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In This Issue because, the truth is, I've loved every minute In the spring, a young man's fancy turns to of it . thoughts of ... spring training. baseball and The magazine has made a lot of changes this End The Silence softball seasons are upon us, and sports year: We introduced "Editor's Notes" writers John Regruth and Kevin McGreevy (you're reading them right now), offer a preview of the season to come. "CampusWatch," "Glancing Back" and re ather James T. Burtchaell has been at Notre Dame for mystery surrounding Burtchaell's whereabouts is symptomatic of In News, Caroline Clarke takes a look at introduced the two-page "Coming Distrac F almost 40 years. Burtchaell served as provost for the misguided secrecy which cloaks this entire case. Notre Dame's response to AIDS. Over in tions" calendar. The magazine's layout has seven years in the 1970s, and for a time seemed next in line The only thing that grows in the dark of secrecy is rumor. Was Campus Life, Molly Mudd and editor been redesigned, from the table of contents for the university presidency. His resignation in De Burtchaell's 1977 resignation as provost related to the current Elizabeth Baytion profIle campus legend to ''The Final Word." cember, following public charges of sexual harassment, charges of sexual misconduct? The reasons Burtchaell stepped Father Himes, while Senior Staff Writer In issues this year we've examined subjects shocked the campus community. down as provost have never been clear; according to the Oct. 7, 1977 Chris Blanford looks at the other school ranging from the serious: date rape, SUFR, In the Decemberissue of Common Sense, Michael Vore Scholastic: "The major factor complicating response to the across the way - Holy Cross. A virtuoso of harassment, ,Burtchaell's resignation, the identifIed himself as a victim of abuses by Burtchaell. Burtchaell resignation has been the absence of any official explana the keyboard is also profIled by Jenny Tate pressure student athletes face - to the not Vore charged that allegations against Burtchaell had been tion. Joseph Duffy, professor of English, is disturbed 'that some and Elizabeth Baytion. so-serious: Winne-the-Pooh . ethanol investigated by leaders of the Holy Cross order as early as thing so dramatic could happen without explanation. Obviously it In Entertainment, Noah Cooper offers his guides to Graceland and S~uth Bend the mid- '70s, and added "Whatever the case may be, the was forced, and no explanation was given. Any respectable uni Oscar picks and Marshall Armintorreviews nightlife. Last semester we made a fIrst try University knew about Burtchaell long before I ever versity would have given an explanation. Anything that serious the newest Lou Reed. The usual colum~s at offering a student course evaluation stepped foot on this campus as a freshman in the fall of would have been brought up and explained, however tactfully. '" reappear, minus "Coming Distractions," booklet, an attempt I hope will be continued, '1982." Scholastic wishes to stress that Burtchaell's 1977 resignation as which will return with the rest of the expanded and refIned next semester. The Vore's charges raise a number of troubling questions: provost may have been forreasons unrelated to the current situation; magazine in the next issue on March 26th. average length of the magazine has gone Who knew about Burtchaell's misconduct, and when did the only thread connecting them may be how the university has from 24 to 28 pages as we have tried to get they first become aware of it? If the Holy Cross order and responded. In the 1977 Scholastic Physics Professor Paul Kenny was quoted as saying "According to Notre Dame's style the Uni So Long, Farewell ... more in every issue. the university were aware of it years ago, why did it take Of course, we seniors won't be completely so long for any action to be taken? versity genuinely tries to shield the individual as much as possible, Well, this is it - the last issue of Scholastic gone. You'll probably still see some of our Because of these concerns, in his December article, but the intention often brings the opposite result because it creates to be produced by the 1991-'92 editorial names on story bylines, but we'll just be Vore called for "a quick, thorough and public report to be rumors." board. After spring break there will be a new writers - it's not our show anymore. issued within three months." Notre Dame style hasn't changed much in 15 years; it still creates lineup of names in the list at left But before I know that Patti Doyle and next year's staff It is now three months later. There has been no public rumors and still doesn't answer important questions. Did the the class of 1992 rides off into the sunset, I will be making more changes and im report. The university has not issued an official statement trustees know in 1977? Did the Holy Cross order and university get my traditional chance to say goodbye to, provements as they lead the magazine into answering Vore's charges. The university has not even administration know? the magazine. its 126thyear. I also know it's time to step issued an official statement ofregret According to the Dec. 5, 1991 Scholastic, Sister Kathleen Gannon The attitude of 1978-'79 editor Jake aside and let them run things. The only official statement about the Burtchaell case is the official in the provost's offIce who usually handles sexual Morrissey has become almost legendary Thanks to everyone on this year's staff, and, was made not by Notre Dame, but by Rev. Carl F. Ebey, harassment cases, but the' Burtchaell case was handled by the around the magazine's office. "I hated being' a special note of gratitude to you, without' the local provincial superior for the Holy Cross order. provost himself. Why? How would the university have handled this Scholastic editor," he wrote at the expiration whom we couldn't have done it: Thanks for Questions to President Malloy and Provost O'Meara case if the professor involved had b~n a lay person, rather than a of his term. "I wouldn't wish it upon my reading. . about this issue are referred to public relations. Public priest? worst enemy." relations usually cites concerns of confidentiality and Priests have a special pastoral ministry which involves counsel I have to disagree, at least in part You see, ling students. This means the university and the order have a Ian Mitchell declines to answer any questions. I wouldn't wish Scholastic's editorship on corresponding responsibility to ensure that students are protected Editor in Chief OffIcially, Burtchaell is on sabbatical leave from Notre my worst enemy ,either-I'd save that wish Dame, and has been reported to be researching at from those who would abuse their ministry. But again, the uni-. for my close friends. Princeton. . versity is less than forthcoming in discussing the steps it is taking in I've been working at Scholastic since the But no one answers the phone at Burtchaell's listed response to the Burtchaell case .. fIrst semester of my freshman year, always number in Princeton. Telephone calls to Princeton Uni The administration is hoping all these questions will just go away. hoping to be editor some day. I'm not going versity have revealed that Burtchaell is no longer there. So far their approach has been successful. to whine about how much work it's been /Lorraine Firnim, of the Princeton religion department, The students of Notre Dame must press for an explanation of the said that she had no information as to Burtchaell' s current handling of the Burtchaell case. More .details could be released whereabouts. Neither did Michael Garvey ~ of Notre Dame without compromising confidentiality. The investigation into this public relations, or Lawrence Cunningham, chair of single case of sexual misconduct should also include a second N.D.'s theology department. Both men suggested con section, dealing with steps the university is taking to prevent tacting Burtchaell through the Holy Cross provincial of recurrences of such cases. fic'e. The administration's attitude seems to be that silence, like the An administrator at the provincial office confmned that Dome itself, is golden. Burtchaell is not at Princeton , but declined to say where he It is usually silver which tarnishes, but lately it seems as if the top is now. Scholastic can only assume, and hope, that he is of the main building glows a little less brightly' at night. The TMEdilar ·Sc1tDIitst~ . now undergoing the "psychological evaluation and questions must be answered. '-SC h a/astic lA1'arllnUl (mID Nol" DIlmC,lN 4.S5S6 treatment" mentioned in Ebey's statement. But the 2 SCHOLASTIC MARCH 5, 1992 3 \ ED EDITORIAL

Last Week's Editorial Response: Missing Cartoon Judgement Call CamRUS Watch BY THE GIPPER

Dear Editor: Dear Readers:· Information, opinion, attitude and outright innuendo mistakes of the university and student gov reveal that I was its custodian for 10 these 29 Ways to Get Through many months. No one knows where that The cartoon that! submitted to Scholastic last week did not appear As editor of Scholastic, I encouraged Scott Liebertz to submit his ernment is one that's hard to pass up. I wandering spectral gossip may have gone; because it was, as the editor described it, potentially offensive and letter of complaint because I felt we might owe readers an expla February always tried to keep CampusWatch from he may have infected a staff member, or he simply not funny. Ironically, the editor did not actually believe the nation of why his cartoon did not run last week. sounding too much like my own writing, but The Month That Would Not End may have may have wandered out of the office to strike cartoon to be offensive, but felt that some students might "misin In order to really answer his charges properly, though, I have to ended, but you never know when you might I gues"s I wasn't entirely successful. Every an unsuspecting student. terpret" its meaning. He did concede that had the piece been funnier, explain the content of the cartoon I chose not to print. The comic in once in a while a friend would ask about the need a list of things to do on campus, and so One of the questions the Gipper most often he would have taken that chance. Such an attitude is extremely question was subtitled "Why a cultural diversity requirement is Gipper's identity, but I cleverly thought up a ... (drum roll, Anton): received in the mail was "Can I have your condescending to the magazine's readers. Apparently the editor needed at N.D.," and it featured a game of trivial pursuit between strategy to throw them off the track. Here's 29. Check out the new Allegro cafe in the job?" Now the answer may be yes, if you 're does not have confidence in the reader's ability to make their own two teams. In the cartoon, a white student complained that the a sample conversation in which I try my LaFortune basement. Sure, it's overpriced the authentic custodian of the Gipper's distinction of what is offensive, and instead must be protected by his question he picked to to ask the opposing team was too easy; they (it's university food services, isn't it?), but tricky ruse: ghost. superior judgement. Had he found the cartoon offensive himself, I were asked. to identify the rock group that was responsible for it's well on its way to becoming the classy Friend: Hey, Ian, are you the Gipper? ' would have better understood his action. His point that the cartoon "Surfin' U.S.A." and "Good Vibrations." The opposing team drew version of the Night Oak. Me: No. was not funny enough is probably a better one (I sometimes forget a blank, responding ''The. Funkadelics?" In the drawing, the op 28. Go on a campus tour to torture the This some,times worked., Other times I Are You the Gipper? that Scholastic boasts the staff of Larson, Trudeau and Watterson). posing team member was black. guide with annoying questions or just learn would just refuse to make any comment If you feel the spirit move you, submit three Recall however, that I obtained this job through a reader's poll As I explained to Scott, I used a two-part process in deciding not a little about the schOOl you attend. Check about who the Gipper was. The orilypeople sample CampusWateh items to Scholastic. earlier in the year. Because of this, I naturally assumed that the editor to run this cartoon. I felt that his comic was: 1) potentially offensive the admissions office for times. who actually knew I was the Gipperwere the The items must be true, and all submissions would allow readers to decide forthemselves what is funny and what in implying that black students were ignorant of the Beach Boys, and 27. If you're not a business major, go into editors of Scholastic and my family (I fig become the property ofScholastic, so even if isn't. 2) bluntly put, not veryJunny. Hayes-Healy and look at the big globe. Sure ured I could trust Mom). you're not selected as Gipp your news tip It was the editor's suggestion that I write this complaint, and I Since I've met Scott, I knew it was not his intention to offend is one big globe, isn't it? Kind of cool ... might end up being published. Remember si~cerely appreciate his candor; I do not believe that what the editor anyone, but mther to raise a point about classes labelled "cultural The Gipper interrupts this list for a special A Retraction that the sacred duty of the Gipper is to keep did constitutes some gross violation of the First Amendment. I just diversity" that actually teach only about one single different criiture. CampusWatch announcement: I have to correct something I've written a his (or her) identity secret for an entire year, wish that student publications would be more committed.to the free As Scott wrote in his letter, I did fear that other students might few times above: I said I was the Gipper, but so take some precautions in submitting your exchange of ideas and show their readers more respect by allowing misinterpret ,Scott's meaning and take offen~e. A Confession I'm not, at least not really. I can't be, for I'll entries. Don't tell other people you're trYing them to think for themselves. out to be Gipper (only the Scholastic editors I also told Scott that I would have printed the piece had I found it For the past yearI, Ian Mitchell, have been be graduating in May (knOCk on wood), but Scott Liebertz to be funnier. I'm willing to offend some people for the sake of will know the Gipper's true identity). Send masquerading as "The Gipper." This col the Gipper will forever remain at Notre Senior humor that makes a point, and after the magazine had been printed, submissions in a sealed envelope with no umn began fairly simply, as the answer to a Dame. Y ciu see, sometime during this year, Scholastic Cartoonist I encouraged Scott to explore the idea behind the cartoon in another return address, and mark them as letters to problem. The difficulty was twofold: 1) I became aware that the spirit of the, Gipper less offensive, and hopefully funnier, manner.' the editor on the outside. Losing Gipper people don't read campus news stories and was the real author of CampusWatch, not This isn't the first time Scholastic hasn't run a comic. In the past candidates will not be notified, but the 2) the interesting goings-on at Notre Dame me. year I've also refused to print two cartoons from another artist that wiruiing Gipper will have the honoi: of la never get muchbeyotld the statu"s of rumor. I'd like to make sure everyone knows where were graphic depictions of vomiting, which I thought was a subject boring anonymously (for most of the year, The solution we came up with was a campus to lay the blame. It was the Gipper, not me, that might strike a little too close to home in a publication distributed anyway) on CampusWatch. Become one of gossip column, with short, opinionated who called Edward Aloysius "Monk" at dinnertime. the few, the proud - the Gipp! news items. CampusWatCh can print the Malloy, our esteemed university president, As the magazine's editor, I am responsible for its content: I choose stories that don't belong anywhere else, and "Hocker Head." Several times. what we print and what we don't. I'm not always right, and deciding maybe b~eak a story or two by asking the It was the Gipper, not me, Who dared to CampusWatch Continues not to print Scott's drawing was a judgement call. But if a cartoon right person the right question. I honestly criticize the bookstore as being overpriced In recent days the Gipper has gotten a lot of is both potentially offensive and not funny, I'm not going to print it. and sponsor a contest for those victims, er, interesting mail and heard a lot of interesting Ian Mitchell didn't mean to end up writing the column customers who dropped the most cash at rumors, all of which will be passed on for '91-'92 Editor in Chief every week, but after the first few times I became addicted. Hammes "On the Campus." Gipper II (whoever that may be) to take And it was the Gipper who stopped just short advantage of. If you've got a news tip, a Some Have Guessed, of accusing HPC members of causing the great question or some inside information, problem of hunger in Africa through their write CampusWatch at 303 LaFortune, drop But Few Have Known weekly student-supported feeding frenzy. it off in the office on the third floor· of Writing "CampusWatch" has always been Being possessed by the Gipper's spirit on a LaFortune, or call 239-7569. The next interesting: The Gipper has gotten some fun weekly basis has been great fun, but the spirit Gipper will thank you for it. 0 mail, and the chance to spout off on the is leaving me, which is why I'm now able to I 4 5 I SCHOLASTIC MARCH 5, 1992 : ~ -----~- ~------4 , LETTER NEWS COMMENTARY

