Access denied Campaign 2000 Hrilish and French troops .fired tear gas into a Candidates for Saint Mary's class offices and Tuesday crotNI of ethnic Albanians who u•ere attempting Diversity Board discussed their platforms at a to cross a bridge into a Serb-occupied z·one. Meet the Candidates session. FEBRUARY 22, WorldNation + page 5 News+ page 4 2000

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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXIII NO. 88 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU Hanover rejects appeal; O'Donoghue victorious

lite an appeal. dragging out what out or student government." now that we have the opportuni­ he said. "But is this in any way ByTIM LOGAN has already been a long and Mieek expressed hope that the ty to go full-steam straight ahead going to hinder our administra­ News Editor arduous election. would only fur­ newly elected tieket - Brian and work to make Our Lady's tion, absolutely not." ther alienate students from stu­ O'Donoghue and Brooke Norton University a better place," he The pair was handed the presi­ In a surprise movP Monday, dent gov­ would said. The pair has been working dency Thursday when the llunt llanovcr and John Micek ernment. work to as student body president and Election Committee, made up of said thcv would not appeal the "W h c n repair that vice president-elect since Friday, judicial commissioners from l:ll't:lion. CommittPP's l'orl'citurP y o u r !1 damage. he said, preparing for the year in eaeh dorm, voted that of' tlwir randidacy f'or studPnt Pl!~ded." he 0' Don­ offiee. Hanover/Micek violated three body prcsidPnt and virP pn~si­ said. "You oghue, no The foreed forfeiture cast a election bylaws, and thus were dPnt. Pnding an Pll't·tion that has rPprcscnt longer wor­ shadow over their initial victory eliminated from the race. The lwt'n markPd with rontrov!'rsy thl' atti­ ried about Thursday, but O'Donoghue did violations each involved the use f'rom tlw start. tudes or·uw an appeal. not predict a similar shadow of e-mail in campaigning, and Tlw dPt'ision was mad!' Sunday s t u cl (' ll t was enthu­ would be east oveT the eoming one noted that senior Michael O'Donoghue Norton I'VPning. arrording to Micek. body. and siastic to get year. Fairchild, a Hanover/Micek sup- al'tl'r thl' pair and sonH' of sup­ this el!~r- to work. "Would we have liked to won portPrs nwt and agrPPcl that to tion has puslwd the student body "Brooke and I are really happy on a popular vote, absolutely," see ELECTION/page 6

Belles welcome Hispanic students Students • Recent studies Mary's contribute to the inclusion of many minori­ provide tax indicate that SMC ties, and Latinas are the is an attractive group most represented on campus. assistance option for Latina Recent studies per­ students formed by the Educational Testing Service and By COLLEEN McCARTHY By NICOLE HADDAD Hispanic Association of Associate News Editor News Writer Colleges and Universities show that Hispanics, more For more than 25 years, Saint Friday afternoons mark than any other single Mary's and Notre Dame stu­ a relebration like "Cinco group, believe a college dents have reached out to mem­ de Mayo" in Manuela education is important for bers of the South Bend commu­ Hernandez's Le Mans Hall everyone. The curriculum nity by applying classroom dorm room e;u~h week. at Saint Mary's has learning to assist low-ineome With her Latino music evolved to ref1ect a more individuals file their taxes. blaring. Hernandez usual­ diverse population, and Begun by a Notre Dame law ly relaxes, relieved to have now includes courses on student and MBA student in finished another week of Chicano literature. Latin 1972, the Notre Dame and Saint classes. American politics and Mary's College Tax Assistance During her time at Saint international business. Program recruits mainly Mary's. the meaning of "Our Chicana lit elass accounting and finance majors being a Latina student has discusses the struggles of to volunteer during February, changed signilkantly. The being a Chicana woman," March and April to provide free number of' Latinas has said junior Mariecruz tax preparation for community increased, and the College Segura. "Students become residents who make less than has been recognized for close because we feel we $30,000 per year. efforts to accommodate can relate to one another. All students who choose to be these students. We tell stories, going fur­ involved in the program must The Hispanic Outlook. a ther than the text, and by take an income tax eourse as a publication dedicated to opening up and finding pre-requisite, said Ken Milani, exploring issues related to examples, we become a faculty coordinator of the pro­ Hispanics in higher educa­ very personal class." gram and a professor in the tion, recently listed Saint For some students, it is College of Business at Notre Mary's College in its 4th important to feel part of a Dame. At the start of second annual "Publisher's Picks" larger community before semester, the students are also issue as a college offering they can learn. Such a required to have additional outstanding opportunities feeling is especially diffi­ training outside of the class. for Hispanic students. cult to achieve when they "The extra 10 hours of train­ Selections were based on are in the minority and ing the students take focuses on factors sueh as financial miles from home. situations they may encounter aid. scholarships and rep­ "When you leave home, most often," said Milani. "We resentation of Hispanics in you leave· behind your sup­ emphasize the child tax credit faculty and administration. port - your family," and dependent care credit "Saint Mary's College Hernandez said. "In col­ among others, that may not be offers many opportunities lege my friends became emphasized in their text books for our Latina students to my family and support, on income tax. become involvPd and sinee sometimes only other "However, these are impor­ grow, said Maria Latinas can understand tant to be aware of with our Oropeza, director for the what you feel and see clients. Also, because many of Office of Multicultural around you. It is only the students participating are AITairs. "Our financial aid understandable that you not from Indiana, we spend KRISTINE KAAifThe Observer here is very strong, which look for a network of sup­ about three hours on the Memebers of La Fuerza, an organization at Saint Mary's for port similar to your own Hispanic women, socialize at Noble Dining Hall. In recertt years, enables students to look at Indiana tax return form itself." us seriously as a ehoice for family." Claude Renshaw, coordinator Saint Mary's has attracted a growing latina population due to However, like many progressive financial aid programs and the introduction of them." of the program for Saint Mary's Chicana-focused classes to the curriculum. The progressive financial aid programs at Saint see LATINA/page 6 see TAXES/page 6 page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Tuesday, February 22, 2000

INSIDE COLUMN QUOTES OF THE WEEK

"{fwe look at higher "[Father Richard "This is going to be "The workload Jubilee justice, education in terms of McCormick} was a one ofthe goofiest is so demanding Christianity, then the gracious gentleman elections of all that it's difficult goal lj'or students} is who seemed time. Just watch, to form social ND style not the moment of comfortable with something is going relationships. " graduation but the his humanity." to happen." We are aln~ady six weeks into the Great Jubilee moment they die." Tim Dysart Year 2000. For Y2K. millennia! parties or even Monika Hellwig Maureen Hallinan James Jesse sophomore graduation from Notre Dame, we have waited sociology professor Student Union treasurer on the social scene and planned for years. But as Christians. we have executive director, on the death of Father on the student body at Notre Dame also been preparing for the Association of Catholic Great Jubilee that is a part Colleges and Universities Richard McCormick presidential election of this historical year. A tradition with its roots in the Hebrew Scriptures and it-, beginning (for OUTSIDE THE DOME Compiled from U-Wire reports Christians) in A.D. 1300. the Jubilee is a year in which debts both spiritual and Police storm U. Wisconsin anti-sweatshop sit-in material are forgiven. In the ancient I lebrew tradition. A.J. Boyd MADISON, Wis. together with U-locks around their land was not farmed and The University of Wisconsin­ necks. everyone's debts of land or Madison's latest round of anti­ By the time police entered the money were cancelled. assistant sweatshop labor protests culminated building, nearly 70 protesters were Since the 14th century, spe- Viewpoint editor in an 89-hour sit-in in Chancellor waiting for them in Ward's o!Tir.e cia! indulgences have been David Ward's Basr,om Hall offici~ singing "We Shall Overcome." While granted to pilgrims visiting that was fordbly disbanded early six officers ser,ured the adjacent ler,­ sacred sitt>s and lin·giving their debtors. Sunday morning. ture hall. two others entered the At 3:50 a.m., over 40 University of!ice and the remainder ser,ured the Originally once a t~entury. the Jubilee now occurs polic.t~ officers, Dan<~ County Sheriff's rest of the wing. every 50 years. This year is no exception. deputies and Madison polke officers At that point, police gave the ference or personal dang(~r as they Pope John Paul II asked the leaders of the began massing in the parking lot demonstrators five min-utes to evar,­ go about their business ... These world's nations to participate in this ancient tra­ behind Baseom llall. The officers uate before they would start arrest­ problems did develop. They had to dition by for).,>iving international debts. Most com­ wore gas masks and dressed in full ing people. end." plied immediately. Even the champion of capital­ riot gear, some carrying tear gas With less than one minute left in Sleeping protesters were jolted ism and usury. the United States, agreed to for­ canisters and pepper spray. Neither their ultimatum. the protesters awake by others who had stayed up give billions of dollars in debt to the poorest of agent was used over the course of began rhythmir,ally clapping. One to serve as guards. Within minutes, the morning. protcstf~r shouted, "We arc beauti­ nations. The Holy Father and the bishops of our while polke officers assembled, the "! authorized this ar,tion." Ward ful, and we are right!" Church havt> asked that everyone adopt the same protesters had moved themselves said in a statement Sunday. "I did so At 4:13 a.m .. one of the offieers penitential and c.haritable actions. into Ward's offif~e. Seven of the because it is my responsibility to called out. "The time period has Which brings us to Notre Dame. Most demand­ demonstrators dosest to the oflice's ensure that students, far.ulty and expired. Everyone remaining in tlw ing cu•-riculum of any undergraduate sr,hool in front door chained themselves staff do not faee intimidation. inter- building is now under arrest." the country; world-renowned in theology, philos­ ophy, architecture. law and athletir,s; third largest university endowment in the country (15th in the wol'id); and an annual operating budget more than 220 percent that of the Vatican Dartmouth prof quits class over scandal Sit-in ends as U. Michigan joins WRC City. There is no question that Notre Dame is one HANOVEB. N.H. ANN ARBOH. Mkh. of the premier institutions of Catholir, education In the wake of the eheating seandal in a eomputer sci­ Members of the University of Michigan's Students in the world. It is also the wealthiest. ence r,ourse, visiting professor Hex Dwyer announced Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality evacu­ Every year approximately 65 perr,ent of the Friday he will no longer be teaching the dass after stu­ ated Dean Shirley Neuman's office Friday after the student body receives linandal aid in the form of dents reported that he stormed out of elass on Friday University's president agreed to membership in the scholarships. loans and work-study. It normally afternoon. Dwyer also wrote in an email message to the Worker Bights Consortium on a conditional basis. takes 10 years to pay otrthese debts. whkh typi­ dass that he has identified approximately 40 alleged The agreement is being treated with guarded enthu­ r,ally amount to between $20,000 and $25,000. cheaters. Dwyer wrote that he had accepted an offer by siasm by some in the anti-sweatshop movement. Many of our students don't need the maximum the chair of the computer scicnee department to stop who are curious to see how the University will allowance for loans. but assuming that everyone teaching the class. r,iting personal difficulty in ar,ting define the r,onditions of' its membership. The WHC is who relieved finandal aid were indebted to the fairly to the majority of the class that did not allegedly a policy developed by students to enforce labor fullest. the University of Notre Dame would be cheat. "J apologize for the difficulty I've had lately keep­ r,odes of conduct in the production of collegiate ing in mind the interests of the 75-80 perr,ent of you who apparel. The University will join the organization able to forgive their students' debts entirely from have behaved honorably during the course of the term," with two other sr,hools, Indiana University an~ the its annual surplus in less than three years. he wrote. He wrote in the message that he would be University of Wisconsin at Madison. In a written I stress that this debt forgiveness that I suggest turning in "slightly more than 40 names" to the adminis­ statement, the three universities have agreed to join would come from surplus and not even the tration. The computer science chair said that he dis­ the consortium "without endorsing all of the provi­ endowment or actual budget of the University. cussed with Dwyer the possibility of Dwyer leaving the sions stated in the preliminary charter of the WHC." Christ says in the Gospels that the poor widow's class on Friday afternoon. This is the second dass that Interim Coordinator of the WBC Maria Hoper said mite was worth all the more because it was all Dwyer has ceased to teach. For the most part. students the organization is "very exdted" over the agree­ she had. while the rkh man who gave out of his contacted by Dartmouth's student newspaper were crit­ ment, but called the statement released by the three surplus would not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. ical of Dwyer's handling of the course from the begin- schools "really vague." So what I am asking is hardly anything ... if the University's administrators really wanted to show their faith. it would be a reduction of overhead expenses to increase free grant aid to all students who have the need. LOCAL WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER Forget Ex Corde Er,clesiae. If the University wants to be true to its Catholic r,haracter. it 5 Day South Uend Forecast shouldn't even question bending over backwards 11 AccuWemhcr " forecast for daytime co1ulitions und high temperatures The AccuWeather"' forecast for noon, Tuesday, Feb. 22. to ensure that all of its eurrent students and indebted alumni are forgiven their trespasses so that they might go about forgiving the debts and trespasses of others. ;~- .... H L The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer. Wedn~sday ~ 59 44 Thursday 56 45 TODAY'S STAFF ~ News Scene Q Maureen Smirhe Emmert Malloy Friday 57 42 Erin LaRuffa Jenn Zarorski Helena Rayam Graphics Q 'T""Y' ~ Saturday 52 37 0 2000 AccuWeather, Inc. COLD WARM STATIONARY '' '' ... Sports Jose Cuellar ,. Pr•••ur~: [2] Cl] :f.): q·?#; Kathleen O'Brian Production ® © D . D D c.::J ¥:~ Sunday 49 34 High Low Showers Rain T-slorms Flurries Snow tee Sunny Pt. 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He lems with the student body News Wrircr mentioned upper class tutor­ presidential elections, Murphy ing, bike racks and making and Judicial Council president Student body president more use of campus technolo­ Kelly Folks want to form a Micah Murphy called for more gy. committee to address prob­ productivity from the Campus Assistant vice president of lems in the election bylaws. Life Council during its meeting Residence Life William Kirk "My goal is to clarify the Monday. added, "We've had some good bylaws so that we won't have Addressing what Murphy efforts from this group, but we some of the problems that we called "housekeeping items," can do a whole lot more." had during this election." said he suggested that members The CLC specifically dis­ Folks, adding that the new ask the question, "What are cussed problems with its committee will meet during we really doing here?" attendance policy. Beeause the next two weeks. The cur­ According to the CLC's mis­ membr.rs serve on other rent Senate will still be in ses­ sion, the council is comprised University committees and sion to approve any new of student leaders. faculty, organizations, perfect CLC bylaws. administration and rectors attendance is not possible for + The Academic Committee who meet collectively every all members. Murphy and oth­ will suggest professors be other week and have commit­ ers also stressed the need for allowed to scan the NDAccess tee meetings during the week mr.mbers to be present at CLC !-Drives for copies of old tests. to discuss specific University meetings. Professors should be aware of matters. Murphy ehallenged "Let's just kind of get back to test files and decide whether thn CLC not to limit its meet­ the heart of why we're here." to permit the use of tests, the ings to discussion. but to con­ Murphy said. committee reported. tinue to act through committee + Murphy suggested the CLC work and by passing resolu­ In other CLC news look into a past resolution tions. + CLC members approved a about the consistency of pari­ "A bunch of words without resolution requesting that a etals across campus during actions isn't really doing any­ student member be on the Junior Parents' Weekend. thing." said Murphy. "I don't University Advisory Committee Parietals were not equally want to see us slow down." on tho Disabled. Although in enforced last weekend, he Murphy reviewed some of the past, students have been said. the CLC's top issues for the on the committee, the CLC + The Gender Relations year including bing!) drinking. wants to make a permanent Committee will bring its 24- eating disorders, divflrsity, 24- student position. hour space resolution back to Jos TURNERfThe Observer hour space and a clarification "I reallysupport their idea to the floor after it receives feed­ CLC members met Monday to discuss "housekeeping items" of the student appeal process. have student representation," back from rectors and hall such as Council productivity, attendance policies and committee Murphy introduced additional said professor Edward Manier. monitors. work. Trustees approve SMC renovations STUDENT ACTIVITIES By MOLLY MCVOY Ziolkowski Construction about how ments in technology and the athletic to lower the figure. program. Members also discussed Information Desk & Box Office News Writer "I think we'll have it nailed down the need for more meal plan by the end of the week," Dennis options, a big sister/big brother pro­ Bookkeeping/Accounting The Saint Mary's Board of said. "When we get it down to a gram and more job fairs on cam­ Trustees approved plans for reno­ reasonable budget. the board has pus. .. Student Assistant Needed vations to Dalloways Cofieflhouse. c authorized us to go ahead." "We walked out of there with a cu tlw Welcome Center and Regina The Welcome Center was very good feeling." senior class E Responsibilities include Hall at last weekend's meeting. approved as pre­ president Anne preparation of daily deposits arid 'Tm very excited about the sented. Pangilinan said. ~ prospect of moving forward [with "''m very excited about 0 • reconciliations. A student "We thought the Dallowaysl." said Keith Dennis, vice panel also the prospect of board was very -~ president of Finance and a. .. Position open to current addressed the moving forward attentive. They Administration. board about stu­ took us very seri­ E ·­ Sophomores & Juniors. The board approved using money [with Dalloways]." cu ; Business Majors preferred, dent life. Board ously." from the College's Plant fund to members asked Eldred was very .... but not required. finance Regina renovations. The Keith Dennis c .. questions of cur­ pleased with the fund was begun years ago, and cu 0 Must be detail oriented, have an upbeat rent students. vice president of Finance and outcome of the ,a. attitude and be flexible in scheduling. money has been put aside for build­ "[The board) Administration student group as ::s a. ing renovations and improvements. was really open­ well. .. 0 Applications available outside the As part of the approval of the minded," said "It really turned en Dalloways Cofl'eehouse, the board Penelope Kistka, a senior and mem­ out to be a dialogue between the Student Activities Office, said the proposed cost of $600,000 315 LaFortune. ber of the panel. "You go to school students and the board," she said. ~ must decrease before construction here so long and get so involved, The board also was presented cu Application deadline Friday, Feb. 25. will begin. The College could not but you never get to meet the peo­ with a preliminary budget for next z (Position will start training in March) release the amount suggested by ple who are behind the scenes." year as well as information about board members. The student panel discussed posi­ how the changing costs of a Saint Dennis explained that although it tive and negative aspects of life at Mary's education will affect the is a significant amount, the College Saint Mary's. It covered improve- school next year. www.nd.edu/-sao/ has already begun discussions with

