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INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Food services changes page 3 � Now and then: Women’s basketball page 10 � Women’s soccer NCAA tournament page 20 � Viewpoint page 8

Professors from abroaddiscuss transition to ND

Student promotes peace

Several Notre Dame profes-sors first knew the UnitedStates as a foreign country.Professor Ghada Bualuan fromthe Classics department movedto the United States fromLebanon after marrying herhusband.

“At first it was hard and verychallenging, for I missedLebanon so much. I missed myfamily and friends,” she said. “Ifelt awfully lonely.”

For others though, the transi-tion was not as difficult.

Professor Olivier Morel, fromthe Romance Languages andLiteratures department, said he

Senior Jeb Brovsky plans onmaking the promotion of glob-al peace a part of his futurewith the creation of the non-profit organization PeacePandemic Corp., which willuse sports and other recre-ational outlets as a means forpromoting peace among youthacross the globe.

“The mission of the organi-zation is to simply empoweryouth through peacefulaction,” Brovsky said. “It’sabout achieving peacethrough sport and music withkids.”

Brovsky, who is graduatingat the end of December with adegree in EntrepreneurialStudies and a minor inInternational Peace Studies,thought of the idea for PeacePandemic Corp. when he wasa sophomore.

He said this past summer hedecided to make the nonprofitorganization part of his imme-diate future.

“I began to see where I

wanted to end up inDecember,” Brovsky said. “Iworked on getting PeacePandemic off the ground, lit-erally all day, every day thissummer. I would like to devote

my life to this.”Brovsky, who is a forward

on the Notre Dame soccerteam and a finalist for this

In order to offer an incentiveto bring university-basedresearch to the marketplace,1st Source Bank is sponsoringan annual award of up to$20,000 for Notre Dame andIndiana University School ofMedicine South Bend (IUSM-SB) researchers who have suc-cessfully commercialized newtechnologies.

The award was establishedlast year with a $1-million giftfrom 1st Source Bank and willbe presented each year to aNotre Dame or IUSM-SB facultymember. The first award willbe presented in the spring atan awards banquet, said chairof the selection committeeRobert Bernhard, vice presi-dent for research at NotreDame.

Irish Gardens, Notre Dame’sstudent-run campus flowershop, is going green.

The shop has begun com-posting waste in an effort tobecome more eco-friendly.

“The project has been in theworks since the start of thesemester, but fully got putinto act ion at the end ofOctober,” senior Celia Johns,product manager at Ir ishGardens, said.

The name of this new cam-paign, spearheaded by Johns,is “Making the GardensGreen.”

“[Junior] Clare Mundy —one of the other managers —and I talked about encourag-ing recycling in the shop thisyear during a brainstormingsession over the summer,”Johns said. “I got the idea forthe composting program froma col loquium on Cathol icSocia l Teaching andSustainability, when a presen-tat ion from the Of f ice ofSustainability talked aboutthe community garden thatwas started over the summer,

and that col lect ions fromlandscape services makes upthe compost for the garden.”

The project got rolling withhelp from the University.

“ I contacted LaFortuneBuilding Services, and theywere very supportive of ourinitiative, and helped us getnew large recycling bins sothe custodial s taf f wouldknow of the policy change,”Johns said. “As a student runbusiness, it was up to the stu-dent managers to lead thecharge on policy changes.”

The Notre Dame compostpile is located at the FoodService Support Faci l i ty.Waste from Irish Gardens iscollected and deposited there.

“The compost is added tothe compost p i le of otherorganic material that breaksdown and provides naturalfertilizer for the gardens thatgrow food used in the dininghall and by the community,”Johns said.

Johns said she has heardpositive feedback.

“Other students and facultyhave been very supportive ofthe idea [and] excited that we

Photo courtesy of Ghada Bualuan

Notre Dame professor Ghada Bauluan stands in front of theMediterranean Sea with her oldest son Roy in 2003.

Photo courtesy of Jeb Brovsky

Senior Jeb Brovsky and University President Fr. John Jenkinshold personal petitions for peace.

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Irish Gardens, the floral shop in LaFortune Student Center, hasbegun composting waste in an effort to become more eco-friendly.

Senior uses recreational outlets to launch nonprofit organization

Gardens go green in more ways than one 1st Sourceoffers grantsfor research

see PEACE/page 6see ABROAD/page 4

see GARDENS/page 5 see RESEARCH/page 4

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WILL THE WORLD BE LIKE IN 25 YEARS?

IN BRIEF

The lecture “JudicialIndependence and PoliticalDiscrimination in Venezuela”will take place today at 12:30p.m. in Room 3140 in Eck Hallof Law. Food will be provided.

The flash panel TheHumanities in Peril: DoesNotre Dame Have An Answer?will take place at 4:30 p.m.today. It will be in AndrewsAuditorium in Geddes Hall. Itwill be a Nanovic Flash Panelon the recent trend of collegesand universities eliminatingprograms in the Humanities.

An Research/Study Abroadfor Spring 2011 InformationSession for international stu-dents will take place at 2 p.m.today. The session will discussimportant rules and regulationsfor conducting research andstudying abroad as an interna-tional student. It will take placein the Montgomery Auditoriumof the LaFortune StudentCenter.

The film October Country willbe shown Thursday at 6:30p.m. in the DeBartoloPerforming Arts Center. Thefilm offers a moving portrait ofcontemporary working class lifeas the family struggles to over-come the demons of the pastand create the opportunity for abetter tomorrow. The moviecosts from $3 to $6.

The lecture How the CatholicChurch’s Teachings onAbortion, Sex, and Marriageare Pro-women will take placeon Thursday at 7:30 p.m.Catholic Pro-Life author andspeaker Erika Bachiochi willgive the lecture in the StapletonLounge of Le Mans Hall.

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OFFBEAT

Man looking for drugscalls ‘Crime Stoppers’CLARENCE — A New

York man looking to buydrugs misdialed and gotthe sheriff 's "CrimeStoppers" l ine instead.Erie County Sheriff 'sDetective Alan Rozanskysaid he got a call aroundnoon on Monday andanswered with his usual"Crime Stoppers." Thecaller apparently didn'thear that and toldRozansky he was looking"to score" drugs.Rozansky told WIVB-TV

that he was surprised butplayed along and arrangeda meeting with undercoverofficers. The officers didn'tarrest the caller but usedhim as an informant to

lead them to anothertransaction taking placedown the road.There, police arrested a

35-year-old woman tryingto sell her prescriptionpainkillers to a Buffaloman.The careless caller is off

the hook for now.

Delivery man IDs hungryrobbery suspectSPRINGFIELD — Police

in western Massachusettssay a man has beenarrested in the robbery ofa food delivery driver afterhe returned to the driver'srestaurant for seconds.Sgt. John Delaney says

police arrested 23-year-old Edward Blatch onMonday at Fu Wong

Restaurant in Springfieldafter the delivery driveridentified him. Delaneysaid the driver and cookssurrounded Blatch andheld him until off icersarrived.Blatch is scheduled to be

arraigned on an armedrobbery charge Tuesday inSpringfield District Court.It was unclear if he had anattorney.Police say two men

robbed the 23-year-oldrestaurant driver at gun-point when he made adelivery in September, tak-ing the food, $200, a cellphone and a high schoolclass ring.

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

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Banana frita (fried banana) was one of the delicious cuisines served at theBrazilian Cultural Night, hosted by members of Brazil Club in the LafortuneBallroom Tuesday night.

“Gone ... theworld is goingto end in 2012.”

Ryan Schwab

seniorAlumni

“The re-emergence ofthe Notre Dame

footballdynasty willcome.”

Johnathan Brown

juniorO’Neill

“Probably notmuch differentfrom today ...”

Andrew Carreon

freshmanDuncan

“In 2035 ...about the sameas it willalways be.”

Dan Scott

grad studentoff campus

“How it is now,just older. Andhopefully moreeco-friendly.”

Annette Allard


“Cars will notbe the same;there won’t beenough gas.”

Zuolei Liao


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Changes to dining services atSaint Mary’s, including the merg-ing of the Cyber Café and conven-ience store, have been imple-mented with the hope that grab-bing a bite on campus will beeasier and more convenient forstudents.When Saint Mary’s Bookstore

was outsourced to Follett afterFall Break, Follett took the spaceoriginally given to the conven-ience store (C-store) in theStudent Center and the C-Storewas moved into the Cyber Café. The Café, which originally

closed at 10 p.m., is now openuntil midnight. Students calledfor the change to Saint Mary’s

student government last semes-ter.“People are just getting started

[studying] at 10,” first year SarahThompson said. “People get themunchies. So, I think it’s goodthat the convenience store andthe Cyber Café are open laternow.” Additional changes include the

playing of music during dinnerhours in the Saint Mary’s NobleFamily Dining Hall, and the avail-ability of hummus outside thedeli, said Barry Bowles, the din-ing hall’s general manager.“I love the music at dinner,”

first year Annie Beck said. “It’s sonice and it really boosts themood.” Although these changes are

subtle, they are significant tosome students, Bowles said.

“It doesn’t sound like a lot andwe haven’t made any bigchanges, but [these changes] canmake a big difference on a stu-dent’s day,” he said. According to Bowles, the main

issue the kitchen staff competeswith is that everyone has differ-ent tastes. It is up to his staff tofind “what’s going to please themost people,” Bowles said. Asking questions and making

suggestions are among the bestways for students to have a voicein what options are provided, hesaid. “Students ask great questions,”

Bowles said. “I love to hear whatstudents want and I’m alwayswilling to listen.” The Saint Mary’s website also

has a feedback form that stu-dents can fill out to submit com-ments and questions, he said.Bowles said most of the new

additions to the dining hall havebeen made based on studentopinion and suggestions, includ-ing surveys that have been e-mailed to students on multipleoccasions so far this year. “I trust the Saint Mary’s stu-

dents,” Bowles said. Still, some students seek bigger

changes to the dining hall.Junior Madison Thatcher said

she thinks the general consensusof the student body is that they“eat a lot of the same thing everyday.” “I would like to see more

options,” Thatcher said. Bowles said he is still searching

for ways to change the dininghall.“I would love to see a Facebook

page started,” Bowles said. Another possibility is the idea

of being able to order and pay foroff-campus delivery using SaintMary’s student Munch Money, hesaid. Bowles said it is his goal to

facilitate communicationbetween students and staff tocreate a dining hall that will sat-isfy as many students as possible.

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SMC food services make changesCOR discusses Off-Campus Council

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Student body president Catherine Soler and student body vice presidentAndrew Bell attend Tuesday’s Council of Representatives meeting.

Members of the Council ofRepresentatives (COR) consid-ered changing the Of f -Campus Council’s constitutionat Tuesday’s meeting.Last week, representatives

agreed the electoral proce-dure and structure of the Off-Campus Council are unclearand not e f fect ive , so lastnight, off-campus presidentRyan Hawley presented a listof changes.The first of these changes

came in response to a sugges-tion at last week’s meeting tohave an over lap when theleadership changes, so theoutgoing pres ident wouldhave the ability to familiarizethe president-elect with theposition.“We did a few things with

changing the way the Of f -Campus Council works andfunct ions ,” Hawley sa id .“We’ve created a title of off-campus president ex-officio… it will basically just assistthe elected president duringthe last month.”I f the changes are

approved, voting for off-cam-pus positions will be expand-ed, and the Council will beginto utilize off-campus ambas-sadors. “People who are currently

on campus but moving off cannow vote and run,” Hawleysaid. “Off-campus ambassa-dors, we’ve basically added awhole section to define whatthey are.”According to the resolution,

a minimum of six “off-campusambassadors will be appoint-ed to var ious of f -campusneighborhoods ... ambassa-dors represent the opinions of

this appointed area and dis-seminate information in sucha way that it is readily acces-sible to residents of the area.”Student body pres ident

Cather ine Soler sa id shehoped the resolution will beapproved when it goes beforethe Student Senate nextWednesday.Members also posed possi-

b le modi f icat ions to theStudent Activities Office (SAO)procedure for reserving ven-ues and approving program-ing.“Sometimes we find it diffi-

cult to program on this cam-pus for many reasons. Costsare too high, or sometimesyou can’t see the venuesbefore you submit the SAOrequest,” Soler said. “We’relooking for what would makeit easier to plan events, col-laborate with people, to savemoney.” Some possible remedies dis-

cussed by representat ivesinclude assembling a printcollection of discounts offeredby local businesses as well asconsolidating venue informa-tion.“What we want to do is try

to create a booklet that con-ta ins o f fers that var iousplaces have given us that wecan give to student groups,”Soler said.Senior Class Council presi-

dent Kate Clitheroe said shethought the problem lies inpublicity for programming. “ I th ink we have a l l the

resources we need to planevents. I think i t ’s more aproblem of advertising,” shesaid. “If we want to help withprogramming we need helpwith advertising.”

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COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES

had few problems movingfrom France to America.

“Perhaps it was because ofmy experiences, because [Imoved here for] love,” he said.“But I did not struggle withmoving here.

Morel said, however, thateveryone has to adjust toacclimate themselves to a newenvironment. From manner-isms in social interactions toadapting to a new diet, everyaspect of life changes, he said.

