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SMC shirt draws protests, ban♦ Students say junior class shirt offensive to ND

By AMY G R E E N EN ew s W rite r

The Board of Governance addressed the controversial shirts printed by the junior class at its weekly m eeting h e l d l a s t night.

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y o u n g girls, one with an “ND” on h e rsh ir t , the o th e r a F re n c h c r o s s , and a y o u n g boy wearing an “ND.” The young boy is kissing the girl w ear­ing the French cr o ss w ith “The Girl of Choice” written below.

Board m em bers attacked the shirt for potentially hurt­ing re la t io n s b e tw e e n the two campuses.

“I am appalled by the shirt and work desperately hard to maintain good re lations a c r o s s th e s t r e e t , ” sa id

Crissie Renner, student body president. “This represents everyone on this Board and I have gotten numerous phone calls about it. This brings us backwards from w here we were going.”

“When you put the ‘ND’ on the shirt, that w as a direct attack ,” secretary Am anda Spica said.

Notre Dame representative Suzanne Lohmeyer agreed, “I can see how it’s ‘cute,’ but o n e th in g can s t a r t the whole ball rolling. I do see it snowballing.”

M em bers q u est ion ed the stereotypes which the shirt seem s to stregthen.

“How can we make certain ju d g m e n ts like that about ND wom en?” Kristy Sulorius asked.

“A rea lly good friend of m ine g o e s to N otre D am e and if she wore the shirt and the situation were reversed, I’d be r e a l ly h u r t , ” sa id Autumn Palacz, senior class president.

Controversy regarding the shirt has been escalating for the past three weeks.

“Since day one 1 have been worried about com plain ts ,” said junior c lass president, Katy R o b in s o n . “I c a n ’t im a g in e s e l l in g the sh irts now and only see the situa­

tion get t in g w orse . I d o n ’t want to go through with sell­in g th e s h ir t s . W e 'r e out $1,300 and I honestly don’t know whereto go.”

R o b in so n sa id s h e w a s u n aw are of th e f in a l d e s ig n for th e sh ir t , h o w e v e r .She said she disapproved of the shirtd es ign and in stru cted the junior board not to print the shirts.

“I told them to take the ‘ND’ off and the next thing I know, it’s printed. It d idn’t g e t c o n v e y e d the w a y I w an ted it to ,” sh e said . “I addressed the issue with the J u n io r B oard and s to o d alone in removing the ‘ND.’” The opportunity to ch an ge the id ea w a s o f fe r e d and s o m e a g r e e d to c o m p r o ­mise.”

Junior Liz Kocourek said the T-shirt idea cam e from the students and they should be left to decide if they want to buy the shirt or not.

“You can’t all agree on one id ea ,” said Kocourek. “Our meetings are always open to

“This brings us backwards from where we were

going . "

C rissie Renner student body president

y o u r c la s s Kahn said.

the student body and it’s left to us to decide. If they don’t like the shirt or the message, then don’t buy it.”

Other m e m ­b ers a r g u e d that it was the responsibilty of s tudent repre­s e n t a t i v e s to r e j e c t id e a s th a t m ig h t seem offensive.

“T h e p r o b ­lem is you are a p p o in te d by m e m b e r s of

” s e n io r Molly We are entrust­

ed as student leaders with a special responsibility. I can see how it’s ‘cu te ,’ but it is inappropriate.”

“I love Saint Mary’s and by no means do I want to mini­m iz e th e d i s t a n c e w e ’ve com e,” said junior vice pres­id e n t Erin W eld o n . “N ow w e ’re making the issue pub­lic and it’s only going to get worse.”

S tu d e n t A c t iv i t i e sapproved the shirt because it did not go a g a in s t the M iss io n S t a t e m e n t or en d o r se a lco h o l , dru gs or s e x i s m , b oard m e m b e r s said. Other board m em bers

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Resolution to address sex assaultBy LAURA R O M P FA ssistan t N ew s E d ito r

Last spring, many people on Notre Dame’s campus showed concern over the issue of sexual assault and rape.

The issue received attention in the c a m p u s m ed ia , and the University sponsored a sexual a ssa u lt p anel with rape survivors.

Subsequently, the S tu d e n t S e n a t e passed a resolution at W e d n e s d a y n ig h t ’s m e e t in g to create ed u ca tion a l presentations in the r e s id e n c e h a l ls to provide information to students about the issue of sexual assault.

“Through talking to several individ­uals, we learned that the assembly in Washington Hall is not the best way to handle this issue,” said Lewis senator Luciana Reali. “We b elieve a more personal setting would be more effec­tive.”

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Welsh Hall resident

By T IM L O G A NSenior S ta ff W rite r

Funny.Loyal.Resilient.This is how Brionne Clary’s friends will remember the

junior, who died last W ednesday of complications from leukemia.

“She was an amazing person,” said Kate Downen, who would have lived across from Clary this year in Welsh Family Hall. “Sometimes she could be crazy, off the wall. She was the most caring, deep-down wonderful person.”

Clary loved basketball, and she played on Welsh’s inter­hall team and a Bookstore Basketball squad that reached the Final Four of last y ea r ’s w o m e n ’s tournament. The Welsh team will frame her number 51 jersey and put it and a plaque in the dorm, said Katie Rak, a teammate of Clary.

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Remembering Brionne Clarycelebrate 2 0 -y e a r-

Photo courtesy of S arah Miller

Brionne Clary (righ t) en joys a football g am e a t N otre Dame S tad ium w ith friends (from left) Kate S tep h an , E lisabeth Parker and K ate Downen.

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In sid e C o lu m n

P i c t u r e p e r f e c t ?A picture is worth a thousand words.But are they always the words we want to

say? The picture and words on the back of the T-shirt sponsored by the Class of 2002 board said just about everything that Saint Mary’s wom en don ’t want to hear.

Featuring a crude repro­duction of the famous “II Bacio”, the shirt sh o w ­cased a young boy with a Notre Dame T-shirt kissing the cheek of a girl with a Saint Mary’s em blem on her shirt while a forlorn Notre Dame-clad girl looked on. Underneath were the words “Girl of Choice.”

Imagine the disgust of the student body.

Fortunately, Board of Governance did the right thing and deserves to be com m ended for purchasing all o f the T-shirts from the Class of 2002, keeping them from being sold. But once the words are spoken, it is hard to for­get that som e m em bers of the community found this acceptable in the first place.

Gender relations arc nothing to joke about at Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame. Over the past three years since the infamous “Parasite” letter, Saint Mary’s w om en have worked tirelessly to break down stereotypes and instill a sen se of pride in students for what it m eans to be a Saint Mary’s woman. However, we w ere reminded today how quickly all of that work could have been undone by the im age and words on a piece of cloth.

When we cam e to Saint Mary’s, we made a choice. It w a sn ’t the one reflected in the T- shirt; it was for a first class education, not a man.

The T-shirt not only perpetuated a s tereo­type of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s women alike, it also trivialized the w om en who made the choice to cOme to Saint Mary’s. In addi­tion, the other idea of “ch o ice” represented in the T-shirt portrays the Saint Mary’s wom en not as being chosen for their mind or as a whole person, but rather as a sexual object by the Notre Dame man.

And it gets worse.Instead of trying to break down barriers to

unite Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame wom en, the T-shirt reinforced the supposed rivalry.We should reach out to the w om en of Notre Dame to unite on issues that are of common concern to us as women.

It is deplorable on the eve of the w eek that is supposed to celebrate our identity as Saint Mary’s wom en that som e w om en still have not discovered the m eaning o f that identity.

We left “girlhood” behind long ago. It’s time for the Class of 2002 board to under­stand what it m eans to be a wom an — a Saint Mary’s woman.

That’s the picture that says the words we want to hear.

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♦ Lecture: “Quinceaneras

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Rental car service supplies rides at StanfordSTANFORD, Calif.

S ta r t in g th is fa ll , th e S tan ford bookstore is offering rental car ser­vices to minimize the inconvenience of off-campus travel, particularly for incoming freshmen.

The Class of 2 0 0 4 is the first to feel the effects of a policy instituted in the sp rin g of 1 9 9 9 that d en ies parking permits to all freshmen.

The university has taken measures to make adequate alternative trans­portation available, one of which is a c o n t r a c t n e g o t ia t e d w ith E nterprise Rent-a-Car, one of the nation’s largest rental car services.

Enterprise will offer Stanford stu­dents and faculty a 15 to 20 percent discount off normal rental car rates, as well as special promotional deals set up around the university’s acad­

emic calendar.More importantly, Enterprise will

allow rentals to s tud en ts b etw een the ages of 18 and 21, an age group n o r m a l ly d e n ie d th e p r iv i l e g e b ecause of its high insurance risk. Many agencies will not rent to dri­

vers under 25, and 21 is generally the y o u n g e s t age peop le can rent cars.

H o w ev e r , E n terp r ise will a l low rentals to s tud en ts 18 and over if they provide a Stanford student ID. proof of full insurance coverage and a credit card in their own name.

These criteria may still be difficult to meet for som e students.

“The insurance might be a prob­lem for m e ,” said senior Margaret B r u c e . “ But it s t i l l w id e n s my op tion s . I th ink it will be helpful when friends and family visit m e.”

Dean of students Marc Wais calls the program a “bold and creative concept.”

“I know of no other school in this country th a t offers their s tu d en ts rental car services,” said Wais.

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Gay community extends programsDURHAM, N.C.

D u k e ’s C en ter for L esb ian , Gay, B isex u a l and Transgender (LGBT) Life has begun implementing its five-year strategic plan, created last year, which calls for outreach to the cam pus and Durham com m unities. LGBT officials said they have already begun working toward their goals of creating education and awareness programs with Duke athletics and heterosexuals. “We’re doing a fairly decent job [of reaching out], but of course we have a long way to go ... so Duke is a better place for everyone, not just the LGBT students,” said center direc­tor Karen Krahulik. “We don’t only serve undergradu­ates, graduate and professional students, but serve the staff and community.” One of cornerstones of the cen­ter’s outreach efforts is “Safe on Campus,” an initiative developed by LGBT officials to connect with other com­munities. The program, which identifies heterosexual supporters of the LGBT community, will include a series of training and orientation workshops where “allies” will learn how to relate to issues of LGBT life.

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Following news of a racially motivated sexual assault on a fem ale Asian stud en t early on the morning of Sept. 16, outraged members of the Cornell University community have begun speaking out. The assault took place after the victim w as verbally harassed with a racial epithet directed at her from a passing vehicle. A ccord ing to Randall H au sner , captain of Cornell Police, the victim was not physically injured but was traumatized by the attack. Melissa Hu, co-president of the Asian Pacific Americans for Action (APAA), said when she heard about the assault, she “initially felt fear. [An incident like this] makes you paranoid. An Asian woman tried to fight back, and look what hap­pened.” Hu said the APAA, in conjunction with several other Asian student organizations, will hold a rally this Friday to “express the concerns of the Asian-American com m u n ity .” “W e’re trying to take this case as an example of a chain of events that have been happening on campus,” Hu said.

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VendingBy H ELEN A PAYNEN ew s W rite r

The University started its newest project that could m ake ca rry in g cash on campus unnecessary with the in s ta l la t io n o f n ew ven d in g and lau n d ry machines that take Domer

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N o tr e D a m e is n o t th e o n ly in s t i t u t io n in America where legacy is important. In the 21st Century, legacy has played a large role in national politics.

W h en G e o r g e W. B u sh earned the Republican n om i­nation for president, it was the f ifth n o m in a t io n for e i t h e r p r e s id e n t or v ic e p r e s id e n t awarded to the Bush family in recent decades.

These num bers have raised c o m p a r i s o n s b e t w e e n the Bush's and an o th er political dynasty of the 2 1 s t Century, Bushthe Kennedy family.

“The K en n ed ys on ly got one n om in at ion for president or vice president, where the Bushes now have five vice presidential and presidential nomi­n ations,” said David Shribman, political analyst for the Boston Globe.

However, Shribman said the “Camelot enchant­m e n t ” su rr o u n d in g the K enn ed ys w a s greater than the Bushes.

“There is less of a mystique with the Bushes but the Bushes have a lot of staying power,” he said.

As for staying power, George W. Bush is gover­nor of Texas and currently running for president. His father, George H. Bush, served as vice presi­dent for two terms and president for one term.

His brother, Jeb, is governor of Florida and his nephew, George P. Bush, is a Republican activist trying to recruit the youth vote.

During the 1960s and '70s, the Kennedy dynasty had a s im ila r in f lu e n c e in A m e r ica n polit ics . Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr., served as am b as­sador to England and four of his nine children became politically involved.

Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., had political aspirations and his father dreamed he would become the first Irish Catholic President of the United States.

However, on August 12, 1944, in England dur­ing World War II, his plane exploded, instantly killing him and his co-pilot.

John F. Kennedy then took over the fam ily’s political aspirations and w as eventually elected the 35th President of the United States. He did not complete his term because he was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963. Robert Kennedy, the next Kennedy in line, b egan his path towards the presidency, b u t w a s s h o t w h i l e c a m p a i g n i n g for the Democratic nomination in 1968.

Today, Edward “Teddy” Kennedy is a powerful s e n a t o r from M a s s a c h u s e t t s s in c e first being e l e c t e d in 1 9 6 2 . G r a n d c h i ld r e n o f J o se p h P.

K e n n e d y a l s o p lay le a d in g roles in the Democratic party.

M uch l ik e J o e K e n n ed y played an influential role in his so n s ’ political lives, Shribman s a id G e o r g e H. B u sh h as played an important role in his son ’s campaign.

“I th ink he p layed a large role in th e se le c t io n o f Dick Cheney [as vice president can­didate], Cheney is very close to the form er pres ident and his son ,” said Shribman. “The gov­ernor knows that any times he n e e d s p a s s i o n a t e , r e l ia b le advice with no se l f interests, he can call his father.”

Shribm an said Bush is not focused on rem oving h im self from his father’s shadow.

“It will be very difficult for B u sh [to b r e a k a w a y from being called his father’s son], and h e ’s not inclined to try to,” he said.

Regardless of the outcome in November, like the Kennedys, th e B u s h e s h a v e le f t th e ir mark on American politics.

“You w on’t be able to write a story about the 21st Century w it h o u t m e n t io n in g the Bushes, just as you could never write a story about this centu­ry w i t h o u t m e n t io n in g the Kennedy’s ,” Shribman said.

Dollars.“The more people with

Dom er D ollars u se the facilities, it’ll be like sec­ond n a tu r e ,” said Dean Winter, operations manag­er of Food Services’ vend­ing department.

The new machines still take cash and coins, but the added fe a tu r e is a place to use University ID cards for D om er D ollar purchases.

“You s w ip e and the read er will sh o w you w h a t ’s in you r D om er Dollar a c c o u n t ,” sa id Winter.

Only Knott, McGlinn and St. E d w a rd ’s r e s id e n c e h alls h ave the n ew machines, but by the end of the semester 10 dorms will h a v e th e m , sa id Winter.

Originally, the vending d e p a r tm e n t w a n te d to install the machines in one female and one male resi­d en ce hall , Knott and McGlinn. H ow ev e r the vending department also put new m achines in St. Edw ard’s, b e c a u se they were already installing the dorm’s first laundry room and decided to make the w a sh in g m a c h in e s and dryers D om er D ollar accessible as well.

Winter said Zahm Hall, which will soon get its first laundry room, would be the next dorm to receive

With th e sw ipe of the ir ID card s , s tu d e n ts who receive Domer Dollars through th e ir s tu d e n t a c c o u n ts have a c c e s s to several vending and laundry m achines on cam p u s.

the washing and vending machines that take Domer Dollars. After Zahm, the vending departm ent will finish installations on both W est and Mod Quads b e c a u s e o f the s im ila r building construct ion to dorms that currently have the new machines.

The vending department will insta ll m a ch in e s in other dorms after check­ing the costs at the end of the year. In January, the d e p a r t m e n t w ill m ak e plans to install machines in the rest of the dorms.

“It’s kind of laborious, and it’s expensive so it’ll take a w h i l e ,” sa id Winters.

The vending and laundry machine project is one of the University’s attempts to “broaden the usage of the card system,” Winters said.

The m ach ines will not lake Flex Points so s t u ­dents who want to use the m a c h in e s m u st op en D om er D ollar a c c o u n ts with Food Services.

“Flex Points are part of a m ea l p lan and t h e y ’re

funded by Food Services,” said Tina Durski, card ser­v ic e s m a n a g e r of Food S e r v ic e s . “To u se Flex Points to wash your socks p ro b a b ly d o e s n ’t go [together.]”

Although the new vend­ing m ach ines have been running for only a week, Winter said once students b e c o m e a w a r e of the D om er D ollar v e n d in g machines, they will appre­ciate the convenience.

“1 think it’ll be a great service once it gets going,” said Winter.

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The dorm will also likely have a memorial Mass in her honor later this year, and may plant a tree in her memory.

Clary w a s s a r c a s t i c and sweet at the sam e time.

“She had a really funny sense of humor,” Downen said. “She could say something obnoxious to you but it was completely in love and j e s t . S he w a s j u s t funny like that.”

And that s e n s e o f h u m o r s h o w e d . D u r in g la s t y e a r ’s Bookstore Basketball tourna­ment, Clary’s team, five Welsh in te r h a l l p la y e r s , c a m e up against a team com prised of the other live Welsh interhall players. The contest got very c o m p e t i t iv e , and th e r e w a s t e n s io n b e t w e e n the tw o teams.

“Brionne was the one to stop in and say, ‘come on you guys, w e’re friends,”’ Rak said. “She just had this personality where, everyone started laughing. She puts on this goofy grin and all o f a s u d d e n , th ey w e r e p utty in her hands.”

While Clary loved basketball, she also loved h er f r ie n d s .And she was loyal.

“If s h e w a s yo u r fr ien d , s h e w a s always your friend,” said Kate S te p h a n , who would have been Clary’s neighbor this year. “You could always count on her, no matter what; always.”

Clary, from Tyler, Texas, had s ta v e d o ff l e u k e m ia o n c e before, when she was in high school. But in August, ju st a week before she was to return to N otre D am e, the d i s e a s e cam e back. No one at Notre Dame had known how serious the il lness had b een in high school, and Clary did not talk

about it a lot. Her friends said com in g to Notre Dame gave her a c h a n c e to be r e m e m ­bered for something else.

“She w a s n ’t that p e r s o n ,” Stephan said. “She w asn ’t the person with the disease.’”

A fter Clary c o n t r a c te d leukemia for the second time, she fought it off for a month before succum bing. But even during that time, only a few people knew about her illness. That was the way she wanted it.

“So many people didn’t know she was sick at all,” said her r o o m a t e S a r a h M iller. “ It w a s n ’t anyth ing sh e w anted broadcast.”

T h r o u g h th a t t im e . Clary was, as usual, optimistic, hop­ing to return in January and making off-campus living plans for next year with her room ­mates.

“She would say, ‘I’m going to try my hardest to get here, I d o n ’t k n ow if i t ’ll be n ex t se m e s te r , but I’ll be b a c k ,”’ sa id E llen K narr, w h o a lso would have lived next door to Clary.

But never see in g Clary sick m a d e h er d e a th m ore d if f ic u lt to deal with, at least for Rak.

“We d id n ’t get to see her b e tw e e n the time that we h e a r d sh e was sick and

last week,” she said. “And that was the hardest thing because we couldn’t put a sick face on Brionne.”

Several of her friends trav­eled to Texas for the funeral on Monday, and while there they got a g lim pse of w here their friend had come from. Clary’s high sch oo l b ask e tb a ll team cam e to the service, wearing their red letter jackets, and her strong parents consoled their daughter’s friends.

Brionne Clary (seco n d from right) sp en d s tim e in a W elsh Hall dorm room w ith friends, from left, S arah Miller, E lisabeth Parker, Kate Downen and K ate S tephan .

“I f she was your friend , she was

alw ays your friend.

