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O bserverThe Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s

VOL. XXXV N O . 112 H T T P ://O B S E R V E R . N D .E D U

Midnight alcohol rally escalates♦ Police respond to calls reporting vandalism at Main Building

By HELENA PAYNENews Editor

In the latest student demonstra­tion against proposed alcohol poli­cy changes, more than 100 stu­dents burned copies of the Notre Dame rule manual, du Lac, and hurled glass bottles of alcoholic beverages at the Main Building steps early this morning.

The midnight rally, which lasted for 30 minutes, ended abruptly when students quickly scurried away from the scene after Notre Dame Security/Police arrived at 12:30 a.m.

NDSP Sgt. Greg Pavnica said police received a call about a dis­turbance outside Main Building and “some vandalism along with a fire,” which they are investigating.

The rally ended in no injuries or arrests.

“Don’t give up the fight,” said O’Neill Hall President-elect Joe Muto, a sophomore who has been vocal about his contempt for the alcohol policy, which will ban in­hall dances, “hard” alcohol in the dorms and will allow students 21 years old or older to host tail- gaters with alcohol in a designat­ed lot.

Vice P res id en t for S tu d en t Affairs Father Mark Poorman offi­cially announced the new policy at Monday’s Campus Life Council meeting, a lthough s tu d e n ts received an e-m ail ab o u t the changes on March 18. Since the e- mail, there has been an all-cam­pus rally sponsored by student government.

Students said they were partic­

ipating in the latest rally because it was another chance to show the administration that their voices would be heard.

“I feel that Father Poorman’s decisions are an invasion on our rights,” said sophomore Cindy Adimari, who attended the rally with fellow Badin Hall residents.

Muto, who spoke to the crowd, said he was satisfied with the stu­dent response.

“We’re very powerful,” he said. “I don ’t think s tudents realize that.”

The idea for the rally, called “Give Back du Lac,” came from sophomore Walsh Hall residents who wanted to prove tha t s tu ­dents w e re n ’t apathetic about campus issues. One of the coordi­na to rs for the dem onstra tion , Krista Seidl, said she was disap­pointed with University adminis­trators after the CLC meeting.

“I was really frustrated after­wards,” said Seidl, adding that she had expected more of a student response at the meeting. “I was surprised that only a small crowd of the students was being proac­tive.”

Later Monday, Seidl, along with sophomores Gabby Sopko, Leah Bertke and Mary Miksch decided to take action. The women made posters and began spreading mes­sage of the du Lac demonstration by word of mouth.

However, Seidl and the other planners advertised that students should bring copies of du Lac and old gifts from in-hall dances to the rally, not the bottles of Absolut, Bacardi, Jose Cuervo and lighters to burn du Lac that participants also added to the list.

“We didn’t intend for people to start lighting things on fire,” said Seidl. “[The people who started fires] went to extremes to try to

see RALLY/page 4

LISA VELTE/The O bserver

A Notre Dame student s e t s paper on fire to sym bolically protest the University’s proposed changes to the alcohol policy. More than 1 0 0 students gathered in front of the Main Building for the rally.

Hahn shares stories in ‘Last Lecture’

LISA V E L T E /T he O b s e rv e r

M athem atics professor Alexander Hahn, a 37-year veteran at the University, entertains and imparts wisdom to his audience at Welsh Family Hall Tuesday.

By MEGHAN MARTINNews W riter

Notre Dame’s Alexander Hahn may have claimed to be out of his element, but the mathemat­ics professor, en terta ined and inspired his audience with ease d u r in g T u e sd a y in the final installment of the student gov­ernment-sponsored Last Lecture series.

“M ath e m a t ic ia n s ,” he said, “a lw ays have th e i r ‘secu r i ty b la n k e ts ’: a piece of chalk, a blackboard and logic to the flow of their studies. Here, there is no blackboard, no chalk.”

To the friends, colleagues and s tuden ts g a the red am ong the

couches of Welsh Family Hall’s fam ily room T u e sd a y n ig h t , Hahn imparted the wisdom and insight he has gained throughout his life, from his childhood in Austria to his tenure as director of the Science College Honors Program at the University.

A 3 7 -y e a r v e te r a n a t the University, he discussed his early experiences in a “form idable” grade school run by Benedictine monk and related the tale of his fam ily ’s s u b s e q u e n t move to America, predicated by the dis­astrous Hungarian revolution.

His initial frustrations with the English language and the sug­gestion of a college friend led him to the study of math during his years at Loyola University in

Los Angeles.He took his friends’ advice to

heart, and it eventually led him to g r a d u a t e schoo l a t N otr D am e, an a r r a n g e m e n t th a t would eventually lead to his cur­rent position as full professor of mathematics at the University.

Realizing that he was asked to speak in the Last Lecture series, a them e which itself evokes a m e la n g e of e m o tio n s , Hahn reflected on the relevance of his work, asking himself, “What has your contribution b e e n ? ” and “What will your living days all have added up to?”

His own re sp o n se , he says, was to initially rule out all mate-

see HAHN/page 4

page 2 The Observer ♦ INSIDE Wednesday, M arch 27, 2002

In sid e C o lu m n

Students vs. NDIt seems apparent that the student war on Father

Mark Poorman’s drinking resolutions is going to plague student publications, in particular the glorious Observer. Essentially, it’s not my problem anymore. I am “of age," and I live off campus.

1 like to fight, argue and gen­erally make people feel uncom- y y an g uren fortable, but I am not about to "take on the administration ofthis University. If there is a stu- -------------------------dent petition, I will sign it. If N e w s Copythere is a march on the Main E d ito rBuilding, I will show up andwatch people bum the studenthandbook and revel in the raucous behavior of theangry mob. But I am not going to organize my ownmovement in support of a student body that caresmore about scholastics than drinking-oriented socialinteraction.

1 believe students should have alcohol, lots of it. 1 think before a student earns the right to drink beer, they should be forced to drink two shots of Everclear. For those of you who arc not familiar with Everclear, it’s not the one-hit wonder band from the 1990s. It’s grain alcohol, and frankly, it’s the toughest shot I have ever had to do. The point is that you would rather strap yourself into a dentist’s chair and endure three hours of root canal than swallow this liquid.

In essence, drinking is part of the Notre Dame experience. I guarantee most people will remember the night they yacked on their roommate from a top loft rather than the day they received a good grade on a test or paper.

1 honestly hope undergrads retain their drinking rights. Drinking is a part of college. Just walk into the Alumni Association on a reunion weekend and you will see the proof for yourself. Every alum over 50 has a head of white hair, a well-defined beer gut and has an extremely red complexion. Their faces wear the marks of a drinking life which I bet started either in college or before. I bet they never got busted tail- gating or handcuffed for drinking at a Lafayette St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

This is a tier-one private school, and people would kill to get in here. If you don’t like it here, the University has no problem replacing your spot with another student who could care less about the University’s policy on student drinking and who will spend their entire four years of college handcuffed to their computer, cranking out work.

I am going to get my degree, and I plan on coming back next year and tripping the lights fantastic at a couple of home football games. This column is not to gripe at the school or to voice a more personal peti­tion on behalf of the student body. I am writing this out of joy for never having been in trouble with Residence Life or any other disciplinary office on this campus. No autographs, thank you.

Unless 1 have jinxed myself something terrible by writing this, I will leave South Bend with a fair amount of partying under my belt while meeting some of the greatest people it has ever been my plea­sure of knowing. I have even gone so far as to steal paper out of the computer cluster. Now while these offenses would probably land me in Poorman’s dun­geon of despair, it’s all in the past, and I have already been to confession and made my penance with a power higher than the administration of this University.

I successfully escaped the long arm of Notre Dame law. Granted, I have had more than my share of parking tickets, and I have almost gotten into fist- fights with the gate attendants over not being able to get my car on campus. But I am going to leave in May with a clear conscience.

Anyone who has visited their high school after graduating knows that the school belongs to the stu­dents. Notre Dame is no different. Undergrads, the problem remains is your hands. I would give you advice, but you wouldn’t know what to do with it. For now, work on two things: Fight on and raise hell.Good luck guys — show ’em what you got.

Contact Van Giles at vgiles.6@nd.edu.

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C o r r e c tio n s / C la r ific a tio n sO n M onday, Scene accidentally om itted the last band on the N A Z Z concert, Dr. Curve, and also incorrectly reported the ending tim e o f the announcem ent o f the w inners as 1 a.m.

Also, in Tuesday’s Observer, Bill R inner was cited as a sophom ore. H e is a freshman.

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Indiana University officials w on’t cover Klan muralBLOOMINGTON, Ind.

Amid re p o r te rs , c a m e ra s , lights a nd c o n c e rn e d s tu d e n ts , In d ia n a University-Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brchm held a press confer­ence Monday in the Maple Room of the Indiana Memorial Union to make public h e r decision on the Benton mural featuring Ku Klux Klan m em­bers in Woodburn Hall 100.

Brehm stated the mural would not be covered because of moral issues and could not be moved because the p a in t in g could su ffe r i r r e p a r a b le damage. “I am convinced that mov­ing or covering the mural would be m o ra l ly w r o n g , ’’B re h m sa id . “ It w ould , in effect, do w h a t Benton refused to do: That is, it would hide the sham efu l a spec ts of In d ian a 's past.”

The two sides of the issue present-

Ied a philosophical juxtaposition that Brehm also addressed.

“Freedom of expression requ ires indifference, of perspective and of opinion, to be any freedom at all,” Brehm said. “And without freedom of expression, diversity is restricted, oppressed and excluded from posi­tions of power in the society.”

After d iscuss ing why the m u ra l w ould not be m oved or c o v e red ,

Brehm talked about the bigger issue t h a t h e lp e d to c r e a t e th e m u ra l argum ent in the first place: The lack of an obvious commitment to diversi­ty at IU. The campus has a black s tu­den t popula tion of 4 percen t, and nea r ly 4 p e rc e n t of the faculty is black. The numbers are even smaller for other minority groups.

“There is no question that we need a stronger, more vigorous and more joyous com m itm ent to diversity on this campus,” Brehm said.

With th a t , B reh m re v e a le d h e r p la n for d e a l in g w ith th e m u ra l problem and also for dealing with diversity issues on the Bloomington, Ind., campus.

A revamped mural education pro­gram will be instituted to ensure all s tu d e n ts and incom ing f re sh m en know about the mural.

D a r tm o u th U n ive r s ity

Murder suspect seeks 2 trials

HANOVER, N.H.Lawyers for Robert Tulloch argued in a court filing

Monday accusation he and alleged accomplice Jam es P a rk e r p lan n ed the killings of Half and S u san n e Zantop m onths in advance should not be hea rd at the te e n ’s m urder trial. Tulloch pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit m u rd e r —the fifth c h a r g e b r o u g h t a g a in s t th e V e rm o n t te e n accused of killing the two Dartmouth College profes­sors a t an a rra ignm en t hearing at Grafton County Superior Court on March 6. In a motion to consoli­date the conspiracy charge with the four existing first-degree m urder charges, state prosecutors have alleged the Zantop m urders were only p a r t of “an overall scheme by the defendant and Parker to raise $10,000 illegally, to eliminate witnesses and to trav ­el to Australia .”

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Former student dies in car crashWACO, Texas

Services for a fo rm er Baylor University s tu d en t who died in an automobile accident Thursday night will be held a t 10 a .m . T u e sd a y in G eorg e to w n , Texas. M artin E s teban A lem an, who w as a jun io r when he last attended Baylor in the fall, was involved in a one-car automobile accident at about 11:20 p.m. Thursday on State Highway 21 near College Station, Texas. A spokeswoman at the Departm ent of Public Safety said Aleman, who was traveling alone, a p p a r ­ently lost control of his 1996 Ford Explorer when he ran off the right side of the highway into the grass. The spokeswoman said Aleman then overcom pensat­ed to the left and crossed the grass median, where the ca r rolled over th ree times. Since he was not w earing a seatbelt, Aleman was ejected from the car. He w as p ro n o u n ced dead a t the scene by Ramiro Quintero, a Justice of the Peace. Aleman's is the first Baylor student death since August.

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Poet Gonzalez speaks at SMC

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Poet and writer Rigoberto Gonzalez reads se le c t io n s of his upcoming memoir, “Butterfly Boy," to Saint Mary's students in Haggar Parlor Tuesday.

By SARAH NESTORNews W riter

Poet and w r i t e r R igoberto Gonzalez re a d excerp ts from h is u p c o m i n g m e m o i r a n d po em s from his f i r s t co l lec ­tion of poetry to an audience a t S a i n t M a r y ’s in H a g g a r Parlor Tuesday.

Richard Yanez, an English p r o f e s s o r a n d a C e n te r for W o m e n ’s I n t e r c u l t u r a l Leadership fellow, introduced Gonzalez to the audience and w a s th e m a in s u p p o r t e r in bring ing the ta len ted poet to cam pus. The w rite r read from h is u p c o m i n g m e m o i r “B utterfly Boy” and his f irs t collection of poetry, “So Often t h e P i t c h e r G oes to W a te r Until it B reaks.”

“One of the reasons I came to CWIL w as to b r ing d iffe r­e n t g u e s t s to c a m p u s . B e c a u se of my own l i t e r a ry b a c k g ro u n d , I w a n t to b r ing m a n y d i f f e r e n t w r i t e r s , ”

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Yanez said. “Rigo and I have m a n y d i f f e r e n t t i e s , f ro m Arizona and beyond.”

G o n z a le z w a s b o r n in Bakersfie ld , Calif., b u t sp en t a m a jo r i ty o f h is c h i ld h o o d traveling be tw een the United States and Mexico. As the son a n d g r a n d s o n o f m i g r a n t w o r k e r s , t h e s e e x p e r i e n c e s are reflected in his work. His m e m o i r , “ B u t t e r f l y B o y ,” expresses these journeys.

“It is an emotional journey , g o in g f r o m m i g r a n t f a r m w o r k e r to g o in g a r o u n d to colleges a n d re a d in g poetry . My m e m o i r t r i e s to u n d e r ­s tand this jo u rn ey ,” Gonzalez said.

T h e f i r s t p o e m t h a t G o n z a le z r e a d , “ B l i z z a r d , ” w as a b o u t th e f i r s t t im e he s a w s n o w w h i l e in N ew M e x ic o . I t r e f l e c t e d t h e w e a th e r he s a w T u e s d a y in his first tr ip to Indiana.

W hile so m e of G o n z a le z ’s work includes graphic details of sex and violence , he w e l­

c o m e s t h e r e a c t i o n s of th e audiences.

“I t’s ok to be f reaked out by m y w o r k , ” G o n z a le z s a id . “ P a r t o f m e e x p e c t s t h a t , w ants th a t and gets off on it.”

G o n z a l e z a l s o s a i d t h a t despite the g raphic na tu re of som e of his w ork, he is very sq u e a m ish w h en it comes to seeing som eth ing in rea l life.

Gonzalez ended the session with a read in g of “The Man Who Gives You N ig h tm ares ,” s t a t i n g t h a t h e w a n t e d the ex c e rp t to give the aud ience bad dream s.

G o n z a le z a t t e n d e d th e U n iv e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a a t R ivers ide a n d A r izo n a S ta te University.

He now lives in New York and is an tic ipating the release of his books, “Soledad Sigh- Sighs,” a ch ild ren ’s book, and “Crossing Vines,” a novel.

Contact Sarah Nestor at nest9877@saintmarys. edu.

SICB talk centers on U.N. contractsBy KATIE VINCERNews W riter

T he S tu d e n t In te r n a t io n a l Business Council held a council coffee break Tuesday evening at Saint Mary’s

“We’re trying to bring every­one together in a comfortable atmosphere to discuss issues,” said senior Mary Campe, SIBC director of marketing.

Father Oliver Williams, direc­tor of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business, provided the United Nations Global Contracts as the discussion topic.

