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VOLUME 38 : ISSUE 108 THURSDAY, MARCH 18,2004 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Student falls from balcony Baron selected Police arrest 6 at College Par as chief By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER Senior Staff Writer of staff A student attending a St. Patrick’s Day party at the College Park apartment com­ : ; : By AMANDA MICHAELS plex was seriously injured after News Writer he fell from a second story bal­ cony at approximately 4:30 Fresh from a semester in p.m. Wednesday, prompting Angers, sophomore and for­ police to bust the party and mer freshman class presi­ make six arrests. dent David Baron wasted no St. Joseph County Police time in immersing himself Spokesperson Jaimce Theiriln back into the waters of said the student, senior Michael Notre Dame student govern­ Seiler who lives in College ment. After being the cam­ Park, was tran sp o rted by paign manager for the am bulance to St. Joseph Charlie Ebersol-James Leito Regional Medical Center. The ticket, he will take on the hospital declined to release new role of chief of staff for Seiler’s condition and multiple student body president-elect calls to his apartment were not Adam Istvan and vice presi­ answered. dent-elect Karla Bell. Sgt. John Pavlekovich, shift Picking Baron was an easy supervisor for the St. Joseph decision Istvan said — so County Police, said he was much so that he was the already at College Park only candidate seriously responding to a noise com ­ considered for the job. plaint when the student fell. He Above, Michael Seiler “I kind of had Dave in said students approached him mind,” Istvan said. “He lived to report that a person had fall­ is wheeled to an ambu­ across the hall from me last en. year, so I’ve known him for "So I ran over there, and the lance after falling from awhile. He knows student kid was lying on the ground. He government better than any­ had numerous abrasions to the a balcony. A t right , a one I know, and I trust him mouth, missing teeth; he was to help us. He’s my first hurting,” Pavlekovich said. fire truck arrives at choice for the position, and Pavlekovich said that the stu­ the best choice.” dent was playing catch with College Park. Though Baron’s previous fruit on the upper balcony and affiliation with Ebersol-Leito fell off while trying to catch a ♦ might be seen a conflict of piece of fruit. interest elsewhere, Baron Pavlekovich said that when PHOTOS BY insisted that it was not. sec BUST/page 6 TIM KACMAR see CHIEF/page 11

Groups continue to support homosexual students

Students show A dialogue deferred: solidarity with 'Gay? the path of gay Fine by me.'shirts organizations at ND

By KEVIN ALLEN By CLAIRE HEININGER News Writer News Editor On Saturdays in the fall, the cam pus is bom barded by a “Gay? Fine by me.” reads the “Sea of Green” in which slogan of solidarity proclaimed Notre Dame fans don identi­ on the more than 1,600 orange cal T-shirts to demonstrate T-shirts saturating campus their unity and support for today. the Irish. Today, a “Sea of But for the past 15 years, the Orange” will flood campus to relationship between gay and show solidarity and support lesbian organizations and the for gay and lesbian members University administration has of the Notre Dame communi­ been anything but smooth. ty. The sh irts b e a r the Ten years after the first gath­ inscription, “Gay? Fine by ering of students who formed me,” and are being worn in Gay and Lesbian Students of reaction to Notre Dame’s Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s recent distinction in the (GLND/SMC) in 1985, a nation­ Princeton Review as the most ally publicized recognition dis­ homophobic campus in the pute surfaced that led to the formation of the Ad Hoc and United States. CHUY BENITEZ/The Observer Kaltlyn Redfleld, left, delivers an orange shirt to Lynsay Bensman. Students are wearing the see GSA/page 9 shirts today In support of homosexual students and organizations. see HISTORY/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Thursday, March 18, 2004

In sid e C olum n Question of the Day: D id the cold weather dam pen your S t. Patrick ’s Day ? Orange, not clockwork

Look around you. You are in the dining hall getting ready to dig into your food, when something catches Joe Nohner your attention. You see a few people Mike Merrit Scott Howard Aaron Laviana Julia Jenkins Steve Howenstein around you — or maybe more than a F resh m a n S o p h o m o re S en io r F resh m a n S o p h o m o re S o p h o m o re few. “They’re S ie g frie d St. Edward’s O ff-C am pus Pasquerilla East S ta n fo r d S ta n fo rd orange,” you say M atthew to yourself. Sm edberg Bright orange. “It pisses me off “You can't be “No, hut losing "No, nothing “It dampened it “Look at this And whoever said P roduction th at it’s dam pened m y lucky could ruin St. in a GOOD smile. What do that orange was the new pink was E d ito r snowing. ” when you’re charm s did. ” P atrick’s Day. ” way. ” you think?’’ seriously dis­ lit.” turbed. Look around you. Maybe you’re in class, surrounded by fifteen, or fifty, or five hundred fellow students, and again you can’t miss the orange glare emanating from a brave few — or perhaps, not-so-few. You look closer, and find a message you did not see before: “Gay? Fine By Me.” It shocks you for a moment. It shocks you, in fact, for more than a In B r ie f moment. You’ve heard about these shirts: The Kroc Institute for Peace heard a whisper that something like Studies, the Department of this was coming. More than a thou­ History and the McAnaney Chair sand sold, someone said. You didn’t are sponsoring a lecture entitled think they sounded too happy about “Religious War and the Cultural it, but they were just walking by on Politics of Peace,” which takes the quad, so you weren’t sure. No place today at 12:30 p.m. in 119 one you know is wearing one, so you O’Shaughnessy. haven’t had to think about where you stand. Valeria Tohver Milam of the There were indeed more than a University of Pennsylvania will thousand sold. hold a seminar entitled But you do not see that many. In “Colloidal Constructs in the fact, right now, you only see one: the Absence and Presence of DNA” one on the girl who you usually sit at 3:30 p.m. today in 138 next to. She’s smart, pretty, a good DeBartolo. The seminar is spon­ conversationalist; you even ate sored by the Departm ent of lunch with her at the dining hall Chemical and Biomolecular once and were impressed by how Engineering. many things she’s interested in. “But she’s gay?” you ask silently. Then The women’s tennis team you catch yourself. She’s just show­ takes on Iowa today at 4 p.m. in ing solidarity. She thinks she’s the Eck Tennis Pavilion. speaking out against injustice. But the thought keeps nagging at you as Photo courtesy of Pat Quill Hear the Glee Club perform in you steal glances all through class Several students formed an Impromptu St. Patrick’s Day parade Wednesday, which a concert tonight at 8 p.m. in from across the room. included band members who played the Notre Dame Fight Song. The group eventu­ Washington Hall. And now your classes are done for ally paraded through DeBartolo. the day, and it’s home to your dorm. The Saint Mary’s Women’s You know you have work to do, but Choir will give a Homecoming there’s a good movie on cable and Concert tonight in the Little you have all night to get down to Theatre of the Moreau Center at business. 8 p.m. And so you’re sitting there — O ffbea t relaxing, minding your own business — when your roommate walks in. A Rooster limited to one the rest of the season. “It’s a pleasant surprise,” Ruiping Fan of the Department second later, it registers to you that S.C. baseball game “We received some com­ Ren Xiuhua, a 102-year-old of Public and social his (or her) shirt is vividly orange. COLUMBIA, S.C. — At plaints regarding the roos­ woman from Lanzhou, the Administration at the University With feigned ignorance you least one Gamecock is no ter at the games, from not provincial capital, was of Hong Kong will host a lecture remark that she (or he) is looking longer welcome at all only a health but a safety quoted as saying by the at 4 p.m. today in the auditorium bright today. Then the look on his South Carolina baseball concern — smell, feces, official Xinhua News of McKenna Hall entitled (or her) face stops you. games. animal in a public facility,” Agency. “My family and I “Beyond Liberty and Equality: “Is something wrong?” Cocky-Doodle-Lou, a 6- said senior associate ath­ are all grateful to govern­ Some Confucian Reflections on “I’m gay,” your roommate says. year-old gamecock that has letics director Sean ment’s love and care.” the Place of the Family in Health “I’ve been meaning to tell you for a become a regular at Sarge Eichorst. Except for partial loss of Care.” The lecture is sponsored while.” Frye Field, can only attend hearing, Ren is in good by the Notre Dame Center for And flash through your mind dis­ one game a week after a China's Gansu pays health — and more than Ethics and Culture and the jointed thoughts, which pass before flap between school offi­ elderly to stay alive happy with her $120 annu­ Alumni Association Continuing you can even attach words to them. cials and the bird’s owner, BEIJING — Need extra al subsidy from the provin­ Education Program’s Clarke There’s no way ... what about her Mary Snelling. cash? Keep living. The cial government. The Family Lecture in Medical Ethics. boyf ... that’s impossible ... so that After receiving some thinly populated north­ amount, doled out to each guy who ... complaints about the bird western Chinese province of Gansu’s 243 centenari­ To submit information to be But all you can stammer out is sitting atop the dugout, of Gansu has started pay­ ans, is about the same as included in this section of The “That’s ... that’s ... fine by me.” athletics officials asked ing elderly people who the monthly pension paid Observer, e-mail detailed infor­ Is it? Snelling to bring “Lou” to have the courtesy to stay by central government to mation about an event to Really? only one game a week for alive. the average retiree. [email protected] .

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increase votes through the attend and to register 250 of By STEPHANIE YAHN to design for Electrolux submission of absentee bal­ them. In addition to the News Writer lots and make students more opportunity to register or politically aware. complete an absentee ballot They will be asked to design for ByANNAGELHAUS Free food, a live band, give­ Typically, 18- to 24-year registration, representatives a consumer faction that Electrolux News Writer aways and the opportunity to olds are under-represented from both the College will announce next week. The register to vote will kick off at the polls, and there is a Democratic and Republican three possible focus groups are Notre Dame’s very own Rock general lack of political par­ will give students the oppor­ The University’s Department of urban youth, the environmentally the Vote Thursday at Legends ticipation, said Quaranto. He tunity to learn about the Art, Art History and Design has conscientious and elite con­ from 9 p.m. to midnight. Co- added that the individuals, issues of the upcoming elec­ been selected by appliance giant sumers. organizers Jazmin Garcia, especially college-aged stu­ tion. Electrolux to represent the United Doug Ritterling, senior industri­ senior class president, and dents are voting less and While Notre Dame’s Rock States in the company’s Global al designer for Electrolux, attend­ Peter Quaranto helped create less. the Vote involves a collabora­ Design Laboratory 2004. ed the reception and said that the Notre Dame program “Notre Dame has typically tion of groups, the CSC will Electrolux is the world’s largest Notre Dame was chosen as the affiliated with the non-profit been a very politically host two talks as a part of the producer of household appliances. first representative from the organization Rock the Vote. unaware, unengaged campus “fringe” of the campaign. On They chose eight schools from United States because “there is The campaign came about overall,” Quaranto said. March 25, at 5 p.m. in 101 around the world to create appli­ something unusual, something when the Center for Social “Notre Dame’s Rock the Vote Debartolo, Rabbi Michael ance designs that will save con­ special about this place.” He also Concerns, the Senior Class is trying to counter that by Lerner will speak on sumers time and reflect their cited Notre Dame’s well-respected Council and the College bringing people of different “Spiritual Politics and Social lifestyles. name, tradition and quality of stu­ Democrats and College backgrounds together to cre­ Healing,” and Jim Wallace, As announced in Wednesday’s dents. Republicans joined together ate a more politically and founding editor of ceremony at the Snite Museum, Ritterling said Electrolux will in hopes of “increasing politi­ socially aware culture.” “Sojourners,” will give a talk industrial design students are col­ benefit from student design cal participation in civic With the current situation entitled “Politics and Values laborating with MBA students because “having fresh minds is a engagement” said Quaranto. in Iraq, the war on terror in 2004” at 12:30 p.m. March from Mendoza College of Business great way to innovate. It injects Garcia, along with Colin and other issues, including 31 in the C olem an-M orse to design and market household energy.” Taylor of the College the economy, Quaranto said Lounge. A debate is also products to be showcased at an Ritterling also told student Democrats and Brandi Gill of this is a pivotal time to get scheduled for April. international conference in New designers to “win one for the the College Republicans, youth interested in voting. York this October. The products Gipper in the world of design.” helped put together the cam­ The goal of tonight’s event Contact Stephanie Yahn at will be part of a worldwide media Paul Down, Notre Dame’s indus­ paign. Its goals are to is to have over 1,000 people [email protected] campaign. trial design group director, spoke Xuan Yu, a graduate student in at the ceremony on the opportuni­ industrial design, is one of the ty and honor that the selection will team leaders for the project. She bring to the University. admitted that while the project is “This is an opportunity I hope a lot of work, she believes that it we can begin to grasp, because it MBA students win venture capital contest will all be worthwhile. will offer us international recogni­ “We learn from class, but we tion,” Down said. “It is not just need practical experience,” Yu about a class, a department or Special to The Observer Entrepreneurial Studies in the from second through eighth said. “By cooperating with the University. It is about in interna­ A team of five MBA students Mendoza College of Business, place, represented the MBA students, we experience the tional competition. from the won the Central Region the Notre Dame team earned a University of Chicago, whole process of actual design.” “It is an opportunity to under­ championship of the Venture $5,000 prize and qualified for Northwestern University, The project takes the students stand what it is like to be on a Capital Investment Competition the national finals April 15 to 17 Indiana University, the through marketing, focus groups, genuine design team.” (VCIC) last weekend at the at the University of North University of Wisconsin, survey work, sketching and devel­ University of Michigan. Carolina. Washington University in St. opment and a final presentation. Contact Anna Gelhaus at Competing under the auspices Other business schools partici­ Louis, Carnegie Mellon “It is very complete,” Yu said. 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tus. University wasn’t playing fair,” Although the University decid­ the alumni organization con­ “We didn’t know what recog­ he said. ed against the inclusion of sex­ tradicted the teachings of the History nition we wanted,” Storey The University responded to ual orientation in the legal Church. Looking back, he said continued from page 1 recalled. “We just wanted the turmoil on March 6, 1995 clause, officials published “The that the fact that many GALA polite acceptance.” in the form of an open letter by Spirit of Inclusion of Notre members held powerful media then the Standing Committee A meeting was arranged with Patricia O’Hara, then the vice Dame.” positions was critical in revers­ on Gay and Lesbian Student officials from the Office of president of Student Affairs. In “Institutional non-discrimina­ ing the decision. Needs in 1995 and 1996. The Student Affairs to discuss the the letter, O’Hara addressed a tion clauses are highly stylized “The one thing they would University’s Spirit of Inclusion organization’s future, which resolution put forth by the statements which are legally not put up with was censor­ statement, published in 1997, Storey said was full of spirited Campus Life Council on Feb. binding,” Malloy wrote. “We ship,” he said. and the 1999 advertising ban and open conversation. 20, 1995 that choose not to Another more emotional bar­ that did now allow The However, GLND/SMC received a called for change our legal rier for alumni to cross was the Observer to publish ads from letter a week later that GLND/SMC’s offi­ “They just felt that non-discrimina­ group’s first local reunion since the Gay and Lesbian Alumni of declined to grant them official cial recognition. tion clause, but we its inception in the summer of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s status, but offered the group Citing the the University call" ourselves to 1993. Held in September of (GALA) also caused clashes Campus Ministry resources. University’s poli­ wasn’t playing act in accordance 2000 to coincide with the pres­ between the officials who Despite the decision that the cy that “a group’s with what we entation of GALA’s annual Fr. fair ." defend Notre Dame’s Catholic club would remain unofficial, purpose must be regard as a higher Tom Dooley award to talk show identity and the homosexual Storey said that it began to consistent with sta n d a rd — host Phil Donahue — a 1957 students and alumni who have hold weekly meetings in the the mission of the John Blandford Christ’s call to alumnus and longtime GALA often felt pushed to the com­ Counseling Center and was University and former co-chair of inclusiveness, cou­ supporter — the reunion elicit­ munity’s sidelines because of fairly successful over the next the moral teach­ GLND/SMC and pled with the ed mixed emotions. this Catholic identity. decade in its attempts to bring ings of the gospels’ call to live “There were some people former chair of GALA As the n a tio n ’s leading outside speakers to campus. Catholic Church,” chaste lives.” certainly at the 2000 reunion Catholic institution, Notre “We did the norm al things O’H ara did not While the step ... who had not been back to Dame’s stance on homosexual that student societies do,” he approve the reso­ was hailed as defi­ campus since they graduated in students and alumni faces a said. “We wanted to see what lution. Instead, she established nite progress, Blandford and the 1970s,” said Kevin level of scrutiny that is unique­ we could get without causing the Ad Hoc Committee on Gay others questioned the decision. Heffernan, a former GALA ly acute. To exam ine the too big of a ruckus. And we got and Lesbian Student Needs to “[The Spirit of Inclusion chairman and current GALA nuanced development of this a very good response from advise the administration. She statement] was pretty words to secretary. “There was some stance over the last 20 years is cam pus. We w ere not wrote that she hoped the com­ mask an ugly policy,” Blandford indifference, some resentment not merely to understand the squashed. ... The squash came mittee would help “move said. “In short, it was smoke and anger.” orange seen today — it is to when the administration real­ beyond the painful polemics and mirrors — to run from the Blandford, who also attended realize the role the University ized we were well-organized on that have characterized the responsibility of a true compas­ the reunion, remembered simi­ plays in the Church of tomor­ campus.” discussion in recent weeks.” sion.” lar reactions. row. Bolling Over For both sides, all that was Father David Garrick agreed. “[Some alumni] had such Voices Emerge Through the fall of 1994, left to do was wait. The Holy Cross priest and com­ hard feelings they were on the In 1985, then-Notre Dame GLND/SMC continued to meet Answers and Compromise munication and theatre profes­ verge of tears,” he said. “They theology professor Bill Storey in the Counseling Center, and On Feb. 29, 1996, the Ad Hoc sor came out as a celibate loved it, but there was lots of was invited to attend a meeting regularly placed advertise­ Committee published its final homosexual to the University pain associated with whether at an off-campus apartment — ments in The Observer. report, and by April 2, O’Hara community in 1996 through a they could step back on cam­ but unlike most first gather­ However, the publicity had a had delivered another answer. letter to the editor published in pus again.” ings, the 20 graduate students caveat — neither the name of Set within the framework of The Observer. Garrick resigned Since then, GALA has contin­ and two professors who joined the organization nor the meet­ the “dual goals” of meeting gay from the faculty on March 19, ued to make its presence felt at him there didn’t jump at the ing place could be listed. John and lesbian student needs and 1998, w riting that “it is my Notre Dame. Gus Hinojosa, cur­ chance to make introductions. Blandford, co-chair of remaining faithful to the intention that this resignation rent chairman, said that the Instead, each shared only his GLND/SMC, said he remembers Church, O’Hara’s letter accept­ shall serve as a heart-felt tailgate the group hosted last or her first name — a clue, publishing the letters in Greek ed all 12 of the com m ittee’s protest against the refusal of fall was particularly significant. Storey said, that spoke plenty script to evade punishment. He recommendations, including the officers of the University to “It helped normalize the about both the national con­ described the process as “a big granting it permanent standing make a legal provision for the whole concept of being a gay sciousness and Notre Dame game to pretend the group did­ committee status. equal rights for gay persons at alum,” he said. “You’re no less perception of homosexuality at n’t exist.” Two of these acceptances, Notre Dame.” of an alumnus if you’re a gay the time. When an ad ran with the however, stood out — the cre­ “It is my hope,” the letter or a lesbian. “I thought it was very reveal­ meeting place clearly ation of a new University-spon­ continued, “that this protest “It’s our obligation to be ing that people were just announced, the game was over. sored group for gay and lesbian will stimulate informed and more visible on campus, so stu­ scared enough not to use their Blandford said he and co-chair students facilitated by faculty productive public exchanges dents know there’s life beyond family name, that they were Kelley Smith were called to a and administrator advisors here at Notre Dame on homo­ campus.” uneasy at Notre Dame, afraid meeting in January 1995 with with a special relatiohship to sexual issues in general, and GALA also provides funding of the repercussions,” he said. Father Peter Rocca, who spoke the Office of Student Affairs on social justice for gay per­ for current unofficial student While Storey was living open­ on behalf of the Office of and O’Hara’s promise to raise sons in particular.” groups such as OUTReachND ly with his partner at the time, Student Affairs. They were to University officers the issue Garrick got his wish. Over the and the Gay/Straight Alliance, he said that he was “not on a informed that GLND/SMC had of modifying the legal non-dis­ next few years, the exchange and helped sponsor the Queer soapbox” for gay rights — “I been banned from meeting on crimination clause to include would continue — this time Film Festival this February. was kind of out and in,” he campus. sexual orientation. with alumni on the front lines. Hinojosa said that while on explained. The outcry was immediate. In The former, a group named The Alumni Role campus for the festival, several Storey and the other atten­ first week of February alone, Notre Dame Gay and Lesbian Like GLND/SMC years before, alumni met with University dees soon decided that the anx­ the rising conflict at Notre Students — which Blandford Gay and Lesbian Alumni of President Emeritus Father iety they felt could be turned Dame appeared on the front described as a “paper tiger” to Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Theodore Hesburgh, and felt into a positive, and GLND/SMC page of the Chicago Tribune. pacify, not replace GLND/SMC (GALA-ND/SMC) were banned heartened by his words. was formed. The student protests of the — was short-lived, folding after in August of 1999 from adver­ “He was very soulful, he gave “The tone of that first meet­ decision coincided with Andrew only a year of existence. The tising in The Observer. Chandra us a blessing,” Hinojosa said. ing was indicative of two Sullivan, gay and Catholic edi­ latter, the non-discrimination Johnson, assistant to the “He said w e’re all God’s chil­ things,” Storey said. “At first it tor of The New Republic, com­ clause, became the next sus­ President, wrote a letter saying dren, we all operate within the was fear and trepidation, we ing to speak at the University. tained source of friction. that GALA ads implied opposi­ parameters we were born with. didn’t know if we could do any­ “We mustered all of our In August of 1997, University tion to Catholic moral teach­ “He was very encouraging thing at [Notre Dame] ... but forces,” Blandford said, adding President Father Edward ings and issued “a blanket that we proceed on the path then it became ‘well, let’s try.’” that the decision upset many Malloy wrote an open letter to statement against GALA.” we’re going.” GLND/SMC did not try, how­ students’ “basic sense of jus­ the campus community that Blandford, who had by then ever, to immediately achieve tice.” explained a new document and become the chairman of GALA, Contact Claire Heininger at officially recognized club sta­ “They just felt that the an intricate distinction. loudly contested the claim that [email protected] W o rld & N a t io n Thursday, March 18. 2004 COMPILED FROM THE OBSERVER'S WIRE SERVICES page 5

