Keenan Hall will host a two-on-two basketball tournamentfor members of the dormSaturday in honor of sophomoreSean Valero, who died lastweek. Sophomores Ryan Dunbar,

Gabe de Vela, StephenSchwaner and Preston Scottfounded the Keenan Shootout asa charity tournament this year.“After losing Sean, who was

close to all of Keenan but espe-cially my roommates andmyself, we wanted to do some-thing in memory of him,”

Dunbar said. “This year thetournament will be dedicated toSean, and the money raised willgo toward a memorial for him.”Originally, the Shootout was

planned to benefit a charity,selected by all of the fundrais-er’s participants. After Valero’sdeath, Dunbar and the otherorganizers added a memorial totheir friend as an option for thedonations. Residents of Keenanvoted to decide where themoney would be donated,Dunbar said. They chosebetween four charities and amemorial for Valero. “After holding registration,

almost all voted for the money

to go toward a memorial forSean,” Dunbar said. “To hearthe guys say over and over thatthey wanted the tournament todonate to the memorial spokevolumes about the types of guyshere at Notre Dame and thesense of community really pres-ent in the dorm life atKeenan. As close friends ofSean, it means a lot to us.”Dunbar said while this is the

inaugural Shootout, the organiz-ers hope it will expand in theyears to come.“We are hoping to make [the

Shootout] an annual tradition inKeenan Hall,” he said. “This isthe first year, and we wanted to

limit the entries to Keenan menonly as we use this year to testthe waters and see where wecan make improvements in theupcoming years.”Commemorating Sean’s life

through the tournament thisyear is important to Valero’sfriends in Keenan, Dunbar said. “He truly was an amazing guy

and the nicest person I’ve evermet,” Dunbar said. “I knowthose of us putting on the tour-nament are very pleased to beable to incorporate the tourna-ment this year to help remem-ber a great person.”Games will be held all day

Saturday behind Keenan Hall.

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Basilica Mass held in remembrance of ValeroStudents fill church to commemorate life of Keenan sophomore; Fr. Tom Doyle delivers homily to congregation

Rain fell and the Basilica’sbells chimed as hundreds filedout of the Basilica of the SacredHeart Thursday evening after aMass of Remembrance in honorof Sean Valero.During the Mass, Fr. Tom

Doyle recounted the sopho-more’s funeral, held only 12hours earlier.At the request of the Valero

family, four of his friends fromKeenan walked in the funeralprocession alongside his par-ents and sister as the casketwas carried down the aisle ofSt. Helen’s Church inNiskayuna, N.Y. The image of Valero’s friends

and family i l lustrated theDoyle’s message in the homily:Our brokenness can bring ustogether.“It was both the wounds and

the strength, fully exposed, that

brought them together anddelivered them to the Lord,”Doyle said. “That’s what itmeans to be a family. That’swhat it means to be NotreDame.”Students filled the Basilica

pews during the memorialMass for Valero less than oneweek after campus learned ofhis death.Fr. Joseph Carey, interim

director of Campus Ministry,presided over the Mass, andDoyle, vice president of StudentAffairs, delivered the homily tothe standing room only congre-gation.The men of Keenan Hall filled

the first six rows, dressed inblazers, and Keenan rector Fr.Dan Nolan was among the cele-brants on the altar.Luke’s gospel about the heal-

ing of a paralytic highlightedthe need to be humble in diffi-cult times, Doyle said. In thegospel, four of the paralytic’s

Universityconfers withIOSHA

The University will continuetalks with the IndianaOccupational Safety andHealth Administration (IOSHA)before addressing $77,500 inf ines related to the stateinvestigation of junior DeclanSull ivan’s October death,IOSHA representativeStephanie McFarland saidThursday. Sullivan died Oct. 27 after

the scissor-lift from which hewas filming football practicefell. He was a student videog-rapher for the football team. “At this point, Notre Dame

is taking steps to ensure safetyfor its employees,” McFarlandsaid. “The Notice of Consent isa state-required formality tocontinue their conversationswith IOSHA.”IOSHA published the results

of its investigation March 15and required the University torespond before April 7. NotreDame filed a Notice of Contestto continue its conversationswith IOSHA after the deadline

Craig, Harris debate nature of morality

Christian apologist WilliamLane Craig and anti-theist SamHarris only agree on one thing— the existence of moral valuesand duties. Beyond that, thetwo have nothing in common,except that they debated theirviews in front of a sold-outaudience Thursday evening inthe Leighton Concert Hall of theDeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter.Craig argues that religion and

belief in God’s existence is thefoundation for all moral values.Harris, who is known as one ofthe “four horsemen of atheism,”believes that science, not reli-gion, should provide the basisfor morality.Craig said theism provides a

sound foundation for objectivemoral values.“If God exists, objective moral

values exist,” he said. “God’smoral nature is expressed to usin the form of commandments,which constitute our moral obli-

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Students enter the Basilica of the Sacred Heart to attend a memorial mass for sophomore SeanValero Thursday night. Valero died last week.

Keenan to host memorial basketball tournament

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Anti-theist Sam Harris, left, moderator Michael Rea, center, andChristian apologist William Lane Craig engage in a debate Thursday. see IOSHA/page 5

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOKSTORE BASKETBALL TEAM NAME?

IN BRIEF

Marc Gunther will speaktoday f rom 10:40 a .m. to12:10 p .m. in the JordanAuditorium of the MendozaCollege of Business as thelast installment of the TenYears Hence Lecture Series.Gunther is a Contr ibut ingEdi tor for FORTUNEMagazine, a senior writer atGreenbiz.com and a bloggerat www.marcgunther.com.The event is free.

Crispin Sartwell will pres-ent a lecture and aslideshow called “PoliticalAesthetics” today at 4:00p.m. in the AnnenbergAuditor ium of the SniteMuseum of Art. Sartwell is acultural theorist, art histori-an and art philosopher. Theevent is free.

There wi l l be a FamilyNature Hike today from 5:30p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at SaintMary’s College. The event isfree and registration is avail-able through RecRegister.

The Department of Film,Television and Theatre andthe Notre Dame ShakespeareFestival wil l present “TheTwo Gentleman of Verona”today at 7;30 p .m. in theDeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter. Tickets are $10 forstudents. The play tells thestory of two gentleman thatare both trying to win theheart of the fairest lady inthe land.

O.A.R. and Chiddy Bangwill perform today from 7:30p.m. to 10:00 p .m. in theStepan Center . A l imi tednumber of tickets are avail-able for $15.

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Bulls wreak havoc beforerodeoPOCATELLO, Idaho —

Rodeo week in Pocatellokicked off with an unsched-uled running of the bulls asthree of the bucking beastsbroke free and headedthrough town with cowboysand police in pursuit.The bulls were being

unloaded Wednesday after-noon for the Xtreme Bullsevent when they made arun for it. The animalswere corralled about a mileaway from Idaho State’sHolt Arena.Pocatello Frontier Rodeo

Association presidentRobert Askey says thebiggest challenge was keep-ing people safe and keepingthe huge animals calm and

off the main streets.The Xtreme Bulls event

went on as scheduledWednesday night. TheWestern Frontier Pro Rodeocontinues with theWrangler Million DollarSilver Tour Rodeo perform-ances Thursday throughSaturday.

Missing snake givenmonikerNEW YORK — The name

of New York City’s most elu-sive snake is Mia (MEE’-uh)for “missing in action.”The moniker won out

over four other finalistsThursday in a contest toname the slippery BronxZoo cobra. More than33,000 nominations weresubmitted to the Bronx Zoo

and New York Daily Newsfor the contest.The venomous Egyptian

cobra went missing twoweeks ago and quicklybecame the stuff of legend.Someone even started pre-tending to be the cobra onTwitter. The animal wasfound a week ago in a darkcorner of the reptile house.Other finalists in the

naming contest:• Cleopatra.• Agnes, which is Greek

for pure or holy.• Amaunet, an ancient

Egyptian goddess. It means“the female hidden one.”• Subira (soo-BEE’-ruh),

Egyptian for “patient.”

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

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The Notre Dame and University of Minnesota Duluth hockey teams warm upbefore the Frozen Four game yesterday. The Bulldogs reached the Frozen Fourtitle game with a 4-3 win over the Irish.

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After an American pastorburned a Quran last month andprovoked protests throughoutAfghanistan, Professor MichaelDesch, chair of the political sci-ence department, said the con-flict will significantly influencethe relationship between theMiddle East and the UnitedStates. “The protests are disturbing

not only because lives werelost, but more worrisome overthe long term is the fact thatthe protests are taking place inareas of the country with nosignificant Taliban presence,”he said. “Itindicates thatthings are real-ly fragile, per-haps more thanwe realized.”Florida Pastor

Terry Jonesp u b l i c a l l ythreatened toconduct a “trialon the Quran”last year. Hethen burned thesacred Muslimtext with mem-bers of his church on March 20. United States President

Barack Obama, Army Gen.David Petraeus and AfghanPresident Hamid Karzai wereamong public officials who pub-licly condemned Jones’ actions. Desch said Gen. Petraeus

made an impassioned plea last

year to Jones against burningthe Quran in hopes of steeringhim away from the act.“Apparently, Jones didn’t lis-

ten to [Petraeus], and now hehas blood on his hands,” Deschsaid.While nonviolent protests

continue throughoutAfghanistan, angry demonstra-tors stormed a United Nationscompound in Mazar-e-SharifApril 1. The attack killed 12,including seven U.N. employ-ees, and left dozens wounded. A Tuesday protest at Kabul

University attracted over 1,000peaceful supporters. Despite current tensions,

David Campbell, associate pro-fessor of political science, said

the UnitedStates’ reactionto Jones’ actionshas been posi-tive. “I think this

whole incidenthas actuallyshown the reli-gious tolerancewithin theUnited Statesbecause thispastor’s tinychurch has basi-cally abandoned

him,” Campbell said. “At thevery least, I hope the U.S. canmake the point that [Jones] is afringe person and thatAmericans are actually quitecomfortable with other reli-gions, including Islam.”Both Desch and Campbell

emphasized the political and

military significance of Gen.Petraeus’s public denounce-ment of Jones’s actions.“The fact that [Petraeus] has

spoken out is s ignif icantbecause he wouldn’t getinvolved in something unlessAmerican lives were at stake,”Campbell said.Campbell said religious plu-

ralism is widely accepted inthe United States, but dis-course on faith should berespectful and inoffensive toanother rel igion’s sacredobjects.Campbell said the fact that no

prominent American religiousleaders have publicly endorsed

Jones’ actions showsAmericans generally considerhim to be an extremist whospeaks for no more than asmall number of people. “In the United States, people

are very comfortable with pros-elytizing and interfaith dis-course, but we’ve worked out away for those sorts ofexchanges to occur within thebounds of reason,” he said. “Ingeneral, people are not going todo things that are deliberatelyoffensive to what others findsacred.”While debate about the con-

struction of an Islamic culturalcenter near Ground Zero in

New York remained balancedand peaceful, Campbell saidJones’ disrespectful actionsshould not be considered inthe same vein of discourse. “It’s one thing to criticize

Islam or the cultural centerand self-promote one’s reli-gion within the bounds of rea-son, but things move into thecategory of offensive whenpeople deliberately desecratesomething holy,” he said. “Forexample, putt ing the‘Eucharist on tr ial ’ wouldoffend a lot of Americans.”

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Professors discuss unrest, protests in Afghanistan

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Afghani men shout anti-America slogans as they hold a banner reading, "We don't wantAmerican Bases in Afghanistan," during a peaceful protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday.

By KRISTEN DURBINNews Writer

Contact Kristen Durbin atkdurbin@nd.edu

“Apparently, Jonesdidn’t listen to

[Petraeus], and now hehas blood on his

hands.”

Michael Deschchair

political science

friends lowered him through aroof so Jesus could heal him,both physically and spiritually.Doyle said Notre Dame stu-dents can be like the friendswho help the paralytic inthe gospel reading.“We’re the Fighting Irish.

What are you fighting for? It’sa question that begs descrip-tion of who we are,” he said.“Notre Dame is a communityinspired by Christ, and we arethe kind of people who arefighting to lift up the other, tocare for the vulnerable and totake that in prayer to Jesus.”Doyle spoke words directly

to Sean in the voice of theNotre Dame community.“Your idealism and inherent

compassion toward the poor,the needy, the destitute, yourkindness toward animals,those are unique gifts that theworld needs and that weneed,” he said.Notre Dame students are

good at serving others, Doylesaid, but they must also beopen to help in their times ofneed.“Are we humble enough, are

we humble enough to let oth-ers help, to carry us when weare in need, when we are par-alyzed?” Doyle said. “The needof the paralytic is so obvious,but do we expose any vulnera-bility? … If a wound isn’texposed, how can it behealed?”Notre Dame represents a

community “bound by faith”where members must serveand be open to being served,Doyle said, which is where theUniversity derives its solidari-ty.“This community … is the

kind where a group of guys orwomen recognize a person inneed, subordinate our own

agenda and care for someoneelse,” he said.Later in the Mass, the con-

gregation echoed this messageof unity through times of trou-ble as students reached acrosspews and aisles to join handsand pray the “Our Father.”The men of Keenan thenembraced one another duringthe sign of peace.“It is not the perfection of

your faith that draws you clos-est to God,” Doyle said. “It isour imperfection that leads tohealing, to resurrection and toGod.”As Doyle spoke, students qui-

etly took in his words. Whenthe time came to sing the AlmaMater, students wrapped theirarms around each other,shoulder to shoulder, and sangwith full voice.Student body president Pat

McCormick said the number ofstudents present to rememberValero spoke to the unity of theNotre Dame family.

“We will never forget Sean,”he said.Despite the somber environ-

ment, Doyle said the Mass wasa celebration of Sean’s life.“Sean is still very much alive

in Jesus Christ,” Doyle said.“Sean’s brokenness drewChrist so close to his presencethat he remains with him.”Before the congregation qui-

etly poured out into the rain,Tami Schmitz, a member ofCampus Ministry staff, read astatement from the Valerofamily written for the mem-bers of the Notre Dame com-munity.“There is something you can

do for us. When you leave heretonight and go home, tellsomebody there that you lovethem and that you appreciatethem. And then live that outevery day.”

The Observer � CAMPUS NEWSpage 4 Friday, April 8, 2011

Irish coach rewardsdorms for enthusiasm

Photo courtesy of Caitlin Desmond

Residents of Cavanaugh Hall pose with Irish coach Brian Kelly, cen-ter, after Kelly thanked them for their school spirit at pep rallies.

