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Since representatives fromthe University and student gov-ernment met with local lawenforcement at the beginning ofthe month, the number of stu-dents arrested for underagedrinking has decreased. This change came as a result

of increased cooperation andunderstanding on both sides,student body presidentCatherine Soler said after meet-ing with representatives fromthe South Bend PoliceDepartment (SBPD) and IndianaState Excise Police this week.“To be honest, they were both

as happy about it as we were. Ithink this has caused a lot ten-sion in the community,” Solersaid. “Everyone is just reallyhappy to be moving forward ina productive manner.”From Aug. 21 to Sept. 2,

police sent roughly 70 studentsto jail for alcohol-relatedcharges. Since then, eight stu-dents were arrested and ninewere issued citations for minorconsuming, according to policelogs.Excise police issued five cita-

tions to Notre Dame students atan incident early Sunday morn-ing at 1632 Turtle Creek Court,

said Indiana State Excise PoliceCommander Lt. Tim Cleveland.Cleveland said these students

were issued citations, ratherthan arrested, because theywere cooperative.“From my understanding,

there were a lot of people there,

but there were few under 21that were actually consumingalcohol,” he said. “Everyonewas cooperative and polite andmutually respectful so thatmakes a big difference.” SBPD arrested six underage

students for minor consuming

at a Sept. 10 incident on the1000 Block of N. LawrenceStreet. Officers arrested twoand cited four for minor con-suming at a Sept. 17 incident onthe 200 block of S. St. LouisBoulevard, according to policelogs.

Cleveland said his meetingwith representatives from NotreDame resulted in greaterunderstanding of theUniversity’s perspective, and hesaid he thought the University

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Wall Street Journal rankscolleges on recruiting


Job recruiters ranked NotreDame No. 22 for producingthe most well-prepared andlikely to succeed graduates,according to The Wall StreetJournal’s new ranking systemfor undergraduate collegesand universities.

Penn State topped the list of25 schools re leased las tweek. Notre Dame was one ofonly six private universitieslisted in this new ranking sys-tem, and one of six schoolsranked in U.S. News & WorldReport’s top 25 national uni-versities.Jennifer Merritt, who led

Former biology prof. dies at 92

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By LAURA MCCRYSTALNews Editor

Julian Pleasants, associateprofessor emeritus of biologicalsciences at Notre Dame, diedSept. 17 at the age of 92,according to a University pressrelease. Pleasants

graduatedfrom NotreDame in1939 andb e g a nworking atLOBUND, theUniversity’sgerm-freer e s e a r c hcenter, in1944, according to the pressrelease issued Thursday. Heearned his doctorate in micro-biology from Notre Dame in1966, and worked in germ-freeresearch for the rest of hiscareer. In addition to his work teach-

ing and researching at NotreDame, Pleasants worked

throughout his life as aCatholic social activist andpeace activist. He joined theCatholic Worker movement atthe end of the GreatDepression. In 1941, he helpedcreate South Bend’s firstCatholic Worker house of hos-pitality to serve meals madefrom Notre Dame’s dining hallleftovers to unemployed men.As a member of the CatholicWorker movement he joined acommunity of Catholic socialactivists, which includedCatholic writer and editorEugene Geissler and NotreDame professor Willis Nutting. He began to correspond with

his future wife, Mary JaneBrady, when she was editor of“Life and Home” magazine.They married in 1948.In 1949, Pleasants, his wife

and other members of theNotre Dame theology program,in which he studied for a mas-ter’s degree, purchased an 80-acre farm in Granger to live ina communal, religious settingand work closely with the land.He and his wife raised seven

children in that community. The Pleasants were also

founding members of LittleFlower Catholic Church.Pleasants, his family and othermembers of the communitysought to integrate faith,Catholic liturgy, social justiceand the importance of life intotheir lifestyles. He was a volunteer at South

Bend’s Logan Center and afounding member of Friends ofl’Arche, both of which servethe developmentally disabled.Pleasants died at the

Sanctuary at Holy Cross. He issurvived by three daughters,four sons and 17 grandchil-dren. There will be a visitation

today from 5 to 7 p.m. and aMass of Christian BurialSaturday, both at Little FlowerCatholic Church on 54191Ironwood Rd. Contributions inPleasants’ memory can bemade to the Logan Center orLittle Flower Catholic Church.

Contact Laura McCrystal at [email protected]

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IN BRIEFThe classic film The Bad and

the Beautiful will be showntonight at 7:30 p.m. in theDeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter. Cost is $3 for students.

Illusionish Mike Super willperform tonight at 9 p.m. inWashington Hall. Line forms at 8p.m. and doors open at 8:30 p.m.The event is sponsored by thestudent activities office.

The Stanford Weekend BookSignings start today at 1 p.m. atthe Hammes Notre DameBookstore. Laurie Wenger willbe signing P.L.A.C.T. (Play Like aChampion Today).

John Warner, co-founder, chieftechnology officer and chairmanof the board of the WarnerBabcock Institute for GreenChemistry will present “TwelvePriciples of Green Chemistry”Saturday at 10 a.m. The lectureis part of the College of Science’sSaturday Exploration Series.The event is open to faculty, staffand students and will take placein room 101 of the Jordan Hallof Science.

Robert Sullivan, associate pro-fessor of the department of histo-ry, will give his talk “MercifullyEradicating the Irish: theStrange Case of Lord Macaulay”on Saturday at noon. The eventwill take place in the SniteMuseum’s AnnenbergAuditorium. Faculty, staff, stu-dents and the public are welcometo attend.

Notre Dame’s Biology Club ishosting a Vision Walk Sunday.The registration for the event willtake place at noon at the MorrisInn. The cost is $10 for studentsand $15 for non-students.

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OFFBEATWoman battles bear withzucchiniHELENA, Mont. — A

Montana woman fendedoff a bear trying to muscleits way into her homeThursday by pelting theanimal with a large pieceof zucchini from her gar-den.The woman suffered

minor scratches and one ofher dogs was woundedafter tussling with the 200-pound bear.The attack happened

just after midnight whenthe woman let her threedogs into the backyard fortheir nighttime ritualbefore she headed to bed,Missoula County Sheriff’sLt. Rich Maricell i said.Authorities believe the

black bear was just 25yards away, eating applesfrom a tree.Two of the dogs sensed

the bear, began barkingand ran away, Maricellisaid. The third dog, a 12-year-old collie that wasn'tvery mobile, remainedclose to the woman as shestood in the doorway ofthe home near Frenchtownin western Montana.Before she knew what

was happening, the bearwas on top of the dog andbatting the collie back andforth, Maricelli said.

Toilet-paper bandit pleadsguilty to robberyLINCOLN, Neb. — The

so-called “toilet-paperbandit” has pleaded guilty

to attempted robbery inLincoln. Sentencing is setOct. 28 for 29-year-oldJoshua F. Nelson, ofLincoln. Nelson made hisplea Wednesday in LincolnCounty District Court afteran agreement with prose-cutors, who had loweredthe charge and dismisseda weapons count.Nelson faces a maximum

of 20 years in prison.Police said Nelson con-

cealed his face by wrap-ping his head with toiletpaper to rob a Lincoln con-venience store on April 24.He was armed with aknife, but no one was hurtin the robbery.

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

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Junior Molly Philbin passes the quaffle (a deflated soccer ball) to junior KellyBracken, who is being pursued by junior Madeleine Stoll in front of Le Mans HallThursday. They were practicing for the Saint Mary’s Quidditch Team, which wasformed this year and had its first practice on Sept. 20.

Kristen Dealy

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What has been your greatestmoment in volleyball?

Probably beating Stanford inthree [sets ] las t year. Weowned them. It was sweet.

What is your sports careergoal?

To have fun. And win . . .obviously.”

If you weren’t playing volley-ball, what sport would youplay?

Snowboarding or surfing.

Who is your favorite NotreDame football player?

I can’t even choose. I justlove footbal l and al l of theplayers so much!

What teammate of yours isthe loudest on the court?

[Junior l ibero] Frenchy[Silva]. She’s a feisty one.

Some senior students spentthe past two weeks in a blur ofrésumés, business suits andfollow-up interviews afterattending the Fall Career Fairat the Joyce Athletics andConvocation Center on Sept. 8. Director of the Career Center

Lee Svete said the fair brought138 potential employers toNotre Dame.“We found that more employ-

ers had more jobs and intern-ships this year,” Svete said.“Also, more companies werewilling to travel to the event.”Over 2,000 students ranging

from freshmen to seniorsattended the event. “What we’re really seeing in

Notre Dame students is thatthey’re smart, and freshmenand sophomores are comingout,” Svete said. “They’rechecking out the career fair,handing out resumes and pick-ing up business cards.”

The early start certainly paidoff for senior VinceMontalbano, who attendedcareer fairs both his sopho-more and junioryears. Montalbano said hereceived aninternship lastsummer with ITconsulting com-pany Accentureafter talking totheir representa-tive at the fairhis junior year. The internship

led to a recentjob offer thatMontalbano saidhe is stronglyc o n s i d e r i n g .Montalbano saidhe was mostimpressed by thequality of compa-nies who attend-ed Notre Dame’s career fairs inthe past. “It’s great to know that top-

notch f irms are looking torecruit people from Notre

Dame,” Montalbano said.Students secured 1,700

internship through the CareerCenter last year, and Svetesaid he hopes more of theseinternships will lead to job

offers l ike inthe case ofMontalbano. “We are see-

ing, at least inthe industriesfor businessand engineer-ing, between80 and 90 per-cent of stu-dents who dids u m m e rinternships aregetting joboffers,” Svetesaid. “That’shuge, since itmeans ourNotre Dame

students are performing athigh levels.”Some students’ internships

were so successful that thecompanies where theyinterned last summer askedthe students to help out asrecruiters at the fair earlierthis month. “Employers are realizing

that they can utilize studentswho have experienced thecompany culture,” Svete said.“It gives other students a feel-ing of comfort and connectionbecause they see one of theirpeers.”According to Svete, 600

interviews took place the dayafter the career fair. “Our performance in inter-

views seemed to be very posi-tive,” Svete said. “We have stu-dents who are having secondround interviews as early astomorrow in places such asChicago and New York.”However, many companies

don’t interview the next day oreven within the next fewweeks, he said. Job offerscould potentially take a whileto materialize. “In certain industries, such

as publishing and public rela-tions, that job offer won’t comeuntil later,” Svete said. “Thosedecisions won’t be made untilMarch.”Svete said he wants students

to know that if they didn’t findsuccess at the career fair thatthere are still many opportuni-ties for students to make con-nections with companies. Twoupcoming events are theWinter Career Fair and thePost-Graduate Service Fair,which takes place Sept. 29.Senior Liz Young attended

the Fall Career Fair, but saidshe is more excited for theservice fair coming up.“Considering my interests,

I’m much more interested inthe Post-Graduate ServiceCareer Fair coming up,” Youngsaid. “But it was definitelygood to go and see what it’slike and get practice present-ing your professional case to abusiness.”In addition to the events on

campus, there wil l be f ivecareer fairs over winter breakin various cities such as Bostonand New York. Notre Dameshares these fairs with othertop-tier schools, such asVassar and Cornell. Svete saidthese have been highly effec-tive.Eighty-two percent of the

Class of 2010 graduated fromNotre Dame with at least onejob offer, Svete said.

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Career Fair yields jobs for someBy MELISSA FLANAGANNews Writer

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“We are seeing, atleast in the industries

for business andengineering, between80 and 90 percent of

students who didsummer internships

are getting joboffers.”

Lee Svetedirector

Career Center

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Saint Mary’s course promotes learning by doingPublic communications students teach courses on speech at Center for Homeless, receive award for service

Learning through doing, isthe goal of one of Saint Mary’spublic communication courses. Saint Mary’s communication

professor, Dr. Terri Russ andmany public communicationstudents were honored Tuesdaywith the Volunteer of the Yearaward from the Center for theHomeless in South Bend. The award honored students

who devoted their time toteaching the Center’s guests theimportance of public speech.The course, which has beenoffered for three semesters atthe College, is not a typical lec-ture class. Instead, the studentsbecome the teacher and applytheir learning to real world sit-uations.Russ was the brain behind

the idea of sending studentsinto the South Bend communi-ty. She said she is a strongadvocate of hands-on learningand wanted to develop some-thing beyond the lecture-styleused in the classroom.“I thought I would privilege

the ‘public’ part of public com-munication and actually takethe class into the public,” Russsaid.She also wanted to prove to

her students that youth doesnot restrict them from makinga difference in the community. “We have an obligation as cit-

izens to give to the communityin any way we can,” she said,“As little as an hour a week canhave a tremendous impact onthe world.”The class is devoted to help-

ing guests tell their own per-sonal story by enhancing theguests’ communication skills.At the end of the semester,Russ said the class assembles anarrative of the guests’ stories,and the guests will presenttheir own speech about theirlives. Senior Katrina Mesina said

she went into the class with herown personal aspirations. “Identity is such a big part of

who a person is, and some-times, that can be lost,” Mesinasaid. “We wanted to restorepeople’s self-images and we didso by working one on one withour guests to help them form[these] speeches about theirlives.”The class worked with a

number of different age groupsincluding small children andmothers.Senior Emily Treat worked

with Club PS, a club devoted toeducating the children of the

Center. Treat said it is impor-tant for children, not justadults, to learn public speakingskills.“Since they’re in their forma-

tive years and highly suscepti-ble to growth and development,it is crucial that we not onlyteach them to express them-selves, but serve as role modelsfor success and help steer themin the right direction as well,”Treat said.Treat and others who worked

with Club PS used games tohelp the kids warm up to theidea of public speech. Last ses-sion, they played “telephone,”demonstrating the differencebetween good and bad commu-nication.Treat said the class has been

a powerful experience for herand many other studentsbecause it has taught them theyhave the power to have a posi-tive change on the community. “I’m learning that I can make

a real difference in the qualityof life for these children just bybeing there and showing them Icare,” Treat said. “It’s amazingto me to see a child who’s inthe lowest of spirits and refusesto participate slowly open up tous in a matter of a half hour.”Senior Anne Sofranko said

the class helped her learn moreabout her relationship withcommon stereotypes. “This course really helps you

see that you shouldn’t stereo-type and judge other peoplebecause you never know wherethey have come from and whatthey have been through,”Sofranko said. Sofranko’s experience taught

her about poverty, one of Russ’goals for the class. “Poverty is a cycle and isn’t

necessarily a reflection of theperson. Societal pressures canalso be to blame,” Russ said.Mesina said she will never

doubt the role the class playedin her life.“I learned a lot about the

power of the human spirit. Itcan be broken down, but withpatience, care, and support youcan build it up again,” Mesinasaid, “The residents at theCenter for the Homelessremind me ever day that thereare prejudices in our world andif we do not take the time tolook past them, we can missout on relationships and expe-riences with wonderful people.”Russ said out of her entire

career, her work with the pub-lic communications class madeher the most proud.

Contact Caitlin Housley [email protected]

By CAITLIN HOUSLEYNews Writer

Photo courtesy of Dr. Terri Russ

Peter Lombardo, third from the left, of the Center for the Homelessposes with SMC students and Dr. Terri Russ, third from the right.

Emmy and Tony award win-ning actress Lily Tomlin willspeak on Saint Mary’s campusMonday in O’Laughl inAuditorium at 7:30 p.m.

