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members and to plan events that voter turnout would be cerns are going abroad and lucky that the people chose our By ERIN lARUFFA such as reunions. low, since the runoff election exploring career options. ticket." Associate News Editor Currently the class officers for was held Friday. However, he "We want to try to bring unity At the same time, Lao praised the junior class. Smith. Lysaght, said they were pleased to see to the junior class as the focus Aberger's ticket, as well as the Following last Wednesday's Mastronardi and Gentine plan that more juntors voted in the on those two areas," she said. other tickets that ran- in primary, the remaining candi­ to continue holding monthly runoff than in With the Wednesday's primary, for many dates in the three class council class dinners, that Smith said Wednesday's largest of their platform ideas. elections faced each other in a "help to unite the class." He primary. "The theme in student v o t e r "We want to open up the runoff on Friday. said they also intend to work In the elec­ turnout of class council to the people who In a close'election reminiscent with other campus organiza­ tion for Class government has been any class, ran in this election," he said. of the recent student body pres­ tions throughout the year. of 2004 offi­ collaboration. ,, 1009 votes, "All the tickets were commend­ ident election. the Class of 2003 "The theme in student gov­ cers, Meghan the Class of · able and therefore we want reelected Matt Smith. Karen ernment has been collabora­ O'Donnell, Pat 2005 elect­ them to be a part of the coun­ Matt Smith Lysaght. Nick Mastronardi and tion," Smith said. "There will Millea, Shawna ed Jeremy cil." Josh Gentine as its class offi­ definitely be collaboration with Monson and president of Class of 2003 Lao, Erika In fact, Lao said that this cers. the office of the president and Sonia Wallace Bramley. process of assembling the class Smith and his ticket received some smaller clubs." received 57 K e n n a council by both finding people 55 percent, just 62 votes more Senior class officers are also percent of the Brewer and who want to be involved and than the ticket of Steven involved with organizing Senior vote, beating Jon Feczko, Sean Matt Kinsella as its class offi­ determining how to structure Henriques, Edward Pettei, Week between final exams and McCarthy, Richard Mordini and cers. The ticket defeated the council is his first priority Brian Ostick and Catherine t~eir class' graduation ceremo­ Joseph Saliba. Stephanie Aberger. Joe now that he has been elected. Disipio. ny. "It's something I felt called to Sweigart. Andrea Brault and The new slates of class offi­ ''I'm excited we get another "It's really the last time in this do and really wanted to do," Kevin Leicht with 64 percent of cers begin their terms in April. whole six years," Smith said. setting that you get to be with O'Donnell said, who will serve the vote. Senior class officers remain in your friends," said Smith. "It's a as class president. "I'm still coming to the real­ office for five additional years memory that will last." O'Donnell said that as most ization that I was elected," Lao after graduation to coordinate Contact Erin LaRuffa at Smith admitted that both tick­ sophomores look ahead to said, who will become sopho­ [email protected]. communication among class ets in the race were concerned junior year. their main con- more class president. "But I feel

Yeoh depends on East and West To THE BITTER END!

American audiences with per­ ferent female image than the By LIZ KAHLING formances in "Tomorrow Never elite Caucasian female actors News Wri[er Dies" as well· as "Crouching who first see the script. Tiger. Hidden Dragon." Even though she hopes to get Actor Michelle Yeah closed up What makes Yeah an even more drama roles, Yeah still the successful International' more well known actor is that defended her action roles. Conference on Globalization and she performs nearly all her own "It's not action for action's Media in Asia held at Notre· stunts. many of them using mar­ sake. The dramatic part still Dame this weekend by dis­ tial arts. Hebelling against the matters." she explains. "Martial cussing many stereotype of "damsel in dis­ arts takes away the ugly, bloody of her experi- See Also tress," Yeah violence that ences with has become you see when both the Yeah discusses the preemi­ "Without the Asian someone is American 'Crouching Tiger, nent female market I would not be shot in a and Asian action hero­ movie." film industry Hidden Dragon' inc. When recognized by the Yeah was before a page4 asked what American market. ,, also asked showing of was one of about her her block- the hardest experiences Michelle Yeoh buster hit "Crouching Tiger, movies she working on a Hidden Dragon." had done she actor h u g e "Without the Asian market I told of her Hollywood would not be recognized by the knee injury movie like American market. I appreciate during the first week of filming "Tomorrow Never Dies." She where I started in Asia," Yeoh, a "Crouching Tiger" that almost told the audience that she found native Malaysian, said . "I don't stopped production. Even more herself on her own private jet choose by location, but rather by challenging for the role was between locations hoping that the character I play as well as learning Mandarin Chinese, a the audience would watch the the director. It's more about language in which Yeah is not movie and say to themselves. their personalities and the vision fluent. "now I understand where they they have." While audience members put that $100,000." She also spoke highly of her acknowledged the exciting Recently. Yeah has established experience with Thomas Chung action roles she plays they want­ her own production company, of Han Entertainment. also a ed to know what her plans are Mythical Films, as a way to con­ speaker at the conference that for more dramatic parts. She tinue her development and give occurred over the weekend. pointed out her movie "Soong back to the industry. She hopes After 19 films and 18 years in Sisters," a movie about three sis­ to bring in young and upcoming the industry, Yeah has collected ters during the formation of the directors and screenwriters to many awards and honors. Chinese Republic; a movie that work in the Asian market. The including three nominations as does not involve action. Yeoh company's debut movie. "The LISA VEL TE!The Observer "Best Actress" in several Asian turned the question back on the Touch," will be released this Fighting in the 72nd annual Bengal Bouts, junior Andrew film awards and status as the audience as to why so many upcoming summer. Harms (left) and senior Jemar Tisby represented the 145- "International Star of the Year" female roles in llollywood tend pound weight class. The close match left Tisby the victor in a split-decision. The senior won his first title after being at the ShoWest exhibitors' con­ to be stereotypical. She said that defeated last year in the finals by Michael Waldo. The event vention 2001. llcr success has she often receives scripts that raises money for Holy Cross missions in Bangladesh, send­ not been limited to the Asian have to be slightly rewritten for Contact Liz Kahling at ing $75,000 to the poverty-stricken country last year. film industry; she has captured her because she embodies a dif- [email protected]. page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Monday, March 4, 2002

INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday My Dr., my hero + Film and discussion: +Lecture: "War and +Lecture: "American +Conference: "Assessing "The Life and Times of Power in Putin's Russia." Foreign Policy the Theological Legacy of I work at a hospital where I hear people bad mouth Hesburgh Center C-103, Challenges." Hesburgh John Howard Yoder." doctors all day long. I hear about insurance argu­ Rosie the Riveter." ments, long office waits, malpractice miscommunica­ DeBartolo 129, 4 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Center. Auditorium, McKenna Hall, all day. tions regarding second opinions upon second opinions that lead to confusion. So, when a professor asked +Bible Study: "The Way + Film: "Silences of the 7 p.m. me in class Friday, "who is in charge? The doctor, or the patient," I thought I could Bible Study." 331 Palace." Montgomery easily answer the question. I Coleman-Morse, 8:30p.m. Theatre, 7 and 9 p.m. was wrong. Doctors must endure endless years of schooling to gain their degree. And for this, I think that people think that doctors should know everything, or be BEYOND CAMPUS Compiled from U-Wire reports able to cure everything. Although they have the ability to make life and death deci- Kelly Hager Plagiarism plagues Harvard historian's reputation sions, doctors are no different than the patients they treat. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. David P. Roselle wrote in an e-mail Face the facts; doctors are peo- Copy Editor Amid more findings of plagiarism in that the decision was based on two pie too. Doctors make mistakes. her book The Fitzgeralds and the considerations and was discussed via Good doctors know when to Kennedys, historian and Harvard phone with Goodwin, who agreed. admit fault. Overseer Doris Kearns Good win has "I felt that the probability that she What then makes a great doctor, or makt>s a doctor left "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" would be placed in an embarrassing great? I don't believe that a person is a doctor as soon for an indefinite period of time and situation was unacceptably high from as the degree is received. A person becomes a doctor found withdrawn her invitation to the university's point of view," Roselle when they begin to act in the best interest of their speak at the University of Delaware's wrote. patients, motivated by the healing aspect of medicine, commencement. · Roselle also said the university was not by greed. Doctors demonstrate compassion and In a statement, "NewsHour" said On Tuesday, the University of placed in a difficult position of deter­ the ability to get things done without compromising that "until all outstanding questions Delaware withdrew its invitation for mining whether the recent controver­ human· dignity. It is a doctor's job to help a patient are resolved, 'The NewsHour' and Goodwin to speak at their commence­ sy would detract from the spirit of the understand options, and guide a decision for medical Doris have mutually agreed that Doris ment ceremony. ceremony. care. It is through this effort, that many doctors are will take a break from appearing on "In light of recent admissions of pla­ "Commencement at our institution deemed heroes. Even heroes can't do everything - the program." giarism by Doris Kearns Goodwin, the is a time reserved solely for a celebra­ some patients choose not to listen. People continue to Goodwin's return to the PBS show is University of Delaware has withdrawn tion of the successes of the students, smoke in spite of cancer; people continue to drink in not guaranteed. its invitation to her to serve as the and her serving as speaker under the the face of addiction. The decision to explain the "Once her situation gets resolved, speaker at its Commencement," current conditions was likely to add to importance of quitting is the responsibility of the we'll take another look," said Sara according to a statement issued by the the agenda for the upcoming com­ physician. The choice to stop falls upon the patient. Hope Franks, public relations manag­ university. mencement," Roselle wrote. For this reason, it is also the patient's job to be edu­ er for "NewsHour." University of Delaware President Harvard Crimson cated. My mother always said that people could only make you feel inferior if you allow them to. With this in mind, I look at physicians today. As a patient, I trust that the information given to me is truthful. I BOB JONES UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF UTAH want to know how and why, and what I can do to help myself in the situation. I want to know what is happening to me, so I educate myself. I look at my School tries to attract rninorities Legislators back gun possession relationship with my doctors as a teacher/student, a passing of knowledge. A doctor knows what will help, HANOVER, N.H. SALT LAKE CITY and if I listen, I too can learn how to make decisions Bob Jones University. a Christian school in South With less than a week left in the legislative session, that benefit my health. But, like a good student, I am Carolina that has received national criticism for its lawmakers are making a last-minute push to pass a expected to ask questions. And, like a good teacher, a now-abolished ban on interracial dating, has begun bill that would eliminate University of Utah's no-gun doctor's knowledge should be shared willingly. to offer a scholarship pro g. am for minority students, policy.· The bill does not single out the U but includes And then, there's money. It can determine the path though the school does not perceive itself as having many state agencies with rules restricting firearms. taken by both patient and physician. Patients fight to a diversity problem. The scholarships range from On Friday the Senate Rules Committee will vote on gain insurance coverage, doctor's fight for insurance $2,000 up to $10,000 - approximately the cost of the bill. To repeal the gun policies, the bill must pass coverage. The question in care turns from, which attendance at BJU - and are available for minority through the Senate and House before the legislative drugs offer the best outcome to which drugs will students who demonstrate financial need. The schol­ session ends Wednesday. The bill would eliminate U !Jlsurance cover? Sometimes, that lack of coverage arship fund is controlled by a board independent of Code of Students Rights and Responsibilities, III leads to a substandard decision on what is deemed the university, described by BJU spokesman Stu.dent Standards of Behavior, item six, which adequate or necessary care. A decision should be Jonathan Pait as "friends of the school." "They saw a states: "Possession or use on university premises or made based on cure rates, not copays. need and wanted to address it," Pait said. The uni­ at university activities of any firearm or other dan­ But then, who is responsible for the actions of both versity itself offers only work-study aid programs, gerous weapon, incendiary device, explosive or doctor and patient? Is insurance the ultimate scape­ and government aid is denied to students because of chemical unless such possession or use has been goat? It is the doctor's responsibility to never allow the school's religious orientation. Pait said he hopes authorized by the university." Despite added pres­ business to tower over patient care. It is a patient's the program will enable students to attend BJU who sure created by the bill, U administrators remain responsibility to look into the practice of the physician, might not otherwise be able to afford the school. steadfast, standing behind the policy. and determine which is of more importance to the The Dartmouth (Dartmouth College) Daily Utah Chronicle individual caregiver.. A patient should listen to the options given by their doctor, and make an educated decision based on their own faith on what is the best treatment to ensure their health. So who is in charge? Sometimes the seemingly eas­ LOCAL WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER iest questions turn out to be the most difficult. Even though my answer was enough to get the time to pass 5 Day South Bend Forecast in my class, the question still leaves me wondering. 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of American culture around opportunities. Rather than go By LAUREN BECK the world. I have a responsi­ after a sm aile r niche, we anti-terrorism war News Writer bility to show local cultures in looked at the competition a positive light. We have these around Asia and saw the stronghold. Associated Press "We've said all along that it In an era seemingly domi­ talented actors, and I provide opportunity to go after the is not over." Pentagon spokes­ nated by American pop cul­ them with the proper mass market with localized WASIIINGTON woman Victoria Clarke said ture, William Pfeiffer, CEO of resources to make their story content," said Pfeiffer. Fresh U.S. combat casualties hours before the bombing Hong Kong-based Celestial come alive. We create stories Sony became the first major show the continuing danger began. Pictures, promotes globaliza­ with a local context." Hollywood studio to set up five months into the anti-terror More than a week of bomb­ tion by targeting local audi­ Pfeiffer office in campaign in Afghanistan even ing to destroy caves and ences. has a histo­ China, where as the Pentagon prepares to ammunition was needed in Pl'eiffer, a 1982 Notre Dame ry of meld­ it distributed "There is a value in expand it to other countries. January at a huge eave com­ graduatf', .described his expe­ ing East programs to rience with the business of showing these films in In one of the largest joint plex at Zawar Kili - also after and West. major net- operations of the war, a U.S.­ contemporary Asian rnndia as After earn­ their local languages works in the discovery that enemy lig­ he delivered the keynote lcd force of 1,500 Afghan allies, ures had been regrouping ing an MBA They have crossed over China. But U.S. special forces and troops address in the Conference on f r o m faced with there. and are appealing to from the Army's 101 st President Bush learned of the Globalization and Media in Stanford, restrictions on Airborne assault troops assem­ combat death of the death of Asia Friday. PfeifTer has pio­ Pfeiffer audiences they were not foreign pro- neered the globalization of bled for a battle that began the American soldier from moved to originally intended for. duction in the media, leading film stu­ Friday night and was continu­ Condolcezza Rice, his national Asia in China, it dios to adopt the philosophy I think audiences ing Saturday evening against security adviser, while at Camp 1983 and explored other "think globally, script locally." regrouping Taliban and al­ David, the presidential retreat served as appreciate the original markets in "We are bringing Asian film Qaida, the Defense Department in western Maryland, a White head of language .. Asia. outside, exporting it to many said. House spokesman said. marketing Pfeiffer and countries around the world, A statement late Saturday The new assault at Gardcz for Smith his associates and having an impact on the William Pfeiffer from Central Command in came at the end of a week in K I i n e saw India as a Florida said one American and quality of entertainment," CEO Celestial Pictures which U.S. officials said Bush Beecham. promising ' three Afghans allies had been said PfeifTer, citing the Oscar He devel- was planning to send troops to nomination for best picture potential mar­ killed, and that an unspecified oped a ket, and in Yemen and the former Soviet that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden number from each country Hepublic of Georgia, expanding campaign 1995 they Dragon" received as proof. were wounded in the continu­ the number of countries into to achieve acceptance for launched a television channel Celestial Pictures, which ing battle. which special forces are train­ owns the largest film library American pharmaceuticals on called Sony Entertainment Afghan fighters intcrviowed the Asian market, and his Television. "We developed a ing local militaries to fight ter­ in Asia, distributes f'ilms to in Gardez, in eastern rorism. success merited recognition network of channels that studios worldwide and also Afghanistan, said Americans Administration officials said features them on new televi­ from Walt Disney. would appeal to a variety of told them there were about Disney appointed Pfeiffer audiences with diverse Friday that Bush had given the sion networks it has created. 4,000 al-Qaida and Taliban go-ahead to dispatch U.S. head of their Asian operations tastes," said PreifTer. "There is a value in showing warriors holed up in the moun­ troops to Yemen. A Yemeni and hoped he would strength­ As more studios saw the these films in their local lan­ tains. official said Saturday that he en its presence in Asia. growth opportunity in Asia guages. They have crossed The Central Command state­ expects 100 Americans to "There was a resistance to and pursued their interests over and are appealing to ment said more than 80 bombs arrive soon to train 2,000 change in international busi­ there, Sony also backed audiences they were not origi­ had been dropped in the con­ Yemeni military personnel at a nally intended for. I think ness because every country is ·Columbia TriStar tinuing operation in snow-cov­ unique. It was my job as a coast guard training center to audiences appreciate the orig­ International TV. ered, mountainous terrain. businessman to find a new be built in Aden. inal language," said PfcifTer. Today Pfeiffer continues to For the first time, warplanes and better way," he said. That is the of the October Pfeiffer is currently develop­ diversif"y his programming by dropped newly developed PfeifTcr brought the culture 2000 attack that killed 17 ing a new Chinese film-based region. bombs designed to send sufro­ of Disney to Japan through a American sailors on the USS channel that will be broadcast "You look at regions like cating blasts through cave television program called Cole. around the' world. The chan­ China, Malaysia, India - complexes, military officials "The Disney Club," which Washington has been push­ nel also includes some Korean these markets are currently said. The "thermobaric" bombs combined Japanese hosts and ing Yemen for greater coopera­ and Japanese films, as well as depressed, they have huge were tested in December and children with Disney anima­ tion against terrorism since the other Asian films produced populations, and they are officials said in January that tion and merchandise. The suicide bombing, which like the directly by Celestial Pictures. primed for growth. We're try­ they would be rushed to the show expanded to over 50 Sept. 11 attacks on America, Pfeiffer made 10 films this ing to ride the wave of the region_ for the war. year. but he said he hopes to countries, with localized con­ next growth in Asia," he said. was blamed on Osama bin tent for each one. The battle was yet another Laden's al-Qaida network. produce 30 to 40 each year in Pfeiffer said he sees a bright example of how hard it is to the near future. When the booming Japanese Officials said last week that future for the globalization of stamp out the terrorists and Pfeiffer said he viewed his economy of the late 1980s media as he helps transcend as many as 200 Americans their supporters in would deploy to help train the work as a positive effort to failed in 1991, Preif'fer looked cultural barriers. Afghanistan, months after the military in Georgia, amid promote cultural diversity in for a future elsewhere in Asia. "We arc all part of the same Taliban abandoned their sketchy reports terrorists have media around the world, lie moved to llong Kong and world. People make_ up many rather than a means to bring began working with Sony pic_­ stronghold of Kandahar and al­ taken refuge in the Pankisi of the differences; I think we Qaida fighters were pushed Hollywood to Asia. . tures. are in reality quite similar," Gorge ncar Georgia's border from Tora Bora - what at that with Russia's breakaway "I don't feC'l like a purveyor "Sony was looking for new he said. time was called their last region of Chechnya.

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the blow. It's full contact and tion. "It gives [audiences] the worked with the director to women on the martial arts BylAUREN BECK very realistic. It is beautiful footage to piec·e the film incorporate Hong Kong style scene posed a problem for News Writer choreography but painful and together as they want it ... Ang martial arts into the Bond Western feminists. very tough," Yeoh said. Lee is intentionally giving up film," Yeoh said. "The depiction of women is Actor and martial arts expert The pan­ respo nsi hili ty Consumers must view martial not always wholly positive or Michelle Yeoh said she attrib­ elists all dis- for interpreta­ arts films with a critical eye, unproblematic according to utes the recent success of c u s s e d .. We want the audience to tion and pro­ however, said assistant profes­ Western feminism," she said. Asian films in the global mar­ "Crouching voking sor of film, television and the­ Women in martial arts films ket to their use of martial arts. Tiger, feel the blow because we thoughts and ater Wendy were strong Yeoh, who starred in Hidden feel the blow. It's full con- emotions from Arons. She and indepen­ "Crouching Tiger. Hidden Dragon" as tact and very realistic. It the audience," warned "The depiction of women dent fighters, Dragon," said that the film was the pinnacle is beautiful choreography Wan said. against per­ is not always wholly she said, but able to transcend cultural of Asian Lee refused ceiving their feminini­ boundaries. martial arts but painful and very authoritative Asian cul­ positive or unproblematic ty was still "East met West with [the films for the tough., interpretation ture based according to Western defined in film's directofl Ang Lee ... He global stage. and left the on one's feminism.,. terms of beau­ described the film as 'Sense "It was not ending open own cultural ty and desir­ and Sensibility' with martial the be-ail Michelle Yeoh enough to be framework, ability. Beauty arts," Yeoh said. end-all of actor interpreted saying it Michelle Yeoh and power Yeoh shared her experience martial arts differently by could lead to actor were often with kung fu films in a panel films. It was the film's var­ incomplete incompatible discussion Friday that exam­ a culmina- ious audi­ comprehen- as kung fu ined the role of martial arts in tion of the blood and sweat ences. "Lee reacted against sion. heroines were portrayed as global entertainment. The filmmakers have put into the Hollywood commercial cinema Yeoh pioneered a pathway androgynous and undesirable. panel was part of the genre. They assembled the best and narrative structure," Wan for women in Asian martial Arons said filmmakers need­ Conference on Globalization from the East and the West to said. arts films as she entered a ed to "synthesize martial and Media in Asia and also make a truly global film," Yeoh Asian media has not only male-dominated arena. She artistry with femininity" in included three Notre Dame fac­ said. "The surprising element succeeded in the West, but it chose action films because she order to affirm the female's ulty members. is how Western audiences took has also brought martial arts could incorporate her dance role. History professor Dian an Oriental theme and culture to American film. background into them. Yeoh said producers had Murray said martial arts had and so warmly embraced it." "The 'Asian-ization' of "Martial. arts were choreo­ another duty: to preserve the made their way into cinema as Margaret Wan, assistant pro­ American cinema came in the graphed and that related to my integrity of martial arts and to Asians' distinct film genre. fessor of East Asian Languages form of 'Tomorrow Never dance background. They protect and nurture the Yeoh agreed, adding that the and Literatures, said that the Dies.' James Bond moved into involved energy, strength, authentic Asian culture even as fluidity and energy of martial ambiguity of the ending of the new century as I tried to choreography, flexibility, and it spreads to global audiences. arts captivated audiences. "Crouching Tiger. Hidden convince audiences they discipline. I thought, 'I can do "We want the audience to Dragon" was the key to its couldn't accept the traditional -this,"' she said. feel the blow because we feel Contact Lauren Beck at global acceptance and percep- kind of Bond girl any longer. I But Arons said the arrival of [email protected]. ;11onda.vs \luesda.vs ,·-~..<~f-~ooA.~-,~,~ '(' ;-...-:-.:::·:--.~.(; "'4.: 3/18-4/29 ·y 3/19-4/30 $«!#r-:;n;~r~~ College of Arts and Letters 4:00-5:15 12:10-12:50 $21 $25 'Rock 7:00-8:15 $25 ~~~:~';~;·/~University of Notre Dame \)~ \'··.,,:; ''/_-:{~ '· If~-~ :..I ,. •. 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Switzerland to join the U.N.: Swiss vot­ ers approved joining the United Nations on Sunday, finding the prospect of a greater role in today's interlinked world more compelling than fears that it would threaten the nation's cen­ turies-old tradition of neutrality. The country will become the United Nations' 190th member sitting on the side lines for over five decades. Hunger strike in Guantanamo: Scores of captives from the Afghan war refused meals Sunday in a protest. that has lasted five days, but the U.S. military said only 13 of them had kept to the hunger strike since its start. A large group among the 300 detainees stopped eating Wednesday, some telling their captors they were upset that a guard stripped a detainee of his turban during prayers on Tuesday.

