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By HELENA PAYNE ♦ Candidates balance News Editor programming, policy

Apathy and cynicism set the issues on platforms tone Wednesday as more than half of the seven tickets in the By JASON McFARLEY 2003 student body presidential News Writer elections pointed out the flaws of student government and There’s the serious. vowed to fix them. Pat Hallahan and running mate Students filled the LaFortune Jeremy Lao want to start a Ballroom and watched as the “Theology on Tap” program that candidates, ranging from promotes religious discussion humorous to humorless, vowed between stu­ to rcinvigorate student govern­ dents and pro­ ment and responded to ques­ fessors at the tions from students and The revamped Observer. Alumni-Senior The candidates’ platforms Club. promised change, results for A nd t h e r e ’s “real students” and a better the flippant. campus life for undergradu­ Ryan Gagnet and John McCarthy ates. But in the midst of the propose a “ginormous” underground promises, some candidates chunnel (that’s channel plus tunnel) added performances. connecting Notre Dame and Saint Juniors Ryan Gagnet, run­ Mary’s, and the pair supports a ning for student body presi­ tuition spike that would fund note- dent, and John McCarthy, a taking, beer-swilling helper monkeys vice presidential candidate, ADAM MIGLORE/The O bserver for every student. called the “Triumvirate,” Student body vice presidential candidate John McCarthy (left) and his running mate Ryan But amid the extremes, almost all brought three body guards to Gagnet (right), announce their platform as their bodyguards stand by. The duo refers to of the tickets for Notre Dame student the debates. The two candi­ themselves as the “Triumvirate.” Candidates Pat Hallahan and Jeremy Lao listen during body president and vice president dates, dressed in yellow and Wednesday’s debate. this year have designed platforms blue Hawaiian shirts, proceed­ that reach the middle ground ed to explain their plans to running mate freshman David Matkowski. “For those of you who expect­ between the consequential and the improve campus with a “chun- Rail decided to focus on the However, Muto eventually ed a serious debate, I apolo­ comical. nel ” and “Israeli-style check­ sole goal of increasing Flex walked out after Padberg failed gize,” Muto said before leaving. Undergraduate students next week points.” Points but later endorsed presi­ to take issues seriously and Matkowski remained. will elect one of seven tickets: Mike Sophomore presidential can­ dential candidate Joe Muto and mocked his campaign goal to didate Matt Padberg and his his running mate junior Mimi end parietals within six years. see DEBATE/page 6 see CAM PAIGN/page 4

B oard of T rustees ND ranks 12th in sending grads to Peace Corps

undergraduates. The University of The Peace Corps is still a governmental Bishop to By HELENA PAYNE Wisconsin — Madison, tops the large organization that currently has 6,678 vol­ News Editor school list and Tufts University leads the unteers in 70 countries. Volunteers work in small colleges the areas of The Peace Corps recently ranked Notre and universi­ education, deliver Dame No. 12 in a list of medium-size col­ ties. Medium-Size Colleges and Universities agriculture, leges and universities that produced the Considering environmental most volunteers in 2002. N otre D am e’s science, com­ The University of Virginia, which sent 58 size, with munity devel­ report alumni volunteers to countries in 2002, roughly 8,000 opment, busi­ topped the list. Cornell University with 50 undergraduate n e ss and alumni volunteers and Georgetown students, Notre health. ♦ Report is slated to University with 47 were second and third. Dame According to Notre Dame, which sent 31 alumni vol­ s p o k e s m a n Roskelley, the express student unteers in 2002 to various countries, has a Matt Storin Corps is seek­ opinion on hall culture of service that is compatible with said the rank­ ing students the Peace Corps, according to Scot ing is impres­ w ho have dances Roskelley, public affairs specialist for the sive. degrees in the Chicago Regional Office of the Peace Corps. “We’re proud above areas By MEGHANNE DOWNES “Notre Dame just has a very strong ser­ to have such a and those who Associate News Editor vice ethic that the Peace Corps appreci­ good associa­ have had at ates,” Roskelley said. “It permeates many tion with the le a s t one Libby Bishop, student body of the different programs both academic Peace Corps,” semester of he said. 1 2345 6689 10 10 12 French. president, delivers her Board of and student organizations.” RANK Trustees report at the board’s Strong international programs also draw Storin said However, all winter meeting today in Naples, students to the Peace Corps, Roskelley said, Notre Dame volunteers do not have to work in the area in which they Fla. pointing out the success of the University of became the site where the first Peace Bishop said the report, an Michigan — Ann Arbor, which ranked sec­ Corps were trained in 1961, after President obtained their degree. update on hall dances and an ond on the list of large colleges and univer­ John F. Kennedy signed an executive order Although a degree is not required for the overview of social life at Notre sities. for its establishment. Since then, the Peace Corps, 86 percent of its volunteers Dame, would review the status of “They promote Peace Corps a lot and University has sent 645 volunteers to have an undergraduate degree. hall dances and the trend of the that really makes such a big difference on nations hosting the Peace Corps. Each More information is available at direction in which these dances large campuses,” Roskelley said. The list year, roughly 10 percent of students work www.peacecorps.gov . are headed. considers schools with more than 15,000 in paid or unpaid community service fol­ “I made it clear that students undergraduates, like Michigan, to be large. lowing graduation. About 75 percent of Notre Dame is medium-size, falling undergraduates participate in service pro­ between 5,001 and 15,000 undergradu­ jects while at Notre Dame. Storin attributes Contact Helena Payne at see BOT/page 8 ates. Small schools have less than 5,000 this to the University’s Catholic tradition. [email protected] page 2 The Observer ♦ ^VHAT’S UP Thursday, February 6, 2003