When should you apply for L[fe5t"e;p~ Financial Aid for the 2000/2001 "It's not just about eating. It's about what triggers your school year? eating and what choices you can make when confronted with those situations. We also examined the role and importance of physical activity. The hands-on activities, A: Now B: Never the sensible information in the notebook and the C: At some point D: Later availability of a dietitian combine into a program that works. The message of the program was that the "little" The priority deadline is approaching. Need to use a lifeline? changes will make a difference and they did for me. I The Financial Aid Office is available as your phone-a-friend. highly recommend the LifeSteps program.:' So what will be your FINAL ANSWER? :;w;Past Program Participant •Tuesdays, February 22- May 2 •2 consultations with a dietitian FAFSA and PROFILE Applications are due to the •12:10- 12:50, RSRC processing centers by the following dates: •$120 ($25 refund based on attendance) •Contact Jennie @ 1-5965 or Jessica @ 1-5829 NOTRE DAME: February 28, 2000 for more information. SAINT MARY'S: March 1, 2000 Z?.e.e-~ .------

page 4 The Observer+ CAMPUS NEWS Tuesday, February 22, 2000 SMC meets candidates for class councils, diversity board

the Snnior Formal and to was V(~ry important. move on." important issues this year. By NICOLE HADDAD increase student involvf'lllPnt "We all have diffprent inter­ Thr. forth ti(:ket. led by prc~si­ "We should encourage stu­ News Wrirer in community snrvir<~. ests. and through the different dential candidate Jen dents to join in activities "VVe n<>ed to IPavP an dPpartmnnts. wn ignite change llaekbush. would also like to planned by the board." Karen Members of tlw Saint Mary's impression of our <'Xpnrienrr>." t h r o u g h (' o m m u n i c at i o n . " implPmr.nt a sophomore class lliglp,y. who is running for community werP givPn the said Alyson Leatherman. who Wojtas said lock-in next year. llowev<~r. trnasurer with llackbush. opportunity to meet each is running for treasur0r. Sonw the tieket would like the event Matha and her runningmates rlass's presidential candidates of their significant contribu­ Class of 2003 to bp,nent a charity. Tlw ticket - Kim Jensen. Kristie Maurer as well as candidates for the tions to their class this year M(W( tlw Candidates <·.ontin­ would also likp, to hav<' open and Molly O'Shea- agreed. Divrrsity Board during thP have been the monthly servkc ued with the candidates run­ board mer.tings and a more "We can't turn away from Meet the Candidates session evPnts. including tiw AIDS ning for the Class of 20(J:)'s informative class nr.wsletter. othf)rs' ideas." said Jensen. the Monday. walk. dass council answering ques­ with its main objnctivn being ticket's vice-presidential can­ Bnfore opPning thn floor to "This gives juniors tiH· tions about their platforms. to bring the board closer to the didate. questions from students. can­ opportunity to re;u:h out to the Presidential candidate Class of 2003. The tickets also agreed that didatPs answerPd quBstions community." said Julia Stephani<> Pace said that her "Wr. can come in with a bet­ lr.adrrship was an important gennated by thP Board or Malczynski.' the vire-prc~siden­ ticket's nxpnricnce gives it an ter out look, wn saw what part of' building community. GovernanrP tial randidatP. c>dgP over its opponents. went wrong and right this "I wanted to run and gp,t "We know the pecq)ln, we vear," said Ilaekbush. involvp,d, As a member of BOG. Diversity Board Class of 2002 know how to run the board. I · All candidates agreed that I was able to listen to th~) Monday night's session start­ Candidates for the class of think our experience from this class unity was one of thn most class." said Pace. ed with the candidates for the 2002's council had the oppor­ year will hnlp us Student Diversity Board. which tunity to explain specific of next year and the was approved by the Board of their respective. years to come. Governance two weeks ago. PresidPntial candidate Katy The knowlr.dg<·) This will be the divPrsity Robinson spoke of her ticket's we have this vear board's inaugural election. proposed support group. from working on BIG EAST "Not everyone who attet1ds "!The group would act] as a the board will Saint Marv's is Catholic ... youth group that reaches out help our class worki;1g with campus ministry to thr, class and lets the people tab~ a step for- TOURNAMENT we hope to work with people know that there are others ward." said and make more people feel at who want to listen to you. It's Alison Joseph, home." said Jessica Delgado. a wav for the class to inter­ running for vice March 10-11, 2000 who is running for vice-prPsi­ act," hobinson said. president with dent of the board with Presidential candidate Abeer Pace. Akmaral Omarova. Omarova Zayed suggested a trip to Pn)sidential Included Features and Delgado also expanded on Windsor. but emphasized that candidate Kristen 1-nlght at The Holiday Inn Broadway their ideas for social and cul­ the trip would not promote Matha said her tural events. underage drinking. ticket's strength Tickets to SEMI FINALS (3.10) & FINALS (3.11) at "(We want to] try to bring in "It's not a traditional activi­ rested in its Madison Square Garden, New York City more diversity in terms of ty. rather a way to show stu­ diversity. Matha Full American breakfast at the hotel intellectual speakers on cam­ dents a new culture." said one would like to Admission to the Empire State Building pus. we need to get more peo­ of Zayed's runningmatP.s, vice­ implement the ple here to educate us. For presidential candidate Kristen Sober Sisters pro­ All taxes & service charges example. [we want to] bring in Wojtas. gram, increase DATTCO Representative someone who will teach us to Presidential candidate Erin attendance at the African dance. something that Callahan and her running­ sporting events I I will P.ducate us and be fun lat mates suggested a Big and start a sopho­ Cost Per Person the same time]." said Sister/Little Sister program. more spirit club Omarova. "This would be implemented and spirit week. $259 Double $349 Single Nikki Gonzalez and Andrea with children in the communi­ Presidential Romero, also running together ty allowing students to devise candidate Katie Child w/2-adults $159 for the diversity board. said groups to take on a child and Vincer. however, Additional night(s) available upon request- they want to increase the sponsor activities." Callahan discussed her I number of multicultural stu­ said. tickc~t·s ideas of For Information & Reservations dents on campus. They pro­ Another ticket. led by presi­ having a class DATICO TOUR TRAVEL posed having multicultural dential candidate Katy trip. T-shirt and & students on campus make Bobinson. suggested a lock-in. 583 South Street, New Britain, CT 06051 recruiting calls to prospective Woman's Survival Day with "Within this 1-800-229-4879, ext. 600 multicultural students to the motto "Teaching women lock-in W(·) will encourage them to come to everything they're not sup­ bring different Saint Mary's. posed to know." Topks would bands in and The third pair of candidates include self-defense and have basketball running for the Diversity changing a tire. games. P-retty Board is Katie Poynter and "We want to cPlebrate our much just to Julie Frisrhkorn. The first women's collegr> and re(:ognize bring the class issue they dis(:ussed was the that we are in a vacuum." said together." said anti-discrimination clause in Mandy -Schomas. running for Vincer. "It's time their platform. secretary on the Hobinson for a change. It's "There first needs to be a ticket. time to become way to spread the word that Ia The class of 2002 tickets part of a elass. anti-discrimination clause] agreed that communication We'rn ready to does not exist .... We want people to know Saint Mary's is a diverse campus." said Frischkorn. "If all of us do our jobs effectively. tlw diversity will come to us." said Poynterand. St.Ed'3/Wnhk GIUIU! Watdt ill Wtil4k 'BMCIIteid 7~H< All six candidates II roncrvd Gj Jndian CLMucaL MMic s~~'lied/PW sew T~tWitt i~t s~~mt also offered their own PfMilia6eY/HIIWM4/.l!yOM £.a. E~~e~UUtZa bo.e.d definitions or diversi­ featuring tued l)~Q~U !u60M 7~11t iJt iKoltlti6~1!!J ty. 'PE S~U~«t PC111bj 3-5p11t oWilk PE "Diversity to me is a Nancy Lesh- Cello lot of everything that ffl!t&y ~ iJt 'Oitwtaihj, Jmb..AudihviliU!t 7pH< makes up snnwthing. accompanied hy Each of us makes up Saint Marv's. We hold Phil Hollenbeck- Pakhawaj a signifir.ant part to each oth(~r." said Friday, February 25, 2000 Delgado. 7:30p.m. Class of 2001 at the Auditorimn, Hesburgh Center

Only one ticket. led for International Studies, by presidential hope­ University of Notre Datne ful Autumn Palacz. is running for the class Sponsm·cd hy: of 2001's class coun­ The India Assoeiation of Notrt~ Dame & cil. That ticket's ideas Offi<:e of [nt<~rnational Stwlent Affairs are to create a senior class mural in the The Asian ln

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China threatens Taiwan with attack over unification

BEIJING With a month to go in Taiwan's presidential t>leetion campaign. China warned Monday that it might attack the island if Taiwanese leaders indefinitely refuse to talk unification. The threat. delivered in a policy paper from China's cabinet. was intended to increase the pressun~ on Taiwan's thrM presidential can­ didatPs. Although there was no immediate reaction from Taiwan's government or the candidates' camps. policy toward China has been at th1~ center of the campaign. which ends March 18. Already this month. China sailed its newly acquired. heavily armed Hussian-built destroyer through the Taiwan Strait. Additionally. Chinese President Jiang Zemin toured military bases over the weekend in southern China that would be the ones- used in any invasion of Taiwan. the Hong Kong media rPported.

