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~- ---------------- ~150 YEARS~ ~ (/) '{:). c::g ~z >t"" Friday, November 18, 1994•.Yol. XXVI No. 55 ~NOTRE DAME•IN ~ THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S No Great Mystery It doesn't take Shel'lock Holmes to lind a populal' detective stol'y Wl'itel' l'ight hel'e on campus The Observer/ Eric Ruethling By GWENDOLYN NORGLE Ralph Mcinerny has been pulling double duty as a novelist and professor for years. His latest installment in Aulltant Nawl Editor the Father Dowling Mysteries series, A Cardinal Offense, is set on the campus of Notre Dame. wo tickets to the Notre Dame-USC The theme of the diminishing write about what you know." football game are not something to kill The Mcinerny Files sanctity of marriage con­ As a writer, Mcinerny says, for. Or are they? tributes to the plot of this mur­ "You convey your understand­ T In his latest installment of The Father der mystery. ing of what life is all about." Dowling Mystery series, Professor Ralph •A Cardinal Offense is the 17th book in the This is not the first time Notre You give your perspective of Mcinerny sets a marital murder on the campus of Father Dowling series !)arne has appeared in the human existence when you the University of Notre Dame, during a USC game Mcinerny's work. In one other write, according to Mcinerny. weekend. And while a ticket-holder's envy may of his books, Mcinerny used ''I'm a Catholic. I'm a happy not compare to that of a jealous spouse, •Mcinerny has written four other series and over Notre Dame in the setting of his Catholic. This is the way I look Mcinerny'~ novel encompasses a number of philo­ 50 novels story. Connolly's Life, pub­ at life," he says. sophical and ethical questions. But that's lished in 1983, included scenes The Catholic aspect of his fic­ because philosophy is Mcinerny's specialty. of Notre Dame, and one of the tion writing appeals to his non­ As a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame for •He is a professor of Philosophy and Medieval characters in the story met Catholic readers, who view his the past forty years, Mcinerny has found the time Studies and has been at Notre Dame for 40 years with a fictional Father religious references as "exotic," to incorporate philosophical themes into his fic­ Hesburgh. he says. tion and non-fiction writing, while, at the same Most of Mcinerny's books Mcinerny's writing appeals to time, he is a professor of medieval studies and •In addition to his teaching duties, Mcinerny is have what he calls, "A Catholic a large number of people, and the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center of the context" and, though most of this became apparent when Medieval Institute. also the Director of the Jacques Maritain Center his fiction writing has been of Viacom, a television company, As the author of The Father Dowling Mysteries, for Medieval Studies mysteries, his stories include bought the right to use Mcinerny has written seventeen books in this "Church law on the margin." Mcinerny's characters in a se­ series that spotlights the character Father Roger L__________________ ___J When asked if working in a ries which stemmed from the Dowling, a Chicago-based priest and sports fan. novel." While at Notre Dame, religious atmosphere, such as books. In the television series, Published last week, his latest book, A Cardinal Offense. is the Dowling is expected to partici­ Notre Dame, and working in which lasted three years, actor first of the series to take place on Notre Dame campus. In this pate in a conference on association with priests has had Tom Bosley (Happy Days) book, Dowling is given tickets to attend a Notre Dame-USC foot­ American annulment practices. any influence in his writing, ball game, which Mcinerny says is "functional to the climax of the Mcinerny responded, "You see MciNERNY/ page 10 The Notre Dame 10 turns 25 Forum remembers CIA recruitment protests Friday, November 18 11:30 a.m. Mass The Basilica. By JOHN CONNORTON 11:30 a.m. Quarterback Club Luncheon JACC News Writer 3:00p.m. Walking Tour of NO Campus Main_ Gate . 3:00p.m. Football Weekend Social Gathering Morns .Inn Pat1o Notre Dame's past was revisited yesterday as 4:00p.m. Center for the Homeless Immersion Experience Ma!n C1r~l~ three members of the "Notre Dame Ten" returned 4:30p.m. Marching Band Rehearsal Mam Bmldmg to campus to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of 5:00p.m. Glee Club Open Rehearsal Crowley Hall 6:45p.m. Band Steps off for Pep Rally Band Building their suspension from the University over their 7:00p.m. Pep Rally JACC protest of Dow Chemical and the CIA's on-campus 7:00p.m. Hockey: ND vs. Bowling Green JACC .. recruiting interviews. 