“The human body and mindgoes through a culturalchange,” Morel said. Pointingto a hot dog on his desk, headded, “I would have nevereaten this for lunch before.”

Several professors said theylost sense of community.

Professor Mahan Mirza fromthe Classics department saidin his homeland of Pakistan,people seemed more connect-ed.

“We would come out andplay in the wonderful neigh-borhoods. You would know thepeople at the local store,” hesaid, speaking of his child-hood. “It felt very organic andconnected. Here you tend tofeel a little more isolated.”

Bualuan also commented onthis feature of American socie-ty. She said differences in tra-dition, while respected, couldcause a person to be set apart.

“I, like many other Arabs inAmerica, have faced prejudiceand some sort of discrimina-tion. I didn’t initially feel thatmost people accepted me forwho I am, but I didn’t take it

personally,” she said.“However, this fact made itdifficult for me to trulybelong.”

In Pakistan, Mirza said reli-gion is widespread, though itsactual practice depends oneach family.

“[My family] was pretty sec-ular, though my mother wasdevout and would pray,” hesaid. “Being a Muslim country,you hear the call for prayerfive times aday.”

While religionwas morei m m e d i a t e l ypresent in hislife while grow-ing up, Mirzasaid coming tothe U.S.allowed him todiscover hisidentity.

“You ask allthe questionsyou never asked before. Whatdoes it mean to be religious?You have to make a choicenow,” he said. “I began to takereligion more seriously tokeep my grounding and givemyself some bearings.”

Taken from another per-spective, Morel said the fea-ture that differentiates theUnited States from other coun-tries is its relationship withwar.

“America is at war, but wedon’t see any signs. I thoughtthis would be a good time tocome to the U.S. and witnesswhat is happening to a societyin a country I love,” Morelsaid. “In the United States, Ihave met people who havenever been involved in a war.”

Morel said this relationship

transforms an entire society.War is often ignored, not outof disrespect, but simplybecause of everyday life.

There are parts of everydaylife that Morel said he enjoys.

“This is a joke: You havewonderful beds, wonderfulchairs — the first thing Inotice when I go back toFrance is that my back hurts— and wonderful showers,” hesaid. “You invented V8 and the

free refill.”Mirza said

the quality ofthis nation’sacademic insti-tutions are dis-t i n gu i shab l efrom othercountries.

“The aca-demic institu-tions here arevery strong. Ican’t imaginegiving up an

opportunity [to work here].Nonetheless, there are institu-tions coming up in the Muslimworld like Pakistan,” he said.“You wonder sometimes if youwould do a service by movingback and helping to uplift yourhomeland.

Especially at Notre Dame,Morel said, the world of aca-demia is thriving.

“We are doing things herethat we could never do inFrance. Universities there aremore conservative,” he said.“Notre Dame is often seen astraditional, but when it comesto the Arts and Letters, thelevel of freedom that we havehere is incomparable.”

The selection committee willreview nominations and selectthe winner.

“We are expecting a largepool of nominees whoseresearch can yield great prod-ucts or services,” Bernhardsaid. “We are looking forr e s e a r c h e r swith innovativeresearch ideaswho have dis-closed it to theUniversity, filedfor a patent andare looking totake it to thenext level.”

According toBernhard, theaward offersresearchers theopportunity toexplore ways inwhich theirwork can con-tribute to socie-ty.

Bernhard saidPress Ganey —a health carep e r f o r m a n c eimprovemen tcompany head-quartered in South Bend —resulted from the research inthe 1980s of two Notre Dameprofessors who saw an oppor-tunity to improve an industryarea that desperately neededdevelopment.

“The two professors whostarted Press Ganey successful-ly commercialized theirresearch and, as a result, thelocal and national community

was greatly impacted,”Bernhard said.

Christopher Murphy, presi-dent and CEO of 1st SourceCorporation, emphasized thesignificance of this kind ofresearch and its potentialimpact.

“Innovation and entrepre-neurship are critical for thegrowth of the community,”Murphy said. “Research with-out engagement in the market-

place is useless,and therefore itis important forresearch institu-tions to be play-ers in the mar-ketplace.”

The type ofresearch to beawarded isexpansive andcovers everythingfrom the sciencesand engineeringto the social sci-ences, accordingto Murphy.

“This award isa win-win-winfor everyone,”Murphy said. “Itis a win for theresearchers, theUniversity, theusers of the com-m e r c i a l i z e d

research and the community inwhich the research can createjobs and improve lives.”

The 1st Source gift will alsofund an annual symposium onthe commercialization of tech-nology and will bring commer-cialization experts to NotreDame.

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Researchcontinued from page 1

Abroadcontinued from page 1

Contact Nicole Toczauer [email protected]

“Innovation andenterpreneurship arecritical for the growth

of the community.Research withoutengagement in the

marketplace isuseless, andtherefore it is important for

research institutionsto be players in the

marketplace.”

Christopher Murphypresident and CEO

1st Source Corporation

Contact Casey Kenny atckenny @nd.edu

“The human bodyand mind goes

through a culturalchange.”

Oliver Morelprofessor

Romance Languages and Literature

are taking initiative to helpimprove the sustainability ofNotre Dame,” Johns said.“The employees have beenquick to pick up on the newprocedures with recycling andcompost , as wel l as otherchanges such as unpluggingunnecessary e lectronicdevices as well as reducingpaper use.”Other Irish Gardens employ-

ees said they are pleased withthe new compost program.“Our work at Irish Gardens

involves such beautiful thingsthat the world has created.

We need to preserve thatbeauty and one way we cando that is by keeping waste toa minimum,” sophomoreKrystal Hentges, an Ir ishGardens employee, said.Johns the project is for the

entire Notre Dame communi-ty.“As a Catholic university, I

think it is important that wetry to l ive out the CatholicSocial Teaching principles,one of which is care for God’screat ion,” Johns said. “Bybeing more environmentallyfriendly, we can better takecare of this gift given to us byGod.”

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Gardenscontinued from page 1

Contact Lauren Kelly at [email protected]

Immigrantasks courtfor appeal

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — AGuatemalan woman who lostcustody of her son after she wascaught up in a 2007 immigrationsweep asked the MissouriSupreme Court on Tuesday tooverturn an American couple’sadoption of the child.Encarnacion Bail Romero was

sentenced to two years in a fed-eral prison after pleading guiltyto aggravated identity theft. Shehas been seeking to regain cus-tody of her now 4-year-old son,Carlos, since leaving prison lastyear.The child has lived with Seth

and Melinda Moser, of Carthage,since he was about 1 year old.Another couple who had beenhelping Romero’s family care forthe boy after her arrest had con-tacted the Mosers about adopt-ing him.The Mosers’ attorneys have

said the court terminatedRomero’s parental rights in 2008after finding she had not tried tomaintain contact or provide forthe child while she was in jailRomero’s lawyers contend the

adoption process was flawedand that Romero was not givensufficient legal representationbefore losing custody of her son,who was born in the U.S. and isa U.S. citizen.The state Supreme Court

agreed to take up the case afteran appellate court overturnedthe trial court decision that gavecustody to the adoptive parents.Much of the discussion before

the high court Tuesday focusedon the legal intricacies of thecase. However, Supreme CourtJudge Richard Teitelman calledthe case a “tragedy.”Rick Schnake, an attorney for

the Mosers, said Romero aban-doned her child after the immi-gration sweep and left fewoptions for who should care forthe boy. Schnake said the boywould be better off staying withthe couple, with whom he haslived for several years and whospeak the same language ashim.“I don’t see it in his best inter-

est that he be ... taken awayfrom parents who are the onlymommy and daddy that heknows,” Schnake said. TheMosers stood several feet behindSchnake as he spoke with a clus-ter of reporters. They did notcomment.Romero was not immediately

deported so that she can chal-lenge the adoption, according toher attorneys. They say shenever abandoned her son andthat a recent U.S. SupremeCourt ruling has since limitedfederal authorities’ ability to usethe law under which she wassentenced to prison.Speaking through a translator,

Romero told reporters after thehearing that she was pleased tobe in court when the case wasconsidered. She said she wasthankful her son was healthybut sad that she was not withhim.“My child should be with me.

He is my son. And I want to bewith my son,” Romero said.The hearing generated signifi-

cant interest. Among thosewatching was Guatemala’sambassador to the U.S., who satnear Romero at the front of theroom. The Mosers listened nearthe back of the courtroom.

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The floral shop on campus, Irish Gardens, is working to gogreen by recycling and composting.

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year’s Lowe’s Senior ClassAward, said his initial effortswith Peace Pandemic will focuson using soccer to promotecross-cultural relationshipsamong youth. “I want to use soccer as the

avenue and curriculum forpeace, nonviolence and leader-ship,” he said. “Soccer is itsown international language.You put down a soccer ballanywhere and it doesn’t matterwho the players on the fieldare but they allunderstand eachother.”Brovsky said

his idea forPeace Pandemicfollows the“Toms Shoeso n e - f o r - o n eidea” — inwhich the com-pany gives apair of shoes toan underpriviledged child forevery pair they sell . ButBrovsky will apply this idea tosports camps. “We’ll fund a camp here in

America for the kids and thenwe fund a camp abroad,” hesaid. The camps abroad will be

funded by camp fees Americankids will pay in order to partic-ipate in the domestic camp.Brovsky said ideally, additionalfunding from corporate spon-sorships and partnershipsBrovsky made with soccerclubs in the States.“Through the soccer world

I’ve made a lot of contacts hereand abroad and I’m planningon using as many of thoseresources as I possibly can,” hesaid.An additional aspect of the

camps will be fostering rela-tionships between cultures andhelp break stereotypes. “The kids in both camps indi-

vidually havethe opportunityto swap letters,”he said. “Theidea is they’lllearn aboutanother cultureand develop afriendship withthis kid inanother coun-try.”Brovsky said

he wants theorganization to“take on the bigconflicts,” suchas the unrest inNorthern Ireland by sponsoringcamps between two warringcultural groups throughout theworld. “It will break a lot of stereo-

types having a friend fromanother culture,” Brovsky said.“I believe that a lot of violencehappens because of misunder-standings.”With his commitment to glob-

al peace and the common good,Brovsky found a high level ofsupport from the Notre Damecommunity, includingUniversity President Fr. JohnJenkins and PresidentEmeritus Fr. TheodoreHesburgh. “I was able to meet one-on-

one with both Fr. Jenkins andFr. Hesburgh, and they gaveme their blessing,” Brovskysaid. “They both gave me con-tacts and domestically andinternationally to help me getmy resource base for theorganization together.” Brovsky is also working with

the Student InternationalBusiness Council (SIBC) hereon campus, to establish a

structure for Peace PandemicCorp. “We’re working on the busi-

ness side like the website, mar-keting plan and the finances,”junior Cate Hefele, the directorof marketing for SIBC, said.“We’re focused on the profitside to make the non-profitsustainable.”Hefele said the SIBC’s goal is

to make Peace Pandemic alegitimate organization no mat-ter what SIBC’s role will be inthe nonprofit in the future. “We’re trying to put together

a business plan and solidify itso that we can be the supportgroup whether it be a continu-

ing project or itour rolebecomes creat-ing a businessplan for thefuture,” shesaid. “PeacePandemic hasbig goals andwe’re trying toadd structure.”Hefele said

SIBC’s backingof Peace Pandemic Corp. willbe beneficial when Brovskyheads to Europe in January. “We’re a good team because

he has the big ideas and I’mthe one who reins him in andtell him how we can make ithappen,” Hefele said. “Evenwith Jeb abroad, he will beable to go out there and stir upenergy about the organizationwhile we can continue to dealwith the structural side here.”The collaboration yielded

successful results. With Hefeleand the SIBC’s assistance,Brovsky was able to get PeacePandemic established as anofficial nonprofit organizationin the state of Colorado.Brovsky said he is currently

focused on bringing awarenessto the nonprofit while continu-ing to develop his goals forPeace Pandemic Corp. “Right now I’m establishing

my resource base and trying tospread news about the organi-

zation as muchas possible,” hesaid. “I’ve sentthousands of e-mails and let-ters.”In order to

bring more stu-dent awarenessto his efforts,Brovsky createda Facebookgroup and iscurrently work-ing with SIBC ondeveloping awebsite as wellas distributing

literature to the student body. “We’re starting to hand out

pledge cards and raise studentawareness,” he said. “We’renot an official club, so SIBC isthe only avenue that we canwork through right now.”Brovsky said he thinks he will

succeed in promoting peacewith Peace Pandemic Corp.through untraditional means. “I think soccer is the way to

go, especially being the ‘poorpeople’s sport,’” he said. “Idon’t think sport has been uti-lized to its full potential inpeace purposes. No one reallytalks about athletics when theytalk about peacemaking, but Iwant to exhaust all thoseresources.” While he recognizes the goals

for Peace Pandemic Corp. arelarge in scale, Brovsky said hewill measure the success of theorganization on a much small-er level. “If I develop one peacemaker,

I’ve basically won.”

