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Stayin' alive Thinking about our bodies Junior Dan Carlson scored twice this weekend, Leigh Cohn discusses eating disorders Monday leading Notre Dame to a win and a tie against in the kickoff lecture for Alaska-Fairbanks and keeping the Irish in the Body Image Awareness Week. FEBRUARY 26, CCHA playoff hunt. News+ page 3 Sports • page 21 2001 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXIV NO. 95 ~ HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Talking about a revolution + Regional meeting • One expert focuses on ethical, warns not to hope legal issues around for too much from genetic research genome findings By HILARY BURN By HILARY BURN News Writer News Writer As scientists raced to Our expectations for the sequence the human genome, potential of genetic research they left a multitude of ethical should not be too high, said Dr. and legal issues in their wake. Neil Holtzman. a professor at At Notre Dame this weekend, Johns Hopkins, in a lecture health care professionals. edu Friday at the North Central cators, lawyers, researchers, Indiana Ethics Consortium at students and clergy wrestled Notre Dame. with those issues and discussed "Genetics will advance knowl how health care will be affected edge, but its effect on health or by medical genetics and the reducing the burden of common human genome. - complex diseases will not be ter The Second Annual North ribly great," Holtzman said. Central Indiana Consortium on Even after last week's highly "Clinical. Ethical and Legal publized announcement that sci Issues in Medical Genetics" entists have figured out the included seven speakers and human genome sequence, they three panel discussions. Notable are still in the process of deci speakers were Dr. Charles phering it. Researchers estimate Epstein, professor of pediatrics that there about 30,000 genes, at the University of California, but, in terms of function, only a San Francisco, Dr. Neil couple thousand have been Holtzman. professor of pedi identified, according to atrics, health policy and epi Holtzman. demiology at Johns Hopkins As this genetic research has University and Dr. Ellen progressed, "revolutionary Clayton, director of the Genetics claims have been made [by both and Health Law Policy Institute the media and the scientific at Vanderbilt University. community] about the ultimate "Universities are the best AFP Photo impact of genetics on clinical place to hold these conferences A technician at a DNA sequencing lab works on human genome research. Last week, scientists medicine," he said so that you can not only attract announced that they had determined the complete human genome sequence. The implications Authorities in the field see ETHICS/page 4 of that discovery were the subject of discussion at a weekend conference at Notre Dame. see H 0 LTZMAN I page 4 Montana, renowned architect, dies Observer takes not only in his architecture, but By LAURA SELLINGER also in his paintings." top honors at ACP News Writer ''Frank was a genuine and hon Remembering est man who lived architecture Francesco "Frank" Montana, as a vocation. He took his talents a master national convention former professor and chair of the and used them according to the School of Architecture. died will of God. He truly did architec Friday, Feb. 16, at his home in ture for the good of the people," "He took his talents and By ANNE MARIE MATTINGLY Largo, Fla. He was 89 years old. said Father Richard Bullene, used them according to the News Editor Montana designed many build assistant professor of architec will of God. He truly ings on the Notre Dame campus. ture. did architecture for the The Observer took home its first ever Newspaper of His works include McKenna Hall Montana also served on Notre the Year award Sunday from the Associated in 1965, the University Club in Dame's architecture faculty from good of the people." Collegiate Press (ACP). 1968, the original Hammes 1939-47 and acted as the archi· "This was the result of many long hours in the Bookstore in 1955, the Center for tecture chair from 1950-1972. Father Richard Bullene office four our staff and is proof that The Observer is Social Concerns and the "Frank was the most important continuing it's long legacy of excellence," said University Village in 1962. figure in this program in the past assistant professor of architecture Noreen Gillespie, managing editor of The Observer. Montana. who was born in 50 years. He was very devoted to Editor in Chief Mike Connolly echoed Gillespie's Naro, Italy, earned degrees of his work and is the embodiment praise of The Observer's staff. architecture from New York of the best of Notre Dame," said "It's nice for the entire staff to be recognized for all University and the Ecole des Carroll William Westfall, the cur "His passion for beauty the hard work that so many people put into the Beaux Arts in 1933 and 1939, rent chair of Notre Dame's showed not only in his paper," he said. respectively. School of Architecture. The ACP is a division of the National Scholastic Montana's colleagues remem Montana worked diligently to architecture, but also in his Press Association and is the oldest and largest orga bered him well. establish the school's renowned paintings.