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CAMPUS WORLD & BUSINESS Going to NEWS NATION NEWS VIEWPOINT SCENE SPORTS Senate Powell urges ND lags SEC to watch Scene reviews Ending with a Chicago upholds U.N. to take behind in U.S. upcoming bang Winter in South Bend can be as fun reprimand of notice of Iraq accepting as an 8:30 a.m. seminar. No one ever accounting releases has a good time, and most students candidates evidence alternative wait impatiently for deliverance by lifestyles staring at the clock. But, there is an escape from Justin Krivlckas The Irish sign South Bend in The Student U.S. Secretary of The SEC will fully Richard Scene reviews the three major recruits the form of a big­ Senate meeting State Colin Powell investigate and Friedman writes on newly released ger brighter star Assistant News Wednesday denied provided evidence prosecute about a need for movies "Rabbit to complete the to the west that class of 2007 Editor a presidential can­ of Iraq's possession corporate student support in Proof Fence" and goes by the name the creation of a signing day. didate appeal to of weapons of mass lawbreakers "The Recruit." of Chicago, offer­ avoid a reprimand Catholic identity ing a plethora of entertainment, cui­ destruction to the without regard to that accepts for violating cam­ politics. sine and the occasional oddities South paign rules. U.N. homosexuality. Bend does not support. For a little enlightenment, the muse­ ums spread out on the lakeshore can page 3 page 5 page 7 page 12 page 1 4 page 28 provide a vast amount of knowledge and interesting facts. The Field Museum holds collections such as Egyptian mummies and the art Lacquer of Japan. Also, in the main W hat ’s G oing D ow n corridor, visitors can breeze by a lady W hat’s Happening @ ND named Sue, the largest and most com­ Student requires treatment after fall plete T. Rex ever recovered. Plus, only NDSP transported a student to the University ♦ Lecture: “Public Health Effects of Cold-War-Hra a short walk away is the Museum of Health Center for treatment of injuries sustained Production and Testing of Nuclear Weapons,” 4 p.m. Science and Industry. Main attractions during a fall in O’Shaughnessy Hall on Tuesday. include a coal mine and a “fairy cas­ in the llcsburgh Auditorium. tle” doll house and visitors can even tour a U-505 German submarine from Vandalism reported at Village World War II. A visitor discovered vandalism to her vehicle on Also, on Lake Shore Drive is the ♦ Lecture: “War, Illegal Economies and the Chimera of Jan. 31 in University Village. There are no sus­ Shedd Aquarium, which boasts of hav­ Security,” 4 p.m. in the Ilesburgh Center. , pects. ing the largest indoor aquarium in the world. It is definitely a must-see for everyone interested in the gill. Sea Items stolen in Bond Hall creatures such as sharks, turtles, ana­ A student reported the theft of several items from conda, piranhas and beluga whales all his desk in Bond Hall on Tuesday. There are no call the Shedd their home. suspects. A good laugh can be easily procured from the city’s many comedy clubs. The infamous Second City offers come­ W hat’s Happening @ SMC Car collision reported on Dorr dy that is both topical and universal. There was a report of a vehicle hitting a parked This establishment has been a spring ♦ Religious Studies Dinner, 5 p.m. in the President’s vehicle on Dorr Road on Tuesday. There were no board for talented comedians such as Dining room. injuries reported. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Chris Farley, and you can be sure rising ♦ A Vocal Recital Rehearsal, 6 p.m. in the Little stars are in the cast now. Theatre. Sick employee given care For dinner, it may seem like a daunt­ A University employee was transported by ambu­ ing task to choose a place to eat at. lance to St. Joseph Medical Center for treatment of But, if it’s variety you’re after, I recom­ ♦ Residence Hall Association Meeting, 6:30 p.m. in an illness in the Joyce Center Fieldhouse on mend China Town. It offers a wide room 304 of the Haggar College Center. Tuesday. assortment of Asian cuisine, and each restaurant has its own specialty from fruit drinks to beef tripe. Most estab­ lishments are reasonably priced, and Information compiled fromNDSP blotter. the authentic character of the neigh­ borhood makes China Town a great place to visit. If you’re all about the bands, live music can be easily procured in one of the many venues located in the W hat ’s C ooking metropolis. Some of the better places to visit include the Metro, Double Door North Dining Hall South Dining Hall Saint Mary’s Dining Hall and the city’s crowning achievement, Today Lunch: Cajun pasta sauce, Today’s Lunch: Tortellini with basil T oday’s Lunch: Miami ham and the House of Blues. Tickets are usually baked manicotti, pepperoni pizza, cheese sauce, fettuccine, bianco pizza, cheese, grilled hamburger, grilled por- around $10, which means you can cheese pizza, chicken in the pot soup, Greek pork loin, white beans with ham, tobello sub, red potato salad, chicken save most of your money for some­ breadsticks, tomato soup, New England cornbread vegetable rice pilaf, sauteed nuggets, macaroni and cheese, thing more important, such as drinks. clam chowder, whipped potatoes, baked julienne vegetables, turkey pot pie, long steamed broccoli, Chicago stuffed So, when the winter chill hits the potato, sausage patties, Texas French grain and wild rice, hot chunky apple­ pizza, pepperoni pizza, bread sticks, Bend and it seems like there’s no toast, hamburger, grilled hotdog, sauce, chicken nuggets, seasoned Sicilian panini, forno loafer, olive hum­ where to turn to, get a group of friends natures burger, Italian beef sandwhich, fries, onion rings, soft pretzel, chicken mus, sliced turkey, sliced ham, chicken together and strike out to the west. plain rice and chicken taco. macadamia and enchiladas. salad and cowboy cookies. Just hop in a friend’s car, hire a rick­ shaw or shell out $10 to ride the South Today Dinner: Boiled fettuccine, Today’s Dinner: Tortellini with Today’s Dinner: Broccoli tofu stir fry, Shore Line and you’ll be there in no baked manicotti, pepperoni pizza, basil cheese sauce, fettuccine, bianco brown rice, spring rolls, pasta, light time. As long as you make it back in cheese pizza, breadsticks, chicken in the pizza, peppered flank steak, barley tomato sauce, pancake and waffle bar, one piece, the trip will be a success pot soup, tomato soup, New Englamd risotto, black beans with tomato and bagel french toast, Belgium waffles, pan­ and will allow you to struggle through clam chowder, beef tips and mush­ cilantro, buffalo chicken wings, cakes, sausage, hash browns, soup and the rest of the semester. There are a rooms, krinkle kut fries, chicken taco, grilled cod and lentil and barley bread bar, barbequed chicken, scalloped thousand adventures waiting for you rice, chicken patty and grilled salmon. stew. potatoes and yellow cake with fudge. in the big city and all you have to do make an appearance.

