Campus News:
Those of you that park in Green Field on football weekends will have to find a new place to park in the future. The Marie J. DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts will occupy the south end of what will become "DeBartolo Quad." The center will house 5 different venues. A 900 seat concert hall is the largest of the five. The main stage theater will have a capacity of 350. (This will replace Washington Hall.) A 200 seat cinema with stadium seating will be included amongst these live stages. The smallest rooms are a 100 seat student theater and a choral hall that holds 100. The $51 million project will apparently begin this spring as an outer fenceline will go up surrounding the work area. The construction will take several years and is expected to open in 2002 or 2003. The total area will be 126,000 gross feet squared. It will be 100 feet tall, like the height of the new press box. The architect is Norman Pfeiffer of Los Angeles.
The Observer had a recent article that expounded on the 4 students arrested at Denny's that was mentioned in last week's news. It has been posted.
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
The Gipp is always willing to lend a helping hand, especially if it involves free drinks. Every once in a while, the Boat Club will give a free shot to anyone who helps them move their kegs from storage into the bar. A couple of enterprising Fisher Hall lads volunteered to help one evening. When they brought the first keg to the bar, no one was really paying attention to them, so they headed into storage and grabbed another. (The Gipp agrees - two free shots are better than one.) However, when they brought the second keg to the bar, management was still nowhere to be found. So the boys did what any self-respecting Domer would do. They flagged a cab and slipped the two kegs quickly into the trunk. Knowing that cabs never have any problem getting on campus, they knew they'd be able to drive the treasure right to their front door. Now the Gipp knows to look behind the giant F when he needs a study break.
Hall Notes:
Last week news was dropped on Vermin Brian "Slimmer" Miller '98. It's only fitting that this week be his older brother, Matthew "Slim" Miller '94.
After graduation Slim drove south to Lake Charles, Louisiana as a charter member of the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE). That was followed by a jaunt east to Atlanta where the Emory University School of Law was beckoning. After cleaning house in Georgia, Slim headed back west to his present location in Kansas City where he is an associate with Shook, Hardy, & Bacon. Business litigations defense is his primary focus. When Slim isn't suing the pants off any curvaceous young vixens, he's chillin' in a newly purchased phat crib, and waiting impatiently for Bob Davie to be fired.
NDSportscenter:
The men's basketball team has advanced to the NIT Final Four at Madison Square Garden. They face Penn State on ESPN at 9 pm EST on Tuesday. After the Irish win they will play Thursday on ESPN at 7 pm EST. The Irish have won 21 games so far. The last 20+ win season was '89. The Domers have also won 16 home games, the most since '82-'83.
The NIT Final Four was reached after a 64-52 victory over BYU. The Cougar faithful complained about not having the game at home. Their RPI was at 46 to our 64. Then again NIT Board Member Frank McLaughlin calls the shots and he was a former Irish assistant. BYU also moaned that they could draw 17,000 to 22,000 in attendance to our 9,000. I say they only had that many because they counted all their wives.
The woman's basketball team lost to Texas Tech 69-65 in the Sweet 16. They started the game up 17 to 0 but fell apart with turnovers.
Despite the rejuvination of the men's basketball program, attendance rose only just over 400 per game. This year's average attendance was 8,713. Last season's record low average was 8,290.
Coach Doherty is busy off the hardwood as well as on. He is in pursuit of point guard Martell Bailey of Westinghouse High School in Chicago. Word on the street, though, is that he plans to stay close to home. Hopefully Murphy, the post-season NIT run, and numerous games on national television can convince him otherwise. One scholarship is available this spring.
DePaul is rumored to be a possible future opponent. Apparently the old rivalry is trying to be rekindled. Too bad it most likely will not happen until after Murph and The Q are pros.
A recent Observer article was written directly to Murphy imploring him to stay. It, too, has been posted.
NIT Update:
The Irish will take the court versus BYU tonight, Wednesday March 22nd. Tipoff is at 9 pm EST and the game is being carried on ESPN.
Campus News:
Boy, did things get ugly for some unfortunate students. Late Sunday February 27th four students were put in police custody for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest at a Denny's north of campus. Their crime?.....Accidentally knocking over a sign. The students had entered the establishment and bumped into a sign in the waiting area. A police officer employed by the restaurant saw the students committing a horrible crime. As they tried to put the sign back up he approached them and asked if they were stealing it. From there the fit hit the shan.
The one male in the group of four was handcuffed, yes, HANDCUFFED! The females asked why he was put into custody. Instead of receiving answers they were given the lovely parting gift of pepper spray. The females were then arrested and one had her nose bloodied as her head was knocked against a car.
The chief of police said three of the four arrests were justified. The females had become "violent" and were supposedly "kicking, scratching, spitting," and even attempting to bite. (Gee, I wonder why.) Three were released on $100 bonds later that night and one was let go in the morning. (A night in the clink for....NOTHING!)
The county prosecutor did not press charges. The viewing of the Denny's surveillance tape showed that the initial arrest was "clearly unjustified." The other three were dismissed as they were a result of the police blunder. Two officers were in on the act and were employed by Denny's. The key word there is "were." They got canned.
The bigger question the community is addressing is....what was the REAL reason why this occurred? Was it racially motivated? The four students were black.
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
The Gipp thought that the most exciting thing to happen in O'Neill Hall all year was the King of Mardis Gras contest. Wrong again. There's a guy in O'Neill Hall who's kind of anal about having other people in his loft. After some post-finals celebration last semester, the roommate of the boy thought it would be funny to take some pictures of kids in the forbidden bed. But it wasn't enough to take some pictures of a bunch of giddy drunk boys sitting on the bed. Instead, the young men staged a shot of a lad with his face down on the bed and his bare butt addressing the camera. Once the kids all got back from break, the roommate showed the anal boy the compromising pictures. He was not happy. So, one day the roommate came back to the room, only to find human feces in his bed, care of his roommate, who had defecated in a bag and personally made the deposit in revenge for the pictures. According to our tipper, "The two have since reconciled and admitted the error of their ways....Word is, though, that the owner of the tainted bed shall be costumed as Mr. Hankey [the bedtime poo] at this year's Mardi Gras King Contest at O'Neill Hall."
Hall Notes:
Brian "Slimmer" Miller has been busy since graduation. I'll just let him tell you...
"Graduated 1998 with Phinance degree (special phunked out, phreaky course of study offered only to those with proper soul & skillz). Passed up Wall Street for the secluded hamlet of Syracuse, NY and a job in Lockheed Martin's Leadership Development Program for 11 months.
