somehow, some way — he Shea couldn’t wait to celebrate. He was so made up the time and zoomed to victory. excited he fell off. He then pulled out his “I think my grandfather had some unfinished grandfather’s card and waved it as fans chant­ business down here,” Shea said. “Now he can ed “U-S-Shea! U-S-Shea!” go up to heaven.” Another American, Lincoln Dewitt of Park With his grandfather’s funeral card tucked City, rallied for fifth in 1:42.83 after a bad first inside his helmet, Shea did indeed win the gold run. Chris Soule of Trumbull, Conn., was sev­ , finishing the two runs at Utah Olympic Park enth in 1:42.98. in 1 minute, 41.96 seconds. Shea was thrilled when he qualified for the Thus culminated an emotional two months U.S. team in December, and so were his father for Shea, the youngest member of America’s and grandfather. The three were featured in first three-generation family of Winter national TV commercials and publications. Olympians. But just when the family was preparing to go His 91-year-old grandfather, Jack, who died to Salt Lake City together last month, Jack last month, was the first double gold medalist Shea died after a car accident just a few blocks in the Winter Olympics, winning two speed­ from his Lake Placid, N.Y., home. skating events at the 1932 Lake Placid Games. Shea’s triumph almost seemed predestined. He was also America’s oldest living Winter The steady snow meant that those sliding later Olympian. in the first run would have tougher sledding. Shea’s father, Jim Sr., was also an Olympian Staehli, who won all but one of the five races and competed in three cross-country events at during the World Cup season, slid first. But the 1964 Innsbruck Games. when he finished in 51.16 seconds, the oppor­ He watched with tears in his eyes as his son tunity was there. beat defending world champion Martin Rettl of Rettl was next, and he zoomed into first Austria, who won the silver in 1:42.01. World place in 51.02. After Duff Gibson of Canada Cup champion Gregor Staehli of Switzerland, went down in 51.40, Shea came to the line for the 1994 world champion who came out of the first time. retirement to compete, won the bronze in If an injury to his left leg was bothering him, 1:42.15. it wasn’t evident. At the start house, feeling the Dad also had a theory: energy of the moment, Shea jumped up and “I think his Gramp was there giving him that down and ran in place. Fans roared their little extra push.” encouragement, holding signs aloft that read Shea’s victory gave the United States a “Go Jimmy.” record seven gold medals with four days to go “I just tried to concentrate on the basics,” in the games. Americans have won six golds said Shea, whose mother, Judy, was waiting at four times at the Winter Olympics, most the finish line. “There’s so much going on. ALLSPORT recently at the 1998 Games. There were 15,000 screaming people. I was American Jimmy Shea races down the track in the skeleton event Skeleton, in which competitors race head­ just having a blast.” Wedensday. The third-generation Olympian won gold in the event. T w o Roomates From Hell

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u p s ■ by Nadia Stefko ‘04 English & Government Double Major Freshman Retreat #41 Retreat Date: Apr. 12-13 Most of us, when we sit down to eat, or at least when we remember to, begin by praying, “Bless Pick up applications: Monday, Feb. 25 - Monday, Apr. 8 us, O Lord, and these thy gifts.Think about that. We don’t say “Bless us, O Lord, and this thy 114 Coleman-Morse Center f o o d’ for a reason. Because God’s gifts to us reach so far beyond the dining table. From the class­ room to the weightroom to the dormroom, we can see the fruits of God’s love for us in our relation­ Notre Dame Encounter Retreat #70 ships with ourselves, our loved ones, and even complete strangers. Yet our Christian faith is centered Retreat Date: March 22-24, 2002 around the very table that Jesus shared with His disciples at the last supper, which we re-enact and Pick up applications: celebrate every day in the Eucharist. Monday, Feb. 18 -Friday, Feb. 22 With how busy our lives are, and how rapidly and unpredictably our schedules shift from day to SB 114 Coleman-Morse Center day, eating is one o f the few rituals we engage in on such a regular basis. H ow blessed we are to have t e e the opportunity three times a day — often more — to nourish our bodies and minds as we prepare to take on the next few hours of the day. Now, how enriching would it be if we could just pause to give thanks for all the gifts he has given us sday From now on, every time today, and to ask him for strength in what lies ahead, San Egidio Community we sit down to a meal, let three times a day, or more? We know that our bodies 6:00 p.m. will suffer if we neglect our physical hunger. Will not Sacred Heart Crypt us thank God for walking our souls, too, then suffer if we deny ourselves the chance that last leg of life’s journey to refuel spiritually throughout the day? Whether we take the time to acknowledge it or not, God is present with us, invite Him to sit co in our lives on a pretty consistent basis, too. day down, take off His sandals, Now I suggest to you: what if every time we ate, we took a minute to recall all the blessings