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VOLXXXIII N0.20 ,... . ' HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Driver hits, injures three on St. Peter Saint Mary's Class of 2003 By FINN PRESSLY Assistant News Editor U~tiversity of Notre Dame votes today Two NotrP Damn stud1~nts and a rneent graduate were • Joyce Ctnter injurPd in a hit-and-run acci­ St. Peter Street By SARAH RYKOWSKI dent Friday night on St. Peter News Writer Street. Site of Friday's hit and The accidf)nt occurred at run accident. approximately 10:50 p.m., in Saint Mary's freshmen will return the neighborhood south of to the polls today to vote in a run-off campus. election for class president. "l walked out of the taxicab. Presidential candidate Stephanie and I crossed the street. and I Pace and vice-presidential candidate was hit by a car," said junior Alison Joseph make up one of two Lisa Pellegrino, who sustained tickets. Jeni Hackbush and Caroline injurit~s to her legs. "Basically Dixon are on the second ticket. it was mostly bruises and In the primary elections held last srrapos. " Wednesday, 11 tickets vied for the Greg Williams. a 1998 NotrP president and vice president posi­ Dame graduate from Chicago, tions. Because none of the 11 tickets arrived in South Bend earlier received more than 50 percent of the that evening for the Notre vote, the elections committee called Dam!)·Michigan State game. for a run-off. Williams was knocked uncon­ Elections commissioner Cristine scious, and as a result. has no Renner was pleased with the interest memory of the inddent. in student government expressed by Williams is waiting the the Class of 2003. rf'sults or a CAT scan and X­ "We've never had a response like rays. this before," Renner said. "In the ini­ All three victims or the acd­ tial mandatory informational meet­ dPnt wPn' transported to Saint ings, I coud tell right away the .Joseph MPdical Center and discharged later that night. see RUN-OFF/page 4

Researchers chart Web stats CLASH OF THE TITANS

were true, then it would follow that a By KYLE ANDREWS majority of Web sites would have a moder­ i\cws WrittT ate number of links, while there would be a few sih~s that would have either many or Tlw World Wide Web, lauded for its piv­ a few links. But this was found to be false. otal rolP in communications, still remains, "There is a very large numbnr of sites in part. a mystery. Although the number of with very many connections," said documents on tlw Web is accepted to bn Barabasi. Additionally, there are many around 800 million. the sites that have a small number of links. actual topography of thus making the bell curve inapplicable. the Web has not bePn This allowed the researchers to develop seriously charted. a model of the Web that could be used to T\vo NotrP Damp project the shape of the entire Web. What graduate students and they found was that, although the Web is mw proff)Ssor are \vork­ very large, any two randomly selected doc­ ing to change that. uments are separated by an average of 19 "We are studying the links. properties of very large This information regarding the "diame­ .. · d Barabasi ne t wor k s. sa1 ter" of the Web is important for many rca­ Associate Professor of sons. Most practically, it will help search Physics Albert-Lc.iszl6 Barabasi, of his work engine developers make more efficient ...... with graduate students HP.ka Albert and search engines. llawoong Jeong. "The scientific community Brute force, name_ly identifying informa­ has ignored this area of complexity. We tion by matching strings, is inefficient in don't haw~ real data on these networks." searching the entire Web. The search "We wanted to find examples of systems engine with the most coverage, Northern when~ we could find the topology," said Light. is only able to search 38 percent of Barabc.isi. "The inhomogeneity of the Web the published documents. A more discern­ has not been properly quantified yet." ing search engine would be able to make "There are a finite number of Web use of the interconnectedness of the Web, pages," added Jeong. "If we know the allowing for greater and quicker coverage. topography, we can use that information to In order to come to their findings. Jeong make a model of the entire Internet." first developed a robot that analyzed web What they found was that the growth of sites and their links. Using the Notre Dame the Web follows a power-law distribution, Web site as an example, he found a rela­ typical of social or biological systems. The tionship between the size of the web site power law is typically found in self orga­ and its connectedness. nizing systems like magnetic fields or plant Taking this information regarding link growth, not what one would expect from a distribution, Albert was able to construct a JOB TURNER!The Observer random network. model that reflected the actual Web. Saturday's battle on the gridiron spilled onto the sidelines as the A typical mathematical model of a ran­ Notre Dame leprechaun and the Michigan State spartan stage an dom m~twork would be a bell curve. If this see WEB/ page 4 Impromptu fight. Check out the Irish Insider for all the game stats. page 2 The Observer• INSIDE Monday, September 20, 1999

INSIDE COLUMN THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS Monday Tuesday VVednesday Thursday Notre Dame + Film: "Vertigo," + Lecture: "The Custom of + Blood Drive: Rolfs • Blood Drive: Rolfs • AnnenbeFg Auditorium. Foul Deed: The Effects of Recreation and Sports Recreation and Sports Renaissance Snite Museum of Art, Violence on Peace Center, 9 a.m. - 3:30p.m. Center, 9 a.m. -3:30p.m. 7 p.m. Processes," Hesburgh + Lecture: "Contemplative + Lecture: "Death Penalty: Like most football fans at Notre Dame, last + Saint Mary's Freshman Center, 4:15p.m. Meditation," Stapleton Choose Life," Stapleton Saturday's performance brought my spirits down Lecture: Lynn Martin, Lounge, Le Mans Hall, Lounge, Lc Mans Hall, and left me sulking. Notre Dame football has Class Election: Dining hall, + been a part of my fall Saturdays since I was very 7 a.m. - 9 a.m., 11 a.m. - 2 former Secretary of Labor, 7:30p.m. 12:10 p.m. young, and that won't change anytime soon. p.m., 5 p.m.- 7 p.m. COBA, 7:30p.m. But you'll read plenty of analyses, whining and dis­ gust. So football will not be the emphasis of this column. Instead, I want to center OUTSIDE THE DOME Compiled from U.Wire reports my attention on the neglect­ ed aspect<> of my being which have taken a backseat TCU mourns death of recent graduate to football for so long. I want to explore my appreciation FOHT WORTH, Texas Southwestern Theological Seminary. Dustin Ferrell "She would tell you that if for the arts and help to Every lifetime, a person comes you knew her before. you in the fall to pursue a master's of improve the creative atmos­ along with a smile so brilliant and a divinity. phere on campus. In short, I Assistant purpose so clear she cannot help but wouldn't believe [the change]. To those who knew her, Jones' life want to start a Notre Dame Viewpoint make a positive impact on everyone Her enthusiasm for Jesus was and sudden death have left a deep Renaissance. editor she meets. just so evident in her life... impression. According to friends, Kim Jones "It's hard to talk about her in the As a business major. such was one of those people. Joyce Allman past tense," said former TCU faculty an endeavor might not excite the artsy folks on "She was just an all-around amaz­ friend of Kim Jones member Joyce Allman, now the campus. I do not, however, have any less right to ing person," one friend said. "She assistant dean of arts and sciences speak for the arts than the 7,000 or so football did everything she could to put God at the University of Oklahoma. "She experts around here who have to tell us how in people's lives." started a Bible study in her chapter was very vivacious - absolutely joy­ much better they could coach the football team. Jones, who graduated from TCU and continued to lead weekly meet­ ful and not at all ashamed of her And, like the high school heroes-turned-analysts last December with a speech com­ ings even as a graduate this fall. Christianity." running around, I too have many suggestions. munication degree, was one of seven Members said the group has grown Allman, who taught Jones in an from Jones and another Delta First of all such an endeavor on my part would victims shot down Wednesday at advanced public ·speaking course Wedgwood Baptist Church, where Gamma member to a weekly event last fall, said Jones' life proved to have two central goals. The movement must typi­ that attracts about 20 women from fy everything that has made Notre Dame and she worked with youth. her God's power to eh.ange people. Her brother, Tim Jones, is a junior several different sororities. "She would tell you that if you America great. After graduating, she spent last Additionally, it must serve as a sense of pride at TCU. knew her before, you wouldn't Kim Jones came to TC:U in the fall spring in the Netherlands on a mis­ believe [the changel," she said. "Her for students, and must allow for a "hands-on" of 1994 and pledged Delta Gamma. sion trip. She returned to the United enthusiasm for Jesus was just so evi­ approach at times. And in this spirit, I formulat­ After her sophomore year, Jones States in May and enrolled at dent in her life." ed a few ideas that might be helpful, as we strive for a new era in Notre Dame culture. If any single ingredient facilitates the entire movement. it is inspiration. We must have mod­ els to emulate, we already have the resources Tropical storm hits Princeton Pair pleads not guilty in MIT death with movies at the Snite and the literary festivals PHINCETON, N.J. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and readings already popular on campus. The Rain and heavy winds from Tropical Storm Floyd MIT senior Susan Mosher and Bene Huiz, a recent current shovvings do not inspire the unselfish battered the campus Thursday, leaving flooded graduate, have pled not guilty to several charges relat­ devotion and patriotism so utterly lacking on buildings and uprooted trees in its wake and ing to the death of MIT junior Hichard A. Guy III. Guy campus. We must familiarize students with prompting the University to close its offices.Vice di('d on Aug. 31. Mosher and Huiz were arraigned Sept. Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Eastwood, and the President for Finance and Administration Richard 10, charged with four counts of possession with intent to other artistic geniuses who receive very little fan­ Spies, who made the decision to send home all non­ distribute psilocybin, amphetamines, marijuana and fare from the more snooty folks around here. essential employees at 11 a.m., said the main reason nitrous oxide. The two will appear in court on Oct. 15. Taking a lesson from these legends counters the for the closing was flooding on area roads. "It didn't Guy, a physics major, died as a result of asphyxiation Ally McBeal-ites out there who already infested make sense to make people go home in the worst of from inhalation of nitrous oxide. His funeral was held our sacred University. it," Spies said of Floyd, which was downgraded from Wednesday. "My brief earlier acquaintance with him These menaces have the theme song from a hurricane to a tropical storm before it hit makes this tragedy painfully real," said MIT president Princeton. Spies explained that information received Charles M. Vest shortly after Guy's death. "And it is a "Party of Five." We have the masterpieces from from government agencies also affected the grim reminder of so many other needless deaths "Conan the Destroyer" and 'The Good, The Bad University's decision. On Wednesday, New Jersey throughout the country, every year, of young people how and The Ugly." Speaking of literature, it also Gov. Christie Whitman declared a state of emer­ foolishly involve themselves with drugs." The investiga­ might be a good idea to invite Tom Clancy back gency, which remained in effect yesterday. She also tion is ongoing, according to oflicials in the MIT police to campus every year for the Sophomore Literary advised yesterday morning that all non-emergency department. Guy's death has raised questions about Festival. vehicles stay off the roads. Despite the weather, the MIT's ability to find and help students dealing with drug Now that we have the direction and the moti­ academic schedule remained in place, and drenched and alcohol issues. In the wake of Guy's death, many vation, all we require is the opportunity to cre­ students braved the clements to attend the semes­ have recalled the alcohol-related death of first-year ate. We have a wonderful art department, and I ter's first day of classes. Scott M. Krueger in the fall of 1997. do not wish to take away from them. But this movement involves the mainstream, bringing a wide variety of artwork to campus. Every month we could allow a new student, preferably from engineering or business, to create a new sculp­ LOCAL WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER ture-metal thingy to display in the quad. 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INDIA Fourth generation of Gandhi dynasty wows citizens

She was out solo Sunday, cam­ Associated Press former Prime Minister Indira party, now trying desperately to "Let this election get over, we paigning for her mother, Gandhi. regain its place as the country's will certainly do something for AMETHI Congress party president and de Contrary to her mother.. still dominant political force. you," she assured her. She stood tall with her arms facto candidate for prime minis­ haunted by the deaths of her Accompanied by her business­ "Six children? You have six outstretched in the back of a ter, Sonia Gandhi. But Mrs. husband and mother-in-law, man husband, Mrs. Vadra children? I must do something Land Hover, then ignored her Vadra made it dear for the first Mrs. Vadra campaigns with the walked briskly to the middle of a for you," she told another machirwgun-toting guards and time that she would never join exuberance of her great-grand­ large crowd of poor villagers woman who listened spellbound. plunged into the crowd. Indian politics herself. father, India's first prime minis­ waiting for her at Amethi. Mrs. Vadra, who joined her "No never, I love my country, ter, Jawaharlal Nehru and her "What happened?" Mrs. Vadra mother at several election rallies The people W(~nt wild. Campaigning in the parliamen­ and I am sun~ I can do a Jot for it grandmother, Indira. asked in surprise as a young last month to prop up her cam­ without being a politician," she Sincf~ India gained indepen­ woman bowed and held her feet paign, fueled speculation of a tary district that once belong(~d to lwr assassinated ratlwr. for­ told reporters. dence from Britain in 194 7, the in a sign of deep reverence in political career last year when Under the circumstances, her Nehru-Gandhi family has been this Hindu nation. The village she joined Congress. mer Prime Ministf~r Hajiv Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra, 27, rep­ reluctance doesn't seem surpris­ regarded with the kind of rever­ woman was a widow, and her The personal touch in her resents tlw fourth generation of ing. Besides her father, India's ence usually reserved for mon­ family told Mrs. Vadra the campaign is giving nightmares to India's Nehru-Gandhi politieal rough-and-tumble politics also archs. It has become synony­ woman had little earning to sup­ the elite commandos who guard dynasty. cost the life of her grandmother, mous with India's Congress port her. her. o111 8r '99 Election Web site features NO prof • American Studies American Studies and the tion between contemporary director of the Notre Dame political life and popular forms Peachey Fund, Inc. chair offers critique program in Journalism, Ethics of communication. In the book, for Breast Cancer Research of electoral system and Democracy, also con­ Schmuhl proposes a methodi­ tributed an essay on reforming cal, national process to select 3 & 6 MILE RUNS, 2 MILE WALK Special to The Observer the presidential selection sys­ presidential nominees, rather tem to the Web site's political than the every-state-for-itself AND An Internet political forum coverage. approach that is currently in PANCAKE BREAKFAST focusing on the 2000 presiden­ Based in New Hampshire, place and that overemphasizes tial election will feature the where the first presidential the first contests, in Iowa and SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 work of a Notre Dame profes­ primary takes place, New Hampshire. sor on its World Wide Web site PrimaryDiner .com provides Schmuhl. a member of the 11:00- STEPAN CENTER this week. news and analyses about the Notre Dame faculty since 1980, T -SHIRTS TO ALL FINISHERS PrimaryDiner.com, a nonpar­ upcoming campaign and politi­ is the author or editor of nine cal issues in America. It offers books, including "Statecraft REGISTER IN ADVANCE AT RECSPORTS tisan online service fostering debate and discussion about links to candidates' Web sites and Stagecraft: American $6.00 IN ADVANCE AND $7.00 DAY OF RACE the electoral process, has and to other sources of politi­ Political Life in the Age of cal information and interpreta­ Personality" and "Wounded DEADLINE FOR ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS 9/24/99 AT 5:00PM selected "Demanding Democracy" by Robert tion. Its Internet address is: Titans: American Presidents STUDENT AND STAFF DIVISIONS Schmuhl as its political book of http://primarydiner. com. and the Perils of Power." His the week. "Demanding Democracy," new book, "Indecent Schmuhl. professor and published by Notre Dame Liberties," will be published by chairman of the department of Press, is a study of the interac- Notre Dame Press in October.

