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George Harrison, songwriter and guitarist for the Beatles, dies leaving fans
witn a long list of musical moments.
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Holy Cross may offer bachelor’s degrees
♦ College looks
into becoming fouryear institution
By MEGHANNE DOWNES
N ew s W riter
'A
KYUE CARTER/The Observer
Holy Cross C ollege is in vestigatin g a proposal to offer four-year bachelor’s d egrees. The College
currently offers two-year a s s o c ia te 's d eg rees.
a lu m s a n d s tu d e n t s who say
that they would love to stay for
four years,” Mangan said.
The college considered imple­
m e n tin g a b a c h e l o r ’s de g re e
program last year and has been
looking into it this ac a d e m ic
year, which is also the College’s
35th anniversary celebration.
Last week, a general informa­
tion meeting was held at Holy
Cross re g a rd in g the academic
e x p a n s i o n of th e sch oo l.
M arcum said th a t a dm in istra­
to r s e x p r e s s e d t h a t s tu d e n ts
would be inform ed of the col­
lege’s decision of w hether or not
it is a d o p tin g the p r o g r a m in
J a n u a r y or
we hear fro m F e b r u a r y of
Holy C ro ss C ollege c o u ld
expand its degree programs to
o ffe r f o u r - y e a r b a c h e l o r ’s
d e g r e e s in t h e n e a r f u t u r e ,
according to proposals currently
being developed at the College.
Pend in g a c c r e d ita tio n from
the North Central Association of
C olleges a n d
Schools, Holy
“M any tim es
Cross wants to
2002.
a lum s a n d stu d en ts who
o ffe r a fo u r“A lot of
year bachelor sa y th a t th ey w ould love to students are
of arts degree
e x c i t e d
sta y fo r fo u r years. ”
in addition to
b e c a u s e it
th e t w o - y e a r
p rovides a
a s s o c i a t e ’s
William Mangan
d iffe re n t
degree it cur­
vice president of Academic Affairs
atm o sp h ere
rently offers.
in c o m p a r i ­
The College
son to other
is in discussion stages with the colleges. It is small enough to be
a sso c ia tio n a b o u t tim in g and
a family, yet large e nough to
there is no firm schedule for the
p r o v id e o p p o r t u n i t i e s , ” s a id
site visit t h a t is n e c e s s a r y to Amelia M arcum , p r e s id e n t of
become accredited. The Board
the Student Advisory Council.
of Trustees are currently creat­
The bachelor degree program
ing a p r o p o s a l a n d h a v e not w o u ld be s e p a r a t e from the
announced what the time frame
a sso ciate degree program .
is for implementation, according Students who receive their asso­
to William Mangan, vice presi­ ciate d e g re e from Holy Cross
dent of Academic Affairs.
would have to reapply in order
“One of things in the forefront to gain admission into the bach­
of our thinking is that any bac­ elor degree program. This pro­
c alau reate program cannot
gram would also be open to stu­
negatively affect out associate
dents who want to transfer from
p r o g r a m a n d c u r r i c u l u m , ” other colleges or junior colleges.
Mangan said.
According to Marcum, admin­
T he p u s h for th e fo u r -y e a r
istrators said at the information
d e g r e e is a lso c o m in g fr o m
meeting they w ant to begin with
alumni and students.
see D EG REES/page 4
“M any tim es we h e a r from
B oard of G o vernance
Requested study day denied for next semester
By SHANNON NELLIGAN
News W riter
Kristen Matha, stu d e n t body
vice p r e s i d e n t , u p d a t e d th e
Board on the proposed study day
for the spring sem ester. It was
r e p o rte d th a t due to th e tim e
constraints on the proposal it is
unlikely th a t t h e r e will be a n
extra study day next semester.
The Board had asked the stu­
dent body earlier this sem ester
to return to campus one day e a r­
lier for the spring semester to be
a b le to t a c k on a s tu d y d a y
before finals. The proposal was
denied, and the spring semester
will begin on Tuesday, Dec. 15
as p la n n e d , a n d no stu d y day
will be added.
“We will w o rk on th e study
day proposal for the rem ainder
of th e y e a r
and we plan
to s e e it
im p le m e n t­
ed by spring
s e m e s te r in
th e
next
a c a d e m ic
y e a r , ”
Matha said.
Matha
In other BOG news:
T e re sa Lorenz, a m e m b e r of
th e S t u d e n t E n v i r o n m e n t a l
Action Coalition, requested funds ciency at the College.
from the Board of Governance to
“We h o p e to l e a r n h o w to
aid three students
m ake our
a n d o n e f a c u lty
cam pus
“We will w ork on the
m e m b e r who a re
m o r e
stu d y d a y proposal fo r
attending a Clean
e n v iro n ­
the rem ainder o f the year. ” m e n t a l l y
P ro d u ctio n and
P o l l u t i o n
frie n d ly
P rev en tio n
at
and
to
Kristen Matha
U niversities c o n ­
represent
Saint Mary’s
v e n tio n
in
o u r c lu b
student body vice president
H e r m o s i 11 o ,
and
th e
Mexico.
College at
This will be the
t h e
first year that students are able international level with our p re­
to particip ate in the three-day sentation,” Lorenz said.
conference. The purpose of the
Michelle Nagle, stu dent body
aonvention is to le a rn how to p r e s i d e n t , s u g g e s t e d t h a t
reduce waste and promote effi­ e n c o u ra g in g a n d help in g s t u ­
dents to attend such prestigious
international events will greatly
benefit the College community.
“T h e s t u d e n t s t h a t a t t e n d
these types of conventions will
b rin g b ac k a lot of im p o r ta n t
in f o r m a t io n a n d it will b r in g
international exposure to Saint
Mary’s,” Nagle said.
A f te r s o m e d e b a t e , BOG
moved to g r a n t $400 to cover
the convention fee. The rest of
the cost has been granted by co­
sponsorship with the Center for
W o m e n ’s
In tercu ltu ral
Leadership.
Contact Shannon Nelligan at
nell2040@saintmaiys.edu.
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I n s id e C o l u m n
D o you have
character?
Modern America, through its frank discourse
into previously unm entionable topics, has
found itself embroiled in a c onstant debate
about c haracter. W hat is c h a ra c te r? The
seemingly rhetorical
question is often left
p
p .
without an answ er. Does
the President have char------------------------acter? Who has the best
ch a ra c ter? Who has the
O p e ra tio n s
strongest c h a ra c ter?
M anager
On a national level,
these an sw ers seem
almost impossible to find. We are only privi­
leged with information provided to us by the
media and by public relations firms who earn
their wages by twisting and turning words and
events into scenarios of benefit to their clients.
On the local level, however, we a re given a
much deeper insight.
On the Notre Dame campus, for instance,
who has more c h a ra c ter? The students and
fans who run Web sites degrading and even
slandering a m an and his family? The alumni
who w e a r T-shirts of dissent against not only a
coach but also this University?
Or a man, who w hen faced with adversity,
steps up to the plate and re tu rn s focus to
w here it belongs — with the team he devoted
the past five years of his life to, to the players
he views as heroes. As Bob Davie said at
Sunday’s press conference “if my son Clay
grows up to be anything like one of those 70
young men we took to Purdue last w eekend, I
will consider myself a success.” This m an has
character.
Imagine having your d ream ripped from you
less than 12 months after it had been e xten d­
ed. Imagine even further, having experienced
the trium ph of victory and less than 12 hours
later being told you w ere no longer associated
with the program you’ve guided for most of
your recent memory. Keep on imagining, how ­
ever, for you still have not faced the hum ilia­
tion w rought on you and your family by incon­
siderate “fans” who have gone so far as to
place “for sale” signs in your front yard. This
is adversity.
Then stand up, face the c am e ra s and gaze of
a dozen or so m edia outlets and hold your
head high. Tell the nation how proud you are
of your team and how lucky you feel to have
been afforded the opportunity to coach at
Notre Dame. How lucky you are. Despite the
treatm ent you have received from its su p p o rt­
ers over the past few months. How lucky you
are.
Bob Davie saw and continues to see the big
picture. Life is not determ ined by wins and
losses on the football field, but by the way an
individual conducts himself in society. How
many men, when faced with the sam e situ a ­
tion, have spoken with vengeance and anger.
Quote Richard Nixon, “you w o n ’t have Nixon
to kick around a nym ore.” Instead, this man
spoke with dignity and class.
While I will agree with the fact th at he is not
the best coach for the program , as a Notre
Dame student, 1 am proud to have attended a
school w here a great m an like Bob Davie was
a m em ber of the faculty. Hopefully we all can
learn from him how to handle the tough situ a ­
tions that life throw s at us.
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IN SID E
Tuesday, D ecem ber 4, 2001
Q u o t e s o f t h e W eek
“It’s hard fo r me to hide
m y disappointment
that I w on’t be back as
the head football coach
o f Notre Dame. But
with that said, I accept
the decision. ”
7 had good
intentions to do
service when I fir s t
cam e here to Notre
Dame, but then I got
busy with other
things. ”
Bob Davie
former head football coach
on being fired Sunday
M elissa Rauch
senior on community
service
7 can’t even tell you
how m any times I ’ve
cried thinking that this
was going to be m y last
gam e with these guys. I
love these guys. I
would cut o ff m y arm
fo r these guys. ”
“To ha ve people
driving by a n d beeping
their horns ...to ha ve m ore
than io o people who I
d o n ’t even kn o w turn out
to support this cause, i t ’s
ju s t so affirming. ”
Rachel Soltis
Peace Coalition member on
community peace protest
Anthony Weaver
senior football player
BEYOND CAM PUS
Compiled fmm U-Wire reports
University denies mishandling sex-crimes
BOSTON
A lawyer for Boston University on
Friday denied allegation s m a d e by
former student Kristin Roslonski, who
claims the University covered up her
alleged rape and failed to collect med­
ical evidence pertinent to the case.
Roslonski filed a complaint with the
U.S. D e p a r tm e n t of E d ucatio n last
week claiming BU violated h e r civil
rights by mishandling the investiga­
tion into her alleged rape, attempting
to discredit her claims, misrepresent­
ing campus rape statistics and creat­
ing a hostile e n v iro n m e n t for rap e
victims. Her lawyers sent a demand
letter to BU on Nov. 5 threatening to
sue the University for $1.4 million.
BU Counsel Robert Smith said the
University would work with the DOE
and believed any possible investiga­
tion would back the University’s case.
s t a t e m e n t s r e l e a s e d by BU. A fte r
returning from a failed search to find
a p a rty in the Ashford Street a re a ,
Roslonski said friends pulled her into
a lounge w h ere she kissed and fon­
dled the student she later accused of
raping her, according to a police affi­
davit.
Later that morning, Roslonski went
to the student’s room w here she said
s h e first h ad c o n s e n s u a l o r a l sex
b e fo re the o th e r s tu d e n t allegedly
raped her with a vibrator.
BU police investigated, but no crim­
inal charges were ever filed. After an
in v e s t i g a t i o n by th e BU Office of
Judicial Affairs, Roslonski was s u s ­
pended until May 31, 2003, for sexual
h a r a s s m e n t an d alcohol violations.
Her alleged assailant was punished
for alcohol violations, BU spokesman
Colin Riley said last month.
“We will w o r k c lo se ly w ith th e
D e p a r t m e n t of E d u c a t i o n a n d
respond appropriately to any and all
in f o r m a t io n r e q u e s t s b e c a u s e wo
have nothing to hide,” he said.
Roslonski told BU au th orities she
had been drinking vodka with friends
on the fifth floor of Claflin Hall on
Nov. 5, 2000, a ccording to w itness
D a r t m o u t h C olleg e
H a r v a r d U n iv e r s it y
Student pleads guilty to professor’s death
Family of m issing professo r hires PI
Jam es Parker, one of the two teenagers charged in
the m u rders of two Dartmouth College professors, will
plead guilty to accomplice to second degree m urd er in
the d e a th of S u sa n n e Z an to p, the New H a m p sh ire
a ttorn ey g e n e r a l’s office ann o u n c e d e a rlie r Monday
afternoon. The p a rtie s have r e a c h e d an a g r e e m e n t
an d a plea h e a r in g has been sc h e d u led before the
Grafton County Superior Court on Friday, Dec. 7 at 9
a.m. “We have reached an agreem ent with the state of
New H a m p s h ir e w h ic h r e s o lv e s th e c a s e a g a i n s t
J im m y ,” P a r k e r , law yer for Cathy G reen said in a
statem ent. “Jimmy h a s m ade the decision to accept
responsibility for his actions, and is hopeful th a t his
plea will enable his family and that of the Zantops to
begin the healing process. He is now 17, and will pay a
very h eav y p ric e for his role in this t r a g e d y . ” On
Friday, the state is expected to present the full terms
of the a g re e m e n t, which would include a proposed
sentence; the agreem ent still has to be approved by a
judge.
While police have e m p h a siz e d the possibility th a t
missing Harvard University professor Don Wiley com­
mitted suicide, Wiley’s family m em bers said Saturday
tha t investigators have told them there is no evidence
besides his rental car — found abandoned on a bridge
— to su p p o rt th a t theory. T ha te th a t suicide keeps
getting brought up as the possibility ra th e r than one of
m any,” Wiley’s sister-in-law, Susan Wiley, said in her
home Saturday. “1 ju st d o n ’t think he committed sui­
c i d e . ” W iley , L oeb P r o f e s s o r o f B io p h y s ic s a n d
Biochemistry, was last seen at midnight Nov. 15 at-the
b a n q u e t for a scientific m ee tin g in Memphis. T here
were no signs of foul play when his c a r was found on
the H ernando de Soto Bridge — over the Mississippi
River — four hours later. Memphis Police Department
(MPD) Lt. Richard True, the d e p a r tm e n t’s spo ke spe r­
son for the Wiley case, said last week that based on
p a s t c a s e s w ith s im ila r e v id e n c e , “i n d ic a tio n s a r e
[Wiley] parked the car on the bridge and look his own
life.”
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Bush warns public to stay alert during war
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WASHINGTON
P resid en t
B ush
urged
Americans on Monday to return
to a high state of alert for holi­
day season terrorist strikes after
U.S. intelligence officials report­
ed a n i n c r e a s e in c r e d i b l e
threats.
H o m e la n d Security D irector
Tom Ridge, standing in for Bush
to a n n o u n c e the th ird go v e rn ­
ment alert since the Sept. 11 sui­
cide hijackings, said the infor­
mation does not point to a spe­
cific t a r g e t or type of a tta c k ,
e ith e r in the U nited S tate s or
abroad.
“The convergence of informa­
tion suggests, ladies and gentle­
m e n of A m e r ic a , you k n o w ,
w e’re at war, be on alert,” Ridge
to ld r e p o r t e r s in th e W h ite
House briefing room.
“Now is not the time to back
off,” Ridge said, echoing a warn-
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Monday.