8:45 p.m. Concert: "Notre Dame Liturgical Choir Reunion" The Bas1hca Mark Mahoney, Dr. John Eckenrode, and Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, three of the ten, Saturday, November 19 held a forum last night at the Hesburgh Center for 8:30a.m. Marching Band Rehearsal Loftus Center International Studies to commemorate the protest 9:30a.m. AA Meeting esc and to debate the idea of a Christian University. 10:00 a.m. PomPon Squad/Cheerleader Performances Bookstore 12:00 p.m. Marching Band Concert Main Building Mahoney, now a private criminal defense 1:35 p.m. ND vs. Air Force Stadium lawyer operating out of Buffalo, New York, insist­ 4:45p.m. Candlelight Dinner Buffet Dining Halls ed the commemoration was not motivated by nos­ talgia, but "about the kinds of personal questions Sunday, November 20 that hit us squarely in the face." 8, 10, & Mass The Basilica Mahoney hoped to raise awareness over the 11:45 a.m. Notre Dame protest incident in order to deal with 12:30 & lnterhall Football Championships: Stadium the problems of complicity that still exist today. 2:00p.m. Women's Flag and Men's Tackle Specifically, Mahoney was referring to the The Observer/Brian Hardy 2:30 p.m. Play: 'The Bacchae· Washington Hall 7:15p.m. Sunday Vespers The Basilica protest that occurred twenty-five years ago yes- Mark Mahoney, member of the "Notre Dame Ten," participated in a forum last night at the Hesburgh see CW page 4 Center for International Studies. --- -- ------------------- .-----------------------------------------------------~----------------------------------- page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, November 18, 1994 • INSIDE COLUMN • WORLD AT A GLANCE Saying hello Over the counter nicotine gum, patches may be approved The date: 1997. grams they already otTer The place: Any news­ Sales of nicotine patches have shrunk smokers work. isn't that stand. rapidly since their Introduction in late But smoking cessation Customer: "Yeah, 1991, but drug companies are hoping experts say the products to revive the drug and its sister gimme a Times, a TV product, nicotine gum, by eventually aren't much good with­ hard Guide, and a pack of selling them without a prescription. out the personal atten­ Marlb ... Wait, make it a *U.S. nicotine patch tion a doctor can give. We're all probably pack of those nicotine U.S. patch Smokers must be taught, guilty of it. I like to call it preiCI'Iptlons: retail sales: patches." Millions of dollars for instance, that they "The Campus Hello." Clerk: "Gettin' off the Millions don't need cigarettes to Some people are great at 9--~~------------- butts, eh? Good luck!" 8 ~--~~------------- relieve stress, control it. They'll walk through a Smokers hoping to 500 weight or make them crowd of people, with a kick the habit can't have 400 feel more comfortable in smile, offering their polite that conversation, but social situations. hellos. But then there are some day it could 300 Even with a prescrip­ the rest of us. We walk become common. 200 tion, the success rate of towards someone we Nicotine patches and 100 the patches is only 20 know and we pass them, Patti Carson gum, the only drugs percent. Smoking cessa­ 0 exchanging absolutely no Saint Mary's available to help people 1992 1993 1994(est.) 1992 1993 1994(est.) tion specialists say that's greeting. Instantly, we Accent Editor quit smoking, are avail­ pretty good, considering resort to one of our 'Retail sales figures exclude mail order sales, approximately 3 percent of total able with a prescription, prescriptions written. Source: IMS America Ltd. how hard it is to quit, "anti-approach tactics." but drugmakers are but well below many They include: one, instantly dropping our smoker expectations - heads as we walk, staring at the ground with hoping to gain approval from the Food and Drug Administration to sell them over the counter. especially after they've paid $250 for a 10-week program. some sort of erie fascination; two, pretending "Nicotine is one of the most potent pharmacological to be searching aimlessly for something in our The patch releases nicotine through the skin in smaller and smaller doses to wean smokers off cigarettes. agents we have and obviously it's addictive," said Dr. backpacks; three, fixing a zipper on our coat Roger Bone, a lung specialist and president of the Medical that's not even broken, but all the while keep­ Whether the FDA will agree to over-the-counter sales is in doubt. College of Ohio in Toledo. "The issue is people will get a ing a look of great concentration on our face; double hit of it if they continue smoking." and finally, coughing-an instantaneous Doctors and Wall Street analysts say if such applications are to win approval, the companies must assure the FDA "It's a big moral question of whether or not people cough attack always seems to do the trick.

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