I OBSERVERFriday, February 21, 1997 • Vol. XXX No. 96

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Construction to begin on State Road 23B usiness o w n ers w orry about safety , loss of custom ers during tw o construction s e a so n sBy MICHELLE KRUPAAssistant News Editor__________________________________________________

State Road 23, known locally as South Bend Ave., w ill finally undergo improvement thanks to a $13.8 million contract awarded by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) last Wednesday. The five-lan- ing of the street from Cleveland Road to Twyckenham, originally set for completion in 1994, was postponed

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The Observer/Katie KroenerIn an attempt to alleviate traffic congestion in the area between campus and University Park Mall, construction on State Road 23 will begin this spring, turning it into a five-lane highway.

due to environmental con­cerns regarding relocation of water u tility lines.

B u t some co m m un ity m em bers are a fra id the enterprise w ill create more problem s than the tra ffic congestion it should allevi­ate. W ith businesses and res identia l neighborhoods lin in g the road, consider­able pedestrian traffic flows through the area. With five lanes, safety is a concern.

“ [L e g is la to rs ] h a ve n ’ t taken into consideration the character of this area. This is a h igh pedestrian area and when you build a five lane highway, you’re going to have pedestrian fa ta li­ties. This decision is dan­gerous to the comm unity,”Dave F ra n k , o w n e r o f F ra n k ’ s D e lica tessen on South Bend Ave., said.

Claire Myers, manager of Campus V iew Apartm ents, expressed sim ilar concerns.

“ I am most worried about safety, especially during home football weekends. A lot o f the kids that live here don’t have cars, and they have to walk to campus and other places. I know i t ’s sometimes impossible to drive onto 23, but w ith five lanes, it w ill be dangerous to walk,” Myers said.

State Senator Joseph Zakas expressed related fears, but says the anticipated benefits w ill outweigh the pos­sible drawbacks.

“We [legislators] have had meetings w ith concerned business owners, and there is no easy solution. There was an option of getting the road narrowed slightly to four lanes, but this [five-laning] is the best option. To be honest, I ’ve always been concerned w ith pedestrian traffic, no matter how many lanes,” Zakas said.

He also expressed concern for the community during

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RFK, Jr. will discuss environmental defense

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

By BRIDGET O ’CONNORAssistant News Editor____________________

As the chief prosecuting attor­ney for the Hudson Riverkeeper organization and senior attorney fo r the N a tu ra l Resources Defense C ouncil, R obert Kennedy Jr. has a reputation as a resolute defender of the envi­ronment.

Th is image has been bu ilt on his success­es in the areas o f prosecuting g o v e rn m e n ts and companies for polluting the Hudson R iver and Long Island sound and for su ing sewage t r e a t m e n t plants to force c o m p l ia n c e w ith the Clean Water Act.

Kennedy w ill b ring his mes­sage to Stepan Center tonight in his ta lk t it le d , “ Our Environmental Destiny.”

“We brought Robert Kennedy, Jr. to campus because we fe lt th a t h is speech about socia l responsibility would be relevant to an audience of Catholic stu­dents concerned about their role as citizens in our society,” said Thomas Matzzie, president of the N a tio na l A ssoc ia tion o f Students at Catholic Colleges and Universities (NASCCU).

Kennedy’s speech w ill be the keynote address of the NASC- CU’s Seventh Annual National Conference. The focus o f the conference is “ Social Justice A c tiv ism on the C atho lic Campus” and w ill bring 70 stu­

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because we fe lt... [it] w ou ld be re levan t to an audience o f Catholic students concerned about th e ir ro le as c it i­zens in our society.’

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Saferide to debut tonightdents from Catholic colleges and universities across the nation together to discuss the role of the student in discussions about the Catholic identity of colleges and universities.

The senior a tto rney fo r the N a tu ra l Resources Defense Council, Kennedy is also a clini­cal professor and supervising

a tto rn ey at the E n v iro n m e n ta l L itiga tion Clinic at Pace U niver­s ity School o f Law in New York.

He has worked on several politi­cal cam paigns and was state co o rd ina to r fo r E dw ard Ken­nedy ’s 1980 presidential cam­paign.

Kennedy is-------------------- also noted for hiswork in assisting several indige­nous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiat­ing treaties protecting traditional homelands.

The New York City Watershed agreem ent is ano the r o f h is highly publicized environmental activities as it is regarded as an in te rna tion a l model in stake­holder consensus negotiations and sustainable development.

G radua ting from H arvard University, Kennedy studied at the London School of Economics and received his law degree from the University of V irgin ia Law School.

The speech w ill take place at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $3 for stu­dents and $5 fo r the general public.

By MATTHEW LOUGHRANAssistant News Editor_____________________

At 10 p.m. tonight, Saferide w ill take its first passengers from an off-campus location to their homes.

The service, established by s tuden t gov­ernment, real­izes one of the p rio r itie s set by Student B o d y President and Vice PresidentSeth Miller and Megan Murray at the beginning of their adminis­tration.

“This was something we talked about when we were considering running for office last year, “ said Miller. “We started it into motion in late October.”

“ It was a lot of work to get it done,” added Murray. “ But we

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are ready to go. We have imag­ined every possible scenario and everyone has been very coopera­tive, from ROTC to the Office of Alcohol and Drug Education and Student A ffa irs . It has rea lly been a community-wide effort.”

The service w ill run from 10 p.m. until 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Although orga­nizers ask that all students sign insurance waivers in order to ride, they w ill put a temporary system into place for the first few weekends.

“We w ill give people temporary waivers that they w ill have to sign when we pick them up,” said Molly Detgen, the organizer of the program, “Then, the next day they w ill be asked to fill out the actua l w a ive rs . But we decided that it was safer i f we not leave students waiting in a parking lot.”

Notre Dame students can call the dispatch number (631-9888)

from any off-cam pus location w ith in tw o m iles o f the University.

“We w ill pick students up from the movies, the m all, Beacon Bowl, wherever they may be, and drive them home,” said M iller. “ It is not ju s t fo r alcohol and bars.”

U n like its predecessor, Weekend Wheels, Saferide only drives students to the ir homes and does not follow a schedule. “With the old service, you had to be at a specific place at a specific time,” Detgen said. “ It would be at Bridget’s at one time, Corby’s a few minutes later and so on. We do not take students from bar to bar, we just take them home.”

Currently, the service is only open to Notre Dame students. But, according to Detgen, “ we are working out the details with Saint Mary’s student government to get them included in the pro­gram soon.”

Latin church influences AmericaBy HEATHER MACKENZIENews C opy E d ito r

The g ro w in g re la t io n s h ip between the churches in Latin America and the United States was the focus of a lecture pre­sented yesterday afternoon.

Father Robert Pelton, profes­sor in the Notre Dame depart­m ent o f theology, opened by explaining the Latin American p ro je c t u n d e r ta k e n by the N a tio n a l C on fe rence o f Catholic Bishops.

P e lton e xp la in e d th a t the p ro je c t inc luded th ree m ain steps to determ ine the in f lu ­ence o f the American religious comm unity on Latin America:

1) A survey conducted by the N o tre Dame s o c ia l sc ience tra in ing lab to analyze the role of parishes, dioceses, the re li­gious community, and colleges and u n iv e rs itie s ; 2) A v ideo documentary to show personal footage o f m issionary w ork in d ifferent Latin American com­m u n itie s ; 3) A book p ro je c t commissioned by the con fe r­ence to document the findings o f the study.

“ We are c o n c e n tra tin g on our role and our response [in Latin Am erica] in the context of the bishops and the Catholic Church,” Pelton said.

Pelton began by presenting “ S h a r in g F a ith A cross the

H em isphere ,” the 28-m inu te video docum entary produced by Golden Dame Productions. The v ide o w as d es igned to portray a personal view of the C h u rc h ’s in f lu e n c e in L a tin A m e ric a n c o u n tr ie s . I t e xp la in ed th a t b e g in n in g in 1961 w ith Pope John Paul XX III, the United States began an outreach program to help L a tin A m erica become m ore self-sufficient.

“ There is a stereotype that poor people are only defined by th e ir p o v e rty ,” the video explained. “ But they can give us so much. Life is not about

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■ Inside Co lum n

No virtue in the government

Recently, I had a particularly moving experi­ence at the Grotto. I still am not entirely sure what it meant, but I know tha t many have shared some of their most beautiful or tragic moments w ith the God they seek among.those stones and candles. In reflecting on that night, I remember feeling as i f I had an increased sense of perception on my w alk home a fterw ards. The religious artwork on God Quad seemed to stand ou t in a way th a t i t hadn’t before. From the statue o f Jesus to Mary on the Dome to the stained glass windows of the Basilica — they all seemed to be more defined than usual.

We take that artwork for granted here at ND. We forget what it stands for. One concept for which it stands, among many others, is virtue. It seems w ho lly appropria te at a Catholic school to be surrounded by images possessing a virtuous connotation. One place it certainly does not seem appropriate today is in govern­ment.

Our nations leaders have lately been swept with an astonishing number of ethical charges. From Rostenkowski to Gingrich to President Clinton — the list is mind-boggling. I certainly am not trying to come off as holier than thou. God knows that I am not. A ll people make mis­takes in their personal lives and none of us is w ithout blame. However, no m atter what, there should be a distinction between what goes on in the private lives of our leaders and what goes on in the public corridors of our gov­ernment.

The latest possible scandal concerns allega­tions tha t the Chinese embassy may have received U.S. secrets or policy benefits in exchange for campaign contributions to the Democratic Party. This scandal could poten­tially involve the Clinton administration all the way through to the Commerce department. Among all the heated controversy surrounding Aldrich Ames, another instance of U.S. officials, especially in the White House, aiding and abet­ting foreign spies would be devastating.

No one needs to jum p to any conclusions about the veracity of these allegations. There is a long and recent tra il of preceding scandals marring our current government. We can not take them lightly. John F. Kennedy may not have been a saint in his personal life, but, as far as I know, he always maintained an ideal of civic virtue and a virtuous republic. Similarly, King David had Bathsheba, but he always tried to lead Israel to God.

Long ago Plato identified the death of democ­racy with the inability to maintain virtue. He saw democracy as possessing a natural ten­dency towards succumbing to its base desires and manipulation of the people for the perpet­uation of power, leading eventually to tyranny. James Madison believed the only way to avoid this was to preserve a moral republic led by virtuous leaders w ith each feeding o ff of the other. In no other way could our Constitutional experiment succeed.

There was a time when this government was respected around the w orld simply fo r this virtue, not for its power or its wealth. Yet we have strayed from the ideal of a republic that puts what is right over political expedience — and we wonder why some th ird world coun­tries in Latin America and the M iddle East despise the U.S. flag. Maybe we should spon­sor a Capitol field trip to the Grotto.

The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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I WORLD AT A GLANCE

M ilitary fea rs 165 Sri L ankan r e fu g e e s d e a dCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka

A boat carrying ethnic Tamils fleeing S ri Lanka ’s c iv il w a r ove rtu rned Thursday o ff the north coast o f the is land na tion and 165 people were feared dead, the m ilitary said.

In te rcepted rad io messages from Tam il rebels indicated 95 bodies had been recovered, m ilitary officials said. Seventy people were missing, including 22 children, the officials said on condi­tion of anonymity.

The disaster could not be confirmed independently because the government does not allow reporters into rebel-con­trolled regions and there is no telephone link to the area.

The boat, carrying refugees to India, nearly 35 miles away, sank sooiy after it left the rebel base at Nachchikuddah vil­lage early Thursday, the officials said.

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encouraging ethnic Tamils to flee to India since government forces started gaining ground in a series of offensives in the past 18 months.

Last October, 14 people, including eight children and four women, drowned when another boat carrying Tamil refugees cap­sized.

More than 50,000 Sri Lankan Tamils are liv ing in refugee camps in the southern Indian state o f Tam il Nadu, 20,000 of them having arrived there in the past year.

Since 1983, the Sri Lankan military has been fighting Tam il rebels who want a homeland in the north and east o f the country.

The rebels allege widespread discrim i­nation by the majority Sinhalese, who con­tro l the governm ent and the m ilita ry , against minority Tamils. More than 47,000 people have been killed in the fighting.

Mandela starts education campaignSOWETO, South Africa

A potentially thorny moment passed sm oothly Thursday when President Nelson M andela's ex-w ife , W innie , showed up at a ceremony attended by Mandela and his girlfriend. It was the firs t time all three were seen at the same public function. But i f there was any d is c o m fo rt, a ll h id i t w e ll.Mandela and Graca Machel sat togeth­er, laughing and whispering at times, on a podium for the ceremony kicking off Mandela’s “ culture of learn­ing” campaign to promote education in South Africa. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela arrived late and walked to an open seat on the podium, w ith three chairs between her and Mandela. She and Mandela d idn’t speak and hard ly looked in each o the r’s d irection. M adikizela- Mandela and Machel also had no contact. Mandela, 78, divorced Winnie last year, four years after their separa­tion in 1992. Since the divorce, Mandela and Machel, 51, have gone public w ith th e ir re la tionship, which was rumored for months before the divorce. Machel is the widow of former Mozambique leader Samora Machel, who was killed in a 1986 plane crash. Both she and Mandela say they have no plans to marry again.

‘Doonesbury’ makes fun of TrumpATLANTIC CITY, N.J.

Donald T rum p is seething at “ Doonesbury” a rtis t Garry Trudeau, whose comic strip is taking up Trum p’s efforts to dislodge neighbors blocking expansion of his T rum p Plaza casino. “ It's a low b low ,” said Trum p, whose oversized ego and lavish lifestyle have been ta r­gets o f Trudeau’s lampoons since the 1980s. “ He’s a th ird-rate talent. And i t ’s too bad that he’s allowed to write this garbage. The good news is he’s been covering me for years and it seems very few people read what he w rites.” Trudeau’s comic strips, which w ill h it about 1,000 United States newspapers a ll'n e x t week, show T ru m p seeking advice on how to g rab S a b a tin i’s Restaurant, a tiny Pacific Avenue eatery. “ So I grab their property through eminent domain, but they fight it. Tie me up in hearings for three years! Problem: How to get these yo-yos to fold and get out,” Trump says to the Duke character in one panel. He also schemes to take advantage of the owners’ heart conditions. “ I just want you to meet w ith the Sabatinis and do that Antichrist thing you do,” Trump tells Duke in the strip. The dia­logue is made up. The situation isn’t. Trump, who owns four Atlantic City casino hotels, has been frustrated by a handful of stubborn property owners in his attempts to expand.

Former rapist commits murderTAMPA, Fla.

A neighbor walked over to Lawrence Singleton’s door and saw pretty much what Californians feared 10 years ago when they drove Singleton out of town: There was Singleton, his face and chest covered with blood, a naked woman dead on the living room floor. Singleton, 69, was arrested on murder charges Wednesday, a decade after being released from a Californ ia prison fo r rap ing a teen-age hitchhiker and hacking her forearms o ff w ith an axe. Back in California, people responded w ith a col­lective I-told-you-so. In Florida, officials said they were angry that Singleton was out on the ir streets but said there was little they could have done to monitor him. “ I t ’s a sad commentary on our crim inal justice system that a person o f this notorie ty who has committed a crime this heinous is out on the streets,” she riffs Lt. David Gee said. California Gov. Pete Wilson called the slaying a needless tragedy.

Animals augment farm injuriesMINNEAPOLIS, Minn.

Modern farmers operate various kinds of heavy equip­ment. However, of all the dangers farmers face every day, not many people would believe that a large number of farm injuries are caused by the animals themselves. According to a recently published survey organized by epidemiologist Debora Boyle, dairy cattle are a major cause of in jury to numerous farmers, at least those in parts of the midwest. Boyle, a University of Minnesota graduate, said the idea from her recent study came from an earlier study conducted in 1990. “There was a study that found animal injuries were a main source among farmers,” Boyle said. "Our study focused on cattle-relat­ed injuries and the activities in which farmers obtained them.” Both studies consisted of interviews w ith ran ­domly-selected farm ers from M innesota, W isconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. Over 13,000 Midwest farmers were interviewed for the 1990 study.

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Falk: States need humanity Security arrests manBy ANNE HOSINSKINews W rite r

A need exists to re s to re a com passiona te s ta te to the fo rm s o f w o rld governance, according to Professor Richard Falk of Princeton University in his lecture yesterday.

He noted th a t the prob lem comes from the lack of humane governance, a form of govern­m ent th a t is s u ita b le to the needs of the people in the state and is p re pa re d to c a te r to those needs in in te rn a tio n a l politics.

C alling the com passionate state a “ metaphor intended to

signify the state as a po litica l actor that has a range of possi­b ilit ie s fo r p ro jec tion , power and influence, “ Falk stressed th a t com pass iona te p o lit ic s depends on the ro le o f non­state actors in institutional set­tings of government.

He said th a t the quest fo r humane governance must be rooted in the reality of human suffering, i f it is to be credible.

“ Humane governance cannot be premised on speculation of detached reason and cannot be content w ith prescribing moral abstractions,” Falk said.

Falk noted that the solution to e s ta b lish in g hum ane g ove r­

nance worldwide is not a sim­ple, fabricated policy but must be a compassionate, genuine response to the needs o f the public.