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by Noah Cooper Ridley Scott) Hats off to the Academy for Anthony Hopkins, Robert De Niro, Robin finally nominating a black director Williams) Beatty's Bugsy Segel was too T he Academy of Motion Picture Arts (Singleton). So many talented directors get well-suited for him - a womanizing ego and Letters (Sciences - whatever) overlooked because our culture is afraid to maniac. Nolte has never won, but seems to will present its 64th Awards on March 30 face the problems they present. While have found the right role in his excellent field contains some heavy -~~~~~ Th~s.year's com~ Singleton needs a better vehicle than in Boyz portrayal as an unemployed football coach sadness and eventually acceptance o( death petition, and I will provide my choices for N the Hood, at 23 years of age, he will win who falls in love with his therapist in Prince by Marshall Armintor and a willingness to face the future. The the categories as well· as who I think the before he is done. Levinson did an excellent of Tides. Hopkins played the year's most sometimes blind Academy will choose. So ou Reed is one· of the few artist/ narrative Reed spins begins with "What's job of handling the Bening-Beatty love story intriguing role in his finest performance of L Good (The Thesis)," which shows off pay attention, because you could win a lot of while not losing the gangster story. Stone his great career; he could appear as Santa songwriters who can make a song seem money from your less-informed friends. All like he found it instead of having written it; Reed's sardonic wit in the face of tragedy; pounds his message much too hard for my Claus and I would still be terrified. If the "What good's a war without killing/What of the ~ollowing picks are based on past Bob Dylan, John Fogerty and Buddy Holly taste, and did not really make a movie as lambs aren't still screaming, I am. DeNiro good is rain that falls up/What good's a Oscar hIStory, careful attention to all of the much as a personal appeal. Scott did an gave a similar portrait of unmitigated evil, are some of the others who have had this miraculous ability to produce not just great disease that won't hurt you/Why no good, I performances, my present mood and in the incredible job of keeping his heavy-handed but show~d more versatility with in Cape acting categories, how much the individual songs, but songs that seem to have been a part guess, no good at all." After the song's directing to a minimum by just letting Davis Fear, but if he couldn't win with his perfor ending lines, "What's good?/Life's good! does not look like Tom Bosley. and Sarandon work their magic. Demme of the universe since creation. I mean, didn't mance in Awakenings last year, he cannot But not fair at all," the album then em:t>arks Best Supporting Actress: (Diane Ladd remains as the clear choice with his gro win this year. Williams cannot measure up _Moses receive "Bad Moon Rising" and Juliette Lewis, Kate Nelligan, Mercede~ "Peggy Sue;' along with the Ten Com into the thoughts of those in all aspects of tesque yet fascinating tale of serial murders to last two because he also plays himself for death: the dying are given a voice in "Magi-· Ruehl, Jessica Tandy) Two performances in Silence of the Lambs. Any other director mandments? Or is that apocryphal? Any most of The Fisher King, and is not as con cian," with its lyrics expressing the longing tower above the rest .. I loved Juliette Lewis might have let the gore take over but how, Lou has already carved out his niche in vincing in his serious scenes. Hopkins wins of the spirit to be rescued from the prison of in Cape Fear with her powerful performance Demme's death-is-just-around-the-corner cultural history with the :Velvet pnder memorating the life of Andy Warhol, writ out over De Niro by a tongue-length (ouch). the body. the act of remembering in as the naive daughter of Nick Nolte. Her pace makes the mm spectacular. ground, having influenced practically every ten in collaboration with old VU mate John Coop's Pick: Hopkins "Goodby Mass" and "Dreamin' ," ragt'l at sexual awakening through the revolting Max Coop's Pick: Demme Academy's Pick: Nolte so-called punk or alternative artist to come Cale. In Magic and Loss, Reed deals ex plicitly with the deaths of two of his close one's own inability to cope with the pain of Cady (Robert De Niro) made her an idiot, yet Academy's Pick: Demme Best Picture: . (Beauty and the Beast. after them: from Patti Smith to R.E.M. to the friends from cancer, detailing his own feel living in "Sword ofDamocles" and "Harry's strangely attractive. Mercedes Ruehl's per Best Actress: (Geena Davis, Susan Bugsy, JFK, The Prince of Tides, The Si Cowboy Junkies and .the New York-based formance in The Fisher King made the "No Wave"· noise-feedback-hell-while ings apd experiences with his vivid lyric Circumcision" and finally, the celebration Saran don, Jodie Foster, Bette Midler, Laura lence ofthe Lambs) What? No Steven Segal of life itself in the holy blues of "Power and Bridges character seem stale. Somebody Dem) Annette Bening was unfairly shoved flick? JFK is the one film that does not people-in-black-drone-poetry mdvement all style. give her a leading role! . benefitted from the legacy of VU, not to Musically, Reed worksJn the same urban Glory II." The album's last track, themedi ?side for Midler, who basically plays herself belong on the list. Over three hours of tative "Magic and Loss (The Summation)" Coop's Pick: Mercedes Ruehl 10 For the Boys.· Dern is tremendous as the mention the punk do-it-yourself and the folk-jazz mode-as he has in recent works, Stone's theory and preaching makes me expresses hope for the future after the sur-· Academy's Pick: Kate Nelligan sexually aggressive young woman in Ram anybody-can-be-in-a band movement. aided by the synth-guitar of Mike Rathke think Stone killed Kennedy - he knows so vival of any tragedy: ''When the past makes Best Supporting Actor: (Harvey Keitel bling Rose, blit has no chance against the But what do you do after you've changed and the fluid bass of jazzmao Rob damn much about it. Bugsy suffered from yoU: laugh/And you can savor the magic/ Ben Kingsley, Tommy Lee Jones, Michaei others. Saran don gives another compelling too much Beatty and not enough Bening.· music irrevocably, and your productive an Wasserman. But the album's style veers Lerner, J a~k Palance) Kingsley should have performance, but her character remains too gry young man/woman years are finished? away from the blunt ferOCity of New York; That let you survive your own war/Y ou fmd The Prince of Tides mantains that Barbara that flre is passion/And there's a door up never been nominated because he was not in static to. take home the little naked gold You simply cope with growing up and ma most of Magic and Loss flows steadily along ~treisand is the most annoying actress of all ahead not a wall." . Bugsy long enough to do anything. Palance statue WIth the sword between his crotch turing - post rock 'n' roll-stardom, and in the hymn-like mode of the Velvet !Ime. The Silence of the Lambs. had too Although the subject matter of Magic and pl~yed the exact same character in City (Oscar). Foster treats us to her best perfor maybe, if you're lucky~ you'll reach the Underground's self-entitled third album. Implausible of an ending to an otherwise Loss is tough to handle at times, the purga S!zckers as he has played in every move mance ever. Any actress willing to stand up status afforded only to the most v.enerable Beginning with the brief commencement lock to win the Oscar. Beauty and the Beast tive journey Reed takes the listener through s~nce Sh~ne. Jones was extraordinary oppo to Anthony Hopkins' chilling Hannibal figures in blues andjaZz: tough and weath theme "Dorita," which sounds like Handel 's has tremendous animation coupled with a is well worth it. At times, if Reed appears to SIte KeVIn Costner in JFK, and gets my Lector deserves some kind of an award, but ered, but-still able to blow your hom with Messiah worked over by Led Zeppelin, fantastic score. The classic happy ending overreach his grasp because of the com second place vote. Keitel did a solid job in she already has an Oscar for The Accused so conviction and dignity. Reed's artistry takes us through a -mix of does ~ot hurt (but Angela Lansbury does). plexity of the narrative, on repeated Thelma and Louise, but gets lost in the I say give it to Davis, whose character With his classic 1988 album, New York, sturdy country-blues ("What's Good," "No w~nt My pIck for Best Picture is Thelma and listenings, these moments fade into the shuffle with Geena Davis' and Susan through some kind of transformation in ev Lou Reed more. than· proved his endurance Chance"), gospel ("Power and Glory I & II") Louise. The enticing characters, brilliant dazzling, coherent whole of the work. As in Saradon's acting. The most enjoyable and ery scene, and Davis pulled them all off acting, tight screenplay and the mounds of and commitment to making music, after and even revved-up guitar assaults ("Gassed energetic performance carne from Michael remarkably. Davis has reached a point in her struggling artistically in the mid-'70s. With and Stoked," "Warrior King"). Most of the the best Velvet Underground songs, such as issues it raises makes Thelma and Louise a "Beginning to See the Light," "Pale Blue Lerner as a cartoonish movie producer in caree~ where she will be nominated every movie gem for years to come. _ his new album, Magic and Loss, Reed album, however, consists. of jazzy guitar Barton Fink Eyes" or "Sweet Jane," a sense of hope and year like Meryl Streep, and she should be Coop's Pick: Thelma and Louise completes his trilogy of requiem pieces,be strummed softly over glowing clouds of Coop's Pick: Michael Lerner synthesized tones, with Reed's sung-spoken expectation shines through Magic andLoss, rewarded. Academy's Pick: The Silence of the ginning withNew York, a scathing condem Lee a statement about not j~t death but the Academy's Pick: Tommy Jones Coop's Pick: Geena Davis Lambs 0 nation of modem urban America as it dis lyrics setting an even pace. Best Director: (John Singleton, Barry As a narrative, the evolution of Reed's preciousness oflife filled with both wonder . Academy's Pick: Jodie Foster Noah Cooper wants J uliaRoberts to know integrated during the '80s, and continuing Levinson, Oliver Stone, Jonathan Demme, and sadness. 0 Best Actor: (Warren Beatty, Nick Nolte, she won his Best Actress in a Mini-Skirt. with Songs for' Drella, a song cycle com- feeling cycles through frustration, anger, 6 7 SCHOLASTIC MARCH 5, 1992 MOVIES MUSIC

[L@M~®®©] 1J®~~® M® ~[Q)@Mfr by Noah Cooper Ridley Scott) Hats off to the Academy for Anthony Hopkins, Robert De Niro, Robin finally nominating a black director Williams) Beatty's Bugsy Segel was too T he Academy of Motion Picture Arts (Singleton). So many talented directors get well-suited for him - a womanizing ego and Letters (Sciences - whatever) overlooked because our culture is afraid to maniac. Nolte has never won, but seems to will present its 64th Awards on March 30 face the problems they present. While have found the right role in his excellent field contains some heavy -~~~~~ Th~s.year's com~ Singleton needs a better vehicle than in Boyz portrayal as an unemployed football coach sadness and eventually acceptance o( death petition, and I will provide my choices for N the Hood, at 23 years of age, he will win who falls in love with his therapist in Prince by Marshall Armintor and a willingness to face the future. The the categories as well· as who I think the before he is done. Levinson did an excellent of Tides. Hopkins played the year's most sometimes blind Academy will choose. So ou Reed is one· of the few artist/ narrative Reed spins begins with "What's job of handling the Bening-Beatty love story intriguing role in his finest performance of L Good (The Thesis)," which shows off pay attention, because you could win a lot of while not losing the gangster story. Stone his great career; he could appear as Santa songwriters who can make a song seem money from your less-informed friends. All like he found it instead of having written it; Reed's sardonic wit in the face of tragedy; pounds his message much too hard for my Claus and I would still be terrified. If the "What good's a war without killing/What of the ~ollowing picks are based on past Bob Dylan, John Fogerty and Buddy Holly taste, and did not really make a movie as lambs aren't still screaming, I am. DeNiro good is rain that falls up/What good's a Oscar hIStory, careful attention to all of the much as a personal appeal. Scott did an gave a similar portrait of unmitigated evil, are some of the others who have had this miraculous ability to produce not just great disease that won't hurt you/Why no good, I performances, my present mood and in the incredible job of keeping his heavy-handed but show~d more versatility with in Cape acting categories, how much the individual songs, but songs that seem to have been a part guess, no good at all." After the song's directing to a minimum by just letting Davis Fear, but if he couldn't win with his perfor ending lines, "What's good?