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Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Volume 45 : Issue 32 ndsmcobserver.com O bserver The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s the Oil spill still controversial ASU students to visit during football game Arizona State University (ASU) students and staff will experi- ence the energy that electrifies the Notre Dame community on a home football weekend when they visit campus for the upcom- ing Pittsburgh game. Director of Student Activities Facilities Ryan Willerton said 15 students and six administrators from ASU will arrive on campus Thursday to participate in a weekend designed to teach them about tradition at Notre Dame. ASU Associate Athletic Director Steve Hank graduated from Notre Dame in 1994 and contacted the University’s Athletic Department to coordi- nate the trip, Willerton said. “Their intent is to see what makes Notre Dame special and take ideas back to ASU,” Willerton said. “They want to use this opportunity to make their student life more vibrant.” The ASU students were select- ed from undergraduate and graduate student government, residence hall associations and major student organizations, Willerton said. The relationship between the athletic program and the stu- dent body at Notre Dame is one of the main reasons ASU will visit the campus. “When we say student athletes are truly a part of the student body, it is true. We are not cheering for a separate entity when we root on our team. We are cheering for our peers,” Hall Council President Alexa Doyle said. Student leaders on campus On a typical summer day, sophomore Emily Degan enjoys boating and fishing in the bay near her vacation home in Mississippi. However, the cata- strophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico drasti- cally altered her family’s plans this summer. “One time, we were fishing in an inlet in the bay before it was boomed off,” Degan said. “But a boat approached us and said the area we were in had been closed off to boaters.” Degan also saw oil sheen and boon from both Mississippi and her home in New Orleans, two effects of the spill that have con- tributed to the closure of numer- ous bodies of water throughout the Gulf region. Although the United States government declared the disas- ter-causing oil well dead on Sept. 19, Degan and people across the country are question- ing the immediate and long-term effects of the spill on life in the Gulf region. Teams of scientists, Former president of Saint Mary’s College Dr. Edward L. Henry died Sept. 30. He was 89. Henry was the first male lay president to lead at Saint Mary’s, serving from 1972-74. He took the position after an attempted merger between Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame fell through, and the future of the Saint Mary’s looked uncertain, according to a 1972 South Bend Tribune article. When Henry took over at Saint Mary’s, the College was set to lose over $600,000 because of the failed merger, the article said. “Dr. Edward L. Henry, Saint Mary’s new president, is counting on unprecedented student recruitment, fund drives, plus a nudge from Women’s Lib to pump life back into the faltering campus,” the article said. During that time, Notre Dame also began admitting women, which hurt Saint Mary’s enroll- ment. An edition of Michiana — a weekly magazine that was dis- tributed in South Bend at the Bishop Paride Taban and Bishop Daniel Adwok Kur are part of a Sudanese religious coalition traveling to Europe and the United States looking to stave off a civil war in their country. With high-level meetings arranged in Washington, D.C., and with the United Nations in New York City, the two traveled to America a week early in order to begin their appeal at Notre Dame. Along with John Ashworth, act- ing director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute in South Africa, Taban and Adwok spoke of possi- ble impending trouble in Sudan Tuesday in a talk titled “Sudan: Peace in the Balance.” “Notre Dame is an important University with interacting with peace-building people,” Ashworth told The Observer fol- lowing the presentation. “Obviously in Washington and New York we’re reaching out to government and the U.N. and others, but this is us reaching out to the Catholic community.” The northern and southern parts of Sudan have been in con- flict on-and-off for more than 50 years; in 2005; the two parties signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which scheduled a referendum for Jan. 9, 2011, in which citizens of Southern Sudan could vote whether or not to secede from the country. With less than 100 days until the referendum, however, things have not progressed as planned and peacemakers fear that the centralized government of Sudan, which is located in the country’s capital, Khartoum, will somehow rig the vote. Regardless of the official results, Ashworth said, the south will want to secede. “For them, the vote is just a for- mality,” he said. “On Jan. 9 will be the formality, the process of voting. The process of informing the world, ‘we have decided to secede.’ They know that the deci- sion has been made to secede Many members of the Notre Dame community believe there is a “ring by spring” sentiment that pervades campus and the students. But what many people might not realize is that there is something in the air for many members of the Notre Dame fac- ulty as well. Notre Dame’s faculty features several individuals who are not only professional colleagues, but also husband and wife. Some of these Domer duos came to teach at Notre Dame together, while others spent time at separate institutions or careers before becoming the second member from their fami- ly to receive a faculty position at the University. Professors Joshua Diehl and Kristin Valentino both teach in the Department of Psychology at the University. The couple, who have been married “5 years, 1 month and 27 days” both received positions at Notre Dame last year. “During our postdoctoral fel- lowship at Yale, we both went job hunting as a ‘package Diehl,’” Diehl said. “Notre Dame was the best opportunity for both of us because of its fantas- tic psychology department, top notch students, and the mission of the University fits well with both of our programs of research.” Other professor-couples strug- gled with trying to find an aca- demic position at the same uni- versity, or even in the same time zone. Professor Annie Coleman of the Department of American Studies, who is married to Professor Jon Coleman of the Department of History, said before she found a position at Notre Dame last year, balancing her own career with her hus- band’s was difficult. “Jon got a position here at Notre Dame in 2004 when I was INSIDE TODAYS PAPER Students compete in ‘Challenge’ page 3 Now and then page 9 Football: Team looks to build from momentum page 16 Viewpoint page 8 Married professors work together Traveling Bishops discuss peace in Sudan Photo courtesy of Joshua Diehl Professors Joshua Diehl and Kristin Valentino bond in the locker room during their faculty tour in 2009. AP Workers remove a drill pipe that pumped the cement to seal the well that caused the oil spill off the Louisiana Coast. 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ObserverThe Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s

the

Oil spill still controversial ASU students to visitduring football game

Arizona State University (ASU)students and staff will experi-ence the energy that electrifiesthe Notre Dame community on ahome football weekend whenthey visit campus for the upcom-ing Pittsburgh game.Director of Student Activities

Facilities Ryan Willerton said 15students and six administratorsfrom ASU will arrive on campusThursday to participate in aweekend designed to teach themabout tradition at Notre Dame.ASU Associate Athletic

Director Steve Hank graduatedfrom Notre Dame in 1994 andcontacted the University’sAthletic Department to coordi-nate the trip, Willerton said.“Their intent is to see what

makes Notre Dame special and

take ideas back to ASU,”Willerton said. “They want touse this opportunity to maketheir student life more vibrant.”The ASU students were select-

ed from undergraduate andgraduate student government,residence hall associations andmajor student organizations,Willerton said.The relationship between the

athletic program and the stu-dent body at Notre Dame is oneof the main reasons ASU willvisit the campus.“When we say student athletes

are truly a part of the studentbody, it is true. We are notcheering for a separate entitywhen we root on our team. Weare cheering for our peers,” HallCouncil President Alexa Doylesaid.Student leaders on campus

On a typical summer day,sophomore Emily Degan enjoysboating and fishing in the baynear her vacation home inMississippi. However, the cata-strophic Deepwater Horizon oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico drasti-cally altered her family’s plansthis summer.“One time, we were fishing in

an inlet in the bay before it wasboomed off,” Degan said. “But aboat approached us and said thearea we were in had been closedoff to boaters.”Degan also saw oil sheen and

boon from both Mississippi andher home in New Orleans, twoeffects of the spill that have con-tributed to the closure of numer-ous bodies of water throughoutthe Gulf region. Although the United States

government declared the disas-

ter-causing oil well dead onSept. 19, Degan and peopleacross the country are question-ing the immediate and long-term

effects of the spill on life in theGulf region. Teams of scientists,

Former president of SaintMary’s College Dr. Edward L.Henry died Sept. 30. He was 89.Henry was the first male lay

president to lead at Saint Mary’s,serving from1972-74. Hetook thep o s i t i o nafter ana t temptedm e r g e rb e t w e e nSaint Mary’sand NotreDame fellthrough, andthe future of the Saint Mary’slooked uncertain, according to a1972 South Bend Tribune article.When Henry took over at Saint

Mary’s, the College was set tolose over $600,000 because ofthe failed merger, the article said.“Dr. Edward L. Henry, Saint

Mary’s new president, is countingon unprecedented studentrecruitment, fund drives, plus anudge from Women’s Lib topump life back into the falteringcampus,” the article said. During that time, Notre Dame

also began admitting women,which hurt Saint Mary’s enroll-ment.An edition of Michiana — a

weekly magazine that was dis-tributed in South Bend at the

Bishop Paride Taban andBishop Daniel Adwok Kur arepart of a Sudanese religiouscoalition traveling to Europe andthe United States looking to staveoff a civil war in their country.With high-level meetingsarranged in Washington, D.C.,and with the United Nations inNew York City, the two traveled toAmerica a week early in order tobegin their appeal at Notre

Dame. Along with John Ashworth, act-

ing director of the Denis HurleyPeace Institute in South Africa,Taban and Adwok spoke of possi-ble impending trouble in SudanTuesday in a talk titled “Sudan:Peace in the Balance.” “Notre Dame is an important

University with interacting withpeace-building people,”Ashworth told The Observer fol-lowing the presentation.“Obviously in Washington andNew York we’re reaching out togovernment and the U.N. and

others, but this is us reaching outto the Catholic community.” The northern and southern

parts of Sudan have been in con-flict on-and-off for more than 50years; in 2005; the two partiessigned the Comprehensive PeaceAgreement, which scheduled areferendum for Jan. 9, 2011, inwhich citizens of Southern Sudancould vote whether or not tosecede from the country. With less than 100 days until

the referendum, however, thingshave not progressed as plannedand peacemakers fear that the

centralized government of Sudan,which is located in the country’scapital, Khartoum, will somehowrig the vote. Regardless of the official

results, Ashworth said, the southwill want to secede. “For them, the vote is just a for-

mality,” he said. “On Jan. 9 willbe the formality, the process ofvoting. The process of informingthe world, ‘we have decided tosecede.’ They know that the deci-sion has been made to secede

Many members of the NotreDame community believe thereis a “ring by spring” sentimentthat pervades campus and thestudents. But what many peoplemight not realize is that there issomething in the air for manymembers of the Notre Dame fac-ulty as well. Notre Dame’s faculty features

several individuals who are notonly professional colleagues, butalso husband and wife. Some of these Domer duos

came to teach at Notre Dametogether, while others spent timeat separate institutions orcareers before becoming thesecond member from their fami-ly to receive a faculty position atthe University. Professors Joshua Diehl and

Kristin Valentino both teach inthe Department of Psychology atthe University. The couple, whohave been married “5 years, 1month and 27 days” bothreceived positions at NotreDame last year.“During our postdoctoral fel-

lowship at Yale, we both wentjob hunting as a ‘packageDiehl,’” Diehl said. “Notre Damewas the best opportunity forboth of us because of its fantas-tic psychology department, topnotch students, and the missionof the University fits well withboth of our programs ofresearch.”Other professor-couples strug-

gled with trying to find an aca-demic position at the same uni-versity, or even in the same timezone.Professor Annie Coleman of

the Department of AmericanStudies, who is married to

Professor Jon Coleman of theDepartment of History, saidbefore she found a position atNotre Dame last year, balancingher own career with her hus-

band’s was difficult.“Jon got a position here at

Notre Dame in 2004 when I was

INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Students compete in ‘Challenge’ page 3 � Now and then page 9 � Football: Team looks to build from momentum page 16 � Viewpoint page 8

Married professors work together

Traveling Bishops discuss peace in Sudan

Photo courtesy of Joshua Diehl

Professors Joshua Diehl and Kristin Valentino bond in thelocker room during their faculty tour in 2009.