International N ews Iraq Militants call truce with Spain CAIRO, Egypt — The Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for last week’s Blast destroys Baghdad hotel Madrid train bombings has called a truce with Spain to give the new government time to withdraw troops from Iraq, a London- Massive car bomb rips through five-story downtown building , killing 27 civilians based Arabic-languagc newspaper said Wednesday. Associated Press The Al Ilayat daily newspaper said it received a statement from the Brigade of BAGHDAD — A thunder­ Abu Hal's al-Masri, which earlier said it ous car bomb tore apart a orchestrated the bombings to punish Spain five-story hotel catering to for supporting the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The foreigners in the heart of blasts killed 201 people. Baghdad on Wednesday But the United States believes the group, night, killing 27 people and which takes its name in memory of al- showing the continued vul­ Qaida’s fallen No. 3, lacks credibility and its nerability of civilians to ter­ ties to al-Qaida are tenuous. In the past, the ror attacks just days before group has made claims about various events the anniversary of the start to which it was not connected — such as of the Iraq war. blackouts last year in the United States, Flames and heavy smoke Canada and London. burst skyward from the Mount Lebanon Hotel, Khatami admits defeat in reforms torching nearby homes, TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's beleaguered presi­ offices and shops. Rescuers dent conceded defeat Wednesday in his long pulled bodies from the rub­ struggle to reform a sv^em stacked in favor ble and searched for other of hard-line Islamic clerics, saying he was victims of the attack, which abandoning efforts to salvage two key bills wounded 41 people. that sought to expand presidential powers There was no official and limit the authority of an unelected con­ word on who carried out servative body. the attack but a U.S. coun­ Mohammad Khatami, once hailed as the terterrorism official, speak­ leader of a hugely popular reform move­ ing on the condition of Emergency crews search for bodies Wednesday in the rubble of the Mount ment, warned Iranians not to expect too anonymity, said Jordanian Lebanon Hotel in central Baghdad, which was destroyed by a car bomb. At least much from the presidency, accusing his Islamic militant Abu Musab 27 people were killed in the explosion, and dozens more were wounded. rivals of relegating the office to a position of al-Zarqawi is among those little influence. suspected of playing a key explosives and artillery debris hundreds of yards Saddam on April 9 with the Acknowledging the failure of the pillars of role. shells. That was the same from the hotel. help of U.S. Marines who his presidency, Khatami conceded that two Dazed and wounded peo­ mixture of explosives used The Mount Lebanon was had just entered the center key reform proposals designed to check the ple stumbled from the in the Aug. 19 suicide a so-called soft target of the capital. powers of hard-liners were dead. wreckage, m arked by a attack on the U.N. head­ because it did not have con­ After the blast, American jagged, 20-foot-wide crater. quarters in Baghdad, which crete blast barriers and forces and Iraqi ambu­ A father cradled his young killed 22 people. other security measures lances hurried to the scene. daughter, who was limp in Americans, Britons, that protect offices of the Dozens of U.S. soldiers in N ational N ews his arms. Coated in dust, Egyptians as well as other U.S.-led coalition and build­ Humvees and Bradley fight­ some rescuers dug through foreigners were staying at ings where Westerners live ing vehicles cleared crowds. Kerry blasts Bush on Iraq war the debris with bare hands the Mount Lebanon Hotel, and work. Earlier, two U.S. soldiers as uniformed firefighters said Baghdad resident The Bush administration tried to help pull bodies WASHINGTON — Democrat John Kerry fought the blaze and ambu­ Faleh Kalhan. But some offered prayers for the vic­ from the wreckage of the assailed President Bush on Wednesday for lance workers stood by with residents in the area said, tims but said such attacks hotel, but angry Iraqis clinging to a failed policy that leaves orange stretchers. they believed guests left the would not change U.S. poli­ pushed them back. Americans mired in Iraq “with the target “It was a huge boom fol­ hotel a week ago after its cy. The explosion left a crater squarely on their backs” while Vice President lowed by complete darkness management received “Democracy is taking root 20 feet wide and 10 feet Dick Cheney argued that his boss’ rival lacks and then the red glow of a threats. If true, many casu­ in Iraq and there is no turn­ deep, and American foren­ the judgment to be commander in chief. fire,” said 16-year-old Walid alties were likely in adja­ ing back,” said Scott sic experts studied the Marking the first anniversary of the inva­ Mohammed Abdel-Maguid, cent buildings. The British McClellan, White House scene. The area of the blast, sion of the Persian Gulf nation, Kerry deliv­ who lives near the hotel. A Broadcasting Corp. report­ spokesman. “This is a time Karrada, is a mix of resi­ ered a broadside to the incumbent’s strategy U.S. soldier a mile away ed that two Britons were of testing, but the terrorists dential and commercial toward Iraq, focusing on the unending hostil­ said the blast — which took among the wounded. will not prevail.” buildings. ities, alienated allies and the loss of lives. place about 8 p.m. — felt as The blast ignited at least The attack came just The blast shook the near­ though it were next door. eight cars, one of which was three days before the first by Palestine Hotel, where U.S. to withhold Halliburton cash Army Col. Ralph Baker of hurled into a store. Some anniversary of the start of many foreign contractors WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to the 1st Armored Division vehicles were little more the U.S.-led war to topple and journalists are based. It withhold about $300 million in payments to estimated that the bomb than mangled piles of Saddam Hussein. It took also damaged the nearby Halliburton Co. because of possible over­ contained 1,000 pounds of metal. The explosion blew place behind Firdaus Swan Lake Hotel, home to charging for meals served to troops in Iraq explosives. He said the bricks, air conditioners, fur­ Square, where Iraqis top­ many foreigners, including and Kuwait, defense officials said bomb was a mix of plastic niture, wires and other pled a bronze statue of several journalists. Wednesday. Starting next month, the Defense Department will begin withholding 15 per­ cent of the money paid to Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company on a multibillion- dollar contract to provide services such as Census: Minorities to surge by 2050 food, housing, laundry and mail to American forces in Iraq. ed, due in large part to higher-than- Meantime, the Hispanic and Asian Associated Press forecast immigration rates for Asians populations are expected to continue WASHINGTON — For as long as and Hispanics, said Greg Spencer, a their explosive growth. Local N ews there has been an America, whites bureau demographer. The Asian population is expected have made up a clear majority. But Whites now represent 69 percent to more than triple to 33 million by Kids shaken in school bus wreck that will change by 2050 when of the population, but their growth is 2050. Hispanics will increase their DUNIAP — A school bus carrying 38 stu­ minority groups will be 49.9 percent slowing because of low rates of birth ranks by 188 percent to 102.6 mil­ dents to a junior high school collided with a of the population, the Census Bureau and immigration. Their total will lion, or roughly one-quarter of the car and ended up on a guardrail Wednesday. says. grow 7 percent to 210 million, or population. Ten students were taken to a nearby hospi­ Asians and Hispanics will see the 50.1 percent of the population, in “Historically, we’ve been a black- tal for observation as a precaution after most dramatic increases between 2050. and-white country. That’s not true complaining of soreness. Concord now and midcentury, when the U.S. Those figures do not include any longer, and even less true in the Community Schools Superintendent George population will have grow n by Hispanics. The Census Bureau future,” said Roderick Harrison, a Dyer said. almost 50 percent to reach 420 mil­ counts “Hispanic” or “Latino” as an demographer with the Joint Center All of the students were treated and lion, according to bureau projections ethnicity rather than a race, so they for Political and Economic Studies in released by Wednesday afternoon, he said. being released Thursday. can be of any race, including white. Washington, which studies issues of “Some of them were banged around pretty America will get older, too. Nearly Between 2040 and 2050, the concern to minorities. good, but we don’t believe anyone was seri­ 21 percent of its residents will be Census Bureau expects the non- “A good deal of social history in ously hurt," Dyer said. age 65 or older, compared with 12 Hispanic white population actually the next several decades will be The bus was nearing Concord Junior High percent now. will decline slightly because of a reflected in how we sort that out, School, about 20 miles east of South Bend, The data highlight trends long pre­ large number of expected deaths of whether we achieve greater degrees when a Ford Mustang convertible pulled into dicted. But racial and ethnic changes baby boomers, who by 2040 will be of equality in these populations,” he its path. Dyer said. are taking shape faster than expect­ at least 76. said. page 6 The Observer ♦ NEV^S Thursday, March 18, 2004

from approximately 5:30 to when they hear about them on larger party at College Park on arrest if we don’t have to,” he 8:30 p.m., forcing students to the police scanner. St. Patrick’s Day, where a stu­ said. “We understand about the Bust leave the apartments. Police “County didn’t ask for any dent also fell off a balcony. intoxication, but we also have continued from page 1 asked students for identification backup or anything ... I haven’t Pavlekovich said the goal of the public to worry about and breathalyzed them if they talked to any of the students, the police was to restore order, around this neighborhood.” he arrived at College Park to tried to drive away from the I’m not involved with any of the not make arrests. respond to the original noise complex. things,” she said. “Our main objective out here Contact Scott Brodfuehrer at complaint, the area was disor­ During this time, Theiriln said Last year, police busted a is not to place anybody under [email protected] derly and there were also six individuals were arrested by between 20 to 30 cars illegally police and transported to the St. parked on Bulla Road. Joseph County Jail. Two were “I came out here and there arrested for public intoxication were probably 5 to 600 people and four were arrested for in the parking lot on the bal­ minor in consumption. One per­ cony, screaming, yelling and son who was arrested for minor loud music. You could hear it in consumption was also arrest­ down to the corner of Ironwood ed for providing false identifica­ and Bulla,” Pavlekovich said. tion. She said that another stu­ After the fall, Pavlekovich dent was very uncooperative said he called additional units, and police will send a report on and officers responded from the him to the prosecutor’s office. St. Joseph County, South Bend She said it was not unusual and Roseland police depart­ that students were taken to jail ments and the Indiana State instead of just being issued cita­ Excise Police. tions, given the repeated warn­ LouAnn Susan, property man­ ings that students were given ager from Paramount by police to leave. Management, who owns the “When we got out there, they complex, also arrived at College asked everyone to leave. It’s not Park after being called at like they didn’t have time,” approximately 5 p.m. by a stu­ Theiriln said. “It probably dent who reported that there would have been wise [for them had been an injury. to leave earlier].” Susan said she made a com­ A sergeant from the Notre bined decision with the police to Dame Security/Police, who ask anyone who did not live in declined to be named, also Now's the tim e to get ahead, catch up, or ju st the apartments to leave the arrived at College Park and take a class for enjoyment - doit for youI complex, partially because bal­ temporarily helped direct traf­ conies, which are limited to fic. She said that NDSP did not eight people, were being over­ receive a request for assistance loaded. from county police, but said A group of officers moved that NDSP routinely responds to from apartment to apartment situations involving students UNIVERSITY ##Senior” Seek Hop ftp with the retired refMeaU of Sterling House nl of LeadersNp ^ A d v a n c e Thursday, March 18 7:00-9:00 PM bourses'. MR* 'SgWnais. Study AbfpW At Alterra Sterling House ’Sgven l&Nerent Stzd Dates. May July cA by k t pLc#*, x z d ie \%l> y/ZAXv.l:;: .::T*Ws<:fW "<■£ var SsKuazr i iVdstj*.

