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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint A1ary's OLUME 38: ISSUE 116 TUESDAY, MARCH 30,2004 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES College holds Constitution remains unfinished female majority

Editor's note: This is the second part in a three-part Gender Differences series on gender representa­ tion in Notre Dame's colleges. College of By KATE GALES News Writer Arts and Letters The College of Arts and Letters -home to the highest percentage of Notre Dame undergraduates also enrolls the highest percentage of women, according to the Office of Institutional Research. Fifty-seven percent of the 2, 784 Arts and Letters stu­ dents are female, a trend that may reflect expectations of future career choices, said By Declared Majors: political science professor Christina Wolbrecht. .Men Women MICHELLE OTIO/The Observer "These issues are part of a 36% Anthropology 64% Judicial Council president Elliot Poindexter speaks at Monday's Council of Representatives meet­ broader set of issues in public ing. During the meeting, Brin Anderson was appointed next year's Judicial Council president. policy," Wolbrecht said. "Major choice influences 26.2% Psychology 73.8" on. gram events." future employment, future By MATT BRAMANTI Among the points of con­ However, some members earnings and is where the 7.4% Gender Studies 92.6" Senior StaffWriter tention was the role of the expressed concern that the wage discrepancy starts." Executive Programming proposed constitution puts the Hugh Page, assistant dean 34.4" English 6S.6% In a marathon meeting Board, a proposed body that president's executive assistant of undergraduate studies, Monday evening, members of would "facilitate the coordina­ - essentially a chief of staff - agreed that Notre Dame stu­ the Council of Representatives tion, communication and cal­ at the head of the Executive dents of both genders are 23.6% Peace Studies 76,4" inched toward finalizing the endar setting" of all student Programming Board. very forward thinking when student union constitution by government programming Brian Coughlin. the COR determining their undergrad­ 52.7% Political Science 47,3"

Wednesday's deadline, but sev­ bodies. adviser from the Student uate majors. Source: Office of Institutional Research eral points were still up for Student Union Board manag­ Activities Office, said the "I found students in my MIKE HARKINS/Observer Graphic debate. er Charlie Ebersol said the arrangement introduces an classes seriously thinking of Members were initially Executive Programming Board unnecessary layer of bureau­ quality of life choices and with the choices you make - scheduled to vote on the con­ will help to minimize problems cracy into the programming their long term outcomes - are you going to be stitution at Monday's meeting, in scheduling a broad spec­ process. graduate schools, service employed?" but a procedural rule derailed trum of campus-wide events. "Everyone seems hell-bent opportunities, post-Notre These larger decisions are that possibility. Council bylaws "It's to make sure the groups on keeping a chief of staff posi­ Dame life," Page said. "There not immune to gender influ­ mandate that resolutions must don't conflict," Ebersol said. tion, but we _don't have any- is a good bit of confusion ence, as five majors in the be presented in writing 72 "It's to level the playing field about how to establish that hours before they can be voted for all organizations that pro- see COUNCIL/page 4 kind of balance, how to live see GENDER/page 6 Students coordinate book drive for charity

books, Sims said. By LAURA VILIM Once books have been collected News Writer on campus, Pressly and Sims will deliver them to South Bend area In an attempt to extend the gift schools that serve low income of education to those of the South students and to educational pro­ Bend community, Notre Dame grams such as the ones held at students Nina Pressly and Marty the Robinson Community Sims have launched a project Learning Center. Pressly said that aimed at collecting books on cam­ she also hopes some books can be pus that will eventually be distrib­ donated to the Alliance for uted to local children of lower­ Catholic Education program so income families. that ACE members can bring The drive, named "Readers are books to each of the nationwide Leaders," will begin before the schools at which they will teach. Easter holiday and will continue The idea for the project came for the remainder of the spring about when Sims, a junior from semester. To collect the books, Knott Hall, contacted Howard Pressly and Sims have created freshman Pressly after reading a boxes, which will be set up in previous article in The Observer every dorm as well as in the lob­ about the book project she start­ bies of both dining halls, ed in her local area of Palm LaFortune and various other aca­ Beach County, Fla. demic buildings on campus. Sims has also had experience All books - new and used - working on book drives that ben­ that are suitable for children not efited homeless children through yet enrolled in high school can be his parish in Scottsdale, Ariz. The donated. The drive will also be drive will be sponsored by MICHELLE OTIO/The Observer accepting bookstore credit and Nina Pressly sorts through books that will be a part of the "Readers are Leaders" book drive. Drive cash donations in order to buy see BOOKS/page 4 organizers Pressly and Marty Sims will donate the books to local children of lower-income families. page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, March 30, 2004

INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: HAS THE WARMER WEATHER AFFECTED YOUR CLASS ATTENDANCE? Freshman's first year What a first year it's been! For a new student, the first year of col­ lege is a truly unique experience. Let me begin with orientation Salra Khan Anthy Green Meghan McCall liz Kozlow Laura Horne James Welcher weekend: the ladies of Saint Mary's Junior Senior Junior Freshman Freshman Freshman tend to be shy Howard Siegfried and well-man- Lisa Gallagher McGlinn McGlinn Off-Campus Pasquerilla West nered, attending each informa- "Fm a science "Fmfrom "Fm a nerd. I go "Yes ... •• "Fm from Texas . "I skip class tional meeting News Writer major. I have to to all of my This is cold. ·· and play with with only a slight Florida. This murmur of bore- go to all of my isn•t warm classes.·· the squirrels. " dom pronounced under her breath. classes. ., weather.·· One of the first weekends I spent at Notre Dame, taking the beauty of the campus in, I learned the term dis-orientation. Dubbed by the upper-classmen, I can find no bet­ ter word to describe the festivities. Freshmen are "kidnapped" by the juniors and seniors and shown a really great weekend. For most students, you know what I'm talking about. IN BRIEF For those who don't, where have you been? The department of classics is During the first few weekends of sponsoring a colloquium by September and October, the various Catherine Schlegel, "Satiric class boards put hard work into Manipulations in Horace" planning fun and safe activities for today at 4:30p.m. in room 303 the new students to enjoy, such as of the Main Buildi'ng. the Jamaica Shaka and the drive-in Refreshments will be provided. movie on the library green. Notre Dame, on the other hand, Professor Michael Nwanze of sported much more exciting dorm the department of political sci­ parties, in which as many people as ence at Howard University possible packed into a tiny room, speaks about Africa today from danced the night away, and met 4 to 5 p.m. in 119 DeBartolo. v·arious other students who they This event is part of would later reunite with in the International Festival Week. classroom setting, struggling to fig­ ure out how they know him or her. Angela Glover Blackwell, Another topic to touch on Founder and president of between the two campuses is obvi­ Policy Link and former senior ously the dating scene. Virtually vice president of the non-existent, I am hardly surprised. Rockefeller Foundation will With the people we have met on give a lecture entitled "Search countless weekends, I'm sure most for the Uncommon Common of us know how easy it is to ~ave a Ground: New Dimensions on great time with someone and not · MICHELLE OTTO/The Observer Race in America." It will take see him or her again. Sophomore Marcus Jackson, right, came away the winner of the Irish Idol 2 place Wednesday from 4:30 to Contrary to popular belief, the competition. The event was sponsored by the Class of 2005 and held at 5:45 p.m. in the auditorium of sole purpose of attending school at Legends Monday night. the Hesburgh Center. Saint Mary's is not to "find a hus­ band." After all, this is the 21st Jim Wallis, editor of century, and we are here to get an Sojourners Magazine will lec­ education like everyone else. ture Wednesday on "How will Nevertheless, college is a learning OFFBEAT · you Vote: Politics and Values experience in other ways than just in 2004." Sponsred by the school. The Saint Mary's ladies are County seeks to consider historic designation 3:30a.m. on Sunday, Thrner Center for Social Concerns, the just trying to have fun like the preserve outhouse when they meet Thesday. Lee Bingham walked up and Office of Campus Ministry and ladies of Notre Dame. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, "It's all in the effort of pre­ confessed to taking $80 Lyons Hall, the lecture will take The college life between Saint Colo. - A group of history serving fragments of our his­ from the register, police place at 12:30 p.m. in the Mary's and Notre Dame is unlike buffs is seeking historic des­ tory," board chairman said. He also said he was Coleman Morse Lounge, and any other, and I can't help being in ignation for a campground Michael Olsen said. "You've responsible for five or six lunch will be provided. awe each time I am on either cam­ outhouse, with one official got to try to preserve a little other burglaries. pus. Here are thousands of some of saying it's important to pre­ bit of the whole area, the "He had made some men­ The Brazil Club will sponsor the smartest, most privileged stu­ serve ''fragments of our his­ whole spectrum." tion that after watching the samba and forro dancing dents in the country; they know tory." Mel Gibson movie ... that Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. how to study hard during the week The 4-Hole.Log Outhouse Man confesses after was his motive for turning in the lounge of Pasquerilla and let loose on the weekends, was built in 1935 by the seeing 'The Passion' himself in," said Mesa police West Hall. The even includes maintaining strict grade point aver­ Civilian Conservation Corps, MESA, Ariz. - A 20-year­ detective Ruben Quesada. performances, instruction and ages. which was organized to old man confessed to a half Bingham told officers he Brazilian treats and is part of I'm so glad that as a freshman I employ Americans during dozen burglaries, saying he threw the money from a International Festival Week. received the opportunity to be privy Depression and played a key felt guilty after seeing the U.S. 60 overpass, Quesada to the college scene through not role in the evolution of the movie "The Passion of the said. Police did not find the To submit information to be just one prestigious college, but nation's parks and forests. Christ." money. included in this section of The two. The Routt County Historic When police responded to Observer. e-mail detailed infor­ Preservation Board wants a burglar alarm at a wire­ Information compiled mation about an event to county commissioners to less phone store around from the Associated Press. obsnews@nd. edu.

TODAY TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY The views expressed in the Inside a:: Column are those of the author and L&.l not necessarily those of The Observer. ::1: Contact Lisa Gallagher ·at ~ lgallaO 1@saintmarys. edu L&.l 3:_, C( CORRECTIONS CJ 0 HIGH 52 HIGH 36 HIGH 47 HIGH 47 HIGH 51 HIGH 55 Due to inaccurate reporting, the article "Majors ..... show some gender imbalance" in Monday's issue LOW 37 LOW 25 LOW 36 LOW 32 LOW 38 LOW 39 stared that the College of Engineering employs only five female professors in its chemical, civil and com­ purer science departments. These departments actu- · Atlanta 60 I 43 Boston 46 I 37 Chicago 46 I 36 Denver 70 I 34 Houston 80 I 52 Los Angeles 74 I 54 Minneapolis 36 I 24 ally have 10 female professors. New York 49 I 39 Philadelphia 50 I 40 Phoenix 96 I 66 Seattle 56 I 42 St. Louis 53 I 35 Tampa 78 I 60 Washington 51 I 42 Tuesday, March 30, 2004 The Observer + NEWS page 3

BOARD OF GOVERNANCE Mainwaring named Group approves trip request Kellogg director

ents. The Clay missionaries will received the grant. Jolly said the Political scientist appointed to 5-year term By NICOLE ZOOK serve at Albergue Ninos del Spanish department and Saint News Writer Futuro el Buen Samarito, a proj­ Mary's College as a whole will Special to The Observer many other parts of the ect that houses and educates chil­ benefit from this particular case, world. Main waring said. More than just the meeting dren instead of as this could Scott P. Mainwaring, He also reaffirmed the place was new at Monday's Board letting them go become a yearly Eugene Conley Professor institute's 10-year strate­ of Governance meeting. to jail with their "What we have to go trip involving Saint of political science at the gic plan. developed a year The meeting, usually held in the parents. back to is does this Mary's students as University of Notre Dame ago. which calls for BOG office, was moved to Haggar Bernas said translators. and a leading scholar in research that has practi­ Parlor to accommodate the annu­ that she and b.enefit the whole "I move that we the University's Kellogg cal policy implications and al switchover from this year's staff Cashore will be Saint Mary's give Annie and Institute for In~ernational for faculty and student to next. The number of attendees instrumental to community?" JUlian $500, with Studies, has been appoint­ efforts "to advance the was raised to 35 with the addition the mission, as the stipulation that ed to a five-year term as internationalization of of the incoming board. none of the they come back and director of the institute, Notre Dame." Incoming board members sat adult chaper- Michelle Fitzgerald present in some according to Nathan 0. Hatch called Mainwaring next to their outgoing counter­ ones speak sophomore class president way, shape, or Hatch, provost of the "an outstanding teacher, parts to listen and learn, but were Spanish and form," she said. University. scholar and leader." not yet allowed to participate in only a few of the The co-sponsor­ Mainwaring's term Mainwaring earned his the meeting. Only current board Clay students have a partial ship was passed, and Bernas and includes the current aca­ bachelor's and master's members were allowed to ask knowledge of the language. Cashore will return at a later demic year and concludes degrees in political sci­ questions and vote on the co­ "We'd like to be able to share meeting to make a presentation in 2007-08 He is a long­ ence from Yale University sponsorship. our experiences that we've gained about their trip. time faculty fellow of the and his doctorate from Senior Jillian Bernas presented from other things with these [high In other BOG news: institute and previously Stanford University. the co-sponsorship that requested school students] so that they can + SAB is hosting an improvisa­ served as its director from Mainwaring's many funding for air travel to communicate and help others," tional comedy group from Notre 1997 to 2002. books include two coedit­ Tapachula, Mexico. Bernas and she said. "Also, we want to help Dame on Wednesday in the "I look forward enthusi­ ed volumes published in senior Annie Cashore have been them gain a better cultural under­ Carroll Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. astically to working with 2003: "The Third Wave of asked to accompany the youth standing." The performance is free to all stu­ the fellows, the staff and Democratization in Latin group at Clay United Methodist Because there would be only dents. the University community America: Advances and Church on their mission trip as two Saint Mary's women receiving + Technology commissioner to achieve the important Setbacks" and translators. the travel funds, there was debate Michelle Cooper announced that objectives of the insti­ "Democratic Accountabil­ The trip will take place during among the board about whether wireless internet is now available tute," Main waring said. ity in Latin America." Clay high school's spring break or not to sponsor the students for on campus. It can be accessed in "Kellogg will build on its He has been the recipi­ from April 1 to 9. Bernas and the full amount. the Cushwa-Leighton Library and reputation as a great com­ ent of numerous presti­ Cashore will help the high school "What we have to go back to is the Noble Family Dining Hall. parative social science gious fellowships and students work with Mexican chil­ does this benefit the whole Saint + This week is the Class of 2007's research institute grants, including a John dren whose parents are in jail. Mary's community?" sophomore spirit week. Events will take place addressing issues of Simon Guggenheim "In Mexico, it's quite interest­ clac;s president Michelle Fitzgerald all week, and festivities will culmi­ democracy, development Memorial Foundation fel­ ing," Bernas said. "It's unlike the asked. nate on Saturday night with a and social justice." lowship in 2000 for work United States, where they are just Outgoing RHA president Shay first-year formal. While retaining a "core on a project on authoritar­ put in foster homes together." Jolly recalled a similar situation at focus" on Latin America, ianism and democracy in Rather, children of jailed par­ the switchover meeting last year, Contact Nicole Zook at the institute's interests Latin America from 1945 ents are put in jail with their par- in which only two students [email protected] will continue to extend to to 2000.