our lives have Eucharistic Adoration and share this meal with us, 11:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. seen since the last time we ate, and all the occasions for Basilica of the Sacred Heart and then ask Him if He God’s grace we will encounter before we sit down to eat again? W hat a beautiful opportunity to become more aware of Freshman Retreat #40 wouldn’t just love to get up G od’s presence in our lives. Because after all, isn’t that what prayer Friday-Saturday Sacred Heart Parish Center and accompany us on the is all about? From now on, every time we sit down to a meal, let us thank God for walking that last leg of life’s journey with us, invite rest of our journey, or at Bible Study (in Chinese) Him to sit down, take off His sandals, and share this meal with us, 7:30-9:30 p.m. least until we next sit down and then ask Him if He wouldn’t just love to get up and accom­ Call 631-5653 for information. pany us on the rest o f our journey, or at least until we next sit to share another meal. 807 Mass down to share another meal. 8:00 p.m. Lounge, Coleman-Morse Center

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O ly m pics Belarus stuns Sweden in hockey upset ♦ Late goal helps Olympics is a reality. and that was us. We’ve made of the 1980 U.S. victory, I could get a glove on it,” Salo Vladimir Kopat scored on a our place in history.” although he didn’t realistically said. “I didn’t feel it hit my make unthinkable 70-foot shot that bounced In a stunning game reminis­ think a team with only one back, but somehow ft went in. comeback reality wildly off goalie Tommy Salo’s cent of the United States’ NHL player could beat a team Despite Nilsson’s prophetic head with only 2:24 remaining “Miracle on Ice”over the as good as Sweden. After the admonition that “it’s a quar­ and Belarus scored one of the Soviet Union in 1980, Belarus preliminaries, Krikunov said terfinal and you never know,” Associated Press greatest upsets in Olympic his­ won despite being outscored he only wanted a respectable the game started predictably tory Wednesday, beating 16-2 in its previous two games showing as the still-developing with a Nicklas Lidstrom Sweden 4-3 in the hockey and being a 10-million-to-l former Soviet republic builds a power-play goal at 3:10 of the WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah quarterfinals. shot to win the gold medal. sports program. first period. The shot couldn’t possibly go Yes, Belarus believes in mir­ The only comparable upsets How’s this for respectable: But Sweden, so fast and effi­ in, but it did. Sweden couldn’t acles, too. in Olympic hockey history Belarus will play the winner of cient before, got sloppy and possibly lose, but it did. And “For sure, it is a miracle for were the United States’ 4-3 Wednesday’s Canada-Finland careless after that, once the kind of upset that couldn’t us,’’Belarus goalie Andrei victory over the Soviets in game in the semifinals Friday. almost allowing a goal while possibly happen with NHL Mezin said. “But sometimes a 1980 and Great Britain’s 2-1 “For sure, it is a great holi­ on a 5-on-3 advantage. players now dominating the gun without bullets can shoot. win over Canada in 1936. day for our country,” Krikunov “We should have put this “I don’t understand how we said. team away in the first or sec­ otre Dame Film, Television, and Theatre presents could lose against this In Sweden, however, the TT ond period,” Sundin said. team,"Swedish captain Mats news agency called the loss Oleg Romanov tied it with Sundin said. “Sweden’s worst ever Olympic Belarus still down a man, As the game ended, the fiasco,” comparing it to the scoring short-handed on a stunned Swedes — easily the Swedish national soccer slap shot from the top of the best team in the Olympics team’s loss to Japan in the right circle at 7:47 of the first. until now, with a 3-0 record 1936 Summer Olympics. Dmitry Dudik scored during a and impressive wins over “It’s a devastating loss for us two-man advantage later in Canada and the Czech and our country,” Swedish for­ the period to give Belarus a 2- Republic — stood silently as ward Markus Naslund said. 1 lead. the Belarusian playe.rs Sweden, which didn’t play Right about then, Belarus swarmed Mezin, who stopped with any desperation or fear began to play as if it thought it 44 shots. until the third period, had tied could win. To counter Mezin played for five U.S. it at 3 on Sundin’s goal at 7:56 Sweden’s dynamic “torpedo” minor league teams before of the third. But Kopat’s system, Belarus counterat­ giving up on any chance at the game-winning shot, which will tacked aggressively to take Actors From The London Stage NHL and now plays for Berlin be replayed countless times, advantage of the Swedes’ in the German elite league. came from the Olympic rings reliance on one defenseman as Macbeth “He played the game of his along the right wing boards an extra forward. life,” Sweden coach Hardy near midice and ricocheted off Michael Nylander tied it for i a m Shakespeare Nilsson said. “For some rea­ Salo’s headgear, bounced Sweden later in the period, son, we did not have the behind him and scooted into but Belarus regained the lead Wednesday, February 2 0...... 