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U.S. collects DNA from terrorists: U.S. authorities have been taking samples from suspected terrorists captured in Afghanistan that could produce DNA profiles, but it remains unclear what use they will be able to make of the material. Including an analysis of the samples in a federal DNA database apparently \Vould require congres­ sional approval because of existing limits on what can be placed in the database. NASA optimistic on shuttle mission: The space shuttle Columbia closed in on the Hubble Space Telescope today as NASA engineers decided to go ahead with the mis­ AFPPHOTO sion despite a cooling system problem Saudi Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz meets with Minister Nabil Shaath in the port of Jeddah on Saturday. They aboard the orbiter. Hon Dittemore, the shut­ discussed Israel's military escalation in the Palestinian territories and Abdullah's plan for an end to the conflict. tle program manager, said the mission man­ agement team reviewed the cooling problem and decided today that the planned 11-day mission to renovate and repair the orbiting Mideast peace plan causes rift telescope should continue on schedule. would try to persuade In Israel, Sharon's negotiations," Saar said. Associated Press Arab leaders to adopt his Cabinet made no formal "The frontier, in the JIDDAH plan at the March 27-28 decision about Saudi pro­ whole area, will be deter­ Saudi Arabia's plan to Arab League summit in posal at its weekly meet­ mined only by negotia­ INDIANA NEWS BRIEFS end the Israeli-Palestinian Beirut, Lebanon. ing Sunday, and Sharon tion." conflict is causing a rift Libyan leader Moammar reportedly said only that Israeli Foreign Minister Wrestling coach beheads sparrow: among Arabs ahead of a Gadhafi rejected the plan he wanted to see more Shimon Peres and The Wayne County Sheriff's Department is key summit, and an Israeli Saturday, saying it was details. In the past, Defense Minister official said Sunday that "shocking" and entailed Sharon has repeatedly Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, investigating an Avon High School wrestling its main provision was an "cheap bargaining." ruled out a return to the both of the center-left coach who bit the head off a live sparrow in unacceptable precondition In an interview on the 1967 borders. Labor party, have said ·rront of team members. Aron Bright, 31, for talks. influential pan-Arab satel­ But Cabinet Secretary that the Saudi plan has admitted to biting the head off the sparrow on The proposal floated by lite TV station Al-Jazeera, Gideon Saar told reporters positive elements and Dec. 28 at his parents' home in Centerville. Saudi Crown Prince Abdul-bary Atwan, editor after the meeting that the should be explored. Hard­ The act occurred while he and some assistant Abdullah two weeks ago of the London-based Saudi provision on a with­ liners in Sharon's coali­ coaches, plus 15 varsity wrestlers, were envisions full Arab politi­ Arabic daily Al-Quds, said drawal to the prewar lines tion government have dis­ attending a two-day meet in Connersville. The cal, economic and cultural the plan constitutes a was unacceptable as a missed it out of hand. school board on Monday suspended Bright, relations with Israel if the reward for Israeli Prime starting point for negotia­ On the other side of the who also teaches history and geography at Jewish state withdraws Minister Ariel Sharon. "In tions. divide, militant Muslim from Arab lands it cap­ "We will not be able to groups in the Palestinian the school. for two weeks without pay. my view, it causes more tured in the 1967 Mideast problems for the Arabs," accept, in principle, some­ territories and in Lebanon war. Abdullah has said he Atwan said. thing dictated before have criticized the plan.

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page 6 The Observer+ NATIONAL NEWS Monday, March 4, 2002 States debate ban on cell use in car Current Undergrads and Grad Students! with a possible $100 fine for Be a part of Associated Press a second offense. Summer Brooklyn Patrolman Rich DAYTON. Ohio Hovan, who wrote the first Many states over the past of what now totals 650 cell year have considered ban­ Experience phone tickets in the city, jots ning the use of hand-held the initials of Morgan Lee cellular phones while dri­ Pena on tickets and gives ving, but so far only one - each motorist a photo of the New York - has taken that girl. 2 0 0 2 a pre-college step. "They always have an More than 2,000 tickets excuse about why they use program have been issued since the the phone," Hovan said. "I ban took effect Nov. 1 and at ask them, 'Would you accept u I y 7 - u I y 2 7 for rising least 20 states have begun that as an excuse if some­ J· J tracking cell phone involve­ body killed your daughter?' I ment in traffic accidents, haven't had anyone tell me high school seniors according to the National •y ea h . "' Conference of State Brooklyn is among at least Needed: Female Legislatures. 14 com- Even so. munities states may "People feed their babies. around and Male be reluctant People write. People read. t h e to single out country cell phones. People eat. They put on t h a t Resident which busi­ make-up. They comb their h a v e ness people hair. Any legislation should restrict- Counselors on the go ed the consider encompass the full range use of essential. Contact: Office of Pre-College Programs of distractions. , c e I I 202 Brownson Hall said confer­ phones e n c e e-mail [email protected] Stephanie Faul by dri­ spokesman v e r s . or call 1-4481 Bill Wyatt. spokesperson, AAA Foundation for accord­ for applications and more information "State leg­ Traffic Safety ing to u N I v E R s I T Y o F about position requirements islatures are the state looking at it legisla­ NOTRE DAME andcompensation within the ture con­ bigger pic- fere nee. Pre-College Programs www.nd.edu/-precoll ture," Wyatt said. "Are cell A statewide ban for Ohio phones the only problem? was introduced in the How different is using a cell Legislature last year but is phone while driving than languishing in committee. putting on your makeup or A few states have adopted tuning the radio?" lesser restrictions. Arizona Last year, cell phone legis­ and Massachusetts ban lation was introduced in 43 school bus drivers from states, 35 of them calling for using cell phones while dri­ Interested in an outright ban on the use of ving. hand-held cell phones while Since Brookly.n imposed its driving. ban, local free-lance photog­ Some safety advocates rapher Jamie Janos said he believe the legislation has Student Governmellt? has been using an earpiece been stalled by powerful cell with his cell phone, which phone lobbyists. he relies on for assignments. Patricia Pena's 2-year-old "It's extremely important daughter Morgan Lee Pena to me because this is my way was killed in 199Y when a to comm·unicate," Janos driver dialing a cell phone said, adding that his busi­ ran a stop sign and hit the ness doubled when he began car the mother was driving using a cell phone. "Without in Pennsylvania. it, I can't work effectively." She said many lawmakers He said the change has don't bother to research the been an inconvenience, but issue themselves and the cell he puts up with it because of phone industry has con­ safety. vinced them that bans are Tim Hurd, spokesman for unnecessary. the National Highway Traffic "They hire lobbyists to Safety Administration, said cover every state capital in there are no reliable statis­ the nation and put on the tics on crashes involving cell pressure," said Pena, of phones, but he estimated Perkasie, Pa. "The telecom­ that 25 percent of crashes munications lobby is huge, are related to distractions of powerful and has lots and any kind. lots of money." "There is a broad problem Travis Larson, spokesman of driver distraction that for the Washington-based includes cell phone use, but Cellular Telecommunications is not restricted to cell & Internet Association, said phone use," said Stephanie his group does not lobby at Faul, spokeswoman for the . '_ ·~/ . ,. ~·~ .·: '•, . . . the state level. However, he said the association supplies Washington-based AAA information to cell phone Foundation for Traffic .Applications availableJJ.l ?03 LaFOrtiJlle companies that do. Safety. In 1999, the Cleveland "People feed their babies. · (Student Goverrim.en.t Office) -· suburb of Brooklyn became People write. People read. the first community in the People eat. They put on country to ban the use of makeup. They comb their hand-held cell phones by hair," Faul said. "Any legis­ drivers. Brooklyn fines dri­ lation should encompass the Deadline is March 7 vers $35 for a first offense, full range of distractions." Be nice to the Earth. Please reeyele The Observer. '

Monday, March 4, 2002 The Observer+ HEALTH NEWS page 7 Medical device infects 415 transplant patients

and effect between patients Associated Press who died and this infection." Scheel said. "People are BALTIMORE going through medical charts Johns Hopkins Hospital is to try to ascertain this." alerting 415 patients and Scheel said at least one their families that a defective other hospital had reported medical instrument may have problems with the instru­ given them a potentially life­ ment, but he did not know threatening lung infection, a the name of the hospital. newspaper reported. The Maryland Department Some patients who were of Health and Mental Hygiene examined by one of three and Baltimore City Health contaminated bronchoscopes Department were trying to have died, determine if but hospi­ the problem tal officials "We don't know the cause exists in told The other local (Baltimore) and effect betwen hospitals. Sun they patients who died and The bron­ did not this infection. People are choscopes know if they died going through medical are made by Olympus from the charts to try to Offering: America, bacteria or ascertain this." from their w h i c h recalled • A transfe..,.intent curTiculum existing ill­ some of nesses .. Dr. Paul Scheel them last • The shared resources of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College The offi­ vice chainnan of medicine, cials told November. Johns Hopkins Hospital Hopkins • A residence life program the paper they have owns four of not deter­ the defective mined how • instruments, Call (574) 239·8400 or visit www.hcc-nd.edu but only three were found to for more information. many patients have been infected or died. be contaminated. The Centers for Disease The recall letter to HOLY CROSS Control and Prevention and Hopkins, dated Nov. 30, COLLEGE~ the Food and Drug wasn't immediately acted on a.t Notre Dame. l.nd.!an. ~ Administration are investi­ because it was mistakenly gating the problem, in part to addressed to the loading determine if the device has dock of the Hopkins physiolo­ triggered outbreaks else­ gy department, the paper Support the scholarship funds in memory of where, The Sun reported. said. "We're aware of this situa­ Officials at Olympus did not tion and we're looking into return a phone message CONOR MURPHY, BRIONNE CLARY it," FDA spokesman seeking comment Sunday. Lawrence Bachorik told The In recall letters, Olympus and MIRANDA THOMAS Associated Press on Sunday. described the defective A call to a CDC spokesman instruments as having a loose Come to was not returned Sunday. valve that trapped bacteria. Most of those treated at Physicians use the instru~ Johns Hopkins were suffering ments to perform broncho­ '~ from cystic fibrosis, AIDS, or scopies, which inspect a TOUCH OF IRELAND}} lung cancer, or had recently patient's lungs and take tis­ had lung transplants. sue samples. A thin, tube-like Hospital officials discov­ instrument, about the width ered the problem after real­ of a pencil, is placed through izing that 128 patients had the nose or mouth and into been infected with a bacteri­ the lungs. um known as pseudomonas. The tube has a tiny camera The number was two to three at the tip and uses fiber-optic times higher than the hospi­ technology to produce pic­ tal would expect, said Dr. tures of airways. Paul Scheel Jr., vice chair­ About 460,000 patients man of medicine. undergo the procedure every "We don't know the cause year in the United States.