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enforcement
a g e n c ie s
“on
th e
h i g he s t
a l e r t "
because
of threats
culled
f r o m
in te lli­
g e n c e
Bush
so urces
across the globe, he said.
T h e B ush a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
issued its first a le rt Oct. 11,
followed by a one-week advi­
s o r y Oct. 29. E v e r s in c e ,
R id ge, th e p r e s i d e n t a n d
A tto rn ey
G eneral
John
A shcroft
have
w arned
Americans to remain vigilant.
In th e l a s t s e v e r a l d a y s,
intelligence and law enforce­
m e n t o ffic ia ls r e p o r t e d
increased threats. A U.S. offi­
cial, speaking on condition of
a n o n y m ity , s a id th e t h r e a t
comes from people with links
to al-Qaida, the terrorist n et­
w o rk h e a d e d by O sam a bin
L aden a n d su sp e c te d in the
Sept. 11 a tta c k s t h a t killed
almost 3,500.
The threat is not tied to the
weekend attacks and retalia­
tion in Israel and may not be a
direct resp o n se to events in
A fg h a n ista n , as a l-Q a id a is
known to plan attacks far in
advance, the official said.
“T h e s o u r c e s a r e m o r e
credible and, let me ju st say,
the decibel level is higher as
th e y ta l k a b o u t p o t e n t i a l
FBI reorganizes
to fight terror
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attacks,” Ridge said.
White House officials said the
level of concern Monday was not
any greater than for the two pre­
vious alerts.
They said Ridge pushed for the
alert because of the new infor­
mation and out of the apprehen­
sion that public, politicians and
police were getting complacent.
“The further removed we get
from Sept. 11,1 think the natural
t e n d e n c y is to le t d o w n o u r
g u a rd ,”
R idg e
sa id .
“U n fo rtu n a te ly , w e c a n n o t do
that.”
Americans can help by report­
ing suspicious activity to police,
Ridge said.
The action comes in the mid­
dle of the holiday shopping sea­
son, an important time for reces­
sion-weary retailers.
“A terrorism alert is not a sig­
nal to stop life. It is a call to be
vigilant, to know that your gov­
ernm ent is on
high
alert and to add your eyes and
e a rs to ou r efforts to find and
stop th ose who w a n t to h a rm
us,” Ridge said.
He said the alert was intended
to “remind our citizens, no m at­
ter where you live — it can be a
big state with a dense po pula­
tion, or you can be a sm a lle r
state with a lot of rural commu­
n i t i e s — w e h a v e no w ay of
assuring or guaranteeing or pin­
pointing w here the terrorists will
attack,” he said.
Ridge made the announcement
because Attorney General John
Ashcroft was out of town. Bush
has distanced himself from the
a le rts, w h ich ha v e b e e n c riti­
c iz e d fo r u n d u ly a l a r m i n g
Americans.
WASHINGTON
FBI Director Robert Mueller
s a id M o n d a y th e b u r e a u is
b ein g
re stru c tu re d
to
stren g th e n its ability to fight
terrorism and cybercrime and
to im prove in te rn a l security
and intelligence gathering.
R e sp o n d in g
to
terro r
atta c k s and co n g ressio n al
misgivings about the b u r e a u ’s
m anagem ent, Mueller re o r g a ­
n i z e d t h e FBI to r e s p o n d
m o r e q u ic k ly to t h r e a t s
a g a in st n a tio n a l secu rity
in clu d in g po ssib le t e r r o r
a tta c k s a n d t h r e a t s a g a in s t
the n a tio n ’s co m p u te r in f r a ­
structure.
More agents will be added
to new coun terterrorism and
c y b e r c r i m e d i v i s i o n s in
Washington.
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ticular to address intelligence
and prevention,” Mueller said
in a briefing with reporters.
Investigations into the Sept.
11 a n d a n t h r a x a tta c k s will
not be affected by the restru c­
turing, he said.
Approved by Congress last
Friday, th e plan ta k e s effect
immediately. The next phase
o f t h e r e s t r u c t u r i n g will
involve field offices b acking
aw ay from certain investiga­
tions, such as b an k robberies
and drug crimes. Mueller said
h e f i r s t w a n t s to a s s e s s
w h e t h e r lo cal la w e n f o r c e ­
m e n t or o th e r fed eral a g e n ­
c ie s c a n t a k e o v e r t h o s e
duties.
M u e lle r a d d e d fo u r new
a s s is t a n t d ir e c to r s w ho will
a c t a s h is to p d e p u t i e s , in
addition to new intelligence,
c y b e rc r im e , te c hn olog y and
s e c u r i t y d iv is io n s . He also
added a section to work with
local law enforcement.
M any of th e c h a n g e s
address problems with tech­
nology, d o c u m e n t handling,
in tern al security an d intelli­
gence s h a r in g th a t have
d o g g e d t h e FBI in r e c e n t
years.
He s t r e s s e d t h e c a s e of
R o b e rt H a n s s e n , a v e te r a n
FBI agent who pleaded guilty
to a decade and a half of spy­
in g fo r M o sc o w , e x p o s e d
s e r i o u s flaw s in th e F B I’s
internal security.
page 4
Degrees
continued from page 1
a core of 30 students in o rd e r to
te s t th e n e w p r o g r a m . T h e s e
students would be enrolled in 17
or 18 h o u rs p e r se m e ste r. The
current
program
ou tlin e
r e q u i r e s s t u d e n t s to t a k e a
c a r e e r p l a n n i n g c la s s , fulfill
com m unity service h o u rs, p a r ­
ticipate in a foreign travel p ro ­
g ra m a n d com p lete a n i n t e r n ­
ship t h r o u g h th e college. T h e
e m p h a s is is on s erv ic e a n d to
g a in a n u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f all
aspects of the employer-employee relationship.
E s t a b l i s h e d in 1 9 6 6 by t h e
Brothers of the Congregation of
th e Holy C ro ss, th e C o lle g e ’s
The Observer ♦
m ission h a s b e e n to provide a
liberal a rts ed u c atio n with the
in t e n t i o n of t r a n s f e r r i n g to a
four-year college program . The
College is being conscious about
r e m a i n i n g w ith in th e o rig in a l
mission of the school.
The g e n era l consensus of the
a d m in is tr a tio n , facu lty , and
staff, according to both Mangan
and Marcum, is th a t the addition
of the bachelor degree program
w o u l d be b e n e f i c i a l to Holy
Cross.
Mangan said, “The faculty has
s a i d w e c a n e d u c a t e in f o u r
years within the liberal arts pro ­
gram. We think we can do it and
do it well.”
Tuesday, D ecem ber 4, 2001
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O h C h r is t m a s T ree
Contact Meghanne Downes at
downes. 1@nd.edu.
Branches debate
Reich nomination
♦ Top Latin American
post becomes new
political tug of war
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WASHINGTON
T h e W h ite H o u se a n d th e
Senate are deadlocked over the
S ta te D e p a r t m e n t ’s to p L a tin
American position, nine m onths
a fte r P re s id e n t Bush first p r o ­
posed Otto Reich for the post.
S e n a t e D e m o c r a t s , l e d by
C h risto p h e r
Dodd
of
C o n n e c tic u t, r e f u s e to h o ld a
confirmation hea rin g for Reich,
w h o m th e y c o n s id e r u n q u a l i ­
fied. T h e W h ite H o u s e w o n ’t
w ithd raw his nam e, saying he is
the victim of a sm e a r cam paign.
A n y a t t e m p t to p u l l b a c k
R e i c h ’s n o m i n a t i o n p r o b a b l y
w o u ld u p s e t C u b a n - A m e r ic a n
leaders in Florida — an im p o r­
t a n t b a s e of s u p p o r t to b o t h
President Bush and his bro th er,
Jeb Bush, who will seek re -e le c ­
tion as F lo r id a g o v e r n o r n e x t
year.
Reich’s su p p o rte rs have urg ed
Bush to bypass the Sen ate an d
give Reich a o n e -y e a r a p p o in t­
m en t d u r in g C o n g re s s ’ re c e s s .
But Bush a d v is e r s sa y t h a t is
not being considered seriously.
A r e c e ss a p p o in tm e n t would
be seen as an affront to Senate
Democrats at a time the a d m in ­
istration is stressing b ip a r tis a n ­
ship against terrorism .
M o re o v e r, a r e c e s s a p p o i n t ­
m e n t m ay n o t be an op tio n .
L aw m akers a re c o n sid e rin g
skipping the recess p lanned for
this m onth b e c a u s e of th e w a r
on terro rism . Some Republicans
say Democrats m ay be trying to
prevent the possibility of recess
a p p o in tm e n ts — in c lu d in g
Reich’s.
W ith o u t a re c e s s a p p o in t­
m e n t , R e i c h ’s n o m i n a t i o n as
assistan t s e c re ta ry for W estern
H emisphere Affairs is stuck. It’s
u p to D o d d , c h a i r m a n of
F o re ig n R e la tio n s ’ W e s te rn
H e m is p h e r e S u b c o m m itte e , to
schedule a hearing.
D odd h a s s a i d t h a t R e i c h ’s
nomination is dead.
“ M r. R e ic h c l e a r l y l a c k s
bip artisan s u p p o rt and I would
h o p e t h a t th e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
would s e le c t a n o t h e r n o m in e e
quickly so th a t the Sen ate could
a c t b e f o r e g o in g o u t f o r t h e
y e a r , ” h e sa id in a s t a t e m e n t
Monday.
But S e c r e ta r y o f S ta te Colin
Powell h a s c o n tin u e d to p u s h
for a h e a r i n g . He h a s c a l l e d
R e ic h t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t
a m o n g S t a t e ’s u n c o n f i r m e d
nominees.
“ He h a s d o n e n o t h i n g —
nothing a t all — in his c a r e e r in
g ov e rn m e n t th a t should be seen
as d is q u a lif y in g for th is j o b , ”
P ow ell sa id r e c e n tly . “He h a s
b e e n looked at, he h a s been
in v e s tig a te d , w e ’ve b e e n over
all of those investigations, and
O tto R e ic h is a n h o n o r a b l e
m a n .”
Dodd an d o th e r opponents of
Reich ha v e criticized his w ork
in t h e 1 9 8 0 s a s a S t a t e
D e p a rtm e n t official heading an
office a c c u s e d of p u t t i n g o u t
i lle g a l d o m e s t i c p r o p a g a n d a
a g a in s t N i c a r a g u a ’s S an dinista
governm ent.
They also suggest th a t Reich,
as a m b a s s a d o r to Venezuela in
th e R e a g a n a d m in is tra tio n ,
tried to help a Cuban exile su s ­
p e c te d of b o m b in g a C uban
plane e n te r the United States.
And they question w h e th e r his
w o rk as a lobbyist for c o m p a ­
nies involved in Latin A m erica
p re se n ts conflicts of interest.
T he Bush a d m in istra tio n and
R e i c h ’s o t h e r
su p p o rters
s tr o n g ly r e j e c t a c c u s a t i o n s of
w r o n g d o in g an d say he should
be g iv e n a h e a r i n g to d e f e n d
h im s e lf. T h ey say R eich, a
C uban-A m erican, is being p u n ­
is h e d for his p o litic a l view s,
p articularly his strong criticism
of Cuban le ad e r Fidel Castro.
D e n n is H ays, e x e c u tiv e vice
p r e s id e n t of th e a n ti-C a stro
C u b an -A m erican
N atio n al
F o u n d a t i o n , s a i d h e d o e s n ’t
exp ect White House s u p p o rt to
w aver.
“W e ’ve n e v e r h e a r d anything
o th e r th a n a firm c o m m itm e n t
to A m b a ssa d o r Reich,” he said.
D an Fisk of th e c onserv ativ e
H e r ita g e F o u n d a t i o n sa id th e
White House “should be willing
to s u p p o r t h im to t h e e x t e n t
th a t he w a n ts to h a n g in th e r e .”
Reich ha s declined interviews
sin ce
th e
W h ite
H ouse
a n n o u n c e d p la n s to n o m in a te
him in M a rch . He h a s left his
lo b b y in g firm a n d is w o r k in g
w ith o u t s a la r y a t th e S tate
D epartm ent.
B e r n a r d A r o n s o n , th e S ta te
D e p a r t m e n t ’s
to p
L a ti n
A m erican affairs official in the
first Bush a d m in istra tio n , said
U.S. r e l a t i o n s w ith th e re g io n
a re h u rt by the lack of a n assis­
t a n t s e c r e t a r y b ac k e d by both
th e p r e s i d e n t a n d th e S e n a te ,
s o m e o n e w h o c a n k e e p L atin
A m e r ic a hig h on th e p o litica l
agenda.
“ H i s t o r i c a l l y , t h e U n it e d
States has failed to pay im p o r­
ta n t s u s ta in e d a tte n tio n to the
re g io n on a r e g u l a r b a sis and
th a t is usually w hen w e ’ve got­
ten in trouble in the region,” he
said.
JENNIE BUEHLER/The Observer
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Pakistan fights extrem ists:
W ith a
new anti-terrorism law and international su p ­
port, Pakistan plans to crack down on Islamic
and ethnic extrem ists responsible for killing
hundreds of people every year, a senior offi­
cial said Monday. Pakistan enacted the tough
anti-terrorism law in August following a spate
of religious and politically motivated killings.
Afghan talks continue despite rift:
Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance said it was pre­
pared to release names of its candidates for an
interim administration Monday night, after U.S.
envoy Jam es Dobbins accused the alliance of
obstructing talks on the Asian nation’s future.
For the last several days, the Northern Alliance
delegation in G e rm a n y a n d le a d e r s b a c k in
Kabul have been giving conflicting statements on
what they would find acceptable.
N a tio n a l N e w s B r ie f s
Philadelphia mob boss sentenced:
In a n o th e r blow to P h i l a d e l p h i a ’s a lr e a d y
crippled Mafia family, f o r m e r boss Jo s e p h
“Skinny Joey ” Merlino w as s e n ten c e d to 14
y e a r s in p r is o n M on day for r a c k e t e e r i n g .
Merlino’s lawyer said tha t with good behavior
and time already served, his client could be
out in a b o u t n ine y e a rs . Going ba c k m o re
th an two d e c a d e s, every P h ila d e lp h ia mob
boss since Angelo Bruno has either been m u r ­
dered or sent to prison.
Cosmonauts repair ISS dock:
Two
sp a c e w a lk in g c o s m o n a u ts re m o v e d a n old
ru b b e r seal stuck to the in te rna tio na l space
station, c le a rin g th e w ay for sp a c e s h u ttle
Endeavour to lift off Tuesday on a flight to the
orbiting outpost. Launch is set for ju st after
sunset amid un precedented security to guard
a g a i n s t t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k s . E n d e a v o u r will
deliver a new crew to the space station.
Flam es billow from the heliport of Palestinian Authority President Y asser Arafat after an atta ck from Israeli heli­
cop ters. Arafat w as unable to stop suicide bombers from killing Israelis, which prompted th e attack .