“An Evening with Li ly

Tomlin” will be hosted by thetheater department’s MargaretHill endowed lecture series,which has brought f iguressuch as actress Glenn Closeand director Hal Prince tocampus in previous years. As part of Tomlin’s visit, she

will teach a class before thelecture on Monday. Students in

the theater class, which isclosed to the public, will pres-ent what they have worked onwith Tomlin and she will pro-vide feedback, as wel l asshare her own professionalknowledgewith them. “I f you

had a for-mula, thatwould begreat , butyou don’te x a c t l y , ”T o m l i nsaid. “If bybeing [ inthe class]and exchanging my own expe-riences and whatever knowl-edge I ’ve gleaned over al lthese years and have a realexchange with the students,hopeful ly I ’ l l learn some-thing.”Tomlin was born in Detroit,

Mich. She said she startedperforming on the back porchof her home for her parents. Tomlin talked about growing

up in an apartment that hadcharacters who inspired her toimitate them and put on showsfor her families, or anyonewho would watch. “Over t ime, i t ’s l ike you

develop a kind of fascinationwith it — a love and feeling forall these different types ofhumans,” she said. Originally, Tomlin attended

Wayne State Universi ty tostudy medicine, but wasattracted to her elective cours-es in theater instead becauseshe wanted to express herself.

“I always wanted to expresssomething — and that has tobe part of something all actorswant to do — it’s expressingsomething about the humancondit ion or other humanbeings,” Tomlin said. Tomlin started her career in

coffeehouses and cafes in NewYork, and since has had count-less roles in television, filmand stage. Just a few of herprojects include “Laugh-In,”“The Lily Tomlin Show” and“Murphy Brown,” on televi-sion, onstage she performed in“Appearing Nitely” and “TheSearch” and was featured inthe films “Big Business,” “IHeart Huckabees” and “APrairie Home Companion.” Tomlin’s own experiences

vary widely, but theater is herfavorite medium. “[Theater is] the thing I like

most because I like the imme-diacy,” she said. “I’m glad Ihave the chance to do a littlebit of anything.”Tomlin is known for her

comedy, but the actress hasplayed dramatic roles as well.

“I didn’t real ly see anincredible difference between[comedy and drama,]” Tomlinsaid. “It is all similar things, acontinuum. You lean one wayor the other. It’s the capacityof every human to be as dra-matic or comedic, as sad or asfunny at any moment.”Throughout her career,

Tomlin worked with otheractors such as Bette Midler,Steve Martin, Glenn Close,Mart in Short and severalmore. She said some of her

favorite moments are particu-lar scenes that stand out toher. One example she gave was a

scene in director RobertAltman’s movie “Short Cuts”when the actress playing herdaughter hands her a plasticbag with goldfish. “There is some tiny moment,

that maybe it doesn’t evenregister for the audience.There is just a moment thereand it just rings so true for methat I just love i t ,” Tomlinsaid. Tomlin said acting should

give people a way to cometogether. “I think in some way it just

elevates you as a human, andsomehow you hope that thatfamiliarity with other peoplesort of validates all of us,”Tomlin said. “If we all find thesame things moving or funny,then there is a huge connec-tion there.”For acting students, Tomlin

said she had “homely advice”that she said may havestemmed from her ownupbringing and the generationshe grew up in. “That could be a factor of

the time I came up in, if youhad any kind of awareness orconsciousness, the last thingyou wanted to do was dosomething for money,” Tomlinsaid. “You wanted to do some-thing for excel lence or tomake a contribution — to be areal artist.”

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Award-winning Tomlin to dicuss theatre at SMCBy ASHLEY CHARNLEYSaint Mary’s Editor

Contact Ashley Charnley [email protected]

Tomlin

Notre Dame’s Department ofEconomics wants students toknow they have the world’slargest economics tailgate. The Department of Economics

has spent every home footballSaturday offering a tailgate forits majors and other studentsthat want to attend. The Department started its

tailgates two years ago as ameans to meet colleagues’ fam-ilies but became an annualevent during the 2009 season. Each home game tailgate

draws in an average of 50 to 75people, most of whom aredepartment faculty members,their families or their friends.Occasionally, former studentswho are in town for the gameswill stop by and participate atthe tailgate as well, Eric Sims,professor of economics, said. The economics tailgates offer

its attendees burgers, brats andpulled pork sandwiches andgames of cornhole. “We like grilled meat,” said

professor of economics BillEvans.Evans and Sims organize the

tailgates and send out an e-mailto the staff and students in thedepartment to advertise.

Evans and Sims said the tail-gates begin between 6 a.m. and7 a.m. and generally take placesouth of Notre Dame Stadium inthe Joyce Center parking lot. Although other University

departments including theInvestment Office, The Centerfor Culture and Ethics and theAlliance for Catholic Educationalso host tailgates for theirmembers, Sims said his depart-ment’s tailgate is different.“I think that it’s unique in

that we have near universalparticipation among facultymembers in this department,”Sims said. “It’s also uniquebecause we have a flag.”Assistant Professor of

Economics Kasey Bucklesdesigned the flag, which isbright yellow with the phrase“Supplying Spirit, DemandingVictory.”Sims said he sees the depart-

ment tailgate as somethingmore than a game day event.“[The purpose of the tail-

gates] is to bring theDepartment together as a fami-ly and to unite together in oursupport of our University andour football team,” he said. “Ithink our Department is uniquein that everyone gets along welland we’re all committed to thedepartment succeeding and theUniversity as a whole succeed-

ing.”Sims said members from the

Department of Economics nowget together to watch the awaygames as well. Evans said he hopes that, in

the future, a donor will endow

the tailgates. However, he ishappy with the current state ofthe tailgates: good food in agood environment for the facul-ty members and their familiesto spend time together.“We enjoy that almost as

much as we enjoy winning, butour demand for victory hasexceeded the supply,” Simssaid.


Pre-game tailgate promotes departmental unity

Photo courtesy of News and Information

The Department of Economics flag flies over its tailgate. The flag was designed by AssistantProfessor of Economics Kasey Buckles. The flag reads, “Supplying Spirit, Demanding Victory.”

By MARISA IATINews Writer

Contact Marisa Iati [email protected]

Economics faculty, staff, students and friends bond over burgers, brats and games at traditional football ritual.

College introducesnew events calendarThe Un ivers i t y o f No tre

Dame has launched a newelectronic events calendartha t de l i vers in format ionabout Notre Dame ac t iv i -t ies to your desktop, yoursmar t phone and t o pe r -sonal electronic calendarss u c h a s O u t l o o k a n dGoogle.T h e n ew s i t e ,

c a l e n da r. n d . e du , p h a s e so u t t h e f o rme ragenda.nd.edu for a v isu-a l l y l i v e l y h omepa g e o fpictures and clearly identi-fied events of the day.N ew f e a t u r e s w i l l b e

phased in to the ca lendari n t h e c om i n g mon t h s .Among them, faculty, staff,students, community mem-ber s and v i s i t o r s w i l l b ea b l e t o s u b s c r i b e t o t h ee v e n t s t h e y mo s t c a r eabout, and receive updatesvia RSS technologies . Thec a l e n d a r a l s o l i n k s t omap . n d . e d u t o p r o v i d eimmediate information ondirections.T h e n ew c a l e n d a r wa s

d e v e l o p e d o v e r t h e p a s tyear by a student and staffcommi t tee inc lud ing spe-cialists from the Offices ofP u b l i c A f f a i r s a n dC o m m u n i c a t i o n s ,

In format ion Techno log iesand several administrativea n d a c a d em i c d e p a r t -ments.“ T h e r e i s a n ama z i n g

a r r a y o f s p e a k e r s a n dexper i ences on campus , ”says Todd Woodward, asso-c i a t e v i c e p r e s i d e n t f o rma r k e t i n g c ommun i c a -tions. “We were looking fora t o o l t h a t wa s e a s y f o rcommunity event plannersto get the word out aboutwha t t h o s e e x p e r i e n c e sare, and to allow people tofind them and use them ontheir own.”The planning committee,

l e d b y c a l e n d a r e d i t o rJenni fer La iber, searchedf o r a t o o l t h a t c omp l e -mented the needs of a uni-v e r s i t y c ommun i t y,Woodward adds. “This newplatform has proven to bes u c c e s s f u l i n t h e h i g h e reducat ion environment. I twas developed at Yale andi s u s e d a t c ampu s e sincluding Duke University.”Complement ing the new

calendar, Laiber is manag-ing a comprehensive train-i n g p r o g r am s o f a c u l t y,s t a f f a n d s t u d e n t e v e n tc o o rd i na t o r s c an s ubm i tt h e i r e v en t s a s t h e y a r eplanned.

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Hackett speaks onC R S f o r F o r um

Dr. Ken Hackett, President ofCatholic Relief Services (CRS),explained the fundamentalCatholic identity and history ofthe international charity organi-zation Thursday night as part ofthe Notre Dame Forum. For the second annual Rev.

Bernie Clark, C.S.C., lecture, thetopic “Globally Engaging Charityin Truth” alluded to Hackett’sintegration of Pope BenedictXVI’s encyclical “Caritas inVeritate” into CRS. “At CRS we have taken a lot of

time to examine what’s insidethese documents,” Hackett said.“It reminded us that humanitari-an action should be rooted in aselfless love that should alwaysbe done in a spirit of humility.”Hackett, who oversees approx-

imately 5,000 employees in over100 countries, approached thetask of aiding world disasterswith a definitive mission adher-ing to Catholic Social Teaching. “Integral human develop-

ment, that I would contend, setsCRS apart from the manyhumanitarian agencies thatappear to look just like us,”Hackett said. “We consciouslytry to incorporate Catholic SocialTeaching in everything we do.What might be surprising to you,we haven’t always been good atintegrating these things.”Hackett reflected on the devel-

opment of CRS by defining“three phases of history,” inwhich he perceived “lenses” ofthe world and how to addressspecific issues.First, Hackett described the

“social welfare lens” in thebeginning stage of forming CRS. In the context of the “darkest

days of WWII,” CRS focused onthe corporal works of mercy andestablished a network of inter-national institutions, called“Caritas Internationalis,” thatstill function today. “Catholic identity was strong

but it was difficult to look intro-spectively,” Hackett said.The “social development”

stage in the 60s and 70s wasgeared towards “providing sus-tainable solutions,” but Hackettsaid there was an absence of aCatholic identity. “We became to look more and

more like any other NGO,” hesaid.The important shift of the

organization to Catholic SocialTeaching occurred through sev-eral tragic and personal experi-ences. Hackett said he wasshocked to learn that CRS hadn’tprovided fresh water to the peo-ple of Somalia but instead to agroup of conquerors. After providing food amidst

the ethnic tensions in Rwandatwo years before the genocide of1994, Hackett said the CRS real-ized the need to change thedirection of their efforts.“800,000 were slaughtered in

a most vicious way [in Rwanda].It was horrific, and for us, it waspersonal. Because CRS staff lostcolleagues, friends, family mem-bers, it wasn’t something overthere, it was in here — person-ally and institutionally,” he said.“And after the genocide, welearned a tough, bloody lesson:all the good work we thought wewere doing … was not enough.”Hackett said that he and other

CRS officials knew about theethnic tensions between theHutus and Tutsis that eventuallyled to genocide that claimednearly one million lives. He saidhe regrets that he did nothing toaddress the issue before it wastoo late. “That was politics. We did

development,” he said. “Werealized after that cleansing, alot of weeping, and introspectionand prayer that we as an agencyhad to start addressing justiceissues in imbalance of society inRwanda and imbalance of socie-ty elsewhere. And we started toincorporate a justice-centeredfocus worldwide.”Embracing the principles of

solidarity within Catholic SocialTeaching, CRS redefined theendeavors of the organizationtowards the human dignity ofstricken people, as well as theemployee relationships with oneanother.“Catholic Social Teaching is

not just a theological exercise,”Hackett said. “It’s a practicaland fundamental guide for howthe church should live in theworld. And we as an organiza-tion should transform ourselvesto function in the world.”In the closing questions, an

African priest from Darfur gavehomage to Hackett’s work withCRS benefiting his people, yetposed the question of how theCatholic Social Teaching visionshould appeal to the majority ofCRS workers, who are notChristian. Hackett responded with the

words of St. Francis.“‘Preach always, sometimes

use words.’ We should be recog-nized by what we do and howwe do it,” Hackett said. Hackett closed by acknowledg-

ing that people of all faiths iden-tify with the dignity of a humanperson. “You know who you are and

you’re ready to say who you are,without boastfully pushing whoyou are. Do it with humility,” hesaid.

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the project as The Wall StreetJournal’s careers editor, saidmany college rankings look atthe caliber of students whoenter the schools, but not asthey graduateand look forjobs. Merritt andher co l leaguesworked for s ixmonths survey-ing recrui tersbased on whatthey look forwhen they hirenew co l legegraduates.

“The impetusfor it really wasthat we wantedto f igure outwho was hiring,where they werehiring and why,”Merr i t t sa id .“Other rankingsand studies lookat th ings l ikeSAT scores andGPAs … And wedecided to lookat the other endof the equation, which is real-ly, really important to peoplethese days.”

Merr i t t sa id they askedrecruiters to measure stu-dents’ academic prepared-ness, ability to adapt quicklyto a new job and ability tosucceed in companies .According to the report, 479recruiters completed the sur-vey.

Lee Svete, director of NotreDame’s Career Center, said hewas surprised when he firstsaw the Wall Street Journal’srankings.

“My f i rs t react ion was‘we’re 22?’ We should behigher than that,” Svete said.

Since last week, Svete saidhe has received phone callsfrom career counselors atDuke Univers i ty, S tanfordUnivers i ty, Pr incetonUniversity and the Universityof Pennsylvania.

“They asked how we madethe list,” he said.

When he realized that otherelite universities were not onthis list, however, he said hissurpr ise turned to e lat ionthat Notre Dame was ranked.

Merritt said she was alsosurprised by the survey’s out-come, especially by compa-

nies ’ prefer-ence for largerstate schools.

“ I expectedthat some ofthe commonwisdom wouldbe debunked,however I did-n’t expect thatto be sort of asextreme as i twas,” Merri t tsaid.

The surveysshowed thatthe pr ivateu n i v e r s i t i e sthat did makethe l ist , how-ever, repre-sented a com-binat ion o fpreparednessand otherq u a l i t i e s ,Merr i t t sa id .

Notre Dame ranked highlybecause recruiters reported acommitment to integrity andethics in its students.

“Comments included thingsabout the graduates beingboth academically preparedand able to sort of jump inand contr ibute quick ly atcompanies, but also — thingsthat Notre Dame is kind offamous for — having a reallyethical approach to the waythey carry themselves and dobusiness,” Merritt said.

These qualities are typicalof Notre Dame students, butmay have a lso hurt NotreDame in the overall rankingprocess , Svete sa id . Forexample, Notre Dame stu-dents pursue diverse careeroptions, including graduateschool and postgraduate serv-ice opportunities. Around 200graduat ing seniors enterserv ice programs, which

Svete said limits the numberof graduates seeking employ-ment.

“We’re different,” he said.“Our graduates want to makea difference in the world inwhich theywork. And thatdifference andthat commit-ment to fa i thand communi-ty in a residen-t ia l , Cathol ici n s t i t u t i o n ,there’s differ-ent priorities.And there ’sdi f ferent val -ues.”

For Svete ,the s ize o f auniversity also plays a largerole. Notre Dame is the thirdsmallest school on The WallStreet Journal’s list, largerthan only Massachuset ts

Institute of Technology andCarnegie Mellon University.

“Our size of institution, ifyou go with pure numbers ofplacement of graduates in allkinds of fields … we will not

have the quanti-ty that PennState has,” Svetesaid.