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percent of the class who did Artificial reef fosters growth not vote last Wednesday. Run-off Both tickets emphasize continued from page 1 class unity as a part of their LOOE KEY NATIONAL home for live coral. paint, new walls and new ear­ platforms. The Pace-Joseph MAHINE SANCTUAHY, Fla. Since the Looc Kev restora­ pet," he said. enthusiam of the class. Over ticket wants to organize Over thousands of years. tion was com ple,te d last The Florida reef tract is the 1 00 people showed up." class events such as dinners, coral species ean build waving month. corals and other reef­ most extensive living coral The Pace-Joseph ticket trips, retreats and Masses. forests of sea whips or form dwelling animals have been reef system in North American received 23 percent of the Hackbush and Dixon look to boulders the size of an adult returning to their reconstruct­ waters, stretching about 200 vote, while llackbush and shortening quiet hours, human. ed habitat. miles from Fowey Hocks off Dixon drew 13 percent. Last improving bus schedules and But what takes nature cen­ Boaters. snorkelers and Miami's Biscayne Bay down to Wednesday. 260 freshmen food services and organizing turies to create - coral grows divers forced to stay away the Dry Tortugas. It's the voted, roughly 57 percent of more on-campus events. as littlP as a centimeter a year during nearly two months of third largest system in the the freshman class. "No matter what happens, - man can destroy in a span construction also are return­ world. "[Those figures] are it was worth it," Pace said. of hours. ing to get a glimpse of the It's an environment protect­ impressive for a freshman "We feel a step closer to our A research ship ran aground newly repaired reef along the ed by the Florida Keys election," Henner said. class." in 1994, crushing a portion of shallow mile stretch of Looe National Marine Sanctuary, Both candidates were plan­ The election run-off will be Looe Key the size of a tennis Key. which is visited by more than ning to do last-minute cam­ held today. outside Saint court and killing or displacing "The average person is 1. 68 million people a year, paigning on Sunday night. Mary's dining hall. Freshmen sea fans, fish. sponges and probably not going to notice many of whom enjoy fishing "We just really want more can vote from 7 a.m. - 9 other marine life, the tiny transplanted coral for and diving. people voting," Hackbush a.m., 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., and After the accident, biolo­ years and years," said Ed The Columbus Iselin from said in response to the 43 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. gists. engineers and construc­ Lotkowictz, a boat captain the University of Miami tion crews tried to give nature from Underseas, a dive shop smashed into the reef in Looe a head start in its healing on Big Pine Key -five miles Key while on a voyage to process. They replaced the from the site. study the currents in the natural foundation of the reef "It wouldn't be the same as Florida Straits and gather with boulders, then cemented walking into a house that was information to help clean up them in place to create a new restored, and seeing new oil spills.

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WORLD NEWS BRIEFS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Columbian rebels release kidnapped bishop

BOGOTA. Colombia Leftist rnbels freed a Homan Catholic bishop they had kidnapped a month ago, but demand­ ed that ho leave the war-torn northern Colombian region where he worked . .Jose de Jesus Quintero, the bishop of Tibu, was released live on national television by masked gunmen from the Popular Liberation Army, or EPL, who handPd him over to a joint commis­ sion from tlw church, the international Hed Cross, and the state human rights office. Speaking to Caracol television, a rebel com­ mander with his face hidden by a red bandana ealled on tlw church to transfer Quintero from the rngion of La Gabarra near the Venezuelan border. Quintero has been an outspoken critic of human rights abuses in the region long racked by violence.

Skydiving plane crashes, kills five

BHYAN, Texas A skydiving plane crashed Saturday, killing all five passengers. Minutes aftor the Cessna 1 S~ took ofl' Saturday from thn Ags Over Texas skydiving club, it appt~an~d to stall, then banked right and nosedived into a field, witnesses said. AFP Photo Pilot James Hobert Puryear, ~2. instructors .Jonathan Wayne Warden, ~5. and Mark A Central African soldier stands in front of a polling station Monday in Bangui as women wait to vote in the Woodings, 28, and Rebecca Miller, 18, died on country's first presidential election since 1993. Voters chose from 10 candidates including Ange-Felix impart. Witnesses pulled 27 -year-old Lela Patasse, the current president. ' Futch from the wreckage. She died at a nearby hospital. Woodings' girlfriend, Allison Hoderiek, witnessed the crash. She was working in the omn~s of" the skydiving school and waiting to Elections free from violence S(~C the jump. ''Mark loved waching people about skydiving and ho\v to skydive, that was voted freely and peaceful- The attack was launched National Assembly member his l"avoritn thing," she said Sunday. It was the Associated Press !y. " by about 100 stone-throw­ David Yakata, was arrested first accident in the 17-year history of the dub, Adeniji said only scat­ ing supporters of former after he allegedly gave Hodcriek said. Slw said the 1958 Cessna 1wver tered problems of voter President Andre Kolingba, bribes to an elderly woman had serious mnchanical problems. BANGUI Elections for a new presi­ fraud were uncovered the most prominent of the in Bangui, U.N. officials dent in the Central African Sunday, but it remained to nine candidates vying to said. Hepublic were largely trou­ be seen whether the ballot oust Patasse. Police were also search­ ble-free Sun day despite counting would go as The last presidential elec­ ing for two men who Inline skating collision charges of voter fraud ar.cl smoothly. tions were in 1993. allegedly destroyed ballots injures 50 in tunnel fears of political bloodshed, Central African Republic Turnout in Sunday's elec­ to prevent people from vot­ a senior U.N. peacekeeper has remained an unstable . tions was estimated by ing in a Bangui neighbor­ AMSTERDAM, Netherlands said. · and isolated country that at observers at around 60 per­ hood where Patasse is high­ llundreds of in-line skaters racing through a Soldiers, police and U.N. times appears to be teeter­ cent. ly favored to win, the tunnel in the Dutch capital collided Sunday, peacekeepers had raised ing on anarchy since tyran­ If no candidate earns 50 United Nations confirmed. ereating a huge human pileup. At least 50 com­ security on the eve of the nical rule in the 1960s and percent of the vote, the top During the past week, a petitors were injured. The collision happened in ballot after violent threats 70s by the late army Col. candidates will go on to the number of political activists midafternoon just moments after the race by supporters of rival presi­ Jcan-Bedcl Bokassa. second round of voting on have been arrested on iJle­ began and took 4,000 skaters through the IJ dential candidates. Two ruling party support­ Oct. 10. gal weapons charges, tunnel. One skater fell, tripping up those "All that could be expect­ ers were killed and dozens Even before voting began, including two men and a woman linked to Kolingba's around him, and the pileup grew as more ed on voting clay was injured in an attack Sept. opposition candidates organization, local newspa­ skaters slammed into those on the ground, achieved here," said 11 during a rally called by accused Patasse of rigging pers reported. Dutch television reported. Those most seriously Oluyemi Adeniji, the head of President Ange-Felix the ballot, which has been Most voters seemed injured sull'ered broken arms and legs as well the 1,300-strong U.N. Patasse's Movement for the delayed twice because of Liberation of the People of unconcerned by the threats as cuts and abrasions and were taken to local peacekeeping force in this bureaucratic problems. Centrafrique. A senior Kolingba aide, of violence. hospitals. Witnesses described a scene of panic nation of 3 million. "People in the tunnel as screaming skaters pushed and shoved in frantic efforts to get out. The raee was one of several road events held on a "car­ free Sundav" in which automobiles were EAST TIMOR banned fr01n the heart of Amsterdam and dozens of other Dutch cities. Armed peacekeepers arrive in Dili

Dow Hercules C-130 transport A second plane arrived Indonesian troops ringed ]ONES -3.64 Associated Press plane set down at Dili air­ 30 minutes later, carrying the port, preparing for the port, the first in a wave of vehicles and other equip­ first ship to dock and Nasdaq: DILl, Indonesia planes and ships expected ment. unload armored personnel +66.17 2869.62 +62.90 Heavily-armed interna­ by tht~ end of the clay. By Monday afternoon, carriers for the peacekeep­ tional peacekeepers land­ About a dozen elite 2,500 soldiers, helicopters ers. A small eontingent of NYSE: ed in East Timor at dawn Australian troops in full and armored personnel U.S. Marines was provid­ 613.10 Monday, combat gear quickly took carriers would be on the ing logistical support in +5.78 clearing See Also up defensive positions. ground in Dili, East Darwin. About two-dozen Timor's capital, Australian The announeement two S&P 500: Composite the way 1335.42 Volume: for a U.N. "leader plans Indonesian troops greeted Defense Minister John weeks ago that 78.5 per­ 10803.63 +16.94 738,900,000 approved new goverment" the Australians, and the Moore said from the cent of East Timor's voters VOLUME LEADERS r 0 r e c first minutes of the arrival peacekeepers staging area approved a break with charged page 7 appeared cordial. in Darwin, Australia. Indonesia led to a murder­ COMPANY TICKER ' CIUUtGE ~ CKAHGE PUC! HICJI.OSOFT CORP MSF'l' +2.50 +l.4'0 96.H w i t h Indonesian troops had to Nine warships from ous ram page by pro­ CISCO SYSTDS csco +41.26 +3.0000 73.50 INTEL CORP INTC +l.,l •1.9950 86.61 restoring order and help­ ehase a herd of goats off Australia, Britain and New Indonesia militias that D&LL COMPUTER I>IILL +4.56 •1.1300 u.ea O.R.ACL:Z CORP ORCL +3.25 +1. 3725 43.56 ing usher the Indonesian the runway shortly before Zealand, were sailing drove more than 300,000 AIIZIIICA ONLINE AOL -1. i2 -1.6815 85.88 people from their homes MCI WOI\LDCOII IN WCOtl +C.6' •0.5050 78.88 province toward indepen­ the dawn touchdown as toward East Timor with INTL BUS MACHIN IBM -3.55 -•.6200 115.38 and cost at least several, SUN HICitOSYSTDC SUHW ••. 73 ••• 0025 aa.u denee. sirens wailed to warn sev­ troops from more than a VITIU< TIICil IIIC VITJt +101.56 +32.1500 U.l5 A camouflage-green eral dozen onlookers. half-dozen nations. hundred lives. page 6 The Observer+ INTERNATIONAL NEWS Monday, September 20, 1999

TAIWAN SOMALIA New assertions challenge China Mogadishu opens new

Lee for needlessly stirring up criticized as failing to show Associated Press trouble. leadership on China issues. international terminal But chances are slim Lee Backing down could cause an TAIPEI will cave in to the pressure. exodus of voters to other par­ because faction leaders have Taiwan's leader rankled With seven months left in his ties willing to take a bolder Associated Press failed to agree on their man­ Beijing and made Washington term, he seems to be focused stand and it would also bol­ agement. squirm by saying his govern­ on his historical legacy. ster the minority view that MOGADISHU lssaley airport is about 10 ment should be able to deal Already, he's guaranteed a Lee acted rashly. A privately financed airport miles north of Mogadishu and with China as a political long chapter in Taiwan's his­ And, if past elections are capable of handling medium had two runways that are equal. Although he's facing tory books for presiding over any guide, the Chinese size air planes was inaugurat­ 8,250 feet long and 1,056 feet tremendous pressure to take numerous reforms, including threats should help the party. ed north of Mogadishu on long. It can handle planes back the statement, he'll the first direct presidential When China tested missiles Sunday after four months of weighing up to 35 tons. Camel probably stick to it. election in 1996, which he near Taiwan during the 1996 construction to expand the Trading and Transport President Lee Teng-hui rel­ won handi- · presidential airstrip. Company spent $700,000 to ishes a good spat with China ly. election, Mogadishu's international upgrade the old airstrip, Ali and has too much to lose by Now, Lee Now, Lee is standing up many voters airport and seaport have been Rageh Shirar, the firm's chief ditching his new claim that is standing to China and demanding supported closed for several years executive, told journalists. Taiwan is a sovereign state, up to China that Taiwan get the t h e not a local government that a n d Nationalists, should be controlled by demanding respect he thinks it viewing them v~· Beijing. that Taiwan deserves as an equal, as best able ~0~ JOIN THE Taiwan has long been one get the sovereign state. to protect .~e of Beijing's biggest frustra­ respect he the island. tions. Since 1949, the island thinks it C h i n a ~()\; INNER-CITY 90 miles off China's eastern deserves as might decide 0 coast has resisted Communist an equal. sovereign state, not to keep up the pressure while ~~ TEACHING CORPS rule. Beijing wants both sides a breakaway province that waiting until after the March to reunify now, but Taiwan should listen to Beijing. His elections to reassess the situ­ wants to wait until China is position could carve out his ation. If that happens, Lee more democratic and eco­ final legacy as guardian of may succeed in raising a fuss INFORMATIONAL MEETING nomically developed. Taiwan's sovereignty. without bringing serious con­ Two months ago, when Lee Polls say Lee's statement sequences to Taiwan. said the two sides should has been immensely popular Part of the fallout from the Tomorrow 4:30PM & 7:30PM handle their affairs on a with Taiwan's 22 million peo­ recent tensions might be "special state-to-state basis," ple, who view it as a long Beijing's cancellation of a his­ Center for Social Concerns China thought it was part of a overdue description of fact. torical trip to Taiwan by secret plan by the Taiwanese Backing away from his policy senior envoy Wang Daohan, 1:1 Teach in inner-city Chicago leader to break away perma­ - which he has publicly tentatively scheduled to visit nently from the mainland - repeated over and over - this fall. But the event was to 1:1 After school activities, including coaching a move Beijing has repeated­ would make Lee look like be mostly symbolic and not a 0 Alternative Teacher Certification Program ly threatened to use force to he's turning his back on real­ great loss to Taiwan if can­ block. ity. celed. through Northwestern University Trying to get Lee to scrap Buckling to Chinese pres­ Meanwhile, Lee seems to (credits toward a Masters in Education) his claim, China has used sure would also likely create be enjoying the tension that fiery rhetoric and has staged a fierce backlash for Lee's has thrust attention-starved massive mock invasions of ruling Nationalist Party in the Taiwan into the world's the island with warplanes, run-up to March presidential headlines. Recently, a grin­ ships and thousands of elections. ning Lee told a crowd of sup­ troops. Adding to the pres­ The party's candidate, Vice porters, "Bring on the noise. sure, Taiwan's biggest ally, President Lien Chan, is trail­ The louder the noise the bet­ the United States, has blamed ing in the polls and has been ter."

