: I (/' I , • Wednesday, Aprill, 1998 • Vol. XXXI No.)n THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Students, faculty honor India's independence By ANNE MARIE MATTINGLY terns of India that has taken place throughout Assistant News Editor the last half-century. She emphasized the plu ralist nature of India, commenting that the In an effort to expose the Notre Dame com country is a "multinational state" that has munity to the past, present and future of India, learned many ways to approach its diversity. faculty and students gathered yesterday to "The nation has changed from a system of · honor the 50th anniversary of the nation's state centralization, a government running as a independence. unitary federalism. Now it runs by a method of Sponsors for the event included the South de-centralized federalism," explained Asia Studies Group, the India Association of Randolph. Notre Dame, the Office of the Provost and the Randolph attributed the distribution of Helen Kellogg Institute for International national power to local centers of authority to Studies. the federal government's relinquishing some of "We wanted to increase awareness about the its control over the economy, as well as to large country of India, a country that shares changes in the party structure. many goals and beliefs with the United States "[India] changed because its central com and to celebrate [India's) independence," said mand economy has given way to economic Arvind Varma, a professor of Chemical reforms and liberalization, and because its one Engineering who helped to coordinate the party system gave way to a multi-party system event. strongly influenced by regional parties," "We wanted to emphasize political and eco Randolph said. nomic aspects, as well as religion and art," said The symposium's second speaker, University Varma. To achieve this goal, the members of of Florida professor of religion Vasudha the Fiftieth Anniversary Program Committee Narayanan, discussed Hinduism in the United selected three speakers, each of ;yhom focused States and India by describing Hindu temples, on a different aspects of Indian life and culture. while showing corresponding slides. The Observer/Kevin Dalum Susanne Randolph, professor of"political sci "Traditional architecture is a source of Father Theodore Hesburgh, the final speaker at yesterday's sympo ence at the University of Chicago, addressed the power," Narayanan stated. "The size of deity is sium honoring India's 50 years of independence, discussed his travel development of the political and economic sys- in that country. see INDIA I page 7 Student Senate ready Studying the Great Irish Rebellion ... to begin '98-'99 term By TIM LOGAN from Lyons Hall. Mamak was News Writer chair of the Senate's Oversight Committee last year, and A new era in student govern worked extensively on ment will begin tonight with improvements in the Student the initiation of the new Union Constitution. Balchunas Student Senate term, one of took over the Lyons seat in several student union institu January and was unable to tions being turned over to new serve on any committees due hands this week. to her short tenure on the Twenty-six new representa Senate. tives will join two returning Both Mamak and Balchunas members of the Senate, which hope to continue work on will be led by student body issues debated by the '97-'98 vice-president Andrea Selak. body. Among these are 1 0 freshmen, "I wanted to ensure that a lot The Observer/Liz Lang 11 sophomores and three of our projects were continued, The Great Irish Rebellion Convention continued yesterday juniors. Four residence halls and that we can move into new with three sessions of two addresses each. Daniel Gahan of the have not yet elected their sena areas," said Mamak about run University of Evansville began today's proceedings with a lec tors. ning for a second term. He ture on the impact of the revolution in county Wexford. He was The two returning senators highlighted laundry service in followed by Notre Dame's Kevin Whelan, who compared the are Matt Mamak from Keenan Irish revolution of 1798 to the American and French revolutions. Hall, and Melissa Balchunas David Miller of Carnegie Mellon and Michael Durey of Murdoch see SENATE I page 7 University spoke at the second session of the day, while Thomas Bartlett of University College, Dublin, and Jim Smyth spoke at the final session. Pictured above are Smyth and mod erator Daire Keogh of St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra. Today's session begins at 10:45 a.m. in the Center for Ignatieff analyzes Continuing Education. Seamus Deane will deliver the plenary . address at 8 p.m. effect of Holocaust By FINN PRESSLY Holocaust. and how those News Writer changes are evident in the Students prepare for Holy Year 1948 Universal Declaration. Michael Ignatieff, noted He began by examining the By P. COLLEEN NUGENT every 25 years. The start of the historian and journalist, gave pre-war attitudes towards Saint Mary's News Editor millennium in the year 2000 a series of lectures this week civilization and· morality, and_ ..•. will mark the change of life as to mark the 50th anniversary how it was thought that the During each Holy Year of the we celebrate 2000 years of of the ....------, two went hand~in-hand> '!t Catholic Church, thousands of Christ's presence and relation United KEuropean civilizati<:lll. W!tl> .. people journey to Home to pass with human kind. Nations' thought to civilize instinct;,.. through the Holy Year doors in The Great Jubilee marks a each of the city's four majestic Universal said .. lgnatieff. Followin the stated. "Through themes such 500 year period based on the Declaration horrors ofth'e Ho basilicas. as this, we as citizens are going Hebrew understanding of the Despite the fact that many of Human though,''it b¢-cii1De to be able to reflect and think Jubilee found in Leviticus Rights. .that aesthetic cultivation cannot make this pilgrimage, it back upon our lives and how 20:25 . will still be possible to experi Other themes that follow this In his talk little effect on~ino:r they are influenced by the 1 1 ence and undertake a deeper spring will be 'The Door to Our entitled tion; .•.•.. ' 1" " .·•.····•····.······ Catholic Church," she added. "Chapters lgnatieff He then.went o understanding of this event. This spring, the doors located Hearts', 'The Door to our In participating and experi In the pare the United Na near the courtyard of LeMans Homes', and will conclude with encing the doors throughout the History ofMorallmagination:
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/ a e 3 ' omens ews Wednesday, April 1, 1998 . FEMALE EDUCATION I MUW report questions single-sex education
By M. SHANNON RYAN Saint Mary's Editor·
Coed schools shortchange girls, the American Association of University f'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ii~~~~~~~llll~~~~~~~~~~~~!·i't, I' Womenyears after said this in 1992.statement, Now, thesix group that represents 16,000 college graduates reported in mid-March that single-sex education does not serve as the educational refund for girls in grades K-12. "What the research shows is that separating by sex is not the solution to gender inequity in education," Janice Weinman, executive director of the AAUW, told The New York Times. "What this report KRT Photo says is that single-sex educa Although the AAUW's 1992 report prompted an increase in single-sex education, their latest report tion is not the silver bullet." ponders these schools' academic merits. The contradictory reports, renounce these institutions The Wall Street Journal by around 9,000. "How Schools Shortchange but questions their educa lambasted the press for the "A lot of things pushed peo Girls" in 1992 and tional merits. Although not misrepresentation of infor ple toward single-sex alter "Separated by Sex: A Critical emphasized in the media, the mation, editorializing, "[The natives," she said. "Some Look at Single-Sex Education AAUW did not base their find- report] is at worst uncertain people were looking for easy for Girls," have left opponents about [single-sex solutions, for ways to address and proponents of school's] benefits, the issues we raised in the single-gender and in many 1992 report." schools wondering 'I THINK THAT SELF-FSTEEM MAY BE ONE OF places says all But advocates of single-sex what in fact does THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS [THE AAUW sorts of positive education are opposed to the hold the smoking things about idea that one-gender schools gun for the equal REPORT] MIGHT BE MISSING' them." are used as quick fixes to education of But Weinman educational inequity. females. PATRICK WHITE has also opened "I totally disagree," Eldred However, the DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC INNOVATION the doors to criti stated. "This is a very simplis most recent infor cism in her tic explanation. There are mation is not response to the more substantive issues nearly as contro- popularity of sin related to women. Workplace versial or condemning as the ings on new research and gle-sex high schools and issues and positions of media has portrayed it. relied solely on a review of classrooms where the num The AAUW does not previous studies. ber of students has increased see AAUW I page 4 Gender psychology still debated
By ALEX ORR as a male strength, could thus be devel suggest that [both sexes] conform to News Writer oped in women. According to research, stereotypic expectations." men could also better master verbal skills, New tests provide central tendencies The psychological differences between long thought of as a female forte. representing varying degrees of differ tpe male and female may seem so blatant In addition, some theories suggested ences to the sexes. Rather than simply as to avoid the scrutiny of the casual that children, largely segregated by sex falling into rankings of "same" or "differ observer. during their formative years, form their ent," the tests allow for a range in one's However, the whys of behavioral dis traits. crepancies have become a hotly debated Thus, there has been a reevaluation of topic in the last 20 years. what has been considered "insignificantly The crux of the argument basically small" differences. The ability to mentally stems from whether stereotypically mas rotate three dimensional objects, facial culine and feminine behavior should be expressions, proclivities toward casual attributed to inborn qualities or to learned sex, nurturing tendencies, and throwing behavior. ability have been found more significant Since the 197 4 book, "The Psychology of under new analysis. More importantly, a Sex Difference," there has been a tenden number of studies revealed discrepancies cy among psychologists to view gender dif between the sexes in regards to social ferences as merely insignificant in the per interaction and personality. formance of cognitive tasks. Recent scientific tests on the human The research within the book coincided brain has also increased the complexity of with a period of societal changes and the matter. Yale neurologist Bennett movement. Older ideas of gender roles Shaywitz reported in 1995 that his data based more or less on tradition were "provides evidence for sex difference in declared unfounded on any innate princi own male and female cultures with differ the functional organization of the brain for ple. ent rules that persisted beyond youth. a specific component oflanguage." This view was heralded by feminists for Therefore, it could be easier explained His tests, measuring blood flow to vari its utility in championing equal rights. that this culture resulted in stereotypical ous brain lobes during a rhyming exercise, Women were not necessarily more nurtur male aggression and female passivity. revealed a dissimilar pattern of surges in ing and helpful and men were not aggres But what had become virtual psycholog women and men. Women tend to draw sive and assertive by nature, the argument ical dogma during the 1970s and 1980s from their emotional-right lobes in addi went, but were so because of years of soci has come under increasing fire in recent tion to their left lobes during verbal exer etal influence. years. cise, the study showed. However, men In "Sex and Gender," it is stated that, Modern essays and articles have pur tended to limit themselves to the reason "Even in cases where the level of a partic ported bases for variation in interests and ing right side of the brain. ular ability is partially determined by strengths between the sexes. Tests from Canada's McMaster physiological factors, the ability is usually In 1995's "The Science and Politics of University have also reported that women susceptible to training." Comparing Women and Men," Alice Eagly have 11 percent more brain cells than •Areas such as mathematics and mental determined that the "analysis of demon men. spatial positioning, traditionally thought of strated sex differences in social behavior see PSYCH/ page 4 page 4 The Observer· WOMEN'S NEWS Wednesday, April 1, 1998 peers. lie recalled his first two Studies like Cornelius Riordan's upon most was self-esteem. Coed years at Notre Dame, when a "The Value of Attending a "A lot of coed environments say great number of men wore AAUW Women's College" reflect that in to these girls, 'You're not right continued from page 3 beards and long hair, and how continued from page 3 the coed atmosphere, "women somehow. You're not right in the ters," he stated. "I said 'You quickly that changed once the continue to follow a traditional body, mind, heart, and spirit,'" he women arrived. authority are much larger sub sex role pattern where attractive said. "They are models of excel keep referring to this as a mar jects than female schools." riage, but when it gets to the "The first thing I noticed was ness and non-assertiveness are lence, but people do not always that