The Wal lStreet Journal’sresearch a lsofound compa-nies to preferhiring studentsout o f the irintern pool , aswel l as ad e c r e a s i n gdesire for liberalarts majors ,

Merritt said.Svete said Notre Dame Arts

and Let ters s tudents whohave internships do not facedifficulty in their job search

because internships serve astraining experience. He did,however, agree with the find-ing that internships often leadto job opportunities.

“Our initial impression is[Arts and Letters students]are very impressive in the jobmarket right now,” he said.

Merritt said the ranking list,which is on the Careers sec-t ion o f the Wal l S treetJournal’s website along withother information about jobrecruiting and career paths,marked the f i rs t t ime thenewspaper focused on the jobhiring process for new collegegraduates.

“It got a lot of response,”she said. “We had more thana million page views for thisand all the components of thisin the first day and a half.”


better understood his side aswell.

“Hopefully we’ve all seen amove in the positive direc-tion,” he said.

Cleveland said he encour-aged his officers to issue cita-t ions , rather than arrest ,when underage students arerespectful and it is safe torelease them.

“I have encouraged my offi-cers to use some discretion onwhether or not they arrest orwhether they c i te andrelease,” he said. “Obviously,we’re not going to cite andrelease someone who tests.20 because that’s a liabilityfor us to have someone who isunder 21 and who is twice thelegal l imit walking around

where they could get hit by acar or something could hap-pen to them.”

Nick Ruof , chief of staf f ,who a lsoat tended themeetings withthe po l ice ,sa id o f f icersare, in gener-al, using morediscretion.

“They areus ing d iscre-tion when theystart i ssu ing[minors inconsumption]or when theyapproach asituation withu n d e r a g edrinkers,” hesaid . “Theyare using a lot more discre-tion than they would before.”

But students have also done

their part to mitigate conflictwith police, Soler said.

“Students have made moreefforts to be safe and respect-

fu l and that ’sdefinitely payingoff,” she said.

Soler said themeet ings werealso informativeabout the inter-nal workings ofthe po l ice sys-tem.

After the firstset of meetingswith theUnivers i ty andstudent govern-ment, SBPD offi-cers began toact ivate bodym i c r o p h o n e s ,which would

record interact ions whenbusting parties.

So ler sa id SBPD of f icers

have activated their micro-phones, but have not checkedthem yet because there hasnot been a com-plaint about aninteraction.

Ruof sa id helearned thatunderage s tu-dents arrestedfor minor con-sumption do nothave to be readtheir rights.

“Even thoughthey put you inh a n d c u f f s ,they’re not inter-rogat ing ,” hesaid. “The onlytime they are going to readyou your r ights i s i f theyinterrogate you about the sit-uation.”

As a result of the meetings,student government created atask force that will research

how other universities inter-act with local law enforce-ment and Soler hopes to draw

up a more for-mal definitionof how thestudent bodyre lates wi thpolice.

She a lsoplans to com-pi le a l i s t o fIndiana’s alco-hol laws tosend students,because somelaws may bedifferent thanin their homestates.

So ler sa id , overa l l , themeetings were productive.

“It’s been a great effort onboth parts,” she said.

Arrestscontinued from page 1

“I have encouragedmy officers to usesome discretion onwhether or not theyarrest or whether

they cite andrelease.”

Tim ClevelandIndiana excise police

Journalcontinued from page 1

“The impetus for itreally was that wewanted to figure out

who was hiring,where they were

hiring and why. Otherrankings and studieslook at things like

SAT scores and GPAs... And we decided tolook at the other endof the equation, which

is really, reallyimportant to people

these days.”

Jennifer Merritcareers editor

Wall Street Journal

“Our initial impression is [Arts

and Letters students]are very impressivein the job market

right now.”

Lee Svetedirector

Career Center

Contact Laura McCrystal [email protected]

“Students have mademore efforts to besafe and respectfuland that’s definitely

paying off.”

Catherine Solerstudent body president

Contact Sarah Mervosh [email protected]

Write for News. Email Sarah at

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Journalist granted asylum after death threats

SAN ANTONIO — A Mexicanjournalist who was the targetof death threats l ike thosemade by drug cartels says hehas been granted asylum inthe United States in a casebelieved to be the first of itsk ind s ince the country ’sbloody drug war began.Two years ago, Jorge Luis

Aguirre answered his ce l lphone while driving to thefuneral of a colleague whohad been killed in drug vio-lence. “You’re next,” warnedthe chilling voice on the otherend.Death threats are at the

heart of thousands of Mexicanasylum requests received bythe U.S. each year, but only afraction of the petitions aregranted. Even people whocross the border with freshbullet wounds or whose fami-ly members have been tor-tured by drug gangs can facelong odds.But attorneys say the deci-

s ion to g ive safe haven toAguirre, editor of the Mexiconews s i te LaPolaka.com,could open the door for otherreporters covering the war.Violence against reporters

has surged since the Mexicangovernment launched acrackdown on drug traffick-ers nearly four years ago.El Paso at torney Car los

Spector is handling asylumcases for four journal is ts ,inc luding one who spentseven months in an immigra-

tion detention facility.“What has changed is the

situation in Mexico, where it’snow impossible to deny reali-ty,” Spector said. “It is anindicat ion that the asylumoffice is now listening.”Aguirre (pronounced ah-

gweer-EH) f led to El Pasoafter gett ing the threat in2008 and has lived there eversince. He announced the asy-lum Monday on his website.At the time of the threat, he

was report ing in C iu idadJuarez, the epicenter of drug-gang violence across the bor-der from El Paso.I t ’s unclear exact ly who

threatened Aguirre. He told aU.S. Senate committee lastyear that officials in the stateof Chihuahua did not like hiscriticism of a prosecutor anddecided to adopt cartel-styletactics to tone him down.“I proved that it was politi-

cal persecution,” the 52-year-o ld Aguirre to ld TheAssoc iated Press . “Theythreatened me many t imesand wrote to me, and I pre-sented all that as proof.”Fear of being hurt isn’t suf-

ficient grounds for asylum.Cases hinge on proving that aperson is being persecutedbecause of race , re l ig ion,political views, nationality ormembership in a particularsocial group.Since 2000, a total of 65

journalists in Mexico havebeen k i l led in v io lence,according to Mexico ’sNat ional Commiss ion on

Human Rights , makingMexico the deadliest countryin the world for news people.The asylum process is not

publ ic , and U.S . o f f ic ia lsrefused to comment on indi-vidual cases, citing the needto protect applicants. Boththe State Department andU.S. C i t izenship andImmigrat ion Services sa id

they could not even confirmthat Aguirre applied for asy-lum.But State Department

spokesman Mark Toner saidthe government acknowledgesthe increas ing danger toMexican journalists, callingthe number killed in the lastfive years “pretty startling.”“We obvious ly condemn

these acts and have expressedour concerns about the safetyof journalists to the Mexicangovernment,” Toner said.Before Aguirre, the best-

known Mexican journal is tseeking asylum was EmilioGutierrez Soto, who fled to ElPaso after writing a series ofstories about alleged Mexicanmilitary abuses of civilians.

AP

A journalist protests violence against the media in Mexico City during the city’s bloodydrug war on Aug. 7.

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Viewpoint

Notre Dame students have plenty to say. They talk about whether police officers will continue to

arrest students for underage drinking. They talk about the8-cent increase in the price of “quarter dogs.” They talkabout whether we should give up on Brian Kelly threegames into the season. But as the midterm elections wind into full gear and

Republican candidate Jackie Walorski challengesDemocratic incumbent Joe Donnelly for leadership of the2nd Congressional District? Not a word.The Notre Dame student body prides itself on being intel-

ligent, well-rounded and committed to theireducation. But education is not limited towhat is taught in the confines of DeBartoloHall.Staying informed about local, national and

international issues is a key part of our edu-cation. More importantly, being able to talkabout those events is critical to our success in the future. It’s an election year where Republicans are threatening to

take control of the House and the race in this district couldhelp determine which party becomes the majority. Walorski, who was raised in South Bend and currently

represents the 21st district in the Indiana State House, isthe conservative candidate for Congress. She was endorsedby former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, accord-ing to Walorski’s website.Donnelly, a Notre Dame graduate, is a moderate Democrat

who was voted the eighth most conservative Democrat inCongress by the National Journal Magazine, his websitestated.The result of this race will not only affect the fate of this

district, but it will also significantly affect the make-up ofthe House, and thus, affect the nation. Many other races throughout the country, in students’

home states and districts, carry similar importance.

But for the majority of the Notre Dame student body? Notan issue. Although student government and campus political organ-

izations are doing their best to get students involved in localelection issues, most students are busy catching up on theendless pages of reading, volunteering and not remember-ing their precious few moments of free time on the weekend— as they should be. This is college. Our lives are jam-packed and so are our

brains. We don’t feel like putting in the time or energy tostay informed about which candidate supports which bill or

even who is running for congress in our district,because those are just extra facts that couldreplace ones we will be tested on. As students, we understand this. But in a few short years, we will not be judged

by our performance on papers and tests, butrather on our ability to speak intelligently about

issues of local and international importance. Are we apathetic? No. Are we too busy to care about important issues?

Sometimes. Are we uninformed? Dangerously so. Three major national newspapers are offered in the din-

ing hall for a reason — read them. Lectures are offered oncampus examining the midterm election and other impor-tant issues — attend just one. Your peers may get belliger-ent on weekend nights, but they are all intelligent peoplewho are capable of engaging in intellectual debate — talkabout which candidate you support over those over-pricedquarter dogs.Learning for learning’s sake may seem like a noble, but

impractical cause for many Notre Dame students. But will we snag that dream internship if we can’t intelli-

gently debate local, national and international issues? Not achance.

An educational obligation outside the classroom

Friday, September 24, 2010

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EDITORIAL CARTOON


I think it’s safe to say this campus hasa thing for Taylor Swift. I won’t say heradoration has reached Lou Holtz pro-portions, but the girl is pretty muchbeloved by most members of the studentbody. Boys love her

because she’sbeautiful. Girlslove her becauseshe’s beautiful anda talented song-writer. Professorslove her becauseshe’s one of thefew celebritynames they rec-ognize when stu-dents talk abouther.However, while

everyone on cam-pus is generally Team Tay-Tay, there isalso a significant faction of people whohave a very different love/hate relation-ship with her music.You know who you are. You (mostly

female) listeners love Ms. Swift’s songsbecause they are written from theheart, are sweet in nature and tend tobe accompanied by amazing musicvideos, no matter what Kanye Westsays.However, there is also a part, that

very bitter and emotional, part that getsincredibly angry when the final stanzasof a Taylor Swift song blare from theiPod. Why? Because of the unrealisticnever-going-to-happen-to-me happyending.And the thing is, thanks to Perez

Hilton and “People” magazine, we allknow Taylor’s had her fair share of boydrama (do the words “Joe Jonas” and“text message” ring a bell) but she stillsings about the bad times eventuallygiving way to fabulous love.False.If anyone’s life has ever followed the

plot of a Swifty song please let me knowwho you are so I can commit you to apsychiatric ward for being delusional.Like in her hit song “Love Story.” If

your father hated the guy from thebeginning, why the hell is he all the sud-den gung-ho about you being engagedto Romeo? That doesn’t happen. A morelikely ending would feature poor Romeoin the hospital after taking a blow to thehead courtesy of Papa Juliet. And the fabulous “You Belong With

Me.” I do not know of a single instancewhere the idiot boy finally wakes upand realizes that the not as cute, kind ofdorky best friend is really a betterromantic option than the humongousbrat he is currently dating. Life tendsnot to follow the plot of a bad JenniferAniston film. Oddly enough, anytime someone com-

plains about the deceptiveness of a goodTaylor Swift song, they always tend tofinish the rant with a declaration of howmuch they still love her and the songthey just picked apart. And we do. If itweren’t for Taylor’s music we would bestuck trying to somehow make our livesfollow the plot of Vanessa Carlton’s“White Houses,” which probably isn’t agood idea if you know the lyrics. So Taylor, keep on writing so that we

can keep on hoping that one day ourlives will follow the plot of one of youramazing songs. And please excuse whileI put my headphones in and sing alongto “Mine.”

The views expressed in the InsideColumn are those of the author andnot necessarily those of The Observer.

Contact Molly Madden [email protected].

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A ‘Swift’ analysis

Molly Madden

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn

something from him.”

Galileo GalileiItalian astronomer and physicist

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someone who will never be able to repay you.”

John WoodenU.S. Hall of Fame basketball

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The Observer

For our nation’s commander-in-chiefor the chief executive of each state, nomore important duty exists than toofficially order a person to serve inharm’s way or to condone the death ofa citizen.Commuting a deathsentence and par-doning a prisonterm are counter-balancing featureswithin the frame-work of electiveoffice. This week,Virginia Gov.Robert F.McDonnell (NotreDame ‘76) chosenot to save the lifeof convicted murderer Teresa Lewis,but rather, refused to commute herdeath sentence, thus sending her toher execution. His action gives pauseto Catholics whose definition of a pro-life agenda includes not only objectionto abortion, but an opposition to warand capital punishment.More than seven years ago, Lewis,

with an IQ of 70, pled guilty to twoheinous counts of capital murder forhire of her husband and stepson, aU.S. Army reservist set to deploy foractive duty. Using the lure of sex andmoney to persuade two men to kill herhusband and stepson in 2002, sheplotted to obtain her husband’s assetsand her stepson’s life insurance poli-cy. After her co-conspirators shot thetwo victims multiple times with shot-guns at close range, Lewis waitedmore than 45 minutes to call emer-gency response personnel, during

which time her husband was stillalive. In McDonnell’s released statement

answering her request to commuteher sentence of death to a sentence oflife without parole, the governornoted, “Lewis’s guilty plea, verdictand sentence have been reviewed bystate and federal courts … which haveunanimously upheld the sentence inthis case. Lewis does not deny thatshe committed these heinous crimes.Numerous psychiatrists and psycholo-gists have analyzed Lewis, both beforeand after her sentencing. Afternumerous evaluations, no medicalprofessional has concluded thatTeresa Lewis meets the medical orstatutory definition of mentallyretarded.”The governor, sending the first

woman to an execution in nearly acentury in Virginia, concluded,“Having carefully reviewed the peti-tion for clemency, the judicial opin-ions in this case, and other relevantmaterials, I find no compelling reasonto set aside the sentence that wasimposed by the Circuit Court andaffirmed by all reviewing courts.Accordingly, I decline to intervene andhave notified the appropriate counseland family of my decision.”Catholic Church hierarchy who

vocally beat a constant drum to pro-tect “innocent” life need also remindthe governor to protect all life, includ-ing “guilty” lives. Serving a life sen-tence could convert Lewis’ heart likeso many others who find redemptionwhile incarcerated. Where is the out-cry from Virginia’s Catholic bishops

against McDonnell’s death decision?Just six years ago, vocal bishopsannounced that they would refusecommunion to pro-choice CatholicDemocratic presidential nomineeSenator John Kerry for his politicalstand to represent his constituency.The political constituency supportingcapital death that McDonnell’s actionrepresents finds its seeds in theBaptist Christian right founded byJerry Falwell of Lynchburg and PatRobertson of Virginia Beach.In their zeal to embrace other advo-

cates opposed to abortion over theyears, Catholics have hastily adoptedFalwell’s Baptist Moral Majority “pro-family,” “pro-life,” “pro-defense” and“pro-Israel” definitions espoused insupport of Ronald Reagan’s candidacy.Catholics have also clutched ontoRobertson’s Regent University’sAmerican Center for Law and JusticeRepublican-leaning Baptist “pro-fami-ly,” “pro-liberty” and “pro-life” defini-tions evolved during his ownRepublican run for the presidency in1988. Recently, Falwell joined severalRepublican-leaning or pro-businessadvocates to support McDonnell’s planto sell Virginia’s state-owned liquormonopoly, triple the number of liquorretail outlets and place the state-runalcohol sales in private hands — hard-ly an issue for the Catholic Church toexpress a stand.Our gospels are founded on redemp-

tion, salvation, forgiveness and love —not revenge, retribution or reprisals.Slaughtered martyrs passively stoodin arenas for their new religion. Whattoday passes for some as a true pro-

life stand has politically morphedthrough the narrow Baptist filters thatFalwell and Robertson createddecades ago which promote capitalpunishment and war deaths.Therefore, the Catholic hierarchyneed hold an equal standard for allelected officials if they insist that theyhold Catholic teaching above the rep-resentations of their political con-stituencies. They cannot give a passon capital punishment to a so-called“pro-life” Catholic official whoopposed abortion while denying com-munion to an anti-capital punishmentCatholic official who is pro-choice.Catholic bishops need to stop divid-

ing loafs by party lines when Catholicofficials represent their constituenciesover their religious hierarchy.McDonnell should be able to representhis powerful Virginia Baptist lobbyand execute a prisoner or Kerry hisnational political party and support awoman’s right to choose. It shouldsimply be noted that both are not pro-life stands, and both should be held toan equal standard, not a Baptist-evolved one, when bishops decide todeny communion.