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News Writer night. “He gave us permission Article 6 of the election to do something, and then Secretary bylaws explicitly states that reprimanded us for it,” Student Body Vice campaigning in a space said Kirsch. President Trip Foley affiliated with the Student Kirsch came to the presided over Wednesday’s Union Board is forbidden. Student Senate to appeal alum dies Student Senate meeting In addition, Article 10 the ruling on Article 6. where candidate for stu­ states that the election After some debate, the Special t o The Observer dent body vice president committee must receive Senate voted but the Mike Kirsch put forth a receipts from the purchase motion to exonerate Bott controversial appeal on of any new campaign mate­ and Kirsch failed to net the Form er U.S. Secretary of Agriculture behalf of his both himself rials, and Article 12 states necessary 2/3 vote. Richard Lyng, a 1940 graduate of the University, died Saturday in Modesto, and his running mate, that all new campaign Had the motion passed it presidential candidate, materials must be probably would have done Calif., at age 84. Mike Bott. approved before use. little to mitigate the pair’s Credited with influencing global farm policies and helping to develop “Several complaints At the Senate meeting, punishment. were received after the Kirsch admitted that nei­ “For the most, the sanc­ the nation’s food stamp program, Cavanaugh and Knott ther the receipts nor the tion was based on the vio­ Lyng also served as chief deputy director of the California State dances last weekend about sign were presented or lation of article 12,” said Bott and Kirsch campaign­ approved. Corgan. Department of Agriculture, deputy ing in violation of election Kirsch and Bott did, how­ secretary of agriculture and assistant secretary for marketing and consumer bylaws,” said Danielle ever, have a problem with In other Senate news: services for the U.S. Department of Ledesma, Judicial Council the guilty ruling they ♦ Amy O’Connor, chairman ADAM MIGLORE/The O bserver A griculture (USDA), and president of president. received with respect to of the Club Coordination Vice President Trip Foley the American Meat Institute. The main allegation was article six. Council, and Andrew presides over the meeting. “Dick will always be remembered as that Bott and Kirsch had Kirsch claims he received Oxenreiter, Student Union a man with vision,” said current U.S. hung an unapproved cam­ permission from Judicial treasurer, presented their ♦ Sorin Hall Senator Secretary of Agriculture Ann paign sign in the LaFortune Council Vice-President of plan to institute a mecha­ Jeremy Staley reported Veneman, for whom Lyng was a men­ Ballroom, an area man­ Elections Matt Corgan to nism that would automati­ that the Committee on tor. “He was always looking ahead to aged by Student Activities. campaign at the dance. cally adjust the student Academic Affairs would see where we were going and was one The election council met At the time, both Corgan activities fee in order to cut look into the practice of of the most loved secretaries this Monday and identified the and Kirsch were unaware down on year-to-year some professors of submit­ department has ever had.” laws in question. that the dance was to be debate. ting the work of an entire A World War II veteran, Lyng Subsequently, five mem­ held in the LaFortune The proposal would have class to Turnitin.com. earned his bachelor of commerce bers of the executive coun­ Ballroom . the fee increase each year “They are doing a guilty degree from Notre Dame. He then cil met, found Kirsch and Although hanging cam­ by the same percentage until proven innocent served as president of the Ed J. Lyng Bott in violation of three paign posters is prohibited increase as tuition. thing. I believe it’s unac­ Co., a family-owned seed and bean laws, and imposed a sanc­ on the second and third “We are still far behind ceptable,” said Staley. business in Modesto. tion. floors of LaFortune, Kirsch compared to other univer­ Lyng is survived by two daughters The five council members claims that he was sities. At our sister school and five grandchildren. His wife of 56 ruled that no new cam­ unaware that campaigning Saint Mary’s it’s $150,” years, Bethyl Ball, died in 2000. paign material would be in the ballroom is also a said O’Connor of the cur­ Contact Michael Chambliss at approved for Kirsch and violation of the by-laws, rent activities fee. [email protected]

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sort of activity for students: election. Updike-Tarnowski offer plat­ gaining table with administrators escaping stringent security The apparent front-runners — forms that lean primarily toward or through planning attractive Campaign checkpoints across campus and, the tickets of Ebersol-Meagher programming interests. new activities? Or both? continued from page 1 as part of ResLife punishment, and Hallahan-Lao — come clos­ If the policy versus program­ Students can vote Monday in helping build an Egyptian-style est to balancing the policy and ming debate proves significant in the online election from 8 a.m. to Bott and Mike Kirsh, Charlie pyramid to replace Stepan programming demands inherent this year’s race, then that leaves 8 p.m. Ebersol and Lauren Meagher, Center. Gagnet and McCarthy in the Office of the Student Body voters with an important ques­ Gagnet and McCarthy, Hallahan join Padberg and Rail as the so- President. Dark horses Bott- tion: Will elected leaders best Contact Jason McFarley at and Lao, Joe Muto and Mimi called joke tickets in this year’s Kirsh, Muto-Matkowski and improve student life at the bar­ mcfarley. l@ nd.edu Matkowski, Matt Padberg and David Rail or Drew Updike and Eric Tamowski. For the presidential candidates in particular, their campaign goals provide insight into the precarious question of what stu­ dent government is for — policy or programming? Over the past several years, the Office of the Student Body President has fallen on different sides of the debate. In 2001-02, Brooke Norton was a program­ ming president. Her office planned campus fairs and other social and cultural events, but Norton, the school’s first female student body president, effected little official change and rarely took a public stand on issues that riled her constituents. By design, Norton’s successor, Libby Bishop, has been a policy president. Bishop last year ran on a platform that promised little programming and lots of tough talk with administrators. And two years ago, 2000-01 President Brian O’Donoghue fell some­ where in between, striking a bal­ ance between shaping policy and sponsoring campus activities. The president’s office, by its very nature, lends itself to influ­ encing policy over creating pro­ gramming. The student body president chairs the prominent Campus Life Council, serves as the only student member on powerful University committees and gets regular face-time with school officials. But at the same time, few pres­ idents can stay away from event planning. Even Bishop organized a week-long series of campus activities last fall to celebrate the 30th anniversary of coeducation at Notre Dame. This year’s candidates, for the most part, are linked by one poli­ cy initiative: reinstating in-dorm At Ernst & Young everything dances. Six campaigns say they will lobby administrators and the Board of Trustees to return ms around our people. dances to the school’s 27 resi­ dence halls. Only the Matt Padberg-David Rail ticket, whose singular focus is “more Flex Points,” lacks a stance on the issue. Five of the campaigns promise more convenient meal plans, although they differ on how to achieve the goal. And most of the candidates support public disclo­ sure of results from Teacher Course Evaluations that students complete each semester. The Hallahan-Lao ticket is running on clearly the most policy-orient­ ed platform. Among other goals, Hallahan, who is Bishop’s chief of staff, and Lao, the sophomore class president, propose opening student government financial records to the public, increasing funding to service and spirituality projects and creating discussion- based courses on diversity. At the other end of the spec­ trum, the Muto-Matkowski ticket Here, you will be listened to, respected, trusted and recommends various program­ recognized for your achievements. We not only ming to improve campus life - an value your individuality and what it cart bring to our academic decathlon between Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s firm, we encourage it. And we give you challenging women, a Halloween costume opportunities so you feel empowered to succeed. contest and a “summer send-off” party on the last day of classes. Welcome to our world. Along the same programming 100 BESTon lines, Ebersol and running mate COMPANIES CD Meagher call for improved pep TO WORK FOR S rallies, dinner theater in South Dining Hall and even say they can bring Top 40 bands and big- ey.com/us/careers name speakers and comedians to campus. Ernst &Y The admitted “basically lacking Quality In Everything W e Do all hope” ticket of Gagnet and McCarthy proposes a different WORLD & NATION Thursday, February 6, 2003 COMPILED FROM THE OBSERVER WIRE SERVICES page 5 Powell calls for United Nations to watch Iraq