Nine of the most spiritedresidence halls on campuswere recently rewarded fortheir enthusiasm at this fall’spep rallies with personal talksfrom coach Brian Kel ly intheir respective dorms.Each of the seven home

game pep rallies featured adorm spirit competit ion inwhich judges chose the mostspirited hall based on atten-dance andlevel of enthu-s iasm. Thisyear, Badin,S i e g f r i e d ,P a s q u e r i l l aEast , Farley,C a v a n a u g h ,Alumni, Walsh,St . Edward’sand Carrol ltook homespirit awards.Mike Oliver,

co-chair of HallP r e s i d e n t sCouncil, said the plans for thecompetition began last April. Oliver and co-chair Alexa

Doyle worked with formerstudent body presidentCatherine Soler and footballprogram administrators tocoordinate the contest.“We tried to think of how to

get students to come to thepep rallies,” Oliver said.“Since Brian Kelly wanted

to get more connected to thestudents, we figured one wayto increase stu-dent at ten-dance was tocreate a spiritc o m p e t i t i o nbetween thedorms.”F o r m e r

C a v a n a u g hp r e s i d e n tC a i t l i nDesmond saidher hal ldemonstratede n o r m o u senthusiasm atthe pep ralliesthis fall, including running toIrish Green to obtain front-row seats.Their efforts proved suc-

cessful as Cavanaugh wasrewarded this pastWednesday with a specialappearance by Kelly.Kelly thanked the girls for

exhibiting outstanding spiritand remaining engaged withthe team throughout the sea-son.“We had a tough year, and

you very easily could havebacked out and not been sup-portive,” he said. “But you’vebeen very supportive through-out the entire year, andI’m here to say ‘thank you’

for that.”Kelly said the competition

allowed him to connect per-sonally with the dorms anddiscover the distinctive char-acter and spirit of each hall.“It’s been a great learning

experience, learning aboutthe different dorms, their his-

tory, the peoplethat are here,”he said.“I wanted to

really becomeimmersed inwhat our cam-pus is about.”Kelly said he

was especiallydrawn to NotreDame for i tsunique res i -dential life.“I wanted to

be on a campusthat had a residential commu-nity,” he said. “I wanted to gosomewhere [where] there wastruly community spirit.”Cavanaugh looked to

demonstrate that Notre Damespirit Wednesday night, andthe entire dorm was thrilledto meet Kelly, Desmond said.“I real ly think the g ir ls

enjoyed hearing his story andanswering our questions,” shesaid. “I loved seeing him wantto be involved with the stu-

dents.”Pasquer i l l a

East won thespirit competi-tion at the firstpep rally of theseason.“Since it was

the f irst peprally, we wereall super excit-ed. I th inkthere werealmost 150 ofus,” hall presi-dent EmilyHefferon said.

“We got there an hour earlyand we were blasting music.We were all so pumped.”Hefferon said Kelly’s speech

was engaging and entertain-ing.“He was so positive,” she

said. “He talked about theteam and made everyonereally excited for next sea-son.”

By MEL FLANAGANNews Writer

Contact Megan Doyle atmdoyle11@nd.edu and SamStryker at sstryke1@nd.edu

Contact Mel Flanagan atmflanag3@nd.edu

“It’s been a greatlearning experience,learning about the

different dorms, theirhistory, the people that

are here.”

Brian KellyIrish coach

“I really think the girlsenjoyed hearing hisstory and answeringour questions ... I

loved seeing him wantto be involved with the

students.”

Caitlin DesmondCavanaugh

Masscontinued from page 1

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SMC modifies springroom selection process

As the end of the semesterquickly approaches, mem-bers of the Saint Mary’scommunity finalized theirhousing plans for the fallsemester this week.Each student is assigned a

lottery number in March topick rooms in early April,beginning with rising seniorsand concluding with risingsophomores. Freshman Kat Sul l ivan

chose a room in Regina Hallfor her sophomore yearWednesday. “For a lot of people, room

selection defines what youryear will be like,” Sullivansaid. “Where you l ive, i fyou’re near friends, if youhave a good roommate —those are all issues impor-tant to people.” She said the small size of

the SaintMary’s cam-pus makes iteasy to seefr iends wholive in differ-ent dorms, soliving in dif-ferent loca-tions does notpresent amajor issue.But the

Depa r tmen tof ResidenceLi fe andC ommu n i t yS t a n d a r d s(DRLCS) hasaltered the room selectionprocedure within the pastyear, Janielle Tchakerian,assistant vice president forstudent affairs and directorof DRLCS, said. One of these changes is

that upperclassmen can nolonger reside in McCandlessHal l , Tchakerian said.Instead of choosing any oneof the four campus residencehalls, students wishing tolive in McCandless next yearwill be placed on a waitlistand will not be informed oftheir housing placementuntil the summer. “McCandless is the build-

ing that is most conducive tofirst-year student needs,”Tchakerian said. “We want-ed to reserve McCandless forour incoming first years.”Tchakerian said studies

suggest that first years gen-erally experience the sametypes of issues when theyf irst arrive to col lege, sohaving all first-year studentsin the same building allowsthem to help each otheradjust to col lege l i fe andhelps the Col lege betteraddress their needs.Last year, DRLCS also

removed the quota systemthat was previously used to

f i l l up rooms in the resi-dence halls and set asidespecific rooms for first-yearstudents, Tchakerian said.While the majority of first-

year students wil l l ive inMcCandless next year, OpusHall will continue to be openonly to seniors. The inde-pendent hall offers highlycoveted apartment-sty ledoubles and quads to 72seniors each year, and resi-dents are chosen through alottery.Junior Catherine Swanson

applied to live in Opus, buther lottery number was notchosen.“I was definitely frustrated

because I realized how fewl iv ing opportunit ies areavailable for seniors,” shesaid. “ Even thoughAnnunciata Hall is anotheroption for only seniors, weare at the age where wewant to live with less rulesand be more independent,

l ike we wi l lbe when wegraduate.” B o t h

Swanson andSullivan saidthe rooms e l e c t i o np r o c e s sshould bec o m p l e t e delectronicallyto improvee f f i c i e n c y .Sullivan alsosaid the rooms e l e c t i o np r o c e s sshould be

explained more thoroughlyto underclassmen prior toselecting rooms. Tchakerian said DRLCS is

aware that some studentsmay be unhappy with theirliving situation for next year.She suggested alternatives toexpressing complaints inorder to improve theirrespective situations, includ-ing l imit ing prior i t ies interms of room amenities likecloset space and overal larea.Tchakerian also said that

students who are not satis-fied with their hall choicemay be placed on a waitlistfor their first-choice dorm.She suggested students makethe most of their residencehall experience regardless oftheir individual situations.“I a lso encourage them

[students] to give the newexperience the opportunityto work and to go in with anopen mind,” Tchakeriansaid. “A different building,room type or roommatedoesn’t necessarily mean abad experience, but it will bea negative experience if thatis your mindset.”

By BRIDGET FEENEYNews Writer

ND observes meat-free Fridays

Meat and potatoes may beculinary staples, but NotreDame’s dining halls forgo theformer on Fr idays dur ingLent and formulate creative,meat - f ree d i shes for s tu-dents.Donald Mi l ler, execut ive

che f o f Notre Dame foodservices, said he enjoys thecha l lenges o f concoc t ingunique meatless menu itemsduring Lent.“Lent is another excuse for

me as a chef, a culinarian,which is my passion, to intro-duce hea l thy food that i sincredibly good but is viewedas not tast ing good in ourcurrent culture,” Miller said. Miller said he is currently

experiment ing with mixedgrains l ike farro and ama-ranth and is deve loping agrain-based salad. The din-ing halls have also expandedtheir sustainable fish offer-ings to inc lude po l lack ,t i lap ia andA l a s k a nsa lmon, hesaid.South Dining

Hal l genera lmanager MarcPok l inkowsk isa id somei tems in t ro-duced dur ingLent becomep e r m a n e n tmenu staples,inc lud ing thepopular moz-zarella cheese-f i l l ed BoscoSticks.“ [ B o s c o

sticks] stayedon the regular menu rotationsince they were so popular,”he said.This year’s most popular

items include mahi mahi slid-

ers , sa lmon, s ix cheesesachett ini and make-your-own p izzas , Prentkowsk isa id . He sa idthe addition ofnew Lentenmenu i temsoften incorpo-ra tes morecheese thanusual to com-pensate for thelack of meat inentrees. “On a typical

day, we usual-ly use around200 gr i l l edcheese [sand-w i c h e s ] , ”Pok l inkowsk isa id . “Thatgoes up to 900on LentenFridays.”Mi l l er sa id

Lent also givesthe dining halls an opportu-nity to improve their use ofseasonal and locally sourcedfood. Serving meatless dishesa l lows the d in ing ha l l s to

spend moneyon moreexpensive sub-s t i tu t ions formeat , l i kemahi mahisl iders, DavidPren tkowsk i ,d i rec tor o ffood serv icesa d m i n i s t r a -tion, said.North Dining

Hal l managerRegg ie Ka l i l isaid one of theb igges t cha l -lenges i sensuring thatall ingredientsused in a dish

are completely meatless. Thisissue becomes crucial in for-mulat ing d ishes l ike soupand rice that normally con-tain chicken or beef base.

Desp i te the s ign i f i cantmenu changes , meat lessFridays do not significantly

a f fec t weeklyo p e r a t i o n sbecause man-agers andemployees arein formed o fthe menuchanges aheadof t ime andad jus t the i rplans accord-i n g l y ,P r e n t k ow s k isaid.“We have a

very lowturnover for afood serv iceoperat ion , soa lmost a l l o fthe s ta f f hasdone th i s a tleas t onceb e f o r e , ”

Prentkowski said. He sa id the d in ing ha l l s

coordinate with the athleticdepartment to create Lentenmenus for the athletic train-ing tables that take athleticperformance and nutrit ioninto account. These tablesfeature meatless options dur-ing Lent but may inc ludemeat with special dispensa-tion, Prentkowski said. A l though the pract ice of

abstaining from meat in alld in ing ha l l s may seemunusual , Prentkowski saidmeat - f ree Fr idays are adeep ly engra ined NotreDame tradition. “ [Serv ing no meat on

Lenten Fridays] is a histori-cal practice that has been inplace for as long as anyonecan remember,” sa idPrentkowski. “It is just one ofthe many things unique andspecial about Notre Dame asa Catholic university.”

By REGINA WOODNews Writer

Contact Bridget Feeney atbfeene01@saintmarys.edu

Contact Regina Wood atrwood6@nd.edu

after the deadline passedThursday, McFarland said. Univers i ty spokesman

Dennis Brown said discus-s ions between IOSHA andNotre Dame have been “posi-tive and productive.”“Though the University and

IOSHA are near resolution,more time is needed to final-ize the agreement,” Brownsaid . “Unfor tunate ly, thetimelines imposed by statuterequired filing the Notice ofContest in order to continuethese discussions. As for thespecifics of the discussions,we will keep them confiden-tial until there is a final reso-lution.”McFarland said Notre Dame

is already taking the neces-

sary steps to improve safetyconditions for its employees.Scissor l i f ts were removedand replaced with a remotevideo system at the LaBarPractice Complex before thefootball team began springpractice March 23. “These discussions can con-

tribute to their conversationson a sa fer workplace ,”McFarland said. After receiving the results

o f IOSHA’s inves t igat ion ,McFar land sa id theUnivers i ty faced threeoptions. Notre Dame couldpay the fines and correct theviolations initially, meet withthe Indiana Board of SafetyReview or request an infor-mal conference with IOSHA todiscuss the f indings of thereport. The University chose to dis-

cuss the report informallywi th IOSHA and began i t s

conferences on April 1, shesaid. “It is highly customary to

meet informally with IOSHAto bet ter unders tand thereport,” McFarland said. The ci tat ions resulted in

fines totaling $77,500. Thes ix v io la t ions inc lude one“knowing” violation, meaningIOSHA found the Universityknowingly exposed i t semployees to unsafe condi-tions. IOSHA also issued five“serious” violations, includ-ing failure to properly trainstudent employees in how tooperate a scissor lift. The University will respond

to the fines within 45 busi-ness days of filing the Noticeof Contest or attend a pre-hear ing to d iscuss thecharges with a state attorney.

IOSHAcontinued from page 1

Contact Megan Doyle atmdoyle11@nd.edu

“[Serving no meat onLenten Fridays] is a

historical practice thathas been in place foras long as anyone canremember. It is just

one of the many thingsunique and special

about Notre Dame as aCatholic university.”

David Prentkowskidirector

food services adminstration

“For a lot of people,room selection defineswhat your year will belike. Where you live, ifyou’re near friends, if

you have a good roommate — those areall issues important to

people”

Kat Sullivanfreshman

“Lent is anotherexcuse for me as achef, a culinarian,

which is my passion,to introduce healthyfood that is incrediblygood but is viewed asnot tasting good in our

current culture.”

Donald Millerexecutive cheffood services

German law professorBernhard Schlink discussed theprinciple of proportionality at theEck School of Law Thursday aspart of a forum titled,“Proportionality in ConstitutionalLaw: Why Everywhere but Here?”Schlink is a former judge and

author of “The Reader,” a novelrecently adapted to film in 2008.Proportionality, a principle of

legal reasoning that seeks to bal-ance individual rights with gov-ernment entitlements, presentsthe legal profession with both aset of tools and a number of chal-lenges, Schlink said.The forum, sponsored by the

Nanovic Institute for EuropeanStudies, focused on the degree towhich the legal systems aroundthe globe utilize the principle ofproportionality in the interpreta-tion of laws. Schlink said the principle

requires analyzing the justifica-tion of government intrusion oncivil rights based on three criteria.“In law, the principle of propor-

tionality assumes prominence inthose cases where specific lawscommanding orprohibiting spe-cific means, or tobe more precise,actions thatserve as means,are lacking,” hesaid. “If you pur-sue an end, usea means that ishelpful, neces-sary and appro-priate.”Schlink illus-

trated the princi-ple’s applicabilitythrough a “clas-sic German lawschool example”of a lame manseeing a childpicking apples from his tree. Thelame man’s only means of stop-ping the intrusion is shooting theboy.“The means of shooting the

child down is helpful and neces-sary to reach the ends of protect-ing his property,” he said. “But wecan easily agree that it is notappropriate or in balance.”The legal theory of proportion-

ality originated when Germancourts limited police discretion inprotecting the public, Schlinksaid.“The law was understood to

give the police wide discretion infighting dangers of all sorts ...Once the ideas of individual rightsbegan to prevail, the courts start-ed to institute controls over thepolice,” he said. “The police wereentitled to use only the means thatwere necessary and appropriate.”Despite its German origins,

Schlink said no especially uniquecharacteristic of German law con-tributed to the emergence of theprinciple, which is now prevalentin courts throughout Europe and

much of the world.“There’s nothing inherently

German about the roots of theprinciple of proportionality, nor isthe introduction of the principle tothe other constitutional contexts atransfer of German principle,” hesaid.Rather, Schlink said, it is a tool

used in dealing with a challengefaced by everylegal system.“The principle

is a response to auniversal legalproblem — onceit’s understoodthat the authori-ty’s reach isextensive, butalso limited,without specify-ing the limits, theprinciple of pro-p o r t i o n a l i t yserves as aninstrument toreconcile” thelack of clearlydefined limita-tions of govern-

ment legal authority, he said.Schlink said the principle is

flawed.“The first problem is that of

insufficient or ambiguous infor-mation. It is sometimes impossibleto determine whether the meansworks and whether it is neces-sary,” he said. “The balance ofrights, interests and valuesentailed in the analysis of appro-priateness is unavoidably subjec-tive.”Richard Garnett, associate dean

of the Law School and professorof law, said the principle is preva-lent in American law, but it is lessexplicit than it is in European law.“There’s a tendency not to use

the word ‘proportion’ in Americanconstitutional law,” Garnett said.“But it’s everywhere, just thesame.”While many American laws

may seem absolute, such as theFirst Amendment right to freespeech, Garnett said proportional-ity affects the flexibility withwhich the legal system defines“speech.”