7:30 p.m. strength to beat them.” the net as he looked d franti­ when Andrei Kovalev stole the Thursday, February 21 ...... 7:30 p.m. Belarus, which survived a cally behind him for it. puck at midice and beat Salo week of preliminary round “It was just a shot from the Friday, February 22 ...... 7:30 p.m. — the hero of Sweden’s 1994 play just to reach the field of red line and ... well, th a t’s goal medal shootout victory Saturday, February 2 3 ...... 7:30 p.m. eight and then was outscored what happened,” said Kopat, over Canada — on a break­ 22-6 in its three pool-play who seemed as incredulous away at 2:47 of the third peri­ games, had lost its two most about the goal as anyone. od. 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either. In addition to helping Ty Tryon won’t be compet­ hacker in the stall next to you went to college. He’s Britney Spears and their team to a top three fin­ ing in the Byron Nelson at the driving range, believes Tryon apparently knows they’re Barbara Streisand. ish, the Belles’ strongest Classic this May. He was he can get better, that his better than guys like Tiger, In order to retain his tour swimmers could also find forced to turn down an invita­ best swings lie ahead. Jack though he’s won almost noth­ membership, Tryon must fin­ themselves in a place where tion from one the game of Nicklaus won his sixth ing of importance in the ish in the top 125 on this they would qualify to compete golfs most revered legends Masters at the age of 46. junior ranks. He’ll never get year’s money list. If he in the nationals competition in because he has “other obliga­ You can play great golf for to go an SYR or sit in a dorm doesn’t, he’ll have to re-enroll March. tions.” Tryon, a 17-year-old a long time and history has room with his buddies sipping in Q-School, where the odds Junior Lauren Smith, with a high school junior won’t play shown us that most players a lukewarm Natty Light. of qualifying for a second few seconds knocked off her that don’t peak until they turn 30. For Tryon, 40s at four won’t consecutive year are about as time, could take home a first week­ Ben Hogan didn’t win the first be a cause for Friday celebra­ good as my chances of com­ place finish and a bid for end of his plethora of majors until tion, but rather a bad number peting in this April's Masters. nationals in the 200-meter because he was 35. So why is Tryon in on the back nine in the sec­ If Tryon falls flat on his face breaststroke. he such a hurry? ond round. He’s made the this year, and many think he “I think Lauren Smith has a wants That same Tiger guy was a quantum leap from preco­ will, there is no safety net. By shot in the 200 breaststroke,” to . pretty decent 17-year-old just cious teenager to full-fledged playing in just one event as a Petcoff said. “She needs time attend nine years ago, but he didn’t adulthood, and there’s no professional, Tryon would to drop, but I’ve seem time the join the tour until he was 20. crossing back. Guys on the forever forfeit his amateur drops from tapers of four sec­ prom. Instead Tiger honed his game tour play for keeps and for status , eliminating his ability onds.” Now against stern competition at their livelihoods. to play college golf. His time The class of 2004 will also every the amateur level, winning These guys are fathers, is now, and unless he plays send in two threats this week­ Kevin Berchou high three consecutive amateur playing to send their kids to with the big guys, he may not end. Megan Ramsey and school crowns as well as an NCAA college. Tryon is playing to have a later. Maureen Palchak could also kid „ Championship as a member avoid it. While Tryon calls his find themselves as champions Sports wants of the Stanford Cardinal. girlfriend, the other members by the end of the three-day Columnist to go to Woods, though he may have are calling their investment Contact Kevin Berchou at meet on Saturday. Palchak the been able to compete at 17, gurus. How’s a high school [email protected]. The views has a chance to win in her prom. recognized the immaturity of kid going to fit in with those of this column are those of the sprint events, but Ramsey is Tryon can’t be blamed for his game, and as he worked guys? What do they talk author and are not necessari­ really the most likely to finish that. What Tryon can be on it embraced his youth and about to bridge the age gap? ly those of The Observer. in a top spot. blamed for is his much-debat­ “I think Meg Ramsey has a ed decision to join the PGA very legitimate shot, if not Tour at an age where he’s two, possibly even three, in just old enough to drive, and the 500 free and both butter­ just young enough to still fly events,” Petcoff said. have a stubborn acne prob­ Wednesday night the team lem. had a chance to get into the However, ability is not the pool and get used to host issue. Tryon’s game is beyond school Hope’s facilities. After his scant few years. At the spending four months getting pressure-packed crucible that used to facilities in South is the six-round PGA Tour Bend, Petcoff gave his team Qualifying School, Tryon shot some valuable advice on a dazzling 66 to capture a Tuesday night. Tour card and the exempt “Get in, take your time, get status that comes with it. 