AP

Workers remove a drill pipe that pumped the cement to seal thewell that caused the oil spill off the Louisiana Coast.

Past SMCpresidentdies at 89

Henry

see SUDAN/page 4

see STUDENTS/page 5

see PAST/page 4 see DEALS/page 4

see SPILL/page 4

Observer Staff Report

By KRISTEN DURBINNews Writer

By LAURA MYERSNews Writer

By MOLLY MADDENNews Writer

By MEGAN DOYLENews Writer

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Free flu shots will be givenout today at Stepan Centerfrom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Theshots are available for all stu-dents, faculty, staff, retireesand spouses of retirees.Tomorrow, the shots will beavailable from 1 to 9 p.m.

An International SummerService Learning ProgramInformation Session will takeplace today in the McNeillLibrary in Geddes Hall at 6p.m. Past participants will bethere to describe the process,the requirements, and the dif-ferent sites. There will be timefor questions.

The Department of Fi lm,Television and Theatre pres-ents “The Bible: TheComplete Word of God”(abridged) today at 7:30 p.m.at the Philbin Studio Theater.Tickets are $10 for studentsand can be purchased onlineat performingarts.nd.edu orby calling the Ticket Office at(574) 631-2800.

The Annual McBrideLecture: “Beyond the GlassCeiling: It’s Time to Redesignthe Building” will be giventoday at 7:30 p.m. in theAndrews Auditorium inGeddes Hall. The lecture willbe given by Ellen Bravo, theexecutive director of FamilyValues @ Work Consortium.The event is free.

This Friday , the EvenFridays activity wil l be aPumpkin Patch Visit. It willbegin at 5:30 p.m. and is opento all students, faculty andstaff. Register before the eventthrough RecRegister on theRecSports website.

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Fed-up gir lfr iend callscops on pot-smoking beauLEBANON — A 35-year-

old man was charged inMissouri with possessingmarijuana after his girl-friend called 911 and saidshe was tired of him smok-ing pot all day instead ofworking. Dispatchers in thesouthwestern Missouritown of Lebanon got a 911hang-up call Saturdaynight from a motel room.Police said officers went tothe motel and were told bythe woman that herboyfriend did nothing dur-ing the day but smoke mar-ijuana.The Lebanon Daily

Record reported that theman told police his girl-friend was angry because

he didn’t have a job yet. Hethen admitted having mari-juana in his car, and hand-ed over a pipe containingthe illegal drug.He was issued a sum-

mons for possession andreleased.

Police: Napping man hadmeth lab in back of truckGOOD HOPE, —

Authorities said sleepingbehind the wheel wasn'tthe only problem for awestern Illinois man theycaught napping at a gasstation. Police said 26-yearold Adam Barcroft also hada meth lab in the bed of histruck. The McDonoughCounty Sheriff ’sDepartment said Barcroftwas asleep at a Good Hope

gas station Monday whendeputies discovered him.He was arrested, and his

truck was pushed awayfrom the gas pumps.The Illinois State Police

M e t h a m p h e t a m i n eResponse Team thenarrived and secured thetruck.Officials said they recov-

ered several items used tomake meth, 2 grams of fin-ished meth and $238 incash.Barcroft, of Monmouth,

faces five drug-relatedcharges.It wasn’t immediately

clear whether he has anattorney.

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Seniors Brittany Johnson, left, and Katie Dorociak hand out out fact sheets andsurveys in LaFortune Student Center for their class assignment to raise aware-ness about eating disorders.

Theresa Lai

sophomoreLewis

“I put onMuffrique and

Tabitha(mittens).”

Christie Ahn

sophomoreLewis

“I don’t getcold, I’m just

hot.”

Anh-Ton Tran

sophomoreKeenan

“I wish I wasback in India!”

Nikita Taniparti

freshmanBadin

“I play in thesnow, when it’s

down.”

Tyler Richards

freshmanKeenan

Ana Dionne-Lanier

freshmanPasquerilla West

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Fall is here, and with the coldstarting to creep up, students arechanging from summer’s shortsand tanks to fall’s jeans andscarves. Saint Mary’s will be hold-ing a Runway Fall Fashion Showon Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. in the DiningHall to give students ideas for fallfashions, jun-ior BrianneSuckow said.Suckow, the

W o m e n ’ sHealth andWellness com-missioner forSaint Mary’sS t u d e n tGovernmentAssoc ia t ion(SGA), said theevent will give15 percent ofthe proceedsto supportVera Bradley Breast CancerAwareness and Research. “One in eight women will devel-

op breast cancer during her life-time, so raising awareness aboutthe disease is important, especial-ly at an all-women’s college,”Suckow said. This fashion show will be fea-

turing fall trends from FlourishBoutique and Gallery, run by aSaint Mary’s alumna, VanessaCooreman Smith, located inGranger, Ind.Models for the event, which are

current Saint Mary’s students whosubmitted applications, were cho-sen based on different hair color,ethnicities and sizes, Suckow said. Each model will be showing two

different outfits.

According to Flourish Boutique’swebsite, the Saint Mary’s modelswill be showing all differentranges of styles from differentbrands, including Cupcake,Shennel, CC Couture, Berek andSignette. There is no admission fee or

ticket required to attend thisevent, Suckow said. Flourish Boutique and Gallery

will have their clothes, shoes, jew-elry, artworkand otheraccessoriesavailable forpurchase inthe StudentC e n t e rAtrium onOct. 7 from11 a.m. to 1p.m. Flourishcarries sizesXS to XL or 4to 16.Students willreceive a 15percent dis-

count, Suckow said. Along with Flourish Boutique’s

sale, pink hairstreaks will beoffered for purchase from CilantroHair Spa in the Student Center. The first 20 people who come to

purchase a pink hairstreak willreceive a $20 gift card to CilantroHair Spa.On Oct. 7, the Saint Mary’s

Noble Family Dining Hall will beproviding pink-colored food. Thisranges from pink-frosted dessertsto pink applesauce.“We have received a great

response and a lot of enthusiasmfrom the student body about thisevent,” Suckow said.

Ideasranged from the high tech tothe socially and environmen-tally conscious to the bizarreat the third annual GigotCenter forEntrepreneurialStudies’ IdeaChallenge, heldyesterday in theMendoza Collegeof Business. Ideas included

everything fromlaser pointers toautomated uri-nal carnivalgames. Each student is given one

minute to present their ideain front of an audience,which then votes on the best. The objective is to simulate

an “elevator pitch” — theopportunity to present poten-tial investors or partners withan original idea. “The goal of the Gigot

Center is to really look at theidea of venture developmentas a spectrum from idea toenterprise,” Laura Holl is ,

director ofthe GigotC e n t e r ,said. The event

is meant tokick off therounds ofc o m p e t i -t ions thatcome later,such as them a i n

McClosky Competition, whichgives students the opportuni-ty to present their businessplans in the hopes of the$ 1 5 , 0 0 0grand prize,according toGigot’s web-site. S t u d e n t s

can beintimidatedby theprospect ofpresen t ingtheir ideas,so this eventis supposedto help easethat anxiety,Hollis said. Both the

Idea Challenge and McCloskyCompetition are open to allNotre Dame students, nomatter the major.“The best projects are usu-

ally interdisciplinary,” Hollissaid. After all of the students

have presented, the audi-ence votes. There are two

overall winners in two cate-gories, Best Social Ventureand Best Health careVenture. The Best Social Venture

award went to a plan to setup medical kiosks around theworld so that doctors indeveloping nat ions couldlearn about medical proce-dures while providing datafor the study of disease,Hollis said. A plan to apply mobi le

technology to fighting dia-betes in developing nationswon the Best Health careVenture category. Casey Cockerham and Joe

Miller won the general com-petition, both garnering newiPads for their ideas.Cockerham’s idea was to putbar codes on posters in orderto instantly obtain digitalinformation about the event

in ques-tion. “I t was

one ofthose backof thee n v e l o p esketches,”he said. Now that

it appearsto haveearned ac e r t a i namount ofattention,he planson devel-

oping it further, Cockerhamsaid. Miller’s idea consisted of

putting a Bluetooth connec-tion in digital cameras, toallow for instant sharing ofpictures.

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SMC hosts fallshow for cancerBy PATRICK CRUITT

News Writer

Contact Kelly Murphy [email protected]

Gigot hosts ‘Idea Challenge’ at ND

By KELLY MURPHYNews Writer

“One in eight women willdevelop breast cancerduring her lifetime, so

raising awareness aboutthe disease is important,

especially at anall-women’s college.”

Brianne Suckowjunior

Dante expert tojoin ND faculty

One of the world’s leading Dantescholars, Zygmunt G. Baranski, isslated to join Notre Dame facultynext fall as the University’s firstNotre Dame professor of Danteand Italian Studies.He also serves as a distinguished

visiting professor this semester.Baranski comes to Notre Dame

from the University of Cambridge,where, since 2002, he has been theSerena Professor of Italian and,between 2002 and 2006, head ofthe Department of Italian in theFaculty of Modern and MedievalLanguages. From 1987 to 2002,Baranski first held a Personal andthen an Established Chair in theDepartment of Italian Studies atthe University of Reading, where,for many years, he was also headof the department.“I feel that Notre Dame is exactly

the right place for me to be goingat this point in my career,”Baranski said. “I have a lot ofrespect for the colleagues I’ve met,and have already collaborated witha lot of them. One of the otherthings I find extremely attractive isthe fact that the University has astrong commitment to modern lan-guages.”Notre Dame also has a strong

commitment to Catholicism and toa classic liberal arts education,

which makes Dante an ideal sub-ject to research, teach and studyhere, said Baranski, who joinsother top Dante experts in theCollege of Arts and Letters, includ-ing Albert J. and Helen M.Ravarino Family Director of Danteand Italian Studies Ted Cachey,associate professor of ItalianChristian Moevs and assistant pro-fessor of Religion and LiteratureVittorio Montemaggi.“I will be the fourth Dantist in the

department,” Baranski said.“Nowhere else in the world is theresuch a grouping of Dante schol-ars.”Baranski has been a visiting dis-

tinguished professor at NotreDame on several previous occa-sions and has given numerousguest lectures on campus over thepast two decades, said Cachey,who also is chair of theDepartment of RomanceLanguages and Literatures, andco-director of Italian Studies atNotre Dame.“Last spring, he gave an excel-

lent lecture on the Divine Comedyin the Medieval Institute that illus-trated well the profoundly Catholiccharacter of his scholarship on thegreatest poet of the Middle Ages,”said Cachey. “The visit consolidatedthe reputation that Zyg Baranskihas established here at NotreDame as a wonderful teacher andan inspiring intellectual presence.”

“The best projects areusually

interdisciplinary.”