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P.O. Box Q, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Choose Mary over 'Monologues' EDITOR IN CHIEF Mike Connolly I was stunned to read in the Feb. 27 issue of The Observer Kerry thinks she can reclaim certain words (including a cer­ MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER how Kerry Walsh, student director of "The Vagina tain C-word) as she says: "We no longer allow others to use Noreen Gillespie Bob Woods Monologues," publically responded to a flyer that I helped that word in a negative light." distribute to ticket-holders lined up to see the play. The flyer Well, some words are just not worth reclaiming. After all, AssT. MANAGING EDITOR OPERATIONS MANAGER was a photogqtph of the famous Dome of Our Lady - except feminists will not be on a crusade anytime soon to reclaim Kerry Smith Pat Peters that the statue of Mary had been removed. The flyer asked the words "broad" and "chick." Kerry's favorite word has a "Is this what you want?" Just before the show began, Kerry meaning- it's a word of male domination, a word used to NEWs EDITOR: Jason McFarley addressed the audience, referred to our flyer and answered denigrate feminine nature, a word calculated to treat a VIEWPOINT EDITOR: Patrick McElwee the question "Hell, yeah!" woman as nothing more than a single objectified piece of SPORTS EDITOR: Noah Amstadter Notre Dame is a Catholic university; the statue of Mary on feminine anatomy reduced to its most base and obscene SCENE EDITOR: C. Spencer Beggs the Dome is the most obvious and beautiful sign of the truths qualities. What symbolizes womanhood in this word is now PHOTO EDITOR: Peter Richardson of Catholicism. Kerry's statement showed.incredible public devoid of goodness, nobility and spirit. One so reduced disrepect for Mary and the Catholic faith. This is nothing there's nothing left in the woman by which a man should ADVERTISING MANAGER: Kimberly Springer more than gross arrogance and indeed a sad sort of igno­ honor her. That's the meaning of the C-word, and it's best AD DESIGN MANAGER: Alex Menze rance. But what should we expect? "The Vagina left in the gutter of violence and injustice against women. SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR: Pahvel Chin Monologues" is a distortion of feminine nature- and thus The "Vagina Monologues" are steeped in feminine alien­ WEB ADMINISTRATOR: Adam Turner ultimately a distortion of who Mary is. The play's fundamen­ ation- thus, significantly, only monologues are possible. CONTROllER: Kevin Ryan tal philosophical premise is that feminine sexuality is ful­ But Mary, whom Kerry wants to be rid of, provides us with GRAPHICS EDITOR: Andy Devoto filled in isolation - a deadly premise for either feminine or the possibility of dialogues. Through the true exercise of her masculine sexuality. womanly nature, Mary made it possible for the whole human CoNTACT Us The true meaning of sexuality is covenantal, nuptial, mutu­ race to be in union with God. OFFICE MANAGER/GENERAL INF0 ...... 631-7471 al and life-giving. All of these human values are mocked and FAX ...... 631-6927 degraded in the "Monologues" in a theatrical soup laden Monica Migliorino Miller, Ph.D ADVERTISING ...... , ...... 631-6900/8840 • with graphic sexual language and descriptive images. Words presidem of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society [email protected] are used in the script that inherently degrade womankind. Mar. 3, 2002 EDITOR IN CHIEF ...... 631-4542 MANAGING EDITOR/AssT. ME ...... 631-4541 BUSINESS 0FFICE...... 631-5313 NEWS ...... 631-5323 observer.obsnews.1 @nd.edu VIEWPOINT ...... 631-5303 Walking in a winter observer.viewpoint.1 @nd.edu SPORTS ...... ~ ...... 631-4543 observer.sports.1 @nd.edu SCENE ...... 631-4 540 wonderland observer.scene.1 @nd.edu SAINT MAR¥'5 ...... 631-4324 observer.smc.1 @nd.edu Well, we finally got some hardcore that snow affected. When I saw snow Though the French judge gave me a 6.0 PHOT0 ...... 631-8767 winter weather. The freshmen com­ fall for the first time here at Notre for my last slip, most of the time I'm SYSTEMS/WEB ADMINISTRATORS ...... 631-8839 plaining about how cold weather in Dame, I was overjoyed. more laughable than an organization South Bend is just a myth have suf­ That feeling lasted about a day. I that excludes women trying to seriously THE OBSERVER ONliNE fen:;d, and suffered deservedly. But quickly learned that snow was not only express its opinion on female sexuality. even as a junior, white but also cold, wet and terrible. I slip on ice because the University Visit our Web site at http:llobserver.ndedu foe daily this Texas native But hey, it's still great as long as l bun­ fails to clear all of it out. Now let me updates of campus news, sports, features and opinion Amy Schill columns, as well as cartoons, reviews and breaking news has yet to get used dle up and don't touch it, right? Not in state that I know workers here work from the Associated Press. to the weather the least. very hard and at all sorts of crazy hours here, even in a rela­ Snow only looks beautiful right after to keep the sidewalks clear for us, but SURF TO: Dazed and weather for up-to-the movies/mwic for tively mild winter (I it falls, which is when all those deceitful at some point you know that they say, minute forecasts weekly student reviews make little distinc­ Amused postcard pictures are taken. Soon after­ "Ah screw it, let's watch the kiddies tion between 20 wards, that snow mixes with dirt and fall." -~ advertise for policies online features for spe­ degrees and minus mud, becoming the most disgusting They choose to neglect the lesser seen and rates of print ads cial campus coverage 20 degrees; either way, I'm not going thing to look at in the world. Ever. pathways, like the one Pasquerilla East outside). However, I have learned some My favorite winter activity is to- take women and Knott men take to North archives to search for about The Observer truths about South Bend weather that pictures of sludgy, black and gray Dining Hall. Around mid-March, resi­ articles published after to meet the editors and I'd like to share. mounds of icy grossness and send them dents of these dorms who take that August 1999 staff The basic truth is of course that snow to my friends and family with the title, · path are not eligible for health insur­ is terrible and should be outlawed. I "Winter Wonderland." ance because the risk of icy death is POLICIES cannot fathom why some people like Living on a college campus gives me just t.oo great. And even if we do make The Observer is the independent, daily newspaper snow. They gaze out the window with even more opportunities to express my it to the dining hall alive, we still have published in print and online by the students of rhe glee as the first significant snowfall of bitterness through art. One Sunday to face the horrors of flank steak. University of Notre Dame duLac and Saint Mary's the year comes down, while I bitterly morning, I found a beer can and one But whether steak, snow or ice College. Editorial content, including advertisements, is envision the scene of snow flying direct­ shoe embedded in the dirty snow. I took plagues you this winter, stay strong and nor governed by policies of the administration of either ly in my eye that will repeat itself over a picture and titled it, "Modern Despair don't let anyone convince you that win­ institution. The Observer reserves the right to refuse advertisements based on content. and over again for the next four in the Winter Wonderland." The dirty, ter in South Bend is anything less than The news is reported as accurately and objectively as months. They anxiously await the time disgusting snow causes students to lose the personification of miserable. Plus, possible. Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of when they can have a snowball fight, hope - and shoes. look at the bright side, maybe we'll get the majority of the Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, while I anxiously await spring break There is something worse than snow, some snow days that aren't during Assistant Managing Editor and department editors. and escape. however, and that's ice (I basically have finals week this year. Oh wait, for that Commentaries, letters and columns present the views I admit, snow is pretty. It's pretty issues with all forms of frozen water, to happen. a place even hotter than of the authors and not necessarily those of The when it's in a postcard that I am look­ excluding snow cones). I make a fool of Texas would have to get snow. Observer. ing at during Christmas break in San myself almost every winter day by slip­ Viewpoint space is available to all readers. The free Antonio, where it is 65 degrees. That's ping and falling, or nearly falling, on Amy Schill is a junior English major. expression of all opinions through letters is encouraged. Letters to the Editor must be signed and must include how I envisioned snow when I was a kid ice. At this point, I would rather fall She can be reached at schill.2@nd. edu contact information. and never saw it. I thought only about than stay up, because staying on my The views expressed in this column Q~stions regarding Observer policies should b~ direct­ the sight of snow and, as far as I was feet requires a 10-minute_ episode of are those of the author and not neces­ ed to Editor in ChiefMike Connolly. concerned, sight was the only sense arm-flailing and general ridiculousness. sarily those ofThe Observer. ·

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR News poll asks leading questions biased against the Church

I just completed a poll from ABC " ... is a major problem or a minor did. tions that we are to ask in the order News and the results will probably be problem?" If this questioning was about given. exactly as it is written." quite disturbing - especially to the " ... happens often, not so often or Judaism and Rabbis it would be seen After this answer we had a discus­ Notre Dame/Catholic community. I am infrequently?" as anti-Semitic. Replace it with a sion about the randomness, tenor and not sure if it was a push poll, but it . · "Do you believe the Catholic Church minority group or the leaders of a fairness of the questions. First, the was truly one of the most unfair perse­ thinks this is a major problem or a minority group, and it would be racist questions appeared to be leading me to cutions of Catholic priests or any mem­ minor problem?" -and rightfully so. Each allowable some conclusion that I thought that I ber of the clergy I have ever witnessed. " ... covers up these incidents, ....-_____....----...__. answer slights the Church. had figured out. Second, all of the Around 8 p.m. the phone rang and tolerates these incidences or At this point, I just had to questions were biased, because they the "private" ·entry on my caller I. D. ignores these incidences?" ask her a couple ques­ only portrayed the Church in a nega­ appeared. Usually, I would not answer After a few more of tions. Trying to remain tive fashion. Finally, if I answered the the phone right before "That 70's these questions, she calm, I asked her, questions as written, it was not fair to Show." but since I have started the job asked one that I really "What if I don't know the Church. The questioning addressed hunt lately, I answered the phone. had to think about. the answer, do I an inflammatory issue, asked for lead­ The young lady on the other end of This was just enough have that option? I ing responses and ignored any positive the line introduced herself as a person time for me to real­ mean, can I answer, light. conducting a poll for ABC News. I have ize that I really did 'I don't know?"' We decided to return to tile question­ participated in several polls over the not know the She replied, naire. I was really expecting her to ask last few years, so I thought I would be answer, but the "I ), "Well, let me see. me about snake-handling Southerners a good citizen and let the country feel don't know" option t..} Oh yea~. yo.~ have or cross-burning Hoosiers, but I was my pulse. was not available to ~; that optiOn. wrong. She kept hammering the Her first question was something to me. So I paused and '.:: "But I wasn't Church and its priests, but the ques­ the effect of, "Do you have a favorable thought about the given that option," I tions grew darker. Every question con­ or unfavorable opinion of the Catholic question. said. "Do I have that tinued to harp on sexual abuse of chil­ Church?" Then I realized that I option on every ques­ dren by priest. Then the interviewer Her second question was roughly, really did not know the tion, and if so, why began to question the Church's moral "Have you read, heard or seen any­ answer for many of the wasn't I given that and legal responsibilities. thing in the news lately about the sex­ questions, but I was never option?" Now the gambit was complete. ual abuse of children by Catholic given the "I don't know" The poll taker replied, Define a problem. Suggest that it exist. priests?" option. In fact, it became obvi- "Well sir. -I'm supposed to read Inflame the interviewee. Offer a solu­ This was followed by several more ous to me, during this pause, that any the questions exactly as they appear, tion. questions that seemed to become answer given since the second ques­ and that option is not part of the ques­ Do all of these in the context of a poll increasingly pejorative. Here is a sam­ tion would disparage the Catholic tion." which is guaranteed to substantiate ple (paraphrasing from memory) of the Church or its priests. This begged a question from me, "So the original thesis. questions that were asked. The order Go back and look at the questions. when conducting this poll, dQ you Is this modern news? may not be correct. Put the questions into the form of a always read the same questions in the "Do you believe that sexual abuse of sentence. It happens. It hurts the same order, or do you follow some William D. Haynes children by priests has hurt the church. It is a problem. The Church . predetermined script?" doctoral candidate Catholic Church greatly or not so thinks it is a problem. The Church She said, "The agent that has com­ chemical engineering greatly?" does something wrong. Get the point? I missioned the poll has a set of ques- Feb. 26, 2002

Biblical 'proof' Celebration of U.S. inadequate greed rings hollow After reading Christine Niles's column should not be. I am skeptical when I read an article quoting the Bible as entitled, "Poverty, American-Style," I got the Despite the cJaims of our country's religion "proof' for anything, especially if quoting the Old Testament. impression that she was trying to offer a - capitalism - the gap should not even Becket Gremmels, in his article titled, "Biblical evidence offers defense of the United States's distribution of exist. In 1998, the distribution of net worth proof of homosexual immorality," uses the incident of Sod om and wealth. I am not convinced. was such that the richest fifth of the popula­ Gomorrah as "proof'' that homosexuality is a moral evil. Niles cites two main facts to suggest the tion owned 83.4 percerit while the poorest First of all, the belief that homosexuality was the sin committed poor in the United States are actually well two-fifths owned 0.2 percent according to by these cities is only popular opinion. Where does it say explicitly off. In 1993, the poorest 20 percent of the inequality.org. So even if I cannot define in the Bible that this is true? In Ezekiel 16:49 God says, "This was population spent an average of $13,957 in what the gap should be, it ought to be the guilt of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, one year, much of which came from social apparent that the current gap is far too wide excess of food and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and welfare policies. Secondly, she cites anum­ for a country that considers its economic needy. They were haughty and did abominable things before me." ber of household appliances that the poor in system the most successful ever and its Nowhere does it say these people were being punished for their the United States are far more likely to own political system the most just form of democ­ sexual orientation. Furthermore, Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible was than the poor in other countries. Put these racy. a wrathful God, one that did not seem to make the most rational two facts together and the argument seems I will agree with Niles that if I had to be decisions. In Exodus, God sends Moses to tell the sons or Levi to to be that the U.S. poor are better off poor, I would choose the United States as "each of you kill your brother, your friend and your neighbor." because: one, on average they spend less the location. But is this really an accom­ Using the words of such a violent God as evidence for the than 50 percent of the GNP per capita plishment that the poor here are better off immorality of homosexuals is inadequate. (approximately $28,000 in 1992 according than the poor elsewhere when conservative I have no problem with devout Catholics who believe strongly in to the Higgins Labor Research Center)' and estimates place the United States as control­ their faith. I do, however, have mixed feelings about Catholics who two, they are very likely to own a television ling 80 percent of the world's wealth while submit articles that quote Saint Paul in comparing homosexuals to with which to distract themselves from containing only 6 percent of its population? I godless kidnappers, liars. murderers and prostitutes. hunger pangs. I note that Niles failed to think a better question to ask Niles is Homosexuals on this campus already have a difficult time living share any statistics on how many of the poor whether she would want to be poor here, and getting an education like the rest of us without being owning televisions are so fortunate that they even if she had a television with cable. oppressed. People with religious objections to homosexuality have have the additional luxury of cable. As Niles says. here in the good ol' United a right to their beliefs, but they should refrain from using these Niles mentions the commonly cited grow­ States, we are "free, free, free to be hogs." types of comparisons purely out of consideration for a human's ing gap between rich and poor. As if to · Hurray for greed and gluttony._ Excuse my dignity. refute that gap's significance, she asks, failure to sound excited about that freedom. "Could someone please tell me precisely Monika Mehlmann what the appropriate gap should be?" Shamus Rohn freshman Admittedly, there is no definition of what JUniOr Breen-Phillips Hall that gap should be, but that is exactly the Stanford Hall Mar. 1, 2002 point: There is no definition because the gap Feb. 28, 2002 THE OBSERVER