“The UN Global Contracts is a set of nine principles concerning hu m an righ ts , env ironm enta l issues, discrimination, and aboli­t ion of ch ild l a b o r , ” sa id

Williams.Kofi Annan, secretary-general

of the United Nations, created and sculpted these principles. He announced these principles in J a n u a r y 1999 a t th e Davos World Economic Forum. This compact is an attempt to stabi­lize the world market.

Williams is organizing a con­ference this April addressing this contract. “The purpose of this conference is to familiarize U.S. businesses with this compact,” said Williams

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Lies becomes CSC directorBy HELENA PAYNENews Editor

Father William Lies, a guest s c h o la r fo r th e K ellogg I n s t i t u t e fo r I n t e r n a t i o n a l Studies, will become the new e x e c u t iv e d i r e c t o r fo r th e Center for Social Concerns this summer.

He r e p l a c e s F a t h e r Don McNeill, w ho is le a v in g for sabbatical.

Lies, who is getting his post­doctorate in political science f ro m th e U n iv e rs i ty of P i t t s b u r g h , h a s s h o w n th e lead e rsh ip qualit ies th a t the CSC s t a f f a n d N o t re D am e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n w a n t e d for M cN eil l’s s u c c e s s o r , th e departing director said.

“We shared a similar passion for justice and for the social mission of the c h u rc h ,” said McNeill, who has b een w ith the CSC for 19 years.

M ore th a n a y e a r ago , U niversity P re s id e n t F a th e r E d w a rd M alloy a n d Vice P re s id e n t for Public A ffa irs and Communication Lou Nanni considered the possibility of a Holy Cross priest becoming the new executive director.

“Everyone agreed tha t if we could find som eone th a t had the gifts and the passion of the

C e n te r , t h a t we w ould very m u c h like t h a t p e r s o n , ” McNeill said.

Lies, who received his m as­ter of divinity degree from the University in 1993, was also o r d a in e d on c a m p u s a t th e Sacred Heart Basilica in 1994. He h a d w o rk e d in C hicago, Io w a , Chile a n d m a n y U.S. L a t in o c o m m u n i t i e s b e fo re re turning to Notre Dame.

“T h is jo b is an e x c i t in g ass ignm ent for me — for the entire Center staff. And I look forward to working with them and with so many others in the effort,” said Lies.

Lies said he looks forward to the new challenges of reaching out to more students and get­ting faculty involved with the CSC.

“ I see th e C e n te r ’s jo b as helping to round out the intel­lectual and spiritual formation of our students,” McNeill said. “We look to e n h a n c e w h a t Notre Dame as a university is trying to do, and we do it by collaborating with a lot of oth­e rs to offer formative educa­tional and service experiences for our students.”

T he CSC h as ex is ted since 1 9 8 3 , w h e n McNeill he lp ed found th e office a lon g with s tu d e n ts and a d m in is t ra to rs w h o w a n te d to e x te n d th e

social service and experiential lea rn ing options available at Notre Dame.

“I t ’s been a g re a t joy, and the joy has been to share as a Holy Cross p r ie s t with many lay women and men the com­mon commitment to respond to the call for a m ore ju s t and hum ane world,” said McNeill, who will beg in his o n e -y e a r sabbatical on July 1.

M cNeill s a id he p la n s to e n g a g e in th e t h r e e “R s” : relaxation, renewal, and recre­ation.

“I’m not retiring like many of my classmates. I’m seeing this as a transition to another type of Holy Cross m in is try ,” said 66-year-old McNeill.

D u r in g th e s a b b a t i c a l , McNeill said he plans to travel to B o liv ia to im p ro v e h is S p a n ish and w o rk w ith the Maryknoll order there for two m o n th s . A f te rw a rd , McNeill said he w ants to work in the P i lse n n e ig h b o r h o o d of Chicago to do social outreach work with Latinos, as well as s p e n d so m e t im e in San Antonio and Mexico.

“I feel gratitude for my years at Notre Dame,” said McNeill.

Contact Helena Payne at payne.30@nd.edu.

Rallycontinued from page 1

get their point across.”“The point is to give another

opportunity to s tudents,” Seidl said.

Some students, however, dis­agreed with how the rally’s par­ticipants used the opportunity.

“I think this behavior is indica­tive of the same sort of irresponsi­ble behavior that the policy seeks to a d d re s s ,” said Carroll Hall Senator Jesse Flores as he lis­tened to s tu d en ts sho u t a n t i ­administration sentiments and light small fires.

Flores looked at the crowd and began to point out the danger of

starting fires and leaving broken glass bottles and paper on the steps of the Main Building.

“All that is ludicrous behavior in my opinion,” said Flores.

Freshman Hanni Masserer said he agreed with the proposed alco­hol policy changes to du Lac and that the students at the rally were behaving childishly.

Masserer, who is a 23-year-old student from Germany, said he is used to drinking beer in his coun­try rather than the hard alcohol that the new policy bans in under­graduate residence halls.

“It’s a private University. So basically, either you like it or you transfer.”

Contact Helena Payne at payne.30@nd.edu.

Hahncontinued from page 1

rial accumulations, a point dri­ven home “with stark finality” by the estate sale of Evelyn George, a local r e s ta u ra n t p rop rie to r , that he attended nearly a year ago.

“Every bit of m atte r she had

accum ulated was there, and it sort of struck me as a demean­ing exercise.”

F u r th e r citing such material m a rv e ls as the c a th e d ra ls of medieval Europe and the ancient E g y p t ian p y ra m id s , H ahn e m p h a s iz e d th e fac t t h a t although these are “the creation of genius, these are environmen­tal things [with] an environment making a contribution. All of us

a re going to be called upon to make a contribution to this ever- evolving tapestry of art, of litera­ture, of science, of medicine.” he said. “I’m old, you’re young; you can make a contribution.”

A p a s t r e c ip ie n t of the Madden Award for excellence in teaching first-year students and fo rm e r c h a i r of th e M ath Department, Hahn conveyed to his audience the encouragement

he was able to find in the story of an o th e r ce leb ra ted professor, Morrie Schwartz, as written by Schwartz’s former student Mitch Albom, in his book “Tuesdays with Morrie.”

“[Mitch] represents us — per­haps and older version of you, p e rh ap s a younger version of me. I think about my situation through the eyes of Mitch,” he said, reading passages from the

book, which served as a segue to H a h n ’s own p a r t ing words of wisdom.

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W orld N ew s B riefs

Arafat not attending Arab summit:P a le s t in ian le a d e r Y asse r A ra fa t will not attend the Arab League summit in Beirut this week because of Israe li conditions for his departure and return, the Palestinian Cabinet said Tuesday. The Arab League summit, set for Wednesday and Thursday, is to focus on a Saudi plan under which Israel would with — draw from all the te rr i to ries it cap tu red in the 1967 war — the West Bank, Gaza Strip, east Jerusa.

Earthquake destroys Afghan city:An earthquake measuring 6.1 razed an entire city and several villages in a remote a rea of northeast Afghanistan, with initial reports say­ing that it killed as many as 2,000 people and left legions homeless. The earthquake struck early Monday evening. “The whole city of Nahrin was destroyed," said an Afghan official.

N ational N ew s B riefs

Wis. bus crash k ills 4: A tour bus carrying residents of a retirement home col­lided head-on with a delivery van Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring 18 others, authorities said. Twenty-one people were aboard the bus, authorities said. The van, which carried only the driver, burst into flames during the accident 30 miles west of Milwaukee. More than a dozen people were taken to area hospitals. At least four were in critical condition.

Lawsuit filed for slave descendents:Three federal lawsuits seeking unspecified reparations for the 35 million descendants of African slaves were filed Tuesday against the Aetna insurance company, the FleetBoston financial services group and ra ilroad giant CSX. The la w su i ts a lso c la im th a t 1 ,000 unidentified corporations may have profited from slavery and helped it continue in the United States between 1619 and 1865.

In d ia n a N ew s B riefs

Gunman’s history of mental illness:The gunman who killed four co-workers at an aircraft parts factory in South Bend and then took his own life had a history of mental ill­ness and once plotted to shoot passersby from a c o u r th o u se tow er , police sa id T uesday . Lockey p la n n e d to u se h is 6 -m o n th -o ld daughter as a hostage to force a deputy to give him the key to the clock tower, and then to use the baby and the deputy as hostages to keep police from shooting at him while he fired on the town, the newspaper said.

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U.S. soldiers carry confiscated ammunition onto a helicopter in the Shahikot Valley in eastern Afghanistan. Part of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is to search for and capture bin Laden’s top officials.

U.S. hunts for top aide to bin LadenAssociated Press

KHARWARIn th e m o u n ta in s an d

g o rg e s of e a s t e r n Afghanistan, U.S. a ircraft a re h u n t in g for a l-Q aida and Taliban fighters after local Afghan commanders r e p o r te d s igh tings of al- Q a id a ’s se c o n d in c o m ­mand.

E g y p tian A ym an al- Z a w a h r i r e p o r te d ly w as t r a v e l in g on h o r s e b a c k w ith th re e s en io r clerics and 26 al-Qaida officials, all A rabs . U.S. offic ia ls , how ever, say th e re is no credible evidence al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden or his top aide is among the

group.Al-Zawahri, 50, spiritual

adviser and personal physi­cian to bin Laden, was last s e e n a b o u t a w eek ago near the site of this month’s Operation Anaconda battles between U.S. troops and al- Qaida fugitives in neighbor­ing P a k t ia p ro v in c e , acco rd ing to M oham m ed Momen, an Afghan intelli­gence officer from Gardez.

From there, Momen and o th e r Afghan au th o r i t ie s believe a l-Z aw ahri m ade his way to this part of east­e rn A fg h a n is ta n ’s Logar province, abou t 55 miles southwest of Kabul. It is a region with a long history of support for the Taliban.

“We a re su re , 100 p e r ­ce n t , th e y c a m e in th is direction,” Momen said as his car lunged and lurched over a ro c k -s t r e w n ro a d through the Darang Gorge th a t leads to K h a rw ar a forlorn and parched plain flanked by snow -streaked mountains.

Overhead, a U.S. recon­naissance p lane could be heard prowling the skies. Four distinctive je t streams of B-52 bombers were seen against the blue sky.

M om en sa id he h ad re c e iv e d w o rd t h a t al- Z aw ahri p lans a m eeting with his supporters som e­time th is w eek in one of th ree places — K harw ar,

Charkh or Sur Tangi Gorge. All are within 50 miles of each other.

At the Pentagon, U.S. mil­itary officials played down reports that al-Zawahri or bin L aden h im s e l f have been sighted. In December, U.S. officials, acting on tips from A fghan a l l ies , sa id th ey be lieved bin Laden was cornered in the Tora Bora cave complex. When the a re a was overrun, no t r a c e o f b in L ad en w as found.

“I t ’s a lm o s t a w eek ly o ccurrence th a t we get a couple of reports,” of sight­ings , P e n ta g o n s p o k e s ­woman Victoria Clarke said at a briefing Tuesday.

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Man arrested in archbishop slayingAssociated Press

BOGATAThe head of a Cali-based gang that

allegedly trains young assassins was arres ted in the slaying of the city’s archbishop, officials said Tuesday.

John Jairo Maturana was arrest in a jo in t p o l i c e - a r m y o p e r a t io n M onday in Cali, C o lom bia ’s th ird la rg e s t city. A u tho ri t ies sa id they believed M aturana either had infor­mation on the slaying of Archbishop Isa ia s D u a r te or took p a r t in the

killing.M a tu r a n a ’s w as the f i rs t m a jo r

arrest in the March 17 killing.The archb ishop was killed as he

left a group wedding in a poor Cali neighborhood. He was the h ighest ranking Roman Catholic clergyman killed in this country plagued by drug violence and a 38-year civil war.

Authorities have said they suspect cocaine traffickers were behind the m u r d e r . D u a r te h a d r e c e n t ly denounced the use of drug money to finance candidates in legislative elec­

tions.Army 3rd Division Gen. Francisco

Pedraza said M aturana, nicknamed “Marimba” and believed to be in his late 20s, is the leader of one of the city’s most feared gangs.

“M a tu ra n a ... is the h ead of the assassins school,” Pedraza told local RCN television.

“He should be able to give informa­tion ... or could have even participat­ed in th e d e a th of th e b ish o p , because he is a person who deals in the business of death,” Pedraza said.

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Z im b a b w e

Voting figures expose alleged election foul playA ssociated Press

HARAREW id e s p re a d d i s p a r i t i e s in

official voting f igures should n u l l i fy P r e s i d e n t R o b e r t M ugabe’s victory in p res id en ­t ia l e l e c t i o n s e a r l i e r th i s month, Zimbabwe’s opposition said Tuesday.

Official results show Mugabe won the M arch 9-11 election with 56 percent of valid votes c a s t to 42 p e r c e n t fo r M o v e m e n t fo r D e m o c r a t i c C h a n g e l e a d e r M o r g a n Tsvangirai.

But s t a t e E le c t io n Supervisory Commission vo t­ing tables differed widely from r e s u l t s a n n o u n c e d by R e g i s t r a r - G e n e r a l T o b a iw a M udede, opp o s i t io n officials said in a repo rt tha t included purported copies of the voting tables.

The supervisory commission o rganizes the logistics of the e lec tion , while M udede is in ch a rg e of vo te r r e g is t r a t io n .

su p e rv is in g th e b a llo t boxes and announcing the results.

To bring M ugabe’s vote total below the required 50 percent majority and force a potential runoff , the opposition would n e e d to p ro v e t h a t 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 votes were improperly cast.

MDC officials sa id the d is ­p a r i t y c a l l s in to q u e s t i o n e n o u g h v o te s to i n v a l i d a t e M ugabe’s entire 434,000-vote lead , and it w as cons ide r ing legal ac tion to cha llenge the results.

The tallies showed unusually high vo te r tu rn o u ts in ru ling p a r t y s t r o n g h o l d s a n d a d e c l in e in v o t in g in u r b a n opposit ion s t ro n g h o ld s since p a r l i a m e n t a r y e l e c t i o n s in 2000, opposition legal affairs spokesm an David Coltart said.

C o lta r t sa id bo th the co m ­m i s s i o n ’s s t a t i s t i c s a n d th e an n o u n ced re su l ts am oun ted to a b o u t t h e s a m e t o t a l of vo tes , b u t a d ju s tm e n ts from district to district had weighed heavily in M ugabe’s favor.

“We h ave ev id e n c e of low

F rance

Gunman kills at least 8 near Paris suburbAssociated Press

NANTERREA gunm an opened fire n e a r

the city hall of a Paris suburb e a r ly W e d n e sd a y , k i l l ing a t least eight people and w ound­ing 18 others, rescue officials said.

At least eight of the wounded w e re in s e r i o u s c o n d i t i o n . Dozens of police vehicles and more than 100 rescue officials flooded the scene in the west­ern Paris suburb of N anterre , sa id C m d r . C h r i s t i a n Decolloredo of the Paris rescue squad.

He said police a r r e s te d the suspected gunm an but did not p rov ide any o th e r d e ta i l on how th e a p p r e h e n s i o n occurred. The suspect was not id e n t i f i e d . P o l ic e s a id th e motive w as no t im m ed ia te ly clear.

The shoo ting took p lace a t around 1:15 a.m. following a

c i ty c o u n c i l m e e t in g in N a n t e r r e , a m id d le c la s s neighborhood nea r a business district of w estern Paris, offi­cials said.

Prime Minister Lionel Jospin r u s h e d to th e s c e n e . R ising crim e has r isen to the top of F r a n c e ’s p o l i t i c a l a g e n d a ahead of presidential elections in the spring.

Thousands of police officers h e ld n a t i o n w i d e s t r i k e s in December, saying they deserve m o re pay a n d b e t t e r e q u ip ­m en t because the ir jobs have become increasingly risky.