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books. That would be amazing. I the more beneficial it will be for hope to do this book drive all them in the future. No child Hussein refuses to Books four years that I am at ND, and should go without a book, continued from page 1 this year I just want to set a because books change Uves." number to beat for next year." In addition, Pressly hopes hav­ primarily a program that devel­ Although Pressly and Sims are ing the program here will talk in interrogations oped from the initiative of aware that other programs exist inspire other students to start Pressly and Sims to form a new to help South Bend children their own book drives back opportunity to perform service. receive a better education, they home. Associated Press killings there. He said the bureau "While we hear about food believe "Readers are Leaders" "I think that it is amazing how is also working with documents drives and blood drives we don't will fill a unique niche among involved the Notre Dame com­ WASHINGTON - He doesn't obtained in Iraq. often hear about book drives," Notre Dame's illustrious commu­ munity is and how many people have a lawyer in the room, but Those most likely include Sims said. nity service opportunities. enjoy doing such projects," Saddam Hussein apparently is Sad dam's papers. Vince In this frrst year of the drive, "People look at ND as a bea­ Pressly said. ''I knew that ... practicing what most attorneys Cannistraro, a former countert­ Pressly and Sims hope to achieve con of literary intelligence-we people would be very willing to would advise: Don't talk. errorism director for the CIA, their goal of campus-wide par­ should work to further propa­ help. Plus, I know that people Diplomatic and military officials said papers found with Saddam ticipation and set a standard to gate this idea," Sims said. Most are from all over the country say the former Iraqi leader has when he was captured have reach for next year's drive. ND students have been the ben­ and hopefully I can influence provided little useful information proved much more useful than "It would be nice to see some eficiary of a wealth of books them to start this project in their in interrogations so far - and anything the former leader has participation," Pressly said. "If throughout their lives, and not own home towns." may even be having fun. said. "Every thing that they have every member of the student all people have this luxury of The questioning of Saddam - found and taken action on has body brought in just one book, having accessibility to books. Contact Laura Vilim at initially handled by the CIA - is come from documentation found we would have close to 8,000 The earlier kids start to read, [email protected] now a joint CIA-FBI operation, a on him," Cannistraro said. sign that the aim is changing A defense official would say · from finding intelligence to gath­ only that Saddam was in good ering evidence for any eventual health at an undisclosed location. estimated the cost at some­ with student government over trials. Details of the interrogations where between $5,000 and the past two years," The people who are asking the could come out in any eventual Council $10,000, but declined to cite Poindexter said. "She has my questions at the moment are trial of Saddam. But the logistics continued from page 1 specific documentation. approval." from the FBI, said a U.S. intelli­ - including the date - of any Cavanaugh senator Jordan + Poindexter also announced gence official, speaking on the trial have yet to be settled. thing for that person to do," a Bongiovanni acknowledged that off-campus elections will condition of anonymity. On Sunday, Jacques Verges, a visibly agitated Coughlin said. that although council members be held this Wednesday. Defense Secretary Donald French lawyer who claims to be Following the lengthy- and disagreed, the council will still + Off-campus president Sarah Rumsfeld has indicated in inter­ representing Saddam at his fami­ heated - discussion, members approve the constitution on Blake announced her organi· views that interrogators aren't ly's request, said he expects that discussed the role and name of time. zation will sponsor the last off­ learning much from the former a trial is still some time away. the Student Union Board for "We'll get it passed," campus dinner of the semester president of Iraq. Verges has not met with Saddam nearly half an hour. Some Bongiovanni said. "These on Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. In a recent interview, Deputy and is trying to act as his lawyer members, like Hall Presidents' things aren't going to make at Buffalo Wild Wings. Secretary of State Richard from afar, a U.S. intelligence offi­ Council co-chair Sarah Keefer, people not pass it." + Sophomore class president Armitage said he occasionally cial said. said SUB's image could use a In other COR news: James Leito said his class sees the interrogation briefing The International Committee of makeover. + Members unanimously app­ council will sponsor a pizza reports. "He's a pretty wily guy, the Red Cross visited Saddam in "SUB doesn't have a very roved the new SUB Board of giveaway tonight at 9 p.m. in and he's not giving much infor­ jail for the first time in February. positive connotation in some Directors. Flaherty will assume LaFortune. He encouraged stu­ mation that I've seen. But he The group does not release circles," Keefer said. the role of SUB manager, dents to. pick up free pizza seems to be enjoying the debate," details of such visits or of a pris­ However, not all members Bridget Meacham will become from local restaurants. Armitage told WPHT-AM radio in oner's confinement. However, agreed. Jimmy Flaherty, who director of programming, Jon + Chief of staff Pat Corker Philadelphia. Saddam did write a letter to his was unanimously confirmed as McCarthy will become con­ announced a Texas Hold 'Em When Saddam was captured, family that was to be delivered the new SUB manager, said the troller and Heather Kimmings tournament will be held this haggard in an underground once the United States confirmed existing name has brand will become director of opera­ weekend, with proceeds bene­ room in December, officials it did not contain any hidden recognition among students. tions. fiting a family seeking to adopt hoped the interrogation would messages to his followers. Verges "SUB ... is a branded name + Members also unanimously a child. Would-be card sharks yield details about the Iraqi did not discuss that letter. on campus," Flaherty said. aP.proved Brin Anderson as the can sign up in the dining halls insurgency, Saddam's weapons - A team of 50 Justice He said any name change new Judicial Council president. during dinner hours today programs, human rights viola­ Department prosecutors, investi­ would be expensive, as pro­ Outgoing Judicial Council pres­ through Thursday. The entry tions and corruption in the U.N. gators and support staff has trav­ grammers would have to ident Elliot Poindexter praised fee is $10. oil-for-food program. eled to Iraq to help assemble a replace stationery, signs, office Anderson's experience in the Instead, House Intelligence war-crimes case against Saddam supplies and other materials to student union. Contact Matt Bramanti at Chairman Porter Goss, R-Fla., and others in his former govern­ incorporate the new name. He "She has been very involved [email protected] now calls the questioning a ment. "patience project." · But Justice officials take pains "He is very good at denial and to say that the United States is deception. I am not sure he even there only to assist the Iraqis knows what the truth is any­ with advice on what their options more," Goss said. "I think he's for a trial might be. been surrounded by yes-men and The officials say they are help­ sycophants." ing the Iraqis to organize evi­ In an interview with the dence and lay out possible 1E1T YEll's BEST CIIPIS JIBS-DllllllE IIW- Associated· Press last week, FBI charges, and aiding them in fmd­ Director Robert Mueller said the ing cooperating witnesses and FBI is assisting with "certain key documents. The U.S. team is 1111 WAIT UIDLITI TIIIITEI interrogations" in Iraq, as well as joined by legal experts from helping with investigations into Britain, Spain and Poland. The Student Activities Office is seeking student employees lor the The Riley Prize 2004-2005 academic year: in Art History and Criticism Positions include:

: i LaFortune Building Manager 24 Hour Lounge Monltor l The Department of Art, Art History I Information Desk & Box Offlce j and Design is pleased to announce its l IMPORTANT DATES j annual competition for the Riley~ ND Cake Service Attendant i Prize in .Art Histor'1 and Criticism.! Billiards Hall Attendant I J I j Current Notre Dame undergraduate l LaFortune Ballroom Monitor INFORMATION MEETING l and graduate students are invited to l Stepan Center Manager Wednesday~ March 24,9:00 PM l submit essays on any topic in the i Facilities Assistant Notre Dame Room~ LaFortune history or an or art criticism for l Program Assistant Come and learn more about the consideration in the competition.! job opportunities with the SAO and Essavs must deal with the visual arts. ! how you can join the team r They may have been \'t'fitten in! conjunction with a course taken at j the University, but need not havei APPLICATION DEADLINE ! been. ! Wednesday. March 31 Application is available on the SAO web site.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS RUSSIA Arab countries postpone summit CAIRO, Egypt - Arab countries are rally­ ing to Egypt's call to hold an Arab summit in late April after Tunisia postponed a sched­ Oil tycoon repents behind bars uled meeting amid sharp disagreements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S.­ backed attempts to reform Arab regimes. Former Yukos chief praises president and denounces privatization in Russia The annual two-day summit, due to begin Monday, was postponed by Tunisia on Saturday amid regional turmoil over Israel's Associated Press assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin - MOSCOW - In a repen­ leader of the Palestinian militant group tant newspaper article he Hamas- and the U.S.-led war in Iraq. allegedly wrote from behind Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak criti­ bars, Russia's wealthiest cized Tunisia for its "unwarranted" post­ man, who faces fraud and ponement and immediately offered to recon­ tax evasion charges. called vene the summit in Cairo. He told Saudi­ Monday for higher taxes on owned Orbit satellite TV that Tunisia had "no business and denounced justification for delaying the summit" and he the post-Soviet privatization saw "no problem with holding it within two that made him rich. or three weeks. Everybody is waiting." In the article published in In Washington, Secretary of State Colin the business daily Powell denied some Arab news reports that Vedomosti, billionaire the summit was canceled because of pres­ Mikhail Khodorkovsky sure by the United States. heaped praise on President Vladimir Putin and castigat­ Suspects charged in bombings ed himself and other MADRID, ~pain -A Spanish judge charged tycoons for failing to help two more suspects in the Madrid bombings, the poor and for lacking bringing the total number of people charged patriotism. in the case to 14, court officials said. Khodorkovsky, the former Judge Juan del Olmo charged Basel chief of Russia's largest oil Ghayoun, a Syrian, with mass killings and company Yukos, has been belonging to a terrorist organization. The imprisoned since his Oct. 25 judge also charged Morrocan Hamed arrest, which was widely Ahmidam with collaborating with a terrorist seen as a. Kremlin-inspired organization in connection with the March 11 attempt to avenge his grow­ bombings that killed at least 190 people. ing economic clout and per­ The charges stop short of a formal indict­ ceived political ambitions. ment but suggest that the court has strong Earlier this month, a court evidence against them. They can be jailed up ruled to keep him jailed to two years while investigators gather more until late May to await trial. evidence. In Switzerland, justice authorities said Monday they froze bank accounts containing several billion dollars as part of the NATIONAL NEWS money-laundering investi­ gation into Yukos. The Lawmakers ban gay marriages freeze was imposed at BOSTON - The Massachusetts Legislature Russia's request. gave final approval - for this year - to a The accounts were provi­ constitutional amendment that would ban sionally blocked since gay marriage but legalize civil unions, taking March 4, when Swiss the first decisive step toward stripping same­ authorities simultaneously AP sex couples of court-mandated marriage raided companies across Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former head of Russian oil company Yukos, speaks to the rights. the country in connection media Oct. 6. Khodorkovsky published an article Monday condemning unethical Within moments of Monday's 105-92 vote, with the Yukos investiga­ business practices and praising President Vladimir Putin. Gov. Mitt Romney said he would ask the tion. state's highest court to delay implementation Russian prosecutors said ical case," Philippe Neyroud Khodorkovsky said of the a fraction of their price of its November ruling that ordered same­ the accounts contained the said. election rout of Yabloko and using government connec­ sex marriages to begin taking place as of equivalent of $5 billion, but In his newspaper article, the Union of Right Forces tions. May 17. He said he will seek a formal stay Swiss officials refused to be Khodorkovsky scathingly liberal parties in In a remarkable bout of until the constitutional amendment process more specific than saying criticized the liberals he December's parliamentary self-criticism, Kho­ is complete. "several billion Swiss funded for allegedly vote. dorkovsky criticized privati­ francs." indulging themselves, Khodorkovsky, whose zation, saying its liberal Staying active helps in recovery The lawyer representing despising the poor and personal fortune of $15 bil­ architects "ignored negative ORLANDO, Fla. - Getting modest amounts Yukos executives said the ignoring the national inter­ lion ranks him No. 16 on social aspects" of the sell­ of exercise, even just an easy half-hour walk Swiss assets are clean and est. Forbes magazine's list of out. He also blamed himself a day, appears to substantially improve he would ask Switzerland's "Russian liberalism has the world's richest people, and other tycoons for women's chances of surviving breast cancer. highest court to lift the gov­ suffered a defeat because it owes his wealth to privati­ encouraging official graft by Staying active has long been thought to ernment order. A ruling will tried to ignore ... vital inter­ zation deals of the 1990s in "our obsequious ability to lower the risk of getting cancer, but a new take months. ests of the vast majority of which privileged insiders give when they ask and report says it may also be an important pre­ "We believe this is a polit- the Russian people," snapped up prized assets at even when they don't." scription for recovery. The study, released Monday, found that women who exercised after breast cancer reduced their chance of dying from the dis­ ease by one-quarter to one-half, depending on how active they were. Courts hear challenges to abortion ban

hear evidence in three separate trials described the law as an attempt to Associated Press LOCAL NEWS before deciding whether it violates the ban an "inhumane and gruesome pro­ NEW YORK -The federal ban on a Constitution. cedure that causes pain to the fetus." type of abortion was challenged in The law is the first substantial limi­ "Evidence at trial will illuminate Restaurant fire caused by arson three courtrooms across the nation tation on abortion since the Supreme that partial-birth abortion is never NAPPANEE, Ind. - A fire that caused two Monday as abortion-rights activists Court's landmark Roe v. Wade deci­ medically necessary and is an inhu­ people to suffer smoke-related injuries and argued that the law is so broad it sion. The current cases also appear mane procedure that should be damaged a restaurant apparently was an infringes on women's basic right to likely to reach the high court. banned," Lane said in front of U.S. arson, investigators said. choose. Attorney A. Stephen Hut Jr., speak­ District Judge Richard C. Casey in The fire also displaced residents of six apart­ The Bush administration argued in ing for the plaintiffs, argued that the Manhattan. ments above the Tap and Dine restaurant in defense of the law, the Partial-Birth law "in its stunning breadth would ... He said the law was specific in ban­ downtown Nappanee, about 20 miles southeast Abortion Ban Act, saying fetuses feel remove the range of abortion alterna­ ning an abortion procedure that kills a of South Bend. pain during such "inhumane" proce­ tives available to women in the second "partially born fetus just inches from An initial investigation found the fire was dures. trimester." He cautioned that the evi­ birth." intentionally set, Fire Chief Brian Huff said. No The law, signed in November by dence will include "very raw stuff' The lawsuits center on what oppo­ arrests were immediately made. President Bush, has not been enforced and that descriptions of surgery were nents call "partial-birth" abortion and The fire began at 1 a.m. Friday in one of the because judges in New York, Lincoln, "not for the faint of heart." what doctors call "intact dilation and apartments, Huff said. Neb., and San Francisco agreed to Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean H. Lane extraction."