K ate S tephan Notre Dame junior

“That was the amazing thing, th ey w e r e c o m fo r t in g u s , ” Downen said.

Her friends said the events of the last week have made them look at things a little different­ly-

“It definitely puts things in perspective. People keep talk­ing about tests and classes and things like that, that d o e sn ’t really m ean an yth ing to me righ t n o w , ” Rak sa id . “My friends mean so much to me. It makes you think I should tell that person what they mean to me.”

Now Clary is gone. But her friends will remember her for a lot of things — her sense of humor, her love of basketball, her loyalty, her personality.

“Her 20 years are in cred i­ble,” Stephan said. “She proba­bly lived her 20 years as full as anyone could live their life."

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Residence Life, to create the program.“This year, we may just send letters to the residence halls ask­

ing them to offer this type of program. A couple of halls have already held this type of meeting, but we want it to be universal starting as soon as possible,” Reali said.

During the presentations, students would be informed about acquaintance rape, date rape drugs and how to counsel a friend who is a victim.

“We want to inform students about University policies, so there is no confusion. If a student is assaulted in their dorm room, they need to be aware they will not get in trouble for parietals if they report the crime,” Reali said.

The resolution passed unanimously, because most senators said the program is essential.

“I think it is important for everyone to realize that this is not just a female issue,” said Zahm Hall senator Ryan Becker. “People don’t like to think that this actually happens at Notre Dame, but it does. Education is the most important thing we can do.”

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W orld N ew s B riefs

Russians charge U.S. businessman:Russian p rosecu tors said W ed n esd ay they have o ffic ia lly c h a rg e d U.S. b u s in e s sm a n Edmond Pope with spying, clearing the way for a trial e x p e c te d to begin n ex t m onth. Pope , 5 4 , h a s b e e n h e ld in M o s c o w 's Lefortovo prison since April 5, when Russia’s Federal Security Service arrested him and said he had illegally bought plans for a high­speed torpedo. “As the result of the investiga­tion, Pope has been in cr im in ated in e s p i ­onage," said a statement by the Prosecutor- General’s Office. The action was mainly pro­cedural, but prosecutors could have asked for more time to in vest igate , d raw in g out the case. Officials have said the trial would take place in October, though no specific date has been set. He faces 20 years in prison if con­victed.

N ational N ew s B riefs

Atlantic storm upgraded to hurri­cane: Joyce, the tenth Atlantic storm of the season, developed into a hurricane Wednesday while Hurricane Isaac rebuilt its strength after weakening for three days. Both storms were far out at sea and posed no immediate threat to land. However, there was a chance that Joyce, which formed as a tropical storm Monday off West Africa, could reach the northeastern Caribbean islands in five to six days, said James Franklin, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

M ichigan cop ch arged w ith manslaughter: A policeman was charged with manslaughter Wednesday for shooting to death a deaf-mute who approached officers with a rake in his hands. David Krupinski, 23, fired on 39-year-old Errol Shaw after police were called about a family dispute August 29. The Detroit NAACP called the shooting of Shaw “horrifying and sickening.” Shaw was black, the officer is white.

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Gas tax suspension extended: Citing continued shortfalls in crude oil across the nation, Gov. Frank O’Bannon on Wednesday extended his suspension of the state sales tax on gasoline for the third time. "While prices at the pump have declined since this su m ­m er’s peak of nearly two dollars a gallon, supplies of crude oil and gasoline have not kept p a ce ,” O’Bannon said. He did not say w hen the five p e r c e n t tax m igh t re su m e . Some Republicans have accused O’Bannon, a first-term Democrat, of using the suspension to b o o s t h is r e - e le c t io n c h a n c e s a g a in s t Republican David McIntosh. The governor has denied that.

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Serbian opposition supporters hold a banner with te x t “he is finished,” referring to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. They celebrated the victory of th e Democratic opposition of Serbia party and Vojislav Kostunica after elections W ednesday.

Milosevic opponents celebrate lossA sso c ia te d P ress

BELGRADE About 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 joyfu l,

banner-waving opponents of Slobodan Milosevic flood­ed the c a p i t a l ’s m ain s q u a r e W e d n e sd a y in a massive show of support for the opposition claim to vic­tory in the presidential elec­tion.

The crowd — unseen in su ch n u m b e r s at an ti- Milosevic protests in recent years — blocked Belgrade’s Republic Square and the surrounding streets.

Throughout Serbia, the dominant Yugoslav repub­lic, thousands streamed into city s t r e e t s , c e le b r a t in g w h a t th ey sa y w a s the opposit ion’s s tunning tri­umph in Sunday’s presiden­tial and parliamentary elec­tions.

Demonstrators threw fire­crack ers and f lares , and w aved thou sand s of b a n ­

n ers r e a d in g “He is f in ­i s h e d ” — a r e fere n c e to M ilosevic’s poor show ing against opposition candi­date Vojislav Kostunica.

In the c e n te r o f the square, a note displayed on a d ig ita l c lock r e a d in g “S lob o , w h e r e is your courage now?”

“Milosevic can recognize the opposition victory and thus try to clear his image, or to drag himself on in the d u s t ,” op posit ion lead er Milan Protic, who is expect­ed to b e c o m e m ayor of Belgrade, told the crowd.

The p r o t e s t e r s sh ook baby rattles distributed by the opposition, to show that Milosevic was a broken fig­ure — playing on a Serbian la n g u a g e e x p r e s s io n to describe something defec­tive as “broken like a baby’s rattle.”

“I can feel a lot of happi­ness in the air,” psycholo­gist Zarko Trebjesanin said

of the mood in Belgrade. “The genie of freedom and d e m o c r a c y h as e s c a p e d from the b o tt le and i t ’s impossible to push it back in.”

Shortly before the rally, Yugoslavia’s foreign minis­ter tr ied to d is c o u r a g e protests, appearing on state television and alleging other nations w ere meddling in Yugoslav affairs.

Zivadin Jovan ovic sa id pressure was being applied through foreign media and independent news organi­zations at home, which he said were trying to present a distorted picture of the co u n tr y in s e r v ic e of Western enemies.

Opposition leaders, trying not to do a n y th in g that might give Milosevic a pre­text for a crackdown, did not contest a police order to move the rally from the ini­tial venue — a platform in front of Yugoslavia’s federal

assembly — after authori­ties said it would disturb work of the State Election Commission.

“Our aim is to avoid clashes, but there are hard­liners in the state leader­ship who want something to h a p p e n , ” sa id Zoran Djindjic, a key M ilosevic opponent. Djindjic added the o p p o s i t io n re ce iv e d assurances from the police that they would not inter­vene. There was no visible police presence as the rally began.

The opposition, using fig­ures from its poll watchers, c la im e d K o stu n ic a won 52.54 percent to Milosevic’s 32.01 percent — enough for a first-round victory in the five-candidate field. But the State Electoral Commission, which is loyal to Milosevic, says Kostunica finished first with 4 8 .2 2 p ercen t while Milosevic polled 40.23 per­cent.

Report: U.S. overpays for drugsA ss o c ia te d P re ss

WASHINGTON The federal governm ent overpays

hundreds of millions of dollars a year for drugs through the Medicare pro­gram , c o n g re ss io n a l in vest iga tors report.

An 18-m onth study by the House Commerce Committee found that for dozens of drugs, most of which are used to treat AIDS and cancer, drug companies report one wholesale price publicly, then charge doctors a much lower price to encourage them to use the drug. The federal governm ent

reim burses at a rate similar to the publicly announced price, so doctors can make large profits — a practice the report acknowledged is legal.

The c o m m it te e ch a ir m a n , Rep. Thomas Bliley, criticized the Health Care Financing Administration, which runs Medicare, for not doing more to ensure reimbursement rates are more in line with w hat drug com p an ies actually charge doctors.

The report found Medicare is over­charged by $447 million per year.

Bliley, in a letter to the a g en cy ’s a d m in is tr a to r , N an cy-A n n Min DeParle, said the current reimburse­

ment methods are “so deeply flawed that they invite rampant abuse” and the findings have “frightening implica­tions for public health.”

The Clinton administration has pro­posed reducing the amount it reim ­burses physicians for drugs from 95 percent of the wholesale price to 83 percent of the wholesale price, but the idea has stalled in Bliley’s committee.

IICFA does not need congressional approval to reduce the reimbursement for ab ou t 50 d ru gs for w hich the Justice Department already has deter­mined drug companies were charg­ing d octors artificially low prices.

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SMC makes history with triathlon club

S tu d en t S enate

EOT report focuses on alcohol

T h e U niversity oTO otrc D ira c D epartm en t o f M usic G uest

By LAURA R O M P FA ssis tan t N ew s E d ito r

This year’s Board of Trustees (BOT) report will focus on stu­dent alcohol use and abuse, the S tu d e n t S e n a te le a rn ed Wednesday night.

“The trustees recom m ended this issue and this year we have a free flowing d iscussion for­mat,” said Mike Hines, co-chair of the BOT report.

“T h e r e ’s a lot o f con fusion about all the rules. We want to address concerns brought from s tu d en ts about in co n s is ten cy b e t w e e n m ale and fem a le dorms, what constitutes a seri­

ous offense where the student is sent to ResLifc,” Hines said.

T h e re p o r t w ill a lso d is c u s s [the resident assistant’s] role as an enforcer or a r e so u r c e for students.

H in es sa id the three goa ls o f the student representa­t iv es are to h ave con sis tency in the ru les , to in cr ea se the am ount of education each year and to increase the amount of on-campus entertainment.

“I talked to Father Poorman [Tuesday! and he said this is his number one concern," said chief

of staff Jay Smith. "I don’t want to put words in his mouth, but

basically he said he is not look in g to m ak e m ajorchanges. The cam ­pus will not be dry any t im e in the near future.”

Smith exp la ined that Poorm anw a n ts to a d d r e s s the issue because it is a national p h e ­

nomenon and Poorman wants to make sure Notre Dame is on the right track.

“We w ant to make sure the s tu d en ts have a voice on this issue,” Smith said.

“There’s a lot o f confusion about

all the rules. ”

Mike Hines BOT report co-chair

By K A TIE M cV O YN e w s W ri te r

Saint Mary’s is on its way to m a k in g c a m p u s h is to r y with the a n n o u n c e m e n t o f the first ev e r S a in t M ary’s triathlon.

T h is y e a r S a in t M a r y ’s i n t r o d u c e d t h e T r ia t h lo n C lub, the f ir s t c lu b to be s p o n s o r e d o n ly by S a in t Mary’s. Other club sports in the Notre Dame/Saint Mary’s c o m m u n it y a r e e i t h e r c o ­sponsored with Notre Dame, or are exclusively sponsored by Notre Dame.

T h e c lu b b e g a n m e e t in g la s t y e a r b u t b e c a m e an established club this fall.

“This fall we really feel like a formal club,” assistant ath­le t i c d i r e c t o r G r e t c h e n l l i ldcbrandt said. “We have members who are consistent and u n i f o r m s for th e w om en.”

I l i ld e b r a n d t , a tri-athlete, took a l e a d in g r o le in the establishment o f the T r ia th lo n Club.

T h e c lu b w il l s p o n s o r its f ir s t tr ia th lon Oct. 8, at 1 p .m . T h e c o u r s e w i l l in v o lv e a 4 0 0 - yard s w im , a n in e -m i le b ik e r id e an d a three-mile run.

“It’s g o in g to be g r e a t , ” Ilildebrandt said, “it will be run very professionally.”

R e g i s t r a t i o n for the triathlon may be done as an individual or as a relay team. Individuals must pay a regis­tration fee of $6, and team s will pay a registration fee of $12. Proceeds will go to su p ­port the triathlon club.

P artic ipants will t im e the race and the top f in i s h e r s will rece ive aw ards, inc lu d ­ing the first three individuals and the first te a m to c o m ­plete the course.

The race will begin with 20 laps in Regina Pool. Several h ea ts will sw im due to the smallness of the pool, so tim­ing will be an important part

of the race.Following the swim portion

of the race, participants will head to the com m ons in front o f R eg in a w h e r e b ic y c l is t s will start racing according to their sw im t im es . The bike race and the running event will be continuous.

Although the first triathlon will only h ave Saint M ary’s students for competitors, the club p lans to open the next tr ia th lon to the rest o f the community.

Due to l im ite d f a c i l i t i e s , only 60 individuals or teams can participate in the race.

“I’m a little nervous about tu r n o u t ,” I l i ldebrand t said . “We j u s t w a n t to g e t o n e t r ia t h l o n u n d e r o u r b e lt b efore w e op en this to the com m unity.”

The next triathlon, te n ta ­tive ly s c h e d u le d for s o m e ­time this spring, will be open to m e m b e r s o f th e N o tr e

D a m e c o m ­m u n i t y as well.

“W e w a n t to g e t Notre D a m e in v o lv e d so t h a t | the T r i a t h l o n Club] is c o ­s p o n s o r e d , ” I l i ld e b r a n d t said.

T h e a d d i ­t ion o f N otre D am e to the club would open up addition­al facilities. Ili ldebrandt said th is w o u ld a l lo w th e tw o schools to create a very good course.

“We want to create a quali­ty course for the a re a ,” she sa id . I l i ld e b r a n d t sa id the T ria th lon C lub’s ev e n t will bring a unique new com er to the community.

“[The triathlon) should give the club recognition, which is v er y im p o r t a n t ,” s h e sa id . “T h is is the first t im e that Notre Dame or Saint Mary’s has seen this kind of club.”

"In a d d i t io n , th e s p r in g triathlon will get noticed in the community," she added. “T h ere are a lot o f t r i-a th ­letes in the com m unity that will respond.”

“We ju s t w ant to get one triathlon under our belt before we open this up to the

community. ”

G retchen H ildebrandt assistant athletic director

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said that the shirt did endorse sexism.

“1 think the sh irt says that Notre Dame men hold control o f w o m e n to c h o o s e , ” sa id sop h om ore pres ident Kristen Matha.

“To me that shirt is sex is t ,” agreed Kahn. “We need to con­fiscate and prevent any distrib­ution of them.”

BOG a g r e e d to a b so rb the cost of the shirts and ban any distribution.

“We don’t discredit the Junior B oard ,” said M ichelle Nagle, s tu d en t body vice p res id en t . “This is an opportunity to learn and s tren gth en out re la t ion s with Notre Dame.

“You w in s o m e , you lo se s o m e and th is is a le a r n in g experience,” Renner said.

In o th e r BOG new s:♦ T h e B oard a p p r o v e d a

s t a t e m e n t s u p p o r t in g T h e Observer’s independence.

“W e, as m e m b e r s o f the Board of Governance, support the Observer’s efforts in main­ta in ing their in d e p e n d e n c e ,” the Board of Governance for­mally stated last evening.

T h e Board had ta b le d the issue last week, but agreed a statement needed to be issued and b e l i e v e “T h e O b se r v e r should be granted journalistic freedom,” said Nagle.

“I don’t feel comfortable sit­ting on the issue when we know they may get banned. Waiting i s n ’t g o in g to h e lp and they n eed and w a n t to k now our position,” said board m em ber Julie Frischkorn.

“It’s im p o r ta n t to e n d o r s e The O bserver ," Kelly Dugan said. “If it comes down to them having no freedom even in edi­torials, [ill would be a traves­

t y ”BOG’s su p p o r t for h as

become a more vocalized issue at b oth th e C o l le g e and University.

“IUniversity President! Father I Edward | Malloy w en t ahead w it h o u t a d d r e s s i n g S a in t Mary’s and in doing so may be tak in g aw a y our paper. It is im p o r ta n t to s u p p o r t T h e Observer and let our voices be heard,” said Sutorius.

♦ The BOG also discussed the Study Day Proposal, which “has had very positive feedback from the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , ” sa id Nagle. “It will now be taken up w ith th e D e p a r t m e n t Chairpersons and looks promis­ing.”

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Bomb rocks office of human rights group

A ssociated P ress

JA K A R TAA bomb exploded outside the

o f f i c e o f a p r o m i n e n t I n d o n e s i a n h u m a n r ig h t s group W ednesday, just hours before the corruption trial of former president Suharto was set to resume.

T h er e w e r e no in ju r ie s in th e b o m b in g , th e l a t e s t in s e r i e s o f b la s t s in J a k a r ta . D am age w as m inim al, police said.

The explosion occurred late W e d n e s d a y in f r o n t o f Kontras, an organization that in vest igates ca ses of k idn ap ­p in g s an d v i o l e n c e byIndonesia’s security forces.

There have been a series of d e a d ly b la s t s in J a k a r t a recently, including a Sept. 13 explosion at the Jakarta Stock Exchange that killed 15 p e o ­ple and a n o th e r o u ts id e the Philippine am bassador’s home on Aug. 1 that killed two.

Some of the blasts coincided with advances in the corru p ­t io n c a s e a g a i n s t S u h a r t o , l e a d in g to s p e c u la t io n th a t they were the work of his su p ­porters and e l e m e n ts of the s e c u r i t y f o r c e s o p p o s e d to P r e s id e n t A b d u r r a h m a n W ahid’s dem ocratic reform s. At least 30 suspects have been arrested.

Lawyers for Suharto, ousted

from office in 1998 amid pro­d e m o c r a c y p r o t e s t s , h a v e denied any involvement in the bombings.

Privately owned Anteve te le ­v is io n sa id a g r o u p c a l l in g i t s e l f th e “A n t i - C o m m u n is t M o v e m e n t ” had a c c e p t e d responsibility for W ednesday’s explosion.

M u n ir , th e c h a ir m a n o f K ontras, sa id his o f f ice had rece iv ed se v e r a l a n o n y m o u s b om b th r e a ts re c e n t ly . Like m a n y I n d o n e s i a n s h e u s e s only one name.

S u h arto , 79 , is a c c u s e d of s ip h o n in g o f f at l e a s t $ 5 8 3 m il l io n in s t a t e f u n d s to bankroll businesses controlled by his cronies and children.

T h e f o r m e r d i c t a t o r h a s d en ied any w r o n g d o in g and h a s fa i le d to a p p e a r at the trial on the grounds of failing health. His law yers say he is fra il a f te r t h r e e s t o k e s and c a n n o t fa c e th e r ig o r s o f a long court case.

Wahid, on a trip to Caracas, V e n e z u e la , sa id W e d n e sd a y that police should allow s tu ­d e n t s p r o t e s t i n g o u t s i d e S uh arto ’s h ouse to vandalize it.

“T h e m o s t th e y c a n do is throw stones at the windows. L e a v e th e m b e , I m e a n , S u h a r t o w a s v e r y c o r r u p t , w a s n ’t h e ? ” W a h id s a id , according to the state Antara news agencv.

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Congressman: Army plots coup♦ Ex-opposition member defected to Fujimori’s party

A ssoc ia ted P ress

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w h o d e f e c t e d to P r e s id e n t A lb e r t o F u j i m o r i ’s r a n k s charged W ednesday that the a r m y h ig h c o m m a n d w a s pressuring lawm akers to par­ticipate in a plot to provoke a coup within 20 days.

C o n g r e s s m a n M ig u e l Mendoza, who defected from t h e o p p o s i t i o n to jo in Fujim ori’s Peru 2 0 0 0 party, sa id th e arm y in te n d e d to permit the return of the pres­id e n t ’s d e p o s e d sp y c h ie f , V la d im ir o M o n t e s in o s . He an n o u n c ed W ed n esd a y that he w a s q u it t in g F u j im o r i ’s party, and added that joining it had been a mistake.

“I am d e n o u n c in g th a t a group of co n g r e s sm e n from Peru 2 0 0 0 h ave b een p r e s ­sured to sign letters of resig­n a t io n , p r e p a r e d in th e a r m y ’s h ig h c o m m a n d , to form a co n g re ss io n a l group in f a v o r o f V la d im ir o M ontesinos,” Mendoza said.