T he p r o t e s t s s t a r t e d a f te r tw o o f f ic e r s w e r e s h o t a n d k illed d u r in g an a rm e d r o b ­b e r y in a P a r i s s u b u r b in October.

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t u r n o u t s w h e r e th e f ig u re s s h o w o t h e r w i s e a n d v ice versa ,” he said. “These figures m ust be explained by the re le­vant authorities."

In one instance, the supervi­s o ry c o m ­m i s s i o n s h o w e d 4 6 , 9 9 3 votes were c a s t in B u b i U m g u z a d i s t r i c t in w e s t e r n Zimbabwe, c o m p a r e d to th e 2 9 , 3 4 0 v o t e s M u d e d e

“We have evidence o f low turnouts where the

figures show otherwise and vice versa. These

figures must be explained by the

relevant authorities. "

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a n n o u n c e d , a s h o r t f a l l of 17,653 votes, the MDC said.

T svangira i lost th a t district by about 4,000 votes.

T h e MDC a lso fo u n d t h a t n a t i o n w i d e t h e r e w e r e 185,961 “m issing vo tes” and 106,731 “extra votes.”

Mugabe, 78, led the nation to independence from Britain in 1980 and faced little dissent until r e c e n t yea rs , w hen the n a t i o n ’s eco n o m y co l la p se d and political violence erupted.

S e v e ra l f o r ­e ig n e l e c t io n o b s e r v e r g r o u p s h a v e s a id th e poll w a s b ia s e d to e n s u r e a M ugabe v ic to ­ry-

T h e Commonwealth of B ri ta in and i ts f o r m e r c o lo n ie s h a s s u s p e n d e d Z i m b a b w e from the o rg a ­

n i z a t i o n ’s m e e t in g s for one year, citing the “high level of politically motivated” violence in the vote.

T svang ira i has called for a n e w vo te a n d v ow ed n o t to hold talks with M ugabe’s party until au thori t ies end political

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violence and rep r isa l a t tacks against his supporters.

At l e a s t 150 p e o p le h a v e d ied a n d t e n s of t h o u s a n d s have been left homeless in the p a s t tw o y e a r s of v io le n c e , w h ich h u m a n r ig h ts g ro u p s say was pa r t of a government plan to scare opposition voters away from the polls.

The rep o r t said a reduction in the num ber of u rban polling s t a t i o n s a n d an in c r e a s e in r u r a l o n e s w a s in t e n d e d to favor voters in Mugabe s trong­h o ld s a n d d i s e n f r a n c h i s e urban opposition supporters.

Despite long voting lines in one H a ra re d is tr ic t , Mudede a n n o u n c e d a 32 p e r c e n t turnout, while the supervisory commission reported a 51 p e r ­cent turnout.

In the ru ra l Mugabe s trong­hold of M udzi, t h r e e v o te rs rep o r ted ly cas t ba llo ts every tw o m i n u t e s , w h i le in th e o p p o s i t i o n - d o m i n a t e d D z iv a re sek w a tow nsh ip , one vote was cast every three m in­utes, according to the report.

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Hesburgh earns honorary degreeSpecial to T h e O bserver

Blood vessels made from stem cells

N o tre D am e P r e s id e n t E m e r i tu s F a th e r T h e o d o re Hesburgh added to his record number of honorary degrees at Ohio State University's winter com m encem en t exerc ises on March 22.

The new honorary doctor of humane letters degree will bring H esb u rg h 's to ta l to 148, the most ever bestowed on one per­

son, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

One of th e 2 0 th c e n tu ry 's leading figures in higher educa­tion, Hesburgh served as Notre Dame's p resident from 1952- 87. His 35-year tenure included the transfer of governance from the Congregation of Holy Cross to a predominantly lay Board of T r u s t e e s in 19 6 7 , a n d th e a d m is s io n of w o m en to the u n d e r g r a d u a t e p r o g r a m in 1972.

Since his r e t i r e m e n t , Hesburgh, 84, has continued to serve on the boards of national and international organizations, w r i te a r t i c le s and de live r speeches.

Highlighting a lengthy list of aw a rd s to H esburgh a re the Congressional Gold Medal, the h ig h e s t h o n o r a w a r d e d by C ongress , an d th e M edal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, bestowed on him by President Lyndon Johnson.

♦ Despite ethical debate, scientists plan to continue research

Associated Press

WASHINGTONScientists seeking new ways

to r e p a i r d a m a g e d a r t e r i e s and ailing hear ts have coaxed s t e m c e l ls f ro m a h u m a n e m b r y o in to f o r m in g t in y blood vessels.

I t ’s th e f i r s t t im e h u m a n e m b r y o n ic s t e m c e l ls h a v e b e e n n u r t u r e d to th e p o in t where they will organize into blood vessels tha t could n o u r­ish th e b o d y , a c c o r d i n g to R o b e r t L a n g e r , l e a d e r o f a l a b o r a t o r y t e a m a t t h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e of Technology.

But it i s n ’t l ik e ly to be t h e l a s t , as s c i e n t i s t s p u r s u e re sea rch into uses for stem cells d e s p i te d e b a t e o v e r th e e th ic s of u s in g th e cells.

The new d e v e lo p m e n t is reported in T u e s d a y ’ s online issue of Proceedings of th e N a t io n a l A cad em y of Sciences.

Dr. J o h n G e a r h a r t o f th e J o h n s H o p k in s S c h o o l of Medicine said the re sea rch is a “n ice i l l u s t r a t i o n ” of how s te m c e l ls c a n s e r v e a s a s o u r c e o f v a r i o u s ty p e s of ce lls , in th is c a se for b lood vessels.

“I think this is terrific ,” said Gearhart, who was not pa r t of t h e r e s e a r c h t e a m . “ I t ’s an o th e r good exam ple of the isolation of an im por tan t cell type from h u m a n em bryon ic stem cells.”

“T h e s e a r e t h e k in d s of papers we a re going to see a lot of,” G earhart added.

Langer said the work shows th a t endo the lia l cells can be m ade from hum an embryonic stem cells.

Endothelial cells line veins, a r t e r i e s a n d ly m p h t i s s u e . They are key to the s truc tures th a t c a r ry blood th ro u g h o u t the body.

He sa id if th e te c h n iq u e is refined, scientists may eventu­a lly be a b le to m a k e in th e labo ra to ry blood vessels th a t could be used to rep lace dis­eased arteries in the body.

“T h e r e a r e t h o u s a n d s of operations a year now where doctors take vessels from one p a r t of th e body a n d t r a n s ­p lan t th em to a n o th e r ,” said Langer. E ventually , he sa id , such vesse ls m igh t be m ad e outside the body from em bry­onic stem cells.

Langer said endothelial cells also might be used to res tore c ircu la t io n to cells d am a g e d by h e a r t a ttacks. He said the p rocessed s tem cells m ay be able to re-establish blood flow

to h e a r t s f a i l i n g d u e to blocked arteries.

The research was conducted u n d e r a p r i v a t e g r a n t , b u t L an g e r sa id th e cell cu l tu re u sed is one of 61 w orldw ide th a t have b een ap p ro v ed by t h e N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e s of H e a l th for f e d e ra l ly fu n d ed research .

The use of em bryonic stem cells is controvers ia l because extracting the cells kills a liv­ing hum an embryo. President B u sh l a s t s u m m e r d e c id e d tha t federal funding would be p e rm i t te d only for s tem cell cu ltu res th a t a lread y existed and were m ade from embryos th a t w ere to be d iscarded by fertility clinics. The aim was to p rev en t fu r th e r killing for r e s e a r c h p u r p o s e s of o th e r hum an embryos.

Langer said his lab will seek f e d e r a l m o n e y to c o n t in u e

r e s e a r c h u s in g th e s a m e s te m ce l l c u l ­tures, which w e r e o b t a i n e d f ro m th e R a m b a m M e d i c a l C e n t e r in H a i f a , Israel.

Embryonic s t e m ce l ls a r e th e

ancestra l cells of every cell in the body.

In a d e v e lo p in g e m b ry o , they transfo rm into cells that m a k e u p th e o r g a n s , b o n e , s k in a n d o t h e r t i s s u e s . Researchers hope to direct the transform ation of such cells to t r e a t a i l i n g h e a r t s , l iv e r s , brains and other organs.

L a n g e r s a id his t e a m c u l ­tu red the cells in such a way t h a t th e y w e r e a l lo w e d to develop into the various types of cells tha t a re p recursors to m a tu re tissue.

F ro m th i s c o lo n y , th e r e s e a r c h e r s e x t r a c t e d cells th a t w e re following a linage t h a t w o u ld l e a d to m a t u r e endothelial cells.

These were further cultured and som e even tua lly formed primitive vascular structures.

S o m e of t h e c e l l s w e r e i n j e c t e d in to l a b o r a t o r y r o d e n t s , c a l l e d SCID m ice , whose immune system will not re ject foreign tissue.

Langer said the cells contin­ued to t ra n s fo rm them selves and after 14 days they devel­oped the tiny tubes and s truc ­tu re of cap il la r ies , the small blood vessels.

He said some of the vessels con ta ined m ouse blood cells, suggesting tha t they had ac tu­ally in co rp o ra ted them selves into the mouse circulation sys­tem.

T h e r e s u l t , s a id L a n g e r , sh o w s t h a t e m b ry o n ic s tem cells can spontaneously t ra n s ­form to vessels and organize themselves into a pa ttern like th a t which occurs during the formation of an embryo.

“This is the f i r s t tim e this h a s b e e n d o n e w i th h u m a n cells,” said Langer.

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W hat with all the protests and hu l­labaloo surrounding the new alcohol policies and everything, I was rem ind­ed of an idea I had a long time ago, before this column existed and back when drinking liquor was still A-OK with the powers tha t be at this University.

This idea comes from that peculiar and astonishing time in all of our lives, freshm an year. Strangely enough, it was a class tha t sparked this little nugget of theory and even more mind-boggling is the fact tha t it was a philosophy class and a discussion about Rene Descartes. I know, this is ridiculous. I promised never, ever, to include academic sources in my column and now I’m going and doing it. Don’t worry, though, you’ll see how quickly w e’ll tu rn away from the actual academic theory.

Anyway, tha t old codger Rene said once “I think, therefore I am ,” right?

Right.Now, I learned in class tha t

D escartes’ quote was really supposed to prove tha t hum ans existed in the world and not ju s t in some bizarre world inside their own head. But then where would the head be located? This is why I hate waxing philosophi­cal. Also, I think it’s probably p e r t i­nen t to note tha t on the paper about old Rene for this class the only com ­ments I received back were as fol­lows: “D. This is wrong.” So, using my position as a columnist, I’m going to basically presen t my “D. This is w rong” refutation of w hat I assumed Descartes was trying to get a t all those years ago with those confusing circles and such.

If you, like any other person who h a sn ’t read for class, take “I think, therefore I a m ” out of context, it seems plausible enough. W hat a p e r ­son thinks is what defines them. Simple, to the point. Wow, Descartes

was really great.But herein lies the problem. What a

person thinks is a pretty good indica­tion of the kind of person they are, true. But is w hat you think really who you are?

I don’t think so by a long shot. A person can sit around in a classroom or their dorm room and spew opinions until the cows come home and tha t doesn’t actually tell you anything about the person from where the the­ories and ideas were coming from.

I know it w asn ’t Descartes, but someone, Kierkegaard or Dick Van Patten probably, who said, “Easier said than done.” This is the point. Aimless talking is a waste of breath and nothing more. T h e re ’s also tha t saying about how opinions are like earholes. Everybody has one.

W hat you think m eans nothing unless you act on those thoughts and opinions. In other words, you can ’t a ttem pt to define yourself by talking; show people who you are by the way you conduct yourself.

If you are really concerned with the homeless and underprivileged in this country, then don’t go back to your dormroom after class and play Nintendo all afternoon long.Volunteer and prove you really care about it.

If you don’t disapprove of homosex­uals, then don’t use the term s “gay,” “fag” and “homo” in a derogatory m anner.

If you say you’re a really g rea t bas­ketball player, then go to The Rock and dominate. Don’t ju s t show up and be mediocre. If you’re mediocre, say you are and then we w on’t expect so much.

The problem is tha t there are so many people around here who think, in their heads, tha t they are so supe­rior to everyone else. We, Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s, a re composed of mostly lucky and overprivileged kids who have always been able to answer the im portant questions correctly and then go home and sit in their cushy, suburban houses smiling about what

good people we all are. Half the time, people are ju s t yakking and yakking about w hat they perceive as the right answ er while not really having an actual opinion or even any knowledge about w hat they are so vehemently standing up for.

The boasting and complaining has to stop somewhere.

Last week, there was a group of s tu ­dents who spoke up against Father Mark Poorm an’s new alcohol rules. The group very nicely made a stink, but can you imagine the foul odor and, scarily enough, the progress that would have been made had everyone who has complained, even once, about the new alcohol policy shown up? Can you imagine if 75 percen t of the s tudent population had shown up at Stonehenge th a t day to try and save the SYR, hard liquor and tailgating?50 percent? Whoa, something might have gotten changed for the better.

A m essage may have been sent to the people in charge. Maybe the s tu ­dents could have obtained a voice on this campus tha t s tands for som e­thing, instead of a bratty m urm ur heard in the hallways and dining halls about how w e’re being mistreated.But these kind of num bers d idn’t show up. Instead, a smaller group of spirited pro testers showed while the res t of the complainers sa t around and well, complained.

The m essage here is clear.Descartes was wrong. Well, not really, but taken out of context. I’m saying it anyway. It’s not w hat you think; it’s w hat you do about those thoughts. So, to all the people w ho’ve been sitting around complaining or boasting or whatever, maybe you should try and put your money where your mouth is, and then people will listen.

Joe Larson is a senior English and history major. His column appears every other W ednesday. He can be reached at jlarson@ nd.edu

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Alcohol is not students’ only concernService and concern mark

Notre DameIn her March 26 letter, Notre Dame grad­

uate Mary Ann Hennessey remarked that “there is no cause but the cause of alcohol which can arouse the students of Notre Dame to action.” Let me add one cause to that list, at least — refuting vitriolic attacks by bitter Notre Dame graduates.

Hennessey cited the AIDS epidemic, the Gulf War and health care, among others, as causes which Notre Dame students don’t care about. Hennessey is just plain wrong. Notre Dame students are socially-con- scious and have always been interested in learn­ing and discussing such worthy topics as these.

Ms. Hennessey should be invited to virtually any class in the law school, the government department or many of our other fine depart­ments to hear the intelli­gent dialogue that stu­dents have over many of today’s “hot topics.” The fact that we don’t regularly hold open protests on campus concerning these issues proves nothing. Did Notre Dame give anyone AIDS? Is it responsible for the abominable health care situation? Did Notre Dame order the Gulf War? Of course not. If it was, then I guarantee that student protests would be off the charts. If you want to protest the health care situation on the campus of Notre Dame, go ahead, but don’t expect that it will do much good, even if many of us join in. Effective protests should be directed at people or organiza­tions that have a say in the matter, not col­leges that are much more focused on edu­cating students and not leading them into battle.

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Of course, Hennessey also ignores the fact that many Notre Dame students join the March for Life in Washington, D C. — a protest that supports a worthy cause and which occurs in a venue that has some pos­itive effect. Where do you protest if you want to end abortion? In Washington,

which is conveniently full of judges and legislators, not politically inactive

college administrators and teach­ers.

In addition, many Notre Dame students have protest­ed the University’s stance on gay and lesbian issues, a topic that Hennessey points to as one that stu­dents could care not less about. I’ve found these public protests on cam­pus to be informative and useful mechanisms of possible change at the University.