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ing to Institutional Research. "I think it's a wider problem UZBEKISTAN Gender of perception," said Sophie continued from page 1 White, assistant professional specialist of gender studies. College - anthropology, psy­ "A lot of males might be inter­ Wave of terrorism kills 19 chology, gender studies, ested, but it's not easy for English and peace studies - them to declare a major in Associated Press never before been linked to ter­ those who would stop at nothing stand out as distinctly female­ gender studies. rorist acts - Hizb ut-Tahrir, or to achieve their misguided dominated. "We certainly have an TASHKENT - Two women the Party of Liberation. The goals," State Department Anthropology imbalance - quite a sizable set off bombs at a children's group denied responsibility. spokesman Richard Boucher At Notre Dame, 64 percent one." store and bus stop in the Uzbek "I call on everyone to unite said. of anthropology majors are While the major is clearly capital Monday, capping 12 and protect our country from The violence, which also women, a majority that more popular among women, hours of mayhem that killed 19 enemies like this, to come for­ wounded 26 people, began department chair Jim individual classes may be people in this former Soviet ward against them as one fist," Sunday night with a blast that McKenna attributes to a vari­ close to evenly split thanks to republic closely allied with Karimov, the country's former killed 10 at a house used by ety of historical and contem­ cross-listings, White added. Washington in the war on ter­ Soviet leader who has held alleged terrorists in the central porary reasons. "We're one of the largest rorism. power since before Uzbekistan's region of Bukhara, Prosecutor­ "Anthropology is one of the programs, with close to 100 The violence, including two 1991 independence, said on General Rashid Kadyrov said. disciplines in which early on, faculty members," White said. assaults on police and an explo­ state-run TV Police found 50 bottles with women played an extremely "We deal with many subjects sion at a bomb-making hide­ The tiny opposition, banned homemade ingredients for important role," he said. through cross-listing." away, also marked the first out­ by Karimov's authoritarian bombs and instructions on how "This is historically true and She also pointed out that break of terrorism in this regime from working openly, to make them, a Kalashnikov has been a factor in the femi­ many students taking first­ majority Muslim country since feared the attacks would deep­ rifle, two pistols, ammunition nization of anthropology." year composition use gender the secular government became en a widespread crackdown and extremist Islamic literature, Taking his analysis a step as an analytical method in a staunch U.S. ally after the against dissent and independent he said. further, McKenna added that their classes. Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Islam that has led to the jailings The two assaults on police the sex discrepancy - real or English Uzbekistan hosts hundreds of of thousands and evoked inter­ took place at a factory Sunday stereotyped - may also have While students enrolled in U.S. troops at a tightly secured national condemnation. night and a traffic checkpoint to do with anthropology itself. English courses may observe military base near the Afghan The U.S. Embassy in Tashkent early Monday, killing three offi­ "What I think [the femi­ a nearly even split of men and border. warned that "other terrorists cers. nization] is concerns the women in their classes, this President Islam Karimov are believed still at large and The suicide bombings, carried nature of what anthropology perception can be misleading blamed Islamic extremists and may be attempting additional out 30 minutes apart at a bus is," he said. "It's a very nur­ - only 34.4 percent of the said there had been several attacks." stop and the Children's World turing field, a lot of people 378 declared English majors arrests. He also said backing for "The attacks are yet another store near the Chorsu bazaar in who go into anthropology are men. the violence likely came from a example of the importance of Tashkent's Old City, killed ·three really approach their subjects "I think that there is a very banned radical group that has continued cooperation against policemen and a young child. in both professional and per­ equal representation of men sonal ways." and women in my classes - While many men in the field at least the ones I've had so may also possess these quali­ far," said Valerie Ralph, a ties, he said, "We do identify, sophomore English major. in a stereotypical role, this Like gender studies, the persona of nurturing, caring, experiences of students in the listening, observing· and pro­ English department reveal the tecting with female qualities." propensity of Notre Dame stu­ McKenna also noted that dents to take a variety of many of the important figures classes outside of their in the field, such as Margaret majors. Introductory classes Meade and Ruth Benedict, are often have a more even split women. He estimated the fac­ than the higher-level, more ulty of the department as specialized classes. close to equally distributed Senior English major Bess between men and women - Malis said her courses even with "a tilt towards became more female-domi­ more men than women if you nated as they became more count concurrent professors." advanced. Psychology "There are definitely more The field of psychology,. in girls," Malis said. "Maybe it contrast, has not always been has something to do with associated with female books and analyzing .... In the achievement. English department, a lot of "In the past, psychology was the classes are more appeal­ very male-dominated," psy­ ing to gir Is." chology department professor She. added that she has Dawn Gondoli said. "Now, the observed more men in her field attracts women, and cross-listed classes, "like they're able to be successful Irish-Anglo literature." in it." Peace studies At Notre Dame, Institutional While 52.7 percent of politi­ Research found that as of the cal science students -- peace fall semester, only 26.2 per­ studies' parent major - are cent of the 455 declared psy­ men, 13 of the 17 students in chology majors were men. this supplementary major are While women tend to domi­ women. nate subareas such as social "Peace studies tends to be psychology, developmental more focused on non-violent psychology and counseling, alternatives," said Daniel Gondoli added that areas such Philpott, a professor of both as neuroscience and quantita­ peace studies and political tive and cognitive psychology science. "Political science put men in the majority. tends to be more mainstream, Ten of the University's 26 more focused on traditional psychology department facul­ policy and issues ... [some ty members are women, as would call that the] classic opposed to 64.2 percent of the male persona." .. nationally available faculty, However, Philpott said that according to the November his students are doing well 2003 Notre Dame Report. regardless of gender. Gondoli predicted that both "There may be some gender faculty and student represen­ discrepancy, but you see both tation would become increas­ males and females flourish­ ingly female in the next ing," he said. decade. Page agreed that the suc­ "There are still older aca­ cess and encouragement of demics, who were predomi­ students of both genders was nantly male," Gondoli said. of first importance to the col­ "Women started to get Ph.D.'s lege. in droves in the 1970's." "The thing that concerns me For students, she said, "it's the most is to create an either more women than men atmosphere in the college that or will become so in the next is affirmative and life giving ten years." to all of the students which Gender studies we have," he said. "Any data Gender studies, however, is antithetic to that gives me inarguably a female-dominat­ concern." ed major. Only two of the 27 gender studies majors at Contact Kate Gales at Notre Dame are men, accord- [email protected] THE OBSERVER

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MARKET RECAP CORPORATE TRIAL Judge denies mistrial in Tyco case

Associated Press NEW YORK An uproar over an apparent­ ly pro-defense holdout on the jury brought the grand-larceny case against two former Tyco executives dangerously close to a mistrial Monday before the judge sent the jurors back into COMPANY %CHANGE I $GAIN I PRICE deliberations. "It seems to me that it INTEL CORP (INTC) + 1.13 +0.31 27.69 would be inappropriate to MICROSOFT CP (MSFT) + 1.12 +0.28 25.31 declare a mistrial when SIRIUS SAT RADIO (SIRI) +1.54 +0.05 3.29 all 12 jurors, who have devoted six months of CISCO SYSTEMS (CSCO) +1.92 +0.45 23.85 their lives to this trial, ORACLE CORP (ORCL) +1.34 +0.16 12.08 are prepared to con tin­ ue," Judge Michael Obus . 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The jury will continue instructions. deliberations in his grand larceny trial today. "Much water has IN BRIEF passed under the bridge the source of the acrimo­ woman, a former lawyer, with the 11 other jurors since last Thursday. and ny was a juror who "does by name. - had placed unfair Hollywood Entertainment bought out we would like our recol­ n·ot have an open mind" Exactly what gesture pressure on the juror to POHTLAND, Ore. - Video retailer lections refreshed," the and had "stopped deliber­ Juror No. 4 made, or reach a conviction. Hollywood Entertainment Corp. said Monday jurors wrote. ating in a good faith." whether she intended to Defense attorney it has agreed to a buyout offer of about $840 They later finished The juror drew intense make a gesture at all. Stephen Kaufman also million from a group led by a Los Angeles­ deliberating for the day scrutiny over the week­ was still in dispute. cited media comments by based investment firm. without reaching a ver­ end when some news Defense lawyers and an alternate juror that The deal for the No. 2 video rental chain in dict and were to continue organizations reported prosecutors said they had suggested other jurors the nation would also include the assumption Tuesday. It was their that she had made an never seen the gesture. were hostile toward juror of about $300 million in debt. eighth day of delibera­ "OK" gesture toward the An Associated Press No. 4, and said, "What The buyout ·comes as video retailers like tions. defense while walking to reporter witnessed the was a poisonous atmos­ Hollywood Entertainment and its bigger rival The trial against former the jury box on Friday. gesture but did not inter­ phere on Thursday must Blockbuster Inc. have come under pressure Tyco International chief On Saturday, the New pret it as an "OK" sign. now be lethal." from video sales by discounters such as Wal­ L. Dennis Kozlowski and York Post featured a On Monday, while sit­ In arguing against a Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. former chief financial sketch on its front page ting in the jury box, the mistrial, prosecutor Marc officer Mark Swartz was depicting her making an same juror repeatedly Scholl noted the judge thrown into turmoil last "0 K" gesture. It called brushed at her hair, her has repeatedly urged Microsoft drops price of Xbox week when jurors told the woman "Ms. Trial," a fingers crooked. jurors to stay away from SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. is hoping to the judge that the atmos­ "paranoid socialite" and Regardless of the intent news coverage. "The law draw a broader audience to its Xbox game phere in the jury room a "batty blueblood." The of her gesture. the presumes that the jurors console - and away from rival Sony's had become "poisonous." Wall Street Journal's Web defense argued that the will follow the court's PlayStation 2- by cutting its price by $30. A note to the judge said site also identified the media coverage - along instructions," he said. The Redmond-based company said Monday it would begin selling its Xbox for $149.99 in the United States. It is making a similar price reduction in Canada and dropping the Xbox price by about $45 in Mexico. BANKRUPTCY The company said it wants to attract a wider variety of potential buyers. beyond just hard­ core garners. Microsoft, better known for its business software and operating systems, is Haynes announces restructuring competing fiercely with Sony's PlayStation 2, theindustryleade~ filing in federal court in Indianapolis, Demand for those products has Associated Press operates its largest factory and has been hurt recently by a weak econo­ Judge tosses Wmnie the Pooh lawsuit INDIANAPOLIS Haynes its headquarters about 40 miles to my and higher raw material and LOS ANGELES - A judge threw out a law­ International Inc., an 870-employee the north in Kokomo. In addition to energy costs, the company said in a suit against the Walt Disney Co. over Winnie maker of industrial metal alloys. filed that 440-employee 1-million-square­ regulatory filing last month. the Pooh merchandise royalties, ruling for bankruptcy protection on Monday foot plant, Haynes operates a 117- In its bankruptcy petition, Haynes Monday that the owner of those rights unlaw­ and said it had reached agreements worker factory in Arcadia, La., and a listed $187 million in assets and fully obtained confidential documents from with creditors and union employees 37 -worker plant in Openshaw, $362 million in liabilities - up from Disney offices and trash. in hopes of emerging from Chapter England. The rest of Haynes' work­ $235 million in liabilities listed in a Superior Court Judge Charles W. McCoy Jr. 11. ers are part of th~ company's inter­ regulatory filing last month for the dismissed the suit with prejudice, meaning The 92-year-old company is trying national sales force. quarter ended Dec. 31. The company Pooh rights owner Stephen Slesinger Inc. can­ to shake off a growing debt burden The bankruptcy is not expected to reported a $4.3 million loss for that not sue again on the claim. and dropping customer demand. lead to layoffs, Haynes spokesman quarter on revenue of $46.6 million. The decision, if it survives appeal, brings to Haynes said it expected to continue Steven Goldberg said. A tentative agreement with bond­ a close a 13-year legal bid by SSI, which operating without interruption as it The company makes nickel and holders would give them a 96 per­ sought to recover millions of dollars it claims prepares a reorganization plan in cobalt alloy sheets, tubes and bars cent ownership stake in the privately Disney owes it for Pooh-related merchandise hopes of exiting bankruptcy by year's sold to customers in the aerospace, held company in exchange for turn­ and royalties on the sale of video tapes, DVDs end. chemical processing and gas turbine ing over their $140 million in bonds, and computer software. Haynes, which made its bankruptcy industries, among others. the company said.

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MEXICO PAKISTAN Fox signs justice Top al-Qalda member may be dead

Associated Press al-Qaida leaders use aliases. ing the operation, when Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, thousands of Pakistani reform proposal ISLAMABAD - Intercepted who holds an Egyptian pass­ forces battled hundreds of radio conversations indicate port, was indicted for his foreign and local militants. al-Qaida's top intelligence alleged involvement in the Some angry tribesmen chief may have been killed in Aug. 7, 1998, bombings of demanded compensation Associated Press Attorney General's office fighting in Pakistan, intelli­ the U.S. embassies in Dar es Monday for property they autonomous from the executive gence officials said Monday, Salaam, Tanzania, and said was damaged and loot­ MEXICO CITY - President branch, subject all prosecutori­ but they admitted that no Nairobi, Kenya, that killed ed in the operation, Vicente Fox signed a sweeping al appointments to Senate rati­ body has been found. 231 people, including 12 Pakistan's biggest and blood­ justice reform proposal Monday fication, and have prosecutors The radio transmissions Americans. iest to flush out al-Qaida to overhaul a system best serve staggered terms not disclosed that a man named He is on the FBI list of fugitives. known for corruption, secrecy dependent on the president's Abdullah had been killed Most Wanted Terrorists and "I do not know whose rock­ and the lack of public accounta­ six-year administration. and that the death caused a was known to have fled to et hit my house. I do not bility. Judges handle at least 500 great deal of distress among Pakistan after the 1998 know who looted my home The proposal, which was then cases a year. They seldom have the al-Qaida forces, a bombings. during the military opera­ sent to Congress, would substi­ time to fully review the files, Pakistani intelligence official Sultan said the army had tion, but I think the govern­ tute oral hearings for written and instead simply sign off on said on condition of confirmed Abdullah's death ment is responsible for it," exchanges of legal briefs. insert. them or pass them on to law anonymity. through "independent intelli­ said Mohammed Alam, 43, a the presumption of innocence clerks and secretaries. "He was a very important gence sources"· but would resident in the Azam Warsak into the constitution, and reor­ Currently, about 60 percent of person for al-Qaida," the not say whether it had his area, which was a focus of ganize national police forces. defendants sitting in jail cells official said. He added that body. Abdullah is an extr­ the military operation. The reforms contain several have not been convicted. interrogations of suspected emely common name in the Sultan said troops had elements that would require "The workload is no longer al-Qaida members led the Islamic world, and it was demolished the homes only constitutional amendments. manageable,·· Enrique Ramirez Pakistanis to believe that impossible to know which of of tribesmen who sheltered Because it deals with crime and Martinez, a judge in central . Abdullah was the group's top many al-Qaida and other terrorists, but conceded that safety, some of Mexicans' Queretaro state, told The intelligence official. terror suspects Sultan might some other houses could biggest concerns, the initiative Associated Press by telephone. Pakistan's sweep through be referring to. have come under attack. He appears to have a better chance With oral public trials, judges western tribal· areas to root The military declared the denied claims of looting. · of receiving congressional "would be involved in every­ out suspected terrorists operation in South While Pakistani troops approval than Fox's failed elec­ thing and automatically resolve resulted in the deaths· of 63 Waziristan over on Sunday, have withdrawn from the tric, labor and tax reforms. the case," Ramirez said. "It suspected militants dead and and claimed it was a suc­ target area of the operation, "It is time to work together to would be faster, more immedi­ the arrest of 167 more, army cess. they have not pulled out of get rid of corruption, impunity, ate and much better." spokesman Maj. Gen. But hundreds of other mili­ South Waziristan. inequality and injustice," Fox The reform would require Shaukat Sultan said Monday. tants were still at large, offi­ Sultan said some of the said. prosecutors and defense attor­ Another member of cials said. Uzbek terrorist militants had "dispersed into For years, human rights neys to argue their cases pub­ Pakistani intelligence said leader Tahir Yuldash was smaller groups" and they groups have asked for profound licly before a judge who also the military was showing reportedly wounded in the would· not be allowed to justice reforms in a country would hear testimony and photos of Abdullah Ahmed assault but escaped. regroup. where corruption, confessions review evidence first-hand. It Abdullah to captured mili­ There were 73 foreigners President Gen. Pervez extracted under torture, would also introduce plea bar­ tants, but that so far none among the 167 arrested. Musharraf, a key U.S. ally, botched investigations, and an gains and mediations. had identified the photo. He Sultan did not identify their has sent 70,000 troops to the excess of bureaucracy feed a Although most Mexicans want said all available informa- nationalities, but security border with Afghanistan deep mistrust of the system. justice reform, the proposal is . tion was also being shared officials had said Uzbeks, since the Sept. 11 attacks to An estimated 75 percent of likely headed for a tough with U.S. intelligence agen­ Chechens and Arabs were prevent cross-border crimes go unreported, and only debate. cies. among them. attacks. about 10 percent of the few that Sen. Orlando Paredes, a Without a body - and Sultan said 46 troops were U.S. and Afghan forces are documented make it to a member of the opposition after earlier speculation that killed and 26 wounded. have been deployed on the judge. Under the current sys­ Institutional Revolutionary al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al­ Villagers have begun other side of the border as tem. if criminals aren't cap­ Party, took exception with the Zawahri was cornered -the returning to their homes part of an offensive against tured within three days of the ·idea of substituting written tri­ officials were cautious about after seeking shelter in al-Qaida and Taliban forces crime, they won't be caught. als with oral, public trials. any conclusions, since many Wan a and other villages d ur- there. "If we want Mexico's transi­ Paredes, who is on the tion to democracy to continue Senate's Justice Commission, ·------~ advancing, there has to be jus­ said experiments with oral tri­ tice," said Jose Antonio Ortega, als have failed in the past. PPE a member of a Mexico-based "We shouldn't adopt systems organization that gathers crime from other countries, because statistics and advocates crimi­ Mexico has its own characteris­ THE, MlNOR IN nal justice reforms. tics." The center of Fox's proposed Police would be given the PHII_~OSOPHY, .POLITICS, AND reform would strip the federal power to investigate crimes, Attorney General's office of all and could do so without having police investigative powers, to wait for a formal complaint ECONOMICS according to administration - as is the case now. All feder­ officials who discussed details al police agencies would be of the plan with The Associated fused into one national force. The .PP.E. minor hwites aJlplkatio:ns from undergraduates with spc

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IRELAND Ban placed on tobacco in the Irish workplace