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In later addresses, Through a combination of skillful and entertaining taken the class, like junior Ackermann gave a teaching methods, finance professor Carl Ackermann In B rief Dave Moisan, said slideshow of the photos. has gained the admiration of his students. Ackermann makes learning “In mock seriousness, 1 Bank megamerger gets approval an enjoyable experience. told the alumni how seri­ semester, said senior That chance has consis­ “He’s the best professor ous my students were,” Brandi Gill. tently paid off. In 2001, the CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The $47 billion merger I’ve ever had,” Moisan said. Ackermann said. “They “I liked pizza days, graduating class of the of Bank of America Corp. and FleetBoston “Anyone who can make even bring their textbooks because I didn’t have to eat M endoza College of Financial Corp. gained approval from the finance interesting is doing on vacation so they could in the dining h all,” Gill Business selected shareholders of both companies Wednesday, a pretty well.” study their finance.” said. Ackermann to receive the combination that will create the nation’s third- Senior Jessica Shedlock The photos were an Despite the fun, photos college’s Undergraduate largest bank with nearly $1 trillion in assets. said she was apprehensive instant hit, and Ackermann and food, Ackermann said Teaching Award, a distinc­ Bank of America executives refused to com­ about taking a finance has used the gag in speech­ he has an important tion Ackermann called “a ment on a report that the merger will result in course, but Ackermann’s es ever since. responsibility to his stu-i tremendous honor.” up to 13,000 job cuts, though chief executive approach made the course In addition to caring dents. “I was thrilled, absolutely Ken Lewis did acknowledge that eliminating exciting. about his students’ educa­ “It’s their first exposure overjoyed.” Ackermann jobs was a key part to any profitable acquisi­ “I’m a science-busincss tion, Ackerm ann is also to finance, and that’s some­ said. “It was something 1 tion. major, so the business concerned with their nutri­ thing 1 take very seriously,” put a great deal of time world was kind of foreign tion. During an exam, he Ackermann said. “I have a into.” EU nears end of Microsoft case to m e,” Shedlock said. brought sodas and juice for chance to really engage BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union “[Ackermann] would find a his students, and he buys them in the subject m at­ Contact Matt Bramanti at insisted it was “on track” Wednesday to con­ way to help you learn the pizza for the class twice a ter.” [email protected] clude its antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. next week, even as the world's biggest soft­ ware company scrambled to reach a deal to avert sanctions for allegedly abusing its orporate candal Windows monopoly. C S Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer and general counsel Brad Smith were in Brussels negotiating with the EU antitrust office, Prosecutors finish Tyco arguments sources familiar with the case said, after arriv­ ing Tuesday for a surprise face-to-face session with EU Competition Commissioner Mario they .were running the company. million by taking unauthorized Associated Press Monti. About most things, Scholl said bonuses and by abusing company No progress toward a settlement was NEW YORK — Offering a twist on a Swartz was simply a liar. The prose­ loan programs and netted another announced but both sides indicated talks were defense lawyer’s quip, prosecutors in cutor called an arithmetic demon­ $430 million by pumping up Tyco intensifying. the Tyco International trial asked stration “hocus pocus” when the for­ stock prices and selling their shares jurors Wednesday to convict two for­ mer CFO tried to show the jury the at market rates from 1995 through FedEx delivers higher Q3 earnings mer company executives of looting formula for calculating his bonus. 2002 . MEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx Corp. reported a $600 million because there is “not a Scholl said Swartz made up some of The defendants arc charged with a 41 percent increase in third-quarter profits, thimbleful of doubt ” about their guilt. thd numbers. total of 32 counts of grand larceny, due mostly to growth in international priority In his appeal to the jury, Assistant The prosecutor also said the defen­ falsifying business records and vio­ shipments and savings from job cuts. The District Attorney Marc Scholl dants never produced minutes of lating state business laws. The grand results topped Wall Street’s estimates and referred to a rem last week by the meetings at which they said the larceny charge — a mega-larceny FedEx shares rose more than 5 percent. lawyer for Tyco’s lormer chief finan­ board of directors had approved tens under state law since it alleges theft The shipping giant reported earnings cial officer Mark Swartz that “there of millions of dollars worth of bonus­ of more than $1 million — is punish­ Wednesday of $207 million, or 68 cents per is not a thimbleful of evidence” that es and loan forgivenesses for them. able by up to 25 years in prison. share, up from $147 million, or 49 cents per the defendants committed a crime. That, Scholl said, was because there State Supreme Court Justice share, in the same period last year. “Not a thimbleful of evidence?" were no such minutes or approvals. Michael Obus said he would instruct Those results included costs from an early Scholl said. “Not a thimbleful of Taking money that was not author­ the jury on Thursday. retirement and severance program that cut the doubt.” ized in the company director’s Swartz, on the witness stand nine payroll of FedEx Express, the company’s cargo Scholl spent hours attacking testi­ records was wrong, “plainly and sim­ days as the only defense witness, tes­ airline, by 3,600 employees. mony in which Swartz tried to ply.” Scholl told the jury. tified that he and Kozlowski were Without those charges, FedEx earned $216 explain money he and co-defendant Prosecutors say Kozlowski, 57, and voted bonuses and loan forgivenesses million, or 71 cents a share, in the three L. Dennis Kozlowski, Tyco’s former Swartz, 43, wrongfully took $600 at many informal meetings at which months ending Feb. 29. chief executive officer, received while million. They say the two stole $170 no minutes were kept. page 8 The Observer ♦ PAID ADVERTISEMENT Thursday, March 18, 2004 ■ A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PRAYER for faculty, staff and students DURING THE THREE REMAINING FRIDAYS OF LENT

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Office. port of homosexual students to do.” “Life has gotten a lot better “1 think it’s obvious that [the at this time. Gude added that gay and for gay and lesbian students GSA administration] is just drag­ “This is such a significantly lesbian students already have on this campus,” said Gude, continued from page 1 ging their feet,” Dickmann complex issue. We need more a great deal of freedom to who has been employed by said. “We have a large num­ than just students involved in organize events the University for Joe Dickmann, leader of the ber of students that are out the conversation,” said through the 20 years. “I know Gay-Straight Alliance, the and over 1,000 others who Coughlin. “Administrators standing commit­ “GSA tells me that it, I’ve seen it. unofficial campus club that support them, and [the should be walking with our tee, and that by I’ve had gay and organized the event, estimat­ University] wants to pretend students as they try to figure acting through it, I am one of many. I lesbian students ed that about 1,600 students we’re not here.” these things out.” they also have w ant to fe e l p art o f tell me this.” will be wearing In the rejec­ Recommendations from the University fund­ a community and However, the blaze tion letter, standing committee would ing. Dickmann and director of address those orange T-shirts “Gay and lesbian clubs play a major role in any possi­ “Gay and les­ Horvath contest­ Thursday. Student ble formation of a student-run bian students do issues as part of a ed this progress, are better off being “We ju st Activities Brian club for gay and lesbian stu­ not have to be community. ” referring again want to pro­ independent because Coughlin wrote dents, Coughlin said. alone on this to The Princeton mote a more they have the freedom that several The standing committee is a campus, and I Review’s distinc­ to le ra n t and University group of students, faculty and don’t think they Lindsey Horvath tion of Notre accepting to do what they want departments, administrators that organizes are,” Gude said. GSA m em ber Dame as the atmosphere,” to do. ” including the meetings, speakers and other However, many most homophobic said Dickmann. Office of programming to address gay and lesbian cam p u s in He also said Student Affairs, issues pertaining to gay and students posited that the America. Sister Mary Louise Gude he does not Campus lesbian students. It also seeks University services provided The “Fine by me” campaign think .Notre committee chairperson Ministry and to make the campus as a to them are geared more began at Duke University, Dame actually the Student whole aware of gay and les­ towards addressing individual which was designated number has the least Activities bian needs, said Sister Mary needs, and not towards the one on The Princeton accepting Office, have Louise Gude, needs of the Review’s “Alternative atmosphere of the 351 schools created and sustained “struc­ chair of the gay and les­ Lifestyles Not an Alternative” surveyed by the Princeton tures which serve to both sup­ standing com­ “Gay and lesbian bian commu­ list in 2003. Leila Nesson, a port gay and lesbian students mittee. nity as a graduate student at Duke, Review. Rather, Dickmann students do not have to said he believes support for and educate and sensitize het­ Gude echoed whole. organized the T-shirt cam­ alternative lifestyles is pres­ erosexual students about Coughlin’s sen­ be alone on this “GSA tells paign as a way for gay and ent at Notre Dame and he issues relating to homosexual­ timents about campus, and I don’t me that I am straight students alike to hopes today’s event will make ity.” Coughlin also wrote in the complexity one of many.” demonstrate that homophobia think they are." that support public. the letter that considerable of the issues said Lindsey is not something they believe “I think N otre Dame is progress has been made related to gay Horvath, a in. The campaign has since accepting in terms of the stu­ through these efforts, espe­ and lesbian Sister Mary Louise Gude member of the spread to several other col­ dent body," said Dickmann, cially through programs spon­ students at committee chairperson alliance. “I leges and universities. When who added that he has never sored by the Standing Notre Dame, want to feel GSA began discussing the pos­ heard of violence against gays Committee on Gay and especially in part of a com­ sibility of bringing the “Fine on campus or gays being Lesbian Student Needs and connection munity and by me” campaign to Notre shunned by friends for coming Campus Ministry. with the Catholic tradition address those issues as part Dame, the initial goal was to out. “Campus Ministry and the upon which the University is of a community.” sell 300 shirts. Dickmann said However, Dickmann said he standing committee had vehi­ founded. Although Gude agreed that th a t GSA has been o v er­ feels the administration is not cles in place to help students “Catholic institutions have Notre Dame — and the rest of whelmed by the response so accepting. that are dealing with these missions that are founded on the world — has a lot of room from students, and has had to Exactly two weeks ago, on issues,” Coughlin said, Catholic teaching,” said Gude. for progress in regards to gay make several new orders to March 4, the Gay-Straight explaining why he believes “[Gay and lesbian clubs] are and lesbian issues, she said fill the demand. Alliance application for offi­ official recognition for a gay better off being independent she admired the advance­ cial club status was rejected and lesbian student group is because they then have the ments that have been made Contact Kevin Allen at bv the S tudent A ctivities not the best avenue for sup­ freedom to do what they want on campus over the years. 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appointed by the Office of the President under the proposed S erbia Chief constitution. continued from page 1 Baron will also be heavily involved in choosing the new Six killed in ethnic clashes “Student government isn’t a staff — a task restricted by the two-party system," Baron said. fact that the new student gov­ of the town said four ethnic including some in critical condi­ “It isn’t like there are sides ernment constitution will not Associated Press standing in opposition to each be passed until March 28 at the Albanians had died, apparently tion. One was shot in the head of gunshot wounds. Initial and another in the lungs, while other, and 1 want to help stu­ earliest. Because of major KOSOVSKA MITROVICA — reports had said three Serbs others were hit by stones, rub­ dent government no matter restructuring, the Office of the Serbs and ethnic Albanians were shot to death, but hospital ber bullets fired by peacekeep­ who I’m working with. Adam President will have a smaller traded heavy gunfire officials later lowered that to ers or shrapnel from their stun recognized that I have experi­ staff with different responsibili­ Wednesday across the Ibar two. grenades. ence, and that he needs to ties, and will tentatively lack River, killing at least six people NATO-led peacekeepers in the Ambulances carrying wound­ know the system ... I did talk positions key under the current and wounding almost 300 in the tense city fired tear gas, rubber ed lined up near the hospital in with Charlie and James about constitution. However, without worst outbreak of violence in bullets and stun grenades to the southern part of town. it, and they thought I’d do more knowing exactly what those this ethnically divided city since separate the angry residents. Those with more serious for the school not sitting out positions will be, staff appoint­ a bus bombing three years ago. Kosovo has been adminis­ injuries were taken to the hos­ the year.” ments cannot proceed. The killings, a setback to the tered by the United Nations and pital in the provincial capital of Istvan agreed, adding that “I’d consider us behind in international struggle to ease NATO-led peacekeepers since Pristina. Dozens of armored Baron was too good of an asset picking our stuff, and there’s a tension in Kosovo, were pro­ June 1999, after a NATO air vehicles streamed toward town, to an administration to pass up. chance many of the positions voked by reports that two eth­ campaign drove Serb-dominat­ Baron’s intimate knowledge we need to fill will be created nic Albanian boys drowned as NATO-led peacekeepers ed troops loyal to former increased security. of student government, his three days before we take after they jumped in an icy river Yugoslav President Slobodan Earlier, the peacekeepers work ethic and agreeable office,” Istvan said. “But if to escape angry Serbs. A third Milosevic out of the province blocked off the bridge after nature were the qualities that everything works out, we was missing. made him attractive as a chief should have a full staff by April Initial reports by U.N. police and stopped a crackdown on crowds started gathering on the independence-minded both sides. At least one U.N. of staff explained Istvan. 1.” spokeswoman Angela Joseph Kosovo Albanian majority. An vehicle was destroyed by a mob “He’s a pretty cool guy, and Applications for positions that a French peacekeeper had someone I know I could work within the Office of the died of gunshot wounds were estimated 10,000 people died in with rocks and chunks of con- ' that war, most of them ethnic well with,” said Bell. „ President will be made avail­ later denied by NATO and the crete. Baron also sees his knowl­ able in the next two days, and French military. Albanians. Police and NATO troops con­ The United Nations, assisted edge of Ebersol-Leito’s platform Istvan plans to conduct inter­ Lt. Col. Jim Moran, a NATO tinued firing tear gas at concen­ as an advantage, and plans on views with potential staffers at spokesman, said a French and a by NATO-led peacekeepers, has trations of people to keep them sought to foster ethnic tolerance bringing some of the ideas from the end of March. Danish soldier were “seriously from reforming and storming that campaign into the new Though Baron admitted he wounded,” but reports that a since then. Still, with predomi­ the bridge. The span itself was nantly Orthodox Christian Serbs presidency. This includes the was shocked by the job offer, peacekeeper had died were draped with concertina wire regarding Kosovo as their college readership effort to he also said he was ready for “completely not true.” and blocked by armored vehi­ ancient homeland and ethnic make three national newspa­ the chance to make a differ­ NATO spokesman Capt. cles manned by peacekeepers Albanians, who are primarily pers available to students daily. ence. Athanasios Zormbas said 11 under French command. Acrid Muslims, seeking independence, “Ideas that go to help student “It’s make it or break it time peacekeeping soldiers were smoke from exploding tear gas government are good no matter for student government,” wounded by stones and shrap­ hatred between the two sides canisters rose in the air. continues to provoke violence. who proposes them,” Baron Baron said. “It’s not an easy sit­ nel from a hand grenade. Clashes similar to A man in the crowd of ethnic said. uation for Adam and Karla to Wednesday’s fighting was the Wednesday’s violence left nine He also plans on fulfilling jump into with no experience, worst of its kind since February Albanians gathered on the people dead in 1999 at the goals independent of either but I don’t think it’s an impossi­ 2001, when ethnic Albanian southern side of Kosovska same bridge, shortly after the Mitrovica was seen firing with a campaign, like the creation of a ble task at all. We need a way terrorists blew up a bus carry­ end of all-out warfare between submachine gun toward the polling committee that would to rally the students. If we want ing Serbs, killing 11 and injur­ ethnic Albanians and Serbs. determine student opinion — to make any progress with the ing 40. Clashes between Serbs crowd of Serbs on the other side Less than half of the 40,000 of the bridge. an effort he believes will help Board of Trustees or [the Office and ethnic Albanians were also NATO troops originally in light campus apathy. of] Student Affairs or the Notre reported in several other towns Xhelal Ibrahimi, an ethnic Kosovo now remain, including Albanian witness covered by the about 2,000 Americans. The main duties of the chief Dame administration, we need in the region. blood of a victim he helped, said of staff include coordinating the the total support of the stu­ The violence was concentrat­ Washington and its allies had gunfire came from the Serb- efforts of all members in the dents, and that’s what the job ed at the main bridge over the hoped that troops in Kosovo and dominated part of the town, and Office of the Student Body of student government should Ibar, which divides Kosovska elsewhere in the Balkans could he saw several people falling in soon be drawn down further President, responding to con­ be.” Mitrovica and has been the site stituency complaints and work­ of past violence. front of him. Hospital workers and redeployed to Iraq, on the southern side, dominated Afghanistan and other new ing with the committee heads Contact Amanda Michaels at Hospital personnel on the by ethnic Albanians, counted areas of conflict. of the Senate, who will be [email protected] Serb and ethnic Albanian sides 200 hurt, including several who In another hotspot near were shot. Pristina, hundreds of ethnic Doctors at the hospital urged Albanians broke through barri­ people to give blood, but their cades erected by U.N. police voices were drowned out occa­ and NATO-led peacekeepers to NAFTA and the sionally by the cries of relatives march on the Serb village of looking for loved ones. Caglavica. U.N. spokeswoman “I just felt pain and went Angela Joseph said there were down on the ground.” said reports that hand grenades had Economics of Ridvan Lahu, 41, who was shot been thrown and that two Serb in the stomach. houses were on fire. “We On the Serb side, Milan assume there’s a conflict going Ivanovic, a hospital physician, on” in Caglavica, Joseph said, Migration said 80 Serbs were wounded, but she could offer no details. Juan Rivera, Mendoza College of Business You think this is hot. Gilberto Cardenas, Institute for Latino Studies Professor R ivera will speak about the ef fects of NAFTA and March 20th in related trade matters on agriculture in Mexico. Professor Cardenas Washington Hal! will discuss the effects of economics on the flow of migrants into the O’Neil! Hall presents the 4S1 Ms. ND pageant. Come United States. watch as a representative from Thursday, March 18th, 2004-7 pm each women's dorm on campus compete for Hesburgh Center for International me first place prize of $300. And to top It Studies Auditorium off. the winner -will also This makes that have a $100 donated to a woman’s charity of look like a her choice. And ail this This lecture is part three of the series Strangers No Longer: Catholic Re' fun w# cost you George Foreman Grill. nothing. So come to spohses to Migration. The series concludes on Saturday, April 24th support your porm, w ith a one day conference focussing on how churches might better friend:, or to &i*t check out some of welcome and assist migrants in their community. The conference is Notre Dame’s finest, open to all members of the Notre Dame and South Bend community. if* be Hot! Registration is free. To find out more or to register contact John Infranca [email protected] M s h ttp ://www.nd.edu/-isla/ ! 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Associated Press is taken substantially from the keep his job. original sources.” Cibes’ investigation found traveler program' NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The The report, obtained by the Judd’s op-ed article about the president of Central AP through the Freedom of prospects for peace in Cyprus Associated Press embrace the registered travel­ Connecticut State University Information Act and dated lifted unattributed, verbatim er program because of privacy plagiarized from three sources Monday, went to the chairman phrases from a New York WASHINGTON — The Bush concerns. in an opinion piece published of the university’s board of Times editorial, from a Web administration wants to begin “We are, as an organization, in The H artford C ourant, trustees. site of the Turkish Republic of testing in June a program that very much in favor of it,” according to an investigative The board’s executive com­ Northern Cyprus and from an would allow certain airline Mitchell said. “But I’m not sure report obtained by The mittee will meet Friday; it article published a London travelers not considered ter­ there are a lot of business trav­ Associated Press. could recommend actions newspaper, The Independent rorist threats to avoid extra elers willing to pay to turn over “This is a clear, unaccept­ from a reprimand to dismissal. on Sunday. security inspections at airports, all that information.” able case of plagiarism,” The trustees may meet as soon Using the material without a federal official said James May, president of the Connecticut State University as next Wednesday. attribution violates the univer­ Wednesday. Air Transport Association, said Chancellor William Gibes said Judd has already apologized sity's policy on plagiarism, as Under the “registered travel­ he was “surprised but pleased” in his report on Richard Judd’s to the Faculty Senate in New well as policies from other er program” passengers would by Stone’s announcement. Feb. 26 commentary. “About Britain; the group voted universities and professional pay a fee and submit to gov­ “We’ve been pushing and half of Dr. Judd's commentary Monday to recommend he groups, he said. ernment background checks. If pushing and pushing,” said they are not found to be poten­ May, whose organization rep­ tial threats, they would avoid resents major U.S. airlines. being randomly selected for Stone said biometrics would the follow-up screening that be an essential element of the some travelers face at check­ registered traveler program I NOMINATION DEADLINE points where carry-on bags but declined to elaborate. pass through metal detectors. The General Accounting David Stone, acting chief of Office, Congress’s investigative the Transportation Security arm, has said many unan­ FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2 Administration, said the goal is swered questions about the to move law-abiding travelers program remain, including: more quickly to their planes Who will be eligible? What and permit screeners to focus level of background check will more on people about whom be needed? How much will it the government has less infor­ cost? What technology will be mation. used? for the 2004 “TSA believes in this,” Stone May testified that the govern­ told the House Transportation ment should develop the regis­ and Infrastructure subcommit­ tered traveler program before tee on aviation. “It’s a high pri­ implementing computerized ority.” passenger screening that The program is expected to would use personal informa­ Student leadership be appealing mostly to fre­ tion to rank all air travelers quent travelers who would based on their threat level. think the cost would be offset But Stone said the TSA is by the time saved at airports. forging ahead with the Stone said testing would last Computer-Assisted Passenger Awards 90 days. Among the airports Prescreening System, or CAPPS being considered are Boston’s II, which has been in develop­ Logan International Airport; ment for two years. He said the Washington's Reagan National agency will order airlines to Airport; Dallas Love Field; turn over passenger records in McGhee Tyson A irport in the next couple of months so Help us identify undergraduate students who best Knoxville, Tenn.; and West the TSA can conduct tests. exemplify the spirit of Notre Dame in social, recreational, Palm Beach Airport in Florida. May said airlines might resist The TSA is speaking to more such an order because of con­ residential, service, and religious activities that promote than a dozen major airlines cerns about the legality and the welfare of the University and extended communities. about the possibility of partici­ liability of complying. The ATA pating in the program, agency set out seven privacy principles spokesman Mark Hatfield said. on Wednesday and said the All Notre Dame Community Members are encouraged to Kevin Mitchell, chairman of airlines won’t participate in the the Business Travel Coalition, CAPPS II program unless submit nominations. A student may nominate another said he’s not sure people will they’re followed. student, but no self-nominations will be accepted.

