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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 38: ISSUE 11 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM SUB expects well-run lottery State alcohol board
Student organizers to decide Boat's fate say ticket lottery By TERESA FRALISH tory - citing 213 underage patrons on Jan. 24, 2003 - will not repeat Associate News Editor today's decision could finally previous mistakes More than 19 months after a force The Boat Club to go major police raid on The Boat under. Club, the Indiana Alcohol and If the August recommenda By AMANDA MICHAELS Tobacco Commission is expect tion of the local South Bend Associate News Editor ed to decide today whether the alcohol and tobacco board is popular student bar will ulti any indication, the state com Keeping in mind last year's mately sink or sail. mission will not renew The debacle- when 1,500 students Though the bar managed to Boat Club's license. Typically, lined up for tickets, leading to bounce back after suffering the confusion, long lines and out largest raid in South Bend his- see BOAT/page 4 rage - the Student Union Board said it is prepared to handle the rush of students expected to queue up for the Michigan State away game tick et lottery today. The event, plagued in the past by fraud, organization and hundreds of irate students left with nothing after hours in line, is well in hand this year, said SUB president Jimmy Flaherty. Over 1,500 students lined up for tickets to the University of Michigan away game last September - the second largest crowd in the lottery's history. Observer file photo Observer file photo Students line up to purchase tickets for last year's Purdue game. Indiana Excise Pollee raided The Boat Club, located at 106 Measures have been taken to Improve this year's lotteries. see LOTTERY/page 6 North Hill Street, In January 2003. Campus gambling affects ND community Transfers University adds adjust to section to health class for freshmen students housing
By PAUL SPADAFORA News Writer shortage The University has added a new segment on gambling to By ASHLEY SANDERS the health and fitness class, News Writer Contemporary Topics, which all freshmen must take. For some Notre Dame trans According to physical educa fer students, the usual adjust tion instructor Diane Scherzer, ment to a new college has been this addition on gambling is more complicated than in past designed to raise student years due to the severe on awareness of the hazards of campus housing shortage at gambling. Notre Dame. "A lot of students don't real To help alleviate the problem, ize gambling can become the University and Saint Mary's addictive, and they also don't allowed some female transfer realize they can get help," students to live at the College's Scherzer said. Regina Hall until rooms opened She said the program up in University residence involves an in-class discussion halls. about the consequences of HILLARY THORNTON!The Observer The fifth floor of Regina start gambling as well as a discus Sophomores (left to right) Ryan Smith, Mike Cozzolino, Preston Carter and Mike Kelley play a hand of ed as a community of 20 but sion of gambling's addictive poker In Carroll Hall. Gambling popularity has been Increasing on campus, particularly In male dorms. has dwindled to 13 as students nature. moved to available Notre Dame In addition, the program rooms. extends outside of the Community disagrees on severity of impact Transfer student Alyse Contemporary Topics course. In Kinchen welcomed the option the wellness planners given to tonight is bound to be poker definite increase in gambling to live on the fifth floor of By JENACA FORQUER night for at least one male among Manor residents. In Regina Hall. this year's freshmen, informa News Writer tion is provided on the social dorm at Notre Dame. part, he attributed its popular "It was all going to be trans and professional risks of gam Though campus opinion was ity to the glorification of tele fers so we were all in the same bling. A small, humid dorm room is divided about the severity of vised poker events, such as the boat," she said. "The wellness planner is a packed with college students. the issue, most agreed that World Series of Poker on Kinchen's roommate Michelle good vehicle to disseminate the Brightly colored plastic chips gambling - from poker nights ESPN. Shiriaev, who attended Saint information," Scherzer said. clink on the table as folded to fantasy football to online "I think that tournaments on Mary's her freshman year, said green bills pass from wallet to betting- is clearly on the rise. TV have made gambling very her floor is gradually adjusting hand. The scene is, for many Morrissey Hall rector Jay see AWARENESS/page 6 students, all too familiar - Steele said he has observed a see GAMBLING/page 4 see HOUSING/page 6 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, September 7, 2004
INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO THINK OF THE NEW TACO BAR AT NORTH? Not a good deal
The average college kid gets most of his nutrients from two primary food groups - pizza and beer. Not only are these staples of the Katie Llnhan~s Mark Munnlnghoff Kerl Matwlck Matt Ireton Kelsl Matwlck Nell Reece collegiate diet delicious, but they eas sophomore sophomore senior sophomore senior sophomore ily fit into both Howard Keenan Lewis Keenan Lewis Keenan our schedules Eric Retter and our budgets. Everywhere I Sports Writer "Taco bar? "I wish it were "They never put ''I've never tried "Yeah, me too. " "Beef Heck look, I see flyers it, but I imagine yes .. and advertise- North Dining self-serve cause enough ' " ments for pizzas that seem to get big Hall? I know this isn 't Taco tomatoes. I wish it would be ger and bigger but somehow drop nothing." Bell." we could just amazing. ping to record low prices, discounted make them for college kids. Pizza here is more common than grass. Even though ourselves" they are virtually giving it away, Papa John's, Domino's and Sbarro still make a killing at Notre Dame. Sadly, they will not take one dollar of mine. My world crashed in around me on July 11, when my doctor told me I was a Celiac. Celiac Sprue is a genetic disorder that causes the patient to have an intolerance to IN BRIEF gluten, a protein in grains such as wheat and barley. I come from a Discover your inner child long, proud tradition of Celiacs. Both today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. my mother and father have the gene. in the children's section of While some families produce world the Notre Dame bookstore. class athletes and others produce Kay Londergan will be read great thinkers, we generate people ing stories and leading who can't eat bread. activities. The worst part of Saturday evening didn't even involve football. It came Learn about Latin American at halftime. when my friends came politics at a lecture given by back with two large pizzas and a Kellogg Institute visiting fel case of beer. Though offered some~ I low Mala Htun. She will talk had to respectfully decline, seeing about "Identities and how my stale rice crackers and Coke Representation in Latin more than filled me up, and then America" at 12:30 p.m. today explain for the 4000th time why I in room C-1 03 of the couldn't eat normal person food any Hesburgh Center. more. Overnight, I have become that kid, Come cheer on the Notre the one at the birthday party who Dame volleyball team as they never had cake and always brought take on Valparaiso tonight at his own snacks. No matter how pop 7 p.m. in the Joyce Center. ular, that kid never seemed to have a good time, and now I know why. Pianist Jacqueline Smith. Every party I have every attended tenor Paul Appleby and cellist Nicole Thorn will perform outside of the dorms has had a keg of HILLARY THORNTON/The Observer beer. To my knowledge, not one per Notre Dame student percussion players gather to practice their music Monday out classical music Friday from son who's thrown a party has side of Crowley Hall. noon to 1:30 p.m. in the thought to stock up on something like penote Performer's Hall in hard apple cider, just in case. the Debartolo Center for the .The dining hall has become a Performing Arts. repetitive nightmare as well. At what was once an overwhelming OFFBEAT The Enterpreneur's Club smorgasbord that could satisfy what will hold its first meeting ever craving I could conjure up I now Prison guards find basket of the leafy substance. money for the regular family today at 8 p.m. in room 119 eat only stir fry, grilled chicken, and ball full of pot They seized the basketball games of Finans, a Danish of DeBartolo Hall. tater-tots. I still haven't even entered McALESTER, Okla. - from the Talawanda Heights · version of the popular board the pasta room at NOH, my old reli Basketballs are usually unit, which houses 65 mini game,· the news agency Learn about volunteer able on "two-week-old ham" night. puffed up with air, but mum security inmates for Ritzau reported on Monday. opportunities with special Not everything about my new life is somebody found a way of the prison and sits away He said he had simply needs children in the South all bad. Because I'm forced to eat inflating one with a sub from the main part of the made a mistake when he Bend community. The Notre healthy, my midsection is no longer stance usually associated facility. tried to pay for pizza and ice Dame and Saint Mary's as soft as a jelly donut, which I can't with puffing of another kind. cream with a fake 500 Special Friends Club will cat anyway. If you want to know Oklahoma State 'Monopoly' money for pizza crown ($80) note. host an informational meet what brands of rice pasta to buy, I'm Penitentiary officials cut into send man to jail But the court, hearing that ing today from 9 to 9:30 p.m. your man. an exercise-yard basketball COPENHAGEN, Denmark he had been carrying on the third floor of the Still, some wounds may never heal. and found nearly two -A Danish man was sen 57,000 crowns worth of LaFortune Student Center. Every time I see a pizza deliveryman, pounds of what is believed tenced to 2 5 days in jail forged notes when he was it's like a slap in the face. Cans of to be marijuana stuffed after trying to buy a pizza arrested, followed one of the To submit information to be beer laugh at me. Every day I'm inside. with fake banknotes he said Monopoly game's instruc included in this section of painfully reminded of what used to Acting on a tip from his grandchildren had made tions and told him to "Go to The Observer, e-mail detailed be. McAlester police, prison offi for a game of Monopoly. Jail." information about an event to My doctor says that they're devel cials searched the yard and The 57 -year-old said he obsnews@nd. edu. oping a drug that could reverse the found the basketball, which had rented two color photo Information compiled from effects of this disorder. She tells me it held 30 one-ounce packets copiers to make extra fake the Associated Press. could be on the market in three years. Perfect. Just in time for full priced pizza. 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COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES BOARD OF GOVERNANCE Students consider adding tnetnbers Group finishes constitutio:n By ELIZABETH CHEFFERS News Writer
Members of the Council of By KELLY MEEHAN Representatives met Monday to dis News Writer cuss the possibility of adding three new non-voting members to the Saint Mary's Board of Governance approved council. from RecSports, Campus revisions to its constitution Monday. Ministry and the Center for Social "I am very excited to approve the Concerns. Constitution," student body president Sarah Such a move would facilitate better Catherine White said. "A lot of hard work went communication between different into this." interests in the student body, mem Campus Clubs commissioner Becky Bosak bers said. presented seven new clubs to BOG, which the Kate Dissler. a member of the CSC board had approved for club status. The new student advisory board Voice, spoke clubs are College Democrats, Dance Collectives, at the meeting about the CSC's possi Feminists United, Friends with Sisters, History ble participation in COR. Oub, Super Sibs and Toastmasters I. "The CSC plays such a major role in White said she had recently talked with new so many campus events and they do College president Carol Mooney. BOG will host not have a voice on any of the major several "meet-and-greet" events with the stu programming boards," she said. dent body, according to White. Student body president Adam The first "Dessert with Dr. Mooney" will take Istvan said he would support the place Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Holy Cross Hall. addition of a esc representative. Mooney will also be having dessert with stu "It would be a completely new, a PAMELA LOCK/The Observer dents in McCandless Hall on Oct. 10, Regina completely outside voice," said Students discussed the possibility of adding three new COR represen Hall on Oct. 31 and LeMans Hall on Nov. 21. Istvan. tatives at Monday's meeting. The council plans to vote on the In other BOG news: proposition at next week's meeting. Dave Baron introduced Peter organizations such as College + Student Activity Board president Lauren The RecSports representative Quaranta, a member of the Rock the Republicans, College Democrats, the Fabina reported an overwhelming success with would be chosen from the athletic Vote steering committee, who gave a CSC, the political science, English and last week's "Singled Out" game at Dalloway's. advisory board, which includes dorm presentation on the overall goals and film, television and theater depart "We are really looking forward to our next athletic commissioners and faculty upcoming events he hoped student ments. MTV-themed game, Room Raiders," Fabina members. government would support. "We've had some trouble because said. "All three of these organizations do "We're fighting apathy every way some people are afraid we are going The SAB's annual Twilight Tailgate will be a lot of programming events on cam we know how," Quaranta said. to disrupt 'business as usual' on cam Thursday with a performance by the band pus, and so it makes a lot of sense to Quaranta said Rock the Vote was pus, but these are big times no mat Blessed Union of Souls. The tailgate will also have them here to help us spitball formed to combat the traditional apa ter where you stand," Quaranta said. consist of a barbeque and inflatables. ideas," Istvan said. thy of Notre Dame students. It is a The group also discussed the Rock non-partisan group that includes rep Contact Elizabeth Cheffers at Contact Kelly Meehan at the Vote project. Representative resentatives from various campus [email protected] kmeehaOl @saintmarys.edu
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for comment. minor in a tavern violations. than me," he said. The penalties faced by The For its part, The Boat Club Before Indiana Excise Police Ga~nbling Boat Boat Club are light in compari maintains that it has imple raided the bar in January continued from page 1 continued from page 1 son to sanctions received by mented more stringent meas 2003, popular belief among South Bend bars involved in ures aimed at students was that the ATC follows the advice of similar police raids. keeping under the bar would popular over the summer," the local board. Generally, raided bars have age drinkers out, "This was the week never be busted Steele said. "With the numbers The commission is a four been forced to close and sell such as requir before school started. despite allegedly increasing like they are we're member panel that votes year their liquor license. At a ing patrons to lax standards. going to start to see people with ly on whether to renew liquor January 1998 raid of Bridget show two forms I actually just The Boat Club is gambling problems." licenses for Indiana bars. It is McGuire's Filling Station, of identification. walked in not the only South Knott rector Brother Jerome separate from the police cited about But as to unchecked" Bend bar facing Meyer also said poker playing ATC prosecutor's 150 students. whether The possible sanctions was up among his residents, office, which "They're pretty The ATC revoked Boat Club consis from the ATC as a but disagreed with Steele's wor Anonymous negotiated penal tough. They've the bar's liquor tently adheres to result of under ries about addiction. ties for the stu license, and the these standards, Student age drinking vio "Right now I don't see it as a dent citations been requiring two tavern later student opinion lations. problem," Meyer said. "It's a issued by Indiana forms [of ID]." reopened as a is mixed. The Library social activity that pulls them Excise Police fol coffeehouse "They're pretty tough," Boat Irish Pub, formerly known as together. If it got out of hand lowing the bust. under the same Club regular and junior Tony Finnigan's, could also be closed then we'd deal with it ... We're Initially ATC Tony Gill management. Gill, 22, said. "They've been by the ATC board. Excise police keeping on top of what's going prosecutor Fred Student When The requiring two forms." have raided the bar three on but right now we don't see it Bauer proposed Library Irish However, other students had times since fall 2000, including as a major problem." that The Boat Pub, then known an easier time. in this past April, April 2003 Gambling is low on the list of Club's license be sold or as Finnigan's, was busted in One male underage junior, and October 2000, netting 20, dorms' disciplinary priorities, revoked, but Bauer and The October of 2000, the bar who declined to give his name, 51 and 150 patrons respective said Father George Rozum, rec Boat Club later settled on a remained open, but was forced said The Boat Club did not ly. tor of Alumni. $5,000 fine and one-week sus to sell its license to new own carefully check his ID. The local board has yet to "It was a problem a long time pension. However, Bauer has ers. Police cited about 150 "This was the week before make a formal recommenda ago, [but) there are concerns said he will waive the suspen Notre Dame and Saint Mary's school started," the student tion to the state commission, that are much bigger," he said. sion if the bar goes one year students in that raid. said. "I actually just walked in however, local officials have Among students who gamble, without any more underage In making the decision on unchecked." said they strongly favor closure the consensus was one of harm violations. penalties for The Boat Club, Another male junior said he of The Library, according to less - not addictive - fun that Due to government offices Bauer cited reports from borrowed a friend's ID of skep The South Bend Tribune. rarely resulted in losing signifi being closed for the Labor Day excise police who monitored tical quality to enter the bar. cant amounts of money. holiday, state and local officials the bar for 19 months and "The friend I borrowed the Contact Teresa Fralish at "It's not a problem because could not be reached Monday found no evidence of further ID from was of a different race [email protected] I'm not out of control," sopho more Kevin Brennan said. "I don't gamble to the extreme." Senior Brian Hagan, whose worst loss was only $10, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, an international investment agreed. "The majority of the time stu bank established in 1970, provides a wide range of services, including dents control the habit and play mergers and acquisitions, financing, financial opinions and advisory until they break even, and then stop," he said. services, financial restructuring, and merchant banking. In 2003, Though sophomore Jim Houlihan Lokey ranked as the No. I M&A advisor for transactions Theiss reported a one-time loss under $200 million and the No. 4 advisor for transactions under $1 of $45, he continues to gamble about three times a week. He billion. The firm has been the No. I provider of fairness opinions for said he spends between three the past four years and has the largest financial restructuring practice and nine hours a week on gam ing, an amount he described as of any investment bank in the country. The firm has approximately typical among his friends. 600 employees in nine offices in the United States and the United Most students agreed the dif ference between a gambling Kingdom. We annually serve more than I ,000 clients ranging from hobby and a gambling addiction closely held companies to Global 500 corporations. For more infor- involves the frequency of play and the amount of money lost. mation, visit Houlihan Lokey's Website at www.hlhz.com. And because gambling is readily accessible - not requir ing transportation, a large time commitment or anything more than a deck of cards - it has become a simple, habitual form of entertainment. Gambling "is good recreation al fun as long as people don't get carried away with it," soph omore Michael Pazirandeh said. Senior Brendan Bowes said gaming and gambling are posi tive ways to socially interact with peers. "Poker with the guys, and sometimes girls, has almost entirely been a fun social activi ty, and I've made friends doing it," he said. Social gambling at Notre .1 Dame is not exclusive to males, said Elizabeth Tran, a resident assistant in Breen-Phillips. "I see a lot of participation in football and basketball pools, but I wouldn't consider it a problem," said Tran, who added that she often also observed students of both sexes gambling ofT-campus.