He said the purpose “would be to promote disorder within Congress and throughout the country to u n leash g e n e r a l ­ized ch a o s and carry out a coup d ’eta t w ith in 20 days, which would allow the return o f ... Montesinos.”

T h e a r m y ’s in f o r m a t io n office issued a brief com m u ­nique W ednesday night call­in g M e n d o z a ’s a l l e g a t i o n s “absolutely fa lse.”

P r im e M in is te r F e d e r ic o S alas ca l led on M endoza to submit evidence.

“It’s a very serious charge, but i t ’s c lea r the c o n g r e s s ­man who made it will have to s h o w p r o o f , ” S a la s sa id Wednesday.

A meeting between govern­m en t and op posit ion r e p r e ­s e n t a t i v e s w a s s u s p e n d e d soon after Mendoza made his a l l e g a t i o n . T h e t a lk s a re a im e d at r e p a i r in g P e r u ’s damaged dem ocracy and are b e in g held u n d e r th e a u s ­

7 am denouncing that a group o f congressmen from Peru 2000 have been pressured to sign letters o f resignation,

prepared in the a rm y’s high command, to form a

congressional group in favor o f Vladimiro

Montesinos. ”

Miguel M endoza Peruvian congressman

When the game is on the line, we’re there for you!

pices of the Organization of American States.

Eduardo Latorre, the OAS’ permanent secretary in Peru, who was at the talks, d ow n ­p la y e d M e n d o z a ’s c h a r g e , saying it had been mentioned in passing.

Opposition leader Fernando Olivera said there had been a “ u n a n i m o u s r e a c t i o n ” to M e n d o z a ’s c h a r g e by both s i d e s to “c l o s e r a n k s an d “ r e j e c t a n y k in d o f c o u p attempt.”

M o n te s in o s , w h o fled the c o u n t r y for P a n a m a on S u n d a y am id a c o r r u p t io n scandal, hand-picked the top c 0 m m a n - d ers o f the a r m y , w h o are believed to be loya l to him.

F u j im o r i , w h o ru le d for ad e c a d e , a n n o u n c e d S e p t . 16 t h a t he w o u ld c a l l n e w e l e c ­t io n s in w h ic h he w o u ld n o t be a ca n d i­d a t e . He sa id hewould relinquish power to a new governm ent on July 28, 2001.

The decision was prompted by a corruption scandal su r­r o u n d in g M o n t e s in o s , w h o w a s c a u g h t on v i d e o t a p e apparently bribing an opposi­tion congressm an to defect to Fujimori’s ranks.

At least 10 lawmakers from Fujimori’s Peru 2000 political alliance have abandoned the p a r ty s i n c e t h e s c a n d a l broke, including Mendoza. As of Wednesday, Fujimori’s leg ­i s l a t i v e b lo c h e ld o n ly 54 s e a t s in t h e 1 2 0 - m e m b e r C o n g r e s s , e l i m i n a t i n g th e control he maintained during the last eight years of his 10- year presidency.

C o n g r e s s m a n M o is e s W o lfen so n , on e o f the l a w ­m akers who quit Peru 20 0 0 on Monday, said his decision w a s not in f lu e n c e d by any

o u ts id e fo rc es . “T h er e w a s no t y p e o f p r e s ­s u r e , as[M e n d o za ] h as a l l e g e d , ” he said.

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Former presidential can d i­d a t e A le j a n d r o T o l e d o on W e d n e s d a y c a l l e d on C o n g r e s s to o u s t F u j im o ri and install a transitional gov­ernm ent ahead of new e le c ­tions.

“To wait until July 2001 to h a v e a n e w p r e s id e n t is a costly agony that Peru cannot a f f o r d , ” s a id T o l e d o , w h o b o y c o t t e d a p r e s i d e n t i a l r u n o f f a g a in s t F u j im o ri in May b eca u se he said it w as

rigged.Meanwhile,

p r o s e c u t o r N i n a R o d r i g u e z said Tuesday s h e had m o v e d to q u a s h a c r i m i n a l invest igat ion 0 fM o n t e s in o s , a s h a d o w y figure w hose spy n e tw o r k h a s lo n g been accused o f h u m a n rights abuses

and forcefully bending Peru’s d e m o c r a t i c i n s t i t u t io n s to Fujimori’s will.

R o d r ig u e z , a p r o v is io n a l a p p o in te e w id ely v iew ed as a c t i n g u n d e r M o n t e s i n o s ’ o r d e r s , a r g u e d th a t M o n t e s i n o s w a s s im p ly a presidentia l adviser with no official title, and could not be charged with official corrup­tion.

M o n t e s i n o s w a s th e de- f a c to h e a d o f the N a tio n a l I n te l l ig e n c e S ervice but did not hold an official appoint­ment.

“The investigation was con­ducted in a proper manner, w it h o u t a n y o u t s i d e p r e s ­su re ,” she insisted.

M o n t e s i n o s ’ r e q u e s t for p o lit ica l a sy lu m in P anam a h a s b e e n su p p o r te d by the O r g a n iz a t io n for A m erican States and the Clinton admin­i s t r a t io n , w h ic h v ie w s his exile as necessary for Peru to repair its shaky democracy.

U.S. Gen. Peter Pace, who w as recently appointed com ­m ander of U.S. military oper­ations in Latin America, met T u e s d a y w ith F u j im ori , as well as Peru’s defense minis­ter an d th e c o m m a n d e r of Peru’s armed forces.

U.S. officials said Pace made the visit to express the “con­tinued support of the United States for dem ocratic efforts in Peru,” and that it was part o f a r o u t in e to u r o f the region.

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FDA reviews abortion pill RU-486 amid debateA ssociated Press

WASHINGTONWith a deadline last approach­

ing, the Food and Drug Adm inistration w as poised to d e c id e , p e r h a p s as e a r ly as Thursday, the fate of the long- awaited abortion pill RU-486.

Abortion-rights advocates said W ednesday they expected the pill to be approved under certain restrictions designed to ensure women take it safely.

If so, it would be a long-await­ed victory for abortion-rights groups. Anti-abortion organiza­tions have battled to keep RU- 4 8 6 out o f the United S ta tes s in c e the d ru g d eb u ted in F ra n ce in 1 9 8 8 — and they pledged Wednesday to continue fighting the drug if it is so ld here.

A pp rova l h as b e e n lon g expected. The Clinton adminis­tra t ion in 1 9 9 4 p e r s u a d e d French m anufacturer Roussel Uclaf to give U.S. rights to the pill to the nonprofit Population Council, which hired a U.S. mar­keting company to apply for FDA c le a r a n c e . In 1 9 9 6 , the FDA declared RU-486, now known by its chemical name mifepristone, safe and effective for early abor­

tion. But problems passing man­ufacturing and labeling require­m ents delayed final approval. The FDA had set Saturday as its deadline to decide, and could a c c e p t or re jec t the drug or request more information.

Studies show mifepristone is 92-95 percent effective in caus­ing abortion when taken during the first seven w eeks of preg­nancy — earlier than most sur­gical abortions.

But it d oes require at least two, so m et im es three, doctor visits, to ensure the abortion is complete and finish it surgically if n ecessary . W om en sw allow m ifep r is ton e , w hich blocks a hormone essential for maintain­ing pregnancy. Two days later they swallow a second drug that causes uterine contractions to expel the embryo.

“This is an ex traord in ar i ly safe and effective method for terminating a very early preg­n a n c y ,” said Vicki Saporta of the N a t io n a l A b ortion Federation, noting studies found le ss than a 1 p ercen t rate of complications.

Expecting approval, the feder­ation beefed up its national hot line Wednesday in preparation for calls seeking mifepristone.

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LOS ANGELESA federal bankruptcy judge awarded former Playboy Playmate

of the Year Anna Nicole Smith $449 .7 million W ednesday in her claim to the estate of her late billionaire husband, Texas oilman J. Howard Marshall.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Samuel Bufford ruled that Marshall's youngest son, E. Pierce Marshall, had deprived Smith “of her expectancy of an inheritance .”

Her attorney, Philip Boesch Jr., said Smith was “very pleased" and believes the ruling "puts the matter to rest .”

Marshall called the ruling a "miscarriage of just ice” and said he would appeal.

Bufford’s decision cam e just a day before jury selection was scheduled to begin in probate court in Houston, in a dispute over the validity of Marshall’s will, which left all of the o ilm an’s e s ta te to his y o u n g e s t so n . T h at c a s e pits both Sm ith and M a r sh a l l ’s d is in h e r i t e d e ld e r so n , J. H oward M arshall 111, against E. Pierce Marshall.

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WASHINGTON Two White House aides said

they were traumatized, embar­rassed and humiliated when gu n -w ie ld in g police stopped them in a Washington suburb, e r r o n e o u s ly b e l ie v in g they were driving a stolen car.

Bob Nash and his wife, Janis K earney, both of w hom are black , sa id in a th r e e -p a g e s t a te m e n t W e d n e sd a y in resp on se to m ed ia inquiries that they were victims of racial profiling and were stopped for the “bogus crim e of driving while black.”

The incident occurred Sept. 6 in su b u rb a n M on tgom ery County, Md.

The c o u n ty ’s p o lice ch ief, Charles A. Moose, has denied the case involved racial profil­ing but said during a radio call- in show, “We’re very sorry that this happened. W e’re not per­fect.”

Describing the incident, the

two White House staffers said after th ey w e r e s to p p ed by police, who, aiming pistols and sh o tg u n s , su rr o u n d e d tbeir vehicle, patted them down for weapons and handcuffed them.

“Pistols and shotguns were aimed at us until w e w er e h a n d ­cuffed. ... We w e r e t r a u ­matized as a result of the stop,” wrote N a s h , adding that the incident left the two “ e m b a r ­r a s s e d , h u m i l ia t e d and afraid for our lives.”

Nash is director of the Office of Presidential Personnel at the W hite H ou se , and Kearny works as a special assistant to the president and records man­ager.

A county police spokesman,

“Pistols and shotguns were aim ed at us until we were h a n d cu ffed ...

We were traum atized as a result o f the stop. ”

Bob Nash White House aide

Capt. William O’T o o le , said N a s h ’s car w a s s to p p ed because it was believed to be a car reported stolen in the same area about 45 minutes earlier. He said Nash was handcuffed for “his own safety” and main­

ta in ed that Kearney was ord er ed to re m a in in the car.

A l t h o u g h police denied th a t Nash and his wife w e r e s to p p ed as result racial p r o f i l i n g , a u t h o r i t i e s h a v e

acknowledged that the stolen car was reported to have been taken by a black male.

The incident became public Tuesday when a fellow White House worker asked Moose to comment on it during a radio call-in show.

Mayor reacts to turfwar shooting in middle school

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NEW ORLEANS Amid concerns that an ongoing turf battle

may have led to a school shooting, the mayor sought to turn the discussion toward why chil­dren have such easy access to guns.

“Neighborhood and school rivalries are as old as the city. What changes that is when children have access to guns,” Mayor Marc Morial said Wednesday. “That takes an innocent shoving match and turns it into a violent incident.”

Darrell Johnson, 13, and William Pennington, 15, traded gunshots in the crowded breezeway of Carter G. Woodson Middle School shortly

before noon Tuesday, police said.J o h n so n got the gun from a 1 3 -y ea r -o ld

friend ou ts ide a ch a in - l in k fen ce and sh ot Pennington; Pennington then grabbed the gun and shot him in the back, police said.

Johnson’s mother, Catricc, seemed caught off guard by her son ’s alleged involvement in the shooting.

“I feel like som ebody at school should have known som eth ing . My son is not a trou ble­m aker,” she said. “I’m not saying h e’s a per­fect kid, but he's not a bad kid.”

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Gore prepares for first debateA ssociated Press

WASHINGTONIn the vice presidential dining

room , T e x a s w is e a c r e Paul Begala drawled z inger after s t in g in g z in g e r , w in n in g a p p la u s e as a dead ringer for Re p u b l i ­c a n George W.Bush.

Begala's best lines?Those are k e p t u n d e rwraps, said a Gore adviser, just in case the vice president wants to use one himself in the three debates against Bush that start next Tuesday.

Gore and h is full s la t e o f a d v iser s — in c lu d in g w ife Tipper, brother-in-law Frank Hunger and daughter Karenna

Gore

— are planning to settle in at. Sarasota, Fla., this weekend to f in ish up p r e p a r a t io n s that have been going on for months.

It’s the sam e place w here , during his 1996 rehearsals to face Republican Jack Kemp, Gore insisted aides replicate the debate hall exactly — right down to room tem p era tu re . Gore said he’s not going to be as picky this time.

“I don’t think it matters that m u c h ,” he told r e p o r ters W ednesday aboard Air Force Two. “I’ll be doing some more reading. W e’ll probably do a couple of practice sessions. It’s a unique forum in American politics. You know, you never know what’s going to happen. You try to do the best you can.”

He admitted som e concern that he could score points on substance, but lose to Bush on s ty le . "I think i t ’s the sam e question people ask about how people vote: do they vote on the issues or on the person? Both.

How do you separate them out? ... It’s above my level of exper­tise. I just feel my way along.”

The c a n d id a te h u n k e re d down Tuesday night in his Des Moines hotel suite with briefing m a te r ia l s a f ter a d in n e r of takeout barbecue with Hunger and son-in-law Drew Schiff. But most other debate rehearsals w ere staged at W ashington’s Naval Observatory, Gore’s offi­cial residence, where the dining room is the only room with space enough to set up.

“It’s not complicated. You try to guess at the subject areas — the three or four that will come up in each” debate, said cam­paign chairman William Daley. Beyond that, Daley didn’t want to talk debate strategy for fear of giving away intelligence to the other side.

D aley , s t r a t e g i s t Carter Eskew and speechwriter Bob Shrum are among the tight cir­c le o f a d v ise r s in vo lved in debate rehearsals to date.

GOP, Dems argue about MedicareA ss o c ia te d P re ss

WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats

in C o n g r e s s a g r e e d Wednesday that prescription drug coverage for M edicare recipients is more important than partisan po lit ics , then sw ift ly r e su m e d c a m p a ig n - season warfare over the issue.

“D e m o c r a ts w e r e AWOL’’ w h en R e p u b l ic a n s p u sh e d their legislation through the H ou se e a r l i e r in the .year, charged Rep. Bill Thomas, R- Calif. As for Vice President A1 Gore and his c a m p a ig n

r h e t o r ic on th e su b j e c t , Thom as said the Democratic p r e s id e n t ia l c a n d id a t e “appears to be a pathological p r e v a r i c a t o r ” — a l iar in plainer, dictionary terms.

H o u se D e m o c r a t s ro l le d wheelbarrows piled high with empty drug vials along a side­walk outside the Capitol in a m a d e - f o r - t e l e v i s i o n e v e n t d e s ig n e d to d r a m a t iz e the urgency of helping Medicare recipients cope with the high cost of m edicine. Senior citi­zens walked alongside, some holding their pill bottles aloft.

“For months Republicans in Congress have blocked these

benefits in the name of sham bills that don’t provide univer­sal coverage — that don’t help p eop le w ho truly need it — and that the president will not sign,” said Democratic Leader Dick G eph ard t o f M issouri. “They have blocked these ben­efits as a favor to the pharma­c e u t ic a l co m p a n ie s and the insurance industry.”

With rhetoric hardening on both s id es , the p rosp ec t for l e g i s la t io n a p p e a r e d dim b ey o n d an e f fo r t to a l lo w reim portation of drugs from Canada, w here they are less e x p e n s iv e th an in th e 50 states.

Poll favors Bush after new shifts in campaign

Bush

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WASHINGTONG eorge W. Bush h as

reclaimed som e momentum in the presidential race, attracting w o m e n and s e n io r c i t i z e n s , focusing on his b es t i s s u e s and b e n e f i t i n g from c o n ­cerns about A1 G o r e ’s t r u t h f u l ­ness.

After sev­era l w e e k s w h e n the c a m p a i g nappeared to be moving in the Democrats’ direction, evidence p ointed to a Bush com eb ack fueled largely by his renewed appeal to female “swing voters” and seniors.

“It was a combination of two things,” said nonpartisan politi­cal analyst Stuart Rothenberg. “Gore was back on the d e f e n ­s iv e , back on his heels on the q u e s t io n of in te g r i ty and t r u t h - t e l l i n g .And Bush was b ack on the issues that he’s good on — like e d u c a t io n — and not merely r e a c t in g to political p rocess , like he w as doing for four weeks.”

W hen Bush w a s n ’t ta lk in g a b o u t e d u c a t io n in the p ast week, he was criticizing Gore’s plans for Medicare and energy policy.

A new Los Angeles Times poll,

“Bush has understood better than any

Republican w e’ve ever seen how to target

women voters. ”

S tu a rt R othenberg political analyst

which gave Bush a 48 to 42 per­cent lead, suggested senior citi­zens su pported Bush slightly more than Gore — 47 percent to 41 percent. However, the elder­ly prefer G ore’s ap proach to Medicare and health care gen­erally. Gore was up by almost 20 points among this group in a poll in early September.

Bush and Gore are currently ab out even in other national polls . Both R ep u b lic a n s and Democrats said Wednesday they fee l th e ra c e is very c lo se , maybe the closest since 1960.

In the past week, Bush made well-received TV appearances on “Oprah,” “Live with Regis” and CNN’s “Larry King Live,” Rothenberg said, “Next, I expect to s e e him on th e Food Channel.”

T he T im e s poll s u g g e s t e d Bush has reclaimed an edge on such personal traits as trust and likability after Gore had pulled even on most personal traits fol­lo w in g the su m m e r polit ical conventions. Gore retains the

a d v a n t a g e on su ch i s s u e s as health care, edu­ca t io n and Medicare.

The sh ift toward Bush in r e c e n t d ays is la r g e ly ca u se d by a bloc of swing voters not af f i l ia te d with e i th e r party , a majority of them

women, said GOP pollster Linda Divall. Polls su g g est they are often lower-income women.

Dem ocratic pollster Celinda Lake acknowledged: “Bush has u n d e r s to o d b e t te r th a n any Republican w e’ve ever seen how to target women voters.”

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Same-sex benefits remain in question

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MONTPELIER, Vt.The University of Vermont is

giving its gay em ployees until the end of 2001 to enter a civil union with their p artners or they w ill no lo n g e r r e c e iv e domestic-partner benefits.

The d ec is io n w a s m a d e to treat the “c i r c u m s t a n c e s of m arried c o u p le s and civil union c o u p les c o n s i s ­tently,'” according to a school memo­randum sent to 30 affected em p lo y ­ees T uesday and Wednesday.

“If w e did one but not the other w e w o u ld n ’t be very c o n s is te n t ,” u n i v e r s i t y s p o k e s m a n Enrique Corredera said.

Vermont is the first state to allow gay couples to enter into a legal relationship akin to mar­riage. There is still a dispute, however, as to whether employ­ers in the state are required to provide spousal benefits to cou­p les in civil u n ion s b e c a u s e company insurance policies are primarily regulated by federal law.

The University of Vermont has provided health insurance and other benefits to the domestic partners of its employees since

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the early 1990s. Now, with the civil union law in effect, the school says gay employees must enter a civil union by Dec. 31, 2001, if they want the benefits for their partners.

“How odd that UVM should stand out as one of the first workplaces in Vermont to with­draw their sa m e-sex benefits c la u s e ,” wrote one d ism ayed staff m em ber in an e-m ail to

u n i v e r s i t y President Judith R am aley . “The ink on the civil u n io n la w is barely dry.”

New employees will have to certi­fy that they are married or civilly u n if ied to get spousal benefits, w h ich in c lu d e h ea lth and life insurance, access to u n iv e rs i ty

facilities and free tuition. New employees from out of state who want domestic partner benefits will have 90 days to enter a civil union to get the benefits.

One employee who will con­tinue to get dom estic-partner benefits is Holly Puterbaugh, a lecturer in the m ath d ep a rt­ment. She was a plaintiff in the lawsuit that resulted in a state S up rem e Court d ecis ion that found Vermont’s marriage law u n c o n s t i tu t io n a l b e c a u s e it denied the benefits of marriage to gays and lesbians.