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Associated Press Most of the injured were crowd of parade watchers battle for signals treated for broken bones, cuts near the center of downtown SAVANNAH — A convertible and bruises, but none suf­ Savannah, said Bucky sped through an intersection fered life-threatening injuries. Burnsed, police spokesman. Associated Press 1990s growth spurt, with during the city’s St. Patrick’s Initial police reports said up “We w ere sitting here ... more than 1,800 AM and FM Day parade Wednesday, slam­ to 12 people had been hospi­ smiling and having a good FREDERICK, Md. — One outlets compared with 772 ming into three members of a talized, but authorities later time, then all of a sudden, morning last month, WJTM- mostly FM National Public marching band and specta­ revised the number to eight. bam, this guy comes tearing FM began the day with its Radio stations, according to tors who lined the parade The car apparently failed to through the parade and usual fare of Christian preach­ Arbitron and NPR. route. Eight people were brake and sped through the smashes into the band. ” said ing and prayer. But that after­ But NPR has become a more injured. marching band and into a Bobby Johnson of New York. noon, the programming aggressive bidder for licenses' changed to something that since 2001, when the federally some longtime listeners find funded Corporation for Public Beyond Liberty and Equality: offensive — National Public Broadcasting helped establish Some Confucian Reflections on the Place of Radio. an organization to broker and WJTM, a station reaching finance station acquisitions. the Family in Health Care 1.2 million listeners on the That organization, Denver- northwestern outskirts of based Public Radio Capital, Baltimore and Washington, helped negotiate the $5-mil- had been taken over by lion deal that created WYPR J WYPR-FM, a Baltimore-based two years ago. It also was the Friday, March 19, 2004 NPR-affiliate. The change, intermediary in WYPR’s agree­ which has been challenged by ment to buy WJTM from Joy This presentationdefendsa strong role for family Keynote Presenter two congressmen and dozens Public Broadcasting Corp., a autonomyin medical decision-making. It draws on a Ruiping Fan, BM, Ph.D. of listeners, reflects a battle Wisconsin-based owner of sta­ Confucian appreciationof the interplay amongsocial being waged nationwide for tions devoted to Christian pro­ bonds, rituals, virtues, and responsibilities. The goal is to ears at the lower end of the gramming, for $1.2 million. bring you to appreciated moral vision in which families I radio dial. Joy sold WJTM “to solidify have the authorityto determinethe health care of their NPR and religious b ro ad ­ some of the financial condition members. The Notre Dame Alumni casters, some of whom believe of the rest of the corporation,” Association/Alumni the public radio promotes a said Thomas Bush, a Joy This vision is in dramatictensionwith theindividualist liberal agenda, are competi­ board member. The deal is view of liberty in-force in the20th century. By making Continuing Education tors for the relatively small aw aiting Federal liberty itself a value, notliberty as a m eansto achieving thegoodandhumanflourishing, this individualist view number of noncommercial FM Communication Commission offered each person the opportunityto define her own frequencies between 88.1 and approval, but the purchase version of self-satisfaction and self-realization and has 91.9 megahertz. College radio agreement has allowed WYPR beencore to American bioethics and its understandings^ stations, the other sizable to assume operations before informed consent.The statehas been assigned the moral Presents group of not-for-profit broad­ the sale is completed. authorityto ensureevery individual equal opportunityfor The 19th Annual Philip & Dori s casters, typically lack funds to The transaction has stirred self-realization throughstate-imposedstrategies, including Clarke Family fight aggressively for licenses. protests because it replaces welfare programs. However, a robustunderstandingaf the Lecture on Medical Ethics Religious broadcasters have Frederick County’s only locally integrity and autonomyof families threatensequality won some battles. In Lake based Christian station with healthcare. Families tendto develophierarchies and Charles, La., the Christian programming that duplicates embraceilliberal values; most of all, families wanttheir broadcasting company some material already heard own membersto flourish and behaveas the family sees fit, not theindividual. Accordingly, this individualist view of McKenna Hall/Center American Family Radio in the area on three other NPR liberty and equality and its practice downplays the role of knocked two NPR affiliates off stations originating in thefamily in healthcare. f o r the local airwaves in 2001 by Washington and West Virginia. Continuing Education, obtaining a full-power license Popular programs including This presentationinvites you to reconsider key elementsin Auditorium that overpowered the low- “Morning Edition,” “All Things this standardAmerican individualist accountof bioethics. budget NPR translator stations Considered” and “Car Talk,” First, you are encouragedto undertakean evaluation of the 4:00 p.m. — a tactic permitted by feder­ can now be heard on four sta­ individualist commitmentto liberty and free choice. al law. tions in Frederick, a city of Second, you are invited to critically reconsideryour “As the media markets have 53,000 about 45 miles from commitmentsto fair equality of opportunity .This will be grown, the competition for both Baltimore and the doneby rehearsing the incompatibility of a sincere commitmentto the integrity and autonomyof families and UNIVERSITY Of those frequencies has nation’s capital. a commitmentto regnantWestern understandings^ N O T R E D A M E increased and those licenses “I don’t think we need liberal social-democratic justice. Finally, thesecritical ALIJMNI ASSOCIATION represented by space on the another NPR station because considerationsregarding liberty and equality will be tied to broadcast dial are becoming people can get it,” said Rep. • an accountof familist informed decision-making, drawing more and more valuable,” said Roscoe G. Bartlett, R-Md. He heavily on Confucian moral and social insights. Admission FREE the Rev. Frank Wright, presi­ and Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., Receotion Followino dent of the National Religious w hose district is within Broadcasters, a 1,700-mem- WJTM’s 40-mile range, have ber association in Manassas, asked the FCC to meet with Va. local listeners to discuss the Notre Dame NPR spokesw om an Jenny ownership change. disability Lawhorn said the competition Anthony Brandon, president Disability Awareness Week has prompted initiatives by the and general manager of Your Corporation for Public Public Radio Corp., WYPR’s tin ’t i r e March 22-26,2004 Broadcasting and its support­ owner, noted that several ness ers to help public broadcasters Christian radio stations origi­ acquire frequencies and nating elsewhere also can be Monday, 3/22 expand their offerings. She heard in Frederick. denied the liberal-bias charge. “This is not about us trying 5:15p.m. Mass at the Basilica Religious broadcasters have to displace Christian broad­ Tuesday, 3/23 led in station numbers since a casting,” he said. 8p.m. at Reckers Panel Discussion by students w ith disabilities Wednesday, 3/24 How the Bible 9:30p.m. at LegendsTheology on Tap Discussion Converted Me to Catholicism: Is there such a thing as wrongful life? Thursday, 3/25 One Presbyterian M mister's Surprising Journey from Evangelical Protestantism to the Apostolic Faith 7p.m. at DeBartolo 101 Autism Lecture by Patricia Stacey , author of the A free, exciting, eye-opening, humor-filled talk by book, The Boy Who Loved Windows, Opening the Heart and Mind of a Child Gerry Mata ties Threatened with Autism.Free Admission. www.nd.edu/~bbuddies Internationally renowned Catholic apologist & Scripture scholar M.Div , Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary ADD for Ph. D , Westminster Theological Seminary First ordained minister in the PCA ever to convert to Catholicism Cheerleading & Leprechaun Optional Q & A session follows: stay & ask Gerry to “prove from the Bible" Catholic teaching on the sacraments, Mary, the papacy, purgatory, etc. Tryout Information Meeting Friday, March 19,2004 • 11:40 am -12:40 pm M a rch 24,2004 - Joyce Center Gym 2 @ 5:30 p.m. University of Notre Dame Hammes Student Lounge (Rm 104), Coleman-Morse Bldg (1st floor) Come see what Notre Dame Talk is FREE & open to the public • People of all faiths (or none) welcome For more info, go to www.gerrymatatics.org or call (570) 969-1 724 Cheerleading is all about. Thursday, March 18, 2004 The Observer ♦ NATIONAL NENX^S page 15 Police arrest suspected sniper Antique dealer to assist

Associated Press McCoy was taken to the Las this was the man the police in Vegas FBI office, where detectives Ohio were looking for,” Malsom in gubernatorial probe IAS VEGAS — The man want­ from Ohio were expected to told The Associated Press. ed in a deadly string of sniper arrive Wednesday to question Malsom said he met McCoy on Associated Press January. shootings that terrorized Ohio him. Tuesday at the Stardust sports Pratt bought the Washington, drivers was captured at a motel Authorities have not offered a book on the Las Vegas Strip. He HARTFORD, Conn. — An DC., condominium from Wednesday alter a tipster spotted motive for the shootings and have said he offered McCoy a slice of antiques dealer who bought a Rowland in 1997 for $68,500, him at a Las Vegas casino reading not said how they came to sus­ pepperoni pizza and recognized condominium from Gov. John about 19 percent more than a newspaper story about himself. pect McCoy. But The Columbus him from a newspaper photo­ G. Rowland at .well above mar­ Rowland paid for it in 1989, An unshaven and disheveled Dispatch, citing unidentified graph. McCoy was reading a copy ket rates has struck a plea when he was in Congress. Charles A. McCoy Jr., 28, was sources, said a relative of McCoy’s of USA Today, which featured the bargain and is cooperating in Similar condos in the building arrested without incident less contacted police to say he could fugitive’s picture, Malsom said. the federal corruption investi­ sold around the same time for than 36 hours alter Ohio authori­ be a suspect, and McCoy's father When McCoy left the casino, gation into Rowland’s adminis­ $20,000 to $30,000. ties released his name as a sus­ gave authorities a 9 mm pistol Malsom found what he character­ tration, a source told The The sale was arranged pect in the attacks. that was matched to some of the ized as “written babble” on an 8 Associated Press on through a mutual friend, busi­ The arrest brought relief to bullet fragments recovered in the l/2-by-14-inch sports betting Wednesday. nessman and state contractor Ohio residents who have been liv­ shootings. sheet the man left behind. Wayne Pratt, one of the top Robert Matthews. He had been ing in fear since the 24 shootings Authorities said McCoy had Malsom said he went to a near­ antiques dealers in the country renting the Capitol Hill effi­ began in the Columbus area last been in Las Vegas for about a day, by Kinko’s store and faxed a copy and a regular contributor to ciency from Rowland for his year. The gunfire pierced homes gambling at the Stardust hotel- to Ohio authorities and later gave the PBS program “Antiques niece for $1,750 per month. At and a school, dented school casino and staying at the nearby the original to FBI officials. He R oadshow ,” is expected to the time, similar apartments in buses, flattened tires and shat­ Budget Suites motel, just across also collected a water glass, plead guilty to a misdemeanor the area were renting for tered windshields, killing one per­ from a strip club. matchbook and lunch wrappers count of tax evasion in federal between $400 and $600. son. Police credited an unemployed that McCoy left behind and sup­ court in Hartford on Thursday, The source suggested that “Once he started hitting ran­ car and timeshare salesman with plied the materials to authorities, according to the source, who Pratt bought the condominium dom other places, we felt like helping them capture McCoy. Malsom said. spoke on condition of as a favor to Matthews. The there was nowhere safe to go,” Conrad Malsom, 60, of Las Vegas, He said he later drove around anonymity. tax-evasion charge is connect­ said Aimee Wagner, 31, a chem­ said he recognized McCoy from the parking lot at the motel on a Pratt is the first person with ed to “the m anner in which istry professor who often travels news reports linking him to the hunch, and called police when he a direct financial link to Matthews reimbursed Pratt in Interstate 270 to teaching jobs in Ohio attacks, and did his own recognized McCoy's car. Malsom Rowland known to be cooper­ connection with the condo, the Columbus area. “I’m just detective work to locate McCoy’s said he matched the Ohio license ating with investigators. The with the purchase and sale,” happy he didn’t get the chance to car parked at the motel. plate to information on an Ohio source said Pratt has been the source said. take another person's life.” “In my heart and mind, I knew State Highway Patrol Web site. cooperating since early Federal prosecutors have been working to determine whether there was a quid pro quo agreement between Rowland and state contractors. Rowland has acknowledged receiving gifts from employees and contractors, but said he did not provide anything in return. “My client has not engaged in any illegal activity and Pratt will not be able to offer any truthful inform ation to the contrary,” said William F. Dow W hat A re y o u Called t o d o ? III, the governor’s attorney. Matthews has received mil­ lions of dollars in state-backed loans for manufacturing com­ panies he owns in Connecticut. A building he owns in New Haven is filled with state En g in e e r in g a n d offices. Investigators are looking closely at the relationship between Matthews and the A rchitecture governor. A legislative commit­ tee has also subpoenaed Matthews and his businesses as it considers whether to rec­ C a r eer s A s V o c a t io n s ommend that Rowland be impeached. A panel ofalumni and alumnae reflect on the integration Thomas Dwyer Jr., an attor­ ney for Pratt, said of the condo of faith and docial concerns into life beyond Notre Dame. transaction: “Pratt was helping his friend and his friend was a traitor. He took advantage of a Sunday, March 21 friendship.” Federal investigators de­ 4:00 - 5:30 pm clined to comment. Pratt’s plea agreement comes a year after the only Center for Social Concerns other conviction in the case. Rowland’s former deputy chief of staff. Lawrence Alibozek, Pizza will be served. pleaded guilty to taking payoffs in return for state contracts. Matthews and Pratt also were at the center of a contro­ Speakers versy over a 1789 copy of the Bill of Rights that the two had John Goebelbecker ‘83 owned. It had been missing from Consulting Mechanical Engineer Raleigh, N.C.. since the end of the Civil War, when the city Triodyne, Inc., Chicago was occupied by federal troops. It resurfaced in 2000, Kevin Hayes ‘83 when Matthews brokered a sale in which Pratt bought it Architect, President and CEO from two Connecticut women Hayes Design Group, Pittsburgh for $200,000. A federal agent posing as a Mike Schafer ‘75 77 ‘80 museum buyer last year pre­ tended to purchase the docu­ Electrical Engineer, Professional Specialist ment from Pratt and Matthews for $5 million. Then he pre­ Notre Dame, IN sented a seizure warrant from a North Carolina federal judge. Pratt agreed to donate the CENTER FOR document to North Carolina: in SOCIAL ndvi return, federal authorities CONCERNS NOTRE DAME agreed not to prosecute Pratt VOCATION INITIATIVE on any criminal charges. " 7 F T The Observer page 16 V ie w po in t Thursday, March 18, 2004

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ts available to all readers. The free During the last couple of weeks, and especially However, most of the Northern Irish, as well the citi­ Tuesday, I could not help but notice the Notre Dame com­ zens of Britain and the Republic of Ireland, do agree that Letters to the Editor must be signed and must include munity’s (and South Bend’s) laudatory portrayal of lead­ they want the terrorism in Ulster to permanently stop. ing Sinn Feiner Gerry Adams. I find this representation of Bringing Gerry Adams to Notre Dame to talk about the such a character reprehensible. Irish peace process is akin to bringing Yasser Arafat or dtrtaed. to Editor in Chief Matt Lazar. Sinn Fein is the diplomatic arm of the IRA, a terrorist politicians associated with Hamas to talk about the organization that has plagued the northern six counties Israeli-Palestinian peace process. P o s t O f f ic e In f o r m a t io n of Ireland for decades. We students are too young to Gerry Adams may not have planted the bombs himself, The OhHTVTT (USPS 599 2-4000)« p y b iiM Moixfcy through fritfay «tcrpt during remember the deluge of blood that flowed through the but he supports and represents those who do. He is a ter­ cwm and p««xfe, A xutweripwij w The » $100 for one vM bnk y n c $55 for one tmestcr, streets of Belfast in the ’60s, due largely to the activities rorist, and we at Notre Dame owe it to all the innocents The Observer n published v POSTMASTER of the IRA. who have died in Ulster because of him and those of his 924 South Owing Hail Send »ddrm cemxtlont ox Despite what Adams has often claimed, the people of ilk not to support him or his party. N ow Dame, tN 455549779 the Obervct Ptthxfical p x u p p td * Now Dame BO, Box Q Northern Ireland do not overwhelmingly support him, andaddtontulmrilidgofflm. 024 South Dining H*ll Notre IN 46556-0779 Sinn Fein, or even the nationalist cause; on the contrary, Derek Webb Ulster is evenly divided on the issue of nationalism and grad student The Obterwrit * mcmbct o r n * Atsodaeat f r m Alt reproduction riBh» ere twerved only gave Sinn Fein some 21 percent of the vote last elec­ Class of 2005 tion — the Ulster Unionist Party got 23 percent. M ar. 17