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road and its 19th in 22 games. first 11 shots, and had eight round of tourney Associated Press The game stayed close until assists in the first six minutes to Iverson and Harpring led a 17-5 build a 21-12 lead. They main­ PHILADELPHIA run that gave Philadelphia an tained a comfortable margin for tied for ninth after her Allen Iverson scored 46 points, ♦ Final round 31 1 84-75 lead. Iverson had 34 most of the first half and led 54- final round three-over par reaching 40 for the fifth time points by the end of the third 41 at halftime. moves team into 75 that gave her a 54-hole this season and the 38th time in quarter, but missed his first Milwaukee outshot Houston, total of 239 which was nine his career as the Philadelphia seventh place three free throws in the fourth 53.3 percent (24-45) to 36.8 per­ strokes behind tournament 76ers defeated the turnover- as Golden State came back. cent (14-38) in the half. The medalist Ashlie Simmons of prone Golden State Warriors Larry Hughes had a chance to Bucks were 6-of-10 from 3-point McLellan CC. Simmons final 114-107 Wednesday night. Special to The Observer tie it at 90-all, but missed the range in the half. round of even-par 72 gave Matt Harpring tied his season- second of two free throws with her a 230 total and a two- high with 25 points, Dikembe The Notre Dame women’s 8:15 left. Philadelphia main­ Clippers 81, Heat 71 stroke win over defending Mutombo had 18, and Eric Snow golf team shot a final round tained a lead of between one The Los Angeles Clippers champion Melissa Newman- added 12 assists and 11 311 (21 strokes better that and four points for the next six turned to their bench once Gillespie of Texas A&M- rebounds for the 76ers, who their previous best round of minutes. more, but mostly to Quentin Corpus Christi. never led by more than four the tournament) to finish in Richardson. That was enough. Besides Lotta, who had points in the fourth quarter until seventh place at the Texas B ucks 1 1 5 , Rockets 76 Richardson had 25 points and opening rounds of 84 and the final 2 1/2 minutes. A&M-Corpus Christ! Spring Michael Redd scored a career- 11 rebounds as the Clippers won 80, the Irish had two other Danny Fortson had 18 for the Invitational in the season high 29 points, 26 in the fourth in Miami for the first time in golfers finish in the top 20. Warriors, who kept the game opening tournament for the quarter, as the Milwaukee eight years, beating the Heat. Junior Terri Taibl and close for much of the fourth Irish. Bucks beat the Houston Rockets. Richardson led a strong effort sophomore Rebecca Rogers quarter but repeatedly made The final round 311 gave Redd made 9 of 13 shots from by the reserves as the Clippers tied for 20th with 244 mistakes, including sloppy Notre Dame a 54-hole total 3-point range, doing most of his snapped a six-game road losing totals. Taibl fired a four- turnovers and ill-advised shots of 979 (332-336-311) and damage after Milwaukee built a streak against the Heat. The vic­ over par 76 after rounds of after coming up with defensive left the Irish 27 strokes big lead. Sam Cassell returned tory was the first for Los 81 and 87 for her 244 while stops and blocked shots on sev­ behind the tournament’s from a toe injury to score 16 Angeles in Miami since Jan. 19, Rogers, playing as an indi­ eral Sixers possessions. team champion Texas-El points and hand out seven 1994. vidual entrant turned in Golden State blocked three Paso. UTEP shot a final assists in three quarters. The Clippers’ bench, the third- rounds of 82-82-80 on the shots in the span of a minute round 296 to come from 12 Glenn Robinson added 21 highest scoring unit in the NBA, way to her best 54-hole with less than four minutes left, strokes behind to edge points, and Ray Allen had 17 for outscored the Heat’s reserves mark of the season. each leading to a possession that Texas A&M-Corpus Christi the Bucks. Kenny Thomas led 41-16. Richardson did most of Shannon Byrne tied for ended with a turnover or a miss. by four strokes and the Houston with 21 points. the damage, making 9 of 19 24th with a 246 (84-82-80) Iverson shot 14-of-36 from the tourney win. Milwaukee set a season high, shots to help the Clippers begin to finish fourth among Irish field and 16-for-20 from the line UTEP finished with a 952 going 16-of-26 from 3-point their five-game road trip on a golfers. Freshman Casey in reaching 40 points for the (329-327-296) on the 5,796- range. The Bucks led by as winning note. Rotella tied for 39th as an first time since Jan. 25 when he yard, par 72 Kings Crossing many as 49 points in the second Miami lost for only the fifth individual entrant with a had 47 at Boston. He capped his Golf and Country Club half, so coach George Karl was time in its last 18 games and for 251 (85-83-83), Kristin night with a breakaway dunk course. Texas A&M-Corpus able to rest Cassell and the rest only the second time in seven McMurtrie tied for 44th with 17 seconds left. Christi shot a closing round of his regulars. home games. with a 253 (83-87-83) and Harpring tied his season-high of 312 after opening rounds The biggest lead came after Former Heat player Harold Lauren Fuchs tied for 51st by making two free throws with of 324-320 for a 956 mark. Redd replaced Cassell and made