November under a Security Associated Press Council resolution crafted by Washington and adopted by an Mobile Production Facilities For Biological Agents UNITED NATIONS unanimous council. Secretary of State Colin Three months after Iraq Powell, relying on a stream of pledged that it would disarm, U.S. intelligence, urged the U.N. Active Material Tanks Powell presented his evidence to Security Council on Wednesday a high-level audience of foreign to m ove ministers and ambassadors in against Filling Machine an appearance that was tele­ Saddam vised live to an anxious world. Hussein While he spoke, Iraqi TV carried because a day-old interview with Iraq has Saddam. failed to Iraqi officials dismissed disarm, Powell’s case as a collection of harbors ter­ “stunts” and “special effects” rorists and Powell that relied on “unknown hides sources” and were aimed at b eh in d a undermining the work of the “web of lies. inspectors. His extraordinary presentation “What we heard today was for in the packed council chamber the general public and mainly included satellite photographs, the uninformed, in order to Fermentation intercepted conversations influence their opinion and to between senior Iraqi officers commit aggression on Iraq,” Lt. and statements from informants Gen. Amir al-Saadi, an adviser that could make or break sup­ to Saddam, said in Baghdad. Control Panel port for going to war to disarm The overwhelming majority of Iraq. the Security Council believe Iraq Russia, France, China and must do more to cooperate with other council members skeptical inspectors and disarm. But of of the need for a military con­ the 15 council members, only DPI Photo Service frontation now said they would the United States and Britain U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell tried to provide evidence of Iraq’s possession of weapons review the evidence and have voiced support for forcibly of mass destruction Monday to the United Nations Security Council members. demand answers from Baghdad. disarming Saddam — though But they endorsed continued Spain and Bulgaria are also weapons inspections and diplo­ expected to take part in any specifically authorizing force ately comply with U.N. resolu­ the international community. matic efforts to avert war. coalition against Iraq. against Iraq. tions. But winning U.N. approval A senior White House official, France and Germany went The Bush administration’s President Bush has said that would mean the United States speaking on condition of further, calling for strengthening next step is to decide whether the United States - with or with­ could share the costs of war and anonymity, said the next 24 to the inspections regime that was council members are willing to out its allies - will forcibly dis­ rebuilding in Iraq and would be 36 hours will be critical as already toughened up in support a new U.N. resolution arm Iraq if it does not immedi­ operating with the support of Powell gauges reaction.

Iraq Officials dispute Powell's speech to Security Council

Al-Saadi suggested that tapes Powell closely followed Powell’s 75-minute said. U.N. inspectors visit the facility Associated Press presented as monitored Iraqi conversa­ address on live satellite television. regularly. tions were fabricated, that defector Powell’s New York appearance was not Other installations cited as suspicious BAGHDAD informants were unreliable, and that broadcast on Iraqi TV. by Powell but which have been under Baghdad officials on Wednesday dis­ missed Secretary of State Colin Powell's satellite photographs Powell displayed Powell’s presentation cited several U.N. scrutiny include the al-Taji muni­ anti-Iraq case before the U.N. Security “proved nothing.” examples of Iraqi activity he said was tions storage facility, the Mussayib Council as a collection of “stunts,” “spe­ He noted that similar photos were suspicious. However, he did not men­ pharmaceutical complex and the Tariq cial effects” and “unknown sources” checked previously by U.N. teams, tion that such locations are under regu­ pesticide plant. aimed at undermining the work of U.N. which found allegations of suspicious lar monitoring by U.N. inspectors. Of the Tariq plant, Powell said, “Iraq arms inspectors in Iraq. activities to be unfounded. One example was a missile-engine has rebuilt key portions of the Tariq “What we heard today was for the Al-Saadi, who reiterated Baghdad’s test installation where, U.S. analysts state establishment. Tariq includes general public and mainly the unin­ flat denial that it possesses banned say, a new structure might test engines facilities designed specifically for Iraq’s formed, in order to influence their weapons, spoke in a government con­ that break a U.N. limit on missile chemical weapons program .” U.N. opinion and to commit the aggression ference room teeming with hundreds of range. “A roof has been put over it so it teams have inspected that complex sev­ on Iraq,” Lt. Gen. Amer al-Saadi, a journalists, Iraqi officials and visiting will be harder for satellites to see eral times, without reporting finding presidential adviser, told reporters. European Parliament members, who what’s going on underneath,” Powell any such violations.