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U-WlRE Let te r s to th e E ditor Pouring drinks not a A working simple standard democracy

In response to Dan Ornelals’ Mar. 16 allowing citizens to select or reject letter to the editor — “Socialist victory leaders who make decisions against not a step in the right direction” — I the popular will that elected them to must wholeheartedly disagree with his government in the first place. Spain viewpoint that the motives of those decided they had enough of a govern­ who voted for the PSOE are “warped ment that did not listen to them, and beyond comprehension.” As a Spanish elected another. citizen and a Socialist voter, I can tell Our new Prime Minister, Jose Luis you that the elections in Spain last Rodriguez Zapatero, has declared that week were only the end of the road to the troops will be pulled unless they over a year of tension between govern­ are put under U.N. command. This ment and the citizens. sentiment is not only shared in Spain, Duke University’s freshly-tanned spring breakers are back on campus, Prime Minister Aznar sided with but by other governments as well, for loaded with wild tales of drunken Cancun nights and beer-for-breakfast President Bush on the ousting of example in the Socialist... uh, I mean cruises. But storytellers beware: those six tequila shots you said you had Saddam Hussein, while the vast major­ Labour, British Government. before venturing on that karaoke stage probably had closer to the equivalent ity of the population in Spain had been Lastly, 1 would like to point to the of eight standard-sized shots. A study on undergraduate drinking habits adamantly against any intervention in fact that the word “Socialism” in this found that Duke students’ perception of what constitutes Iraq. Many polls showed over 90 per­ country continues to be tainted by the cent of the country being against a single beer, mixed drink or shot is significantly larger Liana Wyler Soviet Communist legacy. Conversely, than a standard-sized alcoholic beverage used in typical Spanish participation in that endeavor Socialism in Europe does not mean alcohol consumption surveys. and the consequent occupation of Iraq. Communism, or far-left for that matter. Researchers found that when students were asked to Furthermore, A1 Qaeda had named Yes, Spain has a far-left party. They’re pour what they thought was a 12-ounce beer and 1.25- The Chronicle Spain several times as allies of what A1 called Izquierda Unida, and they fared ounce shot, they over-poured beer by 25 percent and Qaeda calls the U.S.’ “fight against poorly in the elections dropping three shots by 26 percent. Most significantly, students poured Islam,” not terrorism and had threat­ of their eight delegates in congress. 80 percent too much alcohol into what they believed was a single mixed ened repercussion. In spite of all this, Let’s not confuse apples with oranges. drink. Aznar went ahead and sent troops to Unlike what some seem to believe, “Students don’t know what a drink is — or even just the definition of a Iraq. Spain in not pulling out of the war on drink,” said Aaron White, primary investigator of the study and assistant The events of March 11 in Madrid terrorism. The citizens have decided to research professor in the department of psychiatry. “Duke students, who are were the tipping point. A1 Qaeda’s pull out of a situation in which they did some of the brightest kids on the planet, don’t know how many ounces are in threats were materialized, and of not want to be in, in the first place. a glass of wine or a shot [of liquor].” course, Aznar’s Popular Party was Shouldn’t this be natural in a democ­ White also noted that the serving-size misperceptions of alcoholic bever­ quick to blame ETA for it, as they racy? Unfortunately, it took a mas­ ages the study found are not just a Duke-specific problem; if the study had knew that A1 Qaeda involvement in the sacre in my home town for it to hap­ been done at any other college, he suspected students similarly would be bombings would produce the results pen. unable to accurately pour a standard-sized beer or shot. Students’ heavy- we saw in the elections last Sunday. handed alcohol pouring habits scratch at the surface of dangers involved in When evidence pointed away from M. David Paredes college drinking. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Basque Separatist involvement, the grad student reported in 2002 that alcohol-related activities were linked to at least 1,400 electorate reacted appropriately. Class of 2005 college student deaths and 500,000 injuries each year. That’s what democracy is about. Mar. 17 “We’re a society obsessed with serving sizes, but yet, alcohol is our number drug problem,” White said. “It kills more young people than all other drugs combined and we haven’t had a dialogue about what a serving size [of alco­ hol] actually is — that’s the problem!” The results of the study also suggest that current data on college drinking habits — largely based on self-reported consumption surveys — is fundamen­ tally flawed. Literature on student alcohol consumption defines binge drink­ Refuting wars, ing as four or five drinks in one night — a threshold that may actually be closer to six or seven drinks if students are underestimating how much alco­ hol they consume. White said. “I think the implications are truly drastic in terms of any research that has hatred and lies been done on college drinking and college trends.” said junior Courtney Kraus, who played a large role in the collection of the pour study data. “What it means to be a binge drinker or not — all of these things need to be re-evaluated.” As a Spaniard, alumnus of Notre fectly well A1 Qaeda was behind the Additionally, the study found that women were particularly susceptible to Dame and a journalist since 1998, I massacre. inaccurately reporting how much alcohol they consumed because they tend­ am compelled to rebut the idea that The people voted Aznar and his ed to drink more mixed drinks, which are poured in unmarked containers Spain elected Jose Luis Rodriguez party out of office because they lied like Solo cups. Zapatero because of fear of terror­ to the people, they were no longer a “Students don’t talk about drinks in terms of ounces,” said senior Lori ism. government of the people, for the Kestenbaum, who was also involved in the research. “Students think of a I want to remind the Notre Dame people and by the people — it was a mixed drink in terms of one mixed drink, not [1.25] ounces of alcohol ... community that millions of sort of democratic dictatorship. [and] the actual perception of what a student thought a mixed drink was, Spaniards in unprecedented demon­ Spaniards took back their country. was really the alarming part.” strations told the government of A well educated society said no to a Jeff Kulley, staff psychologist at Counseling and Psychological Services and Jose Maria Aznar to not join the war government that lied to them. I just an advisor to PARTY, the alcohol awareness peer education group on cam­ against Iraq in Feb. 2003, I was hope the truth prevails everywhere, pus, said he has also found that students pouring drinks free-handedly tend there, I was one of them. More than including the United States, which to overestimate the size of a standard drink. During an educational activity 10 million Spaniards said “No a la was fast to jump into a war that called the “bartender exercise,” Kulley said it was not uncommon for stu­ guerra,” and 90 percent of the pop­ only resulted in more hatred. dents to pour a quantity that would equal four to six drinks rather than one ulation did not support that war. Seek the terrorists, capture them standard drink. The government did not listen to the and judge them, but don’t lie to your “We hope that we re educating people [who] don't really know what a stan­ will of the people. countrymen and don’t confuse the dard drink is, and the hope is that they’ll adjust downward,” he said. It was this great nation, the United enemy. There is no proof yet of Iraq A follow-up study by White’s research group, however, suggests that educa­ States of America, who promoted having weapons of mass destruc­ tion efforts are not targeting enough students. When asked to define what the notion of the government of the tion, that it was an imminent threat constitutes a standard alcohol serving, with the exception of beer, students people, for the people and by the or that that country had anything to tended to answer incorrectly. people, but Aznar chose to not listen do with Sept. 11. The question “This is not a failure of the students, but a failure on the part of educators to those who elected him to office. remains unanswered: why did we and prevention specialists and the beverage industry,” White said. “This tells He chose to join an alliance to invade Iraq, and whose interests is us that we have done a poor job as educators and universities as a society on invade a country for reasons that this administration looking after? teaching students what a drink is.” are still unknown to Spaniards and God help humanity to find better But people are going to drink — no matter what, said senior Julie Flom, to the citizens of this country. solutions than wars, hatred and lies. who worked on the study. The key, she said, is to try to push for awareness The Spaniards, reportedly 11.5 Notre Dame should lead by exam­ and get more students to realize how much they are actually drinking. million of them, went out to the ple. street on Mar. 12 to reject terrorism This article originally appeared on Mar. 16 in The Chronicle, the daily pub­ while the government was hiding Gregori D olz Kerrigan lication at Duke University. the truth behind who was behind alumni The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not neces­ the terrorist attacks in Madrid. They Class of 1995 sarily those of The Observer. blamed ETA while they knew per­ Mar. 17 Thursday, March 18, 2004

Interview 15 minutes with Cam and Gabe from The Pale

Cousins Cam Nicklaus and Gabe Archer play guitar and keyboards respectively for The Pale whose debut album Gravity Gets Things Done has just received high marks from Rolling Stone Magazine.

half songs or so. By BRIAN FOY But they are the best one and a half Scene Music Critic songs. They are the hits. He’ll pop out of Have you two been in bands before my room once every five years and The Pale? say I just wrote our next hit. This is it. We have been playing On a completely different note, music since we were little kids. what’s the best place you’ve played? Do you think your music is shaped Last May, we got a chance to play at because of your relationship or a festival at The Gorge in Washington. because you have played together for We played at “The Right Next To so long? Where You Park Your Car Stage” out­ Never thought about it. A little bit of side of the gates, but it was cool. The both. It’s a tough thing to stick to, cool thing about it was that we everybody is in a band. For every bought tickets for the show. Coldplay band that makes it, there are twenty headlined, Flaming Lips, My Morning other bands that probably deserve it Jacket, Pedro, Deathcab and J5 — and don’t. I think having someone else just a bunch of amazing bands. It was that shares that and has a family tie is the first time our little pass meant cool. anything. Before is just got us in with How did you come up with the name the pizza. It was like “do I really need The Pale? this thing?” So we got to meet the We did a demo tape when we first singer from the Flaming Lips and see started and at the time we didn’t have the shows up close. 1 was totally star a name yet, but we had all the song struck it was great. titles figured out. One of the song Do you recall your first laminated titles was “Beyond the Pale” so we just pass, even if it didn’t mean anything shortened it and didn’t really think at all? about what it meant or anything like We’ve played a lot of kid’s camps that. and stuff like that. The ones that Do you ever write something, maybe we’ve saved are the ones where our even subconsciously, and think that names are spelled wrong. You’re like sounds like somebody else? “you spent a lot of money on these Yeah. Every once in a while you’re didn’t you?” We’ve played a lot of cool like, “I just wrote the coolest song,” places with a lot of cool bands. The and you realize you just rewrote thing I like is when the stage is high someone else’s song. Sometimes enough that you are a little bit above you’re like, “this song is great.” That so that the people in the back can still Photo courtesy of thepalemusic.com definitely happens every once in a see the band, but not so high. Just so Indie rock band The Pale is beginning to achieve success with its debut album, while, although I think that happens that you can hang out with everybody Gravity Gets Things Done, one that has garnered critical acclaim. However, the almost all the time to the degree that and if you step away from the mic band remains humble and admits that they are still a very young group. you take an idea and make it your people could still yell at you ... we are own is what gives you your own voice. hoping to be playing stadiums soon. about being in an “indie band? ” sands of dollars invested in you, as Every band has their unique song Do you notice any type of fraternity For me it’s like we are so young, opposed to say 20 thousand, there is a writing process. What’s yours like? among up and coming bands such as we’re just kind of babies. We don’t lot more pressure to get exposure. Gabe will usually have a melody and yourself? really know what we are doing thus Hopefully we can build something up a good idea for a song and then we’ll We’ve been able to be part of a real­ far. But as far as it goes now, to a cer­ so that as it progresses we can still be get together and flesh it out. Every ly cool community in Seattle where it’s tain degree, we can do what we want, in charge of how we get presented. once in a while he will come in with a genuine and we are looking out for or at least what we want to do the But getting signed and being distrib­ more complete idea and here’s what I each other and we have been able to most, is lining up with what everyone uted and having a promotional compa­ heard on this or that and we do that play some cool shows where our that is supporting us wants. Whereas ny is weird. It is new to us. sometimes. I suppose over the last 10 friends in bands have helped us out. maybe if you are on a major [label] years I have contributed one and a Do you think there is something cool and they have hundreds and thou­ Contact Brian Foy at [email protected]

Photos courtesy of thepalemusic.com The Pale gains a sense of freedom from being signed to an independent label, but the band is still getting used to having a promotional company. The Pale enjoys touring and hopes to play stadiums one day, but it remains star-struck when on tour with big-name headliners such as Coldplay and The Flaming Lips. T he O bserver

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A lbum Review Hancock group explores new directions

oldest and the only one to have collabo­ site. “We’re not just playing the original By CHRISTOPHER KEENER rated directly with Davis or Coltrane. He chords of these pieces, but really moving Scene Music Critic was a part of Miles’ great quintet of the beyond that.” 1960s with Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter “The Sorcerer” is a Hancock composi­ Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and and Tony Williams. It is obvious that tion from his days in the Davis quintet. Roy Hargrove set out on a tour in 2001 to Brecker and Hargrove share almost as “The Poet” is a tune that Hargrove wrote celebrate the 75th anniversaries of two much respect for Hancock as they do for in tribute to that very quintet, and it fea­ of the greatest jazz musicians that have Miles and Coltrane. tures a nice echo effect in the melody ever lived — Miles Davis and John While there are periods in both musi­ with trumpet leading and Brecker fol­ Coltrane. With the addition of John cians’ careers that can be classified as lowing right behind on sax. “So What” Patitucci and Brian Blade to the rhythm classical or traditional, Davis and and “impressions” are Davis and section, this group is comprised of five of Coltrane refused to remain in one musi­ Coltrane tunes, respectively, that share the top players in jazz today. On Oct. 25, cal place for very long. They always the same harmonic structure. The 2001 their performance at Toronto's strove to find new forms of expression, Directions ... group combines them into Massey Hall was recorded for CBC new musical outlets and new directions one track, changing the articulation of Radio’s Jazz Beat program, and the in their music. the melody to “Impressions" and taking result, Directions in Music: Live at Hancock emphasizes that Directions ... it at an unconventionally slow tempo. Massey Hall, is now available on CD as is not about playing through Davis and Hancock, Brecker and Hargrove all Photo courtesy of herbiehancock.com documentation of this monumental tour. Coltrane tunes and making the audience contributed to the writing of “Misstery.” Herbie Hancock honors Miles Davis Hancock acts as the leader, being the reminiscent of the past. Brecker performs a seven and a half and John Coltrane on his live album. “We decided minute interpretation of Coltrane’s that the best “Naima" completely unaccompanied. the inclusion of both Shorter and himself way to truly “Transition,” a Coltrane tune, and “My honor their Ship,” a Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin the group would be too similar to the old Directions in Music: Davis quintet. Perhaps he felt that work was to tune that Davis was known to perform, Brecker’s style exhibited more of a create our are also visited. The disc concludes with Live at Massey Hall Coltrane influence than Shorter’s. Either own new way “D Trane,” a Brecker composition that is way, this discrepancy shouldn’t be signifi­ Herbie Hancock, of looking at dedicated to Coltrane and reflects on cant enough to deter you from picking up the composi­ Coltrane’s compositions that were influ­ this record. Michael Brecker & tions, to allow enced by African music. Directions ... won the 2003 Grammy new freedoms The playing on Directions ... is brilliant Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album within the all around. With the exception of Roy Hargrove and Herbie Hancock won the 2003 structures and Brecker, whose tone can be somewhat Grammy Award for Best Jazz U niversal Records provoke spon­ annoying at times, the entire disc is a Instrumental Solo for his solo on "My taneity within treat to listen to. It seems that an obvious Ship.”______the group,” choice for this group would have been Hancock said Wayne Shorter on sax as opposed to Contact Christopher Kepner at on his Web Brecker. Perhaps Hancock felt that with [email protected]

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C ee-lo is in a w orld of his ow n

the Soul Machine, Cee-lo makes sever­ By KENYATTA STORIN al noticeable changes. By garnering Scene Music Critic the support of big name producers and Cee-lo Green is the Soul including catchy pop hooks, he makes Cec-lo’s solo debut, Cee-lo Green and his sophomore album much more Machine I/is Perfect Imperfections, was unlike radio-friendly and accessible. But this anything Cee-lo had ever done as a is not to say that Cee-lo has sold out. member of popular Southern rap He maintains his free-spirited style of Cee-lo group, Goodie Mob. A free spirit of neo-soul and hip-hop, and does not let sorts, he attempted to branch out and these changes curb his creative and create his own definitive form of neo­ charismatic sound. After all, trying to A rista Records soul and hip-hop. But despite his cre­ stick Cee-lo Green is the Soul Machine ativity and the success of the single, in one specific genre is next to impossi­ “Closet Freak.” the album was regard­ ble. He dabbles in soul, R&B and hip- ed as too weird and eccentric, and hop, and even throws some spoken failed to garner much commercial suc­ word, funk and jazz into the melting cess. pot. This time around in Cee-lo Green is One of the biggest strengths of the album is its excellent produc­ tion, and despite having a num­ and the singles “I’ll Be Around,” fea­ partners (the break up did not go well), ber of different guest produc­ turing Timbaland, and “The One,” fea­ but it simply falls flat with Cee-lo’s ers on board, the songs flow turing Jazze Pha and T.I., Cee-lo has a carefree, easy-going style and exposes together well. Cee-lo has an general feel-good sound and gives a some of the weaknesses of his flow. all-star cast of producers, most good taste of his charismatic personali­ There are better rappers out there notably The Neptunes, ty. These tracks are particularly radio- than Cee-lo, but his musical vision and Timbaland, Organized Noise friendly, but without being too mun­ soulful singing are what make him and DJ Premier. But perhaps dane and pop-sounding. Other high­ unique. Cee-lo Green is the Soul the most impressive aspect of lights include “Childz Play,” a fun rap M a ch in e is as original an album as the production is that Cee-lo with Ludacris backed by a circus-esquc they come. In many ways, Cee-lo is like himself produced about half beat by Organized Noise, and “Evening fellow southern rappers Outkast, in the album, and managed to News,” which uses a mellow beat by DJ that each of them have taken the Dirty match the caliber of his veter­ Premier. South and twisted and warped it into an guests. The only real missteps on the album whatever musical montages their cre­ Virtually every song is worth are Cee-lo’s spoken word tracks ative minds can think of. The year is listening to on the album, as (“Sometimes" and “I Am Selling Soul”) still young, but even so, Cee-lo Green is there is thankfully no filler or and his diss track “Glockapella." Cee- the Soul Machine is the best hip-hop skits (aside from the intro and lo’s spoken word cuts are introspective, album to come out this year next to outro) th at disrupt its flow. but simply lack replay value despite the Kanye West's The College Dropout. Get Cee-lo likes to play the role of backing of quality beats. They sound it and hear what the soul machine can the lover man, like on the high­ more like long interludes than full- do. Photo courtesy of mtv.com lights “All Day Love Affair” and fledged songs. “Glockapella" consists of Cee-lo's sophomore album Is much more “My Kind of People.” On other a flurry of insults that are probably Contact Kenyatta Storin at radio-friendly and accessible than his debut. tracks, like “The Art of Noise ” directed at Cee-lo’s ex-Goodie Mob [email protected] page 20 The Observer ♦ CLASSIFIEDS Thursday, March 18, 2004