Jamison, filling in for the injured after shooting rounds of 89, 1:56 left for a 103-97 lead, and The University of Kansas five straight 3-pointers. Elton Brand, had 14 points and 88 and 80 for a 257 total. Iverson drove for a three-point finished third with a 963 But, it was the veteran point 10 rebounds. The Clippers also The Irish return to action play with 1:44 left after the (338-319-306), Kansas guard who sparked the Bucks to got 14 points and 11 assists in two weeks when they Warriors committed their eighth State was fourth with a 964 their best performance in two from Jeff Mclnnis. travel to the Tulane Green turnover of the quarter. Golden (325-334-305) and weeks. Cassell had five assists in Brand, the Clippers’ leading Wave Women’s Golf Classic State finished with 22 turnovers. McLellan Community the first six minutes. scorer, missed only his second on March 4-5. The tourna­ Harpring shot ll-for-21 and College was fifth with a 969 He scored five points and got game of the season because of a ment will be played at the added nine rebounds. (323-334-312). the ball to Robinson, who had stretched tendon on his right Lakewood Country Club in Golden lost its fourth in a row Notre Dame was led by nine points in the early going. ring finger. New Orleans, La. overall, its ninth straight on the freshman Karen Lotta, who The Bucks made nine of their

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The Mountaineers, who own F encing an 8-17 overall and 1-12 confer­ Men’s ence record struggled all night continued from page 28 on both ends of the court. Defensively, the Mountaineers had trouble slowing down the Irish take top spot in polls with his decision to reinsert Graves into the starting lineup Irish run. for the first time since Notre “The problem with the team four spots in the poll into a Northwestern, Yale, Temple, Dame’s loss to Georgetown on this year is the problem we had By MIKE CONNOLLY tie with Columbia for No. 4. Columbia-Barnard and Jan. 21. tonight: we just don’t guard,” Sports Writer Princeton remained No. 6 Pennsylvania. “I didn’t want there to be any Catlett said. “We have not been in the poll, and was followed Although the coaches vote doubt. I just wanted to come out able to improve. [The Irish] beat The expected was finally by Pennsylvania, Stanford, separately for men’s and and play well,” Graves said. us at — zone and man.” made official Tuesday, as the Yale and NYU. women’s squads in the polls, “This needs to be the lineup. Freshman guards Jonathan Notre Dame men’s fencing Stanford dropped the fur­ the national championship is I’ve invested a lot of time in Hargett and Drew Schifino led team earned a No. 1 ranking thest in the poll. The awarded to a men’s and bringing this program back to the Mountaineers with 15 points in the latest United States Cardinal fell from No. 4 to women’s combined squad. where it needs to be.” a piece, but interim coach Drew Fencing Coaches’ Association No. 8. The national championship Coming into Wednesday’s con­ Catlett was not pleased with poll. The Irish women dropped a will be held March 21-24. test, the Irish knew where they H argett’s performance in his The men assumed the top spot in the poll to No. 3, after The Irish return to action needed to be: back in the win­ match-up with Thomas. ranking after knocking off losing to No. 1 St. John’s and Saturday at the Wayne State ning column. “Jon thinks he can score and then-No. 1 St. John’s on Jan. splitting two matches with Duals against Detroit-Mercy, play against anybody,” Catlett And the Irish had little trouble 27 by a 14-13 margin. No. 6 Northwestern. Lawrence, Michigan, making that happen against a said. “One problem Jon has had St. John’s falls into the No. Penn State overtook Notre Michigan State and Wayne struggling Mountaineer team. all year is that it’s five-on-flve. 2 spot, while Penn State Dame for the second spot. State. “We were real solid tonight,” He needs to get his teammates remains No. 3. Notre Dame’s The Ohio State women fol­ Thomas said. “Our backs were involved. I think he got caught chief Midwest competition lowed Notre Dame with their against the wall and to come out up in [the match-up with made the biggest jump in the No. 4 ranking, and were fol­ Contact Mike Connolly at and play so well speaks so high­ Thomas].” polls, as Ohio State moved up lowed by Princeton, [email protected] . ly of our coach and three cap­ The win against the tains.” Mountaineers marks the second Notre Dame jumped out to a time Notre Dame has topped 12-point lead 14 minutes into West Virginia this season. USFCA Women’s College the half before the The Irish are back in action USFCA Men’s College Mountaineers whittled the Saturday when they travel to Fencing Coaches Poll Fencing Coaches Poll deficit to just five. Miami in a key Big East battle. team previous But quick transitioning on team previous 1 NOTRE DAME 2 offense and strong defense from 1 S t. J o h n ’s (NY) 1 Note: 2 St. John’s (NY) 1 the Irish gave the home team a 2 P enn S tate 3 ♦ Irish guard Matt Carroll suf­ 3 P en n S ta le 3 10-point edge at the half. 3 NOTRE DAME 2 fered a foot strain in the first 4 C olum bia 5 4 Ohio S ta te 6 “I think we’ve found success half of play, falling after a 3- lie O hio S la te 8 when we run the ball,” Thomas 5 Princeton 5 point attempt. The junior did not 6 P rinceton 6 6 6 said. “We’re so much more dan­ play for the remainder of the 7 Pennsylvania Northwestern 9 7 Y ale 8 gerous when we run.” game and according to Brey is Stanlord 4 8 8 T em p le 10 Bolstered by five quick points 9 Y ale 7 “questionable” for Saturday’s 9 Columbia-Barnard 9 from Graves, the Irish ran out to contest in Miami. 