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Thursday, September 4, 1997 • Vol. XXXI No.9 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'

he cost of • SECURITY BEAT 'room and T board' at Notre Dame is the Police: Three same for each stu­ dent, regardless of the different ameni­ men abducted ties present in each dorm. Pictured Below: ND freshman The flat rate buys many Morrissey res­ idents the right to a By HEATHER COCKS small room that can News Editor fit a couch - at the expense of floor A Notre Dame student was abducted space. Tuesday night when three men allegedly Pictured Left: Some forced her into a car near Hesburgh Farley Hall resi­ Library, according to Notre Dame dents have enough Security/Police. space to create a The female student, a freshman, was mini-living room. walking along St. Joseph Drive at approx­ imately 9 p.m. The street runs toward Douglas Road from Decio Hall, passing the library and North Dining Hall. She told police that a male voice called her name from a nearby vehicle. As she On-campus life: approached, one occupant got out and pulled her inside the car, according to director of Security Rex Rakow. "We don't know what went on while Is the price right? she was inside the car," he said. "We're in the process of interviewing her fur­ ND rooms have the same price ther." A short time later, the occupants released the student on the south side of tag, even if they're worlds apart campus. Rakow said police have not established the length of time she was By MICHELLE KRUPA fees for room and board: held in the car. Associate News Editor $2,480 to $2,530 per semester. Police are searching for three suspects "The only changeable part of Some dorm residents sweat the rate has to do with the uncomfortably during the local telephone charges," said warm weeks of school while Jennifer Gooley, undergradu­ others enjoy the comfort of air­ ate housing clerk. "The fees conditioning. are different if there are one, Some have to trek across two or four people in the room campus to do their laundry who will use the phone." while others simply walk to Aside from that minimal their dorms' facilities. Some fluctuation, all on-campus stu­ have meetings in huge social dents are billed the same ~;~'.·-. / areas, others in dark, dingy amount, but receive different e Student was walking along St. basements. ~v· Joseph Drive when she was allegedly if But all pay nearly the same see DORMS/ page 4 forced into the vehicle •

• STUDENT SENATE • TECHNOLOGY BEAT } Senate focuses on Grant guarantees fast networks old business, duties ND Internet will become more By DEREK BETCHER However, neither Hambright Associate News Editor nor student government lead­ efficient in future ers anticipate any problems. Student Senate opened the "Right now Lee is our assis­ By LAURA PETELLE fall semester slowly by review­ tant controller and he's going News Writer ing duties, procedures and old to be our controller until you business in last night's meet­ guys tell us he can't be," stu­ The National Science ing. dent body president Matt Foundation (NSF) recently "We've got Griffin told the senate. awarded Notre Dame a an ambi­ The issue is clouded by $350,000 grant for the further tious group uncertainty of whether the development of the University's of people," senate should have voted to Internet capabilities. senate confirm Hambright last spring. The grants were awarded to chairman "The first thing we need to 35 major research universities, including Notre Dame, to con­ The new Notre Dame Internet connection: Erek Nass do is decide who is going to NO's new DS-3 cable willtransmit44.5 Mbps. said after interpret the constitution and nect to the NSF's Very High 38.5 Mbps will be dedicated to ND research the meeting. Nass decide what it means. This Performance Backbone "It's good probably won't be an isolated Network Service (vBNS) and efforts and 6 Mbps to the "commodity" that these details come up incident," Alumni senator Bob brings the country another Internet, or the Internet services used by the now." Chapski said. small step clo·ser to Internet2, a average consumer. newer, higher-speed version of A con!1ict of interest discus­ Also, senate members exten­ The grant will allow Notre the six research teams that sion followed opening reports, sively discussed whether they the Internet. While Notre Dame's Internet Dame to connect to its Chicago helped Notre Dame get the and senate members turned would sign a petition circulat­ server with a DS-3 cable, grant. their attention to a constitu­ ing which would call on the services have not been up to par up to this point, according which tranfers data at a speed Keeping the current six Mbps tionality issue left over from University to reconsider its of 44.5 megabits per second for students will still allow stu­ last spring. Lee Hambright "Spirit of Inclusion" decision to Larry Rapagnani, assistant provost for Information (Mbps), compared to the cur­ dents to see a jump in transmit currently serves as Hall not to include sexual orienta­ rent four Tls which each speed, because the research Presidents' Council treasurer tion in Notre Dame's non-di5f, Technologies, this grant will allow Notre Dame to leapfrog transmit 1.544 Mbps. The DS- projects, which transmit huge and student government assis­ crimination clause. · 3 cable will be partitioned, amounts of data, will no longer tant controller, and the senate Most members declined to ahead of the curve and become a leader in Internet services. keeping six Mbps for the stu­ be on the same bandwidth. ethics committee has decided sign because they felt the dents, about the same capacity The partition can be moved as that holding those two posi­ wording, composed by the "We'll be one of the front- running institutions," as is currently in use, and demand requires. tions represents a conflict of College Democrats, was mis­ using the other 38.5 Mbps for interests. leading. Rapagnani said. see INTERNETI page 4 ~~------~-

page 2 The Observer· INSIDE Thursday, September 4, 1997 • INSIDE COLUMN • WORLD AT A GLANCE Diana's funeral procession route extended for mourners Anything you palace officials said. LONDON Princess Diana's funeral • The route to Westminster Fearing that mourners could r. ·. · Abbey has been extended "It is important there is a be crushed in the throng, \~FinchleyRoadl • Huge TV screens will be set up in Hyde Park longer route so we can have as \\'ant to kno\V Buckingham Palace decided -rowostmtn$1er • Loudspeakers will relay many people able to partic­ Wednesday to more than triple -To A/thorp Hall Regents Park the service to crowds outside the abbey ipate," said Prime Minister the length of the route for Tony Blair, who spoke by tele­ I don't mind talking Princess Diana's funeral pro­ phone Wednesday to Diana's about myself. I'm an cession through London. ex-husband, Prince Charles. honest, easygoing per­ The royal family said it was The funeral proceedings at son, and I'll tell you any­ "deeply touched" by the public Westminster Abbey will be thing you want to know. outpouring of grief over the shown live on two giant TV However, I resent the princess's death in a high-speed screens - about 16 feet high medium into which I car crash in Paris early Sunday. and 22 feet wide - in Hyde have lately been forced The coffin, borne aboard a Park. Diana's coffin then will to describe myself: one gun carriage. will leave travel a 77-mile route to the side of an 8 1/2 by 11 Allison Koenig Saturday from Diana's princess's home village for bur­ piece of paper. Saint Mary's News Editor Kensington Palace home ial. Some call it a resume. instead of St. James's Palace as Diana's coffin will be taken I call it a farce. first planned, adding 2 1/2 from St. James's Palace to I probably should have commenced work miles to the original one-mile Kensington Palace on Friday on this document long before the fall of my route. to Westminster Abbey, night. senior year in college. I should have known better than to procrastinate on the one item that will magically bring me a fulfilling and Kevorkian assists 48th suicide Study: Three cheers for menopause successful career. BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. BOSTON I understand the purpose of a resume; it Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted in the Menopause, with its stereotypical hot flashes, mood will give my prospective employers a general swings and night sweats, has long been viewed as a idea of my previous work experience, my suicide Wednesday of a Pennsylvania woman with ovarian cancer at a motel dreaded time in a woman's life. But 52 percent of skills, my education level. American women aged 45 to 60 told a national survey That is, if I'm honest. Every human being here, his lawyer said. Attorney Geoffrey Fieger said Carol Fox was in that they consider menopause the beginning of a new knows how to use multi-syllabic language to her 50s. He did not know where in and fulfilling stage. The study by The Gallup turn a simple phrase or experience into a concept of earth-shattering proportions. A Pennsylvania she was from. "She was Organization also found that 79 percent of menopausal and postmenopausal women would advise others to summer of life-guarding could be described, in tremendous pain and she did not for a biology major, as field research on the wish to suffer any more," Fieger told approach the change with a positive attitude. The effects of solar propensity on complex cell WWJ-AM. "No amount of painkillers could alleviate the results, to be presented Thursday at a meeting here of cancer." An officer who answered the phone at the the North American Menopause Society, are surprising forms. Or, for a business major, life-guarding Bloomfield Township police department Wednesday - even to some gynecologists. "I think that American might be summed up as an internship in col­ evening confirmed that police were investigating a suspi­ women have a lot of common sense and that they're rec­ laborative human management. ognizing that menopause is a milestone," said Dr. Wulf The more b.s., the more qualified I sound. cious death at the Quality Inn. She declined to provide further details. Authorities burst into the same motel last Utian, executive director of the Cleveland-based Luckily, I have perfected the use of b.s. into September while Kevorkian was meeting with Isabel menopause society. The study, which surveyed a repre­ an art. Correa, 60, of Fresno, Calif. She died in the presence of sentative sample of 750 American women, has a margin Regardless of my b.s. talents, I do not like Kevorkian the next day. Fieger said a note was left with of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Eight in 10 the idea of cramming 21 years of living onto Ms. Fox's body, as has been Kevorkian's practice in women surveyed expressed relief about their menstrual one piece of paper under a multitude of cate­ recent assisted suicides. Fieger said Ms. Fox's family had periods stopping as a result of menopause. What was gories that, ultimately, do not tell you any­ accompanied her to Michigan and had already returned once a taboo subject is now discussed among mothers, thing about WHO I AM. to Pennsylvania. He said he has been retained by her daughters, sisters and friends. Twenty years ago, Woods I realize that there are a number of things that do not need to appear on my resume. My family. Ms. Fox's death brings the number of deaths said, few articles or books on the subject could be found. Kevorkian has acknowledged attending to 48, although Now, menopause is a popular topic, even on the prospective employers do not need to hear Fieger said last month that Kevorkian had attended Internet. For most women, menopause occurs between about my love of skinny-dipping, my broth­ er's 17th birthday at Bridget's, or my near­ "nearly 100" deaths. the ages of 45 and 55, with the median age at 51.3 suspension from school in the seventh grade. It isn't an autobiography. Cost to become citizen may rise Soybeans shoot up at CBOT But there are things about me that I would like them to know, aspects of my personality WASHINGTON CHICAGO The cost of becoming a U.S. citizen would more than Soybeans futures prices rose sharply Wednesday on that somehow do not fit under the heading of "hobbies." double under a draft Clinton administration proposal the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) as unusually cool Anyone can declare reading as a hobby or that is drawing fire from advocates for immigrants. The temperatures threatened to slow crop growth and boost Immigration and Naturalization Service has forwarded feed demand. Grain futures prices were mostly lower. interest. I want my employers to know that I LOVE to read ... novels and newspapers. Not to the Justice Department a plan to raise a range of fees, Soybean futures gained amid forecasts calling for tem­ those trashy women's magazines or comic including hiking the current $95 citizenship application peratures in several Midwestern growing regions to dip books. to $200 or more. The Justice Department, the INS parent into the 40s overnight, followed by cool daytime temper­ I want my employers to know that I love agency, has yet to approve the proposal, which would atures. While the cold spell is expected to last only a few exotic food and am willing to try anything. I have to undergo a public comment period before it could more days, it may slow the crop's maturation enough to want them to know that I am happiest when take effect. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., chairman of the leave soybeans vulnerable to an early frost, said Daniel I'm busy or on a road trip to anywhere, that Congressional Hispanic Caucus' immigration task force, Markey at AgriAnalysis agricultural consulting firm. "It's only early September and there's already worry about my family is the most important priority in denounced the proposed fee increases. He said the INS my life, and that I will spend most of my dis­ has no business increasing fees paid by the public when cold weather," Markey said. "Cold weather has an effect posable income on professional back mas­ agency backlogs are causing applicants to wait two or on the crops, and it also means animals are going to sages and camping gear. more years in some cases to become citizens. The INS need to be fed more to keep up their energy, which cuts I want them to know that mowing the lawn has been struggling to cope with an explosion in natural­ into supply." The U.S. Agriculture Department on is my favorite household chore and that I ization applications prompted chiefly by immigration Tuesday reinforced speculation the crop is not doing as consider makeup to be a curse. I want them and welfare law changes. A record 1.8 million applica­ well as expected. The agency reported crops in good to to understand that a work week of less than tions are expected this year- up from 300,000 just five excellent condition rose only 1 percentage point to 61 60 hours will be the most refreshing thing to years ago. percent. happen to me since I began college. I want them to know me. For as well as I can play with words and glamorize my expe­ riences, I'd rather not. I'm an honest person. • SOUTH BEND WEATHER • NATIONAL WEATHER I'll tell you anything you want to know. 5 Day South Bend Forcast The AccuWeatherforecast for noon, Thursday, Sept. 4. AccuWeather® forecast for daytime conditions and high temperature!-.

