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RAINY Jump Little Children Releases Mellow Music Tuesday Brit-pop band Jump Little Children releases their third mellow studio J HIGH 48° album, “Vertigo.” OCTOBER 16, J LOW 41° Scene ♦ page 10 2 0 0 1 O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s VOL. XXXV NO. 36 HTTP://OBSERVER.N D-EDU Matthews reviews hot topics Anthrax By JASON McFARLEY touches ! News Editor U.S. leaders should continue the war on terrorism but be media cautious that the American campaign doesn’t spur a holy war with Islamic Middle ♦ Doctors diagnose Eastern nations, Chris ABC producer’s Matthews, host of the cable child with bacteria news political talk show “Hardball." said Monday at Notre Dame. Associated Press American response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks threatens a war with not only The 7-month-old son of an with Afghanistan, where ABC News producer has devel Osama bin Laden is suspected oped the skin form of anthrax to be hiding, but also with after recently spending time in other Islamic countries like the newsroom, authorities and Pakistan and Iraq, Matthews network officials said Monday. said. The boy, the youngest of the And that plays into bin four Americans diagnosed with Laden’s gam e, according to the d ise ase this m o n th , is Matthews. responding to antibiotics and is “Bin L aden is an evil expected to recover, ABC News genius,” the political author President David Westin said. and nationally syndicated “The prognosis is excellent,” columnist said to an audience he said. of more than 350 that filled a ABC is the second major campus auditorium to over news organization in New York flowing. "With lb guys who to report an anthrax case in were willing to get on planes the past three days. Authorities and take them over with box- KYLIE CARTER/The Observer are also investigating a letter cutters, hi1 killed 6,000 MSNBC news talk show host Matthews calls Bin Laden an “evil genius” and addresses that apparently infected an Americans. He knew that other political issues during his lecture Monday night in the Hesburgh Library Auditorium. NBC employee with the same we’d respond with guns blaz form of anthrax last week. Like ing." MSNBC talk show. The politi Rodham Clinton to downplay to for an episode of the boy, she is also expected to “lie wants a blood war cally conservative host was ing concerns about anthrax “Hardball” that he filmed ear recover. between the East and the frank but humorous in his cri and bio-terrorism. lier Monday at local NBC affil Authorities did not discuss West, but I don’t want that tique of the U.S. government’s In fact, Matthews arrived 15 iate WNDU. the source of the germ involv war. No one in this room will handling of the terrorist minutes late for the lecture “I’m not spooked about ing the child. Westin said the live to see the end of that war. attacks. following a reported case of anthrax, but a lot of people network is operating under the But that’s his strategy. That’s And during the talk, anthrax in New York Monday are. I can’t understand why assumption that the exposure the scenario that he wants,” “Washington Today: The night. Matthews walked into they are,” Matthews said on a happened at its offices on West Matthews said. Inside View,” Matthews the Carey Auditorium to a day that witnessed Senate 66th Street. Matthews’ hour-long skipped from discussing for thoughtful applause just min Majority Leader Tom The child visited the ABC appearance Monday at times mer President Clinton and utes after taping last-minute newsroom in the last few resembled his CNBC and New York Sen. Hillary coverage of the anthrax case see HARDBALL/page 4 weeks, probably on Sept. 28, W estin said. He developed a rash, and was hospitalized with an unknown ailment soon after the visit. The boy was believed to have been on two floors of the ABC Students don pink for breast cancer building for a couple of hours, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said. Westin said the child is the son ribbon pins. On Sunday, giving out stickers to put in helps fund mammograms for of a female producer, but did By KATIE RAND Student Activities Board and our planners to rem ind stu homeless, battered and not release names. News Writer Health & Wellness co-spon dents to do a monthly self working poor women. Links Giuliani said investigators sored a viewing of exam,” said Taylor. are also provided for various w ould be in terv iew in g ABC As part of National Breast “Stepmom,” featuring Julia Breast cancer self-test other sites such as J.Crew, employees to recreate the cir Cancer Awareness Month, Roberts and Susan Sarandon. instruction hangers have also Chadwick s of Boston