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At least 44 die in Nigerian bombings: FBI: Al-Qaida remains terrorist threat: Troop mobilization grows in Persian Gulf: Bombs caused the weekend blast that killed at Al-Qaida is weakened and scattered but remains the The buildup of American land, sea and air forces in least 44 people and flattened buildings in Nigeria’s top threat to commit terrorist attacks in the United the Persian Gulf is accelerating, officials said commercial capital of Lagos, police said States, the FBI says in a first-of-its-kind national assess­ Wednesday as the Bush administration made its case at Wednesday. Police bomb experts said they drew ment for Congress. The study also says there are other the U.N. that Iraq must be disarmed. The number of the conclusion after finding fragments of bombs Muslim extremist groups engaged in a “jihad,” or holy U.S. troops in the region now stands at about 113,000 - and live explosives at the site of the blast, which war, against the United States and other Western coun­ nearly half of them in Kuwait, the likely main launch hit a crowded residential and business district tries. Some of them provide “varying degrees of support” point for a U.S.-led ground invasion - and is expected to Sunday. to al-Qaida, the report said, which a government official reach 150,000 by Feb. 15, a senior official said. described Wednesday on condition of anonymity. Chavez imposes new currency rules: Report: Women more prone to addiction: After suspending the sale of dollars for two Media requests information on sniper: Girls and young women get hooked on cigarettes, weeks because of a crippling general strike, A federal judge said Wednesday he needed more alcohol and drugs more quickly and for different rea­ President Hugo Chavez announced a new fixed information before ruling on a request by news organi­ sons than boys, and should receive specialized treat­ currency exchange rate to help bolster the coun­ try’s flagging foreign reserves. The new policy goes zations to open the sealed juvenile records of 17-year- ment that reflects that, according to a study released into effect Thursday and fixes the currency rate at old sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo. Lawyers represent­ Wednesday. Teenage girls often begin smoking and 1,596 bolivars to the U.S. dollar, Chavez said dur­ ing The Associated Press, The (Baltimore) Sun, The drinking to relieve stress or alleviate depression, while ing a televised address late Wednesday. Chavez Washington Post and The New York Times have filed boys do it for thrills or heightened social status, accord­ said the freeze on foreign currency trading would motions with U.S. Magistrate Judge James Bredar seek­ ing to the National Center on Addiction and Substance end with the establishment of the new system. ing the federal records. Abuse at Columbia University. The Observer ♦ CAMPUS NE^X^S Thursday, February 6, 2003 Author promotes Speaker addresses ecological issues sioned by 96 countries to act as lion people on the earth used By MELANIE BECKER a scientific advisor. Huisingh’s the consumption of an average The Golden Ratio' News Writer latest work, “The U.S. citizen we would need the The Saint Mary’s biology Environmental Pressure resources of three earths.’” department, with a grant from Indices: Factors to Consider in According to Huisingh, 20 ♦ Physicist verse,” Livio said. the Center for Intercultural Designing and Utilizing them so percent of the world’s popula­ The number is said to repre­ W om en’s L ead e rsh ip , s p o n ­ that EU societies Make Progress tion is surviving on less than $1 describes the role sent the ideal aesthetic pro­ sored Professor Donald Toward Sustainability” (2001), per day. One hundred-eighty the proportion portion. Livio displayed a Huisingh of the University of was commissioned by the countries with 800 million peo­ reproduction of the Mona Tennessee to speak Environmental Department of ple have insecure and unreli­ plays in the world Lisa, with the famous lady’s Wednesday. During the fall of the European Union. able sources of food. face inscribed within a rectan­ 2001, Susan Duff, visiting pro­ H u isin g h ’s p re s e n ta tio n , He said that there are 166 By M A TT BRAMANTI gle. fessor to the Biology “Sustainable Development, million children malnourished, News Writer The length and width of the Department, along with several Poverty and the World if we invest 5 percent of current figure were exactly related by Saint Mary’s seniors attended a Environment,” focused on the public investments made by the golden ratio. Spanish sur­ conference of Huisingh’s in connections between poverty, developing countries we could It may not seem like an realist painter Salvador Dali Mexico. Duff and the students terrorism, overpopulation, reduce the number of malnour­ exciting number, but 1.61803 likewise used the proportion felt that bringing Huisingh to globalization, the greenhouse ished children to 90 million by is moving up in the world, in his works. The number can campus would be relevant to effect, water scarcity and ozone 2015. according to astrophysicist also be found in the musical specific campus issues, particu­ thinning. What is needed corresponds Mario Livio, who spoke in the works of Hungarian composer larly to create a better recycling His main concern is to try to to the amount of money spent Hesburgh Library Wednesday. Bela Bartok and French com­ program on campus and in save the environment through a in one week of global military The number, known as the poser Claude Debussy. response to Karen Ristau, dean global mission, which entails expenditures. “Golden Ratio,” measures a Livio stressed the relation­ of faculty, signing the Earth finding social equality and tak­ Huisingh’s proposal to reach certain geometrical proportion ship between mathematical Charter on behalf of the College ing on responsibility. sustainable development is to with applications in physics, rules and the world as people last year. “The president of Monterrey find a balance between social mathematics, music, even art. perceive it. University has set a goal to be equity, economic prosperity and Livio, an Israeli veteran of “I hope that his visit starts a “Mathematics is a human dialogue on sustainable devel­ carbon dioxide neutral by 2020. ecological integrity. His sugges­ three wars, heads the science invention ... but nature dictat­ What has your president tions to go about this solution is division at the Space opment across the curriculum ed to human beings what among the faculty and students, done?” Huisingh asked. to consider the connection Telescope Science Institute at mathematics to invent,” Livio and that also the administra­ According to Huisingh, the between society and nature, Johns Hopkins University in said. This theme was dis­ tion at Saint Mary’s will begin number of people, the unit per find ways to do more with Baltimore, Md. Livio was at cussed in his last book, “The consumption of a person, the fewer resources, understand Notre Dame to promote his to think about building sustain­ Accelerating Universe,” which able buildings as it moves for­ unit of degradation for produc­ what is sufficient and work on new book, “The Golden Ratio,” dealt with the aesthetic value ward in its building plans,” Duff tion and the environmental developing a hydrogen energy which is aimed at a popular of scientific theories. said. impact of production contribute system in the United States. audience. Livio said he aims to follow Huisingh holds a bachelor of to an individual nation’s effect “A lot of changes need to be The book discusses the in the words of English science, with specialization in on the environment. made. We need people that are development of the ratio, first dramatist Christopher genetics, biology and chemistry The amount of resources and educationally curious and want described by the Pythagoreans Marlowe: “Still climbing after from the University in the level of exploitation of other to make [lifestyle] changes. We in the fifth century B.C. Livio knowledge infinite and always Minnesota. Also, he received a nations have created a large must accelerate the transition credited the ancient Greek moving as the restless doctorate in biochemistry and inequality between nations, to hydrogen energy,” Huisingh mathematician Euclid with sp h eres.” plant pathology from the which Huisingh attributes to said. unveiling the true significance University of Wisconsin. Over the hostility to the United of the number. “It suddenly the last 44 years of his study States. 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in the Office of the Student Body happen,” Meagher said. While not promising headliner “We feel like we bring a lot to President, and Sophomore Class Ebersol repeatedly referred to concerts, student body presiden­ the table,” Kirsh said. Alumni Debate President Lao, the candidates his major priority to bring big- tial candidate junior Mike Bott Hall president Bott added, “We continued from page 1 who could be called student gov­ name acts to campus so that stu­ and vice presidential candidate haven’t been holed up in the stu­ ernment “insiders.” The two dents can have the student life of sophomore Mike Kirsh, a former dent government office.” “We didn’t come here with defended their insider status, other top 20 colleges. member of the varsity track and prepared speeches. We didn’t promising to “put students first.” “You’ll be able to tell your field team, promised to be bring Contact Helena Payne at come here with 39 platform “We will be able to revamp stu­ friends you went to two top-40 a “real student approach” to stu­ [email protected] ideas. We’re just real students dent life,” Hallahan said. concerts like U2,” he said. dent government. like everybody,” vice presidential Lao added, “Our experience in candidate sophomore Eric student government has shown Tarnowski said, criticizing two us the process through which tickets with more lengthy plat­ change can be made.” Although forms — the Charlie inexperienced with student gov­ Ebersol-Lauren Meagher ticket ernment positions, sophomore RED and the Pat Hallahan-Jeremy Charlie Ebersol, running for stu­ Lao ticket. Tarnowski is running dent body president and junior with presidential candidate John Lauren Meagher, his vice presi­ Updike, a sophomore. The pre­ dential running mate, stuck to DRA pared speech comment referred their 39-proposal platform also. to Hallahan, current chief of staff “Everything we propose can