Associated Press though several individual U.S. a sore throat from the smoke," A few publicans vowed "You're talking a load of hoi­ states and cities have similarly said Golding. "The ban means Monday to ignore the ban, say­ locks, Gerry. This is the greatest DUBLIN, Ireland - Smokers rough prohibitions. However, the there's going to be a lot more ing they couldn't afford to turn day Ireland's ever seen," said hid in toilet stalls or shivered Irish version goes beyond meas­ people quitting. No more peer away loyal smoking customers. Donaghue. outside Monday as Ireland's ban ures in California and Delaware, pressure over a pint." The government has warned "I've already had one bypass on tobacco in the workplace - which just prohibit smoking in Ireland's airwaves and that its 41 environmental health operation, a coronary stent in an including the country's 10,000 bars and restaurants. barstool discussions have been inspectors will mount undercov­ artery, I've got diabetes - I'm usually smoky pubs - began its In the blue-collar pubs of dominated by debate over the er inspections if pubs ignore the living proof that cigarettes are first divisive day. north Dublin, Martin's crusade rights and wrongs of smoking - law, which carries a maximum killers," added Donaghue, who Over lunchtime pints, Dublin provoked both joy and fury. its role in the easygoing pub fine of$3,700. quit five years ago. friends and work mates argued "This is the worst idea any atmosphere, ver- Opinion polls He said the smoke in pubs had over the merits of outlawing cig­ Irish government's ever had," sus the cancer and suggest a strong forced him to give up his favorite arettes indoors - until the said Gerry O'Connor, a prison other deadly dis­ "This is the worst majority supports recreation, playing guitar and smokers ducked outside and guard sitting sullenly in a corner eases it causes. the ban in this banjo in a traditional band. "My began puffmg away on city side­ of John Doyle's pub. He'd just A government idea any Irish country of 3. 9 mil­ surgeon told me I was inhaling walks choked with exhaust been busted trying to sneak a National Smokers government•s lion, where about so much smoke in the pubs I fumes. smoke in the pub's lavatory. Helpline has been ever had.·· 30 percent of might as well be smoking Health Minister Micheal "He stayed in the loo [rest­ inundated with adults smoke. myself," he said. Martin, who pushed for three room] too long. I smelled smoke, calls from people Feelings run deep O'Connor defiantly insisted years to ban workplace smoking, went in and could hear him puff­ seeking nicotine Gerry O'Connor on the issue. cigarettes were blamed for too celebrated with anti-smoking ing, puffing, puffing behind the patches, counsel­ Irish prison guard The moment many ills. activists at Bewley's tea house in door," said barman John ing and other O'Connor started "My dad died last year of lung downtown Dublin. He predicted Golding, who ordered the break-the-habit to bemoan the cancer, and he only smoked once other European nations would offending butt extinguished. aids. A second line, opened oppression he was suffering, his a year at Christmas," he said. soon follow Ireland's example. "I think this ban's a great idea. Monday, fielded calls from peo­ prison guard colleague Sean "There's probably more cancer­ Ireland's sweeping ban is the Until now I've gone home from ple reporting pubs and other Donaghue, sitting at the next causing chemicals in the air out­ world's strictest national law, work with a hacking cough and businesses violating the ban. stool, bit his head off. side the front door." Milwaukee mayor faces charges New education law

Associated Press Pratt was accused of four civil charge against Pratt, saying he counts of filing a false campaign did not believe there was a crim­ eases student testing MILWAUKEE - Prosecutors finance report and one civil inal motive. But, he described on Monday alleged campaign count of failing to deposit per­ the problem as foolish and stu­ finance violations by the acting sonal campaign contributions in. pid. Associated Press transfers to risking state mayor, eight days before voters a campaign account. He faces a "These are all disturbing, how takeover. will decide between him and forfeiture of $2,500, which Pratt else can you describe it," WASHINGTON - For the "We are listening to parents another candidate for mayor. said he will pay. McCann said. "It is clear he is fourth time in as many months, and educators and making Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt District Attorney Michael not very careful in how he han­ the Bush administration is eas­ adjustments," Education admitted that he made careless McCann said Pratt's campaign dles his money." ing the restrictions of its educa­ Secretary Rod Paige said in mistakes, but denounced the fmance reports did not match up Pratt became acting mayor in tion law, this time in the area announcing the new policy investigation as politically moti­ with bank statements for his January when Mayor John of testing. Monday to the National School vated and said he hopes voters campaign account. The figures Norquist left office four months The latest move - reducing Boards Association conference judge him on issues like jobs, were allegedly off by $116,000 early for a job in Chicago in the the number of students a in Orlando. "But we are not crime and education. at the end of 2003. wake of a sexual harassment school may test without run­ willing to sidestep or ignore the "Mistakes were made and I The prosecutor decided scandal and an admission that ning afoul of the law - proba­ heart of No Child Left Behind accept responsibility," Pratt said. against seeking a more serious he had an extramarital affair. bly will cap a flurry of respons­ -making sure that all children es to concerns from states and count." schools. The changes will apply to the The No Child Left Behind Act current school testing season. of 2001 requires schools to test Federal officials set out to at least 95 percent of students offer flexibility without backing in math and reading. Schools down from the law's call for at also must have 95 percent par­ least 95 percent of all students ticipation from all major sub­ to be tested. Since December." groups of students, such as Paige has also eased rules minority or disabled young­ affecting highly qualified teach­ sters. ers, disabled children and lim­ The point is to make sure ited-English learners. that schools are accountable "It's the first time we've had for every student's progress, any recognition of the issues and to ensure that no schools we've raised over the last two have incentive to exclude years, in terms of their willing­ lower-performing students on ness to address them," said test days. Michael Bird, federal affairs Under the new policy, schools counsel for the National will get some leeway. As long Conference of State as they average a 95 percent Legislatures. "In that regard, participation rate among stu­ they're to be commended for dents over two or three years, listening, although we still have schools will meet the law. some root problems with the A school that tested 94 per­ law." cent of students one year, for Among them, Bird said, is a example, could make the mark view among states that the fed­ if it tested 96 percent of stu­ eral government hasn't provid­ dents the year before. The ed enough money to pay for its same is true for subgroups of requirements, from data collec­ students. tion to teacher training. Schools also won't have to The Bush administration says count students who are that's not true. enrolled but miss testing, No Child Left Behind, the including makeup exams, most sweeping federal educa­ because of a medical emer­ tion law in a generation, is the gency. centerpiece of Bush's education The changes are meant to fix agenda. Aimed at improving a problem that has surfaced minority achievement, it won anecdotally: schools that fail to strong bipartisan support but meet the federal standard just has since faced opposition over because a few students miss a key provisions and funding. test. There is no documentation First lady Laura Bush, also of how often that has hap­ speaking in Orlando, urged www.cloverridgeapartments.com pened, but it can lead to conse­ school board members to sup­ quences. port the Ia w. She said it is 18011rish wav Schools that get federal based on the premise that "all Tel: 574.272.1441 poverty aid but don't make children must have access to progress goals at least two high-quality schools regardless South Bend, IN 46631 Fax: 514.212.1461 straight years face mounting of their skin color, their disabil­ sanctions, from having to offer ity or their ZIP code."

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THE· OBSERVER .····· . n.J~~~~~~,.o-....,~.v...;~•· Dissecting the American desert complex

Dating back to the days of the marginalized of our society, we often ly that could not put food on the table? Jamestown colony, Americans have project this obsession with desert. We To assert a justification of desert for Joe f{etder always loved their deserts. And I am place standards on who should receive one's right to a college education is to .···••· N;,;Eorrott: •CWre Heini~ger· .. · not talking about desolate and unculti­ aid and we make judgments on who is show a serious lack of global con­ . VIEWPOINT ED.rmlh Sarah Vahulas vated lands, though I am sure there are worthy of our help. Why do we feel sciousness. Sl'OlttSJIDJIDl: Heather Van Hoeg:u-deJ} • Americans that more sympathy for the family that is Finally, for Catholics, this notion of SOiNJi Enrroll: M~ria Smldf ·• .. · .·...... cannot get enough homeless because they lost everything desert is problematic. For an individual Peter Quaranto SAINT MARY's_EDrroR: AngdaSaoud of the Great Basin in a fire than for the homeless man to assert that all is a gift from God and "PRom £6rroR: dtuy Benirez Desert in Nevada. I who lost his job due to alcoholism? that no one is outside God's love and GRAPHics EI>rtoa: M""tkl!! Harkins· · am talking about Again, I am not suggesting this is nec­ mercy, and then to turn around and the definition of A Call to essarily wrong, but we must be more assert that one has every right to make ADvERTISING MANAGE.Ib Carrie Fiariklln desert as the state Action aware of the emphasis that we place on hundreds of thousands of dollars at the AD DESJGN MANA£~£R: Kdly Nelson of deserving desert in our culture. expense of millions of people in poverty WEB AmnNISTRAToib Todd Nieto · rewards and pun- This American desert complex does is hypocrisy. Jesus dined with the pros­ ishments; a state with which Americans hold legitimacy in certain respects, but titutes, the tax collectors and the most . . . ..·.· .. . ·...... · ·... are infatuated. We are obsessed with it also does lend itself to many prob­ undeserved of society. Why then, here ·· . CONTACT Us·· . ..\ ··• .. freedom of choice and the value judg­ lems. Such a complex assumes equal at the most Catholic university in OFFICE MAHAG£R & GENERAL JNFO ments that we attach to such choices. opportunity for all, America, is the desert We are a culture that believes people which is not the complex so rampant? (?74).· . 63ch74fAJ( ... 71 . .. .. get what they deserve. case in our country ..In our country, the In the course of this ·. ()74)4~1~6927 .. This obsession with desert is deeply and world. In our questioning, I find • AoVERTisfNQ:•••• rooted in the traditional American tremendously notion of social mobility is myself wondering (574}~3:1i6?® .. ·... 9hs~fud~(f,~ · · EotrCIR mCHttF • < · Dream, which asserts that in America, unequal world, the becoming ever more what a society and ·.• (S74J6~l~4~Z ..... · ··· · any individual with work ethic and social status, loca­ mythical, and to ignore world would be like MAHAGiNG EDitOR & AsSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR • ambition can achieve his or her goals. tion and wealth into where people could ($?4)$3 Such a rationale, defended most clearly which one is born such trends in exchange move beyond this in the few rags-to-riches stories of our have drastic effects for a rationalization of ungrounded obsession history, is not intrinsically wrong, but on one's opportuni­ desert is to make a grave with desert. Would placed in a context of a flawed and ties, resources and those who are blessed unequal society, it can be problematic. support. It Is naive mistake." enough to make large In our day, too many people use this to suggest that amounts of money or desert complex to rationalize actions someone growing achieve great amount that fail to be directed toward helping up in an economically-poor family in a of power use it more humanely? Would the poor and promoting the common troubled neighborhood of Chicago has conceptions of justice and responsibility good. Too many good people use this the same opportunities as someone for others, especially the poor, take complex to help them sleep comfort­ from a middle-class family in suburban hold more in our consciousness? And ably at night, while tens of thousands Massachusetts. In our country, the would Notre Dame students spend of Americans live in utter poverty. notion of social mobility is becoming more time utilizing the many opportu­ Think about it. How often do you ever more mythical, and to ignore such nities available here for growth, giving hear people speak of deserving to do trends in exchange for a rationalization and gratitude? Only when we begin to something or live a certain way of desert is to make a grave mistake. think outside this excessive desert com­ because they have worked hard and At Notre Dame, I often wonder how plex can we begin to build a just world made sacrifices? How many of our par­ many people really believe they where people are more responsible to ents believe they deserve to send their deserve to be here. In a world where one another. children to Notre Dame because they less than 1 percent of people get to have succeeded in their work? How receive a college education and billions Peter Quaranto is a sophomore politi­ many of us believe that we deserve to of people live under $2 a day. why do cal science and international peace be here because we worked hard in we deserve to be here? Is it because we studies major. Contact him at high school? It is apparent that this worked harder than our peers in high pquarant@nd. edu. notion of desert plays a significant role school? Well then, what if we were The views expressed in this column in our culture. born in another country, such as are those ofthe author and not neces­ Even in outreach to the poor and Uganda? What if we grew up in a fami- sarily those of The Observer.

Commentaries, and column$ present the views of the author~.and Mt necesmily thOK offhe- · ·· LETTER TO THE EDITOR Obs.erwr .. ·. ·.· · Vrewpoint ,;pace is aW!liibk to all readers. The free . . elq)r~ ofall opinions through letters is ¢m;wraged, . Leners to the Edit~tm~dl¢ *igned and miistw~e Commem9rating 'Week of Action' conracr inforrnanoit;.. .. · . ·· · ...... · ...... · . . . . ~ns rtgardmgObm-vtrpolidN ~~hr I am writing to support Antonio Rivas' hunger strike this responsibility for their labor practices which keep farm-work­ ·. . difrdNJ to Editor mClikjMiltt~ · . week in order to bring needed attention to various situations of ers in poverty, the Gallo Wines' longstanding labor abuses and

...... injustice upon our campus. corresponding boycott, the lack of unions for our campus work­ Posr OFFICE INFORMATioN Tony is a dedicated, committed individual involved in several ers, the utterly discriminatory decision denying United in campus groups working toward social and economic justice. Diversity its right to form a club and other important corporate ~~~!!!~~ff~rit~~";~~#~~· .. ·• His hunger strike marks the nationwide Week of Action, and and social decisions affecting our campus must not be ignored. ~Qt;~o/~~~~w~, .•.. ·.·. reminds us all of the inconsistencies practiced by our own Please support Tony's hunger strike by investigating these jlj~ s..~~ld'iiltlili•l'l~ ...... 1'1/ou

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GUEST COLUMN Defining the real enviromentalist

As new studies show the planet is con­ environmental issues such as global can recognize the danger" good and evil; being morally good is stantly coming closer to total annihila­ warming, ozone depletion or chopping Biologist George Perkins Marsh, more important to him or her than hav­ tion unless we radically change our poli­ down trees, while others would rather author of "Man and Nature," agreed nat­ ing a healthy world. The Earth is worth­ cies, one must wonder why any sane focus their attention on issues such as ural forces and processes exist in a sta­ less if there are no humans on it to be person would not do everything possible combating terrorists and violently sup­ ble, harmonious balance but said human morally good. to stop our impend- pressive dictators? activity was destroying that balance. He Many who spend their time helping the ing demise. We still Yonl Rubin The answer. to this question all comes wrote, .. Man is everywhere a disturbing environment or dealing with issues drive pollutant- down to the differing beliefs regarding agent; wherever he plants his foot, the involving human evils have similarly spilling cars and cut humanity's power to destroy the planet. harmonies of nature are turned to dis­ good motives centered on helping down oxygen-pro- Could humanity destroy the wor1d? It is cord." He went on to call humankind humanity. They just differ on how to go ducing, carbon diox- Daily Targum not a scientific question as much as a .. brute destroyers" who "destroy the bal­ about accomplishing this noble goal. ide-reducing forests, question of how powerful one ance which nature had estab­ Secularists tend to focus on the envi­ even though we sees himself or herself. lished." ronment because a healthy planet is constantly hear If one believes there is Those who agree with most important to them. Since they about the devastation they cause to nothing more power- Gore and Marsh see believe there is no god, they hold all liv­ nature. ful than humans themselves as being ing things as equals. Most derive their Typically, the average person who calls (i.e., a god), he or powerful and morality from nature and see morality himself or herself an "environmentalist" she believes capable of deter­ as a tool to help nature flourish. They is just someone who loves and appreci­ humans are mining if the would prefer a healthy world with mur­ ates the Earth's natural beauty and powerful Earth's ecosys­ derers to a damaged Earth where people resources. This type of person is under­ enough to tem will sur­ were morally good and there was less standably worried about pollution, tox­ destroy the vive- a human suffering. ins and trash, but in the end, he or she planet. But, if belief due to The secularists' views can be as primarily views the Earth as an amazing one believes thinking extreme as The Voluntary Human resource for humans to use and enjoy. there is an there is no Extinction Movement, whose slogan is This type of environmentalist's concern all-powerful stronger "May we live long and die out." They for the Earth's well-being is centered in god, then he transcendent hold that by the human race ceasing to his or her desire for the prolonged bene­ or she will power above breed, it will allow Earth's biosphere to fit for humankind. think a Man. return to good health as we become less Most people think of themselves as human's Some think dense. pro-environment, but they mean some­ strength is because we My opposition to radical environmen­ thing far different and far more innocent quite insignifi­ are only human talism is rooted fundamentally in morali­ than the most prominent philosophers, cant, and conse­ we could not ty and in the supreme moral value of founders and leaders of the modern quently humans destroy the world human life and our well-being on Earth. environmentalist movement. don't have much of if we tried. They While a moral humanity in an Environmentalist leaders believe an effect on the envi­ believe this not unhealthy world is an unfortunate, diffi­ nature exists for its own sake, not for ronment. These people because they think we cult and potentially irreparable problem, humanity's enjoyment and survival. believe any attempt to try to haven't developed big a world without a moral humanity is a Humans are no more important than destroy the Earth would be enough bombs, but because world not worth existing. Some people endangered species, polluted lakes or futile. they often live with a feeling of rever­ are moral to live, while others live to be the damaged ozone layer. Many founders and leaders of the envi­ ence for a higher transcendent power. moral. Environmentalists see humans not as the ronmentalist movement believe humani­ This belief in a supreme being puts their only moral beings on the planet or hav­ ty is cutting Earth on the path to vision of humanity's strength in perspec­ This column first appeared on March ing the utmost value over all other living destruction. Former Vice President AI tive. When a believer in God sees vast 26 in the Daily Targum from Rutgers things, but rather as a disease afflicting Gore wrote in his book "Earth in the oceans, enormous mountains or millions University and appears here courtesy of the earth, as the enemy of the natural Balance," "We are still reluctant to ·of stars, they are reminded of humans' U-WIRE. world. believe that our worst nightmares of a finite power and the infinite power of the The views expressed in this column Why do some people think the entire global ecological collapse could come one who created everything. are those of the author and not neces­ world's attention should be focused on true; much depends on how quickly we The religious person tends to focus on sarily those of The Observer