Hennessey ignores the many Notre Dame students

that aim their future lives towards service, politics and

teaching. After four years of education, Notre Dame stu­

dents are primed and ready to engage actively in politics and to

make a difference in front of an audi­ence that can affect social change. In the meantime, students here are more focused on learning the issues and probing their beliefs. Don’t blame us if we choose to read and observe before we act.

In short, Hennessey assumes way too much about a campus that is probably as interested in social justice as she purports to be.

Andrew Malahowskilaw student

M arch 26, 2002

On March 26, Mary Ann Hennessey expressed in her letter that the student body is concerned solely about alcohol and was apa­thetic to other, more important caus­es, such as women’s rights or the Gulf War. This is not the first time I have heard this view expressed. It has been implied in several Viewpoint letters, and I have been lectured by some fellow students as to why protesting the alcohol policy serves as evidence that the student body has its priorities completely out of whack.

Allow me to make two points to these types. First, I’m insulted that you would judge the compassion of the general student body based on the subject matter of mass demon­strations. You want to know the real reason why we don’t hold demon­strations for, say, the AIDS epidem­ic? It has nothing to do with apathy — it has to do with pragmatism.

The AIDS epidemic is not an issue that the Notre Dame as a whole has any control over — it is an issue that has been left to national bureaucrats and independent organizations cre­ated expressly for that purpose. If you want to help the AIDS epidemic in South Africa, organizing small demonstrations at a university is a waste of time at best, because no one of importance, such as foreign aid commissioners, will listen. It would be much more sensible to work with­in the inherently pluralist democracy we live under and help found an organization at the University, or join one if it already exists, that devotes time and resources to the cause. Which, by the way, is the approach of many students — as proof I offer the success of the

Center for Social Concerns. We protest the alcohol policy because it’s one of the few issues that involves only the persona of Notre Dame and therefore one that demonstration has a realistic chance to affect.

Secondly, the reason why so many of us are irked by the policy has nothing to do with hard alcohol. We know that as long as we keep things low-key we will be able to continue drinking even the harder stuff in the privacy of our rooms; RAs are not out to get us. What does irk us, how­ever, is the fact that dorm life is tak­ing a huge hit with the no in-dorm SYR policy, and, more importantly, that students, other than “drinking- is-evil” focus groups, were not con­sulted in the policy decision.

As students, we came to this University in the hope that we could escape the grip of our parents and learn to live on our own. Instead, we are living under the Fourth Reich. Our lives are not run by our own volition, but by a not-so-invisible hand whose job seems to be to pro­tect us from our own rationality. We are annoyed because we came to Notre Dame to make our own deci­sions, not to have our growth stunted for four years.

I close by saying to the administra­tion, get off our backs and let us live our own lives. And to you who com­plain about our lack of demonstra­tions, which I’m sure you all regular­ly attend, how about dismounting your high horse so that you can pull your head out of the clouds?

Brodie Rutlandfreshman

Saint Edward’s Hail M arch 26, 2002

Lack of participation not a new problem

Although sadly I am no longer a student, I am an alumna of Notre Dame. Yet it seems nothing has changed; I don’t rem em ber being consulted about this policy either. Not tha t it surprises me.

I understand that Mr. Litle was not around when the adm inis tra tion’s crackdown on alco­hol began, but I was. I was a t Bridget McGuire’s. I was at the last ticket campout before they were banned. I was an opponent of the cancellation of the Graffiti Dance. And I was there when the s tudents were denied a seat on the Board of Directors.

The difference betw een myself and most s tu ­dents at the time was tha t I was a m em ber of the Student Union Board staff for th ree years at Notre Dame and witnessed f irsthand the efforts of the Student Union to try again and again, without avail, to have a voice in the truly im portant decisions a t Notre Dame. Instead, intelligent s tudents with good in ten­tions are rebuffed, or worse, ignored. Notre Dame kids are touted as some of the brightest and best s tudents in the country today by the same people who, behind the closed doors of Student Affairs, t re a t s tudents as though they do not even merit expressing an opinion.

If the alcohol policy is w hat the adm in is tra ­

tion thinks it will take to ensure the safety of its s tudents, so be it. As some have said, you a re free to leave; there are others who would give up alcohol entirely to attend Notre Dame.

My problem is this: until the higher-ups at this University learn tha t Notre Dame students and alumni should have a place in the deci­sion-making processes tha t affect them, situa­tions like these will continue to contribute to the sad public commentary on w hat is o ther­wise known as a bright, progressive, student- oriented university. Sadly, I am sure the cu r­ren t propective students visiting at this time are getting quite an earful from some angered freshmen.

In my years a t the Student Union, I finally realized tha t our efforts to have a voice were futile and unfulfilled. I am beginning to realize that, in the absence of a capital campaign, the majority of alumni are overlooked as well. Father Mark Boorman, the majority of alumni and students and I respect your leadership, intelligence and good faith. Please help ensure us tha t you respect ours.

Kathleen Leichtclass o f ’01

M arch 26, 2002

Comparisons extend too far

American policy is not perfect. However, the radical com­parisons m ade in Colman McCarthy’s guest column on March 22 a re extremely irresponsible.

Equating the deaths of starving hum an beings with the deaths of animals for food is absurd. I hope tha t beef p ro­ducers donate a few hundred thousand tons of veal to allevi­ate hunger in Africa. I wonder how McCarthy would respond to tha t moral dilemma.

Furtherm ore, the columnist sta tes tha t the Bush adminis­tra t ion’s domestic and foreign policy is following the “famil­iar script” of Nazi Germany. Now, call me an oppressive w arm onger if you will, but it’s ju s t a bit excessive to cha rac ­terize the Bush government as the Fourth Reich.

McCarthy exhorts his reade rs to “w ithdraw support — political, financial and emotional” from entities tha t commit any sort of violence. How far should this w ithdrawal go? Should Americans refuse to give their political support by voting? Tax evasion and money laundering are g reat ways of refusing financial support of the government. And who rea l­ly believes in tha t hokey Declaration of Independence, any­way?

As the Gospel tells us, “Give to Caesar w hat is C aesar’s, and to God w hat is God’s ,” (Matthew 22:21).

Matt Bramatisophom ore K nott Hall

M arch 25, 2002

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Tony Hawk completes holy trinityByC. SPENCER BEGGSScene Editor

For the most part, sequels are always a letdown. Not so for the “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” series, in which each game has been better than the last.

Neversoft and Activision 0 2 ’s newest addition to the series takes advantage of the Playstation 2 ’s high-end process­ing c a p a b i l i t i e s a n d l a r g e s t o r a g e c a p a c i ty of i ts DVD f o r m a t , w h i le r e m a in in g t r u e to th e old ad d ic t iv e style. The game strikes the perfect ba l­ance between tweaking and overhau l­ing.

One of the biggest gameplay improve­ments in “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3” is the addition of the “re v e r t” trick th a t allows players to s tr ing vertical ram p tricks into combos. The biggest scores in the last installment of the game were only possible during grind moves, slid­ing the board on an edge of a structure. By adding the connecting revert move, players will be able to explore a whole new world of combo tricks.

Of course, there are tons of other new

moves to try out and most of the old sk a te rs a re p resen t , with the notable excep tion of Bob B u rn q u is t who has r e c e n t ly a d d e d h is moniker to the “Konami” s k a t e b o a r d i n g g a m e series.

A l th o u g h B u r n q u i s t w a s a f a v o r i t e a m o n g “Tony Hawk Pro Skater” aficionados, gamers may not miss him as much as th e y in i t i a l ly e x p e c t .Bam M arg e ra of MTV’s s o p h o m o r i c d a r e d e v i l show “Jackass” has been added to the lineup, and g a m e rs will be ab le to put a digital rendition of themselves in the action w i th t h e “ C re a te -A - S k a t e r ” m o d e , w h ich f e a t u r e s an e n o rm o u s amount of customization options, including body s ty le s , c lo th s , g la sse s , tattoos and accessories.The level editor has also been supped up if gamers get bored with the built-in

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3

out o f five sham rocks Neversoft and Activision 0 2

levels that are based on real-life skate parks.

The most fascinating aspect of “Tony H aw k’s Pro Ska te r 3” is t h a t it is th e f i r s t PS2 game that can be played o n l in e . O n lin e p la y e r s c a n p u r c h a s e th eP la y s ta t io n 2 ’s m odem adapter , connect using a USB m odem or connec t d i r e c t ly t h r o u g h an Ethernet hub (perfect for co l le g e d o rm ro o m s) . M ost g a m e r s r e p o r t favorably on the fea ture even though network lag c a n s e v e r e ly s w a y a m a tc h th a t is only two minutes long.

The physics eng ine in “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 ” is very advanced, and playing the game is fairly intuitive; th e re ’s a lot to l e a r n in th e g a m e b u t p la y e rs will find t h e m ­

selves improving almost unconsciously. Game designers also took a lot of time

designing the new levels and addressed an ti-a l ia s ing issues often complained about in previous editions.

One p lu s s id e of th e g a m e is its soundtrack, which features artists like KRS-One, Redman and Alien Ant Farm. The game has a large selection of music and players can utilize the playlist fea­tu re to tu rn off any songs they d o n ’t like.

But “Tony H a w k ’s Pro S k a te r 3”’s real strength lies in its playability: This game is perfect for a study break or a m arathon all-nighter with friends. With a n u m b e r of d iffe ren t gam es to play both competitively and cooperatively, “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3” is sure to p lease a lm os t all gam e fans. In fact, e v en g a m e r s w ho d o n ’t like s p o r t s g am es will a p p re c ia te the beguiling gameplay.

“Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3” is proba­bly m o re d a n g e r o u s to a s t u d e n t ’s social life than the new alcohol policies.

Contact C. Spencer Beggs at Beggs.3@nd.edu.

‘Ancients’ Gate’ opens way for role playing games

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g u t t in g m o n s t e r s w i th a ll s o r t s of w eapons . While on Arokh, the gam e c a n ’t be com pared to anything. Hours can be w hit t led aw ay as goblins a re incinerated by large balls of fire from above. The sc ream s a re a bit disturbing but add more to the game than they take away.

The animation and voice act­ing, almost always looked over in th e le s s e r RPGs, a r e j u s t g rea t . The mission m aps a re huge an d d ense ly p o p u la te d with monsters, t raps and sub­quests. From time to time, mis­sions are added to Rynn’s jou r­nal, which help players rem em ­b e r w h a t it is th ey a r e s u p ­posed to be doing. Some m is­sions are required to finish the

g a m e , b u t so m e a r e o p t i o n a l , which really ad d s to the r e p l a y value.

“ T h e A n c i e n t s ’G a te s” does have a lot of g reat features. F o r i n s t a n c e , th e problem found with p la tfo rm vers ion of games (as opposed to PC versions) is that it is impossible to save the g a m e ’s progress a t all points. Not an issue here. The save menu is always avail­a b le to sav e progress, eliminating annoying back track ­ing th a t is ever-p re­sen t and frus tra ting in RPGs.

Another feature of “T h e A n c ie n t s ’ G a t e s ” is t h a t w e a p o n s a p la y e r buys can be broken. T h is m a k e s s e n s e , because after slaugh­t e r i n g a b o u t 500

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Trogs, a scimitar should be darn near broken. This addition lends to the real­ism and the fun, and encourages the use of weapons that a gamer might typically avo id . W ith o v e r 50 h a n d - t o - h a n d

w e a p o n s an d 30 s p e l l s , “T he A n c ie n ts ’ G a te s” provides a verita­ble a r s e n a l with which to dispatch the hordes of evil.

On th e o th e r side of the playing f ie ld a r e the a n n o y a n c e s th a t c a n p la g u e all g rea t games. The h a n d - t o - h a n d fighting system is n o t a l t o g e t h e r p e r fec t . A sw ing o f th e sp ik e d mace can result in a miss just as like­ly as a h it , even with the targeting system turned on. T h a t miss leaves

ju s t enough time for a Trog to gut an unsuspecting gamer with its razor-sharp claws and result in a thrown controller.

Any gam e th a t encourages abuse of the h a rd w a re dese rv es a n o th e r run- th ro u g h a t the bug d e p a r tm e n t . The con tro ls in “The A n c ien ts ’ G a te” can also be difficult to learn. For example, Arokh is very ha rd to control a t first because of the degree of freeness that the p ro g ra m m e rs w ished to give the gam ers in flying. This results in much confusion for the g a m e r , w o n d e r in g where he is going and if this is the right way, and then s ta r ing at the map for two minutes.

Expect nothing and a bounty of good s h a l l be r e c e iv e d . “D ra k a n : The Ancients’ Gates” isn’t a spotlight in the gaming world, but it still adds a fantas­tic adventure to the realm of RPG gam­ing on the 128-bit consoles.

Contact Adam Turner at T urner.50@nd.edu

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Surreal Entertainment

By ADAM TURNERScene Video G am e Critic

Role-playing g am es (RPGs) a r e the u n d e r -a p p re c ia te d , often overlooked children of the gaming industry. Gaming companies spend up to a year in devel­opm en t, t ry in g to c r e a t e hype for a game, and only the RPG enthusiasts are likely to pick up a copy, unless it h a p ­pens to display a large stamp proclaim­ing “Squaresoft” or “EverQuest” som e­where on the cover.

The sad part is that sometimes a rea l­ly grea t gam e gets published, hits the shelves and just collects dust on its way to the bargain bin. Hopefully this will no t be th e c a s e w i th S u r r e a l Entertainment’s “Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates.”

As the title was slapped with a mature rating for blood and gore, gamers find th e m se lv e s in the m iddle of a huge, lushly designed world tha t fully takes advantage of the Playstation 2 ’s process­ing abilities. This world is seen through the eyes of Rynn, a well-modeled Lara Croft look-alike, and her dragon, Arokh.

The quest is typical RPG fare: save the world from the oppression of the evil d e se r t lords by opening the a n c ien ts ’ gates and bringing back to life all the d ra g o n s th a t h ave b een s lu m b e r in g since the Great War. This will bring ju s ­tice back to the world of Drakan.

Although tired and elicited, the game can stun players on almost every front. When Rynn isn’t riding Arokh, the game flows a lot like any of the “Zelda” games on Nintendo 64, with lots of running and

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PlayStation 2

By C. SPENCER BEGGSScene E d ito r

actually see the real realms in the dis­tance. As Jak moves thought the game, the Playstation 2 doesn’t have to reload sec t ions of the la n d s c a p e back in to memory causing a pause in gaming. As a result, “Jak and Baxter" has a seam ­

less feel.The graphical

c a p a b i l i t i e s of “J a k a n dD a x t e r ” a r e p h e n o m e n a l .W hile g a m e s like “F in a l F a n ta s y X” s tr ive for r e a l ­i sm , “J a k an d D a x t e r ” t a k e s the exact oppo­s i te a p p r o a c h a n d m a k e s its c h a r a c te r s and landscapes car- to o n is h . T he i n t r i c a t e l y d e ta i l e d t e x ­t u r e s in th e g a m e give it a p o l i s h e d an d p r e c i s e look.The so u n d fol­lows suit, deliv­e r ing a fan ta s t ic th re e - dimensional quality.

The down side to “Jak and D a x te r” is th a t i t ’s not that much fun to play. T h e o b je c t iv e s of th e g a m e m o s t ly invo lve sea rch ing various a rea s of th e w o r ld to c o l lec t “power cells,” relics that open up other a re a s for the duo to explore. The pair also collects “precur­so r o r b s ” w hich can be t r a d e d to n o n - p l a y e r c h a r a c t e r s for p o w e r

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cells.T h e re a r e a n u m b e r of enem ies in

“Jak and Daxter,” but gamers are given a wide b e r th to ru n a ro u n d enemies, ignoring them completely. Besides, the enem ies a re extrem ely easy to defeat and there are only a few wimpy bosses

to take on. The realJak and Daxter: the Precursor

Legacy

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c h a l le n g e of “Ja k and Daxter” is find­ing all the relics in an a rea to open up n e w a r e a s to be able to find all the relics there to open up y e t a n o t h e r area, etc.