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responsibility. By JOE LINDSLEY "We want them to be surprised. We want them to be Paznorik made a distincti.on between the Legion and shocked. We want them to miss shots." Scene Writer other campus organizations: "Everyone's really One of Paznorik's favorite responses came from involved. The majority are really dedicated." Kentucky guard Adam Chiles. Providence Friars basketball coach Tim Welsh paced Additionally, the Legion is organized into commit­ "It seems that Adam was drunk one night and start­ the sideline during Saturd?-y's game against Notre tees: Digging and Sloganry, Signs and Ballyhoo, Public ed making phone calls to cute girls on campus," > Dame. As his team was starting to lose its grip over the Relations and Human Resources. Paznorik said. "He was apparently quite unsmooth: the Irish, something must have caught his attention and If an opposing player is on the bench and hasn't ladies started calling him "Bigalo," as in "Deuce distracted him, possibly even stirred up some anger. played much or at all, the Legion will start chanting Bigalo, Male Gigolo," the male prostitute played by Rob Was somebody chanting his home phone number? "Rudy." Paznorik said this bitterly sarcastic cheer will Schnieder in the movie of the same name." What is this heckling scourge that inflicts itself upon !\ sometimes cause the player to nudge himself toward During Kentucky's pre-game warm-ups, Paznorik Notre Dame's opponents, that messes with their minds the coach, wanting to get into the game, possibly shouted out, "Where's the Ladies' Man? Is Bigalo here and gets in their face? inspired by the resounding, familiar chant from the today? Where's Adam?" It is a "Green Monster" of sorts that has the potential stands. But alas, the coach doesn't respond. Chiles' teammates seemed to enjoy this, as evidenced to terrorize its enemies. Some, including Notre Dame "We like to find out parents' names," Paznorik ~aid. by their grinning and chuckling as they warmed up. men's basketball head coach Mike Brey, say that it Armed with this information, the legion sometime "Adam didn't think it was so funny," Paznorik said. contributes eight to ten points per game. Numbering heckles an opposing player's parents when they stand "He came strolling up to us from the bench, stood 200 strong, these are the self-proclaimed promoters of up to cheer on their son, shouting things like, "Jim and about a foot away from my face and said, 'Man, you Fighting Irish spirit, and saviors to the basketball Judy, shut up and sit down." got somethin' to say to me?' This was actually team. During the game against West Virginia, the Legion pretty funny, because he's a little shorter This is the Leprechaun Legion. noticed a 7'2" player who looked like Lurch from "The than I am." Call it a carbon copy of Duke University's Cameron Adams Family," so the group encouraged the student The Legion proceeded to fire back Crazies or Gonzaga University's Kennel Club and the body to sing the theme song from the television show. some of Chiles' "wretched statistics" legionnaires may have some invective to shout at you. The response from the Irish basketball team to the for the season. This is different; the Leprechaun Legion is based on Legion has been positive. In addition to Brey's com­ ''We asked him if Tubby [Smith, Notre Dame's tradition, clarifying the "fight" in ments, several players have shown an interest in the Kentucky's head coach] had pulled Fighting Irish. green-clad cheering section that occupies the first rows him from the scrub team yet, what Founded by Zahm Hall senior Robert Paznorik, of the student section. it vvas like to wash his team­ junior Nick I aria and freshmen Joe Hettler, Drew "[Irish players] will ask what we have for the next mates' uniforms and whether Updike, Erik Tarnowski, Brian Logan and Matt game the day before the game," Paznorik said. he'd heard any good pick-up O'Connell, the Legion was conceived last December as The ushers at the Joyce Center have welcomed the lines lately," Paznorik said. a way to increase the enthusiasm of the student body Legion, surprising as it may seem to some. "This just plain didn't amuse at Notre Dame basketball games in order to help out "The ushers arc cool." Iaria, chair of the Human him, but again, his teammates the Irish on the court. Resources committee, said. "On the [online] message were going nuts. One even had The Legion serves as a cheering and jeering section, boards, people get upset with ushers. But we love to stop shooting so he could sit encouraging the Irish and blasting their opponents them." down on the bench and catch with startling and sometimes sensitive remarks that During one game, an opposing team's water boy his breath." have a tendency to grab attention. wanted a Jeer Card, the f1yer which lists all of the slo­ Another Kentucky player "When a player's listening to me and not his coach, gans and insults as a reference guide for the student came over to calm him down. when we're in the back of his mind, his head's not in body and other Irish fans. "You just watch what you the game," Paznorik, the Legion's president, said. "If "You know you're doing well when that happens," say," Chiles sneered as he was we cause one bad pass, one missed free throw, we've Updike said. escorted back to the bench. done our job. We want the most hostile court environ­ A few visiting players have mumbled expletives, but "You just keep your head in the ment." on many occasions, they tried to hide their laughter as game," shouted a legionnaire. According to Paznorik, the Legion is organized like a their teammates are derided on the court. "Adam was ours for the rest of company, where each member has his or her own "We're out to find everything we can," Paznorik said. the day," Paznorik said. The only negative response from the Notre Dame community came from a sophomore who wrote into The Observer criticizing the Legion for m·aking fun of a Georgetown player because of his weight problem. According to Paznorik, the Legion will not shout just anything and they take steps to ensure that their com­ ments are not too hurtful. "There is a line we will not cross," Paznorik said. "We won't make fun of anyone based on race, ethnicity or religion." · Other areas, though, seem to be open to jeering. Paznorik said that most issues, such as illegitimate . children. are dealt with on a case-by-case basis, as investigated by a special section of the Legion. At 10 p.m. on Wednesday in the Debartolo Hall com­ puter cluster, most students were merely doing school­ work, but a handful was diligently working on a task of great importance. They were doing CIA-level work with a "National Enquirer" attitude. This was a meeting of the Digging and Sloganry Committee of the Leprechaun Legion, the group whose responsibility is to find out all the dirty secrets and embarrassing moments of the players on whatever team the Irish basketball squad faces. These facts. such as accounts of illegitimate children, are then used as jeers and nicknames to shout at the opposing players during games. "We probably know more about them than their teammates," freshman Drew Updike, the chair of the committee, said. The Digging and Sloganry Committee employs every resource it can in order to dig up obscure, usually BRIAN PUCHEVICH!The Observer embarrassing, information on members of the oppos­ The Leprechaun Legion leads the Notre Dame student section in holding up copies of The Observer as a ing team. sign of disrespect during the announcement of the opposing team's line-up. Hesources such as anti-school websites and online THE OBSERVER

Monday, March 4, 2002 page 11 romt estan Legion works to pump up the home crowd at mens basketball games

message boards are key to this process, but the com­ mittee's most reliable and often most interesting,sources are friends and relatives at Big East schools, people who have seen players cheat, who have seen what players do at parties, who have seen a player steal (and that's not on the basketball court). The committee claims to find out everything about players, from dogs' and parents' names to histories of old hook-ups. While the members gathered around computers in Debartolo Hall, surfing various Web sites, a cell phone rang - a tipster. Updike left the room to talk to the caller in private. He returned with great enthusiasm. believing he had found some quality dirt. Dirt that could potentially help to change the tide of Saturday's game against Providence, spelling victory for Notre Dame. Once Updike announced how he learned that Providence guard Sheiku Kabba cheated on his Western Civilization test, the other legion­ naires got excited and began devising jeers to bring before the Legion's con­ sideration. Just as the last engineers left Cushing Hall for the weekend, stu­ dents wearing green tee shirts filed into room 303 for the General Meeting of the Leprechalfn Legion: a gathering that members seem to view with as much importance as a General Assembly of the United Nations. This was when the Digging BRIAN PUCHEVICH!The Observer and Sloganry Committee pre­ The enthusiastic members of the Legion are impossible to miss in the front rows of the student section at sented its ideas for jeers to every men's basketball home game. the entire Legion. Only a dozen members were felony assault. The insults began as soon as the players took the present as Updike opened the "Kill the bouncer," someone said. court. meeting. They began with the "Why not 'beat'?" said another. ·'They didn't kill "Didn't you guys lose to West Virginia?" first player on Providence's ros­ him." "Hey, Anderson, that's a pretty cool tattoo." ter: forward Hyan Gomes. A show of hands overruled her and "kill the bouncer" "Maybe your ugly sister loves you, but you mother "It took him more than one try it was. definitely doesn't." to pass the SAT for eligibility," Once the business was completed and all the nick­ The ushers laughed all the while, but when asked to Updike said. names and slogans had been settled upon, the Legion comment on the Legion, they had to keep quiet. "I like SAT," another member closed the meeting with a triumphant shout of "Amen! A legionnaire sporting an Irish Elvis costume was not said. Hallelujah!" pleased with the energy of the crowd. ··How come we "I think it will get to him more." Then many of them rushed out. aren't heckling, guys?" he shouted. "Yeah. that's embarrassing." "I left work at the dinning hall to attend [this meet­ Throughout the course of the game, the Legion con­ "But he probably doesn't care about his ing]," said a member, hoping she would not be fired. tinued to do their best to tick ofT the Friars. SAT score." Approximately nine hours after the meeting, at 1:55 For forward Christopher Anrin, a native of An argument ensued, so Updike moved along a.m. on Saturday of the Providence game, two legion­ Switzerland, the Legion shouted "Belarus," as Belarus to the next item, or, perhaps more appropriately, naires, one of them dressed as a leprechaun, headed beat the Swedish national hockey team in the Olympics victim: guard Abdul Mills. for the Joyce Cente.r. and Anrin was quoted as saying "I love Swedish "He missed a championship because of a groin Freshmen Jenny Scherer and Nick Dobertin wanted national hockey." injury. It wasn't cancerous, so don't worry. We're not to ensure that they were first in line when the gates The Legion does not always shout in unison. Often it going to be making fun of something bad," Updike said. opened 13 hours later, despite that fact that the rest of is a crowd of hecklers shouting out angry and humor­ "Can we just have everyone go, ·ow my groin'?" the student body would not get to the JACC until 30 ous insults asked one member. minutes before tip-off. When Irish guard Chris Thomas lodged the ball Pazornik then entered and took charge. As the doors to the building were locked, the pair between the rim and the backboard and Friar forward "Let's move right along to our friend John Linehan," slept outside in the bitter wind, cold and snow. Tuuka Kotti failed to knock it down, the Legion erupted Pazornik said. Finally, after a freezing night, they were allowed in into laughter. "He's a senior and he's only 5'9. Most of you guys are the lobby of Gate 11 at 7 a.m. "I think [the Legion] is pretty cool," Jackie Addesso, a probably taller than him," Updike said. "They killed my streak," said Iaria, who was previ­ non-member, said. ''I think all the students take part in 'Tm taller than you, I'm taller than you," someone ously the first one to every game. it. It provides a sense of unity." chanted. hoping his idea had potential as a jeer. He said it was very important that they were allowed The Legion has received attention and praise from "I like 'stand up."' to wait inside once the JACC opened in the morning. "If newspapers, Notre Dame alumni and even from Dick "What about 'get ofT your knees?'" we were out in the snow, most people probably Vitale. Everyone began to offer his or her own idea some­ wouldn't be here," Iaria said. The members take a pride in what they do and what what chaotically until a member who had just entered Laurie Privitera arrived at 8 a.m. When asked why they feel they have contributed to Irish basketball, but raised his hand. she joined the Legion, Privitera said, "It's the begin­ many still feel they have more work to do in encourag­ "We've gone too far," he said. "Gome's nickname ning oftradition. a lot of fun. It's good to get involved." ing the student body to be more enthusiastic during should not be SAT." She also enjoys the time spent waiting for the game games. "SAT's horrible!" said another member. at the JACC. "We sleep, hang out, have fun with peo­ ··rcontributing to the game] is something we really do "Is he going to know we're talking about the SAT? I ple, get to meet people," Privitera said. take pride in," freshman legionnaire Garrett Kuk said. mean, who cares? He plays basketball." Once the gates of the JACC were opened on "These guys, [the basketball team]. we're living next "lie probably didn't even kncnv that was the SAT he Saturday, the Legionnaires hurried towards the front door to them, going to class with them. It's part of that was taking," said another legionnaire as the room rows of the student section, where they began their larger teamwork." erupted into laughter. pre-game preparations. The group proceeds to guard Kareem Hayletts. When Members passed out the Jeer Cards and distributed one of his teammate's fake IDs was rejected at a club, copies of The Observer for fans to hold up while the Hayletts went to the bouncer's house with a fev.· of his Providence Friar's starting line-up was announced as a friends and beat him up. He was later charged with show of disrespect. Contact Joe Lindsley at [email protected]. - r ., '