NHL Lupongo blocks 50 shots, Panthers rally to win 6-4

goal deficit in the final 7:37 of Associated Press the third period, beating the Atlanta Thrashers Wednesday SUNSHINE, Fla. — Roberto night. Luongo gave the Florida The gam e was m arred by Panthers a chance to overcome numerous fights, the last com­ a terrible first period. ing when Atlanta enforcer Luongo stopped 50 shots, Francis Lessard jumped on including 26 in the first period, Buffalo strongman Andrew and the Panthers overcame a Peters with 14:22 left in regula­ two-goal deficit to beat the New tion. York Islanders 6-4 on Lessard was ejected from the Wednesday night. game and the Sabres, trailing 3- “Nobody was satisfied with 1, wound up with a seven- the first period,” said Luongo, minute power play. They capi­ who came into the game leading talized with just 15 seconds left the NHL with a 93.4 save per­ in the advantage, getting a goal centage. “1 was just trying to from Andrew Mair. keep it close.” Jochen Hecht tied it for the Nathan Horton, Olli Jokinen, Sabres 56 seconds later. Milan Matt Cullen, Stephen Weiss, Bartovic skated behind the net Mikael Samuelsson and Donald and flipped a pass out front to Audette scored for Florida, his team m ate, who put it which was outshot 28-7 in the through Pasi Nurminen’s legs first period and 54-24 overall. with 6:13 left. “They came out hard on us Nurminen had several spec­ there,” Panthers coach John tacular saves among his 29 Torchetti said. “They smelled stops, but he looked foolish in blood and they went for it. Louie overtime. Roy fired a shot from was unbelievable. It could have the top of the circle that caught been 5-0 after the first period.” the goalie in the chest, fell at his The victory snapped the skates and slid into the net. Panthers’ eight-game winless From Roy’s perspective, that streak (0-5-3) against the merely evened things out. Islanders. Florida is seven “The last game against points behind the eighth-place Toronto, we had three fluke Islanders, with both teams hav­ goals scored on us — off skates, ing nine games remaining. The off sticks, off the goalie’s pads,” top eight teams in the Eastern he said. “We just got some good Conference will advance. luck today because we worked “This gives us a chance,” really hard all game. I think we Cullen said. “If we don’t win this deserved it.” one, it probably closes the door The Sabres played their on us.” fourth straight overtime game, Adrian Aucoin, Trent Hunter, finally winning one after losing Michael Peca and Mark Parrish three straight in the extra peri­ scored for the Islanders, who od. They moved within four tied a franchise record with points of the New York Islanders ERA their 28 first-period shots. The for the final playoff spot in the Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Loungo lunges for a save against the New York Islanders' Mark mark was set against Pittsburgh Eastern Conference. Parrish during the first period. Luongo contributed 50 saves in the Panthers’ 6-4 win. on Dec. 5,1978. Andy Sutton tied a career high “You get 28 shots, that’s a with two goals for the dence back tonight,” Kozlov wasn’t surprised to see Kozlov scored the game-winner on his pretty good stat, but it doesn’t Thrashers, but it wasn’t said. “For me, every game is have such an immediate impact. third shot of the period, and the mean much if there’s no one enough. important. The faster I get into “Kozlov is a dominant player Hurricanes finished with a sea- there for the rebound,” Showing that little has game shape, the easier it will be when he’s been healthy,” Olczyk son-high 49 shots. Islanders center Jason Blake changed since Todd Bertuzzi’s for me and the more I can bring said. “Friesen is a guy who can “Roddy made a great play to said. blindside attack on Steve Moore, to the team.” create plays with his speed. cause the turnover and 1 just The 28 shots set a Florida the teams carried over the bad New Jersey acquired Kozlov Those guys are solid players.” opened right up,” Cole said. “I record for shots allowed in a blood from their previous meet­ from Florida on March 1 for Hurricanes 3, Blackhawks 2 probably shot that shot 100,000 period, breaking the mark of 26 ing — Buffalo’s 7-2 victory last Christian Berglund and Victor Eric Cole and the Carolina times in practice from Roddy, to set against Anaheim on Jan. 1, month that included 118 min­ Uchevator, but he did not make Hurricanes got the lucky bounce it’s nice to see one go in. 1994, and tied at Los Angeles utes in penalties. his debut until Monday after they needed to beat the Chicago “You start wondering if you on Jan. 6, 2000. This one was even worse. recovering from a concussion. Blackhawks. picked the wrong stick at the Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro Atlanta was penalized 19 times Kozlov quickly found his Cole scored with 4:22 left in start of the game or something, allowed four goals on 12 shots for 72 minutes, Buffalo 15 times stride against the Penguins, the third period to give the because something’s not going and was pulled in favor of Garth for 53 minutes — a total of 125 combining with linemates Jeff Hurricanes a victory Wednesday right out there. I got pretty good Snow after the second period. minutes. Friesen and Sergei Brylin for night. wood on a feed Craig Adams Luongo kept the Islanders Devils 6, Penguins 1 three goals and 11 points. The Carolina forward beat gave me the shift before. I from building more than a 2-0 Viktor Kozlov is fitting in quite “Viktor, with his size and his goalie Michael Leighton high to thought that one maybe had a lead in the first period while nicely with the Stanley Cup shot, adds a dimension that the stick side with a shot from better chance of going in.” Florida was being outshot 28-7. champion New Jersey Devils. most players can’t bring,” said the top of the right circle off a Brind’Amour had a goal and Sabres 4, Thrashers 3 OT The Russian forward, playing Friesen, who had two goals and pass from Rod Brind’Amour. two assists, and Adams also The Buffalo Sabres stopped his second game with the two assists. “It’s pretty simple “The pass came across, it scored for Carolina. The fighting long enough to pull off a Devils, had a goal and three playing with him. It seems like flipped up on [Cole’s] stick and Hurricanes improved to 4-1-0-1 comeback. assists in New Jersey’s victory he’s a magnet on the puck. he one-timed it,” Leighton said. in their last six games, and Derek Roy scored a fluky goal over the Pittsburgh Penguins. When he shoots, you get goals “It’s tough to read when it flips extended their unbeaten streak 15 seconds into overtime after “My conditioning was a little going to the net for rebounds.” up like that.” against Chicago to six games (5- the Sabres rallied from a two- bit better and I got my confi­ Penguins coach Eddie Olczyk Cole, who also had an assist, 0-1).

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NCAA M en ’s B asketball Duhon will likely miss first round with rib injury

Associated Press game or we go all the way,” Krzyzewski said. RALEIGH, N.C. — Chris Even though the Blue Devils Duhon took a jump shot and are favored by 34 points winced as he came back down against the Hornets, the coach to the floor. Such is life for a said Duhon will play if he’s guard with a rib injury, one healthy, and won’t be held out that could keep Duke’s leader because of the perceived out of the lineup when the weakness of the opponent. Blue Devils open the NCAA “I have respect for Alabama tournament. State,” Krzyzewski said. “You While Duhon insisted he don’t want to enter the tour­ would play, Duke coach Mike nament half-stepping it.” Krzyzewski said the senior’s If Duke wins, it will play the availability would determined winner of a game between at game time. The top-seeded eighth-seeded Seton Hall (19- Blue Devils (27-5) play 16th- 9) and ninth-seeded Arizona seeded Alabama State (16-14) (19-9). A Duke-Arizona game on Thursday night in the would be a rematch of the opening round of the Atlanta 2001 final. Regional. Duhon, meanwhile, said “What you saw him do out he’ll just have to get used to there today, that’s all he’s the heavy wrap he wore done,” Krzyzewski said of underneath his uniform dur­ IconSports Duhon’s minimal work during ing practice. He plans on Chris Duhon drives to the basket against Maryland during the championship game of the ACC an hourlong shootaround playing. Tournament. Duhon suffered a rib Injury and Is likely to miss the first round of the NCAA tournament. Wednesday. “He needs to do “I have to learn to play more than that if he’s going to through it,” he said. “This is While upsets in the 5-12 The two losses exposed the injuries. play.” something that’s going to be matchup are common, no Duke as a foul-prone team — Also hurt against Maryland The injury probably could with me for a while and I just 16th seed has ever beaten a center Shelden Williams were Daniel Ewing (hand) and have been avoided. Duhon have to handle it the right No. 1. Duke rarely bows out fouled out of his fifth game Luol Deng (ankle). hurt himself last Sunday div­ way. I’ll be ready to go, as that early anyway. The Blue against Maryland — that can Their injuries shouldn’t ing for a ball in the final of much as possible. It’s hope­ Devils — seeded first for the be pushed around. keep them out Thursday, but the Atlantic Coast Conference fully my last six games, and I sixth time in the last seven The Blue Devils also showed Krzyzewski is concerned tournament, a 95-87 overtime don’t want to spend them on years — have made it out of they may be too dependent on nonetheless. loss to Maryland that snapped the bench.” the first weekend for six guard J.J. Redick’s shooting “The main thing for me is Duke’s five-year reign as tour­ Other games in Raleigh straight years. The Blue touch. Redick, the team’s not that we lost, but that we ney champions. involve the East Rutherford Devils have won three nation­ leading scorer this season, came out all banged up,” he Duhon rammed into the bot­ Regional. Fourth-seeded al titles, all since 1991, and struggled to a 6-for-17 shoot­ said. tom of a stanchion put in Wake Forest (19-9) plays 13th- are clearly considered among ing night against Maryland, Alabama State would like to place to hold a stationary TV seeded Virginia Commonwealth the favorites for a fourth. and he is 21-for-68 over his capitalize on a team at less camera. Krzyzewski was livid (23-7) and its 29-year-old Still, there is an inkling that last six games. than 100 percent. that the stanchion wasn’t coach, Jeff Capel. No. 5 seed this year’s team might be “People put their best ath­ Like so many other prohibi­ padded, but he knows the Florida (20-10) goes against missing an ingredient or two, lete, their best defender on tive underdogs, the Southwest damage has already been No. 12 Manhattan (24-5) in a especially after the most him,” Krzyzewski said. “It Athletic Conference champs done: The emotional center of game many have slated as a recent events. can wear you down. It’s a insist they’re not just happy to his team, a senior who aver­ prime spot for an upset. The loss to Maryland came cumulative effect, and I think be here. ages 10 points a game and “The perception right now is just 11 days after Georgia some of that has happened to “We’re here to win,” guard plays great defense, won’t be if we win, it’s almost an Tech beat Duke 76-68 to snap him over the last week-and-a- Malcolm Campbell said. “We the same again this season, upset,” Gators forward David its 41 -game home winning half or so.” didn’t come here just to play “whether we’re here for one Lee said. streak. Then, of course, there were or see Coach K.”

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B oxing Convicted murderer Torres claims fight was fixed

Associated Press hotel room the morning of the Williams in the second round. her brother, who she said has was fired earlier this year after fight so they could rehearse California authorities were not had access to a telephone the FBI raided Arum’s Top Rank LAS VEGAS — A convicted how he would knock him out. suspicious after the bout, but since being sent to a Delano, offices as part of its probe. murderer who forged close ties Torres said he had highly con­ said they could find no evidence Calif., facility last month. “If Mr. Torres ever makes an to baseball stars and other ath­ tagious hepatitis C, 20/400 it was fixed. Torres identified the match­ accusation like this in a court of letes while in prison says he vision and trained on cognac The allegations were made in maker as Sean Gibbons, who is law, I'll look forward to cross- had hepatitis and could barely and colas to get ready for the a letter Torres sent to his sister, at the center of an FBI investi­ examining him," lawyer David see when he fought a fixed fight after being assured he Marcy Bautista, from a gation into boxing irregulari­ Chesnoff said. comeback fight at the Anaheim would win. California prison, where he was ties. In the four-page letter, Torres Pond. Baseball Hall of Famer Paul sent after losing an appeal to The claims were mocked by also said he was the one who Joey Torres, out on bail at the Molitor posted bond for Torres, remain free on a 1979 murder the attorney for Gibbons, who sparked the boxing investiga­ time of the 2002 fight, said a and he and former baseball star conviction. said Torres has a history of tion by calling the FBI while out matchmaker had someone take Eric Davis were in the corner Bautista confirmed the hand­ lying. of prison and offering his serv­ his medical tests for him, then for the fight that ended with written letter, obtained by The Gibbons, an assistant match­ ices to infiltrate Arum's offices. brought his opponent to his Torres knocking out Perry Associated Press, was sent by maker for promoter Bob Arum, A call to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Las Vegas was not immediately returned. An undercover New York City police detective called "Big Frankie” was sent to pose as a cousin of Torres so he could gain access to Top Rank, which promoted the Torres fight. In his letter, Torres said “Big Frankie” was in his hotel room the morning of the fight when Gibbons pushed the furniture to the side and told the boxers how to make the fight look real. Ifi “Unbeknownst to Mr. Gibbons my ‘cousin’ was in fact an agent,” Torres wrote. Torres said he told Gibbons he had bad vision and hepatitis C, which is easily transmitted by blood and can lead to chronic liver disease. The matchmaker, Torres said, told him “not to worry, I’ll take the tests for you.” At the time, Torres had been out of prison for several months after w inning a chance to appeal, and his feel-good story ' J was being shopped as a possible movie. Torres, an amateur star before he was imprisoned for killing a gas station attendant, was 5-foot-6, 199 pounds for the fight. Head Top Rank matchmaker Bruce Trampler told California officials afterward that he picked the worst opponent he could find for the 41-year-old fighter making his pro debut. Williams may have been bad, but the flabby, heavily tattooed Torres looked even worse. The first right hand Williams threw sent Torres down face first, much to the surprise of both boxers. Torres barely beat the count, but instead of going after a hurt lighter, Williams put his gloves in front of his face. Williams barely threw anoth­ er punch the rest of the round before going down himself from a suspect left from Torres. The enraged crowd chanted “WWF! WWF!” believing the fight was fixed when Torres won by second round knockout. Dean Lohuis, chief inspector for the California State Athletic Commission, said records show that blood tests were submitted under Torres’ name on April 23. There was also a physical and neurological exam submitted under his name on the day of the fight. “It’s not the first time I’ve heard of a promoter taking the test,” Lohuis said. * Unlimited Nights & Weeken “We paid Joey Torres, but we didn’t pay the other guy. That • Includes Nationwide Long D should tell you something.” • 500 Anytime Minutes Torres built a following in prison with his story that he * $50 per month is all it costs had been unjustly convicted and sent to prison far longer than a Plus get a NOKIA 3 S 8 6 judge originally intended. color phone for just $ 2 5 He worked the phones con­ stantly to cultivate relationships with ballplayers like Molitor, USCellular Davis, Darryl Strawberry and Emmitt Smith. t-8$^serr-8i$c£ * s e w m c a m page 24 The Observer ♦ SPORTS Thursday, March 18, 20(M

NFL Raiders' coach Turner aspires to revive franchise

Associated Press and we learn how to work and month when they failed physi­ compete in this system, we’ll be cals. ALAMEDA, Calif. — Norv successful.” “It’s really interesting to me, Turner raised his voice slightly The 51-year-old Turner, the when you look at this team and quieted the room so he former Redskins coach, was from the surface because of the could introduce his top assis­ raised in nearby Martinez, names, you say, ‘Well gosh, tants. Calif., as an avid Raiders fan. that’s an old team,”’ Turner The new Raiders coach then He already had plenty of said. “You look at the roster began listing their impressive black in his wardrobe, so he’s and there’s like 23 guys who credentials and explaining why fitting in just fine after six are 26 years or younger who this experienced bunch is the weeks on the job. were on this team last year. right fit to fix a franchise that And the pieces are starting to They’re not guys who were role went from the Super Bowl to fall into place. guys, they’re guys who are the bottom in one year. The coaching.staff is set, going to be really good players. A1 Davis has hired the man Turner has added two key free There’s no question there’s a he believes can bring the agents for the offensive and blend. I think it’s a good blend.” Raiders back from embarrass­ defensive lines as well as But there’s still a long way to ment — and Turner has shored up some holes at line­ go- brought in quite a cast to help backer, and his team will begin “We’re only on the first step,” him do it. a 14-week offseason program said player personnel director There’s Jimmy Raye, a 27- Monday. Mike Lombardi. “It’s early in year NFL coaching veteran, as There’s a lot to fix. the process. We re going to assistant head coach and offen­ Oakland ranked last in the move along and try to improve sive coordinator; Rob Ryan, league in rushing defense last the team.” who has coached in two of the season, allowing 156.9 yards Lombardi has had ongoing past three Super Bowls, as per game on the ground. discussions with the agent for defensive coordinator; and Joe The Raiders’ special teams four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Getty Images Avezzano, the emotional three­ was, for the most part, awful. Charles Woodson, who last Raiders’ coach Norv Turner speaks at a press conference. The time winner of NFL special And they struggled to score month was designated the newly hired coach praised his coaching staff, saying that the teams coach of the year award. only a year after Rich Gannon Raiders’ exclusive franchise team has the potential to return to the Super Bowl. “I don’t think there’s anyone led them as the top-rated player. who’s going to look at our sys­ offense in the NFL. “We’ve demonstrated we biggest collapse by a team that ruled out trading the pick. tem and say it doesn’t work,” Turner quickly made it clear want him to be part of the reached the Super Bowl the Turner still would like to add said Turner, hired Jan. 26 to the Raiders will no longer be organization for a long time,” previous year. a running back to the mix. replace Bill Callahan, who was defined by their old-guy image Lombardi said. The Raiders earned the No. 2 Whatever happens, he knows fired after a 4-12 season. — even if Gannon, Jerry Rice Woodson was the most out­ pick in next month’s NFL draft. Davis will be closely involved. “I don’t think there’s any and Tim Brown are all back spoken critic of Callahan. With the 38-year-old “I’ve had some of the best player who’s going to come in and playing in their early 40s Oakland posted its worst Gannon’s health still a question football conversations, football here and say ‘Why are we or late 30s. Oakland released record since also going 4-12 in as he recovers from shoulder sessions over the last period of doing this?’ They’re going to controversial linebacker Bill 1997 and the Raiders tied with surgery, the Raiders may draft time,” Turner said. “When I sit say, ‘If we buy in and we do it Romanowksi and defensive end three other teams for fewest M ississippi q u arterb ack Eli and talk with him, I feel like right and we’re committed to it Trace Armstrong earlier this wins in the league in the Manning — though they haven’t I’m talking with a coach.”