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or sev<~n (Vtlterans) just since death threats. era! elections. Associated Press Associated Press last night. They said they're Darwin, staging area for the Carrascalao said Gusmao ATLANTIC CITY really grateful that someone DARWIN, Australia multinational peacekeeping was. sending a group of pro­ Tlw new Miss America, like htlr can be a spokesperson East TimoresP indepen­ force heading into East fessionals to Washington on Timor, is an hour's flight from Sept. 29 to seek support from whose father is a disabl1~d for thorn. It's about timll the dence leader Jose Alexandre the half-island territory. The the World Bank. International Vietnam veteran. say~ slw veterans had a spokesperson." "Xanana" Gusman is making hopes to use her crown to French had dreamed of plans for a transitional gov­ peacekeeping troops were to lenders are believed to look positively on loans for the spotlight homelessness among becoming Miss America since ernment and sending a df'le­ start arriving in East Timor shP was about nine years old, gation to the shortly after dawn on impoverished region. Vf't<~rans. Monday. Carrascalao also said Miss Anwrica ;woo II,~atlwr lwr mother said. World Bank See Also later this "The main purpose of his Gusmao will begin setting up Ht~rwe Fn~nch, 24, of' Maysville. Shu pursu1ld it doggodly, "Armed peace- Ky .. a graduate entering the month, a trip is to discuss plans for the an administration to plan for development of East Timor," design student Miss Ohio . spokesman keepers arrive East Timor's development. spokesman Joao Carrascalao and will commute between who has don<~ "It's about lime the pageant said Sunday. in Dili" told The Associated Press. He Darwin and Dili, the capital of volunt!Hlr work once and Voters in veterans had a said that included the forma­ the former Portuguese colony. for thl' competing in East Timor page 5 tion of the government of the Gusmao will lead a meeting Veterans spokesperson. ,, thP Miss approved future nation. in Darwin soon on East Administration. Kentucky independence for the territory Gusmao, head of the Timor's transition from a wi II earn paign pageant in an Aug. 30 referendum, Heather Renee French National Council for East province of Indonesia to a for incn~asnd three times after a quarter-century of Miss America Timor Resistance (CNRT), is sovereign nation, Indonesia's government before win­ brutal Indonesian rule. widely expected to become Antara news agency reported. assistance for ning it on Gusmao fled from Jakarta the first president of indepen­ The spokesman said the down-and-out her fourth on Saturday night to set up dent East Timor, a process 53-year-old Gusmao had left veterans during lwr reign. and qua I i fy in g for a shot at the headquarters of his resis­ that could take 18 months or for Australia because of death "We have over 2:>0,000 Miss Arm~riea. tance movement in Darwin. more and would include gen- threats. homoless Vllterans. spread On Saturday, she sang "As If Australia, after receiving nationwidn," she said Sunday. We N

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PERU YUGOSLAVIA .\ Cubans endure harsh McDonald's survives bombings

life in Peruvian exile burger chain going despite Zorica Serdarevic certainly Associated Press heavy anti-American senti­ doesn't. Gulping down spoon­ ment during NATO's 78-day fuls of chocolate-covered +After nearly 20 Toledano ekes out a living BELGRADE bombing campaign against vanilla ice cream at a cleaning homes in some of McDonald's has not only Yugoslavia, but made it the Belgrade branch, she says years, immigrants Lima's wealthier neighborhoods. survived the stones of angry only Western venture that McDonald's is simply "the lose hope of return Her clothes, and those of her Serb mobs. a 78-day bombing really works in today's best." Since the end of the children, are hand-me-downs campaign, a tattered local internationally isolated and war, the 12-year-old is a ------from her employers. economy and massive anti­ economically t w i c e ''I'm very grateful to the American hysteria - it's Associaled Press depressed "We convinced the people w e e k I Y Peruvian government" for politi­ become an unlikely success Serbia. regular, LIMA cal asylum, "but I'm not grateful story in a country devastated "Our mar­ we were sincere in usually Luisa Toledano fled her tropi­ for the way we live," says by war. keting strat­ sharing their destiny - accompa­ cal home in Cuba in search of a Toledano, whose husband was While other Belgrade egy was to they had no reason to nied by better life. Nearly 20 years later, murdered eight years ago. restaurants gape empty, only preserve the grand­ she's stuck in a desert shanty­ lnes Reyes, another occasionally attracting rich ori.ginal hate us... mother town earning barely enough to Pachacamac resident, says the Serbs in the evening, constant American Jelena, 60. Cubans have been abandoned. crowds at McDonald's keeps feed herself and her four chil­ brand by giv­ Dragoljub Jakie A n d dren. "The only good thing we have cashiers' tills ringing steadily ing it a local while her In Pachacamac, on the out­ here is the liberty we wouldn't at prewar levels and· satisfied touch McDonald's manager grand­ skirts of Lima. a coastal fog have in Cuba," she says. "But we customers munching on burg­ temporarily mother known as "garua" blots out the live in inhumane conditions. ers and cartons of fries. making doesn't sun for much of the year. The There's no work. I'm a single · "We are beyond politics, McDonald's more internation­ share Zorica's enthusiasm for odor of burning garbage hangs mother with four children. people come here for the al, if you like, rather than an McDonald's - known here f in the chill mist. There are no Sometimes I can feed them, unique McDonald's experi­ exclusively American trade­ simply as Mac - she never­ tall palm trees to break the sometimes I can't." ence," says manager mark," says Jakie. "We con­ theless joins other customers wind, or to offer shade from the Beatriz Roman, the U.N. Dragoljub Jakie. vinced the people we were in sampling the chain's latest intense sun when it returns Refugee Commission representa­ The 40-year-old Jakie is the sincere in sharing their des­ local hits: garden salad with fleetingly each December for tive in Peru, says her agency has driving force behind the con­ tiny - they had no reason to tropical island's dressing and Lima's short summer. little left to offer the refugees cept that not only kept the hate us." the McFresh sandwich. "For Cubans, after helping this weather is them settle like death, slow "For Cubans, this and trying to death," says weather is like death. provide them Toledano, bun­ slow death.·· the same dled in a worn opportunities blue sweater. as the rest of Toledano was Luisa Toledano society. just out of high Cuban exile The oldest ~CUTIIEIEANDHANGON DOORKNOB----.------school when among the she, and nearly refugees, and 11,000 other Cubans seeking those with medical problems, asylum, invaded Peru's embassy still get about $40 to $50 a compound in Havana in 1980. month, and there are some small The occupation convinced subsidies for the Cubans' chil­ Cuban authorities to allow 7 42 dren. Roman says. to leave for Peru. And it prompt­ As for the rest, she says, . . ed President Fidel Castro to open "they've been here 19 years. One I• •I \ 'I the gates for 125,000 Cubans to would assume they would be .\ / sail to Miami in a makeshift working. They have residency \, ~~ '·'.. ,-'"~ flotilla from the port of Marie!. permits that allow them to work ...... _____ .... ~""' Political asylum for the Cubans like any Peruvian." who headed to Peru started in a But employment is scarce in tent city in a public park. Peru, where half the labor force Dear _____ the grouch, Their escape from Castro's is without jobs or has only part­ communist regime landed them time or temporary work. There's something you should know. In in one of the poorest countries in Reyes washes clothes and sells the morning, you are unbelievably grumpy. South America at the outset of cookies in Lima's streets to make Peru's bloody war with leftist ends meet. And that's putting it very, very nicely. Shining Path rebels. "We look for jobs and there So, because I like you, may I suggest you In September 1984, after four are none," she says. "When we start the day with a CROISSAN'WICir from years languishing in the park, say we're Cubans, it's worse. BURGER KING: It's filled with mouthwatering the Cubans staged a five-day We're told if there isn't enough protest outside the Lima office of work for Peruvians, there isn't sausage, egg and cheese. And that should the United Nations Refugee work for Cubans;" make anyone less mmky. EW!n you. If it doesn't, Commission. Odalys Brito-Alvarez, a Cuban then we're on to Plan B. And you don't want The agency responded by refugee, says her mother and to know Plan B. building 100 one-room, con­ two younger brothers entered crete-block houses in the United States with forged Pachacamac. Brazilian passports in the early Sincerely, ------Since then, nearly two-thirds 1990s. Asylum was automatical­ of the Cubans have left Peru for ly granted when her mother pre­ Canada, Brazil, Australia and sented her Cuban passport to the United States, using legal - U.S. immigration officials. and illegal - means. Brito-Alvarez tried to follow Of the 26(> Cubans remaining her mother as a legal immigrant from the 1980 exodus, the in 1992, when the United States largest concentration is in the granted asylum to about 200 now-deteriorated, crime-infested Cuban refugees in Peru. U.S. housing project on the coastal immigration officials denied her desert. application because she could Poverty has kept most of them not prove political persecution from moving. Running water is awaited her if she returned to available once or twice a week her homeland. THE DELICIOUS CROISSAN'WICH: and garbage is picked up every "When I left Cuba I was 13 15 days. Some of the houses are years old," she says. "I didn't do The Huddle - LaFortune Student Certer trash -stn~wn shells. anything political in the sense The residents' Cuban identity that I didn't set off any bombs, I is still evident. Cuban f'lags didn't march against Fidel, I adorn walls. A postPr of Afro­ didn't carry protest banners." Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz Some of the Cubans still dream hangs in a window. of the United States, or returning One of the eldest of the to Cuba after Castro dies. Others It just tastes better.- refugees, known as Mama Rosa, are resigned to their existence in practices the Caribbean religion the lunar-like landscape of ------Santeria, ofl'cring spiritual coun­ Peru's desert coast. sel to a mostly Peruvian clientele "I no longer have hope. All my for about $3 a session. hope is gone," says Reyes. 'Tm Mama Hosa's economic suc­ just living, struggling until the cess is the exception. very last for my children." ' www.burgerking .com LIMITED TIME ONLY PRICE AND PARTICIPATION MAY VARY. DURING BREAKFAST HOURS ONLY. 0199911LRiER Kll«i

SLOVENIA Pope denounces effects of extreme nationalism

underscored his desire to bP- with Associated Press his flock when he can and to p~r­ MARIBOR sonally press his message of peace Pope John Paul II, journeying to and reconciliation. the Balkans Sunday to honor a The pontiff left for Rome on his bishop who preached patriotism airplane Sunday evening, at the and tolerance, decried the dangers end of a visit that lasted less than a of nationalism day. gone extreme Arriving from the Italian capital and prayed earlier in the day, he walked gin­ that horrors gerly down the stairs of his aircraft, such as mass one hand on the railing, his cane in revenge killings the other, and was driven to the never again Mass site on a grassy expanse near a 15th-century castle. occur. l Less than a Sun burned through foggy skies, year after his and a stiff breeze three times last trip to the John Paul II ripped ofT the pope's skullcap. Balkans, the The pontiff lamented that the pope was back, this time visiting a Balkans have been "marked unfor­ corner of Slovenia near the tunately in these years by struggles Austrian and Hungarian borders to and violence, by extreme national­ beatify Anton Martin Slomsek, a ism, by savage ethnic cleansing and 19th-century wars among peo­ bishop who pro­ ples and cul­ moted the "May such dramatic tures." Slovenes' lan­ events never ever repeat Slomsek, who guage and sense themselves. , died in 1862, of identity during showed it was Austrian domina­ "possible to be tion. Pope John Paul II sincere patriots John Paul's last and with equal trip to the sincerity live Balkans took him together and to Croatia in October, and he first work with peoples of other nation­ came to Slovenia in 1996. Slomsek alities, of other cultures, of other is a national hero in this former religions," the pope said. Yugoslav republic, where more During World War II, Croats than 80 percent of the people are sided with occupying German Nazis Roman Catholic. and perhaps hundreds of thousands Although the 79-year-old pope of Serbs, Jews, Gypsies and anti­ has difficulty walking, and travel fascist Croats were killed in Croat- often tires him, Sunday's trip run concentration camps.

YuGOSLAVIA Anti-Milosevic protests gain crucial alliance

Yugoslav president rejects oppo­ Associated Press sition demands for early elec- BELGHADE tions. A leading Serbian opposition "If the opposition manages to leader now says his party will create an agreement about demo­ join protests against Slobodan cratic, free and fair elections, and Milosevic _ but only if the Milosevic refuses those demands, r------~------, the Serbian Renewal Movement will participate in joint anti-gov- ernment protests," the opposition • leader, Vuk Draskovic, said in comments published Sunday. Draskovic, who heads the 's ere!!! Serbian Renewal Movement. has Ina consistently resisted calls from other main opposition leaders to Monday, join in a united front against Have fun while Milosevic. Sept. 20 you share lie shares their demands for 6-7pm your faith & early elections before those Lafortune make new scheduled in 2000. But unlike Ballroom Draskovic, the other opposition friends. leaders condition their call for early elections with a demand that they be hdd under interna­ Communities of Faith Sharing and Scripture Study tional supervision and without being controlled by Milosevic. The other leaders say that with Milosevic in charge, the vote is sure to be flawed. Other main opposition groups are united in the Alliance for Change, which is orchestrating daily demonstrations against Milosevie in Serbia, the dominant Yugoslav republic, to protest his policies. Many Serbs blame ••• an d you ' re .1nv1 •t e d 1• Milosevic both for a decade of growing economic hardship and Come learn all about Emmaus. .. for defying NATO, leading to the (?MPUS bombardment that left wide­ Enjoy an evening of FAITH, FRIENDSHIP & FUN. MINISTRY spread destruction. ----r= -~-- "' ,.

