Smoke gets in your eyes Stupid freshmen? Before you light up, take a look at Transfer student Mike Marchand draws the Monday Scene's report on of the deadly effects line when it comes to defining freshmen of nicotine. at Notre Dame. SEPTEMBER 13, p a g e 1 2 p a g e 11 1999 O BSERVER The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s V O L X X X III N O . 15 HTTIV/OBSERVER.ND.EDU Students, corporations connect at business career forum West Life, adding that he already ♦ Fair offers had a few serious candidates chances to meet after one evening of collecting resumes. industry recruiters The Friday afternoon sessions were more casual, as business students roamed the forum to By LAURA SEGURA get a feel for the current job News W riter market. Students took advantage of the networking opportunities A soil of suits and lies flooded for summer internships and tem­ the College of Business porary positions. Administration last week as While some underclassmen Notre Dame business students just came to look, many juniors met with had a specific representa­ “Last year I just came to objective in tives from mind. more than yet free pens, but this year “Last year I 100 compa­ I ’m serious. ” just came to get nies at the free pens, but a n n u a 1 this year I’m CUBA Career Jascint Vukelich serious,” said Forum. junior business major junior Jascint The forum Vukelich, who welcomed a came to the wide range forum in of companies to set up informa­ search of an internship in invest­ tional booths and recruit the ment banking. University’s best and brightest. In addition to company repre­ On Thursday, seniors and MBA sentatives, students also could students gathered in a formal receive resume critiques and setting to mingle with company informational sessions in con­ JOE STARK/The Observer representatives. sulting, marketing, operations, Notre Dame business students and company representatives exchange contact information "The companies arc here to accounting, corporate finance during last week’s career forum hosted by the College of Business Administration. hire," said Mike Fortner of Great and entrepreneurship. C h a o s o n t h e g r i d i r o n Lecture traces fall and rise of Harley-Davidson mid-1980 s, according to By BOB KERR Schmidt. News Writer In 1985, Harley-Davidson entered a new era, he said, While major corporations when management devoted its were handing out candy bars entire marketing budget to cus­ and jelly beans to prospective tomer demonstration rides. recruits during career day Engineers, manufacturers, and Friday, marketing executive financial analysts personally Ken Schmidt greeted a crowd in interacted with one customer at the Jordan Auditorium with the a time, and as a result, the roar of a Harley-Davidson product became better suited to motorcycle. the clients. Schmidt described Harley- “Seat heights began to Davidson as a “phenomenally change, mirror heights began to successful company that wasn’t change, customization began to always so,” in his lecture, “The change,” Schmidt said. Rise and Fall and Rise of The company has seen results. Harley-Davidson: The Power of Since 1989, Harley-Davidson Employee Empowerment.” has been sold out in advance of He addressed the company’s production. failures and success in direct As the former director of com­ relationship with drastic munications and primary changes in management. spokesman for Harley-Davidson, When 13 members of the Inc., Schmidt attributes the company’s management team company’s success to the bought it out from AMF in 1981, strength of its personal relation­ they sought to restore Harley- ships with customers. Davidson’s reputation for quali­ “Harley-Davidson understands ty, he said, which had fallen what motorcycling is all about,” during the previous manage­ Schmidt said. “We actually go ment. The new owners modeled out and ride and use the prod­ their production lines after uct.” Japanese competitors and To leverage this advantage, JOE STARK/The Observer reengineered the legendary the Harley Owner’s Group The Cavanaugh Chaos football squad practices for tonight’s opening scrimmage against engine. However, record-low Walsh Hall. Interhall football teams are gearing up for first round matches beginning this market shares and employee weekend. cutbacks continued through the see HARLEY/page 4 page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Monday, September 13, 1999 I n s id e C o l u m n T h is W eek on C a m p u s Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday They’re not ♦ Sweatshop symposium: ♦ Kevin Sharpe, pianist: ♦ Student Senate: Notre ♦ Ted Koppel lecture: Hesburgh Center Little Theater, Moreau Dame Room, LaFortune; Hesburgh Library ND Auditorium; 7 p.m. Center, SMC; 7:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Auditorium 