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Weakened but persistent, Desperate families searched for those still Tropical Storm Frances missing from the siege at School No. 1, while took aim at the_Florida others buried 120 victims during the first of Panhandle on Monday two days of national mourning across Russia, after the former· hurri which has seen more than 400 people killed cane caused flooding and in violence linked to terrorism in the past ripped roofs off buildings two weeks. throughout a wide swath Heports emerged that the attackers appar of central and southern ently planned the school seizure months ago, Florida. About 6 million sneaking weapons into the building in people lost power and at advance. There also were signs that some of least five people were the militants did not know they were to take killed. children hostage and may have been killed More than 13 inches of by their comrades when they objected. rain had fallen along Florida's central east Caribbean prepares for hurricane coast, flooding some areas BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- Islanders 4 feet deep, before scrambled to put up storm shutters and Frances entered the Gulf stock up on supplies as the fourth major hur of Mexico late Sunday. In ricane of the season churned closer to the its wake, boats and Caribbean, packing sustained winds of 105 mobile homes were man mph. gled, trees and power Hurricane warnings were issued for lines were toppled. Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the State officials urged Grenadines and Grenada. Martinique was people to stay where they place under a hurricane watch, while were because of the possi Trinidad and Tobago were under a tropical bility of flooding and the storm warning. difficulty of finding serv Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur ice stations still in opera convened an emergency session of the tion. Cabinet Monday to plan a strategy against "Our message is: turn Hurricane Ivan. around - don't drown. If you do not have to travel, don't do so today," state meteorologist Ben Nelson NATIONAL NEWS said at a news briefing Monday. Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings said officials John Joseph Denero searches through the wreckage of his family's mobile home Conditions hamper Cal. firefighting were working to get fuel for their belongings after it was destroyed by Hurricane Frances in Fort Pierce, Fla. SAN FRANCISCO - Firefighters were ham to emergency workers and gas stations. pered by erratic wind and low humidity the low end of that range. coastal highway proclaim south of Tallahassee. Not everyone heeded Monday as they made slow progress against "If it's the same all the ing Daytona "The World's At about 11 a.m. the warning, even as rain way across, we're looking Most Famous Beach" was Monday, Frances a fire that had burned nearly 12,000 acres began falling heavily in at a couple of billion dol destroyed. Most of remained a tropical and four homes in the Northern California the Panhandle. Tamara lars rather than the big Daytona Beach and about storm, with maximum wine country. Suarez decided to open numbers we were seeing a third of the state's 17 sustained wind near 65 The fire, which started Friday northeast of the Cafe Con Leche in the earlier," state Chief million · residents mph and its center about Geyserville in Sonoma County, had been 20 historic fishing and oyster Financial Officer Tom remained without power, 60 miles east-southeast of percent contained and full containment was village of Apalachicola Gallagher, who oversees officials said at the brief Apalachicola. The storm not expected until Wednesday, said Janet because "it's better to be the insurance industry, ing. was moving northwest at Marshall, spokeswoman for the state here than at home, just said Monday. Experts esti The National Hurricane about 8 mph, forecasters Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. waiting and waiting and mate that total damages Center said Frances said. The unpredictable wind and dry vegeta waiting." are typically about double showed signs of redevel After passing through tion, compounded by uneven and often steep Frances' path crossed insured losses. oping into a hurricane the Panhandle, Frances terrain, made the situation extremely dan some of the area hit by Parts of downtown over the warm gulf before will move into Georgia gerous for the 1,875 firefighters, Marshall Charley, which killed 27 Tampa were flooded striking the Panhandle. and Alabama. Radar said. people and caused an Monday. In Daytona Evacuations began in four showed rain already estimated $7.4 billion in Beach. one of the hardest Panhandle counties. spreading into southern Bush and Kerry spar over Iraq insured damage. One hit cities, roofs were torn "We really are hopeful Georgia and parts of WASHINGTON - Democrat John Kerry risk-assessment company off several small hotels that the winds won't be South Carolina, and the accused President Bush on Monday of send estimated insured losses and the Peabody too severe -or the rain," storm's effects were felt ing U.S. troops to the "wrong war in the from Frances could range Auditorium, where the said Scott Paterna, who as far north as New wrong place at the wrong time" and said anywhere from $2 billion London Symphony raced to board up his bait Jersey, where riptides and he'd try to bring them all home in four to $10 billion, but a state Orchestra appears annu~ and tackle shop near St. rough surf interfered with years. Bush rebuked him for taking "yet official said it could be on ally. The sign across the Marks, about 20 miles weekend swimming plans. another new position" on the war. Iraq overshadowed the traditional Labor Day kickoff of the fall campaign and its time-honored emphasis on jobs, as Kerry delivered some of his harshest rhetoric against Bush's handling of the war and Suicide bomb kills seven in Iraq highlighted its economic costs. cials said. no information. Associated Press The bombing underscored the Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide challenges U.S. commanders face said medical tests confirmed that LOCAL NEWS attacker sped up to a U.S. military in securing Fallujah and surround Iraqi authorities had once again convoy outside Fallujah and deto ing Anbar province, the heartland mistakenly reported the capture of Deputy killed by power line nated an explosives-packed vehicle of a Sunni Muslim insurgency bent ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's MOROCCO. Ind. -A power line knocked on Monday, killing seven Marines on driving coalition forces from the deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, down in a traffic accident fatally shocked a and three Iraqi soldiers, U.S. mili country. putting a stop to two days of con Newton County sheriffs deputy who had gone tary officials said. It was the dead U.S. forces have not patrolled in flicting statements about his pur to investigate the crash today, police said. liest day for American forces in Fallujah since ending a three-week ported arrest. Investigators did not immediately know how four months. siege of the city in April that had Ministry spokesman Sabah Deputy Craig Blann came into contact with The force of the blast on a dusty been aimed at rooting out militia Kadhim said unspecified tests had the power line, the Sheriffs Department said. stretch of wasteland nine miles man. Insurgents have only shown that a man being held in He was pronounced dead at the scene. north of Fallujah, a hotbed of strengthened their hold on Fallujah Iraqi custody was actually a rela The line was knocked down when the driver Sunni insurgents, wrecked two since then. tive of al-Douri who played only a of a car told police she swerved to avoid a Humvee vehicles and hurled the Early Tuesday, residents reported minor role in Saddam 's regime but deer on the rural road about 50 miles north suicide car's engine far from the strong explosions around Baghdad. was nevertheless wanted by west of Lafayette and struck a utility pole. site, witnesses and military offi- But the U.S. command said it had authorities. page 6 The Observer + NEWS Tuesday, September 7, 2004 lottery would not be open to up to six IDs per person and will Dame students are going to be Housing Saint Mary's and Holy Cross stu be given an instruction sheet excited to travel up to East Lottery dents. He said the decision was along with their lottery numbers Lansing to the cheer continued from page 1 continued from page 1 made after lengthy discussion to minimize confusion. IDs will on the Irish," he said. among SUB members and repre be scanned to secure the system Sophomore Stephanie Best said sentatives of the College. against fraud. that a long wait, not the football is gradually adjusting to At that lottery, SUB placed no "It's just a decision we made as Contrary to past reports, the team's record, would be the the unique situation. limits on the number of IDs per an executive board, ticket lottery does main deterrent. "We carpool and take student, producing long lines, based on what we not fall under the "I know that a lot of people the shuttle," Shiriaev and ended the lottery earlier did last year," he "Last year's regulation of waited for hours in huge long said. "The main problem than necessary because organiz said. "We are the Executive Board Indiana state law lines last year. I don't want to is getting back and forth ers misinterpreted NCAA and Notre Dame or the NCAA, said stand in line all day for it - I'd for meals. Sometimes we Indiana state rules governing lot Student Union recognized the Flaherty. rather buy tickel<; from someone make two or three trips a teries. Prior to 2003, lotteries Board, and it's our issues and made The winning standing outside the stadium on day to Notre Dame." were plagued with fraud as indi job to serve the great changes to numbers will be game day," she said. "Whether I The floor's resident viduals who were not students Notre Dame student selected after the · go or not it depends how long the advisor. Ashley Oberst, and SUB staff members obtained body." the process." lottery is closed lines aw." said she believes the girls tickets. Now, SUB uses a Tickets will be and will be posted Keenan sophomore Gary Jost, have made the best of machine to check student Ids. distributed on the Jimmy Flaherty at the SUB office still deciding on whether to take their situation carpooling However, changes in location club side of Legends SUB President and in The his chances on the lottery, had and going to mass togeth and hours should prevent similar from noon to 5 Observer the opposite logic in mind. er. problems this year, Flaherty said. p.m., Flaherty said. Wednesday. "A lottery is a lottery - you "It feels like the girls "Last year's issues with the ticket Organizers will assign as many Students will be able to purchase wait in line and you either get it have a strong Notre Dame lottery occurred with the first lottery tickets as they can within their tickets at the LaFortune or you don't," he said. "But I'm identity because they one of the year when the lottery that time period, he said, but box office. not too confident lin the football spend all their time was held both at Reekers and the winners will be drawn only for Despite the football team's less team]. I think Michigan State's a there," Oberst said. North Dining Hall," he said. "Last the approximately 140 pairs of than stellar start, Flaherty said better team than BYU." Many of the transfers year's Executive Board recog tickets supplied to SUB by the that he does not expect a drop SUB will also oversee a ticket able to find housing on nized the issues and made great Office of Student Activities and off in the number of students lottery for the Oct. 16 Navy away Notre Dame's campus changes to the process by the Athletic Department. vying for a ticket. game. find themselves in a tight switching it to Legends and mak The system, which Flaherty "I think traveling to away foot squeeze. The University ing the guidelines more explicit." described as "basic and clear," ball games are a great experi Contact Amanda Michaels at has been utilizing all Like last year, Flaherty said the details that students can bring ence for students and Notre [email protected] available space for stu dent housing, including converting doubles into triples and making study rooms into living space. Sophomore James Western countie~ approach ghost town status Hogers, a transfer from the University of Illinois, said he feels lucky to Associated Press County. "What is there to come Farm Bill, aimed at curbing over there were some new faces on the have on-campus housing back for?" production, and protecting eroded street. But they were mostly in O'Neill Hall and has CONDON. Ore.- If Gilliam In Niobrara County, Wyo., agricultural lands. retirees, who didn't come with enjoyed his time at Notre County loses much more popula which has just 2,237 people left By the early 1990s, the county's new jobs in tow. Dame so far. tion, its wide open spaces and col after a decline of 7.1 percent economic backbone was gone. Next, the county helped "About 20 transfer stu lection of three tiny towns - with between 2000 and 2003, 18.7 County leaders were searching bankroll a nonprofit assisted liv dents from last year ran no stoplights and 1.6 square miles percent of residents are over 65, for any kind of moneymaker at ing center, a move, Gilliam County !this year's transfer] ori for every person - could soon compared with 11.7 percent all. All they really had to offer was Judge Laura Pryor said, to "stabi entation," he said. "They become a veritable nowhere. statewide. plenty of vast, empty space. lize, so generations can stay did an awesome job of Percentage-wise, it regularly And if the trends continue, in a Fortunately, that was just what together." making us feel welcome tops the census list of Oregon decade or two, some such coun urban areas like Portland, 137 But perhaps the crown jewel in and part of the Notre counties that are losing popula ties may be virtually empty. miles up Interstate 84, needed - the county's attempt to save itself Dame experience." tion, a steady stream uf about 80 "People either move to Billings, a vast, empty space to put tra'sh. from extinction is the Hotel Overall. a large number or 100 people every year. or, if they get really old, they go Gilliam County became the site of Condon, the anchor of Condon's of transfer students, both And Gilliam County is far from into assisted living or they die," an environmentally sound rural downtown, and once abandoned male and female, were the only place in the rural West Treasure County Commissioner landfill, a distinction which now and empty, save for the occasional forced to seek housing off that's in danger of becoming a Mack Cole said after a round of brings in $1 million a year to the bat. campus due to the time ghost county. In places like census figures last year showed county's tax rolls, and is a linch A motley group of investors - constraints of the entire Clearwater County, Idaho; that population there had dipped pin of what remains of the econo the local newspaper editor, farm transfer process. Niobrara County, Wyo.; and to 735 people. "The future is my. ers. ranchers, the district attor Turtle Creek resident Treasure County, Mont., the loss about what is now." "At night, we sit in our porch ney, the owner of a local chemical Sarah Boehm. a junior of 100 or so people regularly Some places. though, don't swing, and count the garbage company- decided they couldn't transfer. said she's need translates to population declines want to give up, including once trucks that go by," said county bear to see the grand old dame of ed to make a greater of 5 or 7 percent, year after year. prosperous Gilliam County, whose resident Darlene Smythe, 70. a building waste away. effort to be involved with The drop is fueled primarily by farmers supplied wheat and grain Fueled by that success, the They all chipped in. as did the campus life. two factors: old-timers who die. to a battered world after World county placed an ad in The Los county, and little by little, the Boehm is comforted by and young people who move War II. Angeles Times that touted the low hotel was restored to its former the fact that she has a away. As other nations rebuilt, cost of living, clean air, and non glory. with period light fixtures "Big Sister" dorm, which "Our teens graduate and they demand slipped. By 1984, many existent traffic in Condon. and velvet drapes, as well as she doesn't live in but leave, and why not?" said Jan local farmers felt they had no National media parachuted into modern conveniences not ·often attends hall events to Eason, an associate pastor at a choice but to take the buyout the story, and the responses found in small town hostelries, stay involved with the Nazarene church in Gilliam money offered by that year's poured in; when the dust cleared, like wireless Internet access. · campus community. "I would have rather lived in the dorms, and I find it harder to figure out what's going on," she When it's the presti said. Boehm said being affili gious luce scholarship, ated with a Notre Dame finding you an exciting dorm, even though she doesn't live in it, has 1-year job in the Far been helpful. East, strategically cho Contact Ashley Sanders at sen to match your asandeO l @saintmarys.edu career goal. Apply by November 5, 2004 Interested? 