people cleaned up. It was Many of the these discrimina nitty gritty, you don't want to rewarded and academic success pay attention to what women like all of a sudden your sisters tion factors were outlined in the is discouraged, ... [but] females have to oiler." take our names and you don't "Shortchanging Girls" report. It want to live with us.' They said and girlfriends were around. It attending single-sex schools hold Linda Timm, Saint Mary's Vice wasn't a marine corps bar argued that American girls on more egalitarian attitudes toward President for Student Affairs, abo 'That's exactly right'," average receive an inferior edu llesburgh recalled. "So we racks anymore," he said. the role of women in society than suggested that there may be an Hesburgh agreed, saying, cation to boys and are routinely do their counterparts." element to all-female educational decided amicably not to do exposed to sexism in coedu that." "It's a more civilized place settings that coed institutions now. Women play a role that cational environments. cannot provide. Notre Dame then approached The increase in secondary Saint Mary's with a proposal has a civilizing effect on men." "Research has shown that As for the women, their single-sex education is often as far as women's colleges for coeducation on its own attributed to the AAUW's · no evidence in general without a merger. llesburgh memories of the transition dif are concerned graduates fer dramatically from one findings that "girls receive srn The Irish Connection N~~'-.Hott.t4tN~ Proudly Presents Wednesday, April I 2nd annual Rmp loulllje luchre Journe~ $2 YOU CALL IT HIGHT CASH PRIZES Thursday, March 26 The music you love to hear Gravity Hill 525 N. Hill St. South Bend 233-8505 ------ COMPILED FROM THE OBSERVER WIRE SERVICES page 5 • WORlD NEWS BRIEFS Train derails, catches fire Israel offers to discuss West Bank LYNCHBURG, Va. At least seven railroad cars and two loco motives derailed and caught fire today, pro ducing toxic smoke that forced authorities to evacuate five blocks and an elementary school. One of the cars contained thousands of gallons of acetone. a flammable solvent that produces poisonous fumes when burned. The fire also spread to a storage building near the tracks where unidentified snow-removal chemicals are stored, said police spokeswoman JoAnn Martin. The ace tone and the locomotives' diesel fuel contin ued burning more than 2 1/2 hours after the accident. producing a column of black smoke visible for miles. No injuries were reported. The derailment occurred at 9:37 a.m. as rail road workers were uncoupling several cars • on a track about 1 1/2 miles from downtown, Ms. Martin said. The cars rolled down the track and hit other rail cars. Jury finds Freemen guilty BILLINGS, Mont. A federal jury on Tuesday found five Montana Freemen guilty of criminal charges in the first trial resulting from the 81-day standoff between the anti-government mili AFP Photo tants and the FBI in 1996. However, the jury s politicians negotiate a possible meeting between Israelis and Palestinians, violence continues among demonstrators in the acquitted Edwin F. Clark, 47, one-time AWest Bank. During clashes on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers shot and lightly wounded two Palestinians as about 1,500 people owner of the foreclosed farm that formed tried to march on West Bank lands. most of the Freemen stronghold in rural eastern Montana. Clark's lawyer had argued ASSOCIATED PRESS process is not on track, and the gaps to include the most difficult of issues, he was desperate to save the farm and was have not been bridged." including the future of Jerusalem - swept up in events. Four of the Freemen WASHINGTON Having received Ross' report, which Israel has reunited and where were convicted of being accessories after the An unexpected gesture by Israel - Albright will consult with President Arafat hopes to establish a Palestinian ' fact to the armed holdup of an ABC television an offer to discuss with the Clinton, and decide what to do next in capital -- and borders between Israel news crew attempting to film a story on the Palestinians a third pullback on the what is a frustrating and disappoint and any Palestinian state or entity. Freemen. contested West Bank - gave a slight ing foreign policy venture for the Still, the sources, declining to be I boost Tuesday to the Clinton adminis administration. identified, said Netanyahu had not tration in its laboring drive to reopen Netanyahu's gesture could provide a agreed to a third pullback, but only to Nine-year-old disproves negotiations between the two sides. useful opening. Willing to turn over discuss one. touch therapy The offer by Prime Minister another 10 percent of the West Bank And, in the meantime, the extent of Benjamin Netanyahu to American to add to the 27 percent Yasser Arafat a second pullback is hotly contested. mediator Dennis B. Ross near the end already controls,the prime minister "It is important that there has been CHICAGO of Ross' fourth day of shuttle diploma had insisted it would pose an unac some movement, but we also have to A study conducted by a nine-year-old girl cy in the area, prompted Secretary of ceptable risk to Israel to give up the make very clear that there is a level of for a science project and published in a dis State Madeleine Albright to report 12 percent to 15 percent the adminis frustrat~on both here and in the tinguished medical journal concludes that "some progress." tration has been urging. Middle East because the stalemate "therapeutic touch," in which a healer sup "In some substantive form we're He has not budged from that posi has gone on," Albright said. posedly manipulates a patient's energy field, perhaps a little closer" to reopening tion. And yet Netanyahu told Ross, She also stressed there had been no is bunk. Emily Rosa, the daughter of a regis negotiations between Israel and the according to diplomatic sources, breakthrough as the result of Ross' tered nurse and an inventor, found that 21 Palestinian Authority after a yearlong Israel was willing to put a third pull talks with Netanyahu and Arafat. experienced practitioners were unable to impasse, State Department back on the agenda for the so-called "Obviously, we are concerned about detect the field they supposedly manipulate spokesman James P. Rubin said. final-status talks Israel is supposed to the fact that for a year now there has to heal. Her study was published in But Albright also said the progress have with the Palestinians to wind up been a stalemate," she said. "We want Wednesday's Journal of the American was not "nearly enough" to end the the negotiationS. to keep making sure that the process Medical Association and immediately drew deadlock, while Rubin said "the peace Those talks were already designed moves forward." fire from supporters of the practice, who say it is respected worldwide. Therapeutic touch has been used to treat problems ranging from burns to cancer. The technique is prac ticed in at least 80 North American hospitals and taught in more than 100 colleges and universities in 7 5 countries, said the study, written by the Loveland, Colo., student. 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India cyber-temple." loving Jesus in the poorest of Ignatieff The Declaration, he said, continued from page I Father Theodore Hesburgh, his people. I've seen a lot of continued from page I "doesn't give people rights, it the symposium's final speaker, religious activity, but none produces a certain kind of indi decided, and then the whole discussed his travels to India, that gets to my heart the way vidual." It is this empowered particularly his experiences in this did," Hesburgh said. The U.N. Charter, he temple, even the columns and explained, took human brutali individual, he added, that is windows. are determined in Delhi. ... Hesburgh's greatest praise able to make claims against "I was amazed at the spread of India, though, was reserved ty and war for granted and traditional proportions to the assumed that humans were the particular body that he or deity." of Catholic education at a for Ghandi, to whom he credit she feels is oppressing the superior level in India," he ed the success of Indian inde capable of war. The Universal Narayanan explained the Declaration, on the other hand, rights outlined by the meanings behind choices in commented. "They have won pendence and unity. Declaration. derful students there." "Mankind and womankind is focused on brotherhood and temple decor, as well as the peace and gave more attention lgnatieff's lecture was the idea that individual temples I-lesburgh also described a one. We have to somehow fourth annual Theodore M. visit to a temple in which he learn to do the best we can to the rights and needs of the are dedicated to local deities. individual, rather than the Hesburgh, C.S.C., Lecture on She also described a trend in witnessed the ministry of sev together on Earth," he Ethics and Public Policy, and eral Indians to starving citi explained. state as a whole. the United Stat~s toward was presented under the aus zens. The workers had cleaned "The greatest boast of the Ignatieff concluded his lec Internet worship through sites ture by stressing the impor pices of the Joan B. Kroc containing copies of Hindu and clothed them, and nuns of Indian people is Ghandi, [who Institute for International the Sisters of Charity were taught that] it is possible to tance of the individual, and documents and images of how the individual's human Peace Studies. prominent gods. feeding and caring for them. achieve peace without vio "Cyberspace is sacred "The nuns were performing lence. He has inspired many an act of love, in the belief people in this world." to this jubilee call for reflection and reconciliation in order to We should be there to repre as quickly, effectively and Holy Year establish a close community. sent the students." painlessly as possible," stated continued from page I "Through these [components], Senate Breen-Phillips Hall senator Gertken. we are hoping to have our stu continued from page I Rhea Gertken concurred, ''I'd Selak, who will take over for ness, and striving to see others dent body come together and like to represent the women of Erek Nass as president of the that care to make a difference reach out to the poor of our society," Smoyer stated. "With all men's dorms, dining hall BP as best I can and reflect Senate, says the group will in our society. Through actions their views and concerns." "start into business right such as these, our culture can actions such as this, we can improvements and du Lac only hope and pray for a peace reform as several issues which New senators also pledged to away." She hopes to follow up look forward to making the bring a number of issues up on the resolutions of the old transition to another level of ful process that will lead us into were dealt with by the last the next millennium. Senate that will continue to be for discussion, ranging from Senate while also addressing communion and communication residence issues to internal anything new that may arise. that will form everlasting "The Jubilee is something the important in the next year. entire church is being called to. "I really like the idea of reform of the Senate. "The previous Senate has bonds. "I'd like to get momentum done excellent work," she "This Judeo-Christian tradi 1998 marks the year of the Holy being able to represent my Spirit, and we should incorpo dorm and serve as a voice for going towards a co-ed dorm noted. ''I'd like to keep their tion of Jubilee is a call to be a system," said Siegfried Hall momentum going, and build on just community, which sees that rate this into the ministry of the the women of Lyons," stated Church," she continued. Balchunas. She hopes to work senator Tom Ogorzalek, point it." everyone receives what is owed ing to last week's faculty panel One issue of concern for to her - a liberating communi Hoping that the great doors on a number of residence life will open a renewed and reju issues in the coming year. discussion recommending such Selak is the multicultural ty that knows how to celebrate a system as just one instance affairs committee, which had its commitments with verve," venated life within the commu A number of n·ew senators nity, Smoyer emphasized the hope to use their positions to of support for co-ed residence only two members at the end said Saint Mary's president halls. of the '97-'98 term. "To have Marilou Eldred. spirituality of the symbolism. affect change and act as a "We welcome and invite all strong student voice on press "We need to make the Senate almost no participation is a Along with the jubilee into the more streamlined," declared shame," she declared. "It's 21st century, there will be an different kinds of groups to ing issues that come before come and join in on the cele them. O'Donoghue, who hopes to also not representative of ongoing process that will take work with the administration needs on campus." the community into the next bration and beauty the Jubilee "I'd like to see issues dealt has to offer us," Smoyer added. with that affect the students "to make the Senate a student Tonight's meeting will serve millennium. Major components directly and that the students voice that is heard and val as an introduction for the new care about," said Keough Hall ued." senators, and Senate rules, senator Brian O'Donoghue. "I hope that we'll be able to procedures and committees "We're a representative body. get policy issues accomplished will be explained. rArtlEY rrts An lftiSH fESTIVAl Study Portuguese at Notre Dame The language of Brazil, Latin America's largest T1iU'R~®'(ll). 