White House presses Arafat
♦ Former exile
unable to stop
suicide bombers
A ssociated Press
I n d ia n a N e w s B r ie f s
State targets deer poachers:
Indiana
conservation officers a r e cra c king dow n on
poachers who employ a host of illegal m e th ­
ods — including spotlights th a t tem p orarily
mesmerize deer — so they can bag an animal.
Since firearm deer hunting season began Nov.
17, c o n s e r v a tio n o ff ic e r s h a v e d o n e f o u r
sweeps in eastern Clark County and parts of
Scott, W ashington and Jefferson counties to
look for people who a re spotlighting. More
extrem e cases can result in the seizure of a
h u n t e r ’s gun or a ju d g e ’s rulin g p reventing
them from hunting in a certain area.
WASHINGTON
Y asser A ra fa t h as come
back from exile an d from
U.S. rebuke as a terrorist to
gain American recognition
and a Nobel Peace Prize.
His failure to stop suicide
bom bers
fro m
k illin g
Israelis, however, is causing
the Bush administration to
question his credentials as
u l t i m a t e l e a d e r of th e
Palestinians.
He c o u ld be lo s in g his
g r ip , in th e view of top
A m e r ic a n officials, as he
approaches a last chance to
c ru sh H am as and o th er
P a lestin ian -b ased te r r o r
groups.
I s r a e l i P r im e M i n is te r
Ariel S h a ro n ’s declaration
of w a r a g a i n s t t e r r o r i s m
T h u r s d a y , a n d m is s ile
atta c k s on th e W est Bank
and Gaza, a re seen within
the U.S. administration as a
warning, not the start of allo u t w a r w ith A r a f a t ’s
Palestinian Authority.
Arafat still has a chance
to rein in the terror groups,
b u t it co u ld be h is l a s t
chance, a senior U.S. official
told The Associated Press
on M ond ay , s p e a k i n g on
condition of anonymity.
Engaged in its own strug­
gle a g a i n s t i n t e r n a t i o n a l
terror, the Bush administra­
tion decided afte r a t least
26 Israelis w ere slain and
hundreds injured by suicide
bombers over the weekend
th a t Palestinian t e rr o r is m
will not get a free ride.
“T e r r o r i s m h a s g o t to
stop,” Philip Reeker, a State
D e p a rtm e n t sp ok esm an,
said. “You c a n ’t pick an d
choose. And tha t’s the m es­
s a g e w e a r e g iv in g th e
Palestinians.”
Similarly, Bush a n d his
aides are endorsing Israel’s
right to defend itself, with
lim ite d
q u alificatio n .
T argeted assassinations of
suspected terrorists, the lat­
est of which occurred last
Friday, still is c o n sid ere d
beyond the pale.
Once the bombers struck
in Jerusalem and Haifa, the
United States abandoned its
traditional evenhanded call
for r e s t r a i n t a n d sto p p e d
imploring Israel not to pro­
voke the Palestinians.
W h a t h a s c h a n g e d , th e
senior U.S. official said, was
th e d e p th of th e violence
c o m m itte d a g a i n s t Israe l
and the U.S. commitment to
punish terrorists and their
supporters grounded in the
S e p t. 11 a t t a c k s in New
York and Washington.
T h e b ig u n a n s w e r e d
q u e s t i o n as U.S. policy
sh ifts is w h a t th e United
S ta te s w ould do if A rafat
fails to s h u t dow n Hamas
and the Islamic Jihad, the
two m ain te rro r groups in
t e r r i t o r y c o n t r o l l e d by
A r a f a t ’s
P alestin ian
Authority.
Robert Satloff, executive
director of the Washington
I n s t i t u t e fo r N e a r E a s t
Policy, said, “W hat is lack­
ing from U.S. policy right
no w is c o n s e q u e n c e s for
Arafat’s refusal to fight te r ­
ror.”
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WASHINGTON
T h r e e p e o p l e w h o c la im to be
American citizens and who fought on
the side of the Taliban militia are now
u n d e r the control of U.S. forces or
allied opposition forces in n o rth e rn
Afghanistan, senior defense officials
said Monday.
A m an identified as John Walker is
r e c e iv in g m e d ic a l c a r e fr o m U.S.
forces after being discovered among
captured Taliban troops and al-Qaida
f i g h t e r s w h o h a d h o le d u p in a
f o r t r e s s in M a z a r - e - S h a r i f . CNN
r e p o rte d th a t W alker, a co nv ert to
Islam, had suffered grenade and bul­
let wounds.
In a n i n t e r v i e w p o s t e d on
Newsweek m ag a z in e ’s Web site, his
parents identified him from photos as
Jo h n W alker Lindh, 20, of Fairfax,
Calif.
Two other people who claim to be
A mericans are u n d e r the control of
the northern alliance, a defense offi­
cial said, s p e a k in g on condition of
a n o n y m ity . T he official k n e w few
details about these two, whose identi­
ties have not be e n establish ed and
whose physical condition could not be
determined.
A sked a b o u t W a lk e r, R e a r Adm.
John Stufflebeem, the deputy director
of operations for the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, said he could not say w hether
W alker is c o n sid ere d a p riso n e r of
w ar or w hether he would be returned
to the United States.
S tu fflebeem said W a lk e r ’s s ta tu s
has “not yet been defined.”
“The only thing that I can say about
this individual is that this is somebody
who claims to be an A m erican citi­
z e n ,” he said. “T h a t claim is being
respected for the moment, until facts
can be established.”
page 6
The Observer ♦
C anada
U.S. strengthens
border security
A ssociated Press
MONTREAL
The U nited S ta te s and
C a n a d a s ig n e d f a r - r e a c h i n g
a g re e m e n ts
M onday
to
in c r e a s e b o r d e r se c u r ity a n d
coordinate immigration policies
to s e c u r e th e w o r l d ’s la r g e s t
trade relationship.
A tto rn e y G e n e ra l Jo h n
A s h c r o f t a n d C a n a d i a n o ffi­
cials, in c lu d in g S o lic ito r
G e n e ra l L a w r e n c e M acA ulay
and Im m ig ra tio n M in iste r
E linor C aplan , sig n e d a g r e e ­
m e n ts th a t m ove th e N orth
A m erican n e ig h b o rs a ste p
closer to the p erim eter security
concept of preventing terrorists
a n d o t h e r u n d e s i r a b l e s from
e n te r in g e i th e r c o u n tr y from
abroad.
The two m easures — one on
b o rd e r security an d im m ig r a ­
tion is s u e s a n d th e o t h e r on
s h a r e d fin g e rp rin t technology
— in clude p o stin g a b o u t 600
N ational G uard troops at U.S.
b o r d e r p o sts to a s s is t b e l e a ­
g u e re d custom s and im m ig ra ­
tio n o f f i c i a l s a n d a l l o w i n g
C a n a d a to be the first foreign
c o u n tr y to s h a r e in fo rm a tio n
f r o m t h e F B I ’s f i n g e r p r i n t
image system, Ashcroft said.
J o in t in v e stig a tiv e te a m s
com prising U.S. and Canadian
forces will be e x p a n d e d , and
th e n u m b e r of i m m ig r a tio n
officers deployed o v e rse a s by
both countries would increase,
he said.
“T h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d
C a n a d a ha v e c h o s e n to w o rk
together against terrorism, and
North America is safer ... as a
result,” Ashcroft said.
In ap p e a ra n ce s a t the border
b e tw e e n Detroit a n d Windsor,
Ontario, an d th e n a t the billsigning in Ottawa, Ashcroft and
the C anadian officials e m p h a ­
sized th e a g r e e m e n ts w e re
r e q u ir e d to c o m b a t te r ro r is m
a f te r th e Sept. 11 a tta c k s in
the United States.
Enron lays off
4,000 employees
A ssociated Press
HOUSTON
E m p lo y e e s c a r r y i n g b o x e s,
plants, Enron Corp. m ugs an d
other personal items filed out of
the company’s h e a d q u a rte rs in
a steady stre a m Monday, after
the bankrupt energy tra d e r told
4,000 workers they were out of
a job.
The job cuts, which represent
n e a r ly 20 p e r c e n t of E n r o n ’s
w ork force, com e a day a fte r
the former energy trading giant
a n d 13 s u b s i d i a r i e s filed for
bankruptcy protection in one of
the largest corporate b a n k ru p t­
cies in U.S. history.
Most of th e layoffs w e r e a t
Enron’s Houston h eadquarters.
T h e r e m a i n i n g 3 ,5 0 0 o r so
employees in the 50-story m ir­
r o r e d g la s s t o w e r w e r e s e n t
hom e. S pokesw om an K aren
Denne said later those employ­
e e s w o u ld r e t u r n to w o r k
Tuesday.
The cuts am ounted to nearly
3 p e r c e n t of d o w n to w n
Houston’s w o rk force of ab out
150,000.
E m p l o y e e s w e r e in f o r m e d
d u rin g four la rg e m eetin g s
Monday morning.
T h e ir r e a c tio n r a n g e d from
a ng er and frustration directed
at Enron’s m anagem ent to fear
and uncertainty about how they
would be able to su pp ort their
families while looking for new
jobs in a soft economy.
Columbia
Sportswear
NEW S
Senate plans terror bill
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package Monday that ignores
a v e to t h r e a t by P r e s i d e n t
B u sh , a n d c o u ld fo r c e
Republicans to vote against a
w a rtim e P e ntago n sp e n d in g
bill.
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th e S e n a t e A p p r o p r i a t i o n s
Committee planned to vote on
Tuesday, exceeds the amount
Bush wants by $15 billion. It
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“We should not as a society grow life
to destroy it.” In these words President
Bush sum m ed up the only civilized
response to the cloning of a hum an
embryo by scientists in Worcester,
Mass.
“Biologically, the
Charles Rice
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entities w e ’re ereating are only cel­
lular life. They’re
R ig h t or
not a h um a n life.”
W ro n g ?
said Dr. Michael
West, president of
Advanced Cell
Technology, Inc. (ACT). He is, of course,
wrong. Each hu m an embryo is a hum an
being. W hat else could it be?
Cloning is either therapeutic or re p ro ­
ductive. The ACT cloning was th e ra p e u ­
tic in th a t the embryos w ere created for
the purpose of extracting their stem
cells for possible use in treating
Parkinson’s and other diseases.
Embryos are killed when stem cells are
removed. In reproductive cloning, the
cloned embryo would be implanted in a
w o m an ’s womb and carried by h e r to '
birth.
Various technical problems rem ain to
be solved before efficient hum a n cloning
of either type becomes a practical possi­
bility. Nevertheless, as Lori B. Andrews,
director of the Chicago-Kent Institute
for Science, Law and Technology com­
mented: “W hat they’re doing is taking
us one step closer to the hum an re pro­
ductive cloning ... The next step —
implanting embryos into wom en — is
not experimental a t all. We do it ... with
in vitro fertilization. So if these scien­
tists show us a way to create cloned
h u m a n embryos — ostensibly for th e r a ­
peutic purposes — w hat they’re also
doing is showing us a technique to clone
h um a n beings.”
Cloning is not illegal, although federal
law forbids the use of federal funds for
h um a n cloning. ACT receives no federal
funds. Last sum m er the House of
Representatives voted to ban all hum an
cloning; the bill is pending in the
Senate.
W hat is the relation between cloning
and embryonic stem cell research?
Advances in research on stem cells
derived from adults may re n d e r the use
of embryonic stem cells unnecessary.
Last Aug. 9, President Bush announced
his support for federal funding of
r esearch only on embryonic stem cells
which had already been harvested at
that time. However, use of embryonic
stem cells, or stem cells derived from
other adults, for tran splan t into a
patient involves possible rejection of
those cells by the patient’s immune sys­
tem. The rejection problem would be
avoided by use of stem cells taken from
an embryonic clone of the patient him ­
self.
This is one reason why therapeutic
embryonic cloning will probably not be
outlawed. Another reason is tha t “th e r ­
apeutic” cloning of hu m an embryos is a
potentially profitable enterprise. “By
rushing into print preliminary experi­
ments in creating ... embryos through
cloning,” noted the Wall Street Journal,
“scientists at [ACT] can g e t ... a leg up in
the effort to turn the technology into a
viable business.”
For a more basic reason, it is unlikely
that either type of h um an embryonic
cloning will be banned. Our culture
tends to liberate technology from moral
restraints. John Paul II insists that:
“Science and technology require ...
respect for the fundam ental criteria of
the moral law ... [T]hey m ust be at the
service of the hum a n person ... accord­
ing to the design and will of God.”
Unfortunately, as author Kirkpatrick
Sale predicted, “In a world t h a t ... com ­
modifies gene-splicing, amniocentesis
and in vitro fertilization, there cannot
be any lasting legal restraints on ...
reproductive technology ... [W]hen the
Supreme Court found in 1980 that
P o ll Q u e s t io n
T o d a y ’ s S ta ff
News
Courtney Boyle
Helena Payne
Elizabeth Lee
Sports
Bryan Kronk
Viewpoint
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Cloning is no way to operate a
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Scene
Sam Derheimer
Chris Scott
Graphics
Andy Devoto
Production
Noah Amstadter
Lab Tech
Amanda Greco
patenting genetically created life was
legal, and thus tha t people could make
profits from it, it opened a floodgate.”
A further reason why hum an cloning
will not be effectively prohibited is the
dominance of the contraceptive ethic.
In contraception, like cloning and in
vitro fertilization, couples deliberately
separate the unitive and procreative
aspects of sex and, as John Paul put it,
they “act as arbiters of the divine plan.”
They “claim a power which belongs
solely to God: the power to decide, in a
final analysis, the coming into existence
of a hum an person. They [act not as]
cooperators in God’s creative power,
but [as] the ultimate depositaries of the
source of hum an life. In this perspec­
tive, contraception is ... so profoundly
unlawful as never to be, for any reason,
justified ... [T]o say the contrary is equal
to maintaining t h a t ... it is lawful not to
recognize God as God.”
It is futile to try to put the brakes on
hum an cloning, or abortion or e u th a n a ­
sia, without restoring the conviction that
God, and not man, is the arb ite r of
when and how life begins and ends.
This requires a reassessm ent and rejec­
tion of contraception.
Sometimes we can learn even from
politicians. “Therapeutic cloning,” said
Sen. Sam Brownbark (R. - Kan.), “is the
process by which an embryo is ... creat­
ed for the ... purpose of subsequently
killing it for its stem cells ... It turns a
child into property. The child’s sole p u r ­
pose in creation is to be destroyed for
someone else’s benefit. This is no way to
operate in a civil society.”
Professor E m eritus Rice is on the Law
School facu lty. His column appears
every other Tuesday. He can be reached
at plaw ecki.l@ nd.edu.
The view s expressed in this column
are those o f the author a n d not neces­
sarily those o f The Observer.