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ByTIMLOGAN Cuban scholars to PUC Madre y The new center, dedicated to a.m. every day and close at the field in the northeast cor­ News Writer Maestra to discuss the issues of ner of University Village Father Paul Beichner, a for­ midnight. The front door is the nation with the students. keyed to conform to the apart­ Married Student Housing stood mer director of graduate stud­ After their initial study of ment keys so that every resi­ The Department of undeveloped and overgrown. ies, contains a computer room, International Study Programs Cuba, the students will fly to the Now, the 132 families living in children's playroom, kitchen, dent can access the front lobby has added a Spanish-language island for an 11-day tour, visit­ the complex on Cripe Street dining room, meeting room during those times. Caribbean program to the list of ing a number of cities before "In the lobby, we have mail­ and Douglas Road have a and chapel. study abroad they return home. boxes," Haas said. "Our brand new community opportunities This is the only Cuban study residents do have to center on that field cour­ available to program offered in the United still go to Notre Dame's tesy of the University Notre Dame States which visits Cuba while Board of Trustees. post office to pick up students. remaining independent of the their mail, but if they "The old one was in a The pro- state-run University of Havana. ever decide to bring the house on Cripe Street gram, being "We were not entirely satisfied that Father David mail to the housing offered this with what was offered by the complex, the boxes will Burrell lived in," said pie purposes.' spring, will University of Havana," John Dillon, director of Cynthia Haas be here. give under- Bogenschild Bogenschild said. programming for "In addition to the Manager, University Village boxes we have a bul- graduates the To alleviate some of the possi­ Campus Ministry. "The------­ opportunity to study and travel ble logistical problems, associate center was pretty much letin board that is used in Puerto Rico, the Dominican professor of anthropology Martin by Campus Ministry," she con­ just his living room. It was "The old center was just one Republic and Cuba. Murphy, the program's academ­ tinued. "They have to put up useful. but something bigger big room that couldn't meet Students will take five classes, ic advisor, will spend most of the was needed. the needs of the people who their fliers in all the buildings each for three credits, dealing fall semester in the Dominican "Students made various pro­ live here," said Cynthia Haas, now. Hopefully this board will with social, historical, cultural Republic and Puerto Rico work­ become a center for posals through the Graduate manager of University Village. and religious aspects of the ing out the logistics of the pro­ Student Union and Campus "This new one has multiple announcements." Hispanic Caribbean. gram. He will be the only Notre Haas reserves the separate Ministry," he continued. purposes. We can hold two Studying and living in the Dame professor to accompany rooms to residents of the com­ "The idea for a new commu­ parties at once with both using three countries, which share the students during their travels. plex nity center was placed on the the kitchen. The playroom at their request. "So far it similar backgrounds but main­ "The program represents a has been used a whole lot," proposal list for new building doors can be closed, making it tain distinctive forms of govern­ unique study abroad opportuni­ projects far the Board of completely self contained. she said. "It will be picking up ment, will hopefully "get people ty," said Murphy, who first pro­ Trustees. The project was "The library has two com­ as people get here and realize thinking about the Hispanic posed the trip. approved last year. puters with Internet access. that they can use it." Caribbean in comparative "The three countries exhibit terms," said Thomas similar cultural traditions, colo­ Bogenschild, director of nial histories and ethnic and International Study Programs. racial compositions, yet they Students will attend the have taken different courses in Universidad del Sagrado their political and economic Corozon in San Juan, Puerto organization." Rico, for the first month of the Bogenschild called the trip "an program. While in San Juan, exciting new direction for the students' coursework will international programs, and one focus mainly on Puerto Rican that responds to faculty initia­ issues. tives." After leaving San Juan, the For those who are tempted by students will spend 10 weeks at the idea of spending the winter the Pontificia Universidad months studying in the Catolica (PUC) Madre y Maestra Caribbean, Bogenschild warned in Santiago, Dominican about the academics of the pro­ Republic, focusing on local gram. issues for their first five weeks of "This is definitely not a beach study. trip. We'll have a very intense, For the second month in challenging program," he said. Santiago, the program's focus The trip is designed for stu­ will shift to Cuba, bringing dents majoring in the social sci­ ences, but any student proficient in Spanish is eligible to apply; 12 applicants will be selected for Come to the Huddle at 8pm on the trip this year. An informational session will be held on Sept. 17, and applica­ Thursday to sign yourself up. tions are due Oct. 1.

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Informational Meeting When: Sunday, Questions??? September 7 ; Where: Montgomery Theater in LaFortune Call # 1-7757 Time: 7:00 pm Safe Ride Training Session llrj]J Thursday 4-6 pm 'l5 Your D . b TJ~e , .l.\efres}] T S L . Student Government Office , 1JJ.e1Jts ,... Jcellse . rrov· 2nd Floor La Fortune Jded page 4 The Observer • CAMPUS NEWS Thursday, September 4, 1997 makes me feel lucky that a older building and $3,860 in a including Northwestern computer just spit my name out newer one, according to University, the University of Dorms and now I have this new furni­ Skilbeck, and students can Internet Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Argon continued from page 1 ture and these older dorms apply to Jive in any building of continued from page 1 have really old showers and their choice regardless of year Laboratories, Fermi amenities depending on the laundry facilities," Peak said. in school. The six researches who Laboritories, the University of dorm in which they reside. Most Notre Dame students Similar circumstances exist at helped Notre Dame win the Minnesota, the University of Michigan, and the University of For instance, the men from take whatever they are handed, Indiana University in NSF grant were Bruce Bunker Alumni Hall must walk across but o-ther universities' policies Bloomington. in physics and the Advanced Wisconsin. campus to nearby women's charge students specific rates "Students can ask for whatev­ Photon Source project; John Notre Dame currently has about 10,000 computers con­ dorms or LaFortune to wash er kind of room they want, but LoSecco in physics and the High nected to its network, almost their clothes, but men from should expect to encounter a Energy Physics Group; David Keough and O'Neill Halls sim­ wide variety of room rates Bennett in physics and the 4,000 in the residence halls and 6,000 elsewhere on campus. ply go to their first floor laun­ depending on air-conditioning, MAssive Compact Halo Objects age of building, type of room, (MACHO) astrophysics project; "We're upgrading the entire dry rooms. thing," Rapagnani said. The "Laundry is what most people latest instance of renovation Joannes Westerink in engineer­ complain about," Alumni and size," said Buck Walters, ing with his hydrodynamic com­ campus backbone network will sophomore Marc Glasstetter director of IU's programmed putations in continental margin be upgraded from 200 Mbps to said. "At the beginning of [last] housing. waters; Hafiz Atassi in aero­ 1,000 Mbps in the summer of year I was a little peeved, but These schools allow freshmen space and mechanical engi­ 1998 to help support the faster you get used to it. You don't as well as returning students neering and his NSF-funded Internet connection. know any different. You put up ····really old the decision of where they want Grand Challenge Project, a The award was given to Notre with what you're dealt - it to live, whereas Notre Dame numerical laboratory for multi­ Dame as a recognition of the showers and laundry "entire package," according to builds character." students are placed into dorms model and multi-domain com­ This sentiment seems to exist facilities.' arbitrarily. putational methods in aerody­ Rapagnani. in others dorms where facilities "The only concerns as to namics; and Andrew He said that NSF looked at Kathy Peak Notre Dame's networking strat­ are not comparable to others', requests we have are for handi­ Lumsdaine in computer sci­ according to Morrissey junior capped students and those who ence, who is studying high per­ egy and architechture, the Mark Low. for the different amenities they prefer to smoke. If a student formance parallel computing. quality of the research projects "At Morrissey, we wanted receive. requests a dorm, they get a let­ The researchers will be con­ being conducted, and the ser­ more social and living and At Northwestern University in ter saying, 'Sorry, we don't do nected to the Metropolitan vices provided to the students. study space. The new dorms Evanston, Ill., students can that,"' Gooley said. Research and Education "The primary benficiaries of have these huge lobbies and chose from 37 residence halls Notre Dame students seem Network (MREN) in Chicago this [upgrade] are the kids," before [this summer's) renova­ and pay according to the type content with their living with several peer institutions, Rapagnani said. tion, we had a room that was of room and dorm they choose. arrangements, though inconsis­ dark and cramped with some "Singles, of course, are more tencies do exist. According to type of sludge material growing expensive," said Hillary Low, community is more on it in the basement," Low Skilbeck of Northwestern's important than a roof and said. undergraduate housing office. walls. "Morrissey might not be Kathy Peak, a Welsh Hall "The newer dorms have new physically as nice as the 'hotels' junior, feels lucky to have been furniture, air-conditioning and they built over on West Quad, placed into a new dorm after carpet, so those are more but I know that the guys are comparing her amenities with expensive as well." really happy. The physical those of older women's dorms. An average double at NU, for structure of the building is not "It's kind of weird, but it example, costs $3,582 in an what matters," he said.

girl alleged that she was "We're checking with all our dragged into the car by a officers that staff the gates, and Security Caucasian man aged 19-21, looking very closely at the infor­ continued from page 1 5'8" tall and well-built. mation we have," Rakow said. Rakow said police are also try­ "We're carefully pursuing this." based on details provided by the ing to locate the vehicle, which He encouraged students with student. Two are described as the girl said is a mid-size with any relevant information to con­ black men, 23-24 years old and four doors. She could not specify tact Notre Dame Security/Police approximately 200 pounds. The the color, make, or model. at 631-5555.