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DALLAS — Autograph-seek-ers descended on a Dallasshopping center Tuesday asformer President George W.Bush officially kicked off therelease of his new memoir,receiving praise for his candorat a hometown bookstore evenas his renewed defense ofwaterboarding as an interro-gation tactic was greeted withderision overseas.First in line at the Borders

store about a mile from Bush'sDallas home were Terry andTammy Jones of suburbanJustin, who camped outovernight. They said whenthey told Bush of their wait, hesaid he'd sign their books“with admiration,” shaking 53-year-old Terry Jones' hand andkissing his wife's.“Eighteen hours for two sec-

onds and a kiss on the hand,”

Tammy Jones, 52, said with asmile.Terry Jones said he admired

Bush because “when he makesa decision, he sticks with it.”But such steadfastness also

prompted criticism Tuesday inEurope, where reports aboutBush's memoir “DecisionPoints” focused on water-boarding.In an interview in The Times

of London, Bush said the tacticforced the alleged 9/11 master-mind to provide informationthat prevented attacks inLondon's Heathrow Airportand Canary Wharf businessdistrict. Prime Minister DavidCameron's office subsequentlyrestated the British govern-ment's belief that waterboard-ing is illegal. Kim Howells, aformer lawmaker who chairedthe House of Commons' intelli-gence and security committee,expressed doubts about Bush'sclaim.In France, the Le Monde

newspaper noted an “absenceof regret” in Bush's defense ofwaterboarding.In a more lighthearted

moment, Bush said in inter-view that aired Tuesday on“The Oprah Winfrey Show”that writing the memoir "wasan easy process."“A lot of people don't think I

can read, much less write,” hejoked.As in the book, Bush also

recounted to Winfrey the mis-takes of his presidency, sayinghe still feels “sick” about thefact no weapons of massdestruction were found in Iraq.His response to HurricaneKatrina could have beenquicker, he said, and heacknowledged he didn't seethe financial meltdown com-ing.Bush, however, had nothing

negative to say about PresidentBarack Obama, whom Winfreyfamously supported in 2008.“I didn't like it when people

criticized me,” Bush said. “Andso you're not going to see meout there chirping away (atObama). And I want our presi-dent to succeed. I love ourcountry.”Largely out of the public

view since he left office, Bushis now vigorously promotinghis book, with planned appear-ances across the country thisweek and as the Miami BookFair International's featuredauthor this weekend.Bush even called in to con-

servative commentator RushLimbaugh's radio programTuesday, voicing support for anextension of his administra-tion's tax cuts and denyingreports he privately criticizedfellow Republican JohnMcCain's choice of Sarah Palinas his vice presidential runningmate. But when asked hisopinion about Arizona's con-troversial immigration legisla-tion, Bush told Limbaugh:“you're trying to get me tomake news.”“I don't want to make news,

I want to sell books of course,”Bush said laughing.His memoir does offer reve-

lations though, including hisconfirmation that the target ofa 2007 Israeli airstrike was aSyrian nuclear reactor andsuggestion he quietly approvedthe action. Bush also revealsIsrael first asked the U.S. tobomb the site, but his adminis-tration refused.

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San Francisco bans toys in meals

SAN FRANCISCO — It's ahappy moment for people whosee the Happy Meal as anythingbut.San Francisco has become the

first major American city to pro-hibit fast-food restaurants fromincluding toys with children'smeals that do not meet nutrition-al guidelines.The city's Board of Supervisors

gave the measure final approvalTuesday on an 8-3 vote. That'senough votes to survive aplanned veto by Mayor GavinNewsom.The ordinance, which would go

into effect in December of nextyear, prohibits toy giveaways infast-food children's meals thathave more than 640 milligramsof sodium, 600 calories or 35 per-cent of their calories from fat.The law also would limit saturat-ed fats and trans fats and requirefruits or vegetables to be servedwith each meal with a toy.“Our effort is really to work

with the restaurants and the fast-food industry to create healthier

choices,” said Supervisor EricMar, the measure's chief sponsor.“What our kids are eating ismaking them sick, and a lot of itis fast food.”The legislation is a big victory

for activists and public healthadvocates who have charged foodmarketers with being complicit inthe country's growing childhoodobesity rates. They hope othercities and counties nationwidewill follow their lead.“This will be a sign to the fast-

food industry that it's time tophase out its predatory market-ing to children at large,” saidDeborah Lapidus, a senior organ-izer with Boston-based CorporateAccountability International, awatchdog group that supportedthe legislation.Supervisors and activists who

support the measure say theyhope obesity-curbing efforts likethe one approved Tuesday willeventually spread to other cities,states and the country. A similarordinance has already beenapproved in California's SantaClara County, where it affectedabout a dozen restaurants.

Newsom, meanwhile, said heplans to veto the ordinance,which he called an “unwise andunprecedented governmentalintrusion into parental responsi-bilities and private choices.”The mayor issued a statement

after Tuesday's vote saying thecity must continue to combatchildhood obesity but the ordi-nance takes the wrong approach.“Parents, not politicians, should

decide what their children eat,especially when it comes tospending their own money,”Newsom said.The industry, which favors self-

regulation, says there is no evi-dence that San Francisco's lawwill halt the expanse of children'swaistlines and the diseases asso-ciated with obesity, such ashypertension, diabetes and heartdisease.McDonald's and Burger King

Corp. are among 17 major foodand beverage marketers whohave signed on to the Children'sFood and Beverage AdvertisingInitiative, a self-regulation effortrun by the Council of BetterBusiness Bureaus.

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meaning for me, and it becomespart of me.”

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Annex SMCWith the recession still roaring

strong, it is time for us to evaluatewhat really matters in terms of prior-ities for the next few years at thisUniversity. Notre Dame is still agrowing schooland it is impor-tant to makesure that growthis directed in apositive manner.I think we allknow what I’m about to say and youare probably agreeing to itsinevitability. Notre Dame shouldannex Saint Mary’s.Why would you suggest such a

hubris proposal, sir?There is actually much to be gained

by both sides with a merger of thesetwo historic institutions. A NotreDame education will be accessible tomore than 1,500 undergraduates.The women of Saint Mary’s will nolonger be put under the oppressivethumb of draconian single-sex educa-tion. Notre Dame will gain somegreat new classroom buildings,dorms, another gym, more athleticfields and another dining hall (canyou imagine meeting at Way Far din-ing hall for dinner? We can work onthe names later). The Keenan Revuecould return to O’Laughlin auditori-um. The influx of females mightimprove Notre Dame football recruit-ing. Saint Mary’s students can notonly enjoy the dining halls on maincampus again but also get access toour top notch technical degree pro-grams. Notre Dame would get theNursing program to go along with our

popular pre-med community andhave the ability to produce the finestteachers in the country with theteaching certification program. NotreDame students would have a chanceto learn from the best college facultymembers and Saint Mary’s will get allthe resources Notre Dame has tooffer for just a minor name change.Heck, we already share the same zipcode.But what of the cost, Mark?The current Saint Mary’s College

endowment is valued at around 100million dollars. By comparison, NotreDame has well over 4 billion dollarsin endowment. Factoring in the landand asset values of prime northernIndiana real estate, Notre Damecould easily absorb our sister schoolwithout significant financial detri-ment. It’s actually a much betterinvestment than anything in the stockmarket. And I’m sure the Sisters ofHoly Cross would love that lump ofcash in the Order’s coffers.But Mark, isn’t it too far away?Saint Mary’s really is not that far at

all when you don’t have to walk. Thecurrent bus system could bereformed to provide an express busto and from the Saint Mary’s campusthrough the road that runs by thegrotto. It is a very common at manyschools to have a satellite campusthat requires a bus service. As we allknow, main campus is pretty muchsaturated for space (unless we want-ed to replace the Knights ofColumbus with a Taco Bell, just kid-ding, or am I?). The new direction tobuild will be out toward Carroll or

Stepan Center. No one wants to liveby Carroll (just ask people that livethere) and Stepan is a historical land-mark. No, the obvious choice is toacquisition the territory across thestreet.Won’t this water down Notre Dame

prestige?Blasphemy I say! The same high

standards of acceptance will still bein effect after the merger. Over timethe initial gender imbalance can alsobe corrected. How dare you use elit-ism as an argument (like trying tojustify the takeover of somethingbecause you feel you are somehowbetter)!But, what if I just have an underly-

ing and inexplicable disdain of St.Mary’s chicks? Shame on you. The lovely ladies

across the lakes have much to offerthe world. Except for the ones thatwill inevitably hate on me for writingthis article and the ones that are gladthe Keenan Revue is gone. Feel freeto hate on them.Mark, you so crazy!False — everything I propose is cal-

culated and well thought out. Yes wewill lose a Saint Mary’s College, butthe world will gain a betterUniversity of Notre Dame. Sorry HolyCross, looks like you are getting theshaft again. Maybe next time.

Mark Easley is a junior majoring incomputer science. He can be reached [email protected]

The views expressed in this column arethose of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

As the clock struck midnight onTuesday morning, my friends and Itossed confetti in the air and hoistedmy friend Bear on a chair to celebratehis “Bear-mitzvah.” We’d been look-ing forward to hisbirthday for quitea while nowbecause his is thelast 21st birthdaythat our grouphas to celebrate,which might beour biggest eventuntil graduation.While all birth-days are special,the 21st birthdayis the Holy Grailof birthdaysbecause it givesyou almost any legal freedom you canimagine. In the 14 months or so sincemy first friend turned 21, I’ve noticedthat all 21st birthdays can fall intocertain categories. While they all maybe celebrated the same way, the actu-al time when they’re celebrated canmean a lot of different things.Here’s a short sample of everything

you need to know about the 21stbirthdays that will matter most to you:1. Your 21st birthday: Your 21st

birthday is far and away the best outof all them because it’s most antici-pated birthday of your life other thanthe year you get your driver’s license.Once you turn 21, you’ll never have tolook both ways before you crack opena beer again. You’re a celebrity on thenight itself, and the people you cele-brate with will make sure that youhave the greatest night possible. Asan added bonus, you’ll never have toworry about drinking around yourfamily ever again.2. The first 21st birthday: Every

group has to have a first 21st birth-day, which is an exciting one becauseyou realize that your day of glory iswithin striking distance. There can bean awkwardness factor involved,however, as you may have to throw aparty that goes something like this:“Happy birthday, friend! Go buy your-self some alcohol because we can’t!”We fortunately avoided this scenario,however, because the first three 21stbirthdays in our group occurred overthe summer.3. The 21st birthdays between the

first 21st birthday and yours:Depending on where you fall in yourgroup’s age structure, this can be anexcruciating. If you’re the youngest inyour group, you may get frustratedbecause you’re the farthest from yourown 21st birthday. Regardless, you’llbecome impatient with waiting atsome point, usually after the birthdayimmediately preceding yours.4. The last 21st birthday: This 21st

birthday is probably the best one afteryour own. For the last one, nobody inthe group can be excluded from theactivities because they’re not legal todrink. As long as you drink responsi-bly, you and your friends can prettymuch do whatever you want withouthaving to worry about someone get-ting in trouble. As a result, youryoungest friend’s birthday willundoubtedly have the best partybecause all of your friends can attend,along with some of the kids in thegrade below you who were the firstsin their own group. Furthermore,your youngest friend will likely gowild because his long wait is finallyover.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

NTD Awareness WeekBy now, a few of you might have seen me

shoving a pamphlet in your face this morn-ing outside of DeBart, shouting about NTDsand promising you a free silly band. Sorrythat we were so annoying, but this week isNTD Awareness Week, and it’s my missionto get everyone on campus interested in abunch of diseases that no one really knowsabout. So here goes.NTD stands for Neglected Tropical

Diseases, a series of seven disfiguring andpotentially deadly parasitic illnesses thataffect 1.4 billion people around the globe.That’s more than malaria and AIDS com-bined, a number that could fill the NotreDame stadium 17,822 times.These diseases are a big deal. So why has-

n’t anyone heard of them? Put simply, theylack the drama of malaria and the deathsentence of AIDS. NTDs kill slowly and indi-rectly. When a person contracts an NTDthey contract a lifetime of drawn out suffer-ing, of chronic malnutrition, asthma, pneu-monia, cancer, blindness and disability.Some NTDs cause itching so intense itdrives people mad, drives them to suicide.With others, such as Elephantiasis, tinyworms pool in the lymph nodes, swellinglimbs and, in males, the scrotum, to impos-sible sizes. Some of the parasites burrowinto lung tissue or the intestines, robbingvictims of the breath and sustenance andleading, in the long term, to cancer andother equally horrific deaths.Sorry to gross you out, but here’s the

kicker: all seven NTDs can be prevented,treated or cured for just 50 cents per per-

son per year. It’s trite, but 50 cents reallycan save a life. The medications to treatthese diseases have already been developedand donated by major medical suppliers.The cures are free; we just need to get themedicine where it needs to go. To me, that’sthe grossest injustice. People desperatelyneed the medication, and we don’t have thefunds to get it to them.During NTD Awareness Week there will be

various events around campus to raisemoney and simply inform people. Todayfrom 7 to 10, Five Guys will donate 10 per-cent of all proceeds to ND Fighting NTDs.Thursday, come to LaFortune and supportus by buying a dirt cup (use your flexpoints!) and Friday ND Fighting NTDs ishosting a free concert and petition signingon South Quad in front of Dillon Hall from 4to 6:30 p.m.I know most of you are just as broke and

stressed out as me, but small efforts canmake such a huge difference in this cam-paign. Stop by LaFortune on your way tothe library Thursday. Sign a petition for ourpoliticians before dinner on Friday or visitour website (http://www.nd.edu/~ndfntds/)for more information. Our top priority is toinform people right now, because to solve aproblem we’ve got to know about the prob-lem.Take the first step — help end the neglect.