The so lu tion , accord ing to Falk must “generate action and engagem ent to the exten t to w hich we cannot fo re te ll the future and so are responsible to create the future.”

The lecture, “ Democracy and the p rospects fo r Hum ane Governance,” was a part of the th ird a nn ua l Theodore H esburgh Lecture on E thics and P ub lic Po licy a t the H esburgh C enter o f International Studies.

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in D2 lot last nightBy LIZ FORANEditor-in-Chief

Notre Dame Security made an arrest following a break-in in the D2 lot late last night, according to Chuck Hurley, assistant direc­tor of Security.

The arrest alleviates some of the frustration surrounding the rash o f the fts from vehic les parked in student lots. Security had increased p a tro ls , done hours o f undercover su rv e il­lance, and even added additional lighting in the lots prior to last night’s arrest, with no results.

“This doesn’t mean we aren’t going to continue to patrol the lots,” Hurley stressed. “We aren’t positive he’s connected [to the other break-ins].”

S hortly befo re 11 p.m. T hursday n igh t, an o ffice r patrolling the D2 lot saw broken glass near a car. The o ffice r

stopped a man in close proximity to the car who was w a lk in g away.

When searched, the 23-year- old South Bend res iden t was found to have a screwdriver con­cealed inside one of the gloves on his hand, Hurley said. The man was taken in to custody and transferred to St. Joseph County Jail.

He was charged w ith conver­sion and remained in prison as of 3 a.m., according to St. Joseph County Captain Greg Labis.

“We contacted the student and had the car brought to Security,” Hurley said. “We discovered evi­dence connecting th is person [with the break-in].”

The man denied any involve­ment in other cases when inter­viewed by Security, although “ the manner o f operation was similar to other vehicles,” Hurley added.

ND to host second business conferenceBy M ICHAEL LEWISNews W rite r

A g roup , described as the nation’s best international busi­ness council, w ill host its second annual conference th is week­end at Notre Dame’s College of Business Administration.

In te rn a tio n a l business s tu ­dents from several d iffe re n t universities w ill be on campus Friday through Sunday for the N o tre Dame C ounc il on International

Business D eve lop m e n t’s In te rc o lle g ia te C onsu lting C onference. The g roup was founded in 1989 by six business students, and today, has more than 250 members.

In describing the purpose of the conference, Intercollegiate C onsu lting Conference C om m ittee m em ber K aty Loughney said, “ I t ’s rea lly an opportunity for those who are

in te re s te d in In te rn a t io n a l Business to meet people who are successful in the industry.”

“ I t serves as a sounding board, and we can bounce ideas off each other,” Loughney said.

Katie Bellock, co-director of the council’s Business Services Division, described the meeting.

“ The conference is student run. It gives us a chance to see what other colleges are doing and what goals they have ver­sus w h a t goals we h ave ,” Bellock said.

She continued that the con­ference promotes the exchange o f new ideas and provides a basis o f com parison between Notre Dame’s council and that of other schools.

“ I t ’s basically a chance to get together to share ideas, and I th in k i t gives the students a sense o f con fidence,” Megan Stifel, the council’s vice-presi­dent of development said.

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the two construction seasons, both in 1997 and 1998.

“The project has been much needed due to the fact that con­gestion has been much worse in past years. But my other conce rn is k in d o f a new awareness — the certa in cost to people’s everyday lives when you do this kind of work. Time and a g g ra va tio n is a soc ia l cost,” Zakas said.

Although the road w ill never fu lly close, negating need o f detours, closures w ill occur to th ro u g h - tra f f ic at sepa ra te in te rv a ls a t the Ed ison, Douglas, and Ironwood in te r­sections.

Community business owners, in c lu d in g those a t C oach ’s spo rts b a r, are conce rned about the adverse effects o f construction on their business­es.

“ I ’m concerned about how my business is going to survive during the construction. I ’m w o rr ie d i f people w i l l even bother trying to fight the traffic to come. We’ve got to do some­th ing so our business doesn’t fall apart," said Donna Murphy, Coach’s general manager.

Claim ing to understand the plight o f business owners, State Representative Michael Dvorak notes the benefits fo r owners after the construction.

“This is the best form of eco­nom ic d eve lo pm e n t we can provide to this community. If you look at the macro [econom­ic] picture, in the short run this may cause some chaos, but it ’s going to be in the best interests of everybody in the long run ,” Dvorak said.

For businesses to continue their success, roads often need to be repa ired , accord ing to Darlene Bauman, INDOT repre­sentative.

“ U n fo rtun a te ly , sometimes construction does get into the way o f business, but business ow ners need to unders tand that sometimes the reason that their business is doing so well is the fact that they are located on a good road, and that road maintenance is a natural part of that road’s life. We do try to work with business in terms of giving a patron access to them during construction,” Bauman said.

The department is also pos­ing a “disincentive program” to the c o n tra c to rs , W alsh and Kelly of Griffin, to ensure that the work is finished on sched­ule, before the 1998 footba ll season, a c co rd in g to Tom Stoffl, area engineer for INDOT.

“What we say is not that they w i l l be re w a rd e d fo r be ing done e a rly , bu t th a t i f they don ’t get done by such-and- such a date in 1998, they w ill face liquidated damages. It ’s a kind of disincentive to get the p ro jec t done on tim e ,” Stoffl said.

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having, but about g iving.”The documentary delved into

in d iv id u a l c o m m u n itie s by showing the impact tha t spe­cific churches had. For exam­p le , the c o m m u n ity o f San Lucas in G ua tem a la was greatly aided by the diocese of New Ulm, M inn. Over 1,000 new hom es and 21 new schools were b u ilt w ith New Ulm ’s aid, as well as a medical c lin ic , an orphanage, and a seed o rch a rd . Most im p o r­tantly, the literacy rate of this co m m u n ity has r is e n fro m three to 80 percent.

“ We are blessed to have a s trea m o f v o lu n te e rs who bring th e ir s k ills ,” explained Raymond Luker o f New Ulm. “ [The volunteers] then get to experience the cu lture , fa ith , and poverty first-hand.”

The video documentary was followed by a Power Point pre­sentation delineating the sta­tistica l findings o f the confer­ence’s survey. Anre Venter, a m em ber o f the con fe rence , explained several o f the su r­vey’s conclusions.

“ This survey was m eant to be d e s c r ip tiv e in n a tu re ,” Venter stated. “ Our conc lu ­sions should help structure the nature o f the Church’s involve­ment in the past few decades.”

Venter presented s ta tis tics th a t show ed the p r im a ry in v o lv e m e n t o f A m e ric a n parishes, dioceses, re lig ious communities, and universities was financ ia l aid. However, all four groups also showed an increase in hum an in v o lv e ­ment in Latin Am erica, espe­cia lly among college students and faculty members.

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re a lly g row n in the past 35 y e a rs ,” sa id V e n te r. “ The f in a n c ia l s u p p o r t has no t increased nearly as much as the num ber o f actual people u n iv e rs it ie s a re se nd in g to Latin Am erica.”

Sr. Mary McGlone, a visiting professor from Avila College in Kansas City, Mo., attempted to tie the s ta tis tica l conclusions w ith the more personal o u t­look presented in the docu ­m en ta ry . C om m issioned to w r ite the book “ The S to ry : P asto ra l T he o lo g ica l Im p li­cations,” which comprises the fina l stage in the conference’s p ro je c t, McGlone e xp la ined the th re e aspects o f the Church’s involvement in Latin Am erica: attitudes, activ ities, and theology.

“There is a clear sense that th e re is g e n e ro s ity in the United States,” McGlone said. “ We need a sense o f connec­tion. As people get involved they get on a tra je c to ry . . . people who get beyond the in i­tia l fear move from generosity to raised consciousness.”

M cGlone em phasized th a t a lthough the co n tr ib u tio n o f the U n ite d S tates to L a tin A m erica was indeed s ig n if i­cant, the Church and the com­munity must not lose sight of what the Latin American com­munity gives back to us.

“ W hen I ’ ve to uch ed th e ir hands, seen the ir tears, some­th in g happens. . . w hen the Spirit is awakened in our peo­ple the positive dimensions of relationships can grow .”

Concluding w ith a question session to c la r i fy s ta tis tic s , Pelton and McGlone stressed the importance o f the re la tion­ship between the churches of the U nited States and La tin America.

“ S o m e th in g new is b e ing b o rn am ong u s ,” s ta te d M cG lone, c it in g an o ld Peruvian song. “ Th is is not the old mission; we are mov­ing toward com m unity.”

The lecture, “ The Influence of the Latin American Church on the N o rth A m e ric a n C hurch ,” was held yesterday a fte rn o o n a t 4 p.m in the H esb u rg h C en te r fo r In ternational Studies.

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Pianist Paul-Andre Bempechat w ill perform a recital on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Annenberg auditorium of the Snite Museum of Art. A pre­concert lecture w ill begin at 1 p.m.

The program w ill include Franz Schubert’s “Sonata in G Major,” Johannes Brahms’ “ Seven Fantasies," and “Three Intermezzi!.H

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The year 1997 marks the 200th anniversary of Schubert’s b irth and the centenary of Brahms’ death. Bempechat’s program consists o f late works by these composers.

Bempechat, frequently praised fo r the depth and integrity o f his interpretations, visits many university campuses yearly, giving recitals and masterclasses as well as lectures.

His recent seasons’ perform ances, w hich gained h im in te rn a tio n a l recogn ition , have included appearances at the Vienna Festival, the Rotterham, Stockholm and Helsinki Philharmonic Halls, Geneva’s Salle Ernest Anserment, and Berlin’s Konzerthaus.

ND grad fights drug war in NavyBy CHAD McKJMSONSpecial to The Observer

CARIBBEAN SEAThe Navy spends its time defending U.S.

interests, often on the other side o f the world. However, for the crew of the guid- ed-missile cruiser USS Princeton, protect­ing America’s interests on the ir current deployment w ill keep them a little closer to home.

Instead o f keeping the peace in the A rab ian Gulf, the crew w ill be in the Southeastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea waging war on what many people feel is an even larger threat to the United States than international disputes — illegal narcotics.

Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Griffin, a 1986 graduate of Notre Dame, and the rest of the crew of the Ticonderoga-class cruiser departed th e ir home p o rt o f San Diego in m id- January for a counter-narcotics mission off the coasts of Central and South America. Griffin feels it is important for the Navy to help protect the U.S. from illegal drug smuggling.

“To combat this tremendously well-orga­nized and well-financed adversary [drug lords] requires the resources of more than

the country’s law enforcement agencies alone. They are not adequately equipped or trained for blue water search operations of the high seas. That’s where we come in and bring out expertise in this medium to the fight,” Griffin said.

Griffin, the combat systems officer on the Princeton, supervises the ship’s combat systems personnel.

The Princeton is equipped with powerful engines and a state-of-the-art Aegis com­bat system, a computer operated command and control system. Aegis is an integrated system designed to simultaneously collect, evaluate and display combat information, launch and guide missiles to their targets and share tactical information with other ships and aircraft.

A long w ith the Aegis system, the Princeton possesses a variety o f air, sur­face, and land-attack missiles, torpedoes and rapid fire guns. The versatility of the 9,500-ton cru iser enables it to bu ild a defensive shield around a naval battle group, conduct offensive strikes against land targets, and undertake surveillance, search and rescue and counter-narcotic operations.

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“ The last several months of tra in ing has prepared me very well. The ship’s primary focus rem a ined on tra in in g and preparing for the types of opera­tions we can expect to encounter w h ile deployed overseas,” Griffin, a 10-year Navy veteran, said.

The deployment w ill be hard work for Griffin and w ill require some long hours, bu t he has some goals he wants to accom­plish.

“ W hat I hope fo r on th is deploym ent is fo r the ship to have a positive im pact in the war on drugs, specifically to help stem the flo w from C entra l America into the United States,” Griffin said.

“ P e rsona lly , I hope th is deployment prepares me for my next at-sea assignment as an executive officer of a naval war­ship.”

While living and serving on a warship like the Princeton can be a difficult lifestyle, Griffin still values the experience.

“ The most reward ing aspect fo r me is co n tr ib u tin g to the n a tio n a l se cu rity and the defense of the United States by ensuring that the ship’s combat systems are ready for conflict if called upon,” Griffin said.

Chad McKimson is a Navy journalist assigned to the Navy Public Affairs Center at Naval Station, San Diego.

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Cerny to give ‘American’ recitalSpecial to The Observer

W illiam Cerny, professor o f m us ic a t N o tre D am e, w i l l p e r fo rm a s p r in g c o n c e rt rec ita l on Sun., March 2 at 2 p .m . in the A n n e b e rgA u d ito r iu m o f th e S n ite Museum of A rt.

E n t i t le d “ A m e ric a nC entennia l C e leb ra tion ,” the co n ce rt is ded ica te d to the w o rk s o f A m e ric a n c o m ­pose rs . The p ro g ra m w i l l h ig h lig h t composers born in 1 896 , in c lu d in g V ir g i lT hom son , H ow ard H anson,

Robert Sessions, and W illiam Grant Still. The recita l is free and open to the public.

Included on Cerny’s rec ita l program are “ Three V isions” (1936) by S till, “ Five 2 -P art In v e n t io n s ” (19 46 ) by Sessions, “ Three M in ia tu res and C log D ance ” (1932) by H an son , and “ S ona ta fo r P ia n o ” (19 67 ) by P e te r Mennin.

A g ra d u a te o f Ya le U niversity, Cerny was a p ro ­fessional accompanist in New York City early in his career. He w as on the fa c u lty o f

Eastman School o f Music for 13 ye a rs b e fo re co m in g to Notre Dame in 1972.

W hile at Eastman, he p e r­fo rm e d the co m p le te 62 Haydn sonatas, the 19 Mozart sonatas, and the complete 32 Beethoven piano sonatas.

His solo performances have taken him to scores of un iver­sity campuses, and his weekly radio program has been ca r­r ie d by 30 N a tio n a l P ub lic Radio stations throughout the country.

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DynamO to play in ND theaterSpecial to The Observer

DynamO Theatre, a pro fes­s io n a l com pany fro m Montreal, Canada w ill perform an o r ig in a l p la y , “ The C hallenge,” Feb. 27 th rough March 1 at Washington Hall.

In a d d it io n to the p e r fo r ­mance, DynamO w ill conduct two workshops for theatre stu­dents.

DynamO T hea tre has p e r ­fo rm e d fo r a ud iences in Canada, the U n ite d S tates, South Am erica, Europe, and Asia fo r m ore than 15 years w ith a unique form of pe rfo r­

mance a rt the company calls “ th ea tre o f a c roba tic m ove­ment.”

It blends aspects o f drama, circus,, and dance into a form that transcends language, says Bruce Auerbach, Notre Dame’s director of theatre and associ­ate professional specialist in communication and theatre.

A c c o rd in g to A u e rb a ch , DynamO was included in the U niversity ’s mainstage season p rim a rily because its style of theatre is very d iffe ren t from

the styles w ith w h ich Notre Dame students are fam iliar.

“This w ill be a great stretch for our audience, and our stu­dents w ill see and work w ith a new physical form .”

“ The Challenge” is a tale of exploration and risk in which a pack of thrill-seeking youths heads o ff to see i f “ something m ight happen.”

“ Its com pelling n a rra tiv e ,” says A uerbach, is d riven by e le c tr ify in g p h y s ic a lity and evocative images.

e astronauts: ‘We had a blast’

By M ARCIA D U N NAssociated Press W riter

CAPE CANAVERALT h e ir re s to ra t io n o f the

H u b b le Space T e le scop e c o m p le te d , D is c o v e ry ’ s astronauts aimed fo r a rare, m id d le -o f- th e -n ig h t shu ttle landing early Friday.

T h e ir sch ed u led a r r iv a l tim e: 3:32 a.m. They were supposed to land 1 1/2 hours e a r l ie r , b u t lo w c lo u d s moved in at the last m inute and kept the shuttle in o rb it.

Another option being con­sidered , i f the w ea ther did n o t im p ro v e , was to send D is c o v e ry to the b a cku p landing site at Edwards A ir Force Base in Californ ia.

Only e ight o f the 81 p rev i­ous space s h u tt le f l ig h ts have ended in darkness. At a s tro n a u ts ’ req ue s t, NASA recently insta lled 52 halogen lig h ts dow n the m id d le o f the 1 5 ,0 0 0 -fo o t ru n w a y to m ake n ig h t t im e la n d in g s safer.

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The c re w a lso boosted Hubble in to a 385-m ile-high o rb it during the 10-day m is­s ion , the h ig h e s t the te le ­scope — or a space shuttle — has ever flown.

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Panel: M arijuana could help patients Technology could tell if gun killed KingBy PAUL RECER

Associated Press W riter

BETHESDA, Md.Sparse bu t p ro m is in g e v i­

dence indicates smoking m ari­juana may ease the suffering of some seriously i l l patients, but more study is needed before the d ru g ’s m ed ica l va lue is understood, a panel of experts said Thursday.