Irradiated meat arrives in markets after food rules change

WASHINGTON Ground beef that's ber.n zapped to kill deadly bacteria could start showing up in supermarkets next month. New rules that allow the irradiation of raw beef. pork and lamb take effect Tuesdav. To its advocates. irradiation could be 1;ne of the biggest advancements in food safety since the pas­ teurization of milk. The qunstion is whether consumr.rs want it. "Most people are ready. AFP Photo They arc sick and tired of hearing of cases of food-borne outbreaks," said Christine Bruhn. U.S. soldiers leave a building in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica on Monday during a weapons search. director of the Center for Consumer Research Some 75,000 Kosovar Albanians from Pristina marched to Mitrovica to demand the reunification of the town. at the University of California-Davis. Most meatpackers intend to start small. testing irradiated ground bnef in select markets to see how it sells. Tear gas stops Serbs in Kosovska

approach to the bridge over the !bar in reinforcements from neighboring Pope's pilgrimage to Egypt Associated Press River, and more French troops villages to defend their part of the city KOSOVSKA MITROVICA rushed to the bridge and began firing if NATO cannot control the Albanians. will be religious, political French and British troops fired tear volleys of tear gas in five-minute No American troops were involved gas to push back thousands of ethnic intervals. in the scuffles at the bridge. On CAIRO Albanians trying to force their way British troops blocked the bridge Sunday, U.S. troops taking part in a Pope John Paul IJ's visit to Egypt is in many across a bridge into the Serb-con­ with armored vehicles and pushed weapons search in the Serb part of ways a p1~rsonal pilgrimage, but it will also trolled side of this ethnically divided away ethnic Albanian men who tried the city withdrew to the ethnic focus attention on sectarian tensions in a city. to climb over the vehicles. Albanian south bank after Serbs pelt­ country where politics and religion often mix Up to 4.000 Serbs were waiting on By the 6 p.m. start of a daily 12- ed them with stones. in volatilo ways. "We cannot deny that there the north side of the bridge, deter­ hour curfew, crowds on both sides The commander of the embattled, will br a political aspect." Egyptian Catholic mined to battle the Albanians them­ were dispersing. NATO-led Kosovo Force. German Bishop Youhanna Kolta said Monday at a selves to keep them from entering In a sign that the Serbs were pre­ Gen. Klaus Reinhardt, congratulated news 1~onference called to outline the pope's their part of this northwestern Kosovo pared for a showdown, some Serb the troops for showing rostraint in the three-day visit. "llis holiness is aiming to industrial city. · women and children began evacuat­ face of escalating tensions. which make his visit to Egypt a spiritual journey. a The Albanian crowd, numbering ing the city. and a local Serb leader, threaten to engulf this city and per­ pilgrimage," the bishop said. "The political between 6,000 and 10.000, managed Nikola Kabasic. told a Belgrade radio haps the entire province in a now side is to strengthen relations with the to breach French positions on the station that the Serbs were bringing round of bloodletting. Egyptians here. with the Coptic Orthodox Church and with the Muslims."

lifhlia)Wli#iWriD 80,000 protest U. S. Navy in San Juan Dow AMEx: 931.96 doned off by hundreds of Archbishop Roberto Navy and does not con­ }ONES -s.so Associated Press police officers. Gonzalez Nieves. "It is a sig­ tribute to the serious work SANJUAN Called by top religious nal of hope and confi­ that Gov. Rosselin has done -295.05 Nasdaq: Summoned by Puerto leaders, including the dence." to obtain the Navy's exit." 4411.74 Rico's top religious leaders, -137.18 heads of Puerto Rico's Organizers depicted the said House speaker Edison more than 80.000 people Catholic and Methodist protest as nonpolitical. Misla Aldarondo. NYSE: staged one of the biggest churches, the "Peace for though many members of Clinton and Rossello 586.67 demonstrations in years Vieques" march repudiated this U.S. territory's tiny agreed last month to allow -1~.59 here Monday to protest the an agreement between Independence Party partic­ the Navy to resume limited planned resumption of U.S. Gov. Pedro Rossello and ipated. training using inert bombs. S&P 500: Composite Navy training on the island 1346.09 Volume: President Clinton to Church leaders' increas­ The pact calls for a refer­ 10219.52 -<12.17 1,255,0-U,760 ofVieques. resume limited training on ing involvement in anti­ endum. likely to be held in VOLUME LEADERS Carrying banners bearing Vieques. the Navy's prize Navy protests has angered 2001. that will give Viequcs the portrait of Jesus and Atlantic fleet bombing many pro-statehood politi­ residents two choices. COMP!l!Y TICKER % CHANG& ~ CHANGE PRICE reading. "We Want Peace," VERTICAL COMPUT VCSY +25 .87 +0.5200 :2.53 range. Police Chief Pedro cians here. They fear the One will allow the Navy MICROSOFT CORP MSFT -4.58 -t. 5650 95.06 along with red, white and ORACLE CORP ORCL -4.97 -3.0650 58.56 Toledo estimated the protests could harm efforts to resume use of the range DELL COMPUTER DELL -1.54 -o. 6275 40.06 blue Puerto Rican flags. the INTEL CORP INTC _., .20 -4.6.200 105.38 crowd at 85,000. to make Puerto Rico - on its own terms - includ­ TBCHNICLONE COR TCLN +37.00 +2. 2200 8.22 protesters staged a silent "We are showing the GLOBAL CROSSING GBLX -14.22 -8.6825 5.2. 38 recipient of $11 billion in ing the use of live bombs. QUALCOMM INC QCOM +3 .46 +.f..SOOO 134. so march along a one-mile consensus in Puerto Rico's federal funds annually - They may also require the CISCO SYSTEMS csco -3.59 -·. 6900 125.81 MCI WORLDCOM IN wco• -6.36 -3.1300 46.12 stretch of San Juan's Las heart in favor of peace and the 51st U.S. state. Navy to cease all training Americas Expressway. cor- justice," said San Juan "It is anti-American. anti- by May 1. 2003. I ! ~p=ag~e=6======Th=e=O=b=s=er=w=r=+==C=A=~==P==U=S==~=E==~==S======v=u=e=sd=a=~=F=e=b=ru=a=ry=2=2='=2=0==00

with the Latinas on campus. to year. this year a record 90 doing this for real." said Latina I started going to Spanish students are taking part. Jakob. "I appreciated the Mass. participating in more Taxes Students generally volunteer interaction with clients and continued from page 1 multicultural events and continued from page 1 to work one three-hour shift trying to figure out what beginning to feel more at per week at any of five South they've done throughout the other Latina students. home." and professor or business Bend locations. Although year and helping them deter­ adjusting to college life at Delgado said she is glad to administration, said thorough times and days vary form cen­ mine if they are in a situation Saint Mary's was no easy see a significant expansion training is essential for stu­ ter to center, the program to receive tax credits. or in task. of Multicultural Affairs. dents. operates Monday through some cases. penalties." "Because I didn't have any "Saint Mary's now offers "We want the students to Saturday from Feb. 12 Jennifer Mulsoff. a Saint of my family or friends here. more opportunities such as know the ins and outs of the throughApril15. Mary's junior accounting and I would get more homesick bilingual Masses," said tax form," said Henshaw. "We "The primary motivation for finance major, said her expe­ because I would keep going Delgado. "They are also want them to be aware of' all a lot of the students to partic­ rience with the program this nome. I making an the credits that are available ipate is that they are looking year has allowed her to apply f e I t effort to so they may be able to get to go into the professions of what she learned in the class­ a I one," reach the "Because I didn't have additional money for these accounting or finanee and this room to real-world tax situa­ s a i d needs of people which in some cases is an opportunity for them to tions. sopho­ any of my family or students of amounts to several hundred get real-world experience," "It's a ehallenging and more friends here, I would get diversity. dollars through s a i d rewarding experience. This is Jessica T h e more homesick and keep credits. Now Milani. something I may want to do Delgado. Diversity that's a good "It's also after graduation, so I thought "Saint going home. I felt alone. " Board is way to make "We want the students to a time it would be good to get Mary's otH~ of thn someone's day." know the ins and outs of for them involved early," said Mulsoff. offers me big things Jessica Delgado Last year, the to give "It is definitely good training the col­ S a i n t the tax form. We want sophomore program l'iled back to to be able to work hands on I e g e Mary's will them to be aware of all nearly 3,000 tax the com­ with people from the commu­ experi- hold on to." returns. Many the credits they may be munity nity. We have people from the ence I've W hi I e customers that they community who come in and always students able to get additional return eve·ry h a v e don't have a clue about how to dreamed about- but it was have noticed these progres­ money for these people y e a r become do their taxes. not handed to me on a silver sive changes. some said they Throughout the which in some cases a part of "They lay out all their paper did not agree with the valid­ platter. I had to go out and years, the pro­ during work in front of us and we go look for it." ity of the magazine ranking. amounts to several gram has t h e i r through it all with them. Joining La Fuerza and "I was very surprised," hundred dollars become popular time at When they find out they are other campus organizations. said senior Hocio Hodriguez. with residents of though credits. " S a i n t getting money back, they are allowed her to prove her "I can't say they've madn a the community Mary's always so happy." strength and courage. lot of progress. I've seen and students. or Notre Students generally work in Delgado said. changes in the expansion of Claude Renshaw "The fact that Dame." pairs and at most locations. a Opportunities for minority Multicultural Affairs. but I Saint Mary's we do as many Saint Certified Public Accountant is students to feel more a part do not agree that Saint returns as we do program coordinator Mary's on hand to assist if questions of the Saint Mary's commu­ Mary's has an outstanding indicates we senior or situations arise that the nity include a special orien­ representation of faculty have a lot of account- students are unsure of how to tation meeting for interna­ and administration. I don't credibility in the i n g tackle. know of any Hispanic pro­ tional students. specific eth­ community," said Milani. major Kim Jakob participated Mulsoff, who works on nic clubs and the wide fessors except in the lan­ "They are aware that we have in the tax assistance program Saturday mornings for three guage department. range of leadership opportu­ competent individuals that we last year and felt the opportu­ hours at the Mishawaka nities. However. with the increase arc sending out to assist nity provided her with a solid Library. saw the popularity of "At Saint Mary's. we have in Hispanic students. I can them." background to prepare her for the program the first day she really worked toward giving see the dedication from fac­ Above all. credibility is cru­ doing tax work after gradua­ volunteered. our students the best oppor­ ulty. They are more open to cial. said Milani. tion. Although Jakob is not "We arrived early that tunities we can. If they what they need to do to get I tell the students that they participating in the program Saturday beeause it was the make the effort to reach out, more students." can be compassionate, caring this year. she is assisting for­ first we were volunteering," someone will be there to Hernandez said she hopes and concerned, but if they are mer c:Iients shn helped last she said. "We arrived at 9 hold their hand." said that there will be even more not competent, that c:reates year with their taxes. a.m. and didn't open until diversity at the College in Oropeza. real problems for us," said "In class, we learned differ­ 9:30 a.m., but there was "This college has done an the future, including a more Milani. ent situations we could already a line outside the excellent job of making me diverse faculty. Although the number of' stu­ encounter but I got the real doors. We had at least 30 peo­ "I 10 feel like Saint Mary's is my hope in years when I dnnts who participate in the gist of' different tax situations ple waiting in line that first home away from home," return to visit Saint Mary's, program fluctuates from year that could occur when I was Saturday." said Delgado. "My second I will see more diversity in semester I became more all aspects of the college, involved with [the Hispanic including the glass case that student organization] La holds the photographs of the Fuerza and then I started Board of Trustees." nlversity 0 f n o t r e becoming bettc~r friends Hernandez said. G: dame JUNE 19- AUGUST 4, 2000 0 anthropology The 2000 summer session will begin been forfeited. the actual vote ·- art on Monday, June 19 (enrollment) and end Election tallies were never rnleasncl. biology on Wednesday, August 2 (final exams). so almost no onP knows who (f) business Some courses - primarily in science and would have emerged victori­ continued from page 1 chemistry languages - will begin and end before or ous if thP l~lnction Committn!' (f) classical languages after these dates. The summer session porter. campaignnd on behalf had been ovnrturnnd. computer applications Bulletin contains complete schedule of the pair on an election day. O'Donoghun/Norton won tlw information. The Bulletin is available at the economics ThesP violations were what primary e!Pction Monday. (J) Summer Session Office (51 0 Main Bldg.) llanovnr/Micek intended to Feb. 14 by ninn p!'1n·nnt ol' tlw engineering beginning on Thursday, February 10. appeal. vote. howPV- english Information on summer courses, as it but thP er. (f) french appears in the Bulletin, is also available Thursday candi­ "Brooke and I are german at the summer session Web site d t n i g h t . a e s really happy now that government (http://www.nd.edu/-sumsess/). !'hanged llanover and L history t h I' i r we have the Micek said Notre Dame continuing students - Ill in cl s opportunity to go full­ they would international relations undergraduate and graduate students in over thP appeal. and italian residence during the spring semester of steam straight ahead campaign (J) weekend. japanese 2000 who are eligible to return in the fall - and work to make Our manager deciding mathematics must use DART 1) to register for summer Dan P!~atn not to Lady's University a music courses and 2) to add or drop courses draw out had prP- better place," philosophy through Friday, June 23. The DART PIN the elPr­ pared an (personal identification number) for appeal docu­ physics t i o n E summer will be sent to all continuing process Brian O'Donoghue mnnt. which psychology students in early March. Course call any fur­ student body was expect­ spanish numbers, along with all other course ed to be filed tlwr. president elect sociology information, is published in the Bulletin Monday. But "This theology and at the Web site. i s n · t instead, tlw team to Pncl E about all [tlw violations!," DART will be available for summer registration from March 22 to June 23. Students Mirek said. "Wn want to tlw nlcc:tion. onn that thev may register or make schedule changes whenever they choose during this period; make it known that WP want l'!~ared was aliPnating th;~ :J no appointment times are necessary. this to end. and WP think tlw wry studnnts they W!~re hop­ student body is crying out l'or ing to rnprnsent. 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RussiA Moscow vows to co01plete war against Chechen rebels

