“ Blessing Unto Others”Lou N a n n i’s lec ture S u n d a y n ig h t k icked

th e w eek lo n g S tu d e n t Union program p ro m o tin g C hilean orphanages.

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vo te in th e d in in g h a ll d u r in g o p e ra tio n a l hours. O ff c a m p u s s tu d e n ts can v o te in th e

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VOL XXXIV NO. 80 H T T r V Z O B S E R V E R .N D .E D U

2001 S tud ent Body E lections

Candidates use various tactics to earn support, get votesEditor’s note: This is the f ir s t o f a fiv e -p a r t se r ie s e x a m in in g different issues in th is y ea r 's student body election.

By ERIN LaRUFFANews W riter

With memories of the recent federal election still fresh in their minds, Notre Dame students are once again seeing campaign mes­sages from presidential hopefuls.

But instead of talking about Social Security, taxes and p re ­scription drug plans, the most recent wave of candidates arc talking about bookstore policies, campus entertainment and pari- ctals as they campaign to become Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president.

Since the official c am p a ig n began two weeks ago, the six tickets in the race have been work ing to m ake th em se lv es known to the student body.

"Our strategy was to get our

nam e out the first w eek,” said Ryan Becker, who is running for s tu d e n t body p re s id e n t . So, Becker, along with running mate Nikki McCord and their campaign staff, hung posters in dorms and put table tents in the dining halls.

Brooke Norton, another candi­date for president, said her cam­paign decided to hang a general poster around campus during the first week of the allotted cam ­paigning period. During the sec­ond week, Norton said, her cam­paign displayed a new poster with a more detailed explanation of the ticket’s platform.

In addition to two main cam ­paign p o s te rs , the t ick e t of M aureen Gottlieb and Victoria Fetterman created a personalized poster for each dorm, Gottlieb said. Most of the posters use the dorms’ mascots as a theme.

The ticket of Chris Zimmerman and Andy Nelson decided to not put up as many posters as the o th e r t icke ts in the f irs t few

weeks, though Zimmerman said they are planning to hang more during the last week of campaign­ing.

“We simply think when you put p o s te rs up th r e e w eeks in advance, people get sick of them,” Zimmerman said.

In addition to platform ideas, m any of thep o s te rs also have slogans the t icke ts des igned to highlight spe­cific par ts of th e i r c a m ­paigns.

For e x a m ­ple, the ticket of D em e traSmith and Yogeld A ndre a re using the slogan, “Let’s keep it real.”

“We’re coming at this from an o u ts ide r’s perspec tive ,” Smith said. “We’ve been asking our fel­low students to ask questions.”

Smith and A n d re ’s p latform focus on social issues, such as greater interaction with the South Bend com m unity and a living wage for campus employees.

“[A slogan] helps you rem em ­b e r th e i r i s s u e s ,” sa id Liddy Bishop, who along with P e te r Rossman is managing the cam ­

pa ign of

We’re coming at this from an outsider’s

perspective. ”

Demetra Smith presidential candidate

N orton and vice presiden­tial candidate B r i a n Mascona.

“Brooke and Brian are real­ly try in g to s t r e s s th e i r e x p e r i e n c e , ” Bishop added,

referring to the ticket’s use of the slogan, “Experience Counts!”

Another Norton and Mascona slogan — “The time is now!” — is m ore open to in te rp re ta t io n , acco rd ing to Norton. In pa r t , Norton said, the slogan can mean

that it is the right time for many of the ticket’s platform ideas to become reality. However, the slo­gan can also carry the meaning that it is now the time for Notre Dame to have its first female stu­dent body president.

“I do think our school is ready for a fem ale p r e s id e n t ,” said Norton who along with Smith and Gottlieb a re the th re e female presidential candidates.

Either way, the slogan is rein­forced by pictures of clocks on the ticket’s Web site, another impor­tan t way for the candidates to express their ideas.

Norton and Mascona, however, are not the only candidates with an Internet sight. In fact, five of the six tickets have a site.

P re s id e n t ia l c a n d id a te Holt Zeidler said he is not sure that a significant num ber of s tudents actually visit each candidate 's site. Similarly, Zimmerman said

see CAM PAIGN/page 4

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A referee d isagrees with som e of the basketball antics employeed by guard Matt Jackson when the Harlem Globetrotters visited the Joyce Center Saturday,

Students: trip to BOT meeting a successBy ANNE MARIE MATTINGLYNews Editor

The Notre Dame Board of Trustees responded favorably to s u g g e s t i o n s r e g a r d i n g w ays to e n h a n c e s t u d e n t s ’ experience of faith presented a t T h u r s d a y ’s w in te r m e e t ­ing, according to John Osborn and Mike Heinz, co-chairs of th e B o a rd o f T r u s t e e s Reports Committee.

O sb o rn a n d H e in z , w ho traveled to the Board’s m eet­ing in W ashington with s tu ­d e n t body p r e s id e n t B rian O’D onoghue, su g g e s te d the University offer an a l t e r n a ­tive in t r o d u c to r y theo lo g y c o u r s e , s t r e n g t h e n t ie s b e tw e e n C a m p u s M in is t ry a n d . t h e C e n te r for S oc ia l Concerns and offer more pro­g ram s for experien tia l faith encounters.

“I think [the meeting] went really well,” said Heinz. “I got th e s e n s e t h a t th e y re a l ly took our recommendations to hea r t .” ,

T h e p r o p o s a l s w e r e th e product of re search done by s t u d e n t g o v e r n m e n t in response to a request by the B o a rd t h a t th e c o m m i t t e e a d d r e s s th e w ays in w hich s t u d e n t s u n d e r s t a n d a n d a r t i c u l a t e t h e i r fa i th . T h e Board also h ea rd p re s e n ta ­t ions from r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from the theology departm ent and Campus Ministry.

“They w ere ab le to ge t a

c o m p le te p e r s p e c t iv e on a single issue they’d been talk­ing about all afternoon,” said H e in z , w h o n o te d t h a t by a d d r e s s i n g a to p ic the tru s tees had already chosen to discuss, the committee was able to add a s tudent voice.

T h e B oard a sk e d se v e ra l questions about the proposed a l te rn a t iv e to Theology 100 and the options for hands-on faith experiences, according to Heinz. In addition , m em ­b e rs e x p re s s e d s u p p o r t for in c r e a s e d fu n d in g for p r o ­grams such as the Appalachia S e m i n a r s a n d th e N o tre D am e E n c o u n t e r to a l low inc reased s tu d en t pa r t ic ip a ­tion in these events.

Osborn said tha t though no im m e d ia t e c h a n g e s to the theology or cam pus ministry p rog ram s a re expected, s tu ­dents can expect the Board to take action in response to the recommendations.

“ I th in k th a t the t ru s te e s work on a time scale longer th a n a y e a r o r a s e m e s te r , b u t w e ’re lo ok ing to w ork t o g e t h e r w ith so m e of the groups tha t we talked about and with the administration, so hopefully w e ’ll ge t som e motion on som e of ou r r e c ­o m m e n d a t io n s p re t ty soon after this meeting,” he said.

B oth O s b o rn a n d H e inz were optimistic th a t s tuden t participation will be encour-

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page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Monday, February 5, 2001

Inside C olumn

All praise wheatFor my 20 years on this earth, I had always

understood that the most important part of the Eucharist was the real presence of Jesus and the communion of the faithful through the consump­tion of His body and blood.

But sadly, I was mistaken.According to the Archdiocese of Boston, the most impor­tant part of the Eucharist is not the real presence of Jesus but the physical make­up of the communion wafer.It is critically important that the wafer be made from wheat. Apparently Jesus has trouble transforming any­thing but wheat into his body. (And for years I had been under the assumption that Jesus was all powerful)

This great enlightenment stems from an article written by the Associated Press on Wednesday. The AP report­ed that the parents of a 5-year-old girl from Boston petitioned the Church to make an excep­tion for their daughter and allow her to receive a rice-based wafer for her First Communion rather than a wheat-based wafer. Their daughter,Jenny Richardson, suffers from celiac disease which renders her unable to east gluten — a pro­tein found in wheat and many other grains.When Jenny eats wheat, she gets very sick and she is very susceptible to other diseases.

Luckily for Jenny and other people who suffer from celiac disease, rice does not contain gluten and can be eaten safely. Substituting a rice wafer for a wheat wafer would safely allow Jenny to receive holy communion just like all the other lit­tle children. But the Archdiocese wouldn’t allow it.

“This is not an arbitrary sort of thing, and we’re talking about a religious sacrament,” John Walsh, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston told the Associated Press. “Bread is central to the Eucharist because of the imagery of Scripture, because of the prayers of the Christian communi­ty going back thousands of years.”

For years, I always thought I was worshipping Jesus when I went to Mass. But thanks to John Walsh, I now know that Jesus is just a sideshow in the Eucharist... what really matters is the wheat.

It’s not just a figure of speech when we ask the Father to “give us this day our daily bread.” We are not looking for comfort and protection from God, we want bread. Throw some yeast, water and grain together, bake it and we will be happy. Because that’s what really matters: wheat.

The pope even took a stand on this. According to the AP, in 1994, the Vatican issued a state­ment saying “Special hosts (which do not contain gluten) are invalid matter for the celebration of the Eucharist.”

I am completely shocked that the Church would make such a big deal out of this. If Jesus came to Earth in East Asia, rice would probably be the preferred method of celebrating the Eucharist. If he appeared in pre-Columbian America, corn would be the way to remember Jesus’ death and resurrection.

In fact, until I read in the AP story that the hosts were made out of wheat, I had no idea what I was eating every Sunday. If I had to guess what the main ingredient of communion wafers were, I probably would have said plaster.

But now I am enlightened. No longer will I think that Jesus is the most important part of mass. I will redirect my praise away from God and instead bow down in worship of wheat.

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T his W eek on C a m pus

Monday♦ Concert: “Mbiradinda,”

Kimberly Burja, Glen Fittin

and Michael Toal, Rhythm-

based music from around

the globe, part of the

“Window for Music

Professions,” Little Theatre,

Moreau Center, noon

Tuesday ♦ Lecture: “Panama’s

Foreign Relations in the

21st Century: Consolidating

Democracy and Sovereignty

in a Globalized World,”

Jose Miguel Aleman, Room

C-103, Hesburgh Center,

12:30 p.m.

Wednesday ♦ Lecture: “Killing Cool:

Igniting the Soul of

Society,” Derrick Ashong,

actor and activist,

Ballroom, LaFortune

Student Center, Lecture

Series, “Our Achievements

of Excellence,” 6:45 p.m.

Thursday♦ Musical Theater: “Guys

and Dolls,” sponsored by

Pasqucrilla East Hall, tick­

ets available at LaFortune,

Washington Hall, 7:30 p.m.

♦ Film: “Dancer in the

Dark,” Annenberg

Auditorium, 7 and 9:45 p.m.

O utside the D o m e Compiled from U-Wire reports

Arrest in Dartmouth murders still not imminentHANOVER, N.H.

Although the team investigating the double m urder of Susanne and Half Zantop continues following up leads, an arrest is still not imminent Friday, according to Senior Assistant Attorney General Kelly Ayotte.

In a news conference held Friday, she said the investigation would con­t inue a t full force th ro u g h o u t the weekend and will be reassessed on a daily basis.

“We are in no way short of leads,” Ayotte sa id , em p has iz ing th a t the investigation has not reached a dead end.

“We don’t feel that w e’re running out of time,” she said, using the words “systematically” and “methodically” again and again to describe the inves­tigative process.

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Ayotte continued to refuse comment on whether the crime was committed by one or more than one person, any motive that may have led to the m ur­der or whether the police have a sus­pect in mind.

She said at this point, investigators

did not suspect that the murderer had fled the country.

She said if the investigative team of about 35 did, in fact, have a suspect in mind, th a t information would most likely not be made public.

However, State Attorney General Philip McLaughlin said ea r l ie r this week tha t if and when an a r re s t is made, that information will be made public immediately.

Ayotte con firm ed r e p o r t s th a t a white sedan was impounded from the Manchester Airport Thrifty Car Rental agency, but she added that a number of vehicles are being examined.

She would not comment on whether the rumors that a “middle-aged m an” from Arizona had rented the car or was related to the Zantop murder, as reported by WNDS-TV in Derry, N.H.

U niversity of C alifornia -B erkeley

Court grants class action statusBERKELEY, Calif.

Thousands of female employees were granted class action s ta tus in their lawsuit against alleged sexual discrimination by the Lawrence Livermore National L ab o ra to ry , the em ployees a n n o u n c e d T h u rsd ay . Ronald Sabraw, an Alameda County Superior Court judge, granted class certification to current, former, and future female employees a t the laboratory. The certification allows two law firms to represent female employees “who are, have been, or may in the future be adversely affected by discrimination based on gen­der in ra te of pay and promotional opportunities,” the court’s statement said. The lawyers and the laboratory d isagree, however, about the num ber of employees ultimately affected by the legal action. The court was somewhat reluctant to grant the classification because of the broad nature of the case, Sabraw said.

One of the attorneys representing the women, James Sturdevant, said, however, this is an im portant step toward bringing the case to trial.

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Commission hides education studyBOULDER, Colo.

T he C olorado Com m ission on H igher E duca tion paid a conservative faculty organization $25,000 to develop a rep o r t on teacher education in the state, but the commission never shared the s tudy’s findings with insti tu tions th a t were review ed, the Colorado D aily h a s l e a r n e d . M o r e o v e r , t h e d e a n of th e University of Colorado-Boulder’s School of Education — which the report savaged for “stridently indoctri­n a t i n g ) s tu d e n t s ” — told th e Daily t h a t w h en he asked CCHE abou t the rep o r t , the com m ission told him it d idn’t exist. The report, a copy of which was o b ta in e d by th e Daily u n d e r th e C o lo rad o Open Records Act, was developed last year by the National Association of Scholars, a g roup critical of w ha t it says is pervasive l ibera l b ias in h ig h er educa tion . CCHE executive d irec tor Tim Foster au thorized the report, which w asn ’t shown to anyone besides CCHE staff, said Jeanne Adkins, the commission’s director for policy and planning.

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Lecture starts weeklong programBy ANDREW THAGARDNews W riter

Notre Dame students should be involved in ser­vice, asserted Lou Nanni and Roger Allee as they reminisced about their vo lun teer ex p er ien ces and the t im es they received help from others in the Sunday night lec­ture entitled “The Call to Fellowship and Service.”

“A blessing is certainly not anything that comes to us easily. A blessing comes to us with time and pain,” Nanni said to 20 s tu d en ts in the keynote address of the “Blessing Unto Others,” a week-long Student Union p rogram prom oting awareness about Chilean orphanages.

“I used to think tha t you had to go through the crucifixion to get to the resurrec tion . Over the years I’ve come to think that the resurrection is in the crucifixion," said Nanni, the executive assistant to the University president.

He asser ted th a t the key to achieving a bless­ing is transforming pain into good. Nanni has first hand experience in this field. He has lived in shantytowns in Chile for five years and has helped run the South Bend Center for the Homeless.

Several years ago at the homeless center, Nanni was coordinating a TV p rog ram show casing rehabilitated guests when one of the m en at the shelter stole a donated van, starting a seven car police chase. The experi­ence was especially trying for Nanni who had to deal with the media and

assist the now imprisoned man.

“All of a sudden I start­ed to sob and I was just praying to God, ‘please don't let me be bitter and cynical, don’t let me lose hope,”’ Nanni said.

“1 can tell you in retro­sp ec t th a t I cons ide r m om en ts like th a t absolute blessings, they a re n ev e r easy to go through — I thank God for allowing me to be in a spot where I can confront my limitations,” he said.

Nanni charged Notre Dame s tu d e n ts to ask them se lves how much they need to be working together and to ask for God's help when more assistance is needed.

“It’s a good thing io be in a position where we get the need for prayer on a daily basis ... We’re on the right track,” Nanni said.

He also explored the concept of “others” in the program’s title “Blessing unto Others.”

“W e’re called as Christians to be part of a bigger circle. Christ’s love for us was very powerful ... a love that went well beyond His inner circle of friends. ” Nanni said.

He challenged students to help the world’s most needy . He cited the 27,000 children who die each day from malnutri­tion, the 55 percent of the world’s population who live on an annual income of less than $800, and e a r th ’s many illiterate people as exam ples of those in great need.

Roger Allee, h ead of m a in te n a n c e inW ash ing ton Hall, also spoke of his p e rso n a l experiences during the

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“I was really screwed up and I still am. Every th ing ju s t kept going wrong,” he said.

Several years ago Alice had to cope with the deaths of his mother and th ree b ro th e rs , two of whom committed suicide. As a re su lt , Allee was homeless for 1 1/2 years and contem plated su i­cide.

“1 was losing my mind. God got me to the home­less center and when I got there God took over,” he said.

Allee has since been d iagnosed with th ree mental illnesses including agoraphobia, the fear of people. Despite these set­backs, Roger now holds a steady job and volunteers m onth ly a t the South Bend Homeless Shelter. Last M othe r’s Day he received the seven sacra­ments, becoming a mem­ber of the Catholic

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the first in the weeklong Blessing Unto Others.”