/Life's good! does not look like Tom Bosley. and Sarandon work their magic. Demme of the universe since creation. I mean, didn't mance in Awakenings last year, he cannot But not fair at all," the album then em:t>arks Best Supporting Actress: (Diane Ladd remains as the clear choice with his gro win this year. Williams cannot measure up _Moses receive "Bad Moon Rising" and Juliette Lewis, Kate Nelligan, Mercede~ "Peggy Sue;' along with the Ten Com into the thoughts of those in all aspects of tesque yet fascinating tale of serial murders to last two because he also plays himself for death: the dying are given a voice in "Magi-· Ruehl, Jessica Tandy) Two performances in Silence of the Lambs. Any other director mandments? Or is that apocryphal? Any most of The Fisher King, and is not as con cian," with its lyrics expressing the longing tower above the rest .. I loved Juliette Lewis might have let the gore take over but how, Lou has already carved out his niche in vincing in his serious scenes. Hopkins wins of the spirit to be rescued from the prison of in Cape Fear with her powerful performance Demme's death-is-just-around-the-corner cultural history with the :Velvet pnder memorating the life of Andy Warhol, writ out over De Niro by a tongue-length (ouch). the body. the act of remembering in as the naive daughter of Nick Nolte. Her pace makes the mm spectacular. ground, having influenced practically every ten in collaboration with old VU mate John Coop's Pick: Hopkins "Goodby Mass" and "Dreamin' ," ragt'l at sexual awakening through the revolting Max Coop's Pick: Demme Academy's Pick: Nolte so-called punk or alternative artist to come Cale. In Magic and Loss, Reed deals ex plicitly with the deaths of two of his close one's own inability to cope with the pain of Cady (Robert De Niro) made her an idiot, yet Academy's Pick: Demme Best Picture: . (Beauty and the Beast. after them: from Patti Smith to R.E.M. to the friends from cancer, detailing his own feel living in "Sword ofDamocles" and "Harry's strangely attractive. Mercedes Ruehl's per Best Actress: (Geena Davis, Susan Bugsy, JFK, The Prince of Tides, The Si Cowboy Junkies and .the New York-based formance in The Fisher King made the "No Wave"· noise-feedback-hell-while ings apd experiences with his vivid lyric Circumcision" and finally, the celebration Saran don, Jodie Foster, Bette Midler, Laura lence ofthe Lambs) What? No Steven Segal of life itself in the holy blues of "Power and Bridges character seem stale. Somebody Dem) Annette Bening was unfairly shoved flick? JFK is the one film that does not people-in-black-drone-poetry mdvement all style. give her a leading role! . benefitted from the legacy of VU, not to Musically, Reed worksJn the same urban Glory II." The album's last track, themedi ?side for Midler, who basically plays herself belong on the list. Over three hours of tative "Magic and Loss (The Summation)" Coop's Pick: Mercedes Ruehl 10 For the Boys.· Dern is tremendous as the mention the punk do-it-yourself and the folk-jazz mode-as he has in recent works, Stone's theory and preaching makes me expresses hope for the future after the sur-· Academy's Pick: Kate Nelligan sexually aggressive young woman in Ram anybody-can-be-in-a band movement. aided by the synth-guitar of Mike Rathke think Stone killed Kennedy - he knows so vival of any tragedy: ''When the past makes Best Supporting Actor: (Harvey Keitel bling Rose, blit has no chance against the But what do you do after you've changed and the fluid bass of jazzmao Rob damn much about it. Bugsy suffered from yoU: laugh/And you can savor the magic/ Ben Kingsley, Tommy Lee Jones, Michaei others. Saran don gives another compelling too much Beatty and not enough Bening.· music irrevocably, and your productive an Wasserman. But the album's style veers Lerner, J a~k Palance) Kingsley should have performance, but her character remains too gry young man/woman years are finished? away from the blunt ferOCity of New York; That let you survive your own war/Y ou fmd The Prince of Tides mantains that Barbara that flre is passion/And there's a door up never been nominated because he was not in static to. take home the little naked gold You simply cope with growing up and ma most of Magic and Loss flows steadily along ~treisand is the most annoying actress of all ahead not a wall." . Bugsy long enough to do anything. Palance statue WIth the sword between his crotch turing - post rock 'n' roll-stardom, and in the hymn-like mode of the Velvet !Ime. The Silence of the Lambs. had too Although the subject matter of Magic and pl~yed the exact same character in City (Oscar). Foster treats us to her best perfor maybe, if you're lucky~ you'll reach the Underground's self-entitled third album. Implausible of an ending to an otherwise Loss is tough to handle at times, the purga S!zckers as he has played in every move mance ever. Any actress willing to stand up status afforded only to the most v.enerable Beginning with the brief commencement lock to win the Oscar. Beauty and the Beast tive journey Reed takes the listener through s~nce Sh~ne. Jones was extraordinary oppo to Anthony Hopkins' chilling Hannibal figures in blues andjaZz: tough and weath theme "Dorita," which sounds like Handel 's has tremendous animation coupled with a is well worth it. At times, if Reed appears to SIte KeVIn Costner in JFK, and gets my Lector deserves some kind of an award, but ered, but-still able to blow your hom with Messiah worked over by Led Zeppelin, fantastic score. The classic happy ending overreach his grasp because of the com second place vote. Keitel did a solid job in she already has an Oscar for The Accused so conviction and dignity. Reed's artistry takes us through a -mix of does ~ot hurt (but Angela Lansbury does). plexity of the narrative, on repeated Thelma and Louise, but gets lost in the I say give it to Davis, whose character With his classic 1988 album, New York, sturdy country-blues ("What's Good," "No w~nt My pIck for Best Picture is Thelma and listenings, these moments fade into the shuffle with Geena Davis' and Susan through some kind of transformation in ev Lou Reed more. than· proved his endurance Chance"), gospel ("Power and Glory I & II") Louise. The enticing characters, brilliant dazzling, coherent whole of the work. As in Saradon's acting. The most enjoyable and ery scene, and Davis pulled them all off acting, tight screenplay and the mounds of and commitment to making music, after and even revved-up guitar assaults ("Gassed energetic performance carne from Michael remarkably. Davis has reached a point in her struggling artistically in the mid-'70s. With and Stoked," "Warrior King"). Most of the the best Velvet Underground songs, such as issues it raises makes Thelma and Louise a "Beginning to See the Light," "Pale Blue Lerner as a cartoonish movie producer in caree~ where she will be nominated every movie gem for years to come. _ his new album, Magic and Loss, Reed album, however, consists. of jazzy guitar Barton Fink Eyes" or "Sweet Jane," a sense of hope and year like Meryl Streep, and she should be Coop's Pick: Thelma and Louise completes his trilogy of requiem pieces,be strummed softly over glowing clouds of Coop's Pick: Michael Lerner synthesized tones, with Reed's sung-spoken expectation shines through Magic andLoss, rewarded. Academy's Pick: The Silence of the ginning withNew York, a scathing condem Lee a statement about not j~t death but the Academy's Pick: Tommy Jones Coop's Pick: Geena Davis Lambs 0 nation of modem urban America as it dis lyrics setting an even pace. Best Director: (John Singleton, Barry As a narrative, the evolution of Reed's preciousness oflife filled with both wonder . Academy's Pick: Jodie Foster Noah Cooper wants J uliaRoberts to know integrated during the '80s, and continuing Levinson, Oliver Stone, Jonathan Demme, and sadness. 0 Best Actor: (Warren Beatty, Nick Nolte, she won his Best Actress in a Mini-Skirt. with Songs for' Drella, a song cycle com- feeling cycles through frustration, anger, 6 7 SCHOLASTIC MARCH 5, 1992 3 NEWS tial grant from the Center for Disease Con trol and the Indiana State Board of Health, the student leaders have participated in AIDS education on a larger scale. Recently, members Brian Fitzpatrick and Karen DaCosta-Hernandez made presentationsto the National Association of Catholic Col leges and Universities. AIDS at Notre Dame Diana Bradley, a SWAT member, stated, "Students are surprisingly receptive to us. We go wherever we are invited." The tenor Although no cases ofAIDS have been reported at Notre of dorm meetings is informal. "We consult with students and supply them with infor Dame, the epidemic is one which university health services mation." The students do not feign expertise on the subject and lead students to the proper says should not be ignored resources if necessary. The university also mandates AIDS eduCation for all rectors and resident assistants. The media is culpable for depicting mis leading images of AIDS patients, Saeger said. "AIDS is a.hidden disease, sometimes latent for as long as seven to ten years, " sh e By Caroline Clarke wide campaigns continue the crusade to said. "When we see emaciated AIDS cases enlighten the public, attempting to allay in the media, we assume that every.one fears and provide accurate information. he media inundates the public with stricken with the virus will have telltale T College students have led sheltered ex signs." AIDS can thus lay dormant, eluding staggering reports of the AIDS epi istences, engrossed in the academic and .ex demic. It is alhoo easy for college students its victims. tracurricular routine. The University of A few short years ago, the AIDS virus was to dismiss such statistics as random occur Notre Dame is not .exempt from this rule. an obscure affliction reserved only for cat rences. Although the media is often subject According to C~ol Saeger, the director of. egorized groups. Today, the epide~ic to hype and distorting stories in the name of university health services, "The minority seems to envelop all lifestyles, assum1I)g ratings, AIDS is a reality that many will women are demographically the fastest larger than life proportions. Nqtre Dame's have to face. growing group affected by the AIDS virus." . In light ofrecent discoveries regarding the response to AIDS involves students and the Saeger noted that AIDS is not exclusive .. university health service, in hopes that con- virus, AIDS remains a volatile issue. Per "College students are particularly at risk due . tinued AIDS education will banish any haps the unresolved questions regarding the to their age range. They are more apt to lead can be done on our premises or in the County virus perpetuate rumors about the contrac negative stereotypes and misconc~ptions, lifestyles filled with experimentation. Health Department downtown," she noted. tion and. spreading of the disease. Nation- fostering a more· secure scholastic com Sexual activity at this age increases." Col Confidentiality is ensured in· either situa munity. 0 lege students adopt an invincible mentality. tion. Personnel assign students with num They are young, healthy and distanced from bers, and only the doctor knows the identity worldly concerns. Such a mindset can be of the recipient. "The student is free to be . disastrous, convincing college students that . tested at any time on our premises," Seager If you have any AIDS is not an imminent threat claimed. "There i$ a service fee involved, The university handbook,DuLac, has no however, as we run a private laboratory." question's or wish Ii provisions for an AIDS policy. University The County Health Department is a gov Ii health services does offer an AIDS guideline il! ernmental organization, and testing is free. to consulta coun booklet to all interested students. Seager The only stipulation of the County Health :11 I:i encourages students to peruse the guide. At Department is that appointments are man selor, please con iii present, according to Seager, there are no i1! datory. Hf tact university !:: reported cases of AIDS within the Notre Another service provided by the univer Dame community. sity· is Students With AIDS Training. A ·1 Iii" health services at II Notwithstanding the present lack of fledgling organization solely comprised of written policy, the. university has made students, SWAT serves as a liaison between 239-7567 I!.rl several provisions for concerned individu students and the administration. SWAT is als. Seager emphasizes that students can be conducts peer counseling, run by students to 11il ~ . tested on their own volition. "AIDS testing maximize approachability. Receiving a par- I, :1- S :iI' SCHbLASTIC 'h~ MARCH 5, 1992 '., l,i- 3 NEWS tial grant from the Center for Disease Con trol and the Indiana State Board of Health, the student leaders have participated in AIDS education on a larger scale. Recently, members Brian Fitzpatrick and Karen DaCosta-Hernandez made presentationsto the National Association of Catholic Col leges and Universities. AIDS at Notre Dame Diana Bradley, a SWAT member, stated, "Students are surprisingly receptive to us. We go wherever we are invited." The tenor Although no cases ofAIDS have been reported at Notre of dorm meetings is informal. "We consult with students and supply them with infor Dame, the epidemic is one which university health services mation." The students do not feign expertise on the subject and lead students to the proper says should not be ignored resources if necessary. The university also mandates AIDS eduCation for all rectors and resident assistants. The media is culpable for depicting mis leading images of AIDS patients, Saeger said. "AIDS is a.hidden disease, sometimes latent for as long as seven to ten years, " sh e By Caroline Clarke wide campaigns continue the crusade to said. "When we see emaciated AIDS cases enlighten the public, attempting to allay in the media, we assume that every.one fears and provide accurate information. he media inundates the public with stricken with the virus will have telltale T College students have led sheltered ex signs." AIDS can thus lay dormant, eluding staggering reports of the AIDS epi istences, engrossed in the academic and .ex demic. It is alhoo easy for college students its victims. tracurricular routine. The University of A few short years ago, the AIDS virus was to dismiss such statistics as random occur Notre Dame is not .exempt from this rule. an obscure affliction reserved only for cat rences. Although the media is often subject According to C~ol Saeger, the director of. egorized groups. Today, the epide~ic to hype and distorting stories in the name of university health services, "The minority seems to envelop all lifestyles, assum1I)g ratings, AIDS is a reality that many will women are demographically the fastest larger than life proportions. Nqtre Dame's have to face. growing group affected by the AIDS virus." . In light ofrecent discoveries regarding the response to AIDS involves students and the Saeger noted that AIDS is not exclusive .. university health service, in hopes that con- virus, AIDS remains a volatile issue. Per "College students are particularly at risk due . tinued AIDS education will banish any haps the unresolved questions regarding the to their age range. They are more apt to lead can be done on our premises or in the County virus perpetuate rumors about the contrac negative stereotypes and misconc~ptions, lifestyles filled with experimentation. Health Department downtown," she noted. tion and. spreading of the disease. Nation- fostering a more· secure scholastic com Sexual activity at this age increases." Col Confidentiality is ensured in· either situa munity. 0 lege students adopt an invincible mentality. tion. Personnel assign students with num They are young, healthy and distanced from bers, and only the doctor knows the identity worldly concerns. Such a mindset can be of the recipient. "The student is free to be . disastrous, convincing college students that . tested at any time on our premises," Seager If you have any AIDS is not an imminent threat claimed. "There i$ a service fee involved, The university handbook,DuLac, has no however, as we run a private laboratory." question's or wish Ii provisions for an AIDS policy. University The County Health Department is a gov Ii health services does offer an AIDS guideline il! ernmental organization, and testing is free. to consulta coun booklet to all interested students. Seager The only stipulation of the County Health :11 I:i encourages students to peruse the guide. At Department is that appointments are man selor, please con iii present, according to Seager, there are no i1! datory. Hf tact university !:: reported cases of AIDS within the Notre Another service provided by the univer Dame community. sity· is Students With AIDS Training. A ·1 Iii" health services at II Notwithstanding the present lack of fledgling organization solely comprised of written policy, the. university has made students, SWAT serves as a liaison between 239-7567 I!.rl several provisions for concerned individu students and the administration. SWAT is als. Seager emphasizes that students can be conducts peer counseling, run by students to 11il ~ . tested on their own volition. "AIDS testing maximize approachability. Receiving a par- I, :1- S :iI' SCHbLASTIC 'h~ MARCH 5, 1992 '., l,i- ,I :~" . , ..