At a news conference in te r­rupted repeatedly by pro-m ari- ju a n a d e m o n s tra to rs , the expe rts assem bled by the N ational Ins titu tes o f Health spoke of in trigu ing h ints tha t marijuana smoking helps some patients w ith cancer, AIDS or glaucoma. But they cautioned there is l i t t le hard sc ie n tific evidence.

“ For at least some in d ic a ­tions (medical uses), i t looks prom ising enough th a t there should be some new controlled studies,” said Dr. W illiam T. Beaver, a professor o f pharma­co logy at G eorge tow n University School o f Medicine and the panel’s chairman.

A lthough a fina l com m ittee re p o rt is not com plete, “ the gene ra l mood was th a t fo r some ind ica tio ns , th e re is a ra tiona le fo r look ing fu rth e r

into the therapeutic effects of m arijuana,” Beaver said.

The eight-member committee appeared at a news conference after two days of hearings dur­ing w hich members reviewed the scientific literature on med­ical use o f smoked m arijuana and heard from other experts.

Dr. Alan Leshner, head of the N a tio n a l In s t itu te o f D rug Abuse, organized the meeting a fte r C a lifo rn ia and A rizona enacted state laws tha t allow medical uses of marijuana.

Those s ta te law s also prom pted W hite House d rug czar Barry McCaffrey to issue a warning that doctors who pre­scribe m a riju a n a could lose the ir federal authority to pre­scribe medicine. One California d o c to r a lre a d y has been warned by the Department of Justice that he is under investi­gation.

Despite M cC a ffrey ’s tough stand, however, Leshner said the NIH would finance medical m arijuana studies, i f proposed research is approved by the agency’s peer-review process. He said his institute is empow­ered to issue legal m arijuana to researchers.

“ Our policy is th a t i f o ther in s titu te s (at NIH) support a

study, then we w ill provide the m arijuana,” he said.

Allowing doctors to prescribe m a r iju a n a is p o p u la r w ith Americans, favored by 62 per­cent to 33 percen t in a CBS News poll released Thursday. But lega liz ing m a rijuana fo r personal use is opposed by 70 percent to 26 percent in the poll of 1,276 adults taken Jan. 30-Feb. 1.

Results have a 3-percentage- point margin of sampling error, CBS said.

Thursday’s news conference was interrupted four times by ACT UP, the AIDS a c t iv is t g roup , and m em bers o f the M a riju a n a Policy Pro ject. In shou ted accusa tion s , the d e m o n s tra to rs accused Leshner o f using a “ stall tac­t i c ” to b lo ck m a r iju a n a research and of ignoring exist­ing research.

“ We d o n ’ t t r u s t you.,” screamed one dem onstra to r. “ People w ith AIDS need m ari­juana to survive.”

S e cu rity o ffic e rs rem oved each demonstrator in turn, and the news conference continued.

Beaver said the scientists did no t co ns ide r the p o lit ic s or legal problems of doing m ari­juana research.

By W OODY BAIRDAssociated Press W riter

MEMPHIS, Tenn.New technology exists th a t

could determine whether James Earl Ray’s rifle killed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, a judge said today.

Judge Joe B row n ’s decision must now be reviewed by the Tennessee Court o f C rim ina l Appeals before Brown can rule on Ray’s request for a new test of the weapon.

Ray is asking for that test in an a tte m p t to take back h is guilty plea and go to tria l.

Brown could not say when the appeals c o u rt w i l l m ake its review.

Ray, 68, p leaded g u ilty to m urder in 1969 but reversed himself almost immediately and has been requesting a tr ia l ever since. He claims he was set up to be the fa ll guy fo r the real killers.

He contends the hunting rifle found at the murder scene w ith his fingerp rin ts on it was put there by conspirators trying to frame him.

To have new tests, R ay’ s lawyers must first convince the courts that improved technolo­gy can determ ine i f the r if le found at the scene killed King. They would then have to show that test results in Ray’s favor help prove his innocence.

Ray has drawn support in his bid for a tr ia l from civil rights leaders and from the family of King. Both his widow, Coretta Scott King, and son Dexter King u rged B row n to p u t Ray on

trial.“ Even i f no new light is shed

on the facts concerning my hus­band’s assassination, at least we and the nation can have the satisfaction of knowing that jus­tice has run its course in this tra g e d y ,” M rs. K ing sa id at today’s hearing.

Robert Hathaway, an assis­ta n t fo re ns ics e xam in e r fo r Rhode Island, said new technol­ogy could prove another r ifle fired the shot that killed King on the balcony o f the Lorraine Motel in April 1968.

That technology is a scanning e le c tro n m ic roscope , w h ich Hathaway said wasn’t available until the mid 1980s.

“ Knowing that the magnifica­tion is much greater and better it is an additional tool that can be used to possibly resolve the co n flic t over w he th e r i t was f ire d fro m th is g u n ,” said Hathaway, who spent 17 years in the c rim e lab fo r the Connecticut State Police.

Hathaway said the FBI used technology available at the time to test the bullet and rifle , but there has been “ no matching of the dea th s lug to the r if le itself.”

The U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations had the King rifle tested in the 1970s, but because the slug was so mangled, could not establish beyond a scientific doubt that it was the murder weapon.

Tests showed, however, that K ing was k ille d by the same kind of gun and that lead in the death slug m atched unspent bullets found w ith the rifle.

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Nation carries on without DengBy JOHN LEICESTERAssociated Press W riter

BEIJINGYoung entrepreneurs hustled

to work and old men practiced ta i ch i on side s tree ts . C o n fro n tin g a new w o r ld T hu rsda y w ith o u t Deng Xiaoping, Chinese gave s ilen t testimony to his call for them to get rich.

Beijingers gathered in litt le groups around portable radios, listening to broadcasts hailing Deng as a patrio t and m ourn­ing China’s loss.

Newspapers, delivered hours late because fron t pages were held until early morning, were posted on boards, a ttra c tin g crow ds who pored over the

But China did not grind to a ha lt. The two stock m arke ts that Deng allowed to open still traded, a lb e it shaken by the

passing o f their most important supporter.

People expressed sadness and shock, but there were no forced public displays o f g rie f like those a fte r the death o f Mao Tse-tung in 1976. Deng deliberately avoided the cult of personality that marked Mao's rule.

“ China’s future looks good,’ ’ said 17-year-old Johnson Chiu, munching fries at a McDonald’s in Beijing. With his denim jack­et and a name taken from his sports hero, Magic Johnson, Chiu has known only life under Deng.

“ The gen e ra tio n above us had a tough life. But our gener­a tio n has been lu c k ie r , and th a t ’s because o f Deng,’ ’ he said between bites.

In Shenzhen, a metropolis of skyscrapers on the Hong Kong border that Deng made the cru­cible o f his economic reforms,

thousands o f people streamed to a park to lay wreaths and weep before a huge sm ilin g portra it of Deng — one of the few of its kind in China.

“ Deng is like my real grand­p a ,’ ’ sa id W ang X inen , 16, weeping and hugging her class­mates. “ To us and Shenzhen, Deng is the great man. Without him, wo couldn’t have what we are enjoying today. ”

Shenzhen was a fishing v il­lage in the late 1970s v ’ Deng picked it as the f se ries o f Specia l Ecoi Zones. In 1992, when cot ative Communists were to slow his revo lu tion returned to Shenzhen a counterattack that rated his reforms.

A ll day, in bright w in t shine, people came to “ on fo o t o r b icyc le , ■ huge bouquets o f chrysanthemums.

Cuban exiles mark anniversaryBy LAURA MYERSAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTONThe United States urged Cuba

on T hu rsday to exercise res tra in t during a fly-over by exiles to mark the anniversary of the shoot-down of two of the ir planes.

A t the same tim e, the State Department cautioned organiz­ers of Monday’s demonstration that they would be “ playing with fire ” i f they violated Cuban a ir­space or waters.

“ What we’ve been assured is that they have no in tention of

violating Cuban te rrito ria l seas or airspace. And th a t’s a very important promise or pledge that they’ve made,” said Glyn Davies, a State Department spokesman.

Davies said the United States informed the Castro government that the Brothers to the Rescue have the right as Americans to hold a peaceful demonstration, about 20 miles o ff the coast of Cuba.

Communist Cuba has ignored international law before, howev­er, Davies contended, including when its m ilitary shot down the two unarmed, c iv ilian a irc ra ft Feb. 24, 1996, killing four peo-

Safety board calls for plane alterationBy RANDOLPH SCHM IDAssociated Press W riter ___________

WASHINGTONFederal safety investigators

are stepping up the pressure to redesign the rud de r con­tro ls on B oe ing 737s, the w orld ’s most widely used a ir ­liner.

C on tro l p roblem s are sus­pected in a p a ir o f d ea d ly crashes involving the jets.

The National Transportation Safety Board called Thursday fo r a speedup in the con tro l redesign and also urged addi­tional tra in ing for fligh t crews in dea ling w ith sudden ro lls caused by unexpected rudder movement on the a irliners.

In particu lar, the board said, crews should be warned that under ce rta in cond itions the p la n e ’s ru d d e r can reverse itself.

pie. The shoot-down resulted in stiffer U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba.

“ When you're ta lk ing about Castro’s Cuba, given what hap­pened on Feb. 24th of last year ... you know you can be playing with fire if you do go into Cuban territorial airspace,” he said.

In Havana, Marianela Ferriol, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Relations, told reporters Cuba would adopt “ all necessary measures to impede any viola­tion of the air, land or maritime space of the country” during the anniversary demonstration on Monday.

The rudder is the large mov­able surface on the ta il o f an a irp la n e th a t c o n tro ls le ft- and-right movement.

Recent tests in d ic a te th a t the jam m ing o f a control valve leading to sudden reverse rud ­d e r “ d u r in g n o rm a l p ilo t response can no lo n g e r be c o n s id e re d an e x tre m e ly im probab le or an extrem e ly re m o te e v e n t, ’ ’ the sa fe ty board reported.

T he re “ is no h is to ry o f a ru d d e r re v e rs a l in f l ig h t , ’ ’ responded Tom M cSweeny, the F e d e ra l A v ia t io n A d m in is tra tio n ’s d ire c to r o f a irc ra ft certification.

Boeing spokeswoman Susan B radley said the company is “ a lre a d y w o rk in g to an agg re ss ive sch ed u le and would do everything we could to coopera te ’ ’ w ith a u th o r i­ties.

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Air Force se ttles into Saudi d ese rt

Leaders reject U.N. peace plan

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Eight months a fte r 19 of their comrades were killed in the bom bing o f h ig h -r is e apartments in eastern Saudi Arabia, more than 4,000 A ir Force men and women are settled into a g ritty , dusty city o f 700 dun-colored tents -where security may be tighter than at any m ilitary base in the world.

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th re a te n e d T h u rs d a y to resum e bom bing re b e l-h e ld te r r ito ry , bu t also agreed to attend a reg iona l sum m it on ending its escalating civil war.

M ea nw h ile , South A fr ic a n and U.S. o ffic ia ls tr ied to set up w h a t w o u ld be the f i r s t fa c e -to -fa c e peace ta lk s between Za ire ’s w a rrin g fac­tions since the conflic t began in September.

Though th e re w ere no repo rts o f new a irs tr ik e s on reb e l-co n tro lle d towns, both sides th re a ten ed to step up attacks.

Defense M inister Gen. Likulia Bolongo warned that airstrikes would resume and urged c iv il­ians to stay away from rebel bases.

“ The Z a irian armed forces are dete rm ined to ca rry out the w ar and take back all the te r r i t o r y occup ied by invaders,” he said.

Rebel leader Laurent Kabila th rea tened to a ttack Z a ire ’s largest refugee camp, saying the g o ve rn m e n t had used T ing i-T ing i as a base fo r a ir raids that k illed at least eight civilians in rebel-held te rrito ry this week.

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Under U.N. pressure, Kabila had agreed to delay an attack on the cam p, w h ich houses 1 5 0 ,00 0 R w an da n H utu re fugees a long w ith fo rm e r Rwandan so ld ie rs arm ed by the Z a ir ian governm ent. The a ir raids came Monday, a day la te r , k i l l in g e ig h t peop le . T h ir ty rem ained hospita lized Thursday.

K abila , who was surveying the damage from the bombing o f the tow n o f Bukavu, also said he was skeptical of a U.N. proposal to end the civil war in eastern Zaire. The rebels, who want to end the 32-year rule of President M obutu Sese Seko, have seized a 900-mile strip of te rrito ry.

“ The U.N. cannot help us. The U .N . was a lw ays here w h ile M obutu was b re ak in g the country,” Kabila said.

The g o v e rn m e n t on Wednesday also re jected the U.N. proposal, saying it fails to condemn neighboring A frican coun tries fo r g iv ing m ilita ry su p p o rt to the rebe ls . Zaire accuses Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda of supporting and sup­plying the rebels.

B u t P rim e M in is te r Leon Kengo w a Dondo sa id T h u rsd a y th a t Z a ire , w h ich has refused to attend two pre­v ious s u m m its , was “ no t opposed” to p a rtic ip a tin g in regional talks.

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Albright: NATO plans not a threatBy BARRY SCHWEIDAssociated Press W riter________________

MOSCOWSecretary of State Madeleine

A lb r ig h t ran in to skeptic ism Thursday in trying to convince Russian leaders that expansion

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of NATO eastward in the next two years would pose no threat to Moscow.

“ We e s tab lish ed a working relationship,” she said a fte r seeing Prim e M in is te r V ik to r C h e rn o m yrd in and F o re ig n M in is te r Yevgeny P rim a kov . A m ee ting w ith P res iden t B o ris Y e lts in was schedu led F rid a y , and th a t could be crucial.

D esp ite h is h e a lth problems, Yeltsin is thought by State Department experts to be in charge of Kremlin decision­making. “ He is the president; he runs the government on a d a ily b a s is ,” spokesm an Nicholas Burns said.

P rim a ko v , how eve r, asserted th a t “ Russia has a nega tive p o s itio n on NATO

expansion and w ill continue to hold that position.”

P rim a ko v m ade the rem ark at a news conference after ta lk ing to vis iting Ita lian F o re ig n M in is te r L u m be rto Dini, one of several allied diplo­mats trying to sell NATO expan­sion to the skeptical Russians.

B urns to ld A m erican re p o r te rs n o th in g d ra m a tic transp ired at A lb rig h t’s sepa­ra te hour-long meetings w ith Chernom yrdin and Primakov, which was followed by a s tu r­geon and beef stew dinner.

A fte rw a rd , A lb r ig h t walked through Red Square in frig id weather. “ I ’m freezing,” she acknowledged, but kept up the pace in the well-lighted his­to r ic s ite at the side o f the Kremlin.

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Search for president should consider gender

The presidential search at Saint Mary’s College is nearing an end, with the secrecy continuing to shroud the proceedings. You need the highest security government clearance to even find out the gender of the candidates, let alone their names, as the College protects the "confidence” of the candidates.

I f they have come this fa r in the process, w ith the new president set to be named in a matter of weeks, shouldn’t the candidates also be w illing to inform their current bosses that they might be taking a stroll to greener pastures?

While the College continues to protect the anonymity o f the finalists, The Observer can only hope that they choose the most qualified candidate for the position — and that they consider that the most qualified candidate to lead a women’s college might indeed be a woman.

Who better knows the issues at a women’s college than a woman? It is most important to consider the best and most qualified candidate for the job, whether that be a man or a woman. However, as a president often serves as more of a figurehead o f the ins titu tion , whether tha t seat is occupied by a man or a woman makes a serious statement. What does this say about an all women’s college i f a man again occupies the presidency o f an institution founded entirely for women? It indirectly says that no woman was qualified for the position of such leadership. It says that the institution could not find a woman capable enough o f representing a place founded entirely for the education and personal growth o f women. The person occupying the presidency stands for everything that the college is about — women. Logic says that the new leader should be of the same gender.

I f Saint Mary’s “ pays particular attention to the rights and responsibilities of women in the worlds of work, church and community ” and “cultivates a com­munity life which responds to the needs o f women and cherishes their talents," as the mission statement o f the college says, then SMC should honor this dedica­tion to women and show a woman in the prestigious position of president. This way, the College is practicing what it preaches. Choosing a woman for the pres­idency o f the College is an exemplary way for the Saint Mary’s to show how women effectively exercise leadership roles, which is what the College suppos­edly trains women to do.

The United States of America made a s im ila r move recently by placing a woman in one of the most powerful positions not only in our country but in the w orld. Madeline A lb rig h t would be in line for the presidency in her newly appointed position as Secretary o f State i f she had been born in the U.S. I f America can take steps to show the rest of the w orld that women are capable of handling huge responsibilities and delicate situations, then Saint Mary’s (while playing hide and seek w ith the candidates “ delicate" profiles and backgrounds) can surely find a role model for women in the hunt for a new president — i f they have not done so already.

Twenty-five years ago perhaps the best qualified candidate fo r the Saint M ary’s presidency was W illiam Hickey, and he has done a tremendous job. This paper does not attempt to take anything away from his accomplishments or honorable reputation. But 25 years later women have come a long way, and i t ’s time to give Saint M ary’s the ir due and show them that the College practices what it preaches.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

ND women fail to support female electoral candidatesDear Editor:

Women of Notre Dame, you dropped the ball.