Church. Nani served as his sponsor.

“It comes down to names and faces and inti­mate relationships,” said Nanni after Roger’s story.

He called the s tudent body to serve their com­munities but also not to lose track of their acade­mic work.

“You’re educa tion shouldn’t be put on the shelf so you can volunteer for 60 hours a week. We need educated people. The im portan t thing is that you want to develop your God-given talents so you can se rve to your potential,” he said.

“Blessing Unto Others,” sponso red by S tuden t Government, will contin­ue to host events and lec­tu re s th ro u g h o u t the week. This year, the pro­g ra m ’s em phasis is on two Chilean orphanages which house over 100 abused , neglected and abandoned children.

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Conference addresses living wage issueBy COLLEEN McCARTHYAssociate News Editor

Notre Dame took ano the r s tep in its e fforts in a n t i ­sw eatshop initiatives when the Collegiate Living Wage Association m et on cam pus la s t w e e k e n d . T h e CLWA conference w as o rgan ized by Todd David Whitmore, a Notre Dame professor and is an o u tg ro w th of a r e c ­o m m e n d a t i o n o f N o t re D a m e ’s T a s k F o r c e on Anti-sweatshop initiatives.

M ore t h a n 30 c o l l e g e s and un ivers it ies including S a in t M a ry ’s s e n t r e p r e ­s e n ta t iv e s to th e c o n f e r ­e n c e . O th e r r e p r e s e n t a ­tives a t the m ee ting w ere f ro m th e F a i r L a b o r A s s o c i a t i o n , W o r k e r s Rights Consortium and o th ­ers.

Whitmore said the w eek­e n d ’s c o n f e r e n c e w a s a success.

“We accomplished every­th in g on o u r a g e n d a th a t w e s e t o u t to d o , ” s a id Whitmore. “It was a highly s u c c e s s f u l c o n f e r e n c e . Trying to get over 60 peo­ple to agree on anything is a challenge.”

The goal of the organ iza­t iona l m ee t in g w as to se t g u id e l in e s for th e l iv ing wage of w orkers th ro u g h ­out the world who produce co l le g ia te l ic en sed p r o d ­ucts.

T h e c o n fe re n c e a c c o m ­p l i s h e d fo u r m a in g o a ls over the w e e k e n d .I t e s ta b ­l i s h e d an o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c o m m i t t e e fo r n e x t fa l l , formed a re sea rch working group, crea ted a s ta tem ent of purpose and established of a s ta tem ent of tasks.

“The organizational com ­m it te e will a lso h ave th e task of looking for a more p e r m a n e n t h o m e fo r th e a s s o c i a t i o n a n d m a k in g p r o p o s a l s r e g a r d i n g th e s t ru c tu re and financing of th e a s s o c i a t i o n , ” s a id W h itm o re . “Our h o p e for th e r e s e a r c h w o r k i n g g roup is th a t it will focus on research ing w ha t a liv­in g w a g e s h o u ld be a n d im p le m e n t in g th a t . Also, between now and the next meeting they will assemble a s m u c h of th e e x i s t i n g r e s e a r c h a s p o s s ib l e so th a t we will not be dup li­c a t i n g r e s e a r c h . In th e f u tu r e , w e h o p e t h a t we will be able to systematize and genera te re search on a living w age.”

T he a s s o c ia t io n ’s s t a t e ­ment of purpose says, “The C o l l e g i a t e L iv ing W age A ssociation is an a sso c ia ­tion of colleges and univer­sities w hose purpose is to d e f in e a n d m e a s u r e the ‘living w a g e ’ for w o rk e rs employed by suppliers p ro­ducing goods des t ined for the collegiate logo market. In contributing to the goal of ra is ing living s tandards o f low w a g e w o r k e r s a r o u n d th e w o r l d , the Association is committed to receiving input from work­e r s a n d w o r k e r - a l l i e d o rg a n iz a t io n s , as well as NGOs, governm ent entities, business and other sources of expertise. ”

T h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s decided it was im portant to distinguish the association as being a g roup of colle­g ia te in s t i tu t io n s because there a re other groups who a re working on living wage issues and the association w a n t e d a w ay to d i s t i n ­guish itself.

T h e r e s e a r c h a s p e c t of the organ iza tion is im por­t a n t b e c a u se the a s so c ia ­tion h o p es it will rece ive i n f o r m a t i o n f ro m o t h e r g r o u p s in v o lv e d in r e s e a r c h in g living w ages and bring the expertise of those groups to the CLWA, said Whitmore.

The diversity of colleges and un ivers it ies a t tend ing th e c o n f e r e n c e p le a s e d Whitmore.

“W hat was nice was that w e h a d b o th p u b l ic a n d p r i v a t e u n i v e r s i t i e s and colleges in a t tendance and l a r g e a n d s m a l l i n s t i t u ­tions,” said Whitmore. “We w ant to make sure tha t any schoo l r e g a r d l e s s of size could be a m em ber of this association .”

T h e n o n - g o v e r n m e n t a l organizations attending the conference also had a posi­tive response to the form a­tion of the new association, said Whitmore.

“T h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s spoke positively of the pos­sibilities of doing research on a living wage and hav­in g an a s s o c i a t i o n t h a t could prov ide a sou rce of u n b ia sed r e s e a r c h on liv­in g w a g e s fo r w h o e v e r w a n t e d to u se i t , ” s a id Whitmore.

At th e n e x t m e e t i n g , W hitmore said the associa­tion is hoping to establish the conditions for m em b er­ship in the association.

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Campaigncontinued from page 1

the number of people who visit his Web site is probably limited, but he added the Internet can still be useful.

“I t ’s th e e a s ie s t w a y ,” Zimmerman said. “It gives you a good way to explain your plat­form.”

“It’s an extra medium for all of the candidates to have a place where they can flush out their ideas. We have limited space on posters,” Smith said.

Becker and McCord have used their Web site to show students that the ticket has a plan for car­rying out its platform, according to c a m p a ig n m a n a g e r Dan Loefller. He said many students have questioned whether Becker and McCord will actually be able to get the bookstore to lower its prices. The campaign has direct­ed those students to the ticket’s Web site, which has on it Becker and McCord’s actual p lan for changing bookstore policy, said Loefller.

Reading about platforms on posters and the Web, however, does not replace m eeting the candidates face to face. The dif­ferent tickets have already visit­ed dorms, and plan to continue doing so throughout this final week.

“W e’re going to ta lk to as many students as possible,” said Becker. He and McCord have visited a few dorms already, and will visit the remaining ones this week, he added.

“They’re spreading it out so they can spend time talking to people,” Loefller explained.

Indeed, the candidates believe it is crucial for them to interact directly with students during the campaign.

“We’re trying to go door to door,” Zeidler said. “I think it’s important for people to have a conversation with the person who’s going to be representing them.”

“It gives a chance for students to give ideas and ask questions,” said Norton.

Some of the cam paigns use the strategy of sending the presi­dential candidate to some dorms and vice presidential candidate to o th e rs . Gottlieb an d Fetterman, on the other hand, are visiting dorms together.

“It would be easier to split up,

but we think it’s important to go to g e th e r b e c a u se o th e rw ise you’re missing half the ticket,” Gottlieb said.

Behind the campaigning the candidates themselves do, each ticket has other students helping to get its message out.

Becker and his supporters, for exam ple, began p lanning his campaign several months ago. Since th e n , they have b een meeting about once a week to develop a platform of issues. The group covered a different topic at each of the meetings, which Becker described as “informal.”

Despite Becker’s early start, Loeffler

“We’re going to talk to as many students

as possible. ”

Ryan Becker presidential candidate

c o n ­c e d e s t h a t B e c k e r a n d McCord m i g h t h a v e s t a r t e d the actu­al c a m ­paign period slightly behind the Norton/Mascona ticket due to Norton’s high profile as current s tu d e n t body vice p res iden t . H ow ever, Loeffler sa id he be lieves t h a t B ecker and McCord can become just as well known.

Norton, on the o ther hand , waited until Christmas vacation to m ake h e r final decision to run.

“I was jus t trying to concen­tra te on my job,” Norton said. “I’ve been thinking about [run­ning] for a long time.”

Although starting la ter than Becker, Norton still has a wide base of support across campus. Bishop said their campaign has three official campaign rep re ­sentatives in almost every dorm, in addition to a few additional unofficial supporters.

Similarly, Zeidler and running m a te Allison H enisey have established a support network around campus.

“We’re trying to have a core group of two or three, then an expanded group around cam ­pus,” Zeidler said. That expand­ed group gives feedback good or bad in the campaign based on w h a t m em b ers h e a r in the ir dorms.

However, not all tickets decid­ed to find campaign representa­tives in each dorm.

Gottlieb and Fetterman, who are debate partners, have relied

on teammates from the debate team to help with the ir cam ­paign, according to Gottlieb. She added that the ticket probably has official supporters in about half of the dorms on campus.

“It’s a good network. We’re all pretty close,” said Gottlieb.

Smith actually decided to run only four weeks ago, when a group of students approached h e r with the idea of running. She and Andre then developed their platform themselves and then drew together campaign su p p o r te rs from people who responded to the ideas of that platform.

“It w as a s t r a t e g y b ased on i n t e r e s t , ” Smith said.

W h i l e Z im m e rm a n and Nelson do have a c a m ­paign manag­e r , they do no t have

someone working for them in each dorm.

“We don’t have the vast cam­paign teams as some others, like Brooke N orton and Brian Mascona,” Zimmerman said.

What strategy pays off will be determined next week. But stu­dents are taking notice of what the candidates are doing.

Freshman Drew Dewalt, who has not yet decided which ticket to vote for, said a major factor in his decision will be the platform each ticket presen ts and “if I think they’re attainable goals” — not just rhetoric the candi­da tes th ink s tuden ts w an t to hear.

A n o th e r f re sh m a n , K erry P erez , sa id she h as a l re a d y decided whom to vote for. Perez based her decision on posters and the impression she has got­ten of four or five candidates that have come to her door.

“I think th a t ’s impressive if they tak e the t im e to come around,” Perez said.

S outh A frica

Youngest AIDS activist celebrates birthdayAssociated Press

JOHANNESBURG South Africa's youngest AIDS

activist tu rned 12 Sunday but was too ill to attend his b ir th­day party because the disease has left him unable to e a t or speak.

Nkosi Jo h n so n cham pioned the c a u se of young HIV and AIDS s u f f e r e r s a n d s p o k e o p e n ly a b o u t th e d i s e a s e , w h i c hr e m a i n s heavily s t ig ­m a t i z e d in South Africa even th ough a b o u t 10 p e r c e n t of the country 's 45 m i l l io n p e o p le a r e HIV-positive.

L a s t J u ly , he addressed th e o p e n in gof the 13th International AIDS conference in D urban , w here he appea led to people not to s h u n AIDS s u f f e r e r s a n d p r e s s e d th e g o v e r n m e n t to provide a n t i - re t ro v i ra l d rugs to H IV -positive w o m e n who are pregnant.

Nkosi, the longest-surviving child born with the disease in S o u th A f r ic a , c o l l a p s e d in D ecem ber w ith AID S-re la ted brain dam age and viral infec­tions. He was hospitalized, but d o c to r s s a id th e y c o u ld do nothing more for him. He was n o t e x p e c t e d to live m u c h longer and was taken home to

“Even lying in bed he conveys the message that people are loving

and responding to people dying of AIDS."

Gail Johnson adoptive mother

be more comfortable.In J a n u a ry , he had severa l

se iz u re s and h as no t spoken since.

His birthday party was held a t the school he a ttended until he fell ill. N kosi f i r s t m a d e h ead lines in 1997 w hen p a r ­e n t s o f t h e s c h o o l ’s o t h e r pupils unsuccessfully tr ied to prevent his admission because of his HIV/AIDS status.

His fo rm e r c la s sm a te s and sev e ra l local te lev is ion s ta r s

a t te n d e d the party.

G a i l J o h n s o n , who adopted N kos i w h e n he w a s 2 , to ld g u e s t s p a c k e d in to t h e s c h o o l hall: “I am so proud my lit­tle boy piade it to his 12th birthday. The

is he is n o to n ly p r o b le m here .”

“Sadly I c a n ’t give him the p re se n t I w an ted to today ... l i fe ,” J o h n s o n sa id , chok ing back tears. “Even lying in bed he conveys the m essag e th a t people are loving and respond­ing to people dying of AIDS.”

A s tream of well-wishers vis­ited Nkosi a t his home, leaving him exhausted.

His condition had improved s ligh tly in th e la s t few days and he was now spending time w atch ing television, a lthough he w a s s t i l l u n a b l e to e a t , sleep or walk, Johnson said.

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W orld N ews B riefs Israel

Aristide’s party, opposition meet:Seeking to avert a political crisis ju s t days before Haitian President-elect Jean-Bertrand Aristide's inauguration, members of his party met with opposition leaders Sunday to try persuading them not to form an alternative government. The 15-party opposition alliance C o n v e rg e n c e h a s r e f u s e d to r e c o g n iz e A ris t ide’s legitimacy, say ing he is d rifting toward dictatorship and tha t his party won elections last year through fraud. Aristide is to be inaugurated Wednesday.

Ukrainians rally against president:Hundreds of protesters demonstrated against Ukraine’s leadership on Sunday, painting slo­gans on fences and ca l l in g for P re s id e n t Leonid Kuchma to step down as political ten­sion grew.

National N ews B riefs

One dies in Alaska avalanche: Onesnowmachiner died and one was missing and presum ed dead in an ava lanche abou t 100 miles northeas t of Anchorage. Rescue heli­copters and search dogs were sent to try to find the missing man. About 65 volunteers with 12- foot p ro b es w e re a s s i s t in g in th e s e a r c h Sunday.

Boy stabbed at movie theater An 11-year-old boy stabbed another boy to death dur­ing an argument at a Springfield, Mass., movie theater, authorities said. Nestor Herrera, also 11, died at a hospital about an hour after the s tabb ing S a tu rday evening. The suspec ted assailant was arrested about 3 p.m. Sunday. The boys were acquaintances who came to the movie theater with separate groups of friends, District Attorney William Bennett said. The two got into an argument in the video arcade, out­side a th e a te r show ing the R -ra ted h o r ro r movie “Valentine,” Bennett said.

Indiana N ews B riefs

Rottweilers shot after attacking child: Police s h o t a n d k i l led tw oRottweilers after the dogs attacked a 10-year- old boy in Indianapolis on Saturday. Benjamin Johnson was riding a bicycle when the two dogs jumped on him in a yard. The larger of the dogs was bigger th an the boy, and his jacket was being torn off. The boy suffered a large gash in his right arm and was taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital. Officers did not determine if the dogs had an owner. A pass­ing motorist saved the boy from further injury by trying to back her car over the dogs.

N ew sm akers Photo

A Palestinian man s its in front of his destroyed home near the Netzarean settlem en t in the Gaza Strip where Israeli troops ruined several houses and buildings two days before the election betw een Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Likud leader Ariel Sharon. Palestinian shop owners said they will c lo se their shops on Tuesday as a m essage to Israel that the Palestinian uprising will continue.

Ultra-Orthodox support SharonA ssociated Press

JERUSALEM

I s r a e l ’s m a jo r u l t r a - O r th o d o x p a r t i e san n o u n ced th e ir su p p o r t Sunday for hard-line oppo­sition leader Ariel Sharon, who denied allegations that he m a d e a p r iv a te d e a l w ith re l ig io u s b locs in exchange for their support.

All official campaigning, including the broadcast of election ads, was to stop at m id n ig h t S unday , giving the Israelis a day of quiet to contemplate their choice in w h a t P r im e M in is te r Ehud Barak calls “perhaps the most fateful vote in the

last generation.”With polls giving Sharon

a lead of up to 20 points o v e r th e b e l e a g u e r e d B a ra k , th e c h a l l e n g e r appeared headed for victo­ry T u esd ay , b a r r in g any d r a m a t i c l a s t - m in u te c h an g es . The s u p p o r t of th e in f lu e n t i a l u l t r a - Orthodox community was an additional boost for the 72-year-old Sharon.

Newspapers representing Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox parties, composed of Jews of European background, published announcem ents from the religious leader­ship calling on people to vo te for S h a ro n . T he announcements called him

th e c a n d id a te “w ho will bring the country closer to T o r a h , ” th e J e w ish holy book.

The Shas party, compris­ing m o s t ly o f re l ig io u s Sephardic Jews of Middle E a s t e r n o r ig in , a lso a n n o u n c e d s u p p o r t for Sharon. Shas is the third- largest party in the Israeli Knesset, or parliament.

The ultra-Orthodox com­munity, which overwhelm­ingly fo llow s th e v o t in g advice of its spiritual lead­ers, makes up only about 9 percent of Is rae l’s voters. But o th e r I s ra e l i v o te r s who want to preserve some Jewish religious traditions also tend to be influenced

by the position tak en by the spiritual leaders.