Gary Caruso, Notre Dame ‘73,serves in the Department of HomelandSecurity and was a legislative andpublic affairs director in PresidentClinton’s administration. His columnappears every other Friday. He can becontacted [email protected] views expressed in this column

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

Denying communion to Gov. McDonnell

Gary Caruso

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A call for ethical investment

For over a year now, students have been in dialogue with the administra-tion about Notre Dame’s investment practices, particularly concerningNotre Dame’s investment in the hotel company HEI. HEI Hotels & Resortsis the seventh largest hotel management company in the U.S. and hasreceived over $1.2 billion from University endowments, using this moneyto buy hotels in order to turn them over and sell them again at a profit.According to workers, cost-cutting tactics at some HEI properties, such asreducing staffing levels and shortages in basic materials, have consider-ably increased workloads.This summer has been an exciting and challenging time for workers

organizing in HEI hotels. In June, HEI signed a settlement agreement withthe National Labor Relations Board requiring it to reinstate Ferdi Lazo, aworker who was fired at the Sheraton Crystal City in Virginia allegedly forunion activities, pay $24,800 of his back wages for the year he was firedand post a public pledge in the hotel to honor workers’ rights.This summer also marked the first HEI-owned hotel to organize a union.

On Aug. 27, after a majority of workers signed cards in favor of the union,HEI recognized “UNITE HERE Local 11” as the new union of W Hotelworkers. They now have a voice on the job and the right to bargain a con-tract, unlike the four other HEI hotels where workers are still publiclyfighting for their voices to be heard.The victory for the workers in Hollywood comes at a time when HEI is

under mounting pressure. Hotel workers at the Embassy Suites in Irvine,Calif. went on a one-day strike on Aug. 9 demanding their rights. Theywere protesting years of missed and denied breaks due to understaffing.Along with their protest, workers filed a complaint with the CaliforniaBoard of Industrial Relations seeking approximately $120,000 in back payowed as compensation for missed breaks.Last semester, we presented the concerns of the workers in HEI-owned

hotels to the investment office. Despite our concerns, Mr. Scott Malpass,the Chief Investment Officer, assured us that HEI was a good company. Heclaimed that he would share with us the standards by which the invest-ment office decides that a company is ethical and how HEI meets thesestandards. We have yet to be given any information that disproves theabuses that the workers have claimed. In light of this, we call on ourinvestment office to provide us with concrete guidelines for ethical invest-ment and to acknowledge the concerns of workers in HEI hotels.

Sarah Furmansenior

off campusSept. 23

Progressive DayIn preparation for Progressive Day on Sept. 28, a few of the Notre Dame College Democrats

feel it is important to let the rest of the community know why they are progressive.Colleen Lowry is progressive because the security of having adequate health insurance for

everyone is more important than partisanship between a small group of white men.Rachel Koch is progressive because she cares about the preservation of biological diversity of

this planet for future generations to come.Matt LaFortune is progressive because “love thy neighbor” refers to more than just the

unborn.Bridget Flores is progressive because she believes in the right of every human being to be

loved, respected and treated with dignity.Lauren Restivo is progressive becase it’s about time that we the people demand the govern-

ment return to us that which it has unjustly taken, the most powerful resource that humanity hasever known. A resource that comes from the human spirit and that the government has taughtus to supress on both a societal and individual scale. The ability to understand, generate andembody compassion.T.J. Record is progressive because love does not discriminate based on gender.Tim Ryan is progressive because he believes that we have an obligation to all life on earth and

that our current way of life is unsustainable. He also believes that America can be at the fore-front of the clean energy revolution that will save this planet.Sara Bega is progressive because being Pro-Life is about more than just one issue. It’s wanting

to ensure quality of life for everyone from conception to death.Eileen Flanagan is progressive becase she believes in tolerance, the preservation of human

dignity and access to the American dream for all.Chris Rhodenbaugh is progressive because he believes in a life of service and adherence to

Catholic Social Teachings.Remember to wear blue on Sept. 28, 2010. There are a lot more progressives on campus than

you think!

Colleen Lowryoff campus

Rachel Kochoff campus

Matt LaFortunealumnus

Bridget Floresoff campus

Lauren Restivooff campus

T.J. Recordsophomore

Tim Ryansenior

Sara Begasophomore

Eileen Flanagansophomore

Chris Rhodenbaughsenior

Sept. 22

While Picasso had his blue androse periods, singer/songwriter andmusician Matt Costa is making hisway through the decades with thetone of his third and latest album,“Mobile Chateau.” His 40s and 50s influenced style,

a mixture of pop, rock and blues iscast aside in favor of 70s psychedel-ic folk in his latest venture. And if you are a fan of the late-

60s to 70s, the Mama’s and Papa’stype of music, be prepared to fallhead over go-go boots for “MobileChateau.” Just get any iPod dancing com-

mercial fantasies out of your head.“Mr. Pitiful” from his second albumwas featured on one and was alsoin “I Love You, Man.” Costa, whohas previously wooed listeners andcritics alike with upbeat songs fromhis previous two albums, “Songs WeSing” and “Unfamiliar Faces”, hasmade a s igni f i -cant detour fromhis buoyantCalifornia campyfolk-pop thatmade him a per-fect f i t at theking of mel lowJack Johnson’srecord label ,B r u s h f i r eRecords. Withthis latest albumhe has managedto br idge thatsound with a psy-chedel ic f lash-back and make itwork. The only unknown is if hewill alienate his fan base, built upon a promise of light folksy croon-ing about sunshine and roses. Thesound clearly and definitely detoursin this latest album, almost as if theBeach Boys had suddenly morphedinto Fairport Convention four yearsinto their career. Not necessarily abad thing — just be prepared. Thisis not the Matt Costa of old. A Hunt ington Beach, Cal i f . ,

native, Costa has always been com-pared to 60s folk legend Donovanwith his finger picking guitar style,

but never has it been so evident ason his latest venture. “Johnny’sLove of Majik” has the baiting toneof Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman”and its upbeat sound makes it prob-ably the easiest transition from theera of his first two albums into the70s influence he touts in “MobileChateau.”Music videos for first singles tend

to hint at the theme of the entirealbum, and “Witchcraft” is a psy-chedelic Doors-esque performancethat could be on the Johnny Carsonshow. Instead of Costa’s usualvaudeville show such as his one-man band from “Mr. Pitiful” he’scrooning on a stage with a picturethat makes it seem like he’s inside ablue lava lamp — except it’s doubleexposed under a disco ball. The second single off the album is

“The Season,” which has an echo-ing, haunt ing sound that s taysupbeat, totally reminiscent of TheMama’s and the Papa’s s ty le .“Drive” sounds like a track straightoff of the “My Girl” soundtrack with

a cute ,catchy tinnypiano open-er. “Secret”d e f i n i t e l yhas a“ J e r s e yBoys” lovesong feel ,and Costastated in ani n t e r v i e ww i t hB l a c k b o o kthat i t wasthe f irs tsong hewrote for

the album, and it seems to show histransition from one decade of influ-ences to the other. “Mobile Chateau” is a great rainy

day reflection album, but it remainsto be seen i f fans of h is sunnyalbums will follow. On the flip side,it will probably succeed in drawingin new fans, as well as impressingcritics with Costa’s versatility andgrowth.

By COURTNEY ECKERLEScene Writer

Scenepage 12 Friday, September 24, 2010

The Observer

“Mobile Chateau”

Matt Costa

Label: Brushfire RecordsBest Tracks: “Johnny’s Love ofMajik,” “The Season,” “Drive”

“The point is, ladies and gentle-men, that greed, for lack of a betterword, is good.” Gordon Gekko saysit all with this iconic line in the1987 classic film, “Wall Street.” TheWall Street scene in the 1980s wasplagued by a near compulsoryobsession with money and power. Itwas glamorously extravagant andset the stage for the emblematicfinancial thrill ride that is OliverStone’s “Wall Street.”The film is without a doubt the

most excit ing study in businessethics. Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) is ayoung New York stockbroker whoembodies the word hust ler. Hefinally works his way into GordonGekko’s of f ice for a mere f iveminute conversation that wouldchange the course of his career,and life, forever. Gekko (Michael Douglas) is the

man. There is simply no gettingaround that. While he may be thevillain in this film, he was the herofor millions of other white-collarworkers. He knew how to play theWall Street game and he played itbetter than anyone out there. Hewas on top of a pyramid of wealththat did not seem to have any lim-its.Gekko’s methods, however, are

the driving force of the well-laidplot. At a stockholders meeting heproclaims the gospel of greed stat-ing, “Greed is right, greed works,greed clarifies, cuts through andcaptures.” Is this simply the essence of capi-

talism? Gekko takes it one step fur-ther admonishing Fox after a dealgone bad saying, “Stop sending meinformation and start getting mesome.” Before Martha Stewartsported ponchos knit by her cell-mates, Gekko was the poster boyfor insider trading. “When you’renot inside, you’re outside,” Gekkocautions as Fox worries about los-ing his license. Insider trading, itseems, defined the game, and if onechose not to take advantage of that,they were the only ones to blame.Wall Street must have glittered

with the most cutting edge technol-ogy available, but upon viewing thefilm 23 years after the premiere thetechnology is so antiquated i t ’salmost laughable. The “mobile tele-phone” was larger than a box of tis-sues and the computer screens fea-ture the mind numbing color

scheme of neon green writing on ablack screen — classic 80s. Even better than the out-of-date

technology is the wardrobe.Western business attire may nothave changed much since the moviecame out, but the penchant forwearing suspenders has certainlybeen forgotten. Another clear signof the times is the hair choices ofboth the men and the women.Slicked back hair has never lookedso cool and leading lady DarylHannah was never caught withoutthe gorgeous big hair every 80ssurvivor wishes they could forget.“Wall Street” was so incredible

because it questioned the capitalistsystem that perpetuates greed andcorruption, but at the same timeglamorized its results. Without thegame, Gordon Gekko could neverhave been the incredible player hewas. The line between right andwrong was clear, but the outcomeof choosing the wrong path was soclearly enticing that it was almostviewed as right. It certainly made audiences ques-

tion their values and has them stillthinking 23 years later in light ofthe financial crisis. With the sequelset to be released today one won-ders whether or not greed is trulygood. The reality that players likeGekko and Fox are still around isboth astonishing, inspiring, and ter-rifying all at once. The sequel promises to be just as

good as the or ig inal perhapsbecause of the 20-odd yearsbetween the two as wel l as thefresh perspective on Wall Streetantics following the financial crisisand subsequent Wall Street Bailout. Even more promising, however, is

the fresh young ta lent . Carr ieMulligan, the Academy Award nom-inated British actress, is the leadinglady to Shia Lebouf’s young Gekkowannabe. With a cast full of Oscarwinners and nominees, “Wal lStreet: Money Never Sleeps” is setto be Lebouf’s test of strength in theadult acting world. Returning asGekko is of course Michael Douglasand Josh Brolin also plays a promi-nent role in the film. The 1987 “Wall Street” captured

the feeling of an era so wrapped upin greed that it couldn’t even seethe error of its ways. What will“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”have to say about the current gen-eration?

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By COURTNEY COXScene Writer

Contact Courtney Eckerle at [email protected]

Since May 2009, l i tt le knownAlexander’s Grill has been winningover the hearts and stomachs ofNotre Dame students andthe South Bendcommuni-ty throughtheir deli-cious foodand com-mitment tomaking eat-ing out a per-sonal experi-ence. The restau-

rant, located inthe same stripmall asStudebagels andBetween theBuns, places anemphasis on mak-ing patrons feel like family. This is pri-marily due to the larger-than-life per-sonalit ies of its co-owners, AriLambridis and Maria Stergiotis, and astaff who like to refer to their cus-tomers by name.

A Greek immigrant with the accentto match, Lambridis draws upon

his heritage and Stergiotis’ familyrecipes to offer traditional Greek farein a friendly, comfortable environ-ment. What the place lacks in décor itmakes up for

w i t hi t s

tasty foodand personable employ-

ees. When I was there, I sampled the

house lemon-rice soup, strawberrycrepe and the famous Greek platter: aplate of gyros, spanakopita (a spinachand cheese filled phyllo dough) andmyzithropitakia (a cheese filled pas-try) garnished with cucumbers, toma-to and feta cheese. While the soupwas a little bland for my liking, thecrepe and gyros were excellent and

really stood out for their freshness. The thing that really struck me

about the restaurant, however, wasthe way Alexander’s goes out of itsway to cater to the college community.All patrons with a Notre Dame ID

receive a 15 percent discount.Every Wednesday the

restaurant offers astudent spe-

cial: Fived o l l a r sbuys agyro, friesand a sodaor beer. W h i l e

Lambridis saysthe restauranthas struggled abit since theopening of theEddy StreetC o m m o n s ,Alexander’s is com-mitted to drawing in

customers by opening early for break-fast (6:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday),staying open late (4:30 a.m. Fridayand Saturday) and always promisinggood food at low prices. In the coming weeks the restaurant

will begin offering a delivery servicefor the Notre Dame campus, which isperfect for when you’re looking for

something a little different thanyour traditional pizza or sub sand-wich. But to really get the full experience

you need to dine in. Grab a group offriends and head over to Alexander’sGrill. Eat some good food. Relax.Strike up a conversation with Ari. Surfthe web on the free Wi-Fi or catch agame on one of the many flat screenTVs on the walls. Make yourself athome.