Was selected to go to Lockheed Martin's Corporate HQ in DC for a one-year rotation as part of the training program I'm on, moved in early June of 1999. Currently working in the Global Treasury Cash Management group, in charge of forecasting the cash flows and short-term debt load for the entire company. I also assist on the daily cash desk, funding all our bank accounts worldwide and moving several hundred million dollars daily.
Currently looking at job opportunities to extend my stay in DC (love it here). Will likely begin grad school unless I can put it off longer...and those who know me know that I can put just about anything off much, much longer than the average bear."
Slimmer also served as the "worst man" in Paul Lewis' wedding, was the P.R. Director of VERMINAPALOOZA '99, and recently completed a motorcycle jump threw a flaming hoop over 87 buses to earn the title "Slimmer Knievel: The Next Generation."
NDSportscenter:
The men's basketball team pimped Xavier and told Skip to get on the bus. They advance to the final 8 and play Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. Check back daily and we will try to update the game.
The women's basketball team came out in green jerseys on St. Patrick's Day and defeated San Diego in the first round of the NCAA tournament. They then destroyed George Washington 95-60 in the second round. The next victim is the winner of the Tulane-Texas Tech game.
The men's hockey team fell to Michigan State 4-0 to end their season. They also came out in green jerseys on March 17th, but had no luck.
For those who have not heard, a new Athletic Director has been found. Kevin White was previously the athletic director at Arizons State, where he has toiled for the last four years. White went to St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana (70 miles from ND) as an undergrad. He received his masters in athletic administration from Central Michigan and his doctorate in education from Southern Illinois. In White's first two years at ASU he turned a $3 million deficit into a $1 million surplus while increasing the budget 22%. He also took ASU from #23 to #12 in the Sears Director's Cup ranking of overall athletic success. ASU is on its way to a top 10 finish this year. The 49 year old White, who takes over in mid-April, was also the AD at Tulane, the University of Maine, and Loras College. In addition to that, he served on numerous NCAA committees. It has been pointed out by some that the ND AD job is the best possible AD job. The key aspect is that the AD here does not have to raise money. We have a separate development office that takes care of that.
Troy Murphy was named 1st team All American and Big East Player of the Year after averaging 23 ppg and 10.5 rpg. He was the first player to ever lead the league in points and rebounds in the same season. The only other sophomore to earn Player of the Year honors was (Slimmer, say it with me) Chris Mullin....Alicia Ratay of the women's team was named Rookie of the Year in the Big East....Junior Ruth Riley became the first Domer ever to be named 1st team All American. She was also the Defensive Player of the Year in the Big East.
NIT Update:
So now the Irish WILL play on ESPN. Who ever is in charge ain't too bright. Game time has changed to 7 pm and it will be carried on ESPN on Monday, March 20th.
NIT update:
The men's team advanced to the second round and will play Xavier on Monday at 7:30 pm EST. ESPN is only carrying one NIT game that night from 7 pm to 9 pm EST. Looks like the Irish will not be telecast nationally. Flip channels anyway in case they decide to make a change.
Campus News:
The University is pursuing a lawsuit against several companies involved in design and construction of the stadium expansion. During the very first game in the new stadium there was excessive flooding of water and sewage. Various joints have failed prematurely, causing leakage and damage "as well as concerns about the structural integrity of the stadium" according to the lawsuit. Railing has rusted prematurely due to moisture problems from leakage that apparently could have been avoided with membranes in joints. In December of '99 it was discovered that contractors had used different grout than that specified in installing railing and posts. Obviously the University believes corners were cut. These were not MAJOR issues, though. The overall structural integrity of the renovated stadium was the only thing that needed to pass inspection by the County Building Department. It passed. So everything else was believed to be fine.
The architect, Ellerbe Becket Inc, is being sued for failing to design a water system with sufficient volume and pressure, for designing an inadequate sanitary sewer, and for failing to determin whether the sewage system was capable of draining the necessary amount of water and sewage. Also named in the suit are Casteel Construction Corp. (construction management firm and general contractor), Ideal Consolidated Inc. (plumbing and mechanical), and National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford (the surety on a written performance bond).
Supposedly the University is attempting to reach and argeement outside of court so it does not have to be taken to trial. No parties would comment on the situation.
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
The Bonehead Maneuver of the Week award goes to four off-campus seniors in Turtle Creek. No explanation needed here, just can the first paragraph of the letter they found upon returning from winter break: "Dear residents: During our program to replace smoke alarm batteries, furnace filters, and general property inspection, stolen property was found in your apartment. Namely a Turtle Creek South street sign." Ah, to be young again....bravo, boys!
Hall Notes:
Here is another Classic Moment in Vermin History as told by Kevin Coskren '94....
*Freshman year (Room 204). Stan Tuholski ('94). Drunk off his ass on a Wednesday (I think) night. Iceberg debates going on downstairs on first floor. Stan begins a tirade about how much he HATES iceberg debates, stomping on the floor and throwing beer cans. Several beers later, there's a knock at our door. It's Father Sullivan (Rector). Stan (shirtless) opens the door with beer in hand.
Stan: "Hey, Father, what's going on?"
Fr. Sullivan (horns showing): "Stan, what the hell are you doing?"
Stan (slurring heavily): "I'm ruining Iceberg debates!"
Fr. Sullivan (dumbfounded): "I know you are, so shut up!"
Stan: "Yes sir"
Stan pulls KP for a week, whatever that means.
You'll be happy to know that Stan now builds buildings and bridges in Northern California.
Vermin Unite, or , rearranged, Vermin untie
SINcerley,
Kevin Coskren
NDSportscenter:
The men's basketball team plays Michigan on Wednesday in the JACC. The game is on ESPN at 9 pm EST. Continue to check for updated game times after we win.
The women's basketball plays on Friday, St. Patrick's Day. They are the #2 seed in the Mideast region and host the first two rounds. We play San Diego (17-12) on Friday and then the next victim will be defeated on Sunday. The San Diego game may possibly be on TV at 8 or 9 pm EST. Flip channels.
The hockey team made it to the CCHA final four at Joe Louis Arena for the first time since 1982. We play Michigan State on Friday, March 17 at 8:30 pm EST.
Two Letters to the Editor for the Observer have been posted concerning the abuse that has been delivered to the student that threw the water bottle.
Last weekend were the finals of the 70th annual Bengal Bouts. A bit of controversy occurred before the fights even began. A sophomore was not allowed to fight because it was discovered he had a prior boxing background going back 7 or 8 years. The University cringed because of the "L" word - LIABILITY. Therefore he was banned because it was feared he would hurt someone. In boxing? Someone get hurt? Nooooo. That can't be right. Nevermind the fact that when he fought freshman year he made a point of allowing all but one fight go the distance. And the one that did not go the distance was called with 10 seconds to go. In that bout the freshman made a point of sticking to the body and specifically NOT hurting his opponent.