“We kind of cheat. If we have itin our head that this is aninstance where the governmentshould be permitted to act, weoften simply declare that what’sbeing regulated isn’t actually thefreedom of speech,” he said. “It’sobscenity, it’s incitement, it’sdefamation.”Notre Dame Law Professor

Emeritus Donald Kommerspraised the principle’s flexibility.“If competing principles are

involved [in the German system],they must not only be reconciled,but optimized,” he said. “Thiskind of balancing is not in theAmerican Supreme Court’s toolk-it.”Kommers said the principle

allows the legal system to honorseveral competing, but valid, val-ues.“This is not a zero-sum game,

as it often is in the American situ-ation,” he said.

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gations. These obligationsreflect His essential character.”Craig also said that if God did

not exist, humans would notbelieve they have moral obliga-tions to do anything. Conversely, Harris said reli-

gion actually provides a sourceof moral blindness, and reli-gious explanations for moralityare not permanent because reli-gion itself cannot last forever.“Morality and human values

can be understood through sci-ence,” he said. “All we can do isappeal to scientific values.”Craig said an atheistic

approach to morality inherentlyinvolves a lack of a definedauthority that provides humanswith moral obligations.“It [atheism] is bereft of foun-

dations to establish moral life,”he said. “Moral duties are very

obviously grounded in divinecommands.”Harris argued that belief in

God is the epitome of narcissismand that Christianity constitutesa cult of human sacrifice.“This kind of faith is

obscene,” he said. “The truehorror of religion is that itallows perfectly decent andsane people to believe by themillions something that onlylunatics would.”Harris said science does not

lead humans to lie to them-selves about the nature of reali-ty and morality in the way thatreligion does.“What my argument entails is

that we can speak objectivelyabout a certain class of subjec-tive facts that go by the name ofmorality,” he said. “The realchallenge is a world where themaximum number of peopletruly flourish.”

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Schlink talks legal principles

ASHLEY DACY/The Observer

German author Bernhard Schlink, second from left, and Law School associate dean Richard Garnett, center, give a lecture Thursday.

By JOHN CAMERONNews Writer

“There’s nothing inherently Germanabout the roots of the

principle of proportionality, nor isthe introduction of theprinciple to the otherconstitutional contextsa transfer of German

principle.”

Bernhard Schlinkvisiting professor of law

Contact John Cameron atjcamero2@nd.edu

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ajudge on Thursday sparedfrom prison t ime a formercongressional aide involved inthe Jack Abramoff lobbyingscandal and questioned whylawmakers were able to avoidprosecut ion whi le theirstaffers are paying the pricefor inf luence-peddl ingschemes.

U.S. Distr ict Judge El lenSegal Huvelle rejected prose-cutors’ recommendation thatthe top aide to formerOklahoma Republican Rep.Ernest Is took spend morethan two years behind bars.Istook’s former chief of staffJohn Albaugh admitted help-ing steer funding toAbramoff ’s clients after hisfirm helped raise campaigndonations for Istook.

Instead, Huvelle sentencedAlbaugh to five years’ proba-t ion and four months in ahalfway house in his adoptedhometown of ColoradoSprings, Colo. , where heworks for a nonprofit calledMorning Star Development.She said a fine and communi-ty service weren’t necessaryafter Albaugh, a father ofthree who once made six fig-ures on Capitol Hi l l , to ldHuvelle he made $24,000 lastyear helping the group thatprovides aide in Afghanistanwith fundraising and commu-nications.

Albaugh told Huvel le i tpains him deeply to thinkabout the “corrupt” methodshe used to try to help Istook’scareer ambit ions. He saidIstook told him he wanted torun for the Senate and theydiscussed how they wouldneed to raise a lot of moneyfor such a bid. Albaugh saidlobbyists were an obvioussource of funding and that theAbramoff team was particu-larly aggressive, raising tensof thousands of dollars andusing the firm’s luxury boxesto host fundraisers for Istook.

Albaugh said of the manyfunding requests that wouldcome in from lobbyists, hewould winnow down the list tothose who had raised moneyfor his boss, chair of the sub-committee on transportationfunding. He said he presentedthe list to the congressman forinsertion in the appropria-tions bill. He said the list did-n’t have to include theamounts the lobbyists raised.“He knows who his contribu-tors are,” Albaugh said.

Istook was under investiga-tion in the scandal — Albaugheven secretly recorded theirconversations at the requestof federal agents. But prose-cutor Nathaniel Edmondsdeclined to answer Huvelle’squestion about why chargeswere never f i led againstIstook. The judge said she wasconcerned that “higher ups”had walked away.

Istook left Congress in 2006for a gubernatorial campaignthat proved unsuccessful. Nowa distinguished fellow at TheHeritage Foundation thinktank, he said Thursday in anemail to The Associated Pressthat he had told Albaugh inwrit ing that he would notwork from the list his aidehad provided and wouldn’tconsider requests based onlobbyists or contributors.

“Instead, as I told him, I

would work from lists show-ing only requests receivedfrom members of Congress.Multiple times I made it clearthat I would not base any leg-islative decisions on campaigncontributions — and I neverdid,” Istook said in the state-ment. “I shared this informa-tion with the FBI when theycontacted me, which wasalmost three years ago.” Helater changed the statementto say he shared the informa-t ion “after” rather than“when” the FBI contactedhim.

Istook added: “John Albaughwas entrusted with makingrecommendations and withcompiling legislation from mydecis ions. I regret that hemisplaced his priorit ies inexercising that trust. He mis-takenly may have thought thatsomehow he was helping mepolitically, but he was not.”

Former Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, was the only lawmakercharged in the scandalalthough others, including for-mer House Majority LeaderTom DeLay, R-Texas; formerReps. John Doolittle, R-Calif.,and J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz.;and former Sen. ConradBurns, R-Mont., were investi-gated.

“There are three or fourcongressmen out there thatwill never see the light of dayfor actions, and we’re blamingthe staffers,” Huvelle said.“The people that really bene-fited from this scheme, withone exception, aren’t the peo-ple in front of me.”

Edmonds argued thatAlbaugh helped Abramoff ’sclients get $14 million in tax-payer dollars in violation ofthe principles of a functioningdemocracy where fundingprojects should be based onmerit. He told Huvelle to thinkof his sentencing as she wouldin a drug case. “Just becauseyou don’t get the kingpindoesn’t mean you don’t sen-tence the second in com-mand,” Edmonds said.

Albaugh pleaded guilty to aconspiracy to defraud theHouse in 2008 and agreed tocooperate with prosecutors.But Edmonds asked Huvelle torule that he breached the pleaagreement by recanting histestimony against a lobbyistwho worked for Abramoff andsentence him to 27 months.

Albaugh had been the lead-ing witness in a 2009 trialagainst Abramoff associateKevin Ring. Albaugh testifiedthat he did favors forAbramoff ’s f irm in partbecause Ring took him out torestaurants and gave himtickets to performancesincluding George Strait, TimMcGraw, Disney on Ice andThe Wiggles.

The jury could not agree onwhether Ring was guilty andHuvelle declared a mistrial.When prosecutors tried Ringagain in 2010, Albaugh saidhe no longer felt he was moti-vated by the meals and ticketsbut because Abramoff’s firmwas raising so much moneyfor Istook’s campaign fund.

Prosecutors decided not tocall Albaugh to testify againafter his change of heart, butinstead used his emails withRing as evidence they con-spired together. Huvelle point-ed out that didn’t hurt theircase — Ring was convictedthe second time.

Judge spares ex-Houseaide from prison timeAssociated Press

WICHITA, Kan. — The JusticeDepartment filed a civil com-plaint Thursday against aKansas woman accused of send-ing a threatening letter to a doc-tor who plans to do abortions inWichita.

Documents filed in U.S.District Court allege AngelDillard, 44, of Valley Center, vio-lated the Freedom of Access toClinic Entrances Act when shemailed a letter to Dr. Mila Meansafter learning the physician wastraining to offer abortion servic-es at her Wichita practice.

The lawsuit contends the 44-year-old Valley Center Womantold Means in her letter thatthousands of people from acrossthe United States are alreadylooking into her background.

“They will know your habitsand routines. They know whereyou shop, who your friends are,what you drive, where you live,”the letter said. “You will bechecking under your car every-day — because maybe today isthe day someone places anexplosive under it.”

Abortions have not been per-formed in Wichita since Dr.George Tiller, one of the nation’sfew late-term abortionproviders, was fatally shot inMay 2009 by anti-abortion

activist Scott Roeder as thephysician served as an usher athis Wichita church.

Her purported letter to Meansreferences the slain abortionprovider: “If Tiller could speakfrom hell, he would tell youwhat a soulless existence youare purposefully considering, allin the name of greed.”

The letter was signed byDillard and sent in an envelopewith a pre-printed returnaddress sticker with the defen-dant’s name and address, courtdocuments show.

The lawsuit, filed by theJustice Department’s Civil RightsDivision, also seeks a courtorder keeping Dillard from con-tacting the doctor or comingwithin 250 of the doctor, herhome, car or business. It alsoseeks damages of $5,000 toMeans and a civil penalty of$15,000.

“The murder of Dr. GeorgeTiller brought home to many ofus the terrible potential for vio-lence and the need to use everylegal means at our disposal toprevent it,” U.S. Attorney BarryGrissom said in a news release.

Protecting the right of repro-ductive health services providersto do their jobs free from threatsis of the “utmost importance,”said Thomas Perez, assistantattorney general for the Civil

Rights Division.Dillard, a Christian songwriter,

did not immediately return amessage left Thursday at herhome.

But Dillard told TheAssociated Press in a July 2009interview that she reached outto Roeder while he was inawaiting trial for Tiller’s killingand developed a friendship withhim.

“Quite honestly, as soon as Iheard about it, I realized that hewas able to accomplish whatthose of us in the pro-life move-ment had not been able toaccomplish — we put millions ofman hours in, protested, mil-lions of dollars, attempts at leg-islation — and we were buttingour heads up against the wall.We were not getting anywhere.”

She told AP she believed Tillerwould never be convicted of anycrimes.

“With one move, (Roeder) wasable ... to accomplish what wehad not been able to do,” Dillardsaid. “So he followed his convic-tions and I admire that.”

She said at the time that shehad been questioned severaltimes by the FBI since strikingup a friendship with Roeder fol-lowing Tiller’s death, but sheand her husband have no plansto “do anything of violence toanyone.”

Kansan threatens abortion doctorAssociated Press

Gingrich anticipates shutdown

AP

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in 1995. Gingrich wasthe face of the last government shutdown, and he is using the current budget crisis to his advantage.

ATLANTA — Newt Gingrichwas the face of the last federalgovernment shutdown, the fieryHouse speaker who led hisRepublican revolution headlonginto a confrontation with aDemocratic president.

Now, 15 years later and withanother federal shutdown loom-ing, Gingrich is trying to use thebudget crisis in Washington to hisadvantage and, perhaps, rewritehistory as he embarks on a presi-dential campaign.

“The lesson for today’s HouseRepublicans is simple: Work tokeep the government open,unless it requires breaking yourword to the American people andgiving up your principles,”Gingrich wrote in a recent news-paper column that detailed hisrosy version of the 1990s budgetfights. He urged the GOP majorityin the House to force PresidentBarack Obama either to accept abill with deep spending cuts orveto it, even if that leads to ashutdown.

It was a message that Gingrichdelivered personally last weekwhen he popped up on Capitol

Hill to meet with GOP Housefreshmen, casting himself as asage veteran of the budget warsto a new generation of rabble-rousers. A number of them aretea party adherents pushing forthe deep spending cuts that havetied budget negotiators in knots.Without an agreement, the gov-ernment could shut down onFriday.

“It’s good for us to hear fromsomeone who’s been there,” saidRep. Austin Scott, a Georgian whois president of the new GOP class.“There’s a lot of respect for Newtin that room.”

Among other things, a shut-down would delay pay to militarytroops, slow the processing of taxreturns, cancel Washington’sNational Cherry Blossom FestivalParade and close national parksacross the country.

The talk of a shutdown comeswith both political peril andopportunity for Gingrich. It stirsmemories of a showdown thatultimately was seen as having dis-astrous political consequences forhim and his House Republicans.But it also could endear Gingrichto tea party ideologues who favorsmaller government, less spend-

ing and, maybe most of all, stand-ing firm against compromise.

On a broader level, it highlightsan ongoing challenge forGingrich: To run as the battle-tested candidate of experience, hemust embrace his legacy, wartsand all.

Gingrich rose to power follow-ing the 1994 elections, whenRepublicans took control of theHouse as the country delivered asharp rebuke to a first-term pres-ident, Bill Clinton. Over the nexttwo years, the new House speak-er led the party in a confrontationover spending with Clinton thatresulted in two government shut-downs.

The work stoppages inconve-nienced millions of people.Hundreds of thousands of federalworkers were furloughed.National parks closed. Health andfinancial services were delayedfor military veterans. And thou-sands of applications by foreign-ers for U.S. visas wentunprocessed every day the shut-downs lasted. The first, inNovember 1995, lasted six days,and was followed by a 21-day clo-sure that ran from late Decemberinto the new year.