Chcchnya and the small March 26 Hussian presidential to Central Asia under Soviet rebels by reiterating Russia's Associated Press republic is brought back under elections. dictator Josef Stalin. frequent refusal to hold nego­ Moscow's control. hP- said at a Putin already is far ahead of Defense Minister Igor tiations with Maskhadov. MOZDOK military awards ceremony in his challengers in pre-election Sergeyev. attending a Russian In Grozny, Emergency Waves of' Hussian bombers the Kremlin. opinion polls and ending the military parade in the Chechen Situations Ministry workers on Monday slamml'd thn Since rebcds fled the war before the voting could capital Grozny, said troops were burying bodies retrieved cntntncl' to a gorgl' whnrf~ Chnchen capital Grozny en substantially boost his sup­ were try- from basements thousands of' Clwchen fighters masse in early February. port. ing to where most civil­ an~ h(dt~d up. while Moscow Hussia has focused its ofTen­ Putin 's strong showing in the encircle "The main thing is not to ians hid during promised to press the offen­ sive on the southern moun­ polls apparently is a reflection Chechen let the bandits out - to the Russian bom­ sive uritil thP last rnbrd is tains. of wide approval of his tough rebels in finish them offin the bardment. wipnd out. The Argun handling of t h e Almost no civil­ .IPts roarnd ofT in pairs from and Vedeno the five­ Argun areas where you have ians have been Mozdok. the main Hussian mil­ gorges t:ut "The gunmen are totally month-old gorge to pushed them. " visible on the itary base near Che_chnya. A deep into blocked there, and the war. prevent streets since the H us sian m iIi tar y o l'fi e e r. the steep. blockade is gradually Nonetheless. t h e m military sealed spPaking on condition of foggy moun­ Buss ian f r o m Igor Sergeyev the city and pro­ anonymity. said thP.bombnrs tains and tightening." authorities ambush­ defense minister hibited all non­ wnr<' striking thP so-rallnd are kny are clearly ing feder­ military traffic Woll"s Call's. at tlw mouth of channels for Sergei Yastrzhembsky concerned al-held until at least tlw :\rgun <;orgl'. the rebels to about a rebel areas. March 1. Russian presidential aide St~rgni Yastrzhnmbsky. tho transport resurgence. "The main thing is not to let Yastrzhembsky said the Hussian pn~sidnntial aide in equipment Rebel bands the bandits out- to finish city's civilian population had charge of the Krnmlin 's infor­ and rein- continue to them off in the areas where plunged to just 9,883 people. mation campaign on Chechnya forcements. mount spo- you have pushed them," Since the blockade was said up to 4.500 rebels are in Over the past week. Russia radic raids on Russian-held Sergeyev said. imposed last week. 11,127 the gorge. has redeployed many of its towns and officials have Interior Minister Vladimir people have fled the Chechen "Th t) gunmen are totally troops from other parts of repeatedly said the rebels are Rushailo said Chechen capital. he said. blocked there. and the block­ Chechnya to positions near the believed to be preparing wide President Asian Maskhadov Russia sent troops into adP is gradually tightnning." mountains. preparing for a full attacks for Wednesday. and warlords Salman Raduyev Chechnya in September, after hP said. Acting President assault That day is both the Russian and Shamil Basayev were hid­ Chechnya-based Islamic mili­ Vladimir Putin said tlw oiTen­ !\ top Bussian military otTi­ Defender of the Fatherland ing out in the Argun gorge tants invaded Dagestan. The sivP would rontinul' until thn dal said rncently that the war holiday and the day that with rebels. the news agency Chechens also are blamed for rPbPls are annihilatPd. could be over in a month. rais­ Chechens commemorate the !TAR-Tass reported. four apartment bombings in Tlw war "will bP brought to ing the possibility that its end bitter memories of the 1944 Rushailo underlined Putin's Russia in September that its logical nnd." whnn tht)rn could come just before the mass· deportation of Chechens intention to wipe out the killed 300 people. arP no militants left in

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Historians rank Clinton Nicotine may allay some diseases

Associated Press patches and Haldol in 70 chil­ tremors. rigid limbs and a last in 'moral authority' dren. half of whom got dummy shuffling walk. and like WASIIINGTON patches. Alzheimer's, it may also result president's moral ranking. Associated Press DP-spite its nvil imagn. nnw The study found those on in problems with memory and Johnson said tim!' will tell. research suggeslo.; that nicotinn nicotine did better and were thinking. "When today's headlinP \\'ASHINCTON is a surprisingly potent drug able to control their symptoms Dr. Paul N ewhousc of the writPrs ced!) influf1nce to PrPsident Clinton rates rwar for a variety of diseases that with lowm· than usual doses of Univnrsity of Vermont tried tomorrow's historians. the tlH· top for managing thB afflict thP brain. including llaldol. "The data suggest that nicotine patches on 1 5 achievemP.nts of th1~ prcsid!)nt P('.onomy and pursuing Pqual AlzhPimer's. Parkinson's and a low-dose nicotine patch may Parkinson's patif'nl'i. Although will provn quitP remarkabln justice. but dead last when Tourettn's syndrome. be useful in Tourette's syn­ there was no comparison in significance." Johnson measurPd Many small studies ovPr tlw drome." group. his said. for "moral past decadn have r,xplored tlw s a i d pilot study Hated worst overall as lead­ authority." possiblP bPnelits of this ubiqui­ San berg. suggested ers werP William llenry ''The problem with tous drug. But thP l'inld lie and that nicotine according Harrison (371. Warren {;. to a rank­ appears to be taking on fresh others nicotine is that it is substantially Harding (38). Franklin Pinrce ing of pres­ !if<' as doctors test nicotine experi­ nicotine. You're asking improved ( :{ 9 ) . An d r e w J o h n son ( 4 0 ) idPnts by patches for neurological dis­ menting their move­ and Janws Buchanan (41 ). parents to put their kids 58 histori­ easns in both children and the with ni('o­ ment and Honald Hcagan was ranked ans. elderly. and drug companies t i n e on nicotine." relieved their 11th ovnrall. the highest or racn to concoct nicotine substi­ des(:ri bed mental diff1- Overall presidents of the past 20 among Clinton tutes that carry fewer sidn t h e i r culties. yr-ars. George Bush came in Paul Sanberg eJTec:ts. research at Newhouse presidents. at No. 20. Jimmv Carter at 22 Ph.D., University of Clinton comes across in the At a eonl'crcncn Monday, a confer­ also tflsted a and (;erald Forcl23. Nixon. at South Florida middle. 21st out of 41 men doctors said thn f'inld's first ence in synthetic No. 25. was among those who have occupied tlw Oval gold-standard study - one in Washington form of nico­ grouped toward the middle. which dummy treatments arc sponsorod tine, Abbott OfTiee. President Lyndon Johnson Two other presidents rigorously compared with the by the American Association Laboratories' ABT-41S. on six was ranked 10th. Dwight marked bv scandal - Hirhard real thing - suggests thn for the Advancement of Alzheimer's patients. Despite Eisenhower was rankPd 9th Nixon and Warren I larding - patch shows real promise in Science. its small size. Newhouse said and J nhn KennPdy was canw in just abovP Clinton in children with Tourette's syn­ Nicotine patehos and gum patients showed "a significant ranked 8th. the historians' viPw of moral drome. a strange al'l1iction in are available in drugstores improvement in verbal learn­ The historians include pres­ which victims arc beset by without proscriptions. They are ing and memory" on standard­ lnadPrship. idential specialists David The academics rated spates of tics. shouted obsconi­ intended to help smokers wean ized tests. KBnnedy and StephBn Abraham Lin('oln. Franklin D. ties and violent urgos. themselves oil' cigarettes. Since no drug firms havfl Ambrose. Roosevelt. George Still. nicotine has many The researchers cautioned exclusive rights to nicotine. The survey was conducted Washington. Theodore drawbacks, inducting its unsa­ that smoking is a bad way to researchers say companies in December and January. It Roosevelt and Harry Truman vory reputation as the addic­ get medical nicotine. Besides have little interest in paying for is not scientific. since it sim- tive grabber in cigarettes. the obvious eaneer risk. drug studies to prove il'> health ben­ as the best ply asked leaders over- Somn experts believn nicotinP.'s levels spike much higher in efits. However. several are for the his­ all in a sur­ real future is in fake forms of cigarettes. working on nicotine substitutes "When today 's headline torians' vev conduet­ the drug. They also say more research that can be patented. These ect" by the writers cede influence to subjectivf~ "The problem with nicotine is needed before nicotine drugs eould be more precisely opinions. cablf' public tomorrow's historians, is that it is nicotine. You're patches become routine to targeted against specific disor­ A sepa­ asking parents to put their kids treat diseases. However. ders. carry fewer side effects affairs televi­ the achievements of the rate survey. sion nPtwork on nicotine." said Dr. Paul Sanberg said that if Tourette's and be available as pills rather conductBd C-SPAN. president will prove Sanberg of the University of patients cannot control their than patches. through C­ quite remarkable in South Florida. who has tested symptoms with standard Nicotine is thought to work Historians SPAN's web the drug on more than 100 · drugs. a low-dose patch might by regulating the brain's levels from across significance." sitB in the political young Tourette's patients. be worth trying. of message-carrying chemicals December. spectrum Typically, doctors treat Nicotine has been tested for such as dopamine and acetyl­ asked for Joel Johnson Tourntte's with Haldol, a pow­ many years in small-seale choline. Researchers say they rated the 41 public opin- men who White House spokesman erful tranquilizer that is also experiments against see no sign that patients get i 0 n have served used against schizophrenia. In Alzheimer's disease and more hooked on the patch. ThP main Viewers the latest study. San berg and recently against Parkinson's side effects arc nausea and in the White also placed House on I 0 colleagues f:ombined nicotirH~ disease. Parkinson's causes itching around the patch. Clinton on qualities. Tlw acadPmics were the bottom for moral authori­ asked to rank presidents ty. but otherwise rated using a scalP of onP to 10. Clinton morB harshly than with 10 being "vp,ry effective." historians. 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TANZANIA ARGENTINA Mandela urges Burundi peace deal Investigators inspect

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The effect of John Denv1~r on the set­ SYSTEMS/WEB ADMINISTRATORS ...... 631-8839 and social phenomena, which is to say Moon Hiver: Begin filing down linger­ ting of a Mandarin Orange Jello salad. she watches reruns of Mystery Science nail, which results in tragedy when, in Only with further experimentation THE OBSERVER ONLINE Theater 3000 until she runs out of act of filing, accidentally chip index fin­ can we fully develop the Andy Williams Visit our Web site ar http://observa.nd.edu for daily Cheez-It money, at which point she gernail of other hand. Theory of Fine Motor Skill Interference, updates of campus news, sports, fearures and opinion resigns herself to slapping together Can't Get Used to Losin' You: Give up which, although formerly a corollary of columns, as well as cartoons, reviews and breaking news some attempted science {see below). on fingernail. Turn attention to 12- the Law of the Mutating Effect of New from the Associated Press. QUESTION: What effect docs Andy ounce can of Coors instead. Williams is Kids on the Block on Kraft Cheese SURF TO: Williams have upon line motor skills? suddenly easier to bear. Singles, is poised to revolutionize for­ weather tor llp-to-rhe movies/music for MATERIALS: 1991 SounDesign Bom Free: Terrifed to discover an merly held scientific assumptions and minute tOrecasrs weekly student reviews AM/FM receiver/double cassette inability to tie shoes until reach realiza­ create a safer universe. for instance, a recorder/CO player; Andy Williams tion that am in fact wearing cowboy mere two years ago we had no idea of advertise tor policies online features lor spe­ Greatest Hits: Live From Moon Hiver boots. the implications of the combination of and rates of print ads cial campus coverage Theater in Branson MacArthur Park: Concern with fine Barbra Streisand and the low-orbit per­ HYPOTHESIS: I predict that 47 min­ motor skills suddenly surpassed by formanee of the space shuttle archives to search lor about The Observer articles published afi:er to meet the editors and utes of exposure to Andy Williams will overpowering desire to ol1' self. Columbia. True, "The Way We Were" August 1999 stafl· result in a significant drop in line motor Canadian Sunset: Drag self off of caused critical shutdowns in the life skill abilities- those functions that 11oor, vastly relived that Williams is' rio support systems, but we'll never make allow us to type, perform self-grooming longer concerned with striped pants THAT mistake again, will we? Nor will POLICIES tasks and prepare a really line gin and and drinking wine while it is warm and we ever again subject the secondary of The Observer is the independent, daily newspaper tonic. never letting you catch him, as stated in the Cincinnati Bengals to the Ray published in print and online by the students of rhe PHOCEDUHE: "MacArthur Park." Attempt to do "This Conniff Singers. Universiry of Notre Dame duLac and Saint Mary's College. Editorial content, including advertisements, is 1) He move Andy Williams Greatest is the church, this is the steeple." Fail I will, of course, require a massive not governed by policies of the administration of either Hits: Live From Moon River Theater in miserably. Sob. · amount of federal and private funding institution. The Observer reserves the right co refuse Branson, Mo., from case. Lonely Street: Greatly comforted by in order to continue. So if anyone out advertisements based on content. 2) Experience concern with Andy's fact that can still do this thing where I there has a copy of "Poems, Prayers The news is reported as accurately and objectively as hair on album cover photo. What's sit crosslegged on the 11oor, push off and Promises" and/or "Savin' All My possible. Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of going on here? It's too ... com by. with my arms and make a complete, Love For You," pitch it my way. Proctor the majoriry of the Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, 3) Take scientific nap. 360-degree rotation on the axis of my and Gamble stock. too. Lots and lots of Assistant Managing Editor and department editors. 4) Press "play." buttocks. Beer now warm. P&G stock. Also Cheez-Its. Commentaries, letters and colllmns present the views 5) What the hell? Become alerted to May Each Day: Still recovering from of the authors and not necessarily those of The Observer. something serious going down in CD terror of MacArthur Park. Fine motor Mary Beth Ellis, SMC '99, is an MFA Viewpoint space is available to all readers. The free player. Immediately investigate as to skills are slightly diminished, but not­ candidate at Bennington College. expression of all opinions through letters is encouraged. why Andy Williams sounds like The woiwaeeoiu !oag7yn%,8uA43T?}. The views expressed in this column Letters to the Editor mllst be signed and must include Bangles. L.O.V.E: Oh, the hell with it. are those of the author and not neces­ conract infOrmation. 6) Remove "Had Hits of the '80's" CONCLUSIONS: What's up with my sarily those of The Observer. Questions regarding Observer policies should be direct­ from underneath Andy Williams nails? I buff them, I apply calcium over­ ed to Editor in ChiefMichelle Krupa. Greatest llits: Live From Moon Hiver coats, I avoid manual labor. Still! get

DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS QUOTE OF THE DAY

.; r-:::~===~===::::---, THIS TECHNOLOGY = I WISH I HAD A ~ u NICKEL FOR. WILL WORK OR. MY :;; e.. EVERY TIME THAT NAME ISN'T "' "What we do for ourselves dies with us. PAUL TER.GEIST. What we do for our community lives long after we are gone."