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EDITOR Let's Keep This Year's Call to a World Community Tournament Clean I was really bothered by the Outside the Dome has lost a wonderful preacher, professor and Once again, Bookstore Basketball time is here, and every article in The Observer on Thursday, March 26 friend because he didn't feel welcome here. one is anxious to hit the courts and participate in this 27 about the racist campaign poster. For those•ofyou Many students at Notre Dame have been able to year old Notre Dame tradition. However, it came to the who may have ~issed it, the article reporteq on-~ Op(;ln their minds and hearts to realize that they attention of our Committee last year that, amidst all of the campaign post~rfQt Michigan-sophomore rla}e are part of a community much larger and more action and emotion inherent in such competition, certain Winling which manystudents felt mocked the stu· profound than any community based on race, events occurred that potentially jeopardize the future of dent civil rights movement of the 1960s and '70s, creed or sexual orientation. This community is the Bookstore Basketball. During last spring's tournament, Upon learning that students found his poster ·· world community of the human race. Those who raeial tensions between teams and fans alike escalated· as offensive, Winling responded, ''I just did it to have understand their membership in this community the result of slurs and epitaphs that were voiced. This type a good time. Some people took it the wrong way ... recognize the differences which make each of us of behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by this but no harm was intended." unique. but share and celebrate these differences Committee or the Notre Dame administration in this year's Apparently Winling believes that it is rather than discriminate against them. Those or any future tournament. alright to insult people as long as he who comprehend their membership in A'i participants and observers of Bookstore Basketball, doesn't really mean it. this community view any insult your aetions will determine whether or not this year's tour Unfortunately, he is not alone in against another person on account nament will be a success. llowever, due to the aforemen this belief. His poster and sub· of race, creed, sexual orienta tioned problems, the Bookstore Committee has taken the sequent statement exhibit a tion, gender. or physical handi following steps to prevent thnir reoccurrence. First of all, fundamentallack:of concern cap as an insult to the dignity the number of security personnel will be increased to assist for the generaldignity of of the world community, and the Commissioners with proper erowd control. Both groups humankind. · · as such, as an insult to have been instructed to follow a ZEHO TOLERANCE policy Although this event did themselves. We are all when faced with disruptive or unsportsmanlike behavior, not happen on our cam· alread,y part of this com including raeial comments. In such cases, any and all per pus, I believe it contains munity. It's time we all sons involved will be immediately escorted off the courts. a valuable lesson for the recognized our member Furthermore, repeat offenders will be subject to disciplinary Notre Dame fami.ly, espe· ship. action by the University. cially in light of the I love this university - it For the players themselves, the following change has been recent flair-ups in on~ took me two and a half implemented. At the beginning of each game, every team going campus issues con years to realize that any member must sign a form stating that they fully unde'rstand cerning diversity. Several thing was wrong with it and acknowledge the rules outlined by the Bookstore campus events of late have beyond parietals 'and too much Committee. This will serve as the FIHST AND ONLY warning made me questl~p/the extent construction- but often it's the for the players. Any fighting during the game will then to which somfr~e~b~rs of the things we love best which we result in ejeetion and possible team forfeit. Also, under student body, fa~11ltyan • DooNESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU • GUOTE OF THE DAY 8(X)f'GibJOU I MeAN, THt:R& tu~!ia11e /IJOU/.PN't 8£3- COCKY GUY5/N MY t?A't £JUT COACHrHe T#£51; 1<1/?S aJT UJANTq A 6U/.F- uev~ tuHAT ARE OF NOP/?08- 5TRCAMFOR 7H~SbARRO TROt-/ IT~ !faN V6RY HARP u;M. ffOU1/N6 711& tiN& HeRe,. AUIAY 6AM£S. GANT J&RJ<5 / A5KFO! I didn't come to the Holy Land to land from the Palestinians for the McDonald's study politics, but somehow politics state of Israel. have begun to consume me. I have Israel has effectively claimed over Ronald McDonald of Scotland, chief imperial needs. never written a letter to a paper, and 50 percent of the occupied territories member of the clan McDonald, had the 2. Notre Dame is hypocritical to I'm usually not one to criticize the with the new settlements, all of which right idea when he sued the restau claim to be following Christ when it American government. My father the U.N. declared to be Palestinian rant chain McDonald's for libel. He allows the program of ROTC to flour serves in the U.S. Army, so I've been land. was tired of what we are all tired of, ish here. raised a patriot, but my time here has Besides blatantly violating the that fiendishly annoying yellow and 3. War is never, never the answer. forced me to go beyond national international laws declared by the red monstrosity who peddles infected That being said, let me get back to pride. It is impossible to ignore the United Nations, Israel violates beef to American the main subject, Palestinian suffering at the hands of humanitarian laws. Israel lacks any and world youth. He ======namely that this our ally, Israel. law prohibiting maltreatment of pris also is the figure economic boom is The United States has created and oners; so in effect, torture is legal. head for a corpora not helping every nurtured Israel; America now must Israel should be convicted of war tion that has some David one out, as it seems take responsibility to set Israel crimes for its use of torture. Recently, of the lowest labor proclaimed by the straight. The first step is to know Israel allowed Mordechai Vanunu out standards in the greasy faces of ner about the situation, and how it came of solitary confinement where he has country, a corpora vously exuberant to be. been held since 1986. Vanunu tion whose cattle McMahon local newscasters. The effects of the Jewish Holocaust released information about Israel's are destroying other The real wages for will be felt forever. In reparation to illegal nuclear arms build-up to the countries' forests, American workers the Jews, the United Nations, with Sunday Times in London. He is now . and a corporation -----======:..._ __ have remained flat strong support from the United with other prisoners for the first time who, similar to the tobacco companies, since 1972. The garnering of wealth States, voted to create a Jewish state in over 11 years. (According to the spends ungodly sums of money luring by capitalism entails the garnering of out of over half of the land of Jerusalem Post, March 13, 1998, youngsters to their most unhealthy wealth by the wealthy. Palestine. The problem was that Israel has also succeeded in illegally product. It is a great day when our The safety net has been all but dis Palestine was already populated by obtaining the nuclear weapons taxpayer monies go to subsidize such mantled by Clinton and his Republican hundreds of thousands of Vanunu warned of.) whole hearted malevolence and we cronies in Congress, something which Palestinians. The Zionist Jews solved The Israeli soldiers act as if it is help pay for their marketing cam Reagan only salivated over, and still this problem by slaughtering entire their job to humiliate and flaunt their paigns for Chicken McNuggets in third does, from what one hears. Cities con Palestinian villages and chasing many power over the Palestinians. At the worl~ countries. tinue to disintegrate, and people living others away at gunpoint. Four hun numerous Israeli checkpoints Lump that into the 170 billion dollar in them - mostly minorities - are dred eighteen Arab villages were throughout Israel and the occupied tax subsidization known widely as cor persecuted for poverty, as unemploy depopulated and destroyed for the territories, the Palestinians, if porate welfare. As the supposed wel ment continues to soar in the cities. creation of the state of Israel. allowed to pass at all, must stop and fare state crumbles under the greedy Let's look at the job growth that the In 1967, the neighboring Arab endure any humiliation the soldiers gaze of American robber barons, the arm-flailing president has been talking countries were mounting an attack care to inflict. real welfare state continues to help about for years: the number one on the well-established Jewish state. Without U.S. economic and military the wealthy build their mansions, to employer in the U.S.? Manpower. Israel decided the best defense was support, Israel would not exist. keep afloat a decaying and corrupt That's right. Those weasely middle an offense, so it simultaneously The United States has been the main military/industrial system geared to men for your labor known as temp attacked, crippled, and defeated ally of Israel since its birth. Presently, Cold War conflict, to essentially help agencies continue to pillage our pock Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Israel over the U.S. officially gives three billion - the top one percent maintain their etbooks. Now the workplace is great! took the West Bank from Jordan, and dollars to Israel annually - two bil iron-like grip on our resources and on Your employee is complaining about the Gaza Strip from Egypt. The Arabs lion in military aid, and one billion in ourcountry. Much like the false patri inhaling chicken feces dust in the surprised Israel in 1973 by attacking humanitarian aid - over two dollars otism displayed by gung-ho members North Carolina chicken plant? Fire on the Jewish feast of Yom Kippur. from every.American man, woman, of ROTC to me after this past column, them all, they are from Latin America The Jews successfully defended and child. This says nothing about the chieftains of commerce are fleeing anyhow. Oh, those pesky chicken themselves again, and convinced the the money and support the U.S. gives like cowards, raping the resources of workers are forming a union, fire Arab leaders that Israel was there to Israel unofficially. this and other countries and holing them all again. What's that? We are stay. A few years later at Camp As an ally of Israel, we are guilty them up in other untouchable areas of breaking the law? Who's going to David, Egypt made peace with Israel. by association; by giving our vital the world. Ah, the much heralded enforce that kind of law, times are Today, the West Bank and Gaza Strip money and support, we are a partner global village, in which we all toil for good. are still controlled by Israel, and are in crime. The level of U.S. involve tyrants who, in many cases, have even And the times are good, aren't they? referred to as the "occupied territo ment demands that we take responsi renounced their citizenship as A warning to all Notre Dame students, ries." bility. We should feel responsibility Americans in order to get more tax you are headed for a life of serfdom, in When Israel conquered the West for every Palestinian killed by reck breaks (pile up the riches in Scrooge which, even if you are not a temp, Bank and Gaza Strip, the less Israeli soldiers, for every young McDuck's vault!). As many captains of your value as a worker is about as sta Palestinians, who were the sole resi Palestinian who dies mysteriously in labor have said, we should have a law ble as the glorious electron beaming dents, were immediately unhappy Israeli prisons, and for every settle which forces CEOs of American corpo through the internet. And aren't you with Israeli rule. In the interest of ment built on Palestinian land. rations to say the pledge of allegiance glad that we have the wise Catholic peace, the United Nations concluded The Palestinians set off bombs and in the board room. sages in the military to practice in Resolution 242 and then again in throw rocks not because they are all Everyone is smiling these days on Catholic restraint in villas like My Lai Resolution 338 that the land should terrorizing barbarians, but because Wall Street. That foppish ole Alan where we want to sell McNuggets, and be released to Palestinian control. they are struggling to live under an Greenspan is behind the times, man! maybe open a Nike factory. Captains Israel refused to withdraw because oppressive regime while watching Take a look at this "bullish" stock of commerce dictate where our mili they said they needed the land as a their land being taken and their chil market! I'm riding high! Pass the sil tary goes and why they go, not the defense against neighboring Arab dren being killed. My country, the ver bong! Look at my spanking new citianes of the U.S. And, hand-in-hand, countries. United States, the defender of free sports utility vehicle! Do you know they merrily trod over everyone in In 1993, Israel signed the Oslo dom and supporter of the oppressed, how much gas this baby guzzles? their way, desperate to remain num Accords agreeing to allow the is a little confused on this one. No matter, the artificial costs of ber one, in arms dealing and aggres Palestinian state, but their actions gasoline continue to be propped up in sion, and in imperialism and new mar have not and do not honor the agree Matt Kutz this country at least, in which the car kets. ment. Israel has created over 150 Junior, Notre Dame Program in Jerusalem continues to enjoy the status of an settlements in its occupied territory, March 20, 1998 Egyptian cat. And I don't care how David McMahon is a recent Notre and continues to create new settle many people write me on the subject, Dame graduate. He can be reached at ments. These new settlements are let me be crystal clear about the truth dmcmahon32@hotmail. com. outside