S h a s a n d its s p i r i t u a l l e a d e r O v a d ia h Y osef “called on all of us to stop s tu d y t h a t d ay a n d do e v e r y th in g p o s s ib le in o rd e r to let Ariel Sharon win th e e l e c t io n s ,” sa id S h as l a w m a k e r Yair Peretz.

Barak followers immedi­a te ly a c c u se d S h a ro n of m aking sec re t deals with the ultra-Orthodox.

S h a ro n ru sh ed to deny the charges and reiterated th a t if e lec ted , he would s e e k to fo rm a n a t io n a l u n i ty g o v e r n m e n t th a t w ould in c lu d e B a r a k 's Labor party.

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C olombia

Protesters reject guerrilla occupationA ssociated Press

BOGOTA

Thousands of Colombians rejected the c rea t io n of a second g u err i l la stronghold during a protest Sunday in w h a t w ould be th e m a in tow n inside the controvers ia l enclave in northern Colombia.

The p ro tes t cam e as the govern­ment was close to granting a 1,860- sq u a re -m ile te r r i to ry to the leftist National Liberation Army, or ELN. The g u err i l la a rm y has dem anded th e d e m i l i t a r i z e d zone as an exchange for peace talks with the

government.During the peaceful demonstration

on Sunday, some 12,000 people filled the streets of San Pablo to oppose the plan, said the town's mayor, Danuil M acera, on Radionet rad io station. Local media reports put the number at 25,000.

Governm ent delegates have been meeting with the ELN and local resi­d en ts for m o n th s to fo rm alize an agreement. Residents, however, com­plain they’ve had no say in how the demilitarized zone would work.

“If we a re going to loan out our house , they should let us give our op in ions on how it is going to be

run ,” said Delmare Rufos, the mayor of Santa Rosa, a town just outside of the proposed rebel zone.

G overnm ent peace envoy Camilo Gomez said on Sunday a significant num ber of community leaders would have to support the plan before an ag reem en t with the ELN is form al­ized. He sa id he w ould m ee t with residents again next week.

The zone, which the rebels would ho ld fo r n in e m o n th s , w ou ld be pa tro lled by a civilian police force chosen by the two mayors and a 150- m em ber in ternational delegation to monitor potential human rights abus­es against residents.

The Observer ♦ NEWS M onday, Febrary 5, 2001

Notre Dame students win film awardBy ALISON H E IN ZNews W riter

Tw o N o t r e D a m e F i lm , T e l e v i s io n a n d T h e a t r e m a j o r s w o n th e C o m m u n i c a t o r A w a r d of Distinction for the ir p roduc­t io n of a p u b l i c s e r v i c e a n n o u n c e m e n t (PSA), “One O rgan iza tion Can Make All the Difference.”

S e n io r C h a r l i e H o ld e n - Corbett and jun io r Tim Ryan won the aw ard for the ir p ro ­duction of an announcem ent h ig h l ig h t in g El C am pito , a multicultural family and day care facility in South Bend. The PSA w as show n a t the 2001 Student Film Festival.

“We picked El Campito to let people know th a t it’s out there and w hat services they provide. El Campito is trying to b u i ld anim a g e of a m u l t ic u l tu r ­al c e n t e r i n s t e a d o f j u s t d ay c a r e , ” s a id H o l d e n - Corbett.

T h e PSA w as c re a te d as p a r t of a c l a s s re q u ire m e n t f o r P r o f e s s i o n a l

7 thought we might get an honorable mention, so I was

really surprised and excited that we won. ’

Charlie Holden Corbett senior

V id eoP roduction . H o lden-C orbe tt and Ryan re s e a rc h e d o th e r PSA’s before they began p ro ­duction of the ir own.

“I was inspired by a film I saw a few yea rs ago a t the Film Festival which also fea­tu re d a s e r ie s of s ti l l p h o ­to g ra p h s , so t h a t ’s k ind of w h ere the idea cam e from. But, T im a n d I w a tc h e d a bunch of other PSAs to help p re p a re us for m ak in g th is one,” said Holden-Corbett.

Their m ethods proved suc ­cessful, as their entry, which f e a t u r e s a s e r i e s o f b la c k and w hite still ph o to s th a t g r a d u a l ly f a d e in to c o lo r , w a s s e l e c t e d by i n d u s t r y professionals from a pool of m o re t h a n 3 ,0 0 0 e n t r i e s from 47 s ta tes and eight for­

eign countries.Ryan and Holden-Corbett’s

hope the ir PSA will be aired locally soon.

“Right now we a re hoping th a t it will ru n on WNDU,” s a id H o ld e n - C o r b e t t . “We h a v e to g e t El C a m p i t o ’s a p p ro v a l as well as s igned re lease forms from all those w h o a r e f e a t u r e d in th e an n ouncem en t.”

T he c la ss c r e a t e s PSA to use the ir ta lents to give back to the community, according to instruc to r Ted Mandell.

“ P r o d u c i n g PSAs is o n e way ou r s tu d en ts give back to the South Bend com m uni­ty, w h i le f in d in g o u t a bit a b o u t t h e m s e l v e s in t h e p ro cess ,” the associa te p ro ­fessional spec ia l is t in Film, Television and T hea tre said. “T h e a w a r d c o n f i r m s th e

p r o f e s s io n a l quality of the w o r k , n o t o n ly byC h a r l i e a n d Tim, but also by m a n y of o u r film an d v id e o s t u ­d e n t s w h o se c r e a t i v i t y and technical s k i l l s a r e e x t r a o r d i ­n a r y fo r an

u n d e rg rad u a te p ro g ram .” T h e C o m m u n i c a t o r

Awards a re p a r t of a na t ion­al p ro g ra m th a t recogn izes o u t s t a n d i n g w o r k in th e c o m m u n ic a t io n s field. The Award of Distinction won by H olden-Corbett and Ryan is given to those w hose ta len t an d ability to com m unica te e x h ib i t a h igh s t a n d a r d of excellence.

“T here a re a bunch of dif­feren t aw ard s ,” said Holden- Corbett. “I thought we might g e t an h o n o ra b le m e n tio n , so I was really su rp rised and excited th a t we won. I would d e f i n i t e l y do i t a g a in because it helps to see th a t our w ork can com pete with those tha t were done by p ro ­fessional production com pa­nies.”

Scalia praises Marshall’s dedication

Scalia

♦ Conservative judge lauds activist on anniversaryAssociated Press

RICHMOND, Va.The S u p re m e C o u r t ’s m ost

quotable conservative, Justice Antonin Scalia, praised the dedi­ca tion of a p r e d e c e s s o r who believed, as Scalia does no t, in a strong feder­al g o v e rn ­ment and an a m b i t i o u s judiciary.

S c a l i a de live red a lengthy his­to ry le ssonon the civic com m itm ent and devo tion to fam ily of John Marshall, credited with defining the Supreme Court’s early role as constitutional arbiter and the last word on national law.

S p eak in g la te S a tu rd a y to about 400 prom inent lawyers, legislators, judges and business leaders in M arsha ll’s adopted hometown, Scalia said nothing about the 19th century ju r is t ’s ju d ic ia l ph ilosophy and little about his place in history.

In s te a d , S ca lia p ra is e d Marshall as a family man who doted on his nervous wife, Polly, and made time for all manner of clubs, sporting events and civic duties in addition to a law prac­tice and periodic governm en t service.

Honoring the 200th anniver­sary of Marshall’s appointment as ch ie f ju s t ic e , S ca lia sa id law yers, govern m en t officials and bu s in ess le a d e rs p u t too m u ch s tock in w ork a n d not enough in civic life.

The building blocks of civic

inv o lv em en t , su c h as Little League groups, “are not being ru n by la w y e rs ,” Scalia said. “They’re too busy putting in their 25-hour days.”

Scalia noted approvingly that Marshall had 10 children — one m ore th a n S ca lia h im self . If S ca lia saw o th e r p a ra l le l s between the men — both suc ­cessful, self-made sons of modest beginnings — he did not say so.

Scalia, nominated by President Reagan, He also said nothing about the Supreme Court’s deci­sive involvem ent in the 2000 presidential election, in which Scalia was part of the five-mem­ber majority that voted to stop ballot recounting in Florida and effectively h a n d e d the White House to Republican George W. Bush.

By c o n t r a s t , J u s t ic e Ruth B a d e r G i n s b u r g told an audi­en ce in M elbourne,A u s t r a l i a la s t w eek that the Dec.12 decision w as a “storm over th e U.S.S u p r e m e Court,” and im plied it m ay tak etime for the clouds to clear.

G in sb u rg , n o m in a te d by President Clinton, was among the four-member minority in Bush v. Gore.

Marshall never faced a similar situation in his 34 years as chief justice, but he might have rel­ished it. Marshall was a vigorous advocate for judicial power of a scope that modern-day conserva­tives su c h as S ca lia t e n d to regard with suspicion.

Marshal] also favored a strong

“We have many responsibil­ities before the job. We have

many responsibilities to community, to state ... one

who is not doing these is not beign a full participant. ”

Antonin Scalia Supreme Court justice

federal government, while Scalia has voted repea ted ly to g ran t g re a te r pow er to sta tes a t the expense of federal control.

Marshall wrote the unanimous 1803 d ec is ion , M arb u ry v. Madison, that set precedent for the c o u r t to o v e r tu rn ac ts of Congress and “say what the law is.”

Marshall also presided as the court decided other landm ark cases es tab lish ing the c o u r t ’s pow er to se t as ide or reverse state legislative acts as unconsti­tutional.

The m odern court d raw s on those powers to decide many of its cases.

Usually known as a colorful speaker with a quick wit and a fla ir for the d ra m a t ic , Scalia allowed only a few extemporane­ous thoughts after his chronology

o fM a r s h a l l ' s life and ser­vice. V

“ I 1 ’ m afraid we’ve lost the k n o w le d g e M a r s h a l l had ,” Scalia sa id a t S a t u r d a y ’s dinner, held a c ro s s the s t r e e t from th e h ouse

where Marshall lived much of his adult life.

“We have many responsibilities before the job. We have many responsibilities to community, to s ta te ... one who is not doing these is not being a full partici­pant,” Scalia said.

Along with lawyers and busi­ness leaders, Scalia pointed the finger at “those who work in the White House who have beepers and think it is a m ark of great importance.”

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Israel

Despite experience, Barak heads into election as underdogAssociated Press

JERUSALEMThroughout his long and dis­

tinguished military career, Ehud Barak was accustomed to giving o rd e r s an d b e in g obeyed . D uring his t u r b u l e n t 19 m o n th s as I s r a e l ’s prime m in­ister, he has found it much hard­e r to call the shots.

The 58- y e a r - o l d Barak, who trounced Benjamin Netanyahu at the polls in May 1999, now heads into Tuesday’s elections very much the under­

dog. For weeks, public opinion polls have given his haw kish o p p o n e n t , A rie l S h a ro n , an overwhelming lead.

Like his political mentor, slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, B arak was a g e n e ra l - tu rn ed - p e a c e m a k e r e le c te d on his promises to achieve a compre­hensive Middle East peace not only with the Palestinians but also with adversarial neighbors Syria and Lebanon. So far, those efforts have failed to bear fruit.

Barak has never looked com­pletely a t hom e in the public eye. An unlikely politician, he speaks with a wooden delivery and a s light lisp. And he has always found it hard to translate the r e p u ta t io n as a b r i l l ia n t strategist that he enjoyed in his m ili tary days into the rough-

and-tumble world of Israeli poli­tics.

Critics say his administration was characterized by one politi­cal m is s te p a f t e r a n o th e r , including an ill-fated alliance with Israel’s ultra-religious par­t ie s and a fa l l in g -o u t w ith Israel’s Arab citizens, who make up one-sixth of the population.

Barak’s stop-and-go efforts at m a k in g p e a c e w ith the Palestinians led him to propose the most sweeping concessions ever by an Israeli leader. But he failed to lay the g ro u n d w o rk with the Israeli public and faced an outcry from across the politi­cal sp ec tru m w hen deta ils of those offers leaked out.

Many Israelis also have seen Barak’s efforts to put down four months of bloody clashes in the

West Bank and Gaza Strip as ineffectual — even as the out­side world criticized Israel for wielding excessive force. The violence has killed nearly 400 peo p le , a b o u t 90 p e r c e n t of them Palestinians.

His major success was pulling I s ra e l i t ro o p s o u t of s o u th Lebanon, ending a two-decade- long entanglement there, in ful­fillment of a campaign pledge. But the pullout nine months ago h as d r a w n g ru m b l in g from some in the military establish­ment who now consider Israel’s northern border more difficult to d e fe n d , a n d from j i t t e r y Israelis living close by the new frontier.

B arak’s personal history has mirrored that of the half-centu­ry-old Jewish state. The child of

H o lo cau s t su rv iv o rs , he was b o rn in 1942 on K ibbutz Mishmar Hasharon, a commu­nal farm in central Israel.

As a young soldier, he rose quickly through the ranks of the m i l i ta ry , a n d from 1 9 9 1 -9 5 served as armed forces chief of staff. After a 36-year military career , he joined Rabin’s gov­e rn m e n t . Postings as in terio r m in is ter and foreign m inister w e re w idely seen as a d re ss rehearsal for his future bid for the prime minister’s job.

B a ra k is an a c c o m p l ish e d pianist and is fluent in English and Arabic. He earned degrees in p h y s ic s a n d m a th e m a t ic s from the Hebrew University of J e r u s a l e m an d a m a s t e r ’s degree in systems analysis from Stanford University.

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LOS ANGELESIn l ig h t of C a l i f o r n i a ’s

en e rg y c r is is , Los Angeles County will re p la c e 5 ,000 red lights in traffic signals w ith new e q u ip m e n t t h a t consumes far less electricity.

The signals’ red incandes­cent bulbs will be taken out in fa v o r of l o n g e r - l a s t i n g l i g h t - e m i t t i n g d io d e s , o r LEDs.

Although they cost much more — LEDS can run $75 and up, while an o rd in a ry bulb goes for just a dollar or two — the d iodes use less pow er . A s t a n d a r d 8 -inch s to p l ig h t u s e s 69 w a t t s , w h i le th e n ew l ig h ts u se about seven watts.

S m a l le r LEDs a r e c o m ­monly used for such things as the tiny red ligh ts th a t alert people that their s te re ­os are on.

County officials say they a re only rep lac in g the red bulbs because the technology for r e d LEDs h a s b e e n around for years, leading to cheaper prices, and because red ligh ts a r e u sed m ore . The red bulbs in traffic sig­nals are lit 59 percent of the time, compared with 38 per­cent for green lights.

Many cities have e x p e r i ­mented with the technology, but in te res t is surging now because of the s ta te ’s power problems, said Virginia Lew o f th e C a l i f o r n ia E n e rg y Commission.

“We s h o u ld h a v e b een doing this, even without the electricity crisis,” said coun­ty S u p e r v i s o r Zev Y a ro s la v sk y , w ho p u sh e d for the change. “It’s a very good deal for us, and it also s av es e lec tr ic i ty , w hich is the nam e of the gam e.”

County officials expect to recoup within two years the $ 7 0 0 ,0 0 0 it w ill c o s t to install the new equipm ent, mostly th rough lower e lec­tricity bills. Since the high- te c h u n i t s la s t a b o u t five t im es as long as o rd in a ry bulbs, labor costs may drop becau se work c rew s w o n ’t have to change burned -ou t lights so often.

T h e c o u n ty will b e g in installing them by the end of the year, said Mike Nagao, a civil engineer for the county.

A cco rd in g to th e en e rg y c o m m is s io n , if th e e n t i r e s ta te sw apped its 4 million traffic lights for light-em it­ting diodes, California would s a v e a l m o s t $95 m il l io n each year.

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Bush presents tax plan to opposition

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FARMINGTON, Pa.President Bush said he got a

cordial hearing from skeptical Democratic lawmakers Sunday, but will have to wait to gauge his success in winning any of them over to his p r o ­posals for tax cuts and o th e r m a t ­te r s on his agenda.

"I th ink they l is­tened,” Bushsaid as he left the two-hour ses­sion, which had been scheduled to last just over an hour. “I have no idea until the votes come. They were very cordial. These are pro­fessionals who want to serve their nation.”

Bush sp o k e sm a n Scott McClellan sa id the p r e s id e n t spoke for about eight minutes and spent the rest of the time respond­ing to questions. The meeting was closed to the press. Approximately 300 people attended, about half of them Democratic House m em ­bers.

“Hopefully we can exceed e x p e c ta t io n s ,” Bush told the D em ocrats , a c c o rd in g to the spokesman. “The expectation is, because of the closeness of the election, nothing will get done.”

He said m uch of B u sh ’s rem arks focused on improving civility in Washington.

“I hope people can disagree in an agreeable way,” he quoted the p re s id e n t as say ing .

“Bipartisanship is going to require m ore th an w ords to pu t forth good public policy.”

Bush added th a t he believes “the right thing to do is to do what you said you were going to do,” according to McClellan.

Echoing previous rem arks to lawmakers, the spokesman said Bush told them he was concerned about national debt but also about consumer debt, which he said tax cuts could help alleviate.