and cumstances in which the child Saint M ary’s Residence Life In the movie, Sarandon por been placed in the show ers Bare Necessities. By shop may have been exposed. Association is doing its part trays a mother dying of around campus. The week ping at these sites through The child has skin-contract to educate students about the breast cancer. The film will culminate this Thursday the links, more money will be ed anthrax — not the more disease by sponsoring Breast shows every aspect of the with another “Wear Pink donated to fund mammo lethal inhaled form that infect Cancer Awareness Week disease, from the numerous Day” and a few night events. grams. ed two Florida men, killing from Oct. 11 to 18. doctor’s appointments and At 9 p.m. on Thursday there An estimated 41,000 one. “We had Breast Cancer consultations to the reaction will be a candlelight walk American women will die Westin said officials learned Awareness Week last year, so of her two young children down The Avenue starting at from breast cancer this year of the diagnosis Monday it was just assumed that we when she tells them she is ill. the Holy Cross Hall flagpole, alone, and approximately evening through blood tests would do it again this year,” “Health Services has been followed by a prayer service 192,200 new cases will be and a biopsy. said Amber Taylor, health really helpful with all of this. at Holy Cross Chapel at 9:30 discovered, according to “There are no other awareness chairperson for They have been at all of our p.m.. www.thebreastcancersite.com . instances that we are aware the Residence Life events helping inform stu Residence Hall Association of,” he said. “We will continue Association. dents, giving out fact sheet is also helping to fund free to report the news.” Breast cancer awareness with statistics on how it mammograms by advertising Dr. Steve Berman, president week kicked off with “wear [breast cancer] affects people for www.thebreastcancer- Contact Katie Rand at Pink Day” and by selling pink our age. They also have been site.com. Clicking on the site [email protected]. see ANTHRAX/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Tuesday, October 16, 2001 Q u o t e s o f t h e W eek In s id e C o l u m n “After about three and a “We wanted to celebrate “We want to get a “This threat contradicts the Singing in the rain half miles, I just started that with something first-round bye in the Big basic tenets of fairness as to hyperventilate. ” special for the students. East Tournament and we well as the So many things have want to host a game in Lately, I have the feeling I am being watched, understanding that I had changed at Notre Dame the NCAA Tournament," with Notre Dame and not just by all of the attractive single men on Ryan Shay cross campus. No, this time it is something much big but we're still a fam ily — consistently from January country runner ger. that's what Founder’s Day Muffet McGraw jgg8 until [Wednesday] I am convinced of this on Pre-Nationals is meant to celebrate. ” women’s head m orning." because every time it has basketball coach on rained in the past three Cooper Rego Brooke Norton goals for the season weeks, the downpour begins West Virginia running back when I step out the door, student body president on University not rains in buckets while I am on Founder’s Day allowing him on campus exposed, and suddenly stops the moment I find shelter. Coincidence? I think not. My only explanation for this disturbing event is that Shelia Egts BEYOND CAMPUS Compiled from U-Wire reports perhaps someone or some thing higher up is suggesting that I try showering more than twice a week. Copy Editor Illegal immigrants may pay in-state tuition Unfortunately, the chance BERKELEY, Calif. said the bill, which will go into effect of this happening is about as Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill January 2002, would affect 500 to good as the chance that the Thursday allowing undocumented 1,000 immigrant students planning to Irish will become national champions. (For the immigrants who are California resi enroll in California community and one or two readers who don’t follow Notre Dame dents to pay in-state tuition at state colleges. football, stop reading now because you can't California state universities and com “The governor feels that any child understand what it is means to really get rained munity colleges. who is raised and educated here in on anyway.) The new law would allow the California should have a shot at going To be honest, I think the dreary rain day in and University of California system to to college and be able to afford it,” day out in the Bend is starting to take a toll on my adopt a similar policy, although the Salazar said.