Frankly, you made it overwhelmingly clear when you elected Matt Griffin and Erek Nass as your new student body leaders in the recent presidential elec­tion. (For those of you who supported the Szabo/Gillard ticket, I applaud you, and I invite you to bear witness to the diatribe I have prepared for your back- stabbing peers.)

I hold you responsible for this ill-con­ceived mistake because in every female dorm except two (Knott, where Mary G illa rd lives , and H ow ard ), the Griffin/Nass ticket received the majority of votes by an average margin of 23 per­cent over its competitor.

The Notre Dame men performed quite d ifferently, however; the Szabo/Gillard ticket won every male dorm (by an aver­age m arg in o f v ic to ry o f 12 percent) except S tan ford and Keenan, w here Griffin and Nass reside, respectively. In fact, I would even argue that the men humiliated you by supporting the female candidate that was to be your voice in student government.

Yes, yes, you’re righ t; it would have been p itifu lly provincial of you to vote for Mary G illard jus t because she was the only woman runn ing fo r office in the fina l e lection. But i f you read A llison Koenig’s February 10 Observer Inside Column entitled “ W aiting for a leading woman, ” in which she descries the lack of female leadership and initiative in stu­dent government executive office, you should have felt compelled to vote d iffer­ently. So i f you still weren’t convinced by the Szabo/Gillard platform, then why did you vote for the opposition?

Was it because G riffin and Nass had the word “experience” plastered all over their pithy little campaign posters? Well i f that’s the case, you really screwed up,

because Koenig states that “ from a lead­e rsh ip and governm ent invo lvem en t standpoint, [Mary Gillard] is more quali­fied to lead the student body than any of the nine candidates."

Or was it because they procla im ed themselves, in hackneyed fashion, “your voice?" Wrong again-the Szabo/Gillard ticket was the only ticket, from the very beginning, to advocate improved gender relations efforts.

So far, we haven’t come up w ith any in te lligen t reasons fo r your misguided actions, so le t’s pose a few inane (but much more likely) explanations.

Perhaps you thought we needed some cute guys in office. Perhaps you like the trendy sweaters they were wearing in th e ir campaign posters. Perhaps your friends told you how cool those guys are because they go to Bridget’s all the time. Perhaps you’re entrenched in a high- school mentality that demands that you vote on the basis o f sheer popularity. This, of course, is all conjecture.

I f you can’t yet see where I am going w ith this, let me spell it out for you. You were a fra id to break away from the pack, afraid to take a chance, afraid to live up to changing gender roles.

You have strong spokeswomen on this campus and powerful feminist ideologies at yo u r f in g e rtip s , bu t you chose to ignore all of them in this election. The time has come to emancipate yourselves from social conservatism and to take the risk of ru ffling some feathers. This was your big chance, and you blew it.

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DEGRESSIONS, DISTORTIONS, AND GENERAL GAMBLINGS

S h o p p e r s , o n y o u r m a r k , g e t r e a d y , g e t s e t , g o !It’s beautiful... touching, really, when

a father decides to im part to his child the vast complexities o f his aggregate life knowledge and philosophies — espe­cially when they concern toilet paper!

I was twelve years old when my father decided to share w ith me his authorita­tive theories on shopping. “ K a th ,” he said, “ in order to be a w inner in the

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sport of shopping, you must understand the intricacies o f the game. For exam­ple, products such as toilet paper, tooth­paste and k itty litte r should always be bought in mass quantities at discount prices, because things are cheaper by the gross, and toilet paper jus t doesn’t spoil. Concentrate on the details, and victory w ill greet you at every blue light special.”

Doesn’t every fa ther have a s im ila r session with his daughter as she comes of age? Well... no, probably not, because not every father is prim ing his daughter to in h e r it h is legacy as S tra te g ic Stockpile Shopping Champion o f the W orld. In fact, most fa thers probably don’t even know that shopping is a high­ly intense, m en ta lly s tim u la tin g and physically demanding game of strategy. My dad, how eve r, does — and he engages in this game once a week... all week long.

Play officially opens at an atrociously early hour Sunday morning (before the Joneses or the ir cat would even think about being awake) when the paper boy launches the 30-pound weekend edition o f the newspaper through our d in ing room w indow. W hile Mom sweeps up the shattered glass, Dad pounces on the paper in a race against time, inventory supply and opposing Stockpile Shoppers. He tears past the front page, the comics, even the sports page, u n til his hands land on the sacred glossies... the four- inch-th ick, for-suckers-only, we-dare- you-to-try-and-find-the-deal-be fore-it- expires advertisement section.

“Wow! Soap is only $1.50 per bar at W al-M art this week! Ooh! And Km art has a buy 36, get one free special on laundry detergent! And, good gracious — th ey ’ve got kegs o f p ickles fo r 49 bucks at Sam’s Club! You can’t beat that w ith a stick! Geez ol’ Pete — here’s a 5- cent coupon for molasses at Food Barn! We need molasses, don't we honey?”

“Yes, dear — I th ink we jus t opened the last gallon yesterday."

“ Holy cow! W ould you ju s t look at these o u tra g e o u s ly low p rices fo r olives!”

“You’re allergic to olives, dear.”“And d irt-cheap baby form ula ! And

kitty litte r!”“ Our children are grown up, and the

cat died four years ago, dear.” Obviously, the object o f the game is

not necessarily to purchase items tru ly needed, nor is it to actually get a bar­ga in , b u t ra th e r the im p o rta n ce is placed on the quantity of perceived bar­gains scouted and the extent of absurdly extreme measures taken in obta in ing and exploiting these perceived bargains.

A fter this invigorating and insp iring

scouting stage comes the most challeng­ing, yet the most in teg ra l pa rt o f the game — the o rg a n iza tio n a l phase... when mere dreams are transformed into possible realities. This, incidentally, is the favorite stage of the spectator. A ll three of us kids w ill routinely drag our lifeless bodies out o f bed several hours before sunrise ju s t to w itness D ad’s m e tam orphos is in to S uperhum an Strategist. I t ’s a vivid visual experience: His heart begins v io lently convulsing, and the blood rips through his veins at lightning speed, sparking random neu­ron firings and turn ing his entire body an interesting shade of purple. The mice inside his brain begin to run like mad on their little wheels (and it must be pretty steamy in there, because smoke inva ri­ably filters out of Dad’s ears), and his eyes grow wide as the sp irit of inspira­tion enters him.

He w h ips ou t h is ch a lkb o a rd and begins d iagram m ing furiously. “ Okay, team — here’s the plan: We h it the Wal- Mart in Tallahassee first, then we shoot on over to Denver and visit the Venture on Main Street, then we’ll head up to Big Bob’s Ball-Point Pens in Vegas; we’ll loop over to C razy H a r ry ’ s in Dubuque...”

According to Dad (and he is the reign­ing Champion o f S tra teg ic S tockp ile Shopping), failure to cross over several time zones and burn at least eight tanks of gas is a clear and flagrant violation of the rules.

“ ...and finally, we’ll b litz Sam’s Club and buy a ll o f th e ir rem a in ing to ile t paper, that is unless any unforeseeable barga ins should present them selves along the way. Are ya with me, kids?”

We sleepily and collectively mumble, “ Ummm, we gotta... uh... do some stuff,”

and, satisfied w ith the amusement of Dad’s smoking head, we wander back to our beds to sleep u n til norm al people do. Mom, who seems to be our sole gene contributor, follows soon after us.

So, Dad gives explicit directions to the dog to make sure to clear a loading zone for the loot and to continue on as usual w ithout him, assuring him that he w ill return victorious.

So, the fam ily carries on through the res t o f the w eek, n o tin g the severe weather patterns developing over most of North America and knowing that Dad is ce rta in ly enjoying the extra , added challenge of atmospheric turbulence.

On Saturday evening, Dad’s re tu rn is announced by the g ra tin g sound o f metal dragging on pavement, as his car, now severa l tons h e a v ie r th a n las t Sunday and rid ing only a fraction of a centimeter from the ground, crawls up the driveway. Mr. Jones storms the field to get the post-game interview w ith Dad, while the reserves (i.e. the family) rush in to transfer the goods to the disaster prep s igh t (i.e. the basement, w hich holds enough supplies to sustain the entire neighborhood for several decades in the event that World War III should occur). The car thanks us profusely as we relieve it of 46 bags of charcoal, 258 rolls of toilet paper, 73 bottles of sham­poo, 300 pounds o f gerbil food...

“ Gerbil food?! Dad — we don’t have any gerbils!”

“They’re in the trunk... they were on sale, too!”

That’s good fo r the extra point. And the crowd goes wild!

Kathy Scheibel is a jun ior Arts and Letters major. H er column appears every other Friday.

CAPITOL COMMENTS

Are quotas the answer to Notre Dame’s lack of diversity?Tucked nicely together on the back

cover of the most recent edition of Notre Dame Magazine is the symmetrical pat­tern of sixteen photographs of students from the Class of 2000. Nine males and eight females represent the gender bal­ance of the student population on cam­pus. About one th ird are people o f color or easily-recognizable ethnic minorities.

Gary CarusoDiversity and political correctness exudes in this public relations triumph.

Wrapped across the front and back of the most recent edition of “Alumni, The Newsletter for Notre Dame A lum ni,” is the 1997 B a llo t fo r the A lu m n i A ss o c ia tio n ’s N a tio n a l Board o f D irecto rs . This board is the h ighest alumni organization at Notre Dame, and alumni can only serve one three-year term in their lifetime. Obviously, the bal­lot layout is not as slick as the Class of 2000 cover, yet the ballot is very distinct in its own way. The fourteen candidates are all white males.

I have a grouchy, sometimes b itte r classmate from Chicago who could “ give a damn ” about the national board as he continues over the years to fade from a Notre Dame Rah-Rah to a Notre Dame Indifferent. In fact, he claims to have a sure-fire method of choosing the alumni board w inners. He asserts tha t to be given the opportunity to run on the bal­lot only means tha t the candidate has become a “ good ole boy” w ith someone at the University. My classmate can tell who w ill w in by firs t, e lim ina ting the ugly photographs. He swears that each year a t least tw o ca nd id a tes loose

because they are too fat or too s tiff look­ing.

Secondly, w h ile my fr ie n d a lways votes for the younger of the two oppo­nents in each region, he estimates that the older candidate w ill win eighty per­cent of the time. Says he, “The guy who serves fo r almost twenty years on his local club’s board is the guy who is d ri­ven by a ll th a t N otre Dame ra h -ra h ‘s tu ff . ’ He only lives to a ttend every Notre Dame ‘game of the century’ each season and to finally serve a once-in-a- lifetime term on the national board. I’d vote against anyone who served more than two years as president and more than six years on any club board. What ever happened to serving a while and letting a younger person have the same opportunity and experience after you?”

F in a lly , my c lassm ate reads the b io g ra p h ie s and s ta te m e n ts o f the remaining “ open seats” on his ballot. He favors engineers over attorneys, but w ill vote against anyone who uses “ God and country” together in a statement. He w ill d ro p the ca nd id a te w ith the m ost “ s c h m a ltz ” in a s ta te m e n t. M ost emphatically, though, he w ill exclude a candidate who seems to be “ too rigid or Notre Dame white Catholic stereotypi­cal.”

After a careful inspection of this alum­ni ballot, one could also assert that age diversity is nonexistent. One th ird of the candidates running for seats w ith no age restriction are from the Class of 1969. A ga in e x c lu d in g the A t-L a rg e seat reserved fo r young a lum n i, only two candidates have graduated less than ten years ago.

It is ironic for the campus to recently spend days celebrating events to under­stand and promote m ulticultural diversi­ty, and then publish an alum ni ballo t void of ethnic, age or gender diversity. Regardless o f how many women cu r­rently serve on the national board, the fact remains that none were on this bal­lot. Regardless of the fact that the first

African American was recently elected president of the alumni board, no candi­dates represent any e thnic d ivers ity . Regardless o f the fact that candidates have graduated from each decade from the 1950s to the 1990s, a th ird are from the Class o f 1969. It is m athem atical equivalent o f having 33 U.S. Senators from Alaska.

My grumpy classmate is having a field day w ith this issue. He just got over his obsession w ith Notre Dame issuing sta­dium parking passes to contributors of $3,000 or more on football weekends. Now he wants to know why the staff of the Alumni Association Office does not o ffer some sensitiv ity , con tinu ity and guidance to the currently sitting “ good ole boys” who place the next generation of “hand-picked boys” on the ballot?

In many ways, his question is quite va lid . My s is te r was one o f the f ir s t freshm en classes o f women to enter Notre Dame. She fought against a trad i­t io n o f m ale p re fe re n ce th a t was ingrained in Notre Dame for over a cen­tu ry . She endured im m a tu re college “boys” insulting her on the quads. She s u ffe re d the in d ig n it ie s o f be ing bypassed to be editor of a campus publi­cation, not on her m erits, but on her gender. Have women finally won a place in the campus classrooms, but not in other university settings?

Three weeks ago a freshman, Class of 2000, wrote a courageous, poignant le t­te r to the editor about liv in g on both sides o f the e th n ic b ub b le . He is a Cuban, but passes as the white, Catholic, s te reo type th a t dom ina tes the University’s student population. He con­siders h im self lucky to be able to see both sides, that can comfort, but which also contain fear, anger and bigotry.

Notre Dame chooses to be so homoge­neous, re se rv in g a q u a rte r o f each freshman class for children of alumni. Unlike Georgetown, for example, which b a re ly has h a lf o f its e n ro llm e n t Catholic, Notre Dame could be called the

Oral Roberts of Indiana. That choice to be so Catholic, in itself, is not necessari­ly bad. However, i t is incumbent upon each adm in istra to r, s ta ff member and student to conscientiously strive each day to embrace as much d ive rs ity as possible throughout the university sys­tem. The real world demands it.

Everyone recognizes tha t more men than women have graduated from Notre Dame, although surely the Class of 1969 did not have one-third more graduates. Most w ill also recognize that while the gender representation was very accu­rate, the ethnic and cultural representa­tion of the Class o f 2000 on the Notre Dame Magazine was not quite the actual makeup of the class, but an honest effort to be inclusive. Yet can anybody believe that not one woman or a person of color was qualified nor available for the alum­n i ballot this spring?

Advocating quotas makes any conserv­ative shiver, especially the far-right con­servatives in the Notre Dame adminis­tration. However, this is another classic case o f the age-o ld quo ta d ilem m a, “ How can the A lum n i Association be inclusive i f it does not impose some type of quota for women and m inorities?”

As my “ Oscar The Grouch ” classmate might explain it , “You expect these ole boy types to be sensitive on their own? Hell, they’d sell Kangaroo meat to the d in in g h a lls i f they could fin d some hand-picked boy to supply it. You te ll everyone I said that, you hear? And see i f you can mention the football stadium parking passes they give out to anyone w ith money instead o f the alumni who deserve it .”

Gary J. Caruso, Notre Dame ’73, worked a t the U.S. House of Representatives for 18 years and is now a publicist with the International Union o f Electronics Workers (IU E) in Washington, D.C. His column appears every other Friday and his Internet address is hottline@aol.com.

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By LIZ FORANEditor-In-Chief

S ometimes the lure of soft brown or blue eyes, an ado rab le face, cute body and w in n in g d is ­position can get you in big trouble.

In some cases it can even get you evicted.“We don’t allow students to have pets other than

small caged animals or fish ,” stated Beth Hoffman, manager of Turtle Creek apartments, a largely stu­dent popu la ted com plex to the east o f campus. “We’re not being discrim inatory, but on a whole stu­dents cannot take care of a pet to the extent that they need to be taken care of.”

Hoffman, who volunteers at South Bend animal shelter Pet Refuge, claims the number of stray ani­mals, mostly cats, around the apartment complex are descendants of pets abandoned by students who were graduating or going home for breaks.

“ Some o f them are th ird or fo u rth genera tion (strays). We have caught some of them, but they are w ild now,” she added. “ I t ’s very, very sad.”

Responsible ownership

Not a ll students are irresponsib le regard ing pet ownership, according to B illy Giles, a senior who lives in Turtle Creek. When he attempted to bring a puppy back from his hometown o f New York to the complex, he was told he could not keep the pet and his lease at the same time.

“ I ’m a city kid who grew up in Manhattan, and I always wanted a dog,” Giles said. “ My parents said it was cruel to have a dog when you live in the city, and I agreed, but there seemed to be something funda­mentally American to have a dog.

“ My roommate and I adopted a 'dog from a shelter in New York. She was cute, spunky, friendly, she d idn ’t bite — completely not the type of dog you would expect from a shelter.

“ I knew peop le in T u r t le Creek who had cats and dogs, but I called jus t to be sure,” he said.

He was to ld the a p a rt­ment had stopped a llow ­ing pets two years before, and th a t only residents w ith pets before the ban w ere a llo w e d to keep them through a grandfa­ther clause.

“They (the management) wouldn’t listen to me. I asked them to ju s t look at the dog — that she wasn’t destructive. I told them I would take care of her, that I was a model tenant at Campus View for two years. I of­fered to pay extra rent, to rake leaves and shov­el snow it they would let me have a dog.”