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt President of the United States VIEWPOINT THE Tuesday, February 22, 2000 OBSERVER page 11

ND should freeze LETTERS TO THE EDITOR tuition, fees Disqualified candidates Williams CollegP will freezn percent of the Endowment prin­ tuition and otlwr charges for cipal of $2.2 billion. What do explain no-appeal decision 2000-01 at $:rl.520. It is the first they do with the rest of the PXrlusiw privatP collegP or uni­ Endowment ineomn? versity in decadns to hold the Over the past two decades. our In a time of chaos within the ranks of the the wave of public opinion. Upon this wave lirw. "II In a leadnrs have shown a remark­ Student Government, we. Hunt Hanover and. rode the sentiment of the students, a senti­ low inllation able a)Jility to raise and spend John Micek, desire to reach out to our fellow ment which sounded resoundingly with cries cycle with money and to build the students and put an ugly issue to its final for normalcy. Students are fed up with lead­ our endow­ Endowment toward the Top Ten. resting place. After consultation of our confi­ ers who do not represent campus life and mPnt They have transformed the for­ dants, we have decided not to file an appeal attitudes. There is nothing in the constitution inl:rnasing rmwly pastoral campus into a to the Student Senate and Judicial Council which states that student government must and our con­ crowded imitation of urban surrounding the decision handed down last be stiff and somber. Although the Office of the tributions research universities. The opu­ week. We feel this course of action is the best ?,resident is not primarily a programming from alumni lent new Bookstore remains step for all parties involved. body, the lighter side oflife must shine VPry strong." open for 11 hours on Sunday, We feel that the student government gives through the second floor windows of which reduces the chance that students the opportunity to represent their CaFortune and upon those in occupance. The Williams Charles Rice prPsident any sheep will pass through this peers while having a good time. Therefore, el-ection craze has left both the Judical Carl Vogt, campus unshorn. We also seem prolonging the election with an appeal would Council in bad light and turned the democra­ said, "ltlhis about to vault to tho top of the go against our beliefs. The appeal process cy of Notre Dame into a virtual circus. In end­ SPPillS a logi­ Right or category, Largest and Most would do no good and create a situation in ing our quest for the second floor, we hope to cal moV!l." Wrong? Expensive Campus Ministry which many would accuse others of'violations send this circus out of town and allow time Princeton Building. And the end of the based upon heresay. We did not want this far review and reorganization of the election will hold its building boom is not in sight. appeal to lead to mudslinging, which may be process. incn•ase to 33 pnrcent, tlw low­ Undergrads arc paying more inevitable. Both tickets wanted to end this · ~·Finally, we would like to thank all those llSt in :{0 vears. "These shows of than twice as much. in real election with the popular vote decision; unfor­ who assisted us in our campaign efforts. We rnstraint.~' said Tinw Magazirw, monny, than they did two tunately that is not possible. By no means do would especially like to recognize Dan Peate, · "may signal a turnaround from decades ago. But. in terms of we feel that Kelly Folks or Becky Demko are our campaign manager, for his tireless to blame. In fact we would like to commend efforts. The past three weeks have shown us the whopping ... incn~ases of quality and availability of cours­ n•n•nt years. as some schools es and teachers, thny arc short­ them for all their efforts and just decision­ how truly special the people are who make now considPr using tlwir endow­ changed. In the Fall of 1999, 56 making throughout the election. up the Notre Dame community. Together we nwnts to rontrol price hikes." or 2:-f percent. of 100 level Arts We believe that as representatives of the have commited ourselves to the Notre Dame Should NotrP Danw follow and Letters sections were taught student body it is our duty to uphold the community, which we will continue to serve vVilliams' exampiP'! Yes. by "Student Instructors," and 32 Office of the Presidr,nt and the values associ­ in new and exciting ways. We trust that our although Williams is an undPr­ or l :{ JWrcPnt by "Non-Regular ated with anyone within. If taken to the sen­ efforts in this endeavor will not fall by the all~. it is obvious to us that things would wayside. grad coiiPge with only 2.000 stu~ Farulty," not counting lab cours­ dPnts. i\t both public and private ns and tutorials. Of Arts & unavoidably have become disgraceful to both institutions averagP tuition. Lnttnrs 200 lnvnl courses, 42 or the parties involved and student government as a whole. We must realize that this was Hunt A. Hanover adjustPd for inrlation, duublml 1 X pnrcnnt, wPn~ taught by from 1976 to 199S. Tlw impact "Studnnt Instructors" and 40 or simply an election to choose two representa­ Presidential Candidate tives for the student body. This being the case Junior, St. Edward's Hall was greatest on stud!~nts at pri­ 17 pnrcent, by "Non-Regular vate schools. (In 1991S-9!J. tuition Farulty." it is important to mention that thr, student av!'raged $3,200 at four-year Thn law of tlw market, howcv­ body president and vice president are not John J. Micek IV public rollegl's.l Congrnss' nr. may bn catching up to the above any single student on campus. Vice Presidential Candiate rPm oval. in I !J7X. of inrome univnrsitins. Likn used-car lots. We believe that although some of the tickets Junior, Keough Hall in this year's election were not seriously n•strictions on fPdPral studPnt Notn~ Danw and otlwr universi­ February 21. 2000 loans l'IHtbiPd major univPrsities tins offl~r discounts from their vying for the position. they carried with them to linanrP tlwir n~search and nxorbitant sticker prices to building expansion through attract students with very high undnrgrad tuition. Tlwy lobbied tnst scores who will gain the Congrnss for increased loan lim­ approval of U.S. News and other its. raisNI tuition to absorb those arbiters of prestige. If present Freshman defends letter irHTras!~S. lobbi('(l for higlwr trnnds continue. the only non­ limits. raised tuition. and so on. wnalthv students at Notre Dame Notre Dame. which ddirwd itself will be ·scholarship athletes. as a Research Uniwrsity in BOTC students. a limitnd num­ on racial ignorance Jl)7X-7(J. play!•d this immoral bHr of minority scholarship stu­ ganw. cll•nts. faculty and staff children, In I 97X-79. NotrP Danw 's somn of the students whose test Although disappointed, I am not regretful much pain this can cause. Ignorance, though, undPrgrad tuition. room and scorns brought them heavy dis­ for submitting a letter recently describing is not a taboo word. In the context of my let­ board totaled $5.1 RO. If it had counts and a diminishing pool of prejudices that exist in some Notre Dame ter, I intended it to describe how some people knpt pacP with inflation. as mPa­ non-wealthy students who opt classrooms. The idea of my letter was and do not realize the impact or implications of surPd bv thn Consumnr Price for Notrn Dame nvnn at the price remains to be that ignorance, while not some of their comments. As I stated in my let­ lndnx. thn 1999-2000 total of assuming a crippling loan always intended to hurt, does inevitably lead ter, I do not believe that evil intentions, ulte­ would bn $12.X4(J. For 1999- burden that will distort their to the infliction of pain onto others. I chose rior motives, or racism drives most people at 2000. tlw total increasml by 5.7 earner and family options. Notre the word "ignorance," first of all, not as an Notre Dame and in the world. Not knowing accusation or insult, but because the very that one's comments or ignorance can hurt p!~rcnnt to $27,780. i\s Father Damn ought not to bncome "a Malloy stalml last November. our rich kids' school." definition implies "not knowing better," and I others is an innocent mistake, and although I still feel confident in remarking that, just as wish it did not happen, it does unfortunately. "pP!~r institutions ... an~ incrnas­ Our lmtders ought to freeze ing tlwir tuition IPss than WP tuition, room, board and fees for in every other place in the world, ignorance My friend's teacher probably did not intend does exist at this university. and people are his/her comments to be hurtful to my friend an•." Notn~ Dame makl~S a very two ynars for openers. This comnHmdabln nllort to nxtPnd would not eonfPr a major advan­ getting hurt. just as I, by writing my letter, certainly did linanci;d aid to studnnts. But the tagp on present students. But it Hacism is a word which implies nothing but not intend to hurt or offend anyone. Mistakes primary form of financial aid would signal that Notrn Dame hatrr,d and crueslty, and I have met few if are understandable; it is what people do after rmnains the student loan. intends, at least in principle. to any racist people in my life. This is why I making them that makes the difference. chose not to use the word "racism" in my I still feel that the issue of improving race Williams froz!~ tuition because rncover its traditional mission its Pndownwnt tripled. sirwe which included the provision of original letter. Prejudices combined with relations at Notre Dame necessitates students 1990. to morn than $1 billion. education to qualified students enough hatred do often lead to racism, there and faculty embracing one anther's humanity is an important distinction between racism, and learning from their mistakes. No person Notre Darm~·s endowment was regardless of their financial sta­ $114 million in 1978-79. and it tus. i\nd it would signal that ignorance, and prejudice (preconcieved should feel awkward or uncomfortable is about $2.2 billion now, 15th Notre Dame is opting out of the ideas), and the three should not be confused. because of a comment made by a faculty I wanted to write again to further explain member or student. Being accepting of each among privati' univcrsitil~S. The shabby game by which the major 1999 Fact Book states that. in universities have financed on the and clarify my message. Ultimately, my rea­ other's feelings and willing to change and 1997-IJK,currentrevenues backs of non-wealthy borrowing son for writing the letter was because I want­ understand why it is people feel the way they indudnd $188.X million from students a pursuit of research ed to share my friend's stories as an illustra­ do are essential ingredients to making sure tuition and $:{8.9 million (or 9 prestige which benefits those tion of how easy it is to make an offensive or that ignorance stops hurting people. Armed percent of current revenues) students only marginally if at all. prejudiced comment without realizing it. I felt with this open-mindedness and by avoiding from Endowment. The 1999 that my friend's experiences were apropos complacency, Notre Dame will surely contin­ i\nnual Heport states that "Over Charles Rice is on the Law for the message of my letter, and I do not ue on the right track toward improving race $54 million dollars in Schoolfaculty. /lis column regret sharing with others how he felt in two relations. As a final note, I send my apologies IEndowment]earnings is ... dis- appears every other Tuesday. specific situations at Notre Dame. to anyone who felt offended by my letter; this tributed ... each year to ... sup- The views expressed in this I believe that it is vitally important that fac­ was not my intention. port ... chairs ... scholarships column are those of the author ulty and students alike be sensitive and con­ libraries ... academic programs, and not necessarily those of The scientious of the comments that they make to Ken Seifert and ... other endowed funds." Observer. one another. So many people {including Freshman, Stanford Hall Fifty-four million dollars is 2.5 members of my own family) have suffered February 21, 2000 from prejudice and ignorance and know how c page 12 · Tuesday, February 22, 2000

MUSIC COLUMN Don't make us say 'Uhhh' anymore

s a sophomore I have fortunately A ... "? Or why is it that a friend of mine would rather dance to that music than that epitomizes the latest teeny-bopper · A retired from dorm parties. yet I recently attendPd a Pangborn Hall constantly jolting our bodies around to eraze. can't escape from attr.nding gatherings daner. during which the DJ rnfused to a DJ's stream of songs primarily eon­ Or perhaps it is our style of party: that occur in honor of a dorm formal. play "Give It Away" by the Hed I lot Chili sisting of rap. Parties and dances here drinking beer and getting sloshed. The O'Neill Hall's Mardi Gras or other func­ Peppers and instead blasted a heavy aren't ALL HAP. ALL TilE TIME. but terrible music played here differs from tions such as West dosP of bass off of Dr. Dre 's Chronic what is it bning played if it is not rap? that of a scene where people dance to Quad Formal. Don't 2000? . "Come on, Eileen?" Please! the music such as Phish. But oh my get me wrong about It seems as if students here party, People, why are we playing the same gosh! Those fans are taking hallucino­ these gatherings. I dancing to the monotonous sounds of songs over and over again? Why are the gens and smoking marijuana and then often have a blurry songs driven by the loud thud of a rap majority of them so bad and so over­ dancing around! Yet few can argue that blast. but the catch bPat aceompanicd by a ridiculous sub­ played? I undorstand that some of us Phish songs are not composed from a is that most of these ject; some argue "songs" sueh as like these songs. but ean one honestly brilliantly theoretical standpoint, and gatherings are host­ Master P's "Make 'Em Say Uhhhh." bor­ admit they are line pieces of music? I people still dance to it. ed by friends, which derline the definition of music. Master P can't. Who knows, but in the 1700's people means I'll most groans and chants to a beat; that Maybe it is linked to the diversity on danced to Mozart, and now we settle for doesn't exactly takfl that much true this campus. and an angle to that exists Jay-Z and Dexy's Midnight Bunners (did likely tolerate their Andrew Jones choices for the musical talent. Hap "artists" are becom­ that we just do not realize. Is Notre you even know that's who sings "Come soundtrack to our ing limited as far as the subject of their Dame saturated with audiophiles? That on Eileen"?). gathering. rapping as well. must be it. U93, ironically owned by the So it's time to overcome our habits Although when I Scene music Let's review- prostitution, gangs, University. fuels the campus with the and groove to some relatively good arrive at the actual critic drug sales and the ghetto in general sound of the musically popular, not nec­ music. If we can't do that. then can we dance or when have all been covered at least once essarily fine pieces composed from, say, at least try to groove to something dif­ freshmen in my before. a musically theoretical standpoint, and ferent, maybe something that's not dorm host a party, how many times do I As much as some of us arc tired of the musk on U93 might not be rap, but rap?! have to hear Jay-Z spat out "Can I Get hearing Dave Matthews Band. too. we chances are you'll hear some boy band And jeez. no more Eileen, please.

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ALBUM REVIEW Mann and Magnolia are a perfect match

come along that fully capture the for Best Ori­ By TIMOTHY COLLINS essence, mood and feeling of a film. · ginal Song and ~cenc J\1usic Criric But Paul Thomas Anderson. with his will almost film Magnolia. has done it. lie recruit­ certainly get a ovie soundtracks today seem to ed AimeA Mann. leader of the '80s Grammy nom­ Mjust capitalize off of a few old hit band. 'Til Tuesday, to write and con­ ination next singles and somP big name artists to tributA her songs to the film. year. She sell copies. Handy does a soundtrack The album opens with Mann's cover sings "From of Three Dog Night's unknown gem the ranks of "One." Mann delivers the lyrics with a the freaks, certain passion that makes the listen­ who suspect Sengs by Nmee er feel as if she is singing right to you would them as she says. "One is the loneliest never love Jllann n_umber that you'll ever do." anyone," and "Deathly" opens with Mann asking, asks to be "Now that I've met you. would you saved with the object to. never seeing me again?" urgency that

The listener almost feels like answer­ fits the char­ Courtesy of Reprise Records ing her. Like the rest of the album, acters of the Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song with "Save this song centers around Mann's film perfectly. Me," Aimee Mann fully captures the essence of "Magnolia." smart lyrics and catchy melodies. This But Mann is one of the catchiest albums in a also contri- while; the listener will be singing all butes some of the great songs from "Goodbye Stranger" and "Logical of these songs after they listen to her first two solo albums to the Song" - and an early '90s catchy them without even realizing it. soundtrack. "Momentum," and "Build dance tune, Gabrielle's "Dreams." Each one of Mann's new contribu­ That Wall" are both some of the bet­ Anderson's Magnolia is one of the tions seems to build upon and get ter songs of her career. But "Wise Up" more interesting films to come out of even better than the one that pro­ from 1996's I'm With Stupid provides Hollywood in recent years and the ceeded it. "Driving Sideways," "You one of the best moments on the sad. dire situations that its characters Do" and the instrumental "Nothing Is soundtrack and the best in the film as are presented with are perfectly rep­ Good Enough" are all great songs that the characters sing Mann's heart­ resented by its soundtrack. It offers JVIagnGiia will not bP forgotten anytime soon wrenching lyrics: "It's not going to catchy new and old songs from Aimee after listening. But Mann saves her stop until you wise up." Mann alongside some great old songs, Reprise Records best for last. But alongside Mann's nine contribu­ and the only thing that the listener * * * * lout of five) Tlw singlP "Save Me" has already tions, the soundtrack boasts two '70s might regret about it is that there garnr.red Mann an Oscar nomination classics from Supertramp - the great isn't more Aimee Mann.