7:30 p.m. ♦ Tobacco Research & ♦ Afrrican-American ♦ Post-graduate Service ♦ Auditions: “A Piece of My I don’t want to talk about the game. I don’t want to rehash botched calls, questionable play- Marketing lecture: Dr. biography lecture: Arnold Fair: Stepan Center, Heart.” Room 16, Regina calling, or stupid mistakes. I don’t want to think Rampersand. McKenna 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Hall, SMC; 7:30 p.m. about the “if-only’s.” It’s too painful. Let me Victor DeNoble. mourn in peace. Washington Hall; Hall; 8 p.m. ♦ Forever Midnight: Still, the trip to West Lafayette was a valuable 7:30 p.m. Hesburgh Library, 7:30 p.m. learning experience. It made me thoroughly appreciate being a Domer. The corn should have been OUTSIDE THE Dom e Compiled from U-Wire reports my first clue that something was amiss. We took the first exit that said Purdue, antici­ pating the sight of the stadi­ Miami says no to FLA, labeling it ‘inadequate’ um ready to accommodate Erin Piroutek screaming Irish fans. OXFORD, Ohio “We don’t believe it its apparel is made in sweatshops. Instead, we found ... corn. Miami University has opted not to adequately addresses For example, the football team uses For several miles we drove join a proposed national movement Nike uniforms, even though Nike’s on a two-lane road winding Wire Editor aiming to eliminate sweatshops use women’s rights and living working conditions in China were through cornfield upon corn­ to produce collegiate apparel, label­ wage issues. ” reported two years ago as hazardous field. ing the initiative as “inadequate.” and unjust. Thanks to backed-up traf­ The Fair Labor Association, a non­ Sportswear companies, including fic, we had several hours to appreciate the corn. profit entity, has proposed a univer­ Richard Keebler Nike, offer the sports teams a bid Finally we made it to campus (“I thought I’d sal Code of Conduct for universities director of Purchasing price, and the university helps seen ugly buildings before — but now I realize I to follow that would allegedly help decide which bid to choose (usually was wrong,” said my roommate) and into the sta­ eliminate the use of sweatshops in the lowest). dium. manufacturing collegiate apparel. president Nathan Estep. After a few Nike offers teams, the most But the reasons to count my blessings had just Some universities, such as Miami, meetings, the committee decided the appealing bid, with a “buy one, get begun. Anytime there arp more cheerleaders see the proposal in a different light. while the FLA was an attempt to one free” deal for shoes, and offers than football players, well, there’s something The university, which currently eliminate sweatshop use, more could discounts on wristbands, gloves, and inherently wrong. You may think I’m kidding. But does not have a code of conduct, be done. a reduced rate for clothing, accord­ I'm dead serious. formed the Miami Licensing Fair “We don’t believe it adequately ing to Chris Otto, business manager Start with the 10 girls and 10 guys, who I Labor Committee last spring to addresses women’s rights, workers of intercollegiate athletics. assume were the varsity cheerleaders. Add 10 address the issue. The committee is rights and living wage issues,” said However, the committee chose not more of each who I think were the JV cheerlead­ comprised of administrators and two Richard Keebler, director of to take the FLA’s route because it ers. That’s 40. Then consider the 16 flag girls students, Derek Coons and Laura Purchasing. saw flaws in the FLA’s proposal, and eight baton twirlers. We’re up to 64. But Kudravetz, appointed by former Because Miami does not have a according to Coons, also a member that’s not all. Count the 32 pom girls, even Associated Student Government code of conduct, there is a possibility of Students for Peace. though I couldn’t quite discern their purpose, and that brings us to a grand total of 96 cheerleaders. And you might think there’s nothing wrong with this. Spirit is good, right? Well, maybe I could excuse it if there was any spirit in the CU bans reporters from meeting Iowa State gets $80M for farming Purdue stadium. But there wasn’t. BOULDER, Colo. Our 12 cheerleaders are able to make the AMES, Iowa Two Colorado Daily reporters were barred from a entire stadium resonate with the sounds of “We Accompanied by exploding streamers and fireworks, University of Colorado Board of Regents meeting are ND.” The Purdue stadium resonated with ... Iowa State president Martin Jischke announced an $80 Thursday after attempting to ask CU president John random noise every once in awhile when Purdue million donation to the College of Agriculture Thursday, Buechner about his continued refusal to answer their had a good play.