A special guest was also at the Bengal Bout finals. Muhammad Ali made the trip down from his nearby home in Michigan and was ringside for the event.
Here's yet another story you won't hear about on ESPN....'99 grad and hockey standout Benoit Cotnoir will be spending his off season from the Mobile Mysticks of the East Coast hockey league on a cross country bicycle trip. He and 50 others will be a part of Bike Aid and will travel 3,600 miles this summer. The 9 week trek is hoping to raise awareness about social issues like racism. The bikers will pedal roughly 75 miles a day for 6 days. On the seventh days they will engage in any community service they can get their hands on.
Campus News:
A recent item was announced by the Student Senate's Committee on Social Space. Students will be surveyed and afterwhich a plan will be created to either remodel LaFortune or build a new student center. This is the first time the University has consulted students on a building. Of course the actual work will not be carried out for 4 or 5 years. Expect the new student center to possibly have a restaurant with table service, a department store, a bowling alley, and a bar or lounge.
The Hayes-Healy-Hurley building is near completion of interior renovations. The building was gutted out completely and is being adapted for new dwellers. It will now house the math department and international studies.
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
One undergrad reports that her philo TA not only asked her to go to grad-student parties with him, but also gave her one of the only good grades in the class when she wrote about the sex topic he suggested. On top of this, he once told her to hope that hers was one of the last exams he graded. When she asked why, he explained that it's not what you write in the paper - it's where your paper lands in the paper pile. He added that some TA paper grading happens during drinking bouts with other TAs - and as the alcohol takes hold, the grades get more generous. The Gipp now understands how he managed to pull an "A" in Brit Lit without reading more than a few pages of BEOWULF all semester.
(Editor's note: In the subsequent Scholastic the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Philosophy called for people to rat this guy out. Rat? Yip. Sounds like Vermin to me.)
Hall Notes:
Last week's notes focused on a recent alum. This week's turn to a chap who was a senior when I was a freshman. Kevin Coskren left the shadow of the Dome with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was back briefly in the Bend in '96 when we wed Elizabeth Magness (SMC '94) at the Basilica. Then it was back to complete his MS program in Meteorology at UW-Madison. "Mutha" (a.k.a. Kevin) officially became a Television Broadcast Meteorologist (a.k.a. Rain Man) in '97. Those of you in the LaCrosse, WI area may have caught a glimpse of the weathermin on WKBT-TV8. (Oh, I didn't spell it wrong. It's "weathermin." As is "weather(ver)min.") Last year Wisconsin was abandoned for a present stint in Lincoln, Nebraska on KLKN-TV8, where every telecast is signed off with "Alibeeba, Alibaba, Alibeebalababalabo Vermin! Vermin! Rah! Rah! Rah!......Zahm sucks."
NDSportscenter:
The men's basketball team plays Rutgers in the first round of the Big East tournament at 7:30 EST on ESPN 2 (I believe).
The men's basketball team beat Georgetown 77-54 in the regular season finale. They are the #7 seed in the Big East tourney. Six teams could possibly go to The Dance from the Big East so they will have to do some damage in this tune-up tourney.
So if you saw the men's basketball game you know about the students throwing things on the court. There is one article clipped from The Observer concerning that as well as two Letters to the Editor. The Bulls' Jerry Krause was even at the game. In fact as many as 10 NBA scouts were at one game to see Murphy and others in action.
The student that threw the water bottle has supposedly had to have 3 RAs guard his door and they've had to escort dozens of people out of his dorm. Word is his name was posted on the net. Rumor even has it that his roommate moved the thrower's stuff out of their room. Also his family has apparently received death threats.
Of course the media always reports the dirt on college athletics, but rarely do they highlight the good deeds that are done by student- athletes. Three football players appeared at a book fair for the community recently to encourage children to read. The Letter to the Editor thanking the players has been posted.
Jarious reportedly did fine at the NFL combine. Not great, but not terrible. He's being asked if he's willing to play other positions. Not a lot of interest otherwise. Lamont Bryant faired worse. He suffered a hip flexor during the combine and was out of action.
The women's swimming and diving team recently captured their fourth straight Big East title with their highest Big East point total ever. The men's team took second behind Shittsburgh.
Six recruits have committed to play for the men's soccer team. This is possibly the best class ever recruited. The team is now led by former assistant Chris Apple in the wake of Coach Berticelli's passing. The four year assistant head coach has been named the interim coach for the 2000 season.
Derrick Mayes re-signed with the Seattle Seahawks for 3 years at a reported $9 million. Last year Mayes has 62 catches for 829 yards and 10 touchdowns. Tim Ruddy has re-signed with the Miami Dolphins for an additional 5 years. Rick Mirer was picked up by the San Francisco 49ers. Ron Powlus was basically signed to a "minor league" contract by the Philadelphia Eagles. They have the rights to him as he plays in NFL Europe this spring.
Campus News:
Days before the February 4th Palm Beach, FL meeting of the Board of Trustees, a letter was received from more than 50 alums criticizing the structure of the athletic department, Wadsworth, and Beauchamp. The Observer piece on that, titled "Alumni Support Resignation," has been posted. Also, the search committee for the new athletic director has been found. An article on that is also at your disposal.
After 15 years of research and development, the University opened it's Center for Nanoscience and Technology last November. Nanosciences are those on a molecular level and can involve engineers, biologists, and chemists. Nanoelectronics involve the study of molecule-sized elements in things such as digital applications and computer chips. The University was the first to demonstrate the first real nanodevice, a prototype of a quantum-dot cell that validated the proposed operating principles.
Huh? What the hell does that mean? I don't know nuthin'. I just work here. All I can say is "my cat's breath smells like cat food."
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
A group of girls studying abroad were spending some quiet time in their London flat when they heard some groaning out on their balcony. One of the women went to the window to explore the situation when what to wondering eyes should appear but a middle-aged man relieving his sexual repression at their expense. She screams. He moans and runs, leaving behind a mirror, which he'd been using to get a better view of the girls through their half-closed drapes. Fingerprints on the mirror gave the bobbies a good lead in an attempt to track down the old wanker and keep our Londoners safe from catching a repeat performance.
Hall Notes:
Last week's edition was a blast from the past. This week some news on a youngblood....