Associated Press

We, as a community, need to talkamid tough times and tough topics

Friday, April 8, 2011

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page 8

Two weeks ago, I fell in love. I’m talk-ing head over heels, hit one out of thepark in love.He’s a really great guy. Just last week,

he came over and visited me twice. Once,he even came to thelibrary for me.He always comes

over when I call him,and he’s prompt. Itonly takes him aboutten minutes to gethere. He even callsto tell me when he’son his way.What’s best about

him? He makes mesandwiches.Actually, you all

might know him.He’s pretty popular on campus. Womenlove him, and I’ve heard many men saythey do too (straight up bromance). Hisname is James, or some call him Jimmy— Jimmy John.That’s right … two weeks ago I discov-

ered my love for Jimmy John’s.It wasn’t the first time we had met, by

any means. But I’m not much for thatlove at first sight thing.It was Biology that brought us together.

I had a huge test that demanded everysecond of my dinnertime to study. I pan-icked because I knew I needed somebrain fuel, but then I remembered mysandwich-making friends.John, Rob — whatever the delivery

boy’s generic guy’s name was — actuallycame into the building to deliver mysandwich. It didn’t occur to him that Iwould be one of about a hundred girls inthe library. This sure didn’t help the awk-wardness.I tried to be as discreet as I could. The

library was extra quiet that day, andthere I was, ordering a Jimmy John’s inthe one place devoted to study, quiet andacademia. My goal was to be stealthy,but this delivery kid blew my cover. Heasked every female he saw if she was theCaitlin that ordered a sandwich.Somehow, he had slipped past my

radar and already caused a ruckus. Iquickly handed him my $6 without look-ing at him directly in the face, and I hidthe sandwich in my purse. I had to passthe reference librarians — I knew theywould all judge, because I possessed theone thing in the world that could covertheir floors with lettuce shavings, mayoand bean sprouts.Then I wondered, “Was I even allowed

to have food in the library?” I didn’t care.I was one sticker away from unwrappingmy little piece of heaven — a number 12beach club (no avocado).I proceeded to unwrap the sandwich …

bad idea. Could Jimmy John’s makepackaging any noisier? The answer is no.Five things stood between me and mylove: two staples, one bag, one stickerand the noisiest wrapping ever.I tenderly separated each staple from

the bag by hand, gently folded back thetop and realized that trying to be quietwas only making matters worse.So, I did it. I tore right in and didn’t

care who judged. It was worth it.My love affair has a happy ending. I

was not asked to leave, and they didn’ttake my book checking abilities awayfrom me. My possible run-in with thelibrary law only made my sandwich thatmuch tastier. It was a smuggled good.So here’s to Jimmy John’s and the ulti-

mate form of product placement in yetanother form of news media. Until wemeet again, Jimmy, stay fresh.

INSIDE COLUMN

My secret love affair

The views expressed in the InsideColumn are those of the author andnot necessarily those of The Observer.Contact Caitlin Housley at

chous101@saintmarys.edu

Caitlin Housley

Saint Mary’sEditor

Over the last two weeks, these Viewpoint pages have beenfilled with letters arguing the merits of no-meat LentenFridays as well as the pros and cons of wearing leggings.These two arguments have sparked light-hearted debate

across campus.Last night, before hundreds of Notre Dame and Saint

Mary’s students, two renowned theologians debated, “Isgood from God?” This coming Wednesday, again before hun-dreds of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s students, four heavy-weights in the national education realm willdiscuss what they consider a failing education-al system.Last night’s debate sparked legitimate, seri-

ous discussions among students. Next week’swill undoubtedly have a similar effect.Both lighthearted and serious rhetoric have

an important place in our lives. As members ofa college campus, we find ourselves in the unique positioncrossing the line between adolescence and adulthood. Thisposition allows us, as a campus, as a community, to discussboth casual and serious topics.Yet, in the past two weeks, as a campus, as a community,

we have passed on the opportunity to discuss two personaltopics, topics that have stunned our campus, our community.In the March 30 issue of The Observer, a Saint Mary’s stu-

dent wrote a Letter to the Editor discussing her personal his-tory of multiple sexual assaults. One week ago today, we alllearned of the self-inflicted death of sophomore Sean Valero.The Observer’s Viewpoint section is by no means the per-

fect litmus test, but nonetheless, in the last two weeks a totalof three Letters to the Editor have been submitted acknowl-edging the two tragedies. One, a letter from the Committeeon Sexual Assault Prevention printed April 1, urged sexualassault victims to know they are not alone. The second, “Acommunity that listens,” printed April 6, urged anyone suf-fering from mental instability to seek help and support. The

third, “Remembering Sean Valero,” printed April 7, askedstudents to take some time to think about the loss of one ofour peers.Three letters in two weeks. While these letters were well-

intentioned and very much appreciated, none of them direct-ly addressed the issues at hand.The silence is not simply in these pages. The silence fills

the dining halls, amid discussions of no-meat LentenFridays. The silence fills the hallways of DeBartolo, as leg-

gings pass jeans and jeans pass leggings. Thesilence fills our campus.For many of us, our stance on sexual assault is

a combination of feeling helpless and detached.Until it strikes closer to home, it is simply easierto push it to the back of our minds and pretendsexual assault does not happen.For many of us, we are still inexperienced at

facing the travesty of the death of a peer. Quite frankly, weare not sure how to handle it.Perhaps talking, together, is the best way in both

instances.This is not a call to end sexual assault or prevent suicide

— though both would certainly be ideal. Rather, this is a callto acknowledge them, break the silence and discuss them.Are we not mature enough to discuss how and why sexual

assault happens on our own campus? The discussion aboutwhether females wearing leggings symbolizes their own self-respect simply skirts the greater issue at hand.Let’s take the next step.Are we not mature enough to discuss how and why one of

our peers committed suicide, even though a discussiondebating if good comes from God could very easily, and pos-sibly should, tie in to such a grave topic?Let’s take the next step.We are, as a campus and as a community, together, mature

enough. So let’s discuss. Let’s talk. Let’s take the next step.

Viewpoint

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation

of reward, safe in the knowledgethat one day someone might do

the same for you.”

Diana SpencerPrincess of Wales

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“There is always some madness inlove. But there is also always some

reason in madness.”

Friedrich NietzscheGerman philosopher

EDITORIAL CARTOON

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The Notre Dame women’s basketballteam — runners-up in this year’s colle-giate varsity level national championshipcompetition — owe their opportunity andglobal audience to women like GeraldineFerraro, who recent-ly passed away aftera 12-year battleagainst multiplemyeloma. Born intoan Italian immigrantfamily, she grew upwith her mother inthe tough-actingNew York neighbor-hoods of the Bronxand Queens during atime when womenstruggled for politi-cal, economic andsocial equality. Her successful law-and-order campaign slogan characterized hersuccinctly: “Finally, a Tough Democrat!”This writer knew of her through her

son, John, who played one summer onthe coed softball team I coached onCapitol Hill. Aptly named “YellowJournalists,” our team consisted of presssecretaries. One of our players, a presssecretary turned lobbyist with close tiesto Ferraro, introduced John to our team.Ironically, it was this same lobbyist —turned alcoholic by the nature of herindustry — whose serious drunk-drivingcollision unveiled to me Ferraro’s person-al compassion.Ferraro began her public career as an

assistant district attorney in Queensheading a new Special Victims Bureau.When she first ran for congress in 1978,universities were completing a three-yeartransition to fully comply with Title IXregulations that ensured equality for bothwomen and men in all scholastic activi-ties at schools receiving federal funding.At that time, Ferraro stood strong forwomen’s equality and that carried over toher congressional career.Ferraro described herself as a “small

‘c’ conservative” later turned moderate.Through the Congressional Caucus forWomen’s Issues, Ferraro helped lead thesuccessful battle to pass the EconomicEquity Act, a law ending discriminationagainst women’s salaries and pensions.She authored sections that reformed pri-vate pensions and increased retirementsavings options for the elderly. As aCatholic, her pro-choice stance conflictedwith her Church and many constituents.However, other social and foreign policypositions stayed in sync with her district.She supported Reagan policies thatdeployed the Pershing II missile and theTrident submarine, as well as broke withher party to support an anti-busingamendment to the Constitution.It is difficult today to recall the enormi-

ty of Ferraro’s accomplishments a gener-ation ago. Just last presidential election,our contenders included a woman and anAfrican-American. In fact, Ferraro her-self never denied that her sex was theessential factor in her selection as a vice

presidential candidate. Yet, ironically,only once during the 1984 election sea-son did Ronald Reagan trail WalterMondale in the polls — the day followingand a handful of days beyond Ferraro’sselection.Having witnessed her personal com-

passion for my lobbyist friend, I know ofher passion to help others. Havingworked in Congress while she served, Iknow of her dedication to equality andher commitment to inspire future genera-tions. It is best to pay homage to hermemory by simply recalling eloquentwords she spoke when accepting theDemocratic vice presidential nomination.“America is the land where dreams can

come true for all of us. Tonight, thedaughter of working Americans tells allAmericans that the future is within ourreach — if we’re willing to reach for it.The daughter of a woman whose highestgoal was a future for her children talksabout a future for us all.“Our faith that we can shape a better

future is what the American dream is allabout. The promise of our country is thatthe rules are fair. If you work hard andplay by the rules, you can earn yourshare of America’s blessings…Tonight,we reclaim our dream.“It isn’t right that this year Ronald

Reagan will hand the American people abill for interest on the national debt larg-er than the entire cost of the federal gov-ernment under John F. Kennedy. Ourparents left us a growing economy. The

rules say: We must not leave our kids amountain of debt.“It isn’t right that a woman should get

paid 59 cents on the dollar for the samework as a man. If you play by the rules,you deserve a fair day’s pay for a fairday’s work.“It isn’t right that — if trends continue

— by the year 2000 nearly all of the poorpeople in America will be women andchildren. The rules of a decent societysay, when you distribute sacrifice in timesof austerity, you don’t put women andchildren first.“By choosing a woman to run for our

nation’s second highest office, you sent apowerful signal to all Americans. Thereare no doors we cannot unlock. We willplace no limits on achievement.“If we can do this, we can do anything.“My mother did not break faith with

me…and I will not break faith with you.To all the children of America, I say: Thegeneration before ours kept faith with us,and like them, we will pass on to you astronger, more just America.”

Gary Caruso, Notre Dame ‘73, serves inthe Department of Homeland Securityand was a legislative and public affairsdirector in President Clinton’s adminis-tration. His column appears every otherFriday. He can be contacted at GaryJCaruso@alumni.nd.eduThe views expressed in this column are

those of the author and not necessarilythose of The Observer.

Geraldine Ferraro: a champion for women

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Dear Anne (“‘Bold, risqué, leggings as pants,’” (Apr. 6),You’re right. That girl probably didn’t think how best to disrespect herself when she

made her clothing selection on the day she had that fateful encounter with KevinBrainard. However, I’m sure she thought something.Consider the following scenarios. First, you’re in the dining hall and see someone

dressed in a t-shirt and sweatpants. You might guess from that attire and their slightlytousled hair that this person just woke up. Second, you’re heading to the stadium on ahome football day and see another student wearing one of those infamous “MuckFichigan” shirts. You’d probably assume that this particular student doesn’t care toomuch for our opponent at that day’s game. Third, you’re on your way to class and seesomeone dressed in a suit and tie. Since it’s Thursday morning, they must be on theirway to an interview. In all of these scenarios, you made a judgment about someonebased on their clothing. How dare you?Actually, in many cases you’d be perfectly justified in making assumptions about

someone based on their clothing. After all, many different groups of people have signa-ture outfits or uniforms designed to easily identify their members. Ours is a visual cul-ture, and we get most of our information from visual shorthand. From bathroom signsto the crucifix, visual cues give us all kinds of information. The perhaps unfortunatetruth is that in our culture, revealing clothing is a sign of “sexiness” or promiscuity.Before you accuse me of facilitating sexual assault, let me clarify my point further.

Everyone has the right to wear whatever clothing they see fit. You also have the respon-sibility to be cognizant of the messages that clothing may send, and others have theright to interpret those messages in whatever way makes sense to them. That said, thisright does not extend to physical action. Unwanted advances in any form, be it verbal,physical or otherwise, are always unacceptable. Being at fault is not the same thing asunderstanding how dressing a certain way may attract unwanted attention fromunscrupulous individuals.

Matt Kaufmannsenior

Keenan HallApr. 7

Clothing has meaning

It’s hell week. Yes, that dreaded week when EVERYTHING EVER is due. You don’tsleep for days and you’re convinced you’ve actually become the owner of a desk inthe library since you’re there so often. As a senior, this is just one of the many hellweeks I’ve been through in my four years and I’ll be the first to admit I hate them.There’s no better way to become a negative Nancy than sitting through multipleexams, writing countless pages of lab reports or spending days on citations forpapers.However, seeing as this is likely my last hell week and I’m obligated as a senior to

be nostalgic and aware of the end of my undergraduate career, I’ve come to two bigconclusions about hell weeks. Firstly, it is at this time that you really lean on yoursupport system. Whether it’s your mother calling your phone to make sure you’reawake at 6:30 a.m. or a roommate bringing you your favorite hot beverage in thelibrary, your support system goes into hyperdrive. The second of which is that they

have little to no lasting impact — your grades don’t drop, you don’t usually get sickand all you need is some extra sleep.While it’s difficult to see beyond that next test, I hope you can take a bit of time to

see how hell week fits in the big picture. Appreciate your family, friends and class-mates, as they lift you up when you need it most. Try not to worry: it’s bad for yourimmune system and doesn’t help anything. Take a few minutes to appreciate that youcould have hell week anywhere in the world, but we’re lucky enough to have it atNotre Dame, in majors we love. Finally, own that hell week. It’s yours for the taking.