Laura Hollisdirector

Gigot Center

“The goal of the GigotCenter is to really look atthe idea of venture devel-

opment as aspectrum from idea to

enterprise”

Laura Hollisdirector

Gigot Center

Contact Patrick Cruitt [email protected]

Special to The Observer

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and they will try to secede.“That could lead to war. So

we’re warning that there is avery, very real danger that thiswar is going to start again. Andit’s not often that we can give youa start date of a war.”Adwok, auxiliary bishop of

Khartoum, works with southernrefugees living in the north partof the country. He said the cen-tralized government ofKhartoum, which controls nearlyall of the country’s resources, hasoppressed the Southerners formany years.While Muslims run the govern-

ment, Taban, bishop emeritus ofTobit, said Islam and Christianityare not in conflict. “When we founded the new

Sudan council of churches in thesouth, even the Muslim churcheswanted to join,” he said. “Wesaid, let us be friends. We knowyou don’t get much aid. We shallshare what we have. And we liveso friendly in the south with theMuslims who are there.”Taban said the role of religion

in Sudan is no longer being con-fined to the spiritual.“Religion is being exploited by

those in power. Once people have

that power, they have the wealth,they forget even about their reli-gion. Unfortunately, that is whatis happening in Sudan.” In fact, one of the south’s

biggest concerns is being able tohave an identity separate fromthe northern religion, Adwoksaid. “The question of identity was

raised right from the beginning,”he said. “The people of the south,they say, ‘Among us there areMuslims, among us there areChristians. Therefore, not onesystem can be imposed on us.’”The government’s oppression

of the south makes the idea ofunity nearly impossible, Adwoksaid. This is why the groups aretrying to raise internationalawareness, in hopes of reducinga violent northern reaction tosouthern secession. “The reason that we are com-

ing here is to allow the people ofthe south to hear their voice,their cry for justice, their cry fordignity,” Adwok said. “And evenif the referendum is manipulated,is rigged, I don’t think the dignityof the human person can berigged by anybody. And here inan international community, wehave to say, ‘Let these peoplego.’”After the talk, the delegation

had dinner with students of theKroc Institute for International

Peace Studies. “It seems that for Notre Dame,

this is an issue that would matterto us all,” said junior PatrickMcCormick, Student Senatesocial concerns chair, whoattended the dinner. McCormickintends to introduce a resolutionto the Senate in Wednesday’smeeting that will outline an edu-cation and advocacy campaignabout the issue. He said theSenate has been working closelyon the issue with Catholic ReliefServices (CRS) and a copy of theresolution was given to each pan-elist. “They’re going to put it on the

CRS website as an example ofwhat students can do,” he said.“From what CRS is telling us, themore we can do to draw atten-tion to what’s going in the Sudan,the better off the people on theground think that they’ll be.”Taban said it is especially

important for students to beinformed. “This is a university. These are

the future leaders,” he said.“Tomorrow they will be the lead-ers of the country. They shouldknow about other parts of theworld. … We are billing them asfuture leaders. Not just by words,but by action.”

will host the visitors in theirdorms and introduce them toNotre Dame traditions.“Notre Dame hosts are welcom-

ing them into their hall communi-ties for the weekend,” Willertonsaid.Doyle said she wanted to host a

visiting student because conversa-tions between schools can providean interesting viewpoint on theway other universities function.“Over 80 percent of our stu-

dents live in residence halls,”Doyle said. “I hope they get a feelfor how we maintain that bond.”The line between the athletic

program and the student bodyreally blur with the sense of com-munity at this school, Doyle said.Student body president

Catherine Soler said she hopesthe students will see the familyaspect of the Notre Dame commu-nity.“We have a lot of external

events going on during a footballweekend,” Soler said. “But ourstudent body is really motivatedinternally with a love and a loyaltyfor Notre Dame.”The Arizona State group will

participate in events that define atraditional football weekend,including the Friday trumpetunder the dome, the drummer’scircle, the player walk from theBasilica to the Notre DameStadium Saturday and the bandconcert on the steps of Bond Hallbefore the game.They are also encouraged to

attend events for men’s andwomen’s swimming and diving aswell as women’s soccer.“This is also meant to be an

educational experience where thevisitors can witness and partici-pate in Notre Dame traditions butalso see how the entire weekendoperates,” Willerton said.

The ASU students and staff willhear presentations from GameDay Operations, women’s basket-ball and the Athletics Department.The students will also attend anopen house with informationaltables from student government,Student Union Board, The ShirtProject and several other studentgroups.Sophomore Ricky Bevington will

host a member of ASU’sInterfraternity Council (IFC).The unique residential life on

campus is the base of game dayspirit at Notre Dame, Bevingtonsaid.“I feel that it will be a great

opportunity for the ASU IFC lead-ers to see how our residence hallsplay an integral role in gameweekend,” he said. “What makesgame day so great is the sense ofcommunity formed when thou-sands of students come togetherwith thousands of fans to supporta University that means so muchto us.”Sophomore Class Council vice

president Kevin Doherty said thevisitors’ schedule will take themthrough all the events that con-tribute to the vibe of a NotreDame football weekend.“I think it is hard to put into

words but it all comes down to thetradition of the football programhere,” Doherty said.The Notre Dame representa-

tives hope the ASU students willsee the spirit that builds throughFriday march out, the pep rally,the drummer’s circle, Saturdayconcession stands and game dayevents, and hopefully they cantake some strategies back to theircampus to build a community offans there, he said.“We all just truly love our

University,” Bevington said.“That’s what makes the almamater at the end of the game soawesome.”

coming up for tenure at IUPUI[Indiana University PurdueUniversity at Indianapolis],” shesaid. “I drove down toIndianapolis for four or five yearsand was gone two nights a weekto keep on the tenure track.”Jon and Annie said it was

especially difficult because theirchildren were 1 and 4 years oldwhen the family moved to SouthBend.“It strengthened our relation-

ship in a lot of ways,” Colemansaid. “But I couldn’t have keptdoing it forever, but it workedout really well in the endbecause I love working in theDepartment of American Studieshere.”Other professor couples have

found different ways to pursuetheir professional academic lifewhile remaining on campus withtheir spouse. Professor Kevin Vaughan of the

Department of Biology wasrecruited to teach at theUniversity in 1998, but his wife,fellow biologist Patricia Vaughan,took a different route within theUniversity.“I chose not to pursue a tenure

track because of our children,”she said. “I’m research faculty soI work in my husband’s researchlab, but I’ve also taught since2005.”The two remain in close prox-

imity and see each otherthroughout the day.“Our offices are right next door

to each other and we usuallyhave lunch together,” she said.Other faculty couples do not

see each other often due to dif-ferent fields of study.

Ramzi Bualuan, a professor ofComputer Science andEngineering, has been at theUniversity since 1990. His wife,professor Ghada Bualuan, whomhe married in 2001, received ajob in the Department of Classicsin 2006. “We surprisingly don’t see each

other that much,” Ramzi said.“Our schedules don’t coincidebut that’s intentional so that wecan better manage our children’sschedules.”Ghada said working at the

same University, albeit in differ-ent fields, does have its advan-tages. “It does make it easier working

in the same place,” she said. “Weshare almost similar back-grounds, talents and aspira-tions.”While the Bualuans may not

run into any professional dis-agreements because of their dif-ferent subjects, Diehl andValentino have found ways tomake their shared professionalinterests into an intellectual com-petition involving their students. “We have a lab rivalry,”

Valentino said. “At the end ofeach semester our labs engage ina competition for a trophy.Currently, Professor Diehl’s FUNLab has the hardware.”Diehl and Valentino have also

found a unique way for inform-ing unaware students that thetwo professors are married. “We both tend to use clips of

our son to highlight examplesin class,” Diehl said. “It ’salways kind of funny when stu-dents realize that we must bemarried based on the fact thatwe have the same adorablechild.”

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time — said when Henrystepped down in 1974, SaintMary’s enrollment was up by150 percent since he enteredoffice. “The scholastic average at

Saint Mary’s is above the levelprevailing before the mergerattempt even though the schoolhas lost some of the very top girlstudents to Notre Dame,” theMichiana article said. Henry resigned from his posi-

tion as president in January of1974. “My timetable for those areas

over which I could exerciseinfluence is running ahead ofitself. My commitments to theCollege, I feel, have been morethan fulfilled,” Henry said in a1974 press release from theCollege.Before coming to Saint Mary’s,

Henry served as mayor of St.Cloud, Minn. from 1964 to 1971,professor and vice president atSt. John’s University and presi-dent of St. Michael’s College,Marian College and Wisconsinand Belmont Abbey.

Henry was born in 1921 in St.Cloud, Minn. He graduated fromSaint John’s University and wentto graduate school at HarvardUniversity and the University ofChicago. Henry also served as a naval

officer during World War II. Saint Mary’s current president,

Carol Ann Mooney, expressedher regret over Henry’s passingin a press release.“Ed Henry became president

of Saint Mary’s at a pivotal timein our history,” Mooney said.“We are grateful for his strongleadership and send our condo-lences to his family.”

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including Notre Dame profes-sors, are attempting to answerthe most pressing questionsabout the aftermath of the spill. Joannes Westerink, professor

of civil engineering and geologi-cal sciences, said the primaryquestion to be answered is sim-ple: Where did all the oil go?“The oil obviously dispersed

throughout the region, but theexact locations and concentra-tions of this oil are relativelyunknown at the moment,”Westerink said. “In such a hugevolume of water, the oil hasmixed into different layers of

water, but no one knows howmuch oil has actually deteriorat-ed thus far.”Westerink said it is too early to

determine the effects of the mix-ing of oil with Gulf waters, espe-cially on wetland ecosystemsand human health. However, henoted that the initial visualinspection of wetland areasthroughout the Gulf region hasbeen somewhat promising inthat the oil has not seemed topenetrate deep into those areas. Unfortunately, this does not

mean the oil has fully disap-peared, he said.“Even though we can’t see a

lot of this oil anymore, itsimpacts will be discovered overthe next few years if people dili-gently look for it,” Westerink

said.However, the Gulf region’s

high propensity for hurricaneactivity has prompted Westerinkand his colleagues with anotherimportant question.“We are trying to predict what

would happen to the oil in theseinland waters if a major hurri-cane were to occur,” Westerinksaid.In response to this question,

Westerink and his colleagues areapplying their AdvancedCirculation Model (ADCIRC), asophisticated computer modelused by the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers and FEMA that meas-ures inland storm surge pene-tration, to the DeepwaterHorizon spill as a means of pre-dicting the long-term effects of a

hurricane’s storm surge oninland waters such as bays,estuaries, and wetlands in theGulf coastal flood plane.Westerink said his team is

using ADCIRC in conjunctionwith satellite imagery from theUniversity of Texas to form aforecasting system that cantrack the movement of a simu-lated spill of millions of oil parti-cles with tide, wind and atmos-pheric pressure data. The datagathered by this system wouldbe compared to an image takenseveral days later to project aclear picture of where the simu-lated spill has moved.“From this data, we should be

able to determine how far inlandthe oil would penetrate, whatkind of wetlands it would impact

and the possible impact onmarine and human life if a hur-ricane were to occur,” Westerinksaid. “This is important becauseeven small concentrations of oilcan be very harmful to marinelife and human health.”A point of concern for resi-

dents of the Gulf region lies inthe impact of the spill on marinelife, namely shell fisheries inwetland regions and the blue fintuna spawning ground locatednear the site of the disaster. “This summer, I saw a brown

pelican covered in oil while Iwas fishing in Mississippi,”Degan said. “It made me sad andangry about the spill in general.”The economic effects of the

spill have already taken a toll onthe fishing industry and localeateries in that many shell fish-eries have been closed due tothe presence of oil, which hasbeen reflected in the skyrocket-ing prices of seafood, especiallyoysters.“Oysters are one of the main

exports from southernLouisiana, so their high priceshave hurt everyone who makestheir living off the sea,” seniorMargaret Jumonville said. “Thespill really economically affecteda state that was having a hardenough time coming back fromHurricane Katrina.”In response to the effects of

the spill on people in the fishingindustry, the Catholic Charitiesin the Archdiocese of NewOrleans began needs assess-ments in coastal areas wheremany workers in the industrylive, Catholic Charities ParishSocial Ministry Coordinator NickAlbares, a 2008 Notre Damegraduate, said. “Since those initial assess-

ments, we have establishedsocial service centers in fiveCatholic parishes in variousareas of New Orleans,” Albaressaid. “At these sites, CatholicCharities social workers andcounselors work with clients oncase plans, including budgetingand accessing government assis-tance and other services.”Catholic Charities workers also

assisted clients in obtaining food,direct financial assistance, clini-cal counseling and pastoral care,Albares said. He said all peopleaffected by the oil spill were alsoimpacted by Hurricane Katrinaand, to a lesser extent,Hurricane Ike. “They are resilient but suffer-

ing,” Albares said. “The claimsprocess has been highly ineffec-tual for many, and the nationalmedia has turned its attentionaway from the Gulf Coast.”Just five years after Katrina

took its toll on the Gulf region,the Deepwater Horizon spill hascreated another economic crisisfor Louisiana and its neighbor-ing states that will take years tobe fixed.“It’s going to be years before

our economy and lifestyle goback to normal,” Degan said.Despite the huge potential for

economic and ecological damagedue to the spill, Westerink saidhe hopes the improvement intechnology that occurred afterKatrina will happen again in theaftermath of the oil spill.“After Katrina happened, peo-

ple invested in understandingthe processes behind it and puteffort into improving technologysuch as computational models,”Westerink said. “The same istrue for the oil spill. It triggereda push for improved technologyand measurements, and thenumber one thing we’ve learnedis how little we know about itseffects in the future. We need toimprove our ability to under-stand and predict the effects ofthese disasters.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Life can only be understoodbackwards, but it must be lived

forwards.”