Vermin Chad Green graduated '99 and went coastal as he started an MS program at Stanford in Civil Engineering. (1/2 prop for my fellow Civil and 1/2 prop for Stanford grad school for a total of 1 prop.) Mr. Green is in a program called DCI, Design/Construction Integration. "The Glove" (a.k.a. Chad) is primarily in the structural program, but DCI requires some courses in Construction Management. "Jeremy" (a.k.a. "The Glove") will finish up in only a year and receive his MS this June. Further research and a PhD have been shelved in favor of a job in structural design, construction engineering, or urban planning. (Civil engineering rules and if you're not down with that I've got two words for ya....)
I hope those of you that ordered and received your Vermin wear were pleased with your purchases. The shorts were phat and the sweatshirts were stellar. I'll do my best to contact the Carroll representative in the Fall next year so y'all can have 2 cracks at buying - one per semester, hopefully.
NDSportscenter:
The #5 women's basketball team lost by 18 to #1 UCONN. They were within 6 with less than 5 minutes to go but couldn't stop the Husky offense. The men's team fell at Miami, 55-52. After blowing a 12 point lead it looks like the NIT is on the horizon unless the Irish win the Big East tournament. Don't hold your breath, though, as we have yet to win a tourney game since joining the Big East. Reminder: Syracuse comes to the JACC on Wednesday and the game will by on ESPN at 9pm EST.
One alum was quite in favor of Wadsworth's dismissal and he was quite vocal. Check out his scathing Letter to the Editor on the Articles page.
Two scholarships remain for this upcoming football season. Supposedly two senior walk-ons will be recipients for the 2000 campaign. A recent posting on an ND football internet message board brought to light the issue of walk-ons receiving scholarships. A roommate of a past walk-on made the point of stating that we always have leftover scholarships and those go to senior walk-ons that have toughed it out for 3 previous years. So the NCAA punishment basically did nothing to the football program and instead deprived 2 Domers of scholarships. Thanks, NCAA.
The fencing team recently defeated Penn State 13-11 in a regular season match-up. Penn State has won the national title the last 4 years while the Irish have come in second at least 3 of those years (I think). A championship re-match again looks to be in the future.
Since this is no longer solely an athletic decision, and more of and administrative decision, here's the breakdown of possible future athletic directors...
Mike Bobinski, a '70s Domer, is the current AD at Xavier. He pitched for the Irish in his student-athlete days and worked in the ND ticket office for 5 years before the Xavier gig.
Rick Chryst '83 is the current commissioner of the Mid-American Conference. He has a law degree from Duke and previously worked in the Southwestern and Atlantic Coast Conferences.
Joel Maturi '67 is the present athletic director for Miami of Ohio. He has already spoken out about interest in the job.
Bob Minniz is the associate AD at Florida State. He's also a former NCAA enforcement official. He played football for the Irish from '67 to '71 under Ara.
Steve Orsini, the fullback from the '77 National Championship team, works with the assistant AD at Georgia Tech and has also spent time in the management of the Dallas Cowboys.
A linebacker from '73 to '76, Gene Smith is now the Iowa State AD. Prior to that he served as the AD at Eastern Michigan.
Kit Morris was the executive director of the Knight Commission (that Monk spoke of) on Intercollegiate Athletics from '89 to '96. That reform commission was co-chaired by Hesburgh. The graduated from the University of Mississippi and was the AD at Davidson College and the associate AD at Yale and Harvard. He has worked with the 8 major conference commissioners and has business experience with NIKE.
Another possible candidate is already under the Golden Dome. Melissa Conboy '82 has been in the ND athletic department since '87. She was the assistant AD until '92 after which she was promoted to associate AD. (Associate AD, by the way, is basically the vice president. Her parking spot is adjacent to Wadsworth's.) She was a hoopster ('79-'82) and currently administers women's basketball, hockey, and volleyball. She also oversees tennis and soccer.
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
The Gipp had an interesting cab experience on the way home from the bars this past weekend. The cabbie felt like sharing and told the Gipp that he'd spent some time in jail with Ozzy Osbourne in the state pen. Apparently, he and Ozzy smoked a few doobies together, right there in the jail cell, and Richard Nixon had to come down to get Ozzy out of jail. The cab driver explained that they were there on a murder charge, but they got off - they had just been at the wrong place at the wrong time. He offered the Gipp some "green stuff," but the Gipp politely declined.
Hall Notes:
Thanks to an old school Vermin, Chris Fillio '90, those of us that are wet behind the ears can be privy to a Classic Moment in Vermin history as written by Sean Donnelly....
There must also be a wealth of Carroll Haunted House stories out there in Vermin Land.
I remember Sean-Dog describing the Touchy-Feely tunnel to the freshman explaining "What you touch and feel...who knows."
I'll start off with an ever popular Fieno story.
During my tenure at ND 89-93 we acquired at a yearly basis a new toy for the haunted house, like the brilliant chainsaw with the display cardboard intend of a blade to scare the crap out of the girls from Lyons and get us all goofy on carbon monoxide.
Anyway, senior year we had the kitchen set up as a sort of ghoulish kitchen of horrors thing and I was suffocating under a sheet while Matty Jachim pulled gummy worms from my abdomen and accidentally (so he claims) touched my nads.
Fieno had a cordless drill with no bit in it that he would stick into people's heads like he was going to drill a hole in ya'. He had brought it special back from October break from his Bernie's construction company (Bernie Fieno pissing on the truck tire out in the little lot between Carroll and D6 is another good story for another day).
It was pretty effective, particularly on the freshman girls who squealed either with mirthful terror or the touch of John Xavier Fieno's knowing hands. Unfortunately about 3/4 of the way through the night Fien-Dog did his trick on a girl with some beautiful long brown hair that unfortunately became part of Bernie Fieno's drill when John tried the trick again.
Everything kind of came to a screeching halt and we had to redirect the haunted housers around the kitchen and then scour the dorm for an electrical engineer (it was Lexa, we couldn't find Vern) to disassemble the drill so the young lady could be freed. It took about half an hour and she wasn't going anywhere and her three friends stuck around so it was a good chance to meet and hit on some young, impressionable and (and this is the important part) helpless young woman.
There is an interesting epilogue here.
Fieno got this girl's phone number (Go Fien-Dog) on the pretense of calling her to make sure she was okay or something (it was bullsh!t but beautiful). He disappeared before the haunted house was over and no one could find him all week. Rumor had it that he was getting some hoochie from this girl and spending his evenings over in her room. We did see her in Carroll a couple of times after that but I don't think it lasted into the spring.
That poor freshman. Just a notch in Fieno's bedstead.
All because she became entangled in Fieno's DRILL.