Giles ended up b ring ­ing the dog back to schoo l w ith h im and find ing a home fo r her on a n ea rby fa rm . He disagrees strongly w ith the policy that groups all students as irresponsible and unable to care for a pet.

“You should be able to prove yourself,” he said.“ You should be able to provide references.”

F inding a way

Where’s there is a w ill, there is a way, say two stu­dents who have an unauthorized dog at an apartment complex close to campus.

“The landlord doesn’t know we have her,” said one of the students, a senior at Notre Dame. “They don’t live on the premises.”

The roommates acquired the dog, a five-year-old sm all m ixed breed, from Pet Refuge, an agency w hich does requ ire p ro o f o f an acceptable e nv i­ronment before placing their animals in homes.

“We had Pet Refuge call our friend, who pretended she was the landlord,” he said. “She told them it was all right for us to have a dog in the apartment.

“Then we had them (Pet Refuge) call our friend ’s mother in New York, who pretended to he [one of the student’s] mother. She said it was okay w ith her for us to have a dog, and that she would take the dog i f one of us couldn’t after graduation.”

The roommates do plan to give the dog to one’s parents or a brother or sister i f one of them cannot keep her upon graduation.

The o ffic ia l route

Lying is often the only way for a student to receive an animal from a pet shelter, according to Rosemary Hutchins, office manager at the South Bend Humane Society, who said they do get a number of requests from students each year interested in pets.

“We do a lot of checking,” she said.“We always check to see

if they can handle them.”The Humane Society does not refuse pets to stu­

dents, although they must make sure the apartment or dwelling w ill allow them and the animals w ill be provided for after graduation.

“ I d o n ’ t w a n t to g ive aw ay a ll o u r s e c re ts ,” Hutchins said, “ but you can tell i f a student is ly ing.”

She could not give a percentage o f students who inquire who do eventually end up w ith pets.

House rules

Avoiding student dominated apartment complexes, which do typically not allow pets, is often the only option for student insistent upon having animal com­panionship.

E rin Sayer, a Saint M a ry ’s senior who lives in Candlewood Apartm ents in Mishawaka, has had a k itten since she firs t moved in over the summer.

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T he University o f Notre Dame S tring T rio w ill per­fo rm a re c ita l ton ig h t at 7:30 p.m. in the 20th

Century Gallery of the Snite Museum o f Art.The trio consists of three Notre Dame faculty mem­

bers: associate professors of music Carolyn Plummer (violin) and Karen Buranskas (cello) and assistant pro­fessor of music Christine Rutledge (violin).

Included in the p rogram w ill be selections from Franz Schubert, Bohuslav M artinu and Irving Fine.

Recently, the T rio was awarded a g rant from the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts to produce a recording of Paul Hindemith’s “ String T rio .”

Admission is free but seating is limited. Seats can be reserved by calling 631-6201.

P aul-Andre Bempechat w ill perform a piano concert a t 2 p.m . Sunday a fte rnoon in the Annenberg

Auditorium.S ch u b e rt’s “ Sonata in G M a jo r ” and Johannes

Brahm s’ “ Seven Fantasias” and “ Three In te rm ezzi” w ill be featured.

A pre-concert lecture begins at 1 p.m. Tickets are $5 for the general public, $2 for students and senior c iti­zens.

A new e x h ib it e n t it le d “ P o r t ra i ts on P ape r: Selections from the Perm anent C ollection” w ill

open at the Snite Museum of A rt on Sunday.The exhibit explores the complex relationship among

artist, subject and viewer as expressed in different cul­tures and periods using various media on paper.

Drawings in the exhib it w ill include pastels by the 18th century artists Rosalba Carriera and John Russell. A rtis ts from the 19th ce n tu ry on d isp lay inc lude Jacques-Louis David, Edgar Degas, Puvis de Chavannes and Adolph von Menzel. Augustus John’s “ Portra it of Cyril Connolly” is a notable drawing from the 20th cen­tury.

W oodcu t p r in ts by M ax Beckm an and Leonard Baskin w ill be included w ith works by Jacques Villion, Kathe Kollw itz and Alfred Leslie.

Twentieth century photographs by Arnold Newman, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon and W. Eugene Smith w ill also be exhibited. Their subjects include famous a rtists, soldiers, street ch ild ren, Native Americans, prostitutes and the dead.

The exhibit runs until March 30.

A r o u n d T o w n

B arnes and Noble on Grape Road welcomes screen­w rite r and South Bend native La rry Karaszewski

for a discussion and book signing Sunday at 2:30 p.m.Karaszewski and college pal Scott Alexander wrote

the screenplay fo r the Oscar-nominated “ The People vs. L a r ry F l in t , ” s ta r r in g W oody H a rre lso n and Courtney Love. They have also written the screenplays fo r “ Ed Wood,” “ Problem Child,” “ Problem Child 2,” Disney’s recent release “ That Darn Cat,” and “ Mars Attacks!” Their upcoming projects include an animat­ed musical, “ Cats Don’t Dance,” and a live-action ver­sion of “The Jetsons.”

For those who couldn’t get enough o f “ Star Wars: A New Hope” and had to go see it five or six times,

“ The E m p ire S trikes B ack” opens ton ig h t on four screens in the area.

Movies 10 in Mishawaka w ill be showing “ Empire” at 11 a.m., 12, 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 7:15, 8:15 and 10 p.m. “ Star Wars” w ill continue to run on one screen at 11:30 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:45 and 10:30 p.m.

Scottsdale 6 at Scottsdale Mall is screening “ Empire” a t 9:45 and 10:45 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Regular showtimes are 12:45, 1:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:45, 7:15, 9:45 and 10 p.m. “ Star Wars” runs at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday and 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:15 p.m. everyday.

Feel the Force.

the firs t time I ’ve had one on my own.” expense and occasional inconvenience of own- let are not major issues for Sayer, who spends an $10 in food and supplies for the cat weekly,

short breaks from school, she has neighbors re of the cat, while on longer breaks he makes i home to Long Lake, Minn., w ith her. graduate plans do include the cat — no matter she ends up, Sayer is determined to take her lend w ith her.

Financial a ffa ir

Even students who rent houses instead of apart­ments are subject to the w ill of the landlord as to whether or not they can keep pets.

“ Our la n d lo rd never sa id a n y th in g about i t , ” Whealan said. “ But he’s seen the dog and he hasn’t said anything about it .”

Sayer m ust pay $150 a year to have a cat at Candlewood Apartments.

“ That’s ju s t in case they pee on the carpet,” she said.

But Hoffm an said anim als at T u rtle Creek can cause more damage than students realize. Animals damaged thousands of dollars of property per year back when the apartment allowed animals.

“The reasoning (behind not allowing pets) is finan­cial as w ell,” she said. “We’ve replaced thousands of dollars worth of carpeting.”

The reason Hoffman returned to time and again as to why students should not have pets was the health and welfare of the animals, citing abandonment, im ­proper care and the erratic hours students keep as being unfair to the animal.

“When I told a g irl last year that she couldn’t have a puppy, she picked the dog up, walked outside the apartm ent and dropped him into someone’s back­ya rd ,” Hoffman recalled. “ She told me, ‘Now I no longer have a puppy.’ We had to take him to the pound.”

A t the tim e o f th is in te rv iew , Hoffman was ju s t about to leave to rem ind another tenant of the no pets policy.

“The maintenance man discovered a cat,” she said. “We were jus t about to go over w ith a copy o f the

lease.”“ We see the re su lts ,” she added, when

cats are outside freezing during the w in ­ter after being abandoned. “We found

one cat this year that was very sick and pregnant.

“ I t ’s not fa ir to the anim als,” she stressed. “ In th is comm u­n ity , i t ’s w hat works best for us.”

For safety’s sake

Not fa ir to who?

ent reasons prompt students to welcome pets -eady days already crammed fu ll o f classes, g and extracurricular activities. Taking on the esponsibility of an animal, especially a dog, high degree of maturity and dedication. M ary ’s senior Erin Whealan and her room-

iecided to get a puppy for their house on the er o f Corby and H ill streets. They decided s ir cu te and fuzzy fr ie n d w o u ld be a lottweiler/German Shepherd mix.

“ In a way she’s a watch dog, even though she’s only a puppy,” W healan said. “ She barks if anyone even walks by the house.”

For five women living in one of the more crim e ridden areas of student dwellings, she is the p e rfe c t a d d it io n , a lth o u g h Whealan is quick to add that she serves

not only that purpose.“ She keeps the tension dow n,” she laughed. “ When people are fighting,

they jus t go play w ith the dog and I they usually feel better.”

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play Division I basketball out of high school but walked on to the Irish squad as a freshman, playing in 25 games and getting attention not for his offense, as most shooting guards do, but for his defense.

He was awarded a scho lar­ship in his sophomore year, but the money was only guaranteed on a season-by-season basis. The guard saw a bit more time, but played behind Ryan Hoover and K e ith K u ro w sk i, tw o o f Notre Dame’s better athletes. He retained the scholarship for his jun io r year and played the same role as a back-up.

He began to become a scoring threat w ith his deep shooting, but injuries affected his season and forced him to the bench.

But in M iller’s senior year, he entered school w ithout a schol­arship forcing him to leave the team to help finance his educa­tion.

“ It was a weird feeling not to be on the team ,” M ille r con­firmed. “ I ’d played basketball since I ’d been in th ird grade. A ll o f a sudden to have th a t gone w ithout expecting it to be gone... it was hard. I t ’s been nice to come back and know that I ’ve got one year le ft.”

An in ju ry to K u row sk i, the last in a long string of ailments fo r the g u a rd , opened up a scholarship for M iller, allowing him to suit up again. What has followed his reinstatement is an appointment to a team co-cap­tain position, as well as a spot in the starting line-up.

Funny how things work out.“ I t ’s been a strange tw is t of

events,” he admitted. “ I guess you never know how things w ill

work out. I guess the best thing to do is try your best when you have the chance and maybe th ings w ill w o rk them selves out.”

Like most outside shooters, M ille r has been s treaky th is season, go ing th ro ug h some games where the hoop seems as big as an ocean and others where i t ’s as small as a th im ­ble. But off-days are not the result of a lack o f effort.

“ P robably, 1 like to be in a gym by myself the most, prac­tic ing on my own, working on my shot,” he revealed. “ I think the e x tra w o rk has re a lly helped me out this year.

“ I o rig ina lly wasn’t going to be on the team th is year, so when I got the chance I decided that I ’d try to make the most out of it. I think that I ’ve put in a lot of extra work, and it's paid o ff a lot.”

“Pete puts a lot of effort into be ing a b a s k e tb a ll p la y e r ,” MacLeod said. “ He takes hours and hours of time practicing his shooting. I f nobody wants to shoot w ith him, he’ll grab a ball and go by himself. He’s got a singleness of purpose that re­ally is rare.”

M iller, known as a freshman as a tenacious defender, likes that challenge as well.

“ I take pride in playing de­fense. 1 th ink defense is ju s t the determination to stop your opponent. I t ’s a lot of hustle. You’ve got to have a lot of heart to play defense, and I like that.”

“ Every game in the Big East is a ch a llen ge , and th e re ’s always going to be a talented opponent. I t ’s never very hard to get motivated against them.”

“ Pete goes up a ga in s t the best, or one of the best, athletes from the other team in every game,” MacLeod offered. “ He doesn’t back down; he rises to

the challenge.”Such players have included

D erek A nde rson from K en tucky . N e il Reed from Indiana. Felipe Lopez from St. John’s.

Guys that are highly touted, expected to go to the pros. M iller wasn’t even expected to play college ball.

Two seniors start in the back court for the Irish, M ille r and Admore White. White was ex­pected to take the reins of the team as a freshman, but never came in to his own u n til th is year. But the two have worked together, figuring out the oth­e r ’ s c o u r t h a b its , and have tu rn e d in to a tandem th a t works.

“ We know each o ther’s ten­dencies rea lly w ell. Admore has really come into his own as a player this year. I feel com­fo rta b le p la y in g w ith h im . W h a t’s re a lly helped us th is year is that he’s become an of­fensive threat. So now he pen­e trates, 1 can spot up on the w ing, and he’ ll k ick it to me and I ’ll be wide open.”

“ Pete and Ad have given us e v e ry th in g th e y ’ve had th is y e a r ,” M acLeod eva lua ted . “There’s a real bond that’s de­veloped between them th a t’s picked up steam for four years, and i t ’s really fun to watch.”

M iller, besides the concussion against the Mountaineers, has had stitches in h is head and presently has a broken nose. It seems that M iller likes a bit of contact in his game. Perhaps not o f the in ju ry kind, but he likes to get his hands dirty. Do the l i t t le th ings. C on tribu te whatever he can to the effort. Not expect a tten tion , but get the job done. He th inks tha t this may be a forgotten art.

“ Today you get these guys who have been told since they

were in high school that they’re a ll-stars, me greatest. When they get to college they th ink that everybody is going to kneel down before them and let them do whatever they want. People tend to lose focus on w h a t’s re a lly im p o r ta n t abou t the game of basketball.

“ I t ’s a team game, and the w ay b a ske tb a ll shou ld be played is th a t each guy con­tributes to the team. There’s so m any guys concerned today about in d iv id u a l s tu ff, th e ir own statistics, their own future, when what’s really important is how the team does. When I came out o f high school, no­

body expected me to do any­thing.”

“And so I came in to college w ith the a ttitude that I would do w ha teve r I cou ld to con­tribute to the team. And I think th a t ’s w h a t’s re a lly kept me going.”

M ille r w alks onto the court every game just as he did when he was a freshman w ithou t a scholarship. He epitomizes the phrase “ there is no I in TEAM.” He does his job.

M ille r doesn’ t receive very many s tand ing ovations. He p ro ba b ly doesn ’ t even w an t them.

Refreshing, isn’t it?

■ W o m e n 's T e n n is

Netters fall short to No. 8 Pepperdine

By BILL HARTSports W riter

Notre Dame’s women’s ten­nis team, ranked No. 11 in the country, lost a 5-2 decision to No. 8 Pepperdine on Thursday in the f i r s t rou nd o f the USTA/ITA Women’s National C ham p ionsh ip in M ad ison , Wisconsin.

The loss drops Notre Dame’s record to 4-2 on the season w h ile P epperd ine rem a ins undefeated at 5-0. The Irish w ill s till compete in the conso­la tio n phase o f the to u rn a ­m en t, w h ich ru n s th ro u g h Sunday.

Despite the loss, the Ir ish w ill s till compete in two more matches d u rin g the to u rn a ­m ent against two o f the top sixteen teams in the country.

In the same tournam ent last year, the Irish lost in the first round to then No. 1 F lo rida before coming back to win the next two rounds against the No. 6 and 12 teams.

The firs t Irish doubles team o f Jenn ife r H all and T iffany Gates posted an 8-5 w in over .Angela Lawrence and Isabella Petrov.

However, Pepperdine came back by w inning the next two matches, claim ing the doubles point.

In the singles matches, Hall and Gates both struck again. Hall defeated Petrov 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, in the firs t match while Gates defeated Pepperdine’s Anna Svedenhov 6-2, 7-6 (2) in the th ird . H ow ever, Pepperdine secured the next three matches for the win.

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U M EN S TENNIS

Irish set fo r tough challengeBy JIM ZALETASports Writer

The 8-2 Notre Dame m en ’s tennis team w ill face the what may turnout to be its toughest match of the season on Sunday.

The T a r Heels o f N o rth Carolina travel the Eck Tennis P av ilion to face the No. 29 ranked Irish.

The No. 13 ranked Tar Heels are coming off of their fifth con­secutive NCAA appearance sea­son.

The Tar Heels team is one of the most well-balanced in the co u n try , acco rd in g to Ir is h Coach Bobby Bayliss.

“Their mid to low part of the linetip is exceptionally strong, where most teams drop down in this area, their whole team is very talented,” he said.

“The Tar Heels are known for their hard and powerful serves. They have three p layers be­tween 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-6 and

are s trong and b e lt the ball. They w i l l d ic ta te p lay on Sunday.”

North Carolina is led by t r i ­captain senior Paul Harsanyi. He and Rob Tedesco won the No. 3 doubles t it le las t year. His overall record last season was an impressive 22-9.

Four o the r p layers had 20 w in seasons last year fo r the T a r Heels in c lu d in g ju n io rs Tedesco and Tony Thomas.

Tedesco, o ff to a good s ta rt this season, looks to repeat as an All-ACC p layer again th is year.

In his career, he has spilt vic­tories w ith Notre Dame jun io r Jakub Pietrowski.

Irish freshman T ren t M ille r believes the team is ready to face off against the Tar Heels.

“We are coming in strong af­te r two stra ight w ins,” M iller said after the ir victory against Indiana on Tuesday.

“ They h it hard, bu t we are

prepared to face them.”On Thursday the Irish prac­

ticed returning tough serves in preparation for the match.

The top-ranked play o f the Tar Heels w ill be sim ilar to the tw o opponen ts N otre Dame faced over the weekend.

With a close loss on Saturday to Texas and an upset w in Sunday against Duke, the Irish have proved that they can com­pete among the best.