10 NYU NR a 15-point lead just minutes into 10 Pennsylvania NR the second half, and pushed it other teams receiving votes: Air other teams receiving votes: up to 25 points on a Thomas Force, Duke, Rutgers, MIT, Brandels, North Stanford, North Carolina, Rutgers, Air reverse dunk with six minutes Contact Kerry Smith at Carolina, Harvard, Brown, Wayne State (Ml) Force, Duke, MIT, Cornell, NYU left to play. [email protected] .

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League. Departed All-American Lacrosse attackman Glatzel won the cov­ eted award last year. continued from page 28 The answers to many of those marks on offense could come Notre Dame advanced to the from senior midfielder Flandina Final Four last season. and senior attackman Devin While there are many question Ryan. Junior Travis Wells, marks circling around this year’s sophomores Steve Clagett and team, Irish head coach Kevin Owen Mulford, and freshmen Corrigan is confident that Notre Chris Richez and Brian Giordano Dame will rise to the challenge. are all expected to compete for “I think it is going to be an playing time at the midfield posi­ exciting year,” said Corrigan. "I tions alongside Flandina and am looking forward to seeing Ryan. what we can do with this group. “John is going to be a really I hope we can important guy surprise some "I think it’s going to be for us this other people year,” said who don’t an exciting year. I am Corrigan. “He think we are looking forward to seeing is going to get going to be what we can do with this a lot more able to attention than rebound and group. ” he has gotten have a great the last couple year on the Kevin Corrigan of years. Devin heels of last Ryan is cer­ year.” head coach tainly in the In many mix as well. respects this We really season could be characterized as value guys who can play at both a rebuilding year because the ends of the field at the midfield Irish are such a young team. The position. Owen Mulford, Steve Irish feature 12 sophomores and Clagett and Travis Wells are all 15 freshmen on its the roster of capable of doing that. We also 45. have a couple of young guys Although there is definitely a Chris Richez and Brian Giordano youth movement on this year’s who are going to play some as team, senior captains John well.” Flandina, Chad DeBolt, Devin Strong defense has been the Ryan and A.J. Wright are expect­ trademark of Notre Dame ed to answer many of the ques­ lacrosse under Corrigan, and tion marks surrounding this this year is no different. With the team. All four captains will be Irish having to replace their responsible for building team entire starting attack unit, the ERNESTO LACAYO/The Observer unity and cohesiveness as the defense will set the tone early in Irish sophomore Stewart Crosland hurls the ball in a match last year against Pennsylvania. The season progresses. the season. Senior captains Irish begin their quest for another Final Four appearance in lacrosse against Penn State Sunday. Midfielders Flandina and Ryan Wright and DeBolt are expected are Notre Dame’s top returning to be this year’s leaders on replace Howell. year. are not going to play slow-down scorers. Flandina scored 20 defense. Juniors John Souch and Antol appears to have the “The defense is going to be but it may take us longer to gen­ goals and dished out seven Eric Simon, along with sopho­ inside track for the starting posi­ extremely important,” said erate the opportunities like we assists last season. Ryan came more Mickey Blum round out the tion right now, but he is facing Corrigan. We are going to have did last year. We are going to on strong at the end of the sea­ rest of the defense. stiff competition from sophomore to play good defense to keep our­ have to be patient and smart son, and finished with 15 goals All of these players must con­ Stewart Crosland. selves in position to win early in about what we are doing.” and two assists. Both players are tinue to exhibit the aggressive Corrigan understands how the year and allow our offense to This year’s Irish team may not considered leading candidates play they demonstrated last year crucial the defense will be for develop without the pressure of feature the same players as last for Player of the Year honors in in order to ease the transition for the Irish to get off to a strong having to come from behind.” year’s squad, but their goal the Great Western Lacrosse junior goalie Nick Antol to start at the beginning of the Heading into the season, Notre remains the same. Dame’s offense appears to be the The road back to the Final team’s biggest concern. “This Four begins Sunday at 1 p.m year, we won’t have as many when Notre Dame takes on Penn proven weapons as we go into State. the season so we will want to be a little more deliberate about our Contact Joe Licandro at approach,” said Corrigan. “We Licandro.l @nd. edu.