ResNet Installation Update •

During the past two weeks, over 2,000 student computers have been Installation Fairs connected to ResNet. The Office of Information Technologies (OIT) If you need assistance getting your computer connected to ResNet, staff and Resident Computer Consultants (RCCs) are working we encourage you to take it to the Installation Fairs at the following diligently to help those who need assistance. Unfortunately, the locations. If you have a desktop computer, bring only your CPU. For current demand far exceeds our ability to perform timely installations, laptops, bring your carrying case, power supply, and external floppy and we apologize for any delays you might be experiencing due to the drive or removable internal floppy drive. backlog. We will continue to service installations as quickly as possible. Because of the high demand for installations, we must LaFortune Student Center, Room 16 (Computer Ouster) prioritize the schedule for ResNet installations as follows: DeBartolo Hall Interaction Area, Room 133A (lounge adjacent to Computer Ouster) 1. Computers purchased from the Notre Dame Computer Store this year. Thursday, September 4 10am-8pm Friday, September S lOam-Spm 2. Hardware of the same brands and models sold by the Notre Dame Computer Store which meet the recommendations Extended Installation Fair Dates published in the Back to School brochure. These computers Because of the large number of computers still needing installation, include Apple, Dell (except for Dimension), or IBM (except for Aptiva). The recommended configurations can be found we have made arrangements to extend the ResNet Installation Fair at the DeBartolo site only. The hours are: on the Web at www.nd.edu/ .. resnet/hwrec.html Monday, September 8 10am-8pm 3. All other hardware models which meet recommended configurations. However, as published in the Back-to-School Tuesday, September 9 10am-8pm brochure, we cannot guarantee that computers in this Wednesday, September 10 lOam-Spm category can successfully connect to ResNet. The recom­ (no computer accepted after 12 noon on Wednesday) mended configurations can be found on the Web at www.nd.edu/ .. resnet/hwrec.html Other Options for You • Install ResNet yourself. Pick up the ResNet installation materials at In-room Installations the OIT Help Desk (111 CCMB), or get a copy from the Fair sites. At this time, in-room installations are only being scheduled for • If you have Windows 95 and you have trouble connecting, see the desktop computers in the first and second priorities listed above. special document W2624 ResNet Troubleshooting Tips for Windows 95, available at the Installation Fairs, the OIT Help Desk, or from your RCC.

• Call the OIT Help Desk at 631-8111 or call the ResNet Help Line at 631-7610 and request an RCC follow-up. We will answer your questions as quickly as possible, but you might have to wait 2-3 weeks after the Installation Fairs have concluded before an RCC can schedule an appointment. Thursday, September 4, 1997 The Observer • NEWS • SAINT MARY's SECURITY BEAT SMC Security encourages safety By P. COLLEEN NUGENT students get into a situation The officers will send a taxi Saint Mary's Associate News Editor where help is needed on cam­ with the fare covered by secu­ pus, they should use the emer­ rity funds, or, if the situation For many students in South gency telephones located is one of immediate danger, Bend, weekends are com­ along the road from Notre they will send an officer to the prised of one party after Dame to Saint Mary's. The student's location. another. They cram them­ phones will directly link them "Saint Mary's students are selves into one room, with the to the campus Security office. encouraged to maintain and bass pumping on the stereo "There is always safety in keep their community a safe and the alcohol flowing freely, numbers," Chlebek said, "and environment through their to celebrate the freedom of when going places, students cooperation," said Chlebek. the weekend. And after the should always make sure that Forms of transportation parties, one way or another, they have a ride, especially if such as the United Limo shut­ students must get home. the destination is not in a tle bus or cars are a safe way "Students need to take familiar area." of getting from campus to responsibility for their own If a student is stranded off campus. safety," said Richard Chlebek, campus in an area of ques­ "We are not going to refuse the director of Saint Mary's tionable safety and has no to assist a student," Chlebek College Security. money with her to pay for a said, emphasizing that there is According to Chlebek, if taxi, she can call Saint Mary's no need for a student to hesi­ Notre Dame or Saint Mary's Security at 284-5000 for help. tate to call Security.

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Associated Press searches turned up nothing. edgeable source." In a statement, Ramsey attor­ tions will result in the immedi­ Police have made no arrests Vanity Fair quoted "an inves­ ney Hal Haddon called the ate execution of your daugh­ DENVER in the case. Investigators have tigator closely involved with the Vanity Fair article "tabloid ter," the note said. "You will JonBenet Ramsey's mother said John Ramsey has been testing of the ransom note" as trash." He said publication of also be denied her remains for gave police conflicting accounts ruled out as a writer of the saying of the 7 4 samples sub­ the ransom note - which proper burial." of the morning she said she note, but not Mrs. Ramsey. mitted for testing, "Patsy's Boulder officials refused to "You are not the only fat cat found a ransom note. according Vanity Fair cited a police handwriting was the only one allow the Ramseys to releas.e - around so don't think that to Vanity Fair magazine. report written by Boulder that set off alarm bells." "warrants criminal and disci­ killing will be difficult. Don't The upcoming issue also policeman Richard French who The magazine also quoted a plinary investigations." underestimate us, John. Use reports that only Patricia said Mrs. Ramsey told him at Colorado Bureau of According to the transcript that good, southern common Ramsey's handwriting, out of first that she had gone into Investigation report: "There provided by Vanity Fair, the sense of yours. It's up to you 74 tested, "set off alarm bells" JonBenet's room at about 5:45 are indications that the author ransom note instructed now, John," the note also said. and that affidavits for arrest a.m. to wake her up, and find­ of the ransom note is Patricia JonBenet's father, to take an The ransom note ended with, warrants for JonBenet's par­ ing the room empty, went down Ramsey, but the evidence falls "adequate size attache to the "Victory! S.B.T.C." There has ents have been ready since the spiral back stairs where she short to support that definitive bank" to pick up $118,000. It been speculation the initials, May. discovered the note. conclusion." said he would be called at previously disclosed, could be a The magazine's October issue French said Mrs. Ramsey Published reports have home between 8 a.m. and 10 reference to the Subic Bay also includes a transcript of the later told him she found the described various aspects of the a.m. and told how to deliver the training center in the ransom note. note on the spiral back stairs note, including that it was pur­ money. No call was received. Philippines, where Ramsey was Six-year-old JonBenet's body when she went down to make portedly from a foreign group "Any deviation of my instruc- in the Navy. was discovered in the basement coffee, then ran to JonBenet's and that it asked for $118,000. of her Boulder home on Dec. room, according to the maga­ The only known copies were 26. eight hours after Mrs. zine. The magazine provided in the hands of the Boulder dis­ Ramsey said she found the media outlets Wednesday with trict attorney's office, the police note. John Ramsey found his advance copies of the story and department and the Ramseys' daughter's beaten and stran­ said the transcript of the ran­ lawyers. They all denied pro­ gled body after initial police som note came from a "know!- viding the note to Vanity Fair.

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approved. i < •· ·••· Meanwhile; a Senate com" mittee continued heartngs Wednesday on the prop(lsed $368 billion settlement of state health-related smoking lawsuits despite growing.sen~ timent that Congress vvUI put· j Thursday, September 4, 1997 The Observer • INTERNATIONAL NEWS i j • CAMBODIA l Three survivors found in airplane crash By ROBIN McDOWELL The boy initially had been tary of state for information, Associated Press Writer the only known survivor, at the said Cambodia would seek capital's main hospital, investigative help from foreign PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Calmette. But Cambodian technical experts. A Thai toddler and two other leader Hun Sen announced AP photographer David people survived when a that there were two other sur­ Longstreath, waiting at the air­ Vietnam Airlines plane carrying vivors at another hospital. port to catch another flight, 66 people crashed Wednesday Further information about said he heard the normal sound on approach to Phnom Penh's them was not immediately of a plane on approach and airport, skidding through a dry available. then the high rev of engines rice paddy before exploding. Hun Sen visited the Calmette trying to regain altitude. Bodies scattered. and hun­ hospital while 49 bodies cov­ "There was a red ball of fire dreds of people rushed to the ered with white sheets were followed by a huge plume of area a half-mile south of the unloaded from trucks. Workers black smoke," Longstreath runway - to pick the pockets were to try to recover the rest said. of the dead, steal luggage or of the bodies Thursday, which Bodies from the crash were make off with pieces of wreck­ was declared a national day of strewn around the fire-black­ age. Some police oflicers joined mourning. ened wreckage. Looting began in until others chased off the "It's big tragedy, an acci­ almost immediately, looters. No arrests were report­ dent," Hun Sen said, saying Longstreath said. ed. that the crash was caused by Vietnam Airlines officials in Relatives expecting loved weather and "not by terror­ Ho Chi Minh City said the plane ones on the flight from Ho Chi ists." was carrying six crew and 60 Minh City rushed to the site. A The Tupolev 134 was passengers. Airline oflicials did Cambodian man surveying the approaching the Pochentong not have a detailed passenger carnage wept, saying: "My International Airport runway list. brother! My brother's supposed from the east at about 2,000 The U.S., Australian and to be here." feet when the control tower Canadian embassies said none The Soviet-built Tupolev 134 ordered the pilot to attempt an of their nationals were believed crashed during a rainstorm; the approach from the west. to be on board. cause was under investigation. Tith Chantha, chief of the Vietnam Airlines was one of Cambodian leader Hun Sen control tower, said the crew the first carriers to resume ser­ said the dead included 22 lost communication with the vice to Phnom Penh after the Taiwanese, 21 South Koreans, tower, and three minutes later airport was damaged and loot­ eight Chinese, four the plane was diving into palm ed during a July coup by troops Cambodians, two Vietnamese, trees. It leveled trees and bam­ loyal to Cambodian leader Hun one Japanese, one Australian boo stands, killed a tethered Sen. The tower was stripped of and one "European." River cow and slid 200 yards in a dry equipment, which was hastily Delta Nationalities of the rest were rice paddy before exploding replaced. ,,'I unknown. and skidding to a fiery stop. The twin-engine, medium­ ,, The Thai boy, 1-year-old ~sl Rescue workers pulled bod­ range Tu-134 was designed in Chanayuth Nim-Anong, sur­ 50km ' ies from the flames, which the 1960s, Vietnam Airlines vived the crash with a broken burned for more than an hour. oflicials said. leg and was hospitalized in sta­ when the plane crashed and Rain had flooded the narrow The plane still is widely used ble condition. His mother, a exploded. He rushed to the site. dirt road into the site, delaying in Russia and other countries Chinese national, died in the "There were so many people, fire trucks. with ties to the former Soviet crash. and I saw someone carrying my At least three people - two Union. The boy's father, Niphon boy," Niphon told The men and a 4-year-old boy - Once a mainstay in the Nim-Anong, 40, a businessman Associated Press. "I saw it was survived the initial crash, but Vietnam Airlines fleet, it mostly from the Thai coastal resort of my son and brought him to the died later from their injuries. has been replaced by Western Pattaya, was awaiting the flight hospital." Khieu Kanharith, the secre- aircraft.