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The Walkmen’s career has been a10-year musical presentation of “tak-ing a chill pill.” Starting off withpost-punk revival fury in the early2000’s , they have progress ivelycalmed down their sound withoutloosing their smooth pessimism. Oneof their earlier songs, “Rat,” was anangry look at 21st century discon-nectedness. “Lisbon,” their newesteffort, sounds like a bunch of buddiess i t t ing in a sunroom, playinganthems about how life is kind ofawful, but… whatever. Bands and producers will go to

extraordinary lengths to produce arecord with a unified sound, some-thing you could describe in pedestri-an terms. This approach is best whenintended to match what is going onin the music thematically, melodicallyetc. (Springsteen wanted “Born ToRun” to sound like transistor radioglory from the 1950’s to match thesongs c inematic romant ic ism).Creating this sound is one sort ofsuccess. Having this sound makesense within the context of the albumis another. More of ten than not ,bands achieve the first but leave thelisteners unsure about the second.“Lisbon” achieves both. For production quality, there is no

error or inconsistency. The songssound as if they were all recorded atthe same time. Aside from a fewmusicians coming and going, andperhaps a few cigarette breaks —everything else remains the exactsame. Ideally, bands would love torecord an album in one inspired sit-ting. This being a nearly impossibleapproach (even the fastest albumstaking at least two weeks), the best aband can dois fake i t .L isbon doesthis well. Theg u i t a rr e m a i n sa l m o s tu n t o u c h e d ,sounding likes u n - d r i e delectric bluesmalaise onevery track.The drumscan be strongat times, but it all fits within Lisbon’sflattened brightness. The songs getmore and more ballad-like as thealbum concludes; this is a peculiarprogression considering the openingtrack is almost a ballad. Unlike many other artistically con-

fused bands, this sound makes com-plete sense in light of what front manHamilton Leithauser is singing about.The band is the same old down-and-

out col lect ive they were back in2003, but this time there is an ele-ment of acceptance. Before, theywere young. They were pissed. Theywanted to be heard. Now they’veret ired to the sonic countryside,where life’s a little calmer and littlesunnier. Leithauser can sound likeDylan on a few tracks and BrandonFlowers on others, which is cool. Hispessimism is an appropriate mix of

“Blowin’ In theWind” helpless-ness and “Mr.Brightside” mis-fortune. “Angela Surf

City” is the homerun on thealbum. Thedrums skip alongat a rapid beachhop. The brightgui tar, as withother songs onthe album,

sounds as if it could care less whatthe drums are doing. “Stranded”sounds more like an album closerthan a mid-record cut, but shinesnonetheless. This actually makessense within an album with morethan its fair share of tracks thatcould be exit music for a tragic film.There’s one problem in all this: the

songs just aren’t that pleasing in amodern sense. They move along at a

Sinatra swagger too relaxed for theattention span of the 21st centurymusic audience. The songs can comeoff as bland and uninteresting toeven the mel lowest among us.“Lisbon” won’t please listeners asmuch as fellow New York balladeersThe National. There are no clichécatchy elements. No appeals to popu-lar culture. Nothing blogging nerdscould c la im as the sound of thefuture. It’s immediately and foreverindie. For some that’s a huge nega-tive. For others, that’s what makes asolid record.


By MACKENZIE HENDRICKSONScene Writer

Contact Mackenzie Hendrickson at [email protected]

“Lisbon”

Walkmen

Released: September 14, 2010Label: Fat Possum / Bella UnionBest Tracks: “Angela Surf City”,“Stranded”

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NCAA FOOTBALL

Defense bails out FloridaGAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s

defensive philosophy is simple:When the ball is in the air or onthe ground, the Gators better getit.The coaches preach it, the play-

ers practice it and the resultsshow.No. 9 Florida leads the nation

with 12 takeaways, including astaggering 10 interceptionsthrough three games. The Gators(3-0, 1-0 SoutheasternConference) have scored 55points off those turnovers, takingadvantage of short fields, seizingmomentum and turning closegames into lopsided affairs.Although the defensive per-

formances have been overshad-owed by Florida’s offensive strug-gles, they haven’t been over-looked by players, coaches oropponents.“Defense, we’re just taking care

of business,” cornerback JeremyBrown. “We know if we handleour half, we’ll be good.”Kentucky, which visits

Gainesville on Saturday, feels thesame way. The Wildcats (3-0) Thehaven’t turned the ball over thisseason, a big reason they areundefeated. Coach Joker Phillipswould love to keep the streakintact against Florida, whosedefense has done more than itsshare.The Gators have allowed less

than 300 yards twice, including inlast week’s 31-17 victory atTennessee. Brown, who had beenpicked on early in the game andbeaten for a touchdown, providedone of the key plays with an inter-ception in the third quarter.“Gave up a big play,” Brown

said. “Gotta have amnesia andforget about it. It was a big reliefto come back.”The Gators have used turnovers

to come back in every game.Cornerback Janoris Jenkins

returned aninterception 67yards forFlorida’s firsttouchdown ofthe seasonagainst Miami(Ohio). Twoseries later,safety AhmadBlack returnedanother one 40yards to set upa short TD run.Linebacker JonBostic sealedthe victory with the fourth pick ofthe game.Black got two more the follow-

ing week against South Florida.His first set up Florida’s firsttouchdown, which tied the gameat 7 late in the second quarter.

Defensive end Justin Trattou’s 35-yard interception for a score gavethe Gators a three-touchdownlead.“It’s not the way we’ve won a

lot of games around here,” coachUrban Meyer said. “We’veoutscored people, but that’s notefficient, championship-style foot-ball. Our defense has to do that.”And get this: Florida’s success

the first two weeks came withoutone of the team’sbest defenders.Safety Will Hillwas suspendedfor two games foran undisclosedviolation of teamrules. Hereturned againstthe Volunteers,but was some-what rusty. He biton two under-neath routes andgave up two longTD passes.

The Gators expect Hill to playbetter Saturday against Kentucky.They might need him to.Led by senior quarterback Mike

Hartline, senior running backDerrick Locke and junior receiverRandall Cobb, Kentucky has been

efficient and error-free to startthe season. They can only hopefor the same results inGainesville.“I think it’s a little bit of every-

thing,” Locke said. “A lot of it hasgot to do with Hartline. We’vebeen throwing a lot and if he’smaking bad decisions, they can bepicks. But right now he’s doing agood job, and when I’m runningthe ball or Cobb is running theball, we’ve got to hold onto it.”Phillips also credited Hartline

with the offense’s ball security,saying he’s done a solid job of get-ting rid of the ball and not forcingpasses.“You’d better be lucky, too,”

Phillips said, pointing out a fewtimes the ball has bounced histeam’s way. “I’ve never been on ateam that had not put the ball onthe ground or turned it over inthree games. I’d like to be on onethat has done it in four games,too.”Kentucky, which has lost 23 in a

row in the series, has been on thewrong end of several turnoversthe last two years. Floridablocked a punt for a touchdown in2009, blocked two punts in 2008and returned an interception fora score.

Associated Press

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Urban Meyer’s Florida team has been relying on its defense to getoff to a 3-0 start.

“W e’ve outscored people, but that’s not efficient,

cham pionship-stylefootball. Our defense

has to do that.”

Urban MeyerFlorida coach

NFL

Backup quarterbackshighly used this year

Call it the QB Shuffle. Or theQB Quandary.Whatever it’s called, the NFL

position that normally needsmore stability than any is in astate of flux from coast to coast.Nine teams — Buffalo,

Jacksonville, Pittsburgh,Cleveland, Tennessee, Oakland,Philadelphia, Carolina andDetroit — already have usedtheir backup quarterback.Some of the moves werebecause of injuries, but fiveclubs already have turned toNo. 2 by choice, even if justtemporarily.So what in the name of

Peyton and Eli Manning, TomBrady and Drew Brees is goingon?“It is getting tougher and

tougher to play the position, notonly from a physical standpointof throwing the ball, but from amental standpoint and whatyou are seeing from defenses,”says Ron Jaworski, the formerEagles starter and now ESPN’sanalyst for Monday night foot-ball games. No one watchesmore film of quarterbacks thanJaworski, which gives him par-ticular insight into the upheavalat the position through just twoweeks of the schedule.“You always will have the

elite guys, but once you startgetting beyond No. 12 or 13, it’shard to find the other 19 consis-tent quarterbacks in thisleague.”Hard? Maybe impossible.The quarterback changes

thus far run the gamut frombad health to bad play to badvibes.In Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,

Detroit and Cleveland, injurieshad plenty to do with theswitches. Even those, however,merit further examination.The Steelers knew since April

that Ben Roethlisberger wouldbe suspended for at least fourweeks. They hoped to get bywith Byron.But Byron Leftwich, an eight-

year veteran, hurt his left kneein the preseason, which meantthird-stringer Dennis Dixonmoved behind center. Dixonwas a winner in Week 1, eventhough the Steelers didn’t scorea touchdown until overtime,and that came on a long run. Hewent down in Week 2 with a leftknee problem, bringing inCharlie Batch and making widereceiver Antwaan Randle El, aquarterback in college wayback at the beginning of the

century, the second-stringer.Now Leftwich, who was

waived last weekend and re-signed Monday, is back. Andbacking up Batch.“He’s been with the starters,

he’s been with the second team,he’s been with the third team,”wide receiver Hines Ward sumsup Batch’s career. “He under-stands all the wide receivers. Heprobably understands thisoffense better than anybody. Wefeel good, we’ve just got to pro-tect Charlie.”The Eagles couldn’t protect

Kevin Kolb well enough and hesustained a concussion in anopening loss. Michael Vick camein and starred, then did evenbetter in a victory over Detroitwith Kolb sidelined.So Vick stays as the starter

after coach Andy Reid reversedhis earlier decision not to stripKolb of the job because ofinjury.“I think Kolb probably is a

basket case right now,” saysJaworski, who knows theEagles as well as anyone. “Kolbwas their guy, they tradedDonovan McNabb to give him achance. To yank the guy andtake his job away has got to bebrutal for him.”A brutal hit by Julius Peppers

on Matt Stafford sidelined the2009 top overall pick with aright shoulder injury in Week 1,and Shaun Hill took over for theLions. When Stafford is ready,he will step back in.So, it seems, will Jake

Delhomme in Cleveland oncehis ankle as healed enough forhim to replace Seneca Wallace.Two starters, Jacksonville’s

David Garrard and Tennessee’sVince Young, are in no dangerof losing their jobs despite beingtaken out last Sunday duringlosses.Where things get confusing is

in Oakland. And Charlotte. AndBuffalo.When the Raiders dealt with

Washington for Jason Campbell,team owner Al Davis comparedCampbell with Jim Plunkett,who merely won Super Bowlsfor Oakland. Maybe he meantJaMarcus Russell, becauseCampbell has been demotedand Bruce Gradkowski will startagainst Arizona.Matt Moore got the quick

hook in Carolina, where coachJohn Fox is in the final year ofhis contract and essentially is alame duck. So why not try rook-ie Jimmy Clausen — even ifMoore pretty much saved Fox’sjob by going 4-1 late in 2009?

Associated Press

TORONTO — On a day ofmilestone hits, JoseBautista’s big shot won thegame.Bautista hit his major league-

leading 50th home run, con-necting off Felix Hernandez andsending the Toronto BlueJays over the SeattleMariners 1-0 on Thursday.Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki also

became the first player with 10straight 200-hit seasons, break-ing his own record with a fifth-inning single.“We got to see some things

happen today that I’ve neverseen before,” Blue Jays manag-er Cito Gaston said. “It’s a dayI’ll always remember.”Bautista became the 26th

player in baseball history toreach the 50-home run markwith a first-inning drive offHernandez (12-12).“It’s really a big honor to be

put in that elite group of hit-ters,” Bautista said. “To tell youthe truth, I really haven’t let it

sink in yet, I haven’t thoughtabout it too much. Once I dothat, then I’ll probably havemore feelings to describe. Rightnow I’m really honored andhappy.”After fouling back a 2-0 pitch,

Bautista hammered the nextone into the left-field bullpen.“That’s what happens when

you get behind in the count,”Hernandez said.All 50 of Bautista’s homers

have been to left or left center.He exchanged hugs and fistbumps with his teammatesbefore coming out of the dugoutfor a curtain call and trying toget the attention of his parents,who were in the crowd.“I tried to wave at them,”

Bautista said. “Everybody wasstanding up so I don’t think theycould see me.”The homer was Bautista’s

major league-high 31st at homethis season, breaking CarlosDelgado’s team record set in2000.Prince Fielder (50) and Alex

Rodriguez (54) were the last

players to hit 50 homers, bothin 2007.“It’s obviously a pretty historic

game,” Blue Jaysoutfielder Vernon Wellssaid.“Ichiro is the pretty much thestaple of consistency for whathe’s able to do year in and yearout. For Jose, it’s pretty neat towatch one of your teammateshit 50 home runs in a season.”Suzuki struck out in the first,

doubled to left in the third andcollected his 200th hit when helined to center on the first pitchhe saw from Shawn Hill) (1-2)in the fifth.

Giants 13, Cubs 0A pregame hitters’ meeting

seemed to help shake the SanFrancisco Giants out of theirrecent slumber.A stiff wind blowing out of

Wrigley Field didn’t hurt, either.Juan Uribe hit a grand slam

and a two-run homer, bothshots coming during a nine-runsecond inning that sent theGiants past the Chicago Cubs13-0 Thursday night.“He is a guy who can do a lot

of damage,” Giants managerBruce Bochy said. “He’sknocked in a lot of runs for usthis year. It’s nice having ashortstop who can do that. Weneeded a big game from some-body and we got it from himtonight.”San Francisco began the day

one-half game behind SanDiego in the NL West. ThePadres played later at LosAngeles. The Giants have thesame record as idle Atlanta,which leads the wild-card race.

“We’re better than this andit’s going to take everybody tofocus out there,” Bochy said hetold his players. “Trust the guybehind you. We’ve had a fewguys trying to do too much outthere. Just try to get a qualityat-bat and keep things moving.”The Giants responded with 19

hits and four home runs.San Francisco pitchers, mean-

while, kept doing a solid job.They have gone 17 straightgames giving up three or fewerruns, the longest streak sincethe Chicago White Sox set therecord with 20 in a row in1917, the Elias Sports Bureausaid.Madison Bumgarner (6-6)

scattered seven hits over seveninnings and struck out a career-high nine.“I feel like I was keeping the

ball down a lot better todaythan I was the last few games,”he said. “I’m trying to keep thesame approach each time I goout there. I feel good aboutgoing out there and giving us achance to win.”Uribe had only two hits in his

previous 21 at-bats before hisquick six RBIs as the Giantsteed off on Ryan Dempster (14-11) and reliever ThomasDiamond.“He (Dempster) didn’t look

comfortable to me from the get-go,” Cubs manager Mike Quadesaid. “He’ll be fine next outing.“You certainly have to put this

one behind you. This is a turn-the-page game for me,” he said.

Brewers 8, Marlins 3Corey Hart is disappointed the

Milwaukee Brewers struggledearly and never regainedenough ground to join the post-season chase. But his personalachievements during a wildseason have helped wipe awaysome of that frustration.“I definitely have a smile on

my face every time I comehere,” said Hart, who reached30 home runs for the first timein his career Thursday night.Hart hit one of three

Milwaukee homers and YovaniGallardo added another win tohis strong September, leadingthe Brewers to an 8-3 victoryover the Florida Marlins.Rickie Weeks and Prince

Fielder added consecutive

homers in the seventh on thefirst three pitches of relieverSandy Rosario’s major leaguedebut.Gallardo (14-7) gave up three

runs in 6 2-3 innings, improvingto 3-0 with a 1.95 ERA and 25strikeouts in four Septemberstarts, and impressed Marlinsmanager Edwin Rodriguez.“He’s amazing,” Rodriguez

said. “It’s the first time I’ve seenhim pitch live. He threw onepitch to Logan Morrison thatwe’re still trying to figure outwhat pitch it was.”Probably a slider, something

Gallardo has been working onextensively this season.Brewers manager Ken Machasays it’s now the ace’s bestbreaking pitch.Morrison, a rookie, just

stopped swinging at Gallardo’spitches. That helped him drawa walk that extended his streakof reaching base safely to 42games, tying the best mark inthe majors this season as hiscancer-stricken father watchedfrom the stands.“It would’ve felt better if we

won the game,” Morrison said.“I got away from my plan a lit-tle bit and that’s what happenswhen you don’t stick to yourapproach. It’s a learningprocess.”will be mathematically elimi-

nated from he playoff chaseunless the Marlins win theirfinal 10 games, the Braves losetheir final nine and multipleother scenarios play out.Milwaukee was eliminated

earlier this week and hasn’tplayed a factor in the race allseason, just two years afterwinning the NL wild card.Gallardo and the rest of theBrewers have accepted thatthey squandered anotheropportunity after a nine-gamelosing streak in May put them ina deep hole.“That’s how baseball is. We

can’t control certain things,”Gallardo said. “It was justunfortunate things didn’t workout for us this year.”Morrison had gone 0 for 3

before his walk that tiedYankees slugger Mark Teixeirafor the longest streak in themajors this season. Morrison isfour games from the Marlinsrecord held by Luis Castillo.