Israel's current borders, so in some manners: The views expressed in this column each settlement confiscates more 1. The Gulf War was a war for are those of the author and not neces resource retainment, in which we sarily those of The Observer. slaughtered the innocents for our • LETTER TO THE EDITOR Security Must Re-Evaluate Dealings with Students Wow, did this Oregon State student hit cally and if tion a lot money, give us a little respect. home for me! I had a similar experience stu ,--:----:::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;,..;::;~;;i~------, acting is Never mind that parking at this school is one and a half years ago that also dents. what they horrid or that many of us walk what spawned a disheartening letter. I remem A year want to seems to be a mile every morning to our ber spending a good part of the day com and a do, then desired destinations. Just an ounce of posing a letter that met with the degree half let them kindness from these people is all many of of pessimism and rudeness I had to deal later at least us want. with from that particular guard at the things pretend gate. I mean really, accusing me of lying, have that they Dustin Martin badgering me, insults, is this really how not actually 2nd year Grad srudem innocent people get treated at our fine like their March 31, 1998 school?! It may not be how everyone is ~------~job. I treated but it's exactly what happened to changed much. Just once I would like to think I would be hallucinating if I saw one This letter is in response to a letter by me. get treated with a little degree of humili of them smile and say, "Have a good Chris Peterson from Oregon State Our collective security needs to re-eval ty, not much, just a pinch of kindness. day." For the majority of us who put a lot University that ran in yesterday's uate how they deal with people, specifi- Leave the power-trip at home, thank you, of effort into this institution, not to men- Observer. ------·------~------·-~-~------l ( s~ s page 10 ------~OBSERVER ------Wednesday, April I, 1998 Turning La~~ tl.e ~lo~~ to 1983... Photos by The Observer/Scott Bower Left: Two younger siblings enjoy ND/SMC Little Sibs Weekend 1983. Above: Students kick off the 1983 weekend with a road race. Sophomore Sibs Weekend Through the Years By KRISTI KUTSCH expressed dissatisfaction at the week spring of 1987. At this time, the idea of and brunch on Sunday. Scene Editor end, and as a result it was cancelled for pre-high school siblings attending Notre · This year set the precedent for succes four years. Dame was born. sive years, and the semi-formal dinner Sophomore Siblings Weekend was not In the fall of 1984, discussion surfaced The proposal won the necessary sup with guest speaker has become a staple always the popular event that it is about the possibility of having another port, and in April 1987, 45 to 50 sib of the weekend. Another component of today. In fact, it took nearly 10 years to Little Sibs Weekend. Joanne Madden, lings, aged 12-15, visited campus for the the weekend became the commemora develop a standardized plan for the 1984 coordinator for the weekend, drew Sophomore Little Sibs Weekend. Events tive T -shirt that every sibling and stu weekend after a very rocky start. up a proposal and a schedule of events for the weekend included: a showing of dent receives. In April 1979. the sophomore class to be discussed and decided at a "Indiana Jones and the Temple of The weekend continued to grow and sponsored a small-scale event called Campus Life Council meeting. Madden Doom," a box lunch at Theodore's and include more and more students over Little Brothers/Little Sisters Weekend. It addressed the concerns raised by rec performance by the Notre Dame the next few years. In 1992, the week was the first University attempt at a tors about problems with alcohol, as Chorale, a semi formal dinner, a casino end included visiting a Notre Dame foot "sophomore siblings weekend." Events well as concerns night, mass and ball practice and a trip to Coveleski included a viewing of "Pete's Dragon" about housing brunch. The weekend Stadium. The 1993 weekend hosted and "That Darn Cat," a picnic on the and transporta was a relative success, over 200 siblings. lawn of lloly Cross llall, a meeting with tion. 'THIS IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL and few problems were In 1996, over 400 siblings between the varsity athletes, a night at NAZZ, a mass In a CLC meet PART OF KEEPING YOUR noted. ages of 11 and 15 eame to campus for and a bruneh. The purpose of the week ing on Sept. 26, Because of the suc Sophomore Siblings Weekend. Matt end was to bring siblings to Notrn Dame 1984, rectors dis- FAMILY INVOLVED IN YOUR LIFE cess, the sophomore Griflin, sophomore siblings coordinator to experience a weekend with their cussed the possi- WHEN YOU GO TO COLLEGE.' class planned another for 1996, said that "everyone had such a brother or sister away from home. bility of the siblings weekend for good time. It is something that should There is no record of a siblings week weekend, but the the fall of 1987, but the continue for years and years to come." end for four years after 1979, but decision was HEATHER PAICH weekend was post Last year, close to 500 siblings attond ND/SMC Little Sibs Wnekend in 1983 left tabled for three ND JUNIOR WHO ATTENDED poned because of a ed the weekend; the highest partieipa a dark shadow on many siblings week weeks. At the breakdown in commu- tion ever. Peter Cesaro, last year's ends to follow. This year the event next CLC meet- nication. sophomore class president, said "it included both Notre Dame and Saint ing, the weekend passed by a narrow In the spring of 1988 the weekend [Sophomore Siblings Weekend) was one Mary's students, instead of being limited margin, and the ultimate decision was was held again, but for the first time of the most incredible weekends at to only Notre Dame sophomores. The left to vice president of Student Affairs under the name of Sophomore Siblings Notre Dame." weekend included a variety of games, Father David Tyson. Weekend. The weekend hosted almost Heather Paieh, a junior who partic movies, picnics and danees for students Tyson eventually decided to veto the 100 siblings and was a success. ipated in last year's weekend, agreed. and their siblings to attend. decision after polling the feelings of rec In 1989 and 1990, problems once "I thought it was a great time for my One apparent problem of the weekend tors and rectresses throughout campus. again plagued the sophomore class, and younger sister to sec how college life was the lack of overall structure, and In a Nov. 1, 1984 edition of The the weekend was canceled due to inade actually works, and it was a great the fact that many of the events were Observer, Tyson was quoted as saying: quate finances. But, in 1991, chance to visit with her at my setting. not well attended. Another problem was "Even with all of the plans and precau Sophomore Siblings Weekend convened "This is such an integral part of keep the amount of siblings that visited the tions, the probability of adequate con once again, and the tradition that ing your family involved in your life two campuses; over 1500 young Domers trols, given the large influx of high occurs today began. when you go to eollege," she added. and Belles spent the weekend in South school visitors, is relatively low. Finally, In 1991, 114 siblings between the llcr younger sister, Laura Paich, who Bend. many question the merit of the week ages of 12 and 15 visited the campus for also attended Sophomore Siblings But the dark shadow of the weekend end's purpose in light of the massive three days of fun with their older broth Weekend last year, appreciated her was the abuse of alcohol that occurred. preparations and additional responsibil ers and sisters. Events for the weekend chance to participate in college life. Apparently, many of the siblings fre ities that would be necessary." included a movie and ice cream social "It was neat to hang out with college quented the South Bend bars and This veto ended the discussion for a on Friday night, a picnic on Saturday kids and do college things which pre attended parties where alcohol was while, but in Febru11ry 1986 rectors afternoon, a semi-formal dinner with pare me for when I go to college," she served. began discussing the possibility of a Lou Holtz as guest speaker, a casino said about her experience at Notre Many rectors and rectresses small pilot siblings weekend for the night for Saturday evening and a mass Dame. r,------~.... a•x~s .. a•zcaa-~ . .------~ Wednesday, April 1, 1998 • The Absurder's Return from Hiatus HI, THIS IS A JOKE; THE ABSURDER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR page 2wo The Absurder • IN CITE March 15, 44 B.C. • INSIDE CALAMITY 000!1 rn0~ nrn awn0 []00rn0 aaa Something happens at CLC page 4 Tuition incre~ses (no. really?) page 4 Listen to Me! ~ABSURDER Student media hit dead end page 4 So I woke up today and my roommate's • ABSURD POliTICAl EVENT BEAT alarm was going ofT and it was like 8:46 and I didn't have to be up until 9:02- and I just hate Starr seeks to recall Hesburgh that. I think we need to do something about this By WOODWARD and BERNSTEIN the University'?" epidemic.. I suggest a (Nor really) Hesburgh's top adviser, Fred Joiss, responded to that rally at Stonehenge to Mary Kate Ashley charge by saying, "It's wine. Ted says Mass every day, you protest my roommate Olsen Morrissey Hall resident Kenneth Starr is circulating a idiot." not turning otT her Child of the Corn petition of recall for Father Theodore Hesburgh. Starr has claimed that he has more than enough signa alarm in the mornings The petition alleges that Hesburgh engaged in conduct tures to force a recall vote, but he declined to say when he when I get up after she does. unbecoming an officer of the University during his term as would present the signatures. I went to the shower and because I was up president of the school. Specifically, the "I want to wait until I have all the signatures I say I 14 minutes early - I never claimed to be a petition denounces Hesburgh's decision have," he said. math major - and had to wait because I'm to have Notre Dame go co-ed in the If Starr gets enough signatures, the next steps are a bit usually there 13 minutes later and there's early 1970s, his work with the U.S. Civil unclear. Ronald Commers, an expert in student govern one open then, but not today. I had to stand Rights Commission, and his efforts to ment constitutional law, said the petition would go before there looking hideous in my shorts because I extend the right to vote to age 18. the student body president, a position currently held by hadn't shaved for a week because it's been "The world was a lot better place Max Crippen. cold and I've been wearing pants. before Vatican II," said Starr. "Since Crippen was out at Coach's and could not be reached I finally showered and got dressed and then, the world has gone to hell. I mean, for comment. went to meet my friends in the dining hall, really: since Our Lady's university Starr Hesburgh issued a statement late last night, his first then remembered I didn't have any, and so I admitted women, the men of this school public response to the petition. stood there talking to Smells Like Smoke Boy have become distracted from doing what they ought to be "Listen, I'm Ted Hesburgh. 'Nuff said," he said. right in the middle of the aisle and everyone doing - glorifying God. Take the Rooks of Columbus; it's Starr would not comment when asked what position gruntnd at us when they walked by- they all male. Now that's an organization!" Hesburgh would be recalled from, since he no longer has were so rude, couldn't they see we were try Starr also decried Hesburgh's habit of drinking alcohol an official role at the University. ing to have a conversation and their grunting each day. "Is this the type of guy we want representing "Ooops, forgot about that," Starr said. was distracting us'? I got to elass and fell asleep right away and had a dream that Hootic and the Blowfish came to play in 101 DeBartolo and nobody Whoa there, fella! cared, but I'm not sure if that's really a SMC prez to dream or a reality. I think it's sad. I woke up and the next class had come into the classroom and I ean 't believe nobody students: We'll woke me up to tell me elass was over - I wish people would be more considerate to me. I made it to luneh but I didn't eat much think for you because I'm protesting the usc of Styrofoam By FRANK DREBIN in the dining hall food. so I just threw it at And Don't Call Me Shirley the people guarding the doors. I also have PE right after I eat and I can't eat and run but I S!Yot Mnry·SCollege president Marikate Elway don't sec the point of PE anyway because announced yesterday afternoon that students didn't we already go through all that in high will no longer be able to choose their own sched school'? I mean, aren't we in college here'? ules come fall semester. I also don't think professors should sched The decision, along with what majors arc ule movies on Wednesday nights or tests on appropriate for eaeh student, will be made by the Thursday because I have to watch "Party Of administration in accordance with the Council on Five" and if! don't see Bailey I mightjust die. Doing Anything That's Platonic. I think people should listen to me more .. "I think it's gotten to the point lately that stu dents have been making some very poor choices. The views expressed i ... rile Inside Calamity By deciding what classes each student will take, are those af lk<" author and they stink, so you they will no longer have a say in their education, JlN'hafJly don't care. Just tum to the sports leaving it entirely up to the administration," said page. Elway. Elway also revealed that which professor teaches what course will be monitored. "By having Dr. Cauley from communications • TODAY'S STAFF teach an English literature course, students will One Letter Short of a Scandal gain another perspective and the campus will become more diverse as a result," Elway added. Brad "Make Me A Bet" Prendergast Professor Cauley agrned with Elway and the For a Good Time, Call council, adding, "It's been obvious for a long Jamie Heisler while that students cannot be~ trusted to decide President of the Celine Dion Fan Club for themselves what's appropriate. When they go Dan Cichalski and do things like hold unsupervised study Married to the Mob groups, things really start to get out of hand." Lori Allen While many students are stunned by the deci sion, some applaud Elway's attempt to straighten The Fourth Blues Brother out the campus. Matt Loughran "I chose Saint Mary's because of its vicinity to I'm tall and, like, blonde Notre Dame. It's only natural for Elway to want Kelly "Love Me" Brooks us to be looked over properly; we'll make better Ex-Club Bridget Regular wives that way," said a freshman who wished to Allison Koenig remain anonymous. The Only Person Capable of Undertaking the The Absurder/Big Bob Bird In related news, CDAP has formed a subdivi Phil Hickey gets into the "Spirit" of March Madness. "I've always sion entitled, the Committee on Parasitic "Titanic" Task to Make Monk and Patty 0 Look tried to include everyone in the silly games I play out on the court," Relations, (CPR) in order to tackle failing rela Like Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, respectively he said. tionships with the University of Notre Dame. . Jon King Observer Oracle Shirley Grauel Stars not appearing in this film This year's commencement speaker sucks Mike Day, Betsy Baker, Rob Finch, Nora Meany, Rachel Torres, Sarah Corkrean, Brandon Candura, Ashleigh By PAULA STARR commented former student body succeed. I'm living proof that you president Max Crippen. "My office can do something with a liberal arts Thompson, Tom Roland, Joey Crawford Washington Correspondent has a locking door, and I hear she's education." Key Grip Monica Lewinsky, the former pres loves us presidential types." President Bill Clinton endorsed the Monica Lewinsky idential intern, will be the keynote Lewinsky's new book, "How to graduation committee's choice. Person who stresses she had nothing speaker at the class of 1998's grad Make the Most of Your Summer "Monica will blow you away," he to do with this uation ceremonies. Lewinsky, her Internship," is topping the New York said. "Once again I did not have sex Heather Cocks self a recent graduate from Lewis Times bestseller list. The Hamme-s ual relations with her." Complaints should be directed to and Clark (Ore.) College, will focus Notre Dame Bookstore will be host Vernon Jordan claims he did not ing a book-signing on Saturday in any way help her get the speaking Heather Cocks her talk on getting ahead in the workplace. afternoon. engagement at Notre Dame. "I have "Lewinsky is a very energetic and Lewinsky made herself available no contacts at Notre Dame and she The Absurder is published randomly, abour as often as the football ream wins. Advertising ra[eS are available upon requesr, bur don't ask us. passionate speaker. Listening to her for comment on Monday. got the invitation on her own mer Ask them. You know, "them." This secrion is all in good fun. You can is an orgasmic experience; we're Emerging from the Watergate its." call or wrire (O complain, bur remember, we're an independem paper, so thrilled she's coming to speak," said building she stated, "I am bursting "I just can't wait to share myself shove it. University president Hunk DiMalloy. with excitement. I'm glad to know with the Notre Dame community. I Special rhanks to all the good folks who took some ribbing in this sec· "I can't wait to give her a tour of that I can be a role model for all am literary drooling at the chance to tion. You're swell. SPQR the student government offices," those young people who want to come," said Lewinsky. I )\CC6]'.J L SKEWED POINT .. Sunday, December 7, 1941 page 3.1415927 • ACCENT ASKS ... Kaczynski's got nothing What do you on this guy Editor's note: This is an actual include the atro think? letter that The Observer received cious cheeseburg last fall. Seriously. As Dave Barry er pie, chicken 'KNOW THIS: IF would say, we are not making this dumplings, beef THIS IS NOT up. turnover, grilled 'I'D LIKE TO THANK ham steak and PRINTED AND MY EVERYONE AT THE On this, the 29th of October in beef stroganoff. DEMANDS ARE NOT the year of our Lord 1997, I, the Furthermore, MET, THEN PARENTS' ABSURDER FOR THEIR CON infamous Unastencher, wish to there is no excuse STANT TIME AND ATIENTION state my demands concerning the for the taco meat WEEKEND WILL REEK North Dining Hall. Failure to com to be drowning in OF THE SAME INJUs TO ME AND MY HEADSHOT.' ply with these demands will result thick pools of BRATT TSAZBO in a punishment unimaginable by grease. It's called TICE THAT PLAGUES the minds of the dining hall man using pans that THE DINING HALL.' THE UNASTENCHER agement. You may try what you drain; use some will, even take my microwaves, but common sense, that is only a small part of my folks. AND NO MORE HOT DOGS whose meals were abruptly inter rupted by the unbearable smell, A PUBLIC FIGURE, I attack. I have many smelly tricks WITH VEINS. 'As in store for NDH if my requests are I have noticed a disturbing and I hope I made.up for it with HAVE TO SAY THIS IS ignored. . trend: the recent influx of our my grand and beautiful fireworks A DREAM COME TRUE FOR Hear me now, or you will smell South Quad brethren to my extravaganza that took place in me later. First of all, the students beloved NDH. Their overwhelming the middle of North Quad immedi ME •• .' of Notre Dame do not pay for three numbers have continually over ately following the evacuation. It meals a day to receive stank left crowded the facility. was truly a wonderful sight. This is not their fault; rather it is These are my demands, and for BRATT TSAZBO overs, so fresh foods shall be pro vided each day. due to the utter stupidity of those the sake of the students of the Secondly, the condiments shall who decided to renovate South University of Notre Dame du Lac, I be upgraded - no orange barbe Dining Hall during the school year request that this manifesto be cue sauce - for these students rather than during the summer. made public. Only if these deserve only the best. We need IDIOTS! demands are met can I ensure that 'I'D LIKE TO THANK complimentary sauces for our (This kind of logic must be the further stenching will be avoided. I will take my leave now, but STUDENT SENATE AND entrees, such as bleu cheese on same that was used to guess my days when chicken wings are weapons. Nice try, but you were know this: if this is not printed and ·THE CLC BECAUSE NO ONE served. And an attendant must be way off in thinking that it is mere these demands are not met, then Parents' Weekend will reek of the ELSE LISTENS TO ME.' assigned to each condiment island parmesan cheese.) to ensure that we never see ran It is a ridiculous notion to expect same injustice that plagues the dom bits of food floating in the the students of Notre Dame to eat dining hall. IT Good day. BRA TSAZBO ketchup. warmed up food transported . .... Perhaps the worst that we are across the campus. It is bad forced to deal with is the continual enough when we have to eat it hot. The Unastencher serving of certain foods that are This alone can be blamed for my October 29, 1997 not even fit for those who are eat most recent attack. ing from trash cans. Such foods I apologize to those students 'Do I LOOK LIKE A PRESIDENT? ••• No WOMEN ABOUT CAMPUS "DON'T CALL" BROOKS REASON ••• r ------ BRA rr TsAzso e_ iq SoYreH·u'vLq wr- Mifl .__) /A-buv t Lavv-tpus ... 'Do I LOOK OLDER WHEN I MAKE THIS FACE? 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A real non-discrimination a basketball ... through the I clause window of a SafeRide van Office space: 3rd Floor I'm writing to my room- Blah, blah, blah yes of Just the facts, ma'am, just Call (219) GET-REAL LaFortune mates ... course we're the ones who the facts. page fore The Absurder • WHATEVER November 22, 1963 • lET's GET READY TO RUMBLE SPORTS Finally, something accomplished at CLC By MICHAEL TYESON Swing&Miss Spores Writer The following is a WANT A PIECE OF ME?' Taking a whiff of the news 'you list of everything The spirit of this year's By PEAT THEFLOOR Bengal Bouts made its way accomplished by into the Campus Life Council BRA 1T TSAZBO CLC this year: on Monday when dean of stu GoodMorning dents Will Qwuirk and Morris Hall senator Bratt Tsazbo threw down in the middle of the meeting. ''I'm gonna get you, you lit 'I'M GONNA GET YOU, YOU tle twerp," Qwuirk screamed UTILE TWERP.' WILL QWUIRK as he jumped over the table and rushed at Tsazbo. Tsazbo hurried to defend Tsazbo who told him, "Shut winner as both parties Local space man (i.e. man himself, and the boxing up blondie," and threw him knocked each other into next concerned with use of space) Kevin match ensued. out of the ring by his nuclear week. The impromptu match Mo Assidy claimed that he Pendergast Qwuirk's flurry of introduc warning-sign colored hair. also suspended the rest of thought he could find a per tory punches, all of which The argument reportedly business for the council, manent spot for the tie-break What's the over-under on landed with emphasis on the broke out over whether or not which included one item, er match between the two. "If your IQ? unprepared senator, were underage students should be plans for a barbecue party. I could get that damne·d punctuated with irritated allowed to go to bars and ''I'm glad to see this hap newspaper to go to the other side of town, I think that I 7 statements. "I am so (punch) drink all that they want. pen," said Willie Patter Down, SoTHAT ~ damned (punch) sick of your Tsazbo wanted to send all XXXVI, local campus publish could find room by my new, (punch) stupid (punch) whin of his underage friends out to er. "I came to this meeting to bigger office," he said. WhatHappe~ ing," he grunted. get drunk, while Qwuirk and defend the spelling of our Student body president Max Mark Jiggins, outgoing stu Father Still Beacht, who was masthead and have no idea Grippen called the meeting "a On the heels of the probe into dent body secretary, tried to seen at a recent underage bar what I was going to say or positive step toward improv point-shaving at Northwestern, act as a moderator during the bust, want underage students which language I was going ing relations between the investigators have learned why bout. "I think that we should only to break the law while to say it in." When asked for administration and all the Notre Dame's placekickers follow Robert's Rules of they are on campus. clarification about the prob other students on campus." missed so many field goals and Order," he said. "The section When the dust cleared on lems with his publication, his "I mean, hey, we've all extra points over the last few about boxing clearly defines the center ring, the entire stu only answer was, "What pub wanted to punch Tsazbo at years. ... " He was suddenly cut off by dent body was declared the lication?" some point," he added . Is it any coincidence that Pendergast was a placekicker, too? We think not. Breaking news! The letter jackets aren't the only benefit TheNiceltem ND raises tuition to absurd level By I.M. FLETCHER P.S. Have a nice day With a live satellite feed to alumni chap Pat Garrity ters nationwide, the University celebrated yesterday the announcement that tuition for Big East player of the year the coming school year would exceed one year, Big East student-ath $30,000. lete of the year the next. Hey "We are very grateful to the Office of Pat, I've got a thesis due next Business Operations for developing a bud week. Can you help? get that allows us to hike tuition up even higher," said University president Father Eduardo "Hunk" DiMalloy. "With the tuition revenue, we will be able to pave over St. SecurityBeat Joseph's Lake." Alumni nationwide cheered the announcement. ''I'm glad tuition wasn't that high when I was there," said Rex Fillbin. "I mean, whoa!" A University suRpressed release indicated that the tuition level, while increasing, is still much lower than the tuition at other highly-ranked schools such as the Cooper Rego photo courtesy of "In the Ring. He'll Make You Sing" University of Chicago. Hey Mr. Kessler, these guys are going the extra mile to help out the impov "The tuition level, while increasing, is still Hey, Marshall U., this guy's erished in Bangladesh. What are you doing to help? much lower than the tuition at other highly application is in the mail. ranked schools such as the University of Chicago," said Bryan Furze, director of Notre Dame Public Relations. "Our tuition level, while increasing, is still TheMatchGame much lower than the tuition at other highly Media hit dead end ranked schools such as Yale," said More Dennis, director of University of Chicago By OUTA MONEY location that houses corpses. It would Public Relations. Arts & Letters Senior mean that I liked them too much, "Our tuition level, while increasing, is still right?" much lower than the tuition at other highly In an "uncharacteristically" indeci All three student publications are ranked schools such as Harvard," said sive act, the Notre Dame administra protesting the move but were reas Brown Dennis, director of Yale Public tion has halted plans for a move of sured by Mo Assidy, director of the Relations. the student media from the Office of Restricting Student "Hey, we're Harvard. We'll charge what LaFortune Student Center to the Activities, that the move was only ever we like and you'll pay it. So stop both basement of South Dining Hall. temporary. Colletto Clinton ering us," said Dennis Dennis, director of Stating the need for more empty "Next year we're