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Scott remained perfect this Special to The Observer spring with his 13th consecu­ tive victory, improving to 21-2 The seventh-ranked Notre in 2001-02. Laflin holds a 9-0 Dame men’s tennis team reg­ singles mark this season and istered a 7-0 victory over No. has won 24 of his last 26 60 Michigan State Wednesday matches. in the Eck Tennis Pavilion. The doubles team of The Irish did not drop a D’Amico and Talarico won its match in singles or doubles sixth consecutive match, while for the second straight match Smith and Taborga have been and improved to 10-3. victorious in six of their last . T Michigan State lost for the seven doubles matches. second time in nine matches The win was the 13th in a this season. row for Notre Dame over For the sixth time this sea­ Michigan State. It also marked son, Notre Dame swept the the third straight year the doubles matches. Seniors Irish shutout the Spartans. James Malhame and Ashok Notre Dame will return to Raju finished first with an 8-3 action Sunday, taking on No. victory at No. 2. Classmates 35 Miami in the Eck Tennis BRIAN PUCEVICH/The Observer Seniors Casey Smith (left) and Javier Taborga await a serve in a recent match against Michigan Casey Smith and Javier Pavilion at 1:00 p.m. Taborga, the sixth-ranked State. The men’s tennis team swept the Spartans 7-0. doubles team in the nation, clinched the doubles point for Notre Dame with an 8-3 win at No. 1. Senior Aaron Talarico and freshman Brent D’Amico completed the sweep with a 9-8 (7-2) victory at No. 3. The Irish won all six singles No Lov'e- matches to gain the victory. Senior Andrew Laflin complet­ ...a Noire Patne Jan of prater, m f \ e and renewal ed his match first, winning 6- 2, 6-2 at No. 6. Sophom ore Matthew Scott gave the Irish a 3-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 4 before Smith clinched the victory with a 6-4, 6-4 tri­ umph at No. 2. After the out­ come was determined, sopho­ How do yopray? more Luis Haddock-Morales won 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 at No 3, junior Brian Farrell won 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) at No. 5 and Taborga gained a 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3 victory at No. 1. Lectio Divina Taize The win for Taborga Ignatian Meditation improved his record to 9-1 at No. 1 singles and helped his Rosary bid to make a big jump from Adoration his No. 95 position in the national singles rankings Stations of the Cross when they are released again Praise & Worship Friday. He is 11-2 in d u al­ match play and 18-7 overall, Mass including victories over Walk around the Lakes defending NCAA singles and doubles champion Matias Boeker of Georgia (No. 1 in preseason singles rankings), Throughout history, people of faith have developed many creative ways to No. 20 Jeremy Wurtzman of Ohio State, No. 21 Alex pray. No Greater Love is a day long retreat that offers you a chance to try Hartman of Mississippi, No. 24 Michael Yani of Duke, No. 37 some of these ways for yourself through inspirational talks and student-led Danny Westerman of music-filled prayer. Come experience something new. Wisconsin, No. 74 Jonathan Endrikat of UC-Irvine, No. 99 Ben Cox of Michigan and then-No. 97 Prakash Armitraj of USC N with all eight wins coming in straight sets. He Keynote Speaker: Chandra Johnson has won 14 of his last 17 sin­ gles matches and all three of his losses in that span were to ranked players (No. 2 Harsh Music led by Danielle Rose Mankad of Minnesota, No. 7 A1 Garland of Pepperdine and No. 78 Aleksey Zharinov of Other contributors include: Fr. ]. Steele, esc fit Fr. Nick Ayo, esc Minnesota). Out of his seven defeats this season, five came to nationally-ranked players and three were in match tiebreakers. Haddock-Morales is 19-4 Sa t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 3 rd this season in singles, while Show me the 1 0 a .m . • C o le m a n - M orse C e n te r j