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BENGAL BOUTS: 180-POUNDS HEAVYWEIGHTS Experience pays off for Criniti with 3rd title

match, as the referee tem­ lead the senior Kevin By CHRIS FEDERICO porarily stopped the fight with "Hardcore" Brandl to victory Assistant Sports Editor a standing eight-count on Sarb. over junior John Lynk. In the In the final round, Sarb made end, the aggressive style of In what many expected to be a final appeal for the title, com­ Lynk proved to be too much for the top fight of the champi­ ing out of the corner extremely the elder Brandl to withstand onship round, senior Mark aggressive and throwing many in the 190-pound title fight as "Bright Lights, Big City" Criniti punches at Criniti. The tech­ Lynk won a unanimous deci­ won a split-decision victory nique was successful; he got a sion for the championship. over classmate Matt Sarb to standing-eight count on the The fight appeared pretty win the 180-pound title Friday defending champion, but the even after the first round with night. The two survived a hail attempt seemed to come too both fighters throwing many of punches from each other for late for the judges. punches but failing to gain any three rounds, but in the end "I felt pretty comfortable with significant advantage over the the experience of three-time the first two rounds, in that I other. In the second, Lynk champion Criniti paid off over scored on some good punches began to put Brandl on the run the first-year fighter and foot­ there," Criniti said. "Matt made landing several punches and ball walk-on Sarb. it pretty close in the third combinations. "I definitely think my experi­ round, but I felt pretty comfort­ The younger Lynk all but put ence helped, especially with able about my first two. But the fight away in the final someone like Matt who is a sometimes you can see a fight round, getting the referee to LISA VELTE/The Observer first-year fighter," Criniti said. one way and the judges might stop the fight twice to adminis­ Carlos Abeyeta, right, lands a jab to the face of Stefan Borovina. ·"Anytime you fight someone score it differently." ter a pair of standing eight­ Abeyeta successfully defended his heavyweight title Friday night. who's maybe not a better fight­ The first-year competitor counts on Brandl. The first er or more athletic, but has the Sarb was pleased with his per­ came on a knockdown that sent more than when I hit him with several strong combos of experience of four years, it will formance in the Bouts, even the senior to the canvas. because he was so much bigger his own in that opening round. make a difference and I think though he did not get the title. than me. With the scoring, all After a rather mild second that was one of the advantages "I was glad to get as far as I Heavyweights punches that are landed count round, Borovina came out of I had over Matt more than ath­ did in my first year," Sarb said. In the final fight of the 2002 the same, but his looked like the corner strong in the third, letic ability." "I went a long way in the six Bengal Bouts, law student they had more of an effect even hoping to earn the decision Sarb came out in the first weeks of training from where I Carlos Abeyeta used a signifi­ though I hit him just as much with a final surge. Abeyeta round true to past form, was. I'm just happy for Mark. cant size advantage to earn a and even made his nose bleed." ended the threat, however, attempting to overwhelm He's put his heart and soul into split decision victory over Abeyeta, the defending with a solid hit that caused the Criniti with a flurry of punches, this for the past four years and sophomore Stefan Borovina. champion in the heavyweight referee to send the two fighters but Criniti's experience allowed it paid off for him." "I think [Abeyeta's] weight division, took the early advan­ to their corners. him to shake off the attack and advantage helped a lot in the tage in the fight, knocking return with some punches of 190-pounds eyes of the judges," Borovina Borovina to the canvas with a his own. A substantial contingent of said. "When he would hit me it solid blow. The younger In the second round, Criniti supporters chanting "Brandl! would be more noticeable Borovina proved he would not Contact Chris Federico at appeared to take control of the Brandl!" were not enough to because I would move back lay down, however, retaliating [email protected].

BENGAL BOUTS: 165-POUNDS- 170-POUNDS Matassa outduels Cosse for 165-pound title

who had taken a strategy of ropes to earn the title. At one point in the first round, and won by split decision. By BRIAN BURKE waiting for fighters to come to Hernandez was warned for hit­ "I knew it was going to be a lot Sports Writer him in earlier bouts, fought 170-pounds ting Maynes in the back of the of brawling, definitely wasn't Cosse's type of fight, standing In a battle of two New Mexico head when Maynes was circling prepared for all the grappling," Junior Clay "The Mouth of the inside and trading blows. around. At another point, Hernandez said. "My corner South" Cosse kept coming at natives, seniors Ryan "The Cosse seemed to control the Rhino" Hernandez and Domingo Maynes was late in obeying a gave me a lot of good advice to senior Chris "Stay Outta My beginning portion of both the break command and was also throw that straight right and I Business" Matassa and at times "Lunes" Maynes took about five first and second rounds, getting seconds to circle the ring at the warned for a low blow. think throughout that whole it appeared he might overwhelm Matassa against the ropes and In the second round, thing we may have grappled a his opponent in the 165-pound start of round one. landing hooks. Matassa was Then the brawl was on. Hernandez moved around some lot, but my straight right, I man­ title bouts. The senior was con­ able to punch his way out of it and was able to counter Maynes, aged to get that off enough. stantly able .to supply an answer The bout for the 170-pound each time apd finished the title was full of shoving, tangled but the contest eventually Obviously the judges agreed. to Cosse's assaults, however, as rounds strong. digressed back to one fighter try­ [The win] kind of vindicated a lot Matassa came away with the fighters, headlocks and a warn­ It went back and forth into the ing for just about anything for ing to out-punch the other. of my efforts. I had done so split decision victory. third round where Matassa Hernandez was the taller of the much, and to get knocked out so Every time that Cosse landed a which a referee can warn a returned to his previous style fighter. As was expected, the two two fighters, and that seemed to early last year, to come back, it's series of punches that seemed to and countered Cosse when he give him in advantage in close great." stun his foe, however, Matassa fighters stood toe to toe, furious­ looked to brawl. Matassa landed ly swinging away, holding each fighting. answered with combinations of enough jabs in the third and In the end, Hernandez out Contact Brian Burke at his own. The lankier Matassa, other, sometimes simultaneous­ avoided getting tangled in the ly. brawled Maynes in a close fight [email protected].

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was more on his level of height southpaw John Nowak on and reach. While Andrew Friday night. Bouts Harms, the junior captain, is A sophomore who had cap­ continued from page 20 slightly taller than Tisby, it was tured the second seed in the his unmoving stance in the cen­ bracket, Nowak fought with quickly finding his jab and fol­ ter of the ring that helped energy and resolve until lowing it with several strong Harms deflect punches and set Heckmann's power and tech­ rights to Fumagalli's head. up his offense. Fighting from nique simply proved unstop­ Despite absorbing the heavy flat but steadfast feet, Harms pable. blows, Fumagalli continually kept throwing his long jab until Nowak opened with his best sprang up and into D'Agostino, it landed on Tisby's face. round by far as he threw the landing a quick right hook that But the speedy senior was roundhouse left hook that had pushed the taller fighter back. undaunted, delivering body worked so well for him in earli­ Moving well, Fumagalli tried to shots in the center of the ring er fights. While several of the work the fight into the corners, while waiting for a chance to punches landed, Nowak never where he landed clusters of throw his jab and overhand demonstrated a jab adequate punches to his opponent's mid­ right combination. Harms and enough to slow Heckmann's section and head. Tisby traded combinations in advances. Just as in his earlier The taller D'Agostino seemed the second round and when the fights, Heckmann controlled the to gain momentum as the sec­ third bell rang the match spacing and angles to neutralize ond round began, while seemed deadlocked. Tisby deliv­ his opponent's strengths. Bather Fumagalli was forced to expend ered a right to his opponent's than clinching when Nowak got energy fending off punches from­ face, and then began working close, Heckmann used a right above. He continued to counter­ closer to his target than he had hook that swooped up and into punch, but all the while was all night. the southpaw's body. His feet under the burden of Still absorbing powerful rights bouncing and moving laterally, D'Agostino's larger frame. After from Harms and visibly tired, Heckmann landed a huge left­ LISA VEL TE!The Observer receiving one standing eight Tisby would not stop. He contin­ hand blow near the end of the Senior boxing club captain Matt Fumagalli, left, reaches back count in the first round, ued to lean in close and alter­ second round as Nowak contin­ to throw a punch in the 135-pound title fight Friday as sopho­ Fumagalli got two more in the nate shots to the body and head. ued to lower his head. second round. In the meantime In perhaps the most evenly Looking fresh as the third more T.J. D'Agostino winds up to counter. D'Agostino continued fighting fought contest of the night, round elapsed, Heckmann defensive. Facing senior Chris ally went toe-to-toe in the cen­ -downhill, landing more punches Tisby edged out a split-decision stayed on the offensive with his Kitalong, the division's top seed, ter of the ring. Without the as Fumagalli tired. The top­ victory. While the result brought jab while dodging the wild the gangly DeSplinter appeared grace he had shown in earlier seeded senior got caught in the heartbreak to one fighter's face hands of Nowak, who left noth­ primed to avoid Kitalong's fights. Kitalong continually took corner shortly after the final and joy to the other's, those at ing in reserve in the final round .. range and quickness and then jabs from DeSplinter. round began, prompting the ref­ ringside agreed that in the end, Waging against Heckmann's counterpunch to keep the fight DeSplinter improved as the eree to issue Fumagalli a fourth only a few punches decided who punches, Nowak consumed all close. fight went on, both moving and standing eight count, which wore what expression. of his energy throwing his left As the fight progressed, how­ punching more in the third stopped the fight by rule. hand. It was not enough to stop ever, that strategy became nec­ round than he had in the first. Nineteen seconds into the third Heckmann, who was later essary as DeSplinter was able to The freshman DeSplinter won a round, the third-seeded 155-pounds named the most outstanding In his last ever appearance as fight his own way. With no fear split decision thanks to his D'Agostino had earned his first boxer of this year's Bengal even when he was trapped on adjustment and the mental championship. a Notre Dame boxer, senior Bouts. captain Brock Heckmann looked the ropes in the first round, resolve to conquer his bracket to complete his quest for a sec· DeSplinter fought out of every one match at a time. 145-pounds ond title. Arguably the most 160-pounds tight·space. In the championship match, complete fighter in the tourna­ Freshman Mark DeSplinter The second round opened Jemar Tisby finally had the ment, Heckmann won a unani­ came into the first round of his with a bevy of wild punches Contact Paul Camarata at chance to face an opponent who mous decision over scrappy championship match looking from both fighters, who eventu- [email protected].