LETTER TO THE EDITOR EDITORIAL CARTOON Supporting differences

Euripides said, "There is just one life for each of us: our own." Assuming that God exists and that God is the supreme creator, God created human life. and if God wanted us all to be the same, God would have made us all the same. Fortunately, God made us in all shapes and sizes and colors because God rejoices in difl'er­ ence. God also gave us each a mind of our own in which to formulate beliefs and thoughts as well as a heart that knows no boundaries to love. Jesus was sent to us to practice and preach the supreme message of God - that is, to love one another. There is no footnote or appendix or additional clause saying "Love only those who are straight," or "Love people who have no flctws" or "Love only those who believe in the same things as you do." No, Jesus' message was crystal clear: God made us out oflove, and our purpose during our time here is to love totally all beings in God's beau­ tiful creation. We were not sent here to be the judge of other people's morality. If we oppose something, we do not take have to take part in it. But we are not called to point our finger at a "sin­ ner" unless we ourselves have no sin. God will be the judge of us on the last day, until then, we all have enough of our own morality to keep us from infringing our beliefs on other people. In the comfort of the Notre Dame bubble- which is ready to burst in its heaps of Catholic doctrine - it seems the Student Activities Board has forgotten what is at the heart of our faith. In not permitting United in Diversity (UID) to attain club status, the administra­ tive powers on this campus foster an atmosphere in stark contrast to the message of Christ. Rather than welcoming all people and nurturing a sense of inclusiveness in its student body- something this world is in desperate need of- the powers that be continue to try to mute the voice of UID, thus, telling its students that in fact, we do not have to include all people. This is not only unconstitutional, discriminatory and simply unjust- it is anti­ Christian. UID is not mute, nor is it going away. I only hope the members of the Notre Dame com­ munity recognize the injustice being done against this group as incentive to make their voices heard.

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page 12 Tuesday, March 30, 2004 Tuesday, March 30, 2004 Partners in the fight for justice • PHOTO BY Whether through poetry or a hunger strike, students CHUY BENITEZ Melody Gonzalez and Tony Rivas find unique ways to campaign for the causes they both believe in

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eloay Gonzalez and Tony Rivas could not have realized before meeting this semester how much they would have in common. Since meeting through mutual friends, the two have bonded over more than both living near Los Angeles or a common love for playing guitar and listening to Rage Against the Machine. The two share a cultur­ al heritage and passion for social activism that has led them to become some of the University's most dedicated social activists. M Anyone who claims Notre Dame students don't care about social causes or much else outside the Notre Dame bubble has obviously never met these students. Whether or not students or administrators agree with their political stances, their dedication to the causes they believe in is undeniable. Gonzalez and Rivas both work with the Progressive Student Alliance. Both participated in the spring break Migrant Experiences seminar in Immokalee, Fla. through the Center for Social Concerns. Both traveled to Kentucky in February to participate in a protest march against Taco Bell and other companies considered by the Coalition for Immokalee Workers and other labor organizations to take advantage of abusive labor practices. Most importantly, Gonzalez and Rivas are both children of fathers who worked as migrant farm laborers in their teenage years after moving to the United States from Mexico. Gonzalez' father never had the chance to graduate from high school before dropping out to help support his family. He worked picking eucumbers, raspberries and other crops in the 1970s before obtaining work at the fiberglass factory where he still works in the early 1980s. Rivas' father picked crops every day after school and for a year after high school graduation before finding work in a factory. The two students' family backgrounds have given them an especially strong affinity for organizations like the CIW that campaign for labor rights in farming communities. Any student who participates in the Migrant Experiences seminar is bound to come away with a new compassion for the plight of migrant laborers who, according to the CIW, have to pick two tons of to-matoes in order to earn $50 in a day. But a week in the Florida fields can't compare with a student whose parents have told them firsthand what working in them firsthand was like. "A lot of the passion I have for immigrants and workers comes from my parents," Gonzalez said at a talk Monday night where both students described their parents' and their own experiences. The talk was held in honor of Cesar Chavez day, a holiday celebrated about her heritage, personal experiences Rivas began a week long hunger strike CIW and other labor organizations. The "Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King in California and other Southwestern and political views since the age of 11 fol­ Friday night as a call to the students and athletic department at Notre Dame has a Jr. did so much good, and they were only states in recognition of Cesar Chavez' lowing her younger sister's death. administration of the University to exam­ small level sponsorship agreement with one guy," Rivas said. "If one guy can do so groundbreaking work establishing the Gonzalez auditioned by herself, but for ine several issues on which the freshman Taco Bell which allows the company to much, why can't the University do more United Farm Workers in the 1960s. The the performance she asked Rivas to feels the University and its members. advertise in publications and announce­ worldwide?" talk also featured a lecture by IUSB Head accompany her on guitar. Rivas composed could take a more compassionate Catholic ments. Matt Gallo, a Board of Trustees Rivas hopes for a reaction from the of Labor Studies Paul Mischler and part an original melody with help from a stance. Rivas has not eaten since Friday member, is the director of a company University's officials, but has not spoken of the film "Fight in the Fields," which friend in Chicago to play while Gonzalez night, and does not plan to eat until a PSA called Gallo of Sonoma Winery, which with the administration directly. depicts the fight for labor unions through read. protest at Taco Bell Friday night, where also has been accused of unfair labor "This is a show of concern for the original footage. The poem was an appropriate one for the group hopes to have live music and practices by the UFW. issues. I want to leave discussion with the Cesar Chavez day also marked the start the two friends to perform together. real Mexican food. Rivas was inspired by University spokesman Matthew Storin administration to people more knowl­ of the Student Week of Action. The week "People of the Sun" describes the stories of a 30-day hunger strike started sited the Univeristy's Migrant Labor semi­ edgeable," Hi vas said. "If I don't hear is a national call to students supported by exploitation of certain classes that can by members of the CIW. nar as evidence that Notre Dame is not from them at all, if I don't feel like they're Jobs for Justice, Amnesty International come under capitalism. "If they can go for 30 days, I can go at insensible to the issues for which Rivas doing anything, I may keep going." and other organization in honor of the "People of the sunfl'here are those who least seven to raise awareness at a uni­ campaigns. Whatever happens as a result of Hivas' work of Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther have more than they need /But always versity which ean have so much power "The problem is not unknown to the effort, he can count on his friends to sup­ King Jr. convince themselves of not having and influence," Hivas said. University as a whole," Sturin said. "If he port him as he has supported them. At Latin Expressions on Friday, the enough/While we barely have enough Rivas mentioned the issue of campus learned about the problem as a student "I could see this fire inside of Tony campus had a chance to see how much para sobrevivir (to survive)," Gonzalez workers' right to organize and the gay­ here at ND that should count as [when I met him]," Gonzalez said. "He the friendship, and the causes the Rivas writes. straight alliance, but emphasized that he University awareness on some level." gives me a lot of energy. He inspires me and Gonzalez fight for. have meant to When she wrote the poem Gonzalez wanted to raise promote awareness of Although Hivas learned much of what to do the stuff I'm already involved with." both. originally dedicated it to her father and to migrant workers' rights at the University. he knows about the issues surrounding Gonzalez, auditioned for the show read­ the CIW. At the Friday performance she Hivas was especially concerned about migrant labor on a University seminar, he ing a poem entitled "People of the Sun." also dedicated it to Rivas, who has decid­ the University's connection with compa­ still feels the University could do more She has used poetry to express ideas ed on a new way to protest for his cause. nies that have been denounced by the good on some issues. Contact Maria Smith at [email protected] THE OBSERVER

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Saint Mary's sophomore Skip Bacon wins ninth award for her custom classic 1984 Chevy 510 S T 0 R Y B y M A RIA S M I T H

arab Rochelle Bacon doesn't look like a grease monkey. No one seeing the Saint Mary's sophomore standing around the Cavalcade of Wheels in the s JACC Saturday and Sunday in her pink shirt and pink hoop earrings would guess that Sarah, better known as Skip, had overhauled the engine and done the body work on her bright pink 1984 custom classic Chevy SlO herself. Bacon bought the truck for $500 after wrecking her mom's van in high school. She overhauled the engine with some help from her dad and brother when it failed a month after she bought it. "When I bought it the engine was shotand the body was trashed," Bacon said. "It ran, but not for long." When the car gathered so much rust that driving it was barely legal, Bacon decided to redo the body herself. And while· she was at it, she decided to make sure everyone knew it was her car and her handiwork. "I used to drive into town in a little red pickup, and every­ one would ask if it was my dad's, or my brother's or my boyfriend's. They didn't believe me that it was mine," Bacon said. "Now, no one asks." She had the interior redone in pink leather, repainted the dashboard in specially mixed pink paint and recovered the steering wheel herself. The truck was referred to as the Barbie car, Pink, the peppermint car and other nicknames around the show. But its real name, "Baby Doll," is unmistakably written across the top of the windshield. To top everything off, the car was made in the same month and year that Bacon was born. In January the owner and her truck both turned twenty. The age is the require­ ment for the car, if not the owner, to be considered a clas­ sic. "In five more years we'll both be 25," Bacon said. "We'll turn antique together." ALLISON NICHOLS/The Observer Bacon has yet to undertake any more automotive proj­ Saint Mary's sophomore Skip Bacon hangs an air freshener for ects, but stHl does maintenance on her beloved Chevy. every trophy from the gear shift in her cab. "She keeps my hands pretty full," Bacon said. "It's a 20- year old engine, it's not easy to keep running." Thanks to Bacon's hard work, the truck is now an award­ levels of the JACC. Altogether nearly 250 cars took part in the winning classic and Bacon's pride and joy. Bacon tours to show. shows around the state and always dresses in pink to match Bacon keeps eight pink air fresheners dangling from the her car. gear shift in the cab of her car - one for each award her For the show on Saturday, her car was parked in the center truck has won. After Sunday, she'll have to buy one more. of the hockey arena surrounded by other pickups, motorcy­ Bacon left the Cavalcade of wheels with first place in the cate­ cles, dragsters and all other types of motor vehicles. Other gory of "Mini Pickups, 1970-1987." cars were taken by elevator to line the hallways on the upper Although Bacon is excited about the trophy, which stands nearly half her height, and about the cash prize she won at a show in Iowa, she doesn't plan to move into the higher echelons of car shows. Companies will sometimes sponsor top cars to travel around the country and pay for repairs and improvements to the vehicles, but the Saint Mary's student w9uld rather maintain her inde­ pendence. "If you have sponsors, you have to do what they say," Bacon said. "For example, if they wanted me to replace my rims, I'd have to do it. I like what I have." While some classic car owners refuse to drive their cars any­ where but into the show, Bacon uses her Chevy for errands, going to movies and anything else she has to do. So if you see a pink truck any­ where around town, make sure to take a closer look and admire Bacon's hard work. And keep the custom paint in mind when you decide whether to try squeezing into that tight parking space next door.

ALLISON NICHOLS/The Observer Bacon bought her truck for $500 before overhauling the engine and redoing the body. Contact Maria Smith at Bacon painted the truck pink to make sure everyone would know it belonged to her. [email protected] p------

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NHL Kalinin scores twice in Sabres' 6-0 victory over Blue Jackets

Ass"'iatrd Press Brathwaite on the glove side. The Blue Jackets were out­ BUFFALO, N.Y. -The New shot 7-0 when Kalinin scored York Islanders had better look and 9-1 on Roy's goal. out: Here come the Buffalo Columbus was outshot 15-6 in Sabres. the first period and 39-23 over­ Dmitri Kalinin scored twice all. and added an assist, and The Sabres didn't stop there Martin Biron stopped 23 shots in matching a season high· by to earn his tOOth career victo­ earning their third six-goal vic­ ry in Buffalo's win over tory of the season. Columbus. Senators 5, Lightning 4 OT Buffalo moved within three The way the Ottawa Senators points of the Islanders in the and Tampa Bay Lightning were race for the final playoff spot in going, it figured the last shot the Eastern Conference. Both would decide the game. teams have three games "It's two good teams that remaining, and the Islanders' know how to battle right at the magic number is four points. end," Tampa Bay's Dave "They've got to be feeling a Andreychuk said after Chris little heat now," Sabres coach Phillips scored from just inside Lindy Ruff said. "We want to the blue line to give the put a lot of pressure on them." Senators an overtime victory Derek Roy had a goal and over the Eastern Conference assist, and Maxim Afinogenov, leaders. James Patrick and Chris Taylor "We showed good character also scored in helping the by coming back. But they also Sabres extend their unbeaten did, too. That's the intensity streak to five games (4-0-1). level both teams want going "It's as tight as it's ever into the playoffs. We've been been," Biron said. "We've looking for that, and in our last clawed ourselves back there. few games we've been able to And we've got to look at it as a get that. It's a good thing." The victory gave Ottawa a Reuters little step. But you haven't Toronto's Gary Roberts Is knocked down by Atlanta's Daniel Tjarnqvlst In front of Atlanta goalie sweep of the season series. The done anything until you close Pasl Nurmlnen during the third period of Toronto's 4-2 victory over Atlanta. the deal." Senators are 13-2-1 against The Sabres, who next play at Tampa Bay the past four years, the New York Rangers on and outscored the Southeast in the Northeast Division by batting a rebound out of the air reduced its magic number to Wednesday, are also feeling Division champions 17-9 in rallying for a victory over the and past Belfour. Just over a one point.over San Jose to anxious, hoping their run isn't four games this season. Atlanta Thrashers. minute later, Aubin scored clinch the top seed in the coming too late. The Lightning are 8-2-2 Toronto is tied with Boston after getting to a loose puck Western Conference playoffs "There's a lot of stress and against the second, third and with 99 points. The third-place before a defenseman or with three games remaining. anxiety involved," Sabres fourth-place teams in the East. Ottawa Senators have 98. Belfour could. The Red Wings have won three defenseman Jay McKee said. They're also at a loss to "It's just amazing how tight it Brian Leetch got Toronto straight to take over first place "We've just got to keep this explain their futility against really is," Roberts said. "Every going by making a pass from in the overall NHL standings. thing going. our. goal is to win No. 5 Ottawa, which moved day you look at the standings behind the net to Tie Domi, .. Our objective is to get ready out." within one point of Toronto and and you go from second to whose one-timer cut it to 2-1 at for the playoffs," Detroit for­ The Blue Jackets, shut out Boston - the co-leaders in the fourth to sixth. We're going to 13:08 of the first. ward Steve Thomas said. "We for the 11th time this season, Northeast Division. be doing a lot of scoreboard Alexander Mogilny's one­ wanted to continue what we had a four-game winning "We got a point, but it's still a watching the next few d·ays." timer tied it with 4 7 seconds were doing against Colorado." streak snapped. The 4-year-old loss," Tampa Bay's Tim Taylor Toronto started slowly, trail­ left in the first. Roberts sent The Red Wings beat the franchise has never won five said. "Our goals aren't the ing 2-0 in the first period Atlanta defenseman Frantisek Avalanche in their two previ­ straight. Eastern Conference anymore. before scoring the next four Kaberle to the ice with a check ous games. The Sabres took control early Our goals are the Presidents' goals. before making a pass from the Darren McCarty, Jiri Fischer, and kept pressing, making up Trophy and it looks with just Maple Leafs goalie Ed behind the net to Mogilny. Boyd Devereaux and Pavel for their last game getting a point tonight we Belfour made 22 saves, includ­ Roberts gave Toronto the Datsyuk scored the other Red Saturday's 2-2 tie at Pittsburgh won't be able to do it now." ing several impressive stops lead after his shot deflected off Wings goals. Ray Whitney had in which Buffalo blew a 2-0 Tampa Bay began the night throughout. Atlanta defenseman Andy two assists for Detroit, which lead. tied with Detroit for the overall Toronto played without Owen Sutton's skate and in at 3:44 of led 2-1 after the first period. Kalinin and Roy scored 2:09 NHL points lead. Nolan, who will be sidelined at the third. Nik Antropov made it .. We're trying to peak as apart, putting the Sabres The Red Wings beat least three weeks because of a 4-2 during a power play by we're going into the playoffs," ahead 2-0 by the 8:16 mark of Minnesota 5-3 and pulled one knee injury sustained in putting a rebound past goalie Whitney said. the first period, and before point ahead of the Lightning Saturday's tie against Ottawa. Pasi Nurminen. Alexandre Daigle scored Columbus registered its second with 105. Detroit has three Dany Heatley and Serge Red Wings 5, Wild 3 twice, and Andrei Zyuzin net­ shot on net. games remaining, and Tampa Aubin scored for the The Detroit Red Wings have ted the other goal for Kalinin's first goal was an Bay has two. Thrashers. nearly secured first place in Minnesota. opportunistic one when his Maple Leafs 4, Thrashers 2 "We were aware it was a big the Western Conference. Now McCarty opened the scoring centering pass, intended for Gary Roberts' two-point game for them, but we have their sights are set on the post­ at 4:26 when he put in a wrist Mike Grier, bounced in off effort helped the Toronto guys that are fighting for jobs. season. shot from the top of the left cir­ Columbus defenseman Scott Maple Leafs get back into first I can't fault our effort," Atlanta Brendan Shanahan had a cle. Minnesota tied it on a Lachance's skate. Roy made place. coach Bob Hartley said. goal and an assist Monday power-play goal with 9:57 good on Afinogenov's pass into Roberts had a goal and an Heatley, standing alone in night in the Red Wings' victory rema1mng when Zyuzin the high slot, one-timing it in assist, and the Maple Leafs front of the net, gave Atlanta a over the Minnesota Wild. slammed in a one-timed shot from 30 feet to beat Fred moved into a tie for first place 1-0 lead at 4:47 of the first by Detroit, with 105 points, from in front.