Furtherm ore , the game often neglects its three-dimension­al realm by creating situations with only o n e p a t h to c o m ­plete the objective. T h e se a re u sua lly b a s e d on an ascending structure like a m ounta in or scaffo ld ing , which means that as soon as J a k fa lls off, gamers will have to

s ta r t over again to complete the task, which gets very frustrating.

Finally, “Jak and Daxter” wastes a lost of potential with so many search-and- r e t r i e v e ty p e m iss io n s . G am ers will spend a lot of time running around look­ing for the relic they are missing. It is f ru s t ra t in g to have com pleted all the challenges in a level and then have to backtrack looking for one stupid orb. It seems that Naughty Dog has created a beautifully designed gam e ta rge ted at the obsessive-compulsive market.

Contact C. Spencer Beggs at Beggs.3@nd.edu.

PlayStation game developing pow er­house Naughty Dog Inc., au thor of the u l t r a - s u c c e s s f u l “C rash B a n d ic o o t” series, has s tarted w hat hopefully will not becom e a ru n n in g se r ie s for the Playstation 2 with its newest release of “Jak and Daxter: the Precursor Legacy,” its first foray into the three-dimensional platform genre.

Following its conv en t io n of hav ing purposefully light plots, “Naughty Dog” set this game in a tropical utopia whose residents have strange mystic rites cen­tering on an energy substance known as “eco,” which comes in a num ber of vari­eties. Eco can be harnessed for a num ­ber of purposes, from giving the main character, Jak, superpowers to provid­ing mechanical energy for a whole vil­lage.

The fluffy plot follows J a k ’s quest to find a cure for his buddy Daxter, who has fallen into a pool of “d a rk e c o ,” which has turned him into a wise-crack­ing, orange, ferret- type c rea tu re . The p a i r se t off to e x p lo re th e i r f a n ta sy world and uncover the sec re ts of the mysterious Precursors, a race tha t left ancient machines lying around that can be activate by — you guessed it — the proper colored eco.

“Crash Bandicoot” fans will recognize the gameplay style of “Jak and Daxter” because they are almost identical. Jak even whirls Daxter around his body in a suspiciously bandicoot-like m anner and can do a leaping drop kick analogous to th e face p l a n t m ove in th e “C ra sh Bandicoot” series.

T he s t r ik in g d i f f e r e n c e b e tw e e n “Crash Bandicoot” and “Jak and Daxter” is the la tter’s 3D free-roaming platform env ironm ent. The “C rash B and icoo t” series was limited to more or less linear levels, much like the orig inal “Mario B ro th e r s ” w e re , b u t n o t n e c e s sa r i ly side-scrolling. “Jak and Daxter” features

an impressive design in which gamers can move about freely. If Jak is standing high up on a lookout point, he can see levels tha t are very far away. Normally, these are rep resen ted by scaled down models, but in “Jak and Daxter” gamers

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Jamison leads Warriors past TimberwolvesAssociated Press

MINNEAPOLISA ntaw n Ja m iso n sc o re d 25

points Tuesday night to help the Golden S ta te W a rr io rs end a 10-gam e losing s t reak with a 115-106 victory over the fading Minnesota Timberwolves.

Reserve Chris Mills added 18 points for the W a rr io rs , who had seven players score in dou­ble digits and won for just the third time in their last 29 road gam es . Even w ith T u e s d a y ’s win, Golden State has lost 20 of 23.

Kevin G a r n e t t s c o r e d 31 po in ts an d Wally S zcze rb iak had 24 of his 28 in the first half for M innesota, which lost for the seventh time in eight home gam es and is 2-9 in th e la s t three weeks. The Timberwolves have slipped to sixth place in the Western Conference playoff race.

The Warriors, whose last win came March 8 at Houston, built a 1 2 -p o in t le ad in th e th i rd q u a r t e r , a l t h o u g h G a r n e t t s c o re d 17 of h is t e a m ’s 29 points in tha t period.

But Minnesota couldn’t come closer th an five points in the fourth.

Marc Jackson , who cam e to M in n e s o ta on Feb . 21 f rom Golden State in a trade for lit­tle -used c e n te r Dean G a r re t t and a 2007 second-round draft pick, had four points and four rebounds against his old team. He and Danny Fortson got tan ­gled up u n d e rn e a th and each drew technical fouls in the sec­ond quarter.

W ith th e T im b e r w o lv e s ' chance of grabbing one of the top four seeds in the West n ea r­ly gone, coach Flip S au n d e rs said before the game his team — while still co n c e rn e d with winning — has already begun preparing for the postseason.

Judging by the first half, the T im b e rw o lv e s h a v e a lo t of work to do.

Szczerbiak had 17 points on 7 -fo r-8 sh o o t in g in th e f i r s t q u a r t e r , b u t h is t e a m m a t e s were 3-for-16 from the field.

Robert Pack’s pull-up jum per just before the first-period horn cut Golden S ta te ’s lead to 29- 25, but the W arriors w ouldn’t let up in the second quarter.

Felipe Lopez’s 3-pointer put M innesota a h e a d 49 -48 with

1:37 before halftime, but Jason R ichardson gave Golden State th e lead w ith a j u m p e r , and Gilbert Arenas added two more layups to make it 54-49 at the half.

The Wolves shot 38 percen t (18-for-47) from the floor in the first two quarters.

Bulls 9 6 . Magic 8 2Tracy McGrady had 20 points,

11 rebounds and seven assists in his first game back after suf­fering back spasm s last week, and the Orlando Magic beat the slumping Chicago Bulls.

Monty Williams con tr ibu ted 18 points and a season-high 11 rebounds for his second double­double of the season. Reserve Troy Hudson added 16 points a s O r la n d o s n a p p e d a two- game losing streak.

F o r C h icag o , J a l e n Rose scored 20 points, 14 in the third quarter, and had six assists and six rebounds. Marcus Fizer had 11 of his 15 points in the first quarter.

The Bulls have lost 13 of their last 15 games.

McGrady, who h a d n ’t played since a f te r being w heeled off the c o u r t on a s t r e t c h e r last F r iday in a loss to Charlotte , shot 7-for-17 in his return. He p u t t h e g a m e a w a y in th e fourth quarter, scoring the first six points of a 13-3 tea r , and sat down with 3:45 left and the Magic holding a 91-73 lead.

A fte r a l low ing th e Bulls to hang close into the third q u a r­ter, the Magic finally opened up some breathing room behind a 10-2 run tha t put them ahead by 11 p o in ts . F o u r p la y e r s scored to give Orlando a 66-55 lead with 4:06 left in the period, w i th M cG rady a s s i s t i n g on three baskets.

F rom th e re , Chicago nev e r came closer than eight points. The Bulls’ com eback chances were sabotaged by their 6-for- 14 foul shooting in the fourth quarter.

Wizards 1 0 3 , N uggets 87Michael Jordan wouldn’t have

to w o r r y a b o u t h is p la y o f f s treak if he could schedule the Denver Nuggets more often.

Chris W hitney and R ichard H a m i l to n s c o r e d 22 p o in ts a p ie c e as th e W a s h in g to n W izards b e a t up the Nuggets

for the second tim e in seven days, following last week’s 32- point rout.

T h e g a m e w a s n e v e r t h a t c o m p e t i t iv e as th e W iz a rd s pulled within 2 1/2 games of the Indiana Pacers, who lost 96-77 to Detroit. The Pacers hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the E a s te rn C onference , and the Wizards play nine of their re m a in in g 11 g am es a g a in s t teams with winning records.

D o nne ll H a rv e y h a d 18 points, and former Wizards for­w a rd J u w a n H ow ard , booed every time he touched the ball, scored 17 to lead the Nuggets, who had a come-from-behind, one-point victory in New York the previous night.

Courtney A lexander sco red 14 points and Etan Thomas had a c a r e e r - h i g h 13 for th e W iz a rd s , p la y in g t h e i r f i r s t home game in two weeks. They went 3-4 in seven straight road games.

J o r d a n , w ho h a s n e v e r m is se d th e p lay o ffs in his career, w asn’t needed much for this one. Still recovering from knee surgery, he came in as a substitu te to play 20 minutes, scoring nine points on 4-for-9 shooting with six assists . His first shot, a long-range jumper, was stuffed by Voshon Lenard, and Jordan and Lenard talked t rash much of the game.

J o r d a n s p e n t c o n s id e ra b le tim e a t po in t g u a rd b ec a u se T y ro n n Lue w a s o u t w ith a s in u s in fe c t io n . Som e of J o rd a n ’s passes were m a s te r ­ful, including a no-look feed to Tyrone Nesby for a dunk, and a 70-foot pass to Hamilton for a fast-break layup.

Hawks 1 0 3 , N ets 77Shareef Abdur-Rahim figured

the Nets would be sticking close to him. So he decided to let his teammates share the fun.

Abdur-Rahim was among six Atlanta players scoring in dou­ble figures, leading the Hawks to a ro u t of New Je rse y , the b e s t t e a m in th e E a s t e r n Conference.

It was the w orst loss of the season for the Nets, eclipsing a 22-point defeat at Washington on Dec. 31.

A b d u r-R a h im a v e ra g e d 32 points in two previous games against New Jersey this season. He didn’t think the Nets would

let th a t h a p p e n aga in , so he fo c u se d on g e t t in g o th e r s involved.

“My mindset was not to score, s c o re , s c o r e , ” s a id A b d u r - Rahim, who still m anaged 18 points. “I wanted to make them pay by finding the open guys.”

V aughn kep t g e t t in g open . T h e b a c k u p p o in t g u a r d equaled his career high with 18 p o in ts a n d a lso c o n t r ib u te d nine assists, four rebounds and three steals.

Vaughn had a chance to beat his previous scoring high in the final seconds, but he passed up a layup to give the ball to Leon Smith for a dunk.

“W hy n o t s h a r e th e b a l l ? ” Vaughn said, who was aware of his personal mark. “The biggest smile on my face was see ing Leon get a dunk and get on the scoring sheet.”

The Hawks, winning for the sev en th t im e in n ine g am es , took con tro l w ith a 3 6 -po in t second quarter. They hit 16-of- 24 sh o ts (67 p e rc e n t ) in the period to build a 59-44 lead at halftime.

Four Atlanta players were in double figures by halftime. Six finished there, with Jason Terry an d T on i Kukoc s c o r in g 13 each, Alan Henderson 12 and DerMarr Johnson 11.

The Hawks shot 50 pe rcen t (40-of-80) overall, while hold­ing the Nets to 29-of-72 (40 p e r c e n t ) . R ic h a rd J e f f e r s o n p a c e d New J e r s e y w i th 21 points, but no one else scored more than 11.

“T h a t w as a ve ry so lid 48 m i n u t e s , ” H aw ks c o ach Lon Kruger said. “That was as con­s is ten t ly as w e ’ve p layed all y ea r . The guys p layed rea lly good defense.”

His coun terpart couldn’t fig­ure out what happened.

“We got beat in every facet of the gam e ,” New Jersey coach Byron Scott said. “They outhus- tled us. I have no way of know­ing why that would happen, to be honest with you. To me, they should be very embarrassed.”

T h e N ets p la y e d w i th o u t Kenyon M artin , who b eg an a tw o - g a m e s u s p e n s io n for th row ing an elbow a t A bdur- Rahim on Sunday. His presence probably wouldn’t have helped.

“This w a s n ’t th e e f fo r t we should have given,” Jefferson sa id . “T hey p layed w ith th e

enthusiasm and excitement that a first-place team should play with.”

Detroit 9 6 , Indiana 77D etro it’s Corliss Williamson

won two battles Tuesday night against Indiana — the one on the s c o re b o a rd and his s k i r ­mish with Jermaine O’Neal.

Williamson scored 23 points before he was ejected near the en d of th e g a m e , l e a d in g Detroit to a 96-77 victory over Indiana on Tuesday night.

The Pistons were cruising late in the game when Williamson d ro v e th e b a s e l in e and w as fo u led h a r d by O’Neal. Williamson bounced the ball off O’Neal’s back and the two stood on the baseline jaw ing before O'Neal made the first move. He threw an elbow as Williamson backed away. Several players s tep p ed in to s e p a ra te them , and O’Neal threw a punch that d i d n ’t la n d b e fo re he w as wrapped up by Pacers assistant coach Tree Rollins.

Both players were ejected.“I don’t know the reason for

th a t kind of foul,” Williamson said. “My reaction was the ball s l ipped out of my hand . Our team is like a family. If you pick on one of us, you pick on all of us. We are always there to pick each other up.”

Williamson, who was 9-of-13 from the field and 5-of-6 on free throws, received plenty of support on the court.

Chucky Atkins, who hit three straight 3-pointers in the third q u a r t e r to s p a r k a 13-0 run that gave the Pistons a 15-point c u s h io n , f in i s h e d w ith 18 points. Clifford Robinson added 13 points and Jerry Stackhouse 12 for Central Division-leading Detroit (42-28). Ben W allace grabbed 14 rebounds.

P is tons coach Rick Carlisle was angered by O’Neal’s con­duct.

“From my understanding, he (Williamson) will not get su s ­pended,” Carlisle said. “I can’t speak for O’Neal, but tha t was one of the w o rs t cheap shots I’ve ever seen.”

Brad Miller, who scored eight p o in ts in th e f i r s t q u a r t e r before getting into foul trouble, had 18 points and 15 rebounds fo r I n d i a n a (3 5 -3 5 ) , w hich holds the final playoff spot in the East.

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Simon’s last-minute goal lifts Capitals over SabresAssociated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. Chris Simon scored with 1:58

left, l i f t ing th e W a sh in g to n Capitals to a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.

Danius Zubrus had a goal and three assists, and Ken Klee and Brendan Witt also scored for the Capitals, who rallied from a 2-0 deficit in a critical game between Eastern Conference teams striv­ing to stay in playoff contention.

The victory moved the ninth-

p lace C ap i ta ls t h r e e po in ts ahead of the Sabres and New York Rangers. It also improved Washington’s record to 4-3 on its eight-game road trip, which c o n c lu d e s in New J e r s e y on Friday.

Miroslav Satan, with two goals,

and Taylor Pyatt scored for the Sabres, who dropped to 2-4-1 in their last seven games.

After the Sabres controlled the play, outshooting the Capitals10-2 over a 12-minute stretch, Simon scored courtesy of a neu- tral-zone turnover.

Witt poked the puck off the stick of Buffalo's Curtis Brown, and Z ubrus p u sh ed a h e a d to Simon, who was coming off the bench. Simon snapped a 25-foot­er that beat Martin Biron on the stick side.

T he S ab re s fell b e h in d 3-2 when Zubrus scored a power- play goal 41 seconds into the third. Buffalo tied it when Satan d e f lec ted in Alexei Z h i tn ik ’s point shot five minutes later.

The goal was S a ta n ’s team - leading 28th, and m arked his fifth two-goal game of the sea ­son, and third in 10 games.

C ap ita ls goalie O laf Kolzig stopped 28 shots. His best save came midway through the third when he kicked out his left pad to block Jay McKee’s 20-footer.

Maple Leafs 7, Lightning 2Tie Domi and A le x a n d e r

Mogilny had two goals apiece as the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied for a victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Mats Sundin, Robert Reichel and Paul Healey also scored for the Maple Leafs, who had four goals in a span of 1:25 in the third period.

R e iche l’s goal a t 5:10 gave T o ro n to a 4-2 le a d . D ie te r K ochan th en re p la c e d goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, but it only got worse.

Kochan allowed three goals on his first four shots. After Sundin got his 36th goal, Domi scored just 16 seconds later and anoth­er 26 seconds after that.

The Maple Leafs won despite missing forward Gary Roberts (abdominal muscle strain), start­ing goalie Curtis Joseph (broken bone in his left hand), forward Mikael R enberg (s tra ined left h a m s t r in g ) and d e f e n s e m a n Dmitry Yushkevich (blood clot).