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L ette r s to t h e E d it o r
Students appreciate Davie’s character
Press conference showed
Davie
’s
Remember Davie as a
good
role
I am simply w riting to th a n k The O bserver an d Mike Connolly for their
positive articles on Bob Davie and his dismissal. We all know his record and,
yes, Notre Dame football has seen b e tte r days. Davie, how ever, is a good guy
and I think that this s ta r te d to get lost th e se p a st few weeks. People all over
campus began ju dg in g Davie as a pe rso n based on his coaching skills.
I personally will not r e m e m b e r Davie as the only Notre Dame football
coach to be officially fired from the University. I w o n ’t ju st r e m e m b e r the
losing record of my senior year. In the big schem e of things, those a re triv­
ial.
Instead, I will r e m e m b e r th e advice th a t he s h a r e d with Mike Connolly at
one of the most difficult tim es of his c a re e r. I will r e m e m b e r the Davie who
admitted w hen he w as a t fault even though the easy thing would be to blam e
it on the team, th e refs, the w e a th e r, anything. I will r e m e m b e r the Davie
who would not resign be c a u se he had signed a c o n tra c t an d w a n te d to show
the world, the University a n d his own family th a t he would honor w h a t he
put his nam e to. I will r e m e m b e r the coach who h a d his priorities stra ig ht
and who left a pep rally early to go su p p o rt his d a u g h te r as she found out
w hether or not would win h e r high school H omecoming crown.
T hank you to The O bserver for recognizing a g r e a t role model and a g re a t
man.
Elizabeth Emerson
senior
I will start out by saying I know most people will disagree with what I have to say. I like
Davie. I agree he has had a bad stint as head coach. I will concede that he quite possibly
should have been fired for his performance in recent years. I will even go so far as to say
he should have probably never been given the head position. But I am really sick of the
Davie bashing that has gone on.
When Davie was hired he was told w hat he had to take care of — academics. That was
what he had to do. He did it with flying colors. To those who kept saying how that didn’t
relate at all because “Academics don’t equal football” ... you’re wrong. Plain and simple.
It was a valid defense by Davie. Again, I agree it should also be back up by winning
games, but he has done w hat he was hired to do.
As for the apparent classlessness of Davie not resigning:
1. No coach has ever been fired before because specific contracts were not used.
2. Again, Davie had a valid argument that the University came to him. If you say “Hey
we will pay you money to do something,” you have no basis to think that person will leave
because you want him too. And to block the argument I know is coming, “winning games”
is not what his contract was extended for. It was expected, but not the reason. He was to
coach, he coached. Boom. He isn’t in breach.
A final thing. I would like to congratulate Davie on his press conference Sunday. I think
it really showed the class some people don’t realize he has. He could have taken the time
to complain about the University (since the reporters by all means tried to bring that
about), or advertise himself, but he instead responded to questions sincerely and showed
the love for Notre Dame that many have questioned.
I have a lot of respect for Bob Davie and wish him the best of luck in the future.
Lyons H all
James Hill
D ec. 3, 2001
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Education does not
preclude activism
Many have said, how ever erroneously,
tha t if, at 20, you a r e n ’t pro-revolution,
you do n ’t have a h e a rt, b u t if, by 30,
you’re not pro-institution, you d o n ’t have
a brain. Aaron Kreider, th e m ost irre v o ­
cably liberal figure on ca m p u s would
have us believe th a t the p ro gressio n is a
simple m a tte r of choice. Choose to
become educated, Kreider says, an d you
choose to “discard all your n o n -acad em ic
goals.” While h a p h a z a rd ly in te rc ha ng in g
the term s “science” and “e d u c a tio n ,”
Kreider objects to the “r e q u ire d n e u tra li­
ty” of academ ia.
Hmm ... Science. A nyw here else on
Earth, the term de m a n d s objective study,
devoid of sentim ent. In K re id e r’s Liberal
Excuse-ville, science and education
somehow become conjoined in a c o u n te r ­
productive, sterile disection of m a nkind.
Nothing could be fu r th e r from the tru th .
Nor could K re ide r’s ex plan atio n of why
he cannot continue his studies. K reider
himself touches upon the re a l r e a so n for
his escapism saying, “I do no th ink I am
inherently lazy.”
Think again, Mr. Kreider. The trade-o ff
between study an d activism is not c h a r ­
acterized as you might su gg est by a
mutually exclusive relationship. W ere it
so, it would not follow th a t the m ost avid
and accomplished activists of all history
w ere also some of the m ost highly e d u ­
cated individuals of th e ir time. Martin
Luther King, Jr., Ghandi an d such sim ilar
figures w ere indeed all successful
activists, but, m oreover, w e re a c c o m ­
plished scholars with the wisdom,
obtained through study, to do good. Now,
of course, K reide r’s typical leftist r e a c ­
tion would be to rem in d us th a t such m en
did not atten d y ear afte r y e a r a t e d u c a ­
tional institutions. I would re m in d Mr.
Band expresses
gratitude
Kreider, how ever, of his need to think
abo ut his definition of education, q u e s ­
tion it and resist sup p o rtin g the all too
convenient liberal stereo ty pe of e d u c a ­
tion as the enforced conformity of the
individual.
Instead, thin k ab o u t w h a t it m e a n s to
be e du cated or learned: simply th a t one
learns, sp en ds significant time dedicated
to studying a n d m a tu rin g his m ental,
relation al and productive faculties. The
g re a t activists I’ve m entioned correctly
recognized education as an investm ent of
time in th e ir cause. Only after studying
n e cessary social skills like p ro p e r com ­
m unication and composition, an d then
specific issues w ere the g re a t revolution­
aries equiped to m ake a difference.
Education is n ’t necessarily th a t which
a tte n d a n c e at a school provides. Plenty
have g ra d u c a te d institutions of higher
learning w ith ou t gaining any re a l e d u c a ­
tion. Nor is education necessarily
restric te d to o n e ’s c u rr e n t locale. So you
d o n ’t like th e level of activism an d s u p ­
po rt s tru c tu r e for activists a t Notre
Dame, Aaron? W ant a liberal education
an d a liberal environm ent, Mr. Kreider?
Then go a tte nd a liberal college.
Your cry: “How can I study w hen peo­
ple a re dying?” is ta n ta m o u n t to the
pathetic sigh of a lazy soul bellowing, “I
d o n ’t really w a n t to com mit time to
studying, so I’ll proffer education as a
sc a p e g o a t.” Accept your responsibilities
to study or be cond em ned as a n o th e r list­
less hippy, full of good intentions but
w ithout the gumption to realize them.
Chris Hoffman
ju n io r
O ’N eill H all
D ec. 3, 2001
On b e h a lf of th e N otre Dame
Band and Band Staff, we would
like to ta k e this o pp o rtu n ity to
exp re ss special th a n k s to you, ou r
s tu d e n ts a n d fans h e re at
N otre Dame.
S om etim es you need
to visit o th e r places
to a p p re c ia te
w h a t you have a t
home. Last
w e ek end we
had the
op po rtun ity
to trav e l to
P u rd u e an d
perform . It
became
im m e d i­
ately evi­
d e n t th a t
the s ta d i­
um, its
fans and
above all
its s t u ­
dents
w e re quite
different
th a n ours a t
Notre Dame.
The Notre
Dame s tu d e n t
body ha s b e en
w o nderful in
th e ir su p p o r t of
the Band at
p re g a m e and halftime. We especially
enjoy the fan ta stic re sp o n se
as ou r Band comes out of the t u n ­
nel into th e g r e a te s t football s ta d i­
um in the nation. In addition, we
ha v e enjoyed th e s tu d e n t p a r tic ­
ipation in o u r p e rf o r m a n c e s at
halftim e — from th e p o ig n a n t
m o m e n ts on Sept. 22, d u rin g
“A m azing G r a c e ” — to th e w o n ­
derfu l sing -a-lon g a tm o s ­
p h e r e of “Lean On Me” in
o u r sa lu te to th e Class
of 2002.
W ithout the s u p ­
p o rt of ou r s t u ­
de nts and the
special tr a d i ­
tions a t Notre
Dame, we
would be ju s t
a n o th e r band
at a n o th e r
gam e. It is
you, the s t u ­
de n ts and
fans, th a t
have m a d e it
a w onderful
ex perien ce
for 114 foot­
ball seaso ns
— an d we
look forw ard
to putting
to g e th e r the
b e st band ever
for the 115th.
You a r e w h a t
m ak e s Notre Dame
a special place.
T h a n k you.
Ken Dye and the Notre
Dame Band
D ec. 3, 2001
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A l b u m R e v ie w
Ludacris flows with style and humor on Word
By LAURA R O M PF
Scene M usic C ritic
Ludacris’s sophomore album, Word Of
Mouf, covers all the bases. It will make you
laugh. It will m ake you dance. Heck, it
might even make you reminisce.
The first single off the album, “Rollout
(My Business),” has a catchy beat and will
have crowds at Boatclub and Heartland
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value with his latest, Word Of Mouf.
throwing their arm s in the air. Ludacris
flows with ease over the bouncy lyrics. He
says, “Man that car doesn’t come out 'til
next year/ Where in the f*** ’d you get it?/
80,000 bucks gone/ Where in the I*** did
you spend it?”
The album has another single, familiar
to MTV and BET viewers. “Area Codes" is
a frequently played hit from the past sum­
mer. Accompanied by Nate Dogg, Ludacris
sings about all his women from different
areas of the country.
The song has a lively beat and the lyrics
illustrate Ludacris’s talent as a writer who
can not only make people sing along —
they’ll be laughing at the same time. His
humor is infectious. No doubt, people will
be repeating lines off Word of Mouf just
like they reenact scenes from Dumb and
Dumber.
Two skits on the album are especially
funny. In “Howhere,” Ludacris continues a
comedy skit found on the song “Ho” from
his debut album Back For the First Time. A
friend calls Ludacris and asks where he is.
“At th e T e x a llO filling u p , ” L u d a c ris
answers.
T h e frie n d ask s for a girls n u m b e r ,
which Ludacris claims to have lost. “You
can’t check your Holodex,” the friend says.
L u d a c ris th e n ask s if th e girl is from
“ChicagHO” or “OhiHO.” The skit contin­
u e s in th is w itty f a s h io n , sh o w in g
Ludacris’s cleverness.
“G re a te st
Hits,” a sec­
ond s k it on
the album, is
even funnier.
It s t a r t s off
s a y i n g ,
“Better than
college girls
g on e wild.
It’s more off
th e
c h a in
th a t
la te
n ig h t w ith
Mrs. Cleo.
D istu rb in g
th e
Peace
E n t e r t a i n m e n t p r e s e n t s L u d a c r i s ’s
Greatest Hits Album, done by (a dramatic
pause) Random White People.”
The skit then continues with “Random
White People” performing the hits off of
Ludacris’s first album, including “Southern
Hospitality,” “W hat’s Your Fantasy,” and
“Ho.” Then the voice over repeats: “It’s
random white people. Uncut, uncensored
— and off beat as ff**.”
Although he has a talent for humor, on
“Growing Pains,” he shows he can do seri­
ous songs too. While he raps about memo­
ries every child of the ’80s would get nos­
talgic ab ou t — tran sfo rm e rs, G.I. Joes,
Starter Jackets and Koolaid. He also tells of
the obstacles a child has growing up poor.
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The song features Fate Wilson and Keon
Bryee and the chorus says, “We were try­
ing so hard/ Hard to survive/ Cause even
though we w ere young/ We had to stay
strong/ No matter what we went through/
It was me and my crew/ And that’s how we
went/When we were kids.”
Overall, the album has quite a variety of
songs — a couple which will make it big as
radio hits. So regardless of whether Word
of Mouf is m aking you dance, laugh or
reminisce, undoubtably this latest release
of Ludacris covers all the bases. Heck, it
may even be a home run.
Contact Laura Rompf at lrompf@nd.edu
A l b u m R e v ie w
More focused, Dilated blows up on Expansion Team
By SAM D E R H E IM E R
Assistant Scene E d ito r
Despite th e n a m e of th e ir new a lbu m , E xpansion
Team , the Dilated Peoples a r e n ’t n e w to this game.
They blew up in th e late ’90s as a l e a d e r of the L.A.
hip-hop re n a is s a n c e and have sta m p e d th e ir n a m e
d o w n in t h e u n d e r g r o u n d s c e n e w i t h a f o r c e
m a tc h e d only by artists like Mos Def an d Ju r a s s ic 5.
T hough Expansion T e a m m ay only be DJ Babu and
MCs E v id e n c e a n d R a k a a ’s s o p h o m o r e r e l e a s e ,
D ilated ha v e le a r n e d a lot in th e tim e sin c e t h e ir
deb ut album , The Platform, ca m e out b ac k in 2000.
Unlike T he P la tfo rm , w h ic h c a m e t o g e th e r over a
n u m b e r of years, Expansion T e a m w as p u t to g e th e r
a t once, w ith a focus a n d o r g a n iz a ti o n th e g r o u p
nev er quite a tta in e d on th e ir first album.
“This albu m w as re c o rd e d as a com plete piece, so
it will show m ore continuity and flow,” said Rakaa.
And for once, we can actually take a r a p p e r a t his
word. Expansion T e am flows w ith the sh a rp , spliced
c u ts , t h i c k b e a t s a n d “b a t t l e r h y m e s k i l l s ” t h a t
b ro u g h t this u n d e r g r o u n d te a m into the sunlig ht in
t h e f i r s t p l a c e . A nd w i t h s o n g t i t l e s lik e “ H a r d
H i t t e r s , ” “Pay A t t e n t i o n ” a n d “W a r , ” th e D ilated
Peoples a r e n ’t m aking any fronts, they cam e to play
this time a rou nd.
Jo in in g th e te a m , D ilated r e c r u ite d a w h o ’s who
Expansion Team
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Peoples
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li s t o f h e a v y h i t t e r s
from the u n d e rg ro u n d
scene.
Tha
L ik s,
B la c k th o u g h t
(th e
Roots), Phil Da Agony
a n d D e f a r i all m a k e
guest ap p earan ces
ly ric a lly , an d th e
A lch em ist,
DJ
P r e m i e r , J u J u (of
B e a tn u ts fam e) and
th e B e a t J u n k ie s a r e
a m o n g t h o s e to t a k e
tu rn s
p ro d u c in g
tra c ks. W h at re su lts is
a m a ste rfu l explosion
of p u r e h i p - h o p in a
sc e n e still d o m in a te d
by flash and a “bling,
bling” mentality.
T racks like “Live on
S tage,” “W orst Comes
To W o r s t” a n d “H ard
H i t t e r s ” b la z e w ith
so p h istic a te d b a c k ­
d ro p s an d sm o o th ,
c l e v e r r h y m e s . “ Pay
A t t e n t i o n ” fu n k s th e
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slo w , lu sh
j a z z b e a t . The Dilated Peoples continue to flow with an energy and skill few contemporary hip-hop
“ D i l a t e d artists can match. Expansion Team is pure hip-hop brought to its full potential.
