--------------------------------------------- -- --- ------ -------------- Friday, February 17, 1995 • Vol. XXVI No. 89 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S This ... is Jeopardy! Senior Stephen Smith is facing one of the toughest tests of his college career- an appearance on one of TVs most popular game shows By GWENDOLYN NORGLE nomics major, Smith is among Assistant News Editor 15 collegiate undergraduates nationwide who will partici­ Given the chance to bet on a pate in the television game Daily Double, Stephen Smith show's annual tournament. will wager conservatively. But After responding to an don't tell his competitors that. advertised search for college Although Smith says he is contestants that was not preparing for his appear­ announced at the end of one of ance in the 1995 Jeopardy Col­ the televised programs, Smith The Observer I Scott Mendenhall lege Championship, a strategy tried out for the show on appears to be brewing in the November 5 in Milwaukee . Steve Smith has been preparing for his Jeopardy appearance by watching the game show and reading mind of this Notre Dame se­ The tryout Smith attended was Trivial Pursuit cards. He will be in Los Angeles to tape the show on March 7-8. nior. one of four in a search for A government and eco- see JEOPARDY I page 4 Fair promotes women's health By CHRISTINA TECSON president. were the massages, the herbal­ News Writer "It was better than what we ist who gave out health food could have hoped for," she said samples, and the self-defense The Women's Health Fair at of the estimated 500 people demonstration. Saint Mary's LeMans Hall yes­ who attended. "We were really "I really liked the chance to terday proved to be a success pleased. All the businesses try out different products by as women gathered to pick up were really happy with the Bath & Body Works," said pamphlets and brochures and turnout." freshman Karey Gilmore. "I ask questions of those repre­ Attendance included women thought there was a lot of in­ sented to promote the emo­ from Saint Mary's and Notre formation offered at the fair on tional, social, and physical well­ Dame, the South Bend area, topics important to women's being of women. and also a number of high lives, like breast examinations, The fair was open to all school students. self-defense, and sexually women in the community and "We were really happy about transmitted diseases." many took advantage of the op­ the teenagers because it ex­ Both the organizations who' portunity sponsored by the Stu­ posed them to women's issues participated and the students dent League for Women's Col­ at an early age," said Clancy. who attended were pleased leges (SLWC) and attended by Saint Mary's students who at­ with the outcome. twenty-three local businesses, tended were pleased with the "The different organizations The Observer I Brandon Candura hospitals, and organizations. organizations who participated that· came were very helpful Checking the merchandise "We ordered food for 300 and and the information available. and glad to be there. It was a that was gone after the first Some of the more popular at­ pleasant atmosphere," said se­ Students browse through the t-shirts and books sold at the hour," said Katie Clancy, SL WC tractions, according to Clancy; nior Katie Gisch. Sophomore Literary Festival yesterday. Friday, February 17 1:00 ~.m.· The Hospitality Room is open for your convenience in the Sarin Room 7:00 p.m. on the first floor of La Fortune. Gordon: Arafat improving image "He is constantly surrounded 7:00p.m. Student Affairs sponsors the variety show, "Black Kofee By BRIAN MOLINARO towards such a change. Prob­ Ballroom. News Writer ably one of the most significant by guards," Gordon said, gestures he has made was "because there is a constant JPW's opening event. During the when "he defied the skeptics threat of a terrorist act anytime from various lJ.S. cities. There Palestinian leader Yassir dancing shoes. Live entertainment Arafat must continue his moves and settled down in the Gaza he is in the open." the Gara. toward becoming a respected Strip" in the heartland of the Just recently, Gordon invited statesman in order for his Palestinian world. Normally Arafat and other Israeli leaders the programs and professors of your son's peace proposals to be effective Yassir Arafat flies all over the to visit Ben-Gurion University, in the Middle East, Professor world and never stays in any and almost immediately after Haim Gordon from Ben-Gurion single place long enough to he extended his invitation to 12:30 p.m.