killing two birds Harvard Public Relations. One sucks at calling plays, the space on campus, University presi with one stone," said Assidy. "In The rate of increase will be 5.6 percent, other, well, you get the picture ... dent Father Eduardo "Hunk" response to the student media's com .00006 percentage points lower than last DiMalloy announced that the groups plaints about moving and South year's rate of increase. would instead be transferred to the Quad's complaints about styrofoam "This clearly indicates we are holding How much do you love The Absurder? "cozier" location of the basement of at South Dining Hall, we are taking down our tuition rate of increase, while Haggar Hall. the appropriate action and moving other schools are allowing their rates of "Student publications hold a special both the student media and food ser tuition increase to increase," said the press place in my heart, and I am willing to vices to University Park Mall." release. do whatever it takes to show them The decision to relocate dining hall But tuition is still going up, and it's still their place . . . ummm, I mean show services and the publications came over $30,000, right? them to their place," said DiMalloy. after the University contracted a local "Well, yeah," said the press release. When asked about rumors that the elementary school to assess student In related news, the University has basement of Haggar .Hall also houses needs on campus. annexed the state of Michigan so that it the corpses used by a local medical First-grader Molly Tucker, who could build more athletic facilities and ren college, he glanced at a nearby copy participated actively in the assess ovate. more sidewalks. Hecent college grad of O.J. Simpson's book "I Want to Tell ment, explained, "I like the mall. uates could not be reached for comment; Malloy: "THIIIIIISS much!" You" and replied, "Suppose for a sec Everyone likes the mall. Have you they were too busy working two jobs to pay ond that I moved them to the same seen the new Barney movie?" otT student loans: I c s page 11 1998 Sibs Weekend: Food, Fun & Family By KRISTI KUTSCH transportation. the mandatory Student Responsibility Contract and Scene Editor "I remember spending about 18 hours putting all participants will receive their free t-shirt. together envelopes to be mailed," Hedin said. Friday night all siblings will receive a voucher to Many participants in Sophomore Siblings In addition to the bulk mailing, the chairpersons eat in the dining halls, and following dinner, the Weekend enjoy themselves and praise the plans had to contact student groups, formulate a T -shirt movie "Goonies" will be held in the Jordan and preparation, but few people realize the hard design, formulate a budget, organize food for the Auditorium of the College of Business work that goes into making the weekend a success. weekend and many other responsibilities. Administration. Teresa Hoover and Carrie Hedin, the sophomore Overall, Saturday morning, sophomores and their siblings siblings co-chairs for this year's weekend, now are invited to attend the Notre Dame football understand exactly how much planning goes into team's spring training practice. Following prac Sophomore Siblings Weekend,which will be held tice will be a picnic at the JACC, including this weekend. the performances of many campus The two began planning for the event entertainment groups. only a few weeks into the school year Saturday evening the annual last fall. At that point, they concen semi-formal dinner will be held trated on finding out what could at the Joyce Center, with work, talking to juniors and guest speaker Bob Davie. seniors who had participated in Following the dinner, a the weekend, making room dance will be held at reservations and formulating Alumni Senior Club. ideas. Sunday's events will One problem that Hedin conclude the weekend; and Hoover struggled with sophomores and their was the absence of an siblings are invited advisor during most of the to eat breakfast in planning. the dining halls fol "We didn't have an advi lowed by a mass sor for a while," Hedin held in the Stan said. "Then we got a new ford/Keenan Chapel. advisor, but he quit. We In light of all the then got a secretary in hard work involved Student Activities and then with the planning and finally Joe Cassidy became preparation for the our advisor." weekend, Hedin and Despite this problem, the Hoover approach the girls had a majority of the event with excitement. planning completed before the "I am very optimistic end of the first semester. and excited for the week "The first letter [to parents] went end," Hedin said. "Because out around October 15," Hedin said. of all the time and energy we "This letter included a pre-registration put in, everything is organized." form that was due at the beginning of Hoover agreed, saying: "We want December, but required no monetary com everyone to have a good time, and mitment." hopefully everything will go smoothly." Hedin and Hoover used the pre-registration "Sophomore Siblings Weekend has progres forms to get an idea of the amount of participation sively become more and more of a big deal, and I in the weekend. Then, in mid-January, they sent about hope that it becomes something that people know out the second letter to parents. This letter 400 siblings are about when applying to Notre Dame," Hoover required $65 to be paid for the first siblings, and coming to campus this weekend, ages range from added. $45 for each additional sibling attending the week 11-15. "I am very excited for our guest speaker and the end. The letter also included a permission form, The weekend will begin Friday afternoon during campus entertainment groups. I hope that is a lot waiver form and information about housing and registration. At this time, sophomores will fill out of fun for everyone involved." Hedin said. t ·.··· .... 7pm f!~g~~tt?ti()~······· (";~ - Dooley Room of LaFortune 4:30-7 pm Dinner aft\,UJH·····.····;;;i<:··· & SOH via vouchers 7:30 pm ':::~ Movie;Gaonles- Jordan Auditorium/CO SA >'.M· ···=:::\}'::' 8:00pm *Collefgiate Jazz Festival at Stepan . ·ir<· .> ... ·~c& ·to:3Qf UB movie: ... Tomorrow Never Dies '········. -~~~. . . .. .. \ football practice mpus entertainment at Stepan ketball games) resumes ...... "-. ""· Photo courtesy of Kristi Klitsch 10:30 a.n'l·;;~Breakfa~t ctt NOH & ~pH via vouchers otre Dame students Karen Cowan and Mary Anne Garvie, sibling John Garvie and 10 am Mass - Morrissey Manor or Keenan/Stanford friend Derek Blitz (from left to right) dance at Alumni-Senior Club during last year's N Sophomore Siblings Weekend. , •tndicates events not sponsored by Sophomore Siblings Committee The Observer/Melissa Weber page 12 The Observer • OPENING DAY Wednesday, April I, 1998 I Mariners' bullpen ruins four-homer opener Associated Press three runs and Jeff King went off winner Justin Thompson in offense the team needs to get loaded, shortstop Mike Caruso 2-for-2 and scored twice before the sixth inning was about all back into the playoffs, driving made a nice diving stop of an SEATTLE leaving in the fourth inning Devil Hays' fans had to cheer in two runs each Tuesday in a up-the-middle grounder by Once again, Ken Griffey Jr. with a sore back. It was the following an hour-long 9-2, season-opening victory Kevin Elster, flipping it to sec and the Seattle sluggers were fifth straight time the Hoyals pregame celebration of base over the Texas Rangers. ond for the forceout. undone by the Mariners' opened the season against ball's arrival in Florida's west Jaime Navarro allowed just bullpen. Baltimo.re - and only the sec coast. five hits in six innings, and Griffey, Jay Buhner, Edgar ond time they won. Left-hander Wilson Alvarez Mike Cameron saved a home GIANTS 9 Martinez and Russ Davis each Baltimore lost despite 11 threw the first pitch in team run when he leaped in left-cen AsTROS 4 homered Tuesday, but the strikeouts in eight innings by history at 5:08 p.m. EST, more ter to snare a ninth-inning Cleveland Indians rallied for Mussina, and the defeat ruined than 20 years after a committee drive by Fernando Talis that Jeff Kent went 5-for-7 with a four runs in the eighth inning the debut of Orioles' manager was first formed to pursue was headed over the wall. three-run homer and keyed a against Seattle's shaky relievers Hay Miller, whose star-studded major league baseball for the Before 45,909, the second five-run 13th inning with a run to win 10-9 on opening night. team is expected to make a region. largest crowd for a Rangers scoring double, leading th1~ San Seattle's bullpen, which blew third straight run at the play Detroit began the second with opener, Belle began things in Francisco Giants to a 9-4 vi~to 27 save chances last season. offs. On this day, however, five straight hits, loading the the fifth inning with a squib ry over Houston in the season betrayed manager Lou Piniella. Baltimore's potent batting bases on singles by Tony Clark, shot just over the glove of first opener at the Astrodome. Alex Bobby Ayala, loser Tony Fossas order was quiet against a 36- Damion Easley and Gonzalez. baseman Will Clark, the first hit Diaz snapped the 13th-inning and Mike Timlin combined to year-old pitcher who went 13- Randa followed with a double off loser John Burkett. Three tie with a run-scoring single allowed two hits and five walks 12 last year with a 5.02 ERA. and Oliver singled, which each pitches later, Ventura hit a high and Stan Javier broke it open in the eighth. Mter Belcher left, consecutive driving in two runs. drive that just cleared the cen with a three-run double, as the The Mariners took a 9-6 lead doubles by Joe Carter and Chris Randa and Oliver drove in ter-field fence. Giants improved to 5-l against into the eighth. Ayala walked Hoiles against Jose Rosado got runs in the third to chase Cameron hit a two-run single Houston in season- openers. pinch-hitter Jim Thome and Baltimore to 3-1 in the eighth. Alvarez, who gave up six runs with two outs, Thomas followed Charlie Hayes led ofT the 13th Kenny Lofton hit an RBI triple. Scott Service then struck out and nine hits in 2 1-3 innings. with an RBI double and Belle with a walk off C.J. Nitkowski After Omar Vizquel walked, pinch-hitter Harold Baines and Gonzalez hit the first home run had knocked out Burkett with and went to third on a base hit Fossas came in and walked Jeff Montgomery worked the at Tropicana Field during the his second single, driving in two by Rey Sanchez. I Iouston short David Justice. ninth for the save. Tigers' five-run fifth. more runs. stop Tim Bogar then cut down Timlin relieved, and a two Kansas City went ahead in the Randa, Gonzalez and Easley Thomas' second RBI came in Hayes at home as he tried to run double by Manny Ramirez second when King singled, took each had three of Detroit's 18 the seventh with another dou score on a grounder by Darryl tied it at 9. Pinch-hitter Brian third on Terry Pendleton's dou hits. Brian Hunter had a two ble. Chicago scored again in the Ilamilton. but Bogar could not Giles was intentionally walked ble and scored on Dean run double to back Thompson, ninth as Charlie O'Brien singled come up with Diaz' grounder to load the bases, but Timlin Palmer's groundout. It was who gave up eight hits in six home Magglio Ordonez. Both up the middle. The ball hit walked Travis Fryman on five Pendleton's first AL at-bat after innings. O'Brien and Ordonez had three Bogar's glove as he dove and it pitches to force home the go a 13 years in the NL. The Devil Rays scored four hits each. trickled away, allowing Sanchez ahead run. times in the ninth. Quinton Despite being perfect the first to score and snap a 4-4 tie. McCracken and Rich Butler had four innings, Burkett's line was Nitkowski fanned Barry TIGERS II ROYALS 4 RBI singles, Boggs walked with more reminiscent of the way he Bonds for the second out of the DEVIL RAYS 6 the bases loaded and another pitched last year (9-12, 4. 56 inning, but Jose Cabrera came ORIOLES I run scored on pitcher Todd ERA) than the way he looked on and the Giants poured it on. Playing like the expansion Jones' error. this spring (4-1. 1.01). Kent greeted Cabrera with a The weather was unusually team they are, the Tampa Bay Navarro, the winner, opened ground-rule double, scoring fine, and so was Tim Belcher. Devil Rays fell flat in their first his second season with the Hamilton for a 6-4 lead. J.T. Belcher. starting in place of game, losing 11-6 to the Detroit WHITE Sox 9 White Sox with one of his best Snow was walked intentionally the injured Kevin Appier. Tigers on Tuesday. RANGERS 2 games since joining the dub. to load the bases and .Javier allowed three hits in seven Joe Randa and Joe Oliver He scattered his live hits over cleared them with a double to scoreless innings Tuesday as each drove in three runs and If only Frank Thomas, Albert the first five innings, walked right-center. the Kansas City Hoyals opened Luis Gonzalez hit a two-run Belle and Robin Ventura can just one and struck out two. The Astros put their first two the season by beating Mike homer as the Tigers ruined the keep it up for the entire season. Juan Gonzalez and Ivan batters on in the bottom of the Mussina and the Baltimore day for a sellout crowd of In Jerry Manuel's first game Rodriguez had RBI singles in 13th against Jim Poole, but the Orioles 4-1. 45,369 at Tropicana Field. as manager of the White Sox, the eighth off Keith Foulke. lefty retired the next three hit Hookie Larry Sutton drove in Wade Boggs' two-run homer Chicago's big three flashed the With two outs and the bases ters to end it. The Observer accepts classifieds every business day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Notre Dame office, 314 LaFortune and from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 309 Haggar College Center. Deadline for next-day clas Classifieds sifieds is 3p.m. All classifieds must be prepaid. The charge is 3 cents per character per day, including all spaces. The Observer reserves the right to edit all classifieds for content without issuing refunds. Internet interships in Washington! FURNISHED 6 BDRM NEAR CAM- Journalism, web design, PR, public PUS. 