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Despite Competitors in women's air pistol Visit our Web sire ar http://observer.nd.edu tor daily (Tes) uses the keys Corner her proficiency at the high school level, have one hour and 15 minutes to take updates of campus news. spans, tearures and opinion to retrieve a small Tes found running and swimming to be 40 shots. The target is 10 meters away, columns, as well as cartoons, reviews and breaking news aluminum carrying her two weakest events of the modern with the 1 0-ring being less than half an from the A.ssociated Press. case. pentathlon. She was stronger in the inch in diameter. When Tes qualified SURF TO: A few minutes later, Tes is down­ fencing and shooting, although she con­ for the World Championships in 1998, weather tor up-ro-rhe movies/music t(>r stairs in a garage under the Security tinues to be the strongest in the eques­ she shot consecutive 373 scores, just a minure torecasrs weekly srudent reviews Building practicing one of her many trian events. She has been riding since little below the standard to describe athletic talents. Tes would have been a she was 5 years old. Tes has won age "World Class." Her shooting is even advertise for policies online features tor spe­ and rates of print ads cial campus coverage good guest on "What's My Line" (a TV group equestrian competitions since more remarkable because she has been show that aired about a 1000 years ago she was barely 10 years old. In 1995, shooting for only a few years. archives to search for about The Observer -ask your grandparents about it). It is she won a first place equestrian in the If I had sons instead of daughters, I articles published after to meet the editors and doubtful that any panelist would sus­ Olympic Festival. U.S. Modern would be trying to match them up with August 1999 statr pect that this soft-spoken. attractive Pentathlon, women's competition and a Tes- but then I met her boyfriend last young woman is one of the top pistol 6th place overall. She won a 4th place month. lie's a good-looking guy, but I POLICIES shooters in the country. firing her in the 1995 Junior National would not expect Tos Salb to settle for German-made Stcyr, .177 -caliber air Championships. The Observer is the independent, daily newspaper any old bronze-medal type of guy when published in print and online by the students of the pistol. I can personally attest to her The old joke about versatile athletes she is an All-American and an University of Notre Dame du Lac and Saim Mary's shooting accuracy. We let Tes shoot in used to be that "they took time out to Olympian in the making. College. Editorial comem is not governed by policies of the same area we store bicycles for the sell popcorn at halrtime," but that the administration of either instirurion. Acring as pub­ semi-annual auctions, and in this very wouldn't even begin to convey the ver­ lisher of The Observer, the administration of the confined space. She hasn't hit onP yet. satility of Tes Sal b. She has been a fea­ Gappy Gagnon, '6(, coordinates the University of Notre Dame duLac prohibits the adver­ Tes has won many gold and silver tured dancer in ballet tap and jazz student employees for the Notre Dame tisement of alcohol and The Observer's acceptance of championships, including the Junior dance programs since she was 13 years Security/Police Department and has advertisements from specified rypes of groups. Olympic National Championship in sold. She still does some part-time volunteered to carry Tes Salb's gun The news is reported as accurately and objccrively as women's air pistol in April 1lJlJ7. But possible. Unsigned editorials represem the opinion of dance instruoting. Somehow, Tes has case lo the .(,;ydney Olympics. the majority of the Editor in Chiet: Managing Editor, that's nut the end of her accomplish­ also found time to pick up several sci­ Tlze views expressed in tlze column Assisrant Managing Editor and department t:dirors. ments. Tes is also a member of the ence fair prizes, including first place in are those of the author and not neces­ Commentaries, letters and columns present the views greatest college marching band in a couple of southwest science fairs in sarily those of The Observer. of the authors and not necessarily those of The America. the band of tho Fighting Irish, something called microbiology (I don't Observer. Viewpoint space is available to <11l readers. where she plays in the first trumpet think they had this when I was a kid - The free expression of <11l opinions through lcners is section. She has also fenced for the our biology was bigger back then). encouraged. Irish, earning a monogram this past Tes won a first place at the National Qumiom regarding Observer policies should be dir~a­ year. And, in case you think thatjug- Camp in women's air pistol this past ed to Edztor in ChiefMichrlu Krupa

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR •/ jf/'.// America needs more peasants Student activists have recently raised con­ a significant minority of the population to // cerns about sweatshops. Sweatshops, they tell become peasants. Many of the people who end us, are nothing but trouble. But if sweatshops up working in sweatshops, for example, would are a problem, they only point to a deeper be more than happy if they were given 10 or so problem, capitalism. Progressives and liberals acres in small town, U.S.A. They could use have shown themselves, for their little farm to grow food, raise chickens better or for worse, unable Jeff Langan and sell homemade products in the local mar­ to break capitalism's grip ket. We could even offer the same option to on American life. Neither many of the current slum dwellers in the big political party nor most of cities, and the homeless, too, for that matter. you opposing sweatshops Luta·s Of course, this would have to be a voluntary are willing to buck the cap­ Journal program. Some of the larger landowners would italist system, so sweat- have to agree to sell part of their land to those shops go on. The real solu- who are, at the moment, not so well off, but the tion is the resurgence of peasantry in America. banks are always able to work something out. Peasants, you_ will say, are ignorant. Our Perhaps we could make yet another loophole in forefathers and mothers came here to get away the tax law that would allow for significant tax from their lifestyle. Nevertheless, in the age of write-offs for the wealthy who finance a small alternative lifestyles, the peasant lifestyle has farm or two. There are so many loopholes for Punt Davie! often been overlooked. Peasants, you will say, them as it is, what's one more. lie likes to punt so much that maybe we should do likewise to are medieval, rude, dirty, stubborn and, worst So, what's the payofi? Peasants would pro­ him. Thank you, Bob. for wasting two of my precious years at of all evils, insensitive. They are all that, but vide this nation with a real cultural, political Notre Dame. Thank you to Jarious for wasting a year of your life they also own land. Their attachment to the and economic alternative to the status quo: for a dead-end season. Thank you, MSU, for providing yet another land gives them a view on life, along with a Peasants depend on the land, not capital. They indelible example of why Bob Davie shouldn't be at the helm any­ certain liberty, that immunizes them from will still grow their food in a recession. Money more. And thank you, God, for allowing me to go to Notre Dame things like political correctness. It also keeps is not their only concern. Yes the peasant life is during the tenure of' Bob Faust ... err ... Davie. Wait, I take that them independent a difficult one, but slam back. Davin doesn't rate as good as Faust, who at least had of political parties I fail to see how it respect as a wonderful man. who are on the is more difficult Davie may have class. as he often says. but a dassy loss is still a dole. The peasant / than the life of a loss. Nothing b!~tter than losing with dass, that's what I always lifestyle is the real / homeless man say. That was pretty classy when we decided to punt away the alternative to sav­ sleeping on con­ game against Michigan State. I especially liked it when the stu­ age capitalism. crete every night, dents, in honor of our classy coaeh. raised a single finger in salute The real problem or the life of a during the 1812 overture- or better yet. raised an L! with capitalism is migrant worker or that it leads to the /A-/ a worker in a There is nothing Rob ean do to redeem himself now. 1-3, 0-3 officially since, by all rights. the pre-season game against KU centralization of sweatshop, who shouldn't count on our record. I don't go to Akron; I go to Notre wealth and power. never have the Dame! I think Davie has summed up how bad he is when he has This leads to abus­ / security that the rnpeatodly remarked, "Those men arc GHEAT players." THEN es akin to the ones house they live in, WilY CAN'T WE WIN? Coaching? our friendly pro­ the land they live Pnrhaps the stud!mt body can distributn a cup or a hat and testers think occur on, or the tools gathr~r contributions to buy out Davie's contract. Or saran wrap in sweatshops. Of they work with his ear shut. Or bring back a Devine tradition and paint "5-miuute course, their solu­ ate their own. parking" on the ground in tht~ coach's parking spot. Bob has tion, protesting, Moreover, a remarked at several pep rallies (well, all or them really, seeing as does nothing to peasant class how he regurgitates tho same crap every week) that we need to actually make the would offer politi­ be true to our tradition. so I'm sure he'd understand that we were lives of the cal benefits. In just following tradition. oppressed any bet­ every country that In Green Bay, they got rid of Dan Devine by shooting his dog. ter. Once the traditionally had a D!ws Bob h

THE ,,L page 14 OBSERVER Monday, September 20, 1999 ;: ''' HEALTH COLUMN INTERNET SITE REVIEW t!'~ ~l Lost in Web site swoons a ------cyberspace By LAURA GAINES Scene Writer

Do vou know someone who goes online so frequently that they Dating. Mating. Relating. are il~ danger of becoming lost in cyberspace? How much is too Swoon.com offers interesting insights into much'? Is excessive computer use unhealthy? There are plenty of the world of male-female relationships with ~ anecdotes of people who appear to be "addicted"to online games. the promise of a little something for every­ !l the Web and even instant messaging. one. From the bright colored backdrops to The term "internet addietion disorder" \Vas the funky. car­ first coined as a tongue-in-cheek parody of ! Wendy Settle Swoon.com toonish graphics, l symptoms proposed by Dr. Ivan Goldberg on the Web site is the Web in 1997. definitely female­ University Once discovered, his media-bite became front oriented. However, explanation of the dream is given. However, I page news. The mental health community has most are just a few sentences, and lack any i Counseling that doesn't mean I Center continued to debate whether it actually exists men can't find real detail. Dreamers can also print out a I as a disorder at all, and empirical research page of Dream-It notepaper to record the I out of five shamrocks some entertaining I from truly representative samples, rather than information as events of a previous night's sleep. online studies ;-)has been slow to follow. well. The site is As an alternate to using newspapers or Is it a disorder, like pathological gambling? If so, why not talk divided into five television, Swoon. com offers free personal about a TV addiction disorder? Or a telephone addiction disorder? main sections, where readers can peruse ads online. After creating an alias and cough­ How about a technology addiction disorder? information regarding dreams and horo­ ing up a few details about one's life, a per­ Should we only examine excessive use or should we examine scopes, read and write personal ads, chat sonal ad may be posted. Those interested in what the use is for? Others are arguing that there is no "Internet online and look at magazine pages. finding a mate can select a location by area addiction, "but want to specify that it is defined by the activity that Details, Glamour, Mademoiselle and GQ all code and search through hundreds of ads. is addictive on the Internet, such as a "sex/pornography addic­ have links on Swoon.com. The entire maga­ The Swoon forum is a way to get advice tion"or a "Star Trek chat room addiction"(Holmes. 1998). zine is not published and little information is and feedback Others say that being hooked on the Internet is akin to a disorder actually given on these pages besides pre­ on a variety of impulse control, similar to kleptomania or compulsive shopping views of articles for the current issue. of issues. (Shapira, 1998). So shall we call it "lnternetomania"? However, Details currently offers the enticing Notes are That is enough of the debate. Whatever you call it, I'll bet you do article entitled "Seduction 1 01" and a column posted in ref­ know a fellow roommate. friend or acquaintance whose time spent on gift-giving advice. To find out more about erence to online is, sliall we say, excessive if not close to pathological. oneself, Mademoiselle provides a multitude of dream inter­ Notre Dame ranked 23rd on the 1999 Yahoo! Internet Life's list self-discovery tests. pretation, of the top 100 "most wired"campuses in tlw U.S because the inter­ Horoscopes and quizzes are the main lure dating advice net is so easily accessible. Our technology includes 8,000 HesNet of Swoon.com. By typing in an astrological and family ports as well as "cybercafc" ports in LaFortune Student Center, sign, and that of a hopeful mate, a reader can issues among Reek~:~rs and Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore. discover if love is written in the stars or des­ other topics College students are particularly susceptible to bite the lure and tined to flop. There is a large section, called topics get hooked for hours online, somn from midnight 'til dawn the Birthday Package, where curious astro­ which at (Kandel!. 1998). Percentages of college students whose computer lovers can check out their daily horoscopes, times are off­ use is eonsiden~d to be dependent run about 10 to 13 percent love matches, astro-profile and even their sex the-wall and (Anderson, in press; Scherer, 1997). scope. Headers can also test their mojo, meaningless. Another study conducted with college students found that Austin Powers-style, or discover their inner Ever heard "pathological" use of computers was correlated with loneliness. animal via Chinese astrology. of Mercury­ personal problems, withdrawal Another section, dedicated to dream inter­ retrograde? symptoms. and mood altering Swoon has a Swoon.com includes features such i pretations, allows the reader to type in a key­ cerning a college student's most pe There's no doubt about it use (Morahan-Martin and word associated with a dream. Next, a small page dedicat- - the computer can Schumaker, 1997). The patho­ logical users averaged 8.5 hours become a trusted friend of internet use per week, stu­ who allows instant dents with limited symptoms gratification. stimulation averaged 3.2 hours per week and those with no symptoms and reinforcement. averaged 2.4 hours per week. Scherer (1997) lists some of the I'll take College JEOP~ critical warning signs of Internet dependency: declining grades, failing to fulfill major responsibilities- academic, professional, or social-, health prob­ + College JEOPARDY! Jeopardy king or queen. lems such as sleep deprivation and legal or financial problems. The name of the game is College JEOP­ There's no doubt about it- the computer can become a trusted Online brings thrill of TV's ARDY! Online, and its second year hopes to friend who allows instant gratification, stimulation and reinforce­ toughest challenge to con­ build on the success of its first, as the incen­ ment. Whether students are procrastinating to delay the anxiety of tive for playing has become a little more inter­ an assignment, or filling a social void via the excitement of meeting venient home of Internet esting - especially considering the state of strangers online who quickly lose their inhibitions during numer­ boredom instilled on the Notre Dame commu­ ous short exchanges, or immersing themselves into fantasy worlds nity by the greater Michiana area. through MUD games or pornographic sites. they hardly ever self­ By MIKE VANEGAS Scene Writer Before the prize is revealed, though, it is identity that these activities have become excessive or a problem. important to understand the teamwork If they do come for counseling, they tend to present a vague clus­ involved. The folks at Sony recognize students ter of problems such as class absences, erratic sleep schedules. South Bend is a boring place, right? as the sometimes self-centered egos they are. low-level depression, problems with interpersonal relationships or With this complaint registered in the minds and they are willing to award individuals other addictions. Psychologists at many universities report that it is of many Notre Dame and Saint Mary's stu­ based on their individual efforts. But Sony only after counseling is well under way that the number of hours dents, a short but often-referred-to list of also understands the power of the mass, espe­ spent online is shamefully revealed. activities has become standard throughout cially the youthfully motivated mass of college It must be said that using computers as a tool in one's life in a this college community. students that may com­ balanced manner can be a life-giving activity rather than a life­ Activities include throwing pose any student body draining activity. Some students do report they have developed a Frisbee. watching televi­ throughout the nation. positive relationships with friends first met in cyberspace. sion. studying {studying'? One must merely witness Perhaps most significantly, the computer can open up an instant At a University?), drinking home-field advantage at a library of information or a diversity of entertainment for the asking and talking among peers college football game (urn, at 3 a.m. But if you're trying to decide if your own Internet use is about the inlinite sadness alright ... maybe that's not problematic, you can take one of the self tests - available online, faced each day without the the best example at good of course. thriving, distraction-infest­ ol' Notre Dame) to fully Better yet, you can ask yourself Holmes' (1998) simple question: ed presence of a cool comprehend the impact a Is my computer use getting in the way of the rest of my life? metropolis. student body can have on Those days are over, one single issue. however. For Sony has Image courtesy of Sony Thus, Sony and College The intent of this monthly series of articles is not to provide created an Internet frenzy JEOPARDY! Online have counseling but to provide information about a variety of mental over the game show that makes the majority marked the grand prize for the fall competi­ health topics. To seek help with your individual concerns. please of Americans feel dumber than a vat of green tion as a grand prize for an entire student contact the University Counseling Center at 631-7336 to schedule jello- JEOPARDY! Well, really. the game was body. The prize is a sneak preview screening an appointment. created last year. but this year there is a of a Sony Pictures Entertainment film. most The views expressed in this column are those of the author and whole new crop of Internet-ready freshmen likely next spring, for the three colleges or not necessarily those of The Observer. hoping to gain that elusive spot as Internet's universities with the highest cumulative score a