The Tar Heels are undefeat­ed, but they have not faced the top opponents like Notre Dame has.

“ They are a w ell-ba lanced, w e ll coached, respec tab le team,” Bayliss said.

Bayliss’ outlook for the rest of the season is mostly positive, but the Irish have to work for it. The rem ain ing opponents are not going to be easy matches.

“We are not an overwhelming team. We can beat a ranked team one day, Duke, and have a rough time with an easier team another.”

As long as the Irish continue to play up to the ir ab ility and work hard they should continue to w in the rem a in de r o f the season.

“As long as we are ready to play, stay healthy and are hun­gry to w in, we should w in the rest o f our matches,” Bayliss said.

The toughest one ahead of them is the Blue-Gray National Classic over Spring Break.

The tournament w ill include 12 o f the top 16 teams in the country and w ill provide a good test for the Irish.

Seniorscontinued from page 24

books as they have been focal po ints in many firs ts fo r the program while fu lf illin g those expectations.

“ Last year was our best sea­son ever, and now this year is our best. So they have rea lly reached two high waterm arks for the program,” McGraw said. “ 1 th ink it is great for them to be able to look back and say T did what I came here to do and made a great con tribu tion to the program.’”

This season, the Irish have been in the top 25 all year long, and they cracked the top ten for the firs t time in school’s his­tory earlie r in the year when they knocked o ff two top ten squads. They also made their national television debut earlier this year. Last year they picked up their firs t NCAA tournament v ic to ry la s t season w ith an upset over Purdue.

This class is unique in that it has the two most prolific scor­ers in history who are also two of the best women’s basketball p la ye rs in the lan d . Beth M organ became the f i r s t to score over 2,000 points, and her classmate G aither is the next c losest as she was the 12th player in Irish history to score over 1,000 points. Both have received national recogni­tion and are considered A ll- Am erican candidates. U nlike Morgan and Gaither, you w ill not find Bohman or Augustin’s names w r it te n a ll over the record books, but they can be found at the heart of wins.

“ Both Rosanne and Jeannine have re a lly stepped up th e ir game th is season,” M organ said. “ They are p lay ing the best b a ske tb a ll o f th e ir ca ­

reers.”“The most important thing is

tha t they have accepted the ir ro le s ,” M cG raw said. “ Jeannine is a great defensive player and great point-guard, and sh e ’ l l g ive the b a ll up. Rosanne w ill play great defense and do a lot of the blue collar w ork.”

W ith the d yna m ic duo o f M organ and G a ith e r and Bohman and Augustin f il l in g their roles, the team has a com­plete mix.

“When other teams have fo­cused on me or Katryna, they have stepped up,” Morgan said.

W ith ju s t tw o more regu la r season contests re m a in in g , McGraw w ill look for her squad to make some noise in the post season behind the tremendous le a d e rs h ip th a t the sen io rs bring. The busy Irish schedule has not allowed them to th ink about w ha t tom orrow re p re ­sents. But they rea lize th a t th e ir co n te s t a g a in s t the P irates (whom they sank the last time out by 40) w ill be their last in the Joyce Center.

“ These four years have gone by so fa s t,” M organ said. “ I haven’t really thought about it, but I am sure it w ill h it us when we walk on the court w ith our parents.”

The Irish w ill not be caught up w ith these s e n tim e n ta l thoughts for long as they know they w ill t ip -o ff several more times in their career.

“ We s till have some u n fin ­ished business,” Morgan said. “We want to dominate the next two games and go the Big East championship and play UConn . Then we hope we’ll get a good seed in the NCAA Tournament.”

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FENCING

Siek epitomizes ND valuesBy DAVID FRICKSports Writer

Notre Dame fencing re p re ­sents one of the finest traditions in college athletics.

For the past th irty-five years, no o th e r fe nc in g squad has been as consistently dominant.

I f one in d iv id u a l w ere to p e rs o n ify the N o tre Dame excellence on and off the strip, senior foil captain Jeremy Siek is the one.

Siek’s accom plishm ents as­tound : th re e - t im e A ll-Am erican, top fo ilis t o f Notre Dame squad fo r fo u r years, twice captain of the foil squad, e ighth on the a ll- t im e Notre Dame w in lis t, tw ice M idwest fo il champion, and member of the 1993 United States Junior Pan-Am erican fenc ing team. But, numbers do not represent the value of a star like Siek.

“Jeremy is a great leader for the foil team, especially w ith a predom inantly young squad,” said head coach Yves Auriol.

Leadership is a new found quality for Siek, who has trans­form ed from a q u ie t k id his freshman year to a dom inant presence in his final season.

“ I ’ve really tried this year to be more emotional so that the rest of the team can feed off of my energy,” said Siek.

“ Jeremy has really improved in his confidence as a captain th is year, and th a t has been helpful to all of us,” said sopho­more foilist Stephane Auriol.

A d if fe re n t s o rt o f tra n s fo rm a tio n occurred fo r Siek on the s tr ip . W h ile he always showed a great deal of brilliance each year, this year

he has added a consistency that s tr ik e s fe a r in the h e a rt o f opponents.

“This season is Jeremy’s best. In the past, he has been incon­sistent. This year he has put it all together, and I think his best performance w ill be when the NCAAs come around.”

T th ink he is recognized by h is opponen ts as a s tro n g ca n d id a te fo r the NCAA cham pionsh ip . He can beat anyone,” said the elder Auriol.

“ I feel rea lly good about my fencing. I ’ve put myself on an­other level this year by adding consistency. I feel stronger and faster,” said Siek.

“ But, to w in a championship w ill be tough w ith the s tiff com­petition”

One person who has w i t ­nessed Siek’s greatness for the past four years is fellow fencing star, senior sabre captain Bill Lester.

Both have been two-time cap­tains for the team, and together have combined for a whopping 386 w ins to only 59 defeats. Though Lester has a slight lead in w in total, Siek holds a higher win percentage.

“ Jeremy is amazing. For all the things I do, he does them better. He’s a top fencer, great student, and ju s t a great guy o v e ra ll. He deserves m ore c red it than he receives,” said Lester.

The prowess in the classroom is represented in his 3.44 CPA in M athem atics as an Honor Student.

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“ Eveby semester, I look back and wonder how I managed,” said Siek.

The sky is the lim it for Siek fo llow ing his graduation. His heart is torn between following a possible Olympic dream, and co n tin u in g his educa tion at graduate school.

“ I told myself in high school that i f I was one of the top eight fencers in the nation, I would give the Olympics a shot. A t some point I w ill have to make a decision, but r ig h t now I ’m ju s t focusing on the season,” said Siek.

N o tre Dame fe nc in g is as good as they come. Excellence, leadership, and scholarship are a ll qualities which have been associated w ith the squad in the past and present.

Jeremy Siek takes these qual­ities and personifies them in every aspect of his life. Siek is a true student-a th le te , and a credit to Notre Dame.

Fencers head to Northwestern Meet

By DAVID FRICKSports W riter

The fencing team returns to action this weekend by competing at the Northwestern Meet. The final four week stretch run for the championship begins this weekend, and the team feels con­fident about their chances.

“ It was nice to have a break, but now we have to get back to work. This w ill be the final tune-up before the Midwest Team Championships,” said head coach Yves Auriol.

The team appreciated last weekend’s rest follow ing a difficult five week road stretch. The break gave the team a chance to recuperate and to practice.

“The extra rest is nice. Five weekends on the road is tough to handle by any standards. It is d ifficu lt to stay on top o f ev­eryth ing when you are gone on the weekends,” said senior sabre captain Bill Lester.

Not only were the competitions tiring, but the travel also wore on the stamina of the squad.

“The travel gets to be really tedious. It is tough to maintain any energy level when you are competing from 8:00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. It wears on your mind and body when you are look­ing at such a long day,” said Lester.

The team w ill face one more challenge in preparation for the stretch run. Northwestern w ill be ju s t one o f the stopping blocks on the road to the NCAA Championships.

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m e n ta lly ready to p la y , and P oulin [head coach] th rew us o ff the ice. But we came back on Tuesday ready to go.”

“As the week wore on, guys s ta rted to fo rg e t abou t la s t w eekend and ju s t began to concentrate on th is w eekend 's games a ga ins t Western Michigan.”

W ha t w en t on in p rac tice th is week, aside fro m be ing tossed of the ice?

“ We w orked a lo t on one-on-one b a t­tles in the co rn e r,” stated Urick.

“ T h a t ’s p ro b a b ly the b iggest th in g w e ’ve w o rked on.We’ve also practiced o u r sh oo ting and scoring, because that has been problemat­ic fo r us at tim es this season.”

“ We ju s t w orked on the fundam enta ls,” added Simon. “ We’re a w e ll-cond i­tioned team, but i t ’s a long sea­son and some guys are tired. The last couple of weeks of sea­son can be tough.”

Notre Dame curren tly tra ils F e rr is S ta te , w h ich s its in e ighth place, the last p layo ff spot for the CCHA tournament, by four points and w ith three games remaining. Two of these re m a in in g contests w il l be played th is weekend against Western Michigan.

Tonight, the teams square off at the Joyce Center at 7 p.m., and on Saturday evening the Boys o f W in te r tra ve l to Big Rapids fo r the p a rt II o f th is double header.

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Sophomore off chances

The Observer/Brandon CanduraBenoit Cotnoir battles in the corner with an opponent. With their play- out of their hands, they will skate with a new attitude.home against Michigan State, a Dame to make the playoffs.d ifficult opponent. Ferris State, how ever, p lays th ree games this weekend away at Alaska- Fairbanks, a team that is at the bottom of the CCHA and a team that Ferris State is not likely to lose many games to.

Even i f the Ir is h w in th e ir next three games, Ferris State would have to lose two o f their f in a l th re e games fo r N otre

A tie and a w in by F e rr is State in their final three games would guaranteed them a spot in the playoffs.

Though the p la yo ff outlook for the Boys' may not be bright, Simon gave some good advice. Now is a g re a t tim e fo r the young Irish squad to learn to enjoy playing hockey and, more importantly, to win.

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With their season concluding and w ith the ir p layoff asp ira ­tions co n tin g e n t on c i r ­cumstances beyond the ir con­tro l, the Ir is h hockey squad may implement a new strategy fo r th is w eekend ’s games against Western Michigan.

“We’re going to focus on go­ing out and having fun,” stated freshman sensation Ben Simon. “ Even i f we w in o u r th re e remaining games, we still could miss making the playoffs [the Ir is h c u rre n tly t r a i l the las t playoff spot by four points].

“So we’re just going to go out and have fun. E a rlie r in the season, we were focused on l i t ­tle things and got d istracted. But now th a t ’ s go ing to change.”

Don’t take Simon’s words too lig h tly . By “ fu n ” he doesn’ t

mean exchanging jokes on the bench.

He means p la y in g w ith o u t w o rry in g ; he means scoring goa ls, w in n in g games, and enjoying the process.

“ Losing isn’t any fun,” he ob­served.

I f losses are the yardstick of measurement for fun, then this year’s hockey season has been like a funeral.

The Irish are 8-23-1 overall and 5-18-1 in the competitive C e n tra l C o lleg ia te Hockey Association and cu rren tly are m ired in an eight-game losing streak.

The most recent losses came last weekend against a big, bad M ichigan team, which is cu r­rently ranked firs t in the coun­try . The W olverines soundly beat the Irish, 3-1 and 6-1.

“ Earlier in the week some of the guys’ sp irits were down,” s ta ted sophom ore fo rw a rd B rian U rick , whose e xc itin g play has been one of the high­lights for Irish hockey fans this season.

“ On Monday,” added Simon, “ we were all kind of bummed. Not everyone came to practice

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Irish host A lexWison In v ita tiBy W ILLY BAUERSports W riter

There is no re s t fo r the wicked or fo r really fast peo­ple.

A fte r im p ro v in g on la s t year’s standing at the Big East indoor track cham pionships and a fte r com peting in five consecutive meets, the Irish

the Alex Wilson. Sophomore Nadia Schm iedt fin ished in second place in the 500-meter dash, her premier event. Her time last weekend was nearly two seconds faster than that o f last year at this point of the

Sophomore Kelle Saxen won the A lex W ilson h igh ju m p event w ith a leap of 5-8. She

host their second meet o f the w ill be pressed by Engelhardt season, the A le x W ilso n in the event th is weekend.Invitational

“ This is a low -key event,” said women’s track coach Tim Connelly. “There w ill be some good events b u t n o t every

Both tied for second at the Big East meet w ith 5-8 jumps.

The men also placed higher than they did last season at the Big East championships.

race w il l be lik e the Meyo c a r ry in g away the second meet where every race was place.loaded.’

This is one b it o f good news for the indoor trackers, a sort o f respite from the g rue ling weeks of s tiff competition that has proceeded the A le x Wilson.

Both of Notre Dame’s teams w ill look to take their respec­tive successes from the Big East meet into this weekend. The wom en fin ish e d seven places higher than it did last season in sixth-place. The fin ­ish was la rg e ly due to the impressive class of freshmen, who should continue to tear through competition.

F reshm an E m ily B ienko saved her best perform ance fo r “ the b ig t im e .” She placed fourth at the Big East m eet w ith a season-long th ro w o f 43-2 1/2. No one qualified for the women at the Alex Wilson last season.

Two o th e r fre sh m e n , D om in ique C a llow ay and Je n n ife r E n g e lh a rd t, have been on the victory stand all season. Both w ill be using the

Senior Jeff Hojnacki and ju ­n io r E rro l W illiam s w ill be am ong those who have a lre a d y q u a lif ie d fo r the NCAA’s who use this meet as a p re p a ra tio n . They also hope to improve on last year’s performances.

W illiams placed fourth last season in the 55-meter h u r­dles but is considerably faster th is year. His time o f 7.44 seconds in the 55 at the Big East m eet was .13 seconds faster than his time last sea­son.

Senior pole vau lte r David Gerrity has also improved on last year’s jumps. He placed seventh in the previous Alex Wilson w ith a vault of 15-9.

The Big East meet was the scene o f the re tu rn o f A llen Rossum. After spending near­ly two years away from the track, Rossum posted a 6.23- second time in the 55-meter dash. The time is .03 seconds o ff o f Raghib Ism ail’s record for the Meyo track in Loftus.

“ T h is is an a ll-co m e rsAlex Wilson Inv ita tiona l and meet,” said Connelly. “Therethe subsequen t m eetsp re p a ra tio n fo r the NCAA of teams.

w ill be bits and pieces of a lot

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Others w ill be looking to im ­prove on last year’s results at

W ith dispersed talent v is it­ing this weekend, Irish trackstars should shine brightly in Loftus.

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ND tips-off against ProvidenceBy DAVE TREACYAssociate Sports Editor

Notre Dame did not fare well in its la s t o u tin g aga ins t Providence College, to say the least. In w h a t can on ly be termed a massacre, the Friars pressed the Irish into an 82-59 decision. But that was over two months ago, and Notre Dame is a different team now than they were then.

“ We’ve gotten a lit t le more confidence since we last played them ,” guard Pete M ille r as­sessed. “ People know th e ir roles, and we’re playing more together as a team.”

G uard Jam el Thom as led Providence in scoring in the last contest, a testam ent to th e ir finesse. Ir is h coach John MacLeod sees many layers to the F r ia rs th a t m ake them tough to handle.

“ The com bination o f speed, quickness, power, and finesse that they have is really tremen­d ou s ,” he com m ented. “ T hey ’ve played w e ll on the road aga inst W isconsin and Texas, and those are two teams that are not easy wins, but they got them both.”

Hopefully, the Irish w ill learn from previous mistakes in order to p re ve n t h is to ry from re ­peating itself.

“ Last tim e we had a lo t o f problems w ith th e ir pressure right away,” guard Pete M iller recalled. “They’re really quick, really athletic, and they put a lot of defensive pressure on us. We didn’t handle that well, and wo never got into our offensive flo w . W e’ re re a lly going to have to concentrate on beating the trap and taking care of the ball a little better.”

The trap is only one area of the game that the Irish w ill try to improve. MacLeod cited bet­ter shot selection and offensive rebounding as areas tha t his

squad w i l l co n ce n tra te on against the Friars.

S ittin g atop the Big East 7 standings w ith a 10-5 confer­ence re co rd (19 -7 o v e ra ll) , P rov idence has no t s low ed down th is season. F orw ard Austin Croshere, a 6-9 senior forward, is showcasing his ta l­ents, and has led his team in scoring in six of their last seven contests. He also has led the squad in re b o u n d in g th re e times in that same span.

“Austin is a tough competitor. H e ’s re a lly p la y in g w e ll fo r them , and he ’ l l be a g re a t match-up for Pat (Garrity).”

Garrity has continued to put up numbers befitting of a po­ten tia l Big East p layer o f the year, and, like C roshere, is counted on to clean the glass as w e ll. The m atch-up may be one of the best that’ll be found in the Joyce Center this season.

N otre Dame has puzz led many a baske tba ll fan as o f late. A fte r chugging through th re e s tra ig h t w ins over St. John's, Connecticut, and West Virginia, they suffered a tough loss a t the hands o f the Villanova Wildcats last Sunday,

then followed it up w ith a loss to Seton Hall, playing the sec­ond ha lf in a funk. Which team w i l l show up to face Providence?