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By KERRY SMITH Sports W riter Final Four Chris Thomas broke out of a two-game slump to lead the Irish to an 89-76 rout­ By JOE LICANDRO ing of West Virginia Wednesday at the Sports W riter Joyce Center. After shooting a dismal 3-25 in Notre Last year, the Notre Dame Dame’s two previous outings, the point men’s lacrosse team shocked guard scored a game-high 26 points and the lacrosse world by advancing dished out 12 assists, as the Irish to the NCAA Final Four for the snapped a two-game losing streak and first time in school history. improved to an 18-8 overall record and This year's Irish squad would 8-6 in the Big East. like nothing more than to make Irish head coach Mike Brey pumped his a repeat trip to the Final Four, freshman up before the outing with a but the Irish know their work is highlight reel from some of Thomas’ past cut out for them. The journey games. begins this Sunday when the “It showed him attacking. It was the pre-season llth-ranked Irish Chris we have seen for 95 percent of the host the Penn State Nittany season and I think he responded to that,” Lions. Brey said. “He knew there was a sense of This year’s Irish squad will urgency for us." have a completely different look. Brey also relayed that sense of urgency Gone are last year’s top three to his senior captains before the game, leading scorers at the attack and they responded, as David Graves position: Tom Glatzel, David scored 20 points, Ryan Humphrey added Ulrich and Todd Ulrich. The 19 and Harold Swanagan, still nursing Irish also must somehow figure an injury, logged quality minutes on the out a way to replace the leader­ court. ship of midfielders Steve Bishko “[Brey] told us how many games we and Chris Young. have left at the most and we want to Replacing departed goalie make the most out of every game,” Kirk Howell will not be an easy Humphrey said. “I don’t want to go out task either. Howell had been a with a bad memory or bad taste in my fixture in net for the last four mouth.” seasons, and his strong play was Brey also hinted that it was time for DUFFY-MARIE ARNOULT/The Observer one of the primary reasons the seniors to take the team by the reigns Freshman point guard Chris Thomas drives to the basket against Syracuse last see M EN’S/page 24 Sunday. The Irish defeated West Virginia 89-76 Wednesday. see LACROSSE/page 25

SMC S w im m in g Swimmers dive into tough competition ♦ Upsets earlier in three MIAA opponents this said. “Alma beat us. We beat season. But with the confi­ Albion and Albion beat Alma, season make dence of those wins also so we could finish sixth or we Belles marked brought a loss with it — a could finish third.” loss of the element of sur­ While the Belles have some opponent prise. solid competitors for top “I think the biggest thing is, spots in several events, the By KATIE McVOY the women now understand, strength the team needs to Associate Sports Editor especially after the second take home a third place finish win, in a way, there’s not ele­ will come from the fifth ment of surprising anyone through 12th swimmers. With At the beginning of the sea­ anymore,” said head coach such tight competition son, they were a nameless Greg Petcoff. “So while they between the four schools team that belonged to “that have confidence, we’ve talked competing for four spots, how all women’s college some­ about the fact that everyone low all the team’s swimmers, where in Indiana”. now understands that with not just the stars, can finish is But today they are marked. Saint Mary’s it’s going to be a key. Today teams will be looking little bit of a battle.” “The big battle is w hat's to beat them, hoping for Earlier this season, Saint happening in places five, six, revenge from losses earlier Mary’s defeated Albion, Olivet seven through twelve,” this season. Today they will and Kalamazoo. Heading into Petcoff said. “Take the rest of head into a championship the tournament, which starts the roster, we need them. event with hopes set much today at 10 a.m., the Belles You know who your stars are, higher than last place. will have their sights set on but it’s your unsung stars The Belles, who started off outswimming Kalamazoo, that set things up.” the season at the bottom of Albion and Alma. If the battle could be won in the pack in the MIAA, will “I’d say I’d love to see us places five through 12, some NELLIE WILLIAMS/The Observer head into this weekend’s finish third, but it is so tight top finishes co u ld n ’t hu rt Saint Mary's junior Meghan Harrass competes in the 1000-meter MIAA tournament with a new between Alma, Albion, freestyle earlier this year against Albion and Hope. confidence after defeating Kalamazoo and us,” Petcoff see SMC/page 22

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