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These two-week long periods of motion are called retrograde periods. Until Mercury appears on-course again, people can expect "delays, interferences, malfunctions in small appliances, mix-ups, mental confusion, missed appointments, misdeliveries. and mis­ understandings." Instead of blaming things on El Niiio, or some other buzz phenomenon, blame it on Mercury. Thinking of ascribing the recent football failures to Mercury? Unfortunately, retrograde is not to blame. It's 45 days until Image courtesy of Swoon.com the next Mercury-retrograde occurs. The site cd to informing its viewers on the dangers of offers "proof' of numerous tragic events and this illusive phenomenon: unexpected circumstances that occurred dur­ "We've probably all heard the planet ing retrograde periods. Curious readers may Mercury blamed for miscellaneous mayhem: even type in a particularly bad day and check My computer crashed, Mercury must be ret­ to see if Mercury was in retrograde during rograde. The car won't start, Mercury must that time. Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox be retrograde. That certain someone I've Although Swoon.com has plenty of variety, Lauren Holly debuts in "Chicago Hope" Thursday on CBS. been lusting aft~r didn't phone even though I the page is reminiscent of a woman's maga­ was promised I'd gPt a call - Mercury MUST zine gone bad. The page is well laid out, but be in retrograde!" the entertainment value is moderate. Many Kelley woos Holly to 'Hope' Evidently, Mercury-retrograde oc<.:urs about Swoon topics, especially the dream interpre­ NEW YORK four timPs a year. wlwn the planet Mercury tations and Mercury-retrograde phenome­ appears to b(~ moving backward in the sky. Lauren Holly's new role is a combination of beauty and cutting wit. non, lack details and insight. She tells TV Guide in its Sept. 25 issue that her plastic surgeon character on "Chicago Hope" is "the queen of collagen ... a little bit of a hippie and a tomboy with a biting sense of humor, who wears <.:argo pants and combat boots." And it's all writer David E. Kelley's idea. "When he phoned me and said 'I'd like you to be on 'Chicago Hope,' and I'll write you a great character, it was a done deal,'' Holly said.

McLachlan makes McCartney cry LOS ANGELES Sarah McLachlan's mournful ballad "Angel" reduced Paul McCartney to tears at an animal rights awards show. McCartney. who was hosting the event sponsored by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Saturday night. returned teary­ eyed to the stage after McLachlan's piano solo. Image courtesy of Swoon.com He explained that the song was brought to his attention after his as Measure Your Mojo, which follows the woman's magazine industry with self-help quizzes con­ wife, Linda McCartney. an active animal welfare crusader, died of ~rsonal issues. breast cancer in April 1998. It includes the lyrics: "You're in the arms of an angel. May you find some comfort there."

Plantation makes way for Gibson A.RDY! for $200, Alex McCONNELLS, S.C. A popular historic site here is answering duty's call. The Historic Brattonsville plantation has shut its doors until the at the end of' the contest. Individual prizes gift certificates and t-shirts. middle of October so that preparations can be made for Mel Gibson's include various Sony oleetronic devices - Other incentives in playing the game is that latest film, "The Patriot." Discmans, Walkmans and CD dock radios - one can connect with thousands of college stu­ Crew members for the Revolutionary War movie are working dents around the nation through the Web around the clock painting and restoring buildings. Officials in charge site's message boards. Here's an example of of the site say the changes will make the plantation a more pleasant the conversation that can go on via the site: place to visit when it re-opens. Top Five Colleges in> Station member No. 1: "I just played two Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a reluctant hero who is swept into games against someone whose handle is battle when the war reaches his farm. In an effort to protect his fam­ College JEOPARDY! 'Bran*****'- I'll keep him or her anonymous, ily, he joins the American militia and fights beside his idealistic son. but they are now telling players that I am a Online cheat. How docs one cheat at this? I don't want to be known as a cheat! I am a 'jack of all trades, 'Blue Streak' tops box office SCHOOL $WON master of none' in my mind. I love trivia." A reply from station member No. 2, about LOS ANGELES Virginia Tech ...... ;...... $s8.796. 908 two hours later: Martin Lawrence's comedy "Blue Streak" struck out Kevin Costner's latest baseball flick at the weekend box office, taking in Brown Unlverslty., .... ;."; ...... i.: ...... $st.o6o, 908 "How many games have you played? If you $19.2 million to debut as the No. 1 movie, according to estimates Indiana· Unlverslty-Bioomlngton ...... $J 6, 992.479 are a multi gamer sometimes people call it 'cheating' if you have seen the answers before Sunday. Boston Univetilty .... ;...... ;...... $J4.8I9.402 and 'have them memorized.' We have all put Costner's "For Love of the Game," in which he plays an aging pitcher, took second place with $14 million for its opening weekend. Claremont McKenna College ...... $JI.o36.524 up with this at some time or another. Just let it roll ofT, it is only a game ... and a fun one at Costner was a natural in his third baseball movie after "Bull that." Durham" and "Field of Dreams," but Lawrence's comedy held more Other notables: Though the game can sometimes run a little appeal for younger audiences, said Ed Russell, executive vice presi­ Boston College (18) ...... $6.739.796 slow, it certainly keeps competetive players on dent for publicity at Sony Pictures, which distributed "Blue Streak." It was Lawrence's first solo triumph at the box office. He's previ­ Michigan(25) ...... ;.... ;...... " ..•.. ~.~ ...... Ss.4o I .032 their feet, and allows, like the show. for a good test of knowledge. ously had No. 1 openings as a co-star with Eddie Murphy in "Life" The current contest began Sept. 13 and con­ and Will Smith in "Bad Boys." Unranked: tinues until Dec. 6, which means that Domers "This is a really great credit to Martin to open like this on his Saint Mary's College ...... " ...... (N/AJ and Belles have enough time to win plenty of own," Russell said. "It shows there's real interest in Martin and that the timing was right for a really funny comedy." Notre Dame ...... $2 75.soo prizes for themselves and for their peers. Notre Dame and Saint Mary's are currently "For Love of the Game" may have been hurt by Costner's reluc­ (ranked eighth among Big East schools) unranked in JEOPARDY!'s standings. with tance to help publicize the ftlm, said Robert Bucksbaum, a ftlm ana­ only $275,500 in winner's dollars. lyst with Reel Source Inc. Costner did some interviews but devoted Visit www.slation.sony.com to play College much of his time to criticizing Universal for editing scenes to get the movie down from an R rating to PG-13. MIKE VANEGAS/The Observer JEOPARDY! Online. , - .. 4UJ_ a a a 4

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NFL Bledsoe's second-half heroics push Patriots past Colts

Lions 23, Packers 15 Plummer orchestrated the 1Oth Dilfer. He failed to bounce back Raiders 22, Vikings 17 Associated Press A 91-yard kickoff return by comeback of his three-year from throwing three intercep­ A week after blowing a 10- point fourth-quarter lead at FOXBORO. Mass. Terry Fair and the heady play career last week at tions in a home loss to the Giants, going 7-for-14 for 89 Green Bay, Oakland survived Drew Bledsoe stayed calm of Charlie Batch brought Philadelphia, but Miami with­ Detroit back for a win over the stood his bid for fourth-quarter yards, with two touchdowns the Vikings' comeback bid. despite a 21-point deficit. With the Raiders ahead 22-10 He threw three of his four Green Bay Packers, keeping the heroics. The Cardinals took and two interceptions. surprising Lions unbeaten after over at their own 33 with 1:14 midway through the second touchdown passes as the New half, Cunningham completed a England Patriots pulled out of a two games. left. but two penalties and a Seahawks 14, Bears 13 It was the sixth loss in the sack pushed them back to the Foley, playing because Jon third-and-8 pass to Jake Reed 28-7 halftime hole and stunned and defensive end Tony Bryant the Indianapolis Colts 31-28 last seven trips to the 25, and Plummer was inter­ Kitna's right big toe was still Silverdome for the l'ackers {1- cepted by Brock Marion with 15 bothering him, was 18-of-30 for was assessed a personal foul Sunday. for driving the quarterback to The Patriot defense, victim­ 1), who bolted ahead 15-14 seconds to go. 283 yards. Former Notre Dame with 12:55 left in the fourth player Derrick Mayes caught the turf. The penalty moved the ized in the first half by three ball to the Oakland 45. touchdown passes from Peyton quarter. But the Lions (2-0) Bills 17, Jets 3 seven passes for 13 7 yards. Manning to Marvin Harrison came up with some fireworks of Bills quarterback Doug Flutie Ricky Watters, who had just 21 and a 1-yard scoring run by their own. beat the New York Jets with his yards rushing last week, ran for Redskins 50, Giants 21 Edgerrin James. also kept cool. arms, his legs, and even his 99 yards on 23 carries. Stephen Davis ran for touch­ Jaguars 22, Panthers 20 179-pound body, sacrificed in a Seattle safety Merton Hanks, downs on Washington's first three possessions, and Johnson Steelers 23, Ravens 20 Jacksonville's Lonnie Marts crushing block that sprang playing in his first game after threw three touchdown passes Stoney Case once again batted away a two-point con­ Antowain Smith on a 12-yard being cut by the San Francisco as the Hedskins had their worked his magic for the version pass with 31 seconds run that set up the game's first 49ers, sacked Shane Matthews biggest offensive explosion Baltimore Ravens in the closing left, securing Jacksonville's vic­ touchdown. for a loss of 11 yards. since their 1991 Super Bowl minutes. His mistake was leav­ tory over Carolina, capping a ing the Pittsburgh Steelers week dominated by talk of Dom Buccaneers 19, Eagles 5 Chargers 34, Bengals 7 season. enough time to undo his handi­ Capers, who spent four years The Buccaneers got six of Jim Harbaugh threw a pair of work. as Carolina's first coach but their nine sacks against quar­ touchdown passes and Junior 49ers 28, Saints 21 Will Blackwell returned a was fired after the Panthers· terback Donovan McNabb in a Seau led a punishing defense San Francisco quarterback kickoff 3 7 yards to midfield went 4-12 last season, was victory over the Eagles. that helped the Chargers pull Steve Young pulled himself after Case tied the game with barred by Jacksonville coach The Eagles (0-2) gained a away to a victory over the bum­ together to throw his second his first NFL touchdown pass, Tom Coughlin from speaking to mere 150 yards and failed to bling Cincinnati Bengals. touchdown pass to Terrell and Kris Brown kicked a 36- reporters about coming back to come close to scoring a touch­ It was San Diego's most one­ Owens, tying it in the late yard field goal as time expired Ericsson Stadium. down. The Bucs (1-1) won sided opening victory since a going, and Lance Schulters won to give the Pittsburgh Steelers despite gaining a scant 220 42-13 win in Minnesota in 1984 it with a 64-yard interception the victory. Dolphins 19, Cardinals 16 yards and getting another lack­ under coach Don Coryell. return with 1:31 left as the Cardinal quarterback Jake luster performance from Trent 49ers beat the Saints.

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the host country's handling of South African Joshua Peterson Associated Press San Juan celebrates the continent's premier sports won the men's marathon in .JOHANNESBUHG, South Africa event were International 2:19:07 on Sunday, adding his South Africa won the most Olympic Committee President gold to the 174 medals, includ­ Trinidad's victory gold medals at the All Africa Juan Antonio Samaranch and ing 67 gold. that South Africa Games, boosting its chances of Nigerian Sports Minister had already won by Saturday Damishi Sango. of historic Old San Juan. The holding the World Cup, night. Associated Press Olympics and other major Sango said South Africa has South Africa swept the 160- sounds reverberated on the international events. shown it is ready to host the kilometer cycling race Sunday, SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico streets where cars paraded Despite some organizational 2006 soccer World Cup. South with Tiaan Kannemeyer win­ Music pounded until dawn and bands of youngsters and crime problems. among Africa is considered one of the ning the gold in 3:50:42. and cavalcades of honking waved Puerto Rico's lone-star those who gave high marks to favorites to hold the event. Defending champion Malcom cars wound through the flag. Lange took the silver and streets. "This is unbelievable for Jacques Fullard the bronze. Native son Felix Trinidad Puerto Rico!" shouted Carlos Niger-ia was running second in had beaten Oscar De La Colon at Coaches sports bar gold medals with 64 out of its Hoya, triggering an all-night in San Juan, where young total of 128. Egypt was third fiesta on the island. men mounted the bar and with 52 golds out its 156 total. The government planned a danced on tables. Ethiopia swept the women's rally to welcome Trinidad on His girlfriend sat glumly, marathon, with Hiywot Gizaw Monday, and San Juan Mayor possibly the only person in taking the gold in 2:45:38, Sila Calderon gave city the bar who supported De La Meseret Kotu the silver in employees the day off. Gov. Hoya. 2:46:29 and Kore Alemu the Pedro Rossello praised Like many, Colon viewed bronze in 2:48:31. Trinidad for "glorifying the Trinidad's victory as a The South African team name of Puerto Rico." nationalist triumph for this announced Sunday that one of Cable television officials U.S. territory. its members has tested positive estimated nearly half of the "Pedro Rossello wants to for a banned substance. 135,000 homes in San Juan make us Americans. But Tito Otis Ntisame, a member of the capable of receiving the $50 shows we're Puerto Ricans," karate squad, admitted to taking pay-per-view fight were said an older man referring dietary supplements which con­ tuned in. to the bid by the governor to tain the stimulant d-norpseu­ When the majority decision make Puerto Rico the 51st doephedrine, the team said in a was announced in Las Vegas state. "Trinidad won because statement. Ntisame did not win early Sunday, a roar of "Tito! he's Puerto Rican and Puerto any medals during the Games. Tito!" carried over the roofs Ricans are hungry." Trinidad displayed his own nationalist bent, entering the ring before a sign that said "Navy, get out of Vieques," in reference to a controversial military training ground on the outlying island of Vieques. The Puerto Rican government is demanding the U.S. Navy leave the island. Trinidad, little known out­ side Puerto Rico because he speaks only Spanish, is adored in his homeland as a churchgoing Christian who unabashedly sports religious .\ pins declaring, "I love Jesus." He is a dedicated husband and the father of a 2-year-old girl, Ashley. His reputation is untar­ nished by the abusive pur­ suits that have broken other Puerto Rican boxers: Edwin Rosario, who died of a drug overdose 21 months ago; Wilfredo Gomez, arrested in 1994 on charges of domestic violence and buying cocaine; Esteban DeJesus, another •·. )it .··- :";-~«-.,~.:: champion ravaged by drugs ;.(-; •)' and AIDS. Instead, Trinidad advertises freely for the Alliance for a Drug-Free Puerto Hico, his face on its posters outside bus stops and schools. On Saturday night across the island. thousands of people crowded into standing-room only bars that charged $15 to watch the fight on big screens. 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H 1 ~ .! PGA ; ~ I' (! I! I It 1 Funk, Faxon remain l11,l