CAMPUS LIFE It's Not on Hog's Hill But It's Still Holy Cross Holy Cross College holds its own, despite being in the Also, with an enrollment of 419, Holy shadow of big brother Notre Dame Cross's status will always be played against the larger schools nearby. "It's in the H LA TI shadow of Notre Dame and it'll never be NOTRE DAMEIS STUDENT MAGAZINE ;. something like Notre Dame," says Murphy. '\ Students there do not get football tickets, nor can they use Notre Dame Health Ser vices. Housing, too, isn't part of the cost According to Bluma, about seventy percent Scholastic is always looking for more of the college is from the Michiana region. There are no dorms on campus, making photographers. . . Holy Cross strictly a commuter school. Holy Cross's General Information Guide Also we are looking for someone to fill the states that "the housing facilities at the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's position of Photography Editor for the College are not open to Holy Cross stu dents." Yet according to the university di~ -1992-'93 school year. Three Holy Cross students review their assignments In between classes rectory, two students from the college live on the Notre Dame campus in Carroll Hall. soccer for Notre Dame but wasn't admitted i by Chris Blanford "How they got there ... is not something I 11l: to the freshman class, so he attended Holy enter into," said Brother Bluma. He at magine a Notre Dame degree for only Cross -for two years and transferred. He is If you are interested in either of these positions, I $3900 a year. . tributes their residence in the hall to "special now a junior living in Zahm.Hall .. interest groups for Notre Dame ... There is Effectively this is what students at Holy Murphy had two brothers who went there Cross College are getting. Students there no agreement between the two institutions at contact Nick Spangler at 239-7569. before he did. "I've always ,known Holy all," he said. pay just $130 per credit hour to attend a Cross was a good school." school whose curriculum matches that of Holy Cross College is run by the Brothers "I think one of the biggest advantages," he, of the Congregation of Holy Cross. The Notre Dame's. says, "is that it is a small school and very . According to its General Information congregation, as well as lay people, teach the personal. You know your professors." classes at Holy Cross. 0 Guide, Holy Cross is a college designed for Michael Stewart, a Holy Cross freshman students to transfer to a seniot institution. This year marks the college's 25th year. and president of its student advisory council, Holy Cross Junior College opened in the fall "We're a two-year transfer institution, not says, "I don't think I would have been as a community-type of two-year college," of 1966 through the leadership of Brother good [a student] atNotreDameasIam here. John Driscoll, C.S.C., who served as Presi says Brother James Bluma, vice president of ... You get all the attention you need here," student affairs. dent and Dean until 1987. Its first class he says. consisted of student Brothers. Male stu "Our fIrst two years are geared upon what "I think students at Holy Cross in a sense Notre Dame, Saint Mary's, and the Indiana dents from the surrounding area were en- are getting a better education because the rolled in the fall of 1967. I University system requires," he says. Holy classrooms only have 20 or 25 students in The College became coeducational in Cross College provides the prerequisite them and there's a chance for interaction courses that a student needs to transfer to the 1968. Now officially called Holy Cross with the teacher," says Murphy. College, the school has grown to include institution of his or her choice. Holy Cross students also have access to But attending Holy Cross does not guar local, national, and international students. most ofNotre Dame's academic and athletic Students are admitted mostly on the basis antee acceptance into the University of facilities. Brother Bluma says that three Notre Dame. of high school performance. "We use SATs years ago an agreement was reached so that "If a student has done very well after two as a guide to help us make a decision," says students with Holy Cross I.D.s can use the Bluma, "but it's how well they did in high years ... and taken all the courses that are facilities at Notre Dame, Saint Mary's and required, then Notre Dame gives them con school and the courses they took that mat Indiana University. ter." sideration," says Bluma, "We rank high in But Holy Cross isn't perfect for everyone. that because we do have the transfer cur Nearly every student at Holy Cross likes If a student is interested in science, engi the close-knit atmosphere. "To me it's like riculum and the students know what they neering, or pre~med,"We would tell a stu~ want. They are motivated." , a big family. After a month you know dent when they come here, 'No. Don'tcome everybody, at least by face, even when The lower cost is not the only reason to Holy Cross. Don't start off here, '" says students attend Holy Cross. you're out somewhere," Murphy says. Bluma, ~use the college only provides Brendan Murphy was recruited to play Stewart adds, "I think Holy Cross is a courses in the liberal arts. well-kept secret." 0 10 SCHOLASTIC MARCH5, 1992

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~---~-~-- --~-~------~---~ --- ~-- --- CAMPUS LIFE CAMPUS LIFE and that there are problems." "It's hard to say," says Garnett, "because I them and everyone loved them. Then I just II on the one hand he really emphasizes the :\ developed my own style." His family often How Very Himesian sacraments and going to mass, and ... to me drops by to see him perform. "My grandfa :1 The Piano Man that seems really traditional. But on the one ther comes out a lot. My parents come out !l hand he makes it very personal. That makes every other weekend. They usually order a Father Michael Himes gains a loyal/ollowing in mass and in him seem liberal to me, compared to some of For Junior Chris Peckham, lessons payoff when drink, then take off,"he says. class using wit and old1ashioned charm the priests I know." After his trial performance, it was obvious it comes to playing the piano Himes is as'known for his rousing homi that the customers liked the addition, and lies as his classroom lectures. He describes Peckham has been a flxture ever since. used-car salesman." He teaches two general by Mollie Mudd and Elizabeth Baytion his homilies as moments "when I speak to He says hisjob isdeflnitely more fun than undergraduate theology courses, ''The Cri ne of the "top ten threats to the Catholic myself and other people eavesdrop," since by Jenny Tate Peckham plays both classical and Broadway work. "You meet. a lot of interesting tique of Religion in Modernity" in the fall, OChurch" can be. found right here at he prepares homilies to help himself under and Elizabeth Baytion tunes at the requests of the older crowd. people," Peckham says. One memorable and "The Sacramental Principle" in the stand the Gospel. Peckham's entrepreneurial instincts experience was the night a bachelorette Notre Dame. In an interview Father Michael spring. "You cannot begin to prepare a homily by ou'll appreciate it when you're older." payed off when he saw the potential for party came to the restaurant and invited him Himes confirms the .rumor that a "quite "The things that he says are applicable to Y When used in reference . right-wing publication described him as the life as well as theology," says Hilary Jones, saying 'What do they want to hear?'" be to their little celebration. "The cause first one has to the bane of many a childhood only two males that would have seventh greatest - piano lessons - the phrase is threat to the Church." to define who been there were the stripper and "they" are. In often followed by a groan and a me. "I thought it was a look that says "Mom, please!" great honor," Himes stead, he asks h~m "Their limousine broke self, "What do I But for Chris Peckham, this pa down so they all hopped in the says, "but if I'm one rental admonition has come true. of the ten worst need to hear from back of my station wagon. I these readings?" Peckham, a junior accounting dropped them off at a bar in threats to them, then major from Springreen, Wiscon the Catholic Church When people Springreen, but I had better ask Himes why he sin, started taking piano lessons things to do." Better things to is one of the most se when he was nine years old, and cure institutions in decided to become do? Peckham grins and recon a priest and profes continued taking lessons until siders, "Well, maybe not better, the world." senior year of high school. That When you meet the sor, the best expla but I had obligations I had to nation he can offer year the Wisconsin Music . take care of." Onenightheeven man it's difficult to ~ is a quote from Teacher's Association ranked saw Bill Murray at the restau believe he could hurt him "the best piano player in a fly, let alone the l1i Wordsworth: rant. ~ "What we have Wisconsin" at the advanced "You get a lot of interest- stronghold of the level. . Catholic church. lil" loved, others will ing advice as the night goes on," Himes' lively lecture style shows in his class "Sacra.ments and Sacramentality." love, and we will He attributes his piano skills to ~ he adds. "Basically, the men Dressed in a char- lots of practice and the guidance actenstic tweed teach them how. ~ tell me women just aren't worth "What one has found deep, important and of three teachers, each of whom s: it." jacket, vest and tie, Himes has the air of a a senior in Himes' spring course. His stu dents, the majority of which have had Ca valuable," Himes says, "other people will has added a different strength to Peckham thinks he's British professor transplanted to the com his playing. His flrst teacher and wheat flelds of Indiana. The mix of a tholicism spoon-fed to them since elemen fffid deep, important and valuable." goOd at what he does because he Garnett says that if there was one thing placed emphasis on fundamentals, his sec piano entertainment at the fledgling restau Long Island accent "with a bit of Britain tary school, like the way Himes can make can "read" the crowd. "A lot of what I do is that she took away from Himes' course, it ond teacher on "flashy," crowd-pleasing rant. "I knew that they were going with a 5- thrown in" - the influence of his British worn-out Catholic doctrines seem fresh and playoff of the people who come into the would be "how he emphasized that religion pieces, and his third teacher on discipline. star plan, and it seemed that a piano bar born mother -,..... adds to the impression. exciting. restaurant. You can adjust the type of music and faith is something that you live out ... He The soft-spoken student from Nebraska ::vould be a nice addition," says Peckham. to the crowd, and that's always fun." Himes has been a popuiar theologian on '''Ijust like what he has to say, " says Jones. "It's not just a bunch of theology 'mumbo really stressed that the Christian faith isn't has apparently inherited his musical ability The~ were not even advertising. I just saw Peckham plays in the percussion section campus for the past flve years. He says he jumbo' ... that doesn't have any application necessarily the words in the Bible or the from his father's side of the family. He was the pIanO and I said, 'Listen, I can do you a of the Marching Band and recently joined tries to teach his students to "be intelligent, especially encouraged by his grandfather service. '" responsible and a believer. to what we do today." Jones thinks that rituals ... it's the way that you live your daily the St. Mary's Collegiate Choir. Although life and how people relate to each other." who is also a skilled pianist. Peckham says' Although Peckham hadn't ever per "One of the reasons I so immensely enjoy Himes'lectures are applicable to reatlife. Peckham plans to continue his perfor Even.ifit's next to impossible to get into "He's always been a piano-player himself .. : formed in a restaurant before, he told the . being at Notre Dame is the students. Notre In the classroom Himes is entertainer as mances on the piano, he doesn't plan on one of his courses, Himes can be found and he bought all of his [eight] children manager, "I'm not sure how I'm going to be. making piano-playing a career after he Dame is the national Catholic seminary - well as professor. pianos" - baby grands, no less. "He just in the very broadest sense of the word. This Meg Garnett, a senior in Himes' course celebrating evening masses in Keenan on Just let me come in.' It was the night ofa big ~aduates. "~u~ who knows. I may end up, wanted all his grandchildren to take up piano Valentine's Dayparty." is the training place for the leadership of the last. fall, says, "He's really a dynamic lec Thursday and P.E. on Monday. Himes con l~ the money s nght, playing the piano every stantly speaks of the "Notre Dame student lessons as well. At Christmastime it seems Peckham admits he w~s a little nervous Catholic community of the future," says turer ... You go to his class just because you mght and managing the restaurant I play at. body of future leaders" and how giad he is to like everyone gives a little recital." because he "had no' idea what the Peopl~ I enjoy playing so much that if I was in Himes. Teaching at Notre Dame gives him want to go and listen to him talk." Peckham has made a lucrative summer wanted, or how I would sound amid bar the opportunity to interact with the future Do his students think he's a "liberal" be able to interact with them ..Likewise, his charge of a resort, I'd love to play." Consid students consider themselves just as lucky career out of his talent. On weekends and chatter ... I didn't know what kind of music ering; the success that Peckham's already leaders of the Catholic church .. priest? special occasions he plays at the piano bar of they would like, so I relied on my grandfa lri his attempts to convince students of the Jones says that she does consider him to have "the 7th greatest· threat to the had, It wouldn't be a surprise if his whim Catholic Church" living under the golden the Springreen Restaurant. .At the bar ther to pick out the songs ... and I played comes true.' 0 criticisms of various classical philosophers, liberal "just because he. admits that every Himes describes himself as an "intellectual thing is not necessarily right with the Church dome. 0 12 ·13 SCHOLASTIC MARCH 5, 1992 CAMPUS LIFE CAMPUS LIFE and that there are problems." "It's hard to say," says Garnett, "because I them and everyone loved them. Then I just II on the one hand he really emphasizes the :\ developed my own style." His family often How Very Himesian sacraments and going to mass, and ... to me drops by to see him perform. "My grandfa :1 The Piano Man that seems really traditional. But on the one ther comes out a lot. My parents come out !l hand he makes it very personal. That makes every other weekend. They usually order a Father Michael Himes gains a loyal/ollowing in mass and in him seem liberal to me, compared to some of For Junior Chris Peckham, lessons payoff when drink, then take off,"he says. class using wit and old1ashioned charm the priests I know." After his trial performance, it was obvious it comes to playing the piano Himes is as'known for his rousing homi that the customers liked the addition, and lies as his classroom lectures. He describes Peckham has been a flxture ever since. used-car salesman." He teaches two general by Mollie Mudd and Elizabeth Baytion his homilies as moments "when I speak to He says hisjob isdeflnitely more fun than undergraduate theology courses, ''The Cri ne of the "top ten threats to the Catholic myself and other people eavesdrop," since by Jenny Tate Peckham plays both classical and Broadway work. "You meet. a lot of interesting tique of Religion in Modernity" in the fall, OChurch" can be. found right here at he prepares homilies to help himself under