Maureen Williamssenior

off-campusApr. 6

When asked to name a composer of classical music, even the most benighted amongus could name Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But aside from a collection of sound bites intelevision commercials or a sonata you were forced to play during your childhood yearsin piano lessons, you probably have not had much direct contact with the great compos-er. Perhaps you have just never listened to much classical music, or worse, you find itboring. Many people do claim to enjoy Mozart, but sadly his music remains trapped asbackground noise to study sessions. Even music majors I know seem somewhat disinter-ested in Mozart, citing his effervescence as tiring fireworks and preferring the widerharmonic variety of later 19th and 20th century composers to Mozart’s simpler tonalpalette. These criticisms I do not understand, for when I hear Mozart, the walls of mydorm seem to recede and I need do nothing more than close my eyes and be carriedaway by the defiant playfulness and absolute sublimity of his music.I write this letter because next week Notre Dame’s music department will present

Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) in the DeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter. If you have never been to an opera before, I urge you to go. Figaro is a brilliantcomedy which will certainly make you laugh. But for those moments when you are notlaughing, you will be touched by Mozart’s poignant illumination of the human condition.When I wake up on the worst of days, those days when I wish I could stay in bed, lest I

face a multitude of disappointments and failures, I pause and thank God that he gavethe world a Mozart and that I may be so lucky as to have heard his music. Of Mozart’smusic, a well-known scientist once said that it “was so pure that it seemed to have beenever-present in the universe, waiting to be discovered by the master.” I can do little toimprove the words of Albert Einstein.

Edward Jacobsonsophomore

O’Neill HallApr. 6

Why you should go tothe opera next week

Hell week

Make sure you’re nice to your fresh-men dorm mates, because they mightjust become your lifelong career part-ners. At least, that’s what happened toJerry DePizzo, saxophonist and backupvocalist for O.A.R. (Of a Revolution), therevolutionary rock band performing attonight’s S.U.B concert.DePizzo met his fellow band mates,

Marc Roberge (vocals, guitar), ChrisCulos (drums, percussion), Richard On,(guitar, backing vocals) and BenjGershman (bass guitar) at Ohio State in1997. His four co-musicians formedO.A.R. a few years before college andwere what DePizzo called “that band thateverybody knew in high school that actu-ally got out of the garage and did biggerand better things.”DePizzo hung out with the band in the

dorm and at parties, and eventuallybecame an official O.A.R. member in2000. O.A.R.’s popularity grew on the col-lege scene, as the band made the roundsand gained a cult following amongst theirpeers.“We played anything and everything.

We played fraternity parties, sports andclub parties, we threw our own parties …really anything. We were young guys, 19years old. All we wanted to do was go outand play music,” DePizzo said in aninterview Tuesday with The Observer.Their rise to success was steady and hit

a particularly high note when the bandsold out a Madison Square Garden showin 2006. For DePizzo, though, one of thegreatest successes of his career was themoment he could quit his wait staff joband become a full-time musician.

“I was playing in the band, I was in col-lege, I held down a nine to five job wait-ing tables and playing music as well. Andit got to the point where one had to go.You know, fortunately we were able to goout and tour and earn some money so Ididn’t have to go out and wait tables any-more,” DePizzo said. “So in January2000, I remember walking into therestaurant where I worked and I toldthem, ‘You know what? I’m going outand playing gigs with my buddies and Idon’t really need to come back anymore.’And that was the last square job that Ihad.”Other successes greeted O.A.R. as their

audience transformed from a group ofcollege fans to a national following. “HeyGirl,” “Love and Memories” and “ThisTown” ranked on national charts andtheir song “Shattered,” released in 2008off the album “All Sides,” landed onVH1’s Top 40 Videos for the year. DePizzo might be enjoying the life of a

successful musician now, but there’s oneregret he has about the path that tookhim to fame.“My biggest fear was that I wouldn’t

graduate [from college]. And that cametrue. But it was just finding the rightopportunity at the right time, and that’skind of what I went to school for.Granted, I really wish I would have grad-uated and completely finished. You know,but you go for an education and it’s notalways in the classroom. And that’s theone I got.”Being a professional musician is not

exactly what he envisioned as a little kid,but he knew being in a band was his call-ing and hasn’t stopped working for thatgoal since.“It’s always a little bit different than

what you think it’s going to be whenyou’re sitting in your room as a 14-year-old looking at magazines of rock starsand musicians and stuff. But I’ll tell youwhat. I am fortunate. There’s a hell of alot of ways to make a living and our dealis fun.”O.A.R. continues to evolve as a band

and hopes to release their newest albumbefore their summer tour begins. It’sbeen three years since their last releaseand DePizzo said the band is ready to gettheir new music out there. “This new record certainly reflects a

couple years of hard work and a lot ofeffort. The reason why it’s taken so longis because we want it to be really good …There’s going to be something for every-body on this record and we’re reallyproud of it.”The band is excited to play at Notre

Dame tonight and even said they willprobably tweet about the event. In fact,DePizzo is a secret fan of Notre Dameathletics, even though he’s a Buckeye.“I didn’t go to Notre Dame but I grew

up in a Roman Catholic family inYoungstown, Ohio, so I have a NotreDame football and a jersey and a NotreDame pennant over my crib.“Even now my 85-year-old grandmoth-

er will call me on Saturday sometimes totalk about Notre Dame football. ‘What doyou think about Brian Kelly? I think he’sgreat for the program.’ You know, stufflike that … It’s nice to go to Notre Dame.I can call my old man and tell him I final-ly made it, even though I’m not goingthere … We’re looking forward to thisweekend.”

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One of hip-hop’s fast-rising stars, ChiddyBang, comes to South Bend tonight to joinO.A.R. in S.U.B.’s annual spring concert.Though some may be more inclined to seeO.A.R., considering they have been aroundlonger, but Chiddy Bang can’t be dismissedas simply an opening act.The band formed in 2008, when its two

members, Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege andNoah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin met atDrexel University. The pair was soon fea-tured on the music blog Pretty MuchAmazing. They released their debut mixtape,“The Swelly Express,” in early 2009 tounderground success and acclaim.One song in particular, “Opposite of

Adults,” became a widespread internet hit,and its inventive sample of MGMT’s “Kids”can be heard at parties on college campusesaround the country.The song is a good example of the unique

style that Chiddy Bang brings to the hip-hopworld. As the producer/DJ of the group,Beresin blends indie-rock elements with elec-tronica and combines them with his artfulskill at sampling, allowing Anamege, the MCof the group, to do what he calls some “goodole fashioned spitting” over the creativetracks.

As Chiddy Bang’s mixtape continued togain acclaim, the band performed at collegecampuses across the country, earning them alarge fan base. This fame caught the atten-tion of some serious players in the musicbusiness, namely Kanye West, who featuredthe band on his blog, and EMI Records, whosigned the group to a record deal in 2010.The band’s first release, “The Preview,” is

not meant as a full-length album, but rather,as the title implies, a preview to their debut.That said, the record not only shows greatpromise, but also is in and of itself fantastic.Outside the well-known “Opposite of Adults,”tracks such as “Truth” and “All Things Go”show Beresin’s fantastic talent at samplingand mixing music and Anamege’s incredibleabilities in the depth and delivery of hislyrics.Their debut album, “Breakfast,” is due out

in early summer of this year. In the mean-time, the band is about to set off on a majorU.S. tour. Friday night, Notre Dame studentsmay be able to witness one of Chiddy Bang’sfinal shows before fully becoming main-stream. Add this in with the band’s reputa-tion for exciting college campus shows, andthe student body is in for a once in a lifetimeperformance.

Contact Kevin Noonan atknoonan2@nd.edu

By KEVIN NOONANScene Writer

By ADRIANA PRATTScene Writer

Contact Adriana Pratt atapratt@nd.edu

On campusWhat:O.A.R and Chiddy Bang ConcertWhere: Stepan CenterWhen: Friday, April 8, 8 p.m., doors openat 7:30 p.m.How much: $15Learn more: sub.nd.edu

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Natal ie Portman and JamesFranco team up with classic fun-nyman and wri ter DannyMcBride (“Tropic Thunder,”“Pineapple Express”) for this epictale of adventure set in the mid-dle ages. Portman, a 2011 Oscarwinner, and Franco, a nominee,are sure to be just as incrediblein this legendary movie.Thadeous (McBride) and his

older brother Fabious (Franco)are two princes on a daring mis-sion to save their land beforethe ir k ingdom is destroyed.Spending h is l i fe watchingFabious embark on valiant jour-neys, Thadeous settled for easymaidens, ale, and wizard’s weed.However, when Fabious’ fiancéeBelladonna (Zooey Deschanel,“(500) Days of Summer”) getskidnapped by the evi l wizardLeezar (Just in Theroux,“American Psycho”), Thadeousmust man-up and be a hero.

As he half-heartedly venturesoff on his first quest, Thadeoustreks across perilous outlands tofree the pr incess . Jo ined byIsabel (Portman), an elusive war-rior with a dangerous agenda ofher own, the two brothers mustvanquish horrific creatures andtraitorous knights on their way tosaving Belladonna.If Thadeous can lay off the pipe

and be a hero with his brother,the tr io could prevent thedestruction of their land. If hestays a slacker, not only does hedie a coward, he will be the solereason of a new Dark Age.The heavy-hitting Hollywood

cast will undoubtedly provide anentertaining performance and asure hit. For more informationand to watch the trailer, checkout http: / /www.yourhighness-movie.net Look for my review of“Your Highness” sometime nextweek.

Contact Ankur Chawla atachawla@nd.edu

By ANKUR CHAWLAScene Writer

This Sunday Club Fever hosts BretMichaels, lead singer of the glammetal band Poison and star of theVH1 reality show Rock of Love withBret Michaels. Michaels’ musical career began

in his teens as a guitarist. Alongwith a bass player and another gui-tarist, he became a lead member ofthe band Paris. The band played inPennsy lvania bars in the ear ly1980s before moving to Los Angelesand changing the band’s name toPoison. In addi t ion to be ing the lead

singer, Michaels was the songwriterfor Poison for 22 years. The bandhas sold 25 million records and 15Top 40 singles. Some of the band’smost famous h i t s inc lude “TalkDirty to Me,” “Something to BelieveIn,” “Nothing But a Good Time” andthe famous heartbreak hit,“EveryRose Has Its Thorn.” Poison became one of the biggest

g lam bands in the wor ld in the1980s and 1990s. Their first album,“Look What the Cat Dragged In,”was followed up with “Open Up andSay … Ahh!” and “Flesh and Blood,”both mul t i -p la t inum a lbums.Guitarist C.C. Deville left the band

after a fist-fight with Michaels dur-ing the 1991 MTV Video Mus icAwards. The band reunited withDeville in 1999 for a greatest hitsreunion tour.Poison’s music made a presence

in 2000s cinema in the movies “Mr.and Mrs. Smith,” “Grandma’s Boy”and “Deuce Bigelow — EuropeanGigolo.” In 2006 they released the“20 Years o f Rock” CD and“Poison’D” in 2007, an album ofcover songs that have inspired theband members. Before beginning a solo musical

career in the 2000s, Michaels creat-ed a film production company withChar l ie Sheen. Michae ls wrote ,directed and starred in films suchas “A Let ter f rom Death Row,”which he co-produced as an execu-tive with Sheen. Michaels also made appearances

on televisions show like “Yes Dear,”“Martial Law” and “The Chris IssakShow.” He has also appeared as co-host of “Access Hollywood,” was ajudge on “Nashville Star” and won“Celebr i ty Apprent ice 3 .” Vh1’s“Rock of Love with Bret Michaels”became Vh1’s highest rated serieson Vh1 and has extended into athird instal lment, “Rock of LoveBus.” His solo albums include “Songs of

Life,” “Freedom of Sound” and hiscurrent release “Rock My World.”Michaels has said “I would playmusic whether I made it or not.” The personal life of Michaels is

perhaps the most controversial andwel l -known aspect o f h is fame.Michaels admitted he had Type 1Diabetes after collapsing on stage in1987, suffered tension with gui-tarist Deville over their mutual druguse and survived a near fatal carcrash in 1994. Last year he wasrushed to the hospital for an emer-gency appendectomy and was laterd iagnosed wi th patent foramenovale.A 16-year-old Tracey Lewis was

the inspiration for “Every Rose HasIts Thorns.” It was written aftertheir breakup.Despite choosing a new winner in

each season of “Rock of Love,” hehas mentioned the idea of a fourthseason.“Now they want me to come back

for a fourth ‘Rock of Love,’ Michaelssaid. “I feel that it should be some-thing that changes up, but I stillwant that fun element. What yousee is what you get with me.”Michae l ’s “Get Your Rock on

Tour” has taken him through Iowaand has sold out in Michigan. Therest of Michael’s schedule is filled

with appearances across the coun-try with Poison and Motley Crue.Tickets are available at the fol-

lowing locat ions : C lub Fever,Backstage Grill Restaurant, AudioSpec ia l i s t s /South Bend, Orb i tMus ic /Mishawaka, KarmaRecords /P lymouth & Warsaw,Morris Performing Arts Center BoxOffice (574-235-9190 or www.mor-riscenter.org) and all Ticketmasterlocat ions , inc lud ingSuperSounds/Elkhart and www.tick-etmaster.com. Reservations are available at the

Backstage Grill before the show at574-232-0222. Tickets are $45 inadvance and $49 on the day of theshow. Doors open at 6:30 PM andthe show starts at 7:30 p.m.

By CLAIRE STEPHENSScene Writer

Contact Claire Stephens atcstephe4@nd.edu

Around the BendW hat: Bret Michaels ConcertW here:Club Fever, South Bend, INW hen:Sunday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.How m uch: $45 in advance, $49at the doorLearn m ore:clubfever.biz

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — The flairof Rory McIlroy. The sheerpower o f A lvaro Qu iros .These are but two o f thefresh faces in go l f whoof fered more ev idenceThursday at the Masters thata new generation is on theway.

And that ’s on ly go ing tomake i t tougher on Ph i lMickelson and Tiger Woods.

The 21-year-old McIlroy,who opened with a 63 at St.Andrews last summer in theBritish Open, again deliveredexquis i te shots on one o fgolf’s biggest stages for a 7-under 65. It was such a cleanround that he didn’t make abogey and was left wonder-ing how much lower he couldhave gone if not for missingfive birdie chances inside 10feet.

“It wasn’t maybe as exclu-sive or spectacular as the 63at S t . Andrews ,” he sa id .“But it was very solid fromstart to finish.”

Then came Quiros, a 28-year-o ld Span iard whommany consider the longesthitter in the game. Blastingaway on a course where hehad never shot better than75, he spun an approachback to 3 feet on the 18thhole to catch McIlroy atopthe leaderboard.

They had a two-shot leadover a pair of South Koreans,former PGA champion Y.E.Yang and K.J. Choi.

Mickelson and Woods, withs ix green jackets betweenthem in the las t decade ,blended in more than theystood out.

Woods played in the morn-ing in on ly a moderatebreeze, ideal conditions forscoring. But he lost his waystarting the back nine withconsecut ive bogeys , madeonly one birdie on the par 5sand had to settle for a 71.