NDSportscenter:
Big wins for the hoops teams this weekend. Troy Murphy had 35 and led the Irish to a 76-74 win at Seton Hall. David Graves hit the game winner with 0.3 seconds remaining. The #5 women's team beat #8 Rutgers on the road 78-74 in overtime. Ruth Riley had 26 as did freshman Alicia Ratay who hit two 3-pointers and 2 free throws in the last 30 seconds of regulation to send the game into OT.
Make a note: Men's basketball on Saturday, Feb. 26 vs. Miami on ESPN at 7 PM EST. Men's basketball on Wednesday, Mar. 1 vs. Syracuse in the JACC on ESPN at 9 PM EST.
Some of you may have heard about the chants that came out of the student section during the Uconn game last week. Five new articles are provided on the subject.
Football notes...Tony Driver and Brock Willimas are back on the team for winter conditioning and spring ball.....Apparently freshman place kicker Nick Setta is an all around athlete as he supposedly competes on the track team in the 4 x 100 relay and the high jump.....Injury/ Surgery off-season update: 3 arch injuries; 5 MCL tears; NO ACL tear; 6 knee cartilage repairs; and 5 shoulder repairs.....Some of the M*A*S*H list: junior DE Ryan Roberts had back surgery and is out for the spring and possibly fall; junior OL Sean Mahan had shoulder surgery and his spring may be limited; senior DT Andy Wisne also had shoulder surgery and is questionable for the spring; junior OT Jordan Black had knee and shoulder problems and is 50-50 for spring ball; and sophomore CB Albert Pooree had some knee cartilage repaired and should be ready for the spring.....This year had the most surgeries of any year seen by the doc since he's been here.
The hockey team has a bright future ahead. Four current and future ND players were among the top 160 players on the NHL Scouting Service rankings for young players, the most from any of the 12 teams in the CCHA. The four are freshman defenseman Evan Nielsen, freshman center Connor Dunlop, freshman right wing Michael Chin, and freshman-to-be Neil Komadoski, a top defensiveman rated 51st overall.
Campus News:
The 155th University commencement will be held on Sunday, May 21. The keynote speaker will be Kofi Annan, the secretary-general of the United Nations. It was reported that Annan receives letter from hundreds of universities and ND beat everyone else out. His speaking is even more significant when one realizes he's actually only in the country 50% of the time, and that's usually in New York at U.N. headquarters.
Fisher Hall and Cushing Hall are undergoing remodeling. What's the significance of that? Nothing really. Just that my company is doing the structural engineering design on the project. Plans are also on the horizon to convert Carroll into a co-ed dorm. Wait....It already is. Nevermind.
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
Shortly before winter break and after a night on the town, a group of rabble-rousers return to campus in a cab. Unable to make the obligatory two-buck payment, one of these rapscallions darts out of the taxi and sprints to the refuge of Reckers, a safe haven where he can hide among other students. The taxi driver, desperate for his two dollars, chases the boy halfway to Reckers, leaving his cab running. Big mistake. The other carousers are left behind, the cab is still running, and one adventurous Saint Mary's gal convinces her Notre Dame buddy to take shotgun as she gets behind the wheel. They drive away, creating enough of a diversion to get the Reckers refugee off the hook. But Bonnie and Clyde only get as far as the bookstore parking lot before realizing that they're committing a felony. Because of their proper upbringing, they scrupulously choose to leave the car there and escape through West Quad.
Hall Notes:
Here's the word on the dorm rectors and assistant rectors courtesy of the current dorm president, sophomore Bob LeBlanc...
Father Al is gone as of this year and is believe to be at Moreau Seminary on the north end of campus just south of Douglas. Father Thomas is also out of the dorm and supposedly in Corby. Father Mike left a year before them and lives in Corby and is still teaching. The current rector is Domer Brian Coughlin. He's a young fellas (26 or 27, I think) that was Grace's president back in the day. He works in the converted offices of Grace and teaches a theology class. One assistant rector is Shawn O'Brien, a Domer who's back on campus attending law school. Also in residence is Father Mike Connors.
NDSportscenter:
In case you haven't heard, Wadsworth has resigned. He will apparently finish out his 5 year contract, but he was basically done as of last Monday. Monk wished to restructure the administration of the athletic department and both he and Wadsworth agreed a fresh start was needed. No names have surfaced for a successor. Expect an announcement in late spring or early summer. Beauchamp is also out. He will retain his title but will move out of athletics for good after 13 years at his post. The new athletic director will report solely to Monk. Malloy will be involved in every fundamental decision, including hirings and firings of coaches. Monk cites the early '90s Knight Commission as an issue that caused this change. That report on collegiate athletics supposedly called for a more prominent role of the university president in athletics. Some of the things accomplished under Wadsworth's reign were the addition of 22 scholarships for women's sports, 35 Academic All Americans, joining Stanford as the only university in the top 20 rankings in academics and athletics, and the addition of women's lacrosse and crew.
The timing of this is interesting as it obviously revolved around football. The decision was made less than a week after signing day and the downfall of the program was Wadsworth's big negative.
We worked uconn AGAIN, 68-66! The JACC was rockin'. Doherty didn't have to tell the students to rush the floor this time. The ushers tried to hold them back, key word being "tried." They even placed Doherty up upon their shoulders. The students treated Khalid El-Amin a tad differently. Chants of "Bastard children" were directed at the uconn bench. Eeeeeaaaasssyyyy fellas. Keep it fair.
Recruiting wrap-up...Supposedly the #7 class according to Tom Lemming. We got 7 of his top 100 (#17, #20, #25, #48, #61, #62, #94). We had 3 of the 11 on Lemming's All-Defensive Team, but one will most likely be a receiver for us. To sum up the class in one word - SPEED. It was drastically increased at WR, DB, and QB.
Write this down: ND basketball vs. Seton Hall on Saturday, Feb. 19 on ESPN at 9 PM EST.
We added a link called BROADCAST which will allow you to listen to any ND basketball game or football game via the web.
Campus News:
Brian Zelizo '97 from St. Ed's Hall passed away last weekend. He was hit by a cab in New York and fell into a coma from severe head trauma. Surgery accomplished little. He was taken off of life support on January 29th.
Legislation was signed on December 9, 1999 honoring University president emeritus Father Theodore Hesburgh with the Congressional Gold Medal. The Medal honored Hesburgh's work in religion, higher education, and civil rights. It is the highest award given by the U.S. government to a civilian. Hesburgh, 82, arrived at Notre Dame in 1934 and has had an unparalleled career. He was a charter member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights which was established in 1957. He chaired the Commission from 1969-1972. Lyndon Johnson bestowed the Medal of Freedom to Hesburgh in 1964. Father helped organize a meeting of 58 world class scientists in Vatican City in 1982 about the elimination of nuclear weapons. Hesburgh was the University president until 1987, a mere 35 years. He's received 141 honorary degrees in his lifetime, a world record. I believe he currently is a member of the U.S. Institute of Peace Board. The Gold Medal ceremony will be in the spring or early summer. Since 1776 over 250 people have received the award with the most recent being Rosa Parks.