Bruins 3 , Hurricanes 2Brian Rolston broke a 27-year-

old Boston record with his eighth short-handed goal as the Bruins w on th e i r s e a s o n - b e s t s ix th s tra igh t , bea ting the Carolina Hurricanes.

Rolston scored with less than a minute left in the second period to p u t th e B ru ins a h e a d and b reak the s ing le-season f r a n ­chise mark of seven held by four players — the last being Gregg Sheppard in 1974-75.

Glen M urray took a tr ipping p e n a l ty w ith 6 :24 left , b u t Carolina failed to record a shot during its power play. M urray

then sco red 10 seconds after getting out of the box.

Rod Brind’Amour scored his second of the game and 20th of the season with Carolina playing6-on-3 with 29.3 seconds left.

T he B ru in s , w ho fa i led to make the playoffs a season ago, have 94 points — four b e tte r than Philadelphia for tops in the Eastern Conference. Boston has already clinched a postseason berth.

The Bruins have also won nine of 10 and six s t r a ig h t on the road , the ir best ro ad winning streak since 1997.

S o u th e a s t D iv is ion -lead ing C aro lina h a d n ’t lost a t hom e s in ce a 7-5 s e tb a c k a g a in s t Vancouver on Jan. 21 (1-0-7).

Arturs Irbe made a great div­ing save on Sergei Samsonov in the slot midway through the sec­ond p e r io d to p re s e rv e Carolina’s 1-0 lead.

But Samsonov beat Irbe from nearly the same spot 2:23 later to tie it.

Rolston then scored his NHL- leading eighth short-handed goal w hen Jeff O’Neill fanned on a bouncing puck in the Carolina zone , a n d th e B oston c e n te r broke free up ice alone. He faked Irbe to his left and tucked the puck into an open net with 55.5 seconds left in Boston’s 18-shot second period.

Panthers 2, Canadians 1Marcus Nilson scored a power-

play goal with 4:19 left in the third period, and Wade Flaherty earned his first NHL win in 14 months as the Florida Panthers ended a five-game losing streak by b e a t in g th e M on trea l Canadiens.

Nilson scored his 14th goal at 15:41 of the third, just 10 sec­onds after Stephane Quintal was sent off for high-sticking. Nilson d e f le c te d d e fe n s e m a n Eric Beaudoin’s point shot past goalie Jose Theodore to break a 1-1 tie.

Flaherty, recalled from Utah of the AHL on March 20, made 32 saves in his first s ta r t — and appearance — of the season for his first win since Jan. 26, 2001, when he was with the New York Islanders.

Niklas Hagman also scored for the Panthers, who earned their first points since Pavel Bure was traded to the New York Rangers on March 18.

Yanic P e r r e a u l t s c o re d his 24th goal for Montreal, which d ro p p e d in to a tie w ith Washington for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Canadiens right wing Andreas Dackell d ressed for the game and played two shifts early in the first period despite not appear­ing on the official lineup.

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Spurrier gets down to business in practice

Spurrier

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ASHBURN, Va.Steve Spurrier took the field

in c h i l l in g fog a n d d r iz z le Tuesday for his first p rac tice as an NFL coach. The Fun ‘N Gun is defi­n i te ly n o t in F lo r id a any more.

“S o r t of like playing go lf in I r e l a n d , ” s a i d S p u r r i e r , w h o e x c h a n g e dhis tradem ark visor for a black b a se b a l l cap b e c a u s e of the weather.

The W a sh in g to n R e d s k in s ’ th ree -d ay , n o n -co n tac t m in i ­c a m p is a chance for the new coach to g e t to k n o w h is p l a y e r s and learn the feel of coach ­ing in the big l e a g u e s , b u t the first p rac ­t ices sk ip p ed the p re a m b le a n d w e n t straight to Chapter One.

“We put in — gosh — more plays in one meeting than I’ve e v e r s e e n in a n y o f f e n s e , ” q u a r te rb a c k Danny W uerffel sa id . “ I w as th in k in g , ‘How w o u ld th e s e gu y s a d j u s t to this?’ You go to another team, and y o u ’ll s p e n d a w e e k on three plays and you’ll run them over and over. W e’ve got ju s t abou t the en t i re p laybook in one meeting.”

At least Wuerffel was famil­iar with it all, having won the H eism an T ro p h y p lay ing for S p u rr ie r a t Florida. S p u rr ie r has signed other former Gators — J a c q u e z G re e n , R e id e l Anthony and Chris Doering — and it w asn’t hard to tell who understood w hat was happen ­ing and who didn’t.

Receiver Rod G ardner com ­pletely misunderstood an audi­ble ca l l a n d r a n th e w r o n g rou te on the first play in the m orn ing’s final drill. G ardner heard what he did wrong from both Green and Spurrier when he got back to the huddle.

“T here ’s a lot of stuff,” said S pu rr ie r , who left F lo r ida in

J a n u a r y to s ign a f ive -yea r , $25 million con trac t with the R e d s k in s . “Y eah , I s o r t of believe you give the players a whole bunch of s tu ff so they don’t get bored.”

As expected, Spurr ie r spent h is e n t i r e t im e w i th th e offense, leaving defensive coor­dinator Marvin Lewis in charge of the defense. There were no t a n t r u m s or heavy le c tu re s , just a rem inder to the players to have fun.

Wuerffel said Spurrier hasn ’t c h a n g e d s in c e th e F lo r id a days.

“Not really a lick,” Wuerffel said. “He's ju s t a ball coach. T h a t ’s w h a t he w a n ts to be, a n d t h a t ’s w h a t h e ’s doing. H e ’s in t h e r e j u s t d r a w in g plays up th e re on the board , and w e’re learning them .”

About 50 players were on the f ie ld , b u t

There’s a lot o f s tu f f ... I sort o f believe you give

the p la yers a whole bunch o f s tu ff so they

don ’t g e t bored. ’’

S teve Spurrier Redskins head coach

d e p th w a s la c k in g a t m a n y p o s i ­t io n s . T he f i r s t - s t r i n g g u a r d s w e re Alex Su lfs ted a n d RossT u c k e r , w ho h a v e j u s tthree games of NFL e x p e r i ­

ence between them. The team is negotia ting with f ree-agent guard Tony Semple, who visit­ed Redskin Park last week.

The f i rs t- team q u a r te rb a ck was Sage Rosenfels, a second- y e a r p l a y e r a n d th e only holdover quarterback from last y ea r’s team. Even so, he ac tu­ally looked much sharper than the S p u rr ie r -sav v y W uerffel, who wore gloves.

D a m e y u n e C ra ig w a s th e t h i r d q u a r t e r b a c k in cam p . T h e R e d s k in s h a v e b e e n u n a b le to w o rk o u t a t r a d e w ith C hicago for ex -F lo r id a qu a r te rb ack Shane Matthews, and free agent Jeff Blake didn’t a c c e p t W a s h i n g t o n ’s in i t ia l offer and is considering other options.

“If opening day was tom or­row, w e’d be able to go play,” S p u r r ie r sa id . “I d o n ’t know how well w e’d do, but we got enough ball players (that) after o n e d a y we c o u ld go p lay . T h a t’s how simple this offense is. ... We don’t need five exhi­bition games to be ready, but unfortunately w e’ve got to play all of them .”

Coors signs 5-year deal as NFL’s sponsorAssociated Press

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that includes the right to use the league’s various logos.Brian McCarthy, the NFL’s director of corporate communications,

confirmed the deal Tuesday, but would not release terms. Sports Business Daily reported the contract is for $300 million.

Coors obtained rights to use the logos of the NFL, the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl in advertising and promotions. Coors can also do pro­motions or advertising with team logos, but it must use all 32 logos at the same time. The Coors contract does not prevent each team from cutting its own deals with other beer companies or with Coors. In the past, Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing shared the category.

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Patriots’ effort inspires Indians’ GMAssociated Press

KISSIMMEE, Fla.M a rk S h a p i r o h a s b e e n

w e a r i n g a N ew E n g la n d Patriots baseball cap around th e b a l l p a r k th i s s p r in g . D o n ’t a c c u s e t h e I n d i a n s ’ genera l m an ag e r of jum ping on the S u p e r Bowl c h a m p i­ons’ bandwagon, though.

Shapiro was a big fan long before Adam Vinatieri kicked his game-winning field goal.

“T he P a t r io t s a r e a good le s s o n for e v e r y o n e , ” sa id S hap iro , C leve land ’s rookie GM. “They are an affirmation of everything w e’re trying to do h e re .”

Team first.T h a t’s the message Shapiro

and Indians m anager Charlie Manuel have been preaching to C le v e l a n d ’s p l a y e r s fo r w e e k s . S a c r i f i c e p e r s o n a l su ccess for the good of the te a m and w a tc h w h a t h a p ­pens. And if you don’t believe it, they say, just look w hat it did for the Patriots.

Less t a l e n t e d t h a n m an y o t h e r NFL t e a m s , N ew England won it all anyway.

And it w asn ’t jus t their d ra ­matic win over the St. Louis R a m s t h a t i m p r e s s e d Shapiro.

Instead of being introduced one by one before the Super Bowl, the P a tr io ts cam e out as a group.

“When they said, ‘The New E n g lan d P a t r io ts a re be ing introduced as a te a m ’, I had goose b um ps ,” Shapiro said. “T h a t s a id so m u c h a b o u t them . I w an t us to feel th a t way.”

S h a p i r o d i d n ’t k now th e P a tr io ts would come out on

“The Patriots are a good lesson fo r everyone.

They are an affirmation o f everyth ing w e ’re trying to do here. ’’

Mark Shapiro Indians’ general manager

the field en masses, but once they did, he w asn ’t surprised.

S c o t t P io l i , t h e P a t r i o t s ’ d irector of player personnel, has been a friend of Shapiro’s for more than 10 years. The two became close when Pioli w a s b e g i n n i n g h is c a r e e r with the Cleveland Browns in th e e a r ly ’90s a n d S h a p iro was starting in baseball ope r­ations with the Indians.

W h ile w a t c h i n g g a m e s t o g e t h e r a t old M u n ic ip a l S t a d iu m , th e f u t u r e b ig- l e a g u e e x e c u t i v e s s h a r e d p h i l o s o p h i e s , v a lu e s a n d thoughts about sports.

“We w o u ld a lw a y s t a lk ab o u t the way we would do th in g s if we w o u ld h a v e a club,” Shapiro said.

So a few w e e k s ag o , S h a p i r o in v i t e d P io li to C lev e lan d ’s cam p to ta lk to t h e I n d i a n s . B e fo re h is s p e e c h , P io li s h o w e d th e players a highlight film of the P a t r io ts , w h ich b e g a n w ith th e i r g ro u p p re g a m e S uper Bowl introduction.

Pioli th e n took tw o polls. F i r s t , he a s k e d how m a n y In d ia n s had p lay ed on All- S ta r t e a m s . S e v e ra l h a n d s shot up. Then, he asked how m a n y h a d w on a W o rld Series.

Only tw o h a n d s w e r e r a i s e d . One w a s r e l i e v e r

M ark W ohlers , who w as on the mound when the Atlanta B rav es b e a t the In d ia n s in 1995. The o the r was hitting c o a c h E d d ie M u r r a y , w ho th e n spoke a b o u t how w in ­ning the Series in 1983 with Baltim ore was the highlight of his career.

Shapiro has been reshaping th e In d ia n s on and off the field.

U n d e r o r d e r s to t r im the c lub’s payroll, he traded All- Star second basem an Roberto Alomar to the New York Mets this w in te r and th en passed on re-signing outfielder Juan Gonzalez.

T h e y ’ve b een re p la c e d by R icky G u t i e r r e z a n d M att L aw to n , le s s e r p la y e rs bu t b e t t e r c lu b h o u s e guys and the kind the Indians want to find more of.

“When we add a player, we w a n t to b r in g a p e r s o n of c h a ra c te r with s trong moral values and not ju s t a ta lent,” Shapiro said.

Chemistry is underra ted he b e l i e v e s , a n d it a ll b e g in s with the right mix of players — jus t like the Patriots had.

“T h e y m a d e a s t a t e m e n t with how they won, and with the type of players they had ,” Shapiro said.

Manuel said Pioli’s p resen ­ta t ion w as well rece ived by the Indians.

“ He g a v e a go o d t a l k , ” Manuel said. “He said a lot of w hat I like to talk about.”

Manuel enjoyed Pioli’s film, too. Edited or not.

“The Pa tr io ts w ere hitting p re t ty h a r d , ” he sa id . “ But th e y d i d n ’t sh o w t h a t p lay ( q u a r t e r b a c k T om B r a d y ’s fumble) a g a in s t the R aiders th a t got them th e re .”

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NCAA M e n ’s B asketball

Mouton finds inspiration in tragedy♦ Maryland senior leads team after almost quittingAssociated Press

COLLEGE PARK, Md.A second stra ight trip to the

F inal F o u r a n d a sh o w d o w n a g a in s t th e top t e a m in the nation isn’t enough to faze Byron Mouton.

M a ry la n d ’s s e n io r fo rw a rd nearly didn’t make it this far.

Mouton considered quitting the team inD ecem b er a f te r his b ro th e r ,Kevin, was shot to death in Houston.

Mouton learned of his b r o t h e r ’s d e a th d u r in g a g am e a g a in s t Connecticut.

“I wanted to be with my mom and stop w h a te v e r I w as d o in g ,”M outon sa id Tuesday. “But she made me realize th a t th e m os t important thing is to keep do ing w h a t I’ve b een doing. She sa id one th ing my b ro th e r a lw ays wanted me to do was to keep playing ball and get an educa­tion.”

M outon’s physical p lay and defense have been key compo­nents in Maryland’s success this

7 preach ed to m y team this yea r that

it would be a big disappoin tm en t if

w e d id n ’t m ake the Final Four. It would be g rea t i f we would get to the national

cham pionship because o f a ll I w ent

through.’’

Byron Moulton senior forward

season.He hopes to play a pivotal part

S a tu r d a y w h e n th e T e rp s attempt to slow a sp e e d y K an sas team in a national sem if in a l in Atlanta.

M outon has used D ecem ber’s tragedy as m oti­vation late in the season and in the NCAA t o u r n a ­ment.

“Ever since tha t day, I don’t want to take anything for grant­

e d ,” he sa id . “Every time I step on t h a t c o u r t , I want to give it my best effort.”

While the death of his brother has been the biggest challenge Mouton has faced in his two se a s o n s a t M ary lan d , it h a s n ’t b een the only one.

Mouton t r a n s ­fe r r e d from T u la n e w ith o u t kn o w ing m uch about the success of M a ry - la n d ’s program.

“Coming in my f irs t year , I wanted to be in a different envi­ronment,” he said. “I just wanted to help the team and win the national championship.”

Mouton averaged 9.6 points in his first season with the Terps

and 11.3 points this year.The senior’s biggest contribu­

tion has been on defense and his presence in th e locker“H e’s defin itely p la yed

w ell since th a t happened. M aybe h e ’s refocused. ”

room.

Steve Blake junior guard

Ipreached to my te a m th is y e a r th a t it would be a big d i s a p ­p o in tm e n t

if we d id n ’t m ak e the F ina l F o u r ,” he sa id . “It w ould be g reat if we get to the national championship because of all I went through.”

Steve Blake said Mouton can set the mood for the team with his antics in the locker room.

“He’s a character — he’s a guy that brings a lot of energy to us,” Blake said. “He’ll come in and do a flip or start barking like a dog.”

A ntics a s id e , B lake sa id , Mouton has stepped up his game since December.

“H e’s definitely played well since that happened,” Blake said. “Maybe he’s refocused.”

For now , M outon sa id h e ’s focused on beating Kansas and advancing to the championship game.