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EL PASO C0RP (EP) -22.50 -1.80 6.20 Donaldson, a Bush family friend, pledged to work to rebuild investor confidence INTEL C0RP (INTC) - 0 .3 8 - 0 .0 6 15.58 shaken by last year’s busi­ ness scandals and to allow the SEC to fully investigate and prosecute corporate Security and Exchange Commission nominee William H. Donaldson testifies before lawbreakers without the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday on Capitol Hill In Washington. regard to politics. Amid the In B rief cascade of accounting fail­ not to intrude on the feder­ to head the accounting Marine Corps in the early Gasoline prices jump 8 percent ures, Bush’s own transac­ al agency’s turf. board. Webster also 1950s. tions as a one-time direc­ The retail price of gasoline is up 8 percent Nearly a dozen big resigned. Panel chairman Sen. tor of Harken Energy Corp. investment firms recently The SEC chairman and Richard Shelby, R-Ala., since the start of the year, fueled by high oil drew renewed scrutiny and costs and traders’ self-fulfilling fears of an agreed to pay a total $1.4 four fellow commissioners told Donaldson: “You will the SEC has been investi­ upward trend as the U.S. considers military billion to settle Spitzer’s nominate the accounting be undertaking a tremen­ gating Vice President Dick action in Iraq. “Traders are afraid that the next allegations that they misled board boss, and Donaldson dous public trust. ... Your Cheney’s tenure as chief barrel they buy will be more expensive than the customers with stock said naming that person leadership will be key to executive of oil-service one they bought today,” said Tom Kloza, direc­ research biased in favor of “is the No. 1 priority that I rebuilding the faith of firm Halliburton Co. tor of the Oil Price Information Service, a companies that gave the have ... We’re behind the investors in our markets.” Donaldson, who also was Lakewood, N.J., publisher of industry data. firms investment banking eight ball.” He didn’t promise instant That fear is contributing to the aggressive buy­ a chairman of insurer business. The 71 -year-old Wall results. “Just as the war on ing, he said. The wholesale price of gasoline on Aetna Inc., expressed only His highest priority is Street veteran received a terrorism cannot be won the Neyv York Mercantile Exchange rose 3.09 qualified approval of a selecting a new chairman friendly reception from overnight, neither can cents to $1,032 per gallon Wednesday after­ recent crackdown on abus­ of the board overseeing the senators of both parties on investor confidence be noon, its highest level since May 2001. es by Wall Street invest­ accounting industry, the panel and is expected completely restored so ment firms led by New Donaldson told the Senate to be confirmed soon by quickly,” Donaldson said. National debt to hit $6.4 trillion York Attorney General Banking Committee. The the full Senate. He “Corporate America, Wall Eliot Spitzer. He termed it current SEC chairman, answered their questions Street and their profession­ The government is expected to hit the $6.4 "constructive up to a point ” Harvey Pitt, resigned with animation and an al stewards — lawyers, trillion ceiling on the national debt around Feb. as a supplement to SEC 20, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, under fire in early easy smile and relished the accountants, corporate and enforcement efforts, but analogy they drew between renewing its call for Congress to boost the gov­ November in a flap over financial managers and ernment’s borrowing authority. Treasury asked said state law-enforcement his selection of former FBI his challenge as SEC chair­ financial regulators — still Congress late last year to increase the govern­ officials should take care Director William Webster man and his service in the have much work to do.” ment’s ability to borrow, setting the stage for a political fight in Congress. Treasury, however, hasn’t said exactly how much of an increase in the current statutory debt ceiling it wants. Late last year Treasury warned Congress the gov­ Wall Street slumps after bad news ernment would hit the debt ceiling in late February, but didn’t specify a date. Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at interest rates by a bigger-than-expect- Associated Press Wells Fargo in Minneapolis. “The ed half point, pushing the overnight United plans to launch new carrier WASHINGTON economy is still mired in a pretty soft borrowing cost for banks down to a United Airlines said Wednesday it plans to Worried about a possible war, Wall patch and we have not made it to 41-year low of 1.25 percent. return to profitability through a combination of Street has been in a funk this year and firmer ground.” But so far, the extra boost from reducing costs, launching a low-cost carrier the news on Main Street hasn’t been “Soft patch” was the phrase Federal lower interest rates has not been and using more regional jets. In the most exten­ any better. Business executives are Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan enough to jump-start the economy. sive comments yet on its new strategy in bank­ freezing new spending and hiring, began using last fall to describe a sig­ Unemployment has been stuck at an ruptcy, United told its employees it needs its fearful of big commitments in the face nificant slowdown in economic eight-year high of 6 percent as busi­ growth. The economy, which had nesses have laid off nearly 200,000 own discount carrier to become more competi­ of so much uncertainty. been growing at a solid 4 percent rate workers over the past two months. tive in the leisure travel market. It defended the Some analysts think the national anxiety, heightened by the loss of the in the summer, screeched to a near Many analysts believe when the gov­ plan to create a separate, low-cost airline — space shuttle Columbia, could be halt during the final three months of ernment reports the January unem­ which has been assailed by unions and ques­ enough to derail the feeble recovery the year, managing to eke out a tiny ployment figure on Friday it will show tioned by industry experts since it was first dis­ and throw the country back into 0.7 percent growth rate. that businesses did add a small num­ closed in December — saying it will entail a recession. To buy some insurance against a ber of workers last month but not new business model that “has learned from the “The probability of a double-dip possible double-dip recession, the enough to show an improvement in industry’s past mistakes.” recession has certainly risen,” said Federal Reserve in November cut the 6 percent jobless rate. page 8 The Observer ♦ NE'VC^S Thursday, February 6, 2003 EOT S outh Ko r ea continued from page 1 Rogue nation reactivates nuclear facilities had a negative view on the loss of in hall dances because Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions, Pyongyang was timing the issue The Pentagon is considering it led to a loss of traditions,” Associated Press just before Secretary of State with Iraq developments. bolstering U.S. forces in the said Bishop. “1 said how the Colin Powell spoke at the U.N. “North Korea has a history of region to deter the North from costs were high and what the SEOUL Security Council, presenting the doing things like they did in the any provocations during an Iraq challenges for dance commis­ North Korea said Wednesday U.S. case against Iraq. 90s, outside of the context of war. Washington says it has no sioners were.” it has reactivated its nuclear The North said the reactivated Iraq,” he said. plans to invade North Korea. A portion of the report is facilities, a surprise announce­ facilities would “for the present The North’s announcement Defense Secretary Donald H. devoted to Notre Dame’s ment that raised questions stage” be used only to produce came hours after South Korea Rumsfeld called North Korea “a social climate, said Bishop. whether it was trying to take electricity - but the United States opened a road across the heavi­ terrorist regime” and said Bishop said she listened to a d v a n ta g e of W a s h in g to n ’s says the facilities can produce ly fortified border for the first restarting the nuclear program the views of the freshman preoccupation with Iraq to nuclear weapons within months. time in more than half a centu­ would give the North a troubling class council regarding social ratchet up pressure in its own Even as it presses toward war ry, trying to ease tensions with option — making nuclear life and these views con­ standoff with the United States. with Iraq over alleged hidden the isolated communist regime. weapons for itself or selling firmed her belief that In Washington, the State weapons of mass destruction, Pyongyang wants direct talks them to any other country. throughout her time at Notre Department said that if the the United States has insisted it with Washington. Analysts say The United States is pressing Dame an increasing number announcement was true, “this wants a peaceful solution in its North Korea, which often accus­ for the U.N. nuclear watchdog of freshmen leave campus for would be a very serious devel­ standoff with North Korea. es the United States of plotting agency to refer the issue to the social activities. Bishop said opment.” It demanded the President Bush “keeps all of to invade it, fears Washington Security Council - which would freshmen were disillusioned North “reverse this action ... his options open” but still will turn up pressure on it if a likely impose punitive sanctions about hall dances because North Korea must visibly, veri- believes the standoff can be war against Iraq is successful. on the North. Pyongyang vehe­ upperclassmen harbored neg­ fiably and irreversibly disman­ resolved diplomatically, National The North may hope that mently opposes such a move. ative sentiments towards the tle its nuclear weapons pro­ Security Adviser Condoleezza heightening the standoff at a At the International Atomic new policy. gram .” Rice said in an appearance on time when Washington is trying Energy Agency, spokeswoman “When students have a neg­ A North Korean spokesman ABC’s “Nightline.” to concentrate on Iraq could Melissa Fleming had no immedi­ ative attitude about social life announced the reactivation, White House spokesman Ari prompt the United States to ate comment on the report from on campus, the attitude deepening the crisis over Fleischer discounted that make concessions. the North. becomes reflected in their actions, their comments to peers, and results in increas­ ing the trend of students going off campus,” said Libby Recycle The Observer. Bishop, in her Board of Trustee’s report. Bishop, in her report, states her purpose for the report is to offer ideas to “improve hall dances,"improve the “social atmosphere in residence halls” and to address moving away from the “alcohol-cen­ tered activity often being at the core of Notre Dame social life.” In her conclusion Bishop said, “The majority of stu­ dents would like the dances to be able to be held in their residence halls again.” Bishop said students want in-hall dances in order to renew the importance and traditions in residence halls and not to see the return of hard alcohol or wild parties. Bishop said in her report the other rules from the changed alcohol policy would still be effective if dances were returned and provided alternative suggestions. “If the Office of Student Affairs does not view return­ ing the dances back to the residence halls as a viable solution at this point, then "I tACt-E AMERICA students must be willing to www.teachforamorica.org work with the administration on making the hall dances as successful as possible within the framework of the new policy,” said Bishop’s report. Bishop said that a student’s commitment to be flexible must be met by the adminis­ trations promise to provide additional funding and 23 resources. Senate passed a resolution at Monday’s emergency meet­ ing directing Bishop to ask for dances to be brought back for a one-year probationary peri­ od. Bishop must sign the res­ of all ND Drink of all alcohol olution within one week for it to be adopted and if not Students consumed here Senate may adopt the resolu­ tion by passing it again. Bishop did not include Senate’s proposal in the report. f K k Contact Meghanne Downes at [email protected]