and Elizabeth Baytion tunes at the requests of the older crowd. people," Peckham says. One memorable and "The Sacramental Principle" in the stand the Gospel. Peckham's entrepreneurial instincts experience was the night a bachelorette Notre Dame. In an interview Father Michael spring. "You cannot begin to prepare a homily by ou'll appreciate it when you're older." payed off when he saw the potential for party came to the restaurant and invited him Himes confirms the .rumor that a "quite "The things that he says are applicable to Y When used in reference . right-wing publication described him as the life as well as theology," says Hilary Jones, saying 'What do they want to hear?'" be to their little celebration. "The cause first one has to the bane of many a childhood only two males that would have seventh greatest - piano lessons - the phrase is threat to the Church." to define who been there were the stripper and "they" are. In often followed by a groan and a me. "I thought it was a look that says "Mom, please!" great honor," Himes stead, he asks h~m "Their limousine broke self, "What do I But for Chris Peckham, this pa down so they all hopped in the says, "but if I'm one rental admonition has come true. of the ten worst need to hear from back of my station wagon. I these readings?" Peckham, a junior accounting dropped them off at a bar in threats to them, then major from Springreen, Wiscon the Catholic Church When people Springreen, but I had better ask Himes why he sin, started taking piano lessons things to do." Better things to is one of the most se when he was nine years old, and cure institutions in decided to become do? Peckham grins and recon a priest and profes continued taking lessons until siders, "Well, maybe not better, the world." senior year of high school. That When you meet the sor, the best expla but I had obligations I had to nation he can offer year the Wisconsin Music . take care of." Onenightheeven man it's difficult to ~ is a quote from Teacher's Association ranked saw Bill Murray at the restau believe he could hurt him "the best piano player in a fly, let alone the l1i Wordsworth: rant. ~ "What we have Wisconsin" at the advanced "You get a lot of interest- stronghold of the level. . Catholic church. lil" loved, others will ing advice as the night goes on," Himes' lively lecture style shows in his class "Sacra.ments and Sacramentality." love, and we will He attributes his piano skills to ~ he adds. "Basically, the men Dressed in a char- lots of practice and the guidance actenstic tweed teach them how. ~ tell me women just aren't worth "What one has found deep, important and of three teachers, each of whom s: it." jacket, vest and tie, Himes has the air of a a senior in Himes' spring course. His stu dents, the majority of which have had Ca valuable," Himes says, "other people will has added a different strength to Peckham thinks he's British professor transplanted to the com his playing. His flrst teacher and wheat flelds of Indiana. The mix of a tholicism spoon-fed to them since elemen fffid deep, important and valuable." goOd at what he does because he Garnett says that if there was one thing placed emphasis on fundamentals, his sec piano entertainment at the fledgling restau Long Island accent "with a bit of Britain tary school, like the way Himes can make can "read" the crowd. "A lot of what I do is that she took away from Himes' course, it ond teacher on "flashy," crowd-pleasing rant. "I knew that they were going with a 5- thrown in" - the influence of his British worn-out Catholic doctrines seem fresh and playoff of the people who come into the would be "how he emphasized that religion pieces, and his third teacher on discipline. star plan, and it seemed that a piano bar born mother -,..... adds to the impression. exciting. restaurant. You can adjust the type of music and faith is something that you live out ... He The soft-spoken student from Nebraska ::vould be a nice addition," says Peckham. to the crowd, and that's always fun." Himes has been a popuiar theologian on '''Ijust like what he has to say, " says Jones. "It's not just a bunch of theology 'mumbo really stressed that the Christian faith isn't has apparently inherited his musical ability The~ were not even advertising. I just saw Peckham plays in the percussion section campus for the past flve years. He says he jumbo' ... that doesn't have any application necessarily the words in the Bible or the from his father's side of the family. He was the pIanO and I said, 'Listen, I can do you a of the Marching Band and recently joined tries to teach his students to "be intelligent, especially encouraged by his grandfather service. '" responsible and a believer. to what we do today." Jones thinks that rituals ... it's the way that you live your daily the St. Mary's Collegiate Choir. Although life and how people relate to each other." who is also a skilled pianist. Peckham says' Although Peckham hadn't ever per "One of the reasons I so immensely enjoy Himes'lectures are applicable to reatlife. Peckham plans to continue his perfor Even.ifit's next to impossible to get into "He's always been a piano-player himself .. : formed in a restaurant before, he told the . being at Notre Dame is the students. Notre In the classroom Himes is entertainer as mances on the piano, he doesn't plan on one of his courses, Himes can be found and he bought all of his [eight] children manager, "I'm not sure how I'm going to be. making piano-playing a career after he Dame is the national Catholic seminary - well as professor. pianos" - baby grands, no less. "He just in the very broadest sense of the word. This Meg Garnett, a senior in Himes' course celebrating evening masses in Keenan on Just let me come in.' It was the night ofa big ~aduates. "~u~ who knows. I may end up, wanted all his grandchildren to take up piano Valentine's Dayparty." is the training place for the leadership of the last. fall, says, "He's really a dynamic lec Thursday and P.E. on Monday. Himes con l~ the money s nght, playing the piano every stantly speaks of the "Notre Dame student lessons as well. At Christmastime it seems Peckham admits he w~s a little nervous Catholic community of the future," says turer ... You go to his class just because you mght and managing the restaurant I play at. body of future leaders" and how giad he is to like everyone gives a little recital." because he "had no' idea what the Peopl~ I enjoy playing so much that if I was in Himes. Teaching at Notre Dame gives him want to go and listen to him talk." Peckham has made a lucrative summer wanted, or how I would sound amid bar the opportunity to interact with the future Do his students think he's a "liberal" be able to interact with them ..Likewise, his charge of a resort, I'd love to play." Consid students consider themselves just as lucky career out of his talent. On weekends and chatter ... I didn't know what kind of music ering; the success that Peckham's already leaders of the Catholic church .. priest? special occasions he plays at the piano bar of they would like, so I relied on my grandfa lri his attempts to convince students of the Jones says that she does consider him to have "the 7th greatest· threat to the had, It wouldn't be a surprise if his whim Catholic Church" living under the golden the Springreen Restaurant. .At the bar ther to pick out the songs ... and I played comes true.' 0 criticisms of various classical philosophers, liberal "just because he. admits that every Himes describes himself as an "intellectual thing is not necessarily right with the Church dome. 0 12 ·13 SCHOLASTIC MARCH 5, 1992 . i \ ·1 SPORTS j u n i 0 r , Mee will probably occupy the hot comer at trying to find out how to stop him, and he'll returns after equalling the school record for third base. He will also share the catching still find a way to beat you." wins in a season. He went 11-5 with three duties with sophomore Matt Haas and fresh- Dan Bautch and Eric Danapilis will be saves and a 3.69 ERA. David Sinnes (5-2, man Bob Lisanti. fixtures in the Notre Dame outfield. Bautch, 4.73 ERA last season), Chris Michalak (9-1, Senior Craig Counsell and sophomore a speed merchant with a golden glove, will It's Time To 2.47) and Tom Price (7-2, 2.55) will round Greg Layson WIll form Notre Dame's key- roam center field. The junior stole 16 bases out the starting rotation for last year, second best on the the Irish. team behind Layson. Notre Dame also added Danapilis figures to settle in four talented freshmen to its rightfield,andhisbatfiguresto pitching staff: Dan Adams, fall near the top of the batting PLAY Craig Allen, Marty DeGraff, order. After hitting at a .374 and Tim Kraus. Kraus was clip last year, Danapilis' career picked in the 11th round by average actually fell to .399. the San Francisco Giants, Murphy will most likely fill the even though he had already third outfield slot with senior signed a letter of intent to Mike Rooney; junior Edwin attend Notre Dame. Hartwell, freshman Tom BALL! Despite the level of talent Anderson, or freshman Craig on his staff, Murphy said, DeSensi. "Pitching is a funny animal. Perhaps the only problem It's hard to figure out. Just facing Murphy this season con- Irish baseball coach Pat Murphy has his take a look at Bret cerns his talented freshmen. charges poised to take the MCC, Saberhagen or Doc Gooden. Ranked third among recruiting We're optimistic about our classes across the country, and then the NCAA, by storm Courtesy of Sports fnformation pitching staff, but our opti- Notre Dame attracted three mism is guarded." players selected in last June's Murphy is less reserved professional draft. In addition at-large bid from the tournament committee. By John Regruth Murphy continues that refrain this year about the other facets of his to Tim Kraus, Paul Failla and The Fighting Irish won last year's confer saying, "Rankings are someone else's opin team, particularly its hitting Steve Verduzco turned down ong b~fore the 1992 season began, the ence tournament, which could have rem-' ion. They're good for the press and for ability. pro offers. Failla, who doubles L Notre Dame baseball team's chances edied their predicament if the bid still ex outsiders, but they don't mean a thing for us. "Our hitting will be out- asaquarterbackforthefootb;ill of winning a spot in the NCAA tournament isted. We know inside how good we are." standing," he boasted. "Our team, was drafted by the Kan- improved measurably. In a meeting held Because a similar fate has befallen Notre' The recognition keeps coming, however, young guys are aggressive sas City Royals in the seventh last November, the NCAA Baseball Com Dame's women's basketball team, some and other MCC coaches believe it whether and the uppercl~sinen are round.. Collegiate Baseball t ii mittee recommended restoring the auto people have theorized that both squads were Murphy does or not. Besides a high ranking, I I experienced and smart." . . rated him as one of the 20 best matic bid for the winner of the Midwestern the victims of animosity towards Notre Baseball America also picked Notre Dame .1! The focus of the Irish of- infielders in· the nation last i Collegiate Conference tournament cham Dame after it signed last year's TV contract to 'Yin the con(erence title. In its "Who to I fense is frrst baseman Joe year. Verduzco, also an in- I pion. The NCAA Executive Council ap with NBC. Watch" section, the starting lineup for the I Binkiewicz. Last season, fielder, was picked in the fIfth I proved that recommendation a month later, Murphy simply calls the events of the past Irish nearly appears in its entirety. I Binkiewicz led the team with round by the Philadelphia I assuring an MCC representative. two years "an injustice" and chooses to look Jim Brownlee, the head coach of MCC a .379 batting average, ~nd 01 Sports Phillies. - I Notre Dame's head baseball coach, Pat I . forward to the upcoming season. What he rival Evansville, said, "I think Notre Dame his 15 home runs and 48 Rlghtflelder Eric Danapllls has a .399 career batting average The test for Murphy will be Murphy, applauded the NCAA' s actions but [ sees is one of the most promising seasons for has to be the favorite going into the season." RBI's were second only to but hopes to bolster his slugging percentage this season. to find room in his already tal- I I said, "Our approach will be the same with or Irish baseball in years. "They're solid everywhere," said Larry I Frank Jacobs, who is now in the New York stone combination. Counsell, who will tri- ent-laden infield for his new arrivals. At the without the automatic bid. In baseball, it's The national college baseball press has Redwine, who is the head coach of the Mets organization. Binkiewicz displayed captain the '92 Irish along with Mee and moment, the field is crowded with experi ridiculous for a tournament bid to ride on taken a liking to Murphy's team. In Colle- Xavier Musketeers, another of Notre Ii his prodigious power last year against Binkiewicz, batted acareerbest.312 and led enced seniors and Layson, who is the cor i one tournament game. Too many things can gi~te Baseball's "Fabulous 40" poll, the Dame's MCC foes. "Their pitching from i Xavier when he hit a Ruthian blast over theteamindoubieslastseasonwhilefjnding nerstone. happen: your best pitcher might have an off Irish are 20th. Baseball America ranked top to bottom is the best in the conference." Coveleski stadium's 35 foot wall in dead a home at shortstop. Layson made a big Murphy has called pail1a and Verduzco day or their pitcher might have the game of Notre Dame eleventh in the country in its Statistics back up Redwine's assertion. centerfield,405feetawayfromhomeplate;----spJash at second base in his frrst year of "our infield of the future," but adds that they :j his life." preseason poll, in front of Texas, LSU (last Notre Dame's returning pitching staff ac I In addition to his work on the field, the Irish college b~1. He was selected the top fresh- "have to wait their turns. They have to earn Despite his reservations, Murphy under year's national champions), Cal St.-Fuller- counted for 43 of its 45 victories last season. senior survived the pre-med program, and man secondb~man by Baseball America (a spot in the starting lineup). I can't go by stands the importance ofan automatic bid as ton, and Arizona State. Pat Leahy has drawn the most attention ashe has been accepted by two medical schools. after hitting .338;-s.tealing 20 bases, and potential." . , much as anyone. In the two seasons since Murphy is skeptical of the recognition. enters his third year. The6'7",2451b.right Another senior pre-med student who fig- shining defensively. -.