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Lincolnway...... ---~------ I Wednesday, April l, 1998 The Observer • PAID ADVERTISEMENT page 13 .._,. __ We Support Equal Rights Do You? On March 18, 1998, Father David Garrick resigned as a Notre Dame faculty member in protest of our administration's denial of equal rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. _In the spirit of hope and dignity, we actively voice our support for Father Garrick and for equal treatment of all our Notre Dame and Saint Mary's si~ters and brothers. Jessica Abel Erin Burke Jean Dibble Sarah C. Forge Kevin Hennessy Allison Krilla Erin M. McGuire Linea Palmisano ioseph Rolon Laura Threadgold Kathryn Abeln Brandon Burns Lauri Dietz Sarah Furibondo Meghann Hennigan Mary V. Krings Maryanne McGuire Marissa Palombi! Meghan Rooney Michael Thrush Laura Abeln Keely Bums Jay DiFusco JoAnn Gabrich Mary Hepburn John Krivacic Theresa A. McHugh Art Panfile Jamiko Rose Alan A. Tietz Melissa Aberle Kelley Burns Sarah Dilling Yasemin Gadelhak Gretchen Hermann Brian ·s. 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Palladino Nicho"ias A. Rogers Rebecca L. Thompson LU - -· page 14 The Observer • SPORTS Wednesday, April 1, 1998 r • COllEGE BASKETBAll I I Wildcats and Utes grab lowest title game ratings Associated Press and 22 percent below the 22.7 The NCAA tournament as a last year. That rating is tied aged a 7.2117. from the Michigan-Duke final in whole, with 18 games decided with 1995 for the second lowest Each ratings point represents NEW YORK 1992. Since that game, the rat by fewer than three points or in since CBS began broadcasting 980,000 homes. The share is The championship of one of ing has slipped every year overtime, ended at 7.3/17, 2 the entire tournament in 1991. the percentage of televisions in the most exciting NCAA t<>Urna except 1997. percent higher than the 7.2/17 Last year's tournament aver- actual usc at the time. ments in history brought CBS Since 1992, the ratings for thfJ lowest prime-timfJ title the NBA Finals have jumped 18 game rating ever. percent since 1992, the Super Kentucky's victory against Bowl is up 10 percent since Utah on Monday night got a that year and the World Series 17.8 rating/28 share. the lowest has slipped 17 percent. for the NCAA championship The championship game did game since the 1972 UCLA have a higher rating than last Florida State final, played in year's NBA Finals, which aver the afternoon, got a 16.0/35. aged a 16.8/20 for six games. APPLICATIONS The rating is 6 percent below The highest-rated game from the 18.9 for Arizona's 1997 the Bulls-Jazz series. the fifth overtime win against Kentucky game, got a 20.1/35. The Admissions Office Needs s Tour Guides for the 98- Tourney bet estimates 99 Academic Year 1 Grace Hall or e-mail near Super Bowl level Susan Joyce- [email protected] AJ59Ciated Press normally very young, a lot of Apply before Friday, April I 7 people in the 21·25 age group LAS VEGAS that hotels normally can't Oddsmakers say the amount attract for gambling," of money bet on the entire Roxborough said. NCAA basketball tournament "But that group likes to bet may have equaled the sum college basketball, and the wagered on the Super Bowl. thing about the tournament is The NFL championship everyone has some affiliation game between the Denver with the college game. Eit)1er Broncos and Green Bay you went to a school involved Packers drew more than $78 in the tournament, or your kid million in legalized bets, the goes to one, or you know Nevada Gaming Control Board somebody that goes to one, or 2 Tour Guides needed for this Summer said. you lived near one." Though the Gaming Control The Super Bowl, he said, Notre Dame Students Board does not track betting usually attracts more big on the NCAA tournament, money, experienced players. Ideally from the South Bend Area experts estimate the handle The result is a far higher on this year's 63-game show volume of tickets bet on· the contact susan Joyce! case is expected to match NCAA tournament than the numbers posted for the Super Super Bowl. with a far lower Bowl. average of money played per "Before the tournament. I ticket. said it would be between $75 At The Mirage, sports book (million) and $85 million, and manager Robert Walker said I still feel that way, even the largest bets for Final Four though it's impossible to verify weekend were $20,000- it," said Michael Roxborough $40,000. of Las Vegas Sports "For us, it was everything Consultants Inc., which pro we could hope for," Walker vides betting lines for 90 per said. "The underdogs covered cent of Nevada sports books. (on Saturday), which is nor "We've got a good feel for this, mally good for sports books. and we have no reason to feel There was a lot of excitement otherwise." and a lot of drama. I don't Roxborough says the NCAA know the specifics yet, but we tournament has become huge did more business than any ly popular with a wide variety tournament in the past, and I of bettors. don't remember the Final "The tournament crowd is Four being that vocal." Student Discount Available for Four-Month Rentals Corner of Mayflower fi Edison Roads Moreau Center Uttle Theatre Thursday-Saturday, April 2-4 • 8 p.m . Sunday, April 5 • 2:30 p.m. .. vou'RE A COMMITTEE ON 6000 MAN Tickets on sale at the Saint Mary's College Box Office GAY AND LESBIAN CHARLIE in O'Laughlin Auditorium, open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday- Friday. STUDENT NEEDS BROWN,. Credit card orders by phone: 219/284-4626 A MUSICAL FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY I Mf~f)c~THEARTS based on 1he comic strip ~ NOTR~ DAilE, IN '"PEANUTSH by CHARLES SCHULZ -~ -~ -~----- I Wednesday, April 1, 1998 The Observer • PAID ADVERTISEMENT page 15 Student Award RecSports "Champion Student Award" recipients are selected by the Office of Recreational Sports. Honorees are chosen for their involvement in RecSports, including excellence in sportsmanship, leadership and participation. Gene Brtalik is a sophomore residing in Stanford Hall, where he serves as Athletic Commissioner. 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The &'Ia. v•• ; is open Monday-Saturday 11 :OOam to 5:00pm and Sunday 1:OOpm to 4:00pm. (Phone: 631-8560). ------~------page 16 The Observer • OPENING DAY Wednesday, April I, 1998 Mets need 14 innings to defeat Phillies, 1-0 Associated Press the season-opener at Shea on first and second with inning as a pinch runner, Greg McMichael. Jones fanned Stadium. Turk Wendell (1-0) nobody out. Edgardo Alfonzo's popped up a 3-2 fastball from one, walked two and allowed FLUSHING, N.Y. pitched two innings of no-hit sacrifice attempt backfired as Bottalico for the second out of four hits. Alberto Castillo's bases ball to earn the win, while Bottalico threw out the lead the inning. Castillo was Spradlin, lefty Billy Brewer, loaded, two-out, single in the Ricky Bottalico (0-1) suffered runner at third. brought in to pinch-hit for and veteran Mark Leiter com bottom of the 14th scored the loss. Up to the plate stepped Wendell by Mets manager bined to give Philadelphia Brian McRae to give the Mets a Following a McRae walk in Bernard Gilkey and the left Bobby Valentine and the 28- three innings of quality relief 1-0 victory over the Phillies in the 14th, the Mets had runners fielder smacked what appeared year-old delivered a line drive before Bottalico took over in to be a through the right side of the the 12th. The Phils closer went game-win infield. It was the New York's 2 2/3 innings, giving up four ning single 15th win in its last 16 home hits while walking one. He also to left field. openers. struck out two. However, Last year's big league strike McMichael, Dennis Cook, M c R a e out leader, Curt Schilling, John Franco, Mel Rojas, and tripped started and pitched strong Wendell worked out of the pen rounding baseball for the Phils. The for New York. third, leav righthander worked eight The 14-inning marathon ing the bases innings of two-hit ball with one broke the record for the loaded. walk and nine strikeouts before longest opening-day scoreless Luis Lopez, giving way to Jerry Spradlin. game. In 1919, the Washington who entered Bobby Jones of the Mets was Senators defeated the the game in Schilling's equal as he worked Philadelphia Athletics, 1-0 in the 1Oth six innings before giving way to 13 innings. McGwire's slam leads Cards; Reese's four errors hurt Reds Associated Press~ The Padres scored three times in the top of the third inning off of Reds ST. LOUIS starter Mike Remlinger. Padres lead KAT Mark McGwire hit the first grand off hitter Quilvio Veras reached on an New York Mets' opening day starter Bobby Jones scattered four hits and two walks in six slam in St. Louis Cardinals opening error by Reds shortstop Pokey Heese. scoreless innings Tuesday. day history to power the Cardinals Reese's second of the game. Steve past the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-0. Finley followed with a double for the Todd Stottlemyre pitched 7 1/3 score Padres, putting runners on second Cubs bow to Series champs; less innings for the Cardinals to pick and third. Tony Gwynn followed with up the victory. a ground ball to shortstop that Reese Stottlemyre (1-0) struck out five, booted for his third error of the game, Braves beat Brewers on error allowing just three hits and two walks. allowing Gwynn to reach base. Reese Lance Painter, John Frascatore, and then failed to pick the ball up, allow Associated Press sent to the showers. Braden Looper combined to finish the ing Veras to score and Finley to Hernandez (1-0) pitched 5 1/3 innings, game. The shutout was the Cardinals advance to third base. MIAMI giving up five runs on seven hits. The '97 first on opening day since 1980. Reese was charged with a double Gary Sheffield was 2-for-2 with a World Series MVP walked four and Ramon Martinez (0-1) worked his error on the play, giving him four homer and three RBI and Charles struck out two. Jesus Sanchez, Antonio way through the Cardinal lineup for errors in the game's first three Johnson added a three-run homer to Alfonseca, and Jay Powell combined to the first four innings without much innings. Ken Caminiti followed with a help the Marlins over the Cubs, 11-6 in work the final 3 2/3 innings and preserve trouble, but the Cardinals tacked on run-scoring single to make it 2-0. the season-opener at Pro Player Stadium. the win. four runs in the fifth. Gary Gaetti led Gwynn scored on a wild pitch by Livan Hernandez earned the win while Tapani (0-1) gave up nine runs anp off the inning with a double to right Remlinger for the Padres' third run of Kevin Tapani suffered the loss. seven hits in two innings pitched. He field. Catcher Tom Lampkin followed the inning. In the offseason the Cubs were a major walked one and whiffed one. The with a single, advancing Gaetti to Meanwhile, Brown was holding the player and one of their acquisitions paid righthander also hit a batter. Terry third. Reds at bay, allowing just three base immediate dividends. Former Expo Mulholland, Amaury Telemaco, Ben Van Martinez nearly worked his way out runners in the first five innings. David Henry Rodriguez came to the plate with Ryn, Marc Pisciotta, Bob Patterson, and of the trouble, striking out Stottlemyre Weathers relieved Remlinger in the two on and two outs in the top of the Terry Adams all saw relief duty for the and Royce Clayton. However, Delino sixth and was greeted by a Wally first. The Cubs leftfielder crushed a fast Cubs. DeShields drew a walk to load the Joyl'ler home run. Joyner's solo homer ball from Hernandez over the wall in bases, and then McGwire hit a 1-0 BRAVF5 put the Padres ahead 4-0. right-centerfield to score Mickey 2 pitch over the fence in left field for the Ricardo Jordan took over for Morandini and Mark Grace to give the BREWERS I 1Oth grand slam of his career. That Weathers in the seventh, and San Cubs a 3-0 advantage. was the end of the line for Martinez, Diego took over the ballgame. Finley The Marlins responded with six of their Catcher Mike Matheny's throwing error who was replaced by Darren Hall. walked with one out. Tony ~wynn fol own in the bottom half of the frame. in the bottom of the ninth inning scored The Dodgers never threatened over lowed with his first home run of the LeadofT batter Cliff Floyd roped a double Gerald Williams from third and gave the the next few innings, and St. Louis put season, giving San Diego a six-run to b1lgin the inning. Edgar Renteria was Atlanta Braves a season-opening 2-1 vie the game away in the eighth inning. lead. walked and first baseman Ryan Jackson tory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Gaetti and Willie McGee each drove in However, the Padres were not fin singled to score Floyd and cut the deficit With one out in the ninth, Williams, runs with singles to set the final score. ished. Caminiti singled. Jordan pro to 3-1. Sheffield was next and he smoked pinch-hitting for Michael Tucker, walked. Looper, the Cardinals' closer of the ceeded to walk the next three batters, a three-run home run to give the Marlins Pinch-hitter Keith Lockhart, batting for future, struck out the side in the forcing home Caminiti. Gabe White a 4-3 lead. Rookie Mark Kotsay singled pitcher Kerry Ligtenberg, drove a single ninth. Looper was making his major relieved Jordan and retired Chris and scored on Craig Counsell's triple. to left-center off loser Bob Wickman (0- league debut. Gomez, but Brown followed with a Counsell crossed the plate on Josh 1). With runners on the corners and a 3- bases-clearing double. Booty's groundout to shortstop to give 2 count, Andruw Jones struck out look PADRES 10 The Reds finally got on the board in the