Eileen LynchsophomoreRyan Hall

Nov. 9

SMCurityDear Saint Mary’s Security,In the beginning of my four years here at Saint Mary’s, I was

always more than willing to give you the benefit of the doubtthat you actually did some good for this campus. But slowly, Ibegan to lose faith. The intruder on the Regina Hall roof wasprobably your crowning glory that solidified my doubt in yourability to keep us Saint Mary’s women safe.For those reading that don’t know, Regina Hall is about 250

feet away from the Security Hut, easily within a five-minutewalking distance. It took security over 25 minutes to respond tothis, and the man on the roof frightened the girls in the dormand then ran away. This incident was never resolved and shookthe community.Now, I live in Opus — the senior-only apartment complex — on

the first floor. When my family and I inquired about security forthe windows, we were told to go to ResLife, which had previous-ly told us to go to security. I do not blame ResLife, as this is com-pletely a security matter. Why would security try to pawn offtheir responsibility to another unrelated sector of the college?Maybe because they just don’t want to address it themselves.Today, I got a parking ticket when I ran into the clubhouse for

a quick lunch. Why is it that I can leave my car for 15 minutesalone in an unmarked “illegal” spot and get a ticket, but wecan’t expect an intruder to be apprehended with in the sametime frame? This doesn’t make much sense to me.Please get off of your golf carts when the campus needs you,

and stop preying on parked cars. Chances are that the studentowning the car hasn’t eaten for a while, unlike yourselves. Yourgolf cart seats have an indelible mark from your navy bluepants, and your reputation for ignoring the needs of the SaintMary’s women have made an equally indelible mark upon ourminds.

Julie Hagopiansenior

Opus HallNov. 9

UWIRE

Hearing emphasizeslaw’s legitimacy

The enactment of S.B. 1070 triggeredprotests across Arizona and received crit-icism from officials as high up asPresident Barack Obama. While criticsclaim this act will cause racial profilingand even temptharassment ofHispanics, regard-less of their legalstatus as Americancitizens, the actonly requests onething: for immi-grants to carry documentation.On Monday, federal appellate judges

held discussions that suggested they couldallow Arizona to enact a highly controver-sial section of S.B. 1070. This tender sec-tion of the bill states that police officerscan determine if someone they stop is inthis country illegally.Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge

Carlos Bea questioned if that sectionalone was unconstitutional. U.S. DeputySolicitor General Edwin Kneedler, who isrepresenting the federal government inthe hearing, responded that “‘our positionis not that they’re not authorized to checkwith Immigration and CustomsEnforcement. … ‘Our objection is that thestate statute mandates it,’” according tothe Arizona Daily Star.While this may appear as a minutia, the

probability of police officers either facingresistance or refusal by those who arestopped is more likely if the state statutedoesn’t mandate it.Other countries, such as France and

Russia, require not only immigrants, butvisitors as well, to always carry their doc-umentation, or risk serving time in a for-eign prison. Why should America treat itsimmigrants any differently? And why is

there such uproar about S.B. 1070 whenother countries have been operating thisway for years?Perhaps the issue lies in the fact that

America has created an image of being acountry where anything goes. While beingthe land of opportunity defines America’scharacter and has served many immi-grants well as a place to rebuild, todaythis attitude brings a threat not only tothe safety of its citizens, but to its nationalidentity. If a country welcomes anyonewho steps into it without requiring a formof initiation or assimilation, the countrywill lose its sense of identity and value alltogether.Although the bill may invite the harass-

ment of some American citizens, onecould compare that to the unpleasant air-port security all Americans endure for thesafety of this country.S.B. 1070 is a dramatic move that sits

uneasily with many Americans. Maybe it’sbecause enacting this bill was an anomaly— it made no sense with the character ofAmerica. America was never understoodas a country that would exclude.It’s important to note, however, that

Arizona is not excluding or putting fur-ther limits on how many immigrants canenter the country with measures like S.B.1070; it is simply attempting to give itscitizens, and those who immigrated legal-ly, a sense of order and safety. The policyhasn’t shut the door to America — it sim-ply requests a knock before entering.

This article first ran in the Nov. 4 issue ofthe Arizona Daily Wildcat, the daily publi-cation serving the University of Arizona.

The views expressed in this column arethose of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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The Irish women’s basketball team begins its seasonFriday at 4 p.m., but the contest against NewHampshire will represent more than just a game —it’ll also be a chance to celebrate.The 2010-11 season commemorates the 10th

anniversary of the program’s only national champi-onship team. The members of that legendary 2000-01squad will be here Nov. 12 to 14 for a series of eventsto start the season with the historic championship inmind. The champion team began its season ranked No. 6 in

the pre-season AP poll. They returned three starters:sophomore Alicia Ratay, All-American senior RuthRiley and fifth-year player Niele Ivey, who is now inher fourth year as an assistant coach for the Irish.

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They have some great ingredients to be able to do so: CoachMuffet McGraw, who led that team to glory; Diggins, comparableto the title squad’s sophomore guard Alicia Ratay; and help fromsomeone who was there — Ivey, McGraw’s current assistant.The national title team will sign autographs before Friday’s

game against New Hampshire, reunite on the Purcell Pavilionfloor at halftime, and take the field at the football game againstUtah Saturday for another celebration.

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2001 National ChampionsWomen’s Basketball

They astonishingly beat UConn in the Big East tourna-ment, ending the Huskies’ 30-game winning streak, alongwith its rank as No. 1 in the nation. Ultimately, the Irishsnagged the championship in a close 68-66 defeat ofPurdue at the Savvis Center in St. Louis. This year’s team kicks off the season ranked No. 12 by

the AP Top 25 and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll with tworeturning starters, sophomore phenom Skylar Diggins andsenior Becca Bruszewski.

Since 2001, Connecticut has earned five NCAA championships, including the last two.Perhaps the visit from the 2001 champions, who stole the No. 1 ranking of UConn in a92-76 upset, will inspire this year’s team to vanquish Connecticut’s top spot.

Above: Niele Ivey landed the cover of the March 30,2001 Irish Insider as she led the team to the nationalchampionship in St. Louis. Left: Ivey (left) is now a coach to the team that

includes Skylar Diggins (center) and Devereaux Peters.

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On campusWhat: “Boy Gets Girl” by RebeccaGilmanWhere: Philbin Theater at theDebartolo Performing Arts CenterWhen: Nov. 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18,19, 20 at 10 p.m. and Nov. 14 and21 at 2:30 p.m. How much: $10 for students, $12for faculty and staff, $15 for every-one elseLearn more: Call (574) 631-2800or visit performingarts.nd.edu

Junior Kim Gaughan (above, left), sophomoreChris Silvestri and junior Sloan Thacker rehearsescenes in the Department of Film, Television andTheatre’s production of “Boy Gets Girl.”

Photos courtesy of Richard E. Donnelly

Beginning Thursday, the NotreDame Department of Film,Television and Theatre will per-form Rebecca Gilman’s “Boy GetsGirl,” originally produced byChicago’s Goodman Theatre.The play, which follows the life

of Theresa, a successful reporterin a big city, quickly spreadaround the world because of itsmodern take on dating andromantic pursuit.Theresa is set up on a blind

date with Tony, who seems niceenough but eventually becomespersistent and creepy, even afterthe two don’t hit it off. Left withthe dilemma of how to escape hisever-present shadow, Theresa isfaced with the possibility of losingeverything dear to her: her home,her job and even her identity.“Boy Gets Girl” is sure to

become a classic for identifyingwomen’s issues and portrayingdating in the 21st century. Theplay is an earnest explorationinto the effects of stalking andthe helplessness felt by the vic-tims.

According to the department’sOutreach Specialist ChrisSopczynski, the play has alreadygained attention in the SouthBend community. “There has been a very strong

interest by both on and off cam-pus organizations who addresswomen and violence,” Sopczynskisaid.Siiri Scott, who previously

directed shows such as “BigLove” for FTT, helms this produc-tion.

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CREWDirector: Siiri ScottProducer/Lighting Design: Kevin DreyerStage Manager: Jennifer SowinskiSet Design: Marcus StephensCostume Design: Richard E. DonnellyTechnical Direction: C. Kenneth Cole

CASTTheresa Bedell: Kim Gaughan Tony: Chris StareHoward Siegel: Kevin Argus Mercer Stevens: Chris Silvestri Harriet: Sloan Thacker Det. Madeline Beck: Lucy Lavely Les Kennkat: Brian Davenport

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doughy... I dunno. Maybe it was myfault. Maybe. Maybe I just ignoredthe guy. ———————————————Lucille 2: Buster, this is exactly whyour relationship does not work.Buster: Our relationship doesn'twork?Lucille 2: No, not as long as youkeep getting me all mixed up withyour mother.Buster: It is exactly the opposite.I'm leaving my mother for you.You're replacing my mother.Lucille 2: Well, that's healthy. ———————————————

Narrator: Buster was finding himselfright at home.Buster: Oh, my God! I used to havea shirt just like that.

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Buster: Amen. And how about thatlittle piece of tail on her? Cayyyute!

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Injuries complicate Purdue quarterback situation

INDIANAPOLIS — Injurieshave forced Purdue to use threedifferent starting quarterbacksthis season, and theBoilermakers aren’t sure whowill get the job this week.Coach Danny Hope expects

true freshman Sean Robinson tomake his second career startagainst Michigan on Saturdayafter he got the nod for lastSaturday’s 34-13 loss toWisconsin. He led theBoilermakers to a 10-6 halftimelead, but threw three intercep-tions in the second half, includ-ing one which was returned fora touchdown.Robinson is expected again to

fill in for Rob Henry, a redshirtfreshman who led theBoilermakers to two conferencewins before he cut a finger onhis right hand against OhioState. Robinson has gotten mostof the work the past two weeks.Hope said Robinson has

improved since he stepped inagainst Illinois two games ago,when Henry started but couldn’tfinish. Robinson completed 7 of20 passes for 52 yards againstIllinois in a 44-10 loss, then con-

nected on 19 of 38 passes for141 yards and a touchdownagainst Wisconsin.“I thought he played a lot bet-

ter Saturday, and certainly has alot of room for improvement,”Hope said. “But I thought hemade a significant amount ofprogress from when he cameinto the game versus Illinoiscompared to how he started thegame off against Wisconsin thispast weekend.”Robert Marve entered the sea-

son as the starter. Caleb TerBushwas the backup, and Henry wasNo. 3. TerBush was declaredacademically ineligible, Marvewent down for the season with aknee injury and Henry got hurt,leaving Robinson as the starter.Hope said Robinson had better

command of the offense againstWisconsin.“There are some things that he

did that the normal fan doesn’tsee,” Hope said. “He got us intosome really good checks. We hadsome run plays that were called,and they (Wisconsin) had somefronts that weren’t all that goodto run the plays against. AndSean got us out of some bad runplays and into some good plays.”Receiver and former quarter-

back Justin Siller will practice atquarterback this week if he hasrecovered from a foot injury. Hestarted three games at quarter-back in 2008, and led theBoilermakers to a 48-42 winover Michigan in his first start.That week, he was the Big Ten’soffensive co-player of the weekafter passing for 266 yards andthree touchdowns and runningfor 77 yards and another score.He was a starting receiver thisseason, but has missed the pastfive games.“How effective he can be right

now or not, we’re not really surebecause he still can’t run fullspeed,” Hope said. “He’s still aways away in that aspect.”Hope is unsure if Henry or

Siller will be able to play at all.“They weren’t able to go on

Saturday, and that was only acouple of days ago,” Hope said.“I don’t know how much theirstatus has changed since then.Both did a little bit on Saturday,but were a long way away fromfull speed.Walk-on Skyler Titus has

moved up to No. 2 on the depthchart at quarterback. Hopedoesn’t expect the redshirtfreshman to play, but he will get

enough repetitions in practicethis week to be ready if needed.“You’re going to put him in sit-

uations that you think he can besuccessful in and not open thewhole gamut of the playbook athim at one time,” Hope said.“We always have a package or a

plan for every quarterback thatwe think has a chance to play inthe game. If he got to where hewas the only quarterback he hadleft, you’d have to expand thatpackage. But right now, we havehim prepared to go in the gameand execute.”

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Purdue quarterback Sean Robinson passes in a 34-13 loss toWisconsin in West Lafayette, Ind., on Saturday.