-~- Because of his pro-caliber throwing arm the MCC's bid was revoked, the Irish have Last year, he humorously downplayed pre- handed hurler posted an 8-3 record against a ures to playa major part in Notre Dame's Murphy can barely contain his enthusi- and bat, Verduzco may fmd playing time as compiled a 91-28 record, with victories over season rankings saying, "I told the guys 4.76 ERA last season, and is considered by offensive attack is senior Cory Mee. A asm for Layson saying, "He's an outstand- a left fielder. Murphy said he does not powerhouses like Miami (Fla.), Texas, and we'reranked278th. That's the Murphy poll. Baseball America to be one of the top 25 switch hitter who batted .355 last season, ing(player). You'lllayinbedbeforeagame expect grumbling from any dissatisfied Louisiana State, but have failed to attract an We'll stay there until we beat somebody." college draft picks. Alan Walania, also a 14 MARCH 5, '1992 -15 SCHOLASTIC . i \ ·1 SPORTS j u n i 0 r , Mee will probably occupy the hot comer at trying to find out how to stop him, and he'll returns after equalling the school record for third base. He will also share the catching still find a way to beat you." wins in a season. He went 11-5 with three duties with sophomore Matt Haas and fresh- Dan Bautch and Eric Danapilis will be saves and a 3.69 ERA. David Sinnes (5-2, man Bob Lisanti. fixtures in the Notre Dame outfield. Bautch, 4.73 ERA last season), Chris Michalak (9-1, Senior Craig Counsell and sophomore a speed merchant with a golden glove, will It's Time To 2.47) and Tom Price (7-2, 2.55) will round Greg Layson WIll form Notre Dame's key- roam center field. The junior stole 16 bases out the starting rotation for last year, second best on the the Irish. team behind Layson. Notre Dame also added Danapilis figures to settle in four talented freshmen to its rightfield,andhisbatfiguresto pitching staff: Dan Adams, fall near the top of the batting PLAY Craig Allen, Marty DeGraff, order. After hitting at a .374 and Tim Kraus. Kraus was clip last year, Danapilis' career picked in the 11th round by average actually fell to .399. the San Francisco Giants, Murphy will most likely fill the even though he had already third outfield slot with senior signed a letter of intent to Mike Rooney; junior Edwin attend Notre Dame. Hartwell, freshman Tom BALL! Despite the level of talent Anderson, or freshman Craig on his staff, Murphy said, DeSensi. "Pitching is a funny animal. Perhaps the only problem It's hard to figure out. Just facing Murphy this season con- Irish baseball coach Pat Murphy has his take a look at Bret cerns his talented freshmen. charges poised to take the MCC, Saberhagen or Doc Gooden. Ranked third among recruiting We're optimistic about our classes across the country, and then the NCAA, by storm Courtesy of Sports fnformation pitching staff, but our opti- Notre Dame attracted three mism is guarded." players selected in last June's Murphy is less reserved professional draft. In addition at-large bid from the tournament committee. By John Regruth Murphy continues that refrain this year about the other facets of his to Tim Kraus, Paul Failla and The Fighting Irish won last year's confer saying, "Rankings are someone else's opin team, particularly its hitting Steve Verduzco turned down ong b~fore the 1992 season began, the ence tournament, which could have rem-' ion. They're good for the press and for ability. pro offers. Failla, who doubles L Notre Dame baseball team's chances edied their predicament if the bid still ex outsiders, but they don't mean a thing for us. "Our hitting will be out- asaquarterbackforthefootb;ill of winning a spot in the NCAA tournament isted. We know inside how good we are." standing," he boasted. "Our team, was drafted by the Kan- improved measurably. In a meeting held Because a similar fate has befallen Notre' The recognition keeps coming, however, young guys are aggressive sas City Royals in the seventh last November, the NCAA Baseball Com Dame's women's basketball team, some and other MCC coaches believe it whether and the uppercl~sinen are round.. Collegiate Baseball t ii mittee recommended restoring the auto people have theorized that both squads were Murphy does or not. Besides a high ranking, I I experienced and smart." . . rated him as one of the 20 best matic bid for the winner of the Midwestern the victims of animosity towards Notre Baseball America also picked Notre Dame .1! The focus of the Irish of- infielders in· the nation last i Collegiate Conference tournament cham Dame after it signed last year's TV contract to 'Yin the con(erence title. In its "Who to I fense is frrst baseman Joe year. Verduzco, also an in- I pion. The NCAA Executive Council ap with NBC. Watch" section, the starting lineup for the I Binkiewicz. Last season, fielder, was picked in the fIfth I proved that recommendation a month later, Murphy simply calls the events of the past Irish nearly appears in its entirety. I Binkiewicz led the team with round by the Philadelphia I assuring an MCC representative. two years "an injustice" and chooses to look Jim Brownlee, the head coach of MCC a .379 batting average, ~nd 01 Sports Phillies. - I Notre Dame's head baseball coach, Pat I . forward to the upcoming season. What he rival Evansville, said, "I think Notre Dame his 15 home runs and 48 Rlghtflelder Eric Danapllls has a .399 career batting average The test for Murphy will be Murphy, applauded the NCAA' s actions but [ sees is one of the most promising seasons for has to be the favorite going into the season." RBI's were second only to but hopes to bolster his slugging percentage this season. to find room in his already tal- I I said, "Our approach will be the same with or Irish baseball in years. "They're solid everywhere," said Larry I Frank Jacobs, who is now in the New York stone combination. Counsell, who will tri- ent-laden infield for his new arrivals. At the without the automatic bid. In baseball, it's The national college baseball press has Redwine, who is the head coach of the Mets organization. Binkiewicz displayed captain the '92 Irish along with Mee and moment, the field is crowded with experi ridiculous for a tournament bid to ride on taken a liking to Murphy's team. In Colle- Xavier Musketeers, another of Notre Ii his prodigious power last year against Binkiewicz, batted acareerbest.312 and led enced seniors and Layson, who is the cor i one tournament game. Too many things can gi~te Baseball's "Fabulous 40" poll, the Dame's MCC foes. "Their pitching from i Xavier when he hit a Ruthian blast over theteamindoubieslastseasonwhilefjnding nerstone. happen: your best pitcher might have an off Irish are 20th. Baseball America ranked top to bottom is the best in the conference." Coveleski stadium's 35 foot wall in dead a home at shortstop. Layson made a big Murphy has called pail1a and Verduzco day or their pitcher might have the game of Notre Dame eleventh in the country in its Statistics back up Redwine's assertion. centerfield,405feetawayfromhomeplate;----spJash at second base in his frrst year of "our infield of the future," but adds that they :j his life." preseason poll, in front of Texas, LSU (last Notre Dame's returning pitching staff ac I In addition to his work on the field, the Irish college b~1. He was selected the top fresh- "have to wait their turns. They have to earn Despite his reservations, Murphy under year's national champions), Cal St.-Fuller- counted for 43 of its 45 victories last season. senior survived the pre-med program, and man secondb~man by Baseball America (a spot in the starting lineup). I can't go by stands the importance ofan automatic bid as ton, and Arizona State. Pat Leahy has drawn the most attention ashe has been accepted by two medical schools. after hitting .338;-s.tealing 20 bases, and potential." . , much as anyone. In the two seasons since Murphy is skeptical of the recognition. enters his third year. The6'7",2451b.right Another senior pre-med student who fig- shining defensively. -.-~- Because of his pro-caliber throwing arm the MCC's bid was revoked, the Irish have Last year, he humorously downplayed pre- handed hurler posted an 8-3 record against a ures to playa major part in Notre Dame's Murphy can barely contain his enthusi- and bat, Verduzco may fmd playing time as compiled a 91-28 record, with victories over season rankings saying, "I told the guys 4.76 ERA last season, and is considered by offensive attack is senior Cory Mee. A asm for Layson saying, "He's an outstand- a left fielder. Murphy said he does not powerhouses like Miami (Fla.), Texas, and we'reranked278th. That's the Murphy poll. Baseball America to be one of the top 25 switch hitter who batted .355 last season, ing(player). You'lllayinbedbeforeagame expect grumbling from any dissatisfied Louisiana State, but have failed to attract an We'll stay there until we beat somebody." college draft picks. Alan Walania, also a 14 MARCH 5, '1992 -15 SCHOLASTIC ~"""""""""======------""""... a .. """""""""""""""""""------~ AI

freshmen, however. cadre of seniors for leadership. The Muske The numbers support Redwine's claim. "One thing you find out when you talk to teers' offense begins with senior center XU's opponents have a .580 winning per these guys is that they're great people," said fielder Scott Federle. A .325 hitter last centage against other Division I schools. Murphy. "They have it together." season, Federle also showed off his quick The competition includes sixth-ranked Competition for the team promises to be ness and aggressive as a baserunner by steal .Oklahoma State, #21 Indiana State, #25 The Irish softball squad i ~. as stiff as settling the starting lineup. Notre ing 38 bases. Seniors Matt Griffin (11 home South Alabama, and traditional Southern j Dame's first 18 games are on the powers Tulane and New Or i enters its fourth season t road, including three each leans. Redwine hopes the gru '. against 19th-ranked Arizona eling preseason schedule can ready to take a crack at State and top-ranked Miami strengthen his team as it heads (Fla.) The home-opener will be into conference play. the 1992 NCAA April 2, when the team takes on The bottom half of the MCC tournament Valparaiso. is populated by programs that ! Once the Irish begin confer are rebuilding. DetroitMercy,a ence play, Evansville and strong team last year, lost much Xavier look to be the -toughest of its starting lineup to gradua opponents. Baseball America tion. However, it will return and coaches around the MCC All-Conference southpaw Ja agree that the Purple Aces will son Novetsky and a couple of finish second to the Irish and the strong batsmen in Mike Heard Muskateers third. "They're (.326) and Mark Dube (.316). both teams to be reckoned with," Butler will have the services of saio. Murphy. the MCC's best hitter from last Evansville, like Notre Dame, year, Brent Berglund (.392), has drawn preseason raves from and Dayton, which finished in the college baseball press. the conference cellar in '91, will Bcis~ball America rated it the try to improve under the tute 34th best team in the country. lageof fifth year coach Mark ·1, Pitching will be its strong point. Schlemmer, who will count .1 This year's staff accounted for heavily upon home run hitting 31 of.Evansville's 40 wins in sophomore Brian Harlamert. ! '91. The Purple Aces return two ! With the MCC shaping up I. of the. conference's leading into a three team race for the pitchers in John MacCauley, title, Murphy is confident in his i who lead the league in wiris (13), team's chances of winning it.. i i and Greg Willming, who posted I "We're the best," he said sim [ a 10-5 record. MacCauley ply. f ranked among the MCC's ERA I The trick for the '92 Irish will f leaders as well, finishing with a I be to tum all of their potential I second best 2.48. Evansville By Kevin McGreevy I Pitcher Pat Leahy, a preseason pick for MCC Player of the' and promise into tangible re- I will also pack a mighty punch on sults. . I Year, will provide power on the mound and at the plate; ince the inception of softball as a varsity sport at Notre , offense. Pat Schulz and his .387 I "Our major concern is adher SDame, solid defense and strong pitching have catapulted batting average (2nd best in ihe MCC in' '91) t runs, 42 RBI's in '91), Mike Maxey (5HRs, ingto (our) expectations," said Murphy. l the Irish to one of the top teams in the Midwest Entering their I and slugger Marty Watson are back. 44 RBI's), and the budding Mike Las~andro "There will be a lot of outside distractions fourth season, the Irish are poised on the verge of national .l Watson hit 14· homers last year, outdone I should provide the pop in XU's offense. like pro scouts, the media; and agents. We 1 recognition with a solid, well established program as the only by Notre Dame's Jacobs (20 home Maxey will also sure up the pitching staff have to remember how we got here: with a foundation of their success. runs) and Binkiewicz (15). along with sophomore starter Bernie Cuervo good attitude and an unparalleled work "If we have the success we've had in the past two seasons, j Despite his experienced returnees, and junior closer T. R. O'Brien, who recov ethic." .. we should be invited to play in the post-season," asserts head Evansville head coach Jim Brownlee said, ered from a series of arm troubles and fID And so, the six-team Midwestern Colle coach Brian Boulac. "Our success will depend on our newcom- ished third in the conference last year in giate Conference has regained its automatic In 1988, assistant athletic director Boulac was given the ers." saves. Considering its schedule, Xavier will bid to the NCAA Baseball Tournament, a reigns to head coach the fIrst varsity softball team for Notre infielder. She and [senior shortstop Ruth Kmak] will give us a great , i>I _ gan College softball coach and athletic direc middle infield," said Boulac. tor Liz Miller to join the From either the outfield or the pitching mound, sophomore Carrie program as a full-time Millerreturns to the line-up as the only other player to post an above assistant coach. With .300 average last season. She balted 0308. over 500 victories, . This year Boulac adds another strong hitter to the line-up with the Miller is the winningest arrival of freshman Sara Hayes. junior college coach in "Sara brings a big bat to the line-up. She'll hit for average and for softball in America She power,"Boulac comments. started the softball pro-' Hayes will probably join the defense in right field, along with ' gram at Lake Michigan returning lead-off hitter Ronny Alvarez. College 17 years ago, Alvarez, a junior center fielder, uses her quickness to beat the and later started and head throw to first, hitting the ball with a left-handed 'slap-bunt' tech coached the volleyball. nique. Boulac claims that she has really worked hard to develop this and women's basketball technique into a consistent offensive weapon since adopting it last teams. year. "I was really im Every year the softball team has bettered their previous record, pressed with her as a and each season the prospects improve. In the first year of varsity Notre Dame softball, freshman Missy Linn was the pitching sensa , teacher and for her dedi I - cation," comments tion that sparked the team. When Linn, now a senior and still the 1< Boulac. pitching star, leaves after this season, the program will not collapse I - I The addition of Miller with her absence. Staci Alford enters her third season this year as the not only helps Boulac second starter for the Irish, with an impressive 12-5 record and 1.44 with organizing practice, ERA. Joining Alford on the mound will be sophomore Carrie but the full-time Milleris available to the players i i for extra instruction if 'ii'ilili one of them misses a practice. "Teaching is a big part of coaching," Miller be lieves. "I really enjoy working with the [ath CD1-80 at Exit 77 ..... letes]." $2595 52825 US 33. N. Tight defense has always been a hallmark of Nqtre Dame softball. This season, the South Bend, IN This year, the Irish will have some more offensive firepower as coaches have placed SINGLE they compete in the MCC. I. more emphasis on hitting 272-9000 Miller, who posted a L41 ERA in her freshman year. Fornextyear, in practice. Last year, Boulac has signed Terrilynn Kobota and Kara Barndenberger, two none of the Irish upper top California pitching prospects who will help provide for the classmen managed to bat ·FREE CONI1NENTAL BREAKFAST ·PRIVATE IN ROOM JACUZZI SPAS future success of the Notre Dame softball program. above .300. Offensive But next season is far from the players' minds as they prepare to II' . l, firepower came from ·FREB HaO, CNN~ ESPN travel to Florida over spring break. Playing teams from Rhode freshmen bats. ··IN ROOM MOVIESNCR (over SO titles) Island, Princeton, Army and Oklahoma will give the team a "We've worked hard . ·FREELOCALC~ competetive diversion from its primarily Midwestern schedule, as to 1?ecome a better hitting .KlI'OiENB1TES well as valuable experience before entering the Southern Illinois ball club," Boulac ex ·LAUNDRY tournament on March 7-8. The Irish will face Bowling Green, plains.' Southeast Missouri State and powerhouse host Southern illinois. Last season's three \G The first home game scheduled for the team is appropriately on St. Ii ' ' freshmen who led the ,3: Patrick's Day (March 17) against Bowling Green. I'·1' .