J u n k ie s ” is
Babu su m m e d up th e album , “I feel like this is our
a s h o w c a s e o f B a b u ’s c h u n k y “ i 11first album . It’s a n albu m of all th re e m inds on the
tu rn ta b lis m .”
One tra c k after a n o th e r, the songs on sa m e p a th . T he g ro w th is tr e m e n d o u s . I th in k it’s
go ing to o p e n n e w e a r s , w h ile still b e in g t r u e to
E xpansion T eam c o n tinu e to build the
original b a s e .”
stre n g th of the albu m as a whole. And
“An expansion team is a new te a m in the le a g u e ,”
p e r h a p s m ore im portantly, they c o n tin ­
E vidence e x p la in s . “W e ’r e c o m in g into th e g am e.
ue t h e m e s s a g e s o f i n n e r s t r e n g t h ,
r e s o lv e a n d g r o w th D ila te d s t r i v e to W e ’ve b e e n doing this for a w hile, b u t this is our
present. This is one hip-hop g roup th a t
m ajor league r u n . ”
has its priorities straigh t, “W hen w orst
c o m e s to w o r s t / my p e o p l e s c o m e s
Contact Sam Derheimer at sderheim@nd.edu
first.”
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M u s ic C o l u m n
Still His Guitar Gently Weeps
In
“Sunrise doesn’t last all morn­
ing'A cloudburst doesn’t last all
day/ Seems my love is up and has
let you with no warning/ It’s not
always going to be this grey/All
things must pass' All things must
pass away...”
Lyrics like
these expose
Julie Bender
George
Harrison’s
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amazing
understandS c e n e M u s ic
ing of the
C ritic
beauty of
life, as well
as its ritual passing in death.
With Harrison’s passing last
Friday after a long struggle with
cancer, his words seem particu­
larly poignant. They come not
only as a source of comfort to his
many fans, but also as an indica­
tion of the genius Harrison pos­
sessed, despite his years living in
the shadows.
As a child, Harrison caught the
rock and roll bug early. He would
tune into Radio Luxembourg and
struggle to hear the strains of
Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly
through the static. At the age of
12, Harrison tried to craft his
own box-string guitar, but when
he tightened the strings, the
instrument fell to pieces.
Harrison did not let early fail­
ure discourage his love for music,
however, and within a few years
he was recruited by his friend
Paul McCartney to join the band
known as the Beatles. As the
youngest member of the group,
Harrison was barely out of his
teens when he was engulfed in
the fury soon to be known as
memory
of George
also played a
“Beatlemania.”
major role in
Due to his rather serious
the 1971 con­
demeanor and his sideman posi­
cert for
tion on stage, Harrison became
Bangladesh in
labeled as “the quiet Beatle,” a
New York
reputation that would last him a
City, a Hare
lifetime. His song-writing ability
was downplayed both by the pub­ Krishna spon­
sored event.
lic and by his band mates, as the
As a loyal
“Lennon-McCartney” tag became
a staple in households throughout devotee to the
Hare Krishna
the world.
Society,
Harrison though, was a driving
Harrison gave
force in the Beatles. His electric
the Krishnas
guitar work can be heard on the
much publici­
earliest of Beatle albums, only to
ty by speaking
mature to an art form on later
publicly about
works. It was Harrison who
the group and
wrote some of the most classic
donating large
Beatle songs, such as “While My
sums of
Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Here
money.
Comes the Sun,” and
“Something.” It was Harrison
In Ids later
who brought the Indian influence
years,
Harrison
into the Beatles’ music with the
helped found the band The
use of the sitar on songs like
“Norwegian Wood” and “Love
Travelling Wilburys with the likes
of Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy
You To.” And it was Harrison
Orbison among others. He later
who encouraged the Beatles to go
went on to win a Grammy for the
to India to study transcendental
album released
meditation
by the band.
under the
“George h im se lf is no
Maharishi
In the 1990’s,
m ystery. B u t the
Harrison
Mahcsh Yogi.
regrouped with
In his solo
m ystery o f George
his surviving
years, Harrison
inside is im m ense . "
stepped out of
band mates,
Paul McCartney
his role as side­
man and
and Ringo
John Lennon
Starr. Together
stepped into the
the Beatles
they released
spotlight. He
three anthology
released a
triple album in 1970 entitled All
collections of Beatle music, as
Things Must Pass, which is
well as an anthology book docu­
menting their lives.
regarded by some as the best solo
work of any ex-Beatle. Harrison
Most recently, Harrison made
N ew R e l e a s e s
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the headlines for a n ear fatal
attack by a crazed fan in his own
home in Oxfordshire, England.
A reflection on Harrison’s life
reveals a man whose many tal­
ents are still not realized. He lived
as an enigma, a sort of “dark
horse,” as his former record com­
pany was so aptly named. As
John Lennon once said, “George
himself is no mystery. But the
mystery of George inside is
immense.”
Harrison has proven himself to
be more than just a quiet sideman. With a guitar (or in some
cases a sitar) strapped to his
shoulder, music could pour forth
from his fingers with ease, creat­
ing what is the backdrop of so
many lives. Beyond everything
that Harrison was... the kid out of
Liverpool, the Beatle, the mystic,
the solo performer, the Krishna,
there is one thing that stands out.
Harrison say it best in his own
words, “You can have my love,
you can have my smiles. Forget
the bad parts, you don’t need
them. Just take the music, the
goodness, because it’s the very
best and it’s the part I give most
willingly.”
Good-bye, George. We’ll miss
you.
The views expressed in this col­
umn are those o f the author and
not necessarily those o f The
Observer.
Julie Bender can be contacted
at Bender. 10@nd. edu.
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NFL
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Nebraska on verge
of BCS comeback
A ssociated Press
N ebraska is p e rh a p s on the verge of
its greatest comeback ever th an ks to the
Bowl Championship Series standings.
The C o rn h u sk e rs, all b u t out of the
national title chase after a 62-36 loss to
Colorado on Nov. 23, would play No. 1
Miami in the BCS championship gam e if
LSU beats Tennessee on Saturday.
The BCS standings confirmed as much
Monday, ranking Miami first, Tennessee
second and N ebraska third — ahead of
fourth-place Colorado, the team it lost to
by 26 points — and fifth-place Oregon.
E xpect H u sk ers fans e v e r y w h e re to
learn the words to “Tiger Rag” and tune
in w h e n LSU plays T e n n e s s e e for the
S o u th e a s te r n C o n fe re n c e title on the
final night of the regular season.
The Vols, favored by seven points, can
prevent w hat is certain to create a huge
controversy by winning and moving on
to play the Hurricanes at the Rose Bowl
in Pasadena.
M iam i h a s 2 .5 0 p o i n t s in t h e BCS
ra n k in g s , T e n n e s s e e 4 .7 9 p o in ts,
N e b r a s k a 8.39 p oints, C olorado 9.88
points, a n d P a c -1 0 c h a m p io n Oregon
has 10.44 points.
Nebraska coach Frank Solich said his
team deserves to be third in the s ta n d ­
in g s , a d d i n g t h a t u n l i k e M ia m i,
Tennessee and Oregon, his team didn’t
have any close-call victories.
“All of the games we won, we won by
at least 10 points. We did not have to
win a game by having a lucky bounce or
a field goal a t th e e n d , ” Solich said.
“None of them cam e down to a 2-point
conversion or w e n t into overtime. The
games were really decided either before
or the middle of the fourth q u a rte r .”
A nd w h a t a b o u t t h e lo s s to th e
Buffaloes? “We should have and could
have played b etter,” he said. “Colorado
is an excellent football team and that is
playing outstanding right now.”
BCS officials must be hoping for a Vols
victory to avoid explaining how a team
can play for a national title even though
it couldn’t even win its own division of
the Big 12 Conference.
An LSU win also creates the possibility
of split national cham pions. If Oregon
wins its BCS gam e and N ebraska beats
M iam i in th e R ose Bowl, t h e D u ck s
could be voted No. 1 in the final AP poll.
“It’s very difficult to see how a twoloss t e a m (C olora do ) c a n b e r a n k e d
a h e a d of a o n e -lo ss t e a m , e s p e c ia lly
since a t one time the Pac-10 r e p re s e n t­
ed almost one-third of all teams ranked
in th e BCS s t a n d in g s ,” O regon coach
Mike Bellotti said. “There still exists a
bias w hen it comes to college football on
th e W est Coast. I know the com puters
th a t m ake up the BCS w ere supposed to
eliminate that, but you still have people
inputing the data into the com puters.”
The AP voters cast their final Top 25
ballots following the Rose Bowl, and all
I-A team s are eligible to finish No. 1.
Not so in the USA Today/ESPN coach­
es poll, which automatically crowns the
Rose Bowl w inner its national cham pi­
on.
The BCS stand in gs, set up to d e t e r ­
mine which teams play in a title game,
use a formula that incorporates the AP
m edia and coaches’ polls, eight comput­
e r s , s t r e n g t h of s c h e d u l e , w o n - lo s t
record and bonus points for big wins.
The BCS aligns six m ajor conference
ch a m p io n s with four big bowl gam es,
th e Rose, S u g a r, F ie s ta a n d O rang e.
Two at-large team s are then selected to
fill out the field.
N e b ra sk a moved into contention fol­
lowing a series of upsets on Saturday.
Florida and Texas, second and third in
la s t w e e k ’s BCS sta n d in g s, fell out of
contention with losses. That allowed the
Huskers to improve from fourth to third
and the Vols from sixth to second.
Miami’s 2.50-point breakdown was: 1
point for poll average, 1 point for com­
puter average, .60 for strength of sched­
u le , 0 for w o n - lo s s r e c o r d a n d a .1
bo n u s point de duction for a 65-7 win
o v e r W a s h i n g t o n on Nov. 24. T h e
H u rric a n e s clinched a Rose Bowl spot
with a 26-24 win over Virginia Tech on
Saturday.
The bonus aw ard — new this season
— is based on a sliding scale from 1.5
po in ts for b e a tin g a f irst-p la c e te a m
down to .1 for a win over the 15th-place
team . The bonus is a w a rd e d after the
other elements are calculated.
Tennessee (4.79) had 2 points for poll
average, 2.83 points for computer aver­
age, .16 for strength of schedule, 1 for
won-loss record and a 1.2 point bonus
d e d u c t i o n fo r b e a t i n g s i x t h - p l a c e
Florida 34-32 on Saturday.
Nebraska (8.39) had 4.5 points for poll
a v e r a g e , 2.67 for c o m p u te r a v e ra g e ,
0.72 for strength of schedule, 1 for wonloss record and a .5 bonus deduction for
beating l l t h - p l a c e Oklahoma 20-10 on
Oct. 27.
T h e f in a l BCS s t a n d i n g s w ill be
released Dec. 9.
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Favre leads Pack back
F a v r e t h r e w fo r 362
y a r d s to h e lp
th e
P a c k e r s (8-3) sta y one
game behind Chicago for
t h e NFC C e n t r a l le a d
w ith t h e t e a m s s e t to
m eet next Sunday.
T h e J a g u a r s b le w a
late lead for the fourth
tim e in six g a m e s, and
th r e w yet a n o t h e r d is ­
traction onto a pile that
includes Jim m y Sm ith’s
r e c e n t positive te s t for
cocain e
and
Tom
Coughlin’s potential can ­
d i d a c y fo r t h e N o t r e
Dame job.
They looked bad doing
it, committing 111 yards
in p e n a ltie s, e n ou gh to
nullify Sm ith’s 116-yard
receiving night.
With the gam e tied at
21, Mike H ollis h a d a
c h a n c e to give th e
Ja g u a rs the lead, but his
42-yard field goal hit the
left upright — somehow
fitting for Jacksonville’s
star-crossed season.
Before that, Favre r a l­
lied the Packers from a
21-7 deficit.
M ost o f t h e d a m a g e
cam e at the ex pen se of
cornerback F ernando
B ryant, w ho h a s m a d e
h im self
one
of
Jacksonville’s num erous
distractions this season,
A ssociated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
Facing a tie game with
two minutes left Monday
n i g h t , t h e G r e e n Bay
P a c k e r s w e r e n ’t w o r ­
ried.
Not w ith B re tt F a v re
on t h e i r sid e . And n o t
w ith th e J a c k s o n v ille
Ja g u a rs on the other.
Favre th re w th re e
to u chd ow n passe s, and
r a n 6 y a r d s f o r th e
g a m e -w in n e r with 1:30
left to rally the Packers
from 14 points down for
a 28-21 victory over the
J a g u a r s — the m a s te r s
of th e la te -g a m e c o l­
lapse.
Favre ro lled a ro u n d
le f t e n d on a b o o tle g ,
then ju s t sq u e e z e d into
th e c o r n e r of t h e e n d
zo n e for th e g o - a h e a d
s c o r e . It w a s h is f ir s t
rushing touchdown since
Oct. 2 5 , 1 9 9 8 , a n d
ended
th e
longest
drought of his career.
M ark B ru n e ll led the
Jag u ars (3-8) to midfield
on their late desperation
drive, but he was sacked
on s e c o n d - a n d - s h o r t ,
an d two plays later lost
a f u m b l e to e n d y e t
another close loss.
as th e m o s t o u ts p o k e n
c ri tic o f th e s o f t- z o n e
d efen ses the Ja g u a rs
h a v e u s e d to b lo w all
those leads.
G iven t h e c h a n c e to
play in the m an-to-m an
he likes, Bryant s u r r e n ­
d e re d a 4 5 -y a rd to u c h ­
down to Bill S c h ro e d e r
to make the score 21-14.
The Ja g u a rs lost a fum­
ble on the ensuing kickoff, a n d F a v r e lo o k e d
B r y a n t ’s w a y a g a i n ,
hooking up with Antonio
F r e e m a n for a 2 9 -yard
gain to se t up the tying
touchdown.
The J a g u a r s w e n t up
21-7 e a rly in th e th ird
q u a r t e r w hen defensive
end Tony B rackens
sacked Favre and forced
a f u m b le t h a t A in sle y
Battles scooped up for a
60-yard
to u c h d o w n
return.
Green Bay improved to
a l e a g u e - b e s t 2 6 - 6 in
D e c e m b e r s in c e 19 94,
even tho ug h this w as a
60-degree
n i g h t in
F lo rid a, h a r d ly P a c k e r
w eather.
T r a i l i n g 1 3 -0 , F av re
scooped a left-h an d ed
s h o v e l p a s s to A h m a n
G reen for a 1 3 -y a rd
score to cut the deficit to
seven.
NBA
Knicks top Rice, Rockets
A ssociated Press
NEW YORK
On a n ig h t w h e n the
Glen Rice t r a d e looked
like a s te a l fo r th e
H o u s to n R o c k e ts , th e
New York Knicks could at
least take solace in a vic­
tory.