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nobody stepped up and showed us the way." Irish But in the second half. as the Have an interesting sports story to tell? continued from page 20 Irish saw an 18-point deficit and the seal closing on the won Sunday because they had envelope holding their early Call Noah at 1-4543 a feisty point guard who set plane ticket home, that leader ··.·•· the tone with her fearless atti­ showed up. tude, made five of six key free­ Her name? Alicia Ratay. throws in the final minute and The junior shooting guard, a played from the opening whis­ first-team All Big East selec­ tle to the closing buzzer. tion, decided to take over late That point guard, the 5-foot- in the second half, scoring 17 4 Julie McBride, who started of her team's final21 points in in just 10 of 27 games for the final four minutes to pull Syracuse last year, is just a the Irish within two at one sophomore. But what she lacks time. in height, she makes up in atti­ What happened? tude. · "In the second half, when we "It came down to who want­ had to score we found a way to ed the game more, and it was score," Ratay said. "You do obvious that we did," McBride whatever you can to put up a • Study in the said. "We wanted to beat shot." them so bad. We wanted to Ratay, who passed up shots · nation's capitol stay longer. We came out and because she wasn't open in the we were ready. We were opening 20 minutes, walked t L focused and we were mentally onto the court and huddled her ready, and that was the key." teammates together during •Work in an Notre Dame's sophomore . those final four miriutes. The point guard, Le'Tania Severe normally quiet Ratay stepped internship - who admittedly didn't gain up and became not just a the game experience McBride leader by example but a vocal had last season - dished out leader. • Fulfill philosophy, nine assists, but wasn't able to And she took every shot she inspire her team the same way could, regardless of whether theology, and f1ne her counterpart did. or not she was open. Syracuse scored 29 points off With hands flying in her face 5f?..~t\rtS requirement - • Open to ~~.:1~. of Irish turnovers. and the whole Syracuse team "We've struggled with the knowing who was getting the turnovers all year long, and ball, Ratay sank three 3-point­ ~~Sttrdy public !, Sophomo~o- when you have kind of a rook­ ers while converting two more ie point guard it really makes thrPe-point plays. it a little more difficult," · Ratay did the same thing two f:·~~~- _ Juniors, ~(=-··'··· McGraw said. "We didn't have years ago against Rutgers in that intensity and that focus, the Big East semifinal and the !'~-- .rrt·fan •· SenioJrs ftOiit~;c ,.. 7 early in the game especially Irish came back to win in over­ and they got a lot of steals in time. the first half." Now, Ratay must lead like Syracuse also used their that for the entire 40 minutes. ~~-~~~\P,~lti ~~~!l;;, . *all·~_f_,=J.i.-~~~~:~~. underdog status as inspiration. Notre Dame's other standout --;: - -- ~ ~ -r.::<•~ . . ~~--. While the Irish might have player, freshman forward - · John Eriksen, Director • ....., __ .,_....,, ~-Jf""'-""''-N ~. '.'•·----, .':: o ,_., ''• -~···-·--'~....,.,:;.,.;•,•, seen the Orangewomen, whom Jackie Batteast, played just 13 O'Shaughnessy ·'' they defeated 71-46 at the minutes Sunday while healing 34b Joyce Center earlier this sea­ from a knee injury and didn't ~ Eriksen.l @nd.edu son, as an easy stepping stone score a point. on the road to the conference With their second-place Big championship game, Syracuse East finish during the regular saw Sunday's game as a season and impressive wins chance to extend their season over ranked Boston College and gain a bid for the NCAA and Virginia Tech teams, the Tournament. . team wearing the same uni­ And for the team's four forms as last year's national . seniors, it was a chance to champions are still a shoe-in keep their basketball careers for the NCAA Tournament. STUDENT UNION BOARD going. . Heck, they might even get a "I said in the huddle, 'I don't top-eight seed in their bracket. is now accepting applications for want to go home,'" Syracuse But if the Irish are going to senior guard Jaime James, get past their first opponent, said. "I don't want to go they have to come in with the home, I want to go to the tour­ same attitude as their oppo­ ALL POSITIONS nament, I want to have post­ nent. Syracuse knew that a season play. This was a big loss meant the end of the sea­ game for us, and we had son, for some players the end incredible people step up." of their careers. And they PROGRAMMERS • Campus Entertainment, Ideas and Issues, James led the Orangewomen didn't want to see that happen. in scoring with 23 points. Whoever Notre Dame plays Multicultural Arts, Colkgiate Jazz Festival, Sophomore Literary Festival, Movies They also had a coach that in the NCAA's in mid-March is realized that her team might going to come in with the same not have had the most talent attitude. The Irish must know Services, an Tostal, Special events on the court Sunday, but that it's win or go home and wouldn't let the game be come to really, really detest decided before tip-off. South Bend. CONTROLLERS • responsibk for aU accounting and budgeting procedures "I told them that you're To get there, the Irish need a guaranteed when you first leader. And as she proved in arrive 40 minutes. You have to the closing minutes Sunday, for SUB. play 40 out of 40,'' Syracuse they have one in Ratay. That J head coach Marianna Freeman same leader needs to show up said. "On this given night, we for 40 minutes come tourna­ OPERATORS • SUB's representatives to various organizations around campus, ended up being the team that ment time. If she does, this won the game. It's not always team, with a healthy Batteast, the best team that wins, it's could surprise some and as well as assisting their programmer with any tasks involved in planning events. the team that plays the best. advance to the Sweet 16. On this night, we played the But if that leader doesn't best." appear, students could return GRAPHIC DESIGNERS odesign all of SUB's advertising including posters, The No. 7 -ranked team from spring break to find The played above their heads, Observer's back page telling while the No. 2-ranked Irish the story of another upset by a Observer and Scholastic ads, and promotional material did not. And head coach team with nothing to lose and Muffet McGraw was quick to a trip home from the dance point out exactly why. before the music even started. "We're a young team without all students are welcome to apply; applications can be picked up in the SUB great leadership and I think . that when you come out, office, 201 LaFortune and are due Thursday March 7th. Questions! you're just trying to find your Contact Noah Amstadter at way, and you're waiting for namstadt@nd. edu. The views I somebody to step up and show expressed in this column are Feel free to stop in, call 1-7757, e-mail [email protected], visit our new website ~ you the way,'' McGraw said. those of the author and not "And really in the first half, necessarily The Observer. www.nd.edu/- sub, or check out our IM name, ndSUBinfo 0 page IS Monday, March 4, 2002 The Observer+ SPORTS

HOCKEY Irish sweep Falcons, streak into playoffs

Falcon goalie Tyler Masters for THE INSTITUTE FOR LATINO STUDIES ByMATIORENCHUK the first score of the game. The Sports Writer Irish finished the first in a hurry. with goals from Jake Wiegand IS PROUD TO PRESENT GUEST ARTIST, The Notre Dame men's hockey and Jon Maruk to pull ahead 3- team finished up the season in 2. style this past weekend, posting The only score in the second ARTEMIO RODRIGUEZ a sweep of the Bowling Green period came from Kyle Dolder. Falcons, winning 4-3 Friday The Falcons made the third On Monday, March 4, at 5:30pm in night and 4-1 Saturday night. period interesting when they cut The wins made the Irish's final into the Irish lead 5 minutes in. McKenna Hall Room 210 record 14-15-5 (12-12-4 in the But in the end the Notre Dame CCHA) and secured the team defense and goalie Morgan Cey eighth place in the conference's were too much. The Irish kept fmal standings. Bowling Green from tying the Mr. Rodriguez will give a lecture on "Art for the Masses: After missing the CCHA play­ game and took home the 4-3 vic­ offs last season, Notre Dame tory. History ofWoodcut from Perspective to a Contemporary returns to the post season with a In Saturday's game the shots Mexican Printmaker." A reception will follow series against Nebraska-Omaha were more even but the score starting Friday. was not. Notre Dame had 35 The sweep was especially shots on goal to Bowling Green's important because it gives the 30, but the score was a lopsided Prin tmaker Artemio Rodriguez will be on campus the first week of Irish momentum for the post­ 4-1 Notre Dame victory. March for the opening of an exhibition of his linoleum cuts to be season. The Irish got the scoring start­ "We started playing a new ed 6 minutes and 45 seconds held in the Galeria America @ ND in the Institute for Latino Studies, defensive system the weekend of into the first with a David Inman MSU," said junior Mike Chin. goal. Rob Globke added a goal to 230 MeKenna Hall. The exhibition, which runs from March 4 "The new system has helped us bring the Notre Dame lead to 2- through May 31, is free and open to members of the Notre out a lot, but hasn't taken away 0. from our offensive productivity." In the second Globke added Dame/St. Mary's community and the general public; gallery hours~ On Friday night the Irish pep­ another goal and the Irish never pered the Bowling Green goal, looked back. are 9 to 5, Monday through Friday. outshooting the Falcons 50-31. In the third Bowling Green Despite the shot count differ­ was able to get on the board but ence, the game was close with it wasn't enough. Notre Dame Notre Dame holding on for a 4-3 put in an empty netter at the end victory. of the game to seal up a 4-1 vic­ The Irish got the scoring start­ tory. ed in the first when Paul Harris flipped the puck toward the goal at an odd angle. The puck took a Contact Matt Orenchuk at funny bounce and got past [email protected].

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRit DAME MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Watson qualifies for NCAA Championships

Summer Shakespeare at Notre Dame and before the championships." By DAVE COOK Joining Watson in the distance Saint Mary's College proudly present Sports Writer events with a great weekend was sophomore Todd Mobley. Qualifying for nationals is a who provisionally qualified in Eugene O'Neill's superb accomplishment for any the 5000-meter this weekend. collegiate athlete. Qualifying in Mobley's seventh place time of two events is even more spectac­ 14:14.33 was also a career best ular. But being able to qualify in for him in indoor track. a third event that you won't even "Mobley ran well. He qualified compete in at nationals is down­ for NCAA's and ran a personal right amazing. best by nearly 10 seconds. He Such is the story of Luke had a great race," Piane said. directed by Watson this year in his final sea­ Dwight Ellick ran a personal Douglas C. Wager son with the Irish. Watson had best time in the 200-meter dash automatically qualified for the with a time of 21.61 seconds. NCAA championships in two Selim Nurudeen finished third events: the 3000- and 5000- place in the 60-meter hurdles meter going into this past week­ while running a personal best end. He then added a third qual­ time of 7.95 seconds. ifying time in running a personal Sprinter Trevor McClain-Duer best mile-run at this weekend's ran his best time of his collegiate Alex Wilson Invitational. career, finishing the 400-meter Watson's time of 4:01.16 was a race in 48.7 seconds. career best for him by over six In the field events, senior Quill SPONSORED BY: seconds. Redwine. who is still having "I thought he ran terrific. He problems with his left leg, 0 1b.M;;t· , • ! • c T- ® TARGET just needed to settle a bit. It [the jumped 6' 6. 75", enroute to a

N ATIONA 1. race] wasn't quite quick enough, second-place finish. Godwin ~NIXlWMi-:NT but then he just started to roll," Mbagwu finished seventh in both roagrHI' ARTS head coach and men's distance the long jump and the triple coach Joe Piane said. jump. "Thi.s is mostly a mental boost. Overall. the Irish had a strong I knew that I was in shape showing leading them into the enough to run a 4:01. I feel like national championships. coming out of the race that I "I thought it was great. It was have enough in me where I can a great performance," Piane break four [minutes] in the right said. race," Watson said. "This was a confidence booster to get that down on paper and to know I'm Contact Dave Cook at in that kind of shape one week [email protected]. -~--~------~------~------~~~------~~------.- page 16 The Observer+ SPORTS Monday, March 4, 2002

season, they had no problem scoring against zone and man-to-man defenses. Bball "They just played hard," McGraw said. continued from page 20 "They just came at us. They shot the ball better than they did last time. No matter point shot to bring the game within two what we played, zone or man, it didn't with 18 seconds left, James hit two free matter. They were shooting well. They throws to put it out of reach. On the pre­ just kept attacking us." vious three Syracuse possessions, The Irish played a more solid game in McBride hit five charity shots and the second half. They upped their shoot­ missed none. ing percentage from 32.4 percent to "I thought McBride was a tremendous 51.5 percent and took more three-point leader for them," Muffet McGraw, Irish shots; even after Syracuse took a 19- head coach, said. "She really did every­ point lead, it looked as if the Irish would thing she needed to do to win the game have a shot at the ball game. for them. At the end she made the free "I think we felt we could win. The throws. She really made some big plays problem was we had to foul somebody -we couldn't guard McBride. She killed else," McGraw said. "And as we kept us down the stretch with her free fouling McBride [I became worried] that throws. James hit her free throws as she was going to make the free throws. I well." thought if we had fouled somebody else It was a strong Syracuse first half that we could have won." allowed them to win, after the Irish Ratay, who totaled a game-high 29 stepped up play in the second half. After points, led the charge in the last 20 min­ taking an early five-point lead, the utes of the game. Guarded early by the Orangewomen made sure they never strong Syracuse defense, she had trou­ trailed the Irish by more than four. ble getting open looks. But as the sec­ When halftime rolled around, they had a onds ticked down and she found her seven-point lead. team down by as much as 19, she made "It was very important that we started sure she took whatever shots she could off well in the first half and at least had get. ourselves in a position to be in the ball "In the second half, when you have to game," Freeman said. "And I think that score, you find a way to score," Ratay was the key to the ball game: to get off said. "You do whatever you can to get to a good start and come off the floor at an open shot." halftime with a lead." Freshman Katy Flecky added 12 The Irish took a four-point lead four points to the final Irish score, the only minutes into the game, their largest of other player to hit double digits. the game, before Syracuse began steal­ Syracuse was unstoppable in the long ing. The Orangewomen had four steals run. McBride, who scored 18 points and in a little less than five minutes Clnd James, who scored 23, proved to be forced enough Irish turnovers to take a unbeatable foes. Syracuse refused to five-point lead. lose. In the course of the game, Syracuse "There was no way they were going to forced 19 turnovers, had 11 steals and take the game away from us," Trammell scored 29 points on turnovers. said. "I think that we've struggled with the "It's not always the best team that Irish guard Alicia Ratay attempts a jump shot Sunday in the first round of the turnovers all year long," McGraw said. wins, it's the team that plays the best," Big East tournament. The junior led the team in scoring with 29 points. "When you have kind of a rookie point Freeman said. "And on this night, we guard it really makes it a little more dif­ played the best." + Freshman forward Jackie Batteast the Big East tournament, the Irish have ficult. I really don't think we had that played for the first time following a four­ at least made it to the semifinals. intensity and focus early in the game." Notes: game absence due to a knee injury. Sunday's game marked the lowest tour­ The Syracuse offense seemed to have + The Syracuse win marks the far­ Batteast, who was the Irish leading scor­ nament finish in Irish history. Notre Dame pegged as well. While the thest this team has come in the Big East er prior to her injury, played 13 min­ Orangewomen were boggled by several tournament since 1988 when they made utes. scored no points and grabbed two Irish defensive schemes when they it to the semifinals before losing that rebounds. Contact Katie McVoy at played at the Joyce Center earlier this game. + In its previous six appearances in [email protected].