“I would rather be whereRory’s at,” Woods said. “But,hey, it’s a long way to go. Wehave a long grind ahead ofus. The temperature is sup-posed to warm up and I ’msure they will start makingthe pins a little more difficultas the week goes on . I ’mright there in the ballgame.I’m only six back, and as Isaid, we’ve got a lot of golfahead of us.”

Micke l son was far moreerratic off the tee, hitting teeshots into the Georgia pinesand spraying one so far intothe azaleas left of the 13thfairway that he looked likehe was on an Easter egg huntas he searched for his ball.He hi t only four fa irways,last in the field of 99 players.

As always, his superb chip-ping kept him from dropping

shots on three straight holesaround the turn . H is on lymistake came on the 18th,when he h i t h i s approachinto the gal lery left of thegreen and chipped too hard,missing a 7-foot par putt fora 70.

“ I scrambled wel l today,but I let four or five birdieoppor tun i t ies s l ide , ”Mickelson said. “I’m going tohave to capitalize on thoseopportunities to go low. I did-n’t shoot myself out of it, butI didn’t make up ground onthe field like I wanted to.”

The top Americans on theleaderboard were Mat tKuchar and Ricky Barnes at68. Another shot back was agroup that included formerU.S. Open champion Geof fOgilvy, Brandt Snedeker andSergio Garcia, who is slowlyshowing signs of a revival.

The good news for McIlroywas not only a great start tothe Masters, but a great fore-cast.

Last summer in Scotland,the freckle-faced kid fromNorthern Ireland followed hisrecord-tying 63 with an 80when he got caught up in theb lus tery cond i t ions o f S t .Andrews. He eventually ral-lied for a tie for third at theOpen, and hopes he gainedsome experience.

“Obviously at the t ime, Iwas very d i sappo in ted to

come o f f the course andshoot 80 after shooting 63,”McIlroy said. “But lookingback on it, it was a very valu-able lesson in my develop-ment as a golfer. It’s possiblethat I can go out and shootanother 65, but I know thatit’s also very likely that I’mnot going to do that.

“So if I do find myself in abit of trouble, I’m going tohave to stick in there, grindit out.”

This was not a day to grind,

not with weather that onlyenhanced the garden beautyof Augusta, and not with holelocations along the front ninethat allowed for such goodscoring.

Retief Goosen started outby holing an 8-iron from 161yards on the opening hole,the first player in 24 years tomake eagle on the first holeof the Masters. He reached 5under at the turn, only to gettripped on the backnine for a70.

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After deliberations, jurors to decide Bonds’ fate

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Theeight women and four men sat inthe jury box for more than 4½hours, listening to angry argu-ments from federal prosecutorsand Barry Bonds’ attorneys atthe end of a 12-day trial thatexposed the dark world of base-ball’s Steroids Era.

Now, Bonds’ fate is up to them.After listening to tawdry accu-

sations of drug use, theft andbody parts that grew (Bonds’head) and shrank (his testicles),the 12-member panel gets todecide whether the home runking will become a convictedfelon.

Bonds’ trial on charges he liedto a grand jury more than sevenyears ago when he denied know-ingly using performance-enhanc-ing drugs ended Thursday with

closing arguments from bothsides that were filled with viru-lence and self-righteousness.

“There’s a real irony to thiscase,” Assistant U.S. AttorneyMatthew Parrella concluded.“These substances that thedefendant took to make himselfstrong — he wasn’t strong. Hewas weak. He was too weak totell the truth despite all the ana-bolic steroids.”

And with that, at 3:51 p.m.PDT, U.S. District Judge SusanIllston turned to the jury box andsaid: “At this point ladies andgentlemen, we’re turning it overto you.”

The jury’s first order of busi-ness when it starts deliberationsFriday — the day the WorldSeries flag is raised at nearbyAT&T Park, home of Bonds’ SanFrancisco Giants — is to elect aforeman. Then it must sort

through the testimony of 25 wit-nesses and hundreds of exhibitsthat include syringes, vials anddizzying computer graphs ofdrug tests.

A seven-time MVP regarded asamong the greatest hitters ever,Bonds is charged with threecounts of making false state-ments and one count of obstruc-tion of justice. His lawyersridiculed the prosecution asbeing celebrity obsessed andwilling to cut deals with anyonewho would implicate perhaps thetop player of his generation.

“It’s part of an effort to demo-nize Barry Bonds, and it’s verywrong,” lead defense lawyerAllen Ruby said.

Cristina Arguedas, another ofBonds’ attorneys, repeatedlytook off her glasses and pointedthem contemptuously at JeffNovitzky, the tall, bald federal

investigator who was seated atthe prosecution table.

“They have the power to endcareers and to ruin lives,” shesaid to the jury, her voice qua-vering. “And nobody gets to testthat evidence unless they havethe wherewithal and internalstrength to come to a jury trial —to you.”

Bonds is charged with lyingwhen he denied knowinglyreceiving steroids and humangrowth hormone from personaltrainer Greg Anderson and forsaying he allowed only doctors toinject him. An obstruction countlists four additional statementsthe government alleges weremade to evade or mislead thegrand jury.

Each count carries a possiblesentence of 10 years in prison,but federal guidelines indicate arecommended total sentence of

15 to 21 months. For convictionsfor similar offenses in the BayArea Laboratory Co-Operative(BALCO) case, Illston sentencedtwo people to home confinement.

Bonds doesn’t dispute that hetook steroids but testified to thegrand jury that Anderson toldhim they were flaxseed oil andarthritic balm. Parrella, in his51-minute rebuttal that endedthe trial, compared that to ateenager who arrives homeglassy eyed on a Saturday nightand tells his parents “I went to abar and they told me it was justCoke.”

Parrella said Bonds’ plan atthe grand jury was to “sell thelittle lie and hide the big lie” thathis exploits — including therecord for home runs in a season(73 in 2001) and, later, in acareer (762) — were built onsteroids.

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PERSONAL

AP

Alvaro Quiros, tied for the lead after the first round of the Masters,displays his ball to the crowd after a birdie putt on the 18th hole.

NOTICES

Youth dominates in 1st round of Masters

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — If thePittsburgh Penguins and NewYork Islanders fought thingsout on the s i lver screeninstead of a sheet of ice, thesequel would have a romannumeral tacked onto the titlea la “Rocky.”It’s been two months since

the Atlantic Division rivalsstaged one of the most penal-ty- and fight-filled games theyor the NHL has ever seen.Much has changed since that

Friday night in February whenthe Islanders had revenge ontheir minds and took care ofgetting it in all kinds of ways.Whether the bad blood still

exists when the Penguinsreturn to Long Is land onFriday night remains to beseen.“Sometimes games like this,

there is all the hype and it’sjust another game,” Islanderstough guy Micheal Haley saidThursday. “They’re in theplayoffs, so they’ll be worriedabout that. It’s tough to say

what could happen. I am surethere will still be emotions butI don’t know if it will be likelast time.”The last game featured 65

penalties, 346 penalty min-utes, 10 ejections, 15 fightingmajors and 20 misconducts inthe Islanders’ 9-3 victory thatwas never competi t ive.Records were set for bothteams for most combinedpenalty minutes, and therewere few players around tofinish the game.Both sides tried to downplay

what will happen once theyare back on the ice together,and the teams are going in dif-ferent directions. New Yorkhas only two games remainingin a disappointing season, andPittsburgh is playing out thestring with only a potentiallybetter postseason seeding onthe line in the final weekend.“We are in the playoffs and

we are trying to get ready forplayoffs. Their season is over,”Penguins forward PascalDupuis said. “It’s a differentatmosphere in both lockerrooms. I don’t expect toomuch to happen.”That seemed to be a com-

mon theme, but no one couldbe certain there wouldn’t be a

repeat of the mayhem thatplayed out at Nassau Coliseumon Feb. 11. Any questionablehit or lopsided score or some-thing unforeseen could re-ignite a fuse that is likely stillhot.“We’re going to play the

game l ike we always can,”Penguins forward JordanStaal said, “and not real lyworry about what happenedbefore.”The fire was first lit nine

days before the previousmatchup in a game atPittsburgh. In that one, theIslanders were angry about anunpenalized hit to the head offorward Blake Comeau byPittsburgh’s Max Talbot thatcaused a concussion. Theydidn’t shy away from showingtheir displeasure when theyhad the Penguins in theirhome arena.And that’s where they will

have them again on Friday.“I already addressed this

with our team on two separateoccasions. Our sole intentgoing into that building is towin a hockey game and not beinterested in doing any otherkind of act ivi ty,” Penguinscoach Dan Bylsma said.“We’re playing a certain way,

we’ve got a certain group ofguys, and we’re not going tobe focused on being involvedin anything other than playingour game and winning a hock-ey game.”The Islanders, who are try-

ing to stay out of the EasternConference cellar, will be play-ing in front of just their fourthhome sellout of the season —but third straight. This highlyanticipated second round withthe Penguins will be greetedby rabid fans certainly lookingfor more eruptions on ice.“I’ve come to the conclusion

that i t ’s probably in ( thePenguins’ ) hands how thegame is going to be playedout,” Islanders enforcer ZenonKonopka said Thursday.“Obviously, two games ago, wewere upset with the way ourplayers were being treated.The next game was intense,and some people would say itgot out of hand.”That’s an understatement.In addit ion to the hit on

Comeau back on Feb. 2,Islanders goalie Rick DiPietroalso sustained facial fracturesand a knee injury when hewas struck in a f ight byPenguins netminder BrentJohnson.

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AP

Islanders defenseman Travis Hamonic, right, takes a shot fromPenguins center Mike Rupp during a brawl Feb. 11 in N.Y.

Penguins, Islanders meet almost two months after brawlNHL

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ND WOMEN’S TENNIS

Wildcats sweep singles to win

Despite taking an early 3-0lead against NorthwesternThursday, the Wildcats mount-ed a dramatic performance andstunned the No. 20 Irish with a4-3 victory.The Irish (11-9) struggled

later in the match as theWildcats gained momentumand won the last four singlespoints, securing the victory byjust one point. It is the firsttime this season that the 12-5Wildcats have managed tomake a comeback after losingthe doubles point. No. 3 junior Kristy Frilling

lost her second singles match ofthe season against No. 16Maria Mosolova in three sets.Mosolova took control of thethird set with four straightaces. This broke Mosolova’s

two-match losing recordagainst Frilling. Frilling’s sin-gles record now stands at 15-2. Also in singles, No. 63 junior

Shannon Mathews suffered asimilar loss against No. 74Belinda Niu, falling to Niu inthe third set. Mathews is themost recent Big East player ofthe week. This loss brings hersingles record to 14-3 on theyear. Meanwhile, No. 105 freshman

Jennifer Kellner defeated No.87 Kate Turvey, securing thefirst singles victory for the Irish.Kellner now holds a singlesrecord of 16-3 and has wonnine of her last ten matches.Senior Kristen Rafael secured

the only other singles win forthe Irish against No. 50Brittany Wowchuk. In doubles action, the No. 22

pair of Mathews and Frillingdefeated the Wildcats’ No. 7

Linda Abu Mushrefova andNida Hamilton, gaining the sec-ond point for the Irish in this 8-3 upset. The final doubles win for the

Irish was gained by McGaffiganand Rafael, who defeatedMosolova and Belinda Niu 8-6.The pairing of McGaffigan andRafael now has a record of 6-6. To end doubles competition,

the freshman pairing of Kellnerand Julie Sabacinski fell toWowchuk and ElenaChernyakova 8-3.This match marks the 36th

time the Irish have faced offagainst the Wildcats. Despitethe loss, the Irish still lead inoverall wins, 24-12. The Irish are in action once

more on April 17 againstMarquette.

By KATIE HEITSports Writer

Contact Katie Heit atkheit@nd.edu

SMC SOFTBALL

Trine takes both inMIAA doubleheader

The Be l l e s su f f e red atough day in a doublehead-er against Trine, losing 3-2and 14-2.“The hardes t par t was

f ind ing momentum as ateam,” senior captain andou t f i e lder Hay leyBojorquez. “We struggledto come back every t imeTrine fought back.”The Be l l e s ( 10 -7 , 0 -4

MIAA) started off the firstgame in the top of the firstwith a pair of runs thanksto a double from freshmaninfielder Callie Selner. Inthe bottom of the secondTrine gained an unearnedrun, and in the bottom ofthe f our th , the Thunderscored on a sacr i f i ce f lyand a single.In the second game ,

Tr ine had a qu ick s tar t ,leading 6-0 by the end ofthe third. The Belles man-aged a pair of runs in thebottom of the third whenjunior out f ie lder LaurenEnayati scored on a passedball and Selner hit a ball tol e f t f i e ld t o a l l owBo jorquez t o s core theBelles’ final run. Trine battled back, bring-

ing the final score to 14-2after six innings. Bojorquez cited poor hit-

ting as the main reason herteam s t rugg led in bo th

games against Trine. “We combined [ f o r ] a

total of four runs in bothgames, which is just notus,” Bojorquez said. “Weare a much better hittingteam than we showedtoday.”Selner suffered the loss

in game one, while juniorpitcher Monica Palicki tookthe defeat in game two.Saint Mary’s will hit the

field once more in a dou-b leheader ontheroadSaturday againstNo. 13 Adr ian. They arelooking to secure their firstconference win.“Adrian is usually a pret-

t y t ough compe t i t o r, ”Bojorquez said. “We needto be ready f o r them tofight back.”In the t ime be fore the

nex t game , Bo jorquezwants t o see the t eambegin to work to improveits hi t t ing, as wel l as i tsgeneral game play.“We want to fix the little

th ings tha t d idn ' t work[against Trine],” Bojorquezsa id . “Those th ings w i l lmost likely include our hit-t ing as wel l as more keysma l l ba l l s i tua t i ons onboth defense and offense.”The Be l l e s w i l l f ace

Adrian in a doubleheaderSaturday at 1:00 p.m.

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Irish senior Kristen Rafael reaches for a forehand shot during a 4-3 loss to Baylor March 3 in theEck Tennis Center. Notre Dame dropped a 4-3 decision to Northwestern Thursday.

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tured forwards Jack and MikeConnolly as well as forwardJustin Fontaine and defense-man Justin Faulk, were difficultfor the Irish penalty kill unit tohandle.

“They were very versatile,they didn’t really have anythingset,” he said. “They had a lot ofmovement on the other side ofthe ice with guys on the weakside. I give them all the credit.We were kind of standingaround a little bit instead ofpicking guys up.”