29 or younger? Have you now (or will you have by the end of rvlay 2005 ) an ND degree? No east-Asia expenence;. . ') For more informatiQ:n contact Nancy O'Connor at63l-.5432 •: ---~---~------~-~ ----- THE OBSERVER Tuesday, September 7, 2004 USINESS page 7 MARKET RECAP Alitalia plans to cut 5,000 jobs To avoid collapse, Italian carrier will cut almost one-fourth of its workforce Associated Press ROME - Italy's flagship air carrier Alitalia plans to cut 5,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts - aimed at avoiding col lapse, news reports and an industry source said Monday. The cuts are almost a fourth of Alitalia's 22,000- COMPANY %CHANGE I $GAIN I PRICE strong workforce. The Italian news agency -7_30 INTEL CORP (INTC) -1.58 20.05 ANSA and other reports MICROSOFT CP (MSFf) -1.85 -0.51 27.11 cited union sources. An CISCO SYSTEMS (CSCO) -2.85 -0.55 18.75 industry source confirmed the reports, but did not APPI..JED MAll (AMAT) -3.86 -0.63 15.70 elaborate. SUN MICROSY5 (SUNW) -1.51 -0.06 3.91 Alitalia met with nine union leaders at the com Treasuries pany's headquarters in 30-YEAR BOND + 1.52 +0.76 50.61 Rome to discuss the I 0-YEAR NOTE +2.36 +0.99 42.93 restructuring plan and persuade reluctant unions 5-YEARNOTE +3.74 + 1.26 34.98 to go along with the 3-MONTH BILL +3.13 +0.49 16.12 efforts. The approval of the Commodities recovery plan is crucial to UGHT CRUDE ($/bbl.) -0.07 43.99 the company's survival as GOLD ($/Troy oz.) -5.50 402.50 it would allow Alitalia to PORK BELLIES {cents/lb.) + 1.675 96_70 access a $488 million loan approved by the Italian Exchan Rates government and the YEN 110.37 European Union. EURO 0.8284 Without the loan, Alitalia says it has enough POUND 0.5627 liquidity to pay salaries only until the end of this month. AP Union leaders said they IN BRIEF would meet Tuesday to Employees leave the building during a meeting between executives and labor union discuss the plan, and representatives at the airline's Magliana Centro Direzionale headqiLiarters, in Rome. . called for further negotia Floppy disk reaches old age tions with the company. sure on labor confedera The plan foresees the massive crisis that hit the ATLANTA- When Michael McCreary bought But early reaction to the tions. creation of a "good" com airline industry after the three new computers for his company, he had proposed plan was nega Premier Silvio pany responsible for flight Sept. 11 attacks, Alitalia no need for one of the oldest and most com tive. Berlusconi's government operations, which the has been struggling amid mon computer technologies, the floppy drive. "I hope there's some has repeatedly threatened government would aim to cutthroat competition But like many computer customers. he room for negotiations oth to let the airline collapse privatize as much as pos from discount carriers ended up buying floppies anyway. After all, erwise reaching an unless unions accept the sible. The less appealing and consolidation among they're cheap and he still has a few of the 3.5- accord will be very diffi cuts. In Brussels, EU ground services would be established players. In inch disks lying around. cult," Fabrizio Solari of Transport Commissioner separated into a "bad" late April and May the "As long as I need those files. I need a floppy the transport unit of Loyola de Palacio said last company, which state company was hit by a drive around. Then I can toss them," said Italy's largest union CGIL week that the layoffs are owned body Fintecna series of strikes that McCreary, the president of an eight-employee told the Apcom news inevitable. might reportedly buy into. grounded some 1.500 Atlanta-area real estate management compa agency. Alitalia has been Cimoli has set a Sept. 15 flights. ny. "The next computers I buy probably won't Unions have opposed tightlipped about the deadline for the plan's The company has post even have a floppy." proposed job cuts over relaunch plan devised by approval. ed an annual profit only Long the most common way to store letters, the past year by organiz Chairman and Chief Alitalia, which is 62- four times in the last 16 homework and other computer files, the flop ing massive strikes. Executive Giancarlo percent owned by the years. Its debt stood at $2 py .is going the way of the horse upon the However, Italian and EU Cimoli. But a few details state, is facing one of its billion at the end of June, arrival of the car: it'll hang around but never officials in the past weeks have emerged in the past worst times ever. up $265 million since the hold the same relevance in everyday life. have stepped up the pres-· days. Still reeling from the end of 2003. And good riddance, say some home comput er users. The march of technology must go on. Like the penny, the floppy drive is hardly worth the trouble, computer makers say. Stocks lower on jobs picture Brazil praised for economic policy NEW YORK - Stocks were modestly lower in Friday as investors sorted through an uninspiring months ago. has now posted four straight quarters employment report and Intel Corp.'s weak profit Associated Press He said he agreed with the conclu of growth and a decline in the unem outlook hit technology shares hard. SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's gov sion of econsmists surveyed by Dow ployment rate three months running. Investors were satisfied with - but not ernment got a big boost Friday when Jones Newswires, who raised their The jobless rate stood at 11.2 percent impressed by - the Labor Department's latest the new head of the International expectations Friday for Brazilian eco in June, down from a high of 13 per- reading on unemployment, which fell to 5.4 per Monetary Fund praised its economic nomic growth in 2004 to cent earlier this year. cent from 5.5 percent in July, and the 144,000 policy and economists raised their 4.5 percent from about 4 The country's robust jobs created in August was close to the 150,000 growth forecast for the continent's percent. "Consumer second quarter amid Wall Street had expected. The upgrade came predictions for a largest economy. spending is "I think this continues the pattern of decent eco Since taking power in January after the government repeat performance in nomic growth," said Ken Tower, chief market 2003, the administration of President reported earlier this providing optimism, the third quarter was strategist for Schwab's CyberTrader. "It's not light Luiz lnacio Lula da Silva "has main week that the economy as is falling fueled by a burst of ing a fire under anyone, nor is it suggesting the tained coherent macroeconomic poli grew a faster-than unemployment." consumer demand, an economy is on the edge of a serious contraction. cies and formulated an ambitious expected 5.7 percent in increase in industrial So the market can focus elsewhere, with oil prices agenda of structural reforms," IMF the second quarter com output and an ongoing likely the biggest hinge for the market right now." managing director Rodrigo de Rata pared to th~ same period Ana Paula Rocha export boom of agri One day after a sharp drop in crude oil sparked said after meeting with Silva and sen last·year. economist cultural and manufac a major stock rally, a ba1Tel of crude was quoted ior government officials in Brasilia, "Consumer spending is tured goods. at $43.93, down 13 cents, on the New York the capital. providing optimism, as is As a result of Silva's Mercantile Exchange. "These courageous policies are falling unemployment," said Ana moves, "Brazil's vulnerability was Meanwhile, Intel's profit warnings continued to bearing fruit," said de Rata, a Paula Rocha, an economist for ABN reduced and the growing capacity of weigh on the markets, casting a pall not only on Spaniard and economist by training Amra in Sao Paulo. resistance of the economy helped technology shares but also raising concerns about who took over the top job at the Brazil did- experience its worst protect the country from the recent third-quarter earnings in other sectors. Washington-based lender three recession in a decade last year, but turbulence in world markets," 1 r------~--~------~-- -~---~- page 8 The Observer +"NATIONAL NEWS Tuesday, September 7, 2004 Chickenpox shots save $100 million in hospitalization costs can include severe skin infec dren and adults. in whom the good news." Katz said. hospitalizations were very Vaccinations help tions, encephalitis and pneumo disease tends to be more The study appears in young children and 46 percent prevent hospital stays nia. severe. September's Pediatrics, pre were adults, the researchers In 1993, two years before the The reduction in the disease pared for release Tuesday. found. government licensed the vac "is excellent news for the vac Davis and colleagues analyzed Despite indirect protection Associated Press cine for routine use in early cine program," said lead 1993-2001 data from a nation from vaccinating young chil childhood. nearly 14,000 researcher Dr. Matthew Davis, a ally representative annual com dren. adults and teens who CHICAGO - Vaccinating chil Americans were hospitalized University of Michigan pediatri pilation of patients discharged have not yet had chickenpox dren against chickenpox saves for chickenpox-related compli cian who said he has no ties to from hundreds of hospitals should consider getting the the U.S. health care system cations at a cost of $161 mil the vaccine makers. The study nationwide, including informa shots themselves, Davis said. nearly $100 million a year in lion. compared with 3,729 hos was funded by the university. tion on costs and diagnoses. This is especially important reduced hospitalizations for pitalizations and $66 million in Dr. Ben Z. Katz. an infectious Before 1995, 41 percent of for those who work with severe cases of the itchy dis related costs in 2001, the disease specialist at Chicago's patients hospitalized for chick young children and for case, a study found. researchers estimated. Children's Memorial Hospital, enpox were children from women of childbearing age, Though most people who get Routine vaccination has said the numbers are believable infancy through age 4, com because the disease can be the usually mild disease can be reduced cases in young children and were not unexpected. pared with 33 percent for peo dangerous for the developing treated at home. chickenpox who get the shots and helped "There's less complications. ple age 20 and older. That pat fetus, and the shots are not can be serious, and complica keep the disease from spread less hospitalizations. and you're tern reversed by 2001, when 28 advised during pregnancy. he tions requiring hospitalization ing to unvaccinated older chi!- saving money to boot. It's all percent of chickenpox-related said. Police say single person Culinary institute unable to responsible for 6 killings account for 111issing revenue one person. Associated Press Associated Press dent, is expected to resign from the board of Police were working with the FBI trustees. the Tunes reported. to develop a profile of the killer. NEW YORK - The James Beard Pickell denied that funds had been misspent KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Police said One of those slain was found in Foundation, a nonprofit organization created or misplaced, saying the accounting discrep Monday they believe a single killer July, but five others have been dis to promote culinary excellence, cannot ancy was due instead to "bad record-keeping was responsible for the slayings of covered since Thursday - including account for hundreds of thousands of dollars and insufficient resources," the Times said. six people whose bodies were found those found after someone calling in annual revenue, according to one of its The organization also is under investigation within a blighted 18-block area fre 911 told police where to look. trustees. by the New York state attorney general's quented by drug addicts and prosti All the bodies were discovered on The accounting problem - the latest in a office for not filing tax returns for the past tutes. vacant lots or near vacant houses or series of financial irregularities involving the two years. Police Capt. Rich Lockhart would apartments in an area east Of down foundation - was due to the organization's Critics said the Beard Foundation's appar not say what led police to connect town where drug dealers and prosti rapid growth, trustee George Sape told The ent financial irresponsibility undermined its the killings to a single person; the tutes were known to congregate. New York Times for Monday editions. charitable mission: to promote up-and-com crimes have not been linked forensi Lockhart said police were looking Sape would not comment on how much ing chefs. It arranges some 300 dinners and cally. Authorities previously had said for similarities between the victims money was unaccounted for or how it might lunches each year at which guests pay up to they thought the killings were and the crime scenes. Police have have been spent. $150 to sample dishes prepared by founda related, though they had not theo not said how the victims died; autop Leonard Pickell Jr., the foundation's presi- tion-approved chefs. rized the slayings were the work of sies were under way Monday. University of Notre Dame Annual Drinking Water Quality Report: Consumer Confidence Report 2003 The amendments to the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act requires each public water supply to produce a water quality report titled the "Consumer Confidence Report" (CCR). Following is the University's annual report for the 2003 calendar year. • The University's water system is operated by Facilities Engineering. It is a privately owned public water supply. The University's system provides water to the University community, the nearby C.S.C. properties, and Holy Cross Community College. Questions regarding the system or sampling results can be directed to Paul Kempf, Director of Utilities, 102 Facilities Building, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, phone 574-631-6594 or Mike McCauslin, Assistant Director, Risk Management and Safety, 636 Grace Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, phone 574-631-5037. There are currently five wells serving the water system. All are located on the campus proper. The water is drawn from deep aquifers that are adequately protected by substantial clay barriers that serve to protect the groundwater supply. We do not believe that our source is vulnerable to contamination. We are also taking steps to ensure that our water source does not become contaminated and are in the final stages of what is known as a Wellhead Protection Program. This program assists in defining where the water supply comes from and methods to protect the aquifers from future contamination. The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health affects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or at the EPA's website at www.epa.gov/safewater. Contaminants that might be expected to be in source water (untreated water) include: • Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife. • Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturallyoccurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, min ing or framing. • Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses. • Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems. • Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. lmmuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, per sons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or website www.epa.gov/safewater. Infants and young children are typically more vulnerable to lead in drinking water than the general population. In general, if you flush your cold tap until the water gets as cold as it is going to get, you will have eliminated the potential metal concentration. Additional information is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-4264791) or website www.epa.gov/safewater. We have tested for over 150 parameters regulated by the EPA and the State of Indiana. Included in these tests were metals, volatile organics, pesticides, herbicides, SOC's and cyanide. Water Quality Data The table below lists the EPA's regulated and unregulated contaminants detected in the University's drinking water. All of the contaminants are below allowable levels. Not included in the table are the more than 150 other contaminants including pesticides, herbicides, metals, synthetic organic chemicals, volatile organic chemicals and others which were tested and not detected. · Regulated at point of entry (well) Substance Highest Level detected EPA's MCL EPA's MCLG's Range Source of contaminant Nitrate (ppm) 0.9 10 10 (<0.1-0.9) Runoff from Fertilizer use, +septic tanks, natural deposits Nickel (ppm) 0.014 0.1 0 (0.0052- 0.0014) Pipe materials natural deposits Barium (ppm) 0.12 2.0 2.0 (0.057-0.12) Erosion of Natural deposits Arsenic 0.0025 0.01 0 (<0.0020-0.0025) Erosion of Natural deposits Gross alpha (pCill) 3.8 15 0 (1.9-3.8) Naturally occurring Gross beta (pCill) 21.2 50 0 (3.2-21.2) Decay of natural and manmade deposits Unregulated Substances Substance Highest Level detected EPA's MCL EPA's MCLG's Range Source of contaminant Sodium (ppm) 100 ---- Regulated at the User tap Substance Highest Level detected EPA's MCL EPA's MCLG's Range Source of contaminant Copper (ppb)90th percentile 5401300 1300 (1.56540) Corrosion of plumbing systems Lead (ppb) 90th percentile 8.4 15 0 (<1.08.4) Corrosion of plumbing systems Definitions MCL- Maximum contaminant level (MCL). The highest level of contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLG - Maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG). The level of a contaminant at which there is no known or expected health risk. ppm - Parts per million. ppb - Parts per billion. 