NFL

Change in Titans offense could help Johnson break loose

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — ChrisJohnson isn’t close to being onpace for his stated goal of 2,500yards rushing this season northe 2,000 yards he had last sea-son.The Tennessee running back,

hampered by a sore thigh thepast month, said he’s really notfocused on that 2,500-yard goalright now. He’s still the NFL’sfifth-leading rusher with 721yards, which hasn’t been easywith opponents worried aboutstopping him at all costs.“We’re 5-3 and winning,”

Johnson said. “We’re not havinga losing season. I can’t reallycome in here very frustrated. Iknow we could be way betterthan we are in the run game. Iknow we still have time to fixthis. Hopefully, by the end of theyear, we’ll be OK.”Now Johnson has had a bye

week to rest up his sore thigh,and he also will have new addi-tion Randy Moss on the fieldwhen the Titans visit Miami (4-4)on Sunday.Johnson believes Moss will

help, seeing the receiver as theplaymaker to help him find moreroom to run.“I know for a fact they can’t

put all those guys in the box withthat guy out there,” Johnsonsaid.Coach Jeff Fisher is a bit more

reserved on how much addingthe receiver with 153 careertouchdown receptions helps therun game.“That remains to be seen. If

you’re going to get some rotationto Randy, then they eliminate theunblocked defender in the boxand that certainly helps,” Fishersaid.Johnson and the Titans’ run

game pales when compared tolast year. The Titans rank 10th inthe NFL, averaging 123 yards.It’s a big drop from second ayear ago when Johnson ran for2,006 yards as just the sixth manin NFL history to reach thatmark.His preseason boast that he

still wanted to top EricDickerson’s league rushing markof 2,105 yards and run to 2,500simply made him an even biggertarget.

Johnson has reeled off niceruns but nothing like 2009 whenhe was The Associated PressNFL Offensive Player of the Year.That’s when he became the firstplayer in league history to rushfor three touchdowns of 85 yardsor longer in acareer, and hedid it all in a sin-gle season.His longest TD

run this seasonwas a 76-yarderin the openeragainst Oakland.An 85-yarder ina loss toPittsburgh inWeek 2 waserased by aholding penalty.Since then,Johnson hasn’trun for longer than 42 yards, notwith defenses stacked up to stophim. He hasn’t run for more than66 yards in the past two games.His longest run in the last

game, a 33-25 loss at San Diego,came when Johnson ran to hisright and found a wall of defend-ers. He ran all the way back

across the field and up the side-line 29 yards for a TD.Tennessee had been trying to

give defenses other players tothink about and take advantageof the one-on-one coverage oftheir receivers. Kenny Britt had

a career daywith 225 yardsreceiving on Oct.24 againstPh i lade lph ia ,and NateWashington hadhis best day as apro with 117yards in SanDiego.T h e n

M i n n e s o t awaived Moss,the 6-foot-4receiver whoranks fifth with

14,778 yards receiving, and onlyHall of Fame receiver Jerry Ricehas more TD catches (197). TheTitans, the only NFL team to putin a claim, won him off waiversin a move Fisher says was norisk at all.The Titans, tied with

Indianapolis atop the AFC South,

agree.“It should definitely help our

offense, especially in the runninggame, being able to take awaysome extra guys in the box fromC.J.,” left tackle Michael Roossaid.How much remains to be seen.

Moss joins the NFL’s highest-scoring offense with the Titansaveraging 28 points. Moss won’tbe on the field for 60 or 70 playsper game, especially not early ashe learns the offense. Fisher saidit wouldn’t be fair to put Mossout on third down when offen-sive coordinator MikeHeimerdinger can call anythingfrom the playbook.Still, the Titans installed Moss

immediately as a starter oppo-site Nate Washington while Brittheals from a right hamstringinjury that will keep him out atleast against Miami. That shouldonly help with the Dolphinsranked 16th against the run, giv-ing up an average of 107.1yards.With eight games left, Fisher is

expecting at least a couple longTD runs out of Johnson this sea-son.

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“If you’re going to getsome rotation toRandy, then they

eliminate theunblocked defender inthe box that certainly

helps.”

Jeff FisherTitans head coach

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Trick play earnsschool recognition

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —Driscol l Middle School’s“penalty play” has become anInternet sensation.Quarterback Jason Garza

pulled off the ingenious trickplay in Saturday’s city champi-onship game that’s triggered afrenzy of national media atten-tion. The video has generatedmore than 3.5 million hits onYouTube and a barrage ofcalls to the tiny school, enroll-ment 610, and to JacquelineOrtiz, Garza’s mother.“It’s been wild,” she said in a

phone interview Tuesday.“Absolutely crazy.”Coach Art Rodriguez said the

Rangers were just looking forsome offense, pinned at theirown 30-yard line and trailingWynn Seale 6-0 with four min-utes left in the game. He andassistant coach John De LosSantos decided that i t wasfinally time to unveil a play DeLos Santos remembered run-ning when he played quarter-back for his middle schoolteam in 1987.It fizzled then, when an alert

safety tackled him.This time, it worked to per-

fection.The play was set in motion

before the actual snap. Garzabarked out a long snap count,and got Wynn Seale’s defen-sive line to jump offsides. Thereferee marked off 5 yards,and Garza returned to theline.And then Garza and the

Rangers sprang their ruse.De Los Santos yelled out that

referees needed to mark off 5more yards for the offs idepenalty, and he told Garza toget the ball and do it himself.Garza nonchalantly asked cen-ter John Porter to hand himthe ball over his shoulder — alegal snap — and then tookfive casual steps through theunaware Wynn Seale defense.Driscoll’s offensive linemen

started yell ing at Garza inmock panic, asking him whathe was doing — while al lstayed in their stances.Garza took off for the end

zone, outrunning a safety forthe tying touchdown.“It looks beauti ful ,”

Rodriguez said. “He could’ve

gotten tackled or somebodywould’ve picked it up reallyfast. It just so happened thateverybody was just kind oflooking around, and it lookshilarious on the video.”Ortiz said the parents in the

crowd were as confused asWynn Seale’s defense — andOrtiz was ready to bury herhead in shame.“The first thing I thought

was, ‘Oh, man, the coach isgoing to be so mad at you.What are you doing?’” shesaid. “But there were no flags,no nothing. He took off run-ning, so then everyone waslike, ‘Run! Run! Go! Go!’”The Rangers have been

practicing the play for weeksand just needed a chance touse it.“It ’s a play-acting thing,

everybody is acting out in it,”Rodriguez said. “The wholeteam knows about it. And thenonce Jason starts marking offthe steps, he looks for day-light. That’s it.”Two weeks ago, Ortiz was

almost ready to pull her sonoff the team after two teacherstold her his grades were slip-ping. Rodriguez swayed her toreconsider, but when theschool called Ortiz on Monday,she assumed the worst.“I was like, ‘Oh, man, what

did he do now?’” Ortiz said.“The woman said, ‘No, youneed to come over here now.There are TV stations inter-viewing him, and they’re call-ing us from Fox and CNN. Youneed to come over and signsome paperwork to OK theinterviews and stuff.’”For all the buzz it’s generat-

ed, the play didn’t pay off:Driscoll botched the 2-pointconversion and the gameended in a 6-6 tie. Withoutovert ime, Wynn Seale wasawarded the championshipbecause of a 2-1 advantage inred-zone penetrations, one ofthe league’s tiebreakers.Rodriguez, who’s worked in

the city’s school district for 31years, said the impact of theplay has far outweighed theoutcome of the game.“We lost the championship,

but we’re getting a lot of pub-licity of this,” Rodriguez said.“It’s a positive thing for theschool.”

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Middle schooler Jason Garza sits with his assistant coach on a videointerview after his trick play Saturday gained national attention.

CLEVELAND — Born five min-utes apart, Rex and Rob Ryanare inseparable. They’ve spenta lifetime together, playing,laughing, loving and fighting —sometimes with each other andoften against anyone foolishenough to take them on.They never lost.“I don’t think there is any pair

of brothers closer than we are,”Rob Ryan said. “We had ourown language when we werekids growing up. If you foughtone of us you had to be realtough because you had to fightboth of us. We found a way towin.”The brothers Ryan, raised by

their famous father Buddy to behonest, straightforward and torush the heck out of the quar-terback, will renew their siblingrivalry Sunday when Rex leadshis New York Jets intoCleveland to take on a Brownsdefense coached by Rob.The days leading to the game

will be filled with meetings,practices, and, of course, someserious trash talking over thephone.“It’s going to be brutal,” Rex

Ryan said. “I’m sure we’ll talkabout each other’s children,wives, whatever.”On Tuesday, Rob Ryan saw a

photograph of himself, Brownscoach Eric Mangini and rookiequarterback Colt McCoy thathad blow darts sticking out oftheir images.“He drew first blood,” Rob

said of his twin. “We are goingto have some retaliatory reac-tions coming up later in theweek.”But beyond the practical jokes

and typical brother vs. brothershenanigans, the Ryan boyshave an unbreakable bond.They talk daily, share a sweettooth and sufficient stomachs,and are prone to drop an exple-tive or two into almost any con-versation.Rex Ryan was criticized for

his profanity during HBO’s“Hard Knocks” series this sum-mer. While his mother threat-ened to wash his mouth withsoap, his brother wasn’t offend-ed.

“Never even noticed the lan-guage but then I heard all thecriticism,” Rob cracked. “I’mjust glad they weren’t here inCleveland.”Despite their dad’s wishes

that they pursue another pro-fession, the Ryans followed himinto coaching. When BuddyRyan, whose “46” schemechanged the way defense isplayed in the NFL, coached inPhiladelphia, he urged his sonsto accept jobs with a food serv-ice business at the airport.Buddy Ryan learned the hard

way that the grueling hours andconstant travel would take a tollon his personal life. He and hiswife, Doris, split when the boyswere young. He wanted his sonsto follow a different path.“They didn’t listen,” Buddy

Ryan said over the phone fromhis horse farm in Kentucky.The Ryan brothers knew their

calling.“We’re football coaches,” Rob

said. “At one time, my wholegoal was just to be able to havemy own trailer, live in that andcoach football. That was mylife’s ambition. That’s how welook at things. We’ve alwaysbeen destined to be footballcoaches.”After their parents divorced,

Rob and Rex lived with theirmother in Toronto, where theRyans’ rough-around-the-edgesreputations were developedduring brutal backyard footballgames with their older brother,Jim, now an attorney in St.Louis.The Ryans played basketball,

hockey and baseball — all withreckless abandon. Trouble was,they were not model students orcitizens. They needed discipline.So, in seventh grade they weresent to Minnesota to live withtheir dad, then coaching theVikings’ famed “Purple PeopleEaters” defense.“The Ryans were kind of run-

ning roughshod on Canada, sowe had to move,” Rob said.“Our lives kind of changedwhen we moved in with myfather, that’s for sure.”They began as ballboys, and

after playing in college, theybegan a slow climb up thecoaching ladder — from the

bottom rung. Rob’s coachingstops included WesternKentucky, Tennessee State andHutchinson (Kan.) CommunityCollege. Rex was at EasternKentucky, New MexicoHighlands and Morehead State.Sure, they had the advantage

of a name known throughoutcoaching, but the Ryans workedhard, were handed nothing andare now regarded as two of thegame’s best minds.When Rex Ryan was hired as

the Jets’ coach after beingpassed over several teams, noone was prouder than Rob, whobelieves his brother’s successmay help him land his dreamjob.“I hope it does,” he said.Rex Ryan doesn’t pull any

punches, and his shoot-from-the-hip style has endeared himto New York’s media, fans andplayers. Rob Ryan is no differ-ent, and it wasn’t surprising tosee the Browns dump Gatoradeafter a recent upset of NewOrleans.They are alike and likable.

But they’re also demanding.Step out of line, and there areconsequences. That’s how theRyans were taught.“We coach men’s football and

the best thing to do is be your-self with all the flaws youhave,” Rob said. “People can tryto sugar coat things, but Ibelieve what Rex does best is heis direct with his players. Hetells them the truth, not neces-sarily what they want to hearbut it’s the truth. My fatheralways installed that in us,always be honest.”Sunday’s game will be at least

the seventh with the Ryans onopposite sidelines, with Robholding a 3-0 lead over Rex in

their pro head-to-headmatchups. However, this install-ment of the “Buddy Bowl” willbe the first with one of theRyans as an NFL head coach.Buddy will be there.“It’s going to be a great

game,” the 76-year-old fathersaid. “They’re both great coach-es and I know they’re going todo everything they can to beatthe other.”Amid the firings and hirings

that come with life as a coach,Buddy Ryan never had to worryabout uprooting Rex and Rob.“We had to move a lot,” the

elder Ryan said. “The greatthing is that every time wemoved they knew their bestfriend was coming with them.Rex and Rob were alwaystogether.”Of all the wild stories about

the Ryans — and there aredozens — Rob said one of Rex’sfavorites happened on a base-

ball diamond.The Ryans were facing a top

pitcher, who struck out Rex andthen hit Rob in the middle ofthe back.“I hit his dad before with a

fungo bat, so the kid paid meback,” Rob said matter-of-factly.The next time up, Rex fell

behind 0-2 in the count andcalled timeout.“He was only playing with one

contact lens,” Rob said. “So hegoes, ‘Rob give me your leftcontact.’ I give it to him and heplucks it in his eye and goes upand smashes a home run. Ithink the thing is still going.They found it in Cuba some-where.“He circles the bases and

comes in with a big smile on hisface and goes, ‘Do you wantthat contact back?’ I’m like,Nah, you can keep it. I thinkthat was our best story rightthere.”