Computer studies crowd panic♦ Scientists use technology to simulate hysteriaA ssocia ted P ress

Mob sta m p ed es have killed thousands of people in recent y e a r s , but th e y a re u su a l ly explained in terms of psycholo­gy. Now, European sc ientis ts say they can predict and pre­vent crowd panic via computer sim ulations using the laws of physics.

T h e n e w c o m p u t e r m o d e l relies on d istances, s izes and velocities instead of emotional states but produces results sim­ilar to a c tu a l p a n ic s , the researchers said in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature.

“We think it works particular­ly w e l l in p a n ic s i t u a t io n s b e c a u s e p e o p le d o n ’t th in k about w h at they should d o ,” said Dirk Helbing, a professor at the Institute for Economics and T raff ic at D r e sd e n University of Technology.

The computer models reflect the conditions of a room from w h ic h p e o p le are try in g to escap e but cannot use or see e x i t s . T h e v ir tu a l v ic t im s appear as particles that reflect an average person’s speed, size and desired distance from oth­ers.

Under normal circumstances, a crowd exits a theater or stadi­um in an orderly and coordi­nated fashion because everyone is m oving at a le isurely pace and at an a d eq u ate d istance from on e a n o th e r , the researchers said.

But w h e n the sp ee d of the individuals increases in a panic, they bump into each other, cre­ating friction and violating per­sonal space. As a result, almost everybody moves less quickly.

Eventually, solid arch-shaped b a r r ie r s of p e o p le c lu m p a ro u n d theexits and even f e w e r p e o p le can p a s s to safety. Victims c o l la p s e and are tra m p le d , c r e a t in g f u r ­ther ob stac les for the others.

“People want to leave faster, but the result isthat they are leav in g s lo w e r and then the tragedy begins,” Helbing said. “The question is what can you do about that?”

One solution is to build a par­tial barrier in front of the exit, the researchers said. It could a b so r b p r e s s u r e from the crowd that can become strong e n o u g h to c r u s h a p e r s o n , b rea k a b rick w a ll or bend steel.

“It turned out that we had no in juries ,” Helbing said of the approach.

As the world b ecom es more crowded, such simulations will grow more important for archi­t e c t s , e v e n t p la n n e r s and police.

This year, eight people were killed in July at a rock festival in C op enh agen , and a dozen died the sa m e m onth after a World Cup match in Zimbabwe. Ten years ago, more than 1,400 pilgrims w er e killed inside a tunnel leading to Mecca.

“People w ant to leave faster, but the result is

that they are leaving slower and then the

tragedy begins. ”

Dirk Helbing research scientist

Helbing and colleagues files F a rk a s and T a m a s V icsek found many causes for panic. In som e cases, a crisis like a fire or a poorly planned obstacle can drive the hysteria.

The r e s e a r c h e r s a lso used t h e ir s im u la t io n to d e v ise

s t r a t e g i e s for surviving crowd p a n ic . In the case of a burn­in g t h e a te r w h e r e sm o k e o b s c u r e s the exits, just acting alone or totally following others can be deadly, they sa id . The solution is to do

a little of both.“It requires some individual­

ism to explore the environment, to find the possib le solutions and then, if there is som eone w ho found the so lu t ion , it is good for the others to follow,” Helbing said.

The n ew co m p u ter m odels are especia lly useful because they consider individual actions within the group, David J. Low, a civil engineer at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, said in an accompanying commentary.

Most m odern build ings are designed assuming crowds flow t h r o u g h th e e x i t s l ik e fluid through a pipe, he said.

“This trad it iona l approach a s s u m e s th a t th e cr o w d is made up of identical, unthink­ing elements,” he said. “A fluid particle cannot experience fear or p a in , c a n n o t h ave a p r e ­ferred m otion , ca n n o t m ake decisions and cannot stumble and fall.”

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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Hesburgh Library Auditorium*Open Rec Lacrosse, Court 1, RSRCOpen Swing Dancing, LaFortune BallroomND Express Billiards games open, LaFortune Student CenterAcoustic Cafe, LaFortune Student Center HuddleInformation Session for Holy Cross Missions, CSC Coffee HouseMovie, “Return to Me”, DeBartolo 101* and “The Godfather: Part 1”, Rm 155*

Friday, September 295:30 p.m.7:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.8:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.-Midnight 10:00 p.m.10:30 p.m.

Women’s Soccer Game vs. Seton Hall, Alumni Field Women’s Volleyball Game vs. Villanova, Joyce Arena Open Rec Badminton, Court 2, RSRC Men’s Soccer Game vs. Pittsburgh, Alumni FieldMovie, “Return to Me”, DeBartolo 101* and “The Godfather: Part 2”, DeBartolo 155* Cinema at the Snite, “Timecode”, Snite Museum*ND Express Billiards games open, LaFortune Student Center Cinema at the Snite, “Timecode”, Snite Museum*Movie, “Return to Me”, DeBartolo 101*

Saturday, September 3 05:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Irishpalooza: Live Music, North Quad

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CAMP ZEIST A d e fe n s e a t torn ey in the

Lockerbie trial sought to discred­it the prosecution’s key witness Wednesday, claiming his testimo­ny was riddled with “carefully crafted lies.”

“I did not lie ... I did not lie,” the Libyan witness, who became a CIA spy four months before the bombing on Dec. 21, 1988, said in response to relentless ques­tioning by Bill Taylor.

Taylor’s client, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, is accused with co- d e f e n d a n tLamen Khalifa Fhim ah of se n d in g the suitcase bomb that b lew up Pan Am Flight 103 over L o c k e r b i e ,S c o t l a n d , killing 270 peo­ple.

T a y l o r claimed the p rosecution’s key witness, identified by the pseudo­nym Abdul Majid Giaka, fabricat­ed evidence about the bombing at the time of the investigation to please his American employers.

“We se e the sam e seq u en ce r e p e a te d ,” T aylor sa id . “The Americans saying, ‘W e’re not going to pay you m on ey .’ You d e m a n d in g m on ey . The Americans saying, ‘You’ve not come up with anything.’ Then you come up with something.”

Taylor read from a Sept. 1, 1989, cable from Giaka’s CIA hand ler , w ho b egan to have doubts about the Libyan turn­coat’s access to intelligence. The handler recommended cutting off his $1,000 monthly salary “until such access can be proven.”

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“I don’t remember that I was blamed for anything,” said Giaka.

On Tu esday , Giaka claimed that in late December 1988 he s a w the d e fe n d a n ts carry a brown S am son ite su itc a se — similar to the one that contained the Lockerbie bomb — through Malta’s Luqa airport, where he was assigned as a Libyan Arab Airlines employee.

Prosecutors say the suitcase b om b w a s s e n t from the Mediterranean island of Malta, a regular transit point for Libyan VIPs and intelligence agents.

Taylor pointed out “a deafening s i len ce” in CIA d e b r i e f e r s ’ rep or ts ab out th a t in c id en t , s u g g e s t i n g Giaka fabricated it.

Giaka also tes­tified al-Megrahi and Fhim ah

stored a cache of TNT at Libyan airline’s office in the airport until weeks before the Lockerbie dis­aster.

But Taylor noted that Giaka’s account in court conflicted with w h a t he told CIA d eb r ie fe rs about the explosive in October 1988, shortly after he became an informant.

Although Giaka testified the TNT was still locked in an office desk when he was debriefed, CIA documents record him as saying it had been removed months ear­lier.

Taylor maintained the story was invented after the fact so as to be unverifiable.

“It is a carefully crafted lie, just like all the carefully crafted lies you’ve concocted,” Taylor said.

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PAROSA Greek ferry hit a patch of rocks in the Aegean

Sea and sank, killing at least 40 of the more than 500 people aboard, who panicked and started jumping overboard, rescue officials said.

A port official also suffered a heart attack and died after hearing news of the sinking, the coast guard said Wednesday. About 46 people were missing.

J u st ice M inister M ichalis Stathopoulos said the accident had been caused by “criminal n eg lig e n c e ,” and prosecutors ordered the arrest of the ship’s captain and four crew members.

Coast Guard ch ie f A ndreas Sirigos said 40 people were con­firmed dead after the 34-year- old ferry boat Express Samina sank. It hit a large rocky outcrop late Tuesday in rough seas about two miles off the popular resort island of Paros.

A crew member interviewed by telephone said there was an orderly evacuation. But passengers reported a strong collision and then panic.

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pie hanging from the railings. Children were cry­ing and old people were screaming,” Zoe Kolida told private Mega television. “I jumped in and looked back after about 50 meters and the ship was gone.”

“I thought of the Titanic,” another survivor, engineer Stamatis Delavinias, told Mega. “The boat sank in about half an hour. There were old women and others who were afraid to jump in

the sea.”Dozens of fishing boats, other

vesse ls and British Navy heli­copters rushed to the scene and helped in the rescue.

The ferry’s owner said there w er e 447 tickets sold and 63 crew members aboard, but the exact number of passengers was not known as som e may have purchased their tickets onboard and children under the age of 5

are not required to have tickets.The head of the Paros Health Center, Dimitris

Stavrakis, said “there a number of young children among the dead.” A British Navy helicopter in rescue operations touched down at Paros airport and was seen unloading four bodies, including that of an infant.

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Touring Notre Dame with a “humpty”

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C a p p y ’sCorner

Thirty years ago (when I was young and virile), I regularly played golf with three close friends. Tom was the charac­ter in the group, lie was 15-20 years older than the rest of us and the celebri­ty, as a prominent attorney and a member of a well- known Notre Dame family.

Tom was one of those guys who always had a clever quip. When one of us would chili-dip a shot, Tom would yell out “It’s the bat­tle of the humpties.”When he would sink a putt to win a hole (and the dime per hole we always bet) he would shout “How the moneyrolls in!” When I would hit an occasional (OK — periodic) fat shot, Tom would call it a “hump-backed liner.”

Tom was always great fun on the golf course. lie never took a practice swing, preferring to blast away, right after he placed his ball on the tee. As he uncoiled his 6 ’5” frame and let loose with all he had, he could hit the ball a mile, or a foot. In both cases, he would continue to talk even while he was in his swing. Nothing flustered him, but he was a “carrier.” He flustered us. But, he was so much fun, we loved to have him in our group. You couldn’t help but smile when Tom was around.

Tom had been a pretty good baseball and softball player in his youth, so he could really crank out a long drive. I saw him miss a double eagle at Erskine Golf Club by two inches. He left a two iron on the lip, from over 220 yards. As usual, Tom never saw the ball, since he did a complete corkscrew on his swing.

Thirty years ago, at age 43, Tom seemed older than that. He was often befuddled. He never arrived on time,

usually running to join us on the second tee, sometimes telling us he had gone to the wrong course or showed up the day before and waited for us. 1 le usually had some chili spilled on his shirt. No matter how many times we played a course, Tom never seemed to know where the next hole was.

A couple of years ago I learned from Tom’s family that he was suffering from Alzheimer’s. Tom liked to winter in Florida. His family had to bring him home because he was unable to find a way to walk back across the street when he left his home. Knowing the kind of guy Tom was, 1 couldn’t imagine a worse sentence than to have lost his mind. 1 remembered some of the things Nancy Reagan has said about President Reagan and how cruel the disease is.

Imagine my surprise, a few weeks ago, when I looked up from my desk in the Security Building and there was Tom. He looked about the same as he looked 30 years ago, like he remained in a time warp (maybe my eyes arc no longer young and virile). He walked towards me and said “Hello Capper. You look funny without a golf club in your hands.” lie asked me about “Pat” my golf partner of 30 years ago whom neither of us has seen in 25 plus years. He asked if Mike and I were still playing golf. It seemed like a miracle had taken place. He asked me about my job at ND. After a while, a friend of Tom’s came by and told him they had to get back to “the homo.” Off Tom went.

I did some checking with Tom’s family and learned that he is in that stage where he can be somewhat normal, when zeroed in on the past, but that he has zero short-term memory. When I asked Tom about his five kids, he could recite their names in birth order, but he couldn’t remember where they all were.

Tom has an ex-wife, Shirley, who will be on the express train to Heaven when her time comes. Shirley has assumed a big role in looking after Tom. She spends time with him and arranges for friends

and family to look in on him. 1 volun­teered to take a shift on Tuesday. When I pulled up to the Milton Home, across from Memorial Hospital, there was Tom, sitting in the sun, along with an elderly woman. He greeted me just like the old days.

Anyone who saw me driving the Notre Dame Security Golf Cart around the cam­pus on Tuesday afternoon would have seen Tom having the time of his life, waving to all the people we encountered, lie really enjoyed seeing the lakes (“I used to go swimming here with my dad,” a former Notre Dame professor), the Grotto (“We used to burn up those can­dles at exam time”), the pretty girls on the campus (it was a chore to repeat the same answer, each time he asked me how many female students we had, every time we passed one) and the football sta­dium. “So, what do you do here at Notre Dame?" (1 could have said that I was the Strength Coach, or the Grand Poobah, because he kept asking).

While I was driving the golf cart back to my car, to drive Tom home, he asked me 10 times where he had parked his car. lie thanked me profusely for my time. He called himself a “lost soul.” I kidded Tom about the woman who had been sitting in the yard with him. lie said, “I’m afraid I’ve taken the vow of celibacy again” (reminding me that he was once a CSC seminarian).

Tom’s brother and I have talked about how Tom’s 30 year old bcfuddlcment might have been his easing into the twi­light of this awful disease. I’m sorry to see Tom this way, but I’m thankful that Tom can’t see it.

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Pursuing better education for allLeaving no c

Walk into a public school in a wealthy American suburb. There’s a good chance you’ll find a school you wouldn’t mind sending your kids to.

Walk into a public school in a poor American city.There’s a good Tam Ngochance you’ll find aplace you wouldn’twant to send your ^

enough teachers for the kids already going to the school.

Public education is a crucial part of American society because public schools provide all Americans with a way to get the skills they need to get jobs. But some of our public schools arc failing in their mission.

GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush and Democratic presidential candi­date A1 Gore both have plans to change education in America. While each candi­date claims his plan is the one that will revitalize American education, only Gore’s plan would truly improve American students.

George W. Bush supports school vouch­ers, tuition grants that would allow pub­lic school students money to attend pri­vate schools. Clearly, Bush’s support of this issue is conservative but not compas­sionate — a thinly veiled attempt to get votes by pretending to support equality in education.

School vouchers are problematic in several ways. For example, the Bush plan would give a child $1,500 per year to spend on private school tuition, clearly much less than the tuition at most private schools. Only parents who could afford to make up the difference would be able to take advantage of school choice.

Even more deplorable about school vouchers is the fact that they would drain money from struggling public schools. Public schools would lose top students and concerned parents that are vital to the success of any school. Under Bush’s plan, countless children would be stuck in public schools stripped of resources in the name of sending a small handful of children to private schools.

One really has to wonder how sincere Bush is in his support of education. As Texas governor, Bush failed to improve the performance gap that exists between minority and white students. If Bush really does support education, why did he choose a running mate — former Congressman Dick Cheney — who voted against funding Head Start? Why would Bush oppose President Clinton’s plan to allow schools to hire 100,000 new teach­ers?

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Vice President A1 Gore, on the other hand, has ideas that would truly improve education for all our children. Understanding that learning begins even before kindergarten, Gore supports uni­versal preschool. He wants to expand Head Start and Early Head Start, two programs crucial to ensuring our chil­dren enter kindergarten prepared to excel.

Once kids enter public schools, Gore believes they deserve qualified teachers. Gore is committed to hiring 2.2 million new teachers over the next 10 years. Significantly, Gore also wants to help people get the education they need to become teachers. The vice president also wants to get our children out of failing schools by shutting those schools down and reopening them with new administrators.

And to improve education in all our schools. Gore wants every classroom to have access to the Internet and ade­quate programs for non-English speaking stu­dents. He also wants to provide five million young people with after­school and summer school opportunities.

Gore, of course, expects schools and students to be accountable for the invest­ments the government makes in them. Part of that accountability would include high school exit exams in reading and math — ensuring a high school diploma actually means something.

Once students get those diplomas, Gore thinks they should be able to go to college if they so choose. Gore will fight for tax credits and deductions for college sav­ings. He will also work to keep interest rates on student loans low. Gore believes college education and skills training should be available to people throughout their lives. Therefore, he supports a sys­tem based on 401 (k) plans that would allow parents and working professionals desiring advanced degrees a tax-free nest egg to save for tuition.

Gore sees the inequalities that exist among schools. As president, he will con­tinue to work to end those injustices. A1 Gore will protect our public schools, therefore guaranteeing that all our chil­dren have access to education.

Tam Ngo is a m em ber o f the College Democrats Club. Political I'ace-O ff will run every T hursday until the election.

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Turning around failing schools

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Today, under the Clinton-Gore admin­istration, over 70 percent of America’s fourth-graders in the poorest schools are illiterate. These students continue their education, while their illiteracy remains undetected until the end of middle Lindseyschool, high school Horvathor sometimes --------------------------remains undetected forever. Often the struggling schools are found in impov­erished cities, highly populated by minority students and overlooked in terms of federal aid due to the cyclical nature of their failure.

A call to a rededication to America’s education is necessary to improve a sys­

tem already in stagnation at best, but found to be in many ways in

decline, such as in the national reading, math and science

scores.The current federal lead­

ers claim to commit them­selves to tests, rewarding

high performance and “turn­ing around” failing schools.

However, it is the failing schools, which continue to fail, that actually need the extra attention. Instead, these schools drain the federal government’s education funds in their inefficiency. And the tests place foreign federal standards on already displaced schools.

George W. Bush plans to place higher accountability on the states and teachers for the students’ performance levels. While instituting a similar plan of action as Governor of Texas, his state has made the greatest gains in education reform.By giving failing schools a certain period of time to change, it forces the schools to act quickly or face closure, resulting in either improved schools or available funds for establishing new public or vocational schools.

States will also be offered freedom from federal control while still being held accountable for their performance. This gives schools the opportunity to work on the specific community needs of schools in their area. While federal pro­grams may target some problem areas, many schools will have different prob­lems that need to be addressed. Over 60 federal programs will be consolidated to five flexible categories, while keeping the emphasis on local control of schools. Thus, maintaining accountability while freeing states from unnecessary federal regulations will more acutely address local educational needs.

Sometimes a school’s failure is due to a lack of student interest. Offering voca­tional schools as alternatives to public

schooling not only focuses adolescents on perfecting a certain task but provides a sense of accomplishment for improved self-esteem. This also removes problem­atic students from learning environ­ments to increase intellectual stimula­tion. While Vice President A1 Gore has been in office, school safety has increased as a national issue. Placing students who do not want to be in school into programs suiting their interests and developing their talents will help to reduce this problem.

Currently, reforms in Head Start pro­grams focus on earlier education, creat­ing classes for children as young as three years of age focused immediately on schooling. This not only de-empha- sizes parental involvement while the child is very young but also creates a compulsory environment, causing chil­dren to feel forced to learn instead of encouraged to explore new ideas. Bush’s Head Start reform would keep parents informed and have clear, measurable goals for children to seek and accom­plish. Also, in early education he will ini­tiate “Reading First,” a program provid­ing $5 billion over five years to aid dis­advantaged children in reading by the third grade. Gore’s proposed voluntary fourth grade reading tests and voluntary eighth grade math tests do not provide the best answer to repairing the educa­tional system.

To close the achievement gap in terms of minority status, Bush also intends to increase federal funding for historically black colleges and Hispanic institutions. This gap is also something the Clinton- Gore administration failed to close dur­ing their two consecutive terms; in fact, it only grew.

Many problems in schools result from a lack of emphasis on character develop­ment. Putting youths in stimulating, pos­itive environments will help build their character and decrease problems in schools. Bush plans to triple federal funding in character education and expand community organizations for after-school programs to positively focus children’s energies.