Is th e r e a n y th in g spec ia l M outon is w o rk in g on for Kansas?

“T r a n s i t i o n ,” he sa id . “We have to slow th e m down. Transition is the key.”

Not a su rp r ise coming from so m eo n e who know s a b o u t change.

Kansas calmly deals with media crushA ssociated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. Jeff Boschee moved smooth­

ly from a national radio inter­view to a press conference.

K a n s a s ’ s h o o t in g g u a r d f ie ld ed q u e s t io n s r a n g in g from 3-point shooting, to the J a y h a w k s ’ F in a l F o u r matchup with Maryland, to a co u p le w ho n a m e d t h e i r i n f a n t d a u g h t e r “D e a v y n n B o sch ee C h r is t in eSchlesener.”

“I t ’s f l a t t e r in g ,” B oschee said. “I guess i t ’s a credit to w hat I’ve accomplished here in my c a r e e r and w h a t the team has accomplished.”

The Jayhawks have handled the m ed ia c ru sh all s e a so n and are about to step onto a b ig g er s ta g e , m a k in g th e i r first Final Four a p p e a ra n c e since 1993.

Kansas players have had a sam pling of w h a t to expec t from the national media from their fans in Lawrence.

The Jayhaw ks a re t re a te d like a boy band — especially Boschee, the team ’s designat­ed heartthrob.

“T hey c ro w d in on us , scream at us, grab at us,” for­ward Nick Collison said. “It’s good to know that those peo­ple su p p o r t you, b u t s o m e ­times it’s tough when all those people a r e up in your face, sc ream ing for an au to g rap h from like a foot away.”

The Jayhawks have received plenty of na t io n a l a t ten t io n th ro u g h o u t the season with media reporting on the squad that spent a number of weeks as the top-ranked team.

“It seems like you just keep answering the same questions over and o v e r ,” g u a rd Kirk H inrich sa id W e d n e sd a y a t the Jayhawks’ final news con­f e r e n c e b e fo re h e a d in g to Atlanta. “It’s a good problem to have, though.”

In addition to basic statisti­cal in fo rm a t io n , J a y h a w k s fans now know All-American forward Drew Gooden spends

his sum m ers in Finland with his m other’s family, and that c o a c h Roy W il l iam s once th rea tened to send him back to O a k la n d on a bus if he didn’t buy into Kansas’ game plan.

G ooden d o e s n ’t shy away from the attention — and if he g e ts a b i t p r ic k ly f ie ld in g q u e s t io n s a b o u t the J a y h a w k s ’ inside toughness, he generally remains gracious even th rough long interview sessions.

“Coach told me th a t I was going to ge t a lot of m ed ia a t ten t io n th is year, and the media can either make you or break you,” Gooden said. “So I t r y to g e t a lo n g w ith the media and not tu rn anybody down. I know everybody’s got a job to do.”

F a n s a lso k n o w th a t Boschee and Hinrich have had dates interrupted by fans, and t h a t t h e r e w a s a B oschee impostor was on the Internet — until the university tracked the c u lp r i t dow n an d pu t a stop to it.

The J a y h a w k s , a n d even Williams, seem more amused than distracted by the offbeat questions and the spotlight.

“This t e a m ’s com posed of old gu y s a n d a co u p le of f r e s h m e n w h o h a v e rea l ly handled themselves well this y e a r , ” B o sc h e e sa id . “We don’t let the media hype get to ou r heads . W e’ve still got a job to do.”

T h a t job , Collison said , is w inning the J a y h a w k s ’ first national title since 1988.

“We rea l ize how close we are to our goal, and we real­ize we can enjoy the journey and get into the media hype a f te r th e s e a s o n , ” he sa id . “We realize now tha t i t ’s all about basketball.”

T h a t ’s e x a c t ly w h a t Williams wants to hear.

“I think this te am ’s mature enough to handle the a t te n ­tion,” he said. “Every once in a while, they’ll say a little bit m o re t h a n m a y b e they should.”

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Selig pledges not to lock out playersAssociated Press

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NEW YORKBaseball com m iss ioner Bud

Selig p ledged T uesday not to lock out p lay e rs th ro u g h the W o r l d S er ie s b u t left open the chance tha t o w n e r s w o u l d impose new w ork ru le s d u r in g th e offseason, a m ove th a t cou ld t r i g ­ger another strike this summer.

The players’ union, operating without a labor contract since Nov. 7, qu ick ly i n t e r p r e t e d Selig’s s t a t e m e n t as a veiled threat to impose vast economic changes as soon as the postsea­son ends.

In 1994, the union struck on Aug. 12, saying the move was its only recourse to fight m anage­m e n t ’s p la n to im p le m e n t changes, including a salary cap. The walkout, baseball’s eighth since 1972, lasted 232 days and caused the World Series to be canceled for the first time since 1903.

U nion h e a d D onald F e h r called Selig’s statement “a tacit acknow ledgm ent of the c lubs’ continuing in ten tion” to m ake changes after the World Series.

“He thinks w h a t we do not: that the fans can be more easily fooled, fooled into thinking this pledge’ is a concession of sorts

on his part,” Fehr said.Selig said for m onths th a t a

lockout was not “on my r a d a r sc reen ,” but he h ad re fu se d to rule one out. His p rom ise no t to im pose newterm s and con­d it ions ofemployment for players through the end of th e W orld S e r ie s bore little significance because p layers a l r e a d y h av e s igned their 2002 contracts.

A rules change in the offsea­son would affect new contracts signed for 2003 and beyond.

“Our fans d ese rv e to know th a t the 2002 se a so n will be played to com pletion w ithout interruption and they deserve to know that now before we begin the new s e a s o n ,” Selig sa id . “T h e re fo re , on b e h a l f of the clubs, I pledge that we will not take any economic action either in the form of a lockout or uni­lateral implementation against the players’ association through­out the course of the season and postseason.

“The sanctity of the season, however, is only partially within my con tro l . S ince we do no t have a new collective bargaining agreement, the players have the right to strike at any time. I sin­cerely hope that they share my strong feeling about the impor­tance of playing the entire sea­son.”

A sked why he m a d e th e announcem ent Tuesday, Selig said during a te lephone in te r ­view: “I thought the timing was good. In my judgment, this way was a very good way to reassure fans.”

Fehr did not say whether play­ers would m ake a similar no­strike pledge, and history sug­gests they won’t.

“All I can say, the players set­ting a strike date is always a last resort,” Fehr said.

Negotiations for a new labor contract have been slow, at first delayed by the o w n e rs ’ failed a t t e m p t to e l im in a te the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos. Talks, which recessed March 13, are to resum e next week but the sides are far apart.

The union also fears that own­ers also could lock out players following the World Series or stop negotiating player contract, a strategy the NBA used after its 1998 playoffs. Baseball’s outside counse l is H ow ard Ganz, the NBA’s outside lawyer during the lockout.

“He specifically limited the pledge to the season and post­season, reserving for himself the right to kick off the same strate­gy the NBA did,” Fehr said in Tampa, Fla., after talking to the New York Y ankees, th e final stop on his tour of the 30 spring- training camps.

D u r in g th e s t r ik e , o w n e rs im p lem en ted a sa la ry cap on Dec. 23, 1994. However, the p la y e r s ’ a s so c ia t io n filed an unfair labor practice charge, the National Labor Relations Board is su e d a c o m p la in t a n d on March 31, 1995, a federal judge ordered owners to restore the old work ru les, which caused players to end their strike.

Negotiations resumed and the sides signed a new contract on March 14,1997.

Owners say baseball is losing hundreds of m il l ions of d o l l a r s a n n u a l l y a n d h a s a competitive- b a l a n c e p r o b l e m . T hey have p ro p o s e d a v a s t in c r e a s e in r e v e n u e

sharing and a 50 percent luxury tax on the portions of payrolls above $98 million.

Players are skeptical of m an­agem ent’s claims of losses and haven’t agreed that competitive balance is a problem. The union doesn’t want to drain the high- revenue team s of money they w o u ld o th e rw is e s p e n d on salaries, and it has no interest in a luxury tax that would slow the increase in salaries.

“The inability of the clubs and the players’ association to reach closure on a new basic ag ree­m e n t t h a t w ould reso lve the bas ic inequity of com petit ive im b a la n c e th a t ex is ts in ou r game today should not, I believe, be a burden borne by our fans,” Selig said.

Yankees pitcher Mike Stanton said players would strike if they think it’s necessary.

“If we were pushed to it, we’ve proved in the past it’s not just a threat,” he said.

New York M ets p i t c h e r A1 L e i te r sa id he h o p ed S e lig ’s announcement “will lead to an ag reem ent sooner ra th e r than later.”

“It is encouraging, and it’s a positive gesture to the great fans of this game,” Leiter said in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

♦ Burkett’s sore shoulder opens spot for ex- CubAssociated Press

FORT MYERS, Fla.In one c o rn e r of the c lu b ­

house, Boston Red Sox pitcher John Burkett was talking about disappointment over an injury than will sideline him for the start of the season.

A few lockers down, pitcher Willie Banks was thankful to be g e t t in g a seco n d ch a n c e because of that injury.

M an ag e r Grady Little told Banks he had made the team Tuesday. Banks probably would have b e e n th e la s t p i tc h e r released if Burkett hadn’t got­ten hurt.

“My hands are shaking right now,” Banks said with a smile after meeting with Little.

“I’ve been sent down (to the minor leagues) the last day a couple t im es ,” he said. “For him to tell me I made the team, I d o n ’t know w h a t ’s b e t te r , g rad u a t io n day, w inning the championship or making this club right now. I worked hard and it all paid off.”

Banks, a first round draft pick in 1987, missed the entire 1996 season with severe nerve dam­age in his right shoulder that caused the muscle to deterio­rate.

He came back for brief stops with the New York Yankees in 1997 and 1998 before begin­n ing an exile th a t took him through the minor leagues and Japan. He landed in Boston at the end of last season.

This offseason, Banks, 33, headed for the Venezuelan win­ter league, hoping to pitch a lot

of innings and p e rsu ad e any rem a in in g d o u b te rs th a t his shoulder was healthy. He came to spring training strong and has a 4.20 ERA in 15 innings this spring. But it looked like he was the 12th m an on Little’s11-man pitching staff.

“I woke up this morning and I was just praying to God, man,” Banks said.“My kn ees a re all ben t dow n and d ir ty r ig h t now.”

Little liked B a n k s ’ a g g re s s iv e ­n ess th is sp r ing , and said the life on his f a s t ­ball and curve persuaded him that Banks was as good as ever. He said he will use Banks out of the bullpen in a variety of roles.

“I feel like a rookie all over again,” Banks said.

B u rk e t t , m e a n w h i le , w as resigning himself to a longer stay at Boston’s training camp in Florida because of shoulder tendinitis that hasn’t gotten bet­ter. He was placed on the 15- day disabled list on Tuesday, retroactive to last Thursday.

Shoulder soreness is normal for him d u r in g sp r in g tim e, B urkett said. The difference this year is that instead of grad­ually g e t t in g b e t t e r , it got worse.

“W e’ve b een try ing ev e ry ­th ing to try to get it to calm down, but nothing’s worked,” he said.

“I’m trying to be optimistic a b o u t it , b u t I ’m ( a n g ry ) ,” Burkett said. “I’ve only been on the (disabled list) twice in my career. I don’t want to start out

this way here.”B u rk e t t , 37, sa lv ag ed his

c a r e e r in A t la n ta la s t year , going 12-12 with a 3.04 ERA after being cut by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Boston signed him to a two-year, $11 million deal this winter, and he looked good this spring, posting a 0.90 ERA in 10 innings.

B u t Burkett said th e p a in in his r ig h tshoulder hit a peak when he pitched 3 2-3 inn ings in a m in o r league game la s t w eek. He w asscheduled to

start against Texas on Tuesday, but decided to step back and give h im s e l f t im e to hea l instead.

B u rk e t t d ec l in ed to pu t a timetable on his return, guess­ing it might take two weeks.

“Believe me, I want to get out there as quickly as I can, but I’ve got to be sm art, too,” he said.

With Burkett out, the Red Sox ear ly sea so n ro ta t io n is set. Pedro Martinez starts opening day , fo llow ed b y , Dustin H ermanson, Derek Lowe and Frank Castillo. Darren Oliver would be the fifth s t a r t e r if Burkett isn ’t ready when the first time the team needs a fifth starter, April 12.

B urke tt’s re tu rn could also mean the end for Banks.

“I c a n ’t w orry about th a t ,” Banks said. “All that stuff is out of my control. I’m just happy to make that trip ... to Boston, for Grady to come out and say, ‘You’re my guy.’”

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MESA, Ariz.Chicago Cubs phenom Bobby

Hill is going to have to wait a little longer to make his major league debut.

Hill was sen t back to m inor le a g u e cam p T u e sd a y n ig h t , despite having a sp r ing most m a jo r l e a g u e r s w ould envy. H e ’ll s t a y w i th th e Cubs th ro u g h the end of the w eek an d th e n r e p o r t to T r ip le -A Iowa.

“No disappointment. It’s more reality than anything,” he said. “The spring training I had gave me all the con fidence in the world that I know I belong. I’m go in g to t a k e t h a t w i th me down to Triple-A, continue to do my best and work my butt off to get back here .”

The Cubs also re turned non­roster invitees Kevin Orie, Luis O rdaz and Mike M ahoney to minor league camp. Chicago’s roster is now at 30 players.

I t ’s no s e c re t th a t Hill, the second round pick in 2000, is the Cubs’ second b asem an of th e f u tu r e . And th e w ay he played this spring proved h e ’s ready for the majors.

Despite in tense sc ru tiny on h im , he h i t .300 w i th fo u r homers and 10 RBIs, com m it­t ing only t h r e e e r r o r s in 22 games.

“We all th in k th e w orld of him and don’t have any doubt h e ’s going to be an everyday

major leaguer for us for a long t i m e , ” s a id J im H en d ry , the Cubs vice p re s id en t of p layer personnel.

“It’s a situation clearly where we w an t Bobby — when he is in t r o d u c e d h e r e — to p lay every day and not just get half- t im e w o r k , ” H e n d ry s a id . “When he comes up, we w ant to play him every day.”

Hill, who will turn 24 on April 3, h a s n ’t even played two full seasons of professional b a s e ­ba l l . He w as d r a f t e d by th e Angels in 1996 and then again by the White Sox th ree years later, but didn’t sign with either team . Instead, he spen t th ree y e a r s a t th e U n iv e rs i ty of Miami, leading the Hurricanes to the College World Series title as a junior.

He p la y e d one s e a s o n a t N e w a r k of th e I n d e p e n d e n t Atlantic League, where he hit .326. He also spen t 57 games last season with Double-A West T enn ., w h e re he b a t te d .301 d e s p i te m iss in g two m o n th s with a groin injury. He then hit .345 in th e A r iz o n a Fall League.

The Cubs wanted to see if he could duplicate those num bers in spring training, and he did.

“I did all I could,” Hill said. “I p la y e d th e w ay I n e e d e d to play. I h i t the ball the way I needed to hit. I got on base the w ay I n eed to get on base . I scored the runs the way I need to score runs for guys to hit me in.

“I showed every game that I know how to play.”

But the Cubs also have a vet­eran second baseman in Delino DeShields, which m ean t there w asn’t a place for Hill.

“What am I going to do with h i m ? ” Cubs m a n a g e r Don Baylor asked. “I’ve gone over every scenario you can im ag­ine.”

Though DeShields was .444 as a p inch -h it te r last season , H endry sa id h e ’s e a rn e d the r i g h t to p lay e v e ry day . DeShields, who is going into his 1 3 th s e a s o n , a lso h as m o re experience as a leadoff hitter.