• team in batting average II II PRIVATE IN ROOM SPAS With strong pitching, a solid defense and hopefully hitting, Notre have all garnered spots in . '!-:::r Dame softball is poised in the starting gate, on the verge of a season this year's starting line-up. Last year's freshman Stephanie Pinter, up at third base, is slated to start at fIrst base though she might be which could propel them into a post-season national tournament for who posted a .364 average in 30 g~es as a pinch-hitter and back- moved to designated hitter. .',. the fIrst time in its short but successful history. 0 18 , SCHOLASTIC MARCH 5, 1992 19 I: - 1- • I.. Sophomore Christy Connoyer, who averaged .339 last season, L - coach, so Boulac looked I. ' will return to second base this season. , ! for assistance. Last fall, he enticed Lake Michi "[Connoyer] is a fine, fme athlete who has developed into a good infielder. She and [senior shortstop Ruth Kmak] will give us a great , i>I _ gan College softball coach and athletic direc middle infield," said Boulac. tor Liz Miller to join the From either the outfield or the pitching mound, sophomore Carrie program as a full-time Millerreturns to the line-up as the only other player to post an above assistant coach. With .300 average last season. She balted 0308. over 500 victories, . This year Boulac adds another strong hitter to the line-up with the Miller is the winningest arrival of freshman Sara Hayes. junior college coach in "Sara brings a big bat to the line-up. She'll hit for average and for softball in America She power,"Boulac comments. started the softball pro-' Hayes will probably join the defense in right field, along with ' gram at Lake Michigan returning lead-off hitter Ronny Alvarez. College 17 years ago, Alvarez, a junior center fielder, uses her quickness to beat the and later started and head throw to first, hitting the ball with a left-handed 'slap-bunt' tech coached the volleyball. nique. Boulac claims that she has really worked hard to develop this and women's basketball technique into a consistent offensive weapon since adopting it last teams. year. "I was really im Every year the softball team has bettered their previous record, pressed with her as a and each season the prospects improve. In the first year of varsity Notre Dame softball, freshman Missy Linn was the pitching sensa , teacher and for her dedi I - cation," comments tion that sparked the team. When Linn, now a senior and still the 1< Boulac. pitching star, leaves after this season, the program will not collapse I - I The addition of Miller with her absence. Staci Alford enters her third season this year as the not only helps Boulac second starter for the Irish, with an impressive 12-5 record and 1.44 with organizing practice, ERA. Joining Alford on the mound will be sophomore Carrie but the full-time Milleris available to the players i i for extra instruction if 'ii'ilili one of them misses a practice. "Teaching is a big part of coaching," Miller be lieves. "I really enjoy working with the [ath CD1-80 at Exit 77 ..... letes]." $2595 52825 US 33. N. Tight defense has always been a hallmark of Nqtre Dame softball. This season, the South Bend, IN This year, the Irish will have some more offensive firepower as coaches have placed SINGLE they compete in the MCC. I. more emphasis on hitting 272-9000 Miller, who posted a L41 ERA in her freshman year. Fornextyear, in practice. Last year, Boulac has signed Terrilynn Kobota and Kara Barndenberger, two none of the Irish upper top California pitching prospects who will help provide for the classmen managed to bat ·FREE CONI1NENTAL BREAKFAST ·PRIVATE IN ROOM JACUZZI SPAS future success of the Notre Dame softball program. above .300. Offensive But next season is far from the players' minds as they prepare to II' . l, firepower came from ·FREB HaO, CNN~ ESPN travel to Florida over spring break. Playing teams from Rhode freshmen bats. ··IN ROOM MOVIESNCR (over SO titles) Island, Princeton, Army and Oklahoma will give the team a "We've worked hard . ·FREELOCALC~ competetive diversion from its primarily Midwestern schedule, as to 1?ecome a better hitting .KlI'OiENB1TES well as valuable experience before entering the Southern Illinois ball club," Boulac ex ·LAUNDRY tournament on March 7-8. The Irish will face Bowling Green, plains.' Southeast Missouri State and powerhouse host Southern illinois. Last season's three \G The first home game scheduled for the team is appropriately on St. Ii ' ' freshmen who led the ,3: Patrick's Day (March 17) against Bowling Green. I'·1' .• team in batting average II II PRIVATE IN ROOM SPAS With strong pitching, a solid defense and hopefully hitting, Notre have all garnered spots in . '!-:::r Dame softball is poised in the starting gate, on the verge of a season this year's starting line-up. Last year's freshman Stephanie Pinter, up at third base, is slated to start at fIrst base though she might be which could propel them into a post-season national tournament for who posted a .364 average in 30 g~es as a pinch-hitter and back- moved to designated hitter. .',. the fIrst time in its short but successful history. 0 18 , SCHOLASTIC MARCH 5, 1992 19 r! ! i' i ~------====------""·."""""""""""""------Ii i SPORTS ON OTHER CAMPUSES MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Mime is Money (but what's up with Minnesota?)

New Study: Mimes Not Totally Useless Willie Clark: Clark, a junior from Beale, CA, ran a 6.43 in the Cara Garvey: Garvey, a freshman from Vienna, VA, was one of According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, librarians at Stetson University in Deland, Florida will no longer have to shush 55-meter dash last weekend at the Alex Wilson Indoor Track three Notre Dame women's swimmers to set MCC swimming President Bush Slain noisy patrons in the library. Instead,lJcrack team ofpeer-pressuring Invitational in Loftus Center. This time qualified Clark for the records over the weekend at the MCC Championships. Garvey's It seems that a couple of University of Minnesota students ICAAAA Indoor Championships. Two weekends ago, Clark 2:07.76 in the 200-meter backstroke was the best time clocked by an mimes will use their many skills to keep things under control. tempted the wrath of our nation's Secret Service recently with a Known and feared, the Stetson Quiet Library. Society has overcome qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Clark, also a Irish swimmer, followed closely by freshman Angie Roby's 2:09.04 parody rap song entitled "How I killed George Bush." The College all resistance in its quest for quieter librari~ everywhere. One Notre Dame football player, has established himself as a in the 2oo-meter butterfly and senior Becky Wood's 2:25.18 in the Press Service reports that the song was not meant to be a political student uses his mime skills to attract new recruits. So far he has sprinting stalwart for the Notre Dame Indoor Track Team 200-meter breaststroke. statement, buta "mockery of the ambiguity and rhetoric that shrouds throughout this season. lured 70 new members who pledged, "I believe the library should be rap music." The song, which is also the title track ofF-kripz's debut a place for quiet study, research, and reading. " album, contains the lyrics, "To be all I can bel I'll kill the p-r-e-zJ cuase the Sedition Act! don't mean a thing to me." A flustered agent, who will remain nameless, feels that the Sedition Act should mean SUBWAY Has A Sandwich a lot to everyone. Of Bush, he simply stated: "He's not dead yet" F or ANY Size Appetite! ! ! Not Alone Light Appetites: Big Appetites: . Not satisfied with heat from the Secret Service, another group at 6 Inch Meatball Sub 6 Foot Party Sub the University of Minnesota tempted the wrath of an even higher .. '" . power. According to the College Press Service. a group that calls Chronicle 01 Higher Education itself the Athiestists and Unbelievers attempted to raise the public consciousness of atheism through a public lecture. Michael Valle, th~ organizer of the lecture was quoted as saying: "It's harder to get Condom Contract Rejected an atheist out of tlle closet than a gay." The purpose of the group is The Chronicle ofHigher Education reports that Harvard Univer not to convert anyone to atheism; They just want athiests to know sity has refused to let a company sell condom's emblazoned with its .they are not alone. Unfortunately, to become a part of this group, insignia. Although the condoms would help the university encour new members must frrst admit that they really are all alone before the age its students to practice safe sex, Harvard officials balked at the other unbelievers will acc;:ept them. offer over fears of legal troubles if the condoms proved defective. The University of Notre Dame recently rejected a similar offer due to projected troubles should the condoms prove effective. CJ

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might have been enough to pull the greater promise any of their student officers have By Roger Hipp made good on. Call the Gipp if you know of Yes, it's true. This will be the last time you and] will be able to Dear Mr. Manners: Michiana region out of the recession, at least another one. exchange our thoughts, problems, and generally disgusting mate for the duration of election season. "SCREW YOU' was the anti-establish rial. ] don't want to get all gooey but] would like to thank everyone Ijust heard about your untimely demise and so I Fed-Exed this M aybe it's the recess.ion and poor job These committees of poster-printing who ever sent in a leiter. ] solved some problems, created afew right to you. What are we going to do without you? You made prospects that are making people pizza-eaters would be agreeable enough if ment ticket's idea of clever advertising. Apparently concentrating on the Arts and others, and tempted the censors. You were the ones who made this my dinners bearable, my social life a little better, and my sense around here so serious-minded these days. they didn't take themselves so seriously. far-too-uptight campus laugh at itself once in awhile and act like of humor maximized (and gave me a reason to pick up a campus In happier times, graduating seniors could Look at this year's somber posters for stu Letters vote, they decorated O'Shag with invitations to the candidate debate topped by normal college students. But for now, I'll answer one more pressing publication). I don't want to live in a world without satire! expect to get good jobs with their degrees dent body president. Reading the slogans, that eye-catching headline. Even in this era inquiry before I sign off. I know the spring in your step will be gone What's next? and eventually become better off than their you couldn't help thinking that these were of negative politics, that seemed a bit much. without me, but that's that. Hope to see some of you when our parents. Nowadays, graduates are lucky if serious people campaigning to do seripusly :Besides, can you imagine going to a candi sentences are up. they can return to their high school jobs at important work. Beth Yogurt Hut. This is pretty serious stuff, but. "DEMAND EXCELLENCE ... IT'S date "debate" to hear a discussion of the "issues?" Unlike recent "outsider" candi Dear Mr. Manners: Off-Campus hey, most of us are not seniors hoping to OUR TRADITION." The only place where enter the job market. I tend to think that most dates, these rebels seemed bent on taking student government even more seriously I know you are being overloaded with excess questions about of the excess seriousness on campus comes than the establishment tickets did. body functions and oddities,' deformities, etc., but I need help Dear Beth, from people taking themselves too seri "MAKING STUDENTS MATIER"was with this one. My girlfriend has a few, well, way too many male ously. the winning slogan, perhaps because it was hormones resulting in.a very visible dark mustache with ac The only reason I can give for my demise is a the fact that we can't Case· in point: student govern~ent. In the most honest. The winning ticket in companying neck hair. Women's lib is one thing, but this is out all act like we're 13 forever. I'm just glad I had the opportunity to high school student government was some essence admitted that making students of control. I can see it, my friends can see it, and it's heinous. serve all of you, and Behavior Modifier doesn't look bad on the 01' thing of a joke, but at least it had some matter would be a pretty novel idea for But I can't tell her because she might like it. She shaved it. once resume. It's a well known fact that this is the fIrst flipped-to place relevance to student life. Ifyour senior class student government. and I received severe facial abrasions in a passionate moment. in the publication,· but humor will continue, even without· my presiden~ had spent all the class funds on Don't get me wrong: the last thing I think What to do without embarr·asing her? . sarcastic bite. You stayed.with Die when some extremely brilliant pizza, there would have been no prom. But Notre Dame needs is a student body presi leader forced me to. the back pages' in hopes of your reading here atND, student government has about as dent with an Agenda for Change. Student Your bud, everything else fIrst, but you were smart enough to flip the magazine much impact on student life as the . over and read backwards (I've seen it in the dining halls). Can't talk Lithuanian Parliament. Hardly anyone got life at Notre Dame is a good case foranar Jack . chy. Things are more or less satisfactory, Dillon Hall now, I have to prepare to go see the freaks in California for break, upset over the "revelation" that HPC was so check me out on The Price is Right ("One dollar, Bob, one going out to dinner with hall funds, because Domers have traditionally demanded excel and the Administration wouldn't listen to Dollar!"). Later. 0 most of us already knew that ordering pizza lence is on the football field. The rest of the our major gripes if Thomas Jefferson were for itself is the primary function. of our time we don't even demand. decent beer. student president. In fact, Jefferson would· be perfect for the job. Since he's dead, he Dear Jack, student government: Until no freshman refrigerator chills a can of I'm kidding, of course. The primary Old Milwaukee, I don't think we can brag wouldn't order pizza, form committees, or print posters. He'd be about as effective as If you don't tell her, I will. This is just too gross for me to functions of our student governors are to about a tradition of demanding excellence, comprehend. I would call her on it, if you really want to "save face" create and to sit on committees. That's why least of all from student government. recent presidents at addressing student so to speak. If she does not respond, hold a dorm fund-raiser for the candidate resumes are filled with entries "REAL PROMISES ... REAL RE needs, and he'd certainly be much more little honey's electrolysis/birthday gift. like: "Co-Chairperson, Publicity Subcom SULTS." This concise slogan is worthy of quiet about it. 0 mitteeofthe Vice President's Committee on an investment bank ("At Travelling. Dean While bleaching is a favorite inexpensive method, no one really , " Roger Hipp is an anarchist residing in wants to look like a ferret. I'd say cut the hair or cut the relationship. Special Task Forces." Student government ShearsonLynch, we make real Mid-term week is almost history so· there is no excuse for such candidates are also responsible for generat promises ... and deliver real results,") but I Dillon Hall. don't think it resonates in the political world. atrocious personal hygiene. Has she no pride? ing millions of election posters, and the winners get to order name plates for them Other than the FRED-line, I doubt many The opinions expressed in this column do selves. These advertising expenditures students could name a single campaign not necessarily reflect those of Scholastic.