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Jets head coach Rex Ryan, left, and Browns defensive coordi-nator Rob Ryan, who are brothers, will face off Sunday.

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The Women’s Ice Hockey clubopened play this weekend, play-ing four games in a little morethan 24 hours. The team playedthe Illinois Friday night andSaturday morning, and theFlash from Chicago on Saturdaynight and Sunday morning. The inexperience playing

together showed as they lost allfour games, but the teamimproved throughout the week-end. The defense played well allweekend, and even added tothe club’s scoring, while stand-ing up to a barrage of shots.Gina Storti debuted in the netfor the first time, with only afew practices before her strongshowing.The Irish dropped the first

game against the Illini, 2-0. Thenext morning, Notre Damealmost overtook the Illini beforegiving up a late goal and losing4-3. Upperclassmen KristinHepburn, Cassie Kral andVeronica Ryan scored theteam’s goals.Later that night, the Irish

dropped another close game, 4-2, to The Flash, a veteran groupfrom Chicago. UpperclassmanGillian Allsup scored her firstgoal of the season in the secondperiod, less than a minute afterfreshman Lauren Miller scoredher first goal. The next morningthe Irish fell again to the Flashby the identical 4-2 score.Kristin Hepburn ripped the netsfor a pair of Irish goals.

BowlingThe Notre Dame bowling

team competed in two confer-ence tournaments over the pastweekend. The club finished34th and 29th in a pair ofAmerican Heartland Conferenceshowdowns. Led by co-presi-dent Drew Crail, the Irish post-ed their highest finishes in thepast few years within confer-ence action.Over the two tournaments,

Crail placed in the top 100 eachday, averaging 165.8 and 183.4pins. Fellow co-presidentRichard Skelton battled throughpain to average 153.2 and146.8 on the two days. MikeMurray recovered from a roughfirst day average of 141 to post

a 176.4 pin average on the sec-ond day. Armani Sutton foughtthrough the short, dry oil condi-tions to average 149.4 and147.4. Finally, Tom Simunekcontributed to the success withaverages of 147 and 134 pins inhis first collegiate tournament.The Irish will be in action

next on Nov. 20-21

Men’s VolleyballThe Notre Dame men’s volley-

ball team resumed play onSunday in an exhibition matchagainst Grand Valley State atthe Purcell Pavilion. The Irishdominated the match, winning3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-23) andplaying every player on the ros-ter. The playing time Notre Dame

earned last tournament clearlyshowed against the Lakers, aseven the freshmen stepped upand played fearlessly. FreshmenLiam Gallagher and RonnieSeman made their Irish debuts,each contributing to the victory.The Irish have a break in theschedule, and will play, at theearliest, Dec. 4 in a possiblehome tournament.

Men’s RowingThe men’s rowing club trav-

eled to Fairfax Station, Va., thisweekend, to compete in theHead of the Occoquan Regatta.The club, featuring three varsi-ty eight boats, three varsity fourboats and two novice eightboats, dominated the competi-tion, winning the collegiate 8+,novice 8+, and collegiate 4+events.The collegiate 8+ was the first

event of the regatta Saturdaymorning, and the Irish got off toa quick start. The first varsityeight, coxed by RebeccaHolmberg, with GarrettCampbell, Tim Parks, SeanGibbons, Greg Flood, MikeBenvenuti, Brent Shawcross,Charlie Janini and MichaelWagner sitting stroke to bow,placed first of the 17 boats inthe event with a time of15:48.27.The second varsity eight,

coxed by Christopher Bennett,with Cliff Roberts, Mark Kettler,Kurt Krautmann, GrahamBoechler, Brian Appleton, DavidLink, Kevin Quigley and Phil

Brunner sitting from stroke tobow, placed fifth. The third var-sity eight, coxed by LaurenMach, with Curtis Kovaleski,Jim Ropa, John Repine, JackBolton, John Clohisy, MattPlanell, Wes Horton and ChrisConnair sitting from stroke tobow, placed 10th overall.The next event for the Irish

was the novice 8+ early in theafternoon. The first noviceeight, coxed by Kate vonHoffmann, with SeanArmbruster, John Cotter,Thomas Catalano, Zach Weber,Matt Rhodes, Nick Prevete, AlecMcDonel and Cal Belden sittingfrom stroke to bow, placed firstof the 20 boats in the event witha time of 16:56.84, defeatingVirginia Tech and Ohio State,who placed 2nd and 3rd,respectively.The second novice eight

placed fourth overall. Coxed byHope Dubuque, with AdamJoslyn, Anthony Krenselewski,Matt Kent, Steven Froelich, JeffMcLean, Curtis Kovaleski,Justin Pellino and Grant Tobinsitting stroke to bow, the crewfinished in 18:07.76.The collegiate 4+ was the

final event of the day. The firstvarsity four, coxed by GregObee, with Garrett Campbell,Greg Flood, Sean Gibbons andMichael Wagner sitting stroketo bow, placed first overall out30 boats in the event with atime of 16:30.38.The second varsity four, coxed

by Rebecca Holmberg, withCharlie Janini, BrentShawcross, Mike Benvenuti andTim Parks sitting stroke to bow,placed second overall with atime of 17:28.17. The third var-sity four placed fifth overall.Gordon Stanton coxed the crew,with Kevin Quigley, GrahamBoechler, Kurt Krautmann andMark Kettler sitting stroke tobow.The club will finish their fall

racing season with a scrimmageat Grand Valley State nextweekend.

Ultimate FrisbeeThe Notre Dame women’s

ultimate Frisbee club traveledto Cleveland, Ohio, over thepast weekend for theNorthcoast Tournament againsteight other teams from theregion.In an effort to provide more

playing time, the team splitevenly into an X and a Y squad,the only team in the tourna-ment to do so. 30-degree tem-peratures and light snowfallthroughout the weekend addedto the difficulty of the tourna-ment, but both the X and Yteams were able to fightthrough the conditions and playwell throughout the weekend.Notre Dame’s X team began

with the weekend with a toughloss to eventual champion andhost team Case Western, butbounced right back to a decisive8-3 win over West Virginia.Although they suffered a closeloss to Oberlin, a forfeit bySyracuse in the final game onSaturday allowed the team togo 2-2 on the day and hold seedin their pool.After another forfeit on

Sunday morning by JohnCarroll University, the Irish Xsquad played their most excit-ing game of the weekendagainst Syracuse. After a some-what slow start, the team foundits rhythm and was able todefeat Syracuse 9-8, givingNotre Dame’s X team a seventhplace finish in the tournament.

Senior captain Megan Frankeprovided strong leadership onand off the field, and seniorRachel Newkirk notched a keydefensive stop on Saturday. Theteam’s rookies stepped up andpersevered through the toughconditions, with freshmanDevlin Lynch playing harddefense and freshman MollyCarmona making solid cuts.Notre Dame’s Y team also

gained a lot of experience andworked on their team chemistrythroughout the weekend. Theystruggled in their first twogames on Saturday against OhioState and Wooster, but saw a lotof improvement in their thirdgame, a close loss to Indiana.The day ended in an 11-4 victo-ry over John Carroll in whichevery cutter scored at least onepoint. On Sunday morning, theY team played an extremelyclose game with Syracuse, buteventually lost 9-6. Senior cap-tain Molly Thompson led theteam by example with her greatdefense and sophomore AllieHawkins provided strong in-cuts and clutch catches.Freshmen Kelsey Fink andTaylor Roberts also adaptedquickly to the rigors of tourna-ment play and made great cutsall weekend.Fighting snow, mud and a

competitive field, the two NotreDame men’s ultimate Frisbeeteams finished with 3-3records. The Notre Dame Xteam, led by captain MichaelDella Penna, placed eighth outof 20 teams with wins over CaseWestern, Kent State andEastern Michigan in pool play,the last of which was a tight 13-11 win.The game against the Eagles

began with the two teams trad-ing points until just before halfwhen the Irish were able toscore a break and take a 7-5lead into halftime. Coming outof the intermission, Notre Damewas able to rattle off four con-secutive points to take a com-manding lead. EasternMichigan rallied, but theircomeback attempt fell short asNotre Dame held on for the vic-tory. The game was character-ized by numerous deep looksfrom Della Penna and seniorsTim Powers and Pat Kozak tosophomores Jonathan Koch,Zack Woodruff and Eric Bens.Junior Hans Helland helped tospark the early second half runwith an impressive defensivestop against an EasternMichigan cutter. The win pro-pelled Notre Dame’s X team toa three-way tie at 3-1 atop PoolC. After coming second in thepoint differential tiebreaker, theteam lost both bracketed gamesto Wooster and Ohio WesleyanAlumni. The Notre Dame Y team, cap-

tained by Justin Browne, fin-ished third in their pool with a2-2 record with wins overYoungstown State and WestVirginia, then defeated OhioWesleyan before falling to OhioState to finish 10th on theweekend.

SquashThe Notre Dame squash Club

competed at the Mid-AmericaRound Robin Tournament atKenyon College over the week-end, posting a 1-3 record. TheIrish defeated the University ofIllinois-Springfield 5-4, but fellto Kenyon, Denison and theUniversity of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign 9-0. Sixteam members that have neverbefore traveled, Brian Hurley,

Paul Mickan, Mike Todisco,Luke Pardue, Justin Campbelland Casey O’Meilia, also com-peted.Playing a spot higher on the

roster due to Ryan Gisriel’s ill-ness, the team had a challeng-ing and competitive tournamentdespite the losing record.Hurley stood out by playing atthe No. 1 spot despite this beinghis first competition. Mickanposted a win (3-1) againstIllinois-Springfield and consis-tently played hard. Todisco dis-played impressive effort, nearlyreturning to beat his Denisonopponent after going down 2-0.Pardue, Campbell, and O’Meiliaplayed solidly in the bottom ofthe ladder but their efforts did-n’t lead to wins.Returning members Dennis

Grabowski, Kenneth Schlax andEric Huang brought their expe-rience to the court and tried tolead by example. Huang, mov-ing up five spots from nationalslast year, was the highlight thematch against the Illini with hiseffort in the final game. Schlaxclinched the victory overSpringfield in a five-gamemarathon winning 3-2 in anextended final game. Grabowskishowed exemplary spirit in hismatches against Springfield andKenyon, sticking with his oppo-nents but ultimately falling incompetition.

SailingNotre Dame finished seventh

among eight teams at a racehosted by Wisconsin over theweekend. Skippers for the Irishincluded Nathaniel Walden,Emily Golden, Jeff Miller andKevin Condit. The boats werecrewed by Ali Donahue, KevinCondit, Natalie Fang, TonyMichuda and Maria Skorcz.Wisconsin won the race, fol-

lowed by Northwestern,Michigan, Wisconsin, OhioState, Minnesota, Notre Dame,and Chicago.

Men’s RugbyDespite the cold weather, bit-

ing winds and first snowfall ofthe year in South Bend, Ind.,this weekend, Notre Damemen’s rugby took on rivals OhioState on McGlinn Fields thisweekend for the final game ofthe fall season.Early in the first half, the

Irish took advantage of theiropponent’s intensity by launch-ing a kick into the corner ofOSU’s territory. The kick wasrecovered by senior AlexMacomber and placed down forthe first Irish try of the game.Sean Mitchell had the nextscoring chance for the Irish,when he intercepted a pass andput Notre Dame up 14-0.The two teams traded penalty

kicks for a halftime score of 17-3.The second half was evenmore aggressive than the first,with both teams laying hit afterhit on the opposing teams.However, after another 40 min-utes of action, the Irishemerged victorious with a finalscore of 27-13.The B-side game was also a

very physical game, with OSUattempting to steal the final winaway from an undefeated IrishB-side. Notre Dame’s depthappeared to be far superior tothat of Ohio State, and theBuckeyes team looked windedhalfway through the secondhalf. Notre Dame freshmen ledthe way to a 24-10 victory overthe Ohio State B-side to cap theend of an undefeated season forthe Irish.