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Fall 2004 Courses

ROIT 310 TEXTUAL ANALYSIS I ADVANCED GRAMMAR 9:30-10:45 T/Th C. Ryan-Scheutz

An introduction to the critical analysis of Italian lit~rary texts across a vari~ty of genr~s and periods, complemented by an advanced grammar review and practice in writing. Recommended for all majors and supplementary majors.

ROIT 371 INTRO TO ITALIAN LITERATURE I 11:00-12:15 T/Th C. Moevs

An introduction to the close reading aJ:td textual analysis of representative texts from the Duecento ,u...... , 1.. ~.'"''' ... "'' Renaissance, including Lentini, Guinizzelli, Cavalcanti, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Poliziano, Machiavelli, and trace the profile of ltalian literary history in this period, setting the texts in their cUltural and historical context {inl%~:~m~~E,::%W:n'f;?:W:ftt:m:: ::ttW$hltt$1)0!:?; :music, art, and architectur~}.vnth attention to the changing lUlderstanding a£ hwnan nature and the physical world F}W!N~~){:·· ru~!~:t·'!:I!.JI:I~IIII::~ll,llil.lll!llllll!l!~lllil!::·:·!"-·.::,.:!::j·:: centuties. Requir~ments include class participation, short essays, .short presentations~ a midterm and a final. Ta,i9.ift#ht~Md~@~'}= l]] Italian. Pre~requisite: ROIT 202 or equivalent; ROIT 310 suggested. The course is required for majors and secondary rwli}pjgF':'·' ·."'.,.,,,,,.,.,., o:;,,,,:,::;::,:,r,::::,,,,,,,,,,, ..

ROITILLRO 4111 DANTE I: INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE 2:00~3: 16 T/Th T. Cachey

According to the eminent critic John Freccero "Understanding in the Inferno is a process that m~·9'¥,!~!!l[i!~~~:·::::·:::I·:::::·:,,,_:m;:;::;:m,,:,::,}::::!J~!j[jjj)·£ti!fl[:f' characterized as hyperbolic doubt systematically applied to the values of contemporary .society." This may exJpl~MMffi~~:HO:H/H:ib@::M:Mfim strong revival of interest in th.e poem that we have witnessed of late. In this course we will read and discuss in del:~Ql'Ji~M\J.M:): Inferno as well as important "minor" works leading up to the Divine Comedy including the Vita nuova (New Life), t (The Banquet). and the De vulgari eloqu~mtia (On vernacular eloquence). The course, whiCh satisfies the requirement. will be offered in English, Undergraduate students of Italian at all levels are welcome. Midterm, final '-"4H~:':·t~:\:'t::,::::::':,:,: brief presentations.

FTI'/ROIT/LLRO 452! ITALIAN CINEMA: THE REALITIES OF HISTORY 1:30-2:45 M/W Z. Baranski* (ROIT 450!1- Lab 3:30-5:30 Th)

This course explores the construCtion and development of the Italian cinematic realist tradition from the silent ef.~{f¢i1f:I:ltt:M the the early 1970s, although its primary focus is on the period 1934-1966,which stretches from the appearance ofJBla:settrs::;:::;:;;:;::::~:::;:: openly fascist 'historical' ~c,onstruction, "La vecchia guardia", to Pasolini's 'eccentric' exercise in left-wing (:o:mti:tit~~'$.M/)ft: "Uccellacci e uccellini'', with its mix of expressionist and hyper-realist techniques. At the centre of this period are fffi!(Q1%mt:::::::n:::m: cinematic realism. Finally, the course aims to locate the films in their lusto.rical and cultural contexts and to .a~

This one semester, intensive study of Italian grammar and syntax is intended for graduate students working in the humanities or sciences, who are interested in acquiring reading proficiency in Italian.

ROIT 515 DANTE'S WORLD OF BOOKS 12:30-3:00 T Z. Baranski*

Dante's World of Books aims to examine the oeuvre and career of, arguably, the most original and influential writer in Western culture from three closely interlinked perspectives. First, the course provides an overview of all Dante's writings, the books he actually produced. Second, it explores his intellectual formation and his attitude towards the literary tradition-the books that were probably present in his 'library'. Third. it will assess the manner in which Dante synthesized his different ideological and poetic ROIT/ARHI 546M SURVEY OF ITALIAN BAROQUE ART interests in order to develop an incisive and powerful assessment and critique o! 3:00-3:50 M/W/F R. Coleman humanity's position in the order of divine creation. ln the Middle Ages, the created universe was often metaphorical.ly described as "Cod's book" or the "book of creation". This course surveys Italian painting, scUlpture. and architecture of the 17th and The course thus attempts to investigate the com.ple:t inter·relationship that Dante (orged 18th centuries, the era of the foundation and suppression of the Jesuit Order, the between his books and the 'book' of the Supreme Artist. a popular and highly influential Counter-Reformation, absolute monarchy, and democratic nations. Artists and architects medieval image for God the Creator. under discussion include Caravaggio and the Carracci, Bernini, Borromini, Guarini, Algardi, Artemisia Gentileschi, Pietro da Cortona, Baciccio. Pozzo. and Tiepolo. ROIT 588 MODERN ITALIAN POETRY 3~30-6:00 Th J. Welle ROIT/ARHI 546E MANNERISM: PAINTING & SCULPTURE IN CENTRAL ITALY AFTER THE DEATH OF RAPHAEL Addressed to graduate and advanced undergraduates, this course focuses on 11:45-01 :00 MIW · R. Coleman Italian poetry in the twentieth century. Major Italian poets and poet/translators to be studied include D'Annunzio, Gozzano, Marinetti, Ungaretti, Saba, Montale, Pavese, This course will explore the artistic trends in Italy after the High Renaissance (c. 1520) Quasimodo, Fortini, Pasolini, 8anguineti, Zanzotto. Rosselli, Giudici, Magrelli, Valduga and and before the Baroque (c. 1580). Our attention will then turn to the Roman art of D'Elia. The role translation in the evolution, transmission and diffusion of modern or Raphael's heirs, Giulio Romano, Perino del Vaga, and Polidoro da Cax:avaggio, and the Italian poetry will also be considered. Requirements include a 20 to 30 minute seminar emerging Tuscan painters Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, and Domenico Beccafumi. We will presentation, class participation including brief reports on critical readings, and a final also investigate the dispersal of the Roman school: Giulio Romano to the Gonzaga court research paper. in Mantua, in 1524. and, following the Sack of Rome in 1527, other maniera artists to Genoa, Bologna, Parma, and as far as the French royal chateau at Fontainebleau.

*Professor Zygmunt G. Baranski, 2004 Visiting Distinguished Professor of Dante and Italian Studies

~ Zygmunt G. Baranski is the Serena Professor of Italian and Head of the Department of Italian in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University. Professor Baranski is one of the world's authorities on Danter medieval poetics, and modern Italian literature, film and culture. Professor Baranski's visiting professorship at Notre Dame during the fall of 2004 is co-sponsored by the Devers Program in Dante Studies~ the Medieval Institute and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. page 16 The Observer + SPORTS Tuesday, March 30, 2004

NFL NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL Owners decide to keep Dry spell over for Duke

Tagliabue, instant replay at Duke it's as close to a championship. Blue Devils back in drought as it gets. In Krzyzewski 's 24 seasons "This program has had so at Duke, his teams have owners, as well as some of Patriots and Colts to Final Four after much success and tradi­ beaten Georgetown with those in bigger markets, such tion," guard Daniel Ewing Alonzo Mourning, UNLV with open season Sept. 9 as New England's Robert Kraft "lengthy" 3-year and the New York Giants' said. "I think it's a real dis­ Larry Johnson and appointment when a Duke Michigan's "Fab Five" in the Wellington Mara. absence Associated Press team doesn't make it to the NCAAs. It's a history of big "I can't see why we're talk­ Final Four." wins that the coach has ing about selling a few more Associated Press It doesn't happen often. relied on to teach this year's PALM BEACH, Fla. - NFL bobblehead dolls in Buffalo," Krzyzewski. in his 24th owners are ready to give com­ ·Wilson said. "And I wonder team. which has only one DURHAM, N.C. - Shelden year at Duke, is second in player - senior Chris Duhon missioner Paul Tagliabue a how many Cowboy hats Jerry Williams couldn't help but is going to sell there. There's a NCAA tournament victories - who has played in a Final new contract and keep instant smile Monday when asked replay. far more fundamental issue: with 64, one behind North Four. about Duke's three-year Carolina's Dean Smith. He Before Sunday's regional The money disparity that will The questions are how long absence from the Final Four. also ranks third in Final championship win against Tagliabue's term will last and end up making it a league of "Three years is pretty Four appearances with 10, Xavier, Krzyzewski showed if replay will be made perma­ haves and have-nots." dry," the sophomore said nent. Tagliabue, who took over in two back of UCLA's John his team tape from past vic­ with a laugh. Pittsburgh owner •Dan Wooden and one behind tories that catapulted Duke 1989 following the retirement Jokes aside, that is the Smith. Rooney, who heads the com­ of Pete Rozelle, has seen the into the Final Four. NFL through a series of fran­ attitude at a program that Krzyzewski took over at "It showed the excitement mittee that oversees league has reached the national operations, said Monday the chise shifts and the institution Duke before the 1980-81 and who they played semifinals 10 times in 19 season, struggling to a 38- against," Krzyzewski said. 32 owners agreed unanimous­ of free agency and the salary seasons. Under Hall of Fame ly to extend Tagliabue's con­ cap. 4 7 record in his first three "All of a sudden, they see coach Mike Krzyzewski, get­ tract, which expires in May Rooney noted Tagliabue's seasons while rivals North (Christian} Laettner and ting this far in the NCAA 2005. Rooney said the ·exten­ needed to provide continuity Carolina and North Carolina Alonzo Mourning go up for a tournament is not just a State each jump ball. sion could be as long as three through new labor and televi­ goal. It's expected. years, depending on the wish­ sion agreements. The TV con­ won NCAA .. You have to realize that He said he Now the Blue Devils are es of the 63-year-old commis­ tract expire's after the 2005 champi­ it takes hard work, and did "those season. two wins away from a fourth onships. things to let sioner. national title. The extension of replay, "He's taken the league to a Three years you have to earn to be in them know meanwhile, was presented to new level," Rooney said. "The "That's the reason I came later, the Final Four." about the to Duke, and I'm sure it's the owners in three possible television situation is phenom­ Krzyzews.k i moment and the reason most of the guys forms: enal, the relationship with the guided the don't assume came to Duke," sophomore Chris Duhon The vote on replay is likely players union is great. We're Blue Devils that they're to come Tuesday or entering an important period guard J.J. Redick said. "To to the 1986 Duke guard going to be in situations like this." Wednesday. title game, know about and we want him to continue The Blue Devils (31-5) face Owners also discussed some to lead us through it. It's obvi­ starting a the moment. touchy financial issues, includ­ ous what we think of him." Connecticut in Saturday's run of seven Final Fours in We'll do a little of that ,'. ing what several considered a It's believed he will make second semifinal in San nine seasons, including two before we play Saturday." widening gap between haves somewhere in the area of $8 Antonio. It's the Blue Devils' national championships. Still, Duhon said, the play­ and have-nots that could hurt million a year. first trip to the Final Four Duke first won the title in ers don't just assume they'll since winning the national 1991, upsetting undefeated make deep runs in March. the on-field parity that has Meanwhile, there will be no title in 2001. characterized the past decade. expansion of the playoffs from UNLV in the Final Four then "You have to realize that it "With our stadium and ticket the current 12 teams. Kansas The B I ue Devils had beating Kansas. The next takes hard work and you pricing and market, we are City withdrew its proposal to reached the round of 16 in year, Duke became the first have to earn to be in the 32nd out of 32," said expand the postseason to 14 each of the last two years. team in nearly two decades Final Four," he said. "You Indianapolis owner Jimmy teams. making it officially That performance would to repeat as champions, can't just expect it, or Irsay, who went into his own dead. qualify as a successful post­ beating Indiana in the semi­ you're not going to get season for most schools, but pocket to pay a record $34.5 Changing the overtime rule finals and Michigan in the there." million signing bonus to quar­ remains on the table, but is terback Peyton Manning, last unlikely to be approved. There r·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·, • season's co- is some senti­ MVP. ment to give "There has "f[agliabue has] taken both teams a to be some the league to a new level. possession in I way to create The television situation is the extra ses­ a shift there, sion instead of and it's THE phenomenal, the sticking with issue in the relationship with the the sudden­ NFL right now, players union is great. death rule, revenue shar­ but that sup­ The Fighting Irish compete on the field and court ing." we·re entering an port has Owners such important period. and we diminished. with Big East opponents from September to June. as Irsay, want him to continue to Last season, Rooney and teams getting Buffalo's lead us through it. •• the ball first Now it's your tum to compete with other students Ralph Wilson, won 23 per­ from Big East schools for top jobs and internships. among others, Dan Rooney cent of the are concerned Pittsburgh owner overtime about the dis­ games, down Dates: March 22 -Aprill6 parity in cash from 36 per- flow between their teams and cent in 2002. Positions: Full-Time Jobs and Internships teams such as Washington. The competition committee, Schools: 10 Big East Schools Redskins owner Daniel headed by Atlanta general I To Register: Log on to www.monsterTRAK.com, i Snyder paid out nearly $50 manager Rich McKay and I • I million in signing bonuses in Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher, establish and/or access your personal. I the first two days of free I also recommended instituting account and click on the Big East E­ I agency this year. Even with a 15-yard penalties for choreo­ salary cap, some owners graphed celebrations. And it Fair icon. believe it's difficult for teams suggested some minor ~( with less cash to match that, changes to the fair catch rule. Participating Employers Include: even though Snyder's spend­ Irsay's Colts and Kraft's ~ ing has failed to improve his Patriots will open the 2004 AT& T Wireless FedEx Susquehanna International team in the five years he's season on Thursday night, AIG Kohl's owned it. 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l~ League approves sale of Thrashers to Atlanta Spirit LLC \