Upon his a rr iva l back a t the White House, Bush told reporters he had a “good discussion” with the House Democrats.

“People, I think, recognize that we are going to have tax relief,” sa id Bush. “The fu n d a m e n ta l question is how big and when.”

McClellan said the Democrats questioned Bush on a wide range of issues, including his tax plan, abortion and election reform.

Bush made no firm promises on e lec t ion re fo rm bu t sa id “we ought to do something about it. Absolutely,” he quoted the presi­dent as saying.

McClellan c h a rac te r ized the tone of the questions as “respect­ful” and said “there was a com­mitment on both sides to work together.”

The cen te rp iece of the Bush agenda is his proposed 10-year, $ 1.6 trillion tax cut, which he plans to submit to Congress on Thursday.

“I’m feeling good.” Bush said as he and chief of staff Andrew Card strode into the Democratic gath­e r in g a t the sn o w -co v e red Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and Spa a b o u t 60 miles so u th of Pittsburgh. Also at Bush’s side was his brother-in-law , Bobby

Koch.Bush said he was delivering a

m essage to D em ocrats “abou t having a civil tone of discourse, (and) a b o u t an a g e n d a ” th a t includes tax cuts, Social Security and Medicare reform and improv­ing schools.

“And I’m going to answer some questions. And then I’m going to head on home and take a nap,” he said with a smile.

The president planned to devote much of his energy this week to building public support for the tax reductions. On Monday, he was bringing to the White House four families who would benefit from his p ro p o sed tax re d u c t io n s , because they would fall into lower tax brackets.

He has moved aggressively to win over lawmakers, especially the Democrats who are suspicious of his proposal.

Bush says the tax cut is neces­sary to stave off a recession, and many Democrats agree, though some believe a smaller cut of less than $1 trillion over 10 years is in order.

The two camps drew stark bat­tle lines over the weekend, when Bush warned of “troubling” eco­nomic signs in his Saturday radio address, and Democrats respond­ed that Bush’s cut would dispro­portionately help the wealthy.

Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota charged that Bush’s tax-cut plan “short­ch an g es w ork ing fam il ie s .” Daschle’s comments, delivered in his own Saturday radio address, came a day after Bush made a personal pitch to Democratic sen­ators at their gathering on Capitol Hill.

Deaf student found stabbed to deathAssociated Press

WASHINGTON A student found dead in his

do rm room a t G a l lau d e t University, a school for the h e a r in g - im p a i r e d , w as stabbed to death, District of Columbia police said Sunday.

B enjam in V arner , 19, of San Antonio, Texas, had mul­tiple stab wounds to the head and body, sa id police spokesman Sgt. Joe Gentile.

He w as found S a tu rd a y m o rn in g in a fo u r th - f lo o r dorm room of Cogswell Hall. T h a t is the

dropped the next day. District of Columbia police said at the time that two freshmen had a dispute tha t e rup ted into a physical light that led to the beating death of one of the male students.

At the urging of police, the university beefed up security over the weekend. Visitors and students could only enter and exit campus through one of five gates.

“We’re having 100 percent ID checks r igh t now ,” said spokeswoman Mercy Coogan.

Extra staff also was in dor­mitories to

same dormito­ry w h e refreshman Eric F. P lu n k e t t ,19, ofB u r n s v i l l e ,Minn., was found beaten to death in a f i r s t - f l o o r room Sept. 28.

Police Chief Charles Ramsey said there is no evidence of a link between the two deaths, but investigators are looking into the possibility that there could be a connection.

Security was tight a t the cam pus Sunday. University police checked s tuden t IDs and wrote down the license plates of vehicles entering the campus.

A fellow student originally w as ch a rg ed with second- degree murder in the Plunkett case, but the charges were

“We’re trying very hard to make sure that our students feel safe. ”

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“ W e ’ r e trying very h a rd to m ake sure t h a t our s t u d e n t s feel s a f e ,” she added.

Some 150 s tu d e n ts who lived in Cogswell Hall have been moved to other dormito­ries.

The university also planned to hold daily informational meetings about the investiga­tion. Coogan said some 200 students crowded into a cafe­teria Sunday to learn more a b o u t the d ea th and voice their concerns. University offi­cials also spent the weekend trying to calm worried par­en ts w ho h ad ca lled the school.

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Addressing workers rights

Aaron Kreider

It is an exciting time to be an anti­sweatshop activist. Today the adminis­tration is meeting with the Executive Director of the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC) and within the next 30 days the admin­istration will decide whether to join theWRC. This is a ------------------------result of the Think,Progressive Student Q uestion,Alliance’s anti- R esis tsweatshop cam­paign, which culminated last March in an administrative promise that within 30 days of an arranged meeting with the WRC, it would make its decision. Now we are finally having that meeting.

The WRC was created by anti-sweat­shop activists, primarily students, to monitor facilities that produce university goods to test if they follow the universi­ty’s standards (as defined by a code of conduct). It was also a response to the creation of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), which activists felt had fundamen­tal flaws.

As the WRC was created by activists, its approach is to fight sweatshops by empowering workers. By contrast, the FLA was created with support of apparel and footwear corporations, like Nike, who only care about sweatshops so much as improving conditions or appearing to do so, helps their public image. This is evident in the fact that the WRC is gov­erned by administrators, student activists, non-governmental organization representatives and worker-allies. Note that the WRC is intentionally excluding

corporations from its board. By contrast, the FLA gives sweatshop corporations veto power over major decisions.

In the wake of this past weekend’s con­ference to form a Collegiate Living Wage Association that Notre Dame sponsored, it is interesting to note that the WRC requires a living wage whereas the FLA does not. As our school has demonstrat­ed support for this concept, it would be strange if we did not join the only moni­toring association that calls for its imple­mentation.

Another substantial reason for joining the WRC is that it will require that all working conditions and monitoring reports be publicly disclosed. This means the public can read for themselves whether Notre Dame apparel and goods are produced in sweatshops and guaran­tees our accountability.

When I last wrote a column about the WRC, it had 20 members. The adminis­tration was reluctant to join, because it felt that the WRC had not finalized its structure. Now the WRC has 71 member schools. It also has a new Executive Director, a completed structure, and it even just sent its first delegation to inves­tigate the conditions at a Nike plant in Mexico that fired workers who were try­ing to form a union.

The only thing that might still be pre­venting Notre Dame from joining the WRC is a perception that the WRC is associated with an activist approach to sweatshops, which is ultimately anti-cor- porate. I think this may not prove to be a problem, as Notre Dame has shown that it too is willing to take a strong activist

stance on this issue when it is necessary. It is currently doing so by requiring that workers have a right to organize, although this will mean no more produc­tion of goods in China. In addition, as so many other universities and colleges have joined the WRC, it is no longer a radical act to do so.

Notre Dame may or may not join the WRC. However, the issue of worker rights does not end there. Where things begin to get even more interesting is whether our University is willing to apply to itself the same standards that it requires of the producers of our universi­ty goods. Will we pay our campus work­ers a living wage? Will we take a posi­tion of neutrality in response to worker attempts to organize unions? Or will we oppose them like we did over 20 years ago when the administration fought the groundskeepers or just several years ago when the administration stopped a sec­retaries’ organizing drive by promising a pay increase, which later was not deliv­ered? And will the University involve stu­dents and staff, including activists, in the decision-making process regarding these issues? In the next 30 days, and years to follow, Notre Dame will show by its actions whether it believes in the human dignity of labor.

Aaron Kreider is a third year sociology graduate student. His column appears every other Monday.

The views expressed in this column are those o f the author and not necessarily those o f The Observer.

Letter to the Editor

Student’s views heard by trusteesIn last Friday’s Viewpoint an Observer Editorial entitled

“Board of Trustees should meet here” was a well written opinion with some interesting points. I would like to thank The Observer for noting the hard work of the Student Union Board of Trustees Committee. Additionally, I am glad to see that they agree with the Student Union’s attempts to encour­age a student voice at all Board of Trustees meetings. I can­not tell you how important Brooke and I feel that the voice of the students be heard at all levels of University governance.In fact, that is why we have worked so hard to allow students into the winter meeting of the Board of Trustees.

I do, however, feel the need to clarify some of the points raised in the editorial. First, the Board of Trustees does meet on campus twice a year. The Trustees meet three times annually. The Fall and Spring meetings are held on our cam­pus, while the winter meetings remain at an off-campus loca­tion, most recently Washington, D C. Secondly, this is not “the first time in Notre Dame history” that students will address the Board of Trustees meeting. It is our first time to present at the winter meeting of the Board. Students have had access to the Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees for about the last 20 years at both the Spring and Fall meetings on Campus. While the committee meets for approximately fours hours in a given day, the subject matter of the meeting is controlled by the students for about a quar­ter of this time. It is our opportunity to voice the concerns and issues with which students are most concerned. For the past two meetings, the students have met with both the

Student Affairs Committee and the Social Values Committees of the Trustees, expanding student empowerment even more. Also, students this year, for the first time ever, have access to the full committee agenda. This insight allows students not only knowledge of what the Trustees are discussing, but also empowers us to address such issues in the time we hold the floor. In other words, this past year has seen students with more access to Trustee meetings than ever before. In work­ing with Father Poorman, the Vice-President for Student Affairs and Mr. Goodyear, chair of the Student Affairs Committee, we have garnered the ability to give more stu­dent input into the highest level of debate about the future of our University. Brooke and I are extremely proud of these accomplishments.

For the winter meeting, John Osborne, Mike Heinz and the entire Student Union Board of Trustees Report Committee worked extremely hard to ensure that we represent all stu­dent viewpoints and not just our own. Such an effort requires a constant self-evaluation for everything we do. I would like to publicly thank these students for their diligent efforts. This past report was perhaps one of the most successful in recent history due to their dedication and hard work for the stu­dents. It means a great deal to me not only as a part of their team, but as a student whose views are represented.

Brian O ’DonoghuStudent Body Presiden

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Paper versus procrastinationEver woken up at 11:30 and had a

Philosophy paper due at 1? You sprint over to the cluster. Winded. Smelly. Hung- over. You start by being distracted by the hot girl on the computer across from you, laughing at her com­puter just so youknow that her friends Josh Kirleywrite the funniest e- -------------------------mails ever. If youhave, your internal S w ift smonologue may have C o n fed era te gone something like this.

“OK. Find a short question with a sim­ple answer. That will give me the momen­tum I need to get through this bit of busy work. Here we are, No. 5. Short and sweet. What is holistic about ‘anomalous monism?' OK. Six words in the question, 1 know three of them. If I walk back to my room for a dictionary, I won’t be able to get a computer when I get back. Will you look at those pathetic wannabes eyeing this one? Like they’d slit my throat to get on this computer, just to check their e- mail. No respect for academia.Scavengers! It’s probably best that 1 do the questions in order anyway. They probably build on each other. Noon. One hour ‘til class, seven questions left. That’s roughly eight minutes per question, allow­ing time to print this out, which irrespon­sibly assumes I’ll find a printer that works, and time to walk to class, that’s about seven minutes per question.

Must work. OK, just seven questions, answered in essay form. Let’s go, pump 'em out. No. 1. Does a Functionalist account of mind imply that, at least in principle, robots or computers which are

“functionally isomorphic” with a human’s mental life, ipso facto must be said to have real minds? OK, No. 2, then.

No. Get serious. Read the question; break it up into smaller parts. I bet it’s a trick question anyway. Why am I in this class? I’m a business major. I have no interest in philosophy. When will I ever use this? Doesn’t this professor know that I’m only in here because it’s required.? I bet he doesn’t even care. They never care.

I bet I can list 20 reasons to not do this assignment. I think I will. I’ve already thought of at least five, the first of which, being that the professor is unsympathetic. Man, if I’d been writing the reasons out as I thought of them, I wouldn’t be wasting this time now. Need better time manage­ment. Wow, 12:10. I’ve been working on this thing for almost 15 minutes. Doogic said I didn’t have the focus to work on an assignment for 10 straight minutes. I proved him wrong four minutes ago. I think I’ll e-mail him right now just to rub it in his face. Hey, I have new mail. Wow. Three new messages. And ... all from my parents. ‘What?! How can I still 1 owe my dad $20.’ That’s like 10 beers. I don’t have that kind of money ... to spend ... on debts. Why is it that cognitively, beer is my standard unit of currency? Always used in price comparison or deciding whether or not I can afford something. Well, only 40 minutes ‘til class. It’s crunch time. Man, college is stressful.

Hey, there’s that blue-haired kid from my class. He’s e-mailing too, there’s no way he’ll finish this on time. At least, I won’t be the only one. If he’s trying to express his individuality with that look, why does he have a blue hair-do and tat­

tered clothes identical to that of all his friends? Collective individuality. Quite daring. Hey, maybe I can work that into the answers of one of these questions. Dang. He’s printing out his paper. Over- achieving freak! All right, can’t be shown up by him. Use him as inspiration.Freak is my muse.

Back to work. How can this guy expect us to answer seven poorly worded questions in just 40 minutes? ... Without having read the essay or gone to the lectures, no less. Is this guy mad?Slave driver. He gives us more work than 1 get in my real classes. It is absolutely impossible to give this assignment its due attention and com­plete it in the time allot­ted. I need an extension.I’ll go to him before class and get an extension. No, too desperate. I’ll run to his office. No, he’ll give me some dribble like, I assigned this two weeks ago and you’re coming to me now.’ With a condescending emphasis on the now. That’s another thing. The instructors know we or I, don't start the assignment ‘til the day it’s due. Yet, they insist on telling us about it weeks in advance. Only, so they can rub it in our faces when we don’t get it done. Conspiracy is what that is. That’s another reason to not even bother. I’m a conscien­tious objector. Civil disobedience in the face of this academic machine. Now, there’s an essay. They should give no

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more than one day's notice of an assign­ment before the day it is due. If for no other reason than to put all students on the same, equal, competitive level ... with me. I think I’ll propose that to Monk. I'll e- mail it to him now ... That’s it! I’ll e-mail my professor a request for an extension.

Yeah, and I'll set back the dale on this computer. I low do you do

that? Will it work? What if he’s checked his mail recently? Can

e-mail get lost in the e-mail? Who cares? I'll say but didn't you gel my e-mail?' l ie’ll return to find it wait­ing for him at his office, feel stupid, be apologetic and give me an extension, with bonus. Pure genius. Hell, if I’m backdating it. assuming that’s possible, I’ve got plenty of time to write that letter. Time to

make out that list. Even more time to do that assign­

ment. I won’t even go to class. I’m just gonna sit here and play

Minesweeper, guilt free, .lust to piss off those scavengers in line.

Yeah, just chill. Maybe do a little e-mail. Wow, I’ve been working on this assign­ment for almost an hour. Deal with that, Doogie.

Joshua Kirley is a member o f the class o f ’99. He currently lives and teaches in Cape Coral, Fla. He can be reached at MrKirley@aol. com.

The views expressed in this column are those o f the author and not necessarily those o f The Observer.

to fight cancerLetters to the Editor

HelpingJuniors Conor Murphy and Brionne Clary as

well as 14 year-old Scott Delgadillo of San Diego shared a deep love of Notre Dame and touched the hearts of countless people on this campus. Their recent deaths have brought the Notre Dame family together as we grieve their loss and celebrate their lives. No one will ever forget the way each of them inspired us with their strength, courage and faith over these past months.

These three beautiful people also shared the fate of being stricken with leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. This cancer is the No. 1 disease killer of children under the age of 15. However, it is not just a killer of children. Leukemia strikes nearly 10 times as many adults as children. More than half of all the cases occur in persons over age 60. Every week there are 1,900 new cases of leukemia and the related dis­eases of lymphoma, myeloma and Hodgkin’s dis­ease diagnosed in the United States. Each week approximately 1,100 Americans die of these dis­eases. No one has to look very far to find a rela­tive, neighbor or friend who has been part of these tragic numbers.

We can grieve the deaths of these three incred­ible members of the Notre Dame family but what can we do to continue their fight against these diseases? One of the answers came in the over­whelming student response last year to register as bone marrow donors. If you missed this opportunity, you can register by contacting blood donor services at the South Bend Medical Foundation 234-4176 Ext. 6-411.

Another answer might be to join The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training (TNT) where you would be a symbol of hope for local leukemia patients. TNT has trained more than 60,000 runners, walkers and cyclists and raised more than $160 million for cancer research since its launch in 1988. You are matched with a local patient with a blood cancer in whose honor you walk, run or cycle and raise funds for a cure. Instead of a local patient, you could choose some­

one you know who is struggling with the disease or dedicate your fundraising and athletic efforts in memory of Conor, Brionne or Scott.

Team in Training gives its members compre­hensive coaching and training as well as fundraising support. They ask healthy people to run, walk or cycle on behalf of those stricken with leukemia. Upcoming events include the Indianapolis Life 500 Half Marathon (May 5), the Suzuki Rock n’ Roll Marathon in San Diego (Scott’s home) on June 3, America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride (100 miles) in Lake Tahoe on June 3 and the Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage, Ala. on June 23. All team mem­bers have to raise set amounts of money for leukemia research. In exchange, Team in Training provides travel, accommodations, entry fees and other logistics for these events. Running a half marathon or a marathon, biking 100 miles, or walking a marathon is no easy task. It becomes much easier when you realize the daily struggle leukemia victims face in their battle with this cancer.