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Suzuki breaks own record in losing effortGiants use offensive explosion to defeat Cubs; Brewers get past Marlins

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Mariners left fielder Michael Saunders, left, congratulates IchiroSuzuki on his 10th consecutive 200-hit season.

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Barring a monumental col-lapse, the New York Yankeeswill get a chance to defend theirchampionship.With their postseason hopes

nearly gone, the Boston Red Soxcould still play a major role indetermining whether their rivalswin the division or settle for thewild card.Opening their final home

series of the regular season, andthe first of two three-game setsagainst the Red Sox over thenext 10 days, the AL East-lead-ing Yankees look to inch closerto the division title in Friday’sopener.After winning two of a four-

game set against Tampa Bay,New York (92-61) dropped thefinal two to the second-placeRays, who moved back withinone-half game of the East lead -and even in the loss column -with Thursday’s 10-3 victory.Just as importantly, the

Yankees fell one-half gamebehind Central championMinnesota for the league’s bestrecord.They also appear to have a

tougher road to the division titlethan the Rays. While Tampa Bayfinishes against Seattle,Baltimore and Kansas City -clubs at or near the bottom oftheir respective divisions - NewYork follows this series withthree games in Toronto andthree at Fenway Park.“We can’t complain about

having a tougher schedulebecause if that’s the case wedon’t belong in the playoffs any-way,” first baseman MarkTeixeira said.Derek Jeter singled Thursday

to extend his hitting streak to a

season-high 12 games. He’s bat-ting .327 during the run.Yankees stalwart Andy Pettitte

(11-2, 2.81 ERA) makes his sec-ond start after missing twomonths with a strained leftgroin.The 38-year-old left-hander

threw six innings of one-run ballin Sunday’s 4-3, 11-inning lossat Baltimore. Pettitte retired thelast 11 batters he faced, but hewas denied the win afterMariano Rivera blew the save inthe ninth.Pettitte’s only start against

Boston this season came April 7,when he gave up one run in sixinnings of a 10-inning, 3-1 victo-ry at Fenway Park. He is 18-9with a 3.75 ERA in 35 careerstarts versus the Red Sox (84-68).He will be opposed by Josh

Beckett (5-5, 5.71), who is 0-2with an 11.17 ERA in four startsversus the Yankees in 2010. Theright-hander continues to strug-gle all around. He surrendered

four runs and 10 hits in seveninnings of Saturday’s 4-3 loss toToronto.Teixeira is 6 for 31 with 11

strikeouts lifetime againstBeckett.Red Sox designated hitter

David Ortiz has looked right athome in the Bronx in 2010, bat-ting .348. He is 19 for 52 with ahomer in his career againstPettitte.Despite a second consecutive

slow April in which he musteredone homer and four RBIs, Ortiznow has a team-high 31 homeruns and is four RBIs shy ofreaching 100 for the first time inthree seasons.Red Sox third baseman Mike

Lowell will be making his finalappearance at Yankee Stadiumthis weekend. Originally draftedby the Yankees in 1995, Lowellis retiring at season’s end.Including the postseason, he is a.281 career hitter in the Bronx.New York leads the season

series 7-5.

NCAA FOOTBALL

No. 19 Miami cruisespast Pitt behind Harris

PITTSBURGH — The decadesmay change, the conferencesmay change but everythingstays the same when Miamiplays Pitt. The games are asone-sided as the rivalry.Jacory Harris led quick touch-

down drives to start each halfand No. 19 Miami dominatedPittsburgh much like it didwhen the schools were Big EastConference rivals, winning 31-3on Thursday night.Harris had two more floater-

type interceptions like the fourhe threw in a 36-24 loss to No.2 Ohio State two weeks ago, butshook them off to throw for twoscores and 248 yards whilegoing 21 of 32. Damien Berrydid the rest by running for 87yards and a touchdown on 21carries in an offense that out-gained Pitt’s 348-232.The Hurricanes (2-1), faster,

deeper and more athletic thanthe Panthers (1-2), never gavePitt quarterback Tino Sunseriany time to throw in his thirdcollege start, and he was pulledin the fourth quarter after com-pleting 8 of 15 passes for 61yards.Dion Lewis, the nation’s lead-

ing returning rusher, was givenlittle running room by an over-whelmed offensive line andended with 41 yards on 12 car-ries. Lewis, coming off a 1,799-yard season as a freshman, hasbeen held to 143 yards in threegames.Miami’s plan was simple and

effective: Strike early, strikeeffectively, then let its defenseand special teams do the rest.With the Hurricanes up 17-3

early in the fourth, they forceda fumble by punt returner CamSaddler. Harris took advantageto throw a 10-yard TD pass toTravis Benjamin that wrappedup Miami’s seventh consecutivevictory against Pitt and its 15thin 16 games dating to 1984.“The defense played great,”

defensive end Andrew Smithsaid. “We put an emphasis ontackling (in practice), and wewere getting all 11 to the ball.We wanted to wrap them upand drive them back, and thatshowed up on the field.”And in the statistics. The

Hurricanes had five sacks, nine

tackles for losses—a stat inwhich they lead the nation—and forced three turnovers.Sean Spence had 1 1/2 sacksand 2 1/2 tackles for a loss anda team-high nine tackles.“When you can stop the run

and make them one-dimension-al, you have a good chance ofwinning,” Spence said. “Wealways want to be the one tothrow the first punch. We did agreat job of starting fast.”Again, it was a bad day for

the Big East, which is 1-7 so farthis season against nonconfer-ence opponents from BCS con-ferences. Pitt is 1-11 againstranked nonconference teamssince 1996, while Miami haswon 33 in a row againstunranked nonconferenceteams.Harris also found Leonard

Hankerson on a 19-yard scor-ing pass play on Miami’s fourthplay from scrimmage in the sec-ond half, completing a 51-yarddrive set up by a 26-yard puntby Pitt’s Dan Hutchins. Harrishit Benjamin for 20 yards onfirst down.“He managed the game well,

he made some great throws andhe did his job,” Miami coachRandy Shannon said of Harris.Shannon once played for and

coached under Pitt coach DaveWannstedt, but he didn’t do hisold boss any favors. Wannstedtwas so upset with his team’sperformance, he held a hastilycalled post-game meeting withhis seniors and some otherplayers.“We’re just not in sync,”

Wannstedt said. “We’ll makeone good play on offense andtwo bad ones. … If we need tomake changes, we’ll makechanges. We’ve got to look atthe offensive line.”The teams hadn’t met since

Miami left the Big East for theAtlantic Coast Conference in2004, but, as usual, theHurricanes made it look easy.Pitt didn’t advance inside the

Miami 30 until the next-to-lastplay of the third quarter, andthat was on a 15-yard rough-ing-the-passer penalty. Lewisgained only 5 yards on the nextplays carries, and Hutchinskicked a 27-yard field goal toavoid Pitt’s second shutout lossof the Dave Wannstedt era.

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Miami junior quarterback Jacory Harris looks for a receiver inThursday’s 31-3 Miami victory over Pitt.

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Belles prepared for ScotsSMC VOLLEYBALL

Looking to snap out of athree-game losing streak, theBelles will travel to Alma toface off with the Scots tonight.Saint Mary’s enters the game

with a 3-9 record (1-3 in theMIAA) while Alma holds strongat 8-4 record (3-1 in the MIAA). The two teams only played

each other once last season,but the match went down to thewire. In the end, the Scotscame out with a five-set victory,winning 3-2 (16-25, 25-23, 25-22, 27-29, 11-15). Sophomore Stephanie Bodien

fronted the Belles with 11 killsin the loss. Senior MeghannRose led both teams with 20digs, while Bodien added 17and senior Ellen Huelsmannpicked up another 16. JuniorDanie Brink led the way with40 assists during the match.The Belles have had difficult

times on the court this season,beginning the season with athree-game losing streakbefore winning three of theirnext six matches. Since then,Saint Mary’s went on anotherthree-game losing streak to fallto 3-9 on the season and havelost three consecutive confer-ence matches since beginning1-0.Saint Mary’s is coming off of a

recent MIAA loss to conferencefoe Kalamazoo in four sets (25-10, 16-25, 25-12, 31-29). In thedecisive fourth set, the Bellesfought with the Hornetsthrough 16 ties and six leadchanges when there were onlythree ties and two lead changespreviously.

Saint Mary’s led throughmuch of the fourth set afterestablishing a five-point leadand then a four-point one up tothe 14-0 mark. As the Hornetscame back, the Belles stayedwithin close range by help fromBodien, who has been key tothe Saint Mary’s success thisyear. Jumping onto the scene last

year and making a big impacther rookie season, she has onlyimproved on the court this year.At the Manchester Tournamentlast weekend, Bodien wasnamed to the All-Tournamentteam from her 11 kills and 16

digs in the first match beforeadding five more kills and twoblocks in the second matchSunday. The next week will be critical

for the Belles as they look to getback on track in MIAA play.Following tonight’s matchagainst the Scots, Saint Mary’swill host Adrian Saturdaybefore traveling to TrineCollege on Sept. 29.The Belles will face the Scots

tonight at 7 p.m. on the Almacourts.

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Belles player Hailee Leitz serves to Albion in a MIAA matchearlier this season at Saint Mary’s Angela Athletic Center.

MLB

OAKLAND, Calif. — DallasBraden allowed one hit in eightinnings and the OaklandAthletics beat Texas 5-0 onThursday night, stalling theRangers' pursuit of their firstAL West title since 1999.Braden (10-13) outpitched

Cliff Lee to end his four-gamelosing streak and keep Texas'magic number at four forclinching the division.The left-hander, who tossed a

perfect game against TampaBay in May, retired 19 battersin a row after Nelson Cruz'stwo-out single in the f irstinning. Ian Kinsler ended thestreak by drawing a leadoffwalk in the eighth.Braden walked two and

struck out seven. Brad Zieglerissued a walk and hit a batterwith a pitch in the ninth beforefinishing the one-hitter.Lee (12-9) set down his first

eight batters before an unchar-acteristic bout of wildness. Hewalked his first two hitters inthe fourth, marking the firsttime he's walked consecutivebatters in two years, a span of80 starts. Both runners scored.Steve Tolleson doubled twice

and drove in a run as the A'swon their fourth in five games.They moved within sevengames of first-place Texas.Jack Cust, Chris Carter and

Matt Carson also drove in runsfor Oakland.Lee lasted five innings,

allowing four runs and six hits.He walked two and struck outthree.Missing injured slugger Josh

Hamilton, the Rangers havestruggled on offense while los-ing four of five. Oakland hasmade up three games on Texasin five days.Lee had allowed two runs in

his previous 16 innings afteran awful August in which hewas 1-4 with a 6.35 ERA inseven starts.Braden had struggled in the

four starts since he shut outTexas on Aug. 28, losing all

four with an ERA of 6.23.Daric Barton and Kurt

Suzuki walked to open thefourth. After Lee struck outKevin Kouzmanoff, Cust hit abroken-bat single through theinfield to score one run, andCarter hit a sacrifice fly foranother run.Greg Gross singled and

scored when Tolleson doubledin the fifth. Tolleson scored ona double play to make it 4-0.Carson's double against Scott

Feldman in the sixth made it 5-0.

Dodgers 3, Padres 1Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight

superb innings, Andre Ethierhad two run-scoring hits andthe Los Angeles Dodgers sentthe San Diego Padres back intosecond place in the NL Westwith a victory Thursday night.The Padres fell a half-game

behind the San FranciscoGiants, who beat the ChicagoCubs 13-0 at Wrigley Field.Kuroda (11-13) allowed one

run and five hits, struck outfour and walked one. Heretired 14 of his last 15 bat-ters. The right-hander, whohas made 65 starts without acomplete game since his one-hitter against Atlanta on July7, 2008, threw 98 pitchesbefore Hong-Chih Kuo came onto strike out the side in theninth and get his 10th save in11 chances.

Rays 10, Yankees 3B.J. Upton and Carl Crawford

each drove in two runs in aseven-run sixth inning, and theTampa Bay Rays knockedaround CC Sabathia in hismuch-anticipated rematchwith David Price and beat theNew York Yankees Thursdaynight.Price (18-6) labored through

six innings but Sabathia (20-7)struggled even more. The Raysbeat New York for the secondstraight day, splitting the four-game set and pulling within ahalf-game of the Yankees inthe AL East.

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The I r i s h t e e o f f t h e i rs e a s on Sa t u rday a tM i ch i g an S t a t e ’s Ma r yFossum Invitational.S en i o r s S o -Hyun Pa rk

and Katie Conway said theyare particular-ly looking for-ward to jump-start their lasts ea son on t heNo t r e Dameteam.“ I t h i nk we

need to remem-be r t o s t a r tstrong and geta good start fort h e s e a s on , ”Park said. “Thecompetit ion in this week-end’s tournament f ie ld isgoing to be very tough, sowe need to especially stayfocused and not make anysloppy mistakes.”

Since returning to cam-pus, the Irish have workedhard to get to competitivelevel at which they wish toplay. “The team has changed

up p r a c t i c e t o b e morestructured and to be morecompe t i t i v e w i t h e a chother,” Conway said. “If we

p ra c t i c e b ywan t i n g t obea t e a cho t he r, wewill be morer eady t ocome togeth-e r t o b ea tou r oppo -nen t s a te a ch e v en t .I ’m e x c i t e dt o s e e t h er e su l t s o f

the changes we’ve imple-mented this year.” The Irish will face tough

opposit ion including KentState and Michigan State.The team’s goal is to win

the invitational, but as it istheir f irst meet, the play-ing process is more impor-tant than the end resu l t .They’re just excited to getthe season started. “It all circles back to tak-

ing i t one shot at a t ime.We hope to set a good tonefor the rest of the seasonand gain some momentumas we move along with ourf a l l s c h edu l e , ” C onwaysaid.“ I th ink a good s tart o f

this weekend wil l help usget into a good momentumand bui ld our conf idencefor the season. We are allready to go out and play,so we jus t need to ge t i tdone,” Park said.The I r i s h w i l l t e e o f f

Saturday in East Lansing tocommence their season andthe Mar y Fo s sumInvitational.

will abandon their offensequite yet.“We’re hoping to put up some

more points against Lyons onSunday,” Truitt said.The upstart Lyons’ team will

try their best to keepCavanaugh in check at 5 p.m.Sunday at LaBar Fields.