Allan Houston may not
h a v e b e e n effe ctiv e
a g a i n s t Glen Rice on
defense, b u t he got the
b e s t of Rice on a key
drive late in th e fo urth
quarter.
Allan Houston got the
better of Rice on the most
i m p o r t a n t p la y of th e
g a m e , s p o ilin g R ic e ’s
return to Madison Square
Garden for the first time
since being traded as the
Knicks beat the Rockets
89-86 Monday night.
Rice scored a seasonhigh 20 points and was at
his b e st w h e n m a tch e d
against Houston, r e p e a t­
edly driving around and
scoring over his form er
teammate.
But w hen Houston got
the ball isolated against
Rice with 18 seconds left,
he dribbled to his left and
launched a quick jumper
from the baseline to give
New York an 87-85 lead.
“He hit a to u gh shot,
b u t Allan has done that
over and over and over.
There w asn’t really much
I could do,” Rice said.
F ro m t h e r e , H ouston
and Latrell Sprewell each
m a d e o n e of tw o free
th r o w s a n d th e Knicks
survived an off-balance 3point attem pt by Cuttino
M obley j u s t b e fo re th e
final buzzer to win for the
fourth time in five games.
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SPORTS
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NCAA
Texas, USC going
to Holiday Bowl
Jordan to miss tonight’s game
Associated Press
More than eight years and two
r e t i r e m e n t s l a t e r , M ic h a e l
Jordan is finally going to miss
another NBA game because of
an injury.
Jordan
had
fluid
drained
from
his
right knee
Monday and
will miss the
W ashington
game at San
A nto nio on
T ue sda y , th e s t a r t of a fourgame road trip.
An MRI revealed no serio us
damage to the knee, so Jordan
m ig h t r e t u r n fo r T h u r s d a y ’s
game at Houston.
“My body is sending me m es­
sages,
and
I need
to
listen,"Jordan said. “I hope to be
ready to play on Thursday.”
J o r d a n h y p e r e x t e n d e d h is
knee during a preseason game,
and this was the second time he
has had fluid drained from it. He
has been bothered by soreness
and swelling in the knee — on
top of the tendinitis he has felt in
both k n e e s since h e r e s u m e d
workouts earlier this year.
At 38, Jordan has barely been
able to practice for more than a
week. When he does, he c a n ’t
make it through the entire ses­
sion.
J o r d a n is a v e r a g i n g 2 4 .8
p o i n t s a n d 38 m i n u t e s p e r
ga m e an d is shooting ju s t 40
percent, well below his career
a v e r a g e . He a lso l e a d s th e
league in shots taken and shots
missed.
“W e ’r e p l e a s e d w it h th e
re s u lts of M ichael’s e x a m in a ­
tion,"Wizards general m anager
Wes Unseld said. “Michael will
rest the knee for a few days and
continue his tr e a tm e n t so tha t
he can return as soon as possi­
ble.”
U n se ld s a id t h a t “M ich a e l
w an ts to play every m inute of
every g a m e ," b u t t h a t coach
D ou g Collins “w ill m a n a g e
Michael’s minutes in an effort to
m inim ize th e s o r e n e s s in the
knee.”
J o r d a n la s t m issed a n NBA
g a m e b e c a u s e of in ju r y on
March 5, 1993, also against San
Antonio. It w a s the second of
two games he missed while hos­
pitalized with a foot infection.
The w ear and tear of an NBA
s c h e d u l e on J o r d a n ’s bod y
seemed the biggest obstacle in
his second comeback. He was
slowed by back spasms and two
cracked ribs as well as the knee
tendinitis in workouts to get in
shape over the summer. He has
also been playing with a sore
right wrist.
N ev erth eless,
when
he
an nounced his re turn, he said
he planned to play all 82 regular
season games.
Instead, he m ade it throu gh
the first 16 before having to take
this break. On the court, he has
been obviously slower than his
old s e l f a n d no l o n g e r c o m ­
m a n d s r e g u la r do ub le-team s.
His jump shots have often been
flat a n d s h o r t — u s u a lly th e
result of tired or injured legs.
F o o tb a ll
A ssociated Press
SAN DIEGO
T h e T e x a s L o n g h o r n s will
p u t on t h e i r b e s t f a c e s a n d
head for Southern California in
late December — to San Diego,
not Pasadena.
T he No. 10 L onghorns (102), who blew a shot at playing
in th e Rose Bowl w ith th e i r
turnover-filled loss to Colorado
in th e Big 12 c h a m p i o n s h i p
gam e, a c c e p te d a n invitation
M o n d a y to p la y No. 20
W a s h i n g t o n (8 -3 ) in t h e
Holiday Bowl on Dec. 28.
I t ’s a g oo d m a t c h u p , ev e n
though both team s are coming
off disappointing losses. Texas
had its national championship
h o p e s w r e c k e d in its 3 9 -3 7
lo s s
to
C o lo rad o ,
and
W ashington was overwhelmed
65-7 by No. 1 Miami two w eek­
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T e x a s c o a c h M a c k B ro w n
put the best spin he could on a
r e t u r n t r i p to t h e H o lid a y
Bowl, w h e r e t h e L o n g h o r n s
lost to Oregon 35-30 last year.
“ N ot m a n y t e a m s h a v e a
c h a n c e to win 11 g am es and
finish in the top 10, and th a t’s
s o m e t h i n g w e w a n t to d o , ”
Brown said in a statement.
T e x a s q u a r t e r b a c k C h ris
Simms had three interceptions
a n d lo s t a f u m b l e a g a i n s t
Colorado. In last y e a r ’s Holiday
Bowl, he th re w four intercep­
tio n s y e t a l m o s t r a l l i e d th e
Longhorns to victory.
Simms’ perform ance against
Colorado opened an old wound
for Longhorns fans and Brown:
the controversy on w hether to
p lay
S im m s
or
M a jo r
A p p l e w h i t e , t h e s c h o o l ’s
c a re e r passing leader.
A p p l e w h i t e n e a r l y r a l lie d
T e x a s to a w in a g a i n s t
Colorado with two touchdown
passes.
Regardless of how T exas’ QB
controversy plays out, Holiday
Bowl officials a r e hoping for
a n o th e r exciting g am e. After
lackluster games through most
of the 1990s, the Holiday Bowl
r e tu rn ed to its adrenaline-rush
r e p u t a t i o n w h e n it s t a r t e d
m a tc h in g th e P a c - lO ’s No. 2
t e a m a g a i n s t t h e t h i r d pick
from the Big 12 in 1998.
In o r d e r , A r i z o n a b e a t
N eb raska 23-20, Kansas State
b e a t W a s h in g to n 2 4 - 2 0 and
Oregon beat Texas by five.
“W e’ve got two team s with a
m issio n ,”
said
B ruce
Binkowski, the Holiday Bowl’s
executive director. “This could
be a g r e a t g am e. It could be
interesting. We w a n t a n o th e r
last-second finish.
“Hey, 8-3 v e r s u s 10-2, you
c a n ’t b e a t it.”
W ashington will play in the
Holiday Bowl for the third time
in six years. While the Huskies
a r e 0-2 in th e Holiday Bowl,
their coach, Rick Neuheisel is
1-1. He coached Colorado to a
33-21 win over Washington in
1996.
“W e ’re excited a b o u t facing
a te a m the caliber of T ex a s,”
N e u h e ise l said. “W ashing to n
and Texas have g re a t football
t r a d i t i o n s a n d i t ’s h a r d to
im agine they have not played
e a c h o t h e r s i n c e 1 9 7 9 . It
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H ockey
Gumpf signs 5 recruits Nielsen earns
Special to T h e O bserv er
The beginning of practice for
the Notre Dame softball s e a ­
son is less th an a m onth away,
but the next e r a of Irish soft­
b a ll is off to a s t r o n g s t a r t
a f te r s ig n in g five s t a n d o u t s
during the s u m m e r recruiting
p erio d . H e a d c o a c h D e a n n a
Gumpf
has
o f f i c ia ll y
a n n o u n c e d th e in co m in g
f r e s h m a n c lass for th e 20 03
s e a s o n and th e f ir s t N o tre
Dame re c ru itin g effort u n d e r
h e r le a d e r s h ip will be m e a ­
sured among the top classes in
the nation.
R ig h t-h an d ed
p itc h e r
Heather Booth, catcher/infield­
er Mallorie Lenn, infielder/out­
f i e l d e r K e llie M i d d l e t o n ,
i n f i e ld e r M e a g a n R u t h r a u f f
and middle infielder/outflelder
S a r a S c h o o n a e r t h a v e a ll
s i g n e d n a t i o n a l l e t t e r s of
intent and will m ake up Notre
Dame’s softball class of 2006.
“It is an aw e so m e g ro u p of
players and I am excited th a t
this is my first recruiting class
because I am very proud of it,”
Gumpf said. “It is a very excit­
ing time for our program . We
had been watching these play­
ers for a long time a n d some
v e rb a lly c o m m itte d e a rly ,
w h ic h h e l p e d us c o m p i l e a
great class top to bottom .”
R ig h t- h a n d e d p itc h in g ac e
H e a t h e r B o o th p l a y s f o r
M a r t i n L u t h e r K in g H ig h
School in Riverside, Calif., (the
sam e ho m eto w n as c u r r e n t
Irish all-star candidate A ndrea
Loman) and excels both in the
pitching circle and on the vol­
leyball court. T he 2001 so ft­
ball team MVP, Booth received
the te a m ’s Coach’s Award and
S c h o l a r A th le te A w a r d l a s t
year. She p o ste d 126 s t r i k e ­
o u ts o v e r t h e c o u r s e of t h e
2001 season with a 1.60 ERA
and also batted .398.
“H eather is the whole p a c k ­
a g e , ” G u m p f s a id . “S h e h a s
g re a t m e c h a n ic s and has
w o r k e d w ith one of th e b e s t
pitching coaches in th e c o u n ­
t r y . S h e a ls o t h r o w s h a r d ,
fields h e r position well an d is
an outstanding hitter.”
M a llo rie L enn h a ils from
Pacifica High School in Garden
Grove, Calif. Widely re g a rd e d
as h a v in g one of th e b e st
sw in g s in th e c o u n tr y , Lenn
b a c k e d up h e r r e p u ta ti o n by
s m a s h in g a h o m e r u n a t th e
2001 su m m e r league nationals
off on e of th e to p Division I
pitchers in the nation. She was
a 2 0 0 0 NFCA A ll- A m e r ic a n
S c h o lar-A th lete and has
e a r n e d b o th o ffen siv e and
d e fe n s iv e p l a y e r - o f - th e - y e a r
accolades during h e r career.
“Mallorie is one of the best
hitters in the country,” Gumpf
said. “She h a s g r e a t m e c h a n ­
ics a n d t e c h n i q u e s a t t h e
p l a t e . S h e w o r k s v e ry h a r d
an d is ju st a p h e no m en al hit­
te r .”
Megan Ruthtrauff is a m e m ­
b e r o f t h e La S e r n a H igh
School team in Whittier, Calif.
She h a s h it o v e r .3 00 ev e ry
y ear of h e r high school care e r
a n d h a s b e e n a s t a n d o u t in
ASA competition since she was
nine years old. Her team s have
finished no lower th a n fifth at
each ASA national tou rn a m en t
in w h ic h s h e h a s c o m p e te d .
Last season as a infielder with
La Serna, she hit .359 with 25
RBI a n d e a r n e d tw o t o u r n a ­
m ent MVP aw ards.
“Megan is a determ ined and
p a ssio n a te p e rs o n ,” Gumpf
said.
“She is very driven and plays
th a t way each day. Her energy
and drive shows in every game
tha t she plays. She really gets
a f t e r it a n d will be a g r e a t
player for u s.”
I n f i e l d e r / o u t f i e l d e r K ellie
M i d d l e t o n w ill b r i n g a n
im p r e s s iv e m ix t u r e of s p e e d
and p ow er to th e Irish lineup
next season. She is a m em ber
of the Marist High School soft­
b a ll t e a m a n d ow n s m o st of
t h e t e a m ’s s c h o o l r e c o r d s ,
in clu d in g m ost h o m e ru n s,
most stolen bases, most triples
a n d m o st doubles. M iddleton
c r a c k e d nin e h om e r u n s last
s e a s o n a n d is a t h r e e - s p o r t
sta n d o u t (softball, b a sk e tb a ll
a n d track). H er sp eed (timed
a t 1 2 .0 0 in th e 1 0 0 - m e t e r s )
a l l o w e d h e r to s t e a l e i g h t
bases in one game during her
p rep career.
“Kellie is really going to turn
som e h e a d s , ” G um pf said .
“She has power, speed, and a
g r e a t a rm . She p oss e ss e s all
th e tools of s o m e o n e t h a t is
going to get b etter and better
at the collegiate level.”
The fifth m em ber of the Irish
c l a s s is i n f i e l d e r / o u t f i e l d e r
S a r a S c h o o n a e r t from C lear
Lake High School in Houston,
T exas. Also a m e m b e r of the
Houston Diamonds club team,
she helped lead the te a m to a
fifth-place finish a t th e 1999
AFA National T o u rn am ent and
e a rn e d F re sh m a n of the Year
h o n o r s on t h e C l e a r L a k e
squad.
“ S a r a is N o t r e D a m e , ”
G u m p f said. “She is a g re a t,
g r e a t p l a y e r w h o live s a n d
dies w ith th e University. She
b e l o n g s h e r e a n d w ill b e a
g r e a t a d d i t i o n to o u r p r o ­
g ra m .”
With the Irish are coming off
the most successful season in
school history, Gumpf and her
sta ff (a ssista n t
coaches
C h a r m e l l e G r e e n a n d K ris
McCleary) w e re able to ca rry
over the m o m e n tu m of Notre
D am e’s stellar 2001 campaign
into the recruiting season.
“W e k n e w w e w a n t e d to
r e c r u it som e g r e a t a th l e te s ,”
G u m p f s a i d . “We w e n t o u t
t h e r e th in k in g we w a n te d to
find the best athletes we can.
All five of these girls will have
an im m e d ia te and la stin g
impact on our p ro g ra m .”
defensive honor
Special to T h e O bserver
N o tre
D am e
hockey
defensem an Evan Nielsen has
been n a m e d th e C e n tra l
C o lleg iate H ockey A sso c ­
i a t i o n ’s
(CCHA)
D e f e n s iv e
P l a y e r of
th e W eek
fo r
the
week en d ­
ing Dec. 2.
N ie lse n
and
his
Nielsen
d efen siv e
e
a
m
t
m a te s h eld Lake S u p e rio r
State to ju st two goals on the
w e e k e n d as th e Ir is h s w e p t
the Lakers 7-0 and 5-2.
In S a t u r d a y ’s 7 - 0 w in ,
Nielsen helped set up Connor
D unlop’s eventual g a m e -w in ­
ning goal a t 5:33 of the first
period. He then followed th a t
w ith his s e c o n d g o al of th e
season a t 10:54 of the second
period which gave the Irish a
6 -0 l e a d in t h e g a m e . T h e
s h u t o u t w a s th e f ir s t of th e
s e a s o n for N o tre D am e and
the first since Dec. 4, 1999.