The local chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training is just start­ing up its training program for the events listed above and there are members of the Notre Dame community already committed. If you are inter­ested in joining the fight against leukemia in this fashion, please contact Kim Dueringer at (219) 264-7334 or e-mail her(kim_dueringer@yahoo.com). The TNT website is www.lsa-teamintraining.org.

The lives of Conor Murphy, Brionne Clary and Scott Delgadillo were taken too soon by leukemia. Do what you can to help find the cure for future generations.

Tim RippingerDevelopment D epartm ent

February 4, 2001

CARE addresses monologue issue

CARE and the Womyn’s Center at Saint Mary’s are very sorry to bring you the news that our administration has refused to support a performance of “The Vagina Monologues” this semester. We have been informed that under no circumstances are we to perform this play and we'd like to apologize to all those who were looking forward to seeing it. We’d also like to thank all the students, faculty members and administrators who have supported us either last year or at the “speak out” this year.

For those who are unfamiliar with "The Vagina Monologues" and the V-Day College Initiative, it is a nationwide movement to take a stand against violence toward women. The play was written by Eve Ensler and is a compilation of thousands of women s experiences all over the world. Neither Ensler nor the V-Day College Initiative receives any compensation for our performance. All proceeds are donated to the local charity of our choice. Last year, we raised more than $ 1,000 for Sexual Offense Services, a local organization whose mission is to help women overcome the pain that results from the many forms ol sexual violence perpetrated against women. More information is avail­able at www.vday.org.

And though we cannot perform the play this year, we are still com­mitted to the mission set forth by the College Initiative: to stop all forms of sexual violence against women. We know that both ol our campuses are likewise committed to this mission and we thank you lor all the supporters who attended CARE’s “Take Back the Night and the various CARE meetings throughout the year.

As a final note, w e’d like to thank all those students, faculty and stall’ who voiced their opinion, whether in support or opposition, about the effect The Vagina Monologues has had on our campuses. To those who have not yet spoken out on this issue, please do not let your voice go unheard.

The Officers o f Saint Mary’s CARE Julie Frischkorn

senior, off-campusEmily Koelsch

senior, Annunciata Hall Angela Romano

senior, off-campus Katie Poynter

senior, LcMans Hall

January 311 2001

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Notre Dame ‘top ten’ lists abound in the cold of winterP laces to go after midnight in South Bend:10. Study loft 5. Denny’s9. Library 4. Meijer’s8 . The Huddle 3. Reckers7. Osco Drug 2. Nick’s Patio6 . Hollywood Diner 1. NowhereNicest-Looking Buildings on Campus:10. W ater Tower9. Old College8 . Dillon Hall7. The Rockne Memorial6 . Alumni Hall5. South Dining Hall4. Washington Hall3. Bond Hall2. The Main Building1. Stepan CenterStudent A ctivities Throughout the Year:10. Registration9. Moving In8 . Fisher Regatta7. Finals6 . Dances5.-1. Notre Dame football home gamesThings People Talk about at Parties:10. Football9. Basketball8 . Where are the cups?7. Where is the keg?6 . Who is tha t girl?

S co tt Little

just a little

5. Hello, how are you?4. How are we going to get home?

3. Nice outfit.2. Other parties 1. How wasted they are

Dining Hall Favorites:10. Beets9. Toad in the Hole8 . Salisbury steak7. Italian sausage6 . Left over peanut bu tte r and jelly sandwich in the container5. Garbonzo beans4. Grits3. Broccoli quesadilla2. Yellow Jell-01. Hello Dolly BarsInteresting Facts:10. Chances a ND studen t will m arry another Domer: 2/39. Average num ber of socks lost per s tudent while a t ND: 6 pairs8 . Number of ND daily planners sold each year: 6,0007. Average num ber of hours a ND student spends on a computer during the school year: time equal to 33 days6 . Average num ber of boyfriends/girlfriends the average student has while a t ND: 1.95. Average length of boyfriend/girlfriend relationship: 11 months4. Average num ber of lifelong friends made: 33. Average num ber of enemies made: 0.12. Average num ber of movies watched in four years a t ND: 3671. Person to bathroom ratio: 18:1Interesting F acts II:10. PETA is doing research at ND regarding the overfeeding of squirrels9. Average num ber of real fires a t ND per year: 2.18 . Average num ber of false fire alarm s at ND per year: 177. Percentage of people on campus who have glasses: 86%6 . Percentage of Domers who have had cosmetic surgery: 1%5. Percentage of undergrad students who live off campus: 16%4. Average time spent per year in the shower for men: 42 hours3. Average time spent per year in the show er for women: 4 days, 13 hours2. Number of pairs of underw ear the average ND male has: 71. Number of pairs of u n derw ear the average ND female has: 16

R easons to skip c la ss:10. Enjoying the w ea ther (well, not yet)9. Eating8 . Playing a video game7. Too tired6 . Too hung-over5. Still d runk4. Sick3. Class is too boring2. You knew there w asn ’t going to be a quiz 1. Doing work for ano ther class

The view s expressed in th is column are those o f the author and not necessarily those o f The Observer.

Business majors thrive on success of Mendoza CollegeBy SPENCER BEGGSScene W riter

M eet Brad. Brad is th e k ind of guy th a t every s tuden t a t Notre Dame knows. He’s the one guy th a t never seem s to be doing a n y ­th ing when the res t of the cam pus is having a co llec tive a n e u ry s m over th e i r th e n e x t p a p e r , th e n e x t f ina l, th e n e x t s e c o n d of existence.

Most of B r a d ’s t im e is d iv ided b e tw e e n playing Playstation NHL Hockey and going to and from the Boat Club. As he curls up into bed at 11:30 a .m ., passersbys on the ir way to w rite h is to r ica l ana lys is p a p e rs o r p r e ­pa re the ir coming chem istry labs a re known to curse the le isure th a t Brad, the business major, enjoys.

The business m ajo r is an in te res t in g a n i ­mal. However, his p rogram of study is much m ore complex th an the Boat Club and NHL Hockey. W elcom e to th e e lusive c o u rse of s t u d y k n o w as t h e M e n d o z a C o l le g e of Business.

The M endoza College of Business did not always bea r the Mendoza nam e. In fact, the college was originally nam ed the College of Fo re ig n a n d D om estic C o m m erce in 1921 w hen it opened its doors to Notre Dame s tu ­dents.

In 1 9 6 1 , t h e c o l le g e w a s r e n a m e d th e College of Business A dm inis tra tion , a nam e it re ta in e d until M arch of 2000 w hen Tom a n d K athy M e n d o z a ( th e f o r m e r , a 1973 Notre Dame alum nus) gave the University a n a m in g g r a n t of $35 m il l ion , th e l a r g e s t donation in the school’s history.

Tom Mendoza is the p res iden t of Network Appliance, a technology in fras truc tu re com ­pany th a t curren tly hand les the majority of the w or ld ’s e-mail communication. His wife K a th y s e r v e s a s t h e s e n i o r d i r e c t o r o f W orldw ide S tra teg ic O pera t ions a t NetApp a n d s e rv e s on th e A dvisory B o a rd of th e Mendoza College of Business.

T h e M e n d o z a g r a n t s e r v e s t h e 1 ,9 4 7 u n d e r g r a d u a t e s tu d e n ts — a w h o p p in g 24 p e rcen t of the Notre Dame s tu d e n t body — w ho a r e e n ro l le d in th e b u s in e s s schoo l. Their p rogram s of study include acco u n tan ­

cy, f inance and b u s in e ss econom ics , m a n ­agem en t, m a n a g e m e n t in fo rm ation system s and m arketing .

The study of business is half way betw een a sc ien ce a n d an a r t . For e x a m p le , w hile m a r k e t i n g m a j o r s m u s t t a k e n u m b e r - c runching economics courses, they m ust also acqu ire a n u m b e r of behav io ra l psychology credits.

But w h a t is so g r e a t a b o u t th e b u s in ess college? Besides the ex tra am o u n t of sleep, the college’s track record speaks for itself.

G r a d u a t e s o f t h e M e n d o z a C o l le g e of B u s in e ss c o n s is te n t ly r e p o r t c lose to 100 p e rc e n t em ploym ent by th r e e m onths af te r the ir g radua tion , with an average sa la ry of $42,801. It has also been ran k ed am ong the h ighes t in a lum ni n e tw ork ing by n um erous new s m a g a z in e s in c lu d in g N ew sw eek and Time.

But w ha t abou t th a t ex tra s leep? Is it re a l­ly true th a t business s tuden ts have to do sig­nificantly less work than o ther majors?

“T h a t s tereo type is absolutely fa lse ,” said Dan Sirkin, a sophom ore accountancy major. “It’s ju s t th a t the s ta n d a rd of a business s tu ­den t is som eone who can organize the ir time and get th e i r w ork done efficiently. T h a t ’s w h a t being a business s tu d e n t is all a b o u t .”

“I th in k all th e d i f f e r e n t m a jo r s h ave a serious chip on the ir sh o u ld e rs ,” said senior c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e m a j o r M ike C ro w le y . “They w a n t to believe th a t they have it so m uch w orse off than o the r majors. [But] all the m ajors have a heavy w ork load .”

In fact, the M endoza College of Business is w idely r eco g n ized as one of the c o u n t ry ’s m o s t c h a l l e n g i n g p r o g r a m s o f b u s i n e s s study.

Its faculty, like m arke ting ins truc to r Kevin B r a d f o r d w h o r e c e i v e d th e A m e r i c a n M arketing A ssociation’s “Best P aper Award" in 2000 , has also been highly acclaimed by news jo u rn a ls and professional associations alike.

Like m os t b u s in ess s tu d e n ts , ou r su b jec t Brad knows how good his college is. But now it’s time for him to get some sleep. He has a 8 :30 a .m . m ic ro e c o n o m ic s c la ss , a n d he needs to re s t up for the evening at Boat Club anyway.

JO S E CUELLAR/The O bserver

The Mendoza College of B usiness is highly regarded for its high post-graduate employment rate but on cam pus, it is mostly known for its rumored easy c la ss schedules.

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Ethnic clubs work to promote cultural awarenessBy KATIE M A LM QUISTScene W riter

Many people argue that Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s campuses lack a serious degree of diversity. And while the number of minority students may seem small, the enthusi­asm they bring to campus is anything but.

In a wide array of student-run ethnic clubs, these stu­dents share their culture with the Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s communities, creating opportunities for minority and non-minority students alike. Those featured here are only a few of the many which work hard to promote diver­sity throughout campus.Filipino American Student Organization of Notre Dame (FASO)

Like most ethnic clubs on campus, FASO was originally created to provide Filipino students with a chance to explore their culture. The group now functions mainly to share that culture with students of every background.

“We really just want to tell others on campus about Filipino culture and share it with them,” said Adrienne de la Rosa, a sophomore member and treasurer of FASO. “We target everyone on campus for participation ... a lot of members bring their roommates who aren’t Filipino to [club events! and they enjoy participating as much as the other club members who are [Filipino].”

Most of these events center around traditional Filipino rights of ce leb ra t ion like danc ing . Dances like the Tinakling, in which a bamboo stick is used to pound out beats on the lloor, and the Binasuan, where female dancers balance candles on their head and open palms, are per­formed at various times throughout the year. Students can usually see these pe rfo rm ances in the an n u a l Asian Allure, which is organized by the Asian American Association of Notre Dame, or at other special campus events like the Welcome Back Picnic.

“This year wo perfo rm ed for the alumni at the JACC over a couple of football weekends, ” said de la Rosa.“That was pretty special because the events usually only feature the cheerleaders and the pom pom squad.”

Upcoming FASO events include the annua l Fiesta Filipino, which will take place Feb. 24 and will feature dances from all three of the main Philippine islands. The event will be followed by a traditional Filipino dinner pre­pared by FASO members.

“We do a lot of cooking because food is very important to our culture,” said de la Rosa.

FASO members often meet to learn more about cooking Filipino cuisine, learning techniques such as the rolling of eggrolls. These events are open to and attended by stu­dents of all backgrounds.

With all this cooking and performing, the club just wants

“We really just want to tell others on campus about Filipino culture

and share it with them.

Adrienne de la Rosa Treasurer of FASO

to promote the beauty of their culture throughout South Bend. “In the end, FASO’s a lot of fun, and we try to make a family for each other,” said de la Rosa.Le Cercle Francais

In a long standing campus tradition that was resurrect­ed in 1995, Le Cercle Francais is an organization of French-speaking students who meet to celebrate the French language and culture. With the help of professors in the Department of Romance Languages, the members of Le Cercle Francais work toward two main goals: to promote French culture on c am p u s and to give s tu d e n ts a chance to practice the language in a casual environment.

Once a week, members of Le Cercle Francais meet to work toward this sec­ond goal. At “La Table Francaise,” stu­dents gather for casual discussion on anything from campus happenings to world news. The only stipulation is that students only speak in French.

“Most people that come [to “La Table Francaise”] have returned from study­ing abroad in France and want to keep up their skills,” said Jill Boruff, one of the club’s two co-presidents. “But don’t be scared if your French isn’t great — that’s why we are here.”

“La Table Francaise” meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Becker’s, and is always open to new students who are interested in French culture. Meetings are easygoing and provide students with an opportunity to meet professors in

a casual and personal setting. Le Cercle F ra n c a is is c u r re n t ly looking to increase participation in this tradition, so if you are at all interested, stop by any week to experience it for yourself.

Other club events include French masses, which are held each semester, and an annual film festival which is currently running films on campus. The third and final film of the series, “La Patinorre” (The Ice Rink) is show­ing Friday at 2 p.m. in the Annenburg Theatre in the Snite Museum. Le Cercle

Francais is also planning a trip to Chicago this semester to dine in a French re s tau ran t and hopefully see some French art. Interested students should contact Boruff for more information.India Association of Notre Dame

The India Association of Notre Dame, like most ethnic clubs, wants to share Indian culture with all students on campus. Their focus is not just for Indians, but anyone interested in India and its culture.

Members meet for a variety of different events, including club parties, game nights, movie nights and dances. Last year, the India Association held a festival of dances called

“This year we are hoping to attract more students

from different back­grounds. ”

Aswini Ramkumar senior member of the India

Association

Bongo Night, which they hope to turn into an annual event.

“Bongo Night was a great success, but there weren't enough non-Indian students, so this year we are hoping to attract more students from different backgrounds,” said senior club member Aswini Ramkumar, who served as the club’s president during the 1999-2000 academic year.

The night features a number of traditional Indian and Asian dances. The Indian music will also provide fun for anyone interested in Indian culture.

The India Association will be partic­ipating in the International Village, a week-long celebration of diversity at Notre Dame which will be held in mid- March. The festival features many dif­ferent international organizations that will sp o n so r var ious e thn ic movie screenings, book sales and exhibitions. The International Student Services and Activities homepage on the Internet provides m ore in form ation on this upcoming event.Pakistan Association of Notre Dame

The Pakistan Association, one of the younger clubs on campus, was created two years ago by its current presi­dent, Ali Qazilbasah.

“When I started the club,” said Qazilbasah, “there was not a previous outlet for Pakistanis on campus, but then, there weren’t many Pakistani students either. The club started with only two members.”

The club has since grown, and now works with a faculty advisor to promote Pakistani culture on campus with a focus on intellectual activity. Last year, the club organized panel discussions with representatives from various coun­tries including Pakistan, India, Mexico and South Africa. The original panel topic was “Issues Around the Globe,” and a second discussion followed concerning the future of democracy and human rights in South Asia and India.

Upcoming events include another panel discussion enti­tled “Rethinking Pakistan.” The club is also planning on inviting various scholars to speak on campus, and is cur­rently preparing for a lecture on the origin of the game cricket and its role in Pakistani culture.

The Pakistan Association also plans to participate in the International Village, with various activities to add to the event. One of the more popular is the teaching of Henna, the a r t of body painting which is not perm anen t but resembles tattooing.

Like all o ther ethnic clubs on campus, the Pakistan Association is not limited to Pakistani s tudents, and encourages students of all backgrounds to get involved. Anyone interested in joining should contact Qazilbasah for more information on upcoming events.

Students interested in joining or learning more about any ethnic clubs should contact the Multicultural Student Programs and Services (MSPS) office for further informa­tion.

1 Things to do this week" j? j]Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

~ “Pleasantville,” admission free, Annenburg Auditorium, 7 p.m.

- Lecture: “The Living Wage in the United States,” admission free, Hesburgh Center Auditorium, 7 p.m.

- “Yo!,” International Film Festival (Turkey/Kurd), free admission, Montgomery Theater in Lafortune, 7 -9 p.m. and 9-11 p.m.

- “Igniting the Soul of Society” - speaker (Derrick Ashong) and din­ner, $5, Lafortune Ballroom, 6:15 p.m.