Campus Watch By the Gipper from Scholastic:
A tipper was doing her laundry in the basement of Lewis when she realized she had run out of soap. Instead of hiking all the way back to her room, she decided to take a scoop from somebody who had left a box of detergent in her laundry basket. Well, surprise, surprise, the tipper found not only a stain stick and the laundry soap in the box, but also an object the Gipp will refer to simply as a personal pleasure device, decorated in leopard print. Enough said.
Hall Notes:
'95 Vermin Jake May popped the question on New Year's Eve to Maria Culcasi '97. Maria is the younger sister of die-hard Vermin Phil Culcasi '95. Jake currently works for Abbott Labs in Dallas, Texas designing medical products. Maria is enrolled in a joint MBA and Master of Fine Arts program at Southern Methodist University. The wedding is planned for the summer of 2001 with a location to be determined. Jake is also contemplating law school in the near future. No word yet on the Vermin to be in the wedding.
NDSportscenter:
More sad news. Mike Berticelli, the men's soccer coach, died of a heart attack at the age of 48. The attack was linked to a congenital defect. He had been the head coach for the past 10 years.
Even more sad news...I recently heard that Sheldon Fink '94, a past student-manager for the women's soccer team, was driving to South Bend from Chicago for Berticell's funeral and was hit by a semi and died. Horrible, horrible week for the Notre Dame Family.
Joe Montana will be a member of the class of 2000 for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Joe was the 82nd pick in the '79 draft. In his 16 year career he was league MVP 4 times and Super Bowl MVP 3 times. He appeared in 8 Pro Bowls, led 31 4th quarter comebacks, and holds 8 Super Bowl records. Montana made the most memorable pass in NFL history in the '82 NFC Championship game. Dwight Clark made "The Catch" in the 28-27 victory.
Troy Murphy scored 30 points and grabbed 18 rebounds versus #23 St. John's last weekend. He surpassed 1,000 points and had led the Irish to victories over 3 ranked teams in one year for the first time since the '91-'92 season. Murphy is the 40th player in ND history to surpass 1,000 points. The St. John's game marked the first sellout (11,418) in 2 years. In that game Jimmy Dillon dunked AND converted the 3-point play to produce the most excitement in the JACC since our own Mr. Mullarkey hit a half court shot to win a gift certificate for the Varity Shop. After the game Doherty waved to the student body to rush the court. Rush it they did. Murphy was uninjured in the stampede and did not have to use the insurance policy that he and his family took out on his body for $2.5 million. (True!) Another recent victim of the Irish was West Virginia on Wednesday. We were down by 17 at one point and came back and won by 15 thanks to only 12 turnovers and stellar contribution from everyone but Murphy who only scored 2 points in the second half. The Irish then fell to Pittsburgh 72-66 and blew a golden opportunity to climb to 4th place in the Big East.
We ended up with 18 recruits. We had 16 verbals going into signing day. (An article has been included with a breakdown on the 16.) The 2 we got on signing day were heralded QB Carlyle Holiday (6'3", 200 lbs) from San Antonio, TX (who Tom Lemming had as the 48th best overall player) and QB Abram Elam (6'1", 197 lbs) who chose us over Georgia Tech and will likely become a DB if his shot at QB doesn't work out. Recruiting wrap-up next week.
Campus News:
Sophomore Sibs has been cancelled. Not just for this year, but for ever. Joe Cassidy, head of the Office of Student Activities, made the call. Apparently there were no specific incidents that led to this, but rather a series of issues supposedly equal in nature. Attendance was mentioned as it only consisted of a few hundred children. Cassidy said the presence of the sibs caused other students to be "disgruntled" and that 10 to 15 sibs per dorm would "affect 150 to 350 students whose social life for an entire weekend was impacted." (Hey, Joe....get on the bus.) It was also mentioned that it was unfair to sibs from far off states. (I suspect JPW will be cancelled as that is unfair to parents from far off states. Buster.) Another reason was liability and underage drinking. Joe said this was no larger a factor than the others. (I believe the phrase is "playin' yourself.") Obviously students and sibs were upset. Twelve year old Daniel D'Amore said, "I am sad because it would have been fun to spend the time with my sister because she's cooler than my parents."
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
Being that most college-age males like porn and aren't ashamed to share it, the Gipp figures that it won't be a surprise to anybody that the football players send porn to each other via e-mail. A tipper verified that he received a forwarded e-mail, containing links to porn sites, that had been sent to several members of the football team. Many young men on this campus, the Gipp not necessarily included, will argue that they need porn because the girls on campus are too pure and pious to satisfy their biological needs. But perhaps the boys aren't the only ones on this campus who are sick of piousness and using alternative methods to satisfy thier needs. Stay tuned for next week's trip to Lewis Hall...
Hall Notes:
Here's some news of an over seas Vermin. Bill "Boo Yaa" Edwards '96 is currently in the Army and stationed in Bosnia. This is a bit better than his last deployment to Kuwait. Prior to Bosnia Boo Yaa was stationed in Savannah, Georgia for 3 years. Marriage is on the horizon in Atlanta as the Army will be kicked to the curb in May. I was able to contact Boo Yaa via the internet. Yeah, the Army + Bosnia + the internet = surprised me. Bill's making mad cash which is tax FREE. There's also extra pay and not a dime is spent. I mean, really, how many goats does a guy need?
NDSportscenter:
Recruiting season is almost over. February 2 is the signing day. Recruit #16 is LB Derek Curry (6'2", 220 lb) from Sealy, TX. He's the 4th verbal out of Texas. Curry carries a 3.25 GPA and may also play baseball for the Irish.
Recruiting is a cutthroat business and many schools take a shot at us when they can. Tom Lemming stated schools mentioned the Dunbar scandal and used it against us, specifically Texas, Michigan, and Purdue. In the past Auburn has even asked student-athletes 'Do you want to go to a Catholic school where you have to go to church?'
LaKeysia Beene, Jenny Streiffer, and Kelly Lindsey of the women's soccer team recently played on the U.S. Women's National Team and helped win the Australia Cup. Beene and Streiffer had completed their senior years for soccer in the fall and Lindsey her junior year. They made the National Team as the original members that won the Women's World Cup are holding out over a salary dispute, including '98 Domer Kate Sobrero.