Hll; 1;: even after playoff jt Join the ... I,'l l!; Funk. who began the day Associated Press with a f'ive-shot lead over Iii;· Faxon and Sabbatini. slowly Guys and Girls Hip I' ENDICOTT. N.Y. watch<~d it dwindle as the day IIil: Fred Funk and Brad Faxon wore on. •, were tied after 72 holes of the Clinging to a one-stroke lead 1: B.C. Open on Sunday night and over Sabbatini. Funk's second il Hop Dance Tearn I' ( a one-hole playoff didn't. decide shot on the 432-yard par-4 I a winner so they were to con­ 15th hit about 15 feet on to the t I tinue Monday. sloping green. tore up a big ball i\ I) Faxon. Funk and Rory mark. an·d spun back down into dI' Sabbatini started the final hole a giant water hazard. Funk had ' to settle for a bogey while d of regulation in a three-way tie. but both Funk and Faxon Faxon and Sabbatini had pars. birdied the hole to knock the Faxon then forged a three­ l young South African out of the way tie for the lead when his lead as the sun was setting and second shot on the par-4 16th il a half moon hung in the sky to landed within a foot and he force. easily tapped in for birdie. II; Both Faxon, who shot a Funk, who shot an 11-under fourth-round 6 7, and Funk, 61 to surge to the top of the who had a 72, parred No. 18 leaderboard after Saturday's Tryouts start on September 21 !!! and will play for the champi­ second round, couldn't come onship at 8:30 a.m. Monday. close to duplicating the best They finished regulation at 15- round of his 15 years on tour. under 273. Funk had his troubles in the Clinic #1: Tuesday, Sept. 21 6:30 - 8 pm 301 Rockne Craig Spence, who had a clos­ third round on the way to a 70. ing 65, finished in a tie for He landed in three sand traps fourth at 276 with Jonathan on his way around the En-Joie Kaye, Stephen Ames, Ronnie Golf Club course and had two Clinic #2: Thursday, Sept. 23 8 -10 pm 219 Rockne Black and Mark Carnevale. bogeys to go with four birdies. Peter Jacobsen was another Sabbatini shot an impressive stroke back, while Mike Weir 68 in the third round despite and Deane Pappas were at 278. some erratic play. The highlight The field was forced to play of his round was a terrific eagle the final two rounds on Sunday on the 545-yard par-S 12th. He Tryouts: Sunday, Sept. 26 8- 10 pm 219 Rockne because rain from Hurricane also had six birdies, two bogeys Floyd had postponed and one double bogey. (Tryout dance plus two original eight-counts) Thursday's opening round. A Funk's lead quickly dipped to fog delay held up play for 45 one shot early in the fourth minutes Saturday, making for a round when he bogeyed No. 3 long Sunday that Funk strug­ and Sabbatini made his seeond Questions? Call Mia (243-5887) or Mandy (4-421 0) gled to survive. straight birdie. olfie's Pasta, Sandwiches, Service & More!!! 243-9911 rorFREE DELIVERY 1 j open 10 am till 1 am (3 am on Fri. & Sat.)

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NHL VOLLEYBALL Shorthanded goal lifts Oilers Bill leads Belles

Associated Press "If you would have asked Vladimir is on his game, he's me about the worst-case dominant." past Manchester KANATA, Ontario Malakhov was hurt when Alex Selivanov scored a scenario. this would have Edmonton enforcer Georges in the third game. With a 15-8 Laraque fell on his knee. By KATIE McVOY win, the Belles ended the power-play goal and added an to have been Sports Writer assist to lead the Edmonton right up there. ·· The Canadiens are also miss­ match at four games. Oilers to a 3-0 exhibition victo­ ing veteran defenseman Patrice Bill led the team with 20 Alain Vigneault Senior Agnes Bill led the ry ow~r the Ottawa Senators on Brisebois, who has a back kills and and 11 digs. Jayne Sunday night. Montreal coach injury. Versatile forward Benoit Saint Mary's volleyball team to Ozbolt had a strong game as The loss was Ottawa's first in Brunet is out of action for at a 3-1 victory Friday night over well wih 14 kills, 15 digs, and least two months with a back Manchester College. two aces. Suzanne Martin had five preseason games. givethe Canadiens (2-4-0) the Eric Houde and Brian injury and center Saku Koivu This is the second time these 26 assists. Ozbolt, LeBeau, and early lead. has only begun skating after two teams have faced each Emily Nihill led the defense Swanson also scored for the the Jose Theodore, Montreal No. Oilers (3-2). while Tommy Salo undergoing knee surgery in the other. The first match came with two blocks apiece. 2 goaltender behind Jeff offseason. last weekend in the Ohio Saint Mary's is excited about made 29 saves for the shutout. Hackett, made 25 saves. Selivanov opened the scoring "It will be hard to replace Northern Tournament. The this win, but is looking ahead Brigley tied it 2-2 at 7:32 Vladimir," defense man Igor Belles won that match as well, to their matches this week. 10:23 into the first period on a after taking a pass from Steve pass from Janne Niinimaa. Ulanov said. "He was a total 3-0. The Belles face Olivet College Begin in the slot. The Belles took the first Selivanov had an assists as player on the team. He can Wednesday and Alma College Rucinsky, who had a team­ game 15-4. Houde beat Jani Hurmc to give play both offensive and defen­ and Adrian College on leading 17 goals last season, "The first game we played Edmonton a 2-0 lead at 7:23 of sive. Not many players in the Saturday. has five goals in four preseason we did very well," said Jolie the second period. Swanson league can do that." "We do have some improv­ games to lead the Canadiens. LeBeau. ing to do," said LeBeau. "Our made it 3-0 with a backhand Canadiens defenseman The Belles lost the second from close range 3:30 later. Thrashers 6, Devils 1 team has so much potential Vladimir Malakhov will miss game due to errors in their Ed Ward scored two goals that sometimes we get tense four months after tearing a lig­ playing, but came back to win and make mistakes. We'll Flames 3, Canadiens 2 ament in his right knee Friday and assisted on another the third and fourth game. Sunday as the expansion work on that before our Benoit Gratton's goal in the night against Edmonton. The They took Manchester 15-10 matches this week." third pet·iod capped Calgary's team made the announcement Atlanta Thrashers in an exhibi­ rally from a two-goal deficit about the seriousness of the tion win of the New Jersey and the Flames beat the injury Sunday night. Devils. Montreal Canadiens in an exhi­ Malakhov, who led Montreal Kelly Buchberger added a bition gameSunday night. defensemen in scoring last sea­ goal and two assists for the MEN'S GOLF Gratton. a native of Montreal. son with 34 points in 62 games, Thrashers (2-2-1), who won for poked in Valeri Bure's rebound is to have surgery Tuesday thefirst time at their new home, on a power play at 13:05 ofthe morning. the $213 million Philips Arena. Irish place first at third period. "If you would have asked me The Devils (2-1) avoided a Bookie Travis Brigley scored about the worst-case scenario, shutout when Lyle Odelein the tying goal for the Flames this would have to have been scored midway through the oarly in the third period and right up there," Montreal coach third period when his shot Air Force Invitational also had an assist. Jeff Shantz Alain Vigneault said. "At the glanced off the glove of Atlanta also had a goal and an assist. beginning of the season, you goalie Norm Maracle and into the net. Irish golfer in 37 years-post­ The Flames (2-3-0) outshot know you're going to get Special to The Observer injuries. but you just hope that The Thrashers lost 3-2 in ed a three-round total of Montnml 28-24. four-under 212 to finish five Martin Hueinsky and Arron they're not serious and that overtime to the New York Rangers on Saturday night in The Notre Dame men's golf shots behind Michigan's Asham scored goals 96 seconds they are not to key people. ItOs team saw its lead shrink an enormous loss. When the first event played in arena. Michael Harris (67-71-69} apart in thP first period to slightly but still held on for a and four strokes behind wire-to-wire first-place fin­ Grand Canyon's John Davis ish-and a team-record score­ (69-72-67}. in Sunday's final-round Vernon tied the Notre action at the Air Force Dame record for best 54-hole Falcon-Cross Creek tournament score (in relation Invitational, held at the par- to par), equaling the four­ 72, 7,301-yard Eisenhower under total that has twice Blue Golf Course. been posted by his classmate Irish senior captain and Jeff Connell: at the Marshall local product Todd Vernon Invitational in the spring of (Englewood, Colo./Cherry 1998 (209, at the par-71 Creek High School). failed to Guyan Country Club) and at hold onto his slim lead among the par-72 Kentucky the 120-player field, slipping Invitational in the spring of to third place after a final­ '99 (212). Vernon' 212 total round 7 5. 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- \ NATIONAL LEAGUE J Sosa's first inning homer highlights extra frame victory

Jose Cabrera on five pitches his 133rd RBI. Gregg Olson (7- Associated Press and then getting removed for a 4) pitched a scoreless ninth to pinch-runner as hundreds of get the victory. CHICAGO fans headed for the exits. Arizona left a club record 15 Sammy Sosa hit home run No. runners on base. The 3-hour, 61 but it was his opposite field Braves 5, Expos 1 50-minute game was the single to open the lOth inning Kevin Millwood won his longest in the Diamondbacks' that ignited the Chicago Cubs to career-high 18th game, Freddy two-year history. victory. Garcia homBred in his first at­ After Glenallen Hill tied the bat for Atlanta and the Braves Mets 8, Phillies 6 game with a pinch two-run maintained their hold on first in John Olerud and Mike Piazza home run in the bottom of the the NL East with a victory over hit consecutive home runs and ninth, Sosa scored from third the Montreal Expos. the New York Mets overcame a on Benito's Santiago's single in The Braves, who havB won bad inning by Kenny Rogers to the 1Oth as the Cubs posted an seven straight division titles, beat the Philadelphia Phillies. 8-7 triumph over the arc still one game ahead of the The Mets remained one game Milwaukee Brewers. second-place New York Mets. behind Atlanta in the NL East. Sosa homered for the second The two teams meet six times Both teams are off Monday, time in two games, ripping a in the next nine games, begin­ then the Mets and Braves begin two-run shot off Hideo Nomo in ning a three-game series a three-game series Tuesday the first inning. The ball trav­ Tuesday night at Turner Field. night at Turner Field. eled an estimated 48 5 feet, Millwood (18-7) allowed just Olerud drove in four runs as bounced down a side street and seven hits in his second com­ the Mets won for the 11th time broke a window on a parked plete game, the only run scor­ in 15 games. Piazza, forced to car. ing on a fifth-inning homer by leave Friday night's game and "He really got into that ball," Geoff Blum. The Braves right­ sit out Saturday because of a said Cubs manager Jim hander went 17-8 last season, bruised left hand, hit his 36th Riggleman. "And the combina­ his first full year as a member home run. tion of how good he hit it and of the Braves rotation. Roger Cedeno also homered KRT Photo the wind blowing out. it was a Garcia, acquired in a trade for the Mets in going 3-for-4, Sammy Sosa, shown here during last year's home run race, tape measure shot." with the Pirates, played for the scoring three times and stealing hit his 61st home run Sunday. "It was a good pitch," So sa first time since reporting to his 65th base. said. "I went up there trying to Atlanta eight days earlier. He After going 7-2 in 14 starts make contact. I don't know how started in the outfield with with the Mets, rookie Octavio far the ball went, I know I got it Brian Jordan bothered by lin­ Dote! (8-2) made his first pretty good. My main concern gering soreness in his right appearance in relief and retired - Tuesday, right now is not how far the hand. four batters to get the win. September 28 l ball is going to land, just to keep making contact and do the Diamondbacks 8, Marlins 7 Pirates 8, Reds 5 7:30 p.m. ll! little things to win games." til Matt Williams hit a sacrifice Brian Giles hit his 38th and ; ,\ The homer moved the reign­ I . fly in the ninth inning Sunday to 39th homers to drive in three I'· ing National League Most For ticket !· give Arizona victory over the runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates !' Valuable Player into a tie with information I Florida Marlins, reducing the dealt Cincinnati's playofl' hopes Roger Maris for the third high­ Diamondbacks' magic number another setback, winning contact the est total in a single season. for clinching the NL West to behind Jason Schmidt. Saint Mary's seven. Greg Vaughn hit his 40th Box Office Astros 4, Cardinals 3 Arizona took two of three homer and the Reds' 40th in 19 McGwirc moved closer in the from the Marlins and led sec­ September games, but the 284-4626 home-run race by hitting his ond-place San Francisco by 7 Reds' four pitehers constantly 57th and 58th, but Jeff 1/2 games going into the Giants' battled control problems in :1 Bagwell's two-run shot in the game at San Diego on Sunday their second loss in the three­ '.( seventh helped the Houston night. game series and fourth in six 'I Astros avoid a three-game The Diamondbacks now begin games. sweep with a victory over the their tina! road trip, with three St. Louis Cardinals. games beginning Monday at ! On Monday night, McGwire Colorado. followed by three I and the Cardinals start a three­ games in San Francisco next YOU I I game series against Sosa and weekend. j the Cubs at Wrigley Field. 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AMERICAN LEAGUE -. Garciaparra's homer leads Red Sox to fifth straight win