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Women’s hockey drops four over weekendSpecial to The Observer

Jason Spezza scored twogoals and the Ottawa Senatorsextended their winning streakto four straight with a 5-2 vic-tory over the Atlanta Thrasherson Tuesday night.Senators goalie Brian Elliott,

making his 11th straight start,stopped 35 shots. Chris Neiland Jesse Winchester scoretheir first goals of the season,and Sergei Gonchar also scoredfor Ottawa (8-6-1).Andrew Ladd and Anthony

Stewart scored power-playgoals for the Thrashers (6-6-3).Atlanta's Chris Mason start-

ed, but was pulled after allow-ing four goals on 18 shots.Ondrej Pavelec allowed onegoal on 11 shots.The Thrashers started strong,

scoring a power-play goal 4minutes into the first, butstruggled for much of theremainder of the game.Ottawa tied it midway

through the period as Spezzabeat Mason with a quick shotshortside. Just over four min-utes later the Senators took thelead with a power-play goal.Spezza won the draw anddropped it to Erik Karlsson whofed Gonchar for a one-timerpast Mason.Atlanta's best chance came

late in the first as Rich Peverleycaught Gonchar flat footed, buthis shot caught the post and theSenators were able to clear thepuck as it lay in the crease.Neil picked up his first of the

season early in the second andthen Winchester made it 4-1 ashe jammed the puck throughtraffic in the crease.Elliott's best save of the peri-

od came after Winchester'sclearing attempt deflected offPhill ips' skate right to theSenators' goalie.Spezza picked up his second

goal of the night on the powerplay in the opening minutes ofthe third period. The Thrashersreplied with a power-play goalas Stewart was left alone infront and caught Elliott moving.

Capitals 5, Rangers 3Matt Hendricks' third-period

goal gave Washington its firstlead and sent the Capitals totheir season-high fifth straightvictory over the New YorkRangers on Tuesday night.In a wild and physical game

that featured surprise goal-scorers on both sides, theCapitals beat the Rangers forthe fourth consecutive time.Washington is 9-1-1 in its last11 against New York and 4-0-1at Madison Square Garden overthree seasons.Capitals defenseman Mike

Green and forward AlexanderSemin both had four-game goalstreaks snapped, butWashington got plenty ofoffense from Brooks Laich,John Erskine, and Mike Knuble.Laich added his second into anempty net with 5.6 seconds left.Brian Boyle, who had never

scored more than four goals ina season, had two to raise hisseason total to seven, andRangers enforcer DerekBoogaard netted his first innearly five years, but it wasn'tenough. New York squanderedthree one-goal leads and lostfor the third time in fourgames. The Rangers (7-7-1) are2-5-1 at home.Hendricks, who earlier had a

knee-on-knee collision withRangers defenseman SteveEminger, took a crisp back-handed pass near the right postfrom Matt Bradley and snappeda shot past goalie HenrikLundqvist at 7:53 for the win-ner.Knuble got Washington even

for the third time when hecleaned up a rebound for a goalafter a thrilling rush up ice byAlex Ovechkin shortly after aCapitals power play ended mid-way through the second.Ovechkin glided past Sean

Avery as he surged into theNew York end and then madehis way around lungingdefenseman Marc Staal beforeshoving the puck on net.Lundqvist got his stick on it, butdirected it in front right toKnuble, who scored into anopen net at 9:18.Until then, the period was

dominated by the most unlikeli-est of goal scorers.Erskine made it 2-all with his

first goal in 32 games, dating toJan. 26, but only his eighth in338 NHL games. Hendrickswon an offensive zone faceoffback to Tyler Sloan, who movedthe puck right-to-left along theblue line to Erskine, his defensepartner. Erskine skated to thetop of the left circle and fired aslap shot that beat Lundqvistover his right shoulder at 2:34.

Before the surprise wore off,the crowd witnessed anothershocking goal. This one was apleasant surprise for fans of thehome team.Sloan had the puck bounce

past him at the right point, andBoogaard tracked it down andskated alone into theWashington zone. When hereached the left circle, thefighting forward unleash a slapshot similar to Erskine's andbeat goalie Michal Neuvirthover his right shoulder 41 sec-onds later to make it 3-2.Boogaard, who has three

goals and 565 penalty minutesin 268 career games, scored forthe first time since Jan. 7,2006, at Anaheim while playingfor Minnesota.The first period was particu-

larly rough and chippy consid-ering these teams were meet-ing for the first time this sea-son.It started early when uncom-

mon fighters, Washingtondefenseman Mike Green andRangers forward BrandonDubinsky dropped the glovesand removed their helmets at5:17 deep in the New Yorkzone. Dubinsky stalked theretreating Green to the otherside of the zone before they gottogether and exchanged punch-es.Boyle scored twice around

Laich's fourth goal. The periodfeatured 25 shots and 28 penal-ty minutes. Boyle made it 1-0 at4:02, Laich tied it on a powerplay at 8:52, and Boyle con-nected again during a Rangersadvantage at 12:56 to make it2-1.Boyle has scored three times

in three games.

Canadiens 2, Canucks 0Carey Price made 35 saves

for his second shutout and theMontreal Canadiens endedVancouver's six-game winningstreak with a 2-0 victory overthe Canucks on Tuesday night.Andrei Markov and Roman

Hamrlik scored for Montreal,which had lost three of four.Price recorded his sixth

career shutout, including a 19-save effort in a 3-0 win inOttawa on Oct. 23.Roberto Luongo stopped 27

shots for Vancouver, whichbegan a five-game road trip.The Canucks had gone 6-0-1

since a 6-2 loss in Minnesota onOct. 19. They had a seven-game winning streak from Jan.16-30.Markov gave the Canadiens a

1-0 lead with his first goal ofthe season at 6:53 of the firstperiod. The veteran defense-man drove to the net to puthome a loose puck after Luongofailed to cover up BrianGionta's tip on a shot from theleft corner by Tomas Plekanec.Montreal was unable to con-

vert each of its first threepower-play opportunities,falling to 3 for 50 overall afterfailing to take advantage ofAndrew Alberts' double minorfor high sticking MathieuDarche 2:21 into the second.Hamrlik scored the

Canadiens' fourth power-playgoal of the season during theirfourth man advantage of thegame at 4:39 of the third.With Alberts in the penalty

box serving a delay of gamepenalty after his clearingattempt sailed over the glass,Hamrlik drove home a slap shot

from the left side for his firstgoal.Vancouver, which entered

with a league-high 29.4 percentsuccess rate on the power play,went 0 for 4 with the manadvantage.

Lightning 4, Maple Leafs 0Steven Stamkos scored two

goals, Dan Ellis had his secondshutout of the season and theTampa Bay Lightning handedthe Toronto Maple Leafs theirsixth straight loss with a 4-0victory Tuesday night.Stamkos scored the first goal

of the game during the first and

extended the Lightning'sadvantage to 4-0 with his 13thgoal this season with 14:14remaining in the third. Ellisstopped 28 shots, including apair of in-close chances byTyler Bozak with just under twominutes to play in the second.Nate Thompson and Dominic

Moore also scored for theLightning, who stopped a three-game losing skid.The Maple Leafs have been

outscored 19-8 — includingbeing shutout three times —during a six-game skid. Torontoalso has just one win in its lastnine games.


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Spezza’s two goals extend Senators’ win streakSurprise scorers on both sides not enough to stop Capitals from defeating Rangers for fourth straight time

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Atlanta’s Jim Slater crashes into Senators’ goalie Brian Elliotduring the second period of Tuesday’s game.

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The Rangers’ Mike Sauer, right, fights with Washington’s MattHendrick’s in the first period of Tuesday’s game in New York.


NBA

Players upset with SternATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks

veteran Maurice Evans saidTuesday NBA players aren’tbuying Commissioner DavidStern’s recent call for a one-third reductionin players’salaries.Stern said last

month theleague wantsplayer costs todrop $750-800million.“We definitely

don’t agree withthose numbers,”Evans said. “Wefeel l ike thegame is really ata great place.”Evans, a vice president on

the NBA Players Associationexecutive committee, said thetwo sides may not be ablemake any substantial progressin the NBA labor talks untilthe February All-Star break,when all players are availableto return to the negotiations.He said the league’s rela-

tionship with fans would bedamaged by a lockout, espe-cially in the tough economy.“If we have a lockout, it’s

just going to set us back,”Evans said while distributing1,000 Thanksgiving turkeys toAtlanta-area families in a pro-gram sponsored by the NBPAand the Boys & Girls Clubs of

America. “With the state theeconomy is in, fans are notgoing to want to keep gettingslapped in the face with play-ers and NBA teams, as fortu-nate as we are financially toeven be playing a game for a

living, to keepthrowing it inpeople’s facethat we’re notm a k i n ge n o u g hm o n e y ,whether it bethe league orwhether it bethe players.”Evans, a

s e v e n - y e a rveteran cur-rently recov-ering from

offseason knee surgery, saidhe has attended all the negoti-ating sessions open to players.He called Stern’s tough talk

“just a negotiation tactic.”“The tone just depends on

the perspective, our tone ortheir tone,” Evans said.“Obviously in Stern’s wordsright now we are far apart,but who’s to say we’ll still befar apart in June or July ofthis year?”Evans predicted there will

be progress in February“because that’s a time periodin which a lot of heavy hittersper se will be able to comein.”“Everybody will be able to

be there and hopefully we’llbe able to make some head-way,” he said.League owners are seeking

major changes to the currentCBA that expires June 30.Deputy commissioner AdamSilver said the league has toldthe union that owners projectleague-wide losses of about$340-350 million this season.Billy Hunter, the executive

director of the players associ-ation, has said the league’sstance could lead to a workstoppage.Evans wouldn’t rate the

odds of a lockout.“We don’t want to encourage

a lockout at all,” he said.Evans said some teams’

finances have been hurt bybad decisions.“What we do believe is with

the current system in placethere’s enough restraintswithin the system that theycan police themselves,” Evanssaid. “The system has provento work that we have in place.Hypothetically, if a GM hasapproved a bad contract, yesit’s going to reflect poorly onyour franchise.”Evans and Hawks teammate

Etan Thomas both distributedturkeys Tuesday as part acampaign sponsored by theNBA Players Association.During the campaign, playerswill distribute turkeys to morethan 8,000 families in NBAcities.

“If we have a lockout,it’s just going to set

us back.”

Maurice EvansNBA player

representative

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Junior midfielder Brendan King dribbles the ball on Saturday againstMarquette. King and the Irish will face Louisville on Friday.

when you can lose a game andget another one next week, andnow you lose one and you’redone. There’s more on the line,so you’ve got to be able to playin that environment. You haveto live with it, but you have to

keep calm. We talk about it, butwe don’t change the way weplay. You have to have faith inyourself, your teammates andthe system.”Notre Dame will face

Louisville on Friday in the BigEast semifinals in Harrison,N.J., at the Red Bull Arena.

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NFL

Ochocinco angry withreduced offensive role

CINCINNATI — ChadOchocinco is tired of being asidekick.When the Cincinnati Bengals

signed receiver Terrell Owens atthe start of training camp,Ochocinco was content playing“Robin” to T.O’s “Batman,” say-ing he was glad to stay in thebackground to help the team.Not any longer.Ochocinco went out of his way

to call attention to himself duringa 27-21 loss to Pittsburgh onMonday night, wearing brightgold cleats in a look-at-me ges-ture that caught everyone’s eye.He also vented his frustration asthe game went along and he gotshut down, exchanging wordswith quarterback Carson Palmerand coach Marvin Lewis.Lewis yanked him from the

game briefly to help him cooldown. Ochocinco finished withonly one catch, while Owens had10 catches and two more touch-downs.“Yeah, he was upset,” Lewis

said. “But we’ve got to play foot-ball. If he’s not going to get itdone right, he’s got to come takean opportunity to freshen up hismind and get right back in thegame.”Right now, Ochocinco’s mind

seems to be about as out of sortsas his team’s season. The lossdropped the defending AFCNorth champions to 2-6, essen-tially scuttling their season at themidpoint. They’ve got two moremonths of playing it out, eightmore chances for everyone tosee how Ochocinco handles hisseason of being a nonfactor.“It’s been like that all year,”

Ochocinco said. “Teams are tak-ing me away. It’s very frustrat-ing. They’re not allowing me tobe available to help this teamout. I was emotional, but in noway did it affect what we weredoing out there on the field.”

The Steelers (6-2) have a histo-ry of getting under Ochocinco’sskin. He’s played them 19 times,but has only three touchdowncatches and a pair of 100-yardgames. In 14 of the 19 games,Ochocinco has been limited tofive or fewer catches.They used similar tactics again

on Monday night, givingOchocinco double coverage whileOwens — lined up next to slotreceiver Jordan Shipley — gotdifferent treatment. Owens fin-ished with 10 catches for 141yards. Ochocinco had his onlycatch — for 15 yards — on theBengals’ last drive.“It felt like it’d be easier to get

Ochocinco out of the gamebecause he was the single-receiver side guy,” Steelers coachMike Tomlin said Tuesday. “Youhad some route-combinationissues when you’re talking aboutT.O. That’s probably been thecase with most people who’veplayed them.”At age 36, Owens is having a

career year. His 55 catches for770 yards and seven touchdownsput him among the league’s eliteand on pace to top his careerhighs for catches (100) and yards(1,451). He’s also on pace tobreak Ochocinco’s club recordfor yards receiving in a season.Ochocinco has only 40 catches

for 473 yards and two touch-downs, subpar numbers for thesix-time Pro Bowl player. Hehadn’t complained about his lackof catches — all the defensiveattention helped Owens get open— until he became an after-thought in the national spotlighton Monday night.He made his first catch late in

the third quarter for an 8-yardgain, then slammed the ball tothe ground in emphasis. Thegesture was flagged for delay ofgame, and the reception wasnullified by right tackle AndreSmith’s holding penalty earlier inthe play.