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Tennis Williams set to return to court Davenport advances

Associated Press around the corner. “I would love to have the She won the event the past opportunity to win a gold in Pacific Life Open MIAMI — Serena Williams is two years. medal in singles,” she said. ready to get back on the tennis “The only thing I can say is In the meantime, she will be court after an eight-month I’m so excited,” she said. “I focusing her attention on a Associated Press a little bit more. This girl layoff. wish I could play today. All day return to No. 1 in the rank­ (Dulko) played a lot better than “When I first got off and took long I think about it, so I have ings. During her layoff she INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — the other girls I’ve played so far a break, it was really like a to calm myself down to make slipped to No. 6. Lindsay Davenport extended her this tournament,” Davenport relief," she said. “I could wake sure I’m really ready to play.” “I’ll work harder so I can be impressive run in the Pacific Life said. “If a match gets to 5-all in up when I wanted to, and not Top-ranked Justine Henin- back to No. 1,” she said. “I do Open on Wednesday, defeating the third, who is to say I would have to go to the court. But Hardenne, who beat Barbora like being there, and I don’t Argentine qualifier Gisela Dulko do any better if I didn’t already after a while that gets old.” Strykova 6-3, 6-4 in a fourth- like seeing a different number in straight sets. have a close match. Williams underwent surgery round match at Indian Wells, next to my name. So I think A two-time champion and “Hopefully I won’t get to that on her left knee Aug. 1, and Calif., on Tuesday, said she that’s really going to make me four-time finalist at Indian Wells, point at all in these 10 days.” said Tuesday that she had was happy Williams is return­ work a little harder.” Davenport advanced to the semi­ Davenport, a former No. 1, been advised by four doctors ing. Despite her lack of playing finals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. was asked how long she thought to delay her return until now “I think that’s really good time, Williams said she Irakli Labadze bounced back it might take Serena Williams to for fear of more serious injury. news,” she said. “That’s great remained confident in her from a first-set loss to beat regain her form after an eight- She said she expects to play for the people that are coming abilities on the court. Agustin Calleri 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 and month layoff. Williams, who had her first match since winning to watch tennis, for the WTA, “If I didn’t feel confident, I’d gain the men’s quarterfinals. knee surgery in August, intends Wimbledon at the Nasdaq-100 for the players, for everyone.” have no business coming back, Labadze, a 22-year-old from to play in Key Biscayne, Fla., Open next week. Williams’ time off the court, no business trying to com­ Tbilisi, Georgia, is playing just next week. “That’s been my battle, coupled with the family pete,” she said. “I’m a com­ his second ATP Masters Series “It would be hard to say she’s fighting with the doctors,” she tragedy when her half-sister petitor. I may not win every tournament. He has yet to win going to come back at her best,” said. Yetunde Price was fatally shot match, but I’m sure going to on the tour. Davenport said. “It will probably Williams had a 38-3 record Sept. 14 while riding in a sport try to win every match.” Davenport, rejuvenated after take her three to four tourna­ in 2003, winning the utility vehicle in Compton, But despite her confidence, surgery in October to correct a ments to three to four months to Australian Open and Calif., led her to re-evaluate she said it will be an odd feel­ painful toe problem, hasn’t had really get back in the groove. Wimbledon, and reaching the her priorities. ing to return to competition. a real test so far at Indian Wells. “But she’s such a great athlete, French Open semifinals. “Tennis was just so much of “I never said I’m not nerv­ She has lost a total of only 12 phenomenal player. I think She said she spent her time my life, and then you begin to ous,” she said. “I’m not quite games in four matches. she’ll find her timing a little bit off focusing on other pursuits, realize there are just so many sure how I feel right now. It’s “I’m really happy with where I off the first few matches, but I’m but was back to practicing by things in life that are more kind of like playing your first am. I’ve played well the whole sure she’ll get it back rather November. important than hitting the ball match all over again.” tournament through,” Davenport quickly.” “I enjoy doing a lot of stuff over the net,” Williams said. Henin-Hardenne isn’t play­ said. “I’ve done, so far what’s Labadze s victory over Calleri, like acting and fashion, but my Williams appears to be tak­ ing next week in Miami, but been expected of me.” from Argentina, marked the first true love has always been ten­ ing on a full schedule, saying does plan to play at Amelia She’s also benefiting from a time the Georgian has won three nis,” she said. “So I’ve just she expects to play at Amelia Island — on clay — the follow­ good draw. Ranked No. 4, matches in a tournament. He been desperate to get back to Island and Hilton Head after ing week. Davenport had a first-round bye, was 0-4 on the year coming into the court.” Key Biscayne. “It’s going to be a lot of moti­ then played Mara Santangelo, the event. Williams said she has been She also wants to play for vation for all the players to see Samantha Stosur and Meghann “I’ve been losing everywhere having trouble staying patient the U.S. Federation Cup team her coming back,” Henin- Shaughnessy before facing first round,” Labadze said. “I with her return to the Key in Slovenia in April, and at the Hardenne said. “I'll look for­ Dulko. lost maybe six, seven first Biscayne tournament just Olympics in August. ward to playing her on clay.” “I feel like today I was pushed rounds before this.”

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LPGA Superstition course brings out the best in golfers

Associated Press Club, site of the 2001 Tradition than the site of last week’s sea­ on the Champions Tour. son-opening Welch’s/Fry’s SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, One big reason for the move Championship in Tucson, Ariz. — The Phoenix stop on is money. where Karen Stupples shot 22- the LPGA Tour has a new There arc 36 holes available under par for a tour-record home, and it's a haven for long for pro-am play, and that dou­ raw score of 258. hitters. bles the amount of earnings The Prospector Course is “It’s a bomber’s course, and from amateurs who pay $5,000 about 100 yards longer than it’s just beautiful,’’ said 14- apiece to participate. the Mission Hills layout for next year-old Michelle Wie, who had The four-day, $1.2 million week’s Kraft Nabisco seven drives 285 yards or event begins Thursday on a Championship, the season’s longer in her pro-am round par-72, 6,620-yard course lined first major. Tuesday. with luxury homes some still “This golf course is in such The Safeway International under construction in the shad­ good shape that it prepares us was known as the Safeway ow of the Superstition really well for next week," said PING when it was played on the Mountains, where legend has it Annika Sorenstam, who makes cozier Moon Valley Country the lost Dutchman gold mine her season debut this week. Club course in north Phoenix a lies waiting to be rediscovered. “It’s a bit longer than we used year ago. The course is longer than any to play at Moon Valley. ERA It has it moved 50 miles to of last y e a r’s LPGA layouts, I think the greens are firmer, Michelle Wle sinks a birdie at the Sony Open earlier this year. Wle the east, to the Jack Nicklaus- including the U.S. W om en’s the rough a little thicker, so I has had seven drives longer than 285 yards at the PING Invitational. designed Prospector Course at Open. think it’s good preparation.” the Superstition Mountain Golf It’s nearly 500 yards longer A long course is fine with Sorenstam, who won the LPGA ing in the first of.six LPGA driving title last year with a events she plans to enter this 269.7-yard aver­ year. C a m p u s age. Besides, she “It’s kind of has some good “This golf course is hot," she said. Qvnduauon \\J/eeUend S p e c i a l memories of That’s true, Phoenix. She won in such good shape even by Arizona

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Eastern Conference, Southeast Division Getty team record pts. la st 1.0 Jayson Williams, left, sits with attorney Billy Martin during opening statem ents in February. The ex-New Jersey 95 y- Tampa Bay 41-19-8-5 7-2-14 Net and NBA All-Star Is on trial for manslaughter, and If convicted he could face up to 55 years in prison. Florida 26-29-14-3 69 6-4-14 Atlanta 29-34-7-3 68 5-3-1 *1 Carolina 24-30-13-5 66 4-3-1-2 Washington 21-42-8-2 52 2-84-0 Prosecution rests in manslaughter trial W estern Conference, Central Division State team rec o rd pts. la st 10 calls last witness, defense Detroit 42-18-10-2 96 7-2-14 Christofi worked properly function. debris and “gook.” St. Louis 34-27-10-2 80 5-3-24 Associated Press in eight types of tests, Williams is also charged Ryan said he believes Naslwllle 33-26-11-3 80 2-3-4-1 SOMERVILLE, N.J. — A some of which were done with trying to make the wood chips found as the Chicago 19-37-9-6 S3 24-2-1 weapons expert at the up to 10 times. shooting look like a sui­ gun was disassembled Columbus 2Q-41-8-4 52 3-7-04 trial of former NBA star On cross-examination, cide. The charges carry were shaved off as the Jayson Williams said defense attorney Michael up to 55 years in prison stock was being removed, Wednesday that the shot­ T. Kelly questioned what all together. and had not been in the gun that killed Williams’ scientific protocol Ryan Prosecutors claim weapon’s mechanism Colorado limousine driver was used during the tests, and Williams was handling the before that. 37-22-10-4 88 4-3-3-fl working just fine, con­ Ryan said there was none. shotgun recklessly after The judge excused the 37-26-7-3 84 6-2-20 trary to defense claims Williams, 36, is charged drinking with friends. jury until Wednesday and 54-2-3 that it malfunctioned. with firing the shotgun Witnesses said he held it set arguments for Monday The prosecution rested blast that killed Christofi in one hand and snapped and Tuesday on a defense after state police at Williams’ mansion in it shut, after which it request to dismiss the Detective Sgt. James Ryan 2002. His attorneys claim fired. charges. testified that the double- that the shooting was Defense attorneys have Prosecutors presented barreled shotgun that purely accidental and that said the weapon’s mecha­ 36 witnesses over 15 days San Jose killed Costas “Gus” the gun was prone to mal­ nism was fouled with of testimony.

In Brief Officers search Ford’s tainly people staying with him that teams, and the Bucs indicated they home for drugs included family and friends,” Glynn would explore a trade once Lynch MILWAUKEE — Drug enforcement said. decided where he wanted to contin­ officers searched the home of But Glynn said he is concerned ue his career. Milwaukee Bucks point guard T.J. because personal medical records Releasing Lynch freed more than around the dial Ford, but the rookie was not the tar­ may have been taken. The medical $4 million under the NFL salary cap. get of the investigation. records relate to Ford’s spinal cord The 32-year-old safety was sched­ Ford’s lawyer, Stephen Glynn, said bruise, which has sidelined him uled to earn $4.1 million in 2004 Wednesday that officers were since Feb. 24. Glynn said they would and $5 million in 2005. searching for marijuana, but it is not want those records made public. Lynch, 32, visited Denver on NBA not clear what evidence was collect­ Ford was injured when he took a Tuesday and is expected to talk with Detroit vs. New Jersey, 7 p.m., TNT ed. hard fall in a home game against the Patriots, Jets and Colts. Minnesota vs. San Antonio, 7 p.m., TNT The search was conducted Minnesota. Last week, new Bucs general man­ Tuesday by a unit comprised of drug ager Bruce Allen turned down officers from the Milwaukee County Buccaneers release safety Lynch’s request to restructure a con­ C o l l e g e B a s k e t b a l l Sheriff’s Department, the Milwaukee John Lynch tract that would have paid him $4.1 Liberty vs. Saint Joseph’s, 2:55 p.m., CBS Police Department and some subur­ TAMPA, Fla. — Five-time Pro Bowl million in 2004 and $5 million in Texas- San Antonio vs. Stanford, ban agencies. safety John Lynch was released by 2005. Lynch said the Bucs never 5:10 p.m., CBS No arrests were reported. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on made him an offer and that Allen Vermont vs. Connecticut, 7:10 p.m., CBS The Bucks released a statement that Tuesday night. made it clear “it wasn’t an option to said authorities informed them that The veteran of 11 seasons was be back in Tampa.” Arizona vs. Seton Hall, 9:40 p.m., CBS Ford was not the subject of the told last week he did not fit into Allen paid tribute to Lynch at the investigation. Tampa Bay’s plans next season. He time, while making it clear the “From time to time there were cer­ has drawn interest from several strong safety wouldn’t be back. Thursday, March 18, 2004 The Observer ♦ SPORTS page 29

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become more perimeter-ori­ Say what you want about ented when Torin Francis got how the NIT is a joke tourna­ NIT hurt, now tells his charges to ment — an afterthought continued from page 36 again rotate the grouping of ball through the games that Torrian Jones flapped his low post. “Everybody right deserves to be towel on the bench after the “I don’t want now has to play showrt only on Irish finished the first half to put the balls ESPN7. shooting 7-for-10 from the away,” Brey with a chip on your But if you say field. Nor from the way Chris said. “I want shoulder just to play it, make sure Thomas pumped his hands in him to keep another day. ’’ that the head the air when he hit 3-pointer blossoming.” coach who wants after 3-pointer. OK, OK. So the his team to hang Or the way Tom Irish apparently Chris Thomas a banner doesn’t Timmermans grinned after he don’t want their Irish guard hear you. hit a back-breaking trey late season to end. Make sure the in the second half. But the fans seniors who “Everybody right now,” surely must. All that talk don’t want their season to end Thomas said, “has to play about renewing the Notre don’t hear you. with a chip on your shoulder Dame-Purdue rivalry, and the Make sure that next year’s just to play another day.” game didn’t even sell out. key players who continue to Chips on shoulders? And the student section only improve don’t hear you. Survival? You usually don’t needed two sections of upper- Make sure the fans who hear that in post-NIT game level bleachers because the aren’t tired of cheering don’t interviews. No, those com­ rest were watching Bengal hear you. ments are reserved for NCAA Bouts or punishing their liv­ “Wherever they tell us to Tournament talk. ers. go,” Brey said, “we’ll be there But it’s understandable that Apparently, NIT stands for ready to go.” Timmermans and Jones, who Not In Tournament, and so Yeah, that’s right. Nobody could potentially be playing the fans decided to be Not In cares about the NIT. their last game, Attendance. don’t want their So why were The views expressed in this basketball “Wherever they tell local fans in their column are those of the careers to end. seats unusually author and not necessarily But what us to go, we’ll be early? those of The Observer. Contact TIM KACMAR/The O bserver about bench there ready to go." So Why, when Andrew Soukup at Rick Cornett Is eying a shot during the first round of the NIT. players like Rick the Irish pulled [email protected] Cornett finished with a career-high 16 points. Cornett, who away in the first Mike Brey were marginal­ half, did the ized for much of Irish coach crowd roar at the season in deafening levels? mere supporting Why was it fit­ roles? ting to see Thomas’ elemen- Well, all Cornett did was tary-school-age brother trying turn in his second career-high to get the crowd to stand up scoring performance in as when the Irish made another many days, with a 16-point run in the second half? performance. And why did Brey call So impressive has Cornett Wednesday’s game the best been for the Irish that Brey, home atmosphere the Irish who ordered his players to played in this year?