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The truth of what really happened in been hounded by these so-called see them. If the death of Princess Diana in Paris last paparazzi. The driver of the Mercedes, tabloids are rec­ weekend is still being sorted out as the who it appears also bears a great deal of ognizing signifi­ days since the tragedy pass. As the the responsibility for the accident, was cant profit from authorities investigating the deadly acci­ not Diana's regular driver. The normal the publication dent continue their work, one can only chauffeur had been dispatched earlier in of such photos, hope that the story of the princess' the evening in a separate direction in an it follows that a death will not evolve into the same kind effort to divert as many photographers significant num­ of tabloid tale that the rest of her short as possible. As yet unconfirmed reports ber of individu­ life did. Yet, I for one have to believe indicate photographers on motorcycles als are shelling that those who couldn't get enough of may have been involved in causing the out money for her private life for the past decade and a accident and, worst of all, that as the them. The fact half probably won't be able to get first ones on the scene of the accident is that the suc­ enough of its abrupt end. they proceeded to snap pictures rather cess of the sen­ So I'm bracing myself for the overload than assist the injured. Allegedly, they sationalistic went so far as to inhibit rescue workers media, both in who were obstructing their photography our country and Despicable behavior, indeed. And the around the· reaction around the world has been world, is repre­ quick and angry. Throughout Europe sentative of a Scott and here in our own country these pho­ disturbing and tographers have been widely significant pub­ denounced. Graffiti near the scene of the lic interest and support. short, we ourselves are giving rise to a Cullen accident in Paris accuses them of being For whatever reason, many people in media more inclined to entertain than to "cowardly murderers." No doubt, they society feel the need to live vicariously inform. Along the way we are making appear to be ideal scapegoats. through the ups and downs {more often life a living hell for those who we chose But if we look deeper into the what than not the downs) of public figures to anoint as either our heroes or villains. motivates these very reporters and pho­ who have had their private lives taken The tragic deaths of Diana and her of probing insights into the reaction of tographers who the world is now scram­ away from them. A large segment, escorts in Paris bring into plain view the the royal family, the reports of her final bling to blame and vilify, a disturbing though certainly not all, of the television issue of sensationalistic media and its hours with her boyfriend, and worst of truth comes to light. In fact, the photog­ and print media profit from this unfortu­ negative effects both on the journalistic all, the heartfelt, adoring retrospective raphers who rbased that Mercedes into nate fact. And why not? They stand to profession and the individuals who are biographies by the very programs and the tunnel are part of a bigger system of make a healthy sum from it. Meanwhile, its focus. It is an extraordinary case in publications which served to make that tabloid media which thrives worldwide. newsworthy stories of little public inter­ that it turns the spotlight on the very life at times so painful. But with many They were chasing Diana around for the est are given lesser notice. Those who institution that will cover it. This inci­ high profile tabloid news stories, same reason that they chase all celebri­ watch "Hard Copy" and read the dent should serve as a wake up call to beneath all of the sensationalism there ties - exclusive photographs of certain National Enquirer know all about Frank the public and cause us to reexamine lie real issues that ought to be exam­ individuals can bring about extraordi­ Gifford's latest exploits. It's less likely our televised and print media as they ined. In this case, the horrific death of nary paychecks. This is because publish­ that they're up to speed on the exist today, specifically on what we three people in Paris brings about the ers and producers benefit from sizable Congressional budget deal or peace desire and demand from those who question of how the tabloid media increases in circulation and audience negotiations in the Holy Land. cover our world. Hopefully this issue around the world have been allowed to when they feature such photos. Thus, Finally, in some situations, a high pro­ won't be overshadowed by a glut of reach their current status and who while it is right to find fault with the file story brings to light legitimate issues insincere remembrances and exclusive bears responsibility. photographers' actions, responsibility worthy of consideration, but they are photos from the scene of the crash. Despite early reports, it seems that the does not end with them. overshadowed by the public's desire for freelance photographers chasing We are the ones who prop up this personal details. For example, the O.J. Scott Cullen is a junior Arts and Diana's Mercedes were among anum­ larger system of mindless media. In our Simpson trial could have sparked a Letters major at Notre Dame. His col­ ber of causes contributing to the fatal world of market economy, price reflects meaningful discussion on the issue of umn appears every other Thursday. crash. Nonetheless, if their reported public demand. If exclusive photos of domestic violence. Instead it produced, The views expressed in this column behavior on the night of the accident Diana, O.J. Simpson, or Liz Taylor are for the most part, graphic murder are those of the author and not neces­ proves to be true, it is deplorable. worth an extraordinary sum of money, it details and speculation into the personal sarily those of The Observer. Throughout the night the couple had is because a great many people wish to lives of the prosecuting attorneys. In

• llOONESBUIW GARRY TRUDEAU • fiUOTE OF THE DAY

"you furnish the pic­ tures, and I'll furnish the war."

-William Randolph Hearst Thursday, September 4, 1997 VIEWPOINT page 11 • AROUND THE WORlD IN A HUNDRED DAYS , •• Traveling through the Far East to a broader world MALAYSIA ing already worked out, showered, and One backpack, four months, 10 coun­ all that? Yep, them too. Between the t­ tries, 27 strangers: Semester Around the shirt guy and granola we have an assort­ World. So, I'm sitting in the plane on ment of people unlikely to be seen togeth­ Aug. 23, bawling. The girl sitting next to er at the dining hall. Yet, each of these me, who I've met a few times, is also differences that have not faded through bawling. Alii could think was: What am each country add to the group dynamics. In turn, this unity dictates the overall experience of the group. It must be fate. The past 12 days have been an over­ load to most every aspect of my life. My mind is a blur of feelings, impressions Juliana and questions. Traveling through Japan, Taiwan, China, Singapore and Malaysia Vodicka has created a never-ending series of sto­ ries and experiences. The most humor­ ous and fun times so far have been attempting to eat. After Japan, where they have pictures on the menu, we've I doing? Who are these people? Why? never known what's for dinner. While in What am I trying to prove? I can still go Taipei, Taiwan, a group of us entered a home. restaurant determined to endure the lan­ After many conversations with myself, guage barrier. After many previous fail­ three planes and 24 hours of travel time, ings the odds were against us. The the 27 complete strangers landed in young girl seated us and immediately Tokyo. It did not take long to lose at least pointed to a sign on the wall covered with a little bit of my initial apprehension. Chinese characters. Chaos. Soon, we richness of life. Those I originaJly felt struggle and questioning all I used to Being surrounded by those who are in were in the kitchen, lifting pots and pans, sorry for soon turned the tables on me. think to be true. Our stay in the Far East the same situation as myself, I fell into and laughing with the girl and the cook. In a free market, where a family's daily is coming to a close. Bali is next, then we the comfort zone created by our distance We finally established "noodle and beef'; food is bought, I witnessed true content­ go on to India. Eventually we will reside from home. for simplicity's sake we all had "noodle ment and beauty. An old man surround­ in Cochin. I must say, at first I was not sure about and beef' - except for two that went it ed by friends playing checkers and laugh­ Though I was nervous at first, those this mix of people. Here I am, hard core alone, only wanting plain rice. They did ing while a woman held her child and fed nerves have all but disappeared. Notre Dame student, dreading the loss of get their rice, covered with minnows, it is what I saw. Not with just my eyes Surrounded by amazing people, seeing a football season and all other aspects of scary fried meat and what we think is though, with my whole self. some of the world's most treasured sites Notre Dame life (absence makes the egg. We are all still alive and better from They d.on't know how "bad" they have and experiencing the beauty of other cul­ heart grow fonder). Also, I'm that girl the experience. I know I could have it. They are ignorant, just as I am. I tures first hand, I'm now confident to say you see with the U-Hall truck moving in, learned a lot from the woman had one of don't know anything past what I live from I'm ready for the next three and a half filled to the brink with all my absolutely us spoken the other's language. Yet, in day to day. My own world of Julie's. months. Bring it on! necessary knickknacks and other such that short time we all connected, lan­ Here my biggest problem is deciding By the way, if any of you are fortunate odds and ends. Who can go a whole guage unnecessary. which pair of jeans to wear and where I enough to know anyone on Semester semester without their pet rock made in From eating to going to see "Big should go out tonight. This world was Around the World, please cut this out and summer camp 10 years ago? Now, one Buddha" as a group, we see many quickly shattered in these past days of save it. They would love it when they are bag that weighs 44 pounds or less. aspects of life on this planet. One day travel. I'm left with nothing. Nothing but back under the Dome. Craziness. But then on this trip we also poverty in Xian, China, and the next the the knowledge and motivation that this have the crunchy granola/tree bugger perfection of Singapore with its clean next semester can be used to rebuild and Juliana Vodicka is a junior English and types. And that guy who has worn the streets and zero percent unemployment shape my world. This time with a larger theology major. Her column appears same t-shirt and shorts for the past two rate. The strange thing, though, is that I vision. every other Thursday. years. He's here too. Why not? It's easy had a hard time writing down "poverty" The world being your classroom is an The views expressed in this column are for him to make bag weight. You know when referring to the people of Xian. overwhelming and exhausting experi­ those of the author and not necessarily those girls that are ready by 8 a.m., hav- There I saw for the first time the true ence. I look forward to my continual those of The Observer.