Associated Press dealer David McDavid began exclusive talks to buy the teams ATLANTA- With the NHL's last April, but could never close approval of the $250 million the deal. sale of the Atlanta Thrashers With McDavid still believing and Hawks on Monday, the new his offer would work out, Time ownership expects to have final Warner suddenly changed documents signed within two course in mid-September. The days to acquire the teams from media conglomerate announced Time Warner. it was selling the teams to a "It should be less than 48 group headed by Belkin, hours," said Michael Gearon Jr., founder and chairman of the one of the Atlanta-based mem­ Boston-based marketing and bers of the new nine-man own­ investing company Trans ership group. National Group. "When I say we're inches The wait for approval put away, we're literally inches management decisions on hold away," he added before Monday for both teams. night's Hawks' home game "I can't say anything would against Memphis. have been done any differently Gearon said he expects the this season," Gearon said. ''I'm actual signing process to take just thrilled we have the three hours, a reflection of the approval. I had goose bumps complexity of the acquisition of when I got word of the NBA two franchises and Philips approval." Arena, where the teams _play The Thrashers have tentative­ their home games. ly scheduled a press conference The new partnership, headed for Wednesday to discuss more by Boston businessman Steve details of the sale. Belkin, is known as Atlanta "We're ecstatic to receive NHL Spirit LLC. approval as the final step in the Belkin's group agreed to buy sale," said Atlanta attorney the teams and Philips Arena Rutherford Seydel, a member of ~ ~~ from Time Warner in Members of Atlanta Spirit LLC listen during a press conference In Atlanta Sept. 16. The NHL the partnership and the son-in­ finalized the $250 million sale of the Thrashers to the group Monday. September. The NBA gave its law of former Hawks and approval two weeks ago. Thrashers owner Ted Turner. "We were pretty naive when "Our formal closing is now expansion team in Charlotte. In Warner subsidiary, will retain the NHL's Washington's we entered this process," imminent, and we can't wait to December 2002, the NBA 15 percent ownership of Atlanta Capitals, Bruce Levenson and Gearon said about the long wait get started." picked Black Entertainment Spirit, but will have no say in Ed Peskowitz, along with Todd for approval. Atlanta Spirit LLC also Television founder Robert operations. The rest of the Foreman. "I thought the biggest issue includes Turner's youngest son, Johnson to get the North group is split into thirds. Belkin owns a third by him­ both leagues would have would Beau Turner. Ted Turner owned Carolina team, which will begin One section is Atlanta-based self. He will concentrate on the be whether we had the financial the teams and baseball's play next season. and includes carpet company Hawks, while the Washington­ liquidity to acquire the teams, Atlanta Braves but lost control Time Warner decided to owner Bud Seretean, longtime based group- with its hockey and there were other issues through a series of corporate unload the Hawks and Hawks executive Michael experience - and Seydel will .. :, that were specific to both mergers. The Thrashers joined Thrashers to help relieve some Gearon, his son, Gearon Jr., work with the Thrashers. leagues that were very com­ the NHL as an expansion team of its massive debt. The compa­ Seydel and Beau Turner. Peskowitz will be primarily plex," he said. in 1999. ny has backed off in its efforts A third of the group is responsible for Philips Arena, The sale process has dragged Belkin and Larry Bird headed to sell the Braves. Washington-based and includes both as a sports and concert on for nearly a year. Dallas auto a group that made a bid for an Turner Broadcasting, a Time two former minority owners of venue .

....•:..• }.• /:··>·············( .• .,. .•... ~ 0 0 0 ~ ~ ~ 0 G ,.,>-.}~ 0 s...... 0 ,0 •.•...... •..~ ~ ~ NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL •• } .... · =::;::· Keady's coaching future • Why spend the winter months in South •• Bend when you could be studying in... • ' remains an uncertainty i ,I going to interview at least two Associated Press •. more in San Antonio." INDIANAPOLIS - The Gene He already has confirmed . . Keady saga at Purdue doesn't interviewing Connecticut assis­ • • ! appear to be ending any time tant Clyde Vaughan and Arizona soon. assistant Rodney Tention for the •. • j Purdue sports information job. director Elliot Bloom said the Keady is easily the most •. • school doesn't expect to make an accomplished of the three candi­ announcement about Keady's dates. •. •. future until after the NCAA His 505 career wins in 24 sea­ I' ( ! / championship game AprilS. sons in West Lafayette are by far ·. ( I • • I Purdue officials were not com­ the most of any Purdue coach. I menting late last week in an He also owns six Big Ten titles . Brazill I • • I attempt to keep attention and has taken the Boilermakers I ( focused on the women's team in to the NCAA tournament 17 • •. ! the NCAA tournament. That times. I stance was rendered moot when The 67 -year old coach has one Learn more about opportunities in Brazil the Boilermakers lost to Georgia year left on his contract at • • on Saturday. Purdue and has said he would by attending an information session on !l Bloom said Keady planned to like an extension. • • attend the Final Four in San Purdue athletic director April 1, 2004 at 5:00pm in 231 DBRT Antonio. So is University of San Morgan Burke has not said •. •. . !! Francisco athletic director Bill whether he will give Keady the ~ t . . I ~ Hogan, who will spend his time extension, but in a written state­ • • there interviewing candidates for I ment issued last week he said Application deadline for Spring '05 is i the Dons' coaching position. The Purdue "will not stand in his way I • • job opened when Phillip if he wants to pursue this oppor­ May 1, 2004 ~ Mathews was fired earlier this tunity. • •. month. "That said, Gene knows we are ! Hogan would not comment on committed to him through the specific candidates Monday, but fmal year of his contract." • • ~ Applications Available www/nd. edu/-intlstud said any delay by Keady and That may not be enough for Purdue would not factor into his Keady, who clearly wants to con­ • • • decision. tinue coaching, whether it's at . .·:·:· "We're moving forward with Purdue or somewhere else. • •:\:- our whole process here," Hogan "Sure, I'd like to be back, but told The Associated Press. ''I've you've got to take it day-to-day," • • interviewed two already and I'm Keady said last week. •••••••••••••••••• ------. ------· . ----- ·- --~ OUNDTHE ATION Tuesday, March 30, 2004 Coi\1PILED FROJ\t Tn_E OBSERVER'S \VIlli SERVtCEs page 19 NHL

Icon Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore gets a shot past Vancouver goalie Johan Hedberg. Moore spoke on Monday for the first time about the injuries he sustained later in that game. Moore speaks about injury at new-s conference

Associated Press before Colorado played Los ing into assault charges her the 20 minutes before Angeles. "I don't know against him. He also must or after he was struck - DENVER - Wearing a whether I'll be able to play apply to NHL commission­ his first memory was lying brace from his chin to his again, but I remain opti­ er Gary Bettman for rein­ in the medical room in chest, Steve Moore walked mistic. I'm more fortunate statement before he can Vancouver's arena. into a news conference just to be alive and to take play again. "I can't explain how Monday and said he does­ one day at a time." Moore has not spoken to scary it is to wake up to a n't remember the hit that Moore sustained two Bertuzzi and avoided ques­ nightmare," he said. ''I'm knocked him out for the broken vertebrae, a con­ tions about his punish­ playing a game and the season - and might have cussion and cuts on his ment, but did say the hit next thing I know I'm lying ended his NHL career. face when B ertuzzi was over the line. in a room with medical The Colorado Avalanche punched him from behind "I think that type of stuff personnel standing over forward still has a red welt and·drove his head into doesn't have any place in me. I have a neck brace on under his right eye, but the ice. The hit was the game," he said. "We and having my equipment wore a broad smile while believed to be retaliation have a tremendous game, cut off of me, and I am speaking to the media for for a check by Moore in this game of hockey, and I strapped down and really the first time since February that knocked think this incident has have no idea on what was Vancouver's Todd Bertuzzi Canucks star Markus made the image of this going on. It was pretty sucker-punched him dur­ Nasland out for three game suffer. That's unfor­ scary" . ing a game on March 8. games. tunate and I sincerely hope "Since that game in "I feel very fortunate to Bertuzzi was suspended nothing like this ever hap­ Vancouver, my main con­ be able to be here today, to for the rest of the season pens again." cern has just been to be able to walk in here," and playoffs, and Moore doesn't recall regain my full health and the 25-year-old Moore said Vancouver police are look- being punched or remem- take one day at a time."

IN BRIEF Holtz. suffers broken leg at Griffey sustains calf injury Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays practice during spring training got ready to begin the regular sea­ COLUMBIA, S.C. - Coach Lou Ken Griffey Jr. was hoping to stay son. Holtz vowed to become more healthy all spring. He didn't quite IUPUI will not renew involved next season in South make it. hoops coach's contract Carolina's offense, but nobody The Cincinnati outfielder strained INDIANAPOLIS - IUPUI will not expected him to break a leg doing it. his right calf while running out a renew the contract of women's bas­ Holtz sustained a hairline fracture groundball Monday night and left the ketball coach Kris Simpson, athletic around the dial to his lower left leg Saturday while Reds' game against Pittsburgh in director Michael Moore said Monday. watching the offense practice goal­ Sarasota, Fla., as a precaution. Simpson's contract expires June NBA line situations, the university said In each of the last three seasons, 30. She had a record of 97-148 in Golden State at Philadelphia, 7 p.m., Monday. Griffey sustained a major injury in nine seasons coaching the Jaguars, Comcast Holtz, who was Notre Dame's the final week of spring training or including a 7-21 mark last season. Simpson has guided the program Indiana at Milwa~kee, 8 p.m., NBA TV coach from 1986 to 1996, was the first week of the regular season. crouched down when running back Last year, he dislocated his shoulder since its inception in 1995-96. Cory Boyd inadvertently knocked in the fifth game of the season, "We appreciate Coach Simpson's NHL him over. returned and tore up his right ankle. efforts to grow with the IUPUI NY Rangers at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m., FOX The 6 7 -year-old coach jumped He then had surgery for both women's basketball program," Sports right back up and continued prac­ injuries. Moore said in a written statement. Edmonton at St. Louis, 8 p.m., FOX Sports tice, but later learned the extent of Griffey played the field as the "However, with the conclusion of the his injury. The tibia doesn't bear Pirates batted in the second inning, coach's contract we have the oppor­ weight, however, so Holtz and his then left the game. He jogged off the tunity to engage new leadership to MLB sore leg were back on the practice field accompanied by a trainer. make the Jaguars more competitive St. Louis at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m., ESPN2 field Sunday. Half a world away, the New York in the Mid-Continent Conference." page 20 The Observer+ SPORTS Tuesday, March 30, 2004 nr\ ~ \

ND WOMEN'S TENNIS SMC SOFTBALL ~ ~ \\ I~ \<, \1, lr, Tiebreakers no help to Irish Belles victory ends ~ point set the tone for the rest defeating Catrina and i By ANN LOUGHERY of the match. Christian Thompson 8-4 at 7-game losing sfl:eak ..... Sports Writer "The doubles point is so No. 1. At No. 3, North important because it gives the Carolina clinched the doubles \ Those pesky tiebreakers kids momentum for singles," point following Sara ~ innings. Libby Wilhemly threw a he said. "We played hard in ~ proved to be the bane of Notre Anundsen and Jenna Long's 8- By BOBBY GRIFFIN one hitter, striking out two and I Dame's existence. doubles; it was just a matter 3 win versus senior Emily Sporrs Writer ~~ walking none while facing just \ No. 33 Wake Forest (9-7) of pulling out big matches." Neighbours and sophomore \ Senior co-captain Alicia two batters over the minimum. \ and No. 9 North Carolina (14- Kristina Stastny. After seven straight losses, the Walsh again went 3-for-3, with \ Salas and sophomore Lauren 6) cornered the No. 23 Irish Lee Bairos and Kendrick a double, a triple and three RBis, Connelly posted the only win Belles finally got what they need­ (8-5) in several close matches Bunn added to the Tar Heels' ed Monday as they took both making her 6-for-6 on the after­ ~ this weekend, forcing a deci­ of the match for the Irish, success, posting a win against t games from Tri-State by the noon. Laura Heline went 2-for-2, \· sion in tiebreaking matches. bestin-g Danielle Schwartz and Salas and Lauren Connelly 8-6 \< Aimee Smith 8-3 at No. 2 dou­ scores of 4-3 and 10-0. with two runs scored. \• Ultimately, however, the Irish at No.2. Coming off two tough losses Coming off her team's loss i· were defeated by the Demon_ bles. This season, the pair is Bunn was next to contribute \, last weekend Thursday Deacons 7-0 and the Tar Heels 9-4 in dual match play and a point for North Carolina, tri­ against Alma - against 5-0. 15-6 overall. umphing over Stastny 6-1, 6-2 "'We need to have a sense a team who has Purdue-North "We didn't play all that well "They really played well at No. 5. No. 29 Mojzis was ~ dominated its of urgency and a killer Central, Belles ~~ in both matches, but they against Wake," Louderback next off the courts pulling off opponents all coach Anna ~~ were definite- said. "They've a 6-4, 6-1 upset of No. 10 instinct. We haven't had \ season long - Welsh seemed \ had a pretty Salas at No. 1. Clinching the either yet. but I know \- ly closer than "We didn't play all that the Belles (7- patient that the \ they looked," . consistent year win at No. 4 was the Tar they have it inside them \ coach Jay wellzn both matches, 11) rebounded Belles would \ and it's good to Heels' Anundsen, garnering a turn it around \i Louderback see them win." win against Lauren Connelly and played somewhere. Once they buttheywere solid ball, espe­ once they ~aid. "They definetely closer than In singles, No. 6-2, 6-3. At No. 6, Long beat show it, we are capable <. 22 Coetzee col­ cially in their clicked. JUSt couldn't h . Sarah Jane Connelly 6-2, 4-6, for great things., "We need to Jl win in tight t ey loQked. They JUSt lected a quick 6-2. five-inning matches." couldn't win in tight win over The Irish abandoned the blowout in have a sense of urgency and a Christian matches at Nos. 2 and 3 due Monday's later Anna Walsh A dogged matches.·· game. killer instinct," lr Wake Forest Thompson at to time constraints. At No. 3 Belles Coach ( No. 2 6-0, 6-3. Catrina Thompson held a lead In the first Welsh said. \ came pre- game of the "We haven't I pared to Jay Louderback At No. 1, Salas against Cline in a tiebreaker . (- dropped her {7 -4) and left the match tied at doubleheader, Saint Mary's and had either yet, but I know they make a state­ Irish coach Tri-State were tied until Kate have it inside them somewhere. t first match on 3-3. Christian, meanwhile, m e n Sajewich singled in Bridget Grall Once they show it, we are capa- ~~ Saturday, the weekend also led her match against )) for the game-winning run. ble of great things." · sweeping singles and claiming against Davis 6-3, 6-1. The Bairos 6-1, 4-6, 3-2. No. 10 Salas is 22-9 this sea­ "All of the kids were pretty Marnie Walsh starred offensively The pair of wins Monday could wins in two of the three dou­ for the Belles going 3-for-3 with be exactly what Welsh was talk­ ~: bles matches. The Demon son and 10-3 in dual-match upset after this weekend's ~) Deacons were fresh off of a 4- play. meets knowing we didn't get a run scored in the game. Erin ing about. Sullivan added two hits. The The Belles will need to carry H 3 win against North Carolina At No. 4 singles, Proctor two wins when we had the \ Belles as a team had 12 hits off the momentum from Monday's ,,,, secured the win for Wake opportunity," Louderback on Wednesday and seemed Tri-State pitcher Erin Brockert. victories Wednesday when they !: poised for another win after Forest, edging out Lauren said. "They're a very competi­ Sajewich pitched well for the travel to Albion for their first such an upset, according to Connelly 7-5, 7-6, (7 -2). tive group and they don't like Although at No. 5 Stastny to lose." Belles, giving up three runs on away league games of the year. Louderback. six hits over seven innings. She They will face a team with a 2-0 "With the way they've been won her first set, Schwartz The Irish are set to meet playing this season, they're returned with renewed energy Marquette Saturday and No. struck out six and walked none. MIAA record and who is 8-4 probably better than North to win 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Martzolf 15 Miami Sunday. In the second game, the Belles overall. Carolina, who has a better followed suit at No. 3 singles simply dominated Tri-State in every facet of the sport, outplay­ Contact Bobby Griffin at ranking," he said. against No. 92 Catrina Contact Ann Loughery at ing them to a 10-0 victory in five [email protected] At No. 3 doubles, junior Thompson 6-7 (8-6), 7-6, (7- [email protected] · Sarah Jane Connelly and 4), 1-0 (11-9). sophomore Kiki Stastny were Smith rounded out the the first to finish, finding Demon Deacons' win with a 6- defeat in their match against 4, 7-5 win over Liz Donohue Karin Coetzee and Liz Proctor at No. 6 singles. 8-1. Ashlee Davis and Katie On Sunday, North Carolina Martzolf secured the doubles collected wins in each of the point for Wake Forest after a singles and doubles matches hard-fought match against No. completed. The Irish were 1 doubles freshmen Catrina forced to abandon two of the and Christian Thompson. last singles matches due to (: In each loss this season, the time constraints. The Spring Run Irish have relinquished the No. 23 Aniela Mojzis and A Benefit for "'Rebuuiddng Together with Christmas In Aprir' doubles point. Louderback Kendall Cline gave the Tar f,t, believes losing the doubles Heels an early 1-0 lead by ) ~· ( I I I Need a job?