· for off-campus Juniors will University in Israel said in a even get settled in a hotel. Arafat, threats of violence were 2:30p.m. lecture yesterday at the Hes­ "He knows he is the symbol made public. burgh Center for the Palestinians" suggested If the Hamas - who are sup­ 1:00 p.m. & ported by less than 15% of the 2:30p.m. In past years, Arafat has been Gordon. "He has always been a symbol of radicalism and has seen as a thug, and it is hard to Palestinians - were Arafat's 2:00p.m.· La Fortune Ballroom. always been associated with wean this attitude, but his set­ only opposition, Arafat's posi­ 4:00p.m. such radical and anarchistic tlement is a major gesture to tion would be extremely strong, world leaders as Saddam Hus­ the people." according to Gordon. 2:30p.m. sein. In his quest to become a "Arafat would win [the elec­ statesman, Arafat faces two tion] by 60 to 70 percent," he 2:30p.m.· However, in recent years 4:30p.m. Arafat has had to change his main oppositions: the Hamas in said. The International Studies Program radical ways, taking instead the Gaza - a radical group which However, the Israeli govern­ of La Fortune. form of a statesman. is much like the Arafat of years ment poses a bigger threat to "This is probably the most dif­ past - and the Isreali leaders Arafat. The biggest problem, 5:30p.m.· Mass/Presidential Dinner: The President ficult challenge he has ever has who Arafat is trying to make according to Gordon, is the fact !O:OOp.m. Malloy, C.S.C., will preside at our celebration peace with. that Israeli Prime Minister Dome of the JACC, followed by dinner in the to face. The only man who has Club and aspeech by Lou Holtz. ever successfully accomplished Arafat once relied on military Yitzhak Rabin's indecision on a such a feat was Nelson Mandela methods to solve problems, but number of requests proposed Sunday, February 20 who had the aid of years in now that he is trying to be civi­ by Arafat has hurt Arafat's 9:30a.m.· By The Dawn's Early Light Brunch: The closing brunch held in the JACC. prison to think things through," lized about his peace talks, he Peace Wager platform. 12:00 p.m. Lou Holtz is the featured speaker. Gordon said. must worry about the Hamas "Rabin does not know how to The Observer/ Robert Bollman, Jr. Arafat has made several steps radicals, according to Gordon. make decisions," Gordon said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~· page 2 The Observer • INSIDE Friday, February 17, 1995 • INSIDE COLUMN • WORlD AT A GLANCE Now's the Four people killed as tornado hits Alabama towns Pink insulation was left hanging from trees. time for ARAB, Ala. A roof blew off a section of an apartment A pre-dawn tornado ripped across complex in Arab, but authorities who north Alabama today, killing at least four searched the rubble found no injured peo­ thanks people and injuring more than 100, ple there. Robert Reynolds of the Arab Fire authorities said. Department said there were other happy The dead, all in Arab, included a young surprises amid the destruction. child, Marshall County Coroner Dempsey "We found a 1-year-old baby under two I approached the writ­ Hibbs said. trailers," he said. "He was sitting there, ing of this column with a At least one resident reported hearing not making a sound." bit of mild trepidation. In no warning siren before the storm hit The storm lifted a wooden A-frame home the past, my views in this shortly after 5 a.m. Less than an hour from its cement foundation and carried it column have been labeled before that, lightning struck the office of about 40 feet before dropping it - with the extremist, reactionary the National Weather Service in nearby and (heaven-forbid) anti­ residents still in their bed. Both Ricky and Huntsville, forcing its evacuation. But a Dianne Fortenberry escaped serious harm. Cleveland, among other warning was issued shortly before the "They bad to dig us out," she said, things. I, however, prefer storm hit by the service's office in standing atop the splintered wreckage and to fashion myself as an Birmingham. Mike O'Hara APIWm. J. Castello pointing to the mattress where they had old-time sentimentalist. Assistant Viewpoint Karen Berry of Arab said "this roar been sleeping. As she spoke, a little neighbor girl sat in a With Valentine's Day woke me up," trees were flying through the air and the Editor nearby car and cried. just past and Parents power went out. Reynolds said the dead were the child of 5 or 6 killed in Weekend now upon us, "Normally they give us a siren warning, but they didn't a house, a man about 50 killed in a house, an elderly this column seems well-suited to take up the this morning," she said.