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the Indiana Fever beforespending a season with thePhoen ix Mercury. Herreturn to Notre Dame andworking with Ir ish coachMuffet McGraw was preced-ed by two seasons (2005-2007) at Xavier Universityunder former Notre Dameass i s tant coach Kev inMcGuff.“For me, being back here

and coaching at my almamater, Notre Dame, undercoach McGraw, I feel l ikethis is the greatest opportu-n i ty o f my l i f e . I can ’tbel ieve i t , these 10 yearshave gone by so fast,” Iveysaid. “I’m excited just formy o ld teammates to seehow campus, the arena andthe Joyce Center havechanged over time."Ivey a lso expressed her

ant i c ipa t ion for anotheropportunity that the reunionweekend will bring. “I’m really excited about

the team getting a chance totalk,” Ivey said. Jun ior guard Nata l ie

Novesel hopes to use thisweekend as a chance to seeif this season’s team poten-tially has what it takes torecreate the success thetitle team had.“We’re excited to talk to

them about a l l the e f for tand all the hard work anda l l the ex tra th ings tha thave to be part of both inpractice and in the off-sea-son to make a nat iona lchampionship team. We’reexcited to see i f we’re onthe same track, if we havethe same goa ls that theyhad,” Novosel said. “They’rethe one team that actuallymade it. They’ve gone thewhole distance. Every teambefore them had been work-ing for this.”Senior team captain and

forward Becca Bruszewskiremembered one momentwhere National Championand 2001 NCAA player ofthe year Ruth Riley took heraside and provided the kindof help that the members of

this year’s team are lookingfor this upcoming weekend.“ I a lways looked up to

Ruth Riley. I wasn’t reallygetting a hold of the game,[and] she took me aside andsaid, ‘that was me.’ It reallygave me a good perspectiveon hard work and what ittook to win a game. I ’mexcited about just havingthem back here to ta lkabout the upcoming season,I hope they ’re exc i ted tocome back too,” Bruszewskisaid. The alumnae will be rec-

ognized at the beginning,during halftime and at theend of Notre Dame’s homeopener aga ins t NewHampshire Friday. They willhave an open autograph andphoto session at HeritageHall in the Purcell Pavilionbefore the game, which isscheduled for a 4 p.m. start.The women will also be rec-ognized at the Notre Damefootball game against Utahon Saturday.

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son, she earned All-State hon-ors as well as an All-Americantitle, awards she continued toearn in each of her followingthree seasons. Kuhlke went onto earn the All-American title10 times in her four years ather Plano, Texas, high school.As she continued to lead in thepool, Kuhlke grew into a teamleader and was captain in hersenior season while earningthe title of state champion.Kuhlke also was a finalist atNationals, qualifying her forthe U.S. Olympic Trials in but-terfly during high school.Her success in the water

came to a halt three years agowhen a shoulder injury kepther out of the pool for most ofher freshman season.Although she managed toswim in two events for theIrish as well as in the U.S.Trials, Kuhlke was forced toundergo surgery and stayaway from the pool.“I had a shoulder surgery to

clean up a lot of damage fromoveruse. I was completely outof the water for about twomonths,” she said. “At thattime I could only kick. I start-ed swimming again about 51/2 months after surgery. I hadto do rehab exercises everyday and a lot of work outsideof the pool to stay in the bestshape possible.”While recovering, Kuhlke

said she continued to bondwith her teammates and sup-ported them as best she couldfrom the deck. Her undyingcommitment to the teamearned Kuhlke the supportand respect of all her team-mates, who all worked to helpher get back to what she lovedto do. “The support from my team-

mates was huge because Inever envisioned having todeal with such a big event afew months into freshmanyear,” she said. “My athletictrainers and strength coachalso helped me get through theprocess because I spent a lotof quality time with them.”Since recovering from her

injury, Kuhlke has been amajor contributor and leaderon the Irish squad, earning

All-Big East honors in each ofthe last two seasons. She cur-rently holds a program recordin the 100-meter butterfly andhas contributed to schoolrecords in the 200- and 400-meter medley relays. Kuhlke’sperformance in the water hasaided the success of the Irishsquad, which has won its 13thand 14th consecutive Big Easttitles the last two years.Kuhlke credits her team-

mates and coaches for hersuccess in the pool and hercontributions in helping theIrish win.“[My teammates] are my

best fr iends and definitelymake putting in long hours atthe pool more enjoyable,” shesaid. “Also being surroundedby people that expect the bestfrom themselves, as well asme, always challenged me todo better. I also have to creditboth my club coach at homeand my coaches here at NotreDame. Their enthusiasm forthe sport is contagious.”With her senior season

underway, Kuhlke sees greatpotential in her team to raisethe bar even higher in termsof the success of the Irishsquad.“We are definitely focused on

being an NCAA team ratherthan just a conference team,”Kuhlke said. “We have takengreat strides in accomplishingthis, but we aren’t completelythere yet. Seeing my team-mates step up day in and dayout to reach our goals hasbeen huge.”As co-captain of the Notre

Dame squad this season,Kuhlke said she would contin-ue to work hard and set anexample for her team whilestaying aware of what needs tohappen for the Irish to achieveeven more this season. “Our team is focused on get-

t ing the l i t t le things rightthroughout the entire season,in preparation for champi-onship season,” Kuhlke said.“We want to continue to devel-op an environment of account-ability and enthusiasm to part-ner with all of the hard workwe put in every day. This yearis a total team effort and we'reall working together to achieveour goals.”

of Friday’s other contest inAlumni Stadium, a clashbetween No. 16/18 Illinois andNo. 17 Southern California. Ifthe Irish are able to win bothgames on home turf and the TarHeels avoid beingupset in ChapelHill, Notre Damewill travel toNorth Carolina toparticipate inwhat may be oneof the most hard-fought battles ofthe entire tourna-ment.“For whatever

reason, the com-mittee loves to pair us withCarolina somewhere along theway,” Waldrum said. “Foreverybody that wants to lookahead, certainly that would be agreat matchup. We love playingCarolina. That could be a reallyfun matchup.”The primary task for

Waldrum, however, will beensuring that his team does notlook past the current MountainWest champion Lobos (12-2-5).

“I think the thing that we haveto be careful of is that we [don’t]look to that matchup [withCarolina] and take care ofFriday night’s matchup,” hesaid. “That’ll be the messagewe’re getting to our players.”The Irish will be joined in the

field of 64 by five other Big Eastteams in Marquette, WestVirginia, Georgetown, South

Florida andC o nn e c t i c u t .Only one confer-ence, theAtlantic CoastConference, sentmore teams tothe champi-onship field.“I think the

committee putsso much weightin the ACC,”

Waldrum said. “[But] there areso many good teams now in thecountry that it’s not going to bean easy run to the Final Four.”If Notre Dame is to renew its

postseason rivalry with the TarHeels, home field advantage willbe crucial, especially againstteams that Waldrum feels willtravel well.“New Mexico, they’ve never

been in the tournament, so youknow they’re going to travel

well. Illinois, being close, isgoing to travel well with fans.I’m assuming just being USCthat they will travel well withfans,” he said. “No one wants tobe outnumbered in your homefield. I really hope the fanscome out and support us on

Friday. We’ll really need them.”In addition to the win-or-go-

home intensity of the on-fieldproduct, Waldrum offered onelast incentive to the studentbody to show up in droves onFriday night for the 7:30 p.m.game.

“The weather’s supposed to begreat,” he said. “It could be agreat home-field advantage ifwe could get the students andthe fans to turn out.”

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Freshman forward Rose Augustin rises to head the ball on Saturday against Connecticut. The Irishbegin their run to the College Cup Friday night against Mountain West champion New Mexico.

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“We love playingCarolina. That could

be a really funmatchup.”

Randy WaldrumIrish coach

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Irish head coach Muffet McGraw instructs a group of players during an Oct. 7 practice. McGraw willwelcome a group of players from her 2001 National Championship team back to campus this weekend.

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With their win over Marquettein the Big East quarterfinals,the Irish are now fullyimmersed in postseason play.With the possibility of elimina-tion, Notre Dame’s mindsetmust shift without a change instrategy.“Tactically I don’t think we do

anything different,” Irish sopho-more midfielder Dillon Powerssaid. “We stick to the thingsthat we have been working toperfect all year. I think you haveto adjust your mindset a littlebit. It is win or go home andyou have to put everything onthe line or else you won’t beplaying the next day. It is amindset that we have tried toapply to our regular seasongames so it is habitually in thepostseason.”The postseason is accompa-

nied by pre-game rituals, whichare often used to reinforce thesignificance of each contest.“Greg Klazura and I get a

clean shave before each game,”Powers said. “I like to brush myteeth after, gets me feeling freshfor the game.”Irish coach Bobby Clark said

the team does follow a certainamount of ritual, including hav-ing a pancake meal at his house

before home games. But for themost part, he leaves it to hisplayers, particularly the sen-iors, to take charge from there.“We have a pre-game meal

and I talk to them, just to givethem a short reminder aboutwhat needs to be done, but thenI leave it to the seniors and thenhave their own way of gettingthe team ready,” he said.Clark also said that a change

in attitude for the postseason isnecessary, and that the Big Easttournament is a good place forthat to start. In addition, the BigEast tournament has alreadygiven the Irish an RPI boost,moving them from No. 10 to No.7 and giving Notre Dame anadditional home game.“There’s a funny thing,

because when you qualify forNCAA, the first thing you feel isa certain amount of satisfaction,but you can’t be content,” Clarksaid. “You have to ask how farcan we take this? You have tohold your nerve and push thisthing as far as it can go.”Clark said that he tries to

encourage a certain amount ofcalm with his players beforeplayoff games, but that it reallycomes down to them and theirbelief.“It’s almost like a new sea-

son,” he said. “You come from

The NCAA left some in SouthBend disappointed Mondaywhen the brackets for theNCAA championship werereleased on the heels ofConnecticut’s upset of No. 8/10Notre Dame in the Big Eastquarterfinals. The Irish (15-2-2) found

themselves with a No. 4 seed inthe region headlined by tradi-tional powerhouse No. 3 NorthCarolina, the region’s top seed. “I really thought we would be

a two seed,” Irish coach RandyWaldrum said. “I didn’t thinkwe would drop to a four, espe-cially when you see that FloridaState is a two seed and they’re13-5-2, and you’ve got a BostonCollege that’s lost six gamesthat’s a two seed. I was a littledisappointed with that.”The Irish will open their quest

to return to the College Cup forthe sixth straight year by host-ing New Mexico on Friday. Thewinner of that match will go onto tangle Sunday with the victor

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Clark and No. 12 Notre Dame reach semifinals

ND WOMEN’S SOCCER

Kuhlke tolead teamby example

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Freshman defender Kecia Morway kicks the ball in Notre Dame’s 2-0 loss to Connecticut in the BigEast conference quarterfinals Oct. 31. The Irish received a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament.

ND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Championship team reunites

The players and coacheso f Notre Dame’s 2001National Champion women’sbasketball team will returnto South Bend Friday for the2010 season home-opener toce lebrate the 10-yearanniversary s ince theybecame the first and onlyteam in program history towin the national title.

“They’re the team that litup the c i t y, ” sophomoreguard Skylar Diggins said. “Iknow I’ll see some familiarfaces, and it’s going to begood to see everyone comeback. I grew up watchingthat team.”As a South Bend resident,

Diggins remembers watch-ing the championship gamewhen she was nine years oldand seeing how the team’svictory impacted the area.Current I r i sh ass i s tant

coach Niele Ivey started atpoint guard in the legendary68-66 victory over Purdue inthe championship game atthe Savv i s Center in S t .Louis a decade ago. “It was the biggest high-

l ight o f my career, o f mylife,” Ivey said. Ivey graduated from Notre

Dame in 2001 and playedf ive years in the WNBA,spending four seasons with


Head coach Muffet McGraw and sophomore guard Skylar Diggins discuss a play Nov. 3 againstMichigan Tech. McGraw welcomes her 2001 championship team back to campus this weekend.

MEN’S SOCCER

Postseason is businessas usual for Irish squad

Irish earn No. 4 seed in NCAAs, placed in same bracket as familiar foe North Carolina

ND WOMEN’S SWIMMING

see REUNION/page 18

By MOLLY SAMMONSports Writer

By ALLAN JOSEPHSports Writer

see SEED/page 18

Tournament bound

see CLARK/page 17

Senior Kellyn Kuhlke saidher swimming career hasbeen defined by three key ele-ments: dedication, a strongwork ethic and an undyingcommitment that has been apart of her since she f irstjumped in the pool.Kuhlke said her interest in

the sport stemmed fromwatching a cousin get involvedin their younger days. Onceher competitive nature kickedin, she was hooked. “My cousin swam when she

was younger, and I wanted tostart swimming after I sawher get involved with i t ,”Kuhlke said. “I continued toswim because I got competi-tive and made my best friendsdoing it.”Kuhlke’s career advanced in

high school, where she wastedno time in making a name forherself. In her freshman sea-

see KUHLKE/page 18

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