Soren KierkegaardDanish philosopher

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Everyone thinks of changing theworld, but no one thinks of changing

himself.”

Leo TolstoyRussian author

You never really pray aloneThere is no such thing as “private”

prayer. There is — and certainly shouldbe — deeply personal prayer, but reallyno such thing as “private” prayer. AllChristian prayer, if it is true to its name, isinitiated by thepromptings of theHoly Spiritreceived inBaptism, whoprays in andthrough the heartsof the baptized who together are consti-tuted as the Body of Christ, the Church.Two things are worth noting here: First,all prayer begins with God’s initiative (it’sgraced — in the Tradition, the Holy Spiritis often referred to as “uncreated Grace”),and, second, the Church is constituted byGod’s action, not by mere human choiceor conscious decision. Decision is obvious-ly important, as the Gospels relate, inresponding to Jesus, but it’s also impor-tant to remember that the invitationcomes first. All prayer then, personal orpublic, is done in communion with theBody of Christ, the Church, as the Spiritdraws us in Christ to an ever-deeper com-munion with the Father.Public, liturgical prayer should shape,

inform and nurture our personal prayer.That is, rather than accommodating ourexperience of liturgical prayer to ourexperience of personal prayer — and thusasking, for example, whether the liturgyof the Church “meets my needs” or“touches me personally” — we shouldallow the public prayer of the Churchcontinually to affect our experience ofpersonal prayer, drawing us out of our-selves and uniting us more deeply to theself-offering of Christ to the Father. Ourneeds, like our tastes, should themselvesbe open to and subject to ongoing conver-sion.The prayer of the Church par excel-

lence is the Mass. The Eucharistic Liturgy,the Church tells us, is in fact the mosteffective thing the Church does. As PopeBenedict made clear in his first encyclical,

Deus Caritas Est, the entire social missionof the Church, its apostolates of activecharity and social justice, for example,derive their purpose and meaning — andtheir eschatological effectiveness — fromthe Sacrifice of the Altar, where the full-ness of Love is revealed not as a humanideal but as a Divine Person. That’s one ofthe reasons Mass is offered daily, and whyCatholics are encouraged to participateregularly — even daily, when possible —at Mass. Ask anyone who, over the courseof time, has had the opportunity tobecome a “daily communicant,” and eachwill no doubt tell you that the opportunityto celebrate Mass daily has made a pro-found difference in his or her life. At every celebration of the Eucharist,

Christ reveals himself and is present infour distinct ways: in his Word pro-claimed (it’s God, not merely the lector,who speaks to us when the Scriptures areproclaimed), in the person of the priest orbishop (who acts in persona Christi), inthe assembled people of God, and mostespecially (maxime is the word used inthe documents of the Church, literally,“most of all”) in the consecrated ele-ments, the bread and wine upon whichthe Holy Spirit is invoked and which aresubstantially changed into the Body andBlood of Jesus Christ. It is this last, substantial and efficacious

presence of Christ which in fact consti-tutes the Church and which makes Christpresent among his people. So it’s not that,because we have gathered as the Churchthat somehow the Eucharist revealsChrist’s presence; rather, it’s becauseChrist reveals himself in the breaking ofthe bread (as he did to Cleopas and hisotherwise unknown sidekick on the roadto Emmaus), that we recognize him aspresent in the assembled people of God. Itis the Holy Spirit who constitutes theChurch by configuring us to Christthrough our sharing in the Eucharist.Saint Augustine in one of his homilies(Sermon 272) suggests to his congrega-tion that it is “their Mystery” which is

placed on the altar and that they are to“become what they receive” — their iden-tity (and ours) is derived from the mysteryof the Lord’s dying and rising, which St.Paul teaches we somehow carry within usas we trundle about from day to day. Ourparticipation in the Eucharist is whatincorporates us, quite literally, into theBody of Christ, the Church. There are ofcourse many other modes of prayer anddevotional life which distinguish the livesof Catholics: the Liturgy of the Hours, theRosary, Lectio divina, Novenas, Chaplets,and Litanies, and a host of other ways ofpraying which adorn the Church. But thispanoply of styles and approaches must allbe seen as somehow participating in theone prayer of the Church, and always astaking their orientation from and ulti-mately leading back to, the celebration ofthe Eucharist. Even when alone, one is never praying

alone. There are times when a priest maycelebrate Mass without a congregation.Even in such cases, we believe that theentire Church, including the angels andsaints, is somehow present in that cele-bration. A homebound person whodevoutly prays each day, even if livingalone, is an integral part of Christ’s Body,the Church, at prayer, offering itself to theFather in union with Christ and by thepower of the Holy Spirit. A lone sopho-more, stopping by the Grotto to pray atthe end of a long day, prays in commun-ion with the entire Church, whether sherealizes it or not. All these individuals arenot mere individuals when they pray:they pray as part of Christ’s Body, in com-munion with the whole Church on earthand, yes, even in heaven.You never really pray alone.

Michael Heintz is an assistant professorat the Theology Department and directorof Master of Divinity Program. He can bereached at mheintz1 @nd.eduThe views expressed in this column are

those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Last week was a rough one for me. Likemost of my fellow Domers, I had my firstrandomly placed three — test week of thesemester with the added bonus of a nastyvirus that left me bed ridden for most of theweek.One morning,

after I had finallysummoned thestrength to walkthe seven feet tomy bathroom andshower, I flipped on the light switch andalmost screamed, for the vanity lights clear-ly showed nice treasure trove of grey hairs.Added with the fact that every doctor I sawlast week was kind enough to let me knowthat I have abnormally high blood pressurefor a 21 year old, I was struck with a soberrealization that I’m becoming my fathermuch faster than I had anticipated. Realizing that I need to slow down this

process and preserve my youthful beauty, Istarted thinking about what the possiblesource of my grey hairs could be, and natu-rally I was drawn right to my rooting inter-ests. As of that point, Notre Dame was 1-3,my beloved Giants were 1-2 and cat-fight-ing in the locker room on a daily basis, theYankees were limping into the playoffs (andeventually blew their first ever Septemberdivision lead), and LeBron was dunkingwith Dwyane Wade in South Beach insteadof Amar’e on Broadway. With a bleak sportsoutlook, on the horizon, I decided that Itemporarily need a new hobby. Here’s whatI’ve come up with:1. Sports Video Games: I thought this

might be a logical choice, seeing as I can stillwatch sports, but in this realm, I have ahand in the outcome. However, my NCAARoad to Glory athlete was just as heart-breaking as real life. In his sophomore sea-son, with a national championship bid onthe line and the Irish trailing by four athated USC with under a minute to go, myquarterback threw a 25-yard completion toTE #9, who then fumbled and allowed USCto return it for a touchdown, ending mynational championship dreams. The follow-ing season I lost to Ohio State in the titlegame in triple overtime. It turns out virtualreality isn’t so virtual after all.2. Television: Everybody loves some good

old TV to make himself feel better, and I’mno exception. With Eastbound and Downand How I Met Your Mother Back in com-mission and good potential in shows likeHawaii 5-0 and Boardwalk Empire, I couldbe glued to the tube for a month. However,I’d always end up back at channel 34 atsome point or another, and the stress cyclewould continue.3. Gardening: This is the real dark horse

in the group. When I was in high school, Ialways used to laugh at my dad and uncle’sobsession with planting their impatiensevery spring. I mean, come on, they’re flow-ers, that’s pansy stuff. Now that I’m a home-owner myself, however, I always wonderwhat would make my house look bettereveryday when I come home. While walk-ing on Library Quad the other day, I noticedsome lovely pachysandra growing aroundthat fence that blocks the quad from Gate E,and I thought that could make my houselook nice and keep the neighborhood kidsaway from the porch.4. Politics: Everyone tells me there’s a big

election coming up this year, so I could trackthat, but it would inevitably turn into mepicking red or blue and watching as theother side lies, cheats, steals and cripplesmy dreams. I’m taking a different politicalapproach however, as I’m officially kick-starting my campaign to be the first NDgraduate in the White House. The key isfinding an all-star running mate, but I thinkI’ve got that covered. So until my teamsstart winning again, I’ll be devoting all of myfree time to Gotimer — the Situation 2036.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Action in accordance withour principles

In response to Sarah Furman’s viewpointin the Sept. 24 issue of The Observer aboutethical investments (“A call for ethicalinvestment”), I read some interesting andtroublingly dismissive responses on TheObserver’s website. Some people haveargued that the NLRB settlement closes theissue and that students who are raising con-cerns about HEI are drawing the matter outunnecessarily, or that the Notre Dame maga-zine article concerning Scott Malpass and hisinvestment strategy is enough of an explana-tion of the University’s “ethical investments.”The article from the 2007-2008 winter issuestates that the University investments areheld to the standard of the United StatesConference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) andtheir investment principles. Drawing on this,the USCCB website states investors mustseek “investment opportunities that meetboth our financial needs and our social crite-ria…[specifically] 1) refusal to invest in com-panies whose products and/or policies arecounter to the values of Catholic moralteaching or statements adopted by theConference of bishops; 2) divesting fromsuch companies.” Also, the USCCB calls onthe necessity of active corporate participa-tion of investors in any case, but especiallywhen the questions of ethical investmentsare being voiced “to influence the corporateculture and to shape corporate policies anddecisions.” In dialogue with the University,these specifications by the USCCB have notbeen carried out, or at least the Universityhas not mentioned their efforts, if there havebeen any, which is suspect because it seems

logical for the University to underscore theseactivities if the students are demanding evi-dence of ethical investment.Due to the lack of progress from the

University about the ethical considerations ofits investments, I decided to visit a few HEIowned properties this summer to personallyinquire about the condition of their workers.I spent a week in the Los Angeles area talk-ing with workers about their jobs and thestories I heard were far more troubling thanI imagined. I spoke to a worker about themissed breaks that had occurred for the lastthree years and she explained further thatthey were a result of more extensive prob-lems of staff cuts and increased work loads,all intended to increase profit. Not only wasthis mother of three working longer andharder under HEI management without therespite of breaks mandated by Californiastate law, but her wages are too low to coverthe cost of healthcare provided by the com-pany. She had to take on a second job work-ing nights after working long days at thehotel, hardly seeing her children and stilljust barely scraping by. Other workers Ispoke with shared similar stories. These conditions are making people suffer

and our University is standing by. NotreDame prides itself on encouraging studentsto be involved with social justice, so weshould act in accordance with our principlesand set an example for others.