ALBUM REVIEW ALBUM REVIEW Follow-up soundtrack Burnside's blues are a is mediocre hidden treasure original material and arrangements of this song is any indication of the By JAMES SCHUYLER By ROBERT CALLEROS traditional blues songs. While Burn-side's rumored N.W.A. reunion album, it Scene Music Critic music has changed somewhat significant­ ~Lt:Jll·l\1usic Criric definitnly looks promising. ly over the years, the original songs on Ice Cube is also adds to the hype as lthough now still playing at the age of this album reflect the some of the best of t's Friday'" Actually it's thn Next he combines with Mack-1 0 on the A. 73. R.L. Burnside's music did not his music . I Fridav. l'irst song or thn album. "You Can Do receive much attention at all till his sign­ Of special note on this album are the I t:l' c'u b1• is back with thn movie It" is a club jam. which will definitely ing with Fat Possum records in the early title track, "My Black Name A-Ringin'," snqunl and anothPr soundtrack in get those bodies moving around the 90s. Although he has been playing pure and Burnside's arrangement of the tradi­ hopns of getting those bootir.s bounc­ dance floor. Although the movie is a delta blues ·since the 50s, his music never tional "Catfish Blues," which has probably ing and thosP hnads ringing again. comedy. one wouldn't be able to tell really escaped the been played by every­ With as many big from the sound­ poor Mississippi town one who has ever con­ namP artists con­ track because like that he himself was sidered themselves tributing to the fol­ Various Artists "You Can Do It," born in. Burnside's blues artists even in a low-up soundtrack most of the songs music is a rarity in the remote sense such as and production by arn serious club music community Jimi Hendrix. "Nine norw otlwr than fcp jams. because it is pure; he Days in Jail" gives the Culw. it is a slwnH' Kncping with the plays delta blues the listener a clear idea of that NPxt J.'riday popular wave of way t was meant to be how Burnside's sound barnlv managns "Latin music explo­ played, straight out of has evolved. kPPp · pa1:P in a sion." Next Friday hell. However, much of world t'illnd by also boasts a track Burnside's voice is the deep hearted and mt>diocrP sound­ by Frost (aka Kid colored by obvious very real blues of R.L. tracks. This is not Frost), Don Cisco years of smoking, Burnside has been to sav that thP Next and Kurupt called drinking and story bastardized in the last Friditv soundtrack "Mamacita." On the telling. He sings of release off of Fat d o P s 'n o t h a v n i t s H& B tip. "Make things that make most Possum Hecords. bright spots. Your Body Sing" by mep cry with a little Come On In. On that Actually. it's just thn Isley Brothers is bit of a smile. Much of album tracks from tlw oppositP. ThPrn a definite highlight. Burnside's music now Burnside classic songs ar1· a fpw tracks Thn lsl,ry Brothnrs is coined punk blues were sampled in an \\'hich an· notnvor­ are back with their because U ~ not the attempt by the record thv. such as seductive style of melancholic type of company to make a N.\V.A.'s l'irst track 70s funk and soul. blues that most be dance album similar in tnn ynars. "Chin **.(out In addition Wyclef people think of. He to the style of Beck. Check." lcP CubP. .lean, Bizzy Bone. sings of pain and loss This album destroys MC Hen and Dr. Drn Krazy Bone but only to spit in its the pure form of a n~ a II b a c k . w i t h Aaliyah. Eminem, face. Burnside's music. thn addition of Snoop Doggy Dogg to Ja llule. Wu-Tang Clan and several Recently Adelphi Unfortunately, there replacn the latn Easy-E. in a track others make contributions to the Records released a collection of songs are a number of other artists such as R.L dPI'initely worth ('.hecking out. The album. from a 1967 recording session which Burnside who have not as of yet been song, hownvnr. does not rnf'lnct the Overall, Next Fri-day is a big name showcases the talents and style of given the attention in the music industry hardcorn atlitidn or the original compilation of some of Hip-Hop and Burnside in his youth. My Black Name A­ that they deserve. These artist's music are N.W.A .. Instead. "Chin Cheek" H&B's brightest stars which tends to Ringin' is a treasure of real blues from the treasures waiting to be discovered. sounds much morn likP th1~ usual sparkle and fade into ,an at times hilltops of Mississippi containing both laid-back funk of West Coast rap. If amusing soundtrack. page 14 The Observer+ SPORTS Tuesday, February 22, 2000

MEN'S NCAA BASKETBALL St. John's knocks off UConn for sixth-straight win El-Amin missed a 3-pointer Associated Press for UConn and Barkley went the length of the floor for a NEW YORK layup that made it 56-40 with St. John's starting backcourt 12:54 to play. of Erick Barkley and Bootsy Connecticut ·coach Jim Thornton outscored its counter­ Calhoun then called three 30- parts 42-2 and the Hed Storm second timeouts during the rolled to their sixth straight vic­ next 1:51 but the Red Storm tory, 79-64 over No. 22 took their biggest lead, 61-42, Connecticut on Monday night. on a free throw by Postell with The cloud of a second NCAA 9:44 left. investigation in a month didn't Kevin Freeman led the appear to be affecting the Hed Huskies with a season-high 22 Storm ( 19-6, 11-3 Big East) on points and Voskuhl added 10. the court as they beat a ranked El-Amin, the Huskies' leading conference opponent for the scorer at 16.3 points per game, second straight game. scored two points. He had a Saturday night's 76-75 victo­ previous season low of four ry over then-No. 9 Syracuse points against Fairfield. was also in front of a sellout Mouring, second ih scoring at crowd of 19,410 at Madison 14.3, had six points twice. both Square Garden and started a in the opening five games of the tough closing stretch to the reg­ season. ular season. The victory was the 300th for The loss was the fourth in Mike Jarvis, who is 47-15 in his sixth games for the Huskies second season with St. John's. (18-8, 7 -6), who have lost more His overall mark, including games this season than the last stints at Boston University and two combined, including last George Washington, is 300- season's 34-2 run to the 156. national championship. St. John's closes the regular St. John's came into the game season with games at No. 2 1Oth in the conference in 3- Duke on Saturday, at home point shooting at 29.7 percent, against Seton Hall and at but had its best game of the Miami. season behind the arc. going 6- of-9 (66.7 percent). Oklahoma State 84, Barkley finished with 22 points. Thornton had 20 and Missouri 72 each had four assists. Lavor Desmond Mason had 25 Postell also had 22 points on 8- points and nine rebounds as for-12 shooting for the Red Oklahoma State held off a furi­ Storm. who finished 26-for-47 ous late rally by Missouri for a from the field (55.3 percent). victory. Connecticut's starting guards, Brian Montonati added 1 b Khalid El-Amin and Albert points and 11 rebounds for thn Mouring. were a combined 0- Cowboys (22-3. 11-2 Big 12). for-16 from the field, including who have won eight of nine and missing nine 3-point attempts. moved into first place in the The Red Storm led 39-33 at conference. Oklahoma State halftime, the same score as in overcame a season-high 24 the previous meeting between turnovers. the teams at Connecticut. The Cowboys seemingly which St. John's won 82-77. pulled away by hitting 10 of The Huskies. who haven't their first 12 shots after the won consecutive games since a break, leading by as many as three-game winning streak 20 points. The gap was still 14 from Jan. 27-Feb. 2, were with­ when the Cowboys had a shot LIZ LANG/The Obse!Yer in 4 7-40 on a rebound basket clock violation with 2:30 to go. Connecticut's Ajou Deng, pictured here in a game against Notre Dame, had nine points in a los­ by Jake Voskuhl with 15:02 to Missouri hit five 3-pointers ing effort against St. John's. play. the rest of the way, and trailed Reggie Jessie hit a jumper to by only four after Kareem Rush 21 points from Joe Adkins and with three points. half considering Missouri's hor­ start the Red Storm's 9-0 run connected with 51 seconds to 12 from Glendon Alexander, Mason hit a 3-pointer just rid start. The Cowboys shot 48 that included a five-point play. go. Oklahoma State escaped had been 2-26 at the llearnes before the halftime buzzer for a percent, held Missouri to 28 Voskuhl was called for a foul when Mason answered with a Center. 28-23 lead and he had two percent shooting and had a 19- with 13:23 to play and was dunk after. a length-of-court The Big 12's top defense sti­ more baskets in the opening 11 rebounding advantage, but then given a technical foul for pass. fled the Tigers until the late 1:33 of the second half to help hurt themselves with 13 complaining about the call. Keyon Dooling had 19 points going. Missouri began 1-for-13 Oklahoma State open the gap. turnovers. Donald Emanuel made one free for Missouri (16-9, 9-4). The and shot 34 percent. Alexander's 3-pointer gave Missouri didn't make a con­ throw for the foul and Barkley Tigers have lost three in a row Kareem Hush, who averaged Oklahoma State 10 baskets in ventional basket until Pat made two for the technical. On at home for the first timn since 25 points last week. was held to 12 shots to start the half and a Schumacher made a layup with the ensuing possession, 1992-93, with all the games 13. Clarence Gilbert. averaging 54-37 lead with 11:18 to play. 8:28 to go in the half, but shot Thornton followed his own shot against ranked opponents. 13 points. missed his first eight Oklahoma State had a sur­ 50 percent the last 10 minutes to make it 54-40. Oklahoma State, which also got shots and finished 1-for-11 prisingly tough time in the first to get back in.

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BASKETBALL Murphy earns sixth Big East player of week honor Murphy has led the Irish in double-double of the season Special to The Observer scoring in 22 nf its 26 games. with 26 points and a season­ Forward Troy Murphy has tying 14 rebounds against bePn namPd tlw Big 1\ast Riley, Ratay outrank Hutgers. Ratay is named the rookiP­ Player of the Wnek for the competition sixth time this season after of-the-week for the sixth time Junior center Huth Riley and (the most by any freshmen) in scoring :~5 points. grabbing fn~shman guard Alicia Ratay 1999-2000 as she averaged eight rebounds and hloeking were winners of the Big East 19.0 points and 7.0 rebounds. throe shots in his team's 76- weekly awards after leading 74 victory at 25th-ranked In the overtime win at the fifth-rankPd Irish to a 2-0 Hutgers, Hatay set the Big Seton Hall. week with victories on the East three-point field goal Murphy's sixth player-of-the road at Villanova (70-52) and percentage record as she week honor ties him with John at eighth-ranked Hutgers (78- made all seven of her Wallace of Syracuse who also 74 in overtime). attempts. was a six-time winner during Riley was named thn player­ She finished the game with the 1995-96 campaign. of-the-week along with 26 points and 10 rebounds in The 6-foot-1 0 sophomore Svetlana i\brosimova of recording her second double­ leads the league in both scor­ Connecticut earning the double of the season. Ratay ing and rebounding as he is award for the second time this also had 12 points and four averaging 23.5 points and season. rebounds against Villanova. In 10.7 rebounds, respectively. She averaged 20.0 points the two games, the freshman llis 35 points against the and 11.0 rebounds, seoring 14 guard shot 73.3 percent from Pirates tics his career-high points and grabbing eight the field (11-15) and was and marks the ninth time this rebounds against Villanova seven-of-nine from three-point season he has scored 30-plus and then recording her fourth range. points in a game.

Liz Lang/The Observer Sophomore Troy Murphy became only the second pl?yer i~ Big East history to earn six player of the week honors m a smgle season. Tuesday, February 22, 2000 The Observer+ SPORTS page 17

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Belinda battles multiple sclerosis of MS. there?" he said. Associated Press "You can't preparP yourself So many, in fact, that they TUCSON, Ariz. for something likP that," might squeeze out some left­ Staring down a clutch hitter Belinda said. hander candidates, possibly while trying to protect a oJW­ Then~ is no known cure for leaving Colorado with only one run lead with tlw baS!\S loaded MS, but if caught t~arly and lefty in the bullpen. Still, some in tlw ninth inning at Coors with propnr dit)t, nxnrcisn and of the right-handed relievers Field is tli1P of baseball's scari­ medication, victims can live a won't earn a job here. One of PSt challnngns. normal lifestyle. Sonw MS suf­ them could be Belinda. Try staring down multiple ferers develop severn disabili­ "That doesn't bother me," sclnrosis. ties including loss of motor he said. "The team has to Stan Belinda has done both function and blindnt~ss. makt~ its decision. If things and said then· 's rnally no Belinda resumed pill:hing don't work out here- not just comparison. midway through tlw l ')<)<) sea­ for me but for any of these Belinda, a right-handed son, and lw has been mostly other righties who are capable rPiitwer who is bidding for a symptom-free sincP his treat­ of doing what they can do on spot on tlw Colorado l{orkies ment began. the field - they'n) going to rostt•r this spring. has fash­ "l hope somt• pooplP find have jobs in other places. I imwd a uniquP 1wrspnrtivP on inspiration from this." lw said. just have to go out on the field basdHtll and on li!'P sine!' "My inspiration is my family and perform the way I'm !wing diagnosPd with the [wife Lori and thnw rhildnmJ capable or performing." and God. "Unl'urtunatPly for In 11 major-league seasons, degPIH'rativP nt~rve disnasP in SnptPmlwr l

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HOCKEY leer Zasowski shines on defense, earns player of week

Special to The Observer Notre Dame records set by Forrest Karr (2.58, 1998-99) Notre Dame freshman goal­ and Mark Kronholm (.907. tender Tonv Zasowski has 1970-71). earned his th.ird weekly award II is I 1 victories this season from the Central Collegiate are tied for fourth-most in the Hockey Association. receiving CCHA. behind Lake Supnrior's the league's defensive player­ Jayme Platt. Northern of-the-week award after help­ Michigan's Dan BaguS()tt and ing the Irish post a 5-3 win Michigan State's Byan Miller. and 1-1 tie at Bowling Green Zasowski has allownd just on Feb. 18-19. 35 even-strength goals in 25 Zasowski - who has started games played this snason~ each of Notre Dame's last 13 ineluding just 14 in thn last games-opened the win at 13-while allowing 0-2 total Bowling Green with 25 saves goals in 15 of his 21 starts_ lie en route to a 31-savn night. has posted two shutouts this ~ with two even-stnmpth goals season ( 19 saves vs. Alaska allowed. The next night. he Fairbanks. 24 vs. Michigan .r· ~ made 20 saves while allowing State) to join Karr as thn only a third-period goal as the Irish Irish goaltf)nders ever to post • maintained possession of lifth multiple solo shutouts in the place in the CCI-IA. same season. Notre Dame players have Notre Dame players have been honored three times by combined for five total CCIIA the CCHA during the past five weekly awards this season, - weeks. more than any other ranking behind only Michigan, NMU. MSU and Lake Superior. MARY CALASH/The Observer team in the 12-member CCHA. Freshman goaltender Tony Zasowskl earned Central Collegiate Hockey Association defensive Zasowski - who also has Irish freshman center Connor player-of-the-week honors after helping the Irish to a win and a tie last week. The award was his twice been named CCIIA rook­ Dunlop was named CCH/\ ie of the week - is just the rookie of the week on Oct. 1 R third of the season. fifth freshman to earn a CCHA while junior left wing Dan player-of-the·W(~ek award this Carlson was named offensive season. player of the week on Feb. 7. Zasowski ranks seventh Zasowski is one of four among regular CCHA goal­ CCHA players who have tenders with a 2.29 overall totaled three-plus awards this season goals-against average season, with thB others b~)ing: and fifth among league net­ Michigan center Mike Comrie Breakfast the way it was meant to be. minders who have played (three-timB player of the 1.000-plus minutes-while his weeki. Ferris State forward Hot, fresh, at ND and made by someone else. . 908 overall saw~ perccn tage Chris Gobert (two-time~ rookie ,_' ranks sixth among CCIIA of the week. oiTensive player ' goalies with 1,000-plus min­ of thn week) and MSU's Miller utes. Both of those marks (two-time rooki1~ of the WP(~k. remain on paeP to b(ist the defensive player of tlw week).