The question of education is to actively extinguish what does not work and implement what does. Time does not fix broken clocks and it will not heal America’s schools.

Lindsey H orvath is a m em ber o f the College Republicans Club. Political Face- O ff will run every Thursday un til the election.

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Letter to the E d ito r

Stealing the pride and joy of a fan and alumDisappointed. Irate. Disenchanted. As you might expect

this has something to do with football, but nothing to do with action from the Stadium. I have known Col. Richard Lochner, '61, for six years. Saturday was the first time I would ever use those words to describe him.

Col. Lochner lives in “the house with the flags” at the corner of Notre Dame Avc. and Angela.

He admirably exemplifies God, Country, Notre Dame. He feels obligated to preserve that corner with all the spit and polish of a good Marine. For all the alumni or friends of the University I have ever met, he fully embod­ies the spirit of Notre Dame.

What is his reward? Twenty-three Hags have been stolen, only to be replaced as quickly as he can lly a new

one up the pole. Never is this Marine to allow another individual tarnish his post.

Recently Colonel Lochner purchased a large bannerreading, “Go Irish, Beat— !” The “ ” is a velcro portionfor each opponent. Most importantly, the banner contin­ued, “The Lochner-Ciancio Families welcome classes of ’37, ’61, ’93, ’95, 00! Please stop in and say hi.”

His pride swelled when we hung it atop his stone fire­place. One alumnus stopped to have his picture taken after the Texas A&M game. His sole gratification is to make his corner a visible sign of family, our family, the Notre Dame family.

Stolen! Maybe that was to be expected, but what a shameful expectation! Perhaps it was some visitor taking

a trophy of South Bend home. However, I personally sus­pect it is not far from the shadow of Our Lady.

My suspicions are not important, my message is. Theft by one of his own family cuts deep. This is not a trophy for a dorm wall — this is a testament to family. Get something else to cover off-white paint. Return the sign — no questions asked. Or, if you happen to see it, demand it returned.

Shame on whomever for taking it. Shame on us for let­ting down one of our own by not making it right.

D ennis Ciancioclass o f ’95

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M ^ c e n e eThursday, September 28, 2000

M o vie R ev ie w

Life, love and music harmonize in ‘Famous’B y G U N D E R K E H O EScene M ov ie C ritic

At age 15, Cameron Crowe w as tast­ing fame as a free lan ce journalist for Rolling Stone; sh a d o w in g the Allman B roth ers , tou r in g with Led Zeppelin and c o l le c t in g m e m o ir s for the film “A lm o st F a m o u s ,” a c o m in g o f age story se t a m id s t the h e y d a y o f Rock ’n ’Roll.

Imagine the oppor­tunities o f 1973: the c o n c e r t s , th e a f t e r p a r t i e s l a c e d w ith drug use, the sexual favors. Now throw in the in nocen t ey e s of a y o u n g w r i t e r to capture it all. Under the n o s ta lg ic d i r e c ­t ion o f C r o w e , th is atm osp h ere finds its w a y on f i lm a n d exudes an indescr ib ­a b le e n e r g y t h a t h o ld s e a c h v i e w e r ’s h e a d on th e screen .

W ill iam M iller ( n e w c o m e r Patr ick Fugit) is C row e’s 15-year-old stand-in. Since h e ’s in his se n io r year of high sch oo l, W il l ia m ’s so c ia l s c e n e n ever finds its s tr id e . Oh w ell , at le a s t he has a prodigal writing talent and a job w ith R o l l in g S t o n e a s a f a l l b a c k option.

Armed only with his notepad and a p a s s io n for Rock ’n ’ R oll, W il l ia m dives headfirst into the hedonist world of Stillwater, an u p-and-com ing band that’s walking the tight rope between fame and failure.

S t i l l w a t e r ’s u n i v e r s e is a m o v ie within a movie, a stage w h ere every­o n e is w e a r i n g a m a s k . J e f f B e b e (Jason Lee) is the “co o l” lead singer, Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) is the g u i ta r i s t w ith m y s t iq u e and P en n y Lane (Kate Hudson) is their se lf -p ro ­c la im ed m u se w h o in sp ir e s m u s ic a l riffs.

A l t h o u g h h e m a y lo o k y o u n g , William handles his en vironm ent with com posure and, aside from the o cc a ­sional orgy, re s is ts booze and r e c r e ­ational c h em ic a ls . B es id es , he has a mother (Frances McDormand) to track his every m ove and a legendary music writer, Lester Bangs (Philip Seym our Hoffman), to warn him of the o ccu p a­tional hazards.

W ill iam not o n ly e x p e r i e n c e s the coolest w eek - lon g journey a 15-year-

“Alm ost Fam ous”

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Director: C a m e r o n Cr o we Starring: Billy C r u d u p , Kale H u d s o n , P a t r i ck Fugi t , F r a n c e s M c D o r m a n d , J a s o n L e e a n d Phi l i p S e y m o u r Ho f f ma n

old could lake, he learns a lot about lo v e , l i fe and w hy m u s ic ia n s m ak e their music.

F o r t u n a t e ly , C r o w e ’s in i t ia l b ig- nam e cast (which included Brad Pitt) d id n ’t pan out b ecau se the en sem b le is perfectly balanced. The addition of a movie star could have lopsided the film.

As a n o v ic e a c t o r , F u g i t is b oth c h a r m in g and a w k ­w a r d ; b u t th e t r u e s t a r s a r e H u d s o n a n d C r u d u p , w h o both ra d ia te a God- given m agnetism . It’s hard to im a g in e an a c t r e s s a t th e r ip e old a ge of 21 b r im ­ming with such co n ­f id en ce , but Hudson s h in e s like a n ew ly polished pearl.

Crudup is what you ex p ec t a rockstar to look like: long m u s ­t a c h e , s h o u l d e r - l e n g t h h a ir an d a

gu itar a lw a y s s trad d l in g his lap. He nails the silent perform ance of a man who puts all words and em otions into the strum m ing of his instrument.

A s id e from th e m u s i c , “A lm o s t F am ou s” captures the adolescent abil­ity to love and admire earnestly w ith­out the cynicism that com es with age. William falls in love with Penny, but he's too honest and “u ncool” to get his love returned . Everyone can s y m p a ­thize with falling for that unreachable p erso n w h o c le a r ly l ik es you but is afraid to admit it.

William may never get his interview with the e lusive Russell, but the rock idol s t i l l t r e a t s him lik e a y o u n g e r brother. It’s sw e e t ju st ic e to se e the t a b le s f in a l ly turn for W ill iam . His brush with fame d o e sn ’t last long, but i t’s worth m ore than four years atop th e h ig h s c h o o l s o c i a l la d d e r . For once, he is no longer the runt. He can hold his head up high while strolling with Stillwater. W illiam’s peers are in a w e o f h is p o s i t i o n , s h a k in g t h e ir paper scraps, w ish ing for autographs from his friends. The ou tcast finally has his sh ot at som eth ing h e ’s never been: one of the crowd.

Perhaps more than anything, Crowe r e l i s h e s life and t h o s e m an y sm a ll j o u r n e y s t h a t f a d e l ik e a d r e a m . W ill iam is th r u s t in to th is Rock ’n ’ Roll family and, for no m ore than a w e e k , t h e y ’re in s e p a r a b le , c r u is in g d eso la te roads of the S ou th w est and

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Billy Crudup (in front) and Jason Lee (cen te r) s ta r a s m em bers of S tillw ater, a fictional '7 0 s rock band, in d irec to r Cam eron C row e 's “Almost Fam ous. ”

s m e l l i n g d e a t h h ig h a b o v e th e M idwest. Then , he w alks up a s ta ir ­way to his room and h e ’s back in rea l­ity. The people are forever scattered and all that’s left arc blurred m e m o ­ries , a few P o la r o id ’s and sc r a p s of p a p e r that n eed to s o m e h o w fit the p a g e s o f R o l l in g S t o n e . W i l l i a m ’s exp erience should inspire everyone to buy a p en an d n o t e p a d and b e g in recording their own life.

At the heart of this spraw ling road piece are the sounds of '70s Rock ’n ’ Roll. Music isn ’t so much the focus as it is a backdrop for W illiam ’s journey, but C row e a f f e c t io n a t e ly t r e a t s h is m usic like a n o th er c h a r a c te r in the s tory . W h eth e r i t ’s a n e e d le h it t in g vinyl or young hands sift ing through

r e c o r d s , o n e can s e e the d ir e c t o r ’s adoration for music on the big screen . Today, m usic and fast-food arc pretty m uch the s a m e . Both are m a n u f a c ­tu red q u ic k ly a n d , w h i le th e y fee l good at f ir s t , th e ir s e n s a t io n tu rns so u r . I t ’s r e f r e s h i n g to s e e an era when “recording artist" w as an h on ­est title.

“A lm o s t F a m o u s ” is e p i s o d ic and plays like v ignettes of pure character and '7 0 s a t m o s p h e r e . For s o m e , it might feel choppy, but this is part of the f i lm ’s c h a r m . We m o v e b r isk ly from scen e to scen e like they're pages r ipped from W il l ia m ’s jo u r n a l . T h e b est part ab ou t “A lm ost F a m o u s ” is that, like the m usic on its soundtrack, it will only play better with time.

Photos courtesy ol DreamW orks SKG

In th e sem i-au tobiographical “A lm ost Fam ous," C am eron Crowe en lis ts th e ac tin g ta le n ts of Patrick Fugit (far left) to portray William Miller, a young w riter th ru s t into th e world of 1 9 7 0 s Rock n Roll. Penny Lane (K ate Hudson) and m usic critic L ester Bangs (Philip Seym our Hoffman, on right) aid William on his journey.

Thursday, Septem ber 28, 2000

M ovie R e v ie w

‘Sunshine’s ’ formula is a tasty treat

Photo courtesy of Param ount C lassics

Ralph F iennes (righ t) p lays th re e d ifferen t ro les in d irec to r Istvan S zab o ’s “S unsh ine ,” an epic h isto rical dram a recounting th e lives of th ree sons.

By JUDE SEYMOURScene M ovie C ritic

“Sunshine" is based on an original story by director Istvan Szabo. It recounts the tale of the Sonnenschein family, an upper middle class Jewish family residing in Hungary. The m o v ie ’s op en in g m o n o lo g u e explains the “su n sh in e ” connection: Sonnenschein is translated as “sunshine” and, in addition , is the nam e of the fa m ily ’s prized elixir, known for its healing qualities.

The m ovie e x p lo r e s three generations of the S o n n e n sc h e in family, starting with Emmanuel

^Son nensch ein (David DeKeyser), the father of lgnatz (Ralph Fiennes). As the story progresses, each child of the gen­eration will have to make an important political or religious choice, and bear the consequences of that choice.

lgnatz, craving power after being well received as a judge, moves to change the family name to “Sors,” hoping to sound more Hungarian.

Ignatz’s son, Adam (Ralph Fiennes in role two), is an accomplished fencer. When the renowned Officer’s Club courts him to be a part of their team, Adam wants to join. The group does not allow Jews, how­ever, so Adam co n v e r ts to Roman Catholicism. For Adam, his Jewish faith is far less im portant than a sh ot at the Olympic gold medal.

When Adam dies in a concentration camp, it is because he refuses to acknowl­edge his Jewishness to the German offi­cers, instead proclaiming that he is “Adam Sors, Olympic gold medallist and officer of the Hungarian Army.” In the movie’s most dramatic moment, the Germans string him to a tree and cover him with water until

the layer of water freezes around him.After the war, Adam’s son, Ivan (Fiennes

in role three), wants to retaliate for all the injustice Hungary brought upon his father and his fe l lo w J ew s . Ivan jo in s the C om m u nist party and w orks for the Hungarian government. He soon realizes that the government he works for is not

interested in helping the J ew s . In fact, Ivan is asked to interrogate Jews b ecau se the Hungarian governm ent now v iew s them as an organ ized threat.

D is i l lu s ion ed , Ivan returns home to find the lost recipe book for the “Sunshine” elixir, hoping to make something of his life.

In his s e a r c h in g , he finds a la tter from

E m m an u el S o n n e n sc h e in to his son , lgnatz. In it, Emmanuel explains that the family has been successful for one reason. It is not the short-term financial stability that the elixir brought; it was never a polit­ical affiliation, and it was never the fleeting glory of having power. It w as a strict adherence to Jewish tradition: a (kith and trust in God that has guided the family long before there ever w as an lgnatz or an Emmanuel.

The letter was written as a desperate plea for lgnatz to reconsider his craving for power, and Ivan sees this letter as his new spiritual guide. He changes his name from Sors to Sonnenschein, and the movers toss the recipe book in the compressor when Ivan leaves behind the S o n n en sch e in estate in Hungary.

At three hours long, the movie has an obligation to keep every generation’s story interesting. Director Istvan Szabo does a remarkable job weaving the themes of pol­itics, love and religion throughout all three vignettes.

While the story’s structure is strong,

Lajos Koltai’s cinematography is utterly remarkable. Koltai has three scenes that leave a lasting impression. The first is an extreme overhead sequence (done perhaps with a plane) of lgnatz and his lover, naked in the woods. This scen e captures the theme of their fear of being caught and their spontaneity.

The second sequence is of lgnatz and his lover diving into the sh ad ow s as they escape the watchful eye of Ignatz’s land­lord.

And the third amazing sequence is the re m a rk a b le H ungarian F en cing Championships set. The fencers are in the middle of a striking multi-leveled structure in w h ich , on every floor, cap tivated observers watch each block and strike. This is a beautiful looking film.

Even more impressive is the multiple roles undertaken by Fiennes (“The English Patient”). F iennes, already an acc o m ­plished actor, is able to build each charac­ter’s identity uniquely. He gives us three

different roles, each as remarkable as the next. This helps alleviate any confusion when the stories overlap. Fiennes is able to draw out the misery, the euphoria and the passion of every character he plays. No performance is weaker than the other two, and the story thrives on this ability to involve the audience in wanting to witness the fates of lgnatz, Adam and Ivan.

“Sunshine” is well made on so many lev­els, from its intricate story to its unblem­ished acting by its star. At three hours, the movie could drag for some viewers, and those already familiar with the political u p h ea v a l in H ungary could find the amount of time spent explaining the politi­cal situation a bit too much.

However, the power of the three stories should make this a well-liked movie. Those who have seen “Sunshine” and are attract­ed to the themes of love and coming of age sh ould a lso exp lore the 1 9 8 8 Italian drama, “Cinema Paradiso,” which is noth­ing short of a masterpiece.

“Sunshine”

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Director: I s t va n S z a b o Starring: R a l p h F i e n n e s , Davi d D e K e y s e r , R a c h e l W e i s z a n d W i l l i a m Hurt

V ideo P ick of the W eek

‘Last Seduction’ offers a modern twist on film noirBy MATT NANIAA ssistant Scene E d ito r

Despite a title that sounds like a cheap erotic thriller, “The Last Seduction” made over 30 critics Top Ten l is ts in 1 9 9 4 — and rightly so. This dark, tongue-in-

cheek film noir puts a new spin on an old genre, audaciously mix­ing dark comedy and suspense for a unique blend of laughs, lust, betrayal and murder.

The typical classic noir follows the male hero, usually solving a mystery or becoming entangled in one, at the center of which is a d ead ly w om an : the b eau tifu l fem m e fa ta le . H ere, the plot unfolds from the perspective of the femme fatale: the icily wicked, c lev e r and utterly h e a r t le s s B ridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino).

And, like the classic noirs, this one has a lot to say about the blackness at the hearts of women and men. As bad as Bridget is, most of the time, she simply gets what she wants by giving men some version of what they want. Which isn’t always pretty.

The first of the luckless unfortu­nates to cross her is her husband (Bill Pullman), who m akes the mistake of slapping her just after they have successfully purloined money in a drug deal.

In retaliation and without hesi­tation, she flees with the cash and creates a new identity that will protect her from the man she has

betrayed. Bridget chooses a town, a bar and Mike (Peter Berg), a hapless, hockey-playing local who pats himself on the back for his quick pickup of the new girl in town. Big mistake. In Bridget’s world, she’s the boss and he’s the sex object.

It takes Bridget a lot longer to seduce Mike to murder than it did to bed. This final seduction builds to an unbearably clever denoue­ment that is essentially a victory lap for the protagonist.

“The Last S e d u c t io n ’s ” plot does have the requisite twists, turns and surprises, but none of them are particularly jaw-drop­ping. Dahl and w r ite r S teve Barancik are more concerned with tone and ch aracter , and deliver in both categories.

But if there is one aspect of the story that is truly impressive, it is what doesn’t happen. The formu­laic qualities of so many movies have co n d it ion ed v ie w e r s to expect a comeuppance for char­acters like Bridget; however, at crucial moments when it seems that s h e ’s made a critical m is­take, she’s still one step ahead.

Most m ovies give us villains who are wrapped in layers of

com plexity that, peeled away, may offer explanations. It’s an in te r e s t in g c h a n g e to w atch Fiorentino create a straightfor­ward, malignant villain who has not one ounce of hypocrisy about her in te n t io n s and believes she is en t it led to ev e ry th in g sh e wants.

Although it is as polish ed as any d ram a arou n d ,“The LastS e d u c t io n ” w as made for and first screened on cable television in the U.S., then went into theatrical release. That’s why it w as inelig ible for A cadem y Award consideration. This rule is inflexible, which is what the film­m ak ers found out w hen they challenged the Oscar Academy in the American courts.

T h a t ’s too bad, b eca u se all three actors showcase their finest work. Bill Pullman (“Spaceballs” and “While You Were Sleeping”) is terrific as the husband bent on revenge, and Peter Berg (“The Great W hite H y p e” and TV’s “Chicago Hope”) is perfect as the

“The Last Seduction”

Director: J o h n Dahl Starring: Li nda F i o r e n t i n o , P e t e r Be r g a n d Bill P u l l m a n

local guy way out of his depth.But it is Fiorentino’s mocking,

sharp -tongu ed m ean n ess that su s ta in s the film. She se e m s wrapped in a self-confidence that allows her to play Bridget exactly

as sh e is: no e x c u s e s , no explanations and no fa lse n otes . Her h e a r t le s s ­ness is an art.

Which in large part is w hat m a k e s “ S e d u c t i o n , ” described quite rightly as “a sexy

modern film noir,” so enjoyable.Directed with a s tee l-hon ed

edge by John Dahl (who went on to direct “Rounders,” starring Matt D am on and Edward Norton), “The Last Seduction” is one of the few contem porary movies that remains appealing even though there is nary a single person on screen you actually like, admire or respect.

All you can do is watch, trans­fixed as Fiorentino works her wiles in the Olympic cruelty com­petition. She wins. Everybody else loses. That’s entertainment.

Photo courtesy of ITC

“The L ast S e d u c tio n ,” s t a r ­ring Linda Fiorentino, is avail­able to ren t on video.

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M ajor League B a seball

Red Sox eliminated from playoffs despite winAssociated Press

CHICAGOChicago’s Cal Kldred didn’t stay past

the fourth inning Wednesday night. But w ith a s u r g ic a l ly im p la n t e d s c r e w n e a r h is r ig h t elbow, he did show he can still pitch in the m a jo r l e a g u e s and be effective.

'Eldred d id n ’t f ig ­ure in the d ecis ion as the B o sto n Red Sox — e l im in a t e d from the wild card race earlier in the day by Oakland’s 9-7 victory over A nah eim — se n t the AL Central cham pion White Sox to their fourth straight loss 2-1.

It w as a night for the W hite Sox to hold tryouts for injured hurlers Eldred and James Baldwin to see if they might be able to rejoin the rotation for the playoffs.

Eldred threw 49 p itches over 3 1-3 innings, reach ing the low 90s mph in velocity and giving up two hits and a run on N o m a r G a r c i a p a r r a ’s 2 1 s t homer.