90th Percentile- 90% of the samples were below the number listed. pCi/L- Picocuries per liter. Since 1993, the University has been granted a standardized Monitoring Framework (SMF 1), monitoring waiver. Due to the high quality of the water, the monitoring frequencies are significantly reduced. Tuesday, September 7, 2004 page 9 Doctors say Clinton Relation found between TV and sex Associated Press happens," Collins said. "You previous data show that 46 per don't see the fade to black, the cent of high school students say bypass successful CHICAGO - Children who couple has sex, and the next they've had intercourse. But watched a lot of 1V with sexual morning says, 'You gave me an many say they wish they'd wait content were about twice as like STD."' ed longer to have sex, and televi Heart attack may have been in near future ly to start having intercourse The study appears in sion might be among factors during the subsequent year as September's Pediatrics, released influencing them to become sex Associated Press Schwartz said Clinton was those with little exposure to tele Tuesday. ually active too soon, the awake but sedated about four vised sex, researchers found. The results are based on researchers said. NEW YORK - Bill Clinton hours after the operation High exposure to TV sex nationwide telephone surveys of Liliana Escobar-Chaves, a underwent a successful quadru ended. He still was using a among those age 12 to 17 also 1, 792 adolescents queried in researcher at the University of ple heart bypass operation breathing tube and had not was linked with a lower but still 2001 and again in 2002. Texas School of Public Health, Monday to relieve severely spoken yet, he said. substantially increased risk of Parental consent for participa said the findings illustrate the clogged arteries that had put In a statement, Sen. Hillary starting non-intercourse behav tion was obtained before the importance of parents viewing the former president at high Rodham Clinton and the cou ior, including passionate kissing interviews. and discussing TV with their risk of suffering a heart attack. ple's daughter, Chelsea, and oral sex, the researchers The researchers devised a list kids, and of encouraging TV "He is recovering normally at thanked the hospital staff for found. Even shows that only of 23 popular shows that on writers to depict sex responsibly. this point," said Dr. Craig R. helping the family through an refer to sex but don't depict it average featured abundant sexu The latter effort is a focus of Smith, the surgeon who led the "emotional roller-coaster." had the effect, they found. al content. The Media operation. "Right now every "The president's optimism "Exposure to 1V that included Programs the Project, a Los thing looks straightforward." and faith will carry him through only talk about sex was associat researchers Angeles- based Smith said Clinton could leave the difficult weeks and months ed with the same risks as expo considered high "I don't think television advocacy pro the hospital in four or five days. ahead," the statement said. sure to 1V that depicted sexual in sexual con makes anybody do gram that works In bypass sur tent included Doctors said they behavior," said Rand Corp. anything. " with TV net expect him to ''There was nothing gery, doctors behavioral scientist Rebecca "That '70s works to include make a full recov remove one or Collins and colleagues. s h 0 w " ' accurate and ery, although the in this case that more blood ves From innuendoes to depictions "Friends" and Carl Folta responsible sex heart disease they was outside the sels from else of intercourse, sex is pervasive "Sex and the Vlacom spokesman images in pro repaired was where in the on TV, present in about two City" - all pop gramming. "extensive." realm of routine." body and attach thirds of all shows other than ular with teens. "We want kids The four-hour them to arteries news and sports, and teens Participants to look at televi surgery came Dr. Craig R. Smith serving the heart, watch an average of three hours then were asked how often they sion with an educated eye," said three days after Surgeon detouring blood of television daily, previous watched those 23 shows. They Melissa Havard, the group's Clinton checked around block- research has shown. also were asked whether they director. himself into the ages. 1V thus "may create the illu engaged in various sexual activi One example is an HIVIAIDS hospital complaining of chest The vessel typically comes sion that sex is more central to ties; results were compared from effort the group has collaborated pain and shortness of breath. from elsewhere in the chest, daily life than it truly is and may the two surveys. on with media giant Viacom, Tests soon revealed that block although doctors sometimes promote sexual initiation as a The number of teens who whose properties include CBS age in several of Clinton's arter take one from an arni, a leg or result," the researchers said. reported having had intercourse and MTY. In the past year and a ies was "well over 90 percent," the stomach. "When they're watching it for climbed from about 18 percent half, Viacom has produced 22 Smith said. "There was nothing in this three hours a day, it really does to 36 percent. The number shows with positive HIV mes "There was a substantial like case that was outside the realm become their social world. Those who'd had sexual experiences sages, including a "Star Trek" lihood that he would have had a of routine," Smith said. characters are people they iden other than intercourse climbed episode in which Vulcans had to substantial heart attack" in the Schwartz said it would be tify with and pay attention to," from 62 percent to 75 percent, deal with the stigma of having an near future, said Dr. Allan possible for Clinton in the said Collins, the lead researcher. Collins said. AIDS-like disease, said Viacom Schwartz, chief of cardiology at future to lead an "extraordinar 1V sex rarely deals with nega Factors that increased the like spokesman Carl Folta. New York Presbyterian ily active lifestyle" - including tive aspects most teens aren't lihood of having intercourse But while acknowledging that HospitaVColumbia. hitting the campaign trail. prepared to deal with, including included being older, having television "eertainly can make an unwanted pregnancy, AIDS and older friends and getting poor impact," Folta was skeptical of other sexually transmitted dis grades. But even considering the study results. eases, she said. those factors, television still "I don't think television makes TH~ TRUTH IS ... -~ That "sends kids the message remained a strong influence, the anybody do anything," Folta said. that everybody's having sex and researchers said. It's just one of many factors that nobody's thinking about respon Many youngsters start having influence young people's lives, he sibility and nothing bad ever sex during their teen years, and said. .1~ ou~ ..... ll ...... 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For more info: Fr. john Conley, CSC at 631-7888 Megan Thomas at 631-3389 or stop by the Office of Campus Ivlinistry in the Coleman-Morse Center with any questions. C-M r---~------·------·------·------ THE ()BSERVER page 10 IEWPOINT Tuesday, September 7, 2004 THE OBSERVER What John Kerry will do for America 1'0. ll<>x Q. Notre Dame, IN 46S56 024 South Dining H.oll, Nom: Dame, lN 46S56 Politics is a rather contentious topic mation is unavailable. One may look Look at George W. Bush's platform as EDITOR IN QUill' at my house these days. My father on either www.johnkerry.com or well. The Bush-Cheney ticket's slogan Matt Lozar has long espoused the view that Bill www.georgewbush.com to find a is "Heart and soul. Moving America Clinton is the devil incarnate and that watered-down-for-the-general-public forward." This phrase exemplifies the MANAGING EorroR 8US!NllS$ MANAG.ell John Kerry and John Edwards are version of each candidate's proposals. exclusively internal focus champi Meghanne Oowne$ Mike Flanagan only days away from Unfortunately, in an election many oned, rather arrogantly, by the cur AssT. MANAGING EDITOR picking up pitch Katie Boyle tout as the most important of our life rent administration. It is, of course, Joe Herrle: forks and branding time, it appears that our next presi imperative that our future president NEWS EDITOR: Claire Heininger the country with dent will be chosen by the 10 percent have the well-being of our nation as their own version of For lt1zat It's or less who still remain undecided. his top priority. In my opinion, how VIEWPOINT EDITOR: Suah Vahulas Worth Sl'Oilts EDITOR: Ht:awtVan Hoegatd~n red-hot liberalism. Most of these will select either Kerry ever, the only way to provide and SaNll EonnR: Mariil. Sinich In contrast, I spent or Bush in the month or even the plan for the strength and security of IN Focus Eorro.R: Meghan Martin my summer in Washington D.C. work week before the election. the United States lies in being cog ing for the Democratic National While exceptions clearly exist, it is nizant of the larger world that sur SAtN'r MA.Rrs EPnna: Angda Saoud Committee. also more likely that these voters will rounds us. John Kerry's vision l"HOTO EonnR: Claire Kelley This decision caused not only raised not carefully research their choices. includes that world. He recognizes GRAPHICS EDITOR; Mike Harkins eyebrows, but a few epithets as well. They will make up their minds based the need for a firm yet respectful and ADVEJmSINC MANAGElll Carrie Franklin Even my 77 -year-old grandmother on 30 second commercials sand collaborative attitude within foreign Ao DESIGN MANAG.ER: Kdly Nelson told me before I left, "Honey, it's wiched between shampoo ads and relations. He will be an advocate for SYsTEMS ADMINISTRATOR• Mary Allen never too late to change your mind. praises for McDonald's newest Value our safety and security. He will help CoNTROUJ!Il: Paulll Garci~ You could still vote for George Bush Meal. Many of these campaign spots boost economic growth. He will pro when you walk into that ballot box." will present skewed statistics which mote education and the environment. 0FRCE MANAGER &GENEIIALINFO Although not everyone in my family appear to condemn the opposing can John Kerry and his platform are (574) 631-7471 FAX is Republican, as you can imagine. didate. controversial. One would be hard (574) 631-692.7 going against this grain has made for To take advantage of the statistical pressed to find a worthwhile politi ADVERTI$1NO an interesting time. While at home, I dead heat in which our incumbent cian who is not. 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She can be (574) 631-8839 John Kerry will do for America gan claims their team will make contacted at [email protected]. rather than on what George Bush has America "stronger at home [and] The views expressed in this column not. respected around the world." This are those of the author and not nec oBsERVER ONLINE The problem is not that such infor- approach is a plan for our nation. essarily those of The Observer. www.ndsmcobserver.com POLICIES The Observer uthe indepemk:nr, daily ~ap:r publimed. in print and online by !he students of the Unlvetsity ofNoue Dame du l.w;ai:idSalnt Matfii U-WIRE Colleg¢. &lirorial oomem, induding11d~t$. i!i not governed by policies ofthe adminisam.ion of drl= institution.~ Observer reserves the .-.lght to refuse advertisements b~ on content Bryant case leaves both parties with stained reps The nt:Ws i$ (eported as ~tdy llrul ob}teti'l'clyM possible. 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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of Katherine Rowley =I!:J: Rama << ' ' ,,, the majority, it's time to pause and reflect. ... ar~::'~C:tsch ,.,,,:;';::,;:;::::ool:::.~~!•=•=•••••· Vote by 5 p.m. Thursday at Mark Twain ···· Katie Knorr····.···· www.ndsmcobserver.com author THE OBSERVER Tuesday, September 7, 2004 IEWPOINT page 11 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR U-WIRE 'Constructing' Tariq Ramadan War on terror needs The recent exchange of views in The despite Ramadan's repeated denials. One Observer over the revocation of Professor "knows," after all, that political demagoguery candidates' creativity Tariq Ramadan's visa, effectively barring him and the will to dominate the world are biologi from taking up his teaching position at Notre cally transmitted among the members of cer Whether local or national, let there be no mistake - Election Day Dame, makes clear that the issue has stirred tain religious groups. Even though at particu 2004 is quickly approaching. For Americans, it is time to engage in up a hornet's nest here. It is an indication at a lar historical moments we have learned of the some much needed decision making on the issues that matter most. micro-level of the larger controversy swirling follies of engaging in such essentialist think Two months remain before voters choose which candidate will about Professor Ramadan, particularly in ing, we tend to slip back into such lazy and defend those issues best. Europe, which has now reached our neck of dangerous generalizations in fraught times. If The war on terror continues to be the issue Ryan the woods with a vengeance. For some Tariq Ramadan did not exist, some that begs for creative answers by both candi Stalnaker one observing these exchanges some would have to invent him as an dates running for president. The Bush adminis what dispassionately, they may outlet for their visceral fears tration is the first in what will be a long line of Texas Tech well appear to be not about the today. And, indeed, some presidents who must use innovation and creativi~ University man himself but about who per have. ty to fight this lingering problem. Daily ceives and chooses to believe I agree with both As Afghanistan and Iraq move toward free what about him, and how that Professor Walshe and dom, it is time to evaluate where we were and gets played out against the Rabbi Signer that dia where we're headed. What is next with regard to the international backdrop of the anxious logue, and especially fight against terrorism? What is next here at home for maintaining times we live in. I would inter-faith dialogue, and increasing homeland security? hazard a guess that a fair remains a critical neces The questions above should be the foremost concern of voters number of people holding sity for forging a way for across the nation. Terrorism, being the unconventional war it is, will strong opinions about ward. Ramadan espouses be fought with less power and more fmesse. Bush, in his three years Ramadan have not read a such dialogues and has as president, created the Department of Homeland Security, the thing written by him -:- as participated in them with U.S.A. Patriot Act and the TSA. Not a bad start, considering he has opposed to about him - nor various faith groups. He outlined further ideas for a second term. had an occasion to meet him. has also criticized some Kerry must match this by explaining a unique strategy for main The nature of many of the innu Muslims and non-Muslims for taining security aside from the clich, feel-good remedies he has pro endos and accusations leveled at being excessively partisan in posed. The American people deserve much more than Kerry saying him suggests not a discourse based on their sentiments, since that has "ditto" to the 9/11 Commission or offering universally agreed-upon facts but -to use a fancy term - a "trop- prevented them from finding common ideas. Adding troops and strengthening the military are wonderful, ic" discourse, heavily laden with "tropes." ground on the basis of universal principles. but where is the innovation? Tropes point not so much to facts but to per Such criticism admittedly has not been wel Kerry must explain what it means to "lead a coalition of the able," ceptions and assumptions about a person, comed by everyone but it is not out of place in as it states on his Web site. Post 9/11, the world thrives on intelli thing, or event, which then acquire lives of a constructive dialogue, which entails candor gence gathering. Kerry uses opponents of the war in Iraq (France, their own and become "constructs." and engagement with diverse perspectives. Germany, Russia, etc.) to be indicative of our opponents in the war By virtue of his genes, his religious affilia Constructive dialogue further requires that the on terror. We continue to share intelligence on a continual basis with tion, and activism, Ramadan invites "construc