Farley vs. Breen Phillips Farley and Breen Phillips,

both coming off tough losseslast Sunday, will battle for amuch-needed victory this week.The Finest lost 6-0 toCavanaugh while the winlessBabes (0-2) lost 25-0 to Lyons. “We don’t have a victory yet

this season but right now that isjust serving as extra motivationfor us,” Babes senior captainKate McNelis said. “This pastSunday’s game was tough butwe came out of it ready to makechanges and start another weekoff strong.”Farley (1-1) senior captain

Molly Casanova also said thatthe loss will help motivate theteam.“Coming off that loss has

made us buckle down, get towork, and focus on what weneed to improve on for this nextgame,” Casanova said.McNelis said that the key to a

win over Farley will be improv-ing on the offensive side of theirgame, which was lacking intheir past two losses, while alsofocusing on defensive pressure.“We have to make sure our

defense stays sharp and thatplayers on both sides are readyto face plays and strategiesthey’ve never seen before,”McNelis said.The Finest have experience

on their side with many return-ing players, and they will relyon that experience in thematchup against a youthful butinexperienced Babes squad thathas had a hard time adjustingto the interhall game in the sea-son’s first two contest.“We look forward to this

weekend’s match up againstBP,” Casanova said. “Everygame we go in with the attitudeto always play our best and besupporting of every member ofthe team.”The matchup of North Quad

neighbors will take placeSunday at 6 p.m. at LaBarFields.

Pasquerilla East vs. BadinPasquerilla East takes on

Badin in a battle of winlesssquads seeking redemption fortheir losses thus far this season.Pasquerilla East (0-1) is com-

ing off a narrow 7-0 loss toLewis in a game that was a bat-tle of defenses. The Pyros werenot able to get their pistoloffense up and running againsta stalwart Lewis defense, con-sidered among some to be oneof the best defenses in theleague. Junior wide receiverand captain Kristin Mannionsaid she is confident the offensewill improve after a great weekof practice.“We are starting to get a good

feel for the offense and wepracticed really fast-paced thisweek,” Mannion said. She also said she saw

progress from her freshmenthis week. “The freshmen are beginning

to realize what a high level ofplay this league is and areimproving quickly,” she said.Mannion said she is especially

confident in sophomore widereceiver Erica Chenard andbelieves that she could be thegame changer this Sunday forthe Pyros.

“Erica had two huge plays forus last week and has greathands and good speed,”Mannion said.Badin (0-2) will try to meet

the challenge of holding off thePyro attack. The Bullfrogs havebeen outscored by opponents bymargins of at least 20 points intheir first two games. Badin will face a Pyro defense

that looked very impressive lastweekend. It will be a challengefor the Bullfrogs, led by juniorquarterback Sylvia Banda, tomove the ball on the Pyros.The Pyros are confident in

their defense and eager to seewhat their pistol offense can doagainst a new opponent. TheFrogs are a scrappy team plan-ning on improving from theirpast two weeks’ games. Exceptin the rare case of a tie, one ofthese losing squads will gettheir first win this weekend.


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ND WOMEN’S GOLF

Irish prepared to tee off seasonBy MEGAN FINNERANSports Writer

Contact Megan Finneran [email protected]

“We are all ready togo out and play, so

we just need to get itdone.”

So-Hyun ParkIrish golfer

know, however, that Sorin willbe a tough matchup.“Sorin looks a lot better than

Zahm,” McMahon said.“Besides being stronger, big-ger, and more organized, Sorinruns a plethora of plays onoffense and focused on theirassignments on defense.”Sorin and Fisher meet

Sunday at 2 p.m. at RiehleFields.

Keenan vs. KeoughKeenan and Keough each

hope to break into the win col-umn at the other team’sexpense Sunday.Keenan (0-1) opened with a

disappointing 13-0 loss at thehands of rival Stanford lastweek. Despite the lack of suc-cess, the Knights will onlymake minimal changes againstKeough.“Defensively we’re going to

pretty much stick to what wedid,” Keenan senior co-captainand linebacker Bart Dear said.“Offensively we may look toput the ball on the ground alittle more, but not change toomuch.”Keough (0-1) lost in its open-

ing contest, falling 6-0 toO’Neill.

“We’re gonna attempt tostick to what we have andwhat we’ve been practicing,”Keough senior captain KevinLaughlin said.The Kangaroos are prepared

to adjust on the fly, however, ifthey don’t get off to theirdesired start.“We’re in the process of put-

ting in other packages to giveus more flexibility,” Laughlinsaid. “We understand if it ain’tworking, don’t stick with it toolong.”Despite the added intrigue of

a sibling rivalry betweenKeough senior cornerbackBrian Koepsel and Keenansenior defensive back and co-captain Jamie Koepsel, eachteam realizes more than brag-ging rights are at stake, withthe deep hole of 0-2 knockingon the door.“We both came off a loss, so

for both teams it’s going to bemake or break,” Laughlin said.Keenan and Keough clash in

search of their first wins at 3p.m. Sunday at Riehle Fields.


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WOMEN’S INTERHALL

Ducks ready to take on Phoxes

Defending championsHoward will take on PangbornSunday.Coming fresh off a bye week,

the Phoxes’ (1-0) first victorywas a 40-6 blowout over Badin.Players say they believe that aslong as the defense lives up toits expectations, this game willserve as a good measuring stickfor just how talented the teamreally is. “We all want to be better

than last year,” sophomore out-side linebacker Annie Castnersaid. “We were just so closeand I think if we do wellagainst Howard then we’llknow that we have a little morepotential to make it to theStadium.”Howard (2-0) is a team that

has outscored its previous twoopponents, Lewis and Badin, bya total of 38 points with gamescores of 18-6 and 26-0,respectively. Despite Howard’sability to put points on theboard, their captain believesdefense is the team’s greateststrength.“We pride ourselves on our

ability to shut down otherteams’ offenses,” senior quar-terback Kayla Bishop said. “Ithink our line needs to continueplaying strong. I think they dida good job of putting pressureon the quarterback.”The four-interception per-

formance by Pangborn’sdefense two weeks ago createdpositive momentum and confi-dence that the team hopes willcarry over into this weekend. “I think we did play a really

great game,” senior quarter-back Gabby Tate said. “We arejust kind of keeping up themomentum and not letting thatfirst big win go to our heads,staying humble and trying to doit all over again.”Pangborn will face Howard

Sunday at 1 p.m. at LaBarFields.

Pasquerilla West vs. Walsh After falling just a touchdown

short of the 2009 interhallcrown, Pasquerilla West is offto a convincing start this sea-son. The Purple Weasels look toremain undefeated in theirmatchup with Walsh Sunday. A determined and agile

Pasquerilla West (2-0) squaddefeated McGlinn 31-14 lastweekend behind senior quar-terback Simone Bigi’s 205 pass-ing yards and five touchdowns.Libby Koerbel, senior line-backer and team co-captain, isthrilled about the PurpleWeasels’ compelling perform-ance this early in the year.“We are very pleased with

our performance againstMcGlinn this past Sunday,”Koerbel said. “It was a hard-fought game, especially in thefirst half, and a good test of ourcapabilities on both offense anddefense.”Despite their success thus far,

the Purple Weasels aren’t tak-ing this weekend’s opponentslightly. “We take every game serious-

ly and are looking forward to atough and aggressive match upagainst Walsh,” Koerbel said.“That being said, PW plays towin, and I expect nothing lessthan more beautiful passes,catches, interceptions and flag-

pulls from our girls thisSunday.”After falling short in last

week’s opener, Walsh is excitedto get back on the field andrebound from their 18-7 loss toRyan.“It is always tough to lose the

first game of the season, butour loss reminded us that wehave to continue to work hardand stay focused to be a con-tender in the playoffs,” seniorquarterback Amy Langneckersaid. “We are really lookingforward to our game againstPW this weekend and thechance to really show everyonewhat we can do.”The winless Wild Women look

to upset the undefeated PurpleWeasels at 4 p.m. Sunday atLaBar Fields.

McGlinn vs. Welsh Family Two West Quad dorms will

face off Sunday, as McGlinn andWelsh Family are looking toshake the sour experience oflosing lopsided contests toPasquerilla West in their previ-ous games.McGlinn (1-1) will look for

offensive leadership from jun-ior quarterback Lauren Miller,whose weapons include seniorreceiver Kathleen Stanley andjunior receiverKate Tucker. TheS h a m r o c k s ’offense has strug-gled so far thisseason, scoringonly 20 points intwo games. Milleroften looks fordeep throws thatwill produce biggains, a high-risk,high-reward strat-egy that produceda 67-yard touch-down pass in Week 1 againstRyan. “We will try to open our

offense more,” senior McGlinncaptain Gillian Allsup said. “Wehave to learn from the mistakesand missed opportunities fromour loss and increase ourdefensive intensity.”Game plan in mind, McGlinn

will counter a Welsh Family (0-1) defense that should be wellrested following a bye weekafter allowing 26 points toPasquerilla West.The Shamrock defense will

look to replicate their Week 1shutout performance againstRyan, in which they returnedan interception for a touch-down. Junior linebacker AylaBicoy and junior defensive line-man Jill Stinchcomb areexpected to lead this effort

against a Welsh Family offensethat was dominated by thePurple Weasels and only gained49 total yards. The Whirlwind, who strug-

gled in adjusting to coachBobby Sullivan’s new offense,gained 45 of those yards on oneplay for a touchdown.Both McGlinn and Welsh

Family will seek to reboundfrom tough losses this Sundayat 3 p.m. at LaBar Fields.

Cavanaugh vs. Lyons Momentum will be up for

grabs as two teams coming offbig wins will meet Sunday asCavanaugh lines up againstLyons. Following a winless season in

which they were held off thescoreboard in every game,Lyons (1-1) entered the win col-umn with a 25-0 drumming ofBreen Philips last Sunday.Understandably, the Lions arebuoyed by their early success.“Our team was very excited

with our performance lastweek,” junior running back,middle linebacker and captainKat Rodriguez said. “It was soexciting not only for our teamto win, but also score.”While Lyons may still be get-

ting used to winning, the girlsf r o mCavanaugh (2-0) have a bitmore experi-ence with suc-cess in recentyears. Comingoff a season inwhich theywent 3-2 andearned a play-off berth, theChaos holdhigh aspira-tions for the

2010 season. Led by a core ofveteran players, the experi-enced Cavanaugh squad looksto improve in a dramatic wayon their 2009 campaign.“We want to win another

championship for CavanaughHall,” senior center and co-captain Melissa Truitt said.While the win last Sunday for

Cavanaugh was decidedly lessflashy than was the Lions,Truitt said she is satisfied thather team was able to scrapeout a 6-0 win over Farley. Inorder for Cavanaugh to contin-ue to win, however, the offensemust improve on their under-whelming performance. TheChaos will continue to rely ontheir swarming defense, butthat does not mean that they

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Walsh captain Amy Langnecker runs for a touchdown inWalsh’s 18-7 loss to Ryan last Sunday.

“It was so excitingnot only for our team

to win, but alsoscore.”

Kat RodriguezLions captain

see CHAOS/page 18

When Knott and Duncan faceoff Sunday, both squads will belooking to put narrow openinglosses behind them. TheJuggerknotts (0-1) fell toMorrissey by a final score of 7-6,while Duncan (0-1) held defend-ing champion Siegfried to justone field goal in a 3-0 defeat.Knott junior captain Dan

Schaffer called his team’s loss a“wake-up call,” noting that theteam needs to improve its prac-tice attendence. Although the offense gave a

strong effort throughout theirfirst game, the Juggerknotts willwork for more successful finish-ing drives, as they failed to scorea touchdown despite enteringthe red zone four times lastSunday.The Highlanders will head

back to the drawing board thisweek, expecting a clearer under-standing of the offensive systemto translate intooffensive pro-duction on thefield.“We need to

make sureeveryone picksup their assign-ments,” juniorcaptain PaulScheel said.“The play breaksup when peoplearen’t wherethey’re supposedto be.”Despite a dis-

appointing lackof offensive production, thestrong defense that frustratedSiegfried has the potential to bejust as successful against Knott.“I felt like the defense came

out and performed even pastwhat I expected,” Scheel said.The strong Duncan defense

coupled with a crisper offensiveattack is giving the Highlandersreason for optimism this week-end.“Every week we expect to

win,” Scheel said.Knott and Duncan will meet

this Sunday at 2 p.m. at RiehleField.

O’Neill vs. Dillon The old saying “Defense wins

championships” will be in fulleffect Sunday as O’Neill takes onDillon in what is sure to be aclassic game of hard-nosed foot-ball.In a 6-0 win last weekend, the

Mob (1-0) did not give up a firstdown the entire game, stifling aKeough offense that was neverable to find a rhythm. “We need to keep doing the lit-

tle things right,” junior captainGuy Schwartz said. “I was reallyhappy about how few missedtackles we had [against Keough]and this is something we aredefinitely going to need to seeagain this weekend.”Meanwhile, the Big Red (0-0)

are looking to get off to a strongstart in their first game of theyear. To counter the Mob’s over-powering defense, Dillon iscounting on the experiencedoffensive line, which returnsfour starters, to protect fresh-man quarterback Kevin Fink inhis first start.“Offensively it all starts up

front, so the key is our offensivelinemen,” senior captain JordanSmith said. “This is a veterangroup that we plan on having alot of success with throughoutthe year.”Being the first game of the

year, Smith said he expects someof the players to be a little rusty,but does not see it as an excuseto let up.“I expect there to be a few

mental mistakes and assignmentissues in our first game, but weare going to come ready to play,”Smith said. “Ever since the lossin the playoffs last year [toMorrissey] our boys have beenitching to get back on the fieldand hit somebody.”Dillon will look to open their

season on a good note whileO’Neill hopes to extend their winstreak when they clash Sundayat 3 p.m. at the Riehle fields.

St. Ed’s vs. CarrollAfter a close win over Sorin

last week, St. Edward’s is slatedto take on Carroll Sunday. The 13-12 nail-biter saw mul-

tiple players stepping in on bothsides of the ball, including senior

quarterback MattAbeling in hisfirst game ondefense.Junior captain

and running backJay Mathes isanxious to have afull squadSunday. Afterpassing morethan he preferredlast game,Mathes said he ishoping to re-establish St.Edward’s physi-cal presence.

“We are looking forward to[our players’] return so we canget our run offense in gear andreally establish it as a dominantforce,” he said.Thanks to a Week 1 bye, this

will be Carroll’s season opener.With a respectable 2-1-2 seasonunder their belts, the Verminsquad (0-0) is looking to improveon that in 2010, with much helpfrom its freshmen, who comprisealmost half the team.Sophomore captain KeithMarrero has the utmost faith inhis new recruits.“We are very confident in the

guys who will be on the field onSunday,” he said. “We will becounting on our freshmen tostep up and play a big part onthe field.”The Vermin will execute a bal-

anced persistent attack onoffense and rely on their defensefor support. St. Ed’s, hardenedby its pressure-filled victory lastweek, will take on a less experi-enced Carroll squad on Sundayat 1 p.m. at Riehle Fields.