Three of this year's women's soccer players were named All-Americans: Anne Makinen (2nd team), Jen Grubb (3rd team), and Jenny Streiffer (3rd team). Since '94 ND has 23 All-Americans, more than any other school.
No word on any transfers for the football team. Rumors were a-plenty but Davie has said no one's skipping town. I happened upon an Irish football website message board and saw someone asking for confirmation that Jamaar Taylor was transferring. A very reliable source posted that he was staying. Apparently Jamaar's MOTHER frequents the site as she put forth her two cents.
The newest article of interest centers on an Observer piece that doesn't speak too kindly of Monk and Beauchamp.
Campus News:
A new chairman of the Board of Trustees has reportedly been named. Patrick F. McCartan replaces Andrew J. McKenna. Expect any new building to become the "McCartan Center."
This last week was the first back for the students. They had a whole month off (Dec. 18-Jan.18). Me thinks the University gave a longer break in an effort to stategically place spring break over St. Patrick's Day to avoid the brouhahas of the past.
We've provided two new links. One is the Alumni Class Home Pages. I'm assuming other years are like '97s, which has a guestbook to sign and read. The other link is Irish Online. It's basically a Domer phone book. You can subscribe and get access to the database and search for anyone. You can also get a free alumni email account and have all the email forwarded to your main account. The current emails listed under your names are your old school ones. (Are you old school?)
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
A certain sophomore football player was riding his bike around campus when (whoops!) he rode right into a young woman, knocking her flat on her back. Onlookers say that this member of our fine and honorable football program not only proceeded to ride away without checking the girl's condition, but laughed as he abandoned the scene of the crime. A football player, perched on a bicycle, knocked a girl to the ground and rode away laughing. Now THERE'S a reason to lose hope in the tradition of Notre Dame football.
Hall Notes:
So it was revealed by Bill Hughes '95 that, according to his sources, the Vermin dancing in the reflecting pool described in last week's Hall Notes was none other than.....Bill Hughes '95. Let's see how he matches up with Mr. Busack's description...
Well, Mr. Busack offered a height of 5'11". Bill registers in at about half a foot taller. (Actually it's only 3" but it's more fun to exaggerate.) Curly hair? No, straight as an arrow. Age 19 to 20 and a current student was a bit off...by 8 years. (A lot of people go to school for 7 years....They're called doctors.) As for the weight of 180...well, for the sake of ridicule, let's just say Mr. Busack missed the mark by 30 pounds. Ah, what the hell, 40 pounds. So that's 0 for 4. Kind of reminds me a lot of an Eric Chappell box score from a certain USC game. Ouch.
Mr. Busack shall receive a Vermin Award..."Most Likely To Do Worse Than Stevie Wonder On An Eye Chart."
Bert Berry '97 started for the Indianapolis Colts last week in the divisional game versus Tennessee. He played for an injured Cornelius Bennett at linebacker. Bert had 21 tackles on the year and one sack.
NDSportscenter:
The 10th verbal was TE Billy Palmer (6'4", 255 lbs). He's out of Lake Highland Prep in Orlando, FL and chose us over Michigan, Ohio State, Georgia Tech, and Florida. Billy is the brother of current Florida QB Jesse Palmer. WR Omar Jenkins is verbal #11. The Dallas native is 6'3", 190 lbs and runs a 4.5. Recruit #12 is Preston Jackson a cover corner from Tampa, FL. He clocks inat 4.45 and is a 5'10", 175 pounder. A hoosier out of Fort Wayne, Jovan Witherspoon (6'4", 200 lbs, 4.5), is #13. We beat out Michigan State and Purdue for the 25th best player according to Tom Lemming. Lemming also stated that the 14th player to commit to the Irish is WR Lorenzo Crawford (5'11", 180 lbs, 4.45) out of Paterson, NJ. Finally #15 is Ronnie Rodamer (6'5", 195 lb., 4.5) WR out of Morgantown, WV. He is compared to Randy Moss. Of the 15 recruits, 5 are WRs with heights of 5'11", 6'2", 6'4", 6'4", and 6'5".
Here's a little tale you might find amusing...
Awhile back I attended an Irish hockey game. The men's basketball team was lifting adjacent to the rink in the JACC weight room. After pumping iron they checked out some of the game. Troy Murphy even went up in the stands. Jimmy "Puppy Dog" Dillon quickly scampered up after him. Numerous small children came up for autographs. To Troy, that is. Not-a-one offered pen and paper to Jimmy. However, Dillon did strike it rich after Troy flew the coop. A bespectacled 11 year old girl came sideling by with stars in her eyes. Poor Jimmy.
Odds and ends....
Another on the NCAA violations: of the 14 issues listed, 9 occurred under Davie....clipped an editorial from The Observer about the NCAA investigation titled "Sanctions Change Nothing". On the Article of Interest page....Davie seems to have problems with some players. Joe Ferrer has decided to transfer to a Div. I-AA school instead of returning for a 5th year. An article of interest tells the tale.... the South Bend Tribune replied to the Joe Ferrer piece. That article is included...Only 2 Domers were invited to the NFL combines: Jarious and Lamont....Joe Montana has spearheaded a new football magazine titled "In the Red Zone." The premiere issue is currently on newsstands.
Campus News:
Eight new names of former players have been added to the civil suit that is attempting to re-claim $1.4 million stolen by Kim Dunbar from her employer. Bobby Taylor and Allen Rossum of the Philadelphia Eagles are responsible for $5,000 to re-pay an agent and $12,500 for trips and gifts, respectively. Tracy Graham is being sought for $5,000. Four players from the '99 team are expected to pay back part of $20,000 that went to a skybox party at a Chicago Bulls game. Lamont Bryant, Eric Chappell, Lee Lafayette, and Raki Nelson (along with Bobby Howard and Ivory Covington) are being sued for $1,111.11 each. (I really don't know how they can be expected to pay. If somebody asked me if I wanted to go to a game and I said "yes," would I be expected to pay for money I had no idea had been embezzled?) Even a Purdue players - Jimmy Young - was named for $15,000 for a car. Numerous player relatives and friends were named. The money sought from the new defendants totals $88,000. Believe it or not, 2 cheerleaders (Becca Daulton and Rich Kizer) and the mascot (Ryan Gee) were sued to pay back gifts from Dunbar. UNBELIEVABLE!