“We have to get over that loss (to Seton H a ll) r ig h t n o w ,” M ille r recognized. “ We only have three games le ft (before the Big East tournament), and we can’t make excuses. The way we lost that game (to Seton Hall) was not acceptable, but we can’t sit back and feel sorry for ourselves. We have to come out Saturday and put that game behind us.”

Part of the problem has been the lack of a k ille r instinct. But i t is a problem tha t the team knows it needs to address.

“We have to learn not to let a team back into a game. Coach always says you’ve got to take away th e ir w i l l to liv e , and tha t’s something we’re going to have to do over the next three games,” M ille r said. “ I t ’s the time when the good teams step up and the one’s that don’t are the ones that stay home. So it's tim e fo r us to step up r ig h t now.”

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SOFTBALL

Softball squad sets sights high despite graduationsBy ALLISON KRILLASports W riter

Losing a core of seniors led by a two-time All-American pitch­er could loom like an ominous cloud over the future of a soft­ball team. Unless, of course, yo u ’ re N otre Dame, who re tu rns one o f the s trongest senior classes in school history for the 1997 season.

Headlined by 1996 Big East p laye r o f the ye a r, M eghan Murray, the senior class seeks to provide leadership and expe­rience for the Irish. Co-captain Katie Marten, Notre Dame’s ca­reer stolen bases leader, Joy B a tte rsby , a hard th ro w in g r ig h t-h a n d e d h u r le r , L iz Perkins, a strong-armed versa­t ile a th le te , and K a ra McMahon, a 1996 firs t-tea m all-Big East selection have their sights set on a fourth stra ight NCAA tournament appearance and a Big East title.

“There is no question the ex­perience of knowing how to win game after game is going to be a valuable asset to our team th is ye a r," sa id Ir is h head coach Liz Miller.

M ille r w ill rely on return ing s ta rte rs , sophom ore Ange la Bessolo and Battersby to pick up where they left o ff last sea­son to lead the Irish p itch ing staff. Bessolo garnered 1996 Big East co-rookie o f the year honors after a 19-8 campaign, including a 1.46 ERA and five shutouts. Battersby, a 1996 second-team all-Big East selec­tion, was a flawless 5-0 against conference com petition and a career-best .643 w inn ing per­centage on the season. Junior r ig h t-h a n d e r K e lly N icho ls rounds out a talented staff w ith p inpo in t contro l. Nichols led the NCAA in saves the past two seasons and needs four more saves to become the NCAA all- time saves leader. Her control wreaked havoc on Big East op­ponents in 1996, holding con­ference foes to a .068 batting average and not a llow ing any runs.

On the receiving end of Notre Dame’s s te lla r p itch ing staff, sophomore K ris tina McCleary and jun io r Korrie Allen look to provide leadership behind the p late. M cC leary’s so lid play earned her a starting position

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“ K ristina brings great in ten­sity every time she is behind the plate,” said Miller.

Look for Korrie Allen to con­tinue her tradem ark defense behind the p la te , along w ith clutch offensive performances. Allen sparked the offense as a pinch-hitter in 1996 connecting fo r 8 RBIs on 15 h its . Freshman Tara King could also see a c tion at ca tch e r th is spring.

Behind the talented battery mates, Notre Dame returns the entire infield, anchored by co­c a p ta in M eghan M u rra y at shortstop. The senior became the f irs t Notre Dame softball player to h it over .400 in a sea­son when she batted .402 in 1996. M urray, last season’s team leader in ba tting , h its , RBI, tr ip le s and home runs, looks to power the Irish offense once again.

T h ird -b a se m a n K araMcMahon guards the hot cor­ner w ith a s tro n g arm th a t places her fifth on the all-time Notre Dame assist list w ith 233. Junior Kelly Rowe started 23 of the last 24 games o f 1996 at first base, posting a .970 fie ld­ing percentage. Sophomore Dawn Cunningham played 59 games at second base last sea­son, starting in 53, and display­ing h e r f le e t fe e t w ith n ine stolen bases in nine attempts.

“ Dawn is one of our quickest players and it shows when she is on the bases,” said coach Miller.

Sophomore Amy Laboe and freshman Lisa Tully should also see time in the in fie ld for the Ir ish th is spring. Both b ring versatility and intensity to the lineup.

F a m ilia r faces anchor the outfie ld again th is season, as Liz Perkins and jun io r Jennifer

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Photo courtesy of Notre Dame Sports InformationKristina McCleary looks to improve on her freshman campaign.

Giampaolo come back to le ft fie ld and center fie ld , respec­tively. Perkins provides offen­sive power, bringing 33 career doub les to an a lre a d y so lid team. Her 15 assists last sea­son prove her ab ility to cover the left side of the outfield.

Giampaolo’s speed in center translated to success in 1996, as Jennifer received first-team all-Big East accolades. Her ag­gressive o ffens ive p lay con­tributed to a .387 average and 82 h its , both second on the team last season.

Jun io r Joanna Zuhoski and freshman Sarah Mathison w ill fight for the starting job in right fie ld , a void le ft by Academic A ll-Am erican Jenna Knudson. Z u h o s k i’s speed he lped the team in 1996, as a pinch run ­ner w ith 15 runs scored and nine stolen bases. Katie Marten

w ill also see tim e in the ou t­fie ld, although her strength is mainly as the designated hitter.

Coach M ille r w ill re ly on the entire team to fill the voids left by the class of 1996, but offense plays a p a rticu la rly im portant role as a key to success for the 1997 campaign.

“W ith our team balance and contributions from every player on the team, we are looking to score more runs this year,” said Miller.

The B ig East p re -season South Division leaders take to the road this weekend fo r the A r iz o n a S tate T o u rn a m e n t. They face Wisconsin and host A r iz o n a S tate to da y and square-off against Indiana and Iowa on Saturday. The tough com petition here w ill set the table for a 1997 season fu ll of expectations.

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The Observer/Mike RumaFavorite Mike Mantey prepares to defend his 190 pound title.

BENGAL BOUTS

Match-up125

M att Peacock (Bye)

157

David T h e Gingerbread Man" Seerveld (Bye)

Chris 'Little Mac" Owens (Bye)

Brian "Humpty" Dillon (Bye)

135

Tomm y "Go Ahead and Sign Your" Will John 'Sausage King" Froman

Sean "R azor SharpePete T h e Bucksnort B raw ler Meyer

David T h e Gaelic Gale" M urphy Michael T h e Roof in on Fire Maguire

Dominic "The Menace" Fahey Lucas "El Mariachi" Molina

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Fred "Irish Stout" Kelly Brendan "Not 90210" Walsh

Brian T h e Superfly Southpaw" Daigle M atthew Ramarge

Richard "The Big Torpedo" Johnson Thomas "K iller Cronley

Kevin "Boom Boom" Buccellato Ted "The Ragin" Roman" Pagano

150

Doug "Pistol" Pollina Andrew T h e Daddy" McElhinney

Steve "I'm gonna beat you silly" Allan Patrick "A-TAT-TAT" Boulafentis

Stefan "The Hatchet Man" Schroffner Stephan Tone" Locher

Michael "Crazy" Eberly Jeffrey "Maddog" Meilin

155

Damen "Bronko" Affinito Joshua "Berwyn Looper Kirley

John "OUCH" DeSplinterDavid "You'll Feel Like Spam" Kirzedeer

Pete T ito T itte rto nDaniel "Upside Your Head" Burtipus

Roger T h e Storming Mormon" Gorman M att "MOJO" Berilla

Chris "The Polish Prince" Sikora Kevin "Motion to Strike" Murphy

Brendan "Dog - Dog" McGuire Stefan "El Matador" Molina

Jeevan "Black Death" Subbiah Tim "DooDah" Irwin

Michael "Dip Dog" LaDuke John "Place Your Betz" Kmetz

160

Rich "Rachael's Dad" Molloy (Bye)

Thomas "Tulsa Tornado" Biolchini Alex T h e Corn Cob Kid" Kerrigan

Kevin "The Shaman" GaffneyTom "Go to Your Happy Place" Roderick

John "Big Bang" Berry Chip "Off th — - .......I the Old Block" Farrell

165

John "You W on't Last" Christoforetti Peter Kelly

David "Drop the Smack" Scott "The Colonel" Potter

Benny "Ranger" Rost Daniel "The Sandman" Ryan

Keith "Rope-a-Dopey" DeBickes Ryan "The Scar" Rans

170

Pat "Take Two of These ' Maciariello (Bye)

Sean "Strong Enough..." Mahoney Josh T h e W recking Ball" Akers

Charlie T h e Beastie" Vazac Norm "The Barber" Beznoska

Eric "The Tick" HovanSeth "Take Your Last Breath" Roy

175

Ted "The Bear" Lefere Andrew "Big Cat" Riederer

Chris "Doom" Dobranski Sean "Smack Attack" Sircher

James "Bunch of Love" Bundschuh M att "Was There Ever Any" Dowd\

Bryan T h e Norweigan Bomber" Harkins Andrew T h e Brazilian Bruiser" Herbert

Brian "The Nutty Irishman" Gaffney Kyle "Smokin" Bluegrass" Smith

Michael "Guns Don't I Do" Romanchek Joey T h e Loco Lefty" Leniski

Jason T h e Machine" LineenAaron "May the Force Be W ith You" Yodi

Adam "Monsoon" June Mike "King of the Ring" DeBiasi

Mike "This Blood's For You" Mantey (Bye)

Craig "Sasquatch" Prins David "What the" Buckley

Matt "I'm a Lubber not a Fighter" Lubbei Michael "Piston" Velten

Michael "Bosco" O'Donnell Todd "Damage Inc.' Carcelli

Troy "C-Bass" Phillips (Bye)

John T h e Bomb Barsic Chris "Maverick" Craytor

Felipe "Sigo Aciendo El" Reynoso Chris T h e Conzanian Devil ' Conoscenti

Chad "Money Shot" Stracensky Dave "Kickin'" Butz

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Dave "Kid Areola" Monahan (Bye)

Justyn T h e Pudgy Pugilist" Ha (Bye)

Michael "Phantom of the Hood" Romero (Bye)

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Newcomers will get their shots inBy KATHLEEN LOPEZSports Writer

W ith the la rge m a jo r ity o f newcomers to the Bouts, learn­ing has been the major empha­sis in these weeks leading up to the actual tournament.

Some newcomers have risen to be possible contenders in their respective divisions, such as ju n io r Josh Akers. Akers has been a real surprise in the 170-pound division.

“ If you are looking for a new­comer, Josh Akers is tough ,” sa id d e fe nd ing 170 -pound cham p ion , se n io r Pat Maciariello.

“ He is very muscular, he hits hard and he is a le ft-handed boxer. And being a left-handed boxer can be an advantage.”

Maciariello is the favored in his weight class, and he earned himself a bye in the firs t round. J u n io r N orm Beznoska and senior Seth Roy also w il l be forces to reckon with.

Roy made it all the way to the finals in last year’s bouts, but fell to John Christoforetti in the fina ls o f the 165-pound d iv i­sion.

“The two guys that are tough in th is w e igh t class are Seth Roy and Norm Beznoska,” said M ac ia rie llo . “ Those are the most experienced guys in this

weight class."“ This is one o f the toughest

brackets that we have got just lo o k in g a t the peop le ," said Beznoska. “The top four seeds a re a ll re a lly good. Pat M a c ia r ie llo is the de fend ing champ, and he is definitely one of the best out there. Seth R oy* is rea l good. He is a power p u n ch e r, and he has good skills.”

“ The No. 4 seed Josh Akers, is a firs t year kid, but he is re­ally tough. He should do really well this year. Charlie Vorae is a freshman, but he should do real good. I th ink that he might s u rp ris e some people th is year."

When it comes to experience, a m a jo rity o f the boxers w ill agree that Christoforetti has the most experience of all.

He has to be the favorite in the 165-pound d iv is ion . He captured the 165 title last year and looks to repeat.

“ I know tha t by ju s t having John (C h r is to fo re tt i) in the bracket makes it a very tough b ra cke t,” said ju n io r captain Ryan Rans.

“ Obviously ju s t the level of in te n s ity th a t he b rings to a fig h t, is ju s t m ore than most guys have. Also he brings in experience, which is key in a fight.”

A lthough, there are several who are lo o k in g to give Christoforetti quite a challenge, including one of his fellow cap­tains, Rans. Rans got the No. 2 seed and is set to face another co n te n d e r, se n io r K e ith DeBickes.

“ Obviously the No. 2 seed, Ryan Rans is the big talk in this (bracket) because we are great fr ie n d s ,” said C h ris to fo re tti. “ He is an awesome jun io r cap­tain, and so hopefully if we both do w ell a ll the way through, that’s what we are both looking at.

“ Both K e ith DeBickes and Ben Rost are firs t year guys. They both have been here ev­ery day and have been working very hard . The m a jo r ch a l­lenge in the b ra cke t fo r me would be having to fight Ryan (Rans) because he is such a good friend.”

The 175-pound weight class looks to be stacked w ith talent also. Chris Dobramski charac­terizes this specific weight class as quick yet strong.

Junior Bryan Harkins is first year fighter, but he looks to be another solid athlete.

Senior Matt Dowd is looking to repeat his finals appearance. Last year he made it all the way but failed to seize the champi­onship.

Boutscontinued from page 24

Gaffney’s main competition looks to come from retu rn ing finalist Mike DiBiase.

“ DiBiase is a great all-around fighter," said Butz. “ He’s got some o f the best technique in the club.”

“ Everybody in th a t w e igh t class is tough,” said Butz. “ It ’s maybe the most stacked class.”

The same cannot be said, at least right now, about the 190- pound class.

Basically, i t ’s two-time cham­pion Mike Mantey and every­body else.

“ T he re ’s a lo t o f guys who don’t have much experience,” Mantey said. “ I ’m not sure, but I don’t know if any of them competed last year.”

There are a few things that worry Mantey, though.

“ They are young, so you never know. Plus, there "are a few lefties and that can throw you off.”

Much the same can be said of the 200-pound w eight class, w here th e re is one know n- quantity, Phillips, and a bunch of newcomers.

“ The new guys have improved a lot so i t ’s a pretty good class,” Phillips said.

Much o f th a t im provem ent comes from the help of Phillips.

“ He’s jus t tough,” Butz said of Phillips. “Plus, he’s a great guy. He’s always helping.”

Butz may be Phillips’ biggest challenge.

“One guy that I have noticed is Dave B u tz ,” said M antey. “ I ’ve sparred w ith him and he can h it.”

Though the experience isn’t q u ite th e re in m any o f the heavier classes, the numbers are. And that is important.

“ The coach (Tom Sudded) was really excited because we have a number of guys at 200,” Butz noted. “ In the past, they h a ve n ’ t had too m any big guys."

“ It ’s all like a cycle,” Mantey added. “ R ight now, a lo t o f guys are young, b u t i f they s tick w ith it, then th ey ’ ll be experienced down the road. I ju s t hope they en joy th e ir experience.”

Someone is bound to enjoy his experience in the heavy­weight division. JLast year, the champion (Tim Regan) won the t it le w ith o u t having to fig h t (bye, fo r fe it) , bu t th is year, there are four contestants bat­tling to take home the title.

“ No one re a lly know s a whole lo t-about these guys,” Phillips said. “ We’ll find out Sunday."

The Observer/Mike RumaSenior John Kametz goes through one last practice before he will step in the ring for real when this Sunday rolls around.

Friday, February 21, 1996 The Observer • SPORTS page 21

Crowded classes force adjustmentsBy BETSY BAKERAssistant Sports Editor

In boxing, the weight classes between 150-pounds and 160- pounds usually combine ju s t enough size w ith an even greater amount of speed. Add some experience to th a t and you've got a good match. Such is the case for the 150 to 160- pound weight classes fo r this year’s Bengal Bouts.

When the 67th annual run of the event kicks o ff this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. a t the Joyce Center, you can plan to see some exciting matches come* from the 150, 155, 157 and 160-pound weight classes.

If it seems strange that there be four weight classes so close together, don’t worry, i t is an unusua l o ccu rre n ce .H ow ever, due to the g re a t turnout, the 1997 Bouts have had — over 90 boxers w ill step in the ring on Sunday — and the density w ith in these four classes, they had to create the 157-pound class.

It is no t unusua l to see a large number of fighters gravi­ta tin g to these classes, bu t senior officer John Kmetz gave an added reason for this.

“A lot o f guys cut away from Christoforetti,” Kmetz said o f fe llow o fficer and roomm ate John Christoforetti, a two-time Bengal Bout Champion who w ill compete in the 165-pound weight class. “So they all end up in the 155-160 classes.”

S till, the 150 to 160-pound classes boast some talent and experience o f their own.

Kmetz, a tw o-tim e fina lis t, w ill compete as the No. 2 seed in the n e w ly -c re a te d 157- pound class and hopes to final­ly get a tas te o f v ic to ry . Standing in his way, however, is defending champion, senior Chris Sikora. Kmetz must first get by a sizable sophomore, Mike LaDuke.