Morrissey vs. Alumni Young gunslingers will face off

in a physical battle whenMorrissey takes on AlumniSunday.Last week, the Manor (1-0)

was able to outlast Knott, 7-6,thanks to an early second halftouchdown throw from fresh-man quarterback Nick Conrad tofreshman wide receiver PatrickDugan. A 60-yard completionfrom Conrad to Dugan earlier inthe drive set up the scoring play.Sophomore captain Alex Olorizis confident in his freshman tan-dem.“You could see during the

game last week that [Conrad]really progressed,” Oloriz said.“I think he underestimated thelevel of interhall play, but he def-initely got a feel for it as thegame went on.”Part of Conrad’s quick transi-

tion last week was through thegreat play of the offensive line,which was able to keep himupright for most of the day.“Our offensive line fights

hard,” Oloriz said.The Dawgs (0-0) enter this

weekend’s matchup fresh off of abye, but are anxious to play afterposting a disappointing 0-3-1record in 2009.“You always want to compete,

but last year was more likescrimmages,” Alumni junior cap-tain Dan Dansdill said.Despite last year’s results,

Dansdill has much higher hopesfor the current Dawgs.“This year, we have better

players, better chemistry, and abetter quarterback,” Dansdillsaid.That quarterback is freshman

Will Cronin, who, along with jun-ior center Tim Curran and juniorlinebacker Sean O’Brien, will beone of the Dawgs playmakers.They hope to be part of a newAlumni squad with a new game-plan centered around physicalityunder Dansdill’s captainship.“Hit ‘em hard, and get some

yards,” Dansdill said.Kickoff between Morrissey and

Alumni will be at 1 p.m. Sundayat Riehle Fields.

Sorin vs. FisherSorin is looking to bounce back

this weekend with a victory overFisher, while the Green Wave islooking to continue breaking the

mold of the last three years.After a tough 13-12 loss to St.

Ed’s (1-0), the Otters (0-1) haveput the past behind them andare looking forward to Sunday.Leading Sorin into this weekendwill be its three standout sopho-mores: wide receiver RyanRobinson, quarterback TedStinelli and defensive linemanBobby Shields. The Otters’ foot-ball publicist Bobby Sullivan saidhe has confidence in his teamgoing into the game.“We have been practicing at 3

a.m. this week to stimulate ourlights out offense,” Sullivan said.

“Fisher is going to need morethan men to rock our boat, and Ifully expect our defensive cata-lyst Bobby Shields to sit on oneof the Fishermen this week.”On the flip side, Fisher (1-0) is

coming off their first real win inthree years with last Sunday’s 6-0 victory over Zahm (0-1).Behind senior running backMichael McMahon and juniorquarterback and linebackerPatrick Hertenstein, the GreenWave is expecting to continuetheir success this weekend. They


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St. Ed’s quarterback Matt Abeling throws for a pass in St.Ed’s opening game against Sorin last weekend.

“Ever since the loss inthe playoffs last year

[to Morrissey] ourboys have been

itching to get back onthe field and hit

somebody.”

Jordan SmithDillon captain see FISHER/page 19


with freshman Niall Platt. Senior Conor Alan-Lee was

part o f the winning teamfrom last year’s event andhe’s playing well, Kubinskisaid.“Having a senior who

knows the course out there ishuge for our group,” he said.The event will also serve as

a showcase for the WarrenGol f Course , which wasrecently named to GolfweekMagazine’s list of the top 15

college golf courses in thecountry. Kubinski, who knowsthe course as well as anyone,says the honor i s wel ldeserved.“It’s a great honor. I’m a lit-

tle biased, obviously, but hav-ing been to a l l the othercourses, I think we deservebeing in the top f ive ,”Kubinksi said. “It’s still niceto have that honor though.”The event wi l l tee o f f

Monday morning at theWarren Golf Course.

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Belles to host Franklinin search of second win

SMC SOCCER

The Belles are preparing tohost Frankl in Sunday inhopes of securing their sec-ond win of the season. SaintMary’s recently secured theirfirst season victory Sept. 16of f a goa l f rom freshmanJordan Diffenderfer to defeatIllinois Tech 1-0. But the Be l les were not

able to keep the streak going,falling short Tuesday 2-0 toManchester and bring theirrecord to 1-8. Saint Mary’s wi l l look to

freshman midfielder MollieValencia and junior forward

Kate lyn Tondo-Stee le foroffensive production. In addi-tion, Saint Mary’s will hope toimprove i t s second-hal fdefense, as two-thirds of thegoals the Belles have allowedhave come after the halftimebreak.A large part of improv-ing second-half play will bedecreas ing the number o ffouls the Belles commit.The Grizzlies (3-3) are com-

ing off a recent string of loss-es , the las t be ing to theBelles conference foe Trine.Saint Mary’s hopes to capital-ize on those losses when theyhost Frankl in a t 2 p .m.Sunday.

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tion to take those huge stepshas come in the form of astring of tournaments againsthighly compet i t ive teams,i n c l u d i n gthen-rankedNo. 18Arizona andNo. 18Dayton. Thecompetitionhas done agood job ofp r e p a r i n gthe Irish fortheir con-f e r e n c es c h e d u l e ,Irish coachD e b b i eBrown said. “ E v e r y

year we go into the Big East,we feel that we’re in a com-petitive spot to be challengingfor that championship, both inthe regular season and thetournament, and certainly,that’s our goal,” Brown said. An essential part of achiev-

ing that goal for Brown andthe Ir ish ismaking surethey are tap-ping into a l lof the talenton their ros-ter. “We have to

cont inue toget bet terevery time weplay and eacht ime we getinto the prac-t ice gym,make surethat we’rema x im i z i n gour opportu-nities,” she said. “It’s a matterof continuing to develop ourtalent and to learn how to uti-lize the strengths of each ofthe individual players that wehave to make it that muchbetter.”The Irish are coming off of a

challenging weekend in whichthey hosted the Notre Dame

Invi tat ional and fe l l toDelaware, Santa Clara andDayton, but it did give theteam a chance to see its hardwork pay off. Junior outside hitter and co-

captain Kristen Dealy was thesolo Irish player named to theAll-Tournament Team after

f in ishing with40 kills and 48digs . JuniorFrenchy Si lvatotaled 54 digsacross 11f r a m e s(4.91/set ) forone of her bestt o u r n am e n t syet.A break from

the aggressivet o u r n a m e n tschedule isanother positivethe Ir ish arelooking forward

to with the start of the confer-ence season, a l though thepreseason has helped NotreDame get to where they aretoday in terms of their suc-cess. “ I th ink we have done a

good job of working out thekinks so that by the time we

reach theend of theregular sea-son, we willbe in a goodplace tomove on,”Dealy said.“ W e s tVirginia andPit t shouldboth be solidteams, but Ith ink i f wecome outwith conf i -dence andplay to ourpotential, we

won’t have a problem winningour first two matches.”The Irish will begin Big East

play tonight against WestVirginia at 4 p .m. andPittsburgh Sunday at 2 p.m.,both in the Purcell Pavilion.

Stepscontinued from page 24

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There will be an interestingmixture of experience and inex-perience on the Belles roster thisweekend, as two of the five Belleshave played thiscourse before. But,Hamilton said histeam adjusted wellto the course in thefall.“With a lot of

young players, Ican see the adjust-ments that need tobe made rightaway,” Hamiltonsaid. “They’vedone a great jobmaking thoseadjustments so far.Anyone who playsgolf, though, knows that adjust-ments are much more difficult tomake on the golf course than onthe driving range.”This weekend, the Belles need

to pay attention to detail,Hamilton said.“We’re going to try to eliminate

some unforced errors,” Hamiltonsaid.Senior Mary Kate Boyce led

Saint Mary’s in the O’BrienInvitational, and she will look toset the pace again in Florida.Earlier this week, Boyce wasnamed MIAA Golfer of the Week

and was named to the All-Tournament team. Her two-dayscore of 156 was good to tie forsecond place.A familiar foe awaits the Belles

at the Mission Inn Resort, No. 1Methodist University. TheMonarchs captured their secondconsecutive win at the O’Brien

Invitational onMonday andare undefeatedthis season.D e s p i t e

Me thod i s t ’sdominance thisyear and in thepast, Hamiltonsaid he wantsthe Belles tochallenge theMonarchs.“I’d like to be

in the finalgroup goinginto the last

day with the No. 1 team in thecountry,” Hamilton said.In addition to Methodist, Saint

Mary’s will face AlleghenyCollege, Piedmont College,Birmingham Southern College,Berry College, Wartburg College,Rhodes College and IllinoisWesleyan University.Saint Mary’s will tee off at the

Mission Inn Resort Saturday, andthe tournament will concludeMonday.

Greenscontinued from page 24

“I’d like to be in thefinal group going intothe last day with the

No.1 team in the country.”

Mark HamiltonBelles coach

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Saturday, we were able to getan extra practice in,” Clarksaid. “From now on until theplayoffs, we’ll be going twogames a week. This was thelongest stretch we’ve had, andhopefully that will serve uswell down the line.”The Irish had a rough last

weekend against Michigan andMichigan State, where theyended play in a scoreless tieagainst the Wolverines and lostagainst the Spartans after giv-ing them an early lead, 2-0. “We started a little bit slowly

in that game and it took us alittle time to get up to speed,”Clark said. Clark stressed the impor-

tance of getting an early leadin the game as one thing hewill be looking for in particularagainst St. John’s. He also saidthey have worked on convert-ing their offensive strengths,like leading in possessions andshots, into goals.“The only way you prove

that is by winning, and we’vegot to start turning our superi-ority into goals,” Clark said. “It

doesn’t matter if you havesuperiority with possessions orshots if you can’t turn theminto goals.”Kick-off is scheduled for

noon Saturday and admissionis free to the public.

Reynoldscontinued from page 24

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Junior midfielder Chris Sutton looks to turn upfield in NotreDame’s 2-0 loss to Michigan State on Sept. 19.

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“Every year we go intothe Big East, we feel that

we’re in a competitive spot to bechallenging for that

championship.”

Debbie BrownIrish coach

“I think we have done agood job of working outthe kinks so that by thetime we reach the end ofthe regular season, we

will be in a good place tomove on.”

Kristen Dealysenior outside hitter

Belles to take on entire MIAASMC CROSS COUNTRY

Saint Mary’s will head toOlivet Saturday to race inth is season’s MIAAJamboree. All MIAA teamswi l l be compet ing in therace, which will play a sig-nificant role in determiningthe conference championlater this season. The MIAA Jamboree race

determines one-third of the

points of who the conferencechampion will be, with theother two-th irds be ingdecided at the MIAA champi-onships at Calvin College onOct. 30. The Belles recently took

eighth at Calv in ’s KnightInvitational among 14 highlycompetitive teams, includingNo. 14 Ohio Northern andNo. 21 Aquinas. While SaintMary’s finish of 208 points

was behind No. 15 Calvin,the Bel les d id come outahead of Adrian and Alma. Sa int Mary ’s posted

impressive individual timesfrom junior Joanne Almond,sophomores Jul ia Kenneyand Emma Baker and sen-iors Sam Wassel and CatieSalyer. The MIAA Jamboree will

take off at 11 a.m. Saturdayat Olivet.

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After losing last year’s BigEast championship game in apenalty kick shootout to St.Johns, 5-3, the Irish will wel-come the conference rival RedStorm to Alumni StadiumSaturday to begin the 2010 sea-son Big East play. “They’re always well

coached, they always have goodplayers, and they’re alwaystechnically good and tactfullygood. They are definitely a goodteam,” Irish coach Bobby Clarksaid. “It’ll be a challenge, butnot one that we’ll be scared of,it’s one we’re looking forwardto.”Notre Dame (2-2-2) will be

the underdogs for Saturday’scontest against No. 12 St.

John’s (5-1). St. Johns leads theoverall series at 11-3-5, butNotre Dame holds the advan-tage with games played athome (2-2-3). Notre Dame’s lastwin against St. John’s was in2007. “It’s the opening game in the

Big East, and it’s a gameagainst a top 20 team,” Clarksaid. “A win here could set youoff on the right path in the BigEast, and it will be a very valu-able win overall.”This week marked the longest

gap in the season to hold onlypractices. The amount of gamesper week picks up after thiscontest, so the Irish are hopefulthat the extra practice time willbe obvious on the field comeSaturday. “Since we aren’t playing until

With the season’s final non-conference game behind them,the Irish spent the week gear-ing up for a potentially season-defining weekend in the BigEast. The No. 5/9 Irish (7-1-0,1-0-0) will host CincinnatiFriday night and then travel toKentucky for a matchup withNo. 24/18 Louisville Sunday.Irish coach Randy Waldrum

has impressed the top-to-bot-tom competitiveness of the BigEast on his squad, and theteam knows this weekend willbe a key example of that skilllevel.“The Big East is always a

competitive league,” Waldrumsaid.The Bearcats (6-2-1, 0-10)

started the season with one ofthe best season-openingstretches the Cincinnati pro-

In 2009, the Irish defeatedevery team in Big East regu-lar season play before fallingin five sets to Louisville in theconference tournament ’schampionship match. Thisyear, they don’t plan to letthat happen, as their confer-ence season begins this week-end against West Virginiatonight and Pi t tsburghSunday. “The team is really excited

to start conference this week-end because we know we canbe just as competit ive andsuccessful as last year, if notbetter,” Irish senior co-cap-tain Angela Puentesaid. “Conference play almostfeels like a separate seasonaltogether so we’re ready totake huge steps toward anincredible season.”Notre Dame’s (7-5) prepara-

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In their second straight week-end facing stiff competition, theNo. 5 Belles will head to Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., to participate inthe Fall Preview at the MissionInn Resort, where the NCAADivision III championships will beheld for the 14th consecutive yearthis spring. The Belles finished sixth

Monday in the O’Brien NationalInvitational at the Warren GolfCourse, and Belles coach MarkHamilton said there are a fewnecessary adjustments before theBelles travel south.“It’s a quick turn-around,”

Hamilton said. “There are a fewshots we need for this course,there’s a few elevated greens. Butgeneral preparation is always our‘MO.’”

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ND VOLLEYBALL

Tourney totest Bellesin Florida

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Junior outside hitter Kristen Dealy spikes the ball during Notre Dame’s 3-2 loss to Delaware onSept. 17.

ND WOMEN’S SOCCER

Pair of Big East games looms

PAT COVENEY/The Observer

Senior defender Julie Scheidler works past a Texas Tech defenderin the Sept. 5 2-0 Irish victory.

MEN’S SOCCER

Irish welcome St. John’sin conference opener

Irish open Big East schedule in search of regular season and tournament championships

SMC GOLF

see BEARCATS/page 22

By MATT ROBISONSports Writer

By MEAGHAN VESELIKSports Writer

see STEPS/page 22 see GREENS/page 22

Hitting the Big East

see ALUMNI/page 22

Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic to feature nation’s bestMEN’S GOLF

After braving the whippingwinds and ocean mis t o fKiawah Island, S.C., en routeto a second place finish in theCol lege o f Char les tonInvitational on Sept. 26-27,the Irish find themselves onmuch more familiar territory

next week as they welcomeseveral of the best golf pro-grams in the country to cam-pus for the F ight ing Ir i shGridiron Golf Classic.The tournament will be held

at the Warren Golf Course.Irish coach Jim Kubinski saidthe team’s familiarity with thecourse will play an importantrole against the competingteams.

“Last year the advantagewas enough to get us thewin,” Kubinski sa id . “Wewere in a t ight battle withOhio State and Arkansas, andthe finishing stretch of ourcourse really requires a lot ofknowledge and experience.It’s tough to put a number onit, but it definitely helps.”The Irish are familiar with

the boost that hav ing an

event on a team’s homecourse can have on a roundperformance, as the samething happened in Charleston.“At the Char les ton

Inv i tat ional , [Co l lege o fCharleston] really gave us apush at the end there on theirhome course,” Kubinski said.Kubinski will depend on the

exper ience o f some of h isolder golfers to defend the

Class ic t i t le that the Ir ishearned in last year’s event. Toachieve a repeat, the coachhas tweaked the Irish lineup.“The lineup is a little differ-

ent than last week,” Kubinskisaid. “The team is starting three

juniors, Chris Walker, MaxScodro and Tom Usher, along

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