Alyssa SappenfieldjuniorOct. 5

Gun controlIn Monday’s Observer (“My cold dead hands”, Oct.4), Mr. Kyle

Retzloff writes that Nazi Germany’s alleged confiscation of pri-vate weapons is proof that an armed citizenry can act as a checkon tyranny. This is a claim one often hears from pro-gun com-mentators. The history of armed citizens in modern politics isindeed instructive, but not as Mr. Retzloff suggests.Armed resistance by isolated individuals is pointless, because

a modern state easily crushes such opposition. It happens in ourown country with awful regularity: a gunman holes himself up;the police lay siege; the gunman dies. All that, without the gov-ernment having to deploy a single one of its tanks, fighterbombers, or attack helicopters.Of course, individuals can band together. Guerrilla forces

sometimes wear out the patience of foreign invaders, but not adetermined government. Nazi Germany occupied most of Europeduring World War II. Most countries produced heroic resistancefighters, but to the Germans they were little more than a nui-sance; defeating Hitler’s army took the full force of the Alliedarmies, not bands of armed citizens. After World War II,Ukrainian guerrillas fought on against the Soviets; they too werecrushed, because a band of citizens is no match for an army.There is one exception: armed citizen “resistance” can indeed

go far if the police and the army don’t defend the government.The German army watched from the sidelines as Hitler’s brown-shirted storm troopers (the SA) caused mayhem in the streetsand destroyed German democracy. Mussolini made himself dic-tator by using his black-shirted *squadre* to bully the govern-ment and murder the opposition while the army looked on. TheBolsheviks came to power in Russia when the army was to muchin disarray to stop a coup by the Red Guards. The drug gangspresently terrorizing Mexico illustrate the same point about thepower of armed “citizens” to fight their government and bringfear and misery to their people.And the guns that Hitler is supposed to have taken away from

the German people? As best I can tell, this story refers to theconfiscation in 1933 of weapons from former Communist andSocialist militiamen. The Nazis’ own militia, the SA, of coursekept their guns. Then, in 1934, Hitler had the entire SA leader-ship butchered. Even a heavily armed militia, it turned out, washelpless against the dictator.There are valid arguments for and against gun control.

However, to imagine private gun owners standing up to totalitar-ianism is pure fantasy.

Alexander M. Martinfaculty

Associate Professor of Modern European HistoryOct. 4

It is aboutwinning

Recently an observant (read: pigheaded) freshman decided tolet her thoughts regarding the senior class be known. Withinfallible logic such as, “Notre Dame Football” is not about thefootball!” I realized how blind I have been the last four years. Ihaven’t been paying $245 each year to watch football, I’ve beendonating that minor fee to socialize for four hours once a week.End sarcasm. Notre Dame football will always be about foot-

ball, not showing up to the game plastered and taking a zillionpictures with every person I stumble into (which is what Iassume she means when she says “being crazy, stubborn andunrelenting”). The bigger issue here is this: Notre Dame foot-ball is about winning. This applies to the whole school; winningdrives this campus. People come to Notre Dame because theywere student body president, valedictorians, or more concisely,winners.While this seems arrogant, this is what makes our school

great. We have the confidence to expect to conquer whateverchallenges we face. But not every person can be a winner, andsports are the perfect example. Unfortunately, in the last fouryears we have been too often on the losing side, with many ofthese losses being ugly. While BK has the team on the righttrack, we’re cautious to give ourselves to a freshman’s bound-less optimism because we know the sting of a thorough drub-bing (see Notre Dame football 2007). It’s like a cheating girl-friend. Every time you find out she cheats, it hurts you, butthen for some reason you take her back. Then she cheats again,and it hurts even worse, because you should have seen it com-ing, but you didn’t. At some point you reach an ultimatum:show me real change or don’t come back. While I’m not disown-ing the football team, my optimism only asks that you give it agood reason to show itself again.

Mckenna Nakamurasenior

Keough HallOct. 5

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In case you haven’t heard, OK Go is coming to NotreDame this weekend to perform at halftime of the Pittsburgh gameand later in the evening at Legends Nightclub. Some other musicalacts that have graced South Bend with their presence in the lastcouple of years include Good Charlotte for“The Show” in 2008 and Papa Roach withTrapt at Club Fever just last week. Now, I am not equating the caliber of OK

Go’s music with that of Trapt (although I donot doubt several of you know every wordto “Headstrong”). I recognize OK Go’s talentand staying power. Nor am I denying thatwe have welcomed some other extremelygifted acts to campus in recent years(Guster, Mike Posner, The Roots). But I cannot lie. As I paged through the

yearbooks of the 1970s to see what artistshad been at Notre Dame, I wept out of jeal-ousy. Each year in the blissful decade, atleast one music legend performed atStepan Center, the Athletic and Convocation Center (ACC, now theJACC) or at an intimate blues festival. Only a straightforwardchronology can do the 70s set-lists justice, and I am only mention-ing some highlights. My apologies if you end up wallowing in themediocrity of modern campus concerts after reading.

1978Hall and Oates and Steve Miller. Don’t you wish you could hear “Rich

Girl” and “The Joker” live? Crosby, Stills and Nash finally performedtogether, having visited Notre Dame as solo acts or duos in years past.

1979Neil Young’s performance was apparently a “disappointment” to stu-

dents, according to “The Dome.” Maybe they preferred the performanceof Bruce Springsteen (right), The Beach Boys, Yes or Aerosmith (who’s“warm-up group” just happened to be a little band called AC-DC).

The views expressed in this column are those of the author and notnecessarily those of The Observer.

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Photos courtesy of “The Dome” 1970-79

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Campus concerts

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1976The Beach Boys returned. Notre Dame experienced another British inva-

sion, this time from Rod Stewart and Jethro Tull.

1977This year was host to a couple familiar faces as well as some notable new-

comers: Chicago, The Doobie Brothers, Boston and KISS (left).

1975Van Morrison serenaded

female Domers with “BrownEyed Girl.” Elton John (left)donned a flashy sequinedcostume to entertain. AndElvis Presley (right) was justan added bonus.

1972Students hopped on Cat Stevens’ “Peace Train,” were entertained

by “Proud Mary” herself, Tina Turner (left) and relished SoCal vibeswith The Beach Boys.

1973The student body received English rock from Yes, local American

rock from Chicago and Latin rock from Santana.

1974Rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry. Motown phenomenon, TheTemptations. Sibling duet, The Carpenters. Paul Simon of Simon andGarfunkel. Joni Mitchell. Words do not suffice.

1970Welcome Smoky Robinsonand the Miracles (left), the firstsuccessful group act signed byMotown Recordsand performersof Motown’s first

million-selling record, “Shop Around.” DionneWarwick (right) also made an appearance, anartist probably best known to our generation asthe singer of “I Say A Little Prayer,” featured in thehit 1990s film “My Best Friend’s Wedding.”

1971“Jeremiah was a bullfrog…” sang Three DogNight at Notre Dame. It’s safe to say their hit sin-gle “Joy to the World” is known by almost everyAmerican.

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Fit or fad?‘Fitness shoes’ not for everyone

Reebok Easy Tones promise a nice poste-rior, Skechers Shape-Ups claim to give JoeMontana better posture and myriad knock-offs at stores like Target and Wal-Mart offerall the benefits at half the price.But can so-called “fitness shoes” actually

tone muscles on the walk to class? Dr.Damian Dieter, a podiatrist at the PortageFoot Clinic in South Bend, has treated somepatients who have worn the shoes and hastried out a pair himself.“It’s not a cookie-cutter answer, that it’s

good or really bad,” he said. From working muscles to increasing cir-

culation, the benefits described in the com-mercials and other promotional materialsare mostly true, he said, but there are somecaveats.Dieter said people with foot problems —

such as plantar fasciitis, heel spurs,bunions or arthritis — should be carefulwhen trying out the shoes, since it mightaggravate their discomfort.“If you’ve got a really whacked-out foot

and you think going around in these shoes,all your prayers and questions areanswered, that’s not the case,” he said.

The mostimportant part

of any walking shoe is theheel counter, Dietersaid. This “cup” in the shoethat surrounds a person’sheel has to be stiff in order tokeep the arch of the footfrom wobbling. Most fitness shoes do

have this heel support,Dieter said. However, inmost of the designs, instabili-ty in the rest of the body of theshoe is the whole point.For example, the Reebok Easy-Tone

shoes have two air chambers (what thecommercials call “balance ball technolo-gy”). Dieter said the air cushion is forcedfrom heel-to-toe, heel-to-toe, in the reversedirection of the force of the step, so thewearer is constantly working against nor-mal walking motion.Dieter said he tried out the Skechers

Shape-Ups in a store for about 15 minutes,but did not feel stable in them. “I constantly had to hold onto something,”

he said. “Now, if I wore them for a weekstraight, I probably would get used to it.”Forcing wearers to overcome that

unsteadiness is an intentional part of theshoes’ design, he said.“Well, if you’re unsteady, you clench up

muscles,” he said. “It’s like sea legs. Whenyou’re on a boat, the boat is constantlymoving, so even without thinking, you’reclenching your leg muscles to stay on bal-ance, that’s why you get stronger legs.”

The Skechers’ website rec-ommends going throughsome warm-up andadjustment exerciseswhen first putting on the

shoes, in order toadjust to the newform of walking.Re-learning howto walk shouldn’t

be the goal of any exercise routine, he said,especially just for one pair of shoes.“You shouldn’t have to tell your body

what to do when you walk,” he said.“Walking should be like breathing. Youshouldn’t have to say to yourself, time tobreathe in now. It’s an automaticresponse.”Additionally, Dieter said “rocker bottom”

shoes like the Skechers Shape-Ups, with acurved sole, actually shorten the wearer’sgait. The shoes force people to shorter,faster steps. “It increases blood flow just because

you’re walking fast,” he said. But he added, “You can just do jumping

jacks to get your blood flowing, too.”“People that are going to go work out

with any shoe, yeah, they’re going to havebetter circulation,” he said. While Dieter said the instability and gait-

changing aspects of these shoes will helpsome people with posture or circulation,just wearing a different kind of footwearwon’t replace eating healthy or breaking asweat.“The marketing thing is that everybody

wants to sell you something that, if you dothis, you don’t have to go to the gym, youdon’t have to watch what you eat,” he said.“Everybody’s got a gimmick.”

Does Kanye West have the potential tomake a bad album? “808s andHeartbreaks” was a scare, but proved itsworth over thelong haul. Withfour dynamitealbums behindhim, three ofwhich place onalmost everyAmerican “Best of the Decade” list,Kanye West has set a high standard forhimself. Nine years from now, when the

umpires of musical taste come togetherto analyze the definingmoments of the decade,if Nov. 22 doesn’t landon the table early inthe discussion, thensomething will havetruly gone wrong. If the tracks releasedoff his new albumare any indicationits quality, fanshave nothing toworry about.In fact, whiletabloid andmedia houndscontinue toportray him asthe anti-Christfor interrupt-ing VMAac c e p t a n c espeeches andaccusing pres-

idents of racial apathy, Kanye may befinishing up his magnum opus to shutthem up once and for all. If West canoutdo himself again and releases his fifthgreat album, he can storm overratedaward show acceptance speeches andinterrupt public service announcementsuntil he loses his voice. Album release delays can be irritating

for music aficionados, and Kanye Westfans have had their fair share of aggra-vation. The numerous pushbacks ofWest’s fifth album have thus come as lit-tle surprise. Originally slated for a sum-mer release, the album was pushed toSept. 14, and then moved again whenWest announced that it would be hittingstores “sometime in November.” Untilyesterday, the date and album title wereunconfirmed. In a Twitter update, West revealed the

new title and official release date of Nov.22.Never mind that the new title, “My

Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” soundslike a bad manga series. The early track

releases are some of the most innovativehip-hop tracks of the last couple ofyears. “Power,” the first single from thealbum released in June, is five minutesof classic bragging, soul searching andspot-on self-identification. In July, West started the “GOOD Friday

series,” releasing a new track everyFriday for eight straight weeks, ultimate-ly collaborating with over 15 artists.Among the eight tracks, four crossed thesix-minute mark, six were brand newconcepts and three were some of West’sbest in years. “GOOD Friday,” “Monster”and “Christian Dior Denim” were thehighlights and will hopefully make theirway onto the album. The most promise lies in the second

single, “Runaway,” which West pre-miered at the MTV Video Music Awardsin September. Last week, the final mixwas officially released for digital down-load. The song is West’s most accurateand peculiar artistic statement yet.Raising a glass to “scumbags” like him-self, the song is the perfect mix of self-

loathing and spite. Excitement for the new album began

back in 2009 before anyone had heard aminute of it. Confirmed collaborationswith fellow innovative producers Q-Tip,DJ Premier and Pete Rock began antici-pation. DJ Premier expressed excite-ment for the novelty of the material inan interview, and fellow rapper Drakespeculated that the album could be oneof “the best hip-hop albums of the last10 years.” Early evaluation for the album is high-

ly speculative, considering most trackshave yet to see the light of day, but thealbum certainly has the potential forgreatness. If Kanye West can pull off thisalbum, he may secure himself a slot innot only rap history, but in the pantheonof popular music icons.