“There’s no timetable. It’s not like, ‘Oh, Bobby, you’re going to be the guy next y e a r . ’ T h a t ’s not the case,” Hendry said. “We feel he can help the ballclub in 2 0 0 2 . T h ings can c h a n g e in short periods of time.”

And Hill intends to be back. He doesn’t know when, but he’s sure h e ’ll be back with the Cubs before too long.

There won’t be any pouting in the meantime, either.

“I ’ve got to be a g ro w n -u p about it,” he said. “If I let it get to me too much, then all I’ll do is go dow n a n d fail a n d i t ’s going to take me longer to get b ack to w h e re I n eed to be. This is where I want to be. This is my goal, my dream.

“S o m e o n e to ld me y o u ’ll know when you’re close. You’ll taste it, you’ll smell it, you’ll be able to feel it. And boy, I felt it this spring.”

John Rocker might not be up to replacing the injured Jeff Zimmerman as Texas’ closer.

Rocker allowed four runs in one inning during an 11-8 loss to th eB o s t o n Red Sox o nT u e s d a y a f t e r

m a n w as p laced onthe 15-day disabled list with tendinitis in his right elbow.

“I need to make a few more qua li ty p i tch es . I did som e good things, and I’m trying to focus on them,” Rocker said.

Z im m e rm a n , w ho h a s n ’t p i tc h e d s in ce M arch 6, is expected to miss at least one month. The news was better on R a n g e rs s t a r t e r I sm ae l V aldes , w ho r e t u r n e d to Florida on Tuesday night after tests showed no ligament dam ­age in his right elbow.Cubs 13 , Oakland 1 1

Moises Alou played for the first time in more than a week, going 2-for-3 with an RBI in the Chicago Cubs’ 13-11 loss to Oakland in Mesa, Ariz. Alou

had been sidelined for much of th e sp r in g w ith a s t r a in e d muscle on his left side.

“I’m feeling OK,” he said. “I think I’m going to be all right. Just get in these final three or four games, and tune up for the opening of the season.”

M iguel T e j a d a ’s tw o - ru n h o m e r c a p p e d a se v e n - ru n Oakland rally in the e ighth inn ing . S am m y Sosa, Chris Stynes and Joe Girardi home- red for the Cubs.

In other news:♦ Marlins ca tcher Charles

Johnson re tu rn e d to limited action, catching and hitting for the first time in three weeks. But the two-time All-Star likely won’t be ready for the season opener. Johnson sprained his left thumb March 5 when he ra n into Montreal first base ­m an Joe Vitiello.

♦ Texas right-hander Ismael Valdes returned to Florida on Tuesday night after an exam showed no ligament damage in h is r ig h t e lbow . V aldes returned to Texas to be exam­ined by Conway a f te r com ­p la in in g of e lbow s t if fness Monday. An MR1 exam deter­m ined th a t th e re w as some irritation but no damage in the ligament. The Rangers haven't made a decision on the status of Valdes.

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Irish senior Nina Vaughan returns a serve during Notre Dame's recent match against Miami. The Irish host the Fighting lllini of Illinois today.

Women’scontinued from page 20

dent, the team knows th a t the7 -1 0 l l l in i c a n n o t be t a k e n lightly.

“We know Illinois is going to be a tough match. T hey’ve always played us close in the p a s t , ” s a id j u n i o r K a t ie Cunha.

One p r e s s in g c o n c e r n for the Irish will be to make sure t h a t th e top of t h e i r l in e u p p la y s a s w e l l a s t h e y a r e capable of. No. 1 singles p lay­e r B ecky V a rn u m h o p e s to e n d h e r s lu m p a g a i n s t to p c o m p e t i t io n today . V a rn u m , r a n k e d 7 5 th na t io n a l ly , will face off against Illinois’ No. 1 p layer, 5 4 th - ran k ed Jen n ife r M cG aff ig an . T h in g s s h o u ld get in te res t ing as McGaffigan h erse lf is looking to end a six- m atch losing skid of her own.

L o u d e r b a c k is c o n f i d e n t t h a t once the te a m finds its r h y t h m , i t s h o u l d h a v e no problem playing Illinois.

“A lic ia S a la s a n d L indsey G reen h ave b een ve ry solid

for us all y e a r in the middle of the l in e u p ,” he said . “We j u s t n e e d to p u l l o u t som e m o re of th o se t igh t m a tch es in the top and bottom spo ts .”

T h e ro a d d o e s n ’t g e t any e a s ie r a f te r today , how ever. After the Irish complete their m a tc h a g a in s t I l l ino is , they w il l fly to N o r th C a r o l in a W e d n e s d a y fo r an E a s t e r - b reak trio of m atches against Wake Forest, Duke and North Carolina.

All th ree team s a re ranked in the top 25 and should pose a significant challenge for the Irish.

Still, the team is confident th a t a recen t weekend off and a se ries of solid practices are good s igns for its u pcom ing competitions.

“Last w eekend, was the first o n e th e g i r l s h a v e h a d off s in c e c la s s e s s t a r t e d , ” sa id L o u d e rb ack , “an d they have come r igh t ou t and followed th a t up with some g rea t p ra c ­tice sessions this w eek .”

Contact Colin Boylan at cboylan@nd.edu.

Men’sco n tinued from page 20

matches at both No. 1 and No. 2, as well as two of the last four at No. 3.

“I think our team is confident, but I think we need to regain a little of what we had a week and ha lf ag o ,” D’Amico said. “We haven’t been competing as well as we could have in the last cou­ple of matches.”

Against Indiana last week, the f i f th - ran k ed doub les duo of Taborga and fellow senior Casey Smith fell to the Hoosiers’ Zach Held and Ryan Recht, who were not ranked.

“[Lately] we’ve been losing the doubles point after really solidify­ing it for the bulk of the season,” Bayliss said. “I think [Taborga and Smith] need to have their an ten n ae up and rea lize they have a target on their back and people are coming after them. They have to meet that challenge. They’ve lost three of their last four matches, so it’s been a little bit of a downward spiral.”

Taborga also was upset in his singles m atch a t Ind iana , but Bayliss is not worried about his top player.

“I t ’s h a rd to g e t on J a v ie r because in singles he’s really car­ried us,” Bayliss said. “He’s been playing that No. 1 position. He’s been reeling off the wins. To see him stumble a little bit, I’m not concerned. Everyone has due a bad match every now and then, and [Taborga] had one.”

However, Bayliss is concerned with ensuring that the Irish are not obsessed with their ranking and instead just maintain their intensity.

“We’ve had a marvelous year to date, and it’s difficult to keep your focus when the wins a re flowing as th ey have b e e n ,” Bayliss said. “My concern is that we not get caught up in the suc­cess we’ve had and [that the Irish do not] fail to keep doing the little things that got us where we were.

“W e’ve never been an over­powering team ,” he continued. “W e’ve b een a te a m th a t scrapped hard for every match and every point. And if we lose that identity, [winning becomes] difficult, because sometimes all of the sudden you wake up and say, ‘What happened?”’

The Irish recognize that they must continue to work hard to be rated in the top 10 in the nation.

“I think we may have become a little satisfied [for a while] and fo rgo t t h a t we still have to improve if we want to go towards our goal of winning a national championship,” D’Amico said.

W ith o p p o n e n ts such as Indiana State, No. 41 Southern Methodist and No. 4 Kentucky approaching, the Irish will not be gliding through the remainder of the season.

“The next two or three matches we play are extremely danger­ous. They’re all teams that are good enough to beat us,” Bayliss said. “They are teams that were ranked preseason pretty high and have had one or two losses.”

So Bayless says the Irish won’t take any opponent lightly as the team approaches the NCAA tour­nament.

“Eastern Airlines used to have a slogan: ‘You’ve got to earn your wings every day,”’ Bayliss said. “And we need to do that.”

Contact Joe Lindsley at jlindsle@nd.edu.

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c h a n c e to m ake it 8-8, but White m ade a key save to get the ball back in Irish hands.

“She d e f in i te ly c a m e up w ith som e key saves, e s p e ­c ia l ly a t t h e e n d , ” s a id Coyne.

White, however, was more p r a i s in g of h e r t e a m m a te s than her own play.

“My defense gave me the shots th a t I am supposed to save ,” said White. “They are keep ing [a t tackers ] out and g iv ing me o f f -a n g le s h o ts . I ’ve a lw ays got my de fense in front of m e.”

The combination was good e n o u g h to k e e p D e la w a r e down.

T h e I r i s h f a c e Big E a s t o p p o n e n t V i r g in i a T e c h Saturday at home.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec ZD: There will be greater activity in y our hom e th a t sh ou ld lead to positive changes. This m ay be a m ake-it o r b reak -it tim e w ith someone you've been close to. OO

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan. 19): The more you listen to others the greater your own knowledge will becom e. You sh o u ld hav e an opportunity to take part in some­thing that will allow you to expe­rien ce d if fe re n t lifesty les.ooooo

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You sh o u ld be th in k in g abo u t your financial picture. A property investm ent or m aking valuable add itions to your hom e will be prosperous in the long run. OOO

PISCES (Feb. 19-M arch 20): S om eone y o u like m ay n o t be telling you everything. You may have added responsibilities today if an o lder re lative o r y ounger family member needs your assis­tance. OO

Birthday Baby: You are friendly and you can easily adapt to environ­mental changes. You will do well in your life studies. You are curious and can be a real chatterbox. You will love to travel and meet new peo­ple.

(Need advice? Check out Eugenia's Web sites at astroadvice.com, eugenialast.com, astromate.com.)© 2002 Universal Press Syndicate

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The Notre Dame tennis team hits the road today to take on Michigan. The Irish are com ­ing off a 6-1 win over Indiana Saturday.

No. 7 Irish head north to take on No. 40 Wolverines

By JOE LINDSLEYSports W riter

The seventh-ranked Notre Dame men’s tennis team, wary of a string of upcoming opponents who have the potential to upset the Irish, travels to Ann A rb o r today to p lay No. 40 Michigan. The team will then head to Terre Haute, Ind., to take on No. 32 Indiana State Saturday.

The Irish, coming off a 6-1 win at Indiana, are confident but not com­placent.

“We’re expecting a pretty tough m atch ,” f reshm an Brent D’Amico said. “[Michigan] is possibly a little u n d e r - ran k ed a t this point. They have a lot of players that could defi­nitely give us trouble."

Many of those players have given Notre Dame trouble in the past. The Irish shut out the Wolverines last year, but Notre Dame struggled to ove rp o w er M ichigan a t the Tom Fallon Invitational last fall and lost to the Wolverines two years ago.

“They have a lot of seniors on their team, much like we do, so it’s pretty much the same cast of characters," Irish coach Bob Bayliss said.

At the Tom Fallon Invitational, the two teams essentially squared off in a hidden dual match, with the Irish achieving the victory, but not without g e t t ing b ru ise d by a W olverines squad that was missing a few of its players due to injury.

“We won, but everything was really s k e w e d ,” Bayliss sa id of the September 2001 tournament.

At tha t invitational, Greg Novak, Michigan’s No. 5 player, upset Notre Dame’s No. 1, senior Javier Taborga, who is currently ranked 11th nation­ally among singles players. Novak was eventually defeated by Notre Dame senior Aaron Talarico. Irish sen ior Casey Smith was upset by Michigan’s Matt Lockin.

Today, the Irish will also be looking out for Henry Beam, ranked 54th in the nation, who will play Taborga at No. 1. Beam is 15-8 this season.

Bayliss asserts the team rankings can be deceitful and that disparity between Notre Dame’s No. 7 ranking and M ichigan’s No. 40 ranking is really not as advan tageous or as great as it may seem. Many of the Wolverines, who are currently 9-5, have beat Irish players before and a re probably keen on stag ing an upset. However, Michigan has yet to defeat a team in the top 30 this sea­son an d the W olverines a re 2-3 against team s th a t the Irish have gone 4-2 against this season.

A lthough th e Ir ish own a 16-4 record and have posted only one loss to No. 2 Illinois in their last 10 match­es, the p a s t two m a tc h e s have exposed a par t icu la r w eakness in doubles play. The Irish have lost th r e e of th e i r la s t four doubles

see MEN’S/page 18

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Irish hold off Blue HensN D W o m e n ’s T en n is

Irish start tough stretch against llliniBy CHRIS COLEMAN

Sports W riter

B e h in d a 1 0 - s a v e e f f o r t from g o a lk e e p e r J e n W hite T u e s d a y , th e N o t r e D a m e w o m e n ’s l a c r o s s e t e a m defeated D elaw are 9-7.

T he t e a m s lo c k e d a t 7 -7 with less than th ree m inutes to play w hen E leanor Weille scored the w inning goal off a p a s s f ro m N a t a l i e L o f tu s . L a u r e n F i s c h e r a d d e d an in su ran ce goal as the 14th- ran k ed Irish im proved th e ir record to 5-1.

The Irish opened the game strongly with F ischer scoring her first goal of the day on a f re e p o s i t io n s h o t on ly 39 s e c o n d in to t h e g a m e . Fischer, who scored th ree on

the day, has had a breakou t y e a r for th e I r ish . She has s t a r t e d e v e ry g a m e a n d is fou r th on the team in s c o r ­ing.

D e law are fought back and scored two goals, to make it 2 -1 , b u t i t w o u ld be t h e i r only lead of the game.

The Irish answ ered with a solid defensive effort, when C a p ta in K a th ry n Lam s to le th e ba ll and se t up N ata lie L o f tu s ' e v e n tu a l f r e e -p o s i - tion goal.

T h e a t t a c k c o n t i n u e d to bom bard D e law are ’s net, but the effective goa lkeep ing of s e n i o r c a p t a i n L a u r i e T o r to r e l l i s t o p p e d s e v e r a l Irish scoring opportunities.

D elaw are shifted defenders to doub le-team Irish scoring th r e a t Danielle S heare r , but

th i s p r o v e d in e f f e c t iv e as S hea re r scored the next two Irish goals and one m ore in the second half.

It w as N o tre D am e g o a l ­keep e r Jen White who stole the end of the half, however, m a k i n g tw o s p e c t a c u l a r p o i n t - b l a n k s a v e s to k e e p the Irish lead 4-3 into half- time.

T h e t e a m s t r a d e d g o a ls b ack a n d fo r th t h r o u g h o u t the second half until Weille, from off the bench, sparked the team with her goal, m ak­ing it 8-7.

“She h a s r e a l ly co m e on th i s s e a s o n , ” s a id h e a d c o a c h T r a c y C o y n e . “She r e a l l y g iv e s u s a n o t h e r dimension, she always works h a rd on the field.”

see LACROSSE/page 18

By COLIN BOYLANSports W riter

W ith t h r e e tou g h m a tc h e s a g a in s t top-25 te a m s on the h o r i z o n , t h e N o t r e D a m e w om en’s tennis team could be forgiven for overlooking the ir m a tch u p with No. 65 Illinois today.

But af ter coming off a two- m atch losing s t reak against a pa ir of inferior opponents, no o n e on th e I r i s h s q u a d expects th a t to happen.

“I th in k w e ’ll be well p r e ­pa red for Illinois,” Irish coach Jay Louderback said. “At this p o i n t in t h e s e a s o n , we un d ers tan d how dangerous it is to lo o k p a s t a n y o ne

m a tch .”While the Irish have s t ru g ­

gled in r e c e n t lo sses to Air Force and P u rd u e , the lllini will be w rapp ing up w ha t has been a tough road trip during w h ic h t h e y d r o p p e d s ix s tra igh t matches.

N otre D ame hopes to push th a t s t reak to seven, but both t e a m s h a v e m a t c h e d up equa lly in te rm s of com m on opponents this year. Both the I r ish a n d th e lllini e m erg ed v ic to rious over Illinois S tate a n d M ic h ig a n , w h i le b o th schools d ro p p ed decisions to P u r d u e , I n d i a n a , N o r t h Carolina and Tennessee.

With th a t kind of parity evi-

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