·· nization for college student media in the United "He was a very warm and tal Rome Studies Program in 1969 States. Founded in 1921, the ACP today has nearly ented Italian gentleman who and directed it from 1972-75 and 800 members. including close to 600 student news never lost his Sicilian charm." from 1980-86, when he retired. Father Theodore Hesburgh papers. said Father Theodore Hesburgh, "The students owe it all to University president emeritus The Newspaper of the Year award is presented University president emeritus. "His passion for beauty showed see MONTANA/page 6 see OBSERVER/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Monday, February 26, 2001 INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday IM Fiasco + Presentation and discus + Lecture: "Juggling a + Lecture: "Getting Ahead + Lecture: Judy Molnar. Family and Medicine," I'm all about honesty lately. so I'd like to share sion: Sexism, the myth of while having a Life," Susan Rosie O'Donnell's personal one of the most embarrassing moments of my col the "strong black woman," Room 124 Center for Social Ohmer, American Studies trainer and founder of lege career. One Saturday night last semester I attended my friends' party at Campus View. After and the increase in single Concerns, 7 p.m. professor to speak in the Rosie's "Chub Club," will mingling a while, I noticed a cute boy and asked a motherhood in the African +Film: "Son of student government spon speak on "Developing a friend to introduce me. He obliged, names were American community, Joan Gascogone," International sored "Last Lecture" series, Healthy Lifestyle with the exchanged, and I ended up talking and dancing withthe Morgan, Carroll Auditorium, Film Festival, Montgomery McGlinn 24-hour lounge, 7 Quick Fix," Room 155 new boy for a while. By the 7p.m. Theatre, 7 p.m. p.m. DeBartelo, 7 p.m. end of the night. I had devel oped a small crush on him. Saturday night ended. Sunday came and went. Monday morning classes OUTSIDE THE DOME Compiled from U-Wire reports passed as usual. I came home and had a lit Laura Rompf tle time to waste before U. Miss. scientists work_ for male birth control pill heading to lunch. I listened to my phone voice mails. No Assistant OXFORD, Miss. you would have a contraceptive," w1played messages. I University of Mississippi scientists Johnson said. "But at the same time checked my e-mail. No new News Editor are working to develop a safe contra you don't want to affect any other tis mail. I looked to see who ceptive pill for men. sues including the testes. All signs was on Instant Messenger. Mitchell Avery. a University of point to the process being reversible. No one to chat with. My friends and I have this . Mississippi professor of chemistry and If it isn't reversible that is unaccept wonderful way of adding new people to our medicinal chemistry. and Theresa able and we'll have to do further Buddy You can use someone's e-mail Usts. Johnson, a third-year grad student of research." address and fmd their AOL screen name. I Chemistry from Twin Cities, Minn .• Johnson, who works closest with the thought back to Saturday night. And the party. are attempting to develop a compound project, said she has had some suc And the boy. Did he have a screen name? capable of killing sperm cells without cess. I typed his name in the ND search engine and affecting other parts of the body. "We've found compounds that are copied his email address into AOL's "Find A Ideally they will develop a safe alter active as inhibitors but they are not Buddy." A screen usually pops up asking you if native to the steroid-based com selective," Johnson said. "So, instead you want to search for the person's screen name, pounds on which most research has of being able to inhibit lactate dehy and you simply click "Next." I clicked "Next." thus rendering the male temporarily focused. drogenase in the sperm and testes it But then another screen popped up. I hit "Next" · sterile. Lactate dehydrogenase, a compound would do it systemically [throughout again. And then, another screen. So I hit "Next" Johnson intends to produce a com found throughout the body. is essen pound that is reversible and can stop your body].