interlocutors be physically present. The Kroc countless nations, including those who failed to assist America in tion" in our current political climate. Of the Institute's efforts to bring Professor Ramadan Operation: Iraqi Freedom. When free nations share the burden of various charges constructed against him on to the table speak to its foundational commit intelligence, everyone benefits. So what is this new "coalition?" the basis of his pedigree, one sticks out. ment to dialogue and a commendable willing Kerry's inconsistent stance on the U.S.A. Patriot Act is also room Ramadan, it is alleged, is the clandestine ness to take risks for the possibility of a better, for concern. In the aftermath of 9/11, Kerry gave his support to this leader in Europe of the Muslim Brotherhood, non-violent future. cornerstone of domestic security, even writing portions of the bill. an organization founded in Egypt by his grand "I believe these serious threats to our security justify our passing father - so clandestine in fact that tongues Asma Afsaruddin this legislation swiftly," he stated in 2001. apparently are wagging about it all over Associate Professor, Arabic & Islamic Studies Now he wavers on how much or how little he supports the Patriot Europe. For some, this charge is credible Sept. 6 Act. The real issue at stake is whether Kerry has any unique ideas for making America safer. If stem cells and abortion prevented terror ism, I guess Kerry has all the answers. Where are the efforts to bring business into the fight against terrorism? Where are the ideas for reforming intelligence gathering? Show support this weekend Kerry has made the case that America is less safe due in part to the Bush administration. If that is true, then creative solutions should exist in abundance. Either Kerry has no ideas or wants to After Saturday night I with friends, family, alumni Notre Dame and the class we keep them a secret until his inauguration. Either way, it is bad for noticed many people question and can never be relived as a exhibit in both victory and stability in troubling times. America does not need a Socratic talk ing- and rightly so- the student. There are people all defeat. from John Kerry; it needs clarity when it comes to protecting inno direction our football team is over the country, both alumni Whether we like it or not, cent lives. For voters, the choice has never been so obvious. It is cre headed in. I've also heard and the subway alumni who Michigan fans will be here on ativity versus ambiguity, and ambiguity is almost out of time. many people entertain would give anything to be in Saturday, but we must do thoughts of selling their tick your shoes. Secondly, everything we can to keep This article originally appeared on Sept. 3, 2004 in the University ets for Saturday's game Michigan-Notre Dame them out of our house. The Daily. the daily publication at Texas Tech University. against Michigan. Certainly regardless of the current traditions we hold dear will be The views expressed in this column are those of the author and the reasons for this are standings - generates completely disregarded. We not necessarily those of The Observer. attractive. The first can't control what happens on being the return zij / ::;,,:::,;:::::ji:jji,:::lj:iili:::it~~enormousmedia coverage. national the field, but we as students on the invest j No matter what have an obligation to do our ment. Let's just happens on the part. Our part is to show up, say you proba field, we as cheer loud, and support our EDITORIAL CARTOON bly wouldn't students, classmates no matter what the be selling have a repu outcome. So I urge all of you. your ticket tation for Freshman this will be your for less than creating the first. Seniors this is the begin you paid for finest home ning of your final season. Give it. The second field experi it everything you have, this is reason is that ence in the time you won't have back. And some people nation. Before maybe, just maybe we can have no desire I was a stu rekindle a little bit of the to watch the dent here, I magic that drove the Four same product on was in awe when Horsemen, Knute Rockne and the field that was I watched on TV the 11 national championship in Utah on Saturday. as the Notre Dame teams that provide the foun This is also understand- student body clapped to dation for the traditions we able. drum cadences, sang the fight hold dear. Maybe, just maybe Saturday, we face an oppo song until they were blue in we can win this one. "Some nent that I can say confidently the face and did countless time when the team is up will be markedly better than pushups after a Notre Dame against it, when things are Brigham Young University. touchdown. The third and wrong and the breaks are That said, may I urge each most important reason for beating the boys -tell them and every student at this attending Saturday's game to go in there with all they've school to attend Saturday's deals with our opponent. I got and win just one ... " game. First, you get 24 home attended the game last year in games as a student. Cherish Ann Arbor and experienced a Chris Tarnacki every one of them. This is culture that was so distasteful sophomore time - no matter what the and so arrogant that I O'Neill outcome - that will be spent thanked my lucky stars for Sept. 6 THE OBSERVER page 12 CENE Tuesday, September 7, 2004 DVD REVIEW Season 6 of ~sex and the City' delivers and Samantha (Kim Cattrall), the man By MOLLY GRIFFIN eating PR executive. Some episodes Scene DVD Critic may be confusing to those who are jumping into the series cold, because The final season of a television show they follow a story-arc built up over usually goes one of two ways. More the past five seasons, but the series often than not, the final season can still be enjoyed by just about any reminds you why it's going off of the one, even males. air in the first place with uninspired Season 6 opens with "Market to episodes and a feeling of obligation to Market," a great episode comparing wrap up all plot lines. The rarer end to the volatility of the stock market with a show is a season that makes you the instability and uncertainty of dat wish that the show would go on forev ing. Carrie begins her relationship er. "Sex and the City," Season 6 Part 1, with Jack Berger (Ron Livingston of while not the complete final season, "Office Space" fame). another writer. manages to keep the show fresh while Their union seems blissful, until both slowly and subtly wrapping up the of them release books at the same loose ends in preparation for the final time. While Carrie finds major success farewell. with her book, Berger is dropped by "Sex and the City" is a completely his publisher and the whole thing ends character-driven show as the entire with Berger dumping her on a Post-it premise is following the love lives of note, prompting one of the funniest four single New York women. The four episodes on the disc, "The Post-it Photo courtesy of hbo.com women are Carrie (Sarah Jessica Always Sticks Twice." Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Samantha (Kim Cattrall) and Parker), the shoe-addicted sex-column While Carrie's love life takes a turn Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) explore single life In NYC In "Sex and the City." writer; Charlotte (Kristen Davis). the for the worse, her friends have their WASP-y art gallery director; Miranda own personal adventures. Miranda is with a hot waiter/actor Smith Jarret except greed and a desire to extend (Cynthia Nixon). the cynical lawyer; torn between her love for the bar- (Jason Lewis), and it quickly becomes the "Sex and the City" brand for as tender Steve (David more serious than she ever wants a long as possible. Eigenberg). the father relationship to be. It also leaves the set with something of her baby, and the The DVD set, like all of the "Sex and of an unfinished feeling, which I sup perfect New York the City" collections, does not have pose is what they want viewers to feel Sex & the City Knicks doctor (Blair many extras. There are commentaries so that they go out and buy the last Underwood) she's dat from producer Michael Patrick King half of the season; but it just doesn't Season 6, Part 1 ing. Charlotte finally for a few episodes, and this set also seem like a fair thing to do to fans. finds true love with includes a discussion from the Museum "Sex and the City" Season 6 Part One HBO Harry (Evan Handler), of TV and Radio Seminar Series and is a great DVD set, marred only by the but they face a dilemma previews for all of the episodes. decision to divide the final season into when marriage becomes The most unfortunate aspect of this two parts. an issue because he's set of DVDs was HBO's choice to divide Jewish and she isn't. the last season into two separate discs. Contact Molly Griffin at Samantha has a fling There can be no good reason behind it [email protected] DVD REVIEW 'Butterfly Effect' rises above shortcomings Even though Ashton Kutcher's role as By MARK BEMENDERFER the main character is a drawing point Scene DVD Critic for interested viewers, the supporting roles are what drive the movie. Amy Change one thing, change everything. Smart, Elden Henson and Melora That is the tagline to the semi-recent Walters all turn in memorable per ly released movie, "The Butterfly formances. Kutcher does suffer a little Effect." The butterfly effect, also through his manipulations, but the sec known as Chaos Theory, was made ondary characters make up for the widely known to the average moviegoer main character's shortcomings. in the movie "Jurassic Park." As This is a good movie, but it is far "Jurassic Park" explained, everything from perfect. There are some obvious in the world is interconnected, and plot holes, and Kutcher may not have every action has the potential for many been the best young actor for the job. unforeseen consequences. The "butter Another movie that follows the same fly effect" stands for the idea that a idea, but with a better lead and execu butterfly flapping his wings in South tion is "Donnie Darko," starring Jake Bend can create a hurricane in Florida. Gyllenhaal. If you haven't seen that The 2003 film "The Butterfly Effect," movie, check it out. If you have seen however, one-ups "Jurassic Park" by only one of these two movies, and liked doing more than just explaining the it, I would recommend the seeing the theory; it shows the results of one other to see a different execution of . Photo courtesy of www.allmoviephotos.com changed action through many different similar story ideas. Kayley Miller (Amy Smart) and Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) catch up during a scenarios. While this is hardly the first This is a very dark movie. If you are meal In one of Evan's alternative lives In the thriller "The Butterfly Effect." movie to have followed such a princi looking for the feel good movie of the ple, it is one of the better ones. .year, look elsewhere. Bodily and men- hinted at in the movie are actually dis transcribed very clearly. tal harm come to almost played in the directors cut, as well as The DVD comes packed with quite a every person in this an ending that will cause people to few extras, just like previous movie, innocent or oth question what they just saw. The direc lnfinifilm's DVD releases. There are erwise. While some may tor's cut, as well as the theatrical one, two documentaries, one about time The Butterfly appreciate the grim are both packaged on the same DVD. travel and the other dealing with chaos nature of the movie and The two versions are far enough apart, theory. Commentary from the directors Effect some of its inhabitants, with completely different endings, that and writers and some DVD-ROM con others may not. they both warrant a viewing. tent is also included. New Line The director's cut, The audio and video are done quite Overall, this is a classy presentation included on the new well in this film. The video is crisp and for the film and one that would please DVD by New Line clear. Viewers are able to see all of any movie fan. Cinema's Infinifilm, is Ashton's dazed and confused looks even darker. Many of with utmost clarity. All the dialogue Contact Mark Bemenderfer at the things that were and ambient noises have also been [email protected] ~------, THE OBSERVER Tuesday, September 7, 2004 CENE page 13 MOVIE REVIEW Foreign language film is a visual masterpiece relate how he managed his single By RAMA GOTTUMUKKALA handed victories. Assistant Scene Editor In many ways, "Hero" feels like an evolution of the same visual elements At first it doesn't make sense. With no that made "Crouching Tiger, Hidden long-winded explanations or details, Dragon" such a wonder to behold. men and women soar into the open sky, Watching the fight scenes is like watch engaged in a graceful ballet of martial ing poetry in motion. Awash with color arts. It's been seen before in Ang Lee's and lush settings, each battle seems to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." But have been hand painted with a brush to the statue of limitations on this sort of produce breathtaking results. Two par entertainment seems to be timeless as ticularly memorable conflicts included this hybrid of art and action still feels one set amongst a swirl of countless. like a breath of fresh air. While "Hero" red-tinted spring blossoms and another does not capture the same heartfelt on the clear, serene surface of a remote emotions as its artistic predecessor, it lake. Painstakingly rehearsed and coor still succeeds -On its own as a simply dinated fight choreography just adds to beautiful, lavish piece of filmmaking. the overall equation and produces "Hero" tells the story of a distant war moments within the film that rival, and torn land when ancient China was sometimes surpass, those in "Crouching • Photo courtesy of allmoviephotos.com divided into seven Tiger, Hidden Jet Ll stars as a nameless warrior who defeats the three most deadly assassins kingdoms. Qin 11 Dragon." in ancient China in the foreign-language, martial arts epic "Hero." (Daoming Chen), the Hero" The cast of ruthless and ambi "Hero" has love between Tony Leung and Maggie in order to fast forward to another cap tious emperor of the been described Cheung's characters. Instead of playing tivating warrior clash. For this reason, northern province, is as an Asian on the pair's passion, the actors give the film does not resonate with the rising to power and version of much more subtle performances that same raw emotion that "Crouching seeks to unite aH the Director: Yimou Zhang "Ocean's 11" in focus on their characters' search for a Tiger, Hidden Dragon" did. seven provinces Writer: Feng Li andYimou Zhang its collabora peaceful end together in a harsh, Instead, "Hero" will probably be under his iron fist. Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie tion of the most embattled world. remembered more for the beautiful However, he is under Cheung, Donnie Yen and Ziyi Zhang successful, A The primary downfall for "Hero" is its images it conveys. If audience members constant threat of list Hong Kong length, or lack thereof. In order for the take a step back and allow themselves assassination from film stars. The motivations of the characters and their to soak in all that the film's artful can the three greatest ·warriors of the time, performances in "Hero" certainly sup ideals to really resonate, the themes of vas has to offer, they might really love Broken Sword (Tony Leung). Flying port this claim. Jet Li gives a quietly the film should have been explored for the film. And that's certainly not a Snow (Maggie Cheung) and Sky (Donnie reserved, tranquil performance that is more than 90 minutes. The themes shabby way to be remembered in years Yen). When one of Qin's local magis unlike many of the big-budget action revolving around honor and a warrior's to come. trates claims to have defeated all three films that have catapulted him to fame. duty form the main focus for the film warriors. the nameless champion (Jet But the most memorable moments but there are times when these themes Contact Rama Gottumukkala at Li) is summoned to the king's palace to within the plot come from the requited seem to be pushed to the rear in order [email protected] DVD REVIEW Fourth time is a charm for 'The Simpsons' because Lisa needs braces and the By MOLLY GRIFFIN nuclear power plant workers are ready Scene Critic to trade their dental plan for a keg. "I Love Lisa" establishes Ralph Wiggum All television shows manage to eek as a character with the memorable "I out a few good episodes. and some Choo-choo-choose you!" valentine. "A even manage a few great ones in their Streetcar Named Marge" pokes fun at run, but the mark of a television classic "A Streetcar Named Desire" with a is when you have an entire season of musical version entitled "0, Streetcar!" memorable shows. "The Simpsons" and also manages to take shots at "The Season 4 is about as close as you can Great Escape" and Ayn Rand. "Krusty get to a perfect season of television. gets Kancelled" ends the season with The fourth season established the show celebrity guests including Hugh Hefner, as a solid classic, and not just the fad it Bette Midler, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, was thought to be when it first aired. Luke Perry and Elizabeth Taylor join There is not a bad episode to be found, ing forces to save Krusty the Klown and fortunately for fans, the DVD pack from cancellation. age is worthy of such a flawless exam The DVDs are packed in a foldout ple of television programming. container, and a helpful booklet that Classic episodes from the season deal describes each episode as well as the with often seemingly tangential sub special features that are included. jects, but they all tie up nicely at the Aside from the standard commentary end. "Marge vs. the Monorail" is a clas tracks, the DVD set also includes some sic written by Conan O'Brien that unusual extras. A segment entitled "A mocks "The Music Man" and mass Cajun Controversy," detailing the brief transit. "Last Exit to Springfield," debate that arose over a song in the Photo courtesy of www.lardlad.com ranked as the best episode ever by episode "A Streetcar Named Marge," is The Simpsons family resume their antics in the newest DVD season set of the Entertainment Weekly, finds Homer included as well as another called hit television series. Included in the box set are numerous special features. accidentally becoming a Union leader "Bush vs. The Simpsons," which fol- lows the back-and-forth arately or inserted back into the character on the menu, and when you criticism that the show episode while it is watched. Other fea select an episode, a short animation had with the then-cur tures include animation featurettes, clip runs. This is fairly amusing at first, rent president. commercials that feature "The but upon subsequent viewings. it The Simpsons "Promotional Stuff' fea Simpsons," storyboards and a promo becomes somewhat tedious. tures "Simpsons" cre tional syndication reel. "The Simpsons" Season 4 DVD set is The Fourth Season ator Matt Groening dis One of the major benefits of watching a fitting package for the season that cussing the show in gen the DVD versus syndicated episodes is proved that the show was not just a Warner Bros. eral. Deleted scenes can the quality of the color and picture. cartoon, but a show that mixed the bite be found for the The images are clear, the colors vivid of social commentary deftly with come, episodes entitled and the sound quality is wonderful. dy. "Homer's Triple Bypass" About the only thing that isn't almost llt-iit and "The Front," and perfect in the set is the episode-selec Contact Molly Griffin at they can be viewed sep- tion menu. Each disc has a different [email protected] .------ .... page 14 The Observer + CLASSIFIEDS Tuesday, September 7, 2004 AMERICAN LEAGUE Ortiz, Ramirez homer in Boston's 8-3 win Associated Press for him and for the organiza tion." David Ortiz homered and The Tigers' second straight drove in four runs to lead the win was their 63rd of the sea Boston Red Sox to their 12th son, preventing them from los win in 13 games, a wild victory ing at least 100 games for a over the Oakland Athletics on third straight season. Detroit Monday night. lost an American League-record Manny Ramirez and Ortiz hit 119 games in 2003. consecutive home runs in the "It's only Sept. 6, so honestly, fourth inning off Barry Zito, and we knew we were going to get Bronson Arroyo (8-9) pitched 6 there," Trammell said. "It's a 2-3 strong innings to win his nice feeling after last year, but third straight decision. Bill we want to keep going." Mueller and Dave Roberts each Detroit hadn't played since hit RBI doubles in the seventh .. Friday, when it won at Tampa and Ortiz added a three-run Bay but had the last two games double in the ninth. of the series postponed because The Red Sox began a seven of Hurri.cane ,Frances. Catcher game West Coast road trip by Ivan Rodriguez was not with the beating the AL West leaders, team ~ecause h~ was delayed in whose division lead was cut to 2 transit from Miami, where he 1/2 games over idle Anaheim. had stayed with his family dur The Red Sox remained 2 1/2 ing the hurriCane. games behind the first-place Gary Knotts pitched the final Yankees in the AL East after three innings and gave up two New York beat Tampa Bay 7-4. hits and one run - Angel Boston has won six of the first Berroa's solo homer in the ninth seven meetings against the A's -for his second save. this season. Denny Bautista (0-1) lost in Mark Kotsay homered twice his first major league start, flJ' for Oakland and the defense allowing four runs on eight hits Boston's Jason Varltek steals second base in front of Oakland's Marco Scutaro In the second played a clean game a day after in six innings. The Royals have inning of Boston's 8-3 victory Monday night. the A's committed five errors in lost three of four. a 13-5 loss at Toronto. Bobby Baltimore 4, Minnesota 1 over 6 1-3 innings. enth time in eight games. to be in. Hopefully, we'll gener Crosby doubled twice, including Back home after a two-week Chicago 7, Texas 4 Grilli, who earned his first ate a lot of runs." one that drove in a run in the trek, the Baltimore Orioles The Chicago White Sox face major league win since April Cleveland 5, Seattle 0 seventh. knocked off another first-place long odds, but they're not ready 20, 2001, for the Florida C.C. Sabathia threw a five-hit The game drew a Labor Day team behind a rookie pitcher to concede the AL Central title Marlins, gave up three runs and ter for his second career crowd of 37,839 and there was who laid to rest all the talk to the Minnesota Twins just yet. eight hits in 5 2-3 innings. He shutout and Omar Vizquel hit a a playoff feel exactly 11 months about his supposedly tired arm. Carl Everett homered and the struck out three and walked two-run homer to lead the after the Red Sox eliminated the Daniel Cabrera pitched three White Sox took advantage of three. Cleveland Indians over the A's in Game 5 of the AL division hit ball into the eighth inning, Texas' season-high five errors New York 7, Tampa Bay 4 Seattle Mariners Monday night. series - Oakland's fourth and Jose Leon and Melvin Mora in a victory over the fading After a daylong wait for an Travis Hafner, Casey Blake straight first-round playoff exit. had two RBis apiece to lead the Rangers on Monday. The White afternoon doubleheader that and Matt Lawton each added Detroit 7, Kansas City 3 surging Orioles past the Sox won their fourth straight to got turned into a single night solo shots as the Indians Wil Ledezma made his last Minnesota Twins on Monday. move 7 112 games behind the game, the New York Yankees snapped a five-game losing start in the Tigers' rotation a During a three-game stretch first-place Twins. found their 1-2 punch. streak and handed the Mariners strong one. last month in which Cabrera "We're trying to put together On another unusual day in the their sixth straight Joss. Ledezma (4-2) gave up two yielded 20 runs and 20 hits in some wins and finish on a Bronx filled with talk of a for Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki went 2- runs - one earned - and just over eight innings, it strong note," White Sox first feit, Hurricane Frances caused for-4, getting singles in· the third seven hits in six innings to lead appeared as if he was just too baseman Paul Konerko said. the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to and ninth innings to push his Detroit to a 7-3 victory over the tired to be effective anymore. "We're not out of it, but I'd be arrive three hours after the season hits total to 226 - 31 Kansas City Royals on Monday. Even though Cabrera had hesitant to say we're in it, scheduled start. short of George Sisler's 1920 The 23-year-old left-hander will already pitched more innings in either- not 7 1/2 out." Alex Rodriguez then got shift major league record of 257 hits. move to the bullpen to reduce one season than ever before, Chicago has six games left ed into the No. 2 spot in the bat Suzuki has 25 games remain the number of innings he Baltimore manager Lee Mazzilli against Minnesota, three at the ting order and stroked a three ing. throws the rest of this year. attributed the slump to a loss of end of a 10-game road trip that run double for his first hit with Sabathia (11-9) looked strong "I feel great, but it isn't my confidence and insisted that the began Monday. the bases loaded in more than a all night, showing no visible decision," he said. ''I'm very right-hander was strong enough "We've got to be around four year. Derek Jeter, batting lead side effects after being hit in the happy with the season I have to turn things around and finish or five back going into off for the second day in a row, face by a. foul ball while he sat had." the season with a flourish. Minnesota," Konerko said. "But scored a pair of runs and in the dugout in the second Ledezma went 12-4 for Cabrera has thus far done just we're playing better." Orlando Hernandez won his inning. Double-A Erie before coming to that, and now it seems as if the In the first two innings, White seventh straight decision to lead He struck out eight batters, Detroit in mid-July. He has Orioles are poised to close out Sox starter Jason Grilli (1-1) the Yankees over the Devil Rays and walked one. It was pitched 155 2-3 innings this· the year on a positive note, too ... allowed three hits, walked Monday night, Tampa Bay's Sabathia's fifth complete gaine. season. Cabrera (11-7) yielded· one three, committed an error and season-high eighth straight loss. .Seattle starter Gil Meche (4-6) "This is where we have to puli run and four· walks in·? 1-3 threw two wild pitches. But the "It's kind of fun hitting behind pitched seven innings, collecting the plug," Tigers manager Alan innings. 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Already seated and oblivious About an hour before the to the cheers, Brandon Backe game, Travis Smith found out didn't stir from his daze until he'd be starting. his teammates nudged him The journeyman didn't want back outside. to squander the chance. "I was just excited thinking Filling in for the ailing Mike about the home run," said the Hampton, Smith pitched five 26-year-old pitcher, who was solid innings and earned his making only his fourth career first major league win in more start. "I was going to go down than two years, leading the and sit in my little hole, but Atlanta Braves past the they told me to get out there." Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 on Backe hit his first career Monday. homer, a two-run shot, and "It seems like a long time," allowed one run in seven Smith said. ''I'm fortunate they innings to keep the Astros in gave me a shot today." the thick of the NL wild-card Andruw Jones homered for chase with an win over the the fourth time in six games .Cincinnati Reds on Monday - and had two RBis. He also pre their season-high lOth straight vented a potential run by victory. throwing out a runner at the Jeff Bagwell, Lance Berkman plate. and Jeff Kent also homered for Smith (1-3). who has spent Houston, on its longest win most of the season at Triple-A, streak in five years. The Astros got the start when Hampton have won 18 of 21 since Aug. Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano delivers a pitch in the fifth inning of a game against the Expos on couldn't go because of a stiff 15, the best record in the Monday. Zambrano pitched eight innings as the Cubs won 9-1. neck. The 31-year-old replace majors during that stretch. the second, then followed with San Francisco and Miami postponed because of ment allowed five hits and a The Astros closed within a Clark's two-run single in the Houston also ahead of the Hurricane Frances. run before giving way to the game of NL wild-card leaders pivotal third with a two-run Padres. Ramirez took advantage off bullpen. Chicago and San Francisco. double - his third extra-base The Cardinals, the best team the long weekend to rest his It was enough for Smith's Houston, a season-high 11 hit against Pirates starter Ryan in baseball, lead the Cubs by 16 sore left groin, which has been first win since July 25, 2002, games over .500 at 74-63, has Vogelsong in four at-bats. 1/2 games in the NL Central. bothering him since July. when he pitched for St. Louis. n't been within striking range San Diego 7, St. Louis 3 With the score tied at 3 and "I feel a lot better. I'm not a "For him to pitch under these of the Cubs and Giants in more Ryan Klesko singled in the the bases loaded in the eighth, 100 percent, but the four days circumstances, really not than three months. go-ahead run with none out in Klesko hit a chopper over the off really helped my groin," knowing until the last minute, Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 5 the eighth inning and the San head of first baseman Albert Ramirez said. he gave .us a huge boost," said Geoff Jenkins is playing as if Diego Padres beat St. Louis Pujols to score Ramon Vazquez. The Cubs took a half-game Braves closer John Smoltz, who the Milwaukee Brewers are in Monday night to keep alive The Padres quickly blew it game lead over idle San got the final five outs for his a race for first place, rather their slim playoff hopes and open against reliever Cal Francisco in the NL wild-card 36th save. than trying to exit in last place end the Cardinals' nine-game Eldred. Khalil Greene followed race. Houston stayed 1 1/2 Smith has made four starts in the NL Central. winning streak. with a sacrifice fly, Terrence games back with a 11-5 win for the Braves this season, los Jenkins had another big day The Padres won for just the Long had a pinch-hit RBI single over Cincinnati. ing twice to the Phillies. with three RBis, Brady Clark second time in seven games, a and another run scored on the The Giants and the Astros Houston 11, Cincinnati 5 drove in four runs and stretch that included three play on a throwing error by moved closer in the standings, The crowd was on its feet, Milwaukee used a six-run third losses at St. Louis last week. Pujols. while the Cubs remained idle beckoning the latest slugging inning to beat the Pittsburgh San Diego remained 2 1/2 Chicago 9, Montreal 1 during the weekend. surprise in the Houston Astros' Pirates on Monday. games behind the Chicago Cubs Four days off suited Aramis "It's kindl of frustrating, but vaunted offense to re-emerge Jenkins homered leading off in the tight wild-card race, Ramirez just fine. we will still have to play those Ramirez hit a pair of two-run games, too," Ramirez said. homers and Carlos Zambrano "There is going to be a time allowed four hits in eight when we are playing and they innings to lead the Chicago will be off and we have to take Cubs to a victory over the advantage of that, too." SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Montreal Expos on Monday. Chicago won without Sammy Mark Grudzielanek, Derrek Sosa in the lineup. 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Associated Press MIAMI - Florida State and "Guys' minds were not on foot NEW YORK - The New York Miami were originally scheduled ball," center Joel Rodriguez Yankees asked the commission to play Monday. Instead, they said. "Guys' minds were on their er's office to award them a for spent the day trying to recover families, their houses, their feit over the Tampa Bay Devil from Hurricane Frances. property and their safety. It's Hays after they failed to arrive in It wasn't easy, but it was nec understandable .... To have time Monday because of travel essary as the teams prepared for three days oiT where you're not problems due to Hurricane their postponed season opener even thinking about football, but Frances. It was a request that Friday night at the Orange Bowl. about your house being blown had no chance of being granted. Frances forced the fourth away or whatever, it's a lot to Originally scheduled as a dou ranked Seminoles to practice come back from and get right bleheader starting at 1 p.m., the indoors while they mourned the into the flow." start time was pushed back two loss of coach Bobby Bowden's Several players' families and hours on Sunday.