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SoFTBALL CLUB SPORTS Irish open with four wins Ski team finishes sixth the fifth before Oregon grabbed two more first in an open flat class and Laura ByRACHAELPROTZMAN for the early win in the bottom of the Special to The Observer Anderson had already qualified. Sports Writer inning. Against the University of California at The ski club's season came to a The Irish grabbed four wins and a loss Santa Barbara, freshman Andrea Loman premature end this weekend as the Bowling in their season opener at the University of slammed a three-run homer over the team fell .03 seconds short of quali­ The toughest lane conditions of Nevada Las Vegas Tournament this past fence with two outs in the fifth inning to fying for the national champi­ the season at the ACUI Regional 9 weekend. hand Notre Dame a 3-0 win. onships. tournament at Indiana University, "Overall I thought it was a good week­ Freshman Andria Bledsoe finished 4- The sixth-place Irish finish at coupled with the annual loss of end." Notre Dame for-4 at the plate for Notre Dame while Regionals was the best in school his­ members for Junior Parents' head softball coach Liz Kriech was 2-for-4 with a triple. Notre tory. Five varsity programs edged Weekend resulted in the lowest Miller. "We did better Dame combined for a total of 14 hits the Irish, with national NCAA power averages of the year for the bowling as a team and the against UC-Santa Barbara. Northern Michigan winning the club. freshmen did a good Defensively, Sharron grabbed her sec­ tournament. St. Olaf and St. Dan Buttke's 178 average paced job stPpping up to the ond win by allowing three hits and strik­ Thomas, ranked first and third the club while Jason Pawlak's 166, competition." ing out eight. nationally by the USCSA, placed sec­ Kevin Gertken's 146 and Colin .Junior Melanie Notre Dame ended its weekend with a ond and fifth, with Minnesota and Boylan's 139 - all about 30 pins below their season average - .\lkin~ led tiH' Irish 2-1 win over Utah. Minnesota Duluth finishing third oiTensively with a .:i(>:~ In the top of the first inning, Rebecca and fifth, respectively. rounded out the team scoring. batting avnrage with Sharron Eimen, a pinch runner for Sharron, Senior Nikki Douillet completed a The featured Irish performance belonged to Anne Deitch, who rolled l"i v <~ IU~ I 's over the scored on a double by Alkire to give Notre standout career, ranking 13th in the threP-day tournament while pitcher Dame the lead. Utah retaliated in the slalom and 12th in the giant slalom. a 172 average, to place fourth .Jennifer Sharron holds a 3-0 record after bottom of the inning to tie the game. With Molly Munsterer capped her break­ among the top 50 women . giving up only one earned run. two outs in the top of the third, Alkire out season with a sixth-place slalom The club will return to action in "Sharron did a good job at being in con­ scored on a single by junior Lizzy Lemire run and an 11th place in the giant two weeks at Ohio State's Buckeye trol on the mound, in all areas of pitch­ to secure the Irish victory. slalom, .04 seconds ahead of Classic. ing," Miller said. Sharron allowed just three hits in her Douillet. Notrn Damn started the weekend with a third straight win of the season. Ellen Block moved to third in the Rodeo :i-3 win over Portland Slate on Friday. "Overall, I think we swung the bats line-up, replacing skiers attending The rodeo club opened its compet­ Sharron led thP Irish defensively by aggressively," Miller said. "As a team, this Parents' Weekend, and rose to the itive season at the Michigan State allowing just four hits was our first big step in occasion with a very respectable University Rodeo Championships. whiiP. striking out I 0. "Overall I think we developing strengths 32nd in the slalom. Kate Ryan, Neal Driscoll, club president, Sophomorp .lnnnifnr swung the bats among ourselves." Elisha Hines, Katy Vossvinkel and teamed with Brent Cherry to claim Krieeh finished 3-for-:~ The Irish struggled as Randi Sliva rounded out the seventh place in the team roping offensively while Alkire aggressively. As a team, they played outside for strongest contingent in school histo­ competition with a 17.9 second grabbed an HBI and a this was our first big step the first time this sea­ ry. average. Driscoll also paired with run. in developing strengths son, particularly in run­ Mike Ryan's 18th in the slalom Adam Smith of Abraham Baldwin Michnlle Moschel and ning the bases. highlighted the men's competition, for a 27.5 second showing, good Aikin' eombined to shut among ourselves." "We did not anticipate as the club finished 15th, in the enough for 25th place in the event. out Southern. Utah 8-0 or make the best judge­ middle of the pack. Karoline Pershell competed in two while giving up just two Liz Miller ments in base running," events for the Irish, bull riding and hits and striking out softball head coach Miller said. "This is Equestrian barrel racing, finishing 21st in the night. The Irish grabb(~d where our lack of out- The equestrian club earned latter, in 15.18 seconds. n i n <~ hiLs in t lw five- door practice really Reserve High Point honors with a inning game with Aikin~ showed. but we adjusted second-place finish behind Illinois at Men's volleyball ((~ading with a two-run honwr in the bot­ quickly for the conditions." Purdue's IHSA show last weekend. The volleyball club, also under­ tom of the fourth. Notre Dame travels to Fayetteville, Ark., Diana Mastej's first place in her manned because of Junior Parents' Notre Dame fell to Oregon 11-3 this weekend to participate in the open flat class, Jackie Nesson's first Weekend, posted a 2-3 record at the Saturday for their only loss of the tourna­ Morning News Invitational. in intermediate flat and Suzy Midwest Regionals at Marquette. nwnt. "Five games were tough to do," Miller Weber's second in novice fences Two victories over Calvin were off­ With the Ducks leading 3-1, Notre Dame said. "It was physically draining, but we qualified all three for Regionals at set by losses to Marquette, Iowa gav(~ up six runs in a single inning. The were able to handle that. The big test will Taylor University on April 22. State and University of Wisconsin­ Irish dosed the gap to 9-3 in the top of be six games this weekend." Sheridan Griffin, who also placed Oshkosh.

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WOMEN'S TENNIS NBA Irish fall to Cardinal, Trojans Abdul-Jabbar finally

By KEVIN BERCHOU lands coaching job Sports W rirer offers. Associated Press It was a weekend of spectac­ "The chancellor at UCLA talked to me when Jim ular highs and crushing lows NEW YORK Barrick got in a bind there," for the Irish women's tennis Maybe they didn't think he team. was serious. Maybe they Abdul-Jabbar said. Nothing eame of that con­ Playing in the UST A/ITA didn't think the NBA's career versation, either. National Women's Team scoring leader would be will­ "When I retired, I was very Indoor Championships. the ing to sit on the sidelines as burned out," he said. "It took Irish rode a roller coaster of an assistant coach. Maybe he emotion to a solid seventh­ intimidated them. three or four years to get my place finish. What1wer th11 reason equilibrium back. I wrote three books. I did family The 17th-ranked Notre nobody seemed to believ~ stuff, made up time with my Dame women kicked off thr, Kareem Abdui-Jabbar when kids. It took three or four weekend in style as they best­ he said he wanted to coach. years before I wanted to get ed 12th-ranked William and There were cursory conver­ back in." Mary, 5-2. in the tournament's sations, almost courtesies for The itch to coach became first round. one of the cornerstone play­ even more intense last year "I thought we played ers in NBA history, but noth­ when Abdul-Jabbar worked extremely well against William ing more than that. and Mary," head coach Jay "I can't attribute motives," with the basketball team at White Mountain Apache Louderback said. "To beat a Abdul-Jabbar said Monday, great team like that is always Reservation in Whiteriver as he prepared for his sec­ Ariz. ' a thrill." ond game as an assistant The Clippers, equipped The upset was fueled by the with the Los Angeles with the youngest team and brilliant play of the doubles Clippers. "I don't know if I tandems. was blaek-balled. I was the worst record in the NBA decided to give him a chance: The pairing of junior star taken aback when I couldn't "This is the best situation Michelle Dasso and sophomore get any interviews. That Becky Varnum scored an 8-3 for me," he said. "l;hey need bothered me. It was frustrat­ victory over William and ing." help. San Antonio with David Mary's coupling of Delphine Hobinson and Tim Duncan? Finally, the Clippers, Troch and Carolijn van They don't need a whole lot reconstructing their bench Rossum. The 17th-ranked of help. staff, decided Abdul-Jabbar "A whole lot of about the combination of junior could help new head coach game is not being translated. Kimberly Guy and freshman Jim Todd. "Friday at 10, I Stuff I learned in grade Katie Cunha then notched an was retired in my house," he school. People mastering the impressive 8-6 win to elineh said. "Friday at noon, I had a the doubles point. job." fundamentals of the game, JOE STARK!The Observer learning how to play as a "The doubles keep getting Abdul-Jabbar has wanted Senior Kelly Zalinski posted a 1-2 record this weekend and team, how to help teammates the job done," Louderback this chance for a long time. now stands just nine wins short of the Jennifer Hall's all-time on defense. noted. "They're still the lie said there werr, conversa­ strength of this team." "You've got kids with size singles win record. tions with GMs AI Attles at As the match $hifted to sin­ and agility but they don't Golden State and Wayne No. 3 matches. Louderback noted. "It was a know how to get it done with gles play. the Irish continued Embry at Cleveland and for­ to be strong. Notre Dame took Stanford finished off Notre weekend of highs and lows." four others." mal interviews with Wes Dame by winning four of the The Irish will look to get With the Clippers, the most four of the six singles matches Unseld at Washington and contested to send William and six singles matches. back on track Saturday when productive big man in bas­ Ernie Grunfeld when he was Mary packing. With the win, Despite the loss, Louderback they travel to North Carolina ketball history will work on with the Knicks. the Irish advanced to the was enthused. to take on the Tarheels in a There were, however, no the inside game. lie calls quarterfinals for the first timr, "We played well and lost a dual match. himself a troubleshooter. since 1995. tight one to a good team," The second round. however, Louderback said. "I think would not prove as kind. we're a bit better than I antici­ Notre Dame faced the diffi­ pated at this point in the year. cult task of battling Stanford, We'll just be looking for more the top-ranked squad in the consistent play in the singles." country. The Irish put forth an After falling to Stanford, admirable effort but they Notre Dame was eliminated as could not fly as high as the it fell 5-2 to the No. 13 Trojans Cardinal, dropping a 5-2 deci­ of Southern California. sion. The Stanford lineup, A new experimental format which featured five ranked contributed to Notre Dame's singles players, was too much demise in singles play. Instead for Notre Dame in the end. of playing a third singles set, "We went in thinking we had the tournament's format pro­ a chance," Louderback said. vided for a match tiebreaker, "They won a couple of close with the first player to reach matches that could have gone 10 points earning the victory. either way and they're obvi­ The Irish stretched three of ously the best team in the the six singles matches into a country." tiebreaker but lost all of them. The Irish raced to a fast "That did hurt us, start as Dasso and Varnum Louderback said. "When you netted a victory over play a full third sBt, you have Stanford's Marissa (rvin and more chances to win." Teryn Ashley in No. 1 doubles, The new format, however, but stumbled and lost the dou­ did make for faster play. bles point when the Cardinal "The matches w1ne very rallied to take tho No. 2 and fast-paced and exciting," Team Sign-ups begin Monday, February 28 Get your teams together now!