Recycle The of all ND Drink of all alcohol Students consumed here O b s e r v e r . Based on the University of N otre Dame 2001-2002 Core and Norm Surveys. Spring 2002 O ffice of Alcohol and D tig Education Thursday, February 6, 2003 The Observer ♦ NATIONAL NEWS page 9 NASA backs away from foam damage theory

cause for the loss of Columbia and trajectory of the chunk of think there’s an embedded ice seconds of data from the Associated Press and its crew,” he said. foam, any damage to the tiles question here,” Dittemore spacecraft. SPACE CENTER, Houston “There’s got to be another was minor and the crew was said, adding that the foam is This data, the very last sig­ After days of analysis, NASA reason.” in no danger. water-resistant and that an nals from the dying Columbia, backed away Wednesday from Dittemore said investigators Dittemore said the engineers inspection team found no ice was not processed at Mission the theory that a piece of foam are now asking if there was in their study doubled the rel­ conditions that day. “So it is Control because the quality of that struck Columbia during “another event that escaped ative velocity of the foam and something else.” the electronic signals was too liftoff was the root cause of our attention” that might have shuttle, from the actual 513 Dittemore said that during poor to be considered reliable. the space shuttle’s disintegra­ caused Columbia to break up mph to 1,026 mph, and were Columbia’s final minutes, the But Dittemore said the sig­ tion over Texas. just minutes before the end of conservative in estimating the autopilot was causing the craft nals are being extracted from Shuttle program manager its 16-day mission, killing all weight of the debris. to rapidly move the control computers and will be exam­ Ron Dittemore said investiga­ seven astronauts. “We’re look­ surfaces and ined to find clues to why tors now are focusing more Practically from the start, in g s o m e ­ “Right now, it does not to eventually Columbia’s left wing was investigators have been look­ where else,” ev en fire encountering so much drag. closely on the desperate effort make sense to us that a of Columbia’s automatic con­ ing at the possibility that the he said. “Was small rockets “Perhaps the 32 seconds will trol system to hold the speed piece of foam that fell off the there another piece of debris would bein a losing help us understand,” he said. of the spacecraft stable shuttle’s big external fuel tank event that the root cause for the loss effort to gain So far, no significant pieces 81 seconds after liftoff Jan. 16 escaped control of the of shuttle wreckage — “red- despite an increasing level of of Columbia and its wind resistance, or drag, on caused damage to the thermal detection?” yawing tag items” — have been found, the left wing. tiles under the left wing that In re c e n t crew. ” m o tio n of Dittemore said. Dittemore said that after a doomed the flight. days, some Columbia. Searchers have discovered, The thermal tiles keep the space experts Final bits of however, a large portion of the careful study of the damage Ron Dittemore possible from the fall of a ship from burning up during have speculat­ data from the nose cone as well as at least chunk of foam insulation that re-entry into Earth’s atmos­ ed that the Shuttle program manager spacecraft two possible wing sections. was believed to be 20 inches phere. chunk of foam showed that Any pieces of Columbia and 2 1/2 pounds, investiga­ While Columbia was still was coated or “w e w e re found in California would be tors are “looking somewhere aloft, NASA engineers ana­ infused with ice, which could beginning to lose the battle,” “very, very significant,” else.” lyzed the potential damage to have increased the weight — he said. Dittemore said, because it “Right now, it just does not the thermal tiles and conclud­ and destructive potential — of For this reason, Dittemore would indicate that the shuttle make sense to us that a piece ed that based on such factors the piece that hit the shuttle. said his team is intensifying was falling apart long before of debris would be the root as the estimated size, weight “I don’t think it’s ice. I don’t efforts to recover a final 32 its final breakup over Texas.