· Because of the 15-year-old grandson and for friends were still without power delay, the commissioner's office mer son-in-law. and water Monday. told the teams to play one game John Allen Madden, a 45-year Miami defensive back Devin at 7 p.m. and said it would old former Florida State lineman Hester, from Riviera Beach, said decide later on when to resched who played under Bowden, and the roof on his parents' home Yankees first baseman Jason Giambl, left, pauses during bat ule the second game. his son, Bowden, were killed collapsed, flooding every room, The Devil Rays arrived at 6:05 ting practice Monday before a game against the Devil Rays. Sunday when their car was hit a and a tree crushed his mother's p.m., and commissioner Bud by a utility truck that was help car. Selig had no intention of order batting practice." should be a forfeit, and we ing restore power outages "It didn't turn out too good," ing a forfeit. About 20,000 fans appeared to believe there should be a for caused by Frances. Hester said. "It's kind of bad "Given the stage of the season be on hand when Orlando feit," Levine said. "Most of us have been around knowing that I'm here and my we are in, and the exciting pen Hernandez finally threw the first Tampa Bay's home games all of the Bowden family a great mom, they're in Palm Beach nant races, it is critical that we pitch to Julio Lugo at 7:02p.m. against Detroit on Saturday and deal, and it is a loss shared by struggling. I'm just trying to do everything to decide the Before the game, Yankees Sunday were postponed, and the all of us," Florida Statr athletic keep my focus and concentrate championship on the field," he president Randy Levine and gen Tigers returned home after director Dave Hart sait: in a on football right now." said in a statement. eral manager Brian Cashman Friday night's games. Bob statement. "Words can't express Miami receiver Ryan Moore, The Yankee Stadium gates held a news conference on the DuPuy, chief operating officer of the grieving I know the Bowdens from Orlando, said Hurricane opened at 11 a.m., and about field, explaining why they want the commissioner's office, said are going through." Charley affected his family more 1,000 fans were on hand. They ed a forfeit. Baseball rules say a the Devil Rays were asked to The Seminoles closed practice than Frances. But having two were given free hot dogs and forfeit may be called if a team investigate leaving Friday night to the media and had no player hurricanes within three weeks sodas, and fans applauded loud isn't ready within five minutes of or Saturday. or coach availability Monday. left him with some troubling ly when the Yankees took bat umpires calling "play" unless the "There were plenty of oppor Bowden and offensive coordina nights. ting practice starting about 4:45 delay is "unavoidable." tunities to get out of Tampa on tor Jeff Bowden attended the ''I've never seen anything back p.m. "The rule states that if your Saturday. The airports were workout. to back like that," Moore said. "This could keep the energy team is here and ready to play, open until 3 or 4 o'clock," Levine The fifth-ranked Hurricanes "All of us from Florida, we're as level up," Yankees manager Joe and the other team isn't here said after Yankees officials practiced Monday for the first used to it as you can get. You've Torre said. "They're cheering and not ready to play, there checked with airlines. time in four days because of just got to go with the punches." SENIOR PORTRAITS! Sign up on the Internet NOW @ www.LaurenStudios.co~n to ensure your place in your 2004 Dome Yearbook! Class of 2004 Pictures taken Aug. 30- Sept. 17 Where: LaFortune 108 y: To be in the 2004 Dome ...------~- .~------ Tuesday, September 7, 2004 The Observer+ SPORTS page 17 · TENNIS U.S. Open -wraps up fourth round, quarterfinals to start Associated Press No. 12 in the rankings _ why NEW YORK Venus she was forced to play Williams was grunting loudly, Davenport so early. Davenport, Lindsay Davenport was mut meanwhile, has won 21 tering to herself, and the fans straight matches since talking were jumping out of their about retirement at seats after each point. Wimbledon. . The matchup was fit for a Another big-name show Grand Slam final, not the down is looming in the men's fourth round. So, too, was the quarterfinals: Andre Agassi vs. riveting last game. Roger Federer. Agassi owns Davenport and Williams, eight major titles, while the seven major titles ·and 49 top-ranked Federer has won weeks at No. 1 between them, three of the past five. swapped powerful strokes and Agassi advanced Monday anxious moments for 13 min with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory utes and 24 points Monday at over pal and occasional prac the U.S. Open. Nine deuces. tice partner Sargis Sargsian, Five break points for 2000-01 who was on court for nearly Open champion Williams. Five 10 hours in his previous two match points for 1998 Open outings. This one was so lop champ Davenport. In the end, ·sided, it took just 90 minutes. Davenport was slightly stead Federer spent less time in ier and stronger, pulling out a action Monday, because his 7-5, 6-4 victory to get to the opponent, No. 16 Andrei quarterfinals. Pavel, pulled out with a herni It was a fittingly tight way to ated disc in his lower back. end the pair's 25th meeting; Federer is in the Open quar they came in 12-all. terfinals for the first time. He "A tough one to get lost in the fourth round the through," said Davenport, who last three years. M' faces 62nd-ranked Shinobu "There's nothing more you Lindsay Davenport reacts to a call in her match against Venus Williams Monday. Davenport Asagoe for a semifinal berth. ask for than to play a big defeated Williams 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. "I wanted to win .so badly, and event against the best player I played such a great, calm in this environment," said Henman said, smiling. drive that carried her to the which she opened by sailing a match until that point, and Agassi, the 1994 and 1999 Mary Pierce, a two-time top ranking, four Slam titles, backhand long. then let a few errors creep in." Open winner. major champion enjoying a bit and six runner-up finishes. And she broke Williams Not as many as Williams, "It's time to bring the best of a renaissance at 29, lost in Already this year, she had ear twice, for a 6-5 lead in the who since playing her first tennis." the fourth round to No. 9 lier-than-usual exits at the first set, and 3-2 in the sec Slam in 1997 never before First-time Flushing Meadows Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (5), Australian Open (third round), ond. went an. entire season without quarterfinalists No. 5 Tim 6-2. Kuznetsova plays No. 1 French Open (quarterfinals) In the final game, they went reaching at least one major Henman and No. 22 Dominik Justine Henin-Hardenne or and Wimbledon (second back and forth, with Williams semifinal. She hurt herself Hrbaty will meet for another No. 14 Nadia Petrova next. round). swatting two winners to get with 42 miscues, mostly off semifinal slot. Playing on his Asagoe upset No. 29 Eleni She missed the second half her first break point, wasted forehands and more· than dou 30th birthday, Henman got Daniilidou 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3, of last season, including the with a forehand return long. ble Davenport's count. through when No. 19 Nicolas making her the lowest-ranked Open, with a torn abdominal On the first match point, a 12- "It was me. I made too many Kiefer quit with a right wrist Open quarterfinalist since muscle, and had to try to deal stroke exchange ended with errors," Williams said. "The injury while down 3-0 in the Williams was 66th in her 1997 with the shooting death of Williams striking a cross-court thing that hurt me the most fifth set. Hrbaty came back to debut. half-sister Yetunde in forehand winner. Davenport was my inconsistency." eliminate Olivier Rochus 2-6, How long ago that seems. September 2003. ceded her second match point That's been a problem for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0. Now Williams needs to ''I'm really disappointed by double-faulting, then while, leading to her slide to ''I'm slowing up already," regroup and recapture the (about) all this year's Grand turned her back to the net and Slams. But I've learned that chatted to herself. the position that I'm in is not ''I felt OK until I lost the sec necessarily my fault," Williams ond match point," Davenport said. "I can't be hard on said. "Then you get a little offee and Conversation myself. I have to take my time like: 'Oh, no. Don't do this."' and realize that it's just a mat There was more. including a Fof:G~y_, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Questioning ter of time before I'm playing forehand sailed long on match Students at Notre Dame my best." point No. 3, and Williams' bril She brought her level up by liant cross-court forehand a lot in that fantastic final passing winner to erase No. 4. game, with Davenport serving Eventually. though, Williams at 5-4. Williams also raised succumbed, floating a fore the volume, grunting louder hand return long on No. 5. and louder with each shot, a "Definitely had the buzz of a sharp contrast to Davenport's bigger match than a round-of- Tuesday, September 7th soft exhales. 16 match. They were definite 'Davenport played impecca ly into it there at the end," (and every first Tuesday of the month) bly until then,· never facing a Davenport said, referring to break point and trailing on her the crowd. 7:30- 9:30 p.m. serve just once: •at love-15 in "I certainly don't want to the second set's fourth game, have a letdown now." 316 Coleman-Morse The Standing Committee on Gay and Lesbian Student Needs invites gay, lesbian, and bisexual members of the Notre Dame family, their friends, and supporters to an ~t Sports Jar it1 South Jet1d informal coffee at the Co-Mo. 2046 South Jet1d Ave - Across fro'" Martit1s Plaza 272-1766 NP Football Headquarters Ot11it1e sports it1fo .. ~reat Food, ~reat Futf Everyone is welcome and confidentiality is assured. Mot1: Mot1day Night Football e. Specials startit1g at ~1.0 Tues: College Night - PJ e. 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Hugh Douglas and we have the athletes, we have Mahe and rookie Thomas Jeremiah Trotter are back. the coaching to win the Super Tapeh as backups to the Troy Vincent, Bobby Taylor Bowl," quarterback Donovan undersized and injury-prone and Duce Staley are gone. McNabb said. "All we have to Westbrook. Despite some drastic do is go out and make it a Coach Andy Reid prefers the changes, expectations remain reality." pass, however, using it almost the same for the Philadelphia Led by McNabb and Owens, 60 percent of the time. With Eagles: It's Super Bowl or bust both four-time Pro Bowl selec Owens in the mix, receivers -again. tions, the offense should be Todd Pinkston and former After three consecutive loss the Eagles' strength.. Speedy first-round pick Freddie es in the NFC championship and elusive running back Mitchell could thrive. Also. game, the Eagles are out of Brian Westbrook gives second-year tight end L.J. excuses, especially after Philadelphia a balanced Smith and thrBe-time Pro Bowl adding Owens and Kearse to attack. tight end Chad Lewis give fill their most glaring needs on But the Eagles have little McNabb plenty of options. offense and defense. depth behind Westbrook, who "The sky is the limit for this The Eagles enter Sunday's ran for 613 yards and totaled team," McNabb said. "We can season opener against the New 13 touchdowns rushing, do a lot of good things." York Giants as favorites to win r~ceiving and returning punts Owens brings a lot of talent AP their fourth straight NFC East last season. Staley went to and some attitude. So far, though, the flambQyant star Patriots· running back Corey Dillon, left, eludes Panthers' has fit into the offense and defe'nsive lineman' Kris Jenkins in an Aug. 28 preseason game. hasn't upset the chemistry in ASsoctated ·Press year. the locker room. He expects to Miller, a free agent from raise McNabb's game to anoth FOXBORO, Mass. - The New Pittsburgh, is an upgrade over er level. England Patriots can become Ken Walter. while Colvin, a top "We're filling a void for each only the second team to win pass rusher, didn't play after other," Owens said. "I think a three Super Bowls in four years. breaking his hip in the second lot of people have seen flashes They also came very close to game last season. of what we can do throughout not winning any. 'Tm physically prepared and the season. Obviously, it's So they'll start the NFL season able to do whatever they need everybody's goal here to get to knowing they can make history, me to do, Colvin said. the Super Bowl. Everybody but only if they make sure they He'll start the season as a keeps reflecting on the three take little for granted. backup on a team that has back losses in the championship The Patriots squeaked by St. 18 of its 22 offensive and defen game. We just have to take it Louis 20-17 in the 2002 Super sive starters from the Super one game at a time until we Bowl on Adam Vinatieri's last Bowl. New England doesn't get to that point. I'm excited play field goal, then edged have a particularly difficult about the opportunities to get Carolina 32-29 in the 2004 title schedule, with only seven us over the hump. That's why game on Vinatieri's field goal games against teams that fin I'm here.'' with 4 seconds left. Not exactly ished above .500. With five new starters, the a rout in either game. With a dangerous back like defense might take longer to "Once you get to the playoffs, Dillon, two-time Super Bowl jell. But savvy defensive coor every team that makes it to that MVP Tom Brady shouldn't have dinator Jim Johnson has a level is a good team," Vinatieri as much pressure to pass the knack for getting results from said. "One or two plays a game Patriots toward the end zone. AP whichever players he puts on makes a difference between even though he has a deep Steelers running back Duce Staley, runs by Eagles cornerback the field. Sheldon Brown on Aug. 26. Staley left the Eagles this offseason. winning and losing a game a lot corps of wide receivers. of times." And he isn't caught up in the Coach Bill Belichick keeps his jinx of being on the cover of the players focused on the next current issue of Sports play. But if they open the season Illustrated. 4-0, they would break Miami's "It was kind of a surprise," he record with 19 consecutive said. "It was kind of cool. I'm wins, counting regular-season not too worried about any jinx and playoff games. They could es or anything, knock on wood. do that with a win over the That is another one of those Dolphins on Oct. 10. extra things that you can get "It could make us 1-3, too," distracted by." Belichick said. The Patriots play in what The Patriots were 2-2 last could be a weaker AFC East season before starting the with Buffalo, Miami and the streak that gives them a chance New York Jets, and are deep at to join Dallas, which won the every positi GOLF team New YOlk 8D$l01l Balflm~Jre Tampa Bay Toronto team Minnesota Chltago Cleveland DetrUII Kanm City Amerlc~n League West team rMord perc, last 10 Oakland 81-55 .$9~ 8<>2 Anaheim 78·58 .514 6·4 Texas 74-62 .544 . 3-1 S&atlle 51-85 .375 5-5 National league East team record last 10 Atlanta 81-55 8-2 Florida 70·62 s-;2 Philadelphia 68·69 6·4 New York 60·76 H Mnntreal 57-80 3-1 team st. LOUIS Chl~gn Hou,lon AP Clnelanatl With a victory In the Deutsche Bank Championship, Vljay Singh ended Tiger Woods' streak as the number one Pittsburgh ranked golfer In the world. Woods has held .that honor since August of 1999. Mllwa_.~fle Singh takes nu:mber one rank fro:m Tiger Associated Press the par-71, 7,415-yard Daniel Chopra were anoth hold the No. 1 ranking TPC of Boston. Woods er two strokes back at since Aug. 8, 1999. NORTON, Mass. - Vijay bogeyed the next hole and minus 10. "That's not too bad, is Singh won a head-to-head Singh birdied 15 to pull Singh is the top winner it?" Woods asked·. "I've matchup with Tiger Woods ahead by two strokes on the tour this year with had a good run." to end his record reign before adding birdies on six victories. including the Singh improved to 15 atop golfs ultimate leader the final two holes to finish PGA Championship, and under with a birdie on the board. 16 under and win the $7.889,566 in earnings. He first hole; Woods left a 15- Singh shot a 69 to beat $900,000 first prize. needed only to finish footer on the rim of the Woods and Adam Scott by "It feels great," said ahead of Woods to take cup. three strokes in the Singh, who has won the over 'the No. 1 ranking that On the· second hole, a Deutsche Bank last eight times he took a he has been closing in on par-5, 553-yard dogleg Championship on Monday, lead into the final round. "I all year. right, both players got into clinching the No. 1 ranking can't wait to celebrate." The computer rankings trouble. Singh couldn't find in the world with his sixth Scott, the defending factor in performance over his ball and tQok a drop, victory of the year. Woods champion. started the day the past two years, taking hit to 14 feet of the pin and had been first for more seven strokes behind Singh the strength of field into then two-putted for bogey; than five years - a record before making the turn account; Woods held a Woods found his among 264 consecutive weeks. with four consecutive 12.09-11.91 lead heading the rocks in front of the Singh took a three-stroke birdies to get into con into this week. The new green, but when he swung lead into ·the final round, tention. He birdied the numbers were expected to · at the ball he hit a rock but he and Woods were 18th hole to finish 13 be released later Monday, instead, jamming his wrist, tied at 13 under after under, and Woods matched but Singh's will be the ·first breaking his club and cost Singh bogeyed No. 13 at him; John Ro11ins and player other than Woods to ing himself a stroke. IN BRIEF Colts interested in adding Lilja, a 6-2, 285-pound guard, couldn't persuade them. I'm ready quarterback Couch started 14 of 23 games in two sea to get it going. It's an important INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis sons with Kansas City, which cut him game for us, and we have to start Colts were still fine-tuning their ros Sunday. off on the right track." ter Monday, and one option is quar Giants' Shockey ready to Davenport defeats Williams terback Tim Couch. start season to advance to quarterfinals After announcing 12 player cuts EAST RUTHERFORD. N.J.