Associated Press victories in consecutive starts is lasting Cleveland. New York 1 1, set by Earl Whitehill in built a 6-0 lead after four 19:~0 and matched by Hal innings against rookie Jim BOSTON Newhouser in 1947. Brower, making his first start, Nomar Garciaparra homered Mlicki lasted just four to help stop Dave Mlicki's eight­ before the Indians began innings, allowing six runs on game win streak and Trot knocking around Yankees eight hits and five walks while Nixon also honwred Sunday as starter David Cone. striking out three. Juan But the Yankees recovered in the Heel Sox bnat Detroit 7-3 to Encarnacion homered twice for time to take thref~ of four complete a three-game sweep. the Tigers - the first multi­ games in the series and tie A firth straight win helped homer game of his care(~r - Cleveland for the best record in Boston keep pac«~ with the giving him 18 for the season. the AL with 13 games remain­ Yankees, who led the AL East Garciaparra went 9-for-12 in ing. by three games coming into the the series, ineluding homers in Allen Watson (4-1) got the day. New York played the the last two games, to raise his win in relief and Mariano Cleveland Indians; the Oakland league-leading batting average Rivera pitched the ninth. Athletics trailed the Hed Sox by to .360. 4 1/2 games in the wild-card race entering the day. Athletics 12, Royals 3 Tim Wakefield (6-1 0) allow1~d Yankees 11, Cleveland 7 Jason Giambi and Miguel just four hits in 5 2-3 innings, Giving away a big lead to the Tejada both homered and but thrPP were solo homers. He Indians was bad enough. The drove in three runs Sunday as walked onl' and struck out Yank~es weren't about to let the Oakland Athletics defeated thrPP for only his second win their slim one over the Red Sox the Kansas City Royals 12-3. sine<~ May 2R. Derek Lowe get smaller. A sparse crowd of 13,914 saw allowed one hit over the last 3 Joe Girardi's two-run single the A's remain 4 1/2 games 1-:-~ innings for his 14th save. capp1~d New York's four-run behind Boston for the wild With victories in eight con­ ninth inning and Bernie card. Eric Chavez, in his first secutive starts, Mlieki ( 13-11) Williams went 4-for-5 as the game back from the disabled matched Doyl<~ Alexander's run Yankees showed why they are list, drove in two runs to sup­ in 1987. Tlw Tigers' record for World Series champions in out- port Gil Heredia (13-7). Sal Fasano and Mike Sweeney each homered for the Royals, who have lost five of the six games played in Oakland. Lessons That Heredia allowed three runs KRT Photo and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. He Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra went 9-for-12 this week­ Will Last struck out five and extended his end, improving his league-leading batting average to .360. streak without a walk to 13 A Lifetime. innings. Twins 2, Mariners 1 Minnesota's six singles. The Kansas City starter Mac LaTroy Hawkins became light-hitting Twins had 14 sin­ Suzuki lasted five innings, giv­ Minnesota's second double-digit gles in the three-game series. 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CROSS COUNTRY Irish run to first-place finish

By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN

·; Assistant Sports Editor I' The Irish cross country squads claimed victory across the boards Friday in the ! ·; National Catholic Invitational. Both the men's and women's I squads won first place. as a l team. Irish junior Ryan Shay 'l. was the first runner across the I line in the men's race, while senior All-American JoAnna ,·. Deeter took home her fourth straight title in the meet for the women. Thirty-three teams competed in the meet; however, only 10 of the schools are in Division I. I The men dominated the field JOHN DAIL YfThe Observer I by winning their fourth con­ Jenny Streiffer (12) and the women's soccer team's loss to ' secutive team championship. SMU marks the first time the team was shut out since 1996. Their total score was 20 I· points. far ahead of second­ II place Lewis, which had 66: Irish defense but Beene came II out and fell on the ball before I and third-place Marist, which W.Soccer ~ ~ tallied 135. (The low score the Aggie could shoot. wins.) continued from page 28 Irish captain Kelly Lindsey saw significant playing time :) "We were really pleased with '·· the performance." sophomore In front of 1,587 fans, for the first time since she I' JOHN DAIL YfThe Observer I' runner-up Luke Watson said. Streiffer gave the Irish the lead injured her knee against North ' 't "For a lot of us, it was the first The Irish men's and women's cross-country teams took first in the 22nd minute. She blast­ Carolina two weeks ago. time we had run this season. place this weekend at the National Catholic Invitational. ed a shot into the right of the Lindsey helps the team's confi­ ifI I For us to do as well as we did, took eighth. Other varsity fin­ "We're pretty happy with net from just inside the box. dence, Beene said. ~~ it was a good indicator. We ishers for the Irish were Sean how we ran. We still have a lot Streiffer's goal was her team­ "When she is in there, you I rc I , ; still have a lot of room to Zanderson and Nathan Shay, of work to do this year, but it leading fourth of the year. feel a little more confident." improve, though." both in the top 20. was a good start for us," Jenny Heft assisted on the she said. I\ Even without Lindsey, the :tl'l Shay claimed his third Deeter led the women to vic­ Klemmer said. goal. Heft stole ball from a Irish defense played well - ~! straight title in an 8 kilometers tory with a winning time of Senior Erin Luby was eighth, Texas A&M defender and :,\ (4.98 miles) time of 24:41. 16:52 for the 5-kilometer race. junior Erin Olson 16th, and found Streiffer open at the top giving up just one goal to the With the victory. he became No other runner has repeated freshman Muffy Schmidt was of the box. Duke Blue Devils and shutting only the second runner ever to as champion in the National 18th. Junior Chrissy Kuenster "Heft gave me a great pass," out the Butler Bulldogs. ~~ win the National Catholic Catholic Invitational on the would have been one of the top Streiffer said. "So basically I "Anybody can step in and .-- 4 ~ Invitational individual title women's side in its 15-year finishers, but collapsed just couldn't miss." play," Streiffer said. "It's nice three times since the men's history. but Deeter claimed her before crossing the finish line. The Aggies fired 12 shots to have Kelly back but we are ~~! race was created in 1980. fourth straight title. The women's squad scored but Irish All-American goal­ still pretty solid." Five of the top 10 finishers in The top three women's fin­ 30 points overall, far ahead of tender LeKeyshia Beene did Although Lindsey returned, . ! not allow any to reach the the Irish roster was still 'l' the men's field were from ishers in the race were all the nearest competitor, St. ,·· Notre Dame. The Irish had a 1- from Notre Dame. Senior Thomas, which had 130. back of the net. Texas A&M's incomplete. Junior midfielder 2-3 finish in Shay, Watson and Alison Klemmer placed second The Irish will take next best scoring opportunity was Anne Makinen missed her senior Ryan Maxwell. Senior in 17:42, followed by freshman weekend off before hosting the stopped early in the second fourth straight game while John Dudley was sixth in 25:26 Jennifer Handley in 18:01, 44th annual Notre Dame half by Beene. An Aggie for­ playing for the Finnish nation­ and freshman Antonio Lopez good for third place. Invitational Friday. ward had slipped past the al team.

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Irish falter again The Notre Dame football team fell to I -3 over the weekend, losing to Michigan State 23-13.

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FOOTBALL University reports three possible NCAA violations

former student-athlete. Chappell was allegedly dis­ primary or secondary violation Tucson, Ariz., to discuss a pun­ • New allegations The athlete no longer attends missed from the football team has occurred. ishment for Notre Dame in the arise of additional Notre Dame, and the tutor has last week for accepting gifts NCAA officials could not be Dunbar matter, ESPN reported. NCAA violations been fired from the position. totaling $5,000 and attempting reached for comment Sunday. The request for a delay at this The tutor to sell two free tickets to the Notre Dame also has asked point is intended to encourage began work­ Sept. 4 Michigan game for $50 the NCAA Committee on the NCAA to factor all three each. Infractions to delay its final ByTIM LOGAN ing at the incidents into its decision at Office of Chappell has denied the inci­ report on the Dunbar investiga­ once, rather than complete one News Editor ··-:,.~) Academic dent repeatedly. tion, which investigation and Services for The University confirmed has been "It's in the hands of the then enter into More legal questions surround Student­ Thursday that it had been underway NCAA. We've made another one, I' Notre Dame's athletic depart­ i Athletes investigating this matter for since May. according to i ment after the University our report. " • while a several weeks. Dunbar, a Moore. I 'I announced Friday that it report­ Notre Dame officials declined member of the "We want to I \ ed three more potential viola­ U n i v e r sit y Chappell • student and to comment further on the now-defunct Dennis Brown get everything I ' tions to the National Collegiate ! continued reports. --Quarter back Associate director into considera­ Athletic Association (NCAA). after graduating, reported "It's in the hands of the Club, report­ tion at one time," I Coming while Notre Dame of Public Relations !lI University spokesman Dennis NCAA," said Dennis Brown, edly gave gifts he said. n awaits an NCAA decision in the Moore. associate director of Public totaling The University II Kimberly Dunbar case, these ' Officials declined to name the Relations. "We've made our $18,000 to several former foot­ self-reported the potential l ~ latest allegations involve acade­ I player involved or what sport report." ball players. Notre Dame offi­ Dunbar violations in March, : (' mic fraud and an athlete's ;\' that person played. It is standard practice for the cials appeared before a hearing 1998 after conducting an inter­ ' ' receipt of extra benefits and ' . This statement was coupled NCAA Enforcement Committee, with the Committee on nal investigation. Both the tutor­ ). misuse of complimentary foot­ with another announcement of upon learning of a potential vio­ Infractions June 4, and the ing and ticket-selling incidents, ·} ball tickets. alleged violations by an athlete lation, to conduct a preliminary University has been awaiting a which are unrelated, came to Integrity in the classroom is at who accepted gifts and misused investigation to determine if an decision since then. the attention of University offi­ issue for the first time with the complimentary tickets. official inquiry is warranted. It The Committee on Infractions cials in recent weeks, Moore disclosure that a part-time tutor Reserve quarterback Eric can also determine whether a is meeting this weekend in said. may have written a paper for a iI~ I , I • A.,. WoMEN's SoccER MEN'S SOCCER ! :r 'r

' . t ;;- ~ Irish split two in Lone Star state Notre Dame men

By MIKE CONNOLLY fall to Connecticut Associate Sporrs Editor I. when freshman Erich Braun I The sixth-ranked Notre Dame By KERRY SMITH scored unassisted on a free { women's soccer team was shut Byline TitleSports Writer kick for the equalizer. The goal out for the first time in 55 marks Braun's second goal of' games when they fell 1-0 to The Notre Dame men's soc­ the season. With the goal, Southern Methodist University cer team dropped its second Braun becomes the only player Sunday at the College Women's game of the season Sunday, to in the Irish lineup to score Classic. nationally-ranked Big East more than '(me goal this sea­ The Irish finished the Classic rival Connecticut in a tough son. with a 1-1 record after defeat­ overtime decision. Connecticut went on the ing eighth-ranked Texas A&M Ranked at the 19th spot and otl'ensive in the remaining min­ 1-0 Friday to open the Classic in last year's Big East champion, utes of the sPcond half and had Klein. Texas. the Huskies outscored the Irish an opportunity to score with 40 .' The Mustangs took a 1-0 lead 2-1 to emerge the victor 16 seconds remaining in n~gula­ in the 59th minute off of a minutes into the sudden-death tion. Sophomore hack Sam Laura Snyder goal. Snyder took overtime. Forko blasted a shot toward a pass from Sarah Harvey. who The Joss drops Notre Dame the net, but it hit off the goal I I Ii . split the Irish defense and to a 3-2-1 overall record and to post and was rejected. allowed Snyder to tiribble to the 1-1-1 in Big East play. The game-winner for the , l top of the box where she fired a ! The two teams played to a Huskies came at the 105:41 shot into the top of the net. scoreless tie in a first half, but mark when senior forward 'I I I The Mustangs managed six the Huskies. who outshot the I Luis Arauz knocked a short l shots on the day and just 1\,vo in Irish 17-11 on the afternoon. shot into the net. Junior: i ) the second half. The Irish got otl' opened the scoring. Less than defender Max Zicky sf't up the II,. !r 14 shots but only put two on three minutes into the second play on a throw-in to freshman II . ; net. half, sophomore back Chris forward Mike Mordorco. II In the first half. SMU goal­ Gbandi took control of the ball Mordocco headed the ball to keeper BHcca LiHI' stopped Notre JOHN DAIL Y!The Observer and put a powerful shot from Arauz, who finished the play Senior forward Jenny Heft assists on the goal that put the Irish <'· '. Dame's best scoring chance. 10 yards out past Irish goal­ from five yards out. I Jenny Streiffer fired from 15 women's soccer team on top of Texas A&M this weekend. keeper Gerick Short. rl Dnspite the Joss. Short yards away but Lief came otl' the The Irish enjoyed more suc­ temperatures took some adjust­ Gbandi, one of Connecticut's recorded a career-high seven ll goal line to make the stop. i' cess on Friday against the ment for Notre Dame. most talented players and an saves in goal. Connecticut Before Sunday, the last time Aggies. Despite the stiffiing heat "Most of our team is from the anchor on the Husky defense, goalkeeper Matt Chavlovich the Irish had been shut out was that hovered in the low 90s for North and isn't used to the heat was the 1998 Big East rookie finished the game with three I in the 1996 NCAA most of the afternoon. the Irish so it played a big factor in the of the year and recently named stops. :l Championship against the dealt the Aggies their first Joss game," Irish senior captain to a short Jist of 1999 Hermann With the win, Connecticut I Tarheels of North Carolina. The of the season. Streiffer said after the game. Trophy Award Finalists. boosted its lead in its series ,I Tarheels won the title with a 1- I Texas A&M was used to the The Irish responded with with Notre Dame to 4-2-1 I •j 0 victory in double overtime. 2:43 remaining in regulation heat but playing in the high see W. SOCCER/page 26 i seeM. SOCCER/page 26 1 --.J ' vs. Oklahoma at Seton Hall Volleyball I . SPORTS October 2, 1:30 p.m. Seprember 25, 3 p.m. E!J ar Olviet College ~ Seprember 22, 6:30 p.m. ATA at St. Mary's (Calif.) Volley ball Golf Seprember 25, 2 p.m. ar Wyoming E!J at Hope College GLANCE " September 25, 7 p.m. Seprember 26, I p.m. I•' ·). ~ - ' i .----.------~--~------

THE Monday, September 20, 1999 O BSERVER Notre Dame vs. Michigan State Irish drop to 0-3 against Big Ten

By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN t\ssistall! Sports Fditor

Tlw Big Ten Conf(~n~ncP again proved to be bad news for the Irish f'ootball team. Notre Dame carne away just shy of vic­ tory for the third straight wePk against a Big Ten team, giving up 16 points in the fourth quartl~r to lost' 2:~-13 to Michigan State. D<•spite nnar-stellar p~ay by the defen­ sive and spPeial t1-~ams units, the ofl'ens1~·s inability to hold onto the ball became a crucial factor late in the game. Fiv<~ Notre Dame turnovers, lack of a rushing ganw and a qul•stiunabln coaching call to punt on a fourth-and-mw combitwd to hand Notrn Damn its third loss. "I was proud of this team all week in practice, but unfortunatPiy thPre are no guarantees, especially when you're play­ ing a good football team," Irish head coach Bob Davi<~ said. "One thing you can guarant<•n is that when you have five turnowrs, yot.rn• not going to win." With 5:44 lnl't in tlw game, NotrP Dame sPnior Jim Sanson kick<~d a 34-yard field goal to tie"tlw scon~. At that point, it appeared that the outconw might not be decided until tlw final play. As 1\lichigan State took over on ofl'ense, its first pass fell incomplete - nearly being intercepted by Notre Dame sopho­ more Tyreo Harrison. Spartan quarter­ back Bill Burke's next pass was broken up by sophomon~ cornerback Clifford Jrfl'erson. Tlwn thP tid(• turn(~d in favor of Michigan State. Burke sent a straight shot to (;ari Scott down tlw sideline. Notre Danw free safety Dek<' Cooper was unab1P to gPt tlw tack!<• and Srott ran tlw ball into tlw nnd zonP for an 80-yard touchdovvn. "\Ve had gotten some mnmPntum going," Davie said. "And then he takes tlw thing XO yards. That kind -of Ids th(~ air out of you." Now b<~hind 20-1 :~. tlw Irish got tlw ball. Tailback TerrarwP Howard r<'turned tlw kiekoff to tlw Notre Damn I

player of the game quote of the game stat of the game Anthony Denman "We weren •t confident that on 3 red-zone turnovers The junior inside linebacker Turnovers are bad enough. made nine tackles - including third-and-one that we Turnovers in the red zone three for losses - plus added a could make it. ·· practically take points off sack and a forced fumble. Bob Davie the scoreboard. Irish head coach