Baldwin (14-6), bothered by shoulder tendinitis, w ent four innings in relief, giving up an unearned, go-ahead run in the fifth and four hits. They both could pitch again this weekend.

Paxton Crawford (2-1) a l low ed just four hits and a run in six innings to pick up the victory. Derek Lowe got his 40th save in 45 chances.

Eldred had a five-inch stainless steel screw surgically im planted Sept. 7 to stabilize a stress fracture in his elbow. He h a d n ’t p itched for the W hite Sox since July 14 w hen he had to leave a g a m e a g a in s t St. L ou is in th e fifth inning because of pain in the elbow.

E ld red , w h o had e l b o w l ig a m e n t rep lacem ent surgery in 1 9 95 , helped the W hite Sox jum p out quick ly this season by winning 10 gam es, including eight straight decisions before he was hurt.

Eldred was told if he didn’t have the su r g e r y , the s t r e s s f r a c t u r e w o u ld return next year — h e ’s had it three straight seasons — or he could retire.

Determined to get a chance to pitch in the p o stseason for the first t im e, his recovery has been swift.

A fter s u r r e n d e r in g G a r c ia p a r r a ’s homer, Eldred was taken out and got a r o u s in g o va t ion from a n o th e r sm all crowd of just 16,368 at Comiskey Park. He walked one and struck out four.

B aldw in , w ho h a s n ’t p itched s in ce Sept. 8, gave up an unearned run in the fifth on Mike Lansing’s single, a sacri­fice, a passed ball on Charles Johnson and sacrifice fly by Trot Nixon.

T h e W h ite S o x , w h o ’ve a lr e a d y wrapped up home field advantage for the playoffs, scored in the first on Chris Singleton’s single, stolen base and RBI single by Carlos Lee.

Devil Rays 1 1 , Y ankees 1J o s e G u il le n , O zzie T im m o n s and

Fred McGriff hom ered as Tam pa Bay once again prevented New York from clinching the AL East.

Cory Lidle (4-6) limited the two-time defending World Series cham pions to five hits in seven innings. The last-place Devil Rays won for their fourth straight game against a playoff contender.

N ew York, w hich lost for the 11th time in 14 games, is assured of at least a tie for f irst p la ce and can win its fourth division crown in five years with one more victory or losses by Toronto and Boston.

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner visited the clubhouse to talk with m an­ager Joe Torre and general m anager Brian Cashman before the game, then watched the team drop its fifth straight on the road.

Guillen’s three-run homer off Denny Neagle (7-7) was the big blow in Tampa Bay’s four-run second inning. McGriff hit his 416th career homer in the third and Timmons added a two-run shot off reliever Randy Kcisler in the fifth.

The Devil Rays added three runs in the seventh when Timmons grounded into a force play and John Flaherty fol­lowed with a two-run double off Jay Tessmer.

The loss w as the third stra igh t for Neagle, who has given up 19 runs in 10 2-3 innings in those outings. Five of the 15 hits h e ’s allowed during the losing s treak , w hich co m e s on the h ee ls of winning four straight, have been home runs.

M cG riff’s 2 6 th h o m e r m oved him ahead of Cal Ripken Jr. into 28th place on the all-time list. It also gave him 104 RBIs, tying the team record he se t a

year ago, and put the Devil Rays up 5-0.New York trailed 7 -0 before finally

break in g a s treak of 30 c o n se c u t iv e scoreless innings by Devil Rays starting pitchers in the sixth. Scott Brosius dou­bled and scored on Chuck Knoblauch’s s i n g l e , h o w e v e r th e Y a n k e e s w e r e u nable do any more d am age aga in st Lidle.

Lidle struck out three and walked one before being replaced by Dan Wheeler. Tampa Bay’s four-game winning streak is the t e a m ’s lon gest s in ce the Devil Rays won a club record six s tra igh t from July 26-Aug. 1.

Royals 3 , T igers OJeff Suppan pitched his second career

s h u to u t and Mike S w e e n e y and Joe Randa padded career-best years with so lo hom e runs as K ansas City beat D etro it .

Suppan (10-9), who leads the majors with 36 hom e runs a llow ed, held the Tigers to six hits, striking out three and walking three. His only other shutout w a s on Aug. 3, 1 9 9 9 , w h en he b ea t Anaheim 7-0 on a five-hitter. It was his se c o n d s tr a ig h t c o m p le te g a m e and third of the year.

Suppan also saved the Royals’ belea ­g u e r e d s t a f f the e m b a r r a s s m e n t of being the first in franchise history not to have at least one starter with double­digit wins.

Sween ey hit a 1-1 pitch from Ilideo Nomo (8-12) over the left-field fence l e a d in g off the fourth and hiked his te a m -r e c o r d RBI tota l to 1 4 2 , ty ing Frank Thomas for the AL lead. Sweeney has 28 home runs.

One out later, Randa hit a 1-1 deliv­ery over the wall in left-center for his 15th homer and career-best 103rd RBI.

Hector Ortiz, who w as 3-for-3 with one double and two singles, scored in the seventh on Rey Sanchez’s single.

Nomo had his winning streak halted at four gam es. He allowed with three runs on eight hits in 6 1-3 innings, with one walk and six strikeouts.

With 860 runs this season, the Royals have broken the club record for runs scored for the second consecutive year.

Indians 8, Twins 2J a s o n B e r e d i d n ’t b lo w a n o t h e r

seven-run lead and Manny Ramirez and Jim Thome homered as Cleveland kept p r e s su r e on Oakland in the AL wild

ca r d r a c e w ith a v ic to r y o v e r Minnesota.

Bere (6-3) rebounded from a d isas­trous start in Boston last week when he gave back a 7 -0 lead to the Red Sox, who rallied for a 9-8 win.

T h a t lo s s c o u ld k eep the In d ia n s aw ak e at n ight this w inter if th e y ’re u n a b le to c a t c h th e A ’s, w h o b e a t Anaheim on Wednesday and remained 1 1/2 gam es ahead of Cleveland.

The Indians have four gam es left and the A ’s four, plus a possib le m akeup against Tampa Bay on Monday, if nec­essary.

Bill Selby, getting a rare start at Dll, had two RBIs when the Indians broke it open with a five-run fourth off Brad Radke (12-16).

Thome, in one of the worst slumps of his career, homered for the first time since Sept. 5 — a span of 83 at-bats in the sixth.

Bere h as e i th er been real good or good bad in his 11 starts for the Indians since coming over in a July trade with Milwaukee.

The r ight-h an der a llowed two runs and five hits 5 2-3 innings.

C leve lan d c a m e to bat in the first inning against Radke (12-16) just s e c ­o n d s a f te r O a k la n d ’s 9 -7 w in o ver Anaheim w as posted on the left-field scoreboard , and Ramirez quickly put the Indians up 2-0 with his 34th homer.

Kenny Lofton opened with a bunt sin­gle, and two outs later, Ramirez con­nected for his fifth homer in 47 career at-bats against Radke.

It’s frightening to think what Ramirez may have done if he hadn’t missed 44 g a m es this s e a s o n with a h am str in g injury. S ince re turn in g , h e ’s b a l l in g .372 with 22 homers and 71 RBIs in 67 games.

And his n u m b ers rise , so d oes the dollar amount it could cost the Indians to re-sign him as a free agent.

With David S eg u i re s t in g his so r e right foot, Selby made his first start as the Indians’ DH and triggered the five- run fourth with a two-run single.

Ramirez singled, and one out later, Travis Fryman got a double when right fielder Matt Lawton slipped and fell on the rubberized warning track. Selby fol­lowed with his base hit to make it 4-1.

Sandy Alomar, Kenny Lofton, Omar Vizquel and Roberto Alomar each fol­lowed with singles as the Indians built Bere a 7-1 lead.

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M ajor League B aseball

M’s to discuss future of Piniella, RodriguezA ssociated P ress

SEA TTLEM a r in e r s CEO H o w a r d

Lincoln plans to sit down with m anager Lou Piniella and All- Star shortstop A lex Rodriguez after the season to talk about their futures in Seattle.

Piniella is in his last year of his contract and R odriguez is eligible for free agency after the World Series.

“We're going to sit down with Lou after the s e a s o n ,” Lincoln said before W ednesday night's ga m e b e t w e e n th e M a r in e r s and Texas. “We'll do the sam e thing with Alex.”

He d e n ie d a r e p o r t in th e Toronto Globe this w ee k that said sources close to Mariners g e n e r a l m a n a g e r Pat G illick and B o s to n m a n a g e r J im y Williams already have an infor­mal a g r e e m e n t that W ill iam s will be named Seattle’s m anag­er after the World Series.

“T h a t s t o r y is to ta l n o n ­s e n s e . It h a s no b a s i s , ” Lincoln sa id . “It rea lly does e v e r y o n e a d i s s e r v i c e . B e s id e s , J im y W il l ia m s is under contract in Boston and w e ’re not in the t a m p e r in g business.”

Piniella, 57, is in his eighth year in Seattle. He reportedly is e a r n i n g $ 1 . 3 m i l l i o n to manage the Mariners this s e a ­son.

Under Piniella, the Mariners arc trying to win their third AL West title. P in ie lla m a n ­aged C in cin nati to a World Series title in 1990, and m an­a g e d S e a t t l e to d iv i s io n crowns 1995 and 1997.

Piniella has hired an agent and said he d o e s n ’t w ant to think about his future until after the season.

“W e're g o in g to s i t d o w n with Lou and have a glass of w in e and s e e w h a t w e ’re g o in g to d o , ” sa id L in co ln , w ho sa id G il l ick and t e a m p res id en t Chuck A rm stro n g also will be at the meeting. “I think h e ’s co m fo rta b le with that.

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T h e M a r in e r s p r o m is e d Rodriguez, 25, a four-time All- Star and the first player taken in the 1 9 9 3 J u n e d ra ft , that th ey w ou ld not ta lk co n tra c t during the season. Lincoln said in spring training that the team, if it w as in con ten tion , would not trade Rodriguez this season although there w as the risk of losing him as a free agent at the end of the season.

“W e ’ll ta lk to A lex and s e e w h e r e it g o e s from t h e r e , ” Lincoln said. “I feel good about our decision in spring training. We felt the b e s t w ay to k eep A le x w a s to h a v e a w in n in g team and w e ’ve had a winning team . W e’ll se e w h ere it goes from there .”

Seattle has lost two franchise players in the past three s e a ­sons.

Hurt dies in Toronto hotelA ssoc ia ted P ress

INDIANAPOLISBob Hurt, the driver who

b r o k e h is n e c k t r y in g to q u a l i fy for t h e 1 9 6 8 I n d i a n a p o l i s 5 0 0 an d b e c a m e a p a r a p le g ic , has died.

He w as 61.Hurt died in his sleep in a

Toronto hotel room Sept. 23, th e I n d ia n a p o l i s M otor S p e e d w a y a n n o u n c e d Wednesday.

At the t im e of his death , Hurt w a s f ighting p rostate cancer in Toronto while tak­ing outpatient treatments.

Hurt's death ended a 32- year battle a g a in st p ara ly ­sis.

“He w as a tough guy,” said his brother , Doug Hurt, of Gaithersburg, Md.

Hurt never accepted being a paraplegic for the rest of his life.

S in c e th e a c c i d e n t , he m a d e tr ip s to R u ss ia and S w eden to undergo radical

e x p e r i m e n t a l t r e a t m e n t s and also participated in sp e ­cial treatm ents in the UnitedStates.

Born in C h am p aign , 111., Hurt was a star high jum per and p layed on tw o Illinois state cham pionship b ask e t­ball teams.

He turned to auto racing at 19, driving modified stock cars and sports cars.

He drove his own Ecrrari to victory in the Puerto Rico G rand Prix in 1 9 6 2 an d com p eted in a Lotus 18 as w ell as driving USAC stock cars in 1963.

Hurt n e v e r d ro v e in the Indy 500.

In 1 9 6 4 , h e p a s s e d h is rookie test but did not make an attempt to qualify.

In 1967, Hurt qualified at 1 6 1 .2 6 1 m ph , but he w a s bumped from the field by a faster qualifier.

B e fo r e h is a c c i d e n t he d r o v e in 21 c h a m p - c a r races , with a b est finish of sixth in the Trenton 200 in 1967.

In 1 9 6 8 , ra in m a r r e d p ractice and qualify ing for 23 co n se cu tiv e days, so an e x t r a q u a l i f y in g d ay w a s a d d e d M ay 27 to f i l l the field.

H urt w a s in ju r e d in the morning practice period.

H urt w a s t a k e n to M e t h o d i s t H o s p i t a l in Indianapolis where he spent n ea r ly tw o m o n th s before b e in g t r a n s f e r r e d to th e R usk C e n te r I n s t i t u t e of Rehabilitation in New York City.

D u r in g h is lo n g o r d e a l , H urt n e v e r o n c e b la m e d racing or lost interest in the sport.

He regularly ap peared at the Indianapolis 500.

In 1 9 9 9 , H u rt r e c e iv e d cancer treatment in Toronto and then w as driven to Indy in time for the race.

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NFL

Mariucci puts Owens incident to rest

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.S te v e M a r iu c c i s p o k e to

Terrell Owens on W ednesday for the first time since the San F r a n c isc o c o a c h s u s p e n d e d O w en s for a week.

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O w e n s — a t l e a s t u n t i l th e 4 9 e r s ’ toprece iver returns to the team f o l l o w i n g S an F r a n c i s c o ’s g a m e a g a i n s t A r i z o n a on Sunday.

“H e ’s g o in g to h a v e s o m e time to sit back and reflect on th e w e e k , a n d I t r u s t th a t h e ’ll com e back in h ere full speed ahead and blend right b a ck i n , ” M a r iu c c i s a id W e d n e s d a y . “H o p e f u l ly w e can finish this off.”

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T h a t m a y be e a s i e r sa id t h a n d o n e . M a r iu c c i “e x c u s e d ” O wens from team activities for a w eek and fined him $ 2 4 , 2 9 4 M o n d ay a f te r O w e n s ’ f l a m b o y a n t t o u c h ­d ow n c e le b r a t io n s in Dallas on S unday drew w id esp read c o n d e m n a t i o n a n d e m b a r ­r a s s e d m a n y o f h is t e a m ­mates.

T h e c o n t r o v e r s y d o e s n ’t ap pear ready to die just yet, with the 4 9 e r s ’ players s e e m ­ingly divided on the appropri­a ten ess of Mariucci’s punish­m en t and O w en s re m a in in g l e s s than co n tr ite a b o u t his actions.

In a c o n f e r e n c e ca l l w ith reporters on Tuesday, Owens s a id he d i d n ’t f e e l he had done anything wrong by twice running to the center of Texas S tad ium and c e le b r a t in g on t h e C o w b o y s ’ s t a r lo g o . O w en s a lso sa id he th ou gh t m edia pressure factored into Mariucci’s decisions.

M a r iu c c i s a id th e 4 9 e r s h a v e b e e n in u n d a t e d w ith

p h o n e c a l l s , l e t t e r s an d e- m ails about the h appenings , and h e sa id p u b lic o p in io n w as ru n n in g in favor o f his decision.

“T h ere’s a lot of passionate fans out there, a lot of people who ca r e ,” Mariucci said. “It su r e has st irred up a lot o f ten s ion and in terest n a t io n ­wide. I find that real interest­ing. W e’re going to get over it and get through it, and then w e ’ll go forward.”

With Owens out of sight, the 4 9 e r s turned their m inds to rep lac in g him. Much of that responsibility will fall to for­g o t te n r e c e iv e r J.J. S tok es , who has caught just six p ass­e s t h i s s e a s o n — o n ly o n e from s t a r t i n g q u a r t e r b a c k Jeff Garcia.

Stokes has grown frustrated w ith h is p e r f o r m a n c e s th is season and lobbied for a big­ger role in the offense, but he sa id he w as as surp rised as anyone by the way in w hich he earned an expan ded role at the ex p e n se of one of his

closest friends on the roster.Stokes said Owens w as the

f ir s t p e r s o n h e s a w at the 4 9 e r s ’ p r a c t ic e c o m p le x on Monday, and Stokes thought O w e n s w a s j o k i n g w h e n Owens said he had been su s ­pended for a week.

“1 h ave the opportu n ity to make a lot of plays this week, a n d I ’m o n ly f o c u s i n g on that,” Stokes said. “Everybody has to step up their gam e to m a k e a m e n d s for ( O w e n s ’ absence). It w as a harsh deci­sion the coaches m ade .”

There s e em s to be a sharp divide am ong the 49ers as to th e a p p r o p r i a t e n e s s o f M a r i u c c i ’s p u n i s h m e n t . F u l lb a c k F red B e a s l e y stopped short o f condem ning O w e n s b u t sa id he a g r e e d w ith the s u s p e n s i o n , w h i le S tok es re fu sed to m ake any c o m m e n t , s a y in g on ly th a t “Terrell is with us in spirit.”

“ It d o e s n ’t r e a l ly m a t t e r what any of us think, because h e ’s th e c o a c h an d i t ’s h is call,” Garcia said.

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J o h n H e n r y to ld fa n s W ednesday that he is h ope­ful a new state com m ission will help the team get a new ballpark.

H e n r y , GM D a v e D o m b r o w s k i an d o t h e r m e m b e r s o f th e M a r l in s ' front office held a hour-long m e e t i n g w ith 3 0 s e a s o n - t i c k e t h o ld e r s , a l l o w i n g them to ask questions rang­ing from the team ’s finances to how fast Marlins players w ere developing.

Henry said he is “en cou r­a g e d ” by the form ation of th e C o m m u n ityIm p r o v e m e n t A uthor ity , a n ew p a n e l s e t up by Gov. Jeb Bush to look into finding w ays to build a n ew s ta d i­um.

He expects the panel to be formed within 4-5 weeks.

“The only way to get new revenue stream s is to get a new ba llp ark ,” Henry said. “W e a r e w a t c h i n g to s e e what happens.”

H e n r y n o t e d t h a t as o f A u g . 3 1 , th e t e a m lo s t approximately $10 million.

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O n this Sunday, October 1 at 10:00 p.m. in the Log Chapel, a Mass will be celebrated to rejoice the canonization o f American Blessed M other Katharine Drexel, and African Blessed M other Josephine Bakhita, wom en who used their lives as opportunities for change. O n Sun­day, their life and ministry will be solemnized by Pope John Paul II in Rome, and parishes nationwide. It is a time in our Church history when two Catholic women, one black, one white, one wealthy, one a former slave, will be honored for their meritorious and Christ-cen­tered Catholic witness. Born a decade apart in opposite parts o f the world, Blessed Katharine and Blessed Josephine will take their place among other extraordinary yet ordinary Christians who lived lives dedicated to the uplift and honor o f the hum an experience.

Born in 1858, Blessed Katherine Drexel became a millionaire at age 28. Her father, a wealthy Philadelphia banker o f Austrian and German origin, died, and left his children a trust worth $14 million dollars. She used her inheritance and influence in the Catholic Church to evangelize Native and African Americans at a time when doing so was looked down upon, in some circles. But Blessed Katharine was taught at an early age that being Catholic meant much more than going to Church every Sunday. Being Catholic meant casting one's vision and experience beyond what was comfortable and socially acceptable.

In 1887, she began looking for missionaries to help her in her work. During a private audience with Pope Leo XIII, he encour­aged her to become a missionary herself. In 1889, after much prayer and reflection, she joined the Sisters o f Mercy in Pittsburgh, with the intent o f founding a religious order dedicated to the Catholic formation o f Indians and African Americans. O n Febru­ary 12, 1891 at age 33, she made her profession as the first mem­ber o f the Sisters o f the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People. Throughout her lifetime until her death on March 3,1955, she founded 14 schools and parishes in 9 different states, including Xavier University o f Louisiana, the only Black Catholic university in the nation, and catechetical and social centers on reservations in the rural South and in large urban areas, to insure that people o f these races, who, proud o f their own culture and heritage, would become leaders in the nation and the Church. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1988.