“ He's ta lle r than me and he has a great reach," Kmetz said o f his firs t opponent.

Km etz rem ains con fiden t, though , and hopes to see a match-up between himself and the top-seeded Sikora in the fi­nals.

“ Sikora and 1 both fight very s k ille d and c lean f ig h ts ," K m etz com m ented . “ I f we fight in the finals, it w ill be the kind o f fight the fans love but the o f f ic ia ls hate because you’ll get seven or eight good punches in a ro w , and you can’t te ll who’s h itting who.”

Kmetz also generalized that comment to include the 157- pound class as a whole.

“ The re are a few w e ig h t classes that 1 wouldn’t want to me a part of, and mine is one o f them ," he added. “ But I don’t th ink you’ll see any slop­py f ig h t in g in o u r w e ig h t class."

The 160-pound class looks to be one of the most competitive classes in this year’s bouts.

“That [160-pound] w ill abso­

lu te ly be the toughest class this year,” Christoforetti said. “A ll the way down the bracket, there are really solid fighters.”

Heading the class is gradu­ate student, R ichard Molloy, who in his firs t year has made an im p ress ive show ing , so impressive that it earned him the top seed o f th is h ig h ly - tou ted class. On h is heels, how eve r, w i l l be tw o -tim e finalist Chip Farrell. Farrell, a jun ior, has made it to the final round in both of his previous years, but is ready to claim it.

’ 1 feel like I have something to prove to m yse lf," F a rre ll said. “ I ’ve seen the promised land, but haven’t reached it .”

Farrell knows the challenge that lies ahead of him.

“ There a re n 't going to be any easy fights for anyone," he added. “The No. 1 seed is a great boxer. It’s only his first year, but he’s very talented."

Throw in Tom Biolchini, who hails from one o f the most fa­mous families in Bengal Bouts h istory, and i t is understood why th is class is supposed to be the most competitive.

Down to the 150-pound class, defending champ Doug Pollina is the man to watch, b u t expect new com er J.R. M e llin to make a run at the title.

“ I expect i t to be re a l c o m p e tit iv e ," P o llin a com ­m ented . “ You never know what to expect, and I th ink i t ’s a tough weight class."

Students drop books in exchange for glovesBy M IKE DAYAssistant Sports Editor

W hen the f i r s t punch is th ro w n Sunday to o f f ic ia l ly open up the 67 th year o f Bengal Bouts, s tuden ts w i l l have the opportun ity to view th e ir c lassm ates as th e y ’ve never seen them before.

Right before the ir eyes, nor­mally reserved, m ild mannered students w ill be transfo rm ed into a group of aggressive, yet disciplined fighters, slugging it out w ith one another for three heart-stopping rounds.

For more than six weeks, the boxers have been build ing up to Sunday a day when hopes and dreams w ill be put on the line in front of classmates, fac­ulty and fans.

And as is the case w ith the 145-pound class, there w ill be plenty of faces that they haven’t seen before.

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Freshm an B rendon W alsh, senior Mathew Ramarge, fresh­man Brian Daigle, jun io r Dicky Johnson and sophomore Kevin Buccellato w ill be competing for the first time.

Kelly, the defending champi­on of the 145-pound class, w ill face Walsh, w h ile Daigle w ill

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“ Even though I lack experi­ence, my d e te rm in a tio n w ill make up for it ,” said Ramarge. “ My co nd ition ing has helped me a lot, and I ’ve been deter­m ined to w o rk as h a rd as I could to make up for my lack of experience.”

Pagano, the run ne r-u p last year in the 140 pound division, w i l l e n co u n te r B u cce lla to , w h ile C ron ley w i l l face Johnson.

“ He (Johnson) is a southpaw, so that makes it a bigger chal­lenge,” said Cronley. “ Lefties a re d if f ic u l t because th e ir power punch comes at you in a different way.”

“ I ’l l ju s t have to stay w ith in m yse lf and f ig h t my type o f fight.”

In the 135-pound class, jun ior Lucas Mollina, sophomore Tom W ill and ju n io r Sean Sharpe fought in last year’s bouts.

But like the 145-pound d iv i­sion, there are five new com­petitors this year.

W il l , the d e fe n d in g 130- pound ch am p io n and e a rly favorite, is slated to fight fresh­man John Froman.

Sharpe, a semifinalist a year ago, w ill encounter senior Pete M eyer in the top h a lf o f the bracket.

“ He’s (Sharpe) a litt le ta lle r than me, probably about three or fo u r inches,” said Meyer. “ He’s definitely got some reach on me. I shou ld be a l i t t le quicker inside.”

In the battle o f newcomers, sophomore David M urphy w ill knock gloves w ith freshm an M ichael M aguire, and M olina w ill face sophomore Dominic Fahey to round out the division.

M olina , who competed last year in the 155-pound class, has trim m ed down consider­ably and is expected to cha l­lenge W ill fo r the tit le in the competitive division.

“ I ’ve done a lo t o f runn ing and bag w o rk to b u ild my endurance,” said Mollina.

“ I th in k my endurance and experience should be a big fac­to r.”

W ith ju n io r M a tt Peacock, sophom ores David Seerveld, Chris Owens, and Brian Dillon as the on ly fo u r in the 125- pound class, the group w ill not fight until Wednesday’s semifi­nals.

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Dream quickly turns to realityBy T IM SHERMANSports Editor

Becoming the head coach at Notre Dame has to be a dream for many football coaches, no matter what the level. A fter 15 years in coaching Bob Davie has achieved that dream.

Now, the nightmare starts. “You don’t feel pressure (as

the head coach),” Davie said. “You feel obligation. You sense and realize how many people are a ffected by N otre Dame football. You feel an obligation to do the right things. I felt that as assistant but being the head coach you feel the obligation to make decision. Someone told me a long time ago, i t ’s easy to make suggestions, i t ’s hard to make decision.”

W e ll, Davie is fas t g e ttin g accustomed playing the role of decision-maker but that doesn’t mean he’s to ta lly settled into much of a comfort zone.

“ To be honest, you have to have some success (as a head coach) be fore you t ru ly feel comfortable,” said Davie. “ I ’m totally comfortable in my ab ili­ties, bu t le t ’s face it, yo u ’re judged on what happens next fa ll. The rea l evaluation lies ahead. The long-range is to build a foundation, but first you have to win some games.”

W hile September 5th is the date circled on everybody’s cal­endar for the winning to begin the p re p a ra tio n has a lready begun. Currently, the squad is well into the annual w inter con­d itio n in g program and Davie has already left his mark.

“ W e ’ re fo cus in g on m ore speed drills this w in te r,” Davie said. “ In the past, we’ve done a lo t o f a g il ity d r i l ls b u t now we’re working on speed, trying to im p ro ve 40 (ya rd dash) times. Also, we’re doing a lot of the type of drills they do in the NFL combines. We’re ca lling them “ combine d rills .”

There w ill also be some vari­ations come spring practices.

“We’ll probably h it a lot less,” Davie expla ined. “ I t w i l l be a lm ost a ll te a ch in g . W e ’ re going to really try and teach a

lo t o f schemes and game a. W e ’ re go ing to teach th ird - downs, goal-line, and situations like m ilking the clock at the end of the game.”

There is one m ore change th a t w ill sure ly make people take notice. “ The quarterback w ill w ear a red s h ir t ,” Davie revealed.

Ron Powlus su re ly doesn’ t need the extra media attention that is bound to come w ith the red shirt, but he’s going to be the one to get it.

“ I th ink it is the case that Ron is No. 1 ,” Davie c o n firm e d . “ Ron ended the season last year as the number one quarterback and I e ve ryw h e re I ’ ve ever been, the guy that ended up the p r io r season as the s ta rt in g q u a rte rb a c k came back the next season as the No. 1 quar­terback. “

When it comes to other per­sonnel, though, there w ill be handful of possible changes.

“ Brad W illiam s is going to play nose guard ,” Davie said. “ A fte r ta lk in g about i t w ith Coach M attison and know ing w h a t we need and kn ow ing Brad, his best position is nose guard.”

Other possible candidates for position changes mentioned by Davie w ere Joey Goodspeed and M ike Gandy. Goodspeed could possibly move to a line­backer position, while Gandy, recru ited as a tig h t end, may shift over to defensive end.

“You can only make changes i f the p layers w an t to make changes,” Davie stressed.

One player who w ill be stay­ing still is freshman safety Deke Cooper.

“ H e ’s g e tt in g b ig ge r and stronger and looks good in the weight room,” Davie observed.

T h a t’s good news fo r Ir ish fans, as is the assertion Davie

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t ra n s fe rs ,” Davie s ta ted . “ Everyone is solid. Now, you ca n ’ t get ins ide e ve ryon e ’ s head. But everyone is excited abou t o p p o r tu n ity . Change leads to opportunities. “

W illiams, along w ith Jarious

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“ I ’ve addressed it w ith each one,” said Davie. “ Just the situ­a tion w ith people assum ing things w ith Ron Powlus back. Just the situation itself, people think there is something there. And w ith Brad W illia m s , its to ta lly fa lse . I d o n 't know where tha t s coming from . I th ink somewhere from the West coast. I ’m not saying a player w ill never transfer, but there are no red flags on everyone.”

T ra n s fe r ta lk is one area where the intense scrutiny sur­rounding Notre Dame football is quite apparent. Davie is fast rea liz in g tha t he is the focal p o in t o f i t a ll and everyone wants to hear what he has to say.

“That all comes w ith the job ,” Davie conceded. “ I ’ve spoken to the A lumni Club in Chicago and to the Monogram Club. I have th in g s like th a t a ll throughout the month.”

And i f Davie follows the hectic speaking tour predecessor Lou Holtz followed it ’s only going to get worse. But that may not be a safe assumption.

“ I ’m going to s it down and th in k a ll th a t th ro u g h ,” said Davie re g a rd in g extens ive weekly engagements such as Q uarte rback Club luncheons and the pep rallies.

“ T hey ’ ll a ll con tinue bu t I may not p lay as strong o f a ro le on a w eekly basis. I ’m going to th in k th i t and see w h a t I ’ m m ost co m fo rta b le doing. My focus is going to be on the players and day to day things. Everyor* is different.”

“ So fa r, I ’ve accepted very few speaking engagement. I t ’s been one step at a time. The im portan t th ing is bu ild ing a foundation, so I ’ve been slow to do things outside of football.”

How long he can m a in ta in such an outlook is the question.

“ The challenge is the tim e management. If you come into the o ffice w ith o u t a specific plan, you can get sidetracked so easily.”

The n ig h tm a re has ju s t begun.

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Notre Dame’s women’s swim- ming and diving team stands in second place and the men in seventh after the second day of action at the Big East sw im ­m ing and d iv in g c h a m p i­onships. Competition resumes F rid a y a t the W e rb lin Recreation Center at Rutgers U n iv e rs ity and co n tin u e d through Saturday February 22. Miami leads the women’s com­petition w ith 284 points, w ith Notre Dame second w ith 244 points, and Villanova th ird with 213. P itts b u rg h leads the men’s division w ith 244 points while Syracuse has 226. The seventh-place Irish have 11.

Notre Dame’s women’s swim­ming and diving team had two sw im m ers post NCAA co n ­s id e ra tio n tim es in the 500 freestyle as jun io r Linda Gallo set a new school record as she took second in 4 :51 .5 1 . Freshman Alison Newell was

fourth w ith her NCAA consid­era tion tim e o f 4:54.59 while freshman Allison Hollis placed 14th in 5:03.33. In the 200 in ­dividual medley, Notre Dame’s M olly Beeler, Liz Barger and Anne lacobucci placed sixth, seventh and e ig h t w h ile Shannon Suddarth was 13th.

Another school record fell in the 50 freesty le as Courtney South swam 23.93 to break the 24-hour old record of 23.97 set by L a u ra Shepard on Wednesday in the 200 freestyle relay. Shepard took seventh in the 50 freestyle in 24.18.

The Ir is h c o n tin u e d th e ir re la y success they had on Wednesday w ith firs t and sec­ond-place finishes as they were second once again this time on Thursday in the 400 medley re la y . The team o f E rin B rooks, B r it ta n y K lin e , L iz B a rge r and C ou rtney South posted and NCAA consideration time of 3:47.25, another school record.

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Bouts

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vs. Providence, Tomorrow, 4 p.m.

vs Seton Hall, Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.

vs, Western Michigan, Today, 7 p.m.

M en’s and W om en’s Tennis at National Indoor

Team Championships, February 21-23

at Northwestern Meet, Tomorrow

Part two o f Davie series

see page 22

Complete Bengal Bouts coverage

see pages 20-21

SPORTSpage 24 Friday, February 21, 1996

■ Bengal Bouts

The Observer/Mike RumaSenior Troy Phillips eyes a second straight Bengal Bouts title. The long road back begins this Sunday.

It’s time for the main event, Bengal BoutsBy T IM S H E R M A NSports Editor

Crowds w ill flock to the Joyce Center Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. prim arily w ith two things in mind.

First, they w ill be supporting the great cause of the Bengal missions in India.

In addition, they w ill go hoping to see one thing, knockouts.It is a safe bet that the missions w ill receive what they want,

but don’t be so sure that the knockout hungry fans w ill get a lot of what they want.

“The crowd wants to see people going toe-to-toe but your best chance of w inn ing is staying back and th in k in g and being patient and using your jab ,” said 200-pound Bouter Dave Butz.

“A lot of people' like to watch the bigger guys fight becausp one lucky punch can end the fight,” sophomore Butz said. “The coaches tell us to throw 80 percent jabs, especially for us first- year guys. They say box, don’t fight.”

But i f there ’s one pug ilis t who may have a b it o f trouble listening to that advice i t ’s 1996 185-pound champion Brian Gaffney.

One of the two favorites in this year’s 180-pound division, Gaffney made a name fo r h im se lf last year as a true free swinger.

It was effective but he’s attempting to become a more com­plete fighter.

“ He’s worked on moving a little more and his defense,” ob­served returning champion Troy Philips, who has sparred with Gaffney. “ But you never know, that may all go out the window once he gets in there and gets h it.”

see B O U T S / page 20

■ W o m e n ' s B a sketball

Stellar seniors make last standBy JOE C A V A T OSports W riter

7th AnnuNotre Damegal

Quarter Finals Semi-FinalsSunday, Feb 23 1:00pm Wednesday, Feb 26 7:30pm

Finals Saturday, Mar 1 8:00pm

_____________________________________________ Jon Kino / Observer

Finally, it’s time for MillerBy D A V E T R E A C YAssociate Sports Editor

The Observer/Rob FinchKatryna Gaither, second on Notre Dame’s all-time point list, will roam the paint at the Joyce one last time tomorrow.

■ M e n ' s B ask etb a ll

T o m o rro w n ig h t the N o tre Dame women’s basketball team w ill take to the Joyce Center floor fo r the last time this season. At the end of the contest w ith the Seton Hall Pirates, four of those dressed in Blue and Gold w ill walk off and leave the Joyce Center court behind them for the last time, and they w ill also leave behind a legacy.

“They (the seniors) have brought in the talent and the work ethic to raise the sta­tus o f the program and rea lly help us compete nationa lly ,” head coach Muffet McGraw said.

Before the Class o f 1997 stepped on campus, the Notre Dame women’s basket­ball program was a solid program in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. Since the ir freshman orientation, the women’s basketball team has compiled an 89-30 m ark. McGraw has seen the program burst onto the national scene and come to dominate the Big East conference w ith the Connecticut Huskies.

“When we came in here four years ago, we all hoped to raise the status of the pro­gram and had those expectations,” Beth Morgan said. “ Over those years, I th ink we have done that and its very exciting for us.”

The se n io r s ta rte rs , Beth M organ, Katryna Gaither, Rosanne Bohman and Jeannine Augustin along w ith Adrienne Jordan w ill be remembered in the history

see SENIO RS / page 15

Pete M iller was helped o ff the floor in the recent home game aga ins t W est V irg in ia a fte r catching an elbow to the head and getting a slight concussion. As he made his way to the lock­er room, he received a standing ovation from the crowd for his e ffo rts . U n fo r tu n a te ly , the banged-up M iller didn’t realize what was going on and doesn’t remember being noticed.

I t ’s funny how th a t w orks. For th ree years, Pete M ille r really wasn’t recognized for his contribu tion to the Ir ish p ro ­gram. And when the applause f in a lly came, he was b a re ly conscious enough to get o ff the court under his own power, let alone appreciate the tribute.

But fo r M ille r , the tr ib u te is n ’ t w h a t’s im p o r ta n t. He doesn’t care about applause or accolades. He cares abou t whether or not the team wins.

N otre Dame bea t W est Virginia 90-76.

“ Pete M ille r believes in the team,” agreed head coach John MacLeod. “ He’s w illing to put the team firs t, before his own statistics and before everything else. He’s sm a rt enough to know th a t i f the team w ins, then everyth ing else fo llow s, including individual attention.”

There are quite a few strange twists to M iller’s saga at Notre Dame. He was not recruited to

see M IL L E R / page 14

The Observer/Rob FinchSenior guard Pete Miller (center) has seen his share of ups and downs but has earned a starting role on this year’s squad.