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quarterbacks: Jackson had 110 trouble with pitches this week. but he did B- throw an interception and missed some open receivers.

running backs: One hundred-eight yards rushing is unacceptable. Jones c provided a little spark rl'ith his shifty running style. hut ol'erall. the backs didn't do much. receivers: Nelson. Brou•n and Hunter I continued their excellent play. They B could be Notre Dame's best trio of receiz•ers el'er.

offensive line: !1hen your coach doesn't think he can get 1 yard, you D know your line needs to improve.

defensive line: Burke was harassed all day by a strong pass rush. A Williams played especially well.

linebackers: Denman. Boiman and 1/arrison combined for 23 tackles - including six for a loss -forced one A fumble, recorded a sack and broke up two passes.

defensive backs: Sanders. Cooper, Jefferson and Harper shut down one B of the best receiving cores in the country for most of the game.

special teams: Good relllrns. long punts and made field goals are A what you expect. The blocked punt was a bonus.

coaching: The decision to punt the ball with three minutes left is debateble. If Davie had gone for it on fourth down and failed. he would have gotten even c JOB TURNER/The Observer more criticism. Michigan State cornerback Amp Campbell and Notre Dame wide receiver Bobby Brown battle for the ball in the end zone. Campbell came away with the ball for the interception. overall: The Irish were talent­ ed enough to win. They just 2.85 weren't organized enough to Wlfl. Irish not about to give up

Hey, juniors and seniors, does this "We're a young football team with we could be - but people are going seem familiar? a tough schedule," Davie said. "We're to cheer against Notre Dame until the That's right. Two years ago, the sitting here at 1-3. It's reality. You Lord comes back to earth, but we Irish were sitting at 1-3 and things keep plugging along and try to see have to deal with it." adding up were looking down. the light at the end of the tunnel and The Irish will have two weeks to So what do we try to win some games." deal with the three-straight losses. It do now? Ask for They aren't giving up, but you guys could prove to be the turning point of the numbers Davie's head? started to. Chanting derogatory com­ the season or it could be more Question the play ments at Davie and leaving early. painful to wait for Oklahoma. calling, yet The players didn't leave early. They "I feel like I'd rather lineup against times Nick Saban cursed in his 1 . ? c· ? nationally televised halftime agam. IVC up. went hard until the very end . anyone right now, just to prove to the interview with Jim Gray As much as "This team just wants to get a win," whole country that we have a great you're down linebacker Anthony Denman said. team and we're capable of winning," about the season, "This team is out there playing hard Brown said. "But we're going to go Irish turnovers think about what every play, but things just aren't through it the way we have the last the players are Brian Kessler working out." two weeks. We have a week ofT, but 5 going through. And despite a 1-3 start, the players the answer has to come soon. Wo "This is proba­ are still confident they can turn the have to keep on playing. We're not bly one of the season around, just like they did in going to forfeit the rest of our Irish players who raised their o hardest experi- Sports Editor '97. games." helments to the student sec- ences that myself "We're a lot more confident than This Saturday's loss pushed the tion after the game and my team- everybody thinks," Brown said. "In Irish out of the running for the Bowl mates have ever gone through," the game, we always think we're Championship Series, but Notre minutes that Michigan junior Grant Irons said following going to win. That's why it's so Dame isn't focusing on that. State had the ball longer Saturday's 23-13 loss to Michigan shocking and it hurts so bad when "The major issue is that we have 5:38 than Notre Dame State. "Anytime you are in your home we don't." been in position to win three games stadium and you give everything you And while the sentiment on cam­ that we haven't won," Brown said. have, it hurts." pus may be different. the Irish play­ "The aspect of a bowl is something number of consecutive losses to 3 For the second straight week, cap­ ers also still have faith in their coach. you worry about later. If you worry the Spartans tain Jarious Jackson wouldn't talk to "Just like I wouldn't want my team­ about that now, the next team will the media because he emotionally mates to lose confidence in me, we take advantage of it." didn't know what to say after the can't lose confidence in our coach," As for now. the Irish will turn their game. Brown said. attention to Oklahoma and getting years remaining on Davie's . These guys put their hearts into So you can question the call on back on track. 4 contract every game and lay it all out on the third-and-one or the punt on fourth, "It's hard," he said. "I came here field. And they're devastated when butjust like Michigan State head fi.>r a reason. When things go well. they come up short. coach Nick Saban said, when it it's great. You're in the spotlight. But times the Irish tackled a "It's disappointing, but if I'm going doesn't work. you're wrong. Had the when things go poorly with a a gmup to go through something like this, I'd Irish held the Spartans on the next of men that have the type of charac­ , Spartan player for a loss 12 choose these men to go through it series, no one would be second­ ter to bounce back, you realize we with," fifth-year senior Bobby Brown guessing Davie. have a lot of games left and you have said. "They're going to fight back and Everyone now may look back at '99 to go play." votes Notre Dame recieved in the I know I'm going to fight back. as the season that could have been, Despite the hardship of the past II AP and Coaches' polls There's still a lot of games left to rather than the season of destiny we few weeks, the Irish still aren't giving 0 play." were all hoping for. up. Are you? This team could very easily pack it "We're 1-3, but we can easily be 4- The views expressed in this column in, but they've invested too much 0 right now," Brown said. "It hurts to are those of the author and not nec­ time to do that. keep on saying that- we could be. essarily those ofThe Observer. --.------~~----~--~~------~------~------~------~------

Monday, September 20, 1999 The Observer+ IRISH INSIDER page 3 Irish receivers shine against Spartans

By MIKE CONNOLLY Associate Spons Editor

Looking past poor dock management. turnovers and a 1-:~ record, a shining jewt'l can bP found in an otherwisP dis­ mal s•~ason . .J;.LVin llunwr. Haki N•~lson and Bobby Brown ha,·p Pnwrgc~d to beeorm~ mw of tlw b~~st trios of ll·ish rec:•~ivnrs In recPnt nwmot·y. Saturday. against a physical and tahm!Pd Spartan se<"ondary, tlw Irish n~cPivc~rs made• SP\nral big plays to mow tlw ball ami kc•pp drivns aliw~. In tlw first hall', tlw Spartans tried to shut down tlw Irish om•nse by playing an aggressivP man-to-man defense and bumping the receiv•~rs at the line. In past years. this attacking style might havc~ stif'flnd the Irish passing attack, but in 1999. tlw Irish rc~cnivers made the Spartans pay for tlwir aggrt~ssion with I 03 yards rneeiving in the first half. , "Tiwy WPI'I' playing bump-and-run at tlw lin<'. " Brown said. "And they were playing man a lot. But wlwn they play<'d man it S(~Pnwd likP every tinw someonP \\"as opPn. In th<~ sPcond quarter. quarterback .J arious .I aekson threw deep for the first timP in the game and found Hunter wide open. Tlw ball was slightly underthrown. howov(~r. and llunter had to come back to make tlw catch. lluntl~r leaped for the ball along with Michigan State defender H(•mtldo Hill. llunt(~r madP tlw initial 42- yard reePption but Ifill wrestled the ball from his grasp for a fumble reeovPry. Following a furnblP recovery by Irish defi•nsivn Pnd Grant Irons at the Spartan 2(>-yard lirw. the of'fcmsP took over with 31 seconds left . .Jackson hit Brown for an 11-yard gain and a first down. After a 1- yard pass to Lopienski on the ensuing first dmvn, Jackson found Brown in the end zone for his sPrond touchdown of tlw sPason. On the rec(~ption, it appeared that Brown pushed off on the Spartan defend­ JOHN DAIL YfThe Observer nr befon~ he fully extended backwards to Raki Nelson (9) and Bobby Brown (88) celebrate Nelson's third-quarter, 45-yard catch to move the ball to the Spartan mak<' a gn~at catch. 21-yard line. Notre Dame failed to get a touchdown on the drive and had to settle for a field goal. Brown acknowledged that there was contact on tht~ play. two running plays failed to pick up the Hunter first showcased his talents as a every week. I am proud of him. He is a "I probably did !push oll'l." he said. "He first down. Jackson lofted a pass to deep-ball threat in last spring's Blue­ senior playing the best football of his had a littiP contact. I had a little contact. Brown in the end zone. The pass was Gold game. lie caught a 67- and a 72- - career right now." The rdc~r•·•~ could hav•~ caiiPd it either underthrown. however, and despite yard pass from Arnaz Battle in the scrim­ Nelson finished the 1998 season fifth wav. lie dndded to h

AP Poll scoring summary & stats ESPN/USA Today poll team record points scoring 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total scoring team record points 1 Florida St. 3-0 1,738 Michgan State 0 7 0 16 23 summary 1 Florida St. 3-0 1,466 2 Penn St. 4-0 1,658 Notre Dame 0 7 0 6 13 1st 2 Penn St. 4-0 1,393 3 Florida 3-0 1,628 none 3 Florida 3-0 1,366 ... 4 Michigan 3-0 1,447 4 Michigan 3-0 1,279 team statistics ND MSU 2nd 5 Texas A&M 2-0 1,426 5 Nebraska 3-0 1,204 14 20 MSU -14:49 6 Nebraska 3·0 1,412 first downs 6 TexasA&M 2-0 1,162 7 Tennessee 1-1 1,396 36-108 39-142 Baker B·yd. pass rushes-yards from Burke, Edinger 7 Tennessee 1-1 1,127 8 Virginia Tech 2-0 1,157 passing-yards 245 291 kick, 7·0 8 VIrginia Tech 2-0 1,019 9 Miami (Fla.) 2-1 1,130 aomp-att-int 15-27-1 22-37-1 .vn- :09 9 Georgia 2-0 937 10 Georgia Tech 2-1 1.101 Brown 14·yd. pass return yards 218 51 from Jackson, 10 Ohio St. 2-1 880 11 Georgia 2-0 1,096 pun ts-azwrage 7-43.4 8·40.1 Sanson kick, 7·7 11 Purdue 3-0 842 12 Ohio St. 2-1 960 2-1 837 fumbles-lost 4-4 1-1 12 Georgia Tech 13 Purdue 3-0 927 3rd 13 Miami (Fla.) 2-1 787 14 Arkansas 2-0 858 penalties-yards 4-18 4-34 none 14 Arkansas 2-0 706 - 15 Kansas St. 2-0 778 time of possession 27:11 32:49 4th 15 Kansas St. 2-0 672 16 Southern Cal 2-0 637 16 usc 2-0 510 17 BYU 2-0 526 individual statistics .\'/)- 14:51 FG Sanson 17 Wisconsin 2-1 476 452 18 UCLA 2·1 passing 33 yds .• 10·7 18 UClA 2-1 388 19 Michigan St. 3-0 435 NIJ- Jackson 15-26-1, Battle 0-1-0 MSU- 9:42 19 BYU 2-0 382 20 Wisconsin 2-1 390 FG Edinger .'\fSU - Burke 22-37-1 24 yds .. 10·10 20 Texas 3-1 357 21 Marshall 3·0 297 rushing ,\ISU- 7:44 21 Michigan St. 3-0 308 22 Texas 3-1 252 FG Edinger .VD- Fisher 13-57, Driver 6-24, Jones 4-11, Goodspeed 3-9, Battle 22 Marshall 3-0 238 23 Mississippi 3-0 211 33 yds., 13·10 1-5, lopienski 1-3, Jackson 8-(-1) ND- 5:44 23 Mississippi St. 3·0 183 24 Air Force 2-0 145 MSU- Clemons22-126, Duckett9-25, Flowers2-1, BurkeS-(-2). FG Sanson 24 NC State 3·1 107 25 NC State 3-1 142 34 yds., 13·13 25 Air Force 2-0 95 Scott 1-(-8) .\fSl:'- 5:11 receiL,ing Sl:oH 8-yd. pass other teams receiving votes: Syracuse 119, from Burke, Edinger other teams receiving votes: Syracuse 73, ND - Nelson 6-117, Brown 3-31, Hunter 2-84, lopienski 2-6, kick, 20-13 .. Aurbum 60, Oklahoma 58, Southern Miss. 49, Maryland Alabama 48, Southern Miss43, Missouri 37, Auburn 31, Illinois 27, Arizona St. 25, East Carolina 22, Virginia Johnson 1-7. Goodspeed 1-0 .\ISU- :19 FG Edinger 33. Virginia 32, East Carolina 31, Arizona St. 29, MSU - Baker 8-51, Scott 4-110, Burress 4-53, McCoy 3-58, 18, Louisville 15, Oregon 15, Arizona 14, Colorado 12 31 yds., 23·13 Oklahoma 24, Arizona 22, Colorado 21, Maryland 12 Clemons 2-18, Flowers 1-1 THE Notre Dame vs. Michigan State OBSERVER Monday, September 20, 1999

JOHN DAIL Y!The Observer Wide receiver Bobby Brown makes an acrobatic touchdown catch in the second half to tie the game, 7-7. It was the only Irish touchdown of the game. Brown finished with three catches for 31 yards. Irish can't catch Spartans

Notre Dame dropped its third straight game to Michigan State for the

first time since 196:~. The Irish now stand 1-3 on the season and 0-3 against Big Ten opponents. The loss also snapped NotrP Dame's 1 0-game home winning streak. The Irish now have two weeks to prepare for a · home game with Oklahoma. With head coar.h Bob Davie under fire from fans and the Irish faithful hungry for a win, the game against the Sooners can't come soon enough for the Irish playPrs.

KEVIN DALUM!The Observer ERNESTO LACAYO!The Observer Safety Deke Cooper tries to recover on defense as Michigan State flanker Gari Senior Raki Nelson pulls down a 45-yard catch in the third quarter of Scott goes up for a catch. Scott dropped the pass from Bill Burke. Saturday's 23-13 loss to Michigan State.

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