- Acousticafe, LaFortune Student Center, 9-11:30 p.m.

- “Autumn in New York,” 155 Debartolo, $2 admission, 10:30 p.m.

- “Legend of Baggar Vance,” 101 Debartolo, $2 admission, 10:30 p.m.

Friday Saturday Sunday- “Autumn in New York,” 155

Debartolo, “Legend of Baggar Vance,” 101 Debartolo, $2 admis­sion, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

- “Guys and Dolls,” 7:30 p.m., Washington Hall, tickets available at Lafortune Ticket Office

- NAACP Formal: The Fire and Ice Ball, $2 admis­sion, Lafortune Ballroom, 9-11:30 p.m.

- “Autumn in New York,” 155 Debartolo, “Legend of Baggar Vance,” 101 Debartolo, $2 admission, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

~ “Guys and Dolls," 7:30 p.m., Washington Hall, tickets available at Lafortune Ticket Office

~ French Film Festival: “La Parinoire,” admission free, Annenberg Auditorium, 2 p.m.

- Concert - Maria Stablein, piano, $3-10, Annenberg Auditorium, 4 p.m.

page 14 The Observer ♦ SPORTS M onday, February 5, 2001

M en ’s Basketball

Murphy meets familiar foe in Jarvis, St. John’sBy KATHLEEN O ’BRIENAssociate Sports Editor

A ll-A m erican Irish fo rw ard Troy M u rp h y a n d St. J o h n ’s coach Mike Jarvis have a little history between them, one that will r e s t a t th e b a c k of M urphy’s m ind ton ig h t w hen the Irish host the Red Storm.

L as t s e a s o n , it w a s J a r v i s w ho s t a r t e d r u m o r s t h a t Murphy would take off for the NBA following his sophom ore s e a s o n w h e n he p r e d i c t e d M urphy w o u ld n ’t be a ro u n d Notre Dame for long.

Late la s t s u m m e r , M urphy played for Ja rv is on the U.S. Select te a m th a t took on the Olympic squad . Despite being one of the top p layers on the te a m , M urphy found h im se lf coming off the bench for limit­ed minutes.

M u r p h y ’s a l s o s e e n m o re th a n his s h a r e of St. J o h n ’s b a s k e t b a l l . G ro w in g up in Sparta , N.J., not far from the Red S t o r m ’s h o m e c o u r t , M adison S q u a re G a rd e n , St. John’s was a marquis team.

Yet tonight the g am e’s about N o tre D am e (1 4 -5 , 6 -2 Big East) against St. Jo h n ’s (12-8, 6 -3 ) , n o t M u rp h y a g a i n s t Jarvis.

“T here’s a lot more at stake than me trying to prove som e­thing,” said Murphy, who said re p o r ts of a p e r s o n a l r iva lry with Jarvis were unfounded. “I ju s t have to go out and make th is N o t r e D a m e v e r s u s St. J o h n ’s r a th e r than me versus Coach Jarvis.”

Since Jarvis w on’t be taking the court , t h a t ’s a wise move for Murphy.

Poin t g u a rd O m ar Cook, a likely national choice for rookie of the year, will be taking the court for the Red Storm. Cook leads the Red Storm with 15.7 points per game. The 6-foot-l,

1 9 0 - p o u n d e r from B rooklyn tops th e Big Eas t — and the nation — with 8.8 assists per game.

N e v e r th e le ss , M urphy said h e ’ll t a k e I r i sh p o in t g u a r d M ar t in Inge lsby over his St. John ’s counterpart any day.

“I w ould t a k e M ar t in over any point guard in the league,” M u rp h y s a id , “b e c a u s e he knows how to play the gam e.”

Cook and his cohorts bring a q u ic k a t t a c k to th e Jo y c e Center, one that will challenge Irish defenders.

“All five of their players can go off the dribble,” Irish guard David Graves said. “We need to stop the drive, and we can 't let them penetrate us. We need to box out and keep them to one shot.”

B eyond Cook, f r e s h m a n W ill ie S h a w a n d j u n i o r Anthony Glover both average b e t t e r t h a n 13 p o in t s p e r game. The two 6-foot-6 players shore up the post position for St. John’s.

“A n th o n y G lo v e r ’s a w a r ­r i o r , ” M urphy sa id . “ I th in k h e ’s the toughest player in the Big East. He’s, undersized, but he 's got a great h ear t .”

Notre Dame, for its pa r t , is not undersized.

M urphy s ta n d s 6-10 , while forward Ryan Humphrey is 6-8 a n d H aro ld S w a n a g a n m e a ­s u r e s 6 -7 . S h o o t in g g u a r d s Graves and Matt Carroll each m easure a t least 6-5.

On the line in the 7 p.m. con­te s t is N o tre D a m e ’s goal of going u n d e fea ted a t hom e in the Big East.

“We’ve always said our home p re se n c e is im p o r ta n t ,” Irish coach Mike Brey said.

T h e I r i s h h a v e w o n five stra ight league games, a school record. St. John 's is looking to r e c o v e r f ro m a loss to P rov idence and m ake a case for an NCAA Tournam ent bid.

W o m e n ’s S occer

Erikson, Grubb, Lindsey get scooped up in weekend draft

Erikson

Special to T he Observer

T hree m ore form er Notre Dame w o m en ’s soccer players were drafted by teams in the first-year Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA), following Sunday’s four-round su p ­plemental draft held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

D efender Kelly Lindsey— who recently completed her senior season at Notre Dame — w as selec ted by the Bay A rea CyberRays with the first overall pick while another former Irish d e fender , 2000 g ra d u a te J e n G ru b b , w e n t to th e W a s h in g to n (D C .)Freedom with the second overall selection.

Forward Meotis Erikson— who just completed her s e n i o r s e a s o n w i th th e Irish-was a second-round selection in the eight-team draft, going to the Boston B r e a k e r s w i th th e 1 0 th overall pick.

Ten former Notre Dame players have been allocat­ed o r d r a f t e d by th e WUSA, w h ic h is s e t to beg in its f i r s t s e a s o n in April.

The supp lem en ta l d ra f t w a s h e ld p r i m a r i l y for se lec t ion of p la y e rs who ju s t com ple ted th e i r col­leg e e l ig ib i l i ty o r w ho re c e n t ly s u b m it te d th e i r names into the draft pool.Lindsey and Erikson both were in Fort Lauderdale as m em bers of the Central squad th a t com peted in the annua l Umbro-Select Senior All-Star Games. Their N o tre D am e c l a s s m a te , m id f ie ld e r A nne Makinen, also played in those Umbro Select games as a member of an “elite” squad com­prised of players already allocated or drafted by the WUSA (which held its initial draft last December).

Each WUSA te a m ultim ate ly will t r im its roster to 20 players prior to the s ta rt of play, with each t e a m ’s ro s te r curren tly including 24.

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Lindsey could be reunited on the CyberRays with former Irish goalkeeper LaKeysia Beene, who was allocating to the Bay Area team and spen t the 2000 fall sem es te r as a volunteer assistant coach with the Irish wom en’s soccer team.

Grubb is the third former Notre Dame play­er drafted by Washington, which also picked Makinen in the first round of the initial draft before drafting form er Irish forward Monica Gerardo in the seventh round.

Erikson could be reun ited in Boston with f o r m e r I r i s h d e f e n d e r a n d c u r r e n t U.S. na tiona l te a m m e m b e r Kate S obrero , who w as one of th r e e p lay e rs a l lo ca ted to the Breakers.

T h re e o th e r fo rm er Notre Dame p layers were drafted by the San Diego Spirit-midfleld- er S h a n n o n Boxx in the th i rd ro u n d ; fo r­w ard /m idfie lder Jenny S treiffer-M ascaro in the fo u r th ro u n d and m id f ie ld e r /d e fen d e r Kara Brown in the 10th round.

Erikson and Lindsey he lped Notre Dame compile an 88-9-4 record from 1997-2000, with four tr ip s to the NCAA q u a r te r f in a ls , th re e NCAA semifinal a p p e a ra n c e s and an NCAA runner-up season in 1999.

Lindsey was a firs t- team selection on the 2000 all-Great Lakes Region team, as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. A two-year Irish captain, her final season was in te rrup ted by knee injury that forced h e r to miss six m idseason gam es in 2000. She a p p e a re d in 19 of 25 gam es in 20 0 0 and w as a f i r s t - t e a m all-BIG EAST selection in 2000

L indsey h e lp ed th e 2 0 0 0 I r ish lead the n a t io n with an 0 .39 s e a so n g o a ls -a g a in s t a v e ra g e w hile a l low ing an a v e ra g e of six shots, th ree shots on goal and three corner kicks per game. A gritty leader who battled b a c k f ro m in ju r i e s t h r o u g h o u t h e r I r ish career, she appeared in 89 games. She was a key p a r t of a 2000 Notre D ame team th a t trailed just twice all season, with 16 shutouts.

E r ik so n — an NSCAA s e c o n d - t e a m a l l ­region pick in 2000 — a p p e a re d in all 101 games of her career, tying the Irish record set by Boxx. She ranked second on the 2000 team with 39 points, plus four game-winning goals.

Erikson was one of th re e Irish p layers to s t a r t all 25 gam es in 2000 and closed h e r career with points in 10 of her last 12 games. She ranks seventh on the Irish career scoring list, plus sixth in goals and seventh in assists.

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M en ’s S w im m in g

Irish win 2 meets, qualify swimmers for Big East

Welsh

By COLLEEN M cCARTHYSports W riter

After winning back-to-back meets, the N otre D ame m e n ’s sw im m ing te a m is w ell-prepared for the in tense com peti­t io n a n d s t r e n u o u s s c h e d u l e of th e upcoming Big East Championship.

“W e ’ve h a d fo u r m e e t s in n in e d ay s and w e’ve won them all,” said head coach Tim Welsh, “which is a rea l t r ib u te to the t e a m ’s a b i l i ty to r e e n e r g i z e a n d respond well.

“I hope this has us w e l l -p re p a re d to go in to t h e Big E a s t Championship,” Welsh continued. “One of the reasons we try to schedule back- to-back meets on Fridays and Saturdays at the end of the season is to p repare for the th ree days of consecutive com peti­tion at Big East.”

The t e a m ’s f irs t objective going into the w eekend’s meets against Cleveland S ta te an d St. B o n a v e n tu re U niversity was to win both meets. The second goal was to post qualifying times for the Big East Championship.

The Irish crossed off both objectives.The te a m won b e a t C leveland S ta te

136 -102 an d p o s ted se v e n in d iv idua l wins in events. The swimmers topped St. Bonaventure 137 .5-100 .5 to finish the dual meet season 7-2.

“We were pleased we were able to Fill out our entries for Big East,” Welsh said,

“and we set two pool records in the meet at St. Bonaventure.”

T h e m e e t s p r o v id e d a c h a n c e for W elsh to g a u g e th e t e a m ’s p ro g re s s going into the Big East Championship.

“We are a be tter team going into the Big E as t C ham pionship th an we w ere two w eeks ag o ,” sa id W elsh. “W h a t ’s really exciting even more than the indi­vidual perform ances is the te a m ’s p e r ­formance. We're racing faster in getting ready for the championships and doing even better in both our long and short d istance events. Also im portan t is tha t w e ’ve b e e n a b le to w in on th e ro a d which is a sign of a competitive tough­ness.”

Swimmers who made qualifying times for Big East over the weekend include s o p h o m o r e J o h n H u d so n in th e 200 backstroke, senior Brian Skorney in the 200 backstroke and Michael Flanagan in the 1,650 freestyle.

The Ir ish diving c o n t in g en t of H erb Huesman, Andy Maggio, Joe Miller and Tony Xie closed out the season undefeat­ed in the dual m eet season in both the one- and three-m eter events.

“Our d ivers h ad a n o th e r m arve lous perform ance,” said Welsh. “What is rea l­ly great is that all four divers have con­tributed at least one win, so it is not just one person carrying the divers.”

All four d ivers qualif ied for the Big East Championship, which has left Welsh optimistic for the Big East weekend.

“I hope th a t the divers can continue the success they’ve had so far this s e a ­s o n , ” W elsh s a id , “so th a t th ey c o n ­tribute points to our overall total a t Big East.”

Pittco n t in u ed from page 24

W es t D iv is io n . T h e I r i s h d i d n ’t b l ink a t a P i t t s q u a d t h a t u p s e t conference opponents Georgetown and Seton Hall in January , showing w hy N o tre D am e is b a c k in th e national rankings after a short h ia ­tus.

Jun ior David Graves, who moved out of the s ta r t in g lineup in mid- J a n u a ry only to play his best b a s ­k e tb a l l of the s e a s o n , s c o re d 24 points in 31 minutes off the bench while bringing down six rebounds.

“T h a t s ix th s t a r t e r w a s e x c e l ­l e n t , ” Brey sa id . “H e’s a c c e p te d tha t role, and now he really re lish ­es it. He’s good in tha t ro le .”

G raves and po in t g u a rd M artin In g e ls b y b o th to o k s e c o n d - h a l f charges, highlighting Notre D am e’s new attention to defense.

“I think w e’re s ta rting to realize tha t w e’re going to score ,” Graves said. “We’ve s ta r ted to realize tha t th e w ay to win g a m e s is to s top people. W e’re s ta r t in g to believe, and I think tha t 's the key.”

T h e I r i s h d e f e n s e k e p t th e P a n th e r s to 44 p e rc e n t shoo ting , holding P ittsburgh gu ard B randin Knight scoreless on the night.

Top player Ricardo Greer sa t out the f irs t h a lf for P i t t sb u rg h with back spasm s, battling th rough the

injury in the second half to play 16 m in u te s a n d s c o r e n in e p o in ts . P an ther forward Donatas Zavackas spu rred his t e a m ’s scoring with 22 p o i n t s a s h e s h o t 5 - f o r - 6 f ro m behind the arc.

Notre D am e’s 37-23 edge on the b o a r d s , led by n in e f ro m Ryan H u m p h re y , d i d n ’t h u r t m a t t e r s . Neither did accuracy from the free throw line, as the Irish hit 20 of 25 free throws, providing a boost tha t h e l p e d i t g e t p a s t l e a g u e foe Georgetown Jan. 27.

“T h e s e a r e th e s t e p s t h a t we need to take to become a cham pi­onship te a m ,” Graves said.

N otes♦ N o t r e D a m e r e c r u i t J e m e r e

H e n d r ix w ill n o t be j o in in g th e Irish basketball team next fall due to academ ic reasons, Brey told the South Bend Tribune last week.

Hendrix, a 6 -foot-8 , 215-pounder f rom Covington , Ga., h a d s igned w i th N o t r e D a m e in e a r ly N o v e m b e r a l o n g w i th C h r is Thom as of Indianapolis and Jordan Cornette of Cincinnati. Brey may or may not ink a n o th e r rec ru it , now tha t he has one scholarship to give, s i n c e m a n y to p p l a y e r s h a v e already signed le tters of intent.

“W e’re back to a two-m an class,” Brey told the Tribune. “You’ve got to be sm ar t . W e’ll look a ro u n d at who is out there . T here w on 't be a knee-jerk reac tion .”

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Ryan Shay (left) se t the school record In the 5 ,0 0 0 m eters Friday, running the race In 1 3 m inutes, 52 seconds.

Trackcon tinued from page 24

Shay highlighted this w eek­end’s Meyo Invitational by set­t in g a schoo l r e c o rd in the 5 ,0 0 0 -m e te r run . The sen io r ran a blazing 13 m inutes, 52 seconds, the fastest Irish indoor5.000 since Mike O’Connor ran 13:56 in 1990.

“I th in k h e 's p ro g re s s in g exceptionally well,” Piane said. “Our plan is working, because Ryan just ran the second-fastest5.000 in the nation.”

Shay finished second in a tal­en ted field a t this w e e k e n d ’s Meyo Invitational. The senior’s time automatically qualifies him for the NCAA indoor finals to be held in March. Kyle Baker, one of the elite non-collegiate run ­ners in the race, edged him out.

The talent level in the 5,000- meter run was so high that five runners ran fast enough to meet the automatic NCAA qualifying time, while an additional four posted the provisional qualify­ing time. The first five runners w ere s e p a ra te d by less than four seconds.

Piane plans to rest Shay next week, th en e n te r him in the3.000 and the 5,000-meter runs

at the Big East conference meet on Feb. 17.

Shay w asn’t the only runner to shine at the individual-orient­ed meet. Dozens of professional runners entered the meet, mak­ing the 1 4 th a n n u a l Meyo Invitational one of the most tal­ent-filled indoor invitationals in the nation.

Besides top individual a th ­letes, the Irish got a good look a t Big E as tf o e s G e o rg e to w n and Miami. In p a r t i c u l a r ,Miami looked very im p re s ­sive in th e s p r i n t i n g events . Even w ithout their top sp r in te r ,football star Santana Moss, the Hurricanes still claimed six of the top 12 spots in the 60-meter dash.