The Irish killed all 10 Laker
p o w e r p l a y c h a n c e s in th e
game.
The following night, Nielsen
w as +2 on the evening as the
Irish killed off four more Lake
State p o w e r play c h a n c e s in
the 5-2 win.
F o r th e w e e k e n d , N ielsen
was +5 a n d helped Irish spe­
cial team s kill off 14 consecu­
tive p o w e r p la y c h a n c e s to
g iv e N o t r e D a m e its f i r s t
series sw eep of the season.
F o r t h e s e a s o n , th e Irish
captain has two goals and five
assists for seven points and is
+2 overall.
W ith th e w e e k e n d sw e e p ,
the Irish moved into a tie for
sixth place in the CCHA with a
4-4-3 r e c o r d in le a g u e play.
N otre D am e is 4 -6 -4 overall
for the season and 4-2-3 in its
last nine games.
T he Irish r e t u r n to league
play this w eekend w hen they
travel to Bowling Green for a
w e e k e n d s e r i e s w i t h th e
Falcons on Dec. 7-8.
U lt im a t e F r is b e e
Irish advance
at Vandy Invite
Special to T h e O bserver
The Ultimate frisbee c lu b ’s
m e n ’s a n d w o m e n ’s s q u a d s
c o n tin u e to im p ro v e as they
a d v a n c e d in th e V a n d e r b i lt
Invitational this weekend. The
w o m e n p o ste d a 4-2 r e c o rd ,
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opening with an 11-3 rou t of
h o s t V a n d e r b i l t . M e r e d ith
Shepherd scored repeatedly on
diving endzone catches.
The Irish dropped a tough 65 decision to Tennessee in the
s e c o n d r o u n d d e s p ite contnued the stellar defensive play
of -Manna Lungren and Diona
Rey. The club th e n hand led
both W ake Forest, 11-4, and
T o w s o n , 11-1 w ith r e la tiv e
e a s e , as th e p a s s in g of Erin
Flem ing to Julie Schutte and
N aom i Cordell a c co un ted for
m u c h o f t h e s c o r i n g . On
Sunday, the club split a pair of
re m a tc h e s,
d efeatin g
V a n d e r b il t 8-4 b e fo re d r o p ­
p i n g t h e i r f in a l g a m e to
Towson.
T h e m e n 's s q u a d e n jo y e d
success as well, as they ran off
four
stra ig h t
w in s
on
Saturday! An offense powered
by Brian Carrigan and Jamie
Klang protected the disc and
proved very effective in defeat­
in g R h o d e s C o lle g e , 1 3 -8 ,
Indiana U, 13-9, Vanderbilt B,
1 3 - 3 , a n d N a s h v ille , 1 1-7.
S u n d a y , th e d e f e n s e s p e a r ­
headed by Cletus Willems shut
d o w n h ig h p o w e r e d P u rd u e
13-8, while Jim Donovan made
some circus catches for scores.
The Irish dropped the semifi­
n a l to a s t r o n g c lu b t e a m ,
Whine, 13-10.
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SPORTS
Tuesday, D ecem ber 4, 2001
N D W o m e n ’s B a s k e t b a l l
Batteast earns rookie honor
Special to T h e O bserver
U n i v e r s i t y o f N o tr e D a m e
f r e s h m a n fo rw a rd Ja c q u e lin e
Batteast ha s been selected as
t h e Big E a s t C o n f e r e n c e
R o o k ie o f t h e W e e k , t h e
l e a g u e o f f ic e a n n o u n c e d
Monday. I t ’s th e first w eekly
a w a r d of B a t t e a s t ’s c a r e e r ,
and she is the first Irish play­
e r to e a r n th e c o n f e r e n c e ’s
top rookie a w a r d since Alicia
Ratay g a r n e r e d the h o no r for
th e s i x t h t i m e o n F e b . 2 1 ,
2000.
» B a tte a s t , th e 2 0 0 1 - 0 2 p r e ­
season Big East Rookie of the
Y e a r, a v e r a g e d 1 7 .5 p o i n t s
an d 10.5 re b o u n d s p e r g a m e
la s t w eek as N o tre D am e
d e fe a te d A rm y, 8 9 -5 7 , a n d
lost to No. 16 M ichigan, 7863. B atte a st n otched h e r s e c ­
ond double-double of the s e a ­
son in th e win over Army, fin­
ish in g w ith g a m e - h ig h to ta ls
of 18 points, 12 re b o u n d s an d
four blocked shots — th e la t­
t e r to ta l tie d for th e m o st
rejections by a Big East player
this season. B a tte a st followed
t h a t p e r f o rm a n c e up with 17
p o in ts a n d n in e r e b o u n d s in
S u n d a y ’s loss to Michigan.
N o t r e D a m e r e t u r n s to
a c tio n T h u r s d a y a t 7 p .m .
w h e n i t h e a d s to W e s t
Lafayette for a battle with No.
10 P u rd u e a t Mackey A rena. It
will be a re m a tc h of last s e a ­
s o n ’s NCAA c h a m p i o n s h i p
g a m e w h ic h w a s w on by the
Irish, 68-66.
.
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Recruits
continued from page 20
“I’m very eager to see who they bring in first of all,
then meet that coach and meet the staff and get a
good.feel for them,” said Hannum, who has a 4.2 40yard dash time. “But like 1 always tell people, I
picked Notre Dame for more than the coaching, and
I’m 99.9 percent sure that I’m going to be at Notre
Dame.”
Offensive lineman Scott Raridon has planned on
attending Notre Dame for a while, and has no plans
of changing that decision either.
“I definitely plan on staying with Notre Dam e,”
said Raridon. “I w an t to play for Notre Dame. ...
Unless I really don’t get along with the new coach.
But the three top candidates all look pretty good to
me.”
Even players who strongly liked Davie a re still
honoring their commitment to play at Notre Dame
next year.
“I really like coach Davie and I thought that I had a
good relationship with him and the whole staff,” said
Jake Carney, a safety from Lexington, Ky. “But I’m
still committed to the University because I didn’t just
commit to the staff, I committed to the whole, pro­
gram.”
Despite the comments from White yesterday, the
football banquet planned for this weekend was can­
celed. The banquet was mainly used to cumulate the
season, and also allowed re c ru its to u n d e rsta n d
m ore about the football program a t Notre Dame.
Due to this cancellation, players, like Olsen and
Carney h a d th e ir visits c ancelled and moved to
January.
“I was planning on coming up [to Notre Dame for
the banquet]!” said Carney. “But a fter talking to
so m e of th e c o a c h e s, they d e f e r r e d my visit to
January 17-19.”
The possibility of Jon Gruden, Bob Stoops or Tom
Coughlin being the next Notre Dame head coach has
also played a major role in keeping the recruits from
changing schools.
“I haven’t met all of [the top candidates for head
coach], but I’m sure whoever is hired is going to a
great job [at Notre Dame],” said Carney.
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Irish freshm an forward Jacqueline B a ttea st looks to p ass earlier this s e a ­
son . B a tte a st w as named Big East Rookie of the W eek on Monday.
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SPORTS
M e n ’ s T e n n is
Bayliss a n n o u n c e s five signings
Special to T h e O bserv er
Notre Dame men’s tennis coach
Bob Bayliss has announced the
signing of five incoming freshman
for th e 2 0 0 2 - 0 3 scho ol y e a r.
Patrick Buchanan, Shannon Buck,
Eric Langenkamp, Sergey Leonyuk
and Steve Roszak have signed
national letters of intent to enroll
at Notre Dame next year and join
the Irish tennis team in the fall.
“I’m really excited about this
new g ro u p of people w ho will
eventually, I believe, leave their
mark as one of the greatest classes
in th e te n n is h is to r y of N otre
D a m e ,” said Bayliss. “E ach of
these players has a great upside in
his game with potential for signifi­
c a n t im p ro v e m e n t. This class
reminds me of the class of 1993,
which w hen they w ere juniors,
reached the finals of the NCAA
championships.”
Buchanan will join the Irish after
g r a d u a tio n from S e rvite High
School. A year ago, he was ranked
27th among United States junior
players 16 and under.
“Patrick has the reputation of
being one of the toughest competi­
tors in junior tennis,” said Bayliss.
“He makes you earn every point
and has a terrific backhand. We
feel very fortunate to land him.”
Buck was the fifth-ranked junior
player in the U.S. last year in the
16-and-under division and is cur­
rently ra n k ed 32nd in the 18s.
Buck is r a n k e d 13 th a m o n g
American high school seniors.
“Shannon is very consistent and
one of th e b e st com p etitors in
junior tennis,” said Bayliss. “His
game is poised for a step up as he
looks to become more aggressive.
His fundamentals are very sound.”
L a n g e n k a m p is a s e n io r at
Scarsdale H.S. Langenkamp was
ranked 34th nationally in the 16s
last year and is currently No. 67
among 18-and-under players in
the United States.
“Eric’s gam e really grew late
last summer. He had strong show­
ings in the National Junior Davis
Cup a n d th e N a tio n a ls in
Kalamazoo, Mich. He has showed
signs of taking his game to the
ne x t level by playing up in the
court and taking the ball on the
rise,” Bayliss said.
Leonyuk is a native of Moscow,
Russia, who now tra in s at the
International Tennis Academy in
Boca Raton, Fla. He has done well
in International Tennis Federation
junior tou rnam ents and Bayliss
expects him to play at the level of a
top 10-to-20 junior in the U.S.
“S ergey ha s a p ow erful and
aggressive all-court game with a
big serve and dominating fore­
hand,” said Bayliss. “We hope he
can be an impact player. I normal­
ly do not recruit internationally,
b u t S ergey r e s e a r c h e d m any
schools and decided th a t Notre
Dame seemed to be a great fit for
him.”
Roszak comes to Notre Dame
from The Pembroke Hill School in
Kansas City. Last year, he was
ranked 84th nationally in the 16s.
Roszak recently won a designated
se c tio n a l t o u r n a m e n t in th e
MUTA. “Steve has big weapons —
a strong serve and dominant fore­
hand,” said Bayliss. “He plays an
aggressive game, which should
peak in college. I believe his best
tennis is ahead of him.”
BRIAN PUCEVICH/The Observer
Irish forward Ryan Humphry m a k es a m ove a g a in st Army
last w eek . Notre Dame ta k e s on Indiana tonight.
Davis
continued from page 20
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r u n n i n g th e ir r e c o r d to 7-0
after an 82-55 point shellack­
ing over DePaul last Saturday.
On t h e o t h e r h a n d , th e
Hoosiers once again find them ­
s e lv e s in a b it of h o t w a t e r
with a record of 4-2 after suf­
fe rin g a n u p s e t loss a g a in s t
S o u th e r n Illinois, 72 -60 la st
Saturday.
“J u s t like l a s t y e a r , t h i s
game is very important for us.
W e ’ve lo s t tw o g a m e s to
schools from m id-m ajor con ­
f e r e n c e s , ” s a id Davis. “T he
jury is still out on us this se a ­
so n . T h is is o u r f i r s t h o m e
game of the season after being
on the road. Another big p e r ­
formance from Tom Coverdale
would be nice. J a r e d Jeffries
needs to have a big game, but
I expect all of our guys to play
well.”
Last year, the Hoosiers outrebounded Notre Dame 42-33,
w h ile H o o s ie r g u a r d T om
Coverdale was simply unstop­
pable. Coverdale easily p e n e ­
tr a te d past Irish point g u a rd
Martin Ingelsby on his way to
a career-high 30 points on 11of-15 shooting.
T h e a th le ti c is m of s o p h o ­
more swingman Jeffries could
pose some problems for Notre
Dame as well, b ut this y e a r ’s
I r is h te a m is d if f e r e n t. F o r
s t a r t e r s , l a s t y e a r ’s Mr.
B asketb all from th e s ta te of
In d ia n a , Chris T h o m a s, will
now be responsible for s h u t­
ting down Coverdale. The oneon-one m a tc h -u p b e tw e en
T hom as and Coverdale could
prove to be the difference in
tonight’s game.
J u s t as T h o m a s m u s t play
w ell d e fe n siv e ly , C o v e rd a le
w ill h a v e to c o n t e n d w ith
T h o m a s ’s q u i c k n e s s off th e
dribble. Thom as is averaging
n e a r l y 15 p o in ts p e r g a m e ,
while his te a m -le a d in g eight
a s s i s t s h a s b e e n c r u c i a l to
j u m p s t a r t i n g N o tre D a m e ’s
balanced offensive attack.
No longer able to rely on the
departed Troy Murphy to gen­
e r a te b ask ets, th e Irish have
sp read the wealth offensively.
F o u r o f N o tr e D a m e ’s five
s t a r t e r s b o a s t d o u b le digit
scoring averages.
Five of the Irish’s seven wins
h a v e b e e n by 27 p o i n t s or
more. Notre Dame head coach
Mike Brey’s squad is averaging
88.7 points per game, and has
lim ited its o p p o n e n ts to ju s t
56.4 points p e r contest.
Most impressive for the Irish
h a s b e e n t h e i r s t r o n g play
inside th e paint. Senior Ryan
Humphrey is having an unbe­
lie v a b le s e a s o n le a d i n g th e
I r i s h w ith 2 3 .4 p o i n t s p e r
g a m e on n e a r l y 70 p e r c e n t
shooting from the field.
The Irish a r e m uch de e pe r
this season, also. Brey now has
the luxury of going nine play­
ers deep on his bench, allow­
ing his s t a r te r s to stay fresh
th r o u g h o u t th e e n tire game.
Last season, only seven Irish
players saw significant action.
Davis is keenly aw are of the
Irish’s potent offense.
“N o tr e D a m e w ill be th e
strongest team we have faced
this y e a r,” said Davis. “Their
big guys are extremely tough
on the inside. They are an out­
s ta n d in g p e r im e t e r shooting
team, also. We must play well
defensively.”
This will be a critical game
for N otre Dame as they face
their first test in a hostile envi­
ronment. Notre Dame current­
ly h o ld s a 1 2 - g a m e lo sin g
str e a k at Assembly Hall, d a t­
ing back to 1973.
Notes:
♦ This evening’s game will be
th e se c o n d of a c ritic a l five
g a m e r o a d t r i p f o r N o tre
D a m e , w h o do n o t r e t u r n
h o m e u n til Dec. 30 a g a in s t
Colgate.
♦ This ga m e also m a rk s the
first time the Irish will play on
national television this season.
The game will be televised by
ESPN.
♦ Notre Dame nearly cracked
the top 25 the Associated Press
poll, falling 23 points short of
No. 25 Western Kentucky. The
Irish ranked 27th overall.
C on ta ct Joe L icandro at
lican rd o. 1 @ nd.edu.