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followed by Seton Hall and West Virginia, with Notre Track Dame taking sixth with 68.5 continued from page 21 points. ------"We were ready and mtm­ Saturday and finals on tally prepared," freshman Sunday, followed by the Tameisha King said. "A lot of 3,000-meter run two hours other teams stepped up." later. His performance was no Notre Dame's strong areas worse off for the challenge, as were the field events, where he placed third in the mile it picked up the majority of lwith Hoyas runners taking its points. first and fourth), succeeded by King capturp,d second in a fourth plaee finish in the the long jump, with her sea- 3,000-meter run. son-best leap of 20-4 3/4. "It was a tough double to "I was excited about my run, the mile and then the long jump because it was an 3,000 two hours later," improvement," King said. Watson said. "''m not really Fellow freshman Jaime used to that." Volkmer jumped to fourth In the 5,000-meter run, place in the triple jump. Ryan Shay and Marc In the high jump. senior Striowski ran for fifth and All-American Jen Engelhardt sixth places, respectively. earned second by leaping 5-9 A big difference in the scor- 3/4. Connecticut's Tamika ing came in the relays. Toppin cleared the bar at .'). Georgetown outraced Notre 10 3/4, besting Engelhardt Dame in the 4x800-meter for the fourth straight year relay, 4x400-meter relay and indoors. distance medley relay. Volkmer vaulted to second Cochran seized victory in in the Big East with a vault of the 60-meter dash and the 11-3 3/4, and Natalie Hallett 400-meter run. His 60-meter joined her in Irish scoring time of 6.79 seconds was a with a fourth-place finish. new meet record. In the 400- Also in the field events, meter run, he won in a time Emily Bienko, a senior, was of 47.76. fourth in the Big East pen- "1 was very pleased to go tathlon with 3,349 total out my senior year winning points. Sophomore Dore NELLIE WILLIAMS!The Observer the events I was entered in," DeBartolo placed sixth in the Saint Mary's basketball team enjoyed its first-ever MIAA playoff win with a 68-62 victory over Cochran said. "Basically in 20-lb. weight throw and Olivet. the Big East, I was just look- eighth in the shot put. ing to do my best, to win." Grow was the lone victor who recorded 10 points in the we can do it," Norman said. Senior Marshaun West for the Irish women, racing win. "Big upsets take place every excelled in his return from a to first in the 400-meter run SMC The eighth-ranknd Belles night. With this momentum hamstring injury, winning in a time of 55.27 seconds. the long jump and taking She crossed the line a hair continued frorri page 24 will facn thn Comnts o[ llopc behind us, anything can hap­ CoiiPgn tonight in tlw next pen. We just need to keep our over second in the 200-meter ahead of West Virginia's win. nnmd of tlw playoffs. I lope is heads in the game and play dash. The Irish went one-two Tameca Williams, who com­ Although Matha h~d thl~ team ranked lirst in the Mli\i\ head­ hard the entire game." in the long jump, as Gilbert pleted the race in 55.28. in rebounding. total points and ing into today's gamn. llopn A victory against Hope will was the runner-up behind "I really wanted to win, sl!~als, she does not want to bn has won both previous meet­ not depend on another super­ West. and I thought I could win," called tho star of thP ganw. ings with Saint Mar~ 's by a star performance by Matha. Fellow senior Matt Grow said. "I just try to run "It was a total team effort," margin of more than 2.'5 The entire team will need to Thompson took third in the to win, and time usually she said. "EveryonP was just points. step up and compete on 35-lb. weight throw, record- takes care of itself." knocking down shots when HowPver. even with the Hope's level. ing a hurl of 17.97 meters. The Irish were shut out of they IHwded to." Flying Duteh's daunting 14-2 "That's the great thing about Sophomore Quill Redwine all other individual running Matha had support in scoring league nH:ord, tlw Bnlll)S [eel our team," Norman said. "We earned third in the triple events except the 5,000- from Norman with II points tlwv havn a chanen. don't have one superstar, but jump. meter run, in which senior and sophomon~ .Jainw Stoul"l"er "i think thl~ key is btdieving someone always steps up." The women's squad placed All-American Alison sixth of 13 teams in the con- Klemmer took seventh. ference, dropping from third Both the 4x400-meter relay place a year ago. and the distance medley "Obviously we didn't do as relay took fourth for Notre well as we were supposed Dame. to," sophomore sprinter Liz The 4x400-meter relay Grow said. "That happens on team of Carri Lenz, Amanda Electrical any given day. We just didn't Alvarez, Kymia Love and perform up to par." Grow set a new school record Villanova and Georgetown with a time of 3:45.29. duked it out for the champi- The Irish will rest this Engineering unship, with Villanova con- weekend and return to action quering its competitor 101 to at home with the Alex Wilson Open House 1 00.5. Miami placed third, Invitational March 3-4.

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MEN'S TENNIS Notre Dame tops Wisconsin, drops match to Miami

back in contention for the set, By RACHEL BIBER but held on for the win. Spans Writer The Irish completed the 7-0 sweep of the Badgers by claim­ The Irish had their oppo­ ing the remaining three match­ nents right where they wanted es in second-set tiebreakers. them. but they couldn't get the Seventeenth-ranked Sachire job done. topped Wisconsin's Westerman After a 7-0 blanking of the 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) at No. 1 singles, Wisconsin Badgers on Friday, while Notre Dame's Talarico 29th-ranked Notre Dame was came back from a 2-5 deficit in ready to take full advantage of the second set to gain victory the home court edge against over Hutherford 6-4, 7-6 (7 -3) 32nd-ranked Miami (Fla.). but at No. 4 singles. Brian Farrell the Hurricanes had other also mounted a second-set plans, taking Sunday's match­ comeback by rallying from 2-4 up. 5-2. to overcome the Badgers' "We had a good crowd, and Dustin Friedman 6-4, 7-6 (7 -4). we were on our home court." After the Badgers left town, Irish coach Bob Bayliss said. the Miami Hurricanes came "It's an opportunity we let slip whirling through to hand the away, and it's a big disappoint­ Irish their first loss since a Jan. ment to me." 29 defeat against the Indiana Notre Dame's sweeping victo­ Hoosiers, snapping a four­ ry over Wisconsin began the match winning streak. The loss weekend's play on a much left Notre Dame with a 5-3 sweeter note. with each player record, while Miami remains in the lineup coming away with undefeated with seven wins. straight set victories in singles Miami notched a 1-0 lead by play. securing the doubles point with The Irish started against the wins at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles. Badgers by stealing away the The Hurricane-s' Mike Lang doubles point with an intense and Jose Lieberman clinched and narrow victory in the deci­ the doubles point by rallying sive No. 1 match by the 53rd­ for a 9-8 (7 -4) win over Sachire ranked duo of Javier Taborga and Miller at No. 2 doubles. and Aaron Talarico. The two The Irish pairing had the rallied for a 9-8 (7-1) win over opportunity for victory with 42nd-ranked David Chang and two match points at 7-6, but let Scott Hutherford. the match slip away. Down 3-6. Talarico and Notre Dame's Daly and Haju Taborga came up with two key also witnessed a comeback by breaks of serve and won four their opponent, as Miami's consecutive games to take a 7- Mark Arrowsmith and Joel 6 lead. In the tiebreaker. they Berman overcame a 5-2 deficit stormed out to a 5-0 lead to pull out an 8-6 victory. The JOHN DAILY/The Observer before eventually taking the No. 1 doubles match was sus­ No. 1 singles player senior Ryan Sachire posted two victories in last weekend's matches match and securing the dou­ pended at 7-7 between against Wisconsin and Miami. bles point for the Irish. Talarico and Taborga, and the Seniors Trent Miller and Hurricanes' Hoffman and Smid seized quickly enough. come through. Against The team will attempt to Ryan Sachire had no problems when the doubles point was "Miami has a good team. I Wisconsin, they were the ones return to winning ways breezing to an 8-1 victory at awarded to Miami. give them a lot of credit," to blink - against Miami. we Saturday at home against No. 2 doubles over the All-American Sachire and Bayliss said. "We just didn't were the ones to blink." Purdue. Badger's Justin Baker and Laflin provided tlw lone points Adam Schumacher. for the Irish by locking up vic­ Matt Daly, seeing action for tory in the Nos. 1 and 4 singles the first time since being ham­ matches, respectively. pered by a shoulder injury, and Sachire conducted business Ashok Haju were tripped up at as usual, improving his singles No. 3 doubles 9-8 (12-10) by record to 20-6 on the yPar with Wisconsin's Jason Gonzaga a 6-3, 6-2 drubbing of the and Danny Westerman, in a Hurricanes' Smid. Laf1in had match that featured a number no problems disposing of of match points for both teams Miami's Arrowsmith, breezing in the tiebreak. to victory, 6-0, 6-0. Sophomores Casey Smith and After the two Irish wins, the Andrew Laflin quickly cush­ Hurricanes tore through the ioned the Irish lead with wins rest of the Irish lineup, earning at No. 2 and No. 5 singles straight-set victories at Nos. 2, respectively. Smith downed 3, and 4 singles. The Wisconsin's Change 6-4, 6-4, Hurricanes' Johan Lindquist while Laflin edged by Stefan topped Daly 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2, Reist 7-6 (7 -5) in the first set Hoffman defeated Irish sopho­ before steamrollering through more Smith 6-2, 6-4 at No. 3, the second set, 6-0. while the Hurricanes' Taborga clinched the win for Lieberman barely escaped the Irish at No. 4 singles with a Talarico 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 at No. 5. 6-4, 7-5 win over the Badgers' Disappointment character­ Schumacher. After blowing the ized the Irish camp after the second set wide open with a Hurricanes claimed victory, but commanding 4-0 lead, Taborga the opportunities to top the Applications for the 2000-2001 watched his opponent creep rival opponent were just not Board of Governance ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • : ~ dal] 8:30 p.m. i 00 Ce h.. Rockne 301! are now being accepted! 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BIG EAST TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN'S Irish men return as runner-ups BASKETBALL Belles win By KATHLEEN O'BRIEN Assistant Sporrs Editor MIAA play­ The senior-dominated Irish couldn't get over the hump. finishing as the runner-up in off game the Big East Indoors Track and Field Championships for the fourth straight year. By MOLLY McVOY Georgetown outdistanced Notre Dame in men's competi­ Assistant Sports Editor tion 139 to 125, but Notre Dame came closer to victory The Saint Mary's basketball than in previous years. team made history Monday "Whenever you get second night by winning the first place, at least for us. you're game that Belles' basketball never satisfied." sophomore has ever distance runner Luke Watson won in MIAA playoffs said. "We know that we could t h e have made up 13 points. But MIA A Saint Mary's 68 overall, it was a pretty strong playoffs Olivet 62 performance." with a The lloyas edged the Irish in 68-62 several events, allowing them victory over Olivet College. to turn the corner to triumph. "It's really exciting," said "We knew it would be a real­ junior guard .Julie Norman. ly big challenge to beat them," "It's kind of a nice turn around senior sprinter Chris Cochran to a really long season. Now is said. "They're a very good mid­ the time we needed to peak, dle-distance team. and the and Wfl are." indoor championships are real­ This win marks only the ly kind of structured around fourth win of the Belles' sea­ the middle distance." son, making the victory that Although Irish seniors Tim much sweeter. Kober and Phil Mishka put They dominated throughout forth strong performances in the game, thanks largely to the the 500-meter run. the 800- play of freshman Kristen meter and the 1 000-meter. thP Matha. Matha recorded a Hoyas came out with thn game-high 25 points and car­ advantage thanks to a deeper JOHN DAILY/The Observer ried both the scoring and the squad. Senior sprinter Chris Cochran raced to victories in the 60 meter and 400 meter dashes. He emotion of the team as she Kober captured second in the also set a meet record in the 60 meter with a time of 6. 79 seconds. played. 800-meter run in a time of 8 "I can't tell you how proud of minutes. 22.51 seconds. but heels in fourth and fifth places. Despite his outstanding race. really came through for us and her I am," Norman said. "She Georgetown had three runners Mishka smashed tlw Notre tiHl lloyas were able to better scored some much-needed showed so much maturity as a in the top eight to top Kober's Dame school record in thn his scoring by plaeing three points," Watson said. freshman out there." point total. Kober also took 1 000-meter run by owr a sec­ runnnrs in the top eight. Watson ran a difficult dou­ The game was very physical. third in the 500-meter run. ond, taking thn runnnr-up "On the strnngth of Tim ble, with mile preliminaries on with both teams combining for position in a time of' 2:22.22. Kober and Phil Mishka. they 37 fouls by the sound of' the with Hoyas athletes on his see TRACK/page 21 buzzt~r. This type of game only inspires the Belles to step up their play, Matha said. "(A rough game] always fires WOMEN'S BASKETBALL up our team," she said. "Its just natural to get fired up and want to score it in their face." Saint Mary's capitalizPd on Irish host Hurricanes in Big East match up the foul shots it had. shooting 85 percent from the foul line pions l'or tlw llrst time in school history. Notre Dame fans can thank the inside­ for 17 points. Matha alone had By TIM CASEY But first. tlw focus is on tonight. when outside duo of Huth Hiley and Alicia 11 points from the line. Sporrs Writer Notre DamP hosts Miami at the Joyce Hatay for continuing the nation's longest The Belles' defense took Center. winning streak on Saturday against the advantage of every opportuni­ Considnr llw wonwn's basketball tnam Miami (Il-l :L 5-8) is Scarlet Knights. ty the Comets' offnnse allowed, wart1ed. They'vp bePn told time and coming ofT a (J(J-(>1 loss to Women's Hatay, the Big East rook­ scoring 22 points off of tinw again by their coaches of tlw ulti­ Georgntown on Saturday. ie of the week, was a per­ turnovers to the Comets' nine. mate cliche the "we'vn gut to take it one Senior Gina Craziani scored Basketball fect seven-for-seven from Saint Mary's also had 12 fast game at a time" line, one of the most a team-high 18 points and No.5 Notre Dame Vli. the field, all from beyond break points in the game, popular phrases in press conferences dished out X assists for the Miami the 3-point line, and fin­ while Olivet did not register and gyms everywlwrfl. Hurricanns. Freshman ishr,d with 26 points. She one. It's never more important than now. Alicia Hartlaub added 16 + Where: Joyce Center was also five for six from The Belles led by eight at the The Irish (23-2. 14-0) are coming off' points. • When: Tonight, 7 p.m. the foul line and added 10 half and never relinquished their biggest win of the season. a 76-74 Sheila James leads the rebounds. Ratay savnd the the lead. They led by as many overtime victory over the Rutgers llurricanns in scoring, best for last, hitting two 3- as 12 during the game. Scarlet Knights on Saturday, their 18th pouring in 12.6 per game. pointers in the final Olivet mounted a comeback in a row. llautlab is thn only other Miami player minute of regulation, including one with near the end of the game, Next Saturday, Notre Dame faces its in doubl!) l'igures, contributing 10.5 3.6 seconds remaining, to force over­ bringing it within five points nemesis Connecticut at Storrs, Conn., points per game. Graziani ranks second time. many times, but Saint Mary's where Notre Dame always seems to in Big East history with 450 assists, just Hiley earned co-Big East player of the kept control and secured the struggle. Two more wins and the Irish 21 off of Providence's Shanya Evans will become undefeated Big East cham- record set from 1987-91. see IRISH/page 17 see SMC/page 21

SM at Hope vs. Providence Softball at North Carolina MIAA Championships Wednesday, 7:30p.m. at Arkansas T ournamenr Saturday, noon SPORTS Today, 7:30p.m. Friday -Sunday Baseball ATA vs. Miami vs. Air Force at Loyola Tournament vs. Purdue Today, 7 p.m. at Millington, Tenn. Saturday, 8 a.m. Saturday, noon GLANCE- Thursday, 4 p.m.