“T h e i r t e a m is b a s ic a l ly sp r in te r s and ju m p e r s . ” said Piane. “But they have a lot of them.”

Travis Davey was one of the few Irish sprinters to crack into the dominating sprint crew and place highly. Davey took fifth in the 60-meter dash, finishing in 6.92 seconds and won his heat

in the 200 by running a 22 .1, fast enough for seventh place.

“The thing about sprinting is you need races, you don’t just go out and run fast every time, you just keep racing until you h it you r p e a k ,” Ir ish sp r in ts c o a c h J o h n M illar . “ I w as p le a se d with T ra v is ' p e r f o r ­m ance. He gave it all he had and held his own.”

Despite Notre Dame’s strong p e r fo rm a n c e ,

“Our plan is working, because Ryan just ran

the second-fastest 5,000 in the nation. ”

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P ia n e feels Georgetown is th e te a m to beat in the Big E as t . The Hoyas’ middle d is tance crew seemed nearly im p o ss ib le to o v e rc o m e . In fac t , in the

Meyo Mile, an event aimed at g e t t in g a c o l le g ia te r u n n e r under the magical four-minute b a r r i e r , G e o rg e to w n ’s Chris Miltenberg ran a 4:02.

“It’s going to be a dogfight,” Piane said. “I like our chances, b u t r ig h t now , th e odds-on favorite has to be Georgetown.”

The one event the Irish did dom ina te w as the 500-m eter dash, quickly shaping up to be one of Notre Dame’s strongest e v e n ts . T e r ry W ray led the event from start and finished in 1 :04 . Nick S e t ta an d Mike Mansour finished in third and fourth place, only a half second behind Wray.

“Terry went out and tried to control the race, and I thought that was a real positive thing,” Irish sprints coach John Millar said. “They all ran well, and I think tha t’s an event where we go into the Big East meet and have a lot of depth.”

Godwin Mbagwu had a great weekend for the Irish. He took third in the long jump with a 22 feet, 11 inch leap, and then won the tr ip le ju m p with a 48-10 effort.

“He did fine this w eekend .” Irish field events coach Scott W inso r sa id . “He b e a t som e really good jumpers.”

The Irish also got a s trong performance from Josh Heck in the pole vault. Heck cleared a personal-best 16-2 1/4 and took fifth place.

“I said earlier tha t I thought pole vaulting would be a con­cern, and that we needed some production out of th a t a r e a ,” said Winsor. “Josh has respond­ed very well. He had a good attempt at 16-9, and we’re try­ing to get him on a bigger pole.”

The 1 ,000-meter run was one of the most exciting races of the weekend. Sean Zanderson led the race up until the last lap, but he faded during the final s p r in t and f in ished seven th . H ow ever , N o tre D am e got a s trong performance from Tom Lennon, who ran a 2:28.8, good enough for third place.

“The guy who was the most s u r p r i s in g w as T o m .” sa id Piane. “He’s been hurt, and his r u n n in g as w ell as he did [Saturday] was a pleasant su r­prise.”

Meanwhile, in the 400-meter dash, freshman James Bracken continued his surprising indoor s e a s o n . B rack en f in ished in fourth place and ra n a 48.63 despite running out of a slower heat.

“He’s one of those guys that s ta r te d out and fa ltp red last week,” Millar said, “and showed this week what he’s capable of. The thing I see about him is that he competes, he goes out there and gives it all he’s got."

Notre Dame will compete next F r id a y a n d S a tu r d a y a t the C an n o n IV In v i ta t io n a l in Indianapolis.

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Picking the mind of basketball coach Mike Brey

Ted Fox

F ox S p o r t s ... A lm o s t

Reading the same sort of column every week gets old, doesn’t it?

The Notre Dame m en’s basketball team ran its Big East winning streak to five games on Saturday with a 75-67 win at Pittsburgh, com­pleting a season sweep of the Panthers.

But instead of write about the game or what the players and coaches had to say about it, I took a little inspira­tion from Dan Patrick’s “Outtakes” column in ESPN The Magazine and sat down last Thursday for an interview with head coach Mike Brey.

What follows are my questions, denot­ed with a “TF” before them, slightly con­densed because 1 tend to ramble, and Coach Mike Brey’s answers with an “MB” in front of them (it took me three hours to devise this complex nomencla­ture).

Like any interview, I don’t have room to put in everything he said. But, we still get a chance to find out just how “leg­endary” legendary coach Morgan Wooten is, and, probably more impor­tantly, who would win the one-on-one battle between the coach and a certain All-American.TF: If you could clone one player you’ve ever coached, who would it be?MB: Certainly it would be great to have Murphy around on a yearly basis. 1 have just thoroughly enjoyed working with him. He’s absolutely driving us to this thing [NCAA tournament], I mean, he’d flush any individual thing down the toilet right now if he knew we could get in this bracket. And he’s absolutely driving the group to it.”TF: If Troy Murphy and Shane Battier were ever matched up in a game Duke and Notre Dame play, who would you say would draw the foul on who?MB: Tell you what, th a t’d be a heck of a

matchup. 1 have a feeling, I don't know if Mike [Krzyzewski] would have Battier on him much, you know, he’d probably s tar t [Carlos] Boozer on him. But eventu­ally Battier would have to guard him. That would be two crafty guys, as crafty as Murph is offensively, as crafty as Battier [is defensively].

Of course, if we’re playing in the Joyce Center, Murph would get all the calls. If we’re playing in Cameron, it’d be the other . . . of course, if we meet, it won’t be at either one of those places.

T hat’d be just an all-out great matchup.TF: I know you were a great scorer (Brey laughs). So how about Mike Brey in his prime vs. Troy Murphy — who’s going to the line there?MB: You know what, he’d go to the line more. I’d really be reaching in a lot.I don’t know if I’d get a shot off over him in my prime. He’s a little too big.TF: You’ve been around Cameron Indoor a lot [as a coach at Duke]. And now a place like the Carrier Dome [at Syracuse] that obviously holds a lot more people, but which to you is a tougher place to play?MB: Cameron’s got a spe­cial place. That’s some of the thing we want to try to do here when we redo this building [the Joyce Center] to get close to that atmosphere. There’s an au ra about Cameron, with the students and every­thing, and tradition. I haven’t seen it matched.TF: Every time you h ear about [DeMatha coach Morgan Wooten] on TV, it’s always prefaced with “the legendary” (Brey laughs). Does he ever get tired of people always prefacing his name with “the legendary”?MB: As down to earth as Morgan is, I think he does get tired of that. Morgan is a real teacher, coach, basic guy. T hat’s

Brey

“Probably one of the reasons I’m in

coaching is because it was the

closest thing to continue playing. ”

why h e ’s stayed in high school coaching his whole life.

It’s almost part of his nam e now, which is a little weird. You know, it’s like: “The Legendary, Morgan Wooten.” [But] he deserves it.

He’s done it, man. He’s a special guy in teaching and coaching. The kind of guy you’d want your son to play for.TF: Me and my roommate want to get in to coaching, and we said if we won 20 games a year, it would take us 40 years to even get to 800.MB: Well, I’ve always said if I didn’t play for him and coach with him, he would have got to 1,000 [wins] a lot quicker. He was carrying me there for three years as a

player and five years as an assis­tant. He may have got in the Hall of Fame four years ago. So I always apologize to him (laughs).TF: You’ve coached at a lot of different lev­els, in high school and col­lege. You’ve played at both levels. Is there a way that you can now, weighing your experiences, say whether you enjoy playing or coaching more?MB: Well, I wish

I could’ve played a lot longer.You never want to put the ball away. And I think probably one of the reasons I’m in coaching is because it was the closest thing to continue play­

ing and be around it. But I think as a player, when they take the ball away from you, for me it was right after col­lege, you’re disappointed because it’s such a part of your life.

I’ve been into coaching now a long time. I really enjoy it. I enjoy the prac­tice. I enjoy the two hours, the two and half hours on the floor with the guys. T hat’s the fun part, th a t’s the most fun for me.

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The gun went off for the wom en’s 400 meters, and Liz Grow found herself in an unfamiliar position.

Second place.C a n a d ia n O lym pian Foye W illiam s

blasted out of the blocks and led the tal­ented Irish junior for the first half of the race. In fact, Williams led by almost five meters with only 100 meters to go, an a lm o s t in s u rm o u n ta b le m a rg in with such a short distance remaining.

But Williams appeared to slow down on the final s t ra ig h ta w a y , and Grow surged past the Canadian to take first p la c e a t th e 1 4 th a n n u a l Meyo Invitational.

“Foye took it ou t very f a s t , ” Grow said. “I thought if I ju s t hung on and tried to stay close to her, 1 could catch h e r in the en d . It w as b a s ic a l ly all adrenaline.”

G row s h a t t e r e d h e r ow n sc h o o l record in the 400 by running 53.3 sec­onds, an astonishing .75 seconds faster than h e r old m ark se t la s t y ear . Her time ranks among the fastest times run by a collegiate athlete this season.

"I was real excited for her ,” said Irish sprints coach John Millar. “I think she went into that meet with a purpose, and obviously her purpose was to win that race and qualify for NCAA. It was an outstanding performance for h e r .”

Grow also qualified for the 60-m eter dash final, but scratched from the final in o rder to p rep a re for h e r specialty, the 400.

“We discussed [scratching] after the first round of the 60,” Millar said, “and we thought it might take some energy away from the 400. She felt pretty good an d w a n te d to fo cu s on th e 4 0 0 . Obviously, it worked.”

Because there was no team scoring at the Meyo Invitational, the focus was on ind iv idual p e r fo rm a n c e s . M illar w as especially p leased with the efforts of A yesha Boyd and Kymia Love. Both

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ru n n e rs ran the ir best times of the season — Boyd ran a 7.64 in the 60- m e te r dash , and Love ran 55.98 in the 400.

Boyd and Love te a m e d up w ith Grow and Kristen Dodd to take first place in the 4x400-meter relay, run ­ning their fastest time of the season, 3 :4 9 .8 8 . Boyd p u t th e I r i s h on r e c o rd - s e t t in g pace w ith h e r 55.9 th ird leg. The Irish m issed the old record, set last year, by four seconds.

Tameisha King won the long jump for the third s tra igh t week, but the sophomore All-American sophomore false s ta r te d in both the 60 -m e te r dash and the 60-m eter hurdles, dis­qualifying her from both events.

“We talked a little bit about it, and th a t ’s one of those things you can ’t get mad at her for,” said Millar. “I think part of this has to do with con­centration and focus. I told her yes­terday ‘You’re allowed one mistake,’ and she had hers .”

As they have all season, the Irish dom ina ted the pole vau lt com peti­tion.

Jaim e Volkmer took second place with a vault of 12 feet, breaking her w e e k -o ld s c h o o l r e c o r d . N a ta l ie H alle t a n d J e n n i f e r Van W eelden took third and fourth place.

“They’re doing a g rea t jo b ,” Irish field events coach Scott Winsor said. “T hey’re very consis ten t. The best thing a coach can ask for is consis­tency.”

In th e h ig h ju m p , f r e s h m a n J e n n i f e r K e a r n e y ’s 5-3 ju m p w as good enough for third place.

N otre D am e fielded th e i r f irs t d is ­tance medley relay of the season, and the team of Megan Johnson , A m anda A lvarez , L eanne Brady and Je n n ife r Handley took second place with a time of 11:49.

“I thought we had three good legs, but our 800 leg [Brady] w asn’t very strong,” said Irish distance coach Tim Connolly.

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The Irish w om en’s track and field team fared well at the Meyo Invitational this weekend. Junior Liz Grow s e t a new school record in the 400-m eter dash, as did Jaime Volkmer In the pole vault.

place, but she out-kicked a tight pack to finish second.

“She ac tua lly ra n re a l in te ll igently and s tay ed u n d e r c o n t ro l ,” Connolly said. “She’s had trouble learning how to stay under control early, but this year, she ’s learning how to race.”

C onno lly c a u t i o n e d h is r u n n e r s against going out too fast and trying to stay with the top runners. For example, in the 3 ,000 m e te r ru n , p ro fess iona l runner Kris Eihle, who ran in last sum ­m e r’s Olympic Trials, ran a blistering

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B r id g e t O’B rien and Hillary B urn s t a r t e d to w a rd s th e b ack of the pack, but finished seventh and eighth.

“They w eren ’t ready to go out 9:12 — going o u t t h a t f a s t w o u ld h a v e b e e nsuicide,"Connolly said. “They had to run well, and I thought they ran a good r a c e . T h ey

were able to run hard at the end of the race , as opposed to s truggling to fin­ish."

In th e 5 ,0 0 0 m e t e r r u n , C h r is sy Kuenster ran a personal-best 17:44, but Connolly believed she could have gone even faster.

“Chrissy ran too fast.” he said. “She ran a PR, but I think she probably could have gone 15 to 20 seconds faster had she gone out slower.”

The Irish also got solid performances from Handley and Johnson in the mile.

Handley ran her best open mile of the season (4:53) to take fifth place overall. Johnson was in last place for the first two laps, but then she moved through the field to take eighth place.

“T h a t’s the first race of Megan's life w h e re i t ’s gone ou t h a rd and stayed ha rd .” Connolly said. “She’s a kid that if she can stay under control early, she’s going to finish well. She had a good race.”

Notre D ame’s next meet is Friday and Saturday, when the Irish will compete in the C annon IV Invita tional held in Indianapolis.

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W o m e n ’s B asketball

Leahy sisters compete on same court for first time

Tim Casey

Assistant Sports Editor

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.The Leahy sisters stood just

inches apart, each attempting to grab a rebound.

There was 1:15 remaining in Saturday’s game, Notre Dame ahead 78- 58, when Boston College’s Nicole Conway toed the free throw line after being fouled by Meaghan Leahy,Notre Dame’s senior for­ward. So Meaghanlined up next to her sister, Maureen, a Boston College fresh­man, underneath the basket.

Only one small problem.“She (Meaghan) didn’t know if

it was 1-and-l or two shots,” Maureen said.

When Maureen recalled the pre-shot conversation after the game, Boston College coach Cathy Inglese, who was standing a few feet away, offered a quick response.

“I hope you gave her the wrong answer,” Inglese said.

She probably didn’t.This wasn’t sibling rivalry.

Instead, it could be classified as sibling revelry.

Sure, the Irish and Eagles clashed in an important confer­ence contest. But the Leahys, Massachusetts natives, did not exactly put all their family ties aside.

“Even when she was out there,I was like T want Meg to score,”’ Maureen said. “You just can’t help it.”

Said Meaghan: “We’re each other’s biggest fans.”

It’s always been that way. They shot baskets in their driveway as kids, scrimmaged together when they got older at the local high school gym and both prepared this past summer for the 1 1/2 mile run that Inglese and Irish coach Mullet McGraw recom­mended in their off season condi­tioning programs.

But before Saturday, Meaghan and Maureen had never played against (or with) each other in an organized game. Meaghan went to Suffield Academy in Connecticut, while Maureen attended Minnechaug Regional, the public high school in the Leahys hometown of Wilbraham. And with the age difference, they were always on different AAU and recreation teams.

Both sisters dominated the inferior high school competition. Meaghan, a four-year starter at Suffield, is the school’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder. Maureen averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks last year and led her team to three state titles.

The older Leahy struggled adjusting to Notre Dame and after her freshman season tried to tell her sister that big-time col­lege basketball is far different from the New England high school scene.

“She would be going in to lift and I’d be like, T don’t need to lift,”’ Maureen recalled. “I was like, 1 want to go hang out with my friends.’

“We did Mickey Mouse lifting (in high school). I just wanted to make my arms look good. I don’t remember ever having someone

in the Leahys minds. The Boston Globe’s Saturday sports section featured a front-page profile of Meaghan and Maureen and the two were also interviewed on Fox Sports Net’s halftime show. Even the parents got to share in the spotlight.

“It was kind of like being a celebrity for an hour with people talking to me,” Molly said. “My friend that was sitting next to me was up in the lobby where they have the TVs and she was like ‘Oh my God, the TV was on you Molly and you had your hands over your face.’ From then on.

we decided that the TV camera might be on us, so we better look good.”

Around 2:15 on Saturday after­noon, with the tape recorders shut off and the camera lights dimmed, the Leahy sisters head­ed back to their locker rooms.

They stood just inches apart, laughing and enjoying their afternoon back home.

They loved being in the compa­ny of their biggest fan.

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being that much stronger than me. When I came here I was so weak.”

Maureen has quickly learned what her sister preached three years ago. On Saturday,Maureen matched up against Ruth Riley and struggled mighti­ly. In less than seven minutes of playing time, the freshman com­mitted five fouls, attempted zero shots and had no rebounds.

Her sister did not perform much better. Meaghan scored just two points and had three fouls in 11 minutes.

Regardless, the weekend remained a special moment for the entire Leahy family.

Over 50 friends, family and rel­atives filled Conte Forum, includ­ing the Leahy parents, who received tickets from their youngest daughter and sat in the Boston College section.