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Gruden
continued from page 20
coaching at Notre Dame, that
he is comfortable living in the
Bay Area, that he wants to stay
in the NFL.
Yet he h a s n ’t. And by not
doing so, h e ’s driving Notre
Dame wild.
There are many reasons why
Gruden appears to be such an
attractive choice for the Irish.
His father, Jim, was a position
coach for the Irish under Dan
Devine. Gruden grew up in the
South Bend are a , gra d u a te d
from Clay High School, and is a
huge fan of the Irish. In a diary
posted on NFL.com, he said
t h a t h e gets “c h ills ” w h e n
walking around Notre Dame’s
campus because of the tradi­
tion and the history. And his
a la r m re p o r te d ly w a k es up
every morning with the Notre
Dame Victory March.
Gruden’s personality is also
d r a s tic a lly d if f e re n t fro m
Davie. Gruden is young, fiery,
charismatic and energetic. He
paces sidelines during games
and his language on the field
can only be described as color­
ful.
In the past, when looking for
a new h e a d football coach,
a d m in istra to rs have usually
selected someone much differ­
ent than his predecessor. For
e x a m p le , th e fiery A ra
Parseghian was named coach
following four dismal seasons
u n d e r th e d iso rg a niz e d Joe
Kuharich.
D an D evine w a s s e e n as
so m e o n e
c a lm e r
th a n
Parseghian. Gerry Faust was
supposed to rally the players
that Devine couldn’t. Lou Holtz
was brought in to restore disci­
pline that disappeared under
Faust. And Davie was hired to
ensure the academic integrity
that had slowly eroded under
Holtz.
But there are several things
that could keep Gruden out of
South Bend. Gruden also has
one year left on his contract
with the Raiders. It is unknown
if he has a clause that allows
him to leave for a college head
coaching position, b u t if he
d o e s n ’t, R a id e rs o w n e r A1
Davis probably w o u ld n ’t let
him go.
Even if Gruden is hired, with
the Raiders in the NFL playoff
mix, it is unlikely he would
leave O a k la n d u n til th e
Raiders’ season is over, which
could negatively affect recruit­
ing and the smooth transition
White hopes will happen.
And while the fans may think
he he may be the ideal coach,
he has to be interview ed by
White. The athletic director
wouldn’t say w hat criteria he
would use to evaluate the new
head coach, only that he would
have to fit some institutional
profile. And Gruden has never
been a head coach at the col­
lege level.
White said he already has a
s h o r t list of c a n d i d a t e s to
replace Davie, but would not
say who was on that list.
“As soon as th e r e 's so m e ­
thing to report, you’ll h ear it
from m e ,” White said. “But
until you hear it from me, any­
thing you might h e a r will be
nothing m ore th a n sp e c u la ­
tion.”
And until White says some­
thing, Gruden will rem ain at
th e top of th e f a n s ’ list of
potential coaching candidates.
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Tuesday, D ecem ber 4, 2001
Dear Davie: An era-ending letter
Bob Davie got fired on Sunday.
I’d be lying if I said a coaching
change h a sn ’t been on my Notre
Dame football wish list since
sometime during my freshman
year, way
back in
1998.
But, by
him being
the head
football
coach and
me being
some sort of
hack sports
Ted Fox
writer, our
paths have
crossed
Fox Sports
numerous
Almost
times, even
though it’s
predomi­
nantly just been on paper in my
weekly ramblings.
Now at the end of Notre
D ame’s Bob Davie era, I want to
write a letter that gives some
closure to the situation. Not for
him, of course, because I don’t
think my witty critiques have
kept him up at night. However,
the topic of Davie has dominated
this column for more than three
years, so it’s only fair, given his
dismissal, that we w rap it up
once and for all.
Dear Coach Davie:
First of all, I hope you and
your family are doing well after
an obviously disappointing day
for all of you.
If you’ve had a chance to
glance through my column over
the past few years, you know
tha t I’ve long felt there was
another coach out there better
suited for the Notre Dame job.
What has given me a right to say
this? Nothing more than a little
flare with a pen, a decent un der­
standing of the game, and a love
of Notre Dame football, three
o
Want to
wish you)
someone
a happy
attributes not all that unique.
day, some different “expert,”
Certainly, these three things
such as myself, was calling for
you to be fired.
don’t come close to approaching
I admire the way you refused
your immense knowledge of the
to resign. While I think Notre
game of football, something I
Dame made the right choice, in
don’t think anyone would dis­
no way should you have been
pute.
coerced from stepping down
Still, as the general public has
when you w eren’t ready. You
countless times said — and you
m ade the university do its evalu­
have rightly acknowledged —
football coaches are mainly
ative job and didn’t give it an
easy way out. Maybe White
judged by one stat.
“I think back,” you said at
didn’t w ant to step up to a podi­
your press conference on
um and announce the firing of a
Notre Dame football coach.
Sunday, “to what Ara
[Parseghian] told me when I first
However, given your feelings,
took the job, and he said, T h e re
both on your ability to do this job
are a lot of things to worry
and your love of football, that
about, but worry
was the only
about one thing,
acceptable
You becam e the “Notre
and that’s win­
and respon­
D am e Coach, ” m ore a
ning.’”
sible solu­
No one can
symbol, an untouchable
tion.
Your last
deny the academ ­
image, than a person,
game
ic success and
which m a kes you easier
against
classy nature of
to attack. I know a t tim es Purdue on
the guys in your
program, a
Saturday
I ’ve been overzealous in
reflection first on
(which
m y criticisms, m aybe
their great c har­
probably
p a rtia lly fo r th a t reason.
acter, but also on
seems like
your character as
10 years
a coach. For that,
ago now)
we thank you and your players
really showed everyone a couple
— our classmates — for all your
things, too. One-hundred-sixtywork in representing us so well.
two yards of total offense and an
However, as Athletic Director
almost complete reliance on
Kevin White said, academic and
defense and special teams reem ­
athletic achievement can coexist.
phasized why the program
Your charge to your players to
needs to head in a new direc­
start getting ready for next year
tion.
But the fact th a t your team,
now so they can have a great
season shows you share this
with injuries too nu m ero us to
belief in their ability to win on
list and nothing to play for but
the field.
a 5-6 record and pride, won
Unfortunately, this belief did
24-18, shows you never lost
not become reality often enough
your guys or their commitment.
And Shane Walton saying los­
during your five years as head
ing you and your fellow coach­
coach, especially against college
football’s better teams.
es felt like a m e m b e r of the
That being said, I really
tea m had died showed the
closeness you had with many of
respect the way you’ve handled
your players.
this season, one in which every­
I think the saddest thing in
all of this, Coach, is tha t it’s
really easy for us as fans to for­
get you’re ju st like us. Rabid
criticism hurts. It hurts you. It
hurts your family. It hu rts your
players.
You become the “Notre Dame
Football Coach,” more a sym­
bol, an untouchable image,
th a n a person, which makes
you easier to attack. I know
I’ve at times been overzealous
in my criticisms, maybe p a r ­
tially for that reason.
Yet we all know th a t comes
with the territory of being a
public figure. You, somehow,
seem to accept tha t better than
anyone else I’ve ever seen.
At the end of your press con­
ference, you actually thanked
the media, saying you u n d e r ­
stood the job we had to do over
the past few years and just
hoped th a t you had earned
respect for how you had con­
ducted yourself.
Like I said, Coach, Notre
Dame m ade a decision on
Sunday th a t I feel was overdue.
However, the delivery of the
news w a sn ’t as exciting as I
thought it would be a few years
ago.
For th a t to have been the
case, there would needed to
have been some lashing out, or
maybe even recoiling in, on
your part. We didn’t see that
because th a t isn’t you.
I d o n ’t see how anyone
couldn’t have respected Bob
Davie, the m an, on your last
day as coach.
Good luck.
E m ail Ted Fox at
tfox@ nd.edu. The opinions
exp ressed in this column are
those o f the author a n d not
necessarily those o f The
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Just two days after Bob Davie was fired as the head
football coach, names are being dropped left and right
about who could replace him.
And no name is hotter right now that Jon Gruden.
The current head coach of the Oakland Raiders appears
to be the odds-on favorite to replace Davie, at least
according to the average Notre Dame student. A sign
hanging on the north side of Alumni Hall read, “All I want
for Xmas is Jon Gruden.”
And a poll on NDToday.com said 85 percent of the peo­
ple who voted would select Gruden as the next head
coach. The second place candidate, Bob Stoops, had just
five percent of the vote.
While some rum ors claim Gruden has already been
offered a contract, White said Sunday that was not the
case. In fact, White said he h a d n ’t approached anyone
about the head coaching job.
“I made a commitment to Bob that I would not contact
anyone about this job until he had first heard from me
concerning his status, and I have honored that commit­
ment,” he said. “I’ve made no contacts with potential can­
didates or their employers before now, nor has anyone
authorized by me, and I don’t expect to comment on the
contacts that we do make during the search.”
After Oakland’s 34-31 loss Sunday, Gruden said he had
not been contacted by Notre Dame.
“I’m not going to sit here and speculate,” Gruden told
the Oakland Tribune afterward. “I’ve got a great job and
I’m proud to be here. That’s all I’ve ever said. Everything
else is speculation and rumor — I have not had any con­
versations with anybody. If I did, I would tell you.”
But that doesn’t mean he isn’t interested. Gruden has
had multiple opportunities to say that he isn’t interested in
see G R U D E N /page 18
By JO E H E T T L E R
Sports W riter
m yself to w o rk as h a r d as I
possibly can to get this team
back to the NCAA tournament.
I want to build upon last y ear’s
s e a s o n a n d w in th e NCAA
T ournam ent.”
L a st y e a r , th e H o o s ie r s
defeated the Irish 86-78 at the
Jo y c e C e n te r , t h a n k s to a n
incredible p e rfo rm an c e from
point guard Tom Coverdale.
This year the Irish are hop­
ing to re tu rn the favor when
th e y s q u a r e off a g a i n s t the
Hoosiers tonight at 7 p.m. at
Assembly Hall in Bloomington,
Ind.
The c i r c u m s ta n c e s of this
year’s game are very familiar.
Once again, Notre Dame has
looked very impressive in the
e a r ly s t a g e s of th e s e a s o n ,
W hen Chris Olsen w e n t to bed
S a t u r d a y n ig h t, he w a s s e t on
attending and playing football at
Notre Dame. On Sunday morning,
things had changed and, perhaps,
so had Olsen’s decision.
With the firing of head coach Bob
Davie, Olsen had to rethink his col­
lege selection process and do what
was best for him and his football
career.
“I need to protect myself,” said
Olsen, who has rescheduled visits
w ith I o w a a n d N o r th C a r o lin a
State. “I d on’t w a n t to get out [to
N otre Dam e] a n d m e e t th e new
h e a d c o a c h a n d h a v e h im say,
‘W e ’re only going to bring in one
q u a r t e r b a c k , and you can come
here, but you’re not a good fit [for
the new o[Tense].”’
But Olsen was quick to point out
th a t Notre Dame is still his first
choice.
“I still p la n on going to Notre
Dame as of now,” said Olsen.
W hile A thletic D ire c to r Kevin
White did not set a timetable for
hiring a new coach, Olsen believes
the decision will be m ade soon.
“I talked to an assistant athletic
director [on Sunday] and he called
my house and said [Notre Dame]
w o u ld h a v e a n e w h e a d c o a c h
within 10 days,” said Olsen.
The o th e r re c r u it th a t was
r u m o r e d to be r e c o n s i d e r i n g
a tte n d in g N otre Dame w as line­
b a c k e r J e r e m y V an A lsty n e of
Greenwood, Ind. But Van Alstyne
told the South Bend Tribune yes­
terday that he still wants to play for
the Irish next fall.
“I’m still planning on taking my
official visit up t h e r e , ” said Van
Alstyne. “I’m disappointed, because
I thought I’d be playing for coach
Davie. But I still really want to go to
Notre Dame. I just need to find out
who the next coach will be.”
A sid e fr o m O lsen a n d Van
Alstyne, none of the other recruits
s h o w e d a n y s ig n s o f c h a n g i n g
schools for next year.
Defensive tackle Jamie Ryan said
that there is no way he will change
his decision and he is “still 100 per­
cent committed to Notre Dame.”
W ide r e c e i v e r J o s h H a n n u m ,
from W a llin g to n , Pa., sa id th a t
while the change does som ew hat
bother him, it will not change his
mind about attending Notre Dame
next fall.
see DAVIS/page 17
see R E C R U IT S/page 16
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M e n ’s B a s k e t b a l l
Irish run into reeling Hoosiers
By JO E L IC A N D R O
Sports W rite r
Replacing a legend is never
easy. Ju s t ask Indiana m e n ’s
h e a d b a s k e tb a ll c o ach Mike
Davis. At this time a year ago,
Davis and his Hoosiers w ere
reeling with a 2-3 re c o rd as
they e n t e r e d a piv otal r o a d
match-up against the then No.
10-ranked Irish.
Loyal Bob Knight supporters
were calling for Davis’s oust­
ing, c r iti c iz in g h im for n o t
being able to effectively lead
th e H o o sie rs th e s a m e w a y
Knight had done for the previ­
ous th re e decades, but Davis
refused to allow his critics get
the best of him.
“The beginning of last year
w a s d iff ic u lt fo r t h e k id s
because of the circumstances
of Coach Knight’s d ep a rtu re ,”
said Davis. “I didn’t look at it
lik e I w a s r e p l a c i n g C oach
K night. I loo ked a t it as a n
o p p o r t u n i t y to p u t my ow n
s t a m p on th e p r o g r a m a n d
lead Indiana back to the NCAA
Tournam ent.”
Davis and his team w ere in
d e s p e r a t e n e e d of a victory
over Notre Dame to turn their
season around.
“We were 2-3 entering that
game. Notre Dame was ranked
in the top 10,” said Davis. “We
knew we would be in for a b a t­
tle, b u t ou r guys s te p p e d up
a n d p la y e d e x t r e m e l y well.
T h a t g a m e w a s th e tu r n i n g
point in our season.”
Despite the daunting task of
s u c c e e d i n g H o o s i e r ico n
K n i g h t, D av is d id n o t w ilt
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u n d e r th e i n te n s e p r e s s u r e
an d scru tiny associated with
being the interim head coach
at Indiana last year. The vic­
tory over hjotre Dame was the
s p r in g b o a r d for Davis as he
led his team to a second-place
fin is h in th e
Big T e n
T ournam ent and another birth
in the NCAA tournament.
In t h e p r o c e s s , D avis
removed the interim tag from
his job description and signed
a contract as Indiana’s pe rm a ­
nent head coach.
“I never com pare myself to
Coach Knight because I don’t
need to put any more pressure
on myself,” said Davis. “When
you sto p a n d look a t Coach
Knight’s incredible n u m b ers,
you will overwhelm yourself. I
have confidence in my ability
to le a d th is te a m . I e x p e c t
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