Notre Dame entered theFrozen Four with a power playunit ranked a mediocre 39th inthe nation after converting witha 16.2 percent success ratethroughout the season. Theshaky unit had problems break-ing down the Bulldogs’ penaltykill unit all game, failing to reg-

ister a shot on multiple power-play attempts. Faulk said histeam’s penalty kill was effectivein keeping the Irish out of theoffensive zone.

“I think it was just our gaps inthe neutral zone, and our for-wards kind of pressured themoff to one side and allowed our[defense] to step up and pinchthem off at the blue line,” Faulksaid. “Then even when they didget in the zone, I think whenthey were along the boards, wewere able to pressure thempretty well. When they did haveshot opportunities I think a lotof guys were willing to sacrificetheir bodies and block a shotfor the team.”

Jackson said Notre Dame’slack of a consistent and top-level point man to direct thepower play — somethingMinnesota-Duluth had in Faulk— hurt the Irish in the game allseason.

“You know, to be honest withyou, our special teams this year

have been a bit of a disappoint-ment. They’ve been one of thestaples of our program for thelast five years,” Jackson said.“We don’t have Duluth’s quar-terback out there at the point. Ithink [sophomore defenseman]Sam Calabrese is developingthat, but Faulk is a threat outthere from a shooting perspec-tive and he’s also a good play-maker. So we lack that rightnow.”

Though the Irish played theirbest hockey Thursday night ateven strength, Jackson ulti-mately conceded that betterspecial teams are needed toadvance late in the postseason.

“I thought our guys playedpretty well five-on-five,” hesaid. “But, you know, we need-ed to do a better job on thepower play, which would havemade a big difference in thegame.”

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TRACK AND FIELD

Irish head to Ky. for meet

Coming off a strong perform-ance in the Mike PoehleinInvitational at Purdue, and withthe season winding down, theIrish need to keep playing at ahigh level this weekend as theyhead to Kentucky for theLouisville Border Battle.

The meet’s participants areLouisville, Kentucky, Indianaand Notre Dame.

Irish sophomore Jeremy Raesaid the team has performedwell, but they would like to con-tinue their success so they havemore representatives at the BigEast championships.

“Team-wise, we’d like to get

more people qualified for theBig East championships that aretaking place less than a monthfrom now,” Rae said.

Rae said he has high personalexpectations for the race, but healso sees the invitational as anopportunity to prepare for nextweek’s Mount SAC Relays inCalifornia.

“Individually I’ll be running an800-meter, which is shorterthan I typically race but willhelp get me prepared for mynext 1500-meter in Los Angelesnext week,” Rae said.

Junior Sean Lindbloom, whowas recently sidelined for theseason due to injury, said theteam has handled the transitionfrom the indoor season to the

outdoor season well.“Moving into the outdoor sea-

son, the team has been steadilyimproving in order to move clos-er to an outdoor Big East cham-pionship,” Lindbloom said.

Another Irish runner lookingto make an impact is freshmanMichelle Brown, who placedfirst in the women’s 200-meterand 400-meter dashes last weekat Purdue and will attempt tobuild on that success at themeet.

The event will take place allday Saturday at the Universityof Louisville’s track and fieldfacilities.

By JOE WIRTHSports Writer

Contact Joe Wirth atjwirth@nd.edu

SOFTBALL

Valdivida leads wayin shutout victories

Outstanding pitching andsharp defense highlighted theday as the Irish topped Butlerby allowing just eight hits andone run throughout their dou-bleheader Thursday.

Senior pitcher Jody Valdivialed the way in the 5-0 shutout,rebounding from a few slowpitching starts in previousgames to match her careerrecord of 14 strikeouts. Valdiviawas able to get ahead of battersand took charge of the entireBulldog lineup, including theschool’s all-time home runleader junior first baseman ErinFalkenberry. The senior allowedjust two hits and two walks inseven innings.

“The past couple of outings Ihave been focusing on just spin-ning the ball, working on exe-cuting pitches and hitting mylocations,” Valdivia said. “Mycatcher gave me great feedbackall day and we were able to getinto a good rhythm and justwent with it.”

Meanwhile the Irish offensivecharge was led once again bysenior Heather Johnson, whoextended her hitting streak to14 games and owned five ofNotre Dame’s 16 hits on the day.Senior catcher Lex Clay alsoplayed an integral role from theplate, going two-for-five in thedoubleheader with five RBI,including a three-run homer inthe opening contest to scoresophomore Amy Buntin andsenior Brianna Jorgensborg.The Irish continue to focus onhitting in the clutch and notleaving runners on base as theseason progresses.

“The team did a great job ofplaying our own game,”Valdivia said. “We got themomentum going our way andtried to keep it that way. Wewere able to get clutch hits andkeep putting the pressure on

[Butler’s] defense which causedthem to make mistakes.”

The Bulldogs took their oneand only lead of the day in thesecond contest when Butler jun-ior Jessica Huey hit a two-outsingle in the top of the thirdinning. But the Irish were ableto come right back in the bot-tom of the inning when sopho-more Alexa Maldonado dou-bled, reached third on Clay’ssacrifice bunt, and crossed theplate as Johnson singled. Timelyhits and Butler errors allowedNotre Dame to finish out the 6-1victory in commanding fashion.

The pair of wins extended theIrish winning streak to sevengames, a tally that bodes wellfor the team’s success movingforward.

“I feel like now that preseasonis over and we are hitting con-ference play everyone has agood idea of where they are interms of their own game,”Valdivia said. “Preseason gaveus good goals to focus on andpointed out areas we fell shortin that we have been working atimproving. Our team is startingto hit its stride and we feel pret-ty confident moving forwardinto Big East.”

Big East play will resume forthe Irish this weekend as theteam travels to Syracuse for athree-game series.

“Syracuse has transitionedthemselves into being a realcompetitive threat for Big Eastand are the reigning tourna-ment champions,” Valdivianoted. “We didn't have theopportunity to play them lastyear during regular season sowe are excited to go competewith them this weekend andbring home some wins.”

The Irish look to prove them-selves this weekend as they faceSyracuse beginning Saturday atnoon.

By KELSEY MANNINGSports Writer

Contact Kelsey Manning atkmannin3@nd.edu

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Junior defenseman Sean Lorenz skates with the puck during Notre Dame’s 4-3 loss to Minnesota-Duluth Thursday in the national semifinal in Saint Paul, Minn.

THOMAS LA/The Observer

Irish senior infielder Heather Johnson readies herself for a pitchagainst Providence April 3 in Melissa Cook Stadium.

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The Irish have found a goodtime to start scoring runs, consid-ering that they will face theirtoughest challenge of the yearthus far when they hostConnecticut for a three-gameseries this weekend.

After dropping the first two of athree-game series at Pittsburghlast weekend, Notre Dame (12-14-1, 3-3 Big East) has taken twoin a row — including a 6-2 winWednesday against a balancedWestern Michigan team.

The Irish bats have shownsigns of catching up to the stellarstarting pitching over this recentstretch, which comes as a sign ofrelief to Irish coach Mik Aoki,who has preached timely hittingto his team since day one.

“We have a certain philosophyin the way that we approach theplate mentally and physically,”Aoki said. “The players havebeen working hard towards thatand have been incorporating,assimilating that into game situa-tions.”

The Irish are averaging overfive runs per game in their lastfive games after previously aver-aging a little over three pergame, including an early-season19-run showing against Purdue.

In its current two-game win-ning streak, Aoki’s squad hasnotched 14 runs on 20 hits,including four hits and five RBIfrom freshman first basemanTrey Mancini. Recruited by for-mer Irish coach Dave Schrage,the freshman sensation is batting.326 with 17 RBI and a .565 slug-ging percentage so far this sea-

son.“Trey was recruited here based

on the fact that he’s a really goodoffensive player. As coaches,we’ve reaped the benefits of that.He’s a worker. He’s one of theguys who’s done a good job ofbuying into the things we’ve beentalking about and bringing thatinto game situations.”

But the Irish face a tough testin dealing with Big East opponentConnecticut (15-10-1, 5-1), whois riding a five-game winningstreak during which the teamaveraged over eight runs pergame. The Huskies have only lostonce over their last nine games,and most recently defeatedMassachusetts 7-1 Wednesdaynight.

The Huskies are led by all-timehits leader and senior first base-man Mike Nemeth, who brings a

batting average of .340 and 20RBI into the contest. Junior right-hander Matt Barnes (5-2) is slat-ed to take the hill. Barnes haspaced the Huskies pitching staffthis year, as the Connecticut acehas an ERA of 1.00 and averagesseven strikeouts per game .

“They have a couple of playersthat are projected first-rounders[in the 2011 MLB First-YearPlayer Draft],” Aoki said. “ We’regoing to have our hands full thisweekend with players likeBarnes.”

The Irish look to build on theirwinning streak by breaking thatof Connecticut’s starting Friday at5:35 p.m., continuing Saturday at2:05 p.m. and concluding Sundayat 1:05 p.m.

BASEBALL

Irish host UConn in three-game seriesBy ANDREW GASTELUMSports Writer

Contact Andrew Gastelumagastel1@nd.edu

the middle portion of the gamebefore mounting a comebackeffort in the third period.“We played a good first half ofthe first period, and a good thirdperiod, but the second periodkilled us,” Tynan said.Jackson said that the Bulldogs’ability to quickly answer hissquad’s scores wore down histeam in the second period andgave Minnesota-Duluth theintangible advantage it neededto earn a trip to the nationalchampionship game.“After Duluth scored the thirdgoal, I thought we dipped a littlebit emotionally in that our youthshowed up a little bit,” he said.“I thought our body language gotbad.”In the third period, however, theIrish poured on the attack, firing15 shots on goal compared tothe Bulldogs’ two in the finalstanza.“I gave it to [the team] after thesecond,” Jackson said. “Theycame out and they responded,which they have all seasonlong.”Ridderwall was one of three sen-iors making his final appearancein a Notre Dame uniform, alongwith center Ben Ryan and rightwing Ryan Guentzel. Though still stinging from thehard-fought loss just momentsearlier, the graduating playerswere able to reflect on theirstandard-setting tenure, whichincluded the program’s first-everFrozen Four appearance in2008. “I’m just thankful for theUniversity of Notre Dame givingme an opportunity to come hereand be part of [the] programthese last four years,” Guentzelsaid. “We’ve had a great ride:freshman year, playing in thenational championship and thenbeing able to come to Saint Paulmy senior year with the greatcrowd and great atmosphere.”After a season in which thefreshman-laden Irish far out-stripped every expectation byqualifying for the NCAA tourna-ment and then reaching theFinal Four, the young squadcame up just short in Minnesotaafter an inconsistent perform-ance.“I said it a few days ago — whenyou play in this event you haveto play 60 minutes. Twice. Andwe didn’t,” Jackson said. “That’sreally what it boiled down to.”“The puck just didn’t bounce ourway tonight,” Guentzel said.“Sometimes that happens.”

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Irish look to continuesuccess over Villanova

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

In a weekend of matchesagainst Vi l lanova andSyracuse in 2010, the Irishwere near perfect in holdingboth teams scoreless for acombined 96 minutes. Butwhat wi l l they do for anencore?

In the 16-0 win over theWildcats last year, sophomoregoalie Ellie Hilling recordedthe first and only shutout ofher collegiate career. The 16-goal victory also marked thefirst blank slate in programhistory and the first in the BigEast conference since 2001.

“We can only duplicate itbut not beat it because it’s sohard to shut anyone out ,”Irish coach Tracy Coyne said.“Hopefully we’ll have a simi-lar game.”

Notre Dame (4-6, 1-1 BigEast) opened Big East playlast weekend, splitting a pairof games against Rutgers andnon-conference opponentLoyola. The Irish snapped abrief two-game losing skid bydefeating the Scarlet Knights11-6 behind a great gamefrom freshman midf ie lderKaitlyn Brosco.

The Irish fell to then-No. 5Loyola in a tight 13-10 loss.

“All the girls are disappoint-ed but they want to play themagain in the Big East tourna-ment,” Coyne said after theloss. “These are the weekendsthat prepare you for a cham-pionship.”

The Wildcats (4-4, 0-1) areset to host their first Big Eastgame of the season when theyface off with the Irish today.Villanova, suffered an 11-2loss to California in their pre-vious game on March 27th. Inits season opener this year,Notre Dame convincinglydefeated California 20-6.

Junior midfielder JustineDonodeo leads the Wildcats inscoring, having ta l l ied 24goals and nine assists overVillanova’s first eight games.Donodeo has also put nearly84 percent of her shots ongoal.

The goalkeeper position hasbeen a revolving door for theWildcats this season, as theteam has taken the field withthree di f ferent goal ies .Freshman Jul ia Todd hasstarted a team-high f ivegames in between the pipeswhile surrendering just 7.18goals per game.

“We’re expecting [Todd] tobe the starter, but the othertwo [goalies] are similar toher,” Coyne said. “We justwant to have a great offensivegame.”

No matter which goal iestarts for the Wildcats ,Villanova will have a difficulttime containing a potent Irishoffense. Junior attack MaggieTamasitis averages over twoassists per contest and hascontributed 21 assists on theyear, extending her pointstreak to 28 games.Sophomore midfielder JennyGranger has scored a team-high 17 goals this season.

The Irish have been strongthis year controlling the draw,winning the face-off 52 per-cent of the time. Senior mid-fielder Shaylyn Blaney andsenior defender JackieDoherty have combined toscoop up 48 ground balls andcontrol 38 draws.

On Sunday, the Irish wil lface No. 15 Syracuse (3-6, 1-0) in the Carr ier Dome, aplace the Irish have neverwon.

“We’ve circled this game onour schedule for a long time,”Coyne said. “We’re real lylooking forward to the compe-tition.”

Orange senior goal ie L izHogan, who owns a 44 per-cent save percentage, gar-nered high praise from Coyneand the Irish.

“She’s very act ive and agreat clearer,” Coyne said.“We’ve played a lot of greatgoalies recently.”

The Ir ish take on theWildcats today at 4:30 p.mbefore challenging the OrangeSunday at 1 p.m.

By MATTHEW DeFRANKSSports Writer

Contact Matthew DeFranks atmdefrank@nd.edu

SMC TENNIS

Belles to face Bethel College

Saint Mary’s looks to extendits win streak to five andstrengthen its MIAA resumethis weekend with a non-con-ference match against BethelCollege and an MIAA show-down with last year’s confer-ence runner-up, Hope College.

This afternoon, Saint Mary’s,winners of eight of its past 11,takes the short trip toMishawaka to face cross-townrival and NAIA opponentBethel College (8-4) at 4 p.m.The Belles (8-5, 2-1 MIAA)have dominated the annualseries with the Pilots in recentyears, winning four straightmatches from 2007-10, includ-ing the last three.