That was about the only favoritism they showed. William Leahy, the father, wore a Notre Dame sweatshirt and a Boston College hat during the game, while Molly Leahy, the mother, had a Boston College shirt on for the first half, then switched to a Notre Dame shirt in the final 20 minutes.

Molly received some grief for her choice of attire.

“I was watching Meaghan warm-up and she and the other girls were pointing at me,” Molly said. “I don’t think they were very happy. I should have held up the Notre Dame shirt.”

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“Notre Dame’s a few years ahead so they definitely have the advantage,” William said. “We have Notre Dame everything around here.”

They will drive to Piscataway, NJ for the Feb. 17 Rutgers game and fly out to South Bend for Senior Night on Feb. 24. From there, they plan on attending each of the Irish’s NCAA con­tests.

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Knights dominate Belles

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B elles’ forward Julie Norman ta k es th e ball upcourt against Adrian on Jan. 2 0 at the Angela Athletic Facility.

Eaglesc o n tinued from page 24

“Obviously with Ruth inside, if it's one-on-one she can score 50 points,” said Inglese. “You know y o u ’ve got to do som e things with her.”

By sending defenders over to prevent Riley from dominating inside, Boston College left Irish s h a rp - s h o o te r s Alicia Ratay, J e n e k a Joyce an d Niele Ivey open on the wing.

The fea rsom e threesome com ­bined for seven 3 -p o in te r s on the n ig h t .F r e s h m a n Joyce, in partic­ular, excelled — ty ing h e r s e a ­son-high with 11 point’s including t h r e e f rombehind the arc.

“ I th o u g h t she had a g re a t game — definitely player of the g a m e off th e b e n c h , ” s a id McGraw. “She really had some big shots — the best she ’s shot in a long while.”

Joyce m ost im p re s s e d h e r coach with h e r ba l l-hand ling sk i l ls , c o m m i t t in g z e ro turnovers in 22 minutes on the floor.

“The th ing abou t J e n e k a is she’s not turning the ball over,” McGraw said. “For the season I think she has three turnovers. She’s a sm art player.”

T h e I r i sh c o m m i t t e d only nine turnovers as a team in the game, tying a school record for few est tu rn o v e rs s e t a g a in s t DePaul on J a n . 27 ,1985.

J u n io r f o r w a r d s N ico le Conway and Becky G otts te in led the Eagles with 16 points a p ie c e . C onw ay i m p r e s s e d McGraw, com ing th ro u g h on sev en of 13 s h o t s f ro m th e field.

“ I t h o u g h t C o n w ay h a d a g r e a t g a m e .” M cG raw sa id .

“We were really on her and she m ade some tough shots down th e s t r e t c h to re a l ly k ind of keep things going for them.”

D e sp i te th e lo p s id e d f ina l score, the game was close for m o s t of the f i r s t half . Notre Dame never led by more than five p o in ts u n ti l Riley found K elley S iem o n o p en u n d e r ­neath the basket with 4:22 left in the opening half.

The game was Siemon’s first s ince Notre D a m e ’s u p se t of C onnec ticu t on Jan . 15. The senior forward missed the fol­

lowing three g a m e s w ith an in ju r e d h a n d th a t still requires a p a d d e d glove.

“She didn’t p r a c t i c e a t a ll F r id a y , she was very s o r e . S h e ’s ju s t so m en­

tally tough and she can really play with a little bit of pa in ,” said McGraw. “We’ll kind of re ­evaluate h e r on a daily basis, but we expect in the next week or so, she’ll be back full-time.”

Notre Dame pulled away in th e s e c o n d h a l f b e h in d 14 points by Riley and eight points from Ivey — who finished with 16 to go along with 7 assis ts and three steals.

McGraw was happy with the te a m ’s offensive perform ance, but wants to see a more com­plete effort in the future.

“ P r o v id e n c e w a s th e b e s t defensive game we’ve had in a lo n g t i m e , ” s a id M cG raw . “[Saturday] was a good offen­sive gam e . 1 th ink th a t w e ’d like to p u t t h a t w ho le g am e together and have a game that we feel good about a t both ends of the floor.”

The Irish will have a chance to try for that perfect game as 9-11 Pittsburgh visits the Joyce Center on Wednesday night in another Big East match-up.

By KATIE McVOYAssistant Sports Editor

The Calvin Knights’ hom e­com ing gam e w as any th ing but hospitable to the visiting Belles as they dropped their ninth consecutive game 80-45 S a tu r d a y . P ro b le m s th a t seemed to be on their way out the door Wednesday against K a la m a z o o c a m e b a c k to haunt Saint Mary’s.

“I think they really came out p u m p e d up a n d r e a d y to play ,” sen ior s ta r t in g guard Julie Norman said. “We didn’t come to play the first half.”

The Knights’ victory marks its second straight homecom­ing v ic to ry a g a in s t S a in t Mary’s, bringing Calvin into a tie for third place in the MIAA and dropping the Belles to last place with a record of 1-9.

Head coach Suzanne Smith returned Kristen Math a to the s t a r t i n g r o t a t i o n for S a tu r d a y ’s gam e . N o rm an , M ary C a m p io n e , K atie Christiansen and Anne Blair joined her for the first m in­utes on the floor.

Calvin dominated the court for a ll 40 m in u te s . T he Knights’ intense defense held the Belles to 13 points in the first half to lead at the break 47-13. Saint Mary’s shot just 15 percent from the floor dur­ing the first half. The Knights also forced 15 Sain t M ary’s t u r n o v e r s in th e f i r s t h a l f a lo n e , two m o re t h a n th e g a m e to ta l of 13 from Wednesday night’s game.

“We took a b a c k s e a t a p p r o a c h , ” N o rm a n sa id . “T here were a lot of m ental mistakes. Every aspect of our game fell apart.”

Calvin’s offense sco rch ed

th e S a in t M a ry ’s d e fe n s e , shooting 67 percent from the floor during the first half to take the 34-point lead.

T he seco n d h a l f w as less dramatic and exhibited better play by the Belles.

D u r in g th e s e c o n d ha lf , Calvin only o u tsco rcd Sain t M ary’s by one point, 33-32. The Belles more than doubled their shooting percen tage in the second half to 33 percent, bu t fell sho r t of Calvin’s 46 percent from the field.

“We came in very upset with the way we played the first half,” Norman said. “We put on the press right away and go t th e m to t u r n o v e r th e

ba ll .”The Belles forced Calvin into

nearly as many turnovers as the Belles committed — 23 to 26.

S o p h o m o r e g u a rdC h r is t ia n s e n led the Belles w ith 18 p o in ts a n d th r e e rebounds.

“[Christiansen] was getting good shots off.” Norman said. “She has ju s t really stepped up.”

Sophomore forward Kristen M atha added six points and eight rebounds.

Sophomore guard Jennifer Plakmeyer led Calvin with 19 points, three assists and three s t e a l s . T e a m m a t e s Emily M e je u r a n d T a r a B e rg sm a jo in e d th e e f fo r t w ith 11 p o in ts a n d 12 r e b o u n d s respectively.

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W o m e n ’s T ennis

Irish netters go two for two in weekend dual meets♦ Dasso, Varnum sail to sem is in Rolex National Intercollegiates

By STEVE KEPPELSports W riter

The 13th-ranked Notre Dame w o m en ’s tennis team held off I l l in o is S t a t e a n d W e s te r n Michigan in dual com petition Sunday even without top play­ers Michelle Dasso and Becky Varnum.

Dasso, a senior All-American, and Varnum, split off from the team to compete in the Rolex N a t io n a l I n t e r c o l l e g i a t e C h a m p io n s h ip s , w h e r e th ey reached the semifinals in dou­bles, with Dasso also advancing to the semis in singles play.

T h e m e e t , h e ld in D a l la s , h o s te d so m e of th e n a t i o n ’s best players in the third leg of th e I n t e r c o l l e g i a t e T e n n i s Association grand slam.

The th ird -ranked and third- seeded Dasso advanced to the sem ifina ls of the to u rn a m e n t by b e a t i n g S t a n f o r d ’s 2 1 s t - r a n k e d K eiko T o k u d a , A r k a n s a s ’ 3 0 th - r a n k e d Chin Bee K hoo a n d UCLA’s S a r a Walker (6-1, 2-6, 6-4).

Dasso surged all the way to the semifinals, w here she was struck down by Stanford’s top- seeded Laura Granville, who is cu rren t ly on a 5 2 -m a tch win streak.

“I feel t h a t I p la y e d rea l ly w e l l ,” sa id D asso . “1 s e rv e d very, very big in the first and second rounds , and overall, I was very happy with my play.”

The e igh th-ranked Irish duo of Dasso and V arnum had an impressive tournam ent in dou­b le s c o m p e t i t i o n a s th e y advanced to the semifinals by beating Texas’ seventh-ranked a n d f o u r t h - s e e d e d t e a m of V la d k a U lh i ro v a a n d J a n e t Walker 6-0, 6-4.

After two ha rd -fough t victo­r ie s , th e I r i s h lo s t a to u g h

m a tc h to P e p p e r d i n e ’s to p - s e e d e d a n d s e c o n d - r a n k e d P a o la P a l e n c i a a n d Ipek Senoglu 6-3, 6-2.

“We w e re very hap p y w ith our p lay ,” said Dasso. “Becky and I p layed rea lly well and th a t rea l ly he lp ed o u r confi­dence.

“We were both really excited to be in the semifinals,” Dasso continued, “and were looking for a little revenge against the team from Pepperdine, who we lost to last year in the NCAAs, but it didn’t happen. ”

A f te r th e RolexIntercollegiate Championship, Dasso re tu rned to South Bend to ta k e on Illinois S ta te and W e s te r n M ic h ig a n in d u a l matches on Sunday. She sat out the first match and cheered on her team m ates as they dism an­tled Illinois State 7-0 w ithout losing one singles match.

T h e I l l in o is S ta te m a tc h showcased some of the younger players’ talents along with vet­e r a n s like Kimberly Guy and Nina V aughan , who played a h ig h e r s e e d w ith D asso an d Varnum missing from the line­up.

“ E v e ry o n e p la y e d w ell today,” said Dasso. “Kim Guy and Nina [Vaughan] had very to u g h m a t c h e s w h e r e th e y b o th lo s t th e f i r s t s e t b u t showed composure and came back to win.”

The se c o n d d u a l m a tc h of t h e d a y a g a i n s t W e s te r n M ic h ig a n w a s m u c h of th e same for the Irish as they won 6-1 and improved their record to 2-1. The Irish lost a doubles point, bu t picked up the re s t f rom th e s ing les m a tc h e s as Dasso r e tu rn e d to the l ineup and led off the match by bea t­ing Larissa Chinwah 6-3, 6-4 in No. 1 singles.

“It w as a little t i r ing and I w a s n ’t su re if I w as going to p lay ,” said Dasso w hen asked about her physical condition. “I felt good, but my arm was pre t­ty sore from playing all w eek­end.”

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The Notre Dame w om en’s ten n is team defended its No. 1 3 ranking th is w eek en d , beating Illinois S ta te and W estern Michigan in dual com petition. All-American M ichelle D asso and junior Becky Varnum also fared well in the Rolex National Intercollegiate Championships, advancing to the sem ifinals in doubles play. D asso also made it to the sem ifinals in singles.

After watching Dasso’s dedi­cated performance, the rest of the Irish picked up right where she left off and swept the sin­gles matches.

F re s h m a n Alicia S a las and L in d sa y G re e n e a c h w on m a tc h e s 6 -0 , 6 -0 , a n d N ina V a u g h a n b e a t M e la n ie

Remynse 6-4, 6-2 a t No. 2 sin­gles to lift th e Ir ish to a 3-1 advantage. Guy then sealed the deal for the Irish a t No. 3 sin­gles with a 6-3, 6-1 win over F r e d e r ik a G ir sa n g for a 4-1 lead.

S en io r c a p ta in D asso , who w atched the first m atch from

off the sidelines, is excited to be back playing in dual m atch­es and was impressed with the play of her teammates.

“ P e o p le on o u r t e a m c a n really step it up and they really s h o w e d t h a t t o d a y , ” s a id Dasso. “I was very happy with the way we played.”

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Spo r t sSplit-team success

The N o tre D am e w o m e n ’s te n n is te a m w on tw o d u a l m e e ts w h ile

M ich e lle D a sso a n d B e c k y V arn u m c o m p e te d a t th e R o lex

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M e n ’s B asketball

Fifth straight win is special in Big EastBy KATHLEEN O ’BRIENAssociate Sports Editor

On a co ld n i g h t in P i t t s b u r g h , t h e P a n t h e r s s t a r t e d o u t h o t by h i t t in g th e i r f i r s t five s h o ts w hile the Irish w ere the team on ice, tra il ing 21-10 early on. B u t N o t r e D a m e c h i l l e d P i t t s b u r g h ’s h o p es of w in ­ning with 54 pe rcen t shoo t­ing and ha rd -nosed defense as th e I r ish r e c o rd e d th e i r fifth s tra igh t win 75-67.

“This is a big step for us ,” Irish coach Mike Brey said in a pos t-gam e in te rv iew with U-93 FM. “I told th e guys, ‘you h a v e a c h a n c e to be special if you get this one .’”

Notre Dame (14-5, 6-2 Big East) did som eth ing special by w in n in g b a c k - t o - b a c k leag u e ro ad g am es for the first time ever.

Even more distinctive was the fact th a t a te am known

for its high-octane perim eter shooting won while only hit­t in g o n e 3 - p o i n t e r in th e game. The Irish turned their g am e in s id e to c o n v e r t on th e P a n t h e r s ’ d e f e n s iv e s tra tegy of not double-team ­ing A l l - A m e r i c a n T ro y Murphy.

The Irish avoided f ru s t r a ­t io n w h e n they fell beh in d early, responding to an early P an ther a ttack by reeling off 13 s tra igh t points.

“O v e r t h e p a s t c o u p le w eeks, w e ’ve had a cer ta in p o is e a n d m a t u r i t y a b o u t u s , ” s a id M u r p h y , w ho scored 24. “We withstood it a n d k n e w o u r t im e w ou ld com e.”

Notre D am e’s time is here, a s it e x t e n d e d i ts s c h o o l r e c o rd for c o n se c u t iv e Big East wins to five and pulled into a tie with Syracuse for f i r s t p la c e in th e l e a g u e ’s

see PITT/page 16

No. 1 Irish shoot down Eagles21-0 start

team record for consecutive wins

By NOAH AMSTADTERAssistant Sports Editor

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. In the concourse a t Boston College’s Conte

Forum sits a trophy case highlighting the E a g le s ’ a t h l e t i c a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s over the last several d e c a d e s . T h e c a se h o ld s a p i c t u r e of th e s c o r e b o a r d a t Notre Dame Stadium, displaying a final score of 41-39 after Boston College ruined Notre Dame’s perfect 1993 football season.

Next to th a t pic ture is the Sports Illustrated cover from the week following that fateful game

in 1993. The headline reads “No. 1 Goes Down (again...).”

But not on Saturday.The Irish w om en’s hoops squad set a school

record with its 21st consecutive victory as the Irish shot down the Eagles to the tune of a 81-65 final. The No. 1 team in the country rem ains u n b e a t e n a t 2 1 -0 , in c lu d in g a p e r fe c t 10-0 record in the Big East.

Senior All-American center Ruth Riley led the way for the Irish scoring a game-high 24 points while pulling down 13 rebounds. Riley also made 10 of 12 free throws.

Riley was able to overpower the undersized Eagles’ defenders. Boston College had only three players ta ller than 6-foot-2 to counter the 6-5 Riley.

“We w e re obviously try in g to go inside as m uch as we could and take advan tage of the m ism atches th a t we had in th e re ,” said Irish h e a d c o ach M uffet M cGraw. “I th o u g h t she played well and shot well from the free-throw line.”

Eagles’ coach Cathy Inglese realized the chal­lenge of guarding Riley and decided to double­team the senior center.

see EAGLES/page20

See Also“ Leahy sis te rs compete on

s a m e court for first t im e ” page 20

Shay returns to 5,000 in record-setting paceBy A N D R EW SOU K U PSports W riter

Before Notre D am e’s first m eet ag a in s t Ball S tate and Western Michigan, Irish head coach Joe Piane said he want­ed senior Ryan Shay to slowly become accustomed to racing a g a in . A f te r a ll , t h e All- American h ad n ’t raced since he f in is h e d 1 0 th in the

1 0 ,0 0 0 - m e t e r r u n a t the Olympic Trials last August.

Plane wanted to move Shay along by running him in the mile, the 3,000 and the 5,000 in successive weeks and see how the star distance runner progressed.

After his 5 ,000-m eter race last Friday, it’s safe to say that Shay is coming along just fine.

see TRACK/page 17

W o m e n ’s B asketball

ERNESTO LACAYO/The O bserver

Senior center Ruth Riley g o e s up for a lay-up during Notre Dame’s 81 -65 victory over Boston College on Saturday. Riley led the Irish with 2 4 points and 1 3 rebounds.

M e n ’s T rack and F ield

ELIZABETH LANG/The O bserver

Andrew Cooper took eighth in the high jump at the Meyo.

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