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into slavery, and suffered humiliation, torture, and m utilation for the next several years. At age 13, she was sold to a Turkish general whose mistress administered a horrendous tattooing ordeal in which 60 designs were cut into Blessed Josephine's breasts, stom ­ach and arms. In her words, "...it was a miracle o f God I d idn 't die."

Blessed Josephine was sold twice more between 1883-85. She was taken to Italy as nursemaid for her mistress' child who at­tended a boarding school run by the Daughters o f Charity. It was there that Blessed Josephine began to learn about the Catholic faith. Several years later, Blessed Josephine learned she was being sent back to Africa. She announced her intention to stay with the sisters, be baptized and have an opportunity to practice her new faith. Despite her mistress' anger, with the help o f the sisters and Italy's prohibition against slavery, Blessed Josephine was perm itted

to stay. Baptized in January 1890, she took the name Josephine and studied for four years. O n December 8, 1896 at age 41, she took her final vows as a member o f the Daughters o f Charity. She spent the rest o f her life as a cook, seamstress, sacristan and doorkeeper. W hen her life story was published in 1930, she became a renowned example o f charity and holiness. At her death at age 78 in Italy on February 8, 1947, she lay in state for three days, as mourners touched her body and prayed for her blessing. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in May 1992.

Two women, different cultures, different experiences, same faith. Blessed M other Josephine Bakhita and Blessed M other Katharine Drexel have m uch to teach us. We have much to learn from them. Join us as we celebrate their lives

and recall the memories and impact o f their faith in action. All are welcome!

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Mets clinch wild card with victory over BravesAssociated Press

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Mets arc going to the playoffs in consec­utive years.

Rick Reed limited Atlanta to four hits in eight innings and pinch-hitter Darryl Hamilton singled in the go-ahead run in the fifth as the Mets beat the Braves 6-2 Wednesday night to cl inch the Nl. wild card berth.

After slumping for the th ird s t r a ig h t September, the Mets survived and will open the playoffs Oct. 4 at San Francisco or St. Louis. The NL East champion Braves start a day earli­er against the Giants or Cardinals, with the m a t c h u p s d e p e n d i n g on f ina l records.

The Mets celebrated in low-key fash­ion on the field with hugs and h a n d ­sh akes, much like the Braves did the p rev iou s day w h en th ey c l in c h e d at Shea Stadium. There w as ch am pagn e waiting for the Mets in the clubhouse, though.

Last year, New York needed to beat Cincinnati in a tiebreaker playoff on the day after the regular season was sched­uled to end. This time, the Mets clinched with four gam es to spare, elim inating Los Angeles, its final wild card rival.

A night after the Braves beat the Mets to clinch their ninth stra ight division title, New York clinched the wild card by beating its rival for only the 13th t im e in 42 g a m e s o v er t h r e e y e a r s , including a 4 -2 loss in last year's NL championship series.

Before last year, the Mets’ only trips to the playoffs were in 1969, 1973, 1986 and 1988.

Reed ( 1 1 -5 ) s tru ck out s e v e n and walked one. Armando Benitez allowed Andres Galarraga’s leadoff homer in the ninth.

Kevin Millwood (10-13) finished the poorest of his three full seasons in the major leagues, giving up five runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings and forcing in the Mets’ first run with three walks in the fourth. He was 17-8 in 1998 and 18- 7 last year.

With the score 1-all in the fifth, rookie Timo Perez lined the ball into right field and stretched it into a triple. Hamilton, batting for Derek Bell, who was hurt in the top of the inning, blooped a pitch into sh o rt c e n te r for a 2-1 lead and Edgardo Alfonzo lined the next pitch into the left-field bleachers for a two- run homer.

Jay Payton hit an RBI single in the sixth after Robin Ventura tagged and went from first to second when former Met Bobby Bonilla was s low throwing the ball back following Todd Zeile’s fly­out to left.

Ventura added an RBI double in the seventh off Scott Kamieniecki.

Andruw Jones' first-inning homer had given A tlanta the lead, but Millwood walked Zeile with the bases loaded in the fourth, tying the score.

Cubs 1 , Phillies 0Kerry Wood closed his comeback sea ­

son with eight scoreless innings, striking o u t 10 to le a d C h ic a g o o ver Philadelphia.

Sammy Sosa singled home Wood for his 137th RBI as the Cubs won for only the sixth time in their last 26 games.

Wood (8-7), who missed all of last sea ­son fo llowing elbow surgery, gave up

e ig h t h its and tw o w a lk s in e ig h t innings. He threw 125 pitches, the most in any of his 23 starts this season.

T h e 1 9 9 8 NL R ook ie o f the Y ear ended with a 4 .8 0 ERA, totaling 132 strikeouts in 137 innings. In his previ­ous start Sept. 22 a g a in s t St. Louis, W ood w a lk e d e ig h t in on ly 1 1 -3 innings.

Travis Lee, who entered the game hit- less in six at-bats against Wood with five s tr ik eou ts , had four hits o ff the right-hander, including a pair of dou­bles.

Tim Worrell pitched the ninth for his third save in six chances.

Despite the loss, Randy Wolf (11-9) finished as the Phillies’ leader in wins. He g a v e up one run on six h its and three walks over seven innings, striking out six.

Wolf is the first Phillies left-handed pitcher to reach 200 innings in a season since Danny Jackson threw 210 in 1993, totaling 206 1-3 innings in 32 starts.

The loss w as the Ph il l ie s’ eighth in their last 10 games.

Wood s in g le d to lead o ff the Cubs th ird and r e a c h e d s e c o n d on Eric Young’s single. One out later, Sosa sin­gled.

Cubs left f ielder Gary M atthews Jr. m ad e a ru n -sa v in g catch to end the Phillies seventh and strand runners at first and second.

M arlins 6 , Expos 3A.J. Burnett hit an RBI triple to spark

a four-run fifth-inning and also pitched 6 2-3 strong innings to lead Florida to a win over Montreal

Burnett (3-7) allowed two runs — one earned — three hits and five walks to help Florida win for the fourth time in five games. He also struck out seven as Montreal lost its fifth straight.

Tied at 1 in the fifth, Sandy Martinez doubled off the wall in right-center for Florida. Burnett worked the count full against Tony Armas (7-9) before burn­ing the Expos’ drawn-in outfield with a drive to left-center for his first career triple. Burnett is batting .280 (7-of-25).

Luis Castillo then singled in Burnett to make it 3-1. Mark Kotsay walked and Cliff F loyd g r e e t e d r e l i e v e r J u lio Santana with an RBI single. Mike Lowell followed with a run-scoring infield sin­gle to make it 5-1.

Armas allowed five runs, four hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings, snapping his three-game winning streak.

Antonio Alfonseca pitched the ninth for his major league-leading 43rd save in 47 chances.

The Marlins tied it at 1 without a hit in the fourth. Castillo walked, stole sec­ond and advanced to third on a ground- out before scoring on Floyd’s sacrifice fly.

M ic h a e l B a r r e t t ’s d o u b le s e t up M o n t r e a l ’s run in the third in n ing . B urn ett w a lk ed th r ee b a tters in the inning, in clud ing Wilton Guerrero to force in a run.

Brew ers 1 0 , R eds 6Scott Sullivan’s wild pitch allowed the

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The last n ight g a m e in M ilw aukee County Stadium history was followed by a fireworks show. The teams close out the v en erab le s ta d iu m ’s 4 8 -y ea r run w ith a s o ld - o u t a f t e r n o o n g a m e Thursday.

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Painecontinued from p age 32

Though he never played in a gam e, Paine served as senior John Mcrandi’s backup. When spring came, Paine was thrust onto the first team. He joined v e t e r a n s Jim J o n e s , Joh n Teasdale, Mike Gandy, Jordan Black and Kurt V o l le r s and so o n b e c a m e th e n a tu r a l replacement for Merandi.

Paine was the first member of a strong group of offensive line­men in the Class of 2003 to see action.

Three of the quintet (tackle Brennan Curtin, guard Ryan Gillis and guard Sean Milligan) are curren tly r e se r v e s w hile Neal Ambron left school in the spring.

Besides the obvious need for a center, Paine also believes his high sc h o o l b a ck grou n d has helped him adjust to a quicker, more physical game.

“I w a s for tu n ate to have a good w e ig h t l i f t in g co a c h [in high school],” Paine said. “A lot of o ffensive l in em en com e in that aren’t as strong, that aren’t as muscular. I’m not saying I’m that muscular. But I had a pret­ty good base when 1 came in.”

Thus far this se a so n , Paine has started every game. And in ad dit ion to the p o u n d in g he takes each day, Paine also feels mental anguish as. the anchor of the line.

“There’s a lot of calls for the cen ter to m a k e ,” Paine said. “We base off all of our protec­tions and make a lot of calls on the run. So it’s a pretty heavy mental game.”

Last w eek against Michigan State, Paine sprained his ankle in the first half and struggled,

according to coach Bob Davie.“He had some missed assign­

m en ts ,” Davie said of Paine’s play against the Spartans. “But overall, if I a sse ss his perfor­mance [for the year], it’s been pretty darn good.”

That includes his off-the-field life as well. Paine has switched majors from engineering to an undeclared arts and letters dis­cipline, maybe econom ics. His study habits have improved and he is on the verge of becoming an oth er great Irish o ffensive lineman.

But whether he becom es an A ll-A m e r ic a n or ju s t a so lid starter, Paine will never forget those first few months last year.

“I wish every freshman knew that it’s as tough as it is,” Paine said. “You’re going to be away from h o m e . You d o n ’t k now anybody. You don’t know who’s your friend or enemy. But in the end, you find everybody’s here to support everybody else.”

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♦ The quarterback position remains open for competition. Matt LoVecchio, Gary Godsey and Jared Clark all took equal snaps at Wednesday’s practice, a c c o r d in g to D a v ie . “ It w ill probably be a game time deci­sion,” Davie said. “I don’t want it to be but w e ’ve got a long, long way to go. That thing will probably be an ongoing issue the rest of this football season.”

Despite the indecision, Davie said LoVecchio is “probably” in the lead. “Right now it looks like Matt LoVecchio, as I’ve said before, has a slight edge,” Davie said. “He’s a little more mobile and he played pretty well with his opportunity.”

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“ I think she always kind of wanted to come here,” he said.

Finding th e ir n ichesL a n d in g th e r e c r u i t s ,

W aldrum k new w as only the first step. Knowing full well the hardest thing for freshman to do is to adjust to the co l lege game, Waldrum decided to take / advantage of an NCAA rule that allowed teams to take a foreign tour once every four years.

In g o in g s o u th to B razi l , Waldrum hoped to provide his stars in waiting with a chance to m ake the adjustm ent. The experiment was a success.

“I think it was a great experi­ence," Waldrum said. “Amy was used to being the key player on her club team s so sh e had to learn how to play with 10 other good players on the field at the sam e time.”

Warner was able to make the ad ju stm en t rather rapidly as w as Guertin who also enjoyed the trip.

“It was a great bonding expe­rien ce ,” Guertin said. "It gave us a good chance to get to know all of the veterans."

Beyond ex p ec ta tio n sWhile Waldrum expected both

Guertin and Warner to make an im p act, he cou ld n ever have imagined how good they would be in just their freshman years.

W arn er is a m o n g the team l e a d e r s in s c o r in g and is a threat to find the back of the net every time she touches the ball.

“S h e ’s p layed su ch a huge part in the offense ,” Waldrum said. “She brings a ton of ath­leticism and speed."

Warner's ability to run forces team s to play ex trem ely c a u ­tiously in their own half of the field.

“S h e is so f a s t , ” W ald ru m said . “She can beat you an y ­where from one half of the field to the other.”

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W h ile im p r e s s e d by the speed of Warner, Waldrum has been equally taken with the composure demonstrated by Guertin.

“She is tremendous around the g o a l , ” W ald ru m sa id . “She has such a calmness to her.”

T h ough on ly in h er first year, Guertin has played like a veteran. With an even keel nature, Guertin has scored

several huge goals for the Irish already this season.

Last F rid ay , t ied w ith the West Virginia Mountaineers in overtime, Guertin struck for the g a m e w in n e r , a p lay m ost freshman just aren’t supposed to be ready to make.

“I’m not sure how many first year players could do what she has done,” Waldrum said. “We never anticipated how fast Amy and Amanda would impact our team .”

O b v io u s ly G u er t in and Warner aren ’t most freshmen.

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Soccercontinued from p age 32

The Last EntryWaldrum’s last recruiting vic­

tory of last year may prove his b ig g e s t y e t , Oddly e n o u g h Warner was a virtual unknown as la te as la s t w in te r , w h en m ost s c h o o l s h a v e a lr e a d y decided who they would target for the February signing period.

In a case of blind luck, assis­tants Edwards and Chura stum­bled upon W a rn er at a C h r is tm a s t o u r n a m e n t in Florida. There they saw a play­er, who unlike most h igh-cal- iber high school players, had no Olympic Developm ental Team experience. And she was taking the tourney by storm.

W a rn er , a l ig h t n in g - q u ic k sp a rk p lu g from N ew M exico just might have been the best player nobody had ever heard of.

Because she also competed in track w h i le in h igh s c h o o l , Warner never made a full-time c o m m it m e n t to s o c c e r and therefore w en t u nnoticed for the vast majority of the recruit­ing period.

T h e F lo r id a t o u r n a m e n t served as her coming out party. E d w a rd s and C hu ra r u sh e d back to headquarters with the news — Warner w as a player they thought was for real and a player they very much wanted.

Waldrum went to see Warner for h im se lf in February after pleading with her not to sign with anyone else before he did so. By this t im e W arner w as being deluged with phone calls from all over the country. Her secret was out.

W ald ru m w a s a b e l i e v e r almost instantly.

“She w as the real d ea l ,” he said. “You just knew sh e was going to make an impact.”

W arn er , too , n e e d e d l it t le prodding to play in the shadow of the Golden Dome.

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Belles take second in tourneyBy K A TIE M ILL E RS ports W rite r

S a in t M ary 's g o l f t e a m took s e c o n d in a league tournament on Wednesday.

Following Albion College’s low score of 356, the Belles’ overall total was 370. Hope College followed with a total of 378 while Kalamazoo came in fourth.

Coach Theresa Pekarek was pleased with the results.

“It was a difficult course and our scores were low today,” Pekarek said. “We proved that we could finish first in the future. We can definite­ly play better."

Team captain and senior Kyle Veltri placed fourth overall in the tournam ent with 87, the lowest Saint Mary’s score. Junior Mary Clare Hathaway followed Veltri with a 92. Veltri was pleased to see the team reach second place.

“I was very pleased to se e where we w ere standing as a team ,” Veltri said. ”1 feel it’s been a consistent season. “We set goals as a team at the beginning of the season and we are where we want to be at second in the conference.”

Both P ek a re k and Veltr i look fo rw a rd to Saturday's tournam ent at Winding Creek Golf Course.

“Winding Creek Golf Course is fairly simple considering w ea th e r co n d it io n s ,” Veltri said. “I’m pretty su re everyon e will play well and maintain standings.

“I think that we will do well. We had never seen the Medalis w here w e played today. We are familiar with Winding Creek, and I expect w e ’ll do as well. Hopefully, we will finish first.”

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w ait . She g e t s h er sh o t at Karrie Webb.

“I’m fired u p,” Sorenstam said . “I don't like b e in g in second place, and for me to have a chance to beat Karrie, I’ve got to put in the time and I’ve got to play some flawless golf. I really think I'm on the right track.”

The two go at each other b eg in n in g T h ursd ay in the New Albany Golf Classic, the second year of the $1 million t o u r n a m e n t . Last y e a r , Sorenstam won and proceed­ed to turn around her season.

Despite raw, windy weath­er, she birdied six of the last n in e h o le s o f h er s e c o n d round, giving her the lead she n ever lost. She w en t on to shoot 19-under-par 269 and won by th r ee s tro k es over Mardi Lunn.

It started a streak that has carried over to five victories this vear — one fewer than

Webb.“When I came to Columbus

and the way 1 played, that w as the best I'd played in a really long time,” Sorenstam said. “1 realized how much I enjoyed playing well. It was so much fun, and 1 just want­ed to go back to work and grind and play like this all the time, because I love being in the top spot.”

T h e S w e d e w ill h a v e to work hard to d efeat Webb, w hose six wins include two m a jo r s — the N a b is c o Cham pionship and the U.S. Open. Webb has earned more th a n $ 1 .6 m il l io n , a b o u t $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 m ore than Sorenstam.

“I ’ve re a l ly had a good y e a r , ” W ebb sa id . “I’ve played very consistently and I’ve been in contention a lot. And that’s all I can ask, just to g iv e m y s e l f as m any chan ces as I can and try to close the deal.”

Sorenstam finished fourth at last w e e k e n d 's S a few ay G olf C h a m p io n sh ip in Portland, Ore.

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V olleyball

Kreher serving up sensational season for IrishBy RACHAEL PROTZMANS p o r ts W r i t e r

Junior Kristy Kreher has come out from the shadows of second and third in Irish vol­leyball statistics to set the pace as she has finally topped the lists for Notre Dame.

Even as the statistical leader of the Irish, Kreher still gets plenty of advice and criti­cism from her teammates.

“During matches we have a team policy where people on the sidelines let us know what w e’re doing and what we need to do better,” Kreher said. “We get constant feed­back from the team. If I’m not pulling my weight on the court, som eone will let me know. It’s a team effort in every game.”

As a freshman Kreher was named as an all-Big East Rookie as she totaled a .264 hit­ting percentage with an average of 2.07 kills per game. She racked up 272 kills in 1999 out of 592 attempts with just 85 errors for a .316 percentage, the third highest on the team, while also finishing the season with 198 digs for the second-highest team total.

Kreher rounded out 1999 by being named to the all-Big East second team with the third highest hitting mark at .377 in the con­ference.

Following her sophom ore year, Kreher moved into second in Notre Dame’s career hitting percentage mark with a .294 per­centage in two years.

Following a spectacular season in 1999, Kreher now leads the team statistically in 2000. This year Kreher has come out on top to lead the team with 1 7 2 kills on 364 attempts with 59 errors for a .310 hitting percentage in the 13 matches played so far in 2000. Kreher also leads the team with 106 digs.

“It’s exciting,” Kreher said. “1 don’t feel myself as any different in this year as com ­pared to past years. It’s cool to know that

teams will look at you and think that this is a player that we have to watch. But I don’t feel that my role is that much different. I still want to go out there and get as many kills for the team as 1 can and do my job for the team.

“To be able to do that I need my team behind me. As long as our team is doing well, I feel that I can do well. Volleyball is such a team sport that you can’t have just one good player on the team, you have to have six or even 12.”

Kreher also topped the 1997 record of kills in a four-game match with 32 kills in the N otre D am e v e r su s Loyola M arym oun t match on Sept. 21.

She w a s n a m e d to the S h a m ro c k Invitational all-tournament team and the adidas Invitational a ll-tournam ent team, both played earlier in the 2000 season at the Joyce Center.

“I think that the reason I’m getting a lot of kills is due to Denise [Boylan],” Kreher said. “I’m used to her consistency in getting me the ball. That’s one of the things that has helped me a lot. I give a lot of credit to my teammates and my coaches. Being pushed by my team mates in practice is one thing that has helped. Sometimes I’m up against harder things in practice than in games.

“I want to improve in every aspect of my game. I’m struggling right now with blocking and defense, so I've been trying to get better at that in practice,” Kreher said. “I want to keep improving my all-around game.”

Kreher will have her chance this weekend as the Irish volleyball team faces Villanova and Georgetown in the first Big East match­es of the season.

“It’s very exciting for our team this year. I feel that w e’ve improved so much,” Kreher said. “We’ve been playing such big powers across the country now and it's exciting that we can play with the top teams in the coun­try. We just have to keep battling every day.”