• lETTERS TO THE EDITOR History of 'The Shirt' Revisited Heather MacKenzie "The Shirt" has been a part of Notre Dame football tradition, uniting the student body in a display Observer staff recently of immense school spirit at the first home game of the season. Although most students wear "The article published (Sept. Shirt," few know the history of the project and how the profits benefit the student body. "The Shirt" the "Inside Column." If began as a Student Union Board endeavor in 1991. The funds generated from the first sales helped don't recall the gist of offset the cost of AnTostal. That year, because of the revenue from "The Shirt," AnTostal brought give you a little recap. &. Blues Traveler to perform on campus. Since its inception, "The Shirt" has grown into a tremendous Basically, she's ranting about project run by a group of Notre Dame students working under the direction of the Office of Student the imperfections of her new Activities. The profits are no longer given just to SUB, but shared with student government, the class­ dorm. McGlinn Hall. Heather .· •····· es, Hall Presidents Council and the many clubs on campus as well. These are the groups that bring after hearing your whining ·· ·· F-U-N to campus by providing concerts, lectures, movies, dances, Late Night Olympics, Sophomore about McGlinn, I have two •.•....•• Literary Festival, and Senior Week, just to name a few. In addition to funding these organizations, a words for you: Morrissey · large portion of the profits are given to charity, usually involving a member of the Notre Dame family. Manor. In the past few years, money has been given to the Rob Adams Fund and to aid the recovery of You want to cry about your Mandy Abdo. In 48 hours we will be beginning a new era in Notre Dame football. Eighty thousand dorm? Let's cry. people will file through the gates of the reconstructed House that Rockne Built. Notre Dame students, Yeah, your doubles are really united in one color, will demonstrate our astounding school pride as well as intimidate Georgia Tech. small - about the size of a typ­ When the football players raise their gold helmets to the student section after our victory, let's guar­ ical freshman quad over here antee they see 10,000 of the best fans in college football sporting "The Shirt." in the real world. I've seen the To all who have already purchased this year's "The Shirt," thank you. If you do not yet own "The doubles in the new dorms - Shirt," hopefully with the understanding that this simple piece of clothing benefits your Notre Dame they are easily larger than experience- both in the enhancement of quality programming and the awesome visual display of what I'm living in, and I'min a school unity at the first home game- you will make a trip to the bookstore. Buy It! triple. A big triple by our · · dards. And let's not get The Executive Cabinet of the Student Union your actual Matt Griffin, Student Body President et space Erek Nass, Student Body Vice President Okay, Andria Wisler, SUB Board Manager air cortditioning Shan nan Ball, SUB Director of Programming Beth Nolan, President, Class of 1998 Frank Law, President, Class of 1999 Walker Candelario, President, Class of 2000 Katie Marchetti, Co-Chair, HPC Mark Fennell, Co-Chair. HPC J en Dovidio, Judicial Council President Tony Siefring, Club Coordinator Stacy O'Brien, CCC Academic Division Representative Brendan Boyle, CCC Athletic Division Representative Jason Leung, CCC Ethnic Division Representative Richard Siefring, CCC Special1nterest Division Representative Mary Gillard, Student Government Chief of Staff John Campbell, Off-Campus President Dave Neville, Off-Campus President Mark Higgins, Student Government Secretary Nerea Arrien, Student Body Treasurer September 3. 1997 • Editors Note: A coupon for $4 offthe purchase of The Shirt with a valid student ID can be found on page 6 in The Observer today . page 12 l'hursday. Seprt"mhcr 4, I <)')7

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rcponem Pal is a five-member French indus­ shards before every song. triaVtechno band with roots dating back to Tremponem Pal differs from the majority of their the mid-80s. Ten years after its inception, counterparts in the fact that the songs actually dif­ Ttheir genre's acceptance has grown to the ferentiate from caeh other. While many of the point that they were signed last year by album's traeks sound repPtitiously similar, some Mercury/Polygram Hecords, the same company who have different rhythms and sampling feels. The owns the rights to 311, OMC, and Hanson. Their lat­ track "l'anornm" takes samples from a brass band est offering, Higher, was produced by KMFDM mas­ and has a distinct "Cops" thenw song fen!. In acldi­ termind Sascha Konietzko. In addition, Treponem tion, I ligher's last track is a cover of "Funky Town" Pal's guitarist, Michel Bassin, played several shows by Lipps Inc. It is certainly the most rocked out with Ministry at Lollapolooza last year, and vocalist cover of a disco song yet to be recorded, even beat­ Marco Neves performed a live set there too as well. ing out Cake's version of "I Will Survive." Their musical ties arc clearly evident. Fierce self­ Howovor, even Tremponom Pal has its limits. described "jungle beats" mesh with highly distorted While this is a woll-mastored, smooth, hard, fast, guitars and sampling to produce a very KMFDM and nonstop industrial CD well worthy of the name feel. Higher, fans of industrial style music like Ministry, The first track, "Henegade," has a minute and a KMFDM, and White Zombie, will lind nothing partic­ half intro that builds layer upon layer of stereo­ ularly new or ex.~eptionally innovative about this phonic groves until the first verse begins. CD. Those who do not appreciate the "future sound Unsurprisingly, the vocals are similar to almost of music" will c11rtainly find little to enjoy about this every hard rock band; a lack of singing ability is bass-intensive dance music. compensated for by screaming into the microphone until it sounds like the lead singer gargles with glass by Dominic Caruso Courtesy of Mercury/Polygram Records

radiohead OK Computer (out of five stars) ince the release of The Bends a few years er, as does the following track, "Lucky," when' ago, Radiohead's popularity has deservedly Yorke's vocals float around and about in that famil­ OK COMPUTER increased; that album was a landmark in iar Radiohead fashion. More energetic pieres are RACIOHI!AD S their career and demonstrated their talent few and far between, leading to the overall impres­ well. As Oasis are currently finding out, the mainte­ sion of an album best suited to late night listrning. nance of success al'ter a huge second album can "Subtnrranean Homesick Alien" offers a slightly prove dil'ficult, and so it is with a certain sense of more rapid paeP, but still nothing likP tlw vieissi­ pleasure, and maybe relief, that Hadiohead's third tudns of The Bonds, and this is perhaps where the release is found to be both enjoyttble and reward­ new release loses somnthing in comparison to its ing. illustrious predncessor. This third album is not Launehed on the back of the single "Paranoid marked by as many of the dramatic contrasts noted Android" and its surrBal video, OK Computer shows last time around, leading to an offering whic:h, a slightly different side of the band; the tortured although very good, does not provide thr same vocals remain, but some of the instant thrust and intensity and captivation as bnl'oro. Perhaps it is too excitement found on The Bends has been replaeed much to nxpect that such a display of brilliance by a more cireumscribed approach. "Paranoid might be sustained, but the good news is that Android" demonstrates this perfectly, a long, vary­ Hadiohead have plenty of inspiration left in them ing single, it echoes some of the very best moments and will no doubt continue to impress us in thP of the previous album whilst simultaneously glanc­ future. ing in the direetion of OK Computer's peculiar char­ acter. Similar things ean be said of "No Surprises," by Julian Elliott a melancholy tune which slowly draws in the listen- Courtesy of Capital Records

attic of love Being You (out of five stars)

n my life, I have tried hard to keep an unbiased revolve around ambiguous referent~es to sex and mind and never judge any thing by its cover. death. Ilis rich usage of certain terms and phrases When I picked up a Copy of Attic Of Love's new (which he loves repeating over and over) manifest Ialbum, Being You, I promised myself I wouldn't why an independent label put a parental advisory allow the band's extremely cheesy name (it sounds on the CD. Not that I have anything against swear­ more like a Barry White CD) or its deathly album ing, but Tisbert's usage is more of a pathetic sleeve from allowing me to form an honest opinion. attempt to attract attention. However after my first listen, I realized the name The album is not entirely bad. I was very and the cover were clear indications of worse things impressed with the acoustic guitar riffs that open to come. many of the album's songs, but just when you've The music of Attic Of Love explores absolutely seen a lighter side to the band, the drums kick in nothing new, simply recycling obvious influences and again Tisbert is all over the microphone with like Helmet and bands of the Seattle music scene his attempt at emulating a tomeat. The traek "Being circa the late 80s/early 90s. The only noticeable dif­ You" has a very odd arrangement with a vocal solo ference with Attic Of Love and the bands it closely starting the song off. Like before, the band joins in models itself after is the presence of a nute, played after a minute, and the song reaehes it climax when by lead singer Andrew Tisbert. On the heavy songs, Tisbert tries to include a traditional Irish flute solo which comprise about 75 percent of the album, the against a background of distortion, messy power­ flute replaces the lead guitar during solos. However, chords, and a pounding bass. Bottom line: Irish folk the difference is negligible considering the flute just music was never intended to b!l mixed in with hard sounds like a guitar laden with effects. In addition, rock. BEING YOU Tisbert's vocals are so overdone and annoying that Attic 01' Love would probably have been a hit dur-. my ears literally begged me to hit the off switch. He ing the transition from heavy metal to hard rock sounds like Axl Hosfl doing an impression of about a decade ago, but nowadays their music is Courtesy of Ocean Records Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, and much like Rose, completely obsolete and unoriginal. It is definitely he just does not know when to shut up. Ile throws in not worth a listen. vocals whenever possible, and it's not like he has anything important to say. The lyrics constantly by Emmett Malloy

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T:r 't( 'Cn'cC( guster Goldfly (out of five stars) he unique acoustical harmony of the bongos from the same genre as the Dave Matthews Band, and conga drums, along with two guitars, sets Rusted Root and Jackopierce, Guster is certainly in a Guster apart from every other emerging col­ league of their own. A great talent of the band is the Tlege band. The Tufts University graduates - duo vocals of guitarists Gardner and Miller; the two Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel combine to create a vocal harmony that is both melo­ - were vaulted onto the national scene with their dious and soulful. The songs of Goldfly cover a vari­ debut on the Aware 3 compilation two years ago. ety of topics from deceit, hubris, st:icide to the loss of Since then, they have toured the nation with such one's virginity. The songs deeply explore the human bands as the Barenaked Ladies and the Winebottles, psyche, thus provoking self-reflection without being developing a devoted following and a reputation for too heavy. The album continues with the mellow their loyalty to their fans. verses such as "Demon," which ranks among their Their latest release, Goldfly follows up their first best songs, "Medicine" and "X-Ray Eyes." The album album Parachute and proves that they are definitely is capped off with a stirring foursome of "Grin," not some one-hit wonder. The powerful lyrics and "Getting Even," "Bury Me" and "Rocketship" which melodious chords give this album a distinct charac­ leave the listener satisfied yet wanting more. ter of its own; Goldfly has much more edge and feel­ This may sound like a biased review, however I ing than Parachute. Goldfly begins with pulsating can't find any complaints with this album. Having bongos and rippling chords, immediately setting the seen them in concert, the album surpassed the atmosphere of the album. The passionate music and expectations I had since seeing them, and that is a powerful lyrics of Guster emanates, moving the lis­ feat itself considering how incredible they are live. teners while keeping them humming along to the Guster definitely has a recipe for good music. catchy tunes. Goldfly is the type of music one can Courtesy of Aware Records either relax to or play at a party. Although they hail by Scott Ford