Campus Watch by the Gipper from Scholastic:
The freshman section at the Navy game was not an altogether pleasant place to be. According to some gals from Pangborn who provided one version of the tip, some freshman puked for a whopping 20 minutes, "leaving a disgusting pile of vomit, which looked something like chopped up hotdog with canned Campbell's chicken soup poured over it." They didn't go into details on the odor, so you'll have to just imagine what it would be like to get a whiff of it throughout the game. As if this is not hideous enough, some of the puker's friends offered a $50 reward for anyone who would eat some of the barf. One brave freshman took the dare. Since the Gipp is feeling too queasy to finish this tale, he's going to let another one of his articulate tippers relay the rest:
"So they get a plastic spoon, and the guy offering the money scoops up chunks amidst the grime of the stadium floor and the bile juice. You could even see stuff trailing off of the spoon, the big line of juicy throw up hanging off of the spoon. And so, he ate it! It was the grossest thing I have ever seen. I nearly lost it right then and there myself. The guy who ate it merely raised his hands in triumph. He did not flinch or throw up himself or anything. The worst part is that he did not go to the bathroom to wash his mouth out or anything! He sat there and I think he drank a Coke that his friend brought to him."
As an icky conclusion to this tale, the Pangborn girls added, "Then the guys around were offering $100 for any girl to give the guy tongue, but unfortunately no one took any of those guys up on their offer."
Hall Notes:
To reiterate a story I was told by Mr. Busack....A Vermin was spotted on FoxNews as it broadcast the New Year's Eve events in Washington D.C. The man of Carroll was on camera while dancing in the reflecting pool. He was representin' in his gray CARROLL sweatshirt with ND monogram on the sleeve. Mr. Busack could not identify the lad. The chap cutting a rug appeared to be around 6'1" and 180 lbs with short curly brown hair. (Gee, that doesn't sound like an Notre Dame student I know.) I will trust Mr. Busack on this, he's used to identifying people what with the constant robbery of his possessions. The fellow was spotted at 12:15 AM and is believed to be a current Carroll resident aged 19 or 20. The Vermin have take over the internet and now television. Next... the world. By the way, has anyone seen Alfidi?
NDSportscenter:
The Walter Camp Football Foundation recently released the All-Century Team of college football. Of the 83 players named, 7 were Domers - the most of any school. Those voted to the first team were DL Ross Browner and Heisman winner DL/End Leon Hart. Others named were Heisman winners Tim Brown, QB John Lujack, and DB John Lattner. Also named were the Rocket and Chris Zorich. (I find it interesting that the Rocket made the team, yet Ty Detmer did not. Things that make you go....bullsh-..well, you catch my drift.) The article on the All-Century Team has been included on the Articles of Interest page. All the players are listed.
The Irish recently had 3 hockey players compete with the U.S. National Junior Team in the World Junior Championship. ND had the most players from any school on the 22-member team. Sophomore center Brett Henning, sophomore center/left wing David Inman, and freshman center Connor Dunlop are amongst the top players under 20 years old. They took part in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship which was held from Dec. 26 through Jan. 4 in Sweden.
Wadsworth's contract is up in August and will complete his 5 year deal. Recent quotes have not indicated whether or not he will return. In fact, I believe, they hint toward him not returning. No word, though, on whether he will "resign." Most likely word will leak out at some point in the late spring if he is not coming back. It's doubtful a secret can be kept when successors will surely be sought.
Campus News:
Well the Y2K scare did very little to affect the campus. The Dome is still around. The Grotto continues to rock. And our beloved Carroll rules the campus as always. One minor note....when the clock struck midnight something did occur. zahm disappeared off the face of the earth. See, I told you it was a minor note.
Thought you might find this interesting....I've come to discover that a first year law student who went to Harvard as an undergrad has been braggin that she posed in a certain publication by one Hugh Hefner. Apparently that's her pickup line. Well because of my journalistic integrity I had to get to the bottom of this. Hey, it's a dirty job.....so who better to do it. She WAS in the '95 Girls of the Ivy League issue. Alas she was NOT unclothed....AT ALL! What's the point?!?! How frustrating.
Campus Watch By the Gipp from Scholastic:
This is a story about a boy who likes to urinate in his sink whenever he gets drunk, regardless of who might be around. One day, he decided that if he could pee in the sink, he could just as easily pee in a shot glass and offer it to his friend, who was drunk enough to accept it. The conversation that follows is based on the aforementioned scenario, but has been modified for those with fragile ears:
"Would you care to do a shot?"
"Why, I'd love to."
"Dude, you just drank my urine."
"That certainly was not urine, my friend; it was minty."
"Indeed it was my urine. I just peed in that shot glass."
Next, the sink was used for another task traditionally attributed to the toilet bowl - catching the puke of the urine-drinker.
Hall Notes:
The newest Vermin father is none other than our own Willie Bauer '98. Kendra, the mother, gave birth to Temerity Chlo-La-Ke Bauer at 7:15 pm on December 30, 1999. ("Chlo-La-Ke" means "meadowlark" in Willie's native tongue.) Willie's daughter is healthy as a (great white spirit) horse. The tale of the tape: 20 inches in length and a weight of 8 lb. 9 oz. Father, mother, and child are currently at the University of Oklahoma. Willie is in his second year in the history department studying Native American history. He will be applying to Stanford and Oklahoma for his Ph.D. which he should get in three or four years. His dissertation will be on his tribe in northern California.
NDSportscenter:
The men's basketball team beat #2 UCONN on Wednesday 75-70. Troy Murphy hit for 33 and gathered 16 boards. He is without a doubt the BEST player in college basketball. I sure hope he stays.
Last word back in '99 had us with 5 verbal commitments. We've secured 4 more...TB Vontez Duff of Copperas Cove, Texas is rated #48 by Tom Lemming. Duff is 5'11", 186 lbs., runs a 4.4 and can also play CB....Jared Clark became our second QB. He is out of Sarasota, FL and was recruited by Miami, Georgia, Virginia, bc, and Clemson. The 6'4", 215 lb-er ran a little option in high school and clocks in at 4.6....the #54 receiver according to Rival is Jerome Collins. We won out over Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin. Finally some size: 6'3", 205 lbs, 4.5....the 9th commitment was DE Jason Sapp (6'4", 230 lbs., 4.6). He's the cousin of Warren Sapp....at least 6, and possibly 7, of the 9 are on Lemming's top 100 list.
Seven Domers competed in post season senior games. The initial six slated to play were Jarious, Brad Williams, Bryant, Cooper, Merandi, and Harper. A late addition was Joey Goodspeed, which means he will not be back next year.
The Irish signed the 20th ranked tennis player in the nation. Luis Haddock, who is also rated 3rd in doubles play, is the second Puerto Rican tennis star to come to ND. The first was Pedro Russell ('63-'66) who is now the current governor of Puerto Rico. Props to Pimpi and his homeboys.