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W o m e n ’s In ter h a ll F ootball

BP keeps playoff hopes alive with 18-0 victoryBy ANTH O NY BISHOP,KATIE HUGHES and BRIAN SHARPS ports W rite rs

In a gam e that could propel one team into the playoff's and destroy all hopes for a postsea­so n for th e o t h e r , B r e e n - Phillips defeated Earley, 18-0.

Top play by both team s lit up the Held in a d efensive battle that was broken loose by a few big p lays . U n fo r tu n a te ly for th e f a n s o f E a r le y , th e b ig plays s e e m e d to only boun ce in to t h e h a n d s o f t h e BP offense.

The first half was defined by strong play from the lin es of both teams.

The BP o f fe n se w a s led by the strong arm and swift feet o f q u a r t e r b a c k K at ie M c F a r la n d . A fte r a F a r le y fourth down blitz, McFarland w a s forced to s c r a m b le and w e a v e h er w a y d o w n f i e ld nearly 40 yards before she was caught from behind inside the 20-yard line.

T h a t w a s a s far a s th e offense ever got as the Farley d e f e n s e r e g r o u p e d and stopped the BP drive on the 7- yard line.

BP d id n ’t s e e m p h a se d by the d e f e n s iv e s ta n d as th ey cam e up big th e m se lv e s with g r e a t p r e s s u r e from t h e ir d efen sive line, forcing Farley to punt. The defenses cam e up with play after play for several drives until the end of the half.

Led by two lon g runs from M c F a r la n d , BP w a s a b le to punch in a last minute touch­d o w n b e f o r e h a l f t im e . M c F a r la n d c o n n e c t e d w ith Kelly D ec k e lm a n for a sh ort pass into the back of the end zon e that ju s t w en t p ast the outreached hands of the Farley defensive backs.

The point after try was bat­ted down, leaving BP with a 6- 0 lead going into halftime.

The se c o n d h a l f on ly w en t down hill for the Farley squad as the BP d e fen se dom inated the game. It looked at first like Farley w ould m a k e an ear ly co m e b a c k w ith quick p a s s e s from q u a r t e r b a c k J e n n y Geraci to several receivers.

At about midfield, however, the d e fen s iv e backs from BP seem ed to awaken and batted d ow n a c o u p le b a l ls u n t i l a f in a l in t e r c e p t i o n by Gina Montenaro.

On the ensuing play, a quar­t e r b a c k s w i t c h b e t w e e n Deckelman and McFarland set up a 2 5 - y a r d p a s s p la y to M cF arlan d th a t b r o u g h t BP w ith in s t r ik in g d i s t a n c e yet a g a in . T w o p la y s l a t e r , a Farley blitz forced McFarland

out of the pocket and looking for a target.

With a d e s p e r a t io n th r o w into the end zone, three people touched the ball but only BP w id e r e c e i v e r T r ic ia McFarland gained possession. A n o th e r fa i led PAT a t te m p t gave BP a 12-0 lead.

Breen-Phillips n ever looked b ack a f t e r th is p o in t . T h e defense consistently shut down the e x p lo s iv e Farley o f fe n se in c lu d in g g r e a t p la y s from l in e m a n N a ta s h a Potter and defensive back Donna Conlon.

Another interception for BP by Keppel gave the ball back to the o ffense for one more late attack. After a few strong run plays and a couple short pass­es, McFarland finally connect­ed w ith M o n t e n a r o for th e third touchdown making it 18-0 with less than two minutes to go. The refs then ca l led the gam e a victory for BP in accor­dance to the "mercy rule.”

T h e lo s s d r o p p e d F a r le y ’s r e c o r d to 1 - 3 , w h ic h s t i l l leaves hope for the postseason

T h e F a r l e y s q u a d p la y e d p a r t i c u l a r l y w e l l b u t w e r e unable to com e up with a few breaks. Captain Becca Glatz is hoping the team plays hard the rest of the season and will be lo o k in g for s o m e l o s s e s by t e a m s a h e a d o f them in the rankings. F arley’s next gam e is on S u n d a y a g a i n s t Off- Campus.

T h is v ic to r y g a v e B r e e n - Phillips their first win of the year, advanc ing its record to 1 - 1 -1 and k e e p i n g p la y o f f hopes alive.

T h e BP c o a c h e s a t tr ibu ted the victory to the hard work and lea d ersh ip of the u p p er­classm en as well as their abili­ty to c r e a t e b ig p la y s on offense and defense.

BP r e t u r n s to a c t io n on Sunday against McGlinn.

McGlinn 6 , W alsh 6There are no crazy Nebraska

g a m e - l ik e o v e r t im e ru le s in w om en ’s interhall football, but the McGlinn girls d idn’t seem to mind.

They huddled in exc item ent a f t e r t h e i r 6 - 6 t ie a g a i n s t Walsh on Tuesday night, ecsta­tic to have kept it so close the whole game.

Mary Lenzini scored a touch­d ow n very ea r ly in the first half for the Shamrocks, setting the mood for an intense game.

“I was thinking, I really hope1 catch the ball,” Lenzini said. “Then I was thinking, holy s— ,I caught the ball.”

M c G lin n ’s key p la y s c a m e from S a ra h V a t t e r o t t ’s four com pletions and a great run­n in g g a m e by q u a r t e r b a c k Jody Greaney.

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Badin q u a rte rb a ck P rissy C lem en ts looks to th row on th e run in la s t n ig h t 's s c o re le s s tie a g a in s t Off-Campus. The tie w as B adin 's third of th e sea so n .

“I was sick of losing. I don’t t a k e lo s i n g w e l l , ” G r e a n e y said. “We w eren ’t sure what to ex p ec t from McGlinn. All we k n e w w a s th a t th e ir re co r d w a sn ’t that strong.”

Said Walsh captain Melissa Beiting: “We had two 10-yard penalties and that m ade us a little sensitive. We had to get out there and refocus.”

T ig h t en d J e n n i f e r Lynch was W alsh’s wildest women on Tuesday, scoring a mid-second h a l f t o u c h d o w n to t ie the game.

McGlinn h o p e s to build on the m om entum gen er a ted by the game.

“W e’re not losing again this se a so n ,” Lenzini said.Badin 0 , Off-Campus 0

A h a r d - f o u g h t g a m e on T u e s d a y n ig h t a t S t e p a n b e t w e e n B a d in a n d Off- Campus resulted in a scoreless tie.

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theme of both tea m s’ seasons, the defen ses kept both team s in the game. The 0-0 tie was th e s e c o n d s c o r e l e s s g a m e th a t b o th t e a m s h a v e b e e n in vo lved w ith , e a c h s ta r t in g the s e a s o n w ith on e: B adin a g a in s t PW and Off C am pus against Walsh.

The tie pushed Off-Campus’s record to 1 -0 -2 and B a d in ’s record to 0-1-3 .

O f f - C a m p u s ’s p h y s i c a l d efen se has held their op p o­nents to a total of six points in three g a m es , the lone tou ch ­d o w n s c o r e d by B r e e n - Phillips.

“We w e r e e x p e c t in g to do better than we had in the pre­vious game," Off Campus c o ­c a p t a in K a t ie L e ic h t s a id . “This w as not a good showing from the o f fe n s e . We d id n ’t capitalize on the opportunities that we had.”

Badin moved the ball up and down the field all day, repeat­

edly getting first downs. Even though Off-Campus’s d efen se b e n t , it r e f u s e d to b r e a k . D e f e n s iv e b a c k s Erin P la c e and Anna Benjamin both had acr o b a t ic g o a l- l in e in te r c e p ­tions to save touchdowns.

A fter tw o t ie s and a lo s s , B adin d e s p e r a t e ly n e e d s to win their n ext two g a m e s to return to the playoffs for the second straight year.

“We a r e t ir e d o f t i e s and lo sses ,” Badin free safety Beth Rimkus. “We want w ins.”

A f t e r a b ye w e e k , B ad in lo o k s to r e b o u n d a g a i n s t Farley before closing out their season against McGlinn.

Off-Campus is also looking to f in i sh th e s e a s o n s t r o n g in o rd er to a lso qualify for the playoffs.

“We need to get more out of p r a c t i c e , ” Le icht sa id . “Our t o u g h e s t g a m e s are c o m in g up. We have to get our act together.”

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B aseball

USA dismantles Big Red Machine to claim gold

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USA pitcher Ben S h e e ts ce leb ra tes after recording th e final out in a 4-0 victory over Cuba in th e gold m edal gam e.

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SYDNEY, AustraliaIt took a ragtag band of minor l e a ­

guers to bring down a dynasty and final­ly bring home the gold for America.

Led by Hall of Earner Tom Lasorda, a co l le c t io n o f draft p icks and m ajor- league misfits beat mighty Cuba 4-0 on Wednesday for the United S tates’ first Olympic gold medal in baseball.

T h e tea m k n o w n as th e Big Red M achine got only th r ee hits off Ben Sheets, then had to stand and watch in disbe lie f while he and his team m ates rolled in the dirt as part of their joyous celebration.

“Cuba is supposed to be the best base­ball team in the world," shortstop Adam Everett said. “We just proved we are when it counts."

The long-awaited matchup of baseball archrivals was remarkably free of the dust-ups and disputes that have colored virtually all of the other gam es they’ve played through the years w hen Cuba won the only other baseball gold medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.

Also unlike those other gam es, this time the United States won - and won convincingly.

“They come out and try to intimidate y o u , ” E v e re tt sa id . “T h a t ’s not our game. We don’t come out and play that way. We just come out and beat you."

They found all sorts of dramatic ways to win: two w a lk -o f f h o m e rs and an e ighth-in n ing grand slam . Their only loss w as 6-1 to Cuba on Saturday, a game remembered for angry exchanges and cleared benches.

There were no dust-ups this time, no late-inning dram atics. Right from the start, it was no contest.

Mike Neill hit a first-inning homer as the A m e r ic a n s c r a n k e d it up ea r ly instead of late. Ernie Young - at the cen­ter of Saturday’s bench-clearing inning - more than got even with a bases-loadcd single.

Catcher Pat Borders, who was spiked at home in that first game, also had an RBI double as an exquisite payback.

Those hits put the upset on the finger­tips of Sheets, an unflappable right-han­der who got 16 ground-ball outs in the first eight innings, setting up a pulsating ninth.

With the Americans standing on the front step of their dugout and a U.S. Hag hanging behind the bench. Sheets strode calmly to the mound to start the inning.

He got Cuba's first two hitters swing­ing — Luis Ulacia threw his helm et at the side of his dugout after going down for the second out.

W hen Neill m ade a sliding catch of Yasser Gomez's fly in left field for the final out, Sheets fell to his knees and raised his arm in celebration as players stream ed toward him for a huddle on the mound.

Soon, they piled up near the dirt at third and Lasorda — wearing a U.S. Hag over his left shoulder, hugged his coach­es while the players took a victory lap.

“I c a n ’t b e l ie v e how g r e a t 1 feel!" Lasorda shouted as he ran off the field.

T h e C u b a n s s a t s t u n n e d in th e ir d u g o u t , k n o w in g th e ir d y n a sty w a s done.

The best team in international base­ball had its 2 1 -g a m e w in n in g streak snapped with a loss to the Netherlands during the tournament, then had its hold on the gold broken by its biggest rival.

The lon g -aw a ited m atchup had the trap pin gs of a se v en th World S er ies game — and all the finality. Flashbulbs twinkled around the stadium as the U.S. team stood on the first base line and the Cubans assembled along the other one for pregame introductions.

Lasorda, who wanted to beat Cuba for the exiles in Florida, walked over and s h o o k th e h an d o f m a n a g e r S erv io Borges in front of the plate.

Moments later, the Americans spilled out of the dugout after Neill’s tension- breaking homer in the first — his second big homer of the tournament.

W restling

USA’s Gardner upsets Russia’s Karelin to win goldAssociated Press

SYDNEY, AustraliaRulon G a r d n e r d id th e

u n t h in k a b le . He b e a t th e u n b e a ta b le . He p r o v e d th a t Alexander Karelin isn ’t perfect — and he won a gold m ed al that v ir tu a l ly n ob o d y in the world thought he could win.

Gardner, an A m erican with no m ajor t i t le to h is n a m e , never a world medalist, ended K a r e l in 's s t r i n g o f t h r e e Olympic gold m ed als and the R u s s ia n ’s 1 3 - y e a r u n b e a te n streak by winning the Olympic su per h ea v y w e ig h t w re s t l in g gold modal 1-0 on Wednesday.

“W hen did 1 th in k I cou ld beat him? About 10 m in u tes ago," G a rd n er s a id . “1 k ep t saying, ’I think 1 can. 1 think I can.' But it wasn't until it was over that 1 knew 1 could."

Karelin is universally consid­e r e d th e g r e a t e s t G r e c o - Roman wrestler of all time, a m an w h o had n e v e r lo s t in international competition, who had not conceded a point in 10 years.

And Gardner beat him, stun­ning a crowd that included IOC

p r e s i d e n t J u a n A n t o n io Samaranch, who had com e to present Karelin with his fourth gold m e d a l — the m e d a l he will never get.

“W hat d o es this m ean ? He just beat the best w restler in the h istory o f w r e s t l in g — a w restler who had never been b ea t ," U.S. n a t io n a l G reco - R o m a n c o a c h S t e v e F r a s e r said.

The u p se t w a s so s tu n n in g th a t v ir tu a l ly no o n e in the crowd in the Sydney Exhibition H all , o u t s i d e o f G a r d n e r ’s im m e d i a t e fa m i ly , c o u ld believe it. Nor could Karelin, who, Gardner said, “Mumbled a few words at me in Russian toward the end. I d on ’t know what he said.

"He’s so big and nasty, it’s l ik e a h o r s e p u s h i n g y o u , ” G a r d n e r s a id . “I ’m n o t as strong as him, not even close. I k n e w if 1 le t h im p u sh m e around, get even two or three points on me, it was over."

But G a r d n e r , a f o r m e r U n i v e r s i t y o f N e b r a s k a wrestler, who walked onto the football team but quit to w res­tle full-tim e, said beforehand t h a t h e h ad a s t r a t e g y to

counter Karelin’s dreaded lifts and re lentless pressure. That h e e v e n e x p e c t e d to “h a v e som e fun with Karelin."

G ardner, his c h e s t sp i l l in g out of his tight blue U.S. s in ­g l e t , p r o v e d e a r ly t h a t he

w o u ld n ’t be outm uscled by a m an w h o s e la s t lo s s o f any kind cam e in the 1987 Soviet championships.

K a r e l in , w h o s e t h r o w i n g skills are so renowned that he has a lift named for him, tried

to throw Gardner arou n d in th e f ir s t tw o m in u t e s but c o u l d n ’t. G a r d n e r s t a y e d c h e s t - t o - c h c s t , s h o u ld e r - to - shoulder, never letting Karelin g e t le v e r a g e or a c h a n c e to toss him to score points.

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Rulon Gardner of th e USA, bottom , holds off th e challenge of world cham pion Alexandre Kareline of Russia to win th e gold medal in th e 1 3 0 k g c la ss in Greco-Roman wrestling.

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d e fe a te d R uss ia 's A le x a n d re Kareline, end ing his 1 3 -y e a r

un bea ten s treak . page 30

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W o m e n ’s S o c c er

Frosh Guertin, Warner making immediate impactBy KEVIN B E R C H O US ports W rite r

O f t e n t im e s r e c r u i t i n g in c o l l e g e sports is a bit like playing the lottery. A coach will target a s e le c t group of p la y ers he th in ks w ill b e s t h e lp his team , before sitting and waiting, hoping his e fforts pay off.T h a t b e i n g th e c a s e , N o tr e D a m e w o m e n ' s s o c c e r h ead c o a c h Randy W a ld r u m h it th e j a c k p o t w h e n he took to the recruit­ing trails last year.

This y e a r ’s fresh­man recruiting class has been nothing short of sensational.

T h e l ik e s o f f i r s t - y e a r p l a y e r s A m a n d a G u e r t in an d A m y W a r n e r

W aldrum

h a v e c o m b in e d to p ro d u c e a p o ten t sc o r in g tan d em that has a l low ed an Ir ish t e a m t h a t w a s s u p p o s e d to rebuild to in stead rem ain a national power.

The ProblemWhen Waldrum and his assistants ,

Amy Edwards and Barb Chura began recruiting in the sum m er of 1999 they k n ew they w er e facing a form idable task.

Knowing that the coming year would be their last with All-Americans such as LaK eysia B een e , Jenn Grubb and Jenny Streifer, the coaches knew they n eeded nothing short of a blockbuster recruiting class.

T h e p r e s su r e w a s sq u a r e ly on the coaches to find the players that could m ake a seam less transition to the col­lege level, players who could make an im mediate impact.

W aldrum ’s recruiting strategy is like

that of many of his counterparts . He divides the country into four reg ions and ass ig n s his a s s i s ta n t c o a c h e s to chart two of those sectors apiece. After Edwards and Chura have done much o f th e p r e l im in a r y w o rk , W ald ru m steps in to do the majority of the offi­c ia l r e c r u i t in g , v i s i t in g the p la y e r s while trying to steer them in the direc­tion of Notre Dame.

“Amy and Barb do such a great job ,” Waldrum said. “ I give them a lot of credit.”

The F irst S te pWaldrum needed little help in land­

ing one of the first major recruits of the class of 2004. Indeed Waldrum had his e y e s on G uertin for a lm o s t five years. Guertin hails from Grapevine, T e x a s , w hich is c lo se to W a ld r u m ’s hom e. Always on the lookout for ta l­e n t , th e Ir ish c o a c h k e p t t a b s on Guertin th r o u g h o u t her high sc h o o l

career. When it cam e time to decide w h e t h e r or n o t to o f f ic ia l ly r e c r u i t Guertin, Waldrum had no doubt of her abilities.

“It w a s a n o - b r a in e r ,” he sa id . “ I considered her the best player coming out of T exas .”

But recruiting a player is only half the process.

After the player has heard the sales pitch the decision his hers alone to buy the product. For Guertin the purchase was easy.

“I’ve kind of always had a thing for N otre D a m e , ” G u ertin sa id . “W hen C o a ch W a ld r u m c a m e t h e r e from Baylor that ju s t kind o f m ade things perfect for m e .”

The cooperative, eager Guertin was W aldrum’s first recruiting coup of the se a so n . The freshm an w as also pur­s u e d by n a t i o n a l p o w e r s s u c h as Stanford and Santa Clara.

see S O C C E R /page 24

F ootball

Paine living up to expectations in second yearBy T I M CASEYA ssistan t S po rts E d ito r

Jeff Paine felt the pain.Around this time last year, as

a freshm an, Paine sat on the bench during gam es, was g e t ­t ing k n o ck ed aro u n d on the practice field and struggled in the classroom.

Not e x a c t ly w h a t the h igh school All-American anticipat­ed.

“For the first half of the first se m e s te r [last year] , I d id n ’t think I had to s t u d y ,” P a in e said. “When that first test came out...”

Just say he studied after that. For P a in e , c u r r e n t ly N o tr e Dame’s starting center, receiv­ing the grade on the exam was the c u lm in a t io n o f a rock y freshman campaign.

He arrived here with all the typical honors: f irst- team All USA Today, consensus top 100 n a t io n a l p r o s p e c t , A l l -S ta te selection. But like many of his team m ates , Paine had second t h o u g h t s a b o u t h is c o l l e g e choice during summer practice.

“Tw o a d ays are not f u n , ” Paine said. “Every day I cam e home [to his dorm] wanting to go home. I was everything com ­ing in, then when we were here with just the freshm en, I w as still everything. When the first day of pads came, with the var­sity coming back, I went to the back of the line.”

He did not stay there for long.

see FA IN E /page 23

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Sophom ore c e n te r Jeff Paine c e le b ra te s during Notre D am e’s victory over T exas A&M in th e se a so n opener. Paine h as s ta r te d all four g a m e s a t c e n te r th is sea so n .