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Associated Press R&B stars including Aerosmith, “I think that blues for the last Natalie Cole and India.Arie with two years has been going NEW YORK collaborations designed to through kind of a quiet period, opposes war Blues singer Shemekia attract the non-blues listener. because there is not a pop artist Copeland thinks it’s time the “I think when people redis­ who has championed the blues Laura Bush. genre got an image makeover. cover this music, they’re going as other artists of the past Associated Press “Blues gets a bad rap because to say, ‘Wow this is pretty con­ [have],” said Bruce Iglauer, “If political protest is urgent, I of what its called,” said the 23- temporary,’ so we’re hopeful,” owner of the Chicago-based NEW YORK don’t think it needs to wait for ycar-old, one of the blues’ said Alex Gibney, the event’s blues label Alligator Records. The threatened war with Iraq an appropriate scene and setting brightest new stars. “People producer. “People think of it as He cited earlier musicians has politicized the nation’s and should be as disruptive as it associate blues with all the sad this downbeat music where such as Stevie Ray Vaughan as poets, starting at the very top. wants to be,” Collins said in a things that can possibly go people are singing these slow, having promoted the genre. Yet In comments rarely heard recent e-mail to The Associated wrong with their life. ... [but] sad songs, and it’s really not King said interest is there. from a sitting U.S. poet laureate, Press . the blues is what’s happening.” that.” The 77-year-old King, “It’s hardly any night that we Billy Collins has publicly “I have tried to keep the West Lovers of the genre are trying known as the “King of the play that the band and 1 don’t declared his opposition to war Wing and the East Wing of the to spread that word in 2003, Blues,” also said he hopes the sell out,” he said. “Somebody and says he finds it increasingly White House as separate as pos­ which has been declared “The benefit will open minds. must like what we do.” difficult to keep politics out of his sible because I support what Year of the Blues ” by Congress. “A lot of the kids, they think Blues supporters say one official job as literary advocate. Mrs. Bush has done for the Director Martin Scorsese is pro­ it’s all pain, it’s all hurt, it’s all problem is that the music isn’t While at least three of Collins’ causes of literacy and reading. ducing a seven-part series for droopy drawers,” he said. “It played on mainstream radio. predecessors also have stated But as this country is being PBS to air this fall, and the w asn’t all like that in slavery.” “People have to have things in their opposition to war, an pushed into a violent confronta­ Experience Music Project, a Blues’ roots lie in the work front of them for them to pay incumbent laureate usually tion, I find it increasingly diffi­ museum in Seattle, is sponsor­ songs of slavery, as well as in attention, to go out and buy the sticks to art for art’s sake. cult to maintain that separa­ ing an education program and early black gospel music and, album,” said Copeland. Poets laureate are not political tion.” traveling exhibit. later, other influences including Negotiations are underway to appointees; the selection is Collins, Nobel laureate Derek The official kickoff of the folk music. Blues accounted for broadcast the concert, directed made by the Librarian of Walcott, former U.S. poet laure­ yearlong celebration occurs less than 3.4 percent of music by filmmaker Antoine Fuqua Congress, a post currently held ate Richard Wilbur and about 40 Friday with the “Salute to the sales in the United States in and executive-produced by by James H. Billington. Collins, other writers and artists signed Blues” concert at Radio City 2001; it’s sales are so small it is Scorsese, on television or even who receives an annual stipend an anti-war petition last month. Music Hall. Blues legends such lumped into the jazz category make it into a theatrical movie of $35,000, is serving his second In England, meanwhile, poet as B.B. King and Ruth Brown by the Recording Industry release. one-year term. laureate Andrew Motion has A spokeswoman for the written an anti-war poem that Library of Congress said cites “elections, money, empire, Tuesday that “Mr. Collins is free oil” as the motivation for war. to express his own opinions on Concern about a possible war Doors' drummer sues bandmates any subject.” has also changed what had been Collins, whose books include a relatively positive relationship share of profits from any shows “Questions About Angels” and between Mrs. Bush and the liter­ Associated Press There were no Los Angeles tele­ that have taken place without phone listings for the musicians, “Nine Horses,” is a mostly intro­ ary community. LOS ANGELES him. The Doors Music Company, or spective poet who doesn’t have a A former librarian who has Doors drummer John The lawsuit states that after their record label, Bright history of political activism. made teaching and early child­ Densmore is suing fellow band- lead singer Jim Morrison died Midnight Records. But he defended anti-war hood development her signature matcs Ray Manzarek and Robby in 1971, Densmore, Manzarek Manzarek and Krieger, along poets who last week caused the issues, she has held a series of Krieger for going on tour as The and Krieger agreed they’d split with singer Ian Astbury of The White House to postpone a sym­ symposiums to salute America’s Doors without him. any future profits from The Cult and former Police drum­ posium sponsored by first lady authors. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Doors music three ways and mer Stewart Copeland, were to Superior Court, seeks a court that the band’s name wouldn’t perform Friday at the Universal order prohibiting keyboardist be used if all three original sur­ Amphitheater. Manzarek and guitarist Krieger viving members weren’t According to the band’s Web from calling themselves The involved. site, a new Densmore group ABC's 'Bachelor' Doors when they perform with­ Manzarek, 63, Krieger, 57, called Tribal Jazz plans to out Densmore. It also requests and their representatives could release its first album this that Densmore, 58, be paid a not be found for comment. spring. ends engagement

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