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Louis Arena so many times in late Sunday night and we State getting revenge Oct. 11 W om en ’s S wimming the past, the Irish have not took care of that part. We’d with a 3-1 victory over the Hockey actually won a game in the love to have done it in two Irish. continued from page 36 CCHA Super Six since an 8-5 games but it was a really Looking at the statistics, victory over Bowling Green hard-fought series. the two teams really couldn’t Success of the hands of the selection during the 1981-82 season — “Now we have to go take be more even. committee by not only beat­ back during Poulin’s playing care of business and that’s Notre Dame just finished ing Ohio State, but advancing days. what it comes down to. Our one point behind Ohio State as far into the Super Six as During Notre Dame’s cur­ goal is to go to Joe Louis, and in the final CCHA standings continues they can. ren t th ree gam e Super Six win a game, and then win the this season, and each team “I’ve been in a situ atio n streak, the Irish have fallen next game, and then play in has a remarkably similar before where we were almost in the first round each time the championship game and style. in and we got left out of the — in 2000 the team lost 4-0 win that one too.” Both squads play solid for Carroll bracket,” Poulin said. “I to Michigan State, in 2001 The Irish face an opponent defense (Notre Dame has a never w ant to put it in the the Irish lost 3-1 to Northern Thursday that they haven’t 2.33 goals against average, committee’s hands again. I Michigan and in 2002 the seen since the beginning of while Ohio State holds a 2.49 By MATT PUGLISI want it in our hands, to team lost 3-2 to the the Season, when Notre Dame GAA) and neither gives up Sports Writer where we control it, and we Buckeyes. traveled to Columbus to face too many shots (Notre Dame don’t have to wait for six “It’s definitely about taking Ohio State in a two game allows 29.5 per game while To say that freshman swimmer gentleman to decide for us. the next step,” Poulin said. series Oct. 10-11. the Buckeyes allow 30.8). Katie Carroll has turned in an "It’s in our hands right now, “We have to do that as a pro­ The two teams split that Special teams are remark­ impressive rookie campaign and that’s how we want it.” gram. Part of it was getting series, with Notre Dame win­ ably similar, which is one would be an understatement. Despite making it to Joe home ice, not having to travel ning 5-2 Oct. 10 and Ohio reason why Poulin believes A month after becoming just that the key against the the fourth freshman and third Buckeyes will be who wins Notre Dame swimmer to win the even-strength battle. three individual races at the Big “I think both teams are East Championship, Carroll will Fiddleiz's He an tinreally disciplined,” Poulin head to College Station, Texas said. “Both teams kill penal­ Thursday through Saturday to ties really well, and I think compete in the prestigious NCAA p n e s e n t s that 5-on-5 is probably what Swimming and Diving it’s going to come down to.” Championships as the lone Irish The Buckeyes have a good swimmer and one of just two balance on offense, with five Notre Dame representatives at Roger Drawdy &The Firestarters players who have scored 10 the competition. or more goals this season. Carroll began her Big East Thirteen players have hit Championships domination by Saturday March 20th double digits in points for the posting the top time in both the year. preliminaries and finals of the Show starts at 9:00pm Paul Caponigri is the team’s 200-yard individual medley on leading scorer with 34 points Feb. 19. Her finals time of 2 min­ (15 goals, 19 assists), while utes, 0.65 seconds, set both "...Drawdy's theatrical vocals Dave Steckel leads the team University and meet records, and lyrical bent is o f the big with 16 goals. edging the mark of 2:01.00 set by Perhaps Ohio State’s most senior co-captain Lisa Garcia at emotional kind, half solid position is in the net, last year’s Big East where senior Mike Betz has Championship. Mick Scott's romanticism, been a consistent stopper all In addition to engraving her season for the Buckeyes, with name in the record books, the and half Luka Bloom's sensuality. a 2.40 GAA and a save per­ effort was an NCAA “A” time, centage of .912 in CCHA play thereby automatically qualifying The band kicks up it's storm s this season. her for the NCAA Championships. with choppy rhythms and No, 6 Northern Michigan Following the victory in the and No. 3 Michigan State face 200-yard 1M, Carroll won both air punching acoustic rockers..." off in the other quarterfinal the 100-yard butterfly (54.29) . i f Thursday, just before Notre and the 100-yard freestyle Irish Music Magazine Dame faces Ohio State. (50.14) — both “B” times — to The semifinals of the CCHA complete the trifecta and was Super Six will be played awarded the Big East Friday, with Michigan facing Championship's Most the lowest remaining seed in Outstanding Swimmer. a 4:05 p.m. game. The freshman phenom will Miami will face the other swim in the 100-meter freestyle seed later that night at 7:35 and both the 200-meter and 400- A p.m. meter individual medleys. The third place game will In addition to Carrpll, senior be at 3:35 p.m. Saturday, and diver Meghan Perry Eaton will the title game is scheduled also be competing in the national for 7:05 p.m. meet. W Last Friday, the two-time Big www.roger.drawdy.com East Championship’s Most Contact Justin Schuver at Outstanding Diver became the 127 North Main Street, South Bend, IN (574)232-2853 www.fiddlershearth.com I [email protected] first Irish diver to win an event at the NCAA Zone C Diving Championship by placing first in the one-meter board. Perry Eaton’s final score of 564.30 easi­ ly eclipsed runner up Tealin Saint M ary’s College Keleman of Michigan (535.35). On Saturday, Perry Eaton fin­ ished sixth on the three-meter International Study Program s board with a score of 473.00. 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NOTRE DAME 71. PURDUE 59 at the JOYCE CENTER NOTRE DAME (18-12) Comette 3-6 1-2 9, Timmermans 1-4 2-2 5, Thomas 3-13 3-5 11, Quinn 6-14 8-9 21. Jones 0-3 0-0 0, Cornett 4-7 8-8 16, W S IE N 'S BASKETBALL ON YOUR NCAA BID!!!! Falls 2-2 0-0 6, Bosl 1-1 0-0 3. Carlson 0-0 0-0 0, Carter 0-0 0-0 0

PURDUE (17-14) f SEE YOU A T THE JOYCE!!! GO W ISH !!!! Nwankwo 2-4 0-0 4, Kartelo 2-4 1-4 5, Teague 4-11 0-0 10, McKnight 2-11 0-0 6, Lowe 2-8 0-0 5, Buscher 5-8 2-3 12, Ford 0-0 0-0 0, Parkinson 2-4 4-4 8, CLUB OPEN M0NDAY-FRIDAY 11:00AM-9:00PM (STEIN ROOM TIL 10 AFTER B-BALL) Buckley 1-3 0-0 3, Carroll 0-0 0-0 0, Kiefer 3-6 0-1 6,

3-point goals: Notre Dame 9-21 (Cornette 2-5, Thomas 2-5, Falls 2-2, RIDAY NIGHT Quinnl-5, Timmermans 1-2, Bosl 1-1, Jones 0-1), Purdue 6-18 (Teague 2-6, McKnight2-4, Buckley 1-3, Buscher 0-1, Parkinson 0-1). Fouled out: None. ReboundsNotre Dame 34 (Cornette 9), Purdue 39 (Teague 9). Assists: Notre Dame 15 (Thom as 4), P u rd u e 14 (Parkinson 5). Total fouls: Notre Dame IT PHAN 14. Purdue 20.

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Duffey held the ring and an unrelenting machine in Ross powerful when it found its tar­ Though Griffin advancedl checked off Harkins using his Bartels. The crowd was on its get. Zizic danced well to avoid hiJ Bouts jab. feet as the split decision was At 1:17 action was stopped to early attacks. Griffin took ZiziJ continued from page 36 Though Duffey held the ring, announced in favor of Dillon clean a bit of blood from to two opposite corners midwaJ Harkins continued to circle and after the best fight of the night. Nicholson’s nose and after the through the round and scored early action as Robinson circled score effectively from the out­ Bartels charged hard forcing break Nicholson was forced to effectively as Zizic attempted tm him. Exchanges came fast and side. In round two, Duffey con­ Dillon around the ring early in fight on his heels as Demko cover. As the round ended botll were high contact and powerful. tinued to hold the ring but con­ round one and Dillon often came on fast with hard upstairs boxers were exchanging well The first round was spectacular tact came more frequently, as found himself covering and hooks. As the slugfest continued and trading effective jabs. Ill overall with great defense from both boxers grew more aggres­ clinching on the ropes. Bartels in the final round both boxers round two Griffin continued tel both boxers and excellent foot­ sive. kept his punches coming and were bleeding a bit and a stop advance often initiating contacl work. Round two began with a Flurries were low in punch though Dillon was on the ropes was called at 0:57 into the and throwing three to Zizic’J huge flurry in the second round counts, but high in quality with often, he patiently waited out round to clean both. every one punch. I that placed Dillon on the ropes. the second round proceeding the barrages. When Dillon 180-pound division Heavyweight After the flurry Robinson’s right much as the first. Harkins’ left found an opening he bounced Jim Christoforetti def. Eric Stefan Borovina def. Nathan I found its target twice in succes­ began to find its way through off and came on hard landing Callahan S chroeder sion. early on in the third round. unbelievably hard punches Junior captain Jim Stefan Borovina became thJ Both boxers continued to 155-pound division upstairs. Christoforetti overcame a second returning champion tel move effortlessly and remained Nathan Lohmeyer def. Mike Late in the first round Dillon relentless opponent in Eric win another title as he over! strong throughout the round. Panzica found success in coming off of Callahan to earn his first Bengal came Nathan Schroeder in J Robinson initiated contact a bit Junior captain Nathan Bartels lead left, but Bartels left Bouts title in a unanimous deci­ called fight. Round one begarl more, but Dillon was not hesi­ Lohmeyer earned his first little room for daylight with his sion. Callahan came out as fast with a trade of stiff jabs] tant to reply. Bengal Bouts title tonight, over­ skyrocketing punch counts. In as he did in the semifinals, forc­ Borovina was able to accurately] A speck of blood appeared coming classmate Mike Panzica. the second, Dillon found success ing an early nonscoring stumble pick off his opponent aa under Robinson’s nose with 30 Lohmeyer was elusive as he with a great flurry early in the by Christoforetti as he Schroeder circled and attacked.] seconds left in the third round advanced, keeping his head and round and moved well through­ backpedaled. When Borovina went to the] and with 15 seconds left in the shoulders moving as he threw. out to avoid the constantly Callahan continued to body he was successful in find-] round, action was stopped for a Lohmeyer forced Panzica to the advancing Bartels. advance and Christoforetti used ing scores there as well. As the] quick clearing. ropes and landed a hard shot In the final round Bartels kept his excellent footwork to move round came to a close, both 150-pound division upstairs midway through the the punches coming and Dillon away and clinched and covered were trading jabs often. In TJ D Agostino def. Jon Prlbaz round. In round two Lohmeyer’s found himself on the ropes per­ when necessary. Christoforetti round two punches remained T.J. D’Agostino capped off his jab found its way in again and haps too much for his own com­ scored a standing 8-count at straight and clean from both already impressive Bengal he slipped well to avoid fort. 1:35 and the round ended with boxers though Borovina scored Bouts career by using his domi­ Panzica’s advances. 170-pound division relatively little contact after the a bit more. At 1:20 into the nating lead left to earn a victory Both boxers traded jabs and Tommy Demko def. Brian short stoppage. In round two round a stop was called to clean over a talented left-hander in counterpunched well, but Nicholson Callahan was again a raging the blood from Schroeder’s Jon Pribaz. Lohmeyer’s upstairs shots found Senior captain Tommy Demko bull and Christoforetti was nose. After the stop Borovina’s D’Agostino came out fast, their targets more often than outslugged law student Brian forced to fight on his heels, one-two remained tough and throwing his lead left hook and did Panzica’s. Nicholson to win his first Bengal though he did so quite effective­ several high caliber punches used it often to initiate contact. When Lohmeyer initiated con­ Bouts title. Nicholson came out ly- found their way through. D’Agostino had a great flurry tact he found success and little hard in what began as a brawl Callahan continued to rush A standing 8-count was count­ forcing Pribaz to his corner at reply came from Panzica. and at 10 seconds into the bout Christoforetti, forcing him to ed on Schroeder at 1:37 and he 50 seconds into round one, Panzica continued to throw but a tie up and slip found Demko ropes numerous times with a was again cleaned for blood. which prompted a stop to clean Lohmeyer dominated the last on the mat. combination of punches and Borovina’s right found home the blood from Pribaz’s nose at minute and scored often over After the stop Nicholson pushes. A combination of again and again late in the 1:06. Panzica’s dropping hands. advanced quickly and continued clinches, tangles and close fight­ round and Schroeder finished D’Agostino used his long left 160-pound division to throw even while Demko ing began the third round and the second on his heels. Round lead to keep Pribaz at a dis­ Colin Kerrigan def. Bill Phillip attempted to clinch. Both Christoforetti continued to score three was more Borovina and a1 tance, making it difficult for his Returning champion Colin exchanged well as the round on the ever-advancing Callahan. stoppage was called at 50 sec­ opponent to score. Kerrigan won his second Bengal went on and contact from Light Heavyweight onds in to replace Schroeder’s Pribaz was never deterred, Bouts title overcoming a great Demko began to increase as he Jenny Griffin def. Billy Zizic mouth guard. Borovina was but D’Agostino had an excellent last minute effort by senior Bill settled down and dismissed the Jonny Griffin’s unrelenting constantly advancing and scor­ reply for nearly every advance Phillip. charges of the advancing attacks and his mounting punch ing often on the backpedaling throughout the round. An early When both contacted simulta­ Nicholson. Round two began as count overcame one of the most Schroeder. At 1:31 into the final flurry in the second round put neously little scores occurred, a bit of a brawl again as skilled fighters in the bouts this round the fight was called in Pribaz in a corner and a num­ but as the first round continued Nicholson changed aggressively. year in Billy Zizic. favor of Borovina. ber of strong lefts found him on Kerrigan began to slip inside Demko looked good when he At the start of the fight both the mat 29 seconds into the sec­ and scored effectively under stayed upstairs with one-two came out with great footwork Contact Luke Busam at ond round. D’Agostino kept it Phillip’s straight jabs. As the combos and his right hand was and amazing head movements. [email protected] coming after the break and his round wound down, Kerrigan punches continually found their began to initiate more and target. Pribaz struggled to come Phillip was forced to fight back­ off the ropes and another stop ing up. In round two Kerrigan was called at 1:01. came on very strong, but Phillip 153-pound division was not to be dismayed and Corey Harkins def. Ryan continued to throw numerous Duffey punches. Kerrigan, however Senior Corey Harkins won an scored clean virtually every The Career Center is hiring!!! overall clean match with practi­ time by going high and low. cally no brawling over fifth-year 165 pound division architecture student Ryan Pat Dillon def. Ross Bartels Summer 2004- Academic Year 2004-2005 Duffey. Round one was dominat­ Senior captain Pat Dillon had ed by quick exchanges as Ryan a career fight as he overcame Career Assistant (m ultiple openings) See how the Career Center really works! Career assistants are trained to use Go Irish (our online recruiting system) Each Career Assistant is paired with a mentor/Career Counselor and duties will vary. 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Notre Dame defeats Purdue 71-59 Despite missing an NCAA bid, in first round of the NIT Irish still seek NIT championship

By MATT LOZAR Nobody cares about the NIT. Sports Writer Right? No, certainly not Irish coach Mike Brey. He Rivalry games are known for weird occur­ only had his staff tape sheets of paper above rences — and 38 years in between games featur­ each player’s locker with Notre Dame’s previ­ ing Notre Dame and Purdue didn’t stop that ous trips to the NIT, all of trend. which didn’t include a In front of a split Joyce Center crowd championship trophy. Wednesday night, the Irish overcame making His message is clear — only six second half field goals to defeat the the Irish want to hang a Boilermakers 71-59 and advance to the second banner that marks a cham­ round of the NIT. pionship, something Notre “I don’t know if we had a better atmosphere in Dame hasn’t done since there all year and we’ve had some great games,” Brey’s rookie campaign. Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said. “I like the NIT,” Brey As the Irish struggled from the field in the sec­ grinned while throwing out Andrew ond half — not scoring their first field goal until one-liners in the interview Soukup a Chris Thomas jumper with 10:35 left in the room after the Irish beat game — they unexpectedly rode the perfect free Purdue 71-59 in the tourna­ Senior Staff throw shooting of Rick Cornett. ment’s first round. W riter Cornett, a 64 percent free throw shooter, made So the Irish coach likes all eight of his attempts against the the tournament to deter­ Boilermakers en route to scoring a career-high mine who is No. 66 in the country — but 16 points. there’s no way the players can, right? “Free throws are a big part of our game and They’re the ones who got snubbed, who don’t they are something we really need to depend on even have the dream of being a Cinderella because we get fouled a lot,” Cornett said. because they’re not even dancing. “Obviously I was happy to go out there and make But you couldn’t tell that from the way TIM KACMAR/The O bserver Irish guard Chris Thomas goes up for the dunk Wednesday see HOOPS/page 33 night. Thomas finished with 11 points. see NIT/page 30

Hockey B engal B outs Irish face Ohio State Schmitt wins title in rookie year in quarters of CCHA

“When you’ve won a game in By JUSTIN SCHUVER overtime, you get a chance Associate Sports Editor to live through something that can’t be taught or The teams are the same coached. once again, but the Irish are “Yes, it was painful at hoping for a better result times to watch, but the expe­ this time around. rience will help us.” Notre Dame advanced to For the second straight the CCHA Super Six at Joe year, the Irish face Ohio Louis Arena for the third State in the Super Six. Last year in a row, and the fourth year, the Buckeyes ended MEGAN DAVISSON/The Observer time in five years. The No. 5 Notre Dame’s season with a seed Irish (20-13-4) will At left, Tommy Demko takes a swing at Brian Nicholson. Demko claimed his first Bouts title 3-2 victory. Wednesday night. Jim Christoforetti defeats Eric Callahan to take the 180-pound championship. open play Thursday at 7:35 “Quote about playing Ohio p.m. against No. 4 seed Ohio State yet again,” Poulin said. State (23-15-0). This year, the Super Six the 135-pound division title in a Schmitt found success shortly By LUKE BUSAM The Irish moved on to the holds extra significance for unanimous decision. The first after with his one-two combos. Super Six this year by both teams, as each is fight­ Senior StafFWriter round began with a clean dis­ Clinches continued as the defeating Western Michigan ing for a chance at an NCAA play of boxing as Valenzuela round wore down. Though both two games to one in a series Tournament at-large bid. In Students who attended the and Schmitt tested each other continued to throw with accura­ held last weekend at the the PairWise Rankings — finals of the Bengal Bouts and traded jabs. cy, they were visibly tired after Joyce Center. Notre Dame one of the key components Wednesday night were treated Valenzuela dominated a bit in an exhausting match. came away with a 5-4 over­ for determ ining the NCAA to several exciting matches. the first, but overall the round 145-pound division time victory in the pivotal berths — Ohio State sits tied 135-pound division was even, clean and consistent. Paul Robinson def. Luke Dillon game three, with freshman for 10th, and Notre Dame is Michael Schmitt def. Jon Round two saw an increase in Paul Robinson overcame fel­ Jason Paige picking up the in 13th place. Valenzuela tempo from both boxers and low senior Luke Dillon, winning game-winning goal. With only 16 teams eligible Sophomore Michael Schmitt early on Schmitt began to score his first Bengal Bouts title in a “I think [Sunday night’s for the tournament, the Irish continued his rookie year tear a few high-caliber shots split decision victory. game] gave us a great char­ hope to take the decision out through the tournament by upstairs. Dillon held the ring well in acter experience,” Irish overcoming the more experi­ Valenzuela replied well, forc­ coach Dave Poulin said. see HOCKEY/page 31 enced Jon Valenzuela to earn ing Schmitt to the ropes, but see BOUTS/page 34

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