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the sanctuary is manuals, 54 ranks of pipes, 40 stops and adorned with a nearly 3,000 pipes. While the bell tower painting of Moses, consists of only 24 bells, one bell is a seven David, Jeremiah, ton great bell named after Saint Anthony of Glancing Back and Daniel and the Padua. Inside the 218 foot spire is North four evangelists, America's oldest carillon, a sounding board Matthew, Mark, for the bells, installed in 1854. The history of the Basilica of Sacred Heart is even Luke,andJohn. On Should the gaze be momentarily averted ·i the west side of the downward, the main altar and seven apsidal I older than that of the university i sanctuary are depic chapels also contain many intricate details. ! tions of the Sacred Installed in 1967, the main altar was con being put in place in 1871. The "magic" ing the First and Second World Wars, the Heart of Jesus, Saint I By Heather Rakoczy structed from the sides of pews once used in i began for the fIrst time when mass was nineteenth-century French stained-glass has Gregory the Great the Lady Chapel. Designed by Father Sorin, "S acred Heart? Of course I remember celebrated in the "new church" on August become a unique and valuable collection of and Saint Ignatius the Altar of the Blessed Sacrament, how that magical place. In the autumn, 15,1875. 42 large windows. The murals and the I of Loyola. On the ever, was built in France. The doors of the when the leaves are falling and the church Since that frrstmass in 1875, Sacred Heart Stations of the Cross were painted during the east side are depic tabernacle bear the Alpha and Omega and bells are booming, I couldn't help but feel I has undergone a renovation of the sanctuary 1870s by Luigi Gregori, an artist of the Papal tions of the Im are decorated by the names of the twelve ,I.. .: was walldng three feet off the ground," said in 1968 so that it would be in accord with the Household of Pius IX and an art professor at maculate. Heart of tribes of Israel. Bronze sides and fIgures of Jim Dillon, a visitor froiD Joliet, Illinios. It· guidelines of Vatican II; then in 1989, the Notre Dame. Gregori used both members of Mary, Saint Augus angels and saints adorn the rest of the altar. is· this "magical place" to which students church was closed for an extensive period of his family as well as priests and brothers as ! tine and Saint Each of the apsidal chapels are distinctive. I have acCess every day. Yet, while Sacred restoration. Following , ! Benedict. It is Especially noteworthy are Ivan Heart is a maSsive, decorative building and this period of improve above the arch lead Mestrovich'.s "Pieta," the windows illus a place to keep company with God, for most ments, on January 17, ing to the Lady trating the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin students it remains a mysterious enclosure 1992, Pope John Paul II Chapel that Mary is Mary, a relic of the True Cross, the church of little-known facts. raised Sacred Heart to the represented being Baptistry and the tomb of Cardinal John In 1686, it was the Potawatomi people, title of '~Minor Basilica." crowned by the O'Hara, C.S.C., former president of the French trappers, and other settlers that The Gothic revival style Most Holy Trinity University and Archbishop of Philadelphia. worshipped atthe frrst Catholic church es of this "Minor Basilica" surro.unded by Old The ornate Lady Chapel, constructed in tablished on the grounds. This place of originated in the 12th Testament Proph 1886, was built in Bernini-style. The tab worship was the Chapel of Saint Marie du century France. Basic ele Paul Webb ets. To the right of ernacle door contains a fragment of wood ments ofthis style were the Lac which was founded by a French mis Sacred Heart seats 1, 750 people and boasts an average the entrance to this from a table upon which Saint Peter once sionary priest, Father Claude Allouez. In pointedarch,stained-glass· of weddIngs and baptIsms each year. 98 80 chapel is the paint- presided at Mass; the fIgure of Jesus on the 1759; however, the British seized the region. tracery, the flying buttress models for fIgures ill the Stations. ing of the death of Saint Joseph in the arms cross is made of wood from an olive branch It was not until 1832 with the aid of Father and the vertical spire. All On the east transept walls are paintings of of Jesus and Mary. To the left is the painting grown in the Holy Land. Stephen Badin that the chapel was rebuilt of the elements contrib~· the Nativity of Mary and the Teaching of of Mary appearing to Saint Bernadette at From the Gothic spires, buttresses and Both Allouez and Badin's chapels were built uted to the new openness. Mary by her Mother, Saint. Arine. Other Lourdes. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross pointed arches to the stained-glass windows, on· the site of the Old College. and height of a structure in depictions include the Presentation of Mary, is on the ceiling of the Lady Chapel. murals, main altar and apsidal chapels, the Ten years following Badin's efforts, in an attempt. to achieve an the marriage of Mary to Saint Joseph, Mary . Finally, along the west side of the nave are Basilica of the Sacred Heart can be a mys 1842, Father Edward Sorin renamed the illusion of upward move sewing and singing praises to God assisted depicted several. saints, including Saint terious adventure to anyone who chooses to mission Notre Dame du Lac. With the new ment; the verticality of the by angels, the Annunciation, and the angel Agnes, Rose of Lima, Aloysius, Stanislaus, investigate its structure. Clues to its identity name came a larger log chapel built on the Gothic tradition directed a sent to dispel fears of Saint Joseph. Dominic, Francis of Assisi, Bernard and lie in the glass, timber and people of the past site of the present-day church. Finally in feeling of upward move On the west transept walls are the Visi- Anthony of Egypt and Appollonia. Saints and present It is a beautiful building and a 1848, a new church was built and dedicated ment toward God. tation of Mary to Elizabeth, the Nativity of Cecilia, Lucia, Bonaventure, Thomas place to keep company with God. It is to the Sacred HeartofJ esus. The frrstchurch Inside the church, the Christ, theNativityofSaintJohn the Baptist, Aquinas, Benedict Joseph Labre, Alexis, tradition; it is the "magic" in walldng "three of the Sacre4 Heart was 90 feet long, 38 feet windows, murals, large the appearance of the angels to· the shep- Mary Magdalene, Paul the Hermit and John feet above the ground." 0 wide and 24 feet high, whereas the church of gallery organ and bell herds, the visit of the Magi, the Presentation the Baptist decorate the east side of the nave. today is in the form of a Latin cross, 275 feet tower also enhanced the , - of our Lord in the. temple, the flight into In addition to the windows and murals, the Informationfor this article was gained from I - " long and 114 feet wide. emphasis on upward re Egypt, Jesus surprising the doctors in the organ and bell tower entice an upward gaze. A Spire Of Faith: The University of Notre t : : It was not until 1870, however, that con flection. Because other temple, and the Assumption of the Blessed The new organ installed in 1978, has nearly Dame's Sacred Heart Church, by Thomas J. struction for the present Gothic revival windows of the same pe~ Virgin. replaced the original organ of 1875. The Schlereth, which is available in the Alumni church was begun, with· the cornerstone riod were destroyed dur- In addition to the walls, the ceiling above new organ has four divisions with three Association office.

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SOME NEWS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME COMMUNITY. orthern Ireland - a name that most people To do this, we must have a diversity of infonna N equate with an incomprehensible form of tion and opinion, yet the way in which we nor YOUR NEIGHBOR JUST SOUTH OF YOUR CAMPUS ANNOUNCES BEGINNING violence where dark tribal allegiances produce ter mally get our news limits our perception of the MONDAY, 9 MARCH, WE WILL BE OPEN FOR LUNCH FROM llAM to 2 PM. rorists in a remote and tiny comer of the globe. situation. Most of the information in the American Such a characterization certainly makes it easy for media comes from British sources. Certain po WE WELCOME THE PATRONAGE OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AD us as Americans to ignore the conflict. But can we litical parties, such as Sinn Fein (one of parties MINISTRATORS AND EVERYONE FROM OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE wash our hands of the situation? We see the broker wanting unity with the Republic of Ireland), are NORTH. of peace in Northern Ireland to be a generally fair not allowed by British and Irish laws to be inter Britain trying to resolve the arcane conflict be viewed in the news. This is meant to remove the PROLOUGE: In Italy, from time immemorial, lunch, "il pranzo", tween two religious factions - one Protestant and media from being used by "extremists" as a pup h~s been the most important meal of the day. A one Catholic. Isn't it merely arrogant to consider pet, but its effect is to ignore the opinion of a large ,tlme to relax and take a break in comfortable sur interfering in a matter clearly between the United portion of the Catholic community. Also, the IRA ro~ndings and dine at leasure with family and Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in such a routinely provide the focus for the presentation of frlends on respected fare and appropriate beverage. situation? This line of thought only serves to events. If the IRA is not involved, the actual group prevent the attentiveness of Americans, and per involved is often not even mentioned. This leads THE 1992 CONCEPT OF A PARISI'S LUNCH haps especially the 45 million Irish-Americans, to tQ very misleading statements by the media. the region. NIAG will help report news occurring in Northern Parisi's is nearby, just 10 minutes from midtown SOUTH BEND or The Northern Ireland Awareness Group (NIAG) Ireland by British forces, Unionists (want union MISHAWAKA. F~om the UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, exit your cam does not make a sectarian call for justice for only with UK), Nationalists (want union with Republic pus east on Edison, south.tur~ on Ivy and then a west turn on Catholics in Northern Ireland. That would be a of Ireland), and any other group without promot South Bend Avenue and in about 5 minutes you are our .guests! grave mistake leading directly to the pitfalls of all ing any form of violence. YOUR PARISI'S MENU traditional approaches to end the conflict. The facts Although the troubles may seem to be are that, although Catholics are certainly the worst insolvable, there are things Americans can do. Through letter writing we can support the A s~vory and eclectic choice of 18 entrees, 4 pastas with off as a group, deplorable conditions exist for most cholce of sauces, 10 appetizers + soups and salads, priced from people in Northern Ireland regardless of religion. MacBride principles, which are guidelines for $2.95 to $7.95~ plus weekly "Chef Specialties.' The current view is that a religious struggle is American companies operating in Northern Ire taking place, yet a closer look at the cause of the land to prevent discrimination against minority Enjoy an ftPpetizer of Baked Brie, an Open Face Steak Sandwich, violence in the last 20 years shows that the friction groups. Several states have MacBride legislation Orange Roughy Parmesan, Stir Fry Shrimp, Turkey Swiss Melt or ,1::- - is due to economic and political oppression. It is but Indiana does not. There is also the Irish f -- Fettuccine Pasta. , - often stated by Protestants and Catholics that they Children's Fund in which any money our group t - t:: have more in common with each other than with raises will go to bring children of Protestant and YOUR PARISI'S TIME SAVER either the British, or the Irish in the Republic. Catholic communities from Northern Ireland to Britain has never been forthright enough to face America to meet people of backgrounds different YO~ can arr~ve, dine and depart on your schedule, followin an the problems head-on, despite being taken to task than theirs to learn to heal the open wound of enJoyable lunch, professionaly served, because by phone orgFAX by the European Commission on Human Rights, centuries of distrust. We can also help to bring you reserved y. our table., or take-out, your order(s) , num b er l'n Amnesty International, the United Nations, and speakers to campus to discuss the situation. y Our par t y an d antlclpated arrival time. others. In a land of 60 million, the 1.5 million If you are interested" please join us in our Bob Kehoe is president of inhabitants of Northern Ireland are hardly audible meeting just after Spring Break. To find out where ND's Northern Ireland above the wind. It is for this reason thatNIAG was and when, call Bob Kehoe at 273-1442 or Ken Awareness Group and a created. Instead of supporting sectarianism, Lamkin at 273-0585. 0 graduate student in the NIAG's function is to encourage debate, present College of Science. information, and act to positively improve North The opinions expressed in this column do not owne"r/host ern Ireland through American pressure. necessarily reflect those of Scholastic. MID-DAY BREAK FAX # 232-4257 26 SCHOLASTIC

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