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FENCING ..... Irish ease through conference championships

ence championships by win­ finals. Down 14-12, +Men's and and one third-place finish gave • Irish fencers ning his third individual foil McCullough battled back and the women's team 425 points. claim four title in as many years. For won the match 15-14. Both women's squads On the men's side, for the individual titles, the third consecutive year, fencers lost in the semifinals combine to give second straight year they won Debic beat a teammate in the of the 2001 conference cham­ each individual event to sweep nab 11 of 24 first­ finals; this year he defeated pionships. Irish overall title the overall team title with 450 team conference senior Steve Mautone 15-11. Louise Bond-Williams. a points. In his two previous confer­ freshman from Ohio State, By MATT LOZAR In the most exciting men's spots ence championships, junior awaited McCullough in the Sports Writer championship match, the epee epeeist Jan Viviani took sec­ finals. McCullough defeated team pulled out a 5-4 victory By MATT LOZAR ond in the individual compe­ Bond-Williams earlier in the At the Midwest Conference over Ohio State. Junior captain Sports Writer tition. This year, however; season but was unable to get Championships, the women's Jan Viviani got three wins, Viviani finally won his own on track in Sunday's confer­ sabre team was able to avenge leading the squad. Freshman After winning the team conference championship by ence championship match. their defeat to Northwestern Michael Macaulay replaced competition on Saturday, the defeating Spencer Jones from Bond-Williams won 15-5. last year and help lead the Brian Casas and earned the Notre Dame fencing team Ohio State 15-5. Senior sabre captain Andre Notre Dame women's fencing deciding victory to give the continued its domination of "It's nice not to finish in Crompton faced a familiar foe team to first place. The men's Irish the title. the Midwest Conference in second again," Viviani said. in the finals. Wayne State squad defended their confer­ Both of the other events saw Sunday's indi- With the senior Jakub Krochmalski, ence title and combined with the Irish cruise to the titles. Men's sabre won the champi­ i vidual competi­ score 5-4 who defeated Irish senior the women to give the Irish the I '"/was glad it was a Andrzej Bednarski 15-11 in onship 5-3 over Ohio State. ~ tion: The Irish after the overall title. ' 1 won four indi­ teammate. If you have to first peri­ the semifinals to make it to Against rival Northwestern, The foil team defeated Wayne vidual titles, fence anyone in the od, Viviani the finals, awaited Crompton. the Irish went 2-1 on the day State 5-2 in their title match. took second took con­ In 2000, Krochmalski in team competition. In the The Northwestern women's place four times finals, it might as well be trol of the defeated Crompton to win the women's foil, freshmen team finished second with 400 and claimed 11 a teammate., match by c;onference championship; Andrea Ament and Alicja points. Ohio State was in third of the 24 first­ outscoring but in 2001, Crompton beat Kryczalo led the Irish to the 5- with 385 points. In the men's team confer­ Jones 10- Krochmalski in the semifinals 3 victory. standings, Ohio State took sec­ ence spots. Kerry Walton 1 in the en route to his first confer­ The semifinals of women's ond with a total of 385 points In two events, Irish fencer second to ence title. Crompton won 5-3 sabre saw the Irish face the and Northwestern was third. the Irish sent win the in the 2001 NCAA Wildcats with the Irish prevail­ Overall, Ohio State finished two fencers to the champi­ match 15-5. Championships but ing 5-2. Senior captain in second with 770 points and onship match. Sophomore "I think usually when I Krochmalski won 5-2 at the Carianne McCullough and Northwestern ended up in Kerry _Walton defeated team­ fence a 15-touch bout, it Ohio State Duals this season .. sophomore Maggie Jordan third with 745 points. mate junior Anna Carnick 15- takes me a period to get com­ In a tightly contested each had 2 wins in Notre Coach Auriol was pleased 13 to win women's epee. fortable," Viviani said. match, Krochmalski took a Dame's 5-2 victory. The Irish with his team's efforts in the "I was glad it was a team­ Freshman Alicja Kryczalo late lead at 13-10 and held won the title with a 5-0 sweep team portion of the weekend's mate," Walton said. "If you continued her impressive off Crompton's final charge to of Michigan. competition. have to fence anyone in the debut season by winning win the men's sabre title 15- The only disappointment of "I am very pleased overall. finals, it might as well be a women's foil. The champi­ 13. the day for Notre Dame came The goal was to win the over­ teammate." onship match had Kryczalo The Irish fencing team in women's epee: all [title] and we did," Auriol With two fencers in the against Northwestern's Julia looks to continue their indi­ Northwestern got the best of said. "I am very pleased with finals. the women's epee Foldi. Kryczalo easily won vidual success next week at Notre Dame in the semifinals, the women's sabre team. They squad rebounded from their 15-4. Sunday's match was the Midwest regional qualifi­ 5-2, and won the title against fenced very well [especially third-place effort on Saturday the third time Kryczalo er at Case Western Reserve Ohio State. The Irish defeated since] Northwestern has a that prevented the Irish from defeated Foldi this season. University. Wayne State for third place. good sabre squad." sweeping the team competi­ In women's sabre, senior Coach Yves Auriol was not Next weekend, the Irish will tion. Carianne McCullough and satisfied with the results from participate in the Midwest Junior Ozren Debic contin­ sophomore Destanie Milo Contact Matt Lozar at the epee squad. Regional Qualifier at Case ued his success at the confer- faced each other in the semi- [email protected]. "They did good, except for Western Reserve University in women's epee," Auriol said. Cleveland attempting to qualify "The women's epee is a their fencers for the NCAA weapon where the results Championships. sometimes are up and down. So they didn't fence too good today." Contact Matt Lozar at The two first-place finishes [email protected].

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+ Men's Track and Field, p. 15 + Men's Basketball, p. 18 +Bengal Bouts, p. 12 + Fencing, p. 17 + Hockey, p. 15

Monday,March 4, 2002

NO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ND WOMEN'S BBALL llil \ Syracuse ! ~ Syracuse stuns Irish wanted it the basket from every place By KATIE McVOY on the floor. Led by the Associate Sports Ediror efforts of guards Julie more McBride and Jaime James, PISCATAWAY, NJ Syracuse proved that, . PISCATAWAY, N.J. Before her team entered despite a mid-season loss to Looking at the reasons Louis Brown Athletic Notre Dame, whatever behind Syracuse's upset victo­ Center on Sunday, Syracuse team wants to can win. ry over Notre Dame Sunday, head coach Marianna "It was a long 20 minutes one could suggest many expla­ Freeman had three words in the second half. but I nations. for the Orangewomen: think we wanted it more," It could I Refuse to lose. Tara Trammell, senior be that ! : And that's just what they Orangewomen center, said. Notre did. "Coach Freeman said Dame was In 40 minutes of play, the 'refuse to lose' and I just too young: Orangewomen did every­ think we lived by that." Five fresh­ thing they could to win the While Syracuse allowed men played game and when it looked the Irish to get close, allow­ at least 13 like they might be playing ing a run that brought the minutes. not to lose instead of play­ Irish from 18 points down Or it Noah ing to win, Freeman called to within seven in the sec­ could be Amstadter a time out and reminded ond half, the Orangewomen that the her team what they were refused to lose. Freeman Irish just there for: to win. called a time-out with 1:18 can't seem · Sports Editor When that 40 minutes left in the game and the to find a was over, it was clear that Irish down by only six and way to win Syracuse had come to bring told her team something. at Rutgers' Louis Brown home the victory and kill "I brought them back - Athletic Center where Notre any hopes the Irish had of as you can see I was pretty Dame has historically strug­ making it past their first upset with them," Freeman gled putting the ball in the net. game in the Big East tour­ said. "And I told them I But in the end, it was simply nament. didn't like their body lan­ a. children's game of follow the "I told them that you're guage. I felt that they were leader - and the guaranteed when you beginning to play not to Orangewomen had a leader to arrive the first 40 minutes, lose. And I said don't play follow for the whole 40 min­ but you have to play for the [not] to lose, play to win." utes. Notre Dame's leader other 40," Freeman said. After that, Syracuse did didrt 't step up until it was too During the 84-79 everything they could to late. Syracuse victory, the win. When Irish guard NOAH AMST ADTER!The Observer The youth excuse doesn't Orangewomen shut down junior Alicia Ratay hit a 3- work here either. Syracuse Notre Dame's offense, took Irish head coach Muffet McGraw shows her frustration with her the ball out of the team's team's performance Sunday. The Irish lost to Syracuse 84-79 in hands and put the ball in see BBALL/page 16 the first round of the Big East Tournament. see IRISH/page 14

BENGAL BouTs: 125-POUNDS - 160-PouNos Newburg outlasts McMahon, captures title

smoothly around the perimeter Despite absorbing punches By PAUL CAMARATA of the ring and attacking only and never completely deterring Spons Writer when he had an ideal opportu­ McMahon, Newburg stayed nity. faithful to this his strengths and Even in skill but varied in Again in the second round, was awarded the 125-pound style, 125-pound title con­ Newburg used his active feet to title in a split-decision victory. tenders Shawn Newburg and move away from McMahon's Jason McMahon provided the snappy jab. McMahon continued crowd with an intriguing open­ to chase in search of a slugfest, 135-pounds ing to the Friday night Finals. while Newburg used his active T.J. D'Agostino also entered The brawny feet to take advantage of the his challlJJionship fight knowing M c M a h 0 n See Also entire ring. Along the way he that to earn a vi<;tory he would have to stay true to his advan­ came out "Matasa outduels stopped to drop a combination aggressively or toss out a right hand, but it tage. Perhaps the lankiest fight­ in the first Cosse for 165· was his lower body that dictated er in his weight class, the round, jab- pound title" the action. sophomore D'Agostino bing his way McMahon \Yas aggressive in employed his reach advantage around the "Experience pays the beginning of the third over senior Matt Fumagalli and ring in pur­ off for Criniti with round, pulling Newburg against jabbed his way to the 135- pound title. suit of a tus­ 3rd title" the ropes and into the corner. sle. Newburg The second seeded senior did D' Agostino rushed eagerly would not be page 12 not relent and did manage to into the center of the ring after drawn into a land punches, but never enough the opening bell· sounded, brawl, however, moving to slow the jittery Newburg. Freshman Mark De Splinter, right, and top-seeded Chris see BOUTS/page 13 Kitalong exchange a pair of jabs in the 160-pound title fight.

+ ND Women's Golf at Tulane Green Wave Golf Classic, Monday-Tuesday, All Day SPORTS + Men's Basketball at B.ig East Tournament, Thursday, AT A GLANCE 9:30p.m.