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start with that attitude, that's a good starting point." Practice On the offensive side of the continued from page 24 ball, quarterback Brady Quinn stepped onto the field and - on April 24 at Notre Dame while not a seasoned veteran - Stadium. took charge of an offense as a Beginning on day one, second-year starter. Willingham wanted his team "I think we expect more of starting with the basics and each other," he said. "Though it's working with the knowledge that the first day of practice, we every practice matters. expect to execute and get our job "We just want to get started done. So a lot of that comes with and get back," Willingham said. experience." "We want to come out and The Irish return fourteen always have a great deal of starters, with eight on offense intensity, and we want to hustle· and six coming back on defense, and do all the things a good foot­ including Curry, Goolsby and ball team does from a fundamen­ Quinn. Spring practice starts tal standpoint. It's been more early, however, and the taste of a fundamentals today than any­ 5-7 season in the mouths of thing else." these and all of the players still The senior leadership and lingers. Willingham are on the same "If you're a competitor it's still page. Senior linebackers Derek going to be there," senior run­ Curry and Mike Goolsby view the ning back Ryan Grant said. spring as a time to improve on "That's ·obviously a motivation the little things that will make for next year. But at the same summer workouts and practices time, you've got to be able to leading up to the season that move forward and realize that much more productive. we don't need that to happen "Our goal is definitely to be again. So I think we're going more fundamentally sound," about the right steps and doing senior linebacker Derek Curry what we need to do." said. "Last year, we played good Remembering last season can· at times, but if we had been cause players to become anx­ more fundamentally sound we ious, but the senior leadership PAMELA LOCK/The Observer could have played well across on this Irish team has shown its Quarterback Brady Quinn calls out signals during practice Monday. Quinn Is one of fourteen the board all the time. That's one face on the first day of spring starters returning to the Irish In 2004. thing the spring really is for ... practice and helped the team you have time to get back to the remain focused on the task at basics." hand, on the important stuff- on Goolsby, who sat out last sea­ the fundamentals. SMC TENNIS son due to injury, understands a "It's really hard to kind of take team coming off a rough season it a day at a time, but that's real­ needs to begin its basic prepara­ ly what you have to do," Curry tion in the spring. said. "We have a lot of expecta­ Belles look to build off weekend "Every time you have kind of tions, but we do know that each an off-season or anything bad and every day of the spring mat­ with a 7-0 sweep. In the cham­ matches and finished the week­ happens, you try to get back ters and we have to take that By STEVE COYER pionship match, Aquinas fell to end at 11-1 overall. where you'd like to be," he said. attitude. Sports Writer the Belles by a score of 8-1 to In addition to her win in the "You start from the bottom up. "We can't look at Michigan yet. give Saint Mary's the decisive doubles match against Aquinas, One of the things coach talked We can't look at summer work­ After two convincing victories victory. Bowler also won 6-0 in both sets about earlier, especially defen­ outs. We have to look each day in a home tournament over the The .Belles have won nine while facing Tri-State in singles. sively, was getting that attitude [at what] we do now." weekend, Saint Mary's will go matches already this season and The victory brings her singles back that we had a couple years on the road to face MIAA oppo­ will look for their third straight record to 7-3 this season. ago; getting everybody to the ball Contact Pat Leonard at nent Alma College today. MIAA victory against Alma. In a Knish and Palombo played at and making big plays. And if you [email protected] In their first match against match last year against Alma, Nos. 1 and 2 respectively for the Tri-State, Saint Mary's came out the Belles dominated and team and both pulled out victo­ recorded a 9-0 sweep. ries against Aquinas after long Against Alma the Belles will matches. continue to rely on the strong Junior Undsey Thelen returns Notre Dame Athletics play of Kate Bowler, Kaitlin as the top player for Alma this Cutler, Kristen Palombo, season. Thelen lost to Knish in Wednesday March 31, 2004 Jeannie Knish and Kris both the regular season and the Spriggle. MIAA tournament. Over the weekend, the doubles Saint Mary's will play at Alma #15 NO vs. Ohio State@ 4:oopm team Cutler and Spriggle defeat­ today at 3 p.m. The Belles play ed Aquinas 8-3, bringing their their next home match on overall record of the year to 9-1. Friday. 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game shutout of the State's Anna Garina by a 15- quicker opponent. After trail­ Mountaineers, allowing just 10 margin in the finals. ing 12-10, Kryczalo won the Baseball six hits. With the win, the Fencing All four women, however, next four points to put herself continued from page 24 sophomore improved to 4-1 on continued from page 24 barely made it to their on the brink of the finals. But the year. respective title bouts. In the Leahy battled back to 14-14, In the bottom half of the With a 2-0 Irish lead in the in 2003. But given the choice, foil semi-finals, Ament faced forcing a next-touch-wins sit­ inning, the Irish evaded a seventh, Notre Dame designat­ she wanted to face her team­ Ohio State's Hanna uation. Kryczalo scored it scare themselves as the ed hitter Steve Andres doubled mate in the finals. Thompson who had been lit­ and advanced. Mountaineers put runners on his team's lead with a two-run "It's the best-case scenario tle trouble for Ament in her Providenza also faced a 14- second and third with one out. triple to secure the Irish victo­ because if we have to fence 5-2 round-robin win. 14 score against Ohio State's Needing only one run for the ry. earlier then we won't be first Thompson, however, looked Louise Bond-Williams but win, West Virginia then Irish right-hander Grant and second [and] that's what ready for revenge and only after she had emerged attempted a squeeze play to Johnson - still rehabbing we wanted," Ament said. jumped on Ament for a 5-1 from a 14-12 deficit. But she bring the runner home, but from Tommy John surgery - Following in Kryczalo)s lead and led by a 5-2 score at capped her comeback, scor­ Edwards fielded the ball got the start for Notre Dame footsteps, freshman Valerie the second intermission. But ing the final touch and cleanly and got the runner out Sunday but was on a planned Providenza won the sabre Ament put together a furious clinching an appearance in at home. The next batter lined pitch count and worked only title in her first national rally, storming back to score the finals. out to Matt Macri at third base two innings. Senior Joe championships, only the fifth four of the next five touches "Someone taught me that to end the inning. Thaman came on in the third Notre Dame freshman (and to force sudden death over­ when you do 15-touch bouts, The Irish took the lead for and held the Mountaineers to first sabre} to do so. She time. think of it as always zero­ good in the 10th as Lopez dou­ one run on one hit in five avenged her loss to Sophia She was awarded the prior­ zero," Providenza said. "Then bled in Cody Rizzo from sec­ innings to pick up the win. Hiss during the round-robin ity and would win in the you don't [think] 'Oh my ond. They added an insurance Lopez continued his hot hit­ bouts by defeating Hiss in the event of time expiring with­ gosh, I'm down.' I was pretty run as Sollmann hit a sacrifice ting with a 3-for-4 perform­ gold medal bout by a score of out a touch, but she did not nervous but I knew I was bet­ fly to score Lopez, who had ance to improve his average to 15-8. Providenza never need it. Ament scored the ter."

' \ moved to third on a .411 on the season. Sollmann trailed and claimed the last next touch and advanced into There were no dramatic Mountaineer fielding error. also had an important two-run six touches to clinch the win. the finals. scoring swings in Walton's Irish pitcher Jeff Samardzija blast to give the Irish a 3-1 "It hasn't really hit me yet," Kryczalo's bout was a polar semifinal against Cornell's got the win in relief for the lead in the fifth. she said. "I'm just kind of in opposite. In a much faster Meghan Phair but there was Irish, his first of the season, The Irish return to action shock right now, just assum­ bout, she had no worries of sudden death overtime. and Ryan Doherty recorded his Wednesday when they host ing I have another tourna­ overtime but had to ward off There, too, the Irish pre­ fourth save of the season. Western Michigan at Frank ment tomorrow." a comeback from Jessica vailed as Walton became the In the nightcap of the double Eck Stadium at 5 p.m. Epeeist Kerry Walton closed Leahy. Leahy, who had hand­ fourth Notre Dame finalist. header, the story was all Tom out the women's competition ed Kryczalo her only loss in Thornton. The big Irish left­ Contact Chris Federico at with a silver medal finish. Friday's round robin, provid­ Contact Matt Mooney at bander notched a complete [email protected] The senior lost to Wayne ed problems as a smaller, [email protected] Golf continued from page 24

at 80, Bellino shooting 89 and Simmerman recording a 79. Simmerman's scoring average of 82.50 strokes per round leads the team on the season. This was the first time Fantom competed among the top five golfers, according to Hamilton. "She was a little nervous at first, but then started to get back into the groove and got her com­ petitive mind going," Hamilton said. ' . On the second day, the Belles ; ' totaled 34 7 strokes to round out the competition. Simmerman garnered an 82, Dunham scored 84, Fantom finished with 90, Hanlon followed with 91, and Bellino ended her round with 98. t "The course played a little tougher on the second day," I ~ Hamilton said. "We didn't have very good short games, but l was impressed with the ball striking I ' ' ( during the meet." . ( This invitational was a learning experience for Saint Mary's. d: Hamilton described it as an opportunity to identify areas for iH improvement and to compete ~ I ·, against larger teams. L: He said that the Belles will pri­ t I marily focus on their short games in preparation for the next meet and for the rest of the season. I i l ~ ~ I "We just need to get outside more for practice," Hamilton ~ { said. "We should be able to put ( ' I any five of our players in the I lineup and do well. In practice, r' we're really going to be asking our players to step up. They I . should be ready to compete at any time." The Belles head to Quincy I j l College April 5 and 6. ( ( ~ Contact Ann Loughery at ( [email protected] ~ ~ ~

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FOOTBALL SMC GOLF Back on the field Belles finish Irish focusing on 14th in fundamentals in spring practice Kentucky

\ ( By PAT LEONARD . '; By ANN LOUGHERY Associate Sports Editor '; Sports Writer Defensive line coach Greg Saint Mary's finished in 14th Mattison was ready to hike the place at last weekend's Northern football on a ball pursuit drill Kentucky invitational, with a two when he noticed a defensive day total of 678. DePauw took player ready in an incorrect first place with 612 strokes. stance. "Some of the teams we hadn't "Get set," he said. competed against before. They The player adjusted himself had lots of low scores," coach and readjusted. Mattison refused Mark Hamilton said. "On the sec­ to resume his count at quarter­ ond day, we didn't compete as . ' back until every player was set. well and that put us down on the The drill dragged on, and before ladder." he could hike the ball, a whistle Junior Stefanic Simmerman blew. led the Belles with a 35th place Head coach Tyrone finish, followed by junior Chrissy Willingham stepped towards the Dunham at 46th, senior Liz action, took the whistle out of his Hanlon at 72nd, sophomore mouth and made it simple. Kirsten Fantom at 89th and "Run it again," he said. sophomore Nicole Bellino at The Irish started spring prac­ 90th. tice with the first of 15 practices Saint Mary's fared better the Monday afternoon at the Loftus first day compared to the follow­ Sports Complex. The team will ing day, with a team total of 331. practice into the month of April Nearly all of the golfers topped and will end spring football with their best scores of the season, the annual Blue-and-Gold game PAMELA LOCK/The Observer with Hanlon posting 83, Dunham Victor Ablamirl, left, and Derek Curry take a breather with teammates during practice see PRACTICE/page 21 Monday. The Irish held their first practice at the Loftus Sports Center. see GOLF/page 22

FENCING BASEBALl Individuals dominate Irish sweep Big East series

NCAAs for Irish By CHRIS FEDERICO Senior StaffWriter weapons, Alicja Kryczalo and By MATT MOONEY Andrea Ament in foil, Valerie The Irish got off to a torrid Spans Writer Providenza in sabre and Kerry start in Big East play with a Walton in epee. Of the three three-game sweep of West WALTHAM, Mass. -Unlike weapons, the Irish women Virginia on the road in last year, the sum of the indi­ boasted two national champi­ Morgantown, W.V. vidual parts proved greater ons and two runners-up with Notre Dame (17-3, 3-0), than the whole at the 2004 at least one in each weapon. now ranked as high as No. 5 fencing national champi­ No women's team in NCAA by Collegiate Base ball onships Sunday at Brandeis history had ever posted final­ Newspaper, topped the home­ University. The individual ists in all three weapons prior standing Mountaineers (8-13, competition proved very suc­ to Friday. 0-3) 5-3 and 4-0 in a double­ cessful for the Irish, as the Kryczalo 's win marked her header Saturday and closed team totaled four gold and sil­ third foil championship in as out the sweep with a 6-2 vic­ CHUY BENITEZ/The Observer ver medal performances and many years, defeating team­ tory Sunday. Junior Matt Edwards slides into third during Wednesday's 16- one third-place medalist. mate Ament in the title bout The opener of the series 6 win over Detroit. On the men's side Michal by a 15-7 score. She becomes Saturday - originally sched­ Sobieraj placed third individu­ only the second woman in uled for seven innings - Virginia - got the scoring Notre Dame had a chance ally, a year after he finished NCAA history to win three would take 10 innings to be started with a triple to the to put the game away in the as the epee runner-up. After titles in any weapon since settled. Irish right-hander centerfield wall. Designated eighth, as shortstop Greg losing to Benjamin Bratton Penn State's Olga Chris Niese} led the way ·on hitter Matt Bransfield and Lopez and outfielder Craig from St. John's 15-13 in the Kalinovskaya won four foil the mound for Notre Dame first baseman Matt Edwards Cooper put together consecu- semifinals, he defeated Ohio championships from 1993-96. and worked seven innings, followed with a pair of RBI tive one-out singles. State's Denis Tolkachev in the Ament, the other half of the holding the Mountaineers to doubles. Centerfielder Danny third place bout by a 15-8 talented "A-Team," finished in three runs on seven hits. In the bottom half of the Dressman then walked to score to take the bronze the top three for the third The Irish pulled ahead 2-1 inning, West Virginia load the bases. But with just medal. time in her career, taking sec­ in the top of the fifth when reclaimed the lead with a one out, Sollmann grounded For the women, the individ­ ond to Krvczalo also in 2002 second baseman Steve pair of runs of its own. The into an inning-ending double ual success was historic. and winning the bronze medal Sollmann - who broke out of Irish came right back in the play to end the threat. Notre Dame qualified four an offensive slump with a 5- top of the sixth to tie the fencers to compete in all three see FENCING/page 22 for-11 weekend against West game at 3-3. see BASEBALL/page 22

SMC SOFTBALL NO WOMEN'S TENNIS SMC TENNIS MEN'S HOOPS NHL NHL Two wins against Tri- The Irish are shut out The Be1les go on the Duke is back in the The league approves Steven Moore makes State over the weekend in two matches against road to face Alma in a Final Four after a three- the $250 million sale of his first public appear- snapped a seven-game Wake Forest and North MIAA match today at 3 year absence. the Atlanta Thrashers. ance since Todd losing streak. Carolina. p.m. Bertuzzi's hit that knocked Moore out for the season. page 20 page 20 page 21 page 16 page 18 page 19