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$75 — $130

Reebok EasyTonereebok.com/easytone

$99 — $125

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CLUB SPORTS

Bowling team competes in tournament in Wisconsin

The Notre Dame bowlingteam traveled to Wauwatosa,Wisc., this weekend to com-pete in the Midwest CollegiateTournament. Senior co-president Drew

Crai l led the team in p inswi th 1 ,536 p ins in n inegames, followed by junior co-pres ident Richard Skel ton1,506 pins. Both were in thetop third of individual scorersfor the entire tournament.Next up for the club is the

Kegel / ISBPA Col leg iateClassic Oct. 23-24 in Addison,Ill.

EquestrianCompeting for the first time

in a new region, the NotreDame – Saint Mary’s equestri-an club opened its season atthe University of Wisconsinshow. Amy Giordano garnered

High Point Rider honors andKat ie P ie trucha c la imedReserve High Po int R ider.Giordano’s performance alsoqual i f ied for reg ionals inintermediate flat. Notre Dame - Saint Mary’s

f in ished as Reserve HighPoint team, behind the hostWisconsin club.Saturday’s list of outstand-

ing resul ts inc luded Kat ieWalsh and Mia Genereux tak-ing f irst and sixth in openfences , G iordano andPietrucha both taking first inintermediate fences and ToriScheid and Sarah Dol tonearning th ird and f i f th ,respectively, in novice fences.Genereux and Walsh also fin-ished first and third in openf la t , whi le Giordano,P ie trucha and ManaEspahbodi stood first, second,and fourth in intermediateflat. Nicole Oberschmied took

th ird in nov ice f la t , whi leteammates Whitney Preisserand Natalie Stoerger tied forfourth. Walk- trot -canter was a

clean sweep for the Irish asKatrina Stewart, first, CaitlinHarr is , second and LauraTiche, th ird and Patr ic iaWalsh, th ird , c la imed topscores.Highlights from Sunday’s

competition included Walshand Generux taking secondand f i f th in open fences ,Pietrucha and Giordano fin-ishing third and fifth in inter-mediate fences , and

Espahbodi , th ird , SarahLusher, fourth , andOberschmied, fourth in novicefences.Points were earned in open

flat, Walsh, third, Genereux,f i f th , in termediate f la t ,Scheid , f i rs t , Petrucha,fourth, and Espahbodi, fifth;novice flat, Lusher, fourth,Oberschmied, sixth and walk-trot-canter, Catie Hradrick,first, Stewart, second, Walshand Emma Rhoades, fifth.

Field Hockey Notre Dame won its season

opener against Vanderbilt 2-0, with goals scored by MariaKosse ass is ted by Chr issyAf f leck and KimWeisenberger. The Irish dropped the sec-

ond game, 1-0 , to hostKentucky. The team tied for second

overall in the UK Invitationalat Lexington.

SailingNotre Dame again split its

club into three squads thisweekend, enter ing threeregattas.In the Pere Marquet te

Regat ta at Marquet teUnivers i ty, gusts up to 30knots made condit ions toowindy to race Saturday. Three races per d iv is ion

were completed Sunday tomeet the minimum require-ment for a regat ta . Ful lresults were not avai lablewhen the Notre Dame teamhad to leave. The Irish had two berths,

to ta l ing four boats . NotreDame skippers were KevinCondit, Greg Torrisi, WilliamEverage, and John Hrabick. Marquet te , Minnesota ,

Northern Michigan, Iowa,Indiana, Wiscons in , UW-Milwaukee and Robert Morrisa lso part ic ipated.At Michigan’s Cary Pr iceRegatta, held in Ann Arbor,condit ions were chi l ly andoccasionally wet. Michigan, Northwestern,

Western Michigan, Wisconsin,Purdue, Minnesota , NotreDame, Ohio State and Queenstook part in the regatta. E l izabeth Werley and

Jessica Hedrich sailed in theA Div is ion , whi le Emi lyGolden and Tom Temmermansailed in the B Division. Notre Dame placed seventh

of nine. The teams finishedwith Michigan first, followedby Minnesota, Northwestern,Purdue, Ohio State, Purdue

2, Notre Dame, Wisconsin andQ u e e n ’ s .In New York City at the JesuitOpen at Fordham the breezenever exceeded 5-6 knotswhi le there were mult ip lepostponements as the windshifted from the north to thewest and back again withintwo minutes of a start. The Race Committee was

able to complete only s ixraces before throwing in thet o w e l . Sunday was just the oppo-

s i te as a s teady northeastwind o f 13-17 knots wi thgusts reaching 22 greeted thesailors and continued through14 more races until the regat-ta was cal led at 2:30 p.m.after one full round-robin of20 races had been completed. Waves, three to four feet

h igh, came ro l l ing downWestern Long Island Soundthroughout most of the morn-ing, causing challenging con-d i t ions for the s ta lwartsailors and several capsizes. The teams finished with firstFordham, then Georgetown,Navy, NY Mari t ime, NotreDame, Fordham 2, McGi l l ,Army and Loyola .Competing for the Irish were:Notre Dame A’s : Sk ipperNathaniel Walden and CrewAli Donahue. Notre Dame B’s:Skipper Jeff Miller and CrewNatalie Fang.

Ultimate Frisbee This weekend Notre Dame

Ult imate hosted the 15thanniversary o f i t s annualtournament White Smoke thisweekend. The White Smoke tourna-

ment has been held in thespring in past years, but wasmoved to the fall this year.This year the tournament wasthe biggest it had ever beenwith 24 male teams and 18female teams. The Notre Dame men’s team

split into two different squadsof fairly even skill under theleadership of captains JustinBrowne and Michael Del laPenna to ensure equal play-ing t ime and to help teachsome of the more inexperi-enced players.Both Notre Dame teams are

still getting used to playingwith each other and workedhard to teach the new playersvarious aspects of the gameas Notre Dame X and NotreDame Y, went 2-5 and 4-4respectively. Both teams showed deter-

minat ion throughout the

weekend wi th a couple o flosses by only one point. Inthe end, both teams were sat-isfied with how the weekendwrapped up and are lookingforward to cont inuing todevelop new players, and theteam as a whole, throughoutthe fall season.The Notre Dame women’s

squad hosted their section ofthe tournament this weekendon the Saint Mary’s campus.Notre Dame again fielded twoteams, which allowed return-ers and rookies alike to getlo ts o f p lay ing t ime and agreat first tournament experi-ence.Notre Dame X, captained by

senior Mol ly Thompson,opened the weekend with agame against eventual tour-nament championNorthwestern. Northwesternwon handily, but the NotreDame women embraced thechallenge and used the gameas a great introduct ion tocompetitive Ultimate. Its nextgame came against St. LouisUniversity, where they alsolost by a score of 8-5. Theteam really started improvingtheir chemistry in the secondhalf of the day in close lossesto DePaul and Purdue. At one point in the Purdue

game, Notre Dame X scoredan upwind break and heldtheir first lead of the year,but unfortunately they could-n’t hold onto it for the victory.On Sunday morning, the teamplayed a hard-fought gameagainst Wooster that ended ina 5-3 loss, but it did set themup to play their final gameagainst Notre Dame Y. Thislow-key game was a greatway to end the weekend anddo some team bonding, andNotre Dame X used the irs trong deep game to pul laway with a 6-4 victory. Thompson did a fabulous

job of leading the first-timeteam throughout the weekendboth on the o f f the f ie ld .Sophomores Kelsey Taylor,Andrea Scheder, and Al l ieHawkins s tepped up intoleadership ro les and newpositions and also had somegreat defensive plays, withHawkins along with seniorRachel Newkirk notchingtheir first layout D’s. All ofthe rookies worked hardthrough windy playing condi-tions and the challenges of af i rs t tournament andimproved a lo t . FreshmanKelsey Fink played excellentzone offense, junior Megan

Dillon had some clutch catch-es , and freshman Devl inLynch had great in cuts.Notre Dame Y had a similar

weekend of tough losses butencouraging improvement.They los t in pool p lay onSaturday to Case WesternReserve , Michigan State ,Truman State, and Ill inois.The Truman State game wasvery exciting as Notre DameY lost by only one point. Theteam struggled in its earlymorning game on Sunday,falling to Grinnell by a scoreof 7-1. However, they ralliedin the game against NotreDame X,and, although theyeventual ly los t that gamealso, the team regained a lotof their confidence and chem-istry. Senior captain MeganFranke led the team for thetournament and p layedintense defense all weekendto help get the team fired up. Juniors Vicke Hadlock and

Ashley Satterlee stepped intonew roles as handlers andhad some great o f fens iveplays , and sophomoreCourtney Iversen had her firstlayout D. Sophomore ErinnRiley and freshman JenniferPerugini played solid offenseand defense all weekend andshowed a lo t o f promise .Senior Kim Ford directed thetournament and did a fabu-lous job of coordinating andorganizing play all weekend.Both teams were very excitedabout the overall success ofthe tournament and the greatimprovement they saw overthe course of the weekend.

RugbyThe Irish left South Bend at

6:30 a.m. Saturday to take onIndiana Univers i ty inBloomington. Af ter the four-hour bus

ride, the Irish stepped outonto a wet and muddy field toprepare for the match. From the opening kick, theIrish played with intensity asthey sought to avenge lastweek’s loss . Senior centerAndy Mullen was unrelentingin defense and attack until hewas forced off with an injury. In his absence, seniors Sean

Mitchel l and Packy Gri f f instepped up their game andensured Indiana stayed offthe board. Indiana won with a f inal

score was 7-6. In the subse-quent B-side match, freshmanscrum-half Byron “Kelleher”Henry led the Ir i sh to aredemptive 14-5 victory.