Bethel top singles player,Molly O’Grady, holds a recordof 9-3 and will face SaintMary’s senior Jillian Hurley,

who is 8-5.Less than 24 hours later, the

Belles travel to Holland, Mich.,for an MIAA match with HopeCollege (6-4, 2-0) at 1 p.m. Thematch should serve as a litmustest of the Belles’ ability tocompete for an MIAA champi-onship, as the Flying Dutchwere conference runners-up in2010. Also, the Belles will lookto avenge an 8-1 defeat to theFlying Dutch last season.

Saint Mary’s and Hope havesoundly defeated their onlycommon opponent so far,Olivet College, by scores of 7-2and 8-1 respectively.

The No. 1 singles match willbe of particular interest as itshowcases two seniors, Olivet’sKatherine Garcia and SaintMary’s Jillian Hurley, that haveseen each other numeroustimes in conference playthroughout their careers. Lastyear’s match was a narrow,

back-and-forth contest, withGarcia prevailing in three sets,6-3, 4-6 and 1-0 (10-8). Garciaalso holds a 53-22 careerrecord in singles play.

Garcia has been a force indoubles play throughout hercareer with a record of 67-15,but is only 4-6 with sophomorepartner Leah LaBarge in No. 1doubles this season.

Meanwhile, the Belles’ No. 2doubles duo of seniors MaryTherese Lee and FrancaPeluso and No. 3 tandem offreshman Mary CatherineFaller and senior JessicaKosinski look to continue theirrecent success. Both pairs area combined 7-1 in the team’slast four matches, answeringBelles coach Dale Campbell’scall earlier in the season forimproved doubles play.

By MATT UNGERSports Writer

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“There’s no question it’s goingto change the way I play.”

Running back Armando

Allen registered a 4.12 in the20-yard shuttle, the pro agilitydrill.

It was the top mark of theday, and would have rankedfifth at the Combine.

Offensive lineman ChrisStewart, linebackers Brian

Smith and Kerry Neal, widereceiver Duval Kamara anddefensive lineman Ian Williamsalso participated in the ProDay.

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In anticipation of a large crowdand a competitive matchup, theNo. 2 Irish are eager to take thefield for their Playing for PeaceGame against Georgetown as theylook to remain undefeated on theseason.Coming off a 13-7 win over

Mount Saint Mary’s on Tuesday,Georgetown (5-4) has won three ofits last four contests. However,three of its four losses were againstopponents currently ranked in thetop five of Inside Lacrosse’s nation-al standings.Irish junior attack Sean Rogers

said he is confident the team willapproach the Hoyas with the sameintensity as always.“First and foremost, they beat us

last year,” Rogers said. “It camedown to us and them for the finalspot, and we beat them out. Theyare going to come in with a lot ofdesire. A lot of our kids playedtheir kids in high school, and theirroster’s full of big time players andAll-Americans. I’m not worriedabout us overlooking them, that’sfor sure.”The Hoyas average 11.8 goals

per game, but their opponentsaverage 11.1 goals, which has cre-ated several down-to-the-wirematch-ups thus far. The fewestnumber of goals they have scoredthis season is eight. “I looked at their scores, and

there are two games that they gaveup 20 and 16 goals, respectively,”Rogers said. “Besides that, thenumbers are skewed. When teams

want to go up and down withthem, their team gets a sense ofthat, and their offense tries to scoregoals and [their] defense gives upmore goals. We’re not necessarilya team that will get into that kindof match with them, but whoknows, after last week we couldput up a lot of goals.”The No. 8 Hoyas bring a fast-

paced offense and an athleticdefense to the field. Seniordefenseman Kevin Ridgway saidthe Irish (7-0) must treatGeorgetown like any other teamand play to their strengths in orderto be successful.“They have a bunch of guys who

can make plays, and they’re veryin tune to how they make thoseplays. They put those guys in posi-tion to be a threat to score,” the co-captain said. “Obviously you wantto win your individual matchup.We want to just play the way weplay. We’re good at slide andrecovery, and if we do that wellthen we should be able to holdthem to less than eight [goals].”Ridgway commented that this

experienced Irish team is unlikelyto fall in the same trap as lastyear’s squad did and become over-ly concerned by the rankings.“We’re not getting too caught up

in [the rankings],” Ridgway said.“We got a little lost in it last year,but this year [I tell my teammates],‘Just keep the focus day to day.Don’t worry about our ranking. It’lltake care of itself if we just focuson the little things.’”Under Irish assistant coach

Kevin Dugan’s direction, the teamwill be sponsoring a Playing for

Peace seven-versus-seven interhalllacrosse tournament following theGeorgetown game. The event is co-sponsored by the men’s lacrosseand men’s basketball teams.“We hope that the student body

will come out to cheer on ourteam,” Dugan said. “We’ve reallyworked hard to raise awareness inSudan, but we’ve also done it in away that we’re building relation-ships with our fellow students. Wehope the students want to comeout and support the need to be insolidarity with Sudan, but alsotheir alma mater, their school.”Rogers said he has high expecta-

tions for the event, and he hopes tosee the students at the gameSunday.“We obviously loved the support

we got for Villanova,” he said. “Wefed off the energy. It’ll be a TVgame, so come out and get on TV.Make a sign or something. All thestudents on the hill out there —they’re so loud, and [they make] ittough for the other team. We defi-nitely hear them.”The Irish look to extend their

winning streak againstGeorgetown Sunday at 12 p.m. atArlotta Stadium.

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importantly, over the past sixyears, Jackson has succeeded inhis goal of establishing a winningculture within the program.Not many players can graduate

saying they’ve played in twoFrozen Fours, and one champi-onship game, over their careers,but Irish seniors Calle Ridderwall,Ryan Guentzel and Ben Ryan can.“Sitting here right now it’s bit-

ter, but I’m extremely proud of theteam we had,” Ridderwall said.“I’m extremely proud to say Iplayed four years of college hock-ey for the University of NotreDame.”Those three seniors, along with

classmate Joe Lavin, have laid thefoundation for an elite hockeyprogram. Ridderwall’s overtimegame-winning goal in 2008 is themost important moment in Irishhockey history. Ryan’s back-to-back game-winners in the 2009CCHA championship gave NotreDame its second-ever Mason Cup.Guentzel emerged as a dominantassist-man this season, with morepoints, goals and assists this yearthan in his first three years com-bined. Lavin, who transferredfrom Providence midway throughlast season, immediately steppedinto a leadership position andcaptained this exceptionally young

Irish team to the Frozen Four.They won’t be here when (not

if) Notre Dame wins its firstnational championship, but thosefour seniors will have played aninstrumental role.It’s difficult to see the silver lin-

ing now. I wrote Thursday thatFrozen Fours are tough to comeby, and that the Irish needed totake advantage since they werehere. That’s still true; there is nodoubt that this was a missedopportunity for the Irish. But, nowthat this season has come to aclose, there is nowhere to look butthe future.The most tangible evidence of

Notre Dame’s growth as a hockeyprogram will undoubtedly be onfull display next October. The Irishwill be opening the brand newCompton Family Center, and willdo so by raising a Frozen Fourbanner, at that. It won’t be thebanner the Irish had been hopingfor, but it’s an incredible accom-plishment nonetheless.With rafter space at the Joyce

Center almost full, here’s hopingthe designs for the ComptonCenter include plenty of room formore banners. There’s no doubtNotre Dame is going to need it.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — It just wasn’tthe year.There are plenty of technical

reasons Notre Dame lostThursday night. Minnesota-Duluth’s machine-like power playscored at a 50percent clip,while theIrish man-aged only twoshots on fiveuninspiredattempts withthe manadvantage.In a larger

sense,though, whenyou get downto just fourteams playing single-eliminationtournament games — on a stagefew college players have everplayed on — it’s sometimes just amatter of how the puck bounces.The dominant storyline coming

out of this Frozen Four should notbe that Notre Dame came upshort yet again. It should be thatthe Irish, who just six years agowere a CCHA doormat, have fullyentered into college hockey’s elite.In college hockey, there is a rel-

atively small group of schools thatannually contend for a FrozenFour appearance: Michigan,Boston College and North Dakota,to name a few. Without anynational titles to its name, NotreDame definitely is not in thatgroup yet. It’s not unreasonable,though, for Notre Dame to beginevery season with aspirations ofmaking the Frozen Four.Clearly, the Irish will not actual-

ly make the Frozen Four everyyear, but recent history has posi-tioned Notre Dame as an annualcontender. The Irish have JeffJackson, arguably the best coachin college hockey, and this year’scrop of impressive freshmen isonly going to get better. Most

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Nine former Irish players tookanother step toward attainingtheir dream of playing in theNFL Thursday at Notre Dame’sannual Pro Day.Scouts from 28 of the 32 NFL

teams attended, and watched astight end Kyle Rudolph high-lighted the day’s action.Rudolph could be selected in thefirst round of the NFL Draft onApril 28, and his performancein the Loftus Center should havehelped his chances, NFLNetwork and NBC analyst Mike

Mayock said.“I think everyone came away

from today with a buzz abouthow good [Rudolph’s] handsare,” Mayock said.Rudolph had the advantage of

receiving passes from RobFlorian, an alumnus of ElderHigh School, the same schoolRudolph attended. Florian laterserved as the signal caller at theUniversity of Dayton.“It was awesome,” Rudolph

said. “I grew up with Rob,watched him play. He was fouryears ahead of me in gradeschool and high school. He wasa very successful quarterback atElder High School in Cincinnati.

He’s got a great ball.”Rudolph said he felt he suc-

cessfully exhibited his skills forthe scouts and hopes he endedany worries about his ham-string injury. “I’m happy [with the perform-

ance],” Rudolph said. “Themain objective for me was toget out there and show every-one that I’m healthy and thatthe hamstring [injury] is a thingof the past.”Rudolph said he enjoyed see-

ing the field again after missingthe final eight games of the sea-son because of the injury.“It was great to get out here

and to be able to run around

and be healthy,” Rudolph said.“It’s been six months [since] mysurgery and to be able to comeout here and run around like Iused to was a lot of fun.”Cornerback Darrin Walls

recorded the top 40-yard dashtime, clocking in at 4.39 sec-onds. The time would have beenthe third highest at the NFLCombine, held the last week ofFebruary..“I felt pretty good,” Walls

said. “I came out here and didsome things I wanted to do.“I don’t feel pressure at all. I

didn’t get invited to theCombine, I didn’t get invited tothe Senior Bowl, so I came in

with a chip on my shoulder. Itried to come in and prove peo-ple wrong, so I hope I did that.”Running back Robert Hughes

arrived appearing like a newman, checking in at 226 lbs, 14pounds lighter than his 2010playing weight. He recorded 26repetitions in the bench press,raising the attention of thescouts.“I felt like I did great,” Hughes

said. “I felt like I helped myself.“I just did cardio and busted

my tail, working out twice a dayand eating right, changing mydiet a lot really helped,” he said.

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Frozen outHOCKEY

ND moving intocollege hockey’s elite

see FROZEN/page 18see RYAN/page 14

By SAM WERNERSenior Sports Writer

Penalty kill, powerplay hurt Irish

By ANDREW OWENSAssociate Sports Editor

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Freshman center T.J. Tynan, right, reacts to Notre Dame’s 4-3 loss to Minnesota-Duluth in the national semifinal Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. –– Thereis little doubt in the mind ofNotre Dame coach Jeff Jacksonas to what ended his team’sseason one step short of thenational championship game:The Irish special teams, aweakness all season, wereexposed on the biggest stage intheir 4-3 loss to Minnesota-Duluth.“People can see the game.

Obviously that game was dic-tated by one thing: specialteams,” Jackson said. “Theyhave an exceptional powerplay, and we couldn’t generateany offense on the power play.So I thought we played a goodgame five-on-five. Other thanthat, you know, the game wascompletely determined by spe-cial teams.”The Irish problems on special

teams began after freshmanwing Jeff Costello gave them a1-0 lead in the game’s firstminute. Nearly a minute later,fellow freshman and centerDavid Gerths was whistled forhooking, and the Bulldogswasted no time in answeringon a goal less than a minutelater from J.T. Brown to eventhe game at one.The exchange was a harbin-

ger of things to come for JeffJackson’s bunch, as NotreDame allowed two morepower-play goals over thecourse of the first two periodswhile managing just two shotsin their own four power-playsin that span. Minnesota-Duluth’s superiority on theirpower-play unit was evidentthroughout the affair, with theBulldogs notching their finaltwo power-play goals withinthe first 25 seconds of theirman-up advantage.Senior center Ben Ryan said

the versatility and speed of theBulldog unit, which heavily fea-

By CHRIS ALLENSports Writer

SAINT PAUL, Minn. –Down 4-2 early in the thirdperiod of the national semi-final game and facing a red-hot Minnesota-Duluthpower play, Notre Damethought it had turned thecorner when senior le f twing Calle Ridderwall blast-ed a shot from just insidethe blue line past Bulldoggoalie Kenny Reiter to pullthe Irish within one. It wasnot to be, however, asRei ter s tonewal led theNotre Dame attack the restof the way to g iveMinnesota-Duluth a 4-3 vic-tory over the Irish in frontof 19,139 fans at the XcelEnergy Center.“It was huge, [and it gave

us] momentum the whole[third] period,” Ridderwallsaid. “We were pressuringthem down low in their

zone. We had some shots,but we just couldn’t getthem through.”Notre Dame opened the

Frozen Four with a bang asf r e s h m a nlef t wingJeff Costellobeat Reiterg l o v e - s i d ejust 49 sec-onds intothe game togive theIr ish a 1-0advantage .Merely twom i n u t e sl a t e r ,though theB u l l d o g sscored the f irs t o f theirthree power-play goals topull even. The tie lasted justsix minutes, as freshmancenter T.J. Tynan found theback of the net, only to seehis goal answered 66 sec-onds later on another

power-play tally.“That was kind of a crazy

start ,” Ir ish coach Jef fJackson said. “Five-on-five Ithought we were doing

great , andthen you putthem on thepower playand it certain-ly sets youback — notjust from ascore per-spective but amental per-spective.”T h e

B u l l d o g swould openup a two-goal

lead on the strength of awithering man-up attackand stalwart penalty-ki l lunit. Notre Dame did itselfno favors , as Jackson’ssquad struggled throughout

By ALLAN JOSEPHSports Editor

see JACKSON/page 15

“Five-on-five I thoughtwe were doing great,

and then you put themon the power play and

it certainly sets youback.”

Jeff JacksonIrish coach

see ALLEN/page 16