Marlins a six-run first inning. ing, but Matheny tried to pick Williams the bottom of the seventh, as second In the top of the third Sammy Sosa and off third as Lockhart broke for second. REDS 2 baseman Bret Boone singled home Jeff Blauser singled. With two down, Matheny's throw bounced in front of and Reggie Sanders. The hit chased Brown third baseman Kevin Orie smacked a past Jeff Cirillo, and Williams raced Kevin Brown pitched 6 1/3 innings, from the game. Brian Boehringer took double to plate two runs and cut the lead horne with the winning run. allowing one run on five hits and over and got out of the jam. to 6-5. Ligtenberg (1-0) got the win, going 1 striking out seven in his debut as a The Reds pushed another run across Florida responded again with three in 1/3 innings and surviving four walks. San Diego Padre, and leading the in the eighth, when Eduardo Perez its half of the stanza. Sheffield was hit by Braves starter Greg Maddux, 19-4 last Padres to a season-opening 10-0 vic singled in Jon Nunnally. Padre reliev a pitch and Kotsay followed with his sec year, scattered six hits· in seven innings, tory over the Cincinnati Reds at er Don Wengert retired Eddie ond single of the afternoon. Johnson then allowing cine run, walking three and Riverfront Stadium. Brown is now 5-0 Taubensee on a fly ball to right field delivered his first home run of the season striking out six. lifetime against the Reds. to get out of a bases loaded jam. otT Tapani and the Chicago hurler was Notre Dame Baseball Softball Wed. vs. Western Michigan ThttrS. Vs. Valparaiso (DH) @5:00PM @ 4:30 Pl\1 Iv Field Thurs. vs. Bowling Green @5:00PM Mens Lacrosse· Thurs. vs. Ohio State Frank Ec @3:00PM 1st 200 students get FREE Pizza!! Wednesday, April 1, 1998 The Observer • SPORTS •NHl Lindros nearly ready to return Associated Press 23, he matched results from a general manager and president, healthy test in September, but said Tuesday. PHILADELPHIA team doctors said he still report Lindros exercised caution Eric Lindros, out since March 7 ed dizziness and headaches after because his younger brother, with a concussion. will return to solo workouts. Brett, of the New York Islanders, the Philadelphia Flyers lineup on The team didn't immediately quit the game after a series of April 13 against the Buffalo say when those symptoms ended. concussions. Sabres. "After reviewing the serious News of Lindros' return came The Flyers captain suffered a ness of concussions in the a day after New York Rangers concussion after a shoulder league, I feel that it's best to center Pat LaFontaine said he check by the Pittsburgh make sure that Eric has enough would skip the rest of the season Penguins' Darius Kasparaitis. In time for the concussion to heal with a concussion he suffered neurological testing on March properly," Bob Clarke, Flyers March 16. CITY STAFFING Temporary and Permanent Placement 312-346-3400 2 Norti!_LaSa!le Street, Suite 630, Chicago, IL 60602 The Association of Art History Students and the Snite Museum present: a talk given by Philippe Bordes, Professor, University of Nanterre, France and former director of the Museum of the - I French Revolution, Paris THURSDAY, APRIL 2 at 7:00pm Wilshire Plaza Mishawaka (219) 271-0696 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GALLERY SNITE MUSEUM page I8 The Observer • SPORTS Wednesday, April I, 1998 • MAJOR lEAGUE BASEBALL New Phoenix ballpark equipped for 21st century Associared Press there are 360 seats selling for $1 apiece on game days, the park looks PHOENIX more like an airport hangar than a tra Once upon a time, fans wore mitts at ditional baseball stadium. baseball games. As the Arizona With the retractable roof open, it has Diamondbacks opened their new ball the feel of a warehouse combined with park, some fans planned to wear swim a flea market. Billboards cover nearly suits. every inch of the stadium, and there But the swimmers who planned to are two Miller Lite beer gardens and watch the game while cavorting in the three McDonald's restaurants. pool, heated spa and swim-up bar Sponsors have even usurped some beyond the right-center field fence ballpark traditions. While fans else were wise if they adhered to tradition where line up "K" signs as their pitch by bringing along baseball gloves. ers record strikeouts, that will be The pool is just 415 feet from home shown on the "Circle K Strikeout platl\ making it a prime target for slug Meter" sponsored by a local conve gers such as Arizona's Matt Williams. nience store. Colorado's Larry Walker hit a ball into But the 48,500-seat park, known the water during batting practice affectionately among Arizonans as Monday, in preparation for Tuesday BOB. also offers fan-friendly features night's opener against Arizona. such as a picnic area seating 600 peo When any Diamondback hits a ple and a giant play area for children. KRT homer, water cannons alongside the There are nearly a quarter-mile of Phoenix's Bank One Ballpark - also known as "BOB" - has a retractable roof and a pool will shoot a stream 35 feet into the concession stands. offering everything swimming pool in right field. air. from $6 beers to fruit smoothies and The aquatic playground, which holds specialty popcorn. And there are 340 The catchers' lockers are bigger, between the mound and home plate, a 35 people and costs $4,000 per game to restrooms for women, compared to because of all their gear. throwback to pre-World War II stadi rent, is just one of many features at the only 276 for men. The Arizona players have a steam ums. $354 million Bank One Ballpark that The players won't be too uncomfort room, three Jacuzzis, a training pool And there's a double warning track may make traditionalists squirm. able, either. and an exercise and weight room. An in the outfield, with a row of dirt and Even though it's the only domed sta The Diamondbacks' 20,000-square adjoining room holds two indoor bat then more grass before the fences - a dium with natural grass - special foot locker room has 40 oak-paneled ting cages. setup Diamondbacks officials say will shade-tolerant DeAnza zoysia sod dressing cubicles, each with a built-in One feature that traditionalists help players better judge how close grown in Palm Desert, Calif. - and vanity mirror and combination safe. should love is a dirt path running they are to the wall. College of Science Student Council Presents Golf The Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series continued from page 20 Statr. stood in third with a team scorn of613. Weeks' win marks the first win by an Irish golfer in a major tournament since the fall of 1991 when Chris Dayton won the Indiana lntr.reollegiate. "Our goal coming into the tournament was to beat Ball J. Keith Rigby Jr., Ph.D. State," stated Weeks. "This tour nament was the first one [since the addition of Kentl that we definitely showed our potential, and it helped us in the achieving of our goal." The win is also important in the team's hopes to gain a invi .. ,...... '':.'.,·.:, l tation to the NCAA tournament. TOP·:· , IV,IDUALS (of Among District IV teams, only the top six get invited to be a 1. Bryan Weeks, N0, 72-7 part of the championship. Before last weekend's action the 2. Willie't l.unchll ..!Mun·SliiJ•lllflllllli t1\lo11 Satm-to Fr·1 & Sat You·re Not a Minor in a Tavern AnYmore! DON'T MISS OUT!!! 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The number of Americans who die each day from cigarettes ..• ._ I I ... would be more than the amount of people who would die If two .• i jet airliners collided in mid air and killed all of the passengers every single day! Office of Alcohol and Drug Education • 11(' SPORTS page 20 Wednesday, April 1, 1998 • MEN's GOLF • fOOTBAll Irish take second straight Butler Invitational Dunbar By GENE BRTALIK putts. Connell led the team and Sports Writer the tournament on day one with his even par 71. His teammates The Notre Dame men's golf contributed to his outstanding ch·arged team has quickly become the play with none of the counted hottest team this spring. Two scores being lower than 75. The weeks ago it finished 5th at the team held a nine-stroke lead Associated Press Ocala Intercollegiate, and this over district rival Ball State as past weekend it took first plaee day one came to a close. A woman who gavn 12 Notre for the second year in a row at As the team stood on the first Dame football players gifts was the Butler Invitational. tee Monday, they were poised to charged in St. Joseph County court Not only did the Irish win, they continue the success that they on Tu1~sday with two class C also crushed the compntition. had enjoyed in their past three felonies for The team shot two equal rounds rounds. a II e g ~~ d I y of 292 for a total of 584 for the Connell still led the tourna embezzling 36-hole tournament. The team ment as he made the turn on the more than score is the bnst tnam e!Tort for bark nine, but ran into some $250,000 the Irish in 20 years and fourth problems and bogeyed five of the from her best in team history. last nine holes. While Connell nmployer. As individuals, the Irish con was having his problems dealing Kimberly trolled the 1eader board as well. with the winds. Weeks, Kent and Ann Dunbar, Of tlu~ top six spots, Notre Dame Vernon all picked up the slack Edison 28, who has a held four of them, with senior and shot three of the best scores child with fi>r- captain Bryan Weeks capturing for the round. mer Irish free safnty .Jarvis mndalist honors with a total Vernon who shot a 78 on the Edison, gave jewelry, clothing and seore of 143. lie was followed by first day. rebounded and trips to 12 formnr and current tnammates Willie Kent (second matched Weeks' 71. Weeks playnrs from 1993-98, a Univ1~rsity place with a 14 7). Jeii Connell round of 71 came with him card investigation ((wnd. (third place with a 148}. and ing three birdies and three She postnd a $1 ,500 bond on Todd Vernon (sixth place with a bogeys, including a birdie on the Tuesday al'ter plnading innocent 149). par four 10th hole in which he during her initial eourt hearing. A "It was a tough course to play chipped in a shot from the fair date has not been set for her next on, especially with the winds," way bunker. hearing. said head coach George Thomas. Meanwhile, Kent, a junior St. Joseph County Prosecutor "To shoot a 584 is a very good transfer from St. Louis, contin Michael P. Barnes said Dunbar seore. and would be a good num ued to play outstanding golf for faces two felony theft charges for ber against any school." Notre Dame, shooting a 73, his allegedly embezzling more than The Irish played on a more fourth straight round of 7 4 or $250,000 from Dominiack than 7,000-yard course, and had under. As the final putt dropped Mechanical, a South Bend compa to deal with prevailing winds of into cup on the 18th hole, Notre ny where she used to work. He up to 40 miles per hour. The Dame stood victorious with a 27- says one count covers 1994-95 Irish came out right away on shot win over its closest competi Notre Dame Sports Information and another is for 1996-97. Sunday and began hitting fair tion Morehead State, and Ball Senior captain Bryan Weeks led the field of 90 golfers with rounds Barnes said the investigation ways and making the needed of 72 and 71 at the Butler lnvitiation last weekend. The Irish won continues and was unsure if see GOLF/ page 18 the tournament with a 584 team score. Dunbar would face additional charges, but his probe has found nothing illegal about the gifts she • OPENING DAY gave to players. Athletic director Mike Wadsworth informed the NCAA after learning of the gifts Feb. 23. Firsts of the new season The University's investigation con eluded the players violated no Associated Press NCAA rules when they accepted gifts from Dunbar. Notre Dame The I 998 Major League Baseball submitted a written report to the season kicked off at 1:40 p.m. NCAA, which has not yet made a Tuesday when the New York Mets decision regarding the gifts, took the field to face the Philadelphia spokesman .John Heisler said. l'hillies. "At this point, it is in their Here is a list of hands," he said. .._ firsts from some of the 10 games played Opening Day around the country yesterday. The baseball National Anthem - Bustl~r Poindext1~r. team's home a.k.a. rocker David .Johansen of New York Dolls' famn. game against Pitch - Strike fmm thn New York Mets' Bobby .Jonns to Philadelphia's Illinois - Chicago Doug (;Jan ville at 1:45 p.m. EST. Hit - Philadelphia's Mark Lewis in and the softball the sceond inning, a single to left field oil" .Jonns. team's game at llome run - San Diego's Wally .I oyrw r off Ci nei n nati 's David Western Weathers in the sixth inning. Grand slam - St. Louis' Mark Michigan were McGwire off Los Angeles' Hamon KAT Martinez. A hot dog vendor climbs the steps of Shea Stadium's upper deck in New York Tuesday. The Mets' • Hun - San Diego's Quilvio Veras Bobby Jones threw the first pitch of the season to the Phillies' Doug Glanville at 1:40 p.m. cancelled scored on an error by Cineinnati inning. Strikeout - Philadelphia's Curt shortstop Pokey Heese. yesterday Double - San Diego's Steve Finley off Run batted in - San Diego's Tony Schilling struck out New York's Edgardo Remlinger in the third inning. Alfonzo in the first inning. Gwynn with an HBI groundout off because of rain. Out - Glanville grounded to shortstop Cincinnati's Mike Hemlinger in the third Steal - Texas' Tom Goodwin stole sec Rey Ordonez. ond in the first inning. Western Michigan Men's Golf Today, 5 p.m. at Kentucky Intercollegiate a) ?l: CBS gets lowest title game ratings Friday and Saturday Valparaiso (DH) • ~w Thursday, 4:30 p.m. Women's Golf ~ see page 14 ! • • ...... Ohio State at Indiana Invitational riJ Lindros may return in mid-April ~ Thursday, 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday • see page 17 at Ohio State • at William and Mary v;P Saturday, 1 p.m. ~ Saturday, I p.m. JS