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No. 6 Oklahoma looksto improve in title hunt

NORMAN, Okla. — No. 6Oklahoma has a perfect recordafter clearing what’s usually thetoughest hurdle on its way to theBig 12 championship game andbeyond.Still, coach Bob Stoops sees no

room for his Sooners (5-0, 1-0Big 12) to relax, even with an offweek before they host Iowa Stateon Oct. 16. He said this weekstarted with the team addressing“at great length” the areaswhere improvement is needed.“College guys are so young that

there’s a lot of maturity andexperience gained in techniquework that should improve as yougo through the year, and we’vegot to make it,” Stoops saidTuesday.“We’re a long way from a fin-

ished product. Our job is to keepworking it and pushing it tomake that improvement, and Ithink we will.”Stoops has led Oklahoma to a

5-0 start on six other occasions,and it’s almost always been agood omen. Five of those seasonshave concluded with the Soonersplaying for the Big 12 title, andfour times they’ve played for thenational championship, too.Of course, making it to the

halfway point of the season with-out a blemish means the Soonershave prevailed over archrivalTexas, just as they did Saturdaywith a 28-20 win in the annualRed River Rivalry game. That’susually an indicator thatOklahoma is on track to repre-sent the Big 12 South in the con-ference title game, althoughteam captain Travis Lewis does-n’t want to hear that as he seesother strong teams around theleague.“It’s not just a two-horse race

anymore,” said Lewis, a line-backer. “It used to be if we beatTexas or Texas beats us, thatteam’s going to be in the Big 12championship. It’s not going tobe like that anymore.”Stoops said he sees no differ-

ence in player attitudes now thanin the spring and summer, whenthey were eager to make amendsfor finishing last year 8-5.“They’ve had an attitude that

way of being hungry to improveand work, so we’ve got a lot ofwork ahead of us,” Stoops said.“I said that last week. The Texas

game is one game. We’ve gotseven conference games aheadof us, and if you don’t win those,that game doesn’t much matter.”Chief among the concerns for

Oklahoma is a disturbing trendof poor play in the fourth quar-ter.Opponents are outscoring the

Sooners 51-17 in the final period,with Texas becoming the latestteam to mount a comeback froma double-digit deficit that cameup just short.The Longhorns scored 10

straight points in the fourthquarter Saturday and had anopportunity to tie it whenSooners quarterback LandryJones fumbled inside the 10-yardline. He was able to knock theball away from Texas linebackerJared Norton before he couldscoop it up and score.“We’re still playing great

defense 80 percent of the timeand the other 20 percent we’regiving up big plays,” Lewis said.“And we’re giving up too manypoints in the fourth quarter.“It’s good to be 5-0 and have

all the problems that we do.”The Sooners have won four of

their five games by eight pointsor less— after leading by at least15 points in each game.“I know we’re in good enough

shape where it’s not fatigue.Players are just getting their eyesin the wrong places and trying todo someone else’s job, and thenthey hit the big play on us,”Lewis said. “It’s a discipline typeof thing. We need to be more dis-ciplined in the fourth quarter.”Offensive coordinator Kevin

Wilson said his unit also needs todo a better job of protecting—and extending—late leads. Aftergoing up 28-10 on Texas,Oklahoma totaled just one firstdown on its next two drives whiletrying to put the game away.“The bottom line is we’re not a

tough-enough, pounding-it run-ning team where we can totallyjust ram it against a really out-standing defense, which theyhad” Wilson said. “We ran theball well, but we ran it when wehad good balance.”The Sooners were also at their

best when using their hurry-upoffense, not exactly their bestweapon when trying to drain theclock. Yet Wilson said he stillplans to operate at a slower pacelate in games.

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Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, speaking at the Sooners’ media dayon Aug. 6, said he sees multiple things his team must improve.

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MLB

Yankees set playoff rotationMINNEAPOLIS — The New

York Yankees bumped strug-gling starter A.J. Burnett tothe bullpen for the AL play-offs against Minnesota.Game 1 starter CC

Sabathia would pitch on threedays’ rest if a Game 4 is nec-essary. Andy Pettitte will fol-low Sabathia and start Game2, with Phil Hughes going inGame 3 back in the Bronx.The series opens at

Minnesota with games onWednesday and Thursday.Yankees manager Joe

Girardi said he wants tothrow as many lefties as hecan against a Twins lineuploaded with dangerous left-handed hitters.“We felt with all the left-

handed hitters we would tryto throw four lefties at themin five games,” Girardi said.The Twins do have slightly

better numbers this yearagainst righties. They hit .276with a .432 slugging percent-age and .343 on-base per-centage and went 62-44(.585). Against lefties, they hit.268 with a .400 slugging per-centage and .336 on-basepercentage while going 32-24(.571).Burnett took the news in

stride. He was 10-15 with a5.26 ERA in 33 starts thisseason. He hasn’t pitched inthe bullpen since April 16,2008, when he appeared forToronto in the 14th inningagainst Texas.“It’d be different if I had a

great second half,” Burnettsaid. “But I took baby steps,not a huge leap. Those threeguys (Sabathia, Pettitte and

Hughes) have been our mainstarters.”Burnett joined the Yankees

as a free agent before lastseason, signing an $82.5 mil-lion, five-year contract. Hepitched well againstMinnesota in the first roundof the playoffs, allowing onerun and three hits in sixinnings during a Game 2start.Girardi also decided to go

with Sergio Mitre and DustinMoseley in the bullpenover Javier Vazquez and ChadGaudin. The manager keptoutfielder Greg Golson as thefinal position player.“We really l ike the way

(Mitre’s) s inker has beenworking lately and the way hehas been throwing the ball,”

Girardi said.Girardi left open the possi-

bility that Burnett could startin the series if Sabathia toldthe Yankees that he didn’tfeel good enough physically topitch on three days’ rest. Butif all goes according to plan,Burnett will remain in thebullpen.“I ’m not going to cause

drama or be the bad apple,”Burnett said.Girardi said all his roster

decisions were difficult andhe appreciated how Burnetthandled the news.“I didn’t know how he

would take it,” Girardi said.“But we talked about it andhe seemed like he’s on board.He’s going to do whatever hecan to help us.”

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Yankees starter CC Sabathia delivers against the Rays on April10. Sabathia will headline New York’s playoff rotation.

NFL

NFLPA director Smithwarns of 2011 lockout

GREEN BAY, Wis. — NFLPlayers Association executivedirector DeMaurice Smith seesnew signs that owners arepreparing for a football-free2011.With support from Packers

quarterback Aaron Rodgers,he asked fans to take the play-ers’ side.Speaking at a tailgate-style

fan luncheon a few blocks fromLambeau Field on Tuesday,Smith referred to a recentSports Business Journal reportthat said the NFL is requiringbanks that lend money to itsteams to extend grace periodsfor loan defaults through theend of the 2011 season in theevent of a lockout.“That to me is a step where

the owners are protectingthemselves in the event thatthere is no season,” Smith said.Smith said that move, along

with provisions in televisiondeals that provide for somepayments even if there is alockout, are evidence thatowners are planning for thepossibility that there won’t bea season in 2011.NFL spokesman Greg Aiello

noted that the players aregoing through the process ofapproving the potential decer-tif ication of their union, amove that could be seen aspreparing for protracted nego-tiations.“There are many prepara-

tions taking place, includingthe union preparing to decerti-fy and go out of business,”Aiello said. “Our focus is onnegotiating a new agreementwith the union. The longer itgoes, the tougher it will be andwe are not sure if this unionplans on continuing to be aunion.”Rodgers, the Packers’ newly

elected player representativeto the union, asked the crowdof about 300 fans for their sup-port.“We’re going to keep you

guys daily on our minds andwe realize how much thismeans, and affects not only usbut this community,” Rodgerssaid. “We thank you for yoursupport, and stand with us. It’sgoing to be a tough fight, butwe’re trusting that in the endeverything’s going to turn outto way it’s supposed to.”In a meeting Monday,

Packers players voted tobecome the latest NFL team togive the union approval todecertify in the event of a lock-out. Decertification would giveplayers the right to sue theNFL under antitrust laws if

there is a lockout, a threat thatcould strengthen the players’position in CBA negotiations.Smith said lawsuits have

played an important role inpast gains by the players, ref-erencing late Packers iconReggie White’s role in theimplementation of today’s freeagency system.“Look, the fact is most of our

fans who love this game rightnow believe mistakenly thatfree agency was a gift to theplayers,” Smith said. “That’snot true. Reggie White andFreeman McNeil put theircareers on the line and had tosue for free agency.”But Smith wouldn’t say

whether the union or individ-ual players currently are con-sidering a new lawsuit, or aresimply relying on the threat oflegal action to force owners tomake concessions in negotia-tions.“The only thing that we will

do is continue to protect ourinterest,” Smith said.Smith said players have

always been willing to keepplaying under an extension ofthe existing CBA, and reiterat-ed complaints that ownersrefuse to open their financialrecords. As the NFL’s only pub-licly owned franchise, thePackers are the only team thatmakes it financial informationpublic.The Packers posted an oper-

ating profit of approximately$9.8 million in the fiscal yearthat ended March 31, downfrom $20.1 million the previ-ous year. Taking into accountinvestment losses that wereless severe, the team reportednet income of approximately$5.2 million, up from $4 mil-lion.“Show us the financial data

that says that the NationalFootball League is in some sortof economic (hardship),” Smithsaid. “And so far all we’veheard back is from their leadnegotiator, who said that’snone of our business.”Smith took a positive tone

when he spoke about his goodworking relationship with NFLCommissioner Roger Goodell,but wasn’t willing to estimatehow likely it was that a newdeal could come together inthe near future.“It seems to me that the

greatest gift we could possiblygive is a Christmas gift wherewe sign a new deal and tellpeople that football for ourfans is not only going to contin-ue, but the businesses that relyon football and the jobs thatthis game generates are goingto be secure,” Smith said.

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NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, right, warned that theowners will lock out players in 2011.

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native, is currently rankedfourth.“There aren’t any bad play-

ers in this tournament,” Irishcoach Ryan Sachire said. “Weknew going in that they weregoing to face top competition.”Despite the losses, Sachire

said he feels good about thetalented players moving for-ward.“The fall is all about devel-

opment,” he said. “While weare trying to win in the fall, it

is the spring when it countsthe most. The goal is to getbetter and learn and we’retrying to apply that to ourmatches.”Irish junior Casey Watt, who

also traveled to Tulsa to com-pete, will not play until themain draw begins Thursday.The top 54 players face off inthe main draw, and Watt iscurrently 39th.“We expect Casey to go out

and compete and see what hecan do,” Sachire said. “He hasreally put in a lot of work andhas improved a lot since theNCAA Tournament last May.”Sachire said he expects Watt

to use his development to hisadvantage.“He’s really improved with

his forehand and volley,” hesaid. “It’s a matter of cement-ing things in competition. Hefeels good and he’s going to goout and see what he can do onThursday.”Fol lowing the ITA Al l -

American Championships, theIr ish wi l l have a break incompetition until Oct. 21-25when they wi l l host theMidwest RegionalChampionships.

would come in and that has agood command of all aspects ofthe game. That’s definitely thevoid that we had to be filled.”Not only has McHugh been

able to take on the role NotreDame had ready for her butshe also comes with extensiveexperience that has preparedher well to compete at the col-legiate level. A Yoba Linda, Calif. native,

McHugh was a member of the2009 U.S. Youth National Teamand she also played in the2009 FIVB World YouthChampionships in Thailand.On the high school stage,McHugh set a number ofschool records, includingcareer leader in kills (1,019)and digs (793), and led her ElDorado High School team toleague championships in 2008and 2009. Her school’s teamwas ranked 40th in the nationby PrepVolleyball.com whileshe was named 76th on theirlist of Senior Aces as well asone of their 2009 All-Americans. “She’s a strong competitor,

and she’s easy to get alongwith,” Brown said. “I think herteammates enjoy playing withher and she enjoys playingwith them.”The 11-5 Irish team is a cen-

tral component in McHugh’searly success,especially on theconference levelwhere theyundefeated at 4-0 and fromwhich she hasearned threeFreshman of theWeek honors. “Every t ime

she’s won it ,obviously herstats have beenvery good andthe team haswon,” Brownsaid. “Whenever we have theindividual recognitions, it’salways because the team hasdone well, first and foremost.Usually with her, she’s hittingfor a high percentage, she’shitting for kills per game, shemay have either aces or digs togo along with that to get theaward. She is very deserving ofit , but i t ’s something thatwouldn’t happen without theteam having success as well.”