- After NEW YORK - Venus Williams was Monday, one day after the NFL dead sitting out training camp and all grunting loudly, Lindsay Davenport line to trim rosters to 53, coach Tony four preseason games with an was muttering to herself, and the Dungy acknowledged the Colts were injured foot and a hamstring prob fans were jumping out of their seats interested in Couch, the No. 1 pick in lem, New York Giants Pro Bowl tight after each point. 1999 who was cut Sunday by Green end Jeremy Shockey declared him The matchup was fit for a Grand around the dial Bay. self fit Monday. Slam final, not the fourth round. So, ''I'm sure we'll take a look at Tim Shockey said he could have played too. was the riveting last game. Couch," Dungy said. "He played in a in the Giants' final preseason game Davenport and Williams. seven similar system to what we have when against Baltimore, but decided to major titles and 49 weeks at No. 1 TENNIS he was in Cleveland. He was the first rest until the season opener against between them, swapped powerful US Open 2004 6 p.m., USA pick in the draft. He played well both NFC East rival Philadelphia on strokes and anxious moments for 13 times we played against him, and I Sunday. He vowed to start. minutes and 24 points Monday at the MLB think it's something we'll talk about." "I never doubted that I would be U.S. Open. Nine deuces. Five break Expos at Cubs 7:05 p.m., Fox Sports Dungy's comments came on the back," Shockey said Monday before points for 2000-01 Open champion same day that the Colts made a sur an unscheduled light workout. Williams. Five match points for 1998 prise move by waiving guard Steve "I feel pretty good right now, and Open champ Davenport. In the end, PoKER Sciullo, who started 13 games last I've felt better each day. I really Davenport was slightly steadier and World Series of Poker 8 p.m., ESPN season, so they could claim Ryan could have played last week, but stronger, pulling out a 7-5, 6-4 victo Lilja off waivers from Kansas City. they didn't want me to try and I ry to get to the quarterfinals. Tuesday, September 7, 2004 The Observer+ SPORTS page 21 SMC VOLLEYBALL Belles fall to 0-3 with four-game loss to Albion much in need of a win. kills in the four games along By JUSTIN STETZ "I think we need to with an impressive 46 Sports Writer improve our overall commu attacks. On defense, she nication," Belles defensive added 22 digs. The Belles lost their third specialist Michelle Gary said. Once again, Rupright straight game of the season "And better utilize each showed why she is one of the Monday night, dropping a player's strengths." team's leaders, putting up four-game match to MIAA Similar to the past couple some very good numbers. rival Albion. of matches, Saint Mary's On the night, Bender also The loss drops Saint Mary's could not find their rhythm performed well with 27 to 0-2 in conference play and dropped the first two attacks, and sophomore Ann and 0-3 on the young sea games. Carpenter was second on the son. They played tough in the team in attacks, racking up a The Belles were able to second, but total of 35. close the margin as they pre failed to Ann Cusack vailed in the third game win close the set played well ning 30-28, but they ulti out, losing a "I think we need to defensively mately fell in the fourth heartbreak improve our overall with 16 digs. Observer File Photo game by a score of 30-23. er, 31-29. communication., Following The Belles' Shelly Bender, middle, tries to push the ball past an The Belles are currently in The Belles the contest, Alma defender in a game last season. last place in the MIAA and were .we.re coach Julie outscored in Michelle Gary Schroeder kills. and Belles defensive specialist Biek told her a~tacks. iJ;J. all players they four games. needed to Aside from play their the loss, there were a num game instead of playing ber of players who executed down to the level of their on both sides of the court. opponents. "Michelle Turley did a very This is crucial for the good job, but everyone had team's success as they go their ups and downs deeper into their schedule. tonight," Gary said. Up next for the Belles is "Elise Rupright played well Kalamazoo on Wednesday, in the middle, and Shelly which will be their second Bender and Anne Cusack did home game and third confer a great job on defense." ence matchup. The game Turley's play was one of begins at 6 p.m. the highlights in the game as she kept her team relatively close. Contact Justin Stetz at She collected a total of 17 [email protected] THE BosToN CoNSULTING GROUP The complexity of a problem disappears in the simplicity of the solution. BCG invites you to our Information Session Wednesday, September 8, 2004 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.ITI. Center for Continuing Education, Room 100 All majors encouraged to attend Undergraduate and Ma.ster:r;; Students, non-1\!IBA BCG BCG is an equal ojljJortuni~'V employer. '""vw.bcg.cotn ------~ ------~ - ~--~-~ ---~·------ page 22 The Observer + SPORTS Tuesday, September 7, 2004 and that helped us to beat Southern Indiana by one Belles stroke." Zbikowski continued from page 24 The team hopes that its men continued from page 24 tal toughness and personal champion Simmerman tied for bests have left an impression wrote for ESPN.com "I heard 15th with a 158 and Megan with its conference and region they had a gym somewhere Mattia added a 25th-place fin al rivals. Conference rivals Tri around there, but nobody told ish with 17 -over par, 161. State University, Olivet College me about it. So finally, before For Saint Mary's this meet and Alma College all finished in I left Sunday afternoon, I served as an opportunity to the bottom half of the competi asked where the boxing gym prove to its rivals - and to the tion. However, the Belles were was. Sure enough, it was conference -just expecting heavy right in the Joyce Center." how much talent competition from Although Zbikowski did not the team possess "We know we can regional rival play as a reserve safety in es. DePauw. 2003, he performed well dur "We know we dominate the "Although they ing the 2004 Blue-Gold game, can dominate the conference." graduated two picking off a pass and was conference, we've seniors, we felt named the Defensive Player won the past cou they were going of the Game. Stefanie Simmerman ple years," to be a big chal He went into the summer Simmerman said. Belles golfer lenge," Simmer- expecting to compete with "It is our mental man said. Burrell for the starting free CLAIRE KELLEYfThe Observer preparation that Despite the safety spot. When an injury Irish strong safety Tom Zbikowski looks for the ball carrier we need to work on for th'e expectations, the Belles were sidelined Burrell for most of during Notre Dame's 20-17 loss to BYU Saturday. season." able to perform 20 strokes bet the practice season, During the invitational, it ter than their rival. The fourth Zbikowski began receiving Aug. 22. that he no longer wanted to was the team's positive mental place finish is just one step for the majority of repetitions. "I wasn't making contacts discuss the situation. ity that moved the Belles up in ward for Saint Mary's, who is Zbikowski caused some with any others," Zbikowski "It's just left my mind," he the standings during the two still 'expecting' challenges dur controversy and speculation told Mike Frank of said. "''ve been just trying to day competition. After the ing the season from talented when he did not show up for Irisheyes.com at the time. "I concentrate on the team. opening day, the Belles stood in individual golfers. two-a-day workouts on Aug. never left the team. I left the We're going to be a good ball fifth place. It took the confi "There will be a lot of indi 20-21, citing non-football University, I never left the club. We didn't show how dence and a personal record vidual competition," Simmer related personal issues. team." good we are, but next week from Nicole Bellino to pull the man said. "But we know what Rumors swirled that After the game Saturday, we're going to show everyone team to fourth. we are capable of." Zbikowski was planning to Zbikowski said that the per how good we are." "She helped us capture transfer, but the sophomore sonal issues that caused him fourth place," Simmerman Contact Dan Tapetillo at put an end to that speculation to miss the practices this Contact Justin Schuver at said. "She careered with an 81 [email protected] when he returned to practice summer were in the past and [email protected] the Irish offense and defense. Opener Crusaders The Crusaders are off to a continued from page 24 continued from page 24 good start this year after receiving a bid to the NCAA ior defender Katie Taylor, will with any team in the coun Tournament last year. Last join her. try. Every time they made weekend, the team defeated Taylor, along with teammates mistakes, we capitalized on Southeast Missouri State, Shannon Culbertson and Jen their errors. Albany and Ball State in Herdman, anchor a strong "We can only get better three games each. defensive squad that must deal from here on." What makes Valparaiso's with the loss of two-year cap Since the Nebraska team so successful, Stasiuk tain and second team Ali-MIAA matches, the said, is their defensive specialist Lynn Taylor Irish have great presence to graduation. worked to for at the net in However, the team's much tify their "We can only get regards to bloc improved goals against average offense, zero better from king and their of 1.4 in 2003 bodes well for ing in on side tendency to this year's Saint Mary's back out offense here on." work the out- field. and services. sides of the The defense will be an impor All of this Adriana Stasiuk court. tant aspect under the game offensive con Irish outside hitter After review plan of new head coach Peter ditioning ing tapes of the Haring, who will look to should pre- Crusaders' play, improve upon the success of pare the team the Irish believe last year's team. for both tonight's match and they have identified their Haring hopes the defense can for the rest of the season, opponent's weaknesses and provide consistently strong Observer File Photo coach Debbie Brown said. have adjusted their game play, which will allow the mid Jen Concannon, middle, takes the ball upfleld during a Saint "We need to play at the plan accordingly. fielders including Mary's soccer game last season. highest level we can from "Our hitters will really Concannon, who along with the first point to the last. It have to work their shots Wendy Irvin scored 50 percent from there, a berth in the start of the season," sophomore doesn't matter who we're and vary them," Stasiuk of the team's goals last year - NCAA Tournament. forward McKenna Keenan said. playing; we can't just be up said. "It will be really to play with possession and fire The new coach's game 'plan "I can't wait to see how our for a ranked team," Brown important to keep a high more open runs into the attack. will face its first 'test today, team works together, to see said. level of intensity and be He also hopes to get contribu when the Belles open up their how the upperclassmen play "Our opponents will not be aggressive." tions on offense this year from season at home. with the underclassmen and a challenge as much as The Irish will take the midfielders Carrie Orr and Because their match against work together. maintaining a consistent court to face Valparaiso at 7 Emily Wagoner. University of St. Francis is not a "Under the leadership of our level of play. p.m. tonight in the Joyce Under the strategy that the conference game, the game will new coach, we're hoping to win "We need to play at the Center. best offense will come from a provide a good chance for the conference." highest level we can from good defense, players to develop chemistry the first point to the last." Haring has his sights set on a and work on technique. 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By DAN TAPETILLO When Tom Zbikowski rushed He was named the Chicago Sports Writer onto the field with the rest of area player of the year as a the starters during the first senior by the Chicago Sun The Belles have certainly quarter of Notre Dame's 20-17 Times, and named the gained a lot of confidence since loss to BYU Saturday, it was a Gatorade Player of the Year their impressive eighth-place surprise to nearly everyone, for the state of Illinois. finish at the Division-III NCAA except Zbikowski. However, Zbikowski's championships last season. But "They told me earlier in the awards weren't just limited to the team will not be satisfied week to get ready, and we local accolades. He was until it achieves its ultimate started going over some plays named 29th on an ESPN list of goal. and by Thursday I was getting the 100 top recruits nationally "The coach from DePauw -- all the .reps in practice," in 2003, and named a USA told us that we should have Zbikowski said. Today first-team AU one goal for the season," Zbikowski, who was recruit American. Stefanic Simmerman said. "To ed in 2003 as a quarterback The national spotlight also win the national title." out of Buffalo Grove (Ill.) High focused on Zbikowski as he With seasoned veterans and School and switched to defen documented his recruiting an impressive opening week sive back upon his arrival with experience in a daily diary he end, Saint Mary's team has the Irish, was believed to be in wrote for ESPN.com. In the been making a name for them competition with senior end, Zbikowski selected Notre selves. Quentin Burrell for the start Dame over Nebraska and Last weekend, the Belles ing spot at free safety this sea Iowa, primarily because the began their run at the national son. Irish were willing to let title by competing in the Ferris Burrell started at free safety Zbikowski change positions State Bulldog Invitational. in the Brigham Young game, from quarterback to defense. Saint Mary's finished fourth but Zbikowski still saw the As an avid boxer. Zbikowski with team score of 636, 41 field as the starter at strong was also allured by a unique shots behind Invitational safety. facility on the campus. champion Ferris State, who Zbikowski played well, fin "But nothing was more shot 595. ishing the game with five tack impressive than the boxing The Belles had three mem les. gym under coach Willingham's bers finish in the top-20. Stepping on the field as a office," Zbikowski wrote in his Chrissy Dunham finished TIM SULLIVANfThe Observer Notre Dame starter was the Dec. 19, 2002 article for Blue eighth with a 1 0-over par 154 Irish strong safety Tom Zbikowski assists on a tackle of BYU's end of a long journey for Chip Diaries - the series he and reigning NCAA individual Curtis Brown In Notre Dame's 20-17 loss to the Cougars Zbikowski, who threw for Saturday. Zbikowski made his first career start In the game. 1,382 yards and 11 touch- see ZBIKOWSKI/page 22 see BELLES/page 22 SMC SoccER NO VOLLEYBALL Saint Mary's set Irish prepare to face instate rival Notre Dame hcpes to kick off year to come back ajter losses to Nebraska Maura Schoen. By ANN LOUGHERY By RYAN DUFFY "We want to try to set the Sports Writer pace for the season, and start Sports Writer out with a win." After finishing last year with Schoen is one of many If Valparaiso expects to the most confer- returning upper- • play an ego-bruised and vul ence wins in the classmen who hope nerable squad tonight, the· history of the "We want to come to take the Belles Irish have news for them. program, Saint out hard since this even farther this Despite emerging with a 1- Mary's looks to year. 2 record after losing a week start this year is our first game. " As the team's end series to No. 2 Nebraska, on a similar tone leading goal scorer the Irish aren't disheartened. when it faces off Maura Schoen last year, midfield In fact, they have found a against the Belles defender er Jen Concannon new sense of confidence. University of St. looks to lead the "We should've beat Francis (Ind.) offensive attack Nebraska on Saturday,," today in its first game of the once again in an effort to earn freshman Adrianna Stasiuk season. her third All-MIAA selection. said. "We want to come out hard The team's other captain, sen- "We saw that we could stick CLEMENT SUHENDRA/The Observer since this is our first game of Freshman Adrlanna Stasiuk, left, passes the ball during Notre the year," said junior defender see OPENER/page 22 see CRUSADERS/page 22 Dame's loss to Nebraska Saturday at the Joyce Center. SMC VOLLEYBALL PGA TENNIS MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE The Belles fell to 0-3 Vijay Singh overtook Lindsey Davenport The Yankees filed a Travis Smith picked Manny Ramirez and on the season after a Tiger Woods for the No. defeated Venus Will complaint with Major up his first win since David Ortiz hit back-to loss Monday night to 1 overall ranking in the iams in the fourth round League Baseball, asking 2002 as the Braves beat hack home runs as the MIAA rival Albion. world. of the U.S. Open. for Tampa Bay to forfeit the Phillies 3-1. Red Sox d!i!feated the a game after showing A's 8-3. up late. page 21 page 20 page 17 page 16 page 15 page 14