T:r "1: sweet 75 Sweet 75 (out of five stars) ne would think that Sweet 75's self-titled ments by the Tower of Power trumpeter, Greg debut would be filled with fiery originality. Adams. "Dogs" juxtaposes a haunting verse texture The two key figures of the band, Krist with a gospel-esqe chorus, the horn section fittingly Novoselic, former Nirvana bassist who uniting the two textures together. While Las Vegas incidentally0 plays guitar throughout most of the again has difficulty inventing an original melody on album, and Yva Las Vegas, a Venezuelan folk singer, "Dogs," she sounds a bit more confident in her native arrive from dissimilar musical pasts, yet the majority language and style, in "La Vida" and "Cantos De of their product sounds just like the folk singer's Pilon," a Venezuelan traditional. The horns, Las name: superficial and contrived. Las Vegas lacks Vegas' vocal lines, and Novoselic's funky chromati­ both creative lyricism and the ability to weave a cism are melded together for a spectacular and melody that is either original or compelling. Lines inspiring result in "La Vida," which also showcases such as '"Cause you dissed me and laughed at me/ Herb Alpert in a cameo trumpet solo. "Cantos De Replaced me when I wasn't looking/ Dismissed me Pilon" departs from the brooding melodies and har­ when I said please/ And you even gave my cat away" monies for a flavorful Latin sound, yet it is too much from "Poor Kitty" prove to be both unfunny and uno­ of a misplaced anomaly for this collaboration. riginal. This is Las Vegas' largest pitfall: she is not Unfortunately, Las Vegas' and Novoselic's few glit­ sarcastic enough to merit attention and not bitter tering moments are overshadowed by uninventive enough to scare. Her biting lyrics achieve the lyrics, pathetic attempts at satire (on "Ode To Dolly," admirable result of both annoying and agitating the an amateurish attempt at a country jig), and cliched listener. harmonic textures. Then again, perhaps this should Novoselic's grunge influence dominates the album{ be expected from a bassist trying to pick up guitar yet his harmonic textures and nuances are more and a Venezuelan folk singer trying to dive into rock. generic and forgettable than those he created with Nirvana. The album waxes eclectic, but only on by Joel Cummins Courtesy of DGC Records songs that successfully embrace Novoselic's style of harmony and Las Vegas' folk heritage. Two of the more inventive numbers also feature horn arrange-

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I page 14 The Observer· SPORTS Thursday, SeptembLi 4. 1997 Neagle tries to add to Braves' Cy Young collection By PAUL NEWBERRY deserves strong consideration "I kind of sense that no mat­ Lopez said. "He never throws both sides of the plate. He's got Associated Press Writer with 16 wins and a microscopic ter what Mad Dog (Maddux) the same pitch twice in a row." the full package." 1.63 ERA, it may be impossible does, he'll always be the front­ Neagle also went 2-for-3 at Still, Neagle is hardly one of ATLANTA for the voters to deny Neagle. runner," Jones said. "The fans the plate, including his third the hardest-throwing pitchers When Chipper Jones looks Consider these numbers: will want to give it to him career homer. around, with a fastball that around the Atlanta clubhouse, • He became the NL's first again, so Denny's got to go out ''I've never been a strong fin­ rarely tops 90 mph. From the he already sees three Cy Young 19-game winner Tuesday night, there and win it. He's got that isher in the second half," said on-deck circle he appears hit­ Award winners. pitching a four-hit shutout killer instinct, that tunnel Neagle, whose previous best table, but batters usually head "It sure would be neat to against the Detroit Tigers. With vision, and he's really working record was 16-9 last season. "I back to the dugout shaking have four guys in here with a a record of 19-3, he has the his magic right now." wanted to make a point this their heads. Cy Young," the Braves third best winning percentage (.864) Neagle's 19th victory might second half that I could finish Last week, after Neagle baseman said. in the majors. have been his most impressive. out the year on a good note." pitched a four-hitter over seven Denny Neag-le is doing his • His four shutouts are tied He allowed only three singles Neagle's success requires a innings for his 18th victory, part. Supposedly the anony­ for the major-league lead. and a double to the Tigers, but complex explanation. Houston manager Larry mous member of a rotation that • He ranks fifth in the league erased two of the runners on "It's hard to pick up the ball Dierker was perplexed. includes Greg Maddux (NL Cy with a 2.70 ERA and fourth in double plays and wound up fac­ right away with his delivery," "Watching Neagle from the Young winner, 1992-95). Tom innings pitched with 209 2-3 ing only two batters above the pitching coach Leo Mazzone side, you wonder how he's won Glavine ('91) and John Smoltz and has held opponents to a minimum. He struck out six, said. "He's got a full assort­ 18 games," he said. "Somehow ('96), Neagle is making a strong cumulative batting average of walked none and kept Detroit ment of pitches: fastball, he does." case that he's the best pitcher .232, lOth lowest in the NL. off balance all night with his change, curve and slider. Plus, Even the Tigers, who ended in the NL this year. Even Jones, who gets to see mystifying assortment of pitch­ he 'II use his fastball on both Maddux's 10-game winning While Maddux is having a Maddux (17-4, 2.39 ERA) on a es. sides of the plate, he'll use his streak Monday night, were typically brilliant season and regular basis, would cast his Cy "Detroit had no idea what curve on both sides of the plate lured in by Neagle's facade of Montreal's Pedro Martinez Young vote for Neagle. was coming," catcher Javy and he'll use his change on vulnerability.

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I I I I I I ;... _j page 16 The Observer • SPORTS Thursday, September 4, 1997 •Mus Hershiser winning National League Standings w L Pet. GB streak still standing Associated Press interleague play 7-8 against the a.nta 86 53 .619 AL Central, had eight runners PITTSBURGH in the first three innings but Florida 82 55 .599 3 Omar Vizquel and Matt scored only twice. New York 75 62 .547 10 Williams hit two-run homers in Eddie Williams had an RBI a five-run fourth inning to keep single in the first, but only after Montreal 69 68 .504 16 Orel Hershiser unbeaten since Al Martin grounded into a dou­ Philadelphia 52 82 .388 31 1/2 July 2 and the Cleveland ble play with two on and none Indians went on to beat out. Jason Kendall hit into a Pittsburgh 7-3 Wednesday double play in the second, and night. Shawon Dunston struck out Central Division The Indians won twice in the with the bases loaded following three-game series, the first Martin's RBI single in the third. between the bordering-state Tony Womack was 3-for-5 Houston 70 68 .507 teams in their 96 years togeth­ and scored twice, but Mike Pittsburgh 69 .496 1 1/2 er in the majors. The crowd of Jackson struck him out to end 70 37,513 boosted the series atten­ the eighth with runners on first St. Louis 64 74 :.464 6 dance to 126,191, the fourth and third and a run in. Cincinnati 60 76 .441 9 largest in Pirates history. Pirates reliever Jason ·. ::-- The Pirates missed a chance Christiansen was ejected in the Chicago 57 83 .407 14 to return to the .500 mark by seventh after brushing back losing their seventh in nine Hershiser with a head-high games. fastball, then hitting him in the West Division Hershiser (13-5} was in.trou­ left thigh with the ensuing ble in each of the first three pitch. Hershiser had earlier hit innings and fell behind 2-0, but two Pirates batters. Los Angeles 78 61 .561 held on to win his sixth in a row San Francisco 76 62 .551 1 1/2 despite allowing eight hits over Astros 4 six-plus innings. Brewers 0 ·Colorado 70 70 .500 8 1/2 He hasn't lost in his last 10 San Diego 65 74 .468 13 starts and is 4-0 in five outings The first complete game of :~Z!::.::::: since coming off the disabled Ramon Garcia's major-league *Updated as of Sept 2, 1997 list Aug. 13. career couldn't have come at a season. We want to keep the Manny Ramirez added a solo better time for the Houston gap close with Cleveland and homer in the sixth, his 24th, off Astros. put some distance between us Esteban Loaiza (10-10}, a win- "This was pretty much a and Chicago. After the win last ner only six times in 16 deci- must-win for us," Jeff Bagwell night, we were at such a high sions since starting the season said after Garcia pitched a five- point. Now we're at such a low 4-0. hitter to beat the Milwaukee point." Loaiza retired the first nine Brewers 4-0 Wednesday night Garcia (6-8} struck out four batters he faced before falling and stop the Astros' six-game and walked four, sending ~ake the fall ~eme~ter an apart after Bip Roberts singled losing streak. Milwaukee to just its third loss to start the fourth, his first hit Houston opened a 2 1/2-game in 11 games. He also singled in active one. since being traded to the lead in the NL Central over sec- a run against the Brewers, the Indians on Sunday. ond-place Pittsburgh, which team he played for last season. ~top by the l!ec~pom office & Vizquel, whose failure to lost to Cleveland 7-3. "That didn't make it special," touch home plate Tuesday night "When you're in a hitting Garcia said. "It was big regi~ter for a fitneM cia~~ today! short-circuited a potential big slump like we've been, the best because we had lost six games first inning in a 6-4 Indians way to stop it is to have your in a row and because we are in Plenty of ~pace~ are ~till loss, then hit a drive into the pitcher throw a shutout," first place." left field seats - his third Bagwell said. Coming in, Garcia had one available in homer and first since June 17. The second-place Brewers win in his previous six starts. Williams followed Jim dropped 3 1/2 games behind ''I'm really proud of him. I ~tep, Lo Impact, Ni lnten~ity, Ab~ and Thome's single and Dave the Indians in the AL Central. know he's been disappointed Combo claMe~. Justice's RBI double with his "We're not going to win all when I've taken him out in the two-run shot, his 29th of the our games and Cleveland's not seventh or eighth innings," find the ~chedule on the web @ season and his 17th in 269 going to win all theirs," Astros manager Larry Dierker career at-bats against Milwaukee manager Phil said. "He's got a big heart. He www.nd.edu/ -re~port Pittsburgh. Williams has a 20- Garner said. "But you live and wants to stay in and go all the game hitting streak (29-for-84, die with these games late in the way.' Contact 105965 for more info. .345).All but two of the Indians' r;======~~~~~~~~::::::;;;;~~~::~~~~::::~~~~ sevenhitswereforextrabases. The Pirates, who finished WE.LCOM.E BA( STUDENTS!

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Courtesy of Notre Dame Sports Information which he missed three games Kramer said Fry's philosophy are going to make me even bet­ Ex-Domer Jeff Kramer is looking to make an impact at Iowa. because of an injury, he knew is like a breath of fresh air. ter as a person and a player.

• CoLLEGE FooTBAlL A look into the lives of college football fanatics By DAWN FALLIK "You don't go to weddings. and Texas A&M Aggie coffins, ly and watches the game on Cornhuskers is but a small Associated Press Writer You don't go to funerals," said fans have turned fanaticism television in the motel. corn kernel compared with the Carol Collinsworth, a 49-year­ into a multimillion-dollar col­ "We probably spend about big fish in the Sunshine State. LINCOLN, Neb. old flight attendant from lege football obsession. $15,000 a year on football. I When Sapp's son moved out, They decorate their garages Atlanta who attends every Bob Billings knows the price don't really want to think she turned his room into a in AstroTurf, sit on toilet seats Nebraska game, though she of obsession. The 62-year-old about it," he said. Gator shrine, complete with a that play school anthems and did not go to college in retired Omaha banker has not "My wife is just as crazy toilet seat that plays the refuse to schedule vacations Lincoln. "You don't even dare missed a Nebraska football about it as I am, but the crazi­ "Gator Chomp" when occu­ between July and January. die during football season." game in person since 1984 - est thing s.he 's ever done is pied. It's similar to the theme They are the die-hard col­ It used to be that fans would and that includes an away marry me." from "Jaws." lege football fans who live for cheer for their team and per­ game in Japan. But Barbara Sapp of "It's like we bow to coach Saturdays and can't live with­ haps buy a poster or two. But His dog, Lady Husker, comes Gainesville, Fla., says Steve Spurrier, that's how out their teams. with musical Gator toilet seats along on road trips occasional- Nebraska's enthusiasm for the important he is," Sapp said. 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The requests are granted on a case-by-case basis. page 18 The Observer • SPORTS Thursday, September 4, 1997 • NFL Concussion may Strickland charged with DUI By JENNIFER BATOG adding Strickland will plead "Until we have further infor­ Associated Press Writer innocent. " ... He was charged mation surrounding these keep Young out because of who he is. Most peo­ events, we will have no other WASHINGTON ple who are arrested and comment," he said. By DENNIS GEORGATOS and described both Young and Rod Strickland of the charged with DUI or refusing to Strickland pleaded guilty in Associated Press Writer Brohm as "day to day." Washington Wizards was take a Breathalizer are April 1996 to hitting a former However, Druckenmiller released from jail Wednesday released from the station." girlfriend. SANTA CLARA. Calif. took all the snaps with the first after his arrest on charges of Police said Strickland was He was acquitted of a battery Steve Young's latest concus­ team at the 49ers' walk­ drunken driving and disorderly was stopped early Wednesday charge filed in 1994 when he sion could keep him on the through on Wednesday with conduct. after making an illegal left turn and a teammate got in a shov­ sidelines this week, and he Young taking part in some The 31-year-old point guard in downtown Washington and ing match with a truck driver in acknowledged Wednesday that scout team plays. Before head­ appeared briefly in court and became a "little disorderly." He a Chicago parking lot. he can't take many more shots ing to the practice field, Young faces trial Jan. 21. is also charged with failing to Strickland was a first-round to the head and continue play­ acknowledged the repeated Strickland's lawyer, Billy show his driver's license. draft pick of the Knicks in ing football. concussions concerned him. Martin, said his client had been Strickland refused a sobriety 1988. After two seasons in New The two-time NFL MVP who "I know this cannot continue treated "unfairly" and should test. Wizards general manager York he was traded to San led the 49ers to a Super Bowl and I can't keep getting hit in not have been jailed overnight. Wes Unseld, who has not spo­ Antonio. He left the Spurs in a title in 1994 sustained his the head and continue to play "I think he was charged as a ken with his player, said the dispute with management and third concussion in 10 months football," Young said. "But I result of driving an expensive matter is not one the team signed as a free agent with in San Francisco's season­ still feel like I want to play and Mercedes- Benz," said Martin, would "take lightly." Portland. opening loss Sunday at Tampa there's a lot of professional Bay. After an examination on opinion, that with rest, you Tuesday, Young's neurologist can continue to play. That's recommended the quarterback kind of where we are now." CANDAX McNAIR PRoGRAM sit out Sunday's game at St. Young said he took the rec­ Louis. ommendation of neurologist ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING WITH Young, who was kneed in Dr. Joseph Lacy seriously. the head by Bucs linebacker 'I feel good," Young said. "I PRoF. MARIO BoRELLI Hardy Nickerson in the second feel like I would do almost quarter, came back to play the anything to help the 49ers DIRECTOR, CANDAX final quarter against Tampa win. Certainly, as you know, Bay and initially was listed as we've talked about this, at probable for the St. Louis some points ad nauseum, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1997 game. about how concerned we are He was downgraded to ques­ and how concerned I am. tionable Wednesday. With "I've talked to old 49ers, old 6:3oP.M. backup Jeff Brohm hampered college friends, coaches, fami­ by a chipped bone in the mid­ ly and everyone else trying to CusHING AuDITORIUM dle finger of his passing hand get a handle on exactly what along with a lower back we're facing. And you know injury, all signs point to first­ the concern for me is not only FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN GRADUATE STUDIES round draft pick Jim for just for the near future but Druckenmiller making his first for my longterm health. Those WHO ARE EITHER start at quarterback for the are key issues for me. I intend FIRST GENERATION CoLLEGE STUDENTS 49ers. to have another great career If Druckenmiller does, it will doing something else and I'm ON FINANCIAL Am be without the benefit of go-to going to need all my senses to receiver Jerry Rice, who is do that. So it's a concern of OR expected to miss the rest of mine." FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS the regular season after seri­ Injuries have forced Young ously injuring his knee soon to miss all or parts of 17 of his (BLACK, HISPANIC, NATIVE AMERICAN) after Young was staggered in past 36 games since 1995. He had two concussions in a the Tampa Bay game. ALL INTERESTED STUDENTS ARE WELCOME Offensive coordinator Marty three-game span last season Mornhinweg said the decision and also has dealt with a neck REFRESHMENTS AFTER THE MEETING on who will start at quarter­ sprain, a shoulder injury that back hasn't been made yet required surgery, a groin strain and three cracked ribs. ~Rudy Rallyl ( a pep rally and movie.. I for the little guy ) I This weekend's kickoff to I the Bob Davie era is against • Georgia Tech, the only team Rudy 1tl ever faced on the gridiron. CELEBRATE the reunion with a I -- Friday night I Meet Herbert Benson. M.D .. founder of the Hmvmd post-pep rally, Rudy Rally. 1 Mind/Body Medical Institute. and explore his pioneering mind/body approach to medical treatment. DRESS UP like your 1 Dr. Benson is here to celebrate the opening of the new Saint Joseph's Mind/Body Medical Institute. favorite Rudy character ~ Mind/Body medicine combines relaxation-response and win FREE Cinema At The Snit e ,,,, techniques. nutrition. exercise Free Public Seminar and cognitive therapies along Passes Recite lines from the movie 1 with standmd medical practices. Mind/Body and ;:li;!J\\iiri· Dr. Benson is the author of during the screening, I Spirituality in Medicine: "The Relaxation Response." and A New Frontier With several other books. His latest CREER out loud, I Herbert Benson, Meph·s Care Group by ~ and Holy Crms Health System sponsored ND Communication Theatre I admission free ··:·:·:a·:·:·:·:a:·:·:·:A:·:·:·:a·:·:·:·.a·:·:·:·:a:·:·:·:A.'·:·:·:a·:·:·:·:a:·:·:·:a:·:·:·:a·:·:·:·a:·:·:·:a:·:·:·*·:·:·:·a·:·:·:·:a:·:·:·:A.x·:·:a:·:·:·:·a·:·:·:·:a:·:·:·:a:-:·:·:a·:·:·:·:a:·:·:·:a:·:·:.:a:·:·:·:·a·:·:·:·:.a: :·:..:·:·:·::a·:·:·>:a.·:·:·:-:a:·:·:·=-·=·=·=·• :-:·;&:·:·:·:A:·:·:·:~I Thursday, September 4, 1997 The Observer • PAID ADVERTISEMENT page 19 --

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page 20 The Observer • SPORTS . Thursday, September 4, 1997 -- • COllEGE FOOTBALL Thundering Herd prepare for test against Cadets plenty of success against those (839 yards rushing in '96), the f-AA champs to teams. triggerman, quarterback "If you can stop the fullback Ronnie McAda, is gone. face Army on early ... don't let them establish McAda finished with 1, 703 that, you 'II do pretty good," yards rushing and 2,333 pass­ Saturday said Marshall defensive line­ ing in his career. man B.J. Cohen. Last year's backup, Adam By MATT HARVEY Of course, Army is not to be Thompson, started two games Associated Press Writer mistaken for a I-AA team. when McAda was injured, Army's players are obviously throwing for 133 yards and HUNTINGTON, W.Va. better, Herd players say. rushing for 178 in those games. Army's option running attack They also are very disciplined Thompson, a junior, has battled is an oddity in Division I-A foot­ in running their offense, plus sophomore Johnny Goff for the ball. But for the Cadets' next have a nice variety of plays. starting spot. opponent. Marshall, the option, Marshall's familiarity with Marshall's players and coach­ and the wishbone formation the option and wishbone also es aren't quite sure who to featured by Army, are no big counts as a disadvantage in one expect, but they also say it surprise. way, coach Bob Pruett said. shouldn't matter that much. As a Division I-AA team in ''I'm sure they've got our "We expect a lot of running, 1996, Marshall faced the wish­ Georgia Southern and Western not much passing," said line­ bone or the option in five differ­ Kentucky film in there," Pruett backer Larry McCloud. ent games, against Western said. "They have some idea "I figure as long as we play Kentucky, The Citadel, .-.. how we'll deal with it." disciplined defense, we'll be Delaware, Georgia Southern While Army still is running fine," Cohen said. and VMI. the same offense that took it to Marshall is at Army on And at 15-0 and I-AA cham­ a bowl game last season, and Saturday. Kickoff is about 1 pions last season, the still has fullback Joe Hewitt p.m. Courtesy of Army Sports Information Thundering Herd obviously had Army will have to run its famous wishbone without Ronnie McAda .

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Thursday, September 4, 1997 The Observer • SPORTS page 21 •MlB -·- Clark's big bat leads to Tigers' rout of Braves By PAUL NEWBERRY who began his professional first 15-game winner since Bill Colorado last Sept. 12 - a bleachers to push the Tigers to Associated Press Writer career with the Tigers before a Gullickson in 1991. Blair has game that Smaltz also lost. a 5-2 lead. 1987 trade to Atlanta, lasted won 11 of his last 13 decisions. Smaltz's childhood dream Brian Hunter doubled, ATLANTA only 3 1-3 innings, his shortest Clark, who had only two was to pitch for Detroit, but Damion Easley reached on a Tony Clark broke out of a outing in more than two years. homers in his previous 118 at­ the Tigers showed little fielder's choice and Higginson power slump with a homer He surrendered eight runs and bats, hit a run-scoring double respect for the personal signif­ hit a run-scoring single to and five RB!s as the Detroit 10 hits. in the first and an RBI single icance of the moment or the right, prompting Atlanta man­ Tigers routed John Smoltz and Willie Blair (15-6), continu­ in the third to give him 100 statistics which showed Smoltz ager Bobby Cox to r.eluctantly Atlanta 12-4 Wednesday, the ing his remarkable comeback RBis for the first time. (13-11) on his best roll of the emerge from the dugout to most runs scored against the from a broken jaw, limited the But the 6-foot-7 switch-hitter season. remove Smnltz. Braves this season. Braves to eight hits over seven wasn't through, slamming a The 1996 Cy Young Award Kerry Ligtenberg came in Smoltz, a Michigan native innings to become Detroit's three-run homer in the fourth winner had allowed three from the bullpeQ. but Clark to highlight a six-run inning earned runs or fewer in nine ruined that strategy by slam­ and equal his career high for consecutive starts, and he ming a drive about 20 rows American League Standings RBis in a game, set June 21 didn't have an outing shorter deep in right for his 29th game against Boston. than five innings all year. homer, giving Detroit a 9-2 w l Pet. GB Rookie Deivi Cruz hit a two­ The Tigers, coming off a lead. East Division run homer in the fourth, only four-hit shutout loss to Denny Detroit added three more his second of the season, and Neagle, got to Smoltz for two runs in the sixth, one scoring Bobby Higginson had two runs and three hits in the first on Juan Encarnacion's first Baltimore 85 50 .629 - RBis. inning, added another run in major-league hit. New York 79 57 .581 6l/2 The Braves, who had a the third and knocked him out Randall Simon, starting at major league-leading 3.15 ERA of the game in the fourth. first for the Braves with Fred Boston 67 72 .482 20 entering the game, gave up Marcus Jensen led off with a McGriff nursing a sore elbow, Toronto 65 72 .474 21 double-figure runs for only the single to center - his first hit also had his first hit in the big fourth time in 139 games. It with the Tigers - and Cruz leagues, finishing 2-for-3 with Detroit 65 73 .471 21 1/2 was the most runs against followed with a homer into the an RBI. Greg Colbrunn home­ Atlanta since a 16-8 loss at first row of the left-field red in the ninth. Central Division • SPORTS BRIEFS Cleveland 71 .530 - Hors~. ofl:idil)g L~~~ dWedn dining halls, and with your 63 -The ()i . si consists ;In. The dorm athletic commissioners. Milwaukee 70 67 .511 2 1/2 English Style lessons til;i ... egin on $e The cost is $6 in advance and Chicago 69 69 .500 4 Thursdaysfrom S to 6 p.m; · an information $8 on-site for students, and There will be an information Sept. 7 at 1:15 ttnt $10 for alumni, faculty, staff, Minnesota 57 79 .419 15 meeting on Sept. 10, at 7 p.m; Men's Tennis Walk-On- and community in advance and Kansas City 56 79 .415 15 1/2 in the RecSports office. · · Tryouts will .Pe < held on $12 on the day of the race. Jazz Dance- Classes will he Monday! Sept 8; ~ups will Off;..Campus Football - West Division held on Sundays from hl5 take place at ·· Tennis Anyone interested in playing 2:45 P·!U.·.• ·.· •. •. ·. a.•. n.. ~· Wednes . . nter. . interhall football for the off­ from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. Th . arity rUli >campus team should contact Seattle 76 62 .551 - is $25: Register in adva Hockey 21TI./5 Bill McCartey at 273-1929. There will be an informatx Play Run/Walk! Indoor and Outdoor Track Anaheim 74 65 .532 2 1/2 meeting forthis class on Sept Sunday, Sept. 7 ..... i1 a.m. in and Field - Any prospective Texas 65 73 .471 11 7 at 1:45p.m. Space is limited. front of Stepan Center. athletes must attend a meeting Ballet-:- Classes will be held Registration...... be held in at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. .. Oakland 53 85 .384 23 on Sundays from 3 to 4 p. eeSports. the · Office. 10. in the Loftus Auditorium. *Updated as of Sept 2, 199;

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page 22 The Observer • SPORTS Thursday, September 4, 1997 ---- • U.S. OPEN •MlB Rusedski upsets Krajicek Baseball discusses By HAL BOCK ducted a big serve showdown at bit nervous. I missed a few Associated Press Writer Arthur Ashe Stadium, matching shots and hesitated. Then I power shots as stiff winds brought it back and won. new scheduling NEW YORK whipped around them. Going ''I'm really pleased. All the So who are these mysterious into the match, they were first hard work is finally paying off." By MIKE NADEL survivors on the men's side of and third in the speed serve When top-seeded Pete Associated Press Writer the draw at the U.S. Open? standings, Rusedski reached Sampras washed out against 142 mph- the fastest ever Greg Rusedski introduced Korda at the beginning of the CHICAGO himself Wednesday with a 7-5, recorded at the Open - and second week, it left the men's Baseball's realigment committee said Wednesday it plans to 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (8-6) victory over Krajicek was at 139. Krajicek side of the Open wide open. push for a plan with 16 teams in one league, 14 in the other and Richard Krajicek in the quar­ boomed 10 aces to just two for Sampras anointed Chang and unbalanced schedules starting next season. terfinals. That subtracted one Rusedski but managed to break unseeded Andre Agassi as the "The real goal isn't to realign. The real goal is to come up with of the remaining mystery men. the left-hander just once. likeliest players to succeed. very efficient scheduling which would make the season more Two others played Wednesday "You both play with the Agassi lasted only one more meaningful," realignment- committee chairman John Harrington night with No. 15 seed Petr wind," Krajicek said. "I got the day before he tumbled out of said Wednesday after his group met with the sport's ruling execu­ Korda going against Jonas break in the first game. Instead the field on the same day that tive council. Bjorkman. of consolidating, I gave it back. Chang barely survived a gruel­ "Due to the complexities of scheduling ... 16-14 is probably what The other men's quarters That's basically where disaster ing five-set match against we would come out with," said Harrington, the CEO of the Boston scheduled for Thursday started." Cedric Pioline. Red Sox. "And all of our teams want unbalanced scheduling." matched Magnus Larsson Rusedski, a transplanted That brought the Open to the Most recent plans have placed 16 teams in four NL divisions and against No. 13 Patrick Rafter Canadian now living in Britain quarterfinals with eight players 14 clubs in three AL divisions. and old pal Michael Chang, who will turn 24 on Saturday, still swinging who are more Several dubs would have to change leagues to make for good seeded No. 2, against No. 10 wore a black mourning ribbon likely to show up in a tennis geographic matchups. Marcelo Rios. With just three on his right shoulder in memo­ Who's He rather than a Who's Acting commissioner Bud Selig reiterated that with Tampa Bay seeds left in the final eight, the ry of Princess Diana. He came Who. and Arizona joining the major leagues as expansion teams next tournament matched an Open into the Open with a career­ Among them, they owned just season, the time for change is now. record established in 1994. best ranking of No. 20 that will two Grand Slam champi­ Selig and Harrington favor radical geographic realignment in On the women's side, No. 6 improve considerably after his onships. Krajicek won which 15 teams would switch leagues. seed Lindsay Davenport performance here. Wimbledon two years ago but "They talk about, 'Those dopes don't know how to grow the rev­ advanced to the first Grand He won the last two sets of arrived at the Open unseeded. enues,' " Selig said. ' Slam semifinal of her career, the tight match on tiebreaks, Chang burst on the tennis scene 'Well, the schedule's the most important marketing factor you defeating doubles partner Jana finishing with match point on when he won the French at the have. And if you're not sensitive to that and try to do the very best Novotna 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7 -5). his serve, the place a player age of 17 in 1989. He hasn't ... you're denying your sport the opportunity to grow. Later Wednesday, in another with his booming shot wants to won any Slams since. matchup of doubles partners, be. When Krajicek's return No. 1 seed Martina Hingis soared out of bounds, Rusedski played No. 10 Arantxa Sanchez thrust both arms in the air as Vicario with the winner his unlikely run at the Open Students: advancing to the semis against continued. Davenport. "It's so hard to believe," he Don't miss these important meetings planned by Rusedski and Krajicek con- said. "At the end, I got a little the Student Activities Office:

Food Service Training: .. *If you plan to run a football concession stand or hav.e f~od at an event, at least one representative of your orgamzat1on must attend one of these training sessions* Thursday, 9/4 at 5:30p.m., Foster Room Wednesday, 9/10 at 5:00p.m., Montgomery Theatre

Social and SYR Chair Training Monday, 9/8 at 6:00p.m., Montgomery Theatre

Vendor Fair *Meet vendors who have products for your concession stands or fund raisers and the latest in imprinted items* Monday, 9/8 at 7- 10 p.m., Ballroom

Clubs and Organizations Meetings *Attendance at one of these meetings is suggested for all clubs and organizations. You are encouraged to .attend the meeting which represents your group; however, 1f ~ different time works better, please attend that meetmg Wednesday, 9/10 at 8:00p.m. (Special Interest clubs) Thursday, 9/11 at 4:00 p.m. (Ethnic clubs) Thursday, 9/11 at 6:00p.m. (Academic clubs) Monday, 9/15 at 4:00p.m. (Athletic clubs) Monday, 9/15 at 6:00p.m (Social Service clubs) - These meetings will be held in the Montgomery Theatre for infonnation about these meetings or for assistance w;th your club, organization or hall cotneit contact the Student Activities Office at 631-1309 or stop by our office at 315 Lafortune Student Center

Men's Soccer Women's Volleyball jVlonday vs Sept. 8th ~pm ~ ~ ""'= Sept. 7tL 1 PM vs. Florida A.lu... ni Field

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