The first came on Aug. 30when McHugh was given thehonor after her IrishInvitational debut perform-ance. It was the first time aNotre Dame player had earnedthe award after the season’s

opening week-end sinceC h r i s t i n aKaelin did in2006. The second

came Sept. 27after she had4.17 kills/setand 3.33digs/set inNotre Dame’sc o n f e r e n c eopening week-end, and thethird thisweek from

her 13 ki l ls and f ive acesagainst USF Oct. 1 and 19 killson a .562 hitting percentage atGeorgetown Oct. 3. McHugh and the Irish are

back on the road this weekend,taking on Louisville Oct. 9 andCincinnati Oct. 10, where theywill hope to carry on theirfour-match win streak.

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Freshman outside hitter Andrea McHugh passes the ball duringNotre Dame’s 3-0 victory over West Virginia on Sept. 24.

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Senior Daniel Stahl prepares to play a volley during Notre Dame’sApril 14 victory over Ball State.

“She’s a strong competitor, and she’s

easy to get along with.”

Debbie BrownIrish coach

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rights are on the line. Thisgame has a derby fee l , asNotre Dame and Indiana arecertainly two of the biggestnames in thestate.”The Hoos iers

(5-3-1) comeinto the gameagainst the Irish(4-2-3) wi th adominant 24-5-1lead in the all-t ime ser ies ,including a 3-0v ic tory overNotre Dame atAlumni Stadiumlast season. Clark said he

be l ieves th isyear’s Hoosier performance— in their first season undernew head coach Todd Yeagley

— is better than their recordlets on.“They’re very similar to us

in a number of ways,” Clarksaid. “They’ve played a toughschedule jus t as we have .Their record isn’t indicativeof their ability. They’ve takensome close losses, but they’re

a good team.I th inkIndiana canwin a cham-pionship justas I th inkNotre Damecan.”T h e

Hoosiers areled by juniorforward WillBruin whoseseven goa lsand 15 pointslead a talent-ed roster that

includes standout sophomoregoalie Luis Soffrier.“There’s more to this game

than just a r ivalry,” Clarksa id . “ I t ’s a jo l ly gamebecause both teams are filledwith such talented players.”Clark’s squad will head into

the contest fresh off a 2-1weekend v ic tory overProvidence. After the game,Clark expressed displeasurewi th h is team’s defens ivefocus, something that he saidthe team would work on forfuture games.“You don’t have a ton of

t ime between games toaddress these things,” Clark

said. “We just need to makesure that we communicatethe key concepts to the play-ers.”The game-winning goal in

the Providence game camefrom senior forward StevenPerry, who leads the Ir ishwith five goals on the season.Perry also leads the Big Eastin game-winning goals, withthree on the season. Clark said that although the

Irish are embracing a com-plete team approach to scor-ing, Perry will need to contin-

ue to score if the Irish are totake down top teams like theHoosiers.“That’s what you look for

from Perry up top,” C larksaid. “It comes with the posi-tion. We’re getting better atget t ing the whole groupinvolved though.”Perry and the rest of the

Irish attack will be on displayat 7 p.m. Wednesday againstthe Hoosiers in Bloomington.

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ing about it on Monday moreso celebrating the victory.”The Irish didn’t play a per-

fect game, Kelly said, but hesaw signs that his team isimproving.“You just need to win to

cure a lo t o f th ings . Butthey’re very positive things,”Kelly said. “I pointed out tothe offense the third quarterdrive. Those are importantsteps forward, when you canput together 14 plays.“And on the defensive side

o f the ba l l , when you canlimit a team to very minimalrushing [yards] , those aregood signs. So I pointed outthe signs that I see that arepositive towards getting thisto be hab i t - forming . Butwe’re far from that yet.”

Turnover troubleDespite some of the positive

s tr ides the o f fense madeSaturday, the Irish are stillturning the ball over at analarming rate.In the win , sophomore

quarterback Dayne Cr i s tthrew a pick, and runningbacks Armando A l len andCierre Wood each lost a fum-ble.

“How do I coach it? Well, Ithink first and foremost, youmake sure that you’re doingthe fundamentals right, soduring practice, during indi-v idual , we’re making surethat we’re talking about tak-ing care of the football anddoing those kinds of things,”Kelly said. “You just demandit. I f i t ’s something that islack of attention, if it’s lacko f put t ing the ba l l away,we’re going to address it.“So we ’re po in t ing out

things that we see that canput the ball on the ground.We’re trying to coach it dur-ing practice, and then we’redemanding it from our play-ers.”

Fresh faceThe Irish special teams got

a l i f t with the insertion off reshman wide rece iverBennett Jackson into the roleo f k ick re turner. Jacksonreturned four k ickof fs for111 yards Saturday, includ-ing a long of 43 yards.“I think certainly you have

to have the r ight menta lapproach to it , that you’rego ing to catch i t and go ,”Kelly said of what it takes tobe a good return man. “Youcan’t think a lot back there …You’ve got to hit it, and he’sgot that ability where he’s abit fearless from that stand-

point. So it takes a differentkind of guy to do that.”Jackson had made a splash

in the opening win againstPurdue with four tackles onkickoff coverage. Kelly hasmentioned Jackson’s name inthe context of potential play-ing time at receiver, and themove to return man involvedthe head coach feeling com-for tab le wi th p lac ing as tar ter back there , Ke l lysaid.“We had to obviously move

one of our starters out of aposition there, so that didn’thappen unt i l [ las t ]Wednesday,” Kel ly sa id o fputting Jackson in the lineup.“I had not cleared that hur-dle in my own mind that Iwas ready to go in that direc-tion. Once we did, [Jackson]prac t i ced a t i t hard onWednesday and Thursdayand was prepared for h i schance on Saturday.”

No cover jinxSophomore l inebacker

Carlo Calabrese graced thecover of The Observer’s IrishInsider last Friday, and hebacked that appearance upby leading the Irish with 10tackles on Saturday, includ-ing one sack and 3 ½ for loss.He trails only fellow sopho-

more inside linebacker MantiTe ’o for the team- lead in

tackles on the season. Te’ohas 64 tackles (32 solo) onthe season, while Calabresehas 38 (21 solo).“Carlo is developing into a

very solid linebacker and acons i s tent p layer for us , ”Kelly said. “He’s tackling wellin space. He’s much better in

his coverage fits. That wassome of our concerns.“I think, real ly, he’s just

tackling better and he’s play-ing more cons i s tent on aplay-to-play basis.”

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Sophomore linebacker Carlo Calabrese makes a tackle duringSaturday’s Irish victory at Boston College.

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Bobby ClarkIrish coach

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The recent creation of theRakes of Mallow student sec-t ion a t Notre Dame homesoccer games is a testamentto the intensity of the sport— something that will be ondisplay Wednesday night asthe I r i sh t rave l toBloomington to take on No.25 Ind iana wi th Hoos ierState bragging rights on theline.“In Britain you call these

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After Notre Dame openedits season with a 23-12 victo-ry over Purdue on Sept. 5,Irish coach Brian Kelly notedthat while his team didn’tp lay a per fec t game, hewanted to remind his playersto celebrate a victory theyworked hard to earn.That wasn’t the case after

Saturday’s 31-13 road win atBoston Col lege snapped athree-game losing streak andimproved Notre Dame to 2-3.“We d idn ’t have to te l l

them to ce lebrate ,” Ke l lysa id a t h is Tuesday pressconference. “They knew itwas a road victory. Any roadvictory is one to celebrate.But we just have so manyother moving pieces that wespent most of our time talk-

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Back on track

COLEMAN COLLINS/The Observer

Irish coach Brian Kelly motions from the sideline during Saturday’s road victory over BostonCollege. Kelly said that he saw much improvement from his squad on Saturday.

MEN’S SOCCER

Hoosier showdown looms

see BRAGGING/page 14

ND VOLLEYBALL

All-around freshmanmakes quick impact

Two Irishbounced inqualifier

By MATT GAMBERSports Writer

see URIGUEN/page 13

Irish look to build onmomentum from win

Belles can’t break losing streak, fall to No. 13 Flying DutchSMC VOLLEYBALL

FOOTBALL

It was another diff icultevening on the court for theBelles as they dropped theirseventh consecutive matchTuesday against ranked con-ference foe Hope College.Saint Mary’s (3-13, 1-7

MIAA) continues to strugglewithin its conference. Of itslast seven losses, five have

come against MIAA opponents.The No. 13 Flying Dutch

defeated the Belles in straightsets (25-10, 25-16, 25-15) toimprove to 11-4 (7-1 MIAA) onthe season.Hope jumped out to an 8-3

lead in the first set and neverlooked back, posting a .615 hit-ting percentage then and fin-ishing with a .449 for thematch.The Belles narrowed the

deficit to 13-9 in the second set

before the Flying Dutch wenton a hot streak, winning 12 ofthe last 19 points to completethe set. The Flying Dutch wereagain in control the entirethird set, finally finishing theBelles by a score of 25-15.Junior Lindsey Stuss paced

the Belles offense with eightkills in the match while sopho-more Stephanie Bodien addedseven kills and eight digs in thelosing effort. Freshman HaileeLeitz picked up a team-high 19

assists.Flying Dutch star Jessica

Maier led both teams with 18digs and 15 assists in the win.The teams will meet again at

Hope towards the end of theseason. The match will be theregular season finale for boththe Belles and the FlyingDutch. In order to earn a bet-ter seed in the MIAA tourna-ment, the Belles will need toend their losing streak, whichhopefully will come this week-

end. Saint Mary’s will take part in

a triangular event this week-end against conference oppo-nent Albion and Beloit Collegein Albion, Mich., with matchesscheduled for 11 a.m. and 1p.m. The Belles last win wasagainst Albion Sept. 10, atrend they hope to repeatSaturday.

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MEN’S TENNIS

By CHRIS ALLENSports Writer

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Irish senior forward Jeb Brovsky takes a free kick in Notre Dame’s2-1 win over Providence Sunday in Alumni Stadium.

From the junior nationalteam courts to the PurcellPavilion to earning three BigEast honors, freshman out-side hitter Andrea McHughhas made her skills knownearly on in her Irish career. “What her biggest strength

is, is her ability to play thewhole game,” Irish coachDebbie Brown said. “She’s areally good all-around player.She’s a good passer. She’s agood defender, good hitter,good server. Front and backrow she does a really goodjob. That’s so valuable tohave somebody like that on

the court.”An outstanding player from

anywhere on the court,McHugh has brought herextensive experience to NotreDame and has proved anunstoppable force thus far.She put up a career-high 19kills at Georgetown Oct. 3 toplace her at a total 189 in 16matches. Add in her .909serving percentage, 18blocks and 128 digs, and youhave the versati le playerBrown felt the Irish neededthis season. “We really needed some-

body who we would call asixth rotation outside hitter,”Brown said. “Somebody that

see BROWN/page 13

see KELLY/page 14

Ir ish senior Daniel Stahland sophomore Blas Morosfel l Monday in the s inglesdivision qualifying round ofthe ITA Al l -AmericanChampionships at the CaseTennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.,taking them out of the tourna-ment’s next round.University of Florida sopho-

more Nassim Slilam eliminat-ed Stahl in straight sets (6-0,6-0). The senior qualified forthe tournament after beingranked No. 69 in the presea-son.After a t ight ly contested

three-set match with Virginiastandout Julen Uriguen,Moros fell 3-0 (3-6, 6-3, 6